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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-28

But grandfather watched US prepare for the fun,
With our crackers and matches and little toy gun.
And he laughed he saw US start off with our
train
And babe take care Of the wounded and slain
Them when Tom fred cracker and | gave a
shout,
With the first smell Of powder came grandfather
out,
And the way that he marched up and down made
it plain
That "the major" was fighting his battles again.
'Hurrah, lads!" he cried as he joined in the
sport.
'Re-enforcements have come; don't surrender the
fort
Touched match to our crackers and fred the
whole lot;
Then asked US: 'Ts this all the powder you've
got?
Right about Forward March! Get more, dou.
bic quick!"
Was "the majors" command as he fourished his
stick,
"And III show YOU" he said, with fash Of the
eye,
GLOW to properly celebrate Fourth Of JULY"
Rochester Post-Express.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-28
Our Fourth of July Boy,

He started out early our dear little boy,
With seventeen packs and nice cannon toy,
pistol for caps and torpedoes galore,
And a hundred and forty nine pinwheels more.
We hired man just to watch him at play
And 70 follow his footsteps around all the day.
Ten times in the morning he saved the dear's
life,
But blown up himself and sent home to his
wife.
And at night. when they brought what was left
q our boy,
Our anguish tempered by small grains Of Joy,
For he said. as the powder was picked from his
eye,
81 wish at tomorrow was Fourth O. Julyl''
Then the doctors came round at our urgent 70,
quest
And tackled on his limbs where they fitted the
best,
But the kid only said, ord be willin to die
Every day II twas only the Fourth o. Julyl"
New York Evening suL. 4
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-28
HISTORY OF OUR FLAG.
How Betsy Ross and Congress In
1..7 Designed Old Glory.


1..7 Designed Old Glory.
a brief history Of the flag Of the
United States may be appreciated just
here, as there are doubtless many
whose views on the particulars of its
origin are a bit haZy. Its history is
our history and cannot but be inter-
/ esting.
/ In the time of the Revolutionary war
there lived In a little house on Arch
street, Philadelphia. a young woman
by the name of Betsy Ross. The little
brick house still stands and is known
as No. 239 1t was the second house
built in Philadelphia, its bricks coming
over with William Penn in the ship
Welcome.
Betsy Ross was known as an expert
needlewoman and had made a reputa-
ton at her calling, it is said by max
ing the RIFLES for the shirts Of General
Washington. SO when congress, in
1777, appointed committee. with the
general thereon, TO design n flag, the
committee very naturally went to her.
They made a rough draft of the flag,
the design consisting Of alternate red
and white stripes and - six pointed
stars on background of blue. This
was shown her, and she suggested the
substitution Of the five pointed stars.
Her suggestion was approved.
The color of the stripes was possibly
suggested by the red flag Of the army
and the white flag Of the navy in use
some time previously.
The flag was adopted by congress on
June II, III. Betsy soon after mar
ried John Maypole, and for many
years they held the contract for max
ing flags for the fleet in the Delaware.
There is a record in the treasury Of an
order dated May, 1777, to pay Betsy
Ross f14 lbs. ID. for making flags for
the Delaware river feet.
And what Of Betsy Maypole? Her
nimble fingers are dust now, and her
bones lie in Mount Moriah cemetery.
She lived TO the ripe age of 81 and died
in 1886, but the flag of the Union, way
ing forever, will keep her memory
green.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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SPOOK'S
FOURTH OF JULY
CELEBRATION.
600 occo COCO COCO COCO oCcoc

