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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04
The Problem Of Human Flight.

The subject of nv paper-hying ma
chines-in a general way, is of interest
to everybody. But to those who have
given it more particular attention, it is
not only interesting but fascinating,
and little dangerous. The pathway
has been strewn with wrecks; and L
fear there is a feeling prevalent that,
after all, it leads nowhere in particular,
unless it be to the almshouse or lunatic
asylum.
Still, there are times when we heart
lily envy the birds their wonderful
power. 1 remember in reading Mr..
Wallace's book on the Amazon, that
he was once standing on the shore Of
the mighty river, confronted by an I'M
penetrable wall of green, concealing
within itself, doubtless, no end of new
plants and beetles; and when a gayly
painted macaw ime sailing lazily along
and disappeared behind the tree-tops
without any sort of trouble, he gave
vent emphatically to the general wish
to fly, and to feeling of surprise that
apparently so simple problem should
have remained so long unsolved.
propose here to give an account Of
some of the attempts to fly that havo
been made in the past and are now be-
ing made; and to try to explain the
principle involved, and why success
has not been achieved.
The old Greeks and Romans very
sensibly appear to have been content to
give the gods and birds and butterflies
a monopoly Of the air; for, excepting
the story of Dedalus and Icarus, little
mention has been made by classical
writer's of attempts to fly, or of flying
machines.
d. dalus, it seems, had killed man
in Athens, and with his unfortunate
son fled to Crete, where King Minos
very properly detained him; but, de-
termincd to escape, he made wings Of
feathers cemented with wax, and. in
structing Icarus to fly neither too high
nor too low, but to closely follow him,
launched himself into the air, and took
a Decline for Greece. The young
man, however, was ambitious, and,
flying too near the sun, the wax melted,
and he persisted in the sea- warning
to future generations. -Popttlor SEQ
e7lce Monthly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04

The following prophecy concerning
the destruction of the world was made
by Nostradamus, the celebrated French
astrologer, who died in 1866: "Quand
George Dieu crucifciera, Que Marc lie
resuscitera, ct que Saint Jean lie Por-
terra; La fin du monde arrivera"
means that the world will come
to an end when the feast of st. George
falls on Good Friday, the feast of st.
Mark on Easter, and Corpus Christi
Day on st. Johns Day. Such is the
case this year.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04

broodoned, her affections strengthened.
Her whole nature IL being enlarged by
the discipline enforced In the raising OF
Q baby. No doubt she sometimes gets
discouraged and sighs for the return VI
the old days before the baby came; she
feels tired in body and mind, and things
look rather dark. She may go to bed
in this unhappy frame Of mind, but
when the little trouble comes into her
bed in the morning. and puts her two
arms around her neck and says, Il Tub
you. mamma" the clouds suddenly dis
appear and it is bright sunshine. adj
nit that poor people with large fami-
lies are not to be eavied. The mother
is almost slave for ten or fifteen
years, and yet have known some of
these mothers who would not exchange
their lot, aud were happy in their mum
erous offspring. / always insist that
the poor should be satisfied with three
or four children, leaving the rich to
rear the large families but it is gener-
ally the reverse. Ii recalls to my mind
something an eminent divine once said.
1t was something like this. THAT
God gave to some people wealth,
and to those whom He did not He
made it up in children" Now one word
in favor of children. They VII not
always be little. They do not always cry
or keep the house in state OF dirt or
disorder. You do not need to give your
whole time and attention to them; you
can have q reasonable amount of pleas
ure in the social world even if you have
little ones And then the most impor-
tant thing of all is the comfort they will
be to you when they are grown. Now
/ think 1 hear the other side whisper,
"Oh yes, they may go to the gallows
for all you know" Perhaps when we
are young the childless couples have
the best time, but when we are forty or
fifty, L think the old lady finds her
greatest happiness in living over again
her life in that of her children. Then
when she has gone through all of her
troubles, there is still plenty of time
for travel and other social pleasures
which she has missed in her younger
days. Neither is she too old then TO en-
Joy it, as some of the other side will
perhaps surmise. / have heard il fire,
quently asserted that American women
do not want children. l am sure it u
mistake, and even in some families, in
which there are no little ones, the Wits
and husband are continually borrowing
some one else's, showing their love for
that which has been denied them.
Those women who hate children are
unworthy of the name. and should never
think of becoming wives. Well, this is
pretty good world, and people are
ready to adapt themselves to it. If they
have no children, they thank their stars
and enjoy themselves in another way.
And if they are blessed with q family,
they think that no one has such chill
dren as theirs, and pity the other
couple who are so unfortunate as to
have none - RronkLl Times
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04
Children or No Children.

