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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-10-16

Women can use powder sprlnkled over the
hair after it is arranged. but unless they
have black or very dark brown hair the ef-
feet is bad. The man who can invent some
other method has fortune within his
grasp"
He opened few boxes til mt he took down
from a shelf. They were filed with tresses
Of various colors and of various lengths.
Here is "A fine head of yellow" he said.
1T is worth ten dollars. Here Is one OF
brown that / will sell for half that sum.
But for one pound OF gray or white hair
will pay eight hundred dollars. There is
not one woman out OF a thousand who has
"a pound of hair on her head. Women who
have half pound are extremely rare and
most women only have from three TO five
ounces. That is not half enough for wig.
Look at those.
Here the wig-maker displayed lot OF
lunches varying in bulk and length. and OF
all imaginable tnts save white or grey.
There were punches OF brown. yellow.
black and red. They worth from three
TO ten dollars each. and represented the
entire market value OF a woman's head of
hair. Such lot only brought to the owner
a bare dollar or perhaps less.
NO" added the wig maker. in conclu-
sion, Il would not advise young woman
to cut of her hair and sell il unless she
happens to have either gray or white hair.
An ordinary head of hair will not bring as
much as will pay for plain switch; and as
for wig. 1t will not pay for the making
o. it."
In the way Of ball dresses there is going
TO be a stimulation of simplicity That Is
TO say. skirts will hang plainly. with none
of the pulling and looping Of draperieS
which not long ago characterized all elab-
crate toilets. But an equal or greater effect
of richness will be produced. and at no
less cost than before, by means of fine en-
broideries and passeme nteries. Bustles
will be so small as TO create doubt whether
they are there at all. For general verdict
upon the artistic worth Of the forthcoming
seasons ball dresses. it may be set down
that they will strike a happy medium be-
tween the lank 9stheticism of few years
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-10-16
Josh Billings Philosophy.

Face all things! Even adversely IL
polite tew a mans face.
a learned phool IL one who haz read
everything, and simply remembered it.
Confidence IL a big thing; 1T makes
a hornet respectable, and the want ov
it liz just what makes the ant dispised.
If had boy whose hair wouldn't
part in the middle, should bedew that
hair with parents tear, and then give
up the boy.
Dry goods are worshiped in this
world more than the Lord liz.
Counciling with fear liz the way cow
ards are made; counciling with hope
liz the way heroes are made; counciling
with faith is the way Christians are
made.
Pleasure IL like hornet-generally
ends with n sting.
The most dangerous characters in
the world are thoze who live in the
suburbs of virtew-they are rotten
ice.
Lazyness IL good deal like money
the more man haz ov it, the more he
seems tew want.
Thare IL no such thing az inheriting
virtew; money, and titles, and fever
kan be inherited
Life liz like mountain climb
ing one side and sliding down the other,
put up the sled.
When man proves literary failure,
he generally sets up for critick, and,
like the fox in the fable, who has lost hiz
brush in trap, kant see a nice long
tail without laundering after it.
The devil owes most ov hiz suckcess
tew the fackt that he IL alwus on hand.
-New York JJeekly.
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ago and the voluminous extensions of the
Immediately preceding period.
The engraving No. 3 shows an exquisite
ball toilet made for. and extremely suitable
to. a girl in her first season out. 1t was
made Of very light pink surah silk. barely
removed from white. At the belt and Just
above the hem were fancifuly embroidered
bands of a much darker pink. and the
lower edge OF the skirt was fringe. The
front of the corsage presented a crossing
OF the silk. suggesting the big kerchiefs OF
bygone days. and the only departure from
smoothness anywhere was In punches OF
ribbons cut into sharp points and placed
on the shoulders. A passementerie band,
matching the belt and the hem, encircled
the throat. forming what we call a dog
collar. In getting up an evening toilet for
young girl this model is n good one To
base your calculations on.-Daisv Dart, in
Chicago Ledger.
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fort able homo and the influence of good

