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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-02
The street Car Driver.

He gets up early-very early-and by the
dim light Of Pickering candle hastily dis
poses of cold lunch. Then he HES in all
haste to the barn, takes charge of car-tbe
self-regulating and self-collecting kind-and
with good cheer commences his route. He
goes but few blocks when he picks up q
passenger, and then commences for the day
the quick motion of the elbow in braking
and unbraking the car. When the car is
full of passengers then the perspiration pours
down his face. His eye must watch the
fare-box, the passengers and the vehicles
darting in front of the car. At one of the
crossings nervous old lady rings the bell.
The driver is about to stop when she rings
again, thinking he has not heard the call.
Then another passenger grasps the bell-strap
to steady himself as he rises to go out, and
cling goes the bell again. Two or three
other persons now interest themselves and
ring to make sure that the car stops for the
old lady. By this time the car has reached
another block, the driver is gently invited to
a warm place, and nobody has kind word
for the muscle straiping he has undergone.
This kind of performance goes on during the
day sufficient number of times to cause an
acute sensation in the back of the neck. AT
noon the driver receives another cold lunch,
eaten while the car is in motion and many
eyes watching him while he hastily dis
patches the food. At eve another trial
awaits him. The car becomes loaded on
each up and down trip. and he must go
through much understanding to make sure
that the fare has all been paid. Another
cold lunch is given him to sustain his bodily
strength, and about ten or eleven o'clock he
drags his weary limbs homeward, feeling as
though he needed half-dozen bottles Of
sweet oil rubbed on his joints to prepare
himself for another day of such labor.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-02
Youth and Science.

n. Quad relates this = The other day
Detroit father purchased a microscope
for his son. bOyOf ten, patted the lad
on the shoulder. and said TO him:
..,My SON, take this microscope, and go
out and study the beauties of nature"
The bOv left all other amusements fOr
that, and he took such great inteI est, and
improved so rapidly, that at the tea-table
TO which several visitors sat down with
the family. he felt that he must make
some remark. Turning TO one OF the
visitors he inquired: -
Ibid you overlook at cheese through :
microscope
, Il don't think ever did," she pleas
antiy replied. 49,.
~Wen, yotr just ought to see the things
John! john" exclaimed the father
shaking his head at the boy across the
table,.
John subsidized for minute or two, and
when his mother passed the chees
around, everybody said, THANK you, no. >
Pretty soon theyoung student, desiring
to nollify his father, asked: 49,
Father. did you ever look at a toad
through microscope ?"
Il will talk with you after supper"
John was rather disappointed at his
failure to arouse enthusiasm, and just as
the strawberries were being passed
around he remarked:
Well, you just ought to look at straw
berry once through microscopic They
just look like warts, they DO, and you
think you see bugs funning-!"
''Sawn.n said his mother.
"Boyr warned his father. ~
"Welf they look wors'n flies heads!''
protested the boy, who imagined that
they doubted his veracity, ''for dies
"Boy-@ said the father making a
motion for John to leave the table
John left, and as soon as it was conven-
lent for him, to do so the father escorted
the lad to the wasll-rOom in the basement,
bounced him round and said:
"My son, gimme that microscope, and
you take the ak and go study the beauties
of that wOodpile!"
If that boy continues to feel the way
he does at present, he will become q
bank-robber instead of a naturalist.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-02