While visiting friend the other day
l was struck with the loveliness of a
little girls face, as portrayed in a
small picture hanging against the wall I;
and involuntarily exclaimed. allow 1
wish that had little girl like that ?"
To which my friend replied that she
would rather have the picture. And
yet the lady referred to is of sweet,
loving disposition, who would make a
model mother if she had children. The
fear among most young wives seems to
be that they will not bo able to go out
so much with their husbands If they
have children; they will be ed down,
so to speak. There is a great deal to
be said on both sides. The people who
have no little ones will tell you they
are free to do as they please; that they
have more money for pleasure in all of
its forms, can travel and not be bothered
with squalling babies. They can go to
bed at night with the consciousness
that they will not be disturbed until
breakfast time. No wandering around
at in the morning for water for thirsty
little Threats, and getting cold feet
by the operation; no rushing
around at midnight for medi-
cine for croupy babies and being
kept awake the rest of the night with
nervousness. No dirtying up OF the
house, no dirty finger-marks on paint,
and no little hands to disarrange your
toilet when once it is made. Indeed,
when one looks at the picture it seems
very fair and makes the beholder think
that one should be satisfied and wish
for nothing more. And yet, If the peo-
pie who speak so loudly in favor of
their liberties would tell the truth, they
would confess to a certain longing for
something that they have not There
are very few women who have not this
craving, which nothing but the love of
little child can satisfy. There are
very few women who would not give up
u few worldly pleasures for the pleas
ures of home. 1t must not be imagined
mat the mother is always on the losing
Lide. She is having aer sympathies
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04

How WONDERFUL are the works OF
Naturel In the tropics, where man is
disinclined to work, grow the date,
the palm. and the bread tree. In the
temperate zones everything comes to
the hand of the man who will work,
and the bracing climate makes labor
a pleasure. In the high ATTITUDES the
bear is clothed in thick and fine fur,
and the denizens of the frozen seas are
habited TO withstand the rigors of the
climate, while man is of thick and
stunted stature. In Nebraska, when
a man is accused of murder, the people
take him out and hang him to the near
est tree. But, fortunately, there are
few trees in that State, and SO great
many people escape.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04

The French Government has coined
q new dollar for circulation in Tonquin
in the East. Specimens of the new
coin are to be seen in London, and it
appears to be exactly the same as the
Mexical dollar in weight, size, and fine
ness. The superscription, however, is
different, and this it is which inspires
the criticism, by those who know the
Chinese. that the latter will reject it,
and will say, mo wantee China side. :"
1t will be remembered that the United
States formerly coined trade dollar for
circulation in the East but its deficiency
in fineness 9Th grains instead of 377t
grains) soon became apparent to the as
tute natives, and they reverted to the
Mexican dollar, large quantities of
which are still sent to China. 1t re-
mains to be seen whether the dollar
provided by the French Government
will be more successful.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04
No Time to Wait.

She was n sweet young thing, and
went up to the telegraph counter with a
form in her hand and difident look
on her face and inquired:
Cant l send just one word for less
than shilling?'
mo, MISS replied the clerk, "the
rate is shilling for one word or
twenty, but if you are in no hurry and
are willing to wait until August the
rate will be cheaper"
"Wait until August, indeed. You
don't know the scarcity OF husbands,
young man. You see," she went on
confdingly, "dear George has propo ,ed
to me by letter and 1 want to secure
him, as it were, before he has time to
change his mind"
But the government has not any con-
sideration for engaged young ladies,
and the sweet young thing had to Sc
cure George at the outlay of shilling.
-Ne,c York Epeairaq Ielegram.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04
Jane Austen's First Novel.

