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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17
4 NARROW ESCAPE.

We were a party Of travelling Mcn,
stopping over Sunday at Dixon, H., and
had been talking about peculiar happen
ings in our lives, and how at times even
trifing circumstance determines the
course OF ones cX stence. "les." said
one OF the crowd Mr.. William Halpin,
who, by tho way, was on his wedding
tour. "Did you ever notice how particu'
larry applicable to marriage are these
occurrences OF fate? For instance, the
merest introduction will sometimes de-
eide your future In that direction. My
own experience" he continued, ais some
what romantic, and IL You care TO hear
the story I'll tell it," We all acquesced
eagerly
"Well, boys" sad he, as we all became
silent and attentive, ut isn't much OF a
narrative, but IL is a bit odd, and lit
tie out OF the usual Several years ago
j was employed at Chicago in large
establishment, and was doing fairly we'll
In fact, l had in a measure settled down
for life. / was about forty years of age
III that time, and had given up all ideas
of marriage, and was, by many in the
house, known as the cd bachelor
81 was a sort of head man in my de-
partment, and among those under my
supervision was n lady stenographer,
who had charge of my correspondence.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17

She was very bright, and frequently was
intrusted with important and contdcn-
tial work in the proprietors' Offices. One
evening, just a. was departing from
the o.hce. the senior partner requested
me 10 remain moment, saying he wished
to speak 10 me, After being seated, he
handed me a letter 10 read, which ran
something in this way, as near rs | can
remember and il was dated at Dixon.
H., this very town:
"DiAt UNCLE know you will be sur
prised and veXed at what | AIN going TO say,
but / have "A fancy, and that must be my
excuse. / want TO come TO Chicago for at
least "a year but ] shall not come unless !
am emp ycd while there. That Is part OF
my fancy. You know have had the adj
vantageS OF education, but beside all this
j ain thoroughly versed in typewriting and
stenOgraphy. ! believe you can give me
employment. i shall come at once, on con-
dition that you promise TO engage me. and
then | shall! be glad TO tell you the remain
ing chapters of my fancy. a reply will be
awaited with anxiety by your devoted
niece. HARRIEr HALE.
"'Now. William said Mr. Willis, to
me, after / had finished reading, Il have
thought this matter all over, and have
concluded 20 send for Miss Harriet, and
i haze detained you 10 say shall put
ncr III your CndTSc 10 dCJ as SJpupSTdpllc
instead Of your present one, for whom
there is plenty of work in our other de-
partments. | only request one promise
from You and il is that no one in Our
house but yourself shall know that she
is my niece. She requests this also
after biding my employer goodnight,
j departed on my way home. | thought
considerably over the newcomer, and
espec lly at the oddly of young lady
not wanting TO be known as the
niece of rich merchant A few
days later she arrived, and / thought
that Dixon must be proud Of herself,
81 she possessed many beauties like the
one ! beheld. We were introduced, and
as she seemed anxious TO know her
duties ] entered into explanation at
once l found her very industrious, and
in time she simply succeeded in charm
ing every employe in the house.
"Well, boys, began getting particular
"a 10 how arranged my necktc got
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17
How lie Learned to- spell.

There is said to be an old negro in
Talbot County, Georgia, who learned
to spell in curious way in slavery
times His owner lived in a s,arsely
settled neighborhood, and he being
small boy, was sent along 10 accom-
pany the children to school. The
teacher would not allow him to 90 into
the schoolroom when the pupils were
reciting. This aroused his curiosity,
aud he would stealthily approach the
door and repeat after the spelling
class until he could spell eve.y word
in Webster's blue-back spelling book
before he knew the alphabet. He now
reads and spells very well.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17

