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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-16

py NATHAN d. uRSER.

In a quaint old casket OF cedar-wood
Ihavs kept II this many year,
A necklace old OF beads Of gold,
With spheres OF the amber clear;
A gift IL Is said, from n Moslem slave
To a brave old Christian knight.
Who bore her away DER the desert gray
From the thick of hopeless tight.
Fre she swooned 10 death by n dried-up we'll.
Which they gained AS the night set in,
The beautiful slave this keepsake,gave,
AS a charm against wrath and sin.
And he rode away when her sad eyes closed,
Leaving the sands 70 heap.
With wave OH wave, her nameless grave
In the simoon's scorching swosp.
hardly could tell how IL came TO me,
Through heritage long and grim.
Or whether the charm ever kept from harm
It's owner. when hope grew dim;
But often, know, when my days wax dark,
And woe aud distress seem near,
The casket ope with strange, vague hope.
That is partly akin TO fear.
count the beads, like rosary,
First n gold. then an amber bead,
And wish 10 were mine each mystic sign
On the precious spheres 10 read
For all are carven with ciphers strange
From IA long-forgotten lore,
Which, IL brought to light, the old spoil
might
Control stern fate. as Of yore.
Then as sadly and slowly the talisman
To its scented case return.
cannot but deem its charm scheme
Whose meaning we all may learn;
For does not the heart in it's innost cell
The truest amulet keep,
TO guard us from i'll, IL we only Will
Search hard for its motives deep?
However, hoard with jealous care
This relic of conquest dire
When Crescent and Cross for gain or loss,
Were locked in a fight Of FIRE;
And bauble or boon, il can still recall
The might OF the Christian bravo.
And tho nobler faith that. by helpful death,
Was restored TO tho Moslem's slave.
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BESSIE.
The Tragedy of My Life.

Out amidst the bowling, winter winds
out from my door into the dread, dark,
desolate night, 1 drove her.
One hour before, her beautiful head
was resting upon my knee; her trust
full. soulful, dark, liquid eyes gazing,
with the love of idolatry, into mine.
My hand was toying with the soft, nut
brown hair that glorified her; would
have sworn, then, that nothing but
death should part us.
A slight, involuntary action of hers
reused the internal temper that was
born in me, and drove her forth, out
of my house-her home-from the
warm, glowing fireside, into the terrors
of that fearful night.
At the threshold she paused-only
for moment. No sound escaped her
lips, but those glorious eyes were more
eloquent than words in supplication,
wonderously pathetic in appeal.
"Gop L said, as L stood with the door
open, and my hand pointing to the
outer darkness.
Slowly and sadly, with quiet dig
nifty, she went.
My sisters tears fell silently, and my
younger brother muttered curse
against my heartlessness under his
breath. But l was master, and none
dared to dispute my will.
I tired to appear unmoved, but as
the tempest blasts whirled about the
homestead, and howled down the CHM
neys, and ratified the solid shutters,
the thought of Bessie ont in the ter
rible storm, drenched with rain, chilled
by the wild winds, crorching in some
poorly protected nook, took possession
of me, and threw myself on the lounge
and hid my face.
But temper and pride would not per-
init me to give way. l could not mus
ter enough of manhood to go to the
door from which L had driven her and
about into the night those words of
forgiveness and recall that my heart
.yearned to utter.
The family we'll understood my
moods. They did not attempt to inter
fere. One by one, as the hours went
on, they departed to their respective
rooms.
At last / too sought my bed; but
sleep / could not. The war of the ele-
,ments ragged with ever-increasing fury
through all that wakeful night.
And poor, innocent, loving, true,
patient, faithful Bessie l had exposed
ITO these terrors.
Where was she?
/ could hear the moaning and groan-
ing of the trees about my home and in
the forest near by, for ours was farm
dn the far West, and ever and anon
there would come the sharp cracking,
the awe-inspiring crash of some mon
ster that had yielded before the blast
and stretched its tall form upon the
earth.
Twas the most horrible night of my
life.
At daylight saddled my horse, and
lin agony and penitence, sought the
few neighbors for five miles around
None of them had seen Bessie; all OF
them wondered that she should be away
from the home where she was so ten
derly loved, so carefully guarded. She
would have been gladly welcomed 10y
any of these good people, and every
comfort their means permitted woulC
have been lavished upon her, had she
presented herself Mt their doors.
But they knew nothing of her.
Fl led with remorse and utterly dis
consulate. / turned my tired horst
homeward. My feelings were in accord
with the desolation and wreck tina
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-16
Opium in the United States.