81 don't know, Marsden, how we can
ever worm any sort Of a confession out
of her." said Lawyer Darke, with an
accent on the pronoun Of any comes,
it will be because she is startled into
telling it. A good scare, like n cyclone
or an earthquake, might possibly do the
business. No amount Of persuasion or
threats ever will, that's evident. Mean
while l don't see what we can do for
Miss Laura only to wait and try to
conceive some new plan"
Speaking these words, Lawyer Darke
descended the stairs Of an old tene-
ment, followed by Harry Marsden, and
stepped out upon the hot pavement Of
the street.
1t was the afternoon of July 3. On
the stairs down which the two men had
just descended crouched the small fig
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-28

ure Of a boy whose size indicated
about the age Of :, but whose face said
-. The latter told the truth The boy
was emac.ated TO the last degree that
one could hope TO find him out Of his
bed, and his face WAS the color OF
chalk. His colorless lips were thin and
delicate, and his eyes, large and burn
ing and sunk in dark shadows, looked
spectral in the gloom of the dirt strewn
hallway.
The lawyers words concerning the
cyclone and earthquake had been
meaningless 10 the author Of them, but
they were not meaningless to Spook.
He knew the story Of the pretty, pale
factory girl in the attic room, penned
UP with an old woman who did not
hesitate to abuse her every day and
many times a day-that is. he knew
that the girl called the old woman
grandma" and that grandma" claim
ed that that relationship existed be-
tween them; knew also that there had
been Of late rumors afoat 10 the effect
that Laura was not the old woman's
81 AAlA1AnSsA4AEAf mat lAlGIe WIS SONIC
money somewhere that ought to be
Laura's and that the old woman could
straighten things out if she would, but
that this she refused TO do. This much
Of story had been roughly woven to-
gether in the neighborhood. How near
to the truth it came none Of the deni-
zens actually knew, but Spook accepted
it. gathered it carefully together and
placed it III his mind as a sort Of an
environment about the words dropped
by the lawyer.
Meantime Lawyer Darke went TO his
Office to try and devise some new
scheme for the benefit of his client, and
the client, Harry Marsden, started for
home. The real known facts from
which these two hoped to develop a
case of interest and good to all con-
cerned were these:
About year previous Harry Mars
den had come into possession of a for
tune from an uncle, one Joseph Mars
j den, who had died in England The
will had stated that Harry was made
heir. as the nearest OF kin known to be
living, but that there was a possibility
of the existence of a stepdaughter, the
child OF the uncle's wife by n former
marriage; that IL this girl could be
found within the space OF ten years
half Of the property was to be hers.
The girl, the will continued. was born
In 1874. at the age of 3 years, only a
few months after the marriage Of Jo-
seph Marsden to the young widow, the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-28
THE SPIRIT OF '76.

Grandfather is feeble and walks with cane,
And last Fourth OF July he sat groaning with
pain,
And you never would think he had fought in the
When he asked what wanted those hrecrackers
Tor.
But mother remembers when grandpa returned
From the war with a medal his gallantry earned,
And 1t hangs with his musket and sword on the
wall
With the star spangled banner draped over them
all,
And the neighbors call grandpa ''the major" since
Fought bravey to make this "the land Of the
free"
But mother she smiled she patted his head.
"You and will escape all the tumuf," she said;
"We'I go 10 the orchard and sit meath the trees
And list 10 the music OF birds and of bees;
You shall tell me story Of days long gone by,
And we will forget il is Fourth Of july"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-28
Fourth NJuly
FREEDOMS ANNIVERSARY.

Flutter the flags from school and steeple;
Throb the drums road and street;
Thrill the air with the shouts OF people.
Eager the day Of their pride 10 greet
Children hail il with gleeful voices,
Old men flush as its thunders break.
Telling aloud how the land reioices
From the pine TO the palm for freedoms sake
Freedom. over the stormy waters,
Brought by handful, faint and few,
Birthright now of our sons and daughters,
Hallowed by yalor and long years through.
Freedom Lord. LEI the four winds sing i'll
Freedom Soft let us breathe its name.
Far and wide let the strong bells ring it,;
Wide and far be its lofty fame.
Lift we now triumphant chorus;
God be praised both by great and SMALL
Ever his dear love watcheth Ger US;
Still his banner is over MS all
Through the desert he safely led us;
Into the promised land we came.
In our want and our griefs he fed u.s.
Ever forever Wen praise his name.
Dawns the day in summer splendor-
Day that davned amid blood and tears,
Back in the time when surrender
Brave men made unto coward fears
Tell 70 our boys and girls the story,
How they wrought for the nations veal
Who thenceforward have this their glory
Tempted and tried, they were true as steel.
M f. sangster in Christian lntelligencer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-28

