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time. Winter is coming.
Across the hills the breezes blow
From fields OF frost, from shrouds OF snow.
Gaunt hunger is marching upon the
people. This guard Of honor, which has
stood in reserve all summer, is massed in
shocks, is mustered i'm cribs, is detached
in cargoes and sent forward to the con
fiict The battle RACES as the nights
lengthen. 1t grows iercer as the sun
crosses the line and starts north again.
The scattering v01leys of retreating
squads fall on the air as winter changes
20 spring again, and victory crowns the
conquering hosts Of corn as tiny blades
In June shoot upward toward the sun.
DO you remember complaining days?
Boys went barcfootcd then for the first
time since that distant summer away be-
yond the wintor, which fingered an age.
Grass was green in the fence-rowS; wood
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against the double doors, thcre 10 wait
until such time as farmers chose Then
as winter drew on huslSing-becs were in
order. Lads and lasses In the ncighbor-
hood were hidden TO the festival. They
improvsed seats of boxes, pals and in
yerted baskets partners" was the
rule, and when any youth found an ear
OF red corn he was entitled of right To n
kiss from his companion. Cider served
with. free hand and fried cakes aud
pumpkin pie rewarded the toilers. After
the "bee" was over girls must be taken
home. Happy the youth If the moon
had gone down. II the way were long and
the bridges narrow. And happy the
maid ii the man who led her through
that nights shadows proved all that her
fancy promised for him. Her grand
know no husking bees, and
arts acquired In distant schools must
take the place of bright red ears OF corn.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15

Mr.. Astor was what might be called a
quiet liver. that is he was perfectly
temperate in his appetites. Besides
this he was an extraordinarily strong
youth and began his life of luxury with
n constitution of iron. But the steady,
unbroken comforts and plenitudes of
his existence did their work, and he
died at sixty-eight, looking as hearty
as any man in New York. 1t has some
times been observed that govt is a
fashionable ailment, but in realty it is
a prevalent and deadly disease among
the luxurious men in New York, and
nearly every club window has big red
faced man in it who Is haunted by the
realization that he may be called TO
his reckoning at any moment. Ifthese
men had ever been tempted into the
fields of endeavor and taken pot-luck
with the regular toilers of the earth
they would be all right, but the smooth
elegance of doing nothing that they
have INDUCED in, together with the
wines and spiced delicacies that have
formed their sustenance, has put them
into pretty much the same physical
condition as those geese that we make
into pates de fois gras. 1 advise the
poor not to envy the rich. will wager
that they are as unhappy as anybody.
The richer they are the more unhappy
they are. They cannot go into the
struggle for fame they mistrust the
motives of every new acquaintance,
and they invariably have the govt.
You will not find more sorrowful
looking set of men in New York than
the ones that belong to my club. And
they are the very richest citizens we
have. In fact, l am a pretty sad dog
myself.s
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15

the season iSShort and much remains TO
be done before grim winter may be defic d.
A husking peg four inches long. fash
toned of bone, steel or hickory, and
bound To the inner fingers with strip Of
leather, arms all' the men, but modern
Ruths who help their brothers scorn such
assistance and part the stubborn husks
on three stiff, rheumatic legs, tracing
the lines which the troopers must follow.
School has been stock up" but boys
have holiday; they are needed at home.
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violetS bloomed in the forest; the willow
was thronged with foliage, and even the
oak and hard hickory had pushed tender
leaves, just the size of squirrels ears,
out through the rough, forbidding bark.
Half over the field was a stretch Of yell
low sand. where the sun beat SO iicrccly
that naked feet were burned. Not
stump nor stone in the field; all the
wide stretch from fence TO fence one
level of mellow earth. An expert went
ahead with "marllor.n shamblng aIong
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15

straight across the field at a target
stake, and shifting cogs and plates of
steel have sunk the seed and covered it
well with a speed uuapproachpble in a
former day. rs the slender stalks rise
up and ask for help against their enc
mics, the weeds, prompt allies Of famine,
the same young man, with garments
little stained by toll. can ride adown the
rows and tend In day more than score
Of men could have served before.
Eut when autumn comcs-when frostS
have laid a modest coat of gray upon the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15
"A Character.