Like all other articles of trade, opium
has shown a wide variety of quotations.
During the rebellion it rose from 81
pound to $40, and when the inevitable
shrinkage took place number of
operators were ruined. The market
has gradually declined until the pres
ent low figure, and this decline has led
to drop in morphia. The American
population, for instance, has hardly
doubled since the opening of the late
war, but the importation of opium has
increased nearly seven-fold during this
interval. Taking the year 1850, the
annual report, made up within six
months of that date, was 71,739
pounds. Last year, however, it was
All, 276 pounds, or more than 10 tons.
this being an increase over the previous
year of sixty-nine tons. Truly one may
ask whittier We are drifting. -RocheS-
ter Chronicle.
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apple. threw the apple itself over a

apple, threw the apple itself over a
cliff. and then discovered that the rind
alone remained Another individual
had the habit-not such a very uncom-
mon one-of forgetting his own name
at awkward moments. One day he
presented himself at the postofiice for
letters, when, much to his disgust, he
could not think of his name. He turned
sadly homeward, racking his brains in
the vain endeavor to discover who he
was. Suddenly friend accosted him:
"How are you, Mr.. Brown?" Brown,
Brown, / have it'll" cried the absent
minded one; and, leaving his astonished
friend, he rushed back to the postoffice
to get his letters.
Sometimes absence of mind produces
very ludicrous effects. Harry LORE
quers appearance on parade in the
character of Othello is well known. A
somewhat similar occurrence in real
life happened not long ago. A student,
on leaving his room one afternoon TO
take a stroll in the fashionable street
In university town, suddenly remem-
bered that his fire needed Goals, and
returned to replenish it. On issuing
from his lodging the second time he
was surprised to see people looking at
him with an amused smile. Presently
some ragamutfins at a street corner
began to make audible remarks. On
looking down, he discovered, to his
horror, that he was serenely CARRYING
the fire-tongs in place of his umbrella !
One day an English savant wrote
two letters. one TO a business house in
London, the other to friend in Paris.
In STAN 2ing them at the postoffice. he
placed the penny stamp on the letter
for Paris and the other on the business
letter. Remarking to the postoffice
clerk that he would correct the error,
he changed the addresses! 1t was not
till after he had posted the letters that
he understood why the clerk had not
been more impressed with his brilliant
idea.-Chdmbers' Journal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-16
The Poppy Problem.

1t would be worth knowing if one of
those districts corresponds to that part
of the Turkish Empire producing the
PapdUer SomnUerum, or opium poppy.
The wholesale price of prime opium is
nearly SO pound, and in the neigh
borhood of Janina and Beirut l60
pounds per acre is not considered an
uncommon yield. The Turkish planter,
as we'll as the Yankee importer, are
handicapped by enormous taxes; but
Tennessee or Texas farmer could make
a poppy-garden as profitable as a sill
ver-mine. The demand for the drug is
increasing at rate suggesting the sus-
picion that the favorite stimulant of
our Chinese coolies must have had a
sudden access of Caucasian votaries.
Thirty years ago our total imports
amounted to hardly 10000 pounds, in
1873 that quantum had already risen
to 3l9,000 pounds, and for 1860 l,000,-
600 pounds would possibly be an I'M
derestimate. Seeds could possibly be
obtained from Meran, in Southern Aus
tria, where experiments on small scale
have for years been tried in all sheltered
vallnvs
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-16
Stories of the Shark.