fort able home and the influence of a-good
mother
Like all railroad men, the switchman is
good liver, not disposed to be quarrel
some, and a hale fellow when not on
duty
They are organized into what is known
as the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Associa-
ton, which is at present one of the most
powerful and best managed trade unions
in America. In times of strikes it is q
potent power. This organization is
represented by the iSwitchmea's Journal,
publication which ranks we'll with that
class of journals of the country.-Dcight
BdIdwin, Az Chicago Ledger.
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THEATRICAL DREssMAKER-"Wha
This dress is too low in the neck?
Why, 1t isn't half so low as the dresses
of ladies who occupy the boxes" Gfeat
Actress-"True; but an actress must
pay some regard to the proprieties, you
know"
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human occupations. Yet only small
proportion of the former class lose their
lives or limbs upon the field of wars,
while, to judge from the endless series of
fish, storm, wreck, serpent, and other
nautical yarns spun by retired ancient
mariners, not a large percentage of sa, lors
lose their lives through the perils Of the
sea.
The soldier, in the midst of the roar
and smoke of battle, and the seaman,
creeping out upon an icy yard to reef a
sail that is tapping above the booming
waters, no more literally take their lives
in their hands than do the thousands of
cool-headed, fearless men who operate
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-10-16

Mr.. HARDNUT-Yes, my dear, she
is good-looking and all that sort of
thing, I'll admit, but she is a good
typewriter and a-a-daughter of my old
friend Wagfall-you remember Wag-
fall. who died in Nebraska? No?
Well, that's how it is. L hope my ex-
PLANTATION is clear to you. Mrs. Hard
nut-Clear? Oh, yes, can see right
through it.
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the call Of daty. the kwitchman may be
compared to the soldier Indeed the
latter must have been we'll instructed In
the "profane languages" and that under
the direction of real master, to be rated
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OFFENDER did not
end the field sports OF
those ia $ h | ona b ! Q
New York bellies who.
To "a certain extent.
set the feminine fash
ions for the whole
United States. On
the contrary. the last
days of October find
them still indulging in
fox chases, horserac-
ing and other OPEN
air diversions affect
ed by the very rich
and the very stylish.
We get accounts oil
I h o S Q dolngs. and
from much nearer
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of danger. Some systems display green
light to indicate that the road is clear
while others use the same color as an
evidence that extra caution must be exer-
cised.
Amid the din and clatter of switch
ing-yard the human voice cannot be re-
lied upon. and the lantern takes its place
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LIKE COURTING DEATH.
TIKI PERILoUs LIFE OF A RAILROAD
SWITCHMAN.

Employees whose Lives Are Daily I'm DAN
ger-stories About the Boys Who swing
Lanterns - The Signal system Many
Crippled Veterans.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-10-16

HE soldier who, ito drum
beat and heart-be at,
marches away with his COM
rades to engage in battle for
his country, and those who
go down TO the sea in ships
and do business upon great
waters" are popularly re-
garded as being engaged in
the most hazardous of all
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FASHIONS FOR WOMEN.
PREVALENT STYLES FOR THE PALk
AND WINTER DAYS.

Several Pretty Costumes Described and
Observation-Disclosures in shopping
Viewed I'm the Light of Charity and
Reueyolence
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they burnish up and care for as tenderly
as a mother manages her child, and more
so than some of them. il may be.
With the greatest possible care acct
dents are of frequent occurrence. Cars
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switchman does every inch of his yard,
every avenue of communication from
point TO point, the speediest possible
method of transferring a car, and the
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here. indeed. that many boys got the taste
for srailroading" which takes them, Mt
far too early an age. away from . COM
Milford chronicle., 1889-09-20

