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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1911-01-27

Lagrippe is quite prevalent here.
Some who have tad lagrippe are
now convalescent while others are
suffering with the first attack.
Mrs. Crane, who has been suffering
with heart trouble and other compli-
cations, is reported much better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Conklin are still
tusselling with lagrippe- Mrs. Z.
has been i'll ubout ten days. Mrs.
Elmer Parks is caring for them.
James Parkes decided to have his
farming implements and other per-
sonal property sold at auction, Janu-
airy IS. de has decided to quit farm
ing on account of serious and pro-
tracted illness caused by the injury
he received long ago when part OF d
tree fell and strLck his back.
Mrs. Splitter of Indiana, Fred Smith
of Hartford and Mr.. Buel Reynolds of
Benton Harbor were called TO the bed
side of their afflicted parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Sammy Reynolds, remaining
with them several days, leaving them
Monday quite convalescent, and in
the care of a faithful nurse; also a
Granddaughter vino will assist in
caring for the old people.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1911-01-27
Malta wan.

Mrs. Alta Smith is visiting at Chas
Burdick's.
Mrs. Amy Burnett of Pokagon is
the guest of Mrs. Willis.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Youngs are
visiting in Battle Creek.
Miss Helen Taylor of Paw Paw
was the guest of Mrs. Libbie Glidden,
Sunday.
Mrs Frank Downing of Paw Paw
attended the Maccabee meeting here
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs Melville of Los An
geles, California, are guests of the
Heistand family.
Mrs. Seward was i'll with the grippe
all last week. Mr.. Seward took
charge of her school.
Prof Louis Williams gave a very
instructive and interesting lecture on
THE Science of Electricity" Tues
day evening.
w II. NJ. y. will have a box social
Friday evening in Canpbell's hall.
Boxes to be sold for 25 cents per box.
a good time promised.
Mrs. 30 Foey and the following
young ladies attended the banquet
and entertainment given by the Isa-
bella club at Lawton, Tuesday even
ing: The Misses Flossie Heistand,
Genevieve Maloy, Jean Woodworth,
Margaret Goodrich, Marvel Hunt.
All pronounce the affair as very en-
joyable from start to finish and all
declare the club ladies and their gal
liant husbands the best Of entertainers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1911-01-27

church last Sunday was well attend
ed and very much enjoyed.
Mrs. Squire Burns has enjoyed a
visit from her brother, Roy Van
vi ok OF Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Miss Huldah Burns returned the
first of the week from visit with her
sister, Mrs. Orpha McConnahie of
Watervliet
Glen Rupert underwent an opera
ton on his arm last Monday at Kala-
mazoo. A piece of bullet was re-
moved from the bone He is doing
nicely at this writing.
A jolly bunch of Cleaners gath
cred last Saturday evening for sur
prise and Mrs. c A Finch was the
victim. They presented her with a
beautiful rocker as a remembrance.
The evening was spent in games
and music and refreshments were
served
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1911-01-27

by Mrs G. r. Hotchkiss of South
Haven, assisted by Mrs. Andrus of
Oceana co ,nty.
The Gamma Cappa club composed
of the Sunday School class of d. j.
Lewis will hold their weekly meeting
in the rooms over the harness shop.
They extend their gratitude to the
owner of the building, S. belong,
for his kindness in giving them this
pleasure.
Mrs. Ella Howard is spending
few days in South Haven in the in
terest of the Maccabees of the World.
The q. c. will be there and a large
class are to be initiated and the
officers for the ensuing year to be in
stalled during the meeting, begin
ming January IS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1911-01-27

There as a disease prevailing in this
country1nost dangerous because SO deceD-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1911-01-27
PrOSnecf Valley.