The following testimonial was given
to an illiterate servant girl
"This is to certify that the bearer
has been in my service for one year
less eleven months. During this time
j found her to be diligent, at the front
door; temperate, at her work; atten-
tive, to herself; prompt, at excuses
amiable, towards young tfadesmen
faithful, to the policeman; and honest,
when everything was safe under lock
and key. Pick Ne Up.
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help with the work and to traffic in the
raciest gossip of tho realm. This Gus
tom is all that is left of the olden husk-
ing bee.
Formerly corn was not husked. but
"pulled, shucks and all, and hauled to
the barn to be heaped up in great pile
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15

The state of Guatemala is just the
size of Alabama, having an area of
81 900 square miles and a population
of 1900, 600 It's capital. of the same
name, has population of 60. 900. There
are only 100000 white people in the
state, the great majority being Indi-
ans. Sheep, cows, horses, goats and
pigs are common. and corn, beans, rice
wheat, sugar, coffee (slO, 900, 900 worth
of coffee was exported in 1850. and
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15
The Sex Are Queer.


There We're four passengers of rs
who got off at a country junction to
wait two hours for tile train on the
other line two men and two women.
None of us had ever seen each other
before. The station was little better
than a barn. with no house nearer than
a quarter of q mile The women gave
each other look and entered the wait
ing. Dom, where they sat down as far
apart as possible
well, old boy remarked the
strange man TO me. Have a smoke ?"
"You bet"
And in five minutes we were well
acquainted, and playing euchre under
the shadow of a box-car He didn't
take me for thief, and l never sus-
pected him of murder, and the two
hours went by in a hurry
Not so in the depot, however. For
the first half hour the two women
glared at each other. Neither would
speak first. Each was afraid of the
other One looked out into a turnip
field. and the other into swamp. Now
and then one or the other mustered up
courage to approach the door and look
out, but always to return to her seat
again. Only,one had a watch. She
consulted it every five minutes, but
the other dared not ask her what time
it was. AS an offset, however, a wood
en- pail, half full of warm water, stood
near her, and though the other lady
was dying for drink she dared not go
over to the pail. One had novel, and
the other had a bundle of shells and
curiosities. and they could have chatted
and visited and read and had good
time. But they dared not. They had
not been introduced. What an awful
thing if they had spoken and acted
civilized, and then one had found out
that the other was only hired girl
NelC York Sun.
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Never Neglect n Cold.

DR. Austin Flint says I'm the Forum: at
is proba BILE that a person with an inherited
tendency To consumption would never de-
vclOp the disease IL he could be protected
against infection with the tItbercle bacillus.
In the light OF modern discoveries con-
sumption can no longer be regarded as an
incurable disease" 1t is no exaggeration
TO say that Kcmp's Balsam. when taken in
time. has saved many from consumption.
At all druggists; soc and 81. Sample bottle
free.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15
Woman I'm ONCE.

A woman behind an official desk is
an aweinspiring object to the most
courageous man in existence: she is
her sex plus authority, Charlotte Cor
day and Minerva combined. She is
not the more imposing by reason of her
Office, but the Office is imposing because
she fills it, because the office is her
self. Such a woman may insist on
anything unhindered of man. He is
even content, at her command, to con-
cede that the earth is flat for the time
being. He appears before so much
majesty In a commanding attitude; he
waits her pleasure patiently, not dar-
ing to murmur at delay. For these
reasons the official woman does not go
out of her way to annoy or 10 torture
man; she accepts him as a worm, and
because he is weak she refrains from
treading on him, and goes no further
than to gorgonize him with her Tenny-
sonian stony stare" 1t is for mem
bers of her own sex that she
reserves her more aggressive weapons,
man, the worm, observes, and after
awhile he retaliates by saying that a
woman in Office cannot escape from
herself. She refuses TO see, or cannot
SEQ, any difference between a free, if
tax-payiDg, public and her own family
circle. She carries her home charac-
teristics into public affairs. regarding
men as the possessors of obnoxious
latch keys, and women as the victims
of them. Her clients are punished for
her toothache and responsible for her
dyspepsia. That she is compelled to
hold lowly office is the fault of the
world and the world must suffer for
it. She knows that she is better than
other women, and demonstrates her
superiority to anticipate their doubt,
or the doubt that she has invented for
them. In all probability these faults
light ones, after all, when compared
with some of the offenses of the male
oificial-will be remedied; but until
they are, women in office will be thorn
III the flesh of women out of Office.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15

