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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-29
Chil,lren'S Hair.

We are very glad says an exchange,
to see protest against the sopping of
children's hair with water, o. using q
wet brush in dressing their hair to save
the nurse or mother some trouble in
arranging it. Water removes the natu-
raj oil of the hair; it should be used on
the scalp only to cleanse it, or at fixed
times to wash the hair, and this pref
cradle at night, when the head can be
well covered up to avoid taking cold.
1t will be found quite dry IA the morn
ing. The use of hot water, instead of
cold, for cleansing the scalp and hair
may be recommended. Hot water is a
stimulant and should give the hair a
good color. 1t is known that sulphur
is component part of the natural
color of the hair, and some of the hot
water hair dressers avow that they can
distinctly smell the sulphur developed
by this process in the hair, with the
hand rubbing that accompanies its use.
Hair dries more quickly, also, after the
hot water application than the cold.
But be sure to pin the head up--after
rubbing-in towel which can be re-
moved and rep aced if it becomes wet.
Opinions differ as to the effect of salt
water on the hair, but if salt is APP
piled, it should be with hot water.
Occasionally this application will give
sound sleep to restless or fatigued
heads
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-29
Overheard.
Two sons of Erin stood at the corner
of Market aud Montgomery streets.
"pat

Two sons of Erin stood at the corner
of Market aud Montgomery streets.
"Pat."
"What is it, Moike?"
"Oi'm awful thirsty"
$50 am Oh"
"Have We got 10 cints, Pat?"
That's iist PLAT Olive got, Moike."
Lets go an get drink"
"Bedad, Moike, 10 cints won't get q
dhrink fur both av us"
"1ndade it will, Pat. Give me the
10 cints. Oil go into the saloon an
inquoire fur whisky. Oil pour out q
big glass, dhrink half av it. and say to
the mon behind the bar, That's terri
BILE whisky He'll say sumthin about
it's b in good whisky, an thin Oil say
Oil lave it to yez to decide. Ye will
thin cum up to the bar and dhrinlx
phwat's left"
"Will We be square, Moike?"
"Faith an Oh will"
Pat gave Mike the 10 cents, and the
programme was successfully carried
out.
"Moike, phat made We lave me SIGH a
big dhrink?" inquired Pat after the
two had regained the sidewalk.
"Bedad, Pat, the barkaper overheard
our raymarks, an gave us the turpen-
tome bottle to dhrink out av."-CaE-
foT71ia Maverick.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-29
A REVERE BY MOONLIGHT.
by SQUIRE HOBBS.

The world is wrapped in calm repose.
And night puts on her sable gown.
Tho moon above the hills Is rose.
And twinkling stars are shining down.
The air Is laden with perfume.
And ON the breeze sweet odors blow
OF flowers that ON the hillsides bloom,
And in tho woody dells below.
The cricket chirps within his cell,
The bull-frog lends his dOleful croak,
The FREELY lights his way TO tell,
The night-owl screams from out the oak.
The sheep-bell tinkles in the fold,
The cows within the barnyard lie.
The Watchdog barks a warning bold
AS some belated swain goes by.
The gentle zephyrs kiss my brow
And drive away all thoughts of caro-
MY life Is free from trouble now,
And rest and peace instead reign there.
A holy silence round me clings
As the night does about me close;
Great JOY and happiness ii brings,
And fills NV soul with sweet reposo.
The hush of calm and silent rest
Envelops now the sleeping earth;
The sons of toll are sweetly blest
With happy dreams OF JOY and mirth.
oh, what a blessing is the night
That steals upon us unawares;
1t heals the wound of Hunger's bite,
And lllls TO rest our weary cares.
In Dreamlands soothing, kind embrace
We sleep the peaceful hours away,
And visions bright and lovely trace
Till night becomes golden day.
And when life's curfew sadly tolls,
And we no more see days bright beams,
All let us hope our ransOmed souls
Will sleep the sleep of happy dreams.
Ind. Feb. o. 1885,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-29
Boston Courier.