When Jane Austen, in the year 1903,
brought her first story, "Northanger
Abbey" with nervous hesitation and
many doubts as to its intrinsic value,
to publisher in Bath, she received
from this great critic and censor the
sum of e10--not large price, certain
ly, but sufficient to encourage her to go
on with her literary work; and we may
imagine that she felt elated at the re-
suit of her application. The publisher,
however, on a reperusal of the manu-
script, does not seem to have felt elated
or encouraged with the bargain no had
SO hastily concluded. He grew diffident
as to It's ultimate success, regretful for
the money given, and finally he came
to q decision that the payment fop
"Northanger Abbey" must be looked on
as money lost, and that to undertake all
the expenses of bringing out such q
work would be throwing good money
after bad. And so the manuscript was
thrown aside in q drawer and the dust
settled down on "Northanger Abbey"
and the hero and heroine of this en-
chanting book slept sleep which prom
Used to be the sleep of death.
But 10! at the end of years-many
long years afterward-the drawer was
opened again. Catharine Morland
awoke to life, the abbey stood up erect
and opened it's windows to the sun, and
all its inhabitants rushed forth to be
courted and admired, and to sun them
selves in the warmth of popularity
which has never waned, and to show
themselves to a public whose admira-
ton has not been for a moment, but for
all time.
But it was not the Bath publisher
who gave the great work to the world.
No; his eye had not yet recognized the
lustrous star, the advent of which he
might have been first to announce to
the world and to attach his name with
honor to its appearance. His vision
must have been faulty or dimness must
have gathered on his lens. He opened
his drawer at the end of all these long
years and took out "Nortbanger Alb
bey," not to gaze at it with eyes of
newly awakened interest and delight,
but to return it to the hands of the
author and to replace lii the drawer the
G10 which he had originally been rash
enough to believe it worth.
He had scarcely, however, thus re-
couped himself for his previous folly,
and parted with the MS, than he dis
covered his terrible mistake. Mr.. Hen.
ry Austen, Miss Austen's brother, who
had called at his ofice to try and effect
this arrangement, had no sooner gained
possession of the despised MS. than he
made the unhappy publisher acquaint-
ed with the fact that the lady who had
written "Northanger Abbey" and
placed it at his disposal, was no other
than the Miss Austen, author of pride
and Pre-, udice." "Sense and Sensibili-
ty," and other tales, and with whose
name the whole literary world was now
ringing; and who, at the zenith of her
fame, had not wished to leave one of
the greatest efforts of her genius mol
dering in drawer, alike unappreciated
by the purchaser and unknown to the
public.
So "Northanger Abbey" was at last
given to the world and was read and
delighted in by thousands Of her COM
patriots, and will be read and delighted
in to the end of all time Cassiiis
Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04

There n true love, and yet you may
Have lingering doubts ABOUT IL:
III tell the truth. al simply say
That LIES blight without II.
Where IL love both true and strong
A love that faltors never;
10 lives on faith and suffers wrong.
But livos and loves forever.
Such love IN found but once on earth
The heart can not repel IL;
From whence IL comes or why It's birth
The tongue can never tell 1t.
This love IN niue, IN spite OF ALI
This love fondly cherish;
The earth may sink. the skies may fall,
This love Will never polish.
II Ia love TINT can not die,
But, like the soul. immortal,
Ana with IL cleayes the starry sky
And passes through the port ii.
This IL the 1--we a. az comes Jo stay
All ttler loves are fioetlng:
And wncn they como just turn away
Isis but Cupid cheating.
ELcn4Qle
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04

The new Bishop of Ely, Lord AL
wynne Compton, comes of about the
most cultivated aristocratic family in
England, and one which has already
given an eminent prelate to the episco-
pate in the person of that militant prel-
ate who donned armor and jack-boots
in 1853, Bishop Compton, of London.
lie occupied the see nearly forty years,
was famous botanist, and the first to
introduce into England many foreign
trees and shrubs, notably those of
North America. A few of these, or
their descendants, may yet be seen at
Fulham Palace.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04

AMERICANS are the third highest in
point of numbers of the foreigners re-
siding in Japan, according to statistics
published in native paper. The Chi
nese stand at the head of the list with
2,471 residents, followed by the Eng
lish with 61S, the Americans number
ing 1877. Although the Americans are
far less numerous there than the Chi
nese or English, they occupy more
houses, in proportion, than either.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04
Che Tr'se Yprthsrusr.


