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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
Parting at the Station.

Those who listened as the man and
woman parted at the station heard
this conversation:
"Goodby, dear"
"Goodby. Don't forget to tell Bird
get to have the chops for dinner"
"All right"
and be sure and feed the canary"
Sure"
Lock up the silver every night"
every we'll"
and don't forget that the gasman
is coming to renew the burners. Be
sure and have him put the four-foot
burner in the servants room"
I'll remember"
Order kndling wood on Wednes-
day"
All right"
Consult the list / made out If you
forget anything"
Il will"
Better not kiss me. People will
think we are just married"
Not if they have been listening"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
READING WITH A PURPOSE.
The Bible the Best Of All Books for
Culture.

Culture" said Arnold in the pre-
face to Literature and Dogma" "is
indispensably necessary, and culture
is reading; but reading with purpose
to guide it, and with system. He does
a good work who does anything to
help this; indeed, 1t is the one essen
tial service now to be rendered TO edu-
cation" The remark, whether ii be
the cause or not, may stand for the
type of motive underlying many a
modern treatise on the subject. There
have been famous lists of the 100 best
books" now deprecated by a more
catholic taste; we all know of numer-
Gus pamphlets on the subject of what
TO read; and the literary counsel
featured" in popular periodicals for
domestic consumption is beyond an
alysis; they all tell us what books,
both classical and contemporary, Ii Is
best for us to taste, to chew, or TO d.
gest. In such trains of advice one may
be reasonably certain, before opening
any given treatise, to find stock ideas;
books are our priceless possession;
you should, in Lowells words, read
what will make you think rather than
dream" newspapers are psblic men,
ace and should be read swiftly, mere
ly for the sake of the important news;
excessive novel reading is deleterious
TO the moral fiber the Rible Is the
best of all books for culture. Indeed,
these ideas can not too often be re-
peated, for we do not hear a 1.-THE
as much about them as we do about
passing politics, the stock market,
theaters and athletics; but the specific
interest In the present guides to cul-
'ure lies in the variations from such
worthy remarks and the fresh applica-
ton of them.-Forum.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
New Burbank Marvels.

1t is stated that Luther Burbank
has named one Of his most delicious
fruit creations after his old home
town, the scene of his great successes
In the creation OF new fruits and
flowers. 1t is the Santa Rosa plum,
considered by experts in the nursery
line as being one of the finest fruits
OF the plum kind that has come to
their notice. This plum will leave
Burbank's hands this winter for the
first time for introduction in the fruit
growing world.
A well known Fresno nurseryman
has secured the privilege Of being the
sole introducer of this plum The
California Fruit Grower says that the
same man will this winter introduce
for the first time Burbank's great tim
Der producing walnut trees.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
Unsportsmanlike PRAYER.

Old Roman sportsmen sought by
every means, human and superhuman,
to win their chariot races Douglas
Sladen, in his Carthage and Tunic, -
tells how the archaeologists have re-
covered various imprecations used by
owners of racing chariots and buried
in tombs before the races. Here is
an example: 81 adjure thee so bind
the hands, the head and the heart Of
Victorious tomorrow as | hold this
cock bound. Bind also the members
of the horses which he may drive,
hinder them from springing forward.
Precipitate their driver from the char
Tot, so that he may be dragged across
the hippodrome.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
BIRD HUNT IN mlpocEAN.
Valuable Penguin Chased Over Decks
and Recaptured.

A penguin hunt during winter
storm in the mid-Atlantic was one of
the odd experiences of r. E. Jones.
who returned yesterday from a bird
buying trip abroad. says the Minneapo-
lis Journal. Commissioned TO buy the
stock for the great aviaries at Big
Island park. Mr.. Jones was returning
with some so out OF the 1000 birds he
had purchased at the various markets
I'm England and on the continent His
travelling proteges were dashed in
small crates on the upper deck in the
lee of the smokestacks.
One morning when the seas were
running high and no passengers dared
10 venture upon the decks a crate con-
tanning a penguin broke loose, crashed
down to a lower deck and broke open.
Mr.. Penguin promptly emerged from
the debris and started on tour of ex-
ploration. IL happens that penguins
are not available in the market every
day, this specimen being one Of two
which Mr. Jones bought on the London
docks OF a sailor just in from Africa
Consequently he saw that heroic steps
wer-ss - be taken at once If one of his
rarest birds was 10 be saved. In i'm
minent danger Of being washed away
by the big combers, he and a sailor
chased the escaped prisoner over the
sloping, slippery decks until the bird
was again safely Gagged and slowed
away.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
When the Mi6slssippl. Freezes.

