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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-19
How a Deadlock Works.

A correspondent writing from the
House during the recent tilibustering
bout, gives concise description of the
way deadlock is worked. He says:
"The method of proceeding is as fol-
lows: Some one of the leading Demo
Gratis moves that the House adjourn
another demands the yeas and nays upon
this motion. Then some member on the
Republican side demands the yeas and
nays. This is where the fun comes in
for the Republican side. The Speaker
asks If the call for tellers is seconded
and a sufficient number of Republicans
rise in their places. The tellers are then
appointed and take their places before
the Speakers desk, and the Democrats
who desire the yeas and nays come
marching down the aisles and pass be-
tween the tellers. The Speaker then
declares that sufficient number have
voted for the yeas and nays to second
that demand, and the other side is not
counted, SO the Republicans have an op-
portunity of giving the Democrats some
physical labor without trouble TO them
selves. The yeas and nays having been
ordered on motion to adjourn, some
other Democrat moves that when the
House adjourns to-day it be to meet on
Saturday next. On this question the
yeas aud nays are demanded, the Repub-
licans call for tellers again, and repeat
the same proceedings as on the first mo-
ton. Next motion is made by some
Democrat to amend the last motion by
striking ont Saturday and inserting Fri
tlay as the date of meeting. The Demo
Gratis are made to march between the
tellers again in order to get the roll call
eel upon this motion. Three roll calls
are thus ordered, and consume the time
for two hours or more. When the last
motion has been voted upon and voted
down, then the same routine is begun
over, and the same monotonous proceed
ings are repeated"
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Chinese Books.

Printing book i'll China is done as
follows two pages are written by one
trained to the business on a sheet of thin
paper, divided into columns by black
lines, and in the space between the two
pages are written the title of the work
and the number of chapter and page.
When the sheet has been printed it is
folded down through this space, so as to
bring the title, etc, partly on each page.
The sheet, when ready for printing, is
pasted face downward on smooth block
of wood, made usually from the pear OF
plum tree. As soon as it is dry the paper
is rubbed off with great care, leaving be-
hind an inverted impression of the char
acters. Another workman now cuts away
the blank spaces by means of u sharp
graver, and the block, with the characters
in high relief, passes to the printer, who
performs his work 10y hand. The two
points he has to be most careful about
are to ink the characters equally with his
bru h, and to avoid tearing the paper
when taking the impression. From u
good wooden block some $1,000 copies
may be printed, and when the characters
have been sharpened mp little, it is pos
sible to obtain 5000 or 10000 more inn
preSsions.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-19
A AnnecdOte OF Henry Clay.

Many years ago, when the great Ken
tuckian, Henry Clay, was candidate for
reelection to Congress from his native
State, the following incident actually oc-
Cured
On election day Clay was standing
near the polls, surrounded by number
of friends, when he was approached by
an old friend who was carrying q flint
lock rifle on his shoulder, as it was GUS
tomary for all backwoodsmen to do in
that early day. When he reached Clay,
he extended his hand TO him, and said,
Harry, as a man | like you; but you
supported a measure during the last ses-
sion which ! think will prove injurious
to the best interests of the country /;
therefore, l cannot vote for you again.
Clay looked at him for few minutes
in silence then lie took the gun off hiS
shoulder, and after examining it for a.
short time said, "Did you ever have q
fine bead drawn through the sights OF
your gun on noble buck, when the
flint snapped ~ The man answered,
"Yes." Clay then continued, did
you break your gun over the nearest
tree, or did you pick the flint and try it
AGAIN." The man s face bright ened up (;
he held ont his hand to Clay again, and
said, "Why, d-n it, picked the flint
and tried it again, and L will try you
once more" and ever afterward he was
one of Clay's warmest friends.
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WHOLE NO. 1898.
"Gwine fur to Jine the Band.o

The other night Fayetteville gentle
man was greatly disturbed by dismal
howling i'll his kitchen, which he first
supposed was the sad refrain of some
low-spirited tom-cat dying with the
bronchitis. Tracing up the noise, he
found it proceeded from an old negro
woman that was rocking backward and
forward in chair, singing as vociferous
ly as her feeble lungs would allow.
"What are you doing, Aunt Peggy
exclaimed the irate Fayettesvillian.
"I'm a singin' of hime, honey"
"The ID you are what hime are
You singing f"
"Tm a singing, I'm gwine fur to jine
the band. ,"
"Well, I'd like to know what band
you are gwine fur to jine ,"
"De angel band, honey-de Lords
band
"Now, you'd make nice angel
wouldn't you, with the dirt an inch thick
on your hide"
"Nebber mind about de dirt, honey, !"
piously CALCULATED Aunt Peggy, "nebber
mind about de dirt-de Lord he got
plenty of soap, he has, and he runs de
ribber Jordan, he does-nebber mind
about de dirt-I'm gwine fur to jine-l y
Here Aunt Peggy's tormentor fled, and
she was left to exercise her vocal powers
at discretion. -FdyetlesUiiie Express.
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THE HEIRS HEIR.