A French naturalist asserts that the
shark prefers white men to black,
which we believe is pretty well known;
but he goes on to pay us, as a people,
curious compliment by saying that of
all persons sharks like Englishmen
most. The same gentleman declares
that a shark cut open at Marseilles
was found to contain man clad in ar
NOR in its stomach, while inside of an
other shark there was found whole
horse 1t is comforting to read that
the shark is kind to its young, taking
its infant into its stomach in case of
danger. One would think su h an act
of virtue entirely above a sharks moral
nature, and that If ever it did swallow
its offspring it would he rather to digest
1T than to preserve it.-London Tele.
DT.nnb
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CROSSING THE CREEK.
BY wM. HAUGHToS.

twas in the pleasant month OF June,
The happiest of the year,
When wales are filled with joyous tune,
And skies are soft and clear
On one sweet summer eventide
Our dark-eyed Susan strayed
BY Elva's stream at Henry's side,
The witching red-lipped maid.
Full long in secret pinned his soul,
OF love he dared not speak
Till then his srIn around her stole,
In crossing DER the creek.
Twas but slippery way at bost,
A plank with moss o'ergrown-
And Henry's arm was round her pressed,
His heart was near her own.
The breeze awhile its whisper hushod
And kissed them silently.
Thelaughing waves looked up and blushod
That sweet embrace to see.
How could the youth his secret keep,
How fail of love to speak.
When near him turned that tempting lip,
In crossing Ter the creek.
All youngsters, when Of peace We dream,
And side by side We stray,
Avoid the bridge DER Elva's stream
That sweet but treacherous way;
III yc'db free from Cupid's dart,
Nor be by love betrayed,
Don't linger closely, heart 70 heart,
Like Henry ana the maid.
Soft words that must the soul betray
From lip and eye will break,
And danger turks upon the way,
In crossing DER the creek.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-16

THE peasant Indians of Central
America hold some curious supersti-
lions, of which the following are ex-
amples: When child is sick the
mother takes a drake, singes its tail
feathers, and, muttering certain words,
passes it over the patient. A woman
feeds a parrot with few pieces of tor
tilla and gives the child the crumbs
which fall from the beak, as they will
make it talk. Collie is due to the evil
eye; in order to get rid of the disturb
ing influence the woman breaks four
ducks eggs into basin, and, having
mixed them with rue, places the whole
under the child's bed; NJ the compound
be curdled in the morning the spirit
has departed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-16
A YeraciOus Man.

Judge-What is your opinion of the
veracity of the plaintiff?
Witness-I have the highest opinion
of it, sir.
Upon what grounds do you base
your opinion?
Won the very best.
1.-The court desires to hear them.
W.-Well, your Honor, saw him on
the street one day, and he had O black
eye. 1 asked how he got it, and what
do you think he said?
Got it splitting kindling wood
for his wife, of course. A piece flew
up and hit him.
W.-No, your Honor. He says he got
it in fight. What does your Honor
think of that?
il think the bare word of such a
man should be taken. L find for the
plaintiff. -BoSton Courier.
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The Cut Killed Him.

well, poor Jones died last night"
as it possible? 1 didn't hear he
was sick. What was the complaints"
80, he died from the effects of cut"
"How sad was it large cut?"
"No, it was a small cut; but of
very fatal nature"
Indeed; pray tell me about it.
at was small wood-cut of himself
which was published in one of the daily
papers. When he saw il he fell over
at once and died in great agony. -
LINN Union.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-16

A RESIDENT of Minnesota, who has
seen several severe tornadoes, says that
their most peculiar feature is the singu-
lar sucking movement. buildings are
sucked up into the clouds entire, and
come down soon in fragments.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-16

OK the Devonshire coast in England
sea grass (Porpbyra laciniati) is
boiled, chopped, mixed with small
proportion of oatmeal. and made into
bread, which keeps from four to eight
days, and is much used by the poor
WEIGH people, most OF it being sent to
Swansea.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-16

TIE fall came early in Eden.

