davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-28

WHAT'S the rest OF death, sweet friends
When Is the rising upY and where?
say death Is "a heightened prayer;
a longer night, a larger end.
Hear me the lesson once learned
died sailed million miles
Through drenmful. flowery. restful isles
She was not there, and returned.
I aay. tho shores Of death and sleep
Are one; that when we wearied come
To ethics waters, and lie dumb.
Tte death, not sleep. holds us to keep.
Yea. we lie dead for need OF rest;
And so the soul drifts out and DER
The vast still waters to the shore
Beyond, in pleasant, tranquil quest;
It sails straight on, forgetting pain,
BY isles of peace, 90 perfect rest
Now wore IL best abide or bost
Return and take up life again?
And that is all of death there is,
Believe me. IL you find your love
In that fair land. then like the dove
Abide and tarn not back to this.
Yet II you find your love not there.
Or IL your feet feel sure aud you
Have still allotted work to do.
Why, then return TO life and caro-.
Death is no mystery. IT'S plain
II death be mystery, then sleep
Is mystery, thrice madly deep,
For. oh, this coming back againl
All, somber ferryman of souls!
see the CLEAN of solid shores
hear thy stroke of steady oars
Above the widest wave that rolls.
o Charon! He'll thy somber shipsi
We come with neither myrrh. nor balm,
Nor silver pieces in open palm,
But large, lone silence on our lips.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-28

sole animal food, but they never
dreamed that anybody could get hun
cry enough to eat eggs until they saw
the missionaries eat them. The specta-
Gle OF their white friends making eggs
pa OF their breakfast still troubles
number of tribes in Africa. MIR.
Wallace says that among some Of the
Pacific Islanders hens eggs are saved
to sell to ships. but are never eaten by
the natives
There are q number OF tribes in
Africa whose chief riches are their
herds of cattle. but who never drank a
drop of cows milk in their lives. They
think the milk of their herds is for
calves and not for human beings, and
they are Disguised at the idea that any
body should consider it proper arti-
Gle of food. A few tribes near the
great lakes think it is spectacle worth
seeing to look at the missionaries milk
ing cows and drinking the milk.
Among many tribes, however, milk is
an important article of food. They
estimate mans wealth by the number
of cattle he owns, and thinks he is
squanaering his capital if he kills one
Of them for food. They use their cat
tie to buy wives and other commodi-
ties. and eat them only when they die
in natural course.
Strawberries and raspberries are
found in some tropical regions, but they
are never eaten, and, in fact, are hardly
worth picking, as they are poor, almost
tasteless things. The wild fruits OF
tropical regions are generally far in
ferior in quality and abundance to
those of the temperate zone.
These same tribes that are astounded
at some of the articles white men put
into their stcmachs very likely eat
grasshoppers, ants, monkeys, ele-
plants, and many other things that
have not been introduced into our cui-
sine. The pure white salt of commerce
is the one article in the nature of food
that they are all glad to get. Earth
strongly impregnated with saline mat
ter has wide sale in one part of Cen
trail Africa. and along the Angola coast
natives collect the impure deposits of
the salt marshes to season their food.
If salt were not so heavy, explorers
would find it more useful than almost
any other commodity in paying their
way through savage lands.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-28
A Coincidence.

A stranger who arrived at Sioux City
was met at the depot by a rafting big
fellow. half drunk and in fighting hu-
NOR, who stopped him and said:
Stranger, are you from Omaha?"
Eyes, SIR"
"Then prepare"
"For vhat?"
ITO take the biggest licking a white
man ever got. took q solemn oath
an hour ago to lick the first chap who
arrived here from Omaha ?"
The stranger peeled without an
other word aud sailed in, and in three
minutes ne had taken the sand out OF
the bag fellow.
stranger, why didn't you tell me p
asked the victim, as he wiped hin
bloody nose on the rim of his hat.
@Tell you what?"
THAT you was hitter"
ooh, there was no use in that. As
soon as the train entered the suburbs
1 made up my mind to lick the first
man met after leaving the car, and
you happened to bo the one..--Neo
York Star
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-28

How Ofssn . Very simple Thing Ny ~
store the Connection.
fVrox., ph{IadeIuhia Call