New YORK also suffers from the flea
pest. The uptown private dwellings
and apartment houses are overrun by
the noXious insects just as they were a
ycai ago.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15

THERE is an inmate of the Georgia
State Lunatic Asylum who imagines
in his insanity that he is grain OF corn.
He will not go into the yard, fearing the
chickens will eat him.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15

A WOMAN factory inspector in Phila-
delphia has made 400 inspections during
her service Of six months. In nine cases
out of ten she found that the operatives
did not know where fire escapes were
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15

A SIMPLE cough remedy is made of
an ounce of faxseed boiled in pint of
water, little honey added, an ounce of
rock candy and the juice of three lem
ons, the whole mixed and boiled well.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15

HE harvest of corn is
here. An arm y Of
stalks, a IL straight
a n do strong jointed,
stands In close ranks
against the assault of
famine. Sac h war
rior bears above his
crest a plume which
waves defiance To a
world. Each bears
lat his head a falchion
| as keen as a Damas-
| enc blade, in a
Is h cath that came
from the work ShOD of
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15
colin is IN TIE SHOCK.
THE END OF THE FARMERS
YEAR OF TOLL.

Maize Can lie Gathered only by Hand
The Modern Way of shocking Corn
Happy Husking lees of the Olden DAYS
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15

IRIS bad batch Of evil from which
some little good can not be sifted.
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ct is not intellectual work that in
iures the brain" says the London Hos
pitdl, "but emotional excitement.
Most men can stand the severest
thought and study of which their
brains are capable, and be none the
worse for it; for neither thought nor
study interferes with the recuperative
influence of sleep. 1t is ambition.
anxiety and disappointment, the hopes
and fears, the loves and hates of or
lives, that wear out our nervous sys-
TEN and endanger the balance of the
brain. DE-. Foote'S HenLM MOnthlu.
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An Important Correction.

"You will want TO put the new edition
OF our geography into your schools" re-
marked the publishers agent to the Presi-
dent of school board.
"But we changed biographies only
last spring." protested the school OH !
cial.
"Yes, | know that; but we want to
keep up with the times, don't you?"
"Ies, / suppose So"
"Then you'll have TO have our new
edition, for it is the only geography
publhshed which has Heligoland down
as a German possession"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15

A GAS account may be heavy, but it's
light bill just the same.
The Portland daily press., 1890-11-29

The city Of Dover, N. H., elected its first
Democratic mayor the other day and there
was great rejoicing among the faithful at
what they took to be continuation of the
great tidal wave that swept so many Demo-
Gratis into Congress on the fourth of the
NINTH. Latest returns from the seat of war
s'rve to detract much from the victory
'Northam," the careful and truthful CORES
pendent of the Great Falls Free Press, gives
this account Of how the battle was won.
The result of the days work at The polls was
not kn0wa TIL after SIX O'clock in the evening
Ward kept open till that hour, and 1t is said
that when 1t was learned d. wn there how the
wa ds had gone a ush was made for more voters
and when enoul b had been secured to make fhe
We are TO have for the first time ia our history as
city, Democ attic MAJOR.
This trick of holding the polls open until
1t is found how many votes are needed, and
then filing in that number is favorite pur-
suit of the New Hamshire Democracy and
no doubt the completely OF the situation in
that State today could be traced to it. 1t ia
even charged and has not been denied that
In the town of Somersworth on the day of
the State election, the polls were opened
again after they had been closed In order
that Republican gain might be overcome.
The Granite State appears to be good
ground for the Australian ballot to be plant
ed In.
The Portland daily press., 1890-11-29