Leo Bills of Dowagiac was home
over Sunday to see his mother.
Leon easier is improving some of
his leisure time selling Edison phon-
ographs.
Mrs. Charles Adams has been en-
tertaining her sister, Mrs. Taylor of
Oklahoma.
Some of the scholars of the White
Oak school school are absent on
account of measles.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. S. Cook have gone
on their annual pilgrimage to Florida
A Mr.. Cole will care for the farm the
coming year.
Frank Plantz has contracted to
work the w. NJ. Hall farm the com.
ing season. The farm is one Of the
most productive IN the Valley.
ID. p. Smith, surveyor and civil en-
gineer has just completed fine map
of the II. Y. Tarbell premises, which,
we are informed, will be subdivided
and plated into smaller parcels and
sold.
The White Oak school will hold
box social at the home of Mr.. and
and Mrs. Will Baugher January d.
The girls are expected to bring a box
large enough for two.
a few weeks ago singular epidem-
ic struck this part of the globe. 1t is
a combination of whooping cough,
hard cold, and la grippe. Those affect
ed, and they are many, can cough as
lone as their breath will let them,
and then they can whoop if they feel
like it. Some cough so long and hard
that a stomach pump is unnecessary.
The hearing is impaired, the smelling
is cut out, the taste is destroyed but
the sense of feeling is doubled. Some
think it will continue until it is warm
enough to go barefooted.
During one Of therecent windy days
chicken house forty feet long, locat-
ed on the premises of ID. p. Smith
was moved from its foundation and
placed in a different position. The
building was but slightly injured and
none of the hundred or more fowls
were harmed but in day or two after
the shake-up they commenced laying
thoroughbred eggs.
It now looks as though George l..
Tuttle would soon change his resi-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1911-01-27

Do you know that fully nine out of
every ten cases of rheumatism are
simply rheumatism of the muscles
due to cold or damp, or chronic rheu-
matism and require no internal treat
ment whatever? Apply Cham berldin's
Liniment freely and see how quickly
it gives relief. For sale by all deal
ers. III
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1911-01-27

The extraordinary blueness OF the
Mediterranean has two causes. One
Is that very few large rivers of fresh
water empty into this sea: the second
that the Mediterranean is practically
iahdlocked and being exposed to a
powerful sun evaporation u great. BY
actual test the waters Of she Mediter.
ranean are heavier and moke salt than
those OF the Atlantic. -
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1911-01-27
Custom Dates From old Times.

We go back to knights of old for
Ihe reason why we mount a horse
from the left side. Those gallant
knights wore a sword on that side,
winch made 1t inconvenient If not Inn
possible to mount from the other side;
so It was chosen as necessity. and
such practice is almost universal in
civil life today and a requirement in
the service
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1911-01-27

Mrs. Alta Smith is visiting at Chas
Burdick's.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1911-01-27
6dn00r.

Adam Webb spent Saturday in
Benton Harbor on business.
Miss Duran is having her residence
on Charles street, re-shingled.
John Cross of Chicago is visiting
his mother and sister for few days.
Mrs. Hattie Bowers of Decatur is
spending the week with Bangor rela-
tives.
Mrs. l. NJ. Wilcox of Lansing is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Cross.
Henry Phillips was guest of home
folk over Sunday as was also c. c. of
Grand Rapids. -
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1911-01-27

When given as soon as the croupy
cough appears Cha berlain's Cough
Remedy ~ill ward off an attack of
crxup and prevent all danger and
cause of anxiety. Thousands of moth
ers use it successfully. Sold by all
dealers. N
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1911-01-27
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

There as a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep-
I'LL u IM4tn5nNl tive tive, Many sudden
S~nIff ~ ts4Ss[ = by it-heart dis
ETOIQYN ~ ease, pneumonia,
missy HNN SeI r apoplexy are often
Alb:y%l lNN VII the result of kid
1EI1 4 El ney disease If
yEAhik Y SN kidney trouble is
-[NU&4 N EB / allowed toadvance
- el,idney-poison-
>S,,,,,,..,gS-%.~- ed blood will at
the vital organs, causing catarrh of
adder, or the kidneys Themselves
down and waste away cell bF cell.
der troubles almost always result
"a arrangement OF the kidneys and
Fe is obtained quickest by proper
ment of the kidneys. If YOU are feel
badly YOU can make no mistake by
Iking Or kilmer's Swamp-Root, the
|great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
1T corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pain III passing 1t, and over
comes that unpleasant necessity Of being
compelled to 90 OFTEN through the day,
and 10 get up many times during the
night. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized.
II stands the highest for its wonderful
cures Of the most distressing cases.
Swanlp-Root is pleasant to take and is
sold by all druggists i'll ffty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have a
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis.
covery and book that tells all about it,
both sent free by mail. Address, DR.. Kil.
mer & Co., Binghamton, y. y. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer III this paper Don't mal-e any
mistake, but remember the name, Swamp
Koot, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the
address, Binghamton, n. Y, OH every
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1911-01-27
Only Three Minutes

Every man who shaves at home and every man
who would do so, if he could get the same results
that he does by going to a skilled barber, will
find the Blackstone Vacuum Massager the best
possible investment for saving time and making
the right appearance every day In three min
utes' time you massage your face and neck
thoroughly.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-07
ADEN0IDS.