Who is that charming creature, Ave
mel!
"What not know Mrs Banvard, the
belle and beauty of the season. Not to
know her, Henry, argues yourself un-
known"
From the depths of my social OBJ
scurity | have heard Of her neverthe-
less, had no idea she was SO beautiful.
A rich Irish widow, is she not F."
Yes; she accompanied her father
and his second wife to England last
June, and is SO well pleased with society
here that she intends to remain perma-
nently, l believe. She is fabulously
rich, and, as you see, very beautiful, and
has the reputation also of being very
amiable and intelligent. If it were not
for one drawback, / should advise you
to fall in love with her, Henry"
And what is that pray
1.-The drawback is that, in case she
marries again, she forfeits all her for
tune
81 never could marry her, Avenel,
with or without that proviso," said
Henry.
81 was not aware that you are en-
gagged"
am not engaged. But ] am poor,
and would not be guilty Of the mean
ness OF even seeming to marry for
money. And / surely would not be the
means of bringing splendid woman
like her down TO my level OF penury.
:" That last would be rather unpleas-
ant, l confess. But / cannot see any
meanness in n man marrying rich wife,
if he can love her well enough. Aud
don't think she would be very hard to
love, do you p"
q" cannot tell, am sure, never hav-
ing tried, " said Henry, with great frig-
idity.
Henry Percival was very proud. He
inherited pride from his mother, who.
having married against the wishes of her
family, and been cast off by them on
that account, had refused to mention
them, even to her son.
You need ask me no questions about
my family, Henry" she would say,
coolly, in reply to his questions "they
are nothing to you. Your fathers name.
and the admitted talents you inherit from
him, are quite sufficient to you. And
you have, besides, your mothers love
! uuu pIuytIS-yo YOUR ulOtltT, WHO taxes
pride in no other name than that of Per-
cival.
During his fathers lifetime Henry had
known "neither poverty nor riches. "
Mr.. Percival had been superior archi-
tect, and had never failed to provide
amply for his wife and son. But he
died and, during the five years succeed
ing that event, it had been rather uphill
work for Henry to provide for his mother
out of his earnings as a clerk. His salary.
however, had increased, year by year,
till, at the time my story begins, he was
head clerk in a Wholesale house, at rate
of salary that did not, certainly, consti.
tute affluence, but, with frugality, was
quite sufficient for his mothers and his
own modest needs.
What i'll fortune, Henry wondered,
had brought him TO Long Beach to spend
his summer vacation - there to meet
Isabel Banvard2 Nobody but himself
knew, thank fortune. wi at q fool he WAS.
But hc knew that he loved that "biight.
particular star, )" that ahone as fer above
his reach as Bertram did above the fa !
Helena's. Well, he could Keep his own
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Will Whisky Freeze !