Dyspeptics cannot be long lived be.
cause to live requires nourishment. Food
is not nourishment until it is digested.
A disordered stomach cannot digest food,
it must have assistance. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure digests all kinds of food without
aid from the stomach, allowing it to rest
and regain its natural functions. Its
elements are exactly the same as the
digestive fluids and it simply can't help
but do you good. T.. b. Longwell.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-28

mist over his soul. Already he dreams
Of rambling in green fields and beside
running waters. He sees Laura in her
own happy home, with tall and hand
some husband waiting on every glance,
and he. poor Spook, has a place and
share near her. He smiles more sweet
ly. He is growing well and strong, and
the old life of misery is all slipping
away and being forgotten. His soul
has travelled on ahead a little way and
opened up to him in his dream the real
and happy future dating from that
Fourth of July morning when he cele-
brated.-Detroit News-Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-28
CONSTIPATION

the frequent OF Appendicitis and many other
iOus ills should be neglected The objection To the
usual catharc remedies Is their cOstve reaction which
increases constipation instead Of curing IT, PARKERS
GINGER TONIC is the proper remedy. lt acts on the
Liver and when used directed, permanently
he constipation. ~ cts. & Sl0O at all Druggists
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-28
Enrl, Eourths In noston.

Edward Everett Hale tells Of one Of
the earliest Fourth Of July celebrations
of his remembrance. 1t was that OF
the year 1888. and on that day for the
first time a great chorus of school chill
dren sang "My Country, IT'S Of Thee"
He speaks Of a favorite poem of that
day which was much In evidence on
the Fourth. 1t was written by Royal
Tyler, and its beginning was:
Squeak the ffe and beat the drum,
Independence day has come.
1t was just about this time that the
character Of the celebration Of the an
niversary Of the birthday OF American
independence began 60 change. Pa
rades were held as usual, but noise be-
gan TO take the place of speeches, and
in the larger towns Of the reading Of
the Declaration Of Independence, which
had always been n feature Of the cele-
bration.
The opening of trade with China
brought in the small firecrackers, and
American factories soon found the
means of making big ones. Noise as
sumed the scepter and has reigned ever
since.-Boston Globe.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-09-14
The Hint Conrtenns

The author of Life and Sport on the Pacific Slope" says that in assemblage where little patience and good humoI temper what is disagreeable. the peo. pie of the Pacific slope are at their best
 once, at performance of some play several youths were guying the prin. cipal character, to the annoyance of everybody else. Suddenly a gentle. man said to them, very politely:
 "That lady on the stage is making SC much noise that we cannot hear what you are saying. But I hope we shall have the pleasure of listening to youl criticisms later, when the act Is over." Silence followed the remark.
 At times something more forcible Is needed. A certain lady had, one day. been rudely treated by minor railway official. She was very indignant, and quite at loss for words; but she had a saving sense of humor, and turned tc stranger at her elbow.
 "Sir," said she. twill you tell thi. man what think of him"
 The stranger. without betraying the least excitement. said in a melancholy drawl.
 "Sir, this lady thinks you are an un. derstrapper, clothed with a little brief authority, whose only qualification for the position you occupy is your extraor dinary impudence."
The St. Johns herald., 1901-09-14
TransIators, Stumbling Blocks.