NoosE-PAPER--a death warrant.
AN apple pie is New England civiliz-
alton with crust on.
No WOMAN can lace herself as tight
as a man can drink himself.
TT is quite mistake TO imagine that
a "split in the camp occurs. as rule,
with "crack regiments.
AT a recent meeting OF the Montana
bar association q paper was read 10y
leading attorney on "The Revolver as a
Means of Making Difficult Collections"
-Estelli1e Bell.
UNpERTAKER-And what kind of
trimmings will you have on the casket?
Widow-None whatever a plain casket.
1t was trimmin's that killed him. u
What? W.-Yes. Delirium trimmin's.
Boston Courier.
HARDAcRE was YEARLY watching q
most villainously poor game of base
ball. "What are they?' he asked.
"They are picked mines, replied the
scorer. "Then." said the suffering spec
tator, "they were picked before they
ere..ripe. "-Burdette.
A TEXAS teacher was calling the
roll. Just IS he called out Robert
Smith" Robert himself lushed in out
of breath, and answered: Here, STRIP
Robert, next time you must not an
swer to your name unless you are here"
"Yes, sir, I'll try not to. '-Terds Stft-
ings.
CHARLEY" said young Mrs. Tucker
to her husband, Il don't mind your
drinking once in a while, as long as you
eat plenty of cloves, but / do hope you
will always drink nice, pure sweet
whisky. / saw a sign in the street the
other day which says, Whisky Sours,'
and know the stuff must be unhealthy
after it sours. "-TraUeier.
HIGH-ToNED PATIENT-"Well, Doctor,
what kind of glass eye are you going
to give me?" Doctor-"Oh, one of the
ordinary kind that will match your
other optic" Heightened Patient
Doctor, think I'd prefer little better
one than the ordinary kind. How
would plate glass o?"-Ttd-BttS.
Il sEE," he said, as he met an old
soldier comrade, shat our generals are
having a hot dispute as to which of
them contributed the most to save the
day at Gettysburg. You were there, J
believer" "Yes, but / have no right
to talk" "For why?" Because was
simply private soldier, and only had
three bullets shot into me!"-Detroit
Free Press.
"WHY can not we," said long
headed citizen, shave a subterranean
hotel at Niagara. underneath the
American Falls, with piazza looking
out upon the vast sheet of falling
water? All that is necessary is to sink
shaft on Goat Island, tunnel straight
out under the channel, put in iron
pillars if necessary, to support the
ceiling, and construct any sort of an
observation platform you p ease, fac
ing the fall from the rear. What more
delicious place can you imagine in
which to pass sultry afternoon? A
portion of the veranda might be shut
off from the spray by means of plate
glass doors, so no change of clothing
would be necessary for those who dis
like dampness. "-Bttato Courier.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-13
Political It'd BITS.

st. Paul Dispatch:-We feel entire
~ confident of the election of the whole
Republican state ticket by good ma.
jority, and take no stock whatever in
the boasts of tremendous gains for
Ames which are constantly put forth by
the Democratic organs.
Pioneer Press:-Judge Wilson, ar.
gument that there is no difference be.
tween the Republican and Democratic
parties is naturally disintegated by the
respective platforms and candidates in
Minnesota. There is much more than
the difference between tweedledum and
tweedledee between McGill and his
planking and Doc Ames and his plank
ing.
Blue Earth City Post:-Our stand.
ard-bearer, A. R. McGill, is a gentle
man against whom no personal obiec-
ton can be urged. He has lived in the
State about thirty years, and in all
that time has borne an excellent rem.
tatlon as man, in, every relation to
society AS a politician, he has follow
ed his convictions consistently and has
never been accused, even of mercenary
motives, or dishonorable conduct. AS
an officer, he is free from a faint of cor.
ruption.
st. Paul Herald St. Peter
journal 1aunts flag at the head of
its columns with the motto ..Stimmt
fuer Ames." We are not mich on
languages, but we suppose that is
Choctaw for "Slim for Ames.'' The
Journals head is level.
-Mankato Free Press:-This is the
greatest year for Minnesota newspaper
men, in fhe political field, ever known
in the history of the state. The three
candidates for Governor, McGill, Ames
and Child are all editors; the Republic
an candidate for State Treasurer. Col
Bobleter, is an editor, the Republican
candidate for Congress in the Third
District, B. B. Herbert, is also an ac-
tive journalist, and no less than doz
en- candidates for the State Senate and
Legislature have been selected from the
print shops.
There were 81 members of the
grand jury who signed the arraignment
OF the police administration in Mime.
aplis. Politically they stood: Repub-
Leans, IL; Democrats, z; prohibitionist,
l; unknown 2.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-13
WhGt Republicans Haze Done.