How Oftsn Very simple Thing Msy H.
store the Connection.
From the Philadelphia Call
Two years ago q young man living in
q Vermont village. having finished his
academical education, was ready to en-
ter college. But just before the day
appointed for his examinations he was
taken i'll. After several weeks OF sui
fering he slowly recovered his health.
but discovered that his mind had lost
the knowledge acquired by six years OF
hard study. Latin, Greek. and mathe-
matics, all were gone, and his mind
was blank in respect to his prepare.
tory studies. His doctor prescribed
that he should rest his mind, and famil-
iarize himself with the few simple de-
tails of light work.
He obeyed the advice, and found, in
his old habit of doing things carefully,
the schoolmaster that brought back his
old knowledge.
Before his illness the young man. IN
order to earn a little money, had taken
care of the village church. sweeping il
out, cleaning the lamps and doing all
the work of sexton. He now re-
sumed this work, and by the physicians
advice tried to keep his mind from puz-
cling itself about its loss of memory.
Several weeks went by without bring
ing any change in his mental condition.
One Sunday evening stranger en-.
tered the church, and, as the sermon
was a dull one, gazed carelessly around
until his attention was attracted by the
lamps on the wall. He noticed that all
the wicks were so carefully trimmed
that there was not an irregular flame
to be seen. He wondered as to who
could be the careful sexton, and hap.
pening to be in the place the following
Sunday, he again noticed the same uni.
form trimming of the wick.
Passing the church the next day, and
seeing the door open, he walked quietly
in, and saw the young Sc ton sweeping
out the central isle. Looking closely
at the young man, the stranger asked
do you do all the work about the
church,"
"Yes, sir"
do you trim the lamps?"
"Yes, sir"
"Why do you trim them in such q
peculir way?"
II don't know what you mean"
"Why, the flames are all alike"
"Oh, but they ought to be. You
would not have them uneven, would
you?"
No." answered the stranger, with q
smile. "But 1t speaks we'll for your
carefulness. Why, 1 should think one
of the flames would fit all the others
exactly if it were superimposed on
them"
'SuperimposedP Isn't that word
used In geometry"
Certainly. If polygons, having
equal sides and angles"
Before the stranger could finish his
sentence the student threw down his
broom, rushed frantically out OF
the church, ran across the street
and into the house, where he astonished
his mother by exclaiming in tones OF
triumph. Mother, l know that the
square of the bypothenuse of right
angle triangle is equal to the sum OF
the squares OF the other two sides"
In moment his school knowledge
had come back to him, flashed into his
mind by the mention Of the superim-
posed figures.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-28
A Great Mind at Work.

The Now York Tribune incidentally
remarks that "The future lies be ore
u.s." True enough. And the Past es
behind as. The Present we have with
us moment, when il merges nto the
asst. Let us reflect a moment on the
past. the recent Past, the Past circum-
scribed by our TO olleCt on, and the
away ba k Past, and don't forget the
repast. Then cogtste on the Present,
the just-at-this- moment Present, the
present time generally, and more es-
pecially the approaching Christmas
present. Then turn your eyes to the
Future; the nearby Future, the pros.
pective Future, and the d m and vague,
IN site Future. Improve on the Past,
better tho Present. and receive your
reward in the Future. And in all your
rehe tons. don't forget that "'T but
a short distance across the isthmus O
ow." The Choir will please sing. -
Peck's Sun.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-28

sons Inssrsstins P~rlor Games and
timoa.