Some amusing instances of trans lators' misunderstanding are mention ed by the London Daily News. An Italian paper not long ago turned MT. Rudyard Kipling's "Absentminded Beg gar" into a Distracted Mendicant." !" A footnote to the same version explain ed "son of a Lambeth publican" as a reference to Mir. Kruger! The trans- latOr who explains is often lost.
 Another Italian editor who translat- ed a passage from an English paper about a man who had killed his wife with poker added an ingenious foot note to say. We do not know with cer- tainty whether this thing 'pokero' be a domestic or surgical instrument"
 In the French version of one of Scott's novels Welsh rabbit has to be dealt with. The translator. never hay ing met with that article of food, nat urally turned it into "un lapin de Gales" Unfortunately he had some doubt whetLer his countrymen would understand this and added a lengthy footnote describing how the peculiarly delicious flavor of the rabbits of Walea created Il large demand for them in Scotland, whither they were exported in bulk that VIC lid compare with the trade of O9t 'rd,
The St. Johns herald., 1901-09-14
A Winning Torch.
"Darlingr'

DarllnS!
 The strong, manly voice was low and intense as the handsome face bent over the fair, bowed head by the fire.
 Darling" he went on eagerly. there are others here observing us. l must see you a moment alone"
 For an instant the listener was quiet. and not a curl stirred on the lofty brow. Then the blue eyes were raised to the beseeching dark ones.
 'Yes. what is it?' was the low reply.
 'I-welT'-
 A slight red flush mantled the neck and cheeks of the speaker, in striking contrast to the cool, calm dignity dis played in every movement of the half reclining figure in the big plush chair.
 "The fact is," he went on, mastering up courage, the first embarrassment giving place to a little more self con- fdence, "I have come to ask you some thing I never expected would pass my lips, especially after the last sum borrowed from you. Darling, will you lend me $102"
 Jack Darling laid aside his paper.
 "Of course, old man," he cried hearti ly. Lets first get a drink" And the two passed out of the clubroom togeth- er.-San Francisco News Letter.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-09-14
The White Shark.

The shark of sharks, the real "man eater" and the one most dreaded, is the white shark. This variety reaches & length of 8 feet and a weight of 2000 pounds. Its head is long and lat, and the snout far overhangs the mouth. Its six rows of teeth are sharp as lancets and nOtched like saws. It's mouth Is very large, so that one has been known to cut mans body con- pletely in two at single snap of it's cruel Jaws and another to swallow one at gulp. Near Calcutta one of these sharks was seen to swallow bullock's head, horns and all.
 From the stomach of another a bulls hide was taken entire, and the sailor who made the discovery insisted that the bull had been swallowed whole and all except the hide had been di- gested. From the stomach of another was taken lady's workbox, filled with the usual contents. scissors and all. It is commonly the white shark which follows the vessel at sea day after day and week after week.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-09-14
s1oo REWARD s1oo

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 Address. F. J. CHENEY & CO, To ledo. Ohio Sold by all druggist, 75 cents. Halls Family Pills are the best.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-09-14
RANK SMELL OF THE ONION.
There Is a Scientific Reason for tn
 Vegetables Pungent Odor.

There Is a Scientific Reason for the
 Vegetables Pungent Odor.
 It Is interesting to make inquiry into the cause of this unfortunate quality of the onion. It is simply due to the | presence in some quantity of another mineral matter in the bulb-sulphur It is this sulphur that gives the onion its germ-killing property and makes the bulb so very useful medicinal agent at all times, but especially in the spring, which used to be-and still is in many places-the season for taking birthstone and treacle in old-fashioned houses, before sulphur tablets came into vogue. Now sulphur, when united to hydrogen, one of the gases of water, forms sulphureted hydrogen, and then becomes a foul-smelling, well nigh a fetid, compound. The onion, being so juicy, has very large percentage of water in its tissues, and this, combin- ing with the sulphur, forms the strong. ly scented and offensive substance called sulphuret of allyle, which is LVOuu III l1S of allyle mincles more especially with the volatile or aromatic oil of the onion. It is identical with the malodorant principle found in asafoetida, which is almost the symbol of all smells that are nasty.
 The horseradish, so much liked with roast beef for its keen and biting prop erty, and the ordinary mustard of our tables both owe their strongly stimula- tive properties to this same sulphuret of allyle, which gives them heat and acridity, but not an offensive smell, owing to the different arrangement of the atoms of their volatile oils.
 This brings us to most curious fact In nature, that most strangely, yet most certainly, constructs all vegetable volatile oils in exactly the same way composes them all whether they are the aromatic essences of cloves, oranges, lemons, cinnamon, etc., of exactly the same proportions, which are SSH of carbon to 11% of hydrogen, and obtains all the vast seeming diversities that our nostrils detect in their scent simply by a different arrangement of the atoms in each vegetable oil.-Rural Californian.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-09-14
An Impartin1 womnn-