MORTGAGE SALE.-Default having been
1fl made IN the conditions of a certain indenturc
of mortgage, bearing date the 21st day of Novem-
Der, A. D.. 1874, made and executed by Angus Nc
Kay, OF Cheboyga county, Michigan, to George A
Barclay, Stratton A. NATION and Amos Galbraith
OF the same place to secure the payment of fifteen
hundred dollars, which said mortgage Ia recorded
IN the Registers Office of the county of Cheboy-
gan, in Liber b, of mortgages, on page 49, which
said mortgage was, IN the 2sth day Of July, A. D..
1875, duly assigned to JAG b Post and r. IT. Van
Arsdale, which said ssignment is recorded in the
Registers Office of the said county of Chez oygan
in Liber 3. of Mortgages, on pages sos and SOL on
which mortgage aud the note accompanying the
same there is now due and unpaid, accord ng to the
provisions in said mortgage contained, the sum of
six hundred and sixty-fye dollars and thirteen
cents, and interest from August 1st A. ID, 1875 at
the rate of seven per cent. per annum, together
with attorney fee of fifty dollar, provided for in
said mortgage Should a, y proceedings be taken
to foreclose the same, and no proceedings having
been taken, either in law or in equity to recover
said mortgage debt or any part Thereof. Now,
therefore, by virtue of the power of sale in said
mortgage contained, and by virtue of the statute
in such case made and provided. notice is hereby
given that n SATURDAY, THE TWENTIETH
DAY OF NOVEMBER. A. d., 1875. at O'Clock
in the afternoon OF said day. at the front door of the
court house, in the village of Cheboygan, Cheboy-
gan unity. State 4 Michigan that being the place
of holding the Circuit Court for said county,, there
will be sold at pub ic auction, to the highe-t bid
der, the premises de -cribed in said mortgage
much thereof may be necessary to satisfy the
amount due upon said note and mortgage for prin
cipa and interest together with the c. SITS and ex
penses of said sale and the attorney fee provided
for in said mortgage, said premises being described
a. follows, to-wit: Commencing at the southeast
corner of what is known as Joseph Affairs lot, and
at the northeast corner of said McKay's store lot,
at point west side Of Main street said Villages
thence running westerly along the line of said Al
lair's lot twelve 12l rods; thence at right-anges
twenty-five 22 feet; thence easterly par lei to first
line six (6) rods; thence southerly two l2 feet
thence easterly parallel to first line 6 rods; thence
mort erly twenty four ca feet to the place of be-
ginning JACOB POST,
IT, T. VAN ARSDALE, Assignees.
w. 8. HUMPHREY, Attorney for Assignees.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-02

A feature of the fashionable watering
places in Virginia this season is the fe-
male BARRIERS. One of them has an es-
Enlistment at the. White Sulphur
Springs, and her skill with razor is only
excelled by the destinations of her person
and her manners. The other day, as a
Baltimore lady was passing the shop, she
met her husband, who is perfectly beard
less, coming ont, and with such a pleased
expression on, his face that her indigna-
ton was aroused.
'sWhat were you doing in there, sir ~
she sayagely inquired.
taking shave my DEAR" he placidly
replied.
"Taking shave! Why you bare-faced
old prevaricator, you couldn't raise half a
dozen hairs on that brasy cheek Of yours,
II your life depended on it,
~. mats very true, my DEAR" returned
sne incorrigible man, s'but like to have
her feel for 'em.r
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-02
Comments on a Black Eye.

When man is splitting wood and a stick
flies up and blacks his eye, he must prepare
himself to endure all the taunts and ieers
which the world would inflict on a pirate.
Social standing counts for nothing, and dig
nifty can't be made mantle Of The other
day whena compositor on this paper took up
his little ak and broke stick in two, and
one end flew into his eye, he knew that he
must either remain in the house for two
weeks or go out and face the worlds sneers.
He decided to face the sneers, and during
one short half day he noted down the fol-
lowing expressions:
'sIt's all right of course it was stick of
wood-oh, yes?
"Been fighting again, eh?"
swell, who knocked you down this
time p
"Oh, I've had the same thing all my eye,
and | always laid it to stick of wood"
"Ha! ha! The policeman struck hard,
didn't hep"
"Of course it wasa stick of wood-ye-he
-he-he!"
Then there were people who pointed him
out as the abductor of Charlie Ross, and
people who thought he was one of the Gads
Hill robbers, and over fifty respectable men
asked him why he didn't get the other one
BACKED, 80 as to have matched pair.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-02
Max AdeIer's Humor,