Since 1870 there have been but six sea-
sons when the Mississippi did not
freeze over. these being the years
1873. 1875. 1882, 1891, 1902, and 1906.
The 30 times that it did close, the ice
stopped running 80 times in Deem
Der, showing that this is the month
when the heavy cold usually sets in.
The earliest date recorded is Decem-
Der 4, 1879, and the latest February
"a, 1889. One season, 1S95-1S96, the
ice froze up tight and then moved
six times the variation of the tempera-
ture for the winter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
Dentists shrewd Scheme.

A Lawrence dentist, according to
the Kansas City Journal, has discov-
cred a scheme for making his patients
keep their mouths open. Almost every
one has seen the picture which is
rivaling The Whole Dam Family"
and is called "A Yard of Yawns." The
picture is a yard long, containing the
pictures of whole family, each mem
Der of which, from great-grandad to
the baby, is yawning violently. Yawn-
ing, as many people know to their sor-
row, is violently contagious, and one
person yawning has often set room
full of people to yawnng. The dentist
simply has the picture hanging in
view of the dental chair, and he says
that all of his patients are constantly
yawning.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
What He Wanted to Know.

There said the great magnate
when his attorney entered, look over
that dispatch
I'm. observed the lawyer after
reading the story, looks rather bad.
Sixty-seven indictments Gracious!
don't like that"
Don't like it? What are you talk
ing about? | didn't send for you to
find out whether you liked it or not.
Wha. | want you to do is to find out
whether l am going to Europe or to
stand on my technicalities."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03

Professor Won Bergmann-the great
German surgeon who attended the EN-.
peror Frederick during his last illness
and had such frightful quarrel with
Morell Mackenzie-has been telling
the editor Of a medical journal that
II am decidedly against women enter.
ing the profession" Briefly put, his
reason Is that so long as women are
unable to beat crooks and tailors at
the vocations which women are apt
long will they be unable to compete
successfully with men doctors.
l have too high regard for women to
encourage them to become doctors"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
Tommy Won.

At q child's party lately one boy
created quite a sensation In his efforts
TO Guido the others They were play
ing Button, button. who's got the but
tom" and presently after very con-
fusing hunt. the mother of the little
hostess said:
mo one seems 10 have the button.
Now, who had it at the beginning of
the gamer"
II did" exclaimed little girl
ITO whom did you give it?" asked
the lady.
Tommy Jones, no am"
Tommy, to whom did you give it?''
Silence.
Speak up, Tommy"
"T-I-swallowed it," gasped Tom
Mercy" said the lady, how big
was it?"
Well" answered Tommy, when
Maggie gave ii to me ii was about as
big as pea. but it feels rs big as an
egg, ma'am, and I'm sorry l won the
game!"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
Love and Love.
He-I love you!

He-I love you!
She-But | have not farthing in
the world
He-Ahl but you did not let me
finish | was going TO say, Il love
you not"
She-Indeed! / only meant to put
you to the test. The fact is, have
fortune of 100000
He-Yes. but you again interrupted
me just now. What meant to say
was. 81 love you not for the sake of
your money"
She-So glad to hear you say that!
1t was all a joke about the G6000O!-
Tit-Bits.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
LONG HOURS IN THE SAHARA.
Curavaneers Have Little Rest, Accord
ing 10 Sailor.