-BOStOn tOtfleT.
DISTINGUISHED Englishman Ito host
who has given dinner to him)-"Who
is that fine appearing man over near
the door," host" Prof. lie Legge."
Distinguished Englishman-" 1 haven't
met him, have 2" Host" Um-ah-
let me see. / think not. L beg your
pardon, my dear sir, for not presenting
him before. The Professor is from
Boston" Distinguished Englishman
=" %, don't mind that You know
/ am over here to study humanity in
all its conditions. "-NeW York It'd
Bits.
A Goldfish is the only Annymal that
amt got no neck There amt but one
kind OF a fish in the World that lives
on the land and Flys round in the air,
and that is a tsh-hawk. A Goldfish has
a large mouth and my sunday school
Teachers got large mouth too. Two
kids got fiteing in the yestry one day
and one of EN- pulled quite lot of
Hare out of the other kids He'd and the
Superingtending pounded one of his
Eeers with book and so they quit. A
fish would look funny If they had legs
and could run.-BOStOn Boy IN Bos-
ton Record.
MINIsTER-"Well, my little one, and
so you went to church yesterday, did
you?" Little One-"Yeth, thir." Min
ister-"And do you remember, my dear,
what it was you heard when you went
to church yesterday" Little One
"Yeth, thir. You thaid one of my little
prayers, but you didn't thay the other
one. Minister-"Ah, indeed And
how was that?" Little One-"Why,
you thaid Our Father who art but
you didn't thay Now lay me-" Min
ister-"O, well, my dear, but people
don't go to church to sleep, you know"
Little One-"Yeth they do, too. NV
mother went to sleep in church latht
Thunday. "-SomerUiiie Journal.
COUNTRY editor (to farmer)-" Well,
how do you like my paper?" Farmer
=" First rate. The one 1 got last
week was big improvement over the
other ones YOU sent me-" Editor
warmly am pleased, my dear sir,
to hear you so express yourself. Would
you care if were to print your state
ment?' Farmer Not at all" Editor
-"All right. I'll publish your state
ment. 1t might be the means of in
creasing my circulation In your neigh
borhood. Was there any special
article that commended itself to you?'
Farmer-"No, b'lieve not" Editor
=" Then why did you think so much
of the last issue?" Farmer Cause
the copy got want printed on but one
side. "-ArkansaU Traveller.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-29

A SPIDER, as shown by an estimate
by means of actually weighing it and
then combining in a cage, ate four times
its weight for breakfast, nearly nine
times its weight for dinner. thirteen
times its weight for supper, finishing
up with an ounce, and at p. m, when
he was released, ran off in search of
food. At this rate man weighing 100
pounds would require the whole of
fat steer for breakfast. the dose repeat
ed with the addition of half-dozen
well-fatted sheep for dinner, and two
bullocks, eight sheep and four hogs for
supper, and then, as lunch before
going to his club banquet, he would
indulge in about four barrels of fresh
fish
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-29

ACCORDING to Moscow paper, only
81 per cent. OF the children attending
school in Russia are girls. The pro-
portion varies with the religion, being
greatest among Protestants, asa per
cent. next among Jews, "a. per cent
next among Roman Catholics, IA per
cent, and lowest among Greek Catho-
lies, 1913 per cent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-29

A wELL-KNowN writer tells of seeing
thousands of small fish migrating
across land from one lagoon to another,
in tropical America. He says they
moved as deliberately and as uncon-
cernedly as though they had been ac-
customed to the overland route all
their lives.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-29

In Siam tho cats have their tails
banged and are dyed bright yellow; the
forests abound with pink and white
albino monkeys; the python and boa
attain to gigantic proportions, and the
people are singulafly temperate.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-29

WHERE a European takes his deg out
for walk, according to the North
China Mail, a Chinaman carries q
cage, imprisoned in which is bird.
and when he sits down to rest he hangs
the cage upon a tree in order that he
may enjoy the flood of melody which is
poured forth from the birds throat
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-29
HUMOR.

A LAME excuse-the apology Of q
one-legged man.
~Ir is more blessed to give than to
receive" remarked the pugilist.
.@THE game is up" as the boy hunter
said when, after dischargrng both bar
rels, the duck flew of.-MaUertck.
In some respects the gentler sex sur
passes us. No man, for instance, can
deliver q lecture with mouth full OF
pins.
NEWARK, New Jersey, has an anti
tobacco society composed of young
ladies. That is good thing. We hope
all the young ladies III that town VIII
give up smoking. Boston Post.
THE average life of locomotive is
thirty years. 1t must pain locomo-
tive to know that it will never be old
enough to be ballet dancer, even if it
had the necessary limbs.-Puck.
THE ablest minds claim that there is
no such thing as absolute originality
possible Nothing, they argue, has
ever been produced by man that did
not resemble something in the earth or
visible in the heavens. The new spring
hat is the nearest approach to an excep-
tion yet discovered. Chicago Ledger.
"A GEORGIA negro recently butted a
steer to death, on being told that he
could have the steer If he killed 1t in
that way" says a news item. This
story may be true, but we will give him
our commission in the Salvation Army
to see him undertake TO butt spring
chicken to death.-Sdn Francisco
Maverick.
"THERE is q good deal of religion in
nature" solemnly remarked a young
Aberdeen clergyman calling upon a
lady of his congregation recently.
"There isl was the quiet reply. I'VE
should never forget that there is SER
mon in every blade of grass. quite
true We should also remember that
grass is cut very short sometimes.
A CITIZEN stepped into an uptown
drug store and called for a couple of
pills, which he swalloped. How
much?" he asked. Fifty cents, sir. J"
Fifty cents! Why, the druggist on the
block below never charged me more
than five." "Then I'll make 'em four.
I'll drive that man ont of the business
if have to sell goods at cost. "-Har-
per's Bazar.
TWO MEN.
There goes a man whose clothes are plain,
Homely his face and fare.
Yet everybody honors him,
Because they know he's
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-29