Keyser had lightning rods placed upon
his barn three or four years ago, but during
last summer the building was struck by
lightning and burned, When he got the
new barn done man came around with a
rod wagon and wanted to sell him set of
Bolt & Burnam, 8 patent lightning-ro rods.
Il believe not" said Keyser 81 had
rods on the barn at the time of the"--
81 KNOW" exclaimed the agent. "I
know you had, and very likely that's the
reason you were struck Nothin's more
likely to attract ightnin' than worthless
rods"
"How do you know they were worth
less ?''
"Why, was drivin' by yer in the spring
and seen them rods, and says to myself,
that barn'l Ii be struck some time, but there's
no use in tryin' to convince Mr.. Keyser, so
| didn't call. l nOwed it, because they
had iron ti,,s. A rod with iron tips is no
better'n Q clothes prop to ward off light
nin'"
"The man who sold them to me said they
had platinum tips, remarked Keyser.
All! this is wicked world, Mr.. Key
ser. You can't be to cautious. Some of
these yer agents lie like gasmeter It's
awful, sir. They are wholly untrustworthy
Them rods was the most ridiklus | ever see.
A regular gouge. They want worth the
labor it took to put 'em up. They want
now, that's the honest truth"
"What kind do you offerP"
"Well. sir, I've got the only genuine
lightnin'-rod that's made. It's constructed
on scientific principles. Prof. Huxley says
it's sure to run Off the electric fluid every
| time. Twisted charcoal iron, glass insula-
a,f al, I'd
solid platinum. We give written guaran-
tee with each rod Never had a house
struck since we began to offer this
rod to the public. Positive fact. The
lightninu play all ground your house
with one of 'em and never touch it. A
| thunder storm that'd tear the bowels out of
the American contirelt would leave your
house as safe as polar bear in the middle
of an iceberg. Shall | run you one up "
~ don't know" said Keyser, mus
singly:
IN put you up one cheap, and then
you'll have sOuethin' reliable. Somethiu'
there's no discount on"
"You say the old rod was fraud?"
1.-The deadliest fraud you ever heard of.
1t hadn't an ounce of platinum within a
mile OF it. The man that sold it ought to
be prosecuted, and the fellow that put it I'D
without insulators should be shot It's too
bad the farmers should be gouhed in this
sort OF way"
land Bolt & Barnum's rod is not q
frauG?"
"A fraudG Why really, my dear sir.
Just cast your eye over Prof. Huxleys letter
and these certificates, and remember that we
give .'rtttea glsGraates-a positive protec-
ton, of course.
Just cast sol7 eye over that" said Key
ser, handing him piece of paper.
swell, upon my wordI This is indeed
somewhat-that is to say it is, as it were-it
looks-it looks little like one of our own
certificates"
"Just so" said Keyser. "That old rod
was one of Bolt & Burnum's. You sold it
to my son-in-law; you gave the certificate !;
you swore the plates were platinum, and
your man put j. up"
"Then l suppose we cant trader"
swell, / chould think nct," said Key.
ser.
Whereupon the man mounted tbs rod
wagon and moved On. a.,
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-02

HTOBTG SiLE.-Default having been
M made in the conditions of certain indenture
of mortgage bearing date the fourth a. day OF
November, A. d., 1872, made and executed by
harles a Banei a d Mary uanlel. lis wife, OF
Mackinaw, Mcakinaw county, State If Michigan.
to Albert b. Madison, of the same place. to secure
the payment of three hundred doilar which said
mortgage Is recorded in the office of the Register
of Deeds for tbs county Of NackInaw, in Liter q.
of mortgages on lages 10 and III, on which mort
gage and the note accoInpa y NJ the same, there
is due and unpaid, ace riding to the provisions
10 sal mortgage contained, the sum of three hun
dred dollars AID interest On the same since the
fourth day of November A d., 1874, at the rate Of
ten per cent per aanuTn, together with an attorney
fee of fifteen dollars. provided for in suit mort
gage; should any proceedings be taken to fore
close the same, and no proceedings have Deen take
either in Jaw or in equity to recover said
debt or any part thereof Now, therefore, by virtue
of the ,wer of sale in said mortgage contained,
and by vir ne of the atute in such made and
provided, notice is hereby given that on WEDNES-
DAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF NOVEM-
Der, A D., 1915, at o'clock in the afternoon of
said day, at the front do of the court house, in
the village of Mackinaw, Macki aw county, State
of Michigan THAI being the Place for holding the
Circuit Court for So county of Mackinaw), there
will be sold at public auction, to the highest bidder
the premises described in said mortgage, or so
much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the
amount due upon said note ant, mortgage for pr1n-
cpal and interest together with the costs and ex-
penses of sale, and the attorney fee provided for in
said mortgage said premises being described as
follows towit: All that certain piece parcel of
land situate IN the village and unity OF MacklnaW
and State aforesaid, b unded and described toll
lows, tO-wit Northwestery bv street between
this ioi and lot owned by thu Wendcls, and north
st corner of the lot owned by the widow and
heirs of the late William Lawler, extending twen-
ty-four feet said street. southwesterly by part
of said t, belonging to the said widow he rs
ffty-four feet; westwardly to the southeast
of said lot, eighteen feet thence northwesterly fif
tyfOur feet to the place OF beginning, this b ing
e same premises heretof re conveyed by William
Lawler and wife to the aforesaid Henry Gilenets
by deed dated the ninth day of September. A. D.,
1852 together with the b. uses, shops and buildings
ALBERT b. Nj bison, Mortgage.
Dated Macknaw, August 2S, A D., 1875.
W. 3. HUMPHREY, Attorney for NJ rtgagee.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-02