The italian people have left off
smoking cigars. owing to their indigna-
ton at new law affecting the price.
In Rome an association called the Pipe
Club has been formed, every member
of which refuses to smoke cigars. In
Naples companies Of young men parade
the streets with long pipes, so that q
regular revolution in the habits of the
people has been effected.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04

Mrs. EvARrs, the wife of the New
York Senator, is sensible, we'll
hammered lady, with no pretensions to
promptly, and thus spares busy people
the agony of waiting. To them the
plain, black stuff d ess and linen collar
she appears in is the extreme of ele-
gance. Mrs. Evarts wears her white
hair combed back from her face and
bound with black ribbon. She has q
merry brown eyes and kindly face.
The house occupied by the Evartses is
in q fashionable neighborhood, a few
doors from that which is making ready
for Secretary Whitney. IL is spacious
and of hospitable intention, and some
entertaining will be done in it this
season.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04
The Antique Feminine Waist.

1 believe it is said that the corset
was not unknown to Rome, but it is
clear that the Greek and Roman
women, as q whole, were quite con-
vinced that the human form was itself
beautiful, so that they made no attempt
to disfgure it by compression or adj
dition. Young girls were dressed
simply, chastely and yet elegantly in
the flowing stola, slightly open at the
throat and occasionally falling in two
sets of folds. On the eve of marriage
they were clad in white robe called
the regilla. After that event they
wore the girdle, which the Roman
matrons generally place Immediately
beneath the bosom. Sometimes it was
q band and at other times cord tied
in bow, over which the folds of the
upper part of the dress fell gracefully.
Among the Greeks, though not in
frequently worn as just described, it
was often placed lower down. Oc-
casionally the stola was bound about
the bosom by band passing over the
right shoulder and under the left
breast. This gave the right arm lib
erty for action, and it was only for this
object or for speedy motion that the
waist cord ever seems to have been
drawn very tight. So little did the
Greek and Roman women think of the
waist that in great numbers of draped
statues their mantles are so arranged
as to hide it ogether.-Magdzine of
11-f
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04

AN electric boy has been on exhibit
ton in Edinburgh, and gentleman
who writes to the electrician says he
made such thorough examination of
the case as to satisfy HIM that there
was no deception. He was a colo-ed
boy. The writer says: Il had the boy
stripped naked. While thus naked he
walked in my presence, and also sat on
wooden seat with his feet off the
ground. In every position in which I
tried him found electricity proceeded
from his body when touched it with
one finger. The electricity came with
the greatest freedom from the upper
half of his body, and especially from
his tongue"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04
The Typical Southern Girl.

From fifteen to twenty the Southern
girl is JOY to the beholder. A creamy
complexion, with sometimes, not often,
faint flush of pink underneath, soft
eyes with world of dreams in them, q
rounded figure, tiny hands and feet
and kittenish ways, make it no marvel
that the youth masculine of New Or
leans is mostly married at twenty-five
or twenty-three. A girl of twenty who
has not received half dozen offers at
least is socially failure. Matrimony
is the grand authorized aim, as publicly
recognized as the lottery.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04

@NED BUNTLNE,' the famous author,
bears a remarkable likeness to the late
Capt. Mayne Reid. He is about the
same height, has the same expression
of countenance, and has the same earn
est, bluff method of speech. What
adds to the remarkable nature of the
resemblance is the fact that he was an
old friend of the English author. They
fought together in the Mexican war
and were within ten feet of each other
at Churubusco, where, in the celebrated
forlorn hope charge, Mayne Reid was
wounded. Although Ned Buntlin @"
fought through that war, he has asked
for no pension from the United States
Government.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04