1t was lately stated, az an example of
intense cold, that in Montana, on the
night of January 13, the mercury III
the thermometers all froze, small quanti-
ties of mercury in walls became con-
gealed, and proof whisky placed out of
doors froze solid in half an hour This
last item is the only one which has
elected an expression of incredulitv.
The proof whisky that froze in half an
hour is regarded by contemporary as
beyond belief. The freezing of the mer-
curry happens at thirty or forty degrees
below zero, but absolute alcohol, it is
declared, has never been frozen, though
Prof. Faraday found it looked little
t,rbid when subjected to temperature
(artifcial) of 1G6 degrees below zero.
Highwines contain 70 per cent. of alco-
hol. Proof spirits of government stand
ard are placed at 80 per cent. alcohol,
and, as the Newark On. j. Adrcrtiscr
remarks, the alcohol this Montana whisky
contained would have separated from the
water in the progress of freezing, like
the "core" in frozen barrel of cider
If it actually froze solid it was harmless
variety Of whisky. In the severest cold
of the Arctic explorations proof spirits
never froze, though there was bur-
lesque about the men in Parry's expedi-
ton chopping the brandy out of the
cask withanax. heprobable explanation
of the Montana phenomenon is that the
spirits were set aside i'll an open vessel,
when the whisky evaporated rapidly and
left the component water frozen. Wash
ingtOn Star.
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THR PRRIIs OF SERENADING. - Sere
nading in Lewiston, Oregon, has ceased
to be popular. The following extract
from recent police report will explain
why /: "The too melodious nocturnal
band WAS brought before his honor Re.
corder Vincent, who, after hearing the
facts in the case, recorded fine of 80
and costs, which amounted TO 81, making
total of S12 against the E-fat cornet,
which was paid by Charles Willis (con-
trabandD; the trombone was mulcted in
the same amount, and made good by
Billy Duffy. The snare drum and bugler
not having the necessary amount to sat
isfy the insatiate NAV of the offended
dignity of the city in the person of the
Recorder, Martin Williams and Brick.
top" took it upon themselves to offer
themselves AZ hostages in the city jail
until the expiration Of the alternative, si1
days"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-19
THE TWO TRAVELLERS
Br WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.

Twas evening, and before my eyes
There lay landscape gray and dim;
Fields family seen and twilight stars
And clouds that hid the horizons brim.
! SAVIOR was II that dreamed? p
waking dream ?-I cannot say;
For every shape real seemed
AZ those that meet my eye, to-day.
Through leafess shrubs the cold wind Missed
The air was thick with falling snow;
And onward, through the frozen mist,
saw weary traveller go.
Driven DER that landscape bare and bleak,
Before the whirling gusts OF air,
The snow-hakes smote his withered cheek,
And gathered ON los silver hair.
Yet on he Jared through binding SHOWS,
And murmuring To himself he said;
"The night il near, the darkness grows,
And higher rise the drifts / tread.
"Deep, deep each autumn flower they hide;
Each tuft of green they whelm from sight;
And they who iourneyed 10y my side
Are lost in the surrounding night.
81 loved them; oh, no words can tell
The love that to my friends bore
We parted with the sad farewell
OF those who part 10 meet no more.
" Ana 1, who face THIS bitter WIND,
And DER these snowy hilocks creep,
Must end IN yjouIney soon and find
frosty couch, frozen sleep"
As thus he spoke, thrill Of pain
Shot 10 my heart {; l closed my eyes,
And when opened them again
| started with glad surprise.
Twas evening still, and in the west,
A flush Of glowing crimson lay;
saw the morrow there, and blest
That promise OF a glorious day.
The waters, in their CLASSY sleep,
Shone with the hues that tinged the sky,
And rugged cliff and barren steep
Cleaned with a brightness from on high.
And one was there whose journey lay
Into the slowly gathering night
With steady step he held his way
O'er shadowy vale ana cleaning height.
marked his firm though weary tread,
The lifted eye and brow serene.
And saw no shade of doubt or dread
Pass DER that travellers placid mien.
And others came, their Journey DER.
And bade goodnight with words of cheer
Tomorrow we shall meet once more;
'Tis but the night that parts us here"
And l." he said. "shall sleep ere long
These fading CLEANS will soon be gone
Shall sleep, to r.se, refreshed and strong,
In the bright day that yet viii dawn
heard watched him a. he went,
lessening form, until the light
OF evening from the armament
Had passed, and he was lost 20 sight.
4 ANdHtic for FtbrUdrV.
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A Brakeman,s Bravery.

Charles Crandall, brakeman on the
New York and New Haven railroad, saved
the life of Mary +. Jones in Portchester
recently at the imminent risk of his own.
Miss Jones was crossing the track when
she recognized an acquaintance i'll little
boy and stopped to talk with him. He
was not on the road bed, but Miss Jones
stood on the track, which was trembling
with the approach of a Boston express at
full speed. A freight train stood on the
other track, and the men were busy
switching cars on side tracs Crandall
was on freight car that was moving, and
hearing the express, shouted TO Miss
Jones to get out of the way. She seemed
not to hear and continued her CONVEX
sation.
Crandall jumped from the moving car,
and ran towards the woman, who, too
late to save herself, saw her danger. 81
thought all of sudden that I'd try, ;"
said he afterward, i'll relating the story to
his friends, "and knew that it must be
an awful quick try. She didn't see me
coming, but just glanced over her shoul-
der quick like, and then shrunk alto
gether with sort of shrudder and whis-
pered, I'm gene heard that whisper,
and it seemed us if the engine might have
heard it, too 1t was about rs near as
was. 1t was which and 'tother between
me and the express.
"The girl put her hands to her face and
tottered backward. just caught her
round the waist, and lugged her off the
track as the whole train scurried past. /
looked down at the little woman, and she
was as pale as ghost and hardly breathed.
Then / was afraid she would faint, and /
wouldn't have known what to do then.
To pull n woman out of danger is easier
for me than to bring them to when they
faint. But she opened her eyes aud
stared into my face i'll wondering way,
just as one does on waking from sleep
after being sick and light-headed. /
think the scare itself came near killing
her. She found ont where she was quick
enough, and bounded away. Don't
you ever come around this track again,
said |. Then she laughed and started
for her home, as she remarked / think
| shall remember this forever.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-19
The Fight with the Notorious James
Brothers.