A stranger from the country observing
an ordinary roller rule on the table, took it
up, and enquiring its use was answered. ''It
is rule for counting houses" Too well
bred, as he construed politenees, to ask un-
necessary questions, he turned it over and
up and down repeatedly, and at last, In a
paroxyism of baffled curiosity, inquired,
''How, in the name of wonder, you count
houses with this?"
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-02

Nominally, car load is 10000 hounds.
1t is also 20 barrels of salt, 40 of lime. 90
of -four, go of whiskey. 200 sacks of flour.
6 cords of soft wood, is to 20 head of cat,
tie. soto 60 head Of hogs, so to 100 head
of sheep, 5000 feet of solid boards, 1900
feet of siding, 1900 feet of flooring 40
900 shingles, One-half less of hard lumber.
one-fourth less of greenlundber. one-tenth
of joists, scantling and all other large
timbers, $40 bushels of wheat, 800 of corn,
$50 of oats, 400 of barley, $50 of fiax-seed,
800 of apples, 430 of Irish potatoes, $50 of
sweet potatoes, 1000 bushels of bran.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-02
Legal.

CTATE OF MICHIG AN, County of Macki-
- nav, sat- a 'slOn of the Probate Court
of said county of Mackinau. holden at the pro-
bate Office in Macknaw Oh Monday the In day
Of September, 1875. Present, Hon. George q
ketchum, Judge of Probate. In the matter of
the estate of John Graham, deceased. Wilson
Newton, admin stratOr of said estate. having
rendered to this court his final administration
account, it is ordered That MONDAY. THE
K iGtiTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER neXt, be
appointed for examining and allowing such ac-
count, and for the final disposition OF SAID estate.
And it is further ordered that a copy of this or
der be published three successive We Ks previous
tn said day OF hearing In the NORTHERN TRIB-
UNE, newspaper printed i'll the county OF Che
boygan.
{ true copy:l GEORGE @. KETCHUM.
noll-45 Judge of Probate.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-02

She stepped into her ear, radiant with
youth, and looking coll and bright in hel
ilower-trimmed hat and speckless suit o.
linen. Four young men Immediately
offered her their seats. She accepted one
with an enhancing smile, and instantly
gave it to a poor, wan, little old woman
who had been standing for ten blocks
Whereupon the young men did not know
whether to get up again or not, and tried
their best not to look foolish.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-02
True EOSpit2lity.

True hospitality of the home Is never
loudly and noisily demonstrative. 1t never
whelms you with its greeting, though you
have not doubt of its perfect sincerity.
You are not disturbed by the creaking OF
the domestic machinery, suddenly driven
at unwonted speed for your accommodation.
Quietly it does its work, that it may put you
in peaceable possession of its results. He is
not the true host, she is not the best hostess,
who is ever going to and fro with hurried
action and Hurried manner and heated
countenance, as if to say, ''See how hospit-
able l can be-" but rather the one who takes
your coming with quiet dignity and noise
less painstaking, who never obtrudes atten-
ton, yet is very attentive all the while; who
makes you, in one word-the most expires
sive word in the English tOngue-to be at
home There is no richer, deeper, larger
hospitality than that. @
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-02
What imnedes marriage is greatly the


What impedes marriage is greatly the
vanity of young men. They look at the
Ralstons and company, and carly imbihe
the idea of living in style. They love
STYLE more than they love a noble WON
Al. No heart can serve TO masters. :
saws the good book, and the beautiful
modest girl has TO stand aside unloved.
and wait for the young man to worship
the big pocllet-booll and the long bank
account. The world is full of good.
comely, educated, industrious girls. who
can dress inely,on $500 year, and who
would be as faithful as Penelope, aud
would love a cottage as never queen
loved apalace; but the same world is full
OF young men who are longing and sigh
ing and toiiing for the ability to draw a
check any day for $4,000. Instead OF
courtipg some good girl and writing po-
etry to her Sunday afternoons, they are
counting the market-places, and are fig
uring up per cents like an old Shylock.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-02

WEDDING AND VISITING CARDS OF
wv the best quality, neatly printed, on Short no
tice. NoBTHRRN TRIBUNE, Cheboygan, Mich
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-02

Wanted, in Wesleyan family, a middle
aged. pious servant, willingto make Iher-
self generally useful. Apply by letter
only to A. B. c., postoffice Litehfield,
and what wages required.
mcnt tn London Christian World.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-02

Mr.. Sharon has been elected president
of the Bank of California.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-02
. BOOK AND JOB

a1#oT16 .YI0HJTks
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-02
n EoRTaAGE sALE-Defanlt havinr hee

Dated Mackinaw, August Is, a. D., 1875.
W. 3. HUMPHREY, Attorney for NJ rtgagee
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-02-12
THE IS indicator.
FRIDAY MORNING, FEB. u, 1915.
Local
Property Sales.