my hair cut oftener. My shoes shined
regularly, until !, an old bachelor, had
p.tahed recklessly into love. She didn't
seem 70 notice il, and went on wonder
ing how on earth I'd ever tell her, and
what she d think OF it,
ave frequently got into friendly con-
versation, and what perhaps started us
I'm the right direction was the discussion
of a set Of building plans showing this
elevat on design and floor plan.
"Miss Harriet and / were examining
the plans and commelSing upon their
convenepccs and arrangements If /
ha int made up my mind never 20
marry sad /, looking her eagerly in
the @. that cottage would be .ust my
selection for a sly title home
why. Mr. Halp,n,' said she, the idea
of YOU remaining "a bachelor. It's ride
ulous
~ was Gattered with her remark, as
eyidently size was interested in me. and
considered me worthy candidate for
matrimony. We were talking on in n
confidential wa when boy came over
saving. that Mr.. Willis said il we were
NOT engaged he would be pleased to see
me
"rhose OF the employees who heard
tho remark laughed 10 the nselves and
b fore ! betrayed any symptoms OF en-
barrassment / simply tod the lad TO say
would be at leisure in few minutes
aThat evening i accompanied Miss
Harriet 10 her unclc's house, and almost
unknown TO myse told her of my love.
She did not discourage me, although she
said that there were matters thft pre-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17
A LIMBLESS STATESMAN.

A man without arms or legs, who
could write an elegant hand, shoot well.
be a skillful sailor and fisherman, and
ride horseback so we'll that he was ac-
counted one of the best cross-country
riders in Ireland, was indeed sur
prising character.
But Mr.. Kavanagh was, besides, a
man of great intellectual and moral
superiority. He was one of the best as
well as one of the largest landlords in
Ireland
He was an able and highly consid-
cred member of Parliament He sell
dom spoke, but was an assiduous and
valuable member. The writer of this
article has seen him carried into the
House of Commons by his servant aud
set down upon one of the Liberal
benches.
OF how delightful and admirable a
man he was this will give an idea. A
gentleman who was for two weeks his
guest at Boris, told the writer, says
the New York Herald, that he wanted
very much to find out how Kavanagh
was fed, but that his conversation was
so extremely interesting that at each
meal he would forget all about his in
tention of satisfying his curiosity on
that point.
The fact is, however, Kavanagh ate
with fork attached TO the stump of
his arm. He wrote holding the pen in
his teeth. and he wrote very nicely and
finely. In riding he held the bride in
his mouth, his body being strapped to
his saddle In shooting we presume
he held the gun with the stump of his
arm aoainst his bodv Init how he suc-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17
WANDERING BOTTLES ON THE
SEA.
Exps riments W Inch Have Proved a Deal
About Ocean Currents.

About Ocean Currents.
or all the wonders that those who 60
down TO the sea in ships are brought in
contact with, none is Sd untathomable
or prehensibe as those mighty
rivers that flow III ough the ocean and
are known as streams where they are
well defined. and as currents where they
are not. The United States Hydlo-
graphic Office has been making, in the
last Few year.. series OF experiments
calculated 10 test fully the theory OF
streams and currents in the North At
lanti'. Lieutenant NaZro has among
his treasures in the branch photographic
office In tn city a little bottle which
once held a half-pnt OF whisky Sub
sequent TO that IL held a pape.' saying
that IL was dropped overheard from the
steamship Cephalonia Al miles east Of
Boston. 1t was brought into this port
two years after it was dropped over
board by schooner from Ambergis
Key, little island in the bahama
group.
This bottle, with its paper inside, had
proved the theory of ocean currents. IL
had followed the Gulf stream until il
had been caught by that current which
sweeps TO the south along the coast OF
Eastern Europe and Northern Africa,
had been carried thence TO the westward
until IL entered the Caribbean Sea, then
passed between the we stern end of Cuba
and Cape Gracias DioS, the eastern eX-
tremity OF Yucatan, and, having made
the circuit Of the Gulf of Mexico, was
washed ashore on the western end OF
AmbergriS Key
Other bottles which have been dropped
overheard by outgoing steamers have, as
| IL 20.
of their drift as the bottle from the
Cephalonia, but some Of them have de-
velopcd marked eccentricities in their
voyages. Thus one which was thrown
overheard from the steamship Aler off
Cape Race, the southern extremity Of
Newfoundland. seems to have made a
"bec-line" for the Azores where il was
picked up OH the beach near FayaL In
its voyage it went directly across the
Gulf stream, and followed current
never before susL ected. A bottle dropped
overheard by the steamship Sardi MAN
about 300 miles southeast of Cape Fare
well, the southern extremity OF Green
land. was picked up on the shores OF
Norway, and one dropped overheard
about 200 miles off the coast of Scotland,
was found in nearly the same place.
Both of these bottles, journcying toward
the land of the midnight sun, had shown
strong current setting from the North
Atlantic on the Norwegian shores
The general result, SO far, seems to be
that a strong current sets from the east
upon the shores of the British Isles. and
q strong one rushes into the Caribbean
Sea from the Atlantic. This is fact
long maintained by writer's on physi'a al
geography, but never before demon
| =. IL
era phic Office. But the experiments of
the photographic Office have also de-
veoped the fact that various other sui
sidiary currents, acting over a large
space, exist which were not before sus-
pected.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17