St. Paul Dispatch.
In speech at St. Cloud, doc"
Ames said the Republican party of Min
nesota had done nothing for the labor
ing classes except to pass the mechan-
les lien law. A Republican member
OF the last legislature introduced bill
which passed the lower house, abolish
ing the convict contract labor system.
This bill went to the senate and in the
usual course was referred to commit
tee. The chairman of that committee
was the democratic senator from Still.
water the Prison City-and his name
was j. N. Castle. He pocketed that
bill and took good care never to let ii
come into the senate. The Republicans
created the board of railroad and ware
house commissioners, and that board
this summer reduced freight and pas
senger rates to such figure that 3d.
100000 will be saved to the people Of
the state on their transportation within
the first twelve months following the
reduction.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-13

Last week Commissioner Sparks, OF
the General Land Office, took prompt
advantage of the adjournment Of Con.
gress to demand the resignation Of
Maj. S. W. Clark, the Recorder of that
Bureau. Maj. Clark is a veteran OF
the 9th N. Y. Cav, has five rebel bull
lets in his body, and is so crippled that
he has been unable to put his right foot
to the ground since he came out of the
hospital. One of his wounds is still
open. He has held the office of Record.
or for 20 years, and discharged his du-
ties to the entire satisfaction of all
Commissioner Sparks predecessors -
Washington Republican.
When Republicans read such things,
no wonder why they vote the straight
Republican ticket from top to bottom.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-13

.talists to resume building operations at
any wages and with a day Of any length.
that industry revived. Very rare was
the man who received the Office that
had been promised him. Gamblers
focked to the city and have had every
thing their own way. The sort of gov
eminent DR.. Ames has given the city
was summed up in the scathing ar
raignment by the grand jury last week
of the Mayors pet police department.
The foreman of the grand jury was a
Democrat. Now for DR.. Ames' record
as an opponent of bossism. He began
by figuring prominently as leader OF
the ''kickers'' against the Kelly-Doran
firm Of federal-office brokers, thinking
that to be the winning card. When he
found that the strength of the two bos-
ses was greater than that of their oppo-
nents in the party, he made terms with
them. His nomination was accepted at
P. II. Kelly's hands. BE is the humble
and obedient servant of the bosses. As
candidate for governor, Mayor Ames
is inextricably entangled and allied with
the clique of bosses and monopolists
most hated and feared by the people Of
Minnesota. His personal qualifications
are not for a moment to be compared
with those of Mr.. McGill. The Repub.
lican platform is by far more full Of
tangible and specific pledges in response
to the demand of farmers and working.
men than is the Democratic platform
and certainly on this score the voters
who have been Republican in the past
have no reason to abandon their party
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-13

The total vote in Minnesota in 1884
was 190,017. The Republican plurality
was 41,620. In 1880 the Republican
plurality was 40,588. In other wears
the plurality has run from 1885 in
1883 to 27,837 in 1881. The prohibition
vote in 1884 was a. 84-nearly p per
cent. of the whole. In order to succeed
this fall the Democrats will have to
change 10000 votes. AS their total
vote in the state will not exceed 80, 900,
they can't do it.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-13
The anarchists IViIL Savi.eq.

Judge Gary, in the criminal court,
Chicago, overruled the motion for a
new trial in the cases of the eight Chi
cago anarchists charged with the New
market massacre, and confirmed the
verdict Of the jury that Spies, Parsons,
Fielder, Schwab, Engel, Fischer and
Lingg should be hanged, and that Nee.
be should suffer Imprisonment for four
teen years in the State penitentiary.
The hanging will be on the 3rd of De-
cember.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-13

The Austrian authorities have made
discovery Of startling anarchist plot
to destroy Vienna and assassinate the
emperor, Francis Joseph. An immense
quantity of bombs and other explosives
have been seized.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-13

Redwood Gazette:-The Sleepy Eve
Herald is frank enough to characterize
the day of the Senatorial convention as
an unlucky one. It undoubtedly
was black Friday for the Democrats
OF this district, who now haven't a
ghost OF show against a candidate
like Z. 1. Ward. Brother Bowen is
having bad luck at all the conventions
this year.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-13

The Chicago packing houses last
week caused an announcement to be
published that on Monday, Oct. 18th,
they would go back to the ten hour sys.
tenn. On being apprised of the propos.
ed new order of things, the men i'm.
mediately quit work and went out on a
strike. The striking packers number
about 10000.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-13

The monarchs of Europe have hard
time of it. A plot has just been dis
covered which had for its object the
compulsory dethronement of King MI
Ian, of Servia, under penaly of death if
he refused to abdicate.