The following Sales of Property are advertised il
this paper, fuller particulars being found in the ad
yertiSements:
On Wednesday, March Sd, by Geo. NJ. Cochran ano
Thos. c. Elder, comm'rs the real estate OF the Buff
falo Gap Iron and Steel Co., including $50 acre
mineral land farm of 600 acres, two valuable
Iron furnaces Saw and Grist Mills and Bricl
Dwellings. There is a nice village at the place
The Works are on the Chesapeake s. Ohio r. R., II
miles West of Staunton.
On Monday February I'D, a farm OF 356acres on the
Parkersburg turnpike, miles West of Staunton
now occupied by r. H. Phillips. The buildings are
all new and the farm is under good fencing Two
fine cisterns i'll the yard furnish an abundance OF
soft water. There is Iron Ore in:the land Sale to
be made at the courthouse by S. Travers Phillips
and Thos. D. Ransom, commrs.
On Monday, February I'D, in front of the court
house, by S. Travers Phillips, comm'r, two tracts
OF land ~ and acres in about two miles of the
town OF Waynesboro, belonging to r. NJ Mark
wood.
On Saturday. February Goth, in front of the property
byN. X. Trout and T. c. Elder, commrs, the store
house. owned by Owen C. Morris
On Friday, February 1sth by Geo. NJ Cochran, Jr.
and N. K. Trout comm'rs, a tract of 1929 acres
near Spring Hill, With two dwelling houses and
other improvements.
On Saturday, July 25th, a house and lot in Waynes-
boro, now occupied by John A. Lutz. Sale by R.
NJ Ellis trustee.
On Friday, February 10TH by H. M. Bell colnm'r, a
tract Of 153 acres, near New Hope, now occupied
by Geo. Armstrong. Sale on the premises
ON Saturday. Feb. Goth, the premises, by Geo. W.,
and David F. Fauber agents for the heirs 209acres
lying 50 miles south of Fishersvile, with comfor-
table dwelling house, and barn, orchard and a
! fine well. There is a valuable lumber mine on the
place M
For sale 1873 acres of land near Rockbridge Baths,
neighborhood desirable, and will be sold extremely
low. Apply to VIM Dold. Lexington, Va, or W.
H. H. Lynn, StauntOn.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-02-12


LEXINGTON AND THE VALLEY r. r
BoNDs.-A telegram from Senator W. A.
Anderson Of Lexington says that the Town
Council of that place have authorized the
immediate dissolution Of the injunction
gotten out in the matter of the Valley R.
R. bonds. The Rockbridge Supervisors
were to meet yesterday and decide on ac-
ton with regard to the bonds of the county.
A telegram yesterday afternoon from the
same gentleman says that at the meeting
the Rockbridge Supervisors adopted reso-
buttons to carry out in good faith the
county's subscription to the stock of the
Valley Railroad Co., Gin accordance with
its terms.'' They also resolved to send
committee to Baltimore to confer with the
authorities. -a
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-02-12

THE, COLD SNAP.-A bitter cold spell
set in here on Sunday, four-inch snow
having fallen in the early part of the day
and Saturday night. Since then the Their
mometer has varied between and 10 de-
grees below zero. Water-pipes have frozen
in all directions, and gas-meters that never
failed before CONCEALED this spell. A neigh.
Dor of ours was cooking his water-pipe
until about noon, filling the whole neigh
borhood with smoke, when he was in.
formed that the water had been cut of
early in the morning. III ss~.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-02-12

PRAYER MEETINGs.-On Sunday after
noon there was a most interesting PRAYER
meeting at the Young Mems Christian
Association Hall, on Augusta street. The
audience was large, and large number OF
them were young men between IA and &c
years Of age. The meeting was presided
over by Mr.. J. W. Todd, and participated
in by Messrs. A. NJ. Simpson, Geo. NJ. Har-
rison, j. Emmett Guy, Chas. Grattan and
W. J. Nelson. These meetings are held
every Sunday afternoon.