bungling sutton, and since then she
has not talked with man except upon
matters of business. She has consid-
cradle property and manages it her
self Her mind is sound, she reads
without glasses, has a remarkably
good appetite, regulates her sleeping
and working hours by sunset and sun
rise, and is remarkably regular in
everything she does. She had her
picture taken upon her one hundredth
birthday, and laughingly attributes
her long life to the fact that she has
never been fatally sick
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17
"Dinner for Two. Appetite for One"

Dinner for Two. Appetite for One"
Said dyspeptic to the waiter, ordering for self
and friend. And, suppose he mad had an APP
petite, it would have agonized him, subsequent
~ TO crafty it, OF the abomnable pangs that
even LITTLE meal causes the confirmed victim
OF indigestion. Purgatory on earth-no less.
Altogether unnecessary, though. Begin at once,
systematically, course of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, ye unfortunates with refractory stom-
achs. In saying this we merely echo the re-
corded experience OF thousands who have u sed
the great stomachic to their lasting benefit.
For the inaction OF a sluggish liver, and for
tardy or irregular action of the bowels, both
very apt TO accompany dyspepsia, this fine reg
ulator is equally efficient. Malarial complaints,
kidney trouble, rheumatism and neuralgia de-
part when a resort is hal TO the Bitters.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17
A Place for Him.

II don't know what TO do with the
boy" laid the discouraged father. He
is industrious enough, bat he isn't
truthful. He'd rather lie than go fish
ing l never believe word he says
unless | know it to be true beforehand.
Il need young man." said the
guest. the proprietor of a baking pow
der factory, eagerly, ain my advertising
department
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17
The Coming Material.

Government Agent "a. ID. 1910,
wrathfully) Are you aware sir, that
those 20O-ton guns were 10 be ready
for delivery to-day?
Proprietor of Gun Works equally
e1raged Il am. sir. but you know as
well as L do that / can't make them
without the material, and every darned
paper-mill in the countryis six months
behind it's orders.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17
The Dinarnnce.

We'll, Rastus," said Mr.. Ere ,hfield
to the waiter, handing him five-dollar
bill to pay fifty-cent check; IL un-
derstand you have discovered the diff
ference between q gentleman and a
gent"
"Yessir," returned Rastus. "De
gentleman neber waits for no change,
sah. "-Huper's Bdzar
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17
,eeded in pulling the trigger we do not

ceeded in pulling the trigger we do not
know.
The Kavanaghs are one of the most
ancient families in the British Islands.
They were the early Kings of Leinster.
The famous Strongbow married an Eva
Kavanagh. The Kavanaghs have also
been Austrian mobiles. The charter
horn of the Leinster Kings-a large.
futed cornucopia of ivory, mounted on
brass and resting on a brass easel-is
among the heirlooms at Boris.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17