THE American family is falling off in
In 1850 it contained 5.56
persons; in 1860, 5.2S; in 1870, 5.Oy,
and in 1880, only 5.04. At present the
average may be taken to be barely 8.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-29

THE average American eats eight
times as much sugar as the average
Russian, who prefers lemon juice to
milk and sugar in his tea.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-29

There goes man. In all the land
No nobler could be found
Whoever needs a helping hand
Is sure TO find him
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-29
TWO MEN.

There goes n man whose clothes are plain,
Homely his face and fare.
Yet everybody honors him,
Because they know he's
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1886-02-23
gdtpimbiudbt aebetlt.

ginem alien arate, Der bon Der praris gu.
riifgeaosen lebt, iuurse burd einen ofinbiiden
Mifionar bic 8eidreibung zines einfadeu
besetabiIif9en SeiImitteIs fir bic fdnelle unb
bauernbe SeiIung bon 2unsenf@pinbiudt,
Bron9itis, @atarrb, Nfbria unD allen SaIa.
unb 2u~ngentrantbeiten aussebdnbi9t. Au@
Elm Mittel fir poftibe, raOifale 6eilnna bon
Nerbenf1pa9e unb alien Nerbenfranfbeiten.
Nadbem Der DottCr bic punberbaren Seiltrafte
in tanlenben 8dlen erprobt batts, era9tete CT
es fir feline @ai9t, bas Mtittel ieineu lei6enbeu
Mitmenf6en bstannt at MAIDEN. Son bieiem
Motib unD @uni9 setrieben, banbelte er. Sd
ienbe Oiefes &eaept foftsnfret an aae, bic e5
ipiinfden, IN beutf9er, enplif@er ober ~frana0fi>
f9er Spra9e, nit boiler Mntpeiiuns ber GER
iteauns unb bes @ebraud8. Senbe abreTe
unb 8riefmarte, beaiebe Did auf biefe 8eitums
unb i'd fenbe es iofort. IS. u. Nobes, 149
9opsrs 8lod, &o6efer, 81. .. lilo, 19mh
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Madt Cure 8efelunaen fit Sta

- Ma6t Cure 8efeQungen fir Sta.
6elbrabt, slotten 9rabt, giienble@,
&upferblf6 un6 90tbe BET Yiper &
g 9nttbeB 249 Marfet Str.
Gpart GeIb unb 3eit.
@arantie fir nie6rtgfte Marftpreiie.
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stnsas relieahe asabtitnIlt.
Gin Dollar gelpart, 1T ein Dollar bers
nifnf

Gin Dollar gefpart, 1T ein S0uar berp
bieut,
Wenn Sbr 3eit uuo @elb fparen
tpolt, 1ei9t i'm Central 9otel, am Main
0lasa, ab. gs 1T ELM biliges un0 aus
berldiiges 0otel, mo Sbr ausge5eidnste
Soft un6 ale benfbareu 8equemIinfeiF
ten fir $3.50 pro Sag erbaiten.
5traBen6abn in unmittelbarer Mdbe.
Omnibu7e mad ben 8abnb6fen. See
Iegrapb= unb Selepbon : @erbinbung.
SIN 9auie befinbet ii6 bic Office Der
B6rne, Comfort unb Trie6ri6sburg
Boftfuti@en. Sriibffad bot Ser Mb=
Iabrt. Colonel S. &c. 8ater fiibrt has
0otel felt IL Sabreu unb bat tets Die
3ufrieoeabeit feiner Runben geerntet.
Ser grpBe Berfebr bon Seuti9en bas
felbf1egt 3eugniB baDon ab.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1886-02-23

= Sobz2ots bon Stiefeln unb S9u>
ben unter benz Gptpreis Bel 9. SC.
5uIliban. Gommt unb iebet.
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@amhpls! @anhpls !