A remarkable and fatal fight between a
stallion and donkey occurred on Philip
Hendricks farm near Deckertown. in SUSSEX
county, N. j. Both animals were powerful
and had been enemies for weeks. The donkey
was very dark and strong and was called the
knight of Malta" The stallion WINS a
valuable horse and was being trained for the
race course. The stallion and donkey were
left in adjoining fields. The stallion soon saw
the opportunity afforded for q eight and tore
down ths field to a broken piece of fence
The donkey happened to be directly OIL the
other side and close 10 the fence. The stallion
jumped straight on his back, landing with his
fore feet across the donkey's back and his
hind feet on the ground towards the fence
The stallion fastened his teeth in his enemv's
neck, and at the same time struck the don.
keys side with his fore feet with a good deal
of force
Hendricks man Mcguire and a farm hand
watched the fight which looked bad for the
donkey
The donkey ducked its head and at the
same time elevated its heels The stallion
was thrown to the ground and quick as a
Hash the donkey turned around and began a
tuslllade with its heels on its PROSTATE enemy.
It kicked hard and with lightning rapidity.
Inc hard heels OF the donkey were driven
again and again into the stations body and
blood was soon flowing freely. The horse
Kept up constant whining and the donkey
prayed loud and long In Ave minutes tho |
'ide OF battle turned completely. A few
more OF those terrific kicks and the stallion |
vas rendered helpless. The farm hands be.
.an to fear the stallion would be killed. so
hey took rails from the fence and began
,eating the donkey. The Infatuated animal /
hen started for them, when the nearly dead
lorse made an effort to rise The donkey saw
{, and before the men could intercept him.
10 rushed upon his fallen foe and, turning
ave the stallion one tremendous kick. break
1g his jaw, and then followed It with an
ther kick in the stomach, tearing the flesh
pen and exposing the intestines The stall
on gave piteous moan and then a pasp and
oiled over dead. The donkey win survive
New York World
Milford chronicle., 1889-09-20

Have you noticed lately that the queer
looking old men who sell dogs on the street
do not offer any pugs for salel had very
interesting chat the other day with the dog
merchant who makes the sidewalk in front of
the Astor house his headquarters Fashions
in dogs change jes' the same as ANYTHING
else" he said, when / asked him what had
become Of the kinky tailed, fat faced little
brute that was so popular year ago. ''Pugs
is dummies, you know. They amt got sense
enough to come in when it rains, and the
ladies is jes' beginnin' to find it out. The
Scotch terrier and the fox terrier is the favor.
tie nowadays, except with these big, powerful
girls what goes to ridin' schools and to them
places where they swing on the trapay.
They all want big dogs-mastiffs and St
Bernards, and once in a while an Irish setter.
You can't get 'em to take to the pug anv
more. Why, sir, five years ago l could get
my own price for pug dog, and he didn't
have to be a thoroughbred, either. Now
they're not worth one-fifth what they were
then, for terriers is all the 20 in the small
dogs. Black and tang No, sir. You don't
see EN- now. / remember when it was CON
sldered just the proper thing to breed 'ein
down so fine that their weight was counted in
ounces instead of pounds; but that's all past
Once in while somebody will want little |
black and tan, but fancy for the most part
run to rough haired terriers and the smoother |
haired fox terriers You can't tell what |
changes the fashion, but it changes Just the |
same. New York Graphic.
Milford chronicle., 1889-09-20

In the village Of Court Saint Etienne, Bra
bant, Belgian has erected a monument t.
all religions. The Romans first put the idea
of Pantheon into form, although the fellow
ship Of all faiths was recognized by the
Greeks in many ways, and even by the
Egyptians and Hindoos. This Belgian mon.
ument is forty feet high, of two stories and a
cupola. The four facades i'll French, Greek.
Sanskrit and Egyptian characters give the
famous old saying, THE one has many
names" On the outside of the columns are
carved the monogram of Jesus; the name
Allah in Arabic; that Of Odin in Scandina.
Wan, or Runic; the Greek invocation at Del.
PM, Thou art tho sacred monosyllables Of
Hebrews, Brahmins, Chaldeans and Chinese;
and us symbols are to be seen the hammer of
Thor, the thunderbolt of Jove, the sacred
flame Of the Parsees, and the Buddhist wheel
OF the law. Some one says it is rather
tomb than Globe- Democrat.
Milford chronicle., 1889-09-20