It tended to restrain the honest expression
OF Individual judgment. The ballot was
adopted to relieve men from the intimida.
ton or undue influence of other men. And
since the adoption of the ballot numerous
measures have been enacted to more fully
achieve the chief purpose of its adop ton.
namely, secrecy. For instance, in this and
many other states, it has been provided that
the ballots shall bear no distinguishing
MARKS The object of this provision is to
increase the difficulty of discovering how a
person has voted-n other words. to make
the exercise of the suffrage more nearly Sc
cret The end aimed at has always been Sc
cret voting, and the reason of 1t has been
that secret voting is conducive to the indie
pendent expression of individual judgment
The existing system has failed to fully real
ize this end, and now the people are asked
to substitute another system which will
realize l. more completely. If it will not do
this, that is good reason for rejecting it But
If it will do it then it is difficult to see how
anybody who approves the end aimed at by
our present.system can consistently object.
The Portland daily press., 1890-11-29

III Mr.. Parnell continues to pursue his
stubborn course with regard to the Irish
leadership he will be in danger not only of
pDstponing indefinitely the triumph of the
IRISH cause, but also of running himself in
the eyes of his countrymen. The result that
must follow his continuance at the head of
the Nationalist party has been so certain
aud obvious since the publication of Mr.
GIadstone's letter that Mr.. Parnell however
blinded by the fiattery Of his followers can
not fail to see 1t, and consequent ly if he re-
mains be does SO well knowing that the
Nationalists can no longer depend upon the
support of the Liberals and therefore can
no longer hope to accomplish anything in
the House CT Commons on In general cleo
tion when it shall come. Nothing but his
own self hness could have induced Parnell
to adhere to his decision to remain at the
head OF the party after Mr.. Gladstone's letter
was made public. His Irish constituents
may applaud his course for a season but
when they begin to realize its effect their
praise will be turned into censure which will
not stop at condemning his present course
but will go back and belittle his past services
by attributiDg them rather to motives OF
PERSONAL aggrandizement than to patriotism
or desire to raise up his down-trodden
countrymen. What the world has heretofore
looked upon as a career of craftsmanship
and patriotic devotion is liable to be blotted
out by one foolish, sordid act.
The Portland daily press., 1890-11-29
Secret Voting.

There seems TO be no good reason for the
,neory SO .vaient among The secret ballot sgita-
LStvIs, mat oriDery would be materially diminish
ca II the votebuyer were unable to watch the
So.e-s.iler when he casts his vote. The vote
suing his despicable business and must contimne
-IoeS so. The shrewd manIpuator however
would nave but little dificultyin detecting any
deception on the part OF mis- caltle;' besides the
later very well understand who are their most
cons tant employers, and where their interest lies
In the matter.-Bridgton News,
The Bridgton News appears to be labor
Ing under the impression that the only merit
claimed for the Australian ballot system is
that it will prevent bribery, so it continues
TO assert week after week that it will not
have that effect, on the assumption ap-
parently that IL 1t succeeds in disproyiDg
that claim 1t has destroyed all the recommen-
Dalton the system has to public favor Now,
a matter OF fact, the friends of the Austria
ian system do not rest their case on so mar
row foundation. They do claim that the
toe system will tend to diminish bribery
tney have never claimed that 1t will prevent
H. no more than the friends of the prohibit
.or' law claim that that measure will ex
So'niina'e the liquor traffic. But the friends
y. 'ne australian system base their case on
no Dioau foundation that that system Is
De1'er adapted to the needs of a free peonle
tuah any other that has yet been invented
Instead OF being un-American. az ,to ornon
ents frequently assert, it is in its sn,r;, ~.
thoroughly American. Our povernman. -
agoVernment Of the whole people. AS far az
the suffrage is concerned it guarantees r.
every man, be he rich or poor, be he inf,uen-
tial or obscure, exactly the same rights and
the same power. Ii this is good in theory.
the more fully it is recognized in practice the
better, and therefore 1t follows that the sys-
tenn OF voting which best promotes this end
is to be preferred. If man squarely plants
himself upon the ground that large part of
the people are unfit to have voice In the
government, and that the rich and influential
should control the suffrage of the poor and
ooscure-in short that our government
snould De an oligarchy-then 1t is perfectly
consistent for him to oppose the Australian
system because that depriyes wealth
anu power OF the undue inlnonoo
"nich they may exercise under tba
piesehS system. But for mar
VINO progresses faith in government nv tho
whole people to oppose system. lIto Tho
Australian system, that secures moro Ell,
.ual any system yet devised to every man
Tue independent expression of bis own iudr
men. implies either that his profession is
~ ~, sincere. or that he is not well informed
T he m n OF the Australian plan.
- a,u aian system is often contemntr-
ss 70 as "a new tangled no,ion,,
nDpoi.eu from foreign country So
Its methods are new. but its purno.o 1onie Oh
republican government We asSee. 10 as olo
secret ballot was the thing aimea Sua'
our present system Of voting was aS ~ maen
Viva voce voting was once in y"vue :. i
mating conventions. and at some elections
1t was discarded largely for the reason thai
The Portland daily press., 1890-11-29