The Way These Grov~4hs End&AssF
the Health Of childrsN.
Adenoids are curious little caulifiOw-
eT-liks grOwths which appear at the
junction Of the nasal cavity and the
pharynx. They are often observed at
birth, but they seldom cause discom-
fort until some months later. Then
they interfere with respiration and
cause the baby to be restless. II tossss
10 its sleep and wakens suddenly, cry
ing out as If in distress.
II adsnoids are permitted to remain
they deform the mouth, teeth, throat,
chest and face. At their worst they
produce pop eyes and what is called 8
frog face. They cause mouth breath
Ing. with all Its attendant evils. They
open the way for q hundred and one
Ills, from rupture OF the eardrum. run
ming from the ears, coughs and tOnsIli-
11s to pulmonary tuberculosis-
A slight operation suf1ces 20 remove
thrm. The baby suffers little pain and
loseS little blood. Out they come, and
with them the OvergrOwn tOnsils that
commonly accompany them. II they
are suffered to remain they may never
be discovered. But It is certain that In
one way or another, directly or indi-
rectiy, they will cause damage.-Dr.
Leonard Keens Hirshbergin in Define
afoT
The Washington bee., 1911-01-07
a VeFgstiie Partisan.

A quaint Partisan character was
Mile. Montansier, an actress. who,
while on the stage one night. heard
Marie AntOinette say. How good that
cabbage soup they are eating smellsP'
The actress took a bowl round to the
royal box and that night supped with
Marie Antoinette. an honor to which
the highest mobiles in France dared not
aspire, thence in due course becoming
manager Of the fetes at Versailles.
Later she was a sort of queen Of the
Palais Royal and sent to the war a
band of actors who performed farces
between two battles. She obtained
100000 francs from the revolutionary
government, almost married Napoleon
or so Barras said-and had her last
love affair when she was eighty-fve.
When she died she bequeathed all her
creditors to the king of France.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-07
No Drums In the Middle Aces

As we come to the middle ages,
when the nations Of modern Europe
were struggling into existence, we find
that at first the drum was not used
at all. So, although melody had been
known and practiced for many GEN.
turtles, rhythm had been quite forgot
ten, for what there is left to US Of
the music of the middle ages contains
no bars, and we know that it was
slowly and monotonousIy chanted,
without the least accent.
In the eleventh century, however,
things began to improve, more partic-
ularly as the crusaders brought into
Europe all sorts Of percussion instru-
ments from the east. Various kinds OF
drums, tambourines and cymbals were
then seen in Europe for the first time
since the days Of savages, and they
have been used, with very little
change, ever since.-St. Nicholas.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-07
An Epistelary Hint

In the letter from Boston was =
special delivery stamp.
What did she send that for?" the
woman wondered. THE information
she wants can be sent In an ordinary
letter. It won't need to be sent spe-
cial."
THAT stamp" said the man, ''is
delicate hint 70 be quick about answer
ing. It Is a hurry up device used by
many men. 1t is very effective. A
two cent stamp does not always spur
one on to any special effort, but spe-
cial delivery stamp means that the
writer wants what he wants when he
wants it, and the most dilatory cor
respondent alive is not going to let any
grass grow between the scratches Of
his pen when answering. New York
Press.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-07
Yarmouth,s Marrow strsas.

Kitty Witches row, Great Var
mouth, can justly claim to be the mar
rowest street in the world. the en-
trance at one end being only twenty
nine inches and at the other fifty-six
inches. 1t gives some idea OF the
width when one mentions that neigh
bors can shake hands and put out each
others candles across the street! Why
these rows have been SO constructed
has given rise to a good deal Of dis
cussion. Some writers give the reason
that when there was q very high tide
the water might flow through them;
others, In the event Of an invasion
they would prove an excellent means
Of defense or that the ground plans OF
the rows were suggested by the fisher
mems nets. which, spread on the dunes
to dry, had a narrow pathway left be
tween them. which represented the
rows. Yarmouth has 145 rows, aud
their total length exceeds seven miles,
Kitty Witches being the most inter
esting and the narrowest OF all
The Washington bee., 1911-01-07
CORRECT SPELLING.
There Was q Time When II Waa Me-
Co.sidsrsd Important.