lady.
"Balky horse on the track, answered the
gentleman. "He won't move for whipping
or pelting or whispers in the ear or-any.
thing"
Did / ever tell YOU she asked, "about
my experience with a balky horsef MOI
Well, it was on the Colorado plains. The
most elegant young eligible of our set had
invited me to take ride behind his high
spirited, fine blooded horse got myself IN
to do justice to the occasion. All went de
hghfully till, when we were on the open plain
outside Denver, that valuable animal con-
cluded to pause in his rapid motion and medi-
tate. Ny escort shook his reins, CLICKED
persuasively, demonstrated encouraginglv.
gave touch Of the whip, at which the horse
reared and kicked viciously, but still we were
stationary on that lonely sandy level.
My elegant escort grew red IN the face
with modification and clinched his teeth so
as not to let slip any regrettabls words. If
you VIII allow me TO get out could start
him. he said oh, by no means, rejoined.
1 could never hold him. Let me get out and
try putting sand In his mouth I've been
told that worked like a charm And so It
did. clambered out Of the buggy, grabbed
good fistful Of fine sand, opened the Jaws of
the horse and threw ieain. The astonished |
horse tore OF like flash, and as stood alone. |
i've miles from home in that solitary place
and watched the maddened horse, the power
less driver and the black buggy grow mere
lot In the distance, / decided the experiment
had been perfect success so far as starting
he horse was concerned" Chicago journal.
Milford chronicle., 1889-09-20

Louis XI of France once took it into hi.
head to visit the kitchen and see what was
going forward. He there found a little fel.
low, about fourteen years of age, busily en-
gagged in turning the spit with roast meat.
The youth was handsomely formed and Of
so engaging an appearance that the king
thought him entitled to some better office
than the humble one which he filed. Accost
ing him Louis asked whence he came. who h.
was, and what be earned by his occupation.
The turnspit did not know the king. and re.
piled to his interrogatory without the least
II am from Berry; NV
name is Stephen, and earn as much as tho
king" What, then, does the king earnP
rejoined Louis. His expenses" replied Ste
phen; land | mine" By this ingenious an
swer he won the good graces of the monarch.
who afterward promoted him TO the situation
Of groom Of the chamberlain Francisc.
Ar9Onaut
Milford chronicle., 1889-09-20

Perry Thrall, who has just died In Macon
City, Mo-, confessed crime for which an
other was hanged
In 1854 William Handkerchief and his wife
were murdered at their home, a few miles
from Florida, small town north Of here.
Bill Duly, a colored man, was suspected, ar
rested, tried and convicted, and hanged in
Paris, Monroe county, a few months after
the murder. Thrall; on his deathbed, con-
fessed the crime, together with others In diff.
ferent parts Of the country. Duly accounted
for his presence at the Vandeventer residence
in this way: He said that some one Of the
party to the murder had told him 10 meet
them there, and they would pay him n sum
Of money indebted to him On his arrival
there he discovered that the real object was
TO shoulder on him tho deed, and right well
they succeeded. After the killing, and the
murderers had fed, Duly went into the house
aud placed the old lady, who was not quito
dead, on the bed, and he, too, won't away
The old lady died day or two later, and
was barely able to tell her friends that a ne
gro man had come into the house and laid
her on the bed Duly was suspected, arrest
ed. brought TO her bedside and recognized.
Thrall was a daring character and com
mitted many depreiations In 1865 he and a
companion, now living, dashed into a movers
camp in Monroe county, and with drawn re-
volvers forced the party to disgorge all the
money in their possession. Tho wife Of one
of the movers was so badly frightened that
she gave premature birth to a child, from
the effects Of which she hung between life
and death for months
Thrall was arrested, together with his pal,
at the home of the 'brother-in-law Of the lat
ter, highly respected man. They were full
ly recognized by the movers as the men who
robbed them, and were placed in Jail at
Paris Both were sent to the penitentiary |
for the robbery, and Perry was set to work |
in the painting department Here he devel |
Dped considerable talent, and soon gave signs |
IF becoming a landscape artist and portrait |
painter, which he turned to good use after
being liberated
While in Texas on a raid Thrall, it is said,
ound out that four negro soldiers had been
Dad OFF by the government. He followed
hem to the outskirts Of the town and killed
III four and took their money.
It is said that Thral in his confession i'm
dictated two respected citizens Of the state
q the Vandeventer murder.-Kansas City
Zines
Milford chronicle., 1889-09-20