Which ay1W 1'ou haze,
sickness, suffering and despair,
or health, strength, and spirit3
You can take your choice.
All chronic diseases and de-
rangements peculiar to women
are permanently cured by DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
1t restores the female func-
tons to healthy action. 1t
removes the distractions and
suppressions which cause
trouble and misery. For pc
riodical pains, internal inham-
nation, liberation and kindred
ailments, it is a positive rem
edy. The system is invig-
Grated, the blood enriched, di-
gestion improved, melancholy
and nervousness dispelled.
It's a legitimate medicine, the
only One that's guaranteed to
give satisfaction in the cure
of all female complaints"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17

EXCUSE me-" said Gus De Jay, 81 was
wrapt in thought "Your own
thought?" asked Miss Sharpton. Seer
tainly." Weren't you afraid of taking
p=ITnShinGinn PONt
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17
Her Opinion.

Visitor watching the antics of the
little dog He seems 10 have a good
deal of pugnacitv about him."
Cid Lady Slightly deafl-"Yes, a
pug is nasty animal. I've always said
g."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17

ALL is not at hand that helps" In other
words we cannot foresee whence help may
come TO Us. tut every sensible housekeeter
should know that every grocer sells SAPU-
I a.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17
no Save Stool Pens from Corrosion

Steel pens are destroyed by the acid in
the ink. If an old nail or old steel pen
IS put in the ink, the acid therein will
exhaust itself on them, and pens in
daily use remain in good condition much
longer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17
AN OLD MAIDS CENTENNIAL.
In All Her Long Line She Had but One
SuitOr.

III ht IIer Long f-iIo rho HUI Out Oho
sutton.
She is one hundred years old. has
never been married, and probably
never will be. These facts combine TO
make Miss Permelia Wright famous.
She lives in Benton Harbor. Mich,
and upon any bright day may be seen
walking the streets, leaning upon
big cane. She has retained her facul-
ties. and remembers many things that
happened when the century was just
beginning.
She was born at Fairfax Court
House, Va, April 2. 1871. She saws
she never married because she could
not bear the men. She remembers be-
ing courted eighty years ago, but 10y
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17

An iron constitution, steel nerves,
brass cheeks, aud silver tongue hep to
line the pockets with gold. This has a
metallic ring.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17

THE less mind woman has, the more
liberal she is in giving you piece of it.
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German.
Syrup

We are six in FAM
AFarmer at lily. We live in
rao r...o place where we ara
H' o subject to violent
Says: Colds and Lung
Troubles. / have
used German Syrup for six years
successfully for Sore Throat, Cough,
Cold, Hoarseness, Pains in the
Chest and Lungs, and spitting-up
Of Blood. / have tried many differ
ent kinds of cough Syrups in my
time, but let me say 10 anyone want
ing such Northumberland Syrup
is the best. That has been my ex-
perience. If you use it once, you
will 60 back to it whenever you
need it. 1t gives total relief and is
a quick cure. My advice to every
one suffering with Lung Troublesis
Try it. You will soon be con-
WINGED. In all the families where
your German Syrup
is used we have no John
trouble with the Er,rL,;,
Lungs at all 1t is
the medicine for this ,o,os
country. q
&C. GREEN. Sole Man fr, Woodbury,NJ
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17

WEALTH IN hand. without business
habits. business tastes, and business in
tercsts. is the most unreliable thing in
the world.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17

Mrs. PISKHAM's letters from ladies in all
parts OF the world average one hundred per
day. She has never failed them and her
fame is world wide.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17

MOTHERS should watch carefully those
signs OF I'll health I'm their daughters. and
at once use Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound 1t will prove lasting blessing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17

SOME girls are good deal like vio-
linz il takes beau 10 make them talk.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17

We will give 500 reward for any case Of
cutarrh that cannot he cured with Hall 9 Catarrh
Cure. Taken internally.
+. j. CHENEY a. CO.. Props. Toledo o.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17

If you don't want people to look al
ways on the dark side of life, give them
a peep at the other side
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17

FfTS.-All Fits stopped free bv DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first days use Mar
veous cures Treatise and 900 trial bottle free
hit send 10 DIR. Kline. ySl Arch St. Pnila Pa
An impossiblity-An ugly baby.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17

IL afflicted with Sore Eyes. use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water Druggists sell 1T 30.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17

BEecHAMs PILLS cure Sick Headach
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17
WILLIAM III.