There Was = Time When II Waa Nss
Considered Important.
The art Of spelling words correctly
Is Of comparatively recent repute.
Time was when men and women did
not care, but wrote ahead without re-
gard to strict orthography. Nine. de
Sevigne, for instance, never learned
the proper way to write her name.
while it was remarked by Nine. de
MaintenOn that at the College Of St
Cyr much precious time was wasted
In learning how to spell
It remained, however, for the En-
press Eugene in 1868 at Compiegne to
put to q practical test the spelling
standard which obtained even among
the highest literary authorities. Thus
under the pFetext Of a theme proposed
to them for an examination a number
Of French academicians took down
from dictatiOn a composition by Pros
per Merimee. Not one ''immortaP'
wrote without mistake.
AS to the empress. she could not un-
derstand so many faults being made
until it was conveyed to her that she
herself from the same dictation was
responsible for no less than Dinety.
The emperor, again, made sixty. 1t Is
but fair to add. however, that the die
tation was compiled expressly with a
view to focusing the difficulties not
only Of spelling. but grammar-HaF-
per's Weekly.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-07
A Heroic SIave.

There was humble slave in the pal
ace of the Caliph Haroun al Raschid.
The caliph had In his audience cham
Der twenty rare vases, and it was
written In the laws OF Bagdad that he
who should have the misfortune to
break Que OF these would pay the pen
atty with his life. This slave one day
broke a vase. He was instantly seiz-
ed, tried aud condemned to death. But
the caIiph had no sooner pronounced
sentence on him than the slave turned,
and, walking calmly to the other nine-
teen vases, with one sweep Of the arm
destroyed them ali.
WRETCH" the caliph Numbered
why have you done that barbarous
deedP
ITO save the lives Of nineteen OF
my fellow cOuntrymen." the doomed
slave replied.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-07
jU0GING A CIGAR.
The Only Real Way to Find Its Quality
Is to Smoke it-Smeiling
1t Is Useless,

On no point is the average smoker so
III Informed as that Of judging cigar.
Nine times out Of ten, upon being
handed cigar, he will hold it to his
nose, unlighted, sniff at the wrapper
with critical air and deliver his ver-
dict In q self satisfied manner This
characteristic maneuver is always q
source Of amusement to any tobacco
man who happens 70 observe 1t. There
L. only one way to ascertain the quail
ity OF cigar, and that is to smoke it.
No expert Will pass judgment on
cigar until he has lighted it and
smoked it well down toward the mid
die. The first and most important
point upon which he bases his opinion
is the ''burn." Tobacco may have ev-
cry other virtue, but If 1t does not hold
the fire and burn evenly 1t Is poor to-
bacco. Next in order of Importance
comes the aromatic smoke must
have a pleasing smell" next comes
the havor-the smoke must be smooth
and not ''scratchy" or bitter. Then
there Is the color-rich brown, indicat-
ing a ripe leaf, well cured-and last is
workmanship-good If the wrapper is
put on smoothly and the bunch" is
made so that the cigar draws" freely
and is neither too hard nor too spongy,
bad If the reverse.-Bohemian Maga-
The Washington bee., 1911-01-07
MantIa Rsvs,

There are X rays and x rays. and
there are also rays from those mantle
things that you put on gas burners to
improve the light" The speaker, a
photographer, pointed to a batch OF
logged plates. 81 know to my cost
that there are mantle rays" said he.
'For a month stored new plates in
closet along with a mantle, and all
Of them got logged. The mantle, you
see, contained thorium, radioactive
substance that penetrates a cardboard
plate box as easily as 1t penetrates
glass. didn't know that till my doc
tor told me so last week Ny igno-
rance cost me over a hundre< sIats%"
New York Press.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-07
London Sno,sstoFms,

The purifying effect of a snowstorm
on city air was shown iD London by
experiments which demonstrated FIVE
times the amount OF impurities on
week days. when all the factories are
active, as on Sundays. It was figured
out that nevertheless a single Sunday
snowstorm carried to the surface OF
the county of London 70 tons Of dis
solved solids, 142 tons OF suspended
matters, 100 tons Of coal, 25 tons Of
salt and a ton Of ammonia.-London
Chronicle
The Washington bee., 1911-01-07
Annual Christmas
Announcement
e. VOIGT

E. VOIGT, Manufacturing Jewe, Seventh Street between
H. Established Telep hone Main
threshold of Christmas,
tic trade with n which the
1t will We
satisfy
of diamonds
glass, anything have heretofore shown
Why call make
for and deliver the time Prompt delivery
especially a the of Christmas,
SPECIAL HOLIDAY OFFER WchesWs % mention here
and settlers $40 Ladies oldd stem wndeTs seter
cheap Chldrens Solid Silver Watches co.
uar price $3.50 Ladies Solid Gold Watches face
Solid silver
DIAMONDS-Nohng pleasing Offering than
diamond
100000 rings $500 to $4,000
Diamond Szooup
rings set Tany
present for Christmas. Every a ball of fire
of
for Ali sizes and styles stock We
plain The latest style
The Washington bee., 1911-01-07
How Esradax Refused = Pension.