| S0DS Az8 IeFsoE O,os eAo Ees-
times.
CLuMPs. One of the most agreeable
md funny games for the parlor is that
" the name of @Clumps." II can be
'lsyed by any number. Sides are
chosen the same as in spelling match,
md one chosen from each side to go
nut and select some article, substance
or thing from either the animal, vege-
table or mineral kingdom for both
sides to guess, and the side that sue
ceeds in finding it first gains one mem
Der from the other side. The rapidity
and eagerness with which the ques-
tions are asked by both sides in order
to win is very amusing and quite ex-
citing, to say the least.
GAME OF BEAN BAGs.-A very pref
ty and amusing game for old and
young: Take a board three feet long.
eighteen inches wide; cut a hole six
inches square; have the top of hole
nine inches from the top of board and
six inches from each side; arrange legs
underneath, either stationary or with
hinges, so that the board will slant to
bring the bottom of the hole just one
foot from the floor; cover with some
pretty material-cretonne preferred.
| Make six bags six inches square, of
ticking, and one bag Called jumbo)
six inches wide by twelve inches long.
Put scant half-pint of beans into the
small bags and double the quantity
into jumbo.
To play the game-Choose sides.
then toss the bags the length of the
room, about fifteen feet, through the
hole.
Each small bag going through counts
ten points.
The large jumbo going through
counts twenty points.
Ii it lodges on the board the small
bags count five; the large one ten.
The small bags going off the board,
the player loses ten; jumbo twenty.
Game 100 points.
1t seems an easy matter to pitch the
Gags through the hole, but experience
will prove to the contrary.
The FRUIT-SELLER.- is simple
little game that very young children
may understand, and yet older ones, by
choosing foreign fruits that are not
commonly seen, may make it quite
puzzling. / got it up for little class
Of boys and girls, who thereby learned
much about the growth of fruit.
One child is chosen for the seller,
and he or she selects kind of fruit
and does not tell the rest, who are to
guess what it is after asking one ques-
ton which may be answered by eyes"
or mo-" Any one asking a question
that cannot be answered thus loses
chance to guess, and the one who
guesses right becomes the seller, the
previous seller becoming buyer.
EXAMPLE.
Seller-I have fruit to sell.
First Buyer-Does it grow on a tree?
S.-No.
First Strawberries
S.-No.
Repeats to second BUYER.
Second B.-Does it "keep" through
The winter?
S.-Yes.
Second B.-Quinces?
S.-No.
Repeats to third buyer.
Third B.-Does it grow in this coun
try?
$40.
Third B.-Figs?
S.-No.
Repeats to fourth buyer.
Fourth BIS it solid, fresh, or
dried?
Loses his chance to guess.
Repeats to fifth buyer.
Fifth BIS the fruit dried before
being sent from the country where it
grows?
S.-Yes.
Fifth B.-Raisins
S.-Yes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-28

He that blows the Goals in quarrels
he has nothing to do with has no right
10 complain il the sparks Ay in his face.
Fran kliu.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-28

The worthiest people are the most
injured by scandal, as we usually find
that to be the best fruit which the
birds have been pecking at-Swif.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-28

A LIE has no legs and cannot stand
but 1T has wings and can fly far and
wide.-Bishop WdrJ,trton.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-28

Satire is followed by standing ire.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-28
A TOO COMMON FOOL,

"YoU are going into the lecture field,
thev tell me?" "Yes, think some of
doing So" "Have you ever had any
aSperience in public speaking?" NO,
l never tried to address an audience
In my hfe." "But, lay good sir, how
can you hope to succeed If you know
nothing about the lecture business ?"
ooh, I'm posted ON the lecture busi-
ness. You can depend on that" But
how does that Gomez" "Come? Why,
great Scott, man, I've been married
twenty-five years !"-Chicago Ledger.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-07-31
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

Observation-Disclosures is said to be
the longest word in the English language.
In Antwerp, on Holy %Innoceat's day,
the children are allowed to dress I.ne
men and women and run the house.
An Albany (Ga.), lady said that dur
ing the war she paid $50 for one spool OF
thread, $500 for a pound of tea, and
gave $500 for a simple gingham dress.
Efforts are still being made to discover
the golden candlestick of Solcmon's TEN
pie which Titus carried to Rome in
triumph, and which is supposed to be in
the bed of the Tibcr.
The ladies and young men OF fashion
of ancient Rome used a ball Of German
pomade to tingc the hair Of a light q
fair color. It was composed of goats
tallow and beechwood ashes, aud made
up into a ball.
A recent calculation shows that Eng
land owns nearly three times as large an
extent Of colonies as all the rest of Eu-
rope together. Her colonies are
eighty-five times as big as the mother
= country.
The Prohibition party has had four
Presidential candidates in the field:
Black, in 1872, received 560S votes
Smith, in 1876, received 9759; Dow,
1880, received II. $40, and st. John,
1891, received 152, O7O.
The first slave ship in this country was
the ship Desire, built in 1886, at Marble
head, Mass. The first cargo of slaves
{aside from a few brought in q Dutch
ship was imported iny the ship Desire
into the harbor of Salem, Mass, in 1888.
One hundred and fifty years afterward
the Rev. Jeremy Bclknap, in his history
of Massachusetts,, says that rum distilled
in Boston was the handspring to the
slave traffic.
Almost every town in ancient Greece
had a gymnasium, and Athens possessed
three, the Lycean, Cynosarges ant
Academia, all of which were constructed
upon q scale of great splendor, and fur
nished with every kind of convenience
covered and open apartments, colon
nades, shady walks, baths and othe,
c~ontrivanccs conducive to the health an,
comfort of the large ~concoursc ~resortins
thither as performers or spectators, 0
for the enjoyment of literary or scicntiG
conversation.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-07-31
Town in the S0uuan.