johnson did not look on himself as a solemn
man. Il sometimes say more than mean,
in jest, he said, ''and people are apt to be-
lieVs me serious" Rather oppressive to him
must have been the serious spirit In which
most of his contemporaries we're inclined to
take him. And nothing did Charles Lamb
more deprecate than to be literally inter
preted when in his testing moods "If you
wrest my words beyond tseir fair construc
ton, it is you, and not |, that are the April
fool, " is one Of his protests on the matter
In both this native buoyancy Of spirit, ex-
lsting along with constitutional melancholy,
was apt TO break forth inopportunely, in in.
cOnsiderate sallies which with billiards might
pass for want Of feeling-as when Lamb
would jest upon the subject Of insanity, that
black and ever threatening thunder cloud
from which the bolt had fallen which de
strOyed his peace; or as when the old doctor,
after that extraordinary frolic with his young
friends, Beauclerk and LangtOn, the detail;
Of which have been brought out for us IN
such life like relief, turned off Garrickis sub
sequent remonstrance with the sly comment,
''He burst not do such a thing. His wife
would not let him." an allusion which to
Croker's mind seemed inconsistent with that
almost morbid regret he so long had felt for
the lost Of his own wife.
1t was with a more reckless abandon, but
at the cost of a heavier conscience than |
Charles Lamb, that Dr. johnson INDUCED In |
such rambles; the sorer stricken nature DOS.
sessing the art, as few Of the sanest spirits |
have ever possessed it, of distinguishing be- 1
tween what was allowable for him in the way |
Of diversion and amusement, and what his
better angel absolutely forbade Yet both
considered it a duty to be gay. ENTERTAIN
Yourself as you can with small amusements
IT light conversation, writes johnson to a
adv who had been i'll, land let nothing but
'our devotion ever make you serious" It
vas not his devotion that could make Lamb
erious. Nay, rather, it formed perhaps a
art of his devotion to be merry Speaking
+ an actor who had exchanged the surplice
+ a cathedral chorister for "the robe of
motley" he suppOses that a cheerful heart, if
ind and humble withal, may be part Of
anctity-a remark in perfect keeping with
ohnson's eulogy on Garrick; "Garrick was
very good man, the cheerfulest man Of his
ge Temple Bar.
Milford chronicle., 1889-09-20

Last summer" says Mr.. Harvey W. Jen.
ney, Of the Jenney q Graham Gun company.
Il spent my Saturdays and Sundays at Fox
lake, and one time it occurred to me that I'd
like party of friends with me to enjoy the
cool breezes and the splendid fishing of that
admirable resort. invited, say, a dozen
friends, and put in two days getting ready
for the trip; carried along two boats and a
vast amount Of angling paraphernalia, in
Guiding split bamboo rods, silver reels. silk
lines, etc; also carried along three big hamp-
ers full of eatables and drinkables-you see.
l was determined to spare no expense.
Everything went lovely enough until we
got out into the middle of the lake; the party
was wholly congenial and the fact that the
bass and pickerel kept frisking out of the
water all around us made everybody nearly
crazy to fish. As we moved slowly along we
brought out the split bamboo rods, the silver
reels, the silk lines, the nets, and all that sort
of thing, and made ready for a piscatorial
slaughter that old Ike Walton might have
envied. But just as We got ready for the
charge an awful conviction flashed upon NE.
and sweat and trembled like a convicted
felon. There We were, sixty miles from any.
where, on the bosom of a lake full Of fish. |
and had forgotten to bring along any fish
hooks. Eugene Field in Chicago News.
Milford chronicle., 1889-09-20

Some tribes of insects are domestic
enough, but this is far from saying that they
are welcome, and, in fact, Of all living object,
Of research thOss of the entomologist yield the
fewest pets. Every one to his taste, how.
ever and Reason has correspondent who
can love wasp, and speak an appreciative
word for it.
Some time ago, he says, experimental
quite thoroughly with some Of these little
fellows, and could not but admire Their
scrupulOus cleanliness and remarkably good
humor.
One which called my "pet wasp" plainly
evinced his delight when he was allowed to
lie in the palm of my hand, while l stroked
him with the fingers of the other hand, al
most as one would stroke a cat. He did sur
prise me once by singing me, but am con
WINGED it was purely accidental.
The next time you have an opportunity.
watch wasp as he makes his morning toilet
and if you do not fall in love with the little
fellow fer his neatness, his grace and his gen.
eral good behavior, it must be because YOU
are jealous of his accomplishments