Garmer unb 8auluftige MAIDEN nit
aaf bic Sumbers Oarb bes 9errn- 6ans
8. 9egener aufmerffam. Man flu
bet bort groBe 8orrdtbe bon 8auboll
aler Dirt unb in ieiner S9neibemiible
Sbtiren, Seniter, Saloufier &c. gu ben
biaigffen Breiien. Wer mod ri6t iein
&unbe mar, ipre@e por uns iber3euge
ft9, baB man bier nit 8ortbeil taufer
fann. &umberzOar6 uno Office: an
9oufoniiraBe. Sab 9oor & 8linf
Gactorp BON 9ans2. 9egener,
on Wbenue G.
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@urft! Maudhmaaren

6rocerpbdnbler unb Speifefuirtbe
bonn 2anbe m69ten mir einbrtnglt9
barauf aufmertiam MAIDEN. Dob mir
fGr bic Polarization Don Wurlt unb
&au6maaren umfansrei6e 8orberei>
tunger getrofen baben unb in @tanb
gefebt linb, allen Nnforberun9en Sc
1tiige gu leifteu. @ir geben @arantie
fir quite Waare unb reeae 8ebienung.
9ie 3ubereitung ftebt unter unferer per-
f0nli9en 2eitung. Senbet Cure 8e=
ftequngen BET 3eiten ein.
% NJ. 95fli ng & Sobn,
l10m1i 511 Mbenue g..
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2,279 I'M 8strass bon $522,5o0
a. anfrasen fur aeenten, iopie sfaten
fur Clubs fonnen nur in Der Office tn Neu
Orleans semadt pereen.
Bese ndberer ansfunft f6reibe man beutIi4
bic sanae Gbrehe.
Wan f4tde @elb bur4 YcfalN es
EN-, @rpreB Wcnep Srber, 0ep Ocrs
@ediel ouf 9eem Srleons.
Briefe nit gurrenf1 anberdubert per erprsb
g6ir aabten grprebfoten auf aae Snmmeu
iiber S. aufpdrts.
M. u. Dauphiu,
Stem Orleans, Ga.
Wan a~breifire .re9ifrirte 8riefe unb fens
p. 3. Moneb Drbres aus auf BIZ aeu Orleana
sinaaI 8anf, gep Orleans, Ca.
sn Mpcre, M8ent,
Son SntoniO, Geyas
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Cotton & 8pltom,

guttiDndre unb 2ommiifions > 3auf=
leute So. 2, 4 unb 6 %. 9ouftOu.
@traBe, Sun Mntonio faufen nnb pers
taufeu gebrau@te M6bel, Seppi9e,
@las= unb 8le9maaren &c. Mer bilz
iig taufen nil, benz 1T bier eine gin.
ftige Gelesenbeit geboten. @onae
9auseinri@tunsen biaig 3u ertperben.
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g@miidt bic Wrdbcr! 0ie

berf6miidung 1T cine i96ne, pietdtz
Doae Site, bic Sebem aur Gbre GEE
rei6t. 9ie Wabl itebt spif9en 8lumen
un6 9entmdlern uno tper bic lebteren,
als bic bauerbaften unb unbergdnsliz
den, tpdblt, Der mirb bon benz iuttgeu
Giinffer, Grant Sei9, Nr. 305-
313 SoufonfraBe, auf bas 8efte Bee
bient tner6en. 28,1,m1f
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Geuenpdrtiaer

Dir, bie unteraei9neten MttsIieber
bes Sinan3 I RDmites boben ben 8eri6t
bes Sefretdrs fit bic 6 Monate, tuelGe
AM 81. December 1885, enben, forge
fdltig geprIift au6 .riGtis befuHben.
Aranias prescott
Sefum M. Bel Ginauatomite.
SHo. Mitbers IT..
Gum 3psniB: SObn 8. 06fe, Setr.
Die aebnte Gerie bie'er 91ociotion
liegt nun fur uuter5ei@nungen bereit.
Ndberes barii6er wirb bereitpiQig ers
tbeilt bon
Sobn 81 06fe, 6etretdr.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-19
Sufferers from Noise.