About half way between Dongola and
bricks on a gravelly sterile spot on the
cast bank, but with a strip Of ground be-
tween it and the river laid out in gar
dcns of date, orange, lemon, pomegran-
ate and other fruit trees. The houses,
even of the better class, have not much
furniture. There is a bed-framc, with
strips of buffalo-hidc stretched across it,
on which are laid neatly made mats, so
that it forms a seat in the day time.
Round the walls hang wooden bowls of
various sizes, which are used instead of
%crocAcry; but sometimes one or two OF
our willow pattern plates may also be
seen; and in these the hostess will take
great pride, She has also great stores of
vessels III the shape of urns manufactured
by herself of a mixture of clay and other
materials; and when she leaves home she
p!aStcrs them up in a peculiar way so that
she can tel If they have been opened dur
ing her absence. The kitchen is separate,
and IN 1t there is a stone mill for grinding
corn, and three large stones forming a
fire place. The Nubian woman's dress is
a piece of dark-bluc calico wrapped
around her waist and coming half way
down to her ankles, her head and the
upper part of her body being covered by
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-07-31
LADIES DEPARTMENT.
Breakfast, Dinner and Tea.

What do ! want for breakfast, deara
NV wants are all in my mind quite clear;
You-with your cheerful morning smile,
And n pretty dress, my thoughts 10 beguile
Into thinking Of flowers; an earnest word
That will all through my busy day be heard,
And make ne sure that my morning light
Beams strongly true, cen while dancing
bright,
Be certain to give me these, all these,
And anything else YOU can or please.
BIT dinner-what will | have for thatt
Well, dear, when | enter, doff my hat,
And turn to the table, | want To Sc you,
Standing, just as YOU always do.
TocInake me lose all the forenoons fret,
Aud cheer for the afternoons work TO get;
Tell M all your news, and Ill tell mine,
And with love aud JOY and peace ven dine.
Bn certain to give me- these, all these,
And ANYTHING else that you can or please.
And what for tea! Have | any cholcef
Yes, dear. the sound Of your " sweet
voice,
And your gentle presence. always fee.
The cares Of the day, like shadows, steal
Away from your soul light; and evening rest
Come just in the way | love the best.
50. when you are planning our twilight tea,
With Il sleri1l thought in your heart for me,
BE certain 10 give me these, all these,
And anything else that you can or please.
-Junintn StaDOrd, in Good UouscEeep1hJ.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-07-31
MentiOnabIe Works of Man.

THE highest pyramid in existence is
five hundred and twenty feet in height.
The temple of Belus at Babylon is said
to have been six hundred and sixty-siy
feet high.
ST. IvAN'L TOWER, Moscow, and the
Chicago Board of Trade are three hun
dred feet high.
The tower Of Babylon is supposed to
have reached the height of six hundred
and eighty feet.
The highest monument in the world is
the Washington, five hundred and fifty
five feet in height.
THE highest building in the world is
the spire to st. Peters Church, Rome,
FIVE hundred and eighteen feet.
S~EEKEEsfor glacial wonders must soon
find them on this continent. Recent au-
thorities say European glaciers are fast
wearing away:
THE plenisphonc,E an instrument that
unites the tones of the violin, viola, cello,
and double bass, is the recent invention Of
a. Butfalo musician.
THE largest dynamo in the world is be-
ing set up in Cleveland. Five hundred
horsepower will be required to drive it,
and its current will furnish incandescent
lights Of about twenty thousand candle
power.
THE greatest fortress in the world from
a strategical point of view is the famous
stronghold of Gibraltar. 1t occupies a
rocky peninsula jutting out into he sea
about three miles long and t~hree-quarters
of q mile wide.
TIE highest monolith is the obelisk Al
karnak, in Egypt. The obelisk is ascribea
to Hatasu, sister of Pharaoh Thothmcs
Ill, who reigned about 1000 B. G. The
whole length is one hundred and twenty.
two feet, and its weight four hundred
tons.
THE largest library is the Bibliotheque
National in Paris, founded by Louis NV.
1t contains 1,400, 900 volumes, 800, O00
pamphlets, IT'S, 900 manuscripts, 800, 600
maps and charts, and $50, 600 coins and
medals. The collection and engravings
exceed 1000, 600, contained in some 1O,-
600 volumes.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-07-31
IIaIrtressinQ,