The situation in New Hampshire has been
somewhat simplifed by the resignation of Mr..
Dickey, the clerk of the present House of
representatives.. The constitution de-
wolves the duty Of making up the roll of each
new house upon the clerk of the preceding
one. Mr.. Dickey. since he was elected clerk,
has become citizen of Maine and the Re-
pubicans have been contending that this
was tantamount to the resignation of his
clerkship and disqualified him from making
up the roll. The Democrats on the other
hand have claimed that he was still clerk
Notwithstanding his change of residence,
and that it was his duty to make up the list
OF representatives elected. Mr.. Dickey has
now settled the controversy by formally re-
signing his Office. The assistant clerk will
now make up the roll as the Republicans
have been contending all along that he
ghOuld.
The Portland daily press., 1890-11-29
WRECK OF SCHOONER Josiah whitehOuse

WRECK OF SCHOONER Josiah whtehouse,
w -Engineer Office, U. s. Army Newport r.
J.. November /, 1S9 To whom 1t may concern.
Whereas the navigation of Vineyard Sound is
obstructed and endangered bv the wreck Of the
schooner Josiah Whitehouse living about n. by
W. "a W. 3s4 miles from Gay Head Light House.
Notice is hereby given to all persons Interested In
said vessel, her cargo and all oiher prop
erty there n, It If, within thirty 1871 days
from the date of this ADVERTISED ent they shall
not have signiied to me then intention and taken
preliminary steps to remove said wreck, ETC.. rs
Don as practicable the same will be considered
as abandoned and derelict aud it will be removed
by the United states under authority OF law;
Sealed proposals. III triplicate, for the removal OF
SO much of said wreck as forms an obstruction to
NAVIGATION will be received az this office q"tll ~
O'Clock NOON on Monday the first day Of Decem-
brr 1890, and then opened. The attention o. bid
ders is invited 70 the Acts Of Cong5ess aaPpr9Wyed
20, page 332, and VOL "a, page Ala. statutes at
Large The United States reserves me Tight 10
mallIies Full Information furnished on applica-
tion. BY authority of the Secretary OF War. w.
AZ novs -i' -'''' d4t&2s,29
The Portland daily press., 1890-11-29
WRFCK OF sCHOoNER S. S. BIOKMORE.

WRECK OF SCHOONER s. s. BIoKMoRE.
w Engineer Office. o. s. Army, Newport
r. l., November 20, 1890. To whom IL may con:
cern. whereas, navigation Is Distracted and
endangered by the wreck OF the schooner ,. ,.
Bickmore lyi about half way between the
wharf and the Vest enf of the breakWater in
Hyaunlas Harbor, Mass: Notice Is b. rely given
to all persons in crested in said vessel, her rgo
and all Other prop rty therein. that II, within
thirty q days fr.m the date IT This adyrrtse-
ment, they shall not have signified TO me their IN
tenlion and taken preliminary steps to remove
saiI wreck etc as soon as practicable, the same d
VIII be Considered as abandoned and derellcl, anu
it. will I've removed by the United States un1eI
authority of law Sealed proposals IN tIpn I6 "
Tor the removal of sad wreck, Will be recelVeu az
tins office until p O'Clock nOon on saturday, the
18th day If December. 800, and then openeo;;
Inc attention OF bidders is invited 70 ihe Ac,s u
Congress approved February %, 1885, ana feo
ru ry %. 1887 Vol. %, pace 332, and Vo; ~,
page 4t4, Statutes AT Large. The United ota, n1
reserves the right to reject any or al prnpnsals
and to waive any informalties. Full lnthIna'i1p ,
furnished Oh application. By authority o. tne
secretary # War. w. r.. LIVE MOE; Maior
OF Engineers. nov26d4t then dec26&26