This is the grave of the most impar- tial woman on record" said the guide In Cave Hill cemetery to a party who visited the beautiful cemetery the oth- CT day. Away over that second knoll there is a lot containing only two graves, and the headstone of each is marked Father
 'The woman who is buried here was married twice. and the two graves in that lot are the graves of her two hus- bands. She tried her best to treat her second husband as she did the first, and even when he died she had no idea of showing any preference. But she her second husband was held. She di- rected that the partner of her second matrimonial venture be laid by the side of the first, but that enough space be left to bury her between the two.
 "By some hook or crook a mistake was made, and when she visited the cemetery she found that they were buried side by side, with no space be tween.
 Well, sir, she didn't know what to do. She argued that If she should be buried by the side of her first husband 1t would not be fair to the memory of her last spouse. and vice versa. What did she do? Why, when she died she left request that she be buried in an- other lot, away from both of them, and 1t was needed" = Louisville Courier I0urnal
The St. Johns herald., 1901-09-14
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awake and heard the heavy, solemn tramp, tramp, tramp. of the British troops, as they marched past her win dow. and on out of the city, to surprise, defeat and capture the army for whose success she had not only often prayed, but had so lately periled more than life.
 When, a few days after, these same troops returned, Lydia Darrah dared not ask the question she was the most anxious to have answered, lest her emo- tions might betray her. Soon after the adjutant general called upon her and said:
 Madam, will you do me the favor to enter my room, that may ask you a few important questions" Lydia Darrah, believing her secret discovered, either by chance or betray- al, turned deadly pale, and almost tainted with terror; but fortunately the officer took no notice of her emotions, and soon recovering herself she deter mined to boldly brave out the worst. She therefore went to his apartment with firm step, nor showed any signs of trembling when she saw him lock the door.
 Now, madam" he said, with stern and stately dignity, as he handed her a seat and took another facing her, 'I beg you will answer me truly, as if your life were at stake! Who was the last person up of your family on the last night was closeted in this room with brother officerY
 Myself" was the firm and quiet re- ply of Lydia Darrah.
 Are you certain, madam?"
 "Quite-for thee requested me to send all the family to bed by o'clock, and I did so, myself going last"
 You would be willing to swear to this, madamT
 "We Friends never swear" returned the other, with dignity; ''but thee has my word for the fact"
 Well" returned the officer, with an air of chagrin, "I do not understand 1t. You, 1 know, were asleep, for I my self knocked three times at your door before could rouse you. We that night laid plan to attack and capture General Washington and his army; but by some means, unknown to me, he got news of our design, and has frustrated our purpose. When we arrived before his camp we found all his cannon mounted, and his whole command pre- pared to give us battle. and disannoint cd and chagrined, we have all marched back like parcel of fools! That is all, madamP concluded the officer, rising, unlocking the door, and lowing out the mistress of the dwelling.
 Lydia Darrah retired with feelings of relief better imagined than described.
 Who shall say how much the subse- quent dwellers in this land of freedom have owed and still owe to the cunning and heroism of this noble womanA New York Ledger.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-09-14
Hymns Un to Date.

An old gentleman of S2, whose occa. sionally cynical speeches are always tinged with good humor, was asked his opinion of modern church music.
 "It's all very fine" he said dryly, "and I like to hear it; but there's one thing Eve noticed. It may be just chance, but I've noticed it a good many times.
 "When I was boy people went tc two services a day and sometimes three, and they sat on hard seats with straight backs, and sang with all their hearts,
 My God, the spring of all my joys
 "Now the congregation lean comfort ably back in softly cushioned pews and listen to the choir singing, Art thou weary, art thou languidY I may be mistaken, but 1t comes home to me every now and then that hymn. ology is changing to suit the times"