A reporter of the Times had an inter
view to-day with Mrs Samuels, mother
of the James boys, and obtained II full
statement of the tragedy enacted Mt her
house yesterday morning. She en-
phatically denies that either Jesse or
Frank james or any of their comrades
were at the house on the night of the
tragedy. The grenade-shell which ex-
ploded and killed her little boy, was
seven inches III diameter. The house
was fired i'll four different places by
means of tubes like Roman candles, filed
with cotton, saturated with turpentine.
All the members of the family agree in
saying that neither of the James boys
was present. On the other hand there
are unmistakable evidences of severe
fight, the fence being riddled with bull
lets, and the ground covered in places
with blood. 1t is well established that
an extra train went over the Hannibal
and St. Joe railroad, stopping at kear-
ney, OH the night of the tragedy, and the
train men say that eight men aboard had
two prisoners. 1t was impossible to
ascertain where the train went, but the
supposition was that it had gone to Chi
cago. It was said at Kearney to-day that
Il wounded man was in the neighbor-
hood, and the Sheriff summoned posse
of twenty for duty tonight, it is sup
posed, to capture him. Every one con-
dennis the bmbarous method used by
the detectives, and the belief is gaining
ground that it WAS desperate and re-
vengeful vendetta of Pinkerton' s men for
the murder of one of his detectives last
summer.-Kdnsas city Times, Jan. 2S.
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Origin of the Coroner's Inquest.

A gentlewoman in London, after bury
ing six husbands, found IA gentleman
hardy enough to make her wife once
more. For several months their happi-
ness was mutual, circumstance which
seemed to pay no great compliment to
the former partners of her bed, who, rs
she said, had disgusted her by their sot-
tishness and infidelity. In the view of
knowing the real character of his amor
Gus mate, the gentleman began fre-
quently to absent himself, to return at
late hours, and when he did return to APP
pear as If intoxicated. At first re-
proaches, but afterward menaces, were
the consequences Of this conduct. The
gentleman persisted and seemed every
day TO become addicted to his bottle
one evening when she imagined him
dead drunk, she undersewed leaden
weight from one of the sleeves of her
gown, and, having melted it, she ap-
preached her husband, who pretended
still to be sound asleep, in order to put
it into his ear through pipe convinced
of her wickedness the gentleman started
mp and seized her, when, having pro
cured assistance, he secured her till
the morning, and conducted her before a
magistrate, who sent her to prison. The
bodies of her six husbands were dug up,
and, as marks of violence were discerni-
ble upon each of them, the proof of her
guilt appeared so strong upon her trial,
that shc was condemned and executed.
To this circumstance are we indebted for
that useful regulation, by which no
corpse can be inferred without legal
inspection.
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ONE hundred years ago the Sandwich
Islanders made dinner Of Capt. Cook,
and his virtues were 80 remarkable that
the Sandwich Islanders of the present
day, having faith in tradition which came
down TO them from those who shared In
the festive repast, have erected mouu-
ment TO tell how good he was.
Co1oRApo has established on agricult-
url college.
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TAXIDER MIS-