 There are multitude of sufferers from tn noises of their neighborhood who endur, what amounts to agony, exciting their nerves to abnormal action and their pulse to fever heat, when it would do them no injury te Use simple means of obviating the whole thing. The clangor of machinery, the ring ing of bells, the cries and laughter, the yells and roars, of hundred or less children at re- cess or at ball playing, the passing of heavy drays-all or any of these and sther things are sometimes fatal to the healtl of the in valid and to the work of the tinker Often it is utterly impossible to moHs into region where no heavy drays pass, n' bell ringing is allowed; and then there is hardly region to be found not invaded by tle whistle of the steam engine, or where boy, do not shout at their games; and even where there are no cocks to crow, or dogs b lark, or birds to sing at unseemly hoursbefore dawn, there is always some other sound to torture the sen sitive ear. If, now, the suffer will take a bit of spernlaceti oinnent of about the size of pea, tie it up ina small square of fine linen, and place it Gsep in the ear. working i round till it take the shape of the orifce leaving the end to oang out, not murmur of sound can be leard the atmosphere is sweet and serenethe nerves are quite at rest, all evaporation. $ subdued, and when the noise is over O. the necessary season of quiet has been had, he little plug can be removed, the murmur O the world allowed to return, and no harm lone.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-19

which American fgures-no matter whether the character depicted be represented az man of good social position and presum. ably fair education, or not-he is made to express himself in dialect happily combin- ing the peeuliarities of speech of every sec- tion of the country from Maine to Texas. With the exception of the late MT. An thony Trollope's American Senator,' oan- not recall to mind a single work of fiction in which this is not the case. Take, for in stance, those portions of Martin Chuz- ztewit' the scenes of which are laid in the United States: Richard Fairfield in Bull wers My Novel; the Colonel in Levers One of Them;' Fullalove, in Charles Reade's Very Hard Cash;' the younger Fenton in Yates. Black Sheep or the American traveller in 'Mugby Junction'-in each and every instance the result is to convey most erroneous idea as to the manner in which our common tongue is ordinarily spoken in the United States
 It IS the same on she stage. The dialect in which Americans are usually made to e1- press themselves in English dramas is as in correct and absurd as was the language put into the mouths of their Irish characters by the playwrights of the early part of the eighteenth century.
 As a matter of fact, the speech of educated Americans differs but little from that of the same class in Great Britain; while, as regards the great bulk of the people of the United States, there can be no question but that they speak purer and more idiomatic English than do the masses here In every State of the Union the language of the in- habltants can be understood without the slightest difficulty. This is more than can be sad Of the dialects of the peasantry in various parts of England, these being in many instances perfectly unintelligible to stranger. Again, the fuency of expression and command of language possessed by Am ericans even in the humber ranks of life forms marked contrast to the poverty of speech ot the same class in this country, whereas an eminent philologist has declared, a very considerable proportion of the agri cultural population habitual1y make use of a vocabulary not exceeding 300 words.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-19
Friday, February I9, 1886.
PRECIOUS STONES.


 This country has not yet proved to be rich in precious stones, but some have been found and it will not be very astonishing if by and by it is discovered that there are many'valu- able gems hidden here. A recent publica- tion by the government contains some inter esting information concerning those which have been found.
 Diamonds have been discovered in various parts of the country, but chiefly in Califor- mia and North Carolina, though the largest dia- mond yet discovered here was dug up in Man chester, Virginia. It weighed originally 2334 carats, and when reduced by cutting II H. 16 carats, and it was deemed so valuable that at one time 46, 900 was loaned on it, though now, because of it's undesirable color and certain imperfections, it is not worth more than twentieth part of that sum- The California diamonds, found in fifteen or twenty different places, the most prolific be- ing Cherokee Flats, Butte county, are of all the celors known in the stone, white, yellow straw and rose, but they generally very small, ranging in value from ten to fifty dol lars each The largest, discovered at French Corral, weighed 71x carats, and many are unearthed whose value in the rough is not less than one hundred dollars. Diamonds are also found in North Carolina in associa- tion with the flexible sandstone, called itaco- lumite, which is peculiar to that State, where, too, sapphires of notable brilliancy have appeared. A sapphire found at Jenks Mine, in Franklin county, is one of the finest known specimens of the emerald green vari- ety, and because of it's great rarity is proba- ply worth one thousand dollars.
 Good specimens of chrysoberyl, a stone which sometimes is almost equal i1 appear ancs to the yellow diamond, anG is prlnci- pally obtained in Brazil and Ceylon, have been found in different parts of New Eng land. New York ard the Southern States, and the spinel a beautiful gem, which is often sold sor Oriental ruby, is distributed In the sans way. The best crystals of topaz corse from the Platte Mountains in Colorado, one of these, weighing 125 carats, being an fine gem. Only insignificant quantities of emerslds and beryls have been found in this country, but garnets, which, smaller, are equal to the best of Africa and Ceylon, discovered on the quite common in New England, and appears in several places in the Southern States. One specimen, found near Cheshire in this State, | rivals in color the best amethysts of Siberia. | Fine specimens of smoky quartz are found | 1t Bear Creek, in Colorado. The people of this country paid last year | more than nine million dollars for imported 1 precious stones.