"Well, was invited TO the house, and
the first sight got of Harriet knew
was forgiven, and have found out since
that il was throue h that ba .ket of flow
ers, boys, that ESCAPED being bache-
lor." JAMES HANNERrY.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-10-15
MOTHER's BIRTH.pAY.

Oh. Why should gather a budding bouquet.
orr.s"rd seauiy's blush that the blossoms
impearl.
For this tenth day o: May Is my nsther's birth.
day.
And l fancy zee her n rosy checked girl.
dear little glrl was my mother know
When she fondlcd her dolls In her innocent n, y
All some sesaph or spirit then made her heart
glow
With tho love that trained us In the Master.
meek way.
No longer care for the red roses OF June,
Aud the wealth of May blossoms no longer
seek,
Fur her beautiful life seems passing 20 soon
Since the rose has departed from mothers pale
cheek.
To day Is fond memory's clasp OF pure gold
That cornpresses the volume Of childhood .lnte.
When both Mother and Father by tolling grew
old
For us ive--Jane and John, Aaron, Nancy and
Kate.
Elizabeth Fit Christian name for her lilo
Lowiy neutrality-suspicious., true patt ern OF worth
Let us link Fathers name with her tItlo OF wife.
Adam smaull. In our childhood the flrst name
on earth.
Lot as rise up and call her blessed today
After sixty-siK years OF her sejourn are past.
Lot US crown her to-day Noiher-queen Of the
Nav,
And the angels Will crown her In Clsry Mt last.
AARON w. FREpEmcK.
MAY 10, 1854
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-10-15

William L. Scott was buried in a
magnificent coffin, the manufacture
Ofwhich required seventy-six pounds
Of solid silver, besides quantities Of
silk and broadcloth. The under
takers say that within their recol-
lection only enc other American.
Samuel j. Tilden, ever had his
mortal tenement-clay housed so
elaborately. The use Of gold bars
and solid gold plates on expensive
caskets is not unusual, but so Law
ish a use Of solid silver is unprece-
dented.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-10-15

a correspondent writing from
oceana, Wyoming county, TO tho
hanawha Gazette, gives this ac.
count of an interesting phenom-
enon One of the greatest natural
curioslties in the State is the burn
ing mountain seven miles north
west OF here on the dividing limo
between Cub and Laurel crooks
known as Big Cub mountain. For
the last forty years evidences OF in.
ternal heat have been visible on this
mountain for half mile in length
and twenty to fifty yards in width
IN which space the forest and all
vegetation has been killed by the
heat from within and great creyices
have been made in the mountain as
II by an eruption. In time past
these eruptions have thrown ont
large stones, ten feet in diameter,
ONii hc on the hillside. .
Ihey resemble in character the cin-
der that comes from n smitbino
furnace. The crevices or openings
from which they come are still wide
enough to admit a man. The sur
face OF the earth there is roasted and
killed. 1t has peculiar appear.
ahce, different from the adjoining
territory. The fires under the
mountain seem now to be active
about nine months in the year. and
extinct the rest Of the year. The
citizens Of this county will not cross
the fiery mountain or 90 near IL.
believing it to be the harbineef Of
danger. Many stories are in cir
culation as to tho cause of the pbe-
nomenon. Some think il is a seam
OF coal on Gre deep under the earth.
others think it issthe'Gres which are
supposed to form the interior Of
this terrestrial ball, while the ipno.
rant superstitious class say it is
the opening to the internal re-
glons and that whoever attempts to
cross IL viii sink TO rise no more.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-10-15

A portrait of Jefferson Davis.
painted by William Gail Browne for
the Westmoreland Club of Rich
mond, is said to be perfect like
ness of Mr. Davis as he appeared at
the time hetook the reins of the
Confederate Government. Th G
picture is a full three-q quarter length
the canvas measuring 5 feet inches
by three feet 4 inches.