Dealer ID
MOUNTED BIRDS, FOREIGN AND Ma
TIVE BIRD SKINS, BIRDS EYES,
GLASS sHADS, ETC.
Birds, Animals and Deers Heads Stuffed and
Mounted to order in every style.
Ornamental Cases and Cases OF Game Birds
for Sportsmen a specially.
Orles by mail promptly filed.
+! 8
and Cunositee wanted in exchange for Birds
Roome over ALIENS FURNITURE STORE.
1925 Main Street P.wP Mich
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val's face rs she spoke. "Do you think
that this woman loves YOU" she asked,
earnestly.
"I do think so /; but what of it
could never ask her to share my poor
destiny"
Mrs. Percival was silent few mo-
ments. By-and-by she said, suddenly,
Henry, / am going to tell you some
thing that had intended to keep secret
forever. M.y name was Banvard.
Mother !"
"Yes and 1 believe this friend of
yours is the widow of my cousin. :"
Can it be possible!"
You can soon ascertain for yourself,
my son"
Henry, yon surprise me. Mary Ban
rard yes, that lis the name in the will.
Your mother is my late husbands heir,
in case marry again.
IF you should marry me, then, Isa-
bel 2"
81 should marry the heirs heir, and so
keep possession of my property. Quite
a speculation that would be.
Refuse me if you will, Isabel, but
do not mock me, for love you utterly.
And l love you, i'll spite of your alb
surd pride, Henry Percival. l have loved
you all along"
And she gave him her hand with be-
witching frankness. They were mar
ried.
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7 \. DOwD. General Dealer IN Family Groceries
d. Crockery. etc Teas made II specially. Phelps
sireet. Decatur, Mich $50
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IOHN J. SHERMAN, Attorney At Law, Circuit
~ Court COmmIs- ioner for Van Buren County.
Office over hawks Jewelry Sto e, Phelps street,
Decatur opposite DuncOmbe House. Will be at
the County Clerks Office, in Paw Paw. on Mon.
day, Tuesday aud Wednesday OF each week.
Dated April 10th. 1874.
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DUNC0SB HOUSE, Decatur, Michigan, W. H..
~ CANoLL. Proprietor.
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LAWRENCE DIRECTORY.
Busintss obarDs.

Busintss Gar1s.
l. y. & p. ~ CHADWICK. dealer In Dry
IL. Goods, Clothing. Millinery Goods. Boots
aud Shoes, Groceries. liats and Cape, Queens
ware, etc. Lawrence, Mich.
II CLEvELAND. u. d., Physician and Sur.
Il. geon. Lawrence, Mich.
WILLIAM II. CLAY, Sign and Ornamental
w Painter, Lawrence Mich. House, Sign,
and Carriage Painting, Graining, Papering and
Kalsoming done to order.
C ROWE. dealer IN Drugs, Medicines, Station
-. cry, Groceries. Brnshes, Perfumery, etc
Prescriptions carefully ptsoared. Lawrence
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Why He Wore n Wig.

In giving "reminiscences of Col. Lew
Boutwell,, "a noted man in his day, n
Montpelier, VT, writer tells the following
story
The Colonel was uncommonly bald,
and, without his heavy, dark wig, looked
not bit like himself. Once he was i'll
the wash-room of the pavilion, and, for
the convenience of his ablutions, had laid
aside his wig. Presently, a young, spruce
chap, with extremely red hair, came IN.
Noticing the Colonel's nude head, he
inquired
"Well. Colonel, why don't you have
some hair on your head =
1t was All impudent question, and the
Colonel knew it. Looking savagely at.
the red head of the saucy young straii-
ger, he replied:
"When they made me and had me all
finished but the hair, they told me they
had nothing left except red hair. L told
them then / wouldn't have any. | would
rather 90 without. They might save.
that for impudent young popinjays and,
fools.
The young and inquisitive joker was.
perfectly willing to drop the subject
RAILROAD FRAUDS IN HUNGARY. MA
the railroad frauds in the world are NOS
perpetrated in the United States, as some
people suppose. The manager of the
Lemberg Czeruswitz Railway Company
in Hungary has been detected in Sc
ries of swindies against the company,
amounting to several hundred Thousand
dollars. A plot has also been detected
on another Hungarian railroad company,
70 defraud 1t by printing and issuing
forged coupons Of the preferred bonds.
The plot wns adroitly worked, and based
on the calculation that there are always
coupons which are not presented at the
time they become due.
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LN0STER 4 BEEBE. Attorneys and COunselOrs
II at aw and Solicitors IN ChaLcery. ONCE in
Fret National Bank Building. Up STARE, Decatur
Mich.
NEWTON POSTER. W. sooTT BEEBE.
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l. B.DUNNING. VI. D.. Physician and Surgeon
IL. Office in l. w Van Fossen's Block, over
Wheston's Doug Store. Residence on Elm street
I'd door east of Niles Street. lOllt26%