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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-09-08

Rspwbiscas Senatorial Cescsnfton Al
Decatur.
Reported .or the True Northsrner.
The Convention Was called to order by Hon
A. B. Copley.
Hon. Charles W. Clisbee OF Cass county wal
elected temporary chairman, and w. Z. Stew
art Of Van Buren,, temporary secretary.
L. J. Reynolds, Of Cass county, and s. W
Duncombe and Jas. Monroe. Of Van Buren,
were appointed committee on credentials.
DIR. Rowe and VIM. Knowles, Of Van Buren,,
and Elias Morris, Moses Coon and VIM. Sears
manent organization.
A motion to adjourn for dinner was mega
tived-16 to 20.
The following are the names OF delegates:
VAN BUREN, COUNTY.
Lawrence-S. Rowe III. b. Huse.
Keeler-Chas. Duncombe, G. q. George.
Hartford-H. @. Taylor. r. r. Bass.
Antwerp-Job Fuller, ID. Thornton.
Bangor-Thos. Gross, VIM. 8. Charles.
DECATUR. p. Hill, Fl. A. Northrup.
Paw Paws. w. Duncombe, A. Van Auken.
Pine Grove-M. Mason, A Arms.
Arlington-A. Chapman, j. b. Wilcox.
South Haven-Jas, Monroe, w. 4. Stewart.
Hamilton-A. w. Hayden, A. S. Wise,
Porter-Jas. Nash, j. B. Tobey.
Columbia-w. II. Knowles, f. E. Sherwood.
Deerfeld-F, /. Parks, G. H. Dickinson.
waverly- p. t. Streator, Albert Hoag.
CAss COUNTY.
Calvin-L J. Reynolds, B. f. Beeson.
Milton-H. Aldrch, John Barber.
La Oranges. Il, Reed, VIM. Sears.
Newberg-Henry Crego n j. Lynch.
Howard-W. IL. Smith, VIM. Russell.
Volinia-Elias Morris, M. j. Gard.
Marcellus-J. NJ. Hoislngton. I. A. Burke.
Mason-Moses Coon, L. III. Miller.
Jefferson-M. T. Garvey, G. w. Clisbee.
Porter-James II. Hitchcock, Thos. Odell,
Penn-T. Hampton, Geo. Whitbeck.
Ontwa-Lafayette Atwood, Z: J: Greenleaf.
ayne-Samuel johnson, Henry b. Wells,
Silver Creek-Dexter Cushing, Myron Stark,
Whole number Of delegates-58.
The committee on permanent organization
reported the names OF the temporary officers
for permanent officers.
Pending the first informal ballot, Mr.. Van
Auken, OF Paw Paw. requested the Van Buren,
After some earnest and lively discussion vote
of the delegation was taken for candidate to
be supported which stood % for w. o. Packard
of Deerfield, aud for A. B. Copley Of Decatur
W. Z. Stewart offered resolution, as fol
lows, which was adopted:
Resolued, That it is the sense of this meeting
that the counties Of Cass and Van Buren, should
alternate In the nomination OF State Senator
and that whichever secures the nomination.
The frat informal ballot stood "a follows:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-09-08
JOHN E.N'O U'LEs

The cheapest place IN town to buy Crockery,
Groceries, Wall Paper and Cutlery. is at c. e.
Matthews, Successor to Matthews Il Hutchins,
one door east of First National Bank Paw
Paw, Mich 1888
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Notice to Hear Claims.

In Probate Court, Van Buren, County: Es-
tate OF Thomas Clark, deceased. Notice il
hereby given, that said Probate Court will re-
ceive, examine and adjust all claims and de-
mands OF creditors against the Estate of said
deceased. and Monday, September 4th, 1876.
and Monday, October End 1876, are hereby ss,
signed for hearing said claims, and six months
from the date hereof are allowed creditors m
which to present their claims.
Dated Paw Paw. Aug. 18th, 1876. 111NG
O. W. LAYTON. Judge OF Probate.
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80 Acre Farm for sale.