Some Of the latest Paris styles of hair
dressing are exceedingly graceful. The
hair is waved and is arranged on the top
Of the head. Tight locks carcss the fore
head below the wavy masses Of hair, ar
ranged pompadour fashion, and adorned
with jcwclcd fleur-dc-lis. One or two
long loose curIs stray down the back Of
the neck, as was the fashion ten years
ago. Another style has the hair waved
over the head, with loosely twined coils
of hair covering the back of the head.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-07-31

nurse. She was his amanuensis, writing
at his dictation; his private secretary,
consulting authorities and examining OBJ
scurc points, thus doing for him work
which he could not do.
1t was BIZ her sympathetic and intelll-
gent help that the book was prepared.
He could not work more than two hours
q day, and often weeks passed when he
could not do the slightest mental labor.
In those days Of enforced idleness, she
was busy getting ready matter for him TO
work over when the propltious hours
should come.
Sir William Napier, the historian OF
the Pcninsular War, was effectively
helped by his wife in the preparation OF
his great work. 4 great mass OF docu-
ments, some of them il cipher, had to be
translated and epitomized. Lady Napier
did it all. The historians handwriting
was almost illcgible-he himself could
hardly read it after it had been written
twenty-four hours.
She took the rough, intcrlined sheets
and made a copy Of them for the printer.
She did all, reading, dcciphering, cpl
tomising, and copying, without for aday
ncglccting the care and education of a
large family.
When Wellington heard of her skin
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-07-31
Male Escorts Unnecessary.

Number Of matrOns Of high social po-
sitiOn in Washington have for soIle years
been in the habit Of going to the theatre
and elsewhere with young ladies unat-
tended by gentlemen. Last spring m
party for the opera was composed entire
~ Of ladies, l married lady and several
young girls, and the opera occurring at a
theatre where a request is made regularly
on the programme that the audience
promenade between the acts, the young
girls in couples walked about during the
cntr'aCtcs.
The wife Of the late Senator Charles
Summer, during the time She was married
to him, used to take one or more other
ladies with her to the theatre and have
no male escort at such times. Twenty
years ago Mrs. John Sherman, wife of
Senator Sherman, expressed surprise
when n widow from Louisville, Ky, told
her chat she and her daughter had not at
tended Il party 20 whicl Mrs. Sherman
had invited them because they had no
escort, and Ms. Sherman said she never
thought of waiting for her husband tc
escort her and her niece Can elderly sister
of Mrs. Don Cameron, now the wife OF
Gen Miles,, anywhere, because he was
generally too busy to do so, SO she anG
Mis- Sherman went cvIryWherc alone to.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-07-31
The Capacity for Thinking.

| have asked, said Mr.. Goschen in a
recent lecture at London-and it is a GOOD
tcst-can YOU, on a long railway Journey,
thinko u a problem on a great social sub
ject? VIII You begin to think out that
problem when You have before you two
hours IN q railway carriage2 This is sim
ply q form Of mental Incidence. Peonle
can not concentrate themselves and brine
Their thoughts sufficiently together to do
spontaneous work. 1t partly comes from
THIS, again, that they will not give them
selves time. From that they get out of
the habit OF steady thought, and they
Will not dwell long upon one subject.
Both in reading ani in think n Won new
or get far unless You will have q long
consecutive tctc-a-tete with your book or
with some problem. People read and
think in the same way that thew visit
Their acquaintances and friends. They
have an exciting conversation for y few
minutes, and then the visit is over II
you wish to. SEGA landscape Or explore q
character you L take time. and it
must be done by steady, consistent. and
and continuous thought. l besneak
therefore, for reading and for thinking
greater dcl.beration, more careful cho;c.
oonseeu'iTeness and continuity. and.
above all, that it should neve,
become necessary TO hurry through
anything, whether isbe lecture, or book.
or problem.