Lord Melbourne once announced to
Faraday that it was his pleasing duty
to offer him pension. but. he added,
'I suppose all this science is humbug."
Faraday at once replied, "If that is
your opinion. my lord, decline the
pension" and retired Melbourne. on
81 have had a strange thing happen.
A man has declined q pension" But
these gentlemen knew Faraday's posi-
ton and reputation better than the
premier and urged him to rectify the
blunder. Faraday was again inter
viewed, but Melbourne was obliged to
retract and apologize before the pen
sion was accepted.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-07
ANSWERED THE LETTER.
A Politician Won q Bet That Americsn
Statesmen Reply to Courteous Let
ters From the HumbIest Citizens.

There is, or was q few years ago. q
neatly framed letter hanging In the
consulting room of a Brooklyn doctor
which he found in his mail one winter
morning. 1t ran as follows:
Princeton. Jan. II. 1883
Dear Sir-I cheerfully accede 10 your
request and acknowledge the compliment
paid 20 my wife and daughter by bastow-
Ing their names upon your own twin
daughters. and hope these children zaay
be spared to be Of constant comfort 70
their parents. Sincerely yours
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The young doctors brain whIrled.
Being d bachelor and having no ac-
Quaintance with the former president
he could not understand 1t at all.
The mystery was solved when q
friend OF the doctors, a Brooklyn poll
tician, met him. The politician had
made bet with a cynical acquaintance
that any American statesman would
personally reply to a courteous letter
from the humblest OF his countrymen.
@'he cynic took him up and named
Grover Cleveland. The terms OF the
bet were that the answer to a letter
mailed on Jan. must be received be-
fore Jan. %. Signing the young doc
tors name. the politician wrote Of
how his marriage had been blessed by
twin daughters. Would It be asking
too much for an autograph letter to
frame which the sweet twins could
look upon and read when they grew
up and cherish ever afterward?
Mr.. Cleveland courteousiy and prompt
Iy answered the letter. and the poll
tician won his bet.-New York Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-07
ROYAL MAIDS.
IL is They Who Must Always Do the
Proposing When They
Wish TO Marry.

When reigning queen is 10 be mar
ried she must be the one to broach the
subject first to her future cOnsort
The same rule holds good with regard
to all royal ladies who marry COM
monerS.
The late Queen Victoria has told how
abe manH ged to put the question" to
Prince AIbert-how she frs showed
him Windsor and Its beauties and the
distant landscape and then said, 'AIi
this may be yours" The queen OF Hol-
land on q Ike occasion simply sent q
sprig OF white heather. begging Prince
Henry to look out its meaning In q
book OF flowers and their meanings.
The Duchess OF Argyll took the fol-
lowing means OF proposing to the Mar
Quis OF Lorne: She was about TO attend
. state ball and gave 1t out that she
would choose as her partner for the
frst dance the man she intended to
honor. She selected the marquis, who
subsequently became her husband.
But perhaps the most interesting Of
ali ways chosen was that OF the Ouch
ess OF Fife. She took the earl. as be
then was, to drawer and showed him
its contents. There he saw . number
Of tribes he had given her at different
times. including sprigs Of several kinds
Of flowers, now dead, he had picked
for her at various times. He was
much impressed at the sight. nor dld
it require words on her part TO make
her meaning plain--LondOn Answers.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-07
Munich an Artistic Leader.

Munich is in great part creation Of
the nineteenth century. Yet when one
sees how artfully and lovingly she has
woven the new about whatever re-
mains Of the old 1t Is easy to under
stand why she has been Germany's
artistic leader for the last hundred
years and why such geniuses as Len
bach. Won Uhde, Schwanthaler, Orlan-
do di Lasso and Richard Strauss have
felt at home there. - Robert Haven
Schauf1er In Century.