"They oughter start labor unions In
you work 81 hours day there.
That's too long. amt IL?
IT'S the fashionable fad to winter In
the Sahara, and last January, us lynn
to In Phillippeville for a cargo OF
dates, | bought a third class ticket to
Biskra, and pushed from there to
Touggourt with a camel caravan.
1T was fine. The sun shone, the air
was like wine, the sand was as white
as salt. We seen mirages-phantom
cities, with white domes and minarets,
palm gardens, and girls walkin' on the
fiat roofs of the white houses, lookin'
at you with dark, wistful eyes.
I'VE had a cargo of beer for the
French soldiers in Touggourt, Char
daia, Ouargla, and the neighborin
towns.
But what | wanted 10 speak about
was the hours of the csravaneers
Them poor fellers worked 81 hours
a day. One stop of three hours was
all they took, and part of that time
had to be spent in feedin' and groomin'
the camels.
"Camels can get along, II seems, with
three hours rest a day, but men!
Them caravaneers OF ourn had little
donks, the size of a Newfoundland
dog, to ride on, and they'd lie on their
stomachs acrost a donk's back, head
hangin down on one side feet on the
other, and in that position they could
sleep hour after hour whilst the donks
trudged on In the sunshine through
the white sand"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
Celestial Fashions.

The appearance of the comet was
such that the-sensitive Pleiades were
shocked.
How disordered you look" they
exclaimed. DO stop and let US fix
your hair
Don't touch mel" returned the
comet breathlessly. This is the au-
tomobile tousle"
And with a rush Of wind and a
shower Of sparks he was gone leav-
ing the gentle sisters to recover from
their establishment as best they might.
Puck.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
An Opportunity Sllnhted.

why don't you buy stock in that
company"
1T doesn't seem to me that the
men running II have good business
judgment They say that in a
month the price Of the stock will be
double"
"Yes?"
We'll, why don't they wait a
month before selling 1t to me?"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
The Formidable Bent Pin

"Huh!" scornfully snorted the
nickel-plated safety pin. You are not
I'm the same class with me-"
"Oh. you haven't any cause TO be
stuck up" retorted the ordinary pin.
Of classes, some of us have
occupied chairs in the foremost
schools and colleges"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
All Looking for II.

I'VE are too apt to put the dollar be
fore the MANI" remarked the Wise
Guy. well, in these grabbing days
we have the sa Is action Of knowing
that it won't stay there long" muir
INJURED the SIMPLE Mug.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
Consolation.

Sympathizing Friend-In every sor-
row there is some great, some inspir-
ing, comforting thought.
Widow (abstractedly)- black
will be very becoming to my complex
Ion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
Easily Satisfied

"Notoriety is dearer than anything
else to that man."
yes. He's all puffed up. for an
hour IL he happens to see his name In
the city directory"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
Not Evenly Balanced.

But his salary is equal to the
amount of work he does, isn't it?"
Gracious! No; that would be aw-
full"
"iIow do you mean7"
why, he'd be so overworked he'd
have nervous prostration."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03

IT, Nj. Chase A j. stevens
CHASE a. STEVENS, Lawyers,
Paw Paw, Michigan. Telephone.33.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03

W. j. Barnard
Attorney at Law Office opposite court
house, Paw Paw. 1899
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03

Guy NJ. EggIeston,
Attorney at law. Office over Brough-
tons store. 32tf
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-03
UNDERTAK ERS.
A. IL. Dodge.
LAW YERS.

Lincoln ii. Titus.
Attorney at Law.-Savings Bank Build
ing Paw Paw, Michigan. II
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-24
A Superior Concert.

The Commonwealth Ladies' orchestra
had fiattering reception at Chandler
Music hall Monday evening and gave
a concert that deepened the good impress
sion made by the company in its first APP
pearance here last season.
The nine ladies in the troupe are fin
ished musicians and under the baton OF
Ashton Lewis, violinist and composer
of no little renown, play with a sympa-
thetic unity that produces the perfect or
chestral effect. The opening number, a
spirited march, struck the keynote of an
eminently satisfying program.
The orchestra presents this year lyric
soprano, Miss Evangeline HiltZ, whose
natural sweetness and purity of tone have
been developed to a fiute-like clearness.
Her trills were an easy bubble of notes
and, when in response to an appreciative
encore, she dropped from high vocal ira
peZe performance to the simple ballad OF
"Annie Laurie she aroused genuine en-
thusasm.
A violin in the hands of Mr.. Lewis be-
comes flock of hooking birds in ful
song, an airy dance of notes or the mer-
est whisper OF enhancing sounds. His
saving of strings, though vigorous, was
not of the untutored cord-wood variety
and repeated bursts of applause attested
to the artistic effect of his skill.
| Nellie May Hoone, the cornet soloist
| played that instrument with rare
smoothness and delicecy of expression
while Olga Severiana, was no less mis-
tress of the deep-toned cello.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-24
English Grand Opera Co. Coming.

The announcement of the coming of the
big Melville z. Raymond English Grand
Opera company at the Chandler Music
hall Wednesday, Nov. %, has quite over
Swallowed any amusement or social event
that has been announced for the present
winter season. The grand opera that
has been selected for rendition here Is
Gounod's sublime creation of Faust,
which allows for the employment OF sew
eraI noted operate artists, a special or
chestra and chorus and an elaborate
, scenic and costume equipment besides
an electrical equipment that will be a.
dazzling as it will be novel TO amusement
goers of this village.
This organization is the largest end
most expensive that has ever attempted to
give grand opera performances in any
one-night stands and mas been playing 10
tremendous audiences everywhere, its ad-
vent being the big society event of the
season. The scenery is all from the
brush of the famous artist, w. c. Gill of
New York and Paris, the costumes by
DaZian of New York, the chorus especial
" brought from Europe on the November
arrival of the new ocean greyhound
The Lusitania," and the electrical effects
are by Kliegel Bros. of New York.
Usually when our local lovers of real
music wish TO hear grand opera they have
to travel many miles, but now the enter
( Trise of the local management has made
! it possible to have real grand opera at our
I very doors.
The Raymond Grand Opera company
numbers more than 20 people, including
a special orchestra, elaborate scenic and
electrical equipment and several famous
operate artists of the highest rank. The
organization travels entirely by specia
train, as the large number of people anc
its scenic and other equipments canno
be carried by tie regular trains.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-24
A Reme6y for High Prices.

4. +. Kendrick. who has Travelled for
years from one end OF Vermont TO the
other in the interests of the overall trade,
was suddenly convicted of the error Of his
ways recently and suffered his first pangs
of genuine embarrassment on being held
up as a scapegoat for the whole salesman
fraternity.
He was in a small town in the northern
part Of the state, happily hoodw linking a
guileless merchant into ordering big
bill Of goods, when an old farmer strobe
into the store and asked for a pair OF
overalls. The desired article was brought
forward and found favor with the pur-
chaser. who sornew hat indiherently asked
the price.
sixty cents was the smooth re-
Spouse.
. Sixty cents!' snorted the farmer, his
Indifferent attitude rapidly giving place
to an appearance of active interest.
whats that for? l never paid but fifty
cents for pair of overalls in my life and
7 l am never going to-"
The merchant called up bis blanaest air
and oiliest tone and proceeded to explain
that prices were rising all the time that
the cost of manufacture was greater, that
there was no profit in selling overalls,
even at sixty cents. and that he only kept
a line anyway to accommodate his Gus
toners. Finally in his peroraticn ne
said, Here's Mr.. Kendrick, of whom
have bought these overalls for twenty
years; he'll tell you what I've said IS eX-
actly 500
That's it. :" roared the infuriated one,
take them lazy rascals off the road,
drawing big salaries, drinking whisky
and smoking fifteen-cent cigars, and over
aIls wouldn't need to cost as much as fiji
ty cents"
For once Mr.. Kendrick was at loss
what to say, but after a few minutes,
when the old fellow had cooled off &c
something like temperate heat, he ven
tured near and tried to find out what mu-
tuaI acquaintance they might happen tc
have in Randolph; for it was curiously
borne in upon him that they must have
some friend in common.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-24
WEST BROOKFIELD

Lloyd Haggett is working for Carl
Bowman.
VIII Boyce and Orrin Mann visited rel
atives in this place Sunday.
w. A. Hutchinson is with his daugh-
ter. Mrs. Frank Gold, in Mortified.
George Allen, Leroy Wakefield, Wal
lace Blanchard and Ed. Waters went on
the excursion to Montreal last week.
A boon to travellers. DR.. Fowler's EX-
tract of Wild strawberry. Cures dysen-
terry, diarrhoea, seasickness, nausea.
Pleasant to take. Acts promptly.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-24

"It was almost miracle. Burdock
Blood Bitters cured me of terrible
breaking out all over the body. am
very grateful" Miss Julia Filbridge,
West Cornwell, Conn.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-24
New Books at the Librar".

The following new books have been
added to the Kimball Public library and
are now ready for circulatiOn:-
Appreciation OF Literature. George E. Woodberry
History Of Medieval and Modern Civilization,
Through the Gates of the Netherlands
Betty Wales, Junior, Margaret Marie
Betty Wales Senior, Margaret Warde
Lion and the Mouse,
Chas Klein and Arthur Hornblow
The Shuttle Frances H. Burnett
Sa@nnd Generatior David q. Phillips
S1inner in Ihe sun Myrtle Reed
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-01
RECLAIM LAND WORN OUT.
Portuguese Hope to Restore to Guilt
Walton 100000 Acres.

Portugal, according to Vice and
Deputy Consul r. H. Kinchant, of Lis
bon, has started in on a system Of
land reclamation which, if as success
full as it promises to be, must result
in similar movements in various parts
of Europe. He writes:
In the south of Portugal serious
attempt :. is being made, with some
chance of success, to bring back into
cultivation a large tract of land. This
country being essentially agricultural
any ste ps to reclaim land that has
gone out of cultivation, estimated at
4,314,0OO hectars (about 10000, 1000
acres), or A per cent of the total
area of Portugal, are a move in the
right direction.
Some energetic members of So
ciety in the district of Serpa, in COM
#bination with the municipal authori-
ties, have set to work upon 100000
80 -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-01

acres, dividing it up into allotments
of Is acres each and letting it at
nominal rent, calculated according to
the estimated value of the land, which
has, as it were, four classif1cations,
the highest quit rent being placed at
$500 and the lowest at 40 cents an
allotment, free of local rates and taxes
for ten years.
Zone Of the chief difficulties to be
overcome before making the allot-
ments was to deal with the proprie.
tary right of beekeepers, who CEN
turtles ago had certain privileges con-
ferred upon them whereby they did
thriving trade in honey and wax This
trade has in later times diminished,
owing to the destruction of the floral
produce of the land, chiefly by firing
when portions thereof were cleared
for wheat and other cereals. Matters
have been amicably settled for the
beekeepers and the embryo agricul-
turists. The success of the scheme as
far as 1t has gone has stirred the am.
bition of the residents In large part
of the north OF Portugal, where a
project on similar lines is being set
on foot to bring back into cultivation
something like halt . million acres ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-01

ped boodler, pale as a sheet. II am
done for
I'll take the money, and Ill take
you, too,' said Burns. With that he
scared his man into a complete con-
fession. Previous to this he had Sc
cured another confession from one of
Lonergan's colleagues who was ill and
thought he was about to die.
A 7oodIer Trapped.
With the inside information of these
two confessions Burns got to work on
all the other supervisors. They were
so scared that the whole IS came
through with rush. When Heney
witness had made complete confess
sion. Burns said: Keep at him."
sure enough the most discriminating
part of his story came out afterward."
Zone thing that has surprised me
in Burns" added Langdon, lis this.
He never wastes any time in bluffing.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-01

any form. Had they known of it. thew
would have told something of it. in the
mass of records that has come down
to us, for surely an act which convevs
such pleasure could not have been for
gotten.
1.-THE earliest form of the kiss is
that which We know as the sniff kiss
This is a smelling, usually of the
head. The father of a new, born son
shifted his head that his DAYS might
be long and that honors might come
to him. Returning from~a journey he
shifted the heads of his children in
the same manner.
"Gradually with this sniff kiss there
came also caress, a touching usua1-
ly of the head. Gradually, also the
endearment came to be applied 10
others than children. The rubbing Of
noses, which has persisted in some
tribes, was probably an intermediate
process, in the evolution.
with the development of the GEM.
inc kiss the sniff kiss disappeared.
never to reappear. 1t had served it's
purpose and soon was forgotten
Thus the sniff kiss proves the moth.
er and father Of all kisses. Blessed
be the snih kiss. 55=s =5s.