The undersigned wishes to sell his farm Of
fifty acres in the town OF Waverly. 1t is the
farm formerly belonging to the Lille estate,
and lies Just across the road from the Dayton
School house on the four corners and is seven
miles from the village Of Paw Paw. There is a
good barn and two orchards on the place; 45
acres improved. II will be sold at fair price,
For further particulars, call at the premises.
1119m3 MARTIN HANNAWALD.
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Driveways, Cellar Bottoms, Flooring ior
sheds. car House. Factories, etc. All work
warranted. We use the best materials.
Sole agents for Bee Hive Brand Felt Compo-
sitiop and Gravel Roofing Materials Manu-
factured by New England Felt Roofing Com
pany, Boston.
GEORGE TYLER,
f1ostt2- Paw Paw, Mich.
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The State salt inspector, DR.. Sam. 0arnguss,
OF East Saginaw, shows that tho salt product
for the month OF August IVES 183, 500 barrels,
the largest amount ever manufactured IN one
month In tho history Of the State. The total
product OF the season to September was 943, :
092 bArreis IN increase over the product OF last
season to the same time Of 229, 4l9 barrels
AT q recent democratic pole raising In this
city, there was speech made by represents
tive OF the marine laboring interest, which was
not fully reported in the Free Press, The
speaker got on the rostrum beside VIM. p.
Wells and j. Logan Chapman. and spoke these
words, to wit, namely Gentlemen, want
20 say few words to my own gang. Now.
byes, you'll 60 over there an work on Wards
line OF shteamers for twilve dollars q month,
Cd d-n 1t, Now, byes. till me what betther
can you do now than you could in sixty-wan !?
Not id bit. Now, byes, what we want to
do is 70 make q reservation for Ourselves and
and our families, or we'll all be shtarved to
dth. Now, byes we have to have wan of two
things-betther times or hell and repeal. -
Here the orator received cuff on the back OF
the neck. and no fell of the rostrum into the
gutter. This was one OF the speeches which
the Free Press said was remarkable for it's
calm reason, inexorable facts and telling eff
fect.-Detroit News,
There are eight hundred aud fifteen men and
women IN the State prison now.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-09-08

There are eight hundred and fifteen men ant
women IN the State prison now.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-28
The Cunard Service.

THEY are a steady-gOing conservative
lot, the old Cunarders, and never do
their business with a flourish or spasm
neither the owners nor the officers.
The line, which includes over fifty
large steamers, remains exclusively III
the hands of the firm that started it.
There is no stock-jobbing or patronage
about it. The men employed are Sc
lected for their worth, and not at the
instigation of any meddlesome direc-
tor. The manager in Liverpool is Mr..
Charles Mac Iver, one of the founders
whose son is one of the members of
Parliament for the town-a straight,
shrewd, practical man, with per-
sonal knowledge of nearly all his Off
GERS, and a still more intimate knOwl-
edge of his ships. He eXaets the strict
est attention to duty, and never par
dons an error in this direction. He
often drives down to the docks and in
spects the steamers in port from the
stOke-hOle to the wheel-house. The
hour Of his coming is never known,
and if any man is found away from his
post that man might as well resign.
An officer (Mr. c. died in Liver
pool recently who had for nineteen
years held the same position in the
service, while others had been pro-
NOTED over his head. He was sober
man, an experienced sailor, and a skill
full navigator. Many wondered why
he never rose, and some tell this anec-
dote in explanation: One night old
MacIver drove down to the Huskisson
Dock, and asked, on one of the steam
ers, for the officer in charge. The
Waterman stated that he had gone on
shore, but would be back in an hour
or two.
"Who is it?' asked Mr.. MacIver.
"Mr. C, sir.
Every well; when Mr.. = comes
on board, tell him to take my carriage
and drive to my house."
When Mr.. c. reached the house
he found Mr.. MacIver seated in his
library.
"You were absent from your post
tonight, sir; l wanted to see you, sir;
that's ALL And Mr.. G was
bowed out by the implacable old
Scotchman, in whose eyes a neglect of
duty was the worst possible offense,
and never from that night to the day
of his death was he promoted to more
position.
On another occasion Mr.. MacIver
was on board one of the steamers as
she was passing from the river into
dock, and stood watching some sailors
hauling a rope under the direction of Il
mate in uniform, who was helping
them with will. Mr., MacIyer was
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-28

her axis much more slanted than the
eafth's, so that her seasons must be
very marked indeed. Thus the heat
of her summer weather must be even
more terrible than we thought just
now.
But there is yet another point to be
noticed. You know that ON the upper
slopes of lofty mountains there is snow
all the year round, even in the torrid
zone. That is because the air