The Iturbides, who have spent the
best part of their lives in Washington,
are heirs to the throne of Mexico, if
there is such @ throne. The Emperor
Angust.n Iturb,de had been an officer
in the Spanish army when Mexico was
a dependency of Spain. Having been
cashiered for cruelty to his prisoners,
he revenged himself by heading the re-
volt which freed Mexico from the
Spanish dominion. This was in 1921.
But, being man of powerful ambition
as well as extraordinary powers, he
managed to have himself proclaimed
Emperor of Mexico.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04

The Paris fire brigade is composed
of 1,743 men and fifty-one officers, di-
yided into twelve companies occupying
as many barracks in different parts of
the city. Important features of the
system are the forty-six lookout sta
tions, and the telegraph which con-
meets all the stations with one another,
and with headquarters, and is used for
no other purpose.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04

IT looks as If Mr.. John Jay Knox, of
New York, wants to pose as the cham
pion ass of the year. He is President
of that band of cranks, the Anti Vivi-
section Society, and he is wild with the
thought That the medical men of this
country are about to institute some re-
searches into the Pasteur theory. He
calls the members of the Pasteur
school human brutes" in letter writ
ten to the New York papers, and says
it is reported that DR.. Billings, who
went over with the bitten children to
Paris, is going to kill five thousand
rabbits by slow fever. Knox says: IF
he kills even one rabbit he will be pros
ecuted to the full extent of the law by
this society," Knox is the special
champion Of the rabbits and Bergh of
the dogs. But, all the same, dogs go
mad and people are bitten and die the
most horrible of deaths in consequence.
1t is doubtful if death comes to man in
any shape more terrible than through
that of hydrophobia. Anything that
human ingenuity can do to lessen or
prevent this fearful malady should be
welcomed by every sane person. The
death of every rabbit in the country
would be cheap price to pay for hui
man life. The same papers that con-
tain Knox's letter tell of three chill
dren in Matawan, N. j., aged 10, IL,
and 10, who were bitten the day before
by mad dog. They were bitten by a
dog that had been bitten by that dog
which caused the children to be sent to
Pasteur
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04

THE circulation of the London Times
is now confined to clubs, hotels, restau-
rants, persons who hire it to read, very
limited class of businessmen, and fam
lilies of exceptional afiluence; but thou
sands coming under the latter head do
not take it. 1t is, no doubt, glanced
over-for few persons actually read
through its yards of print-by the
Peers and members of the House of
Commons. The effect of the new en-
reimbursement will be to diminish its
influence still further, as the new voters
know nothing Of it. While, however,
its circulation declines, or at best stag
mates, it probably is as an advertising
medium more valuable than ever. The
London morning paper having the wild
est circulation among the well-educated
class is the Conservative Standard.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04
She flushed.

Jennie-Where are you going,
Mamie?
Mamie I'm going out riding with
George.
Jennie-Oh. never mind him. Stay
here with me. IT'S not necessary you
should go, is il?
Mamle-Yes, indeed it is. Pressing
business, you know.
And then she blushed. Ram
bier.
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buildings in New York was moro than
in the other cities. that in ST. Paul
being least. Among Chicago's build
ings were nearly $50 Stats" The
number Of dwelling houses erected In
ST. Paul and Minneapolis was not only
ppoportionslly but actually greater
than the number built in the other
cifiaa
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04

THE number of the asteroids is now
two hundred and fifty. No. 249 was
discovered by the veteran Peters, at
Clinton, N. Y, on August 10th, and
No. $50 on September I'd, at Vienna,
by Palisa.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04

THE latest list of American beetles
describes 8, 49O species on this continent
alone. When one of these beetles
alights on the neck Of young lady she
doesn't ask what species it belongs to,
and derive consolation from the fact
that it is only one in 9,490. She simply
howls. She howls as howlfully as II
the entire $3.50 species were on her
neck. -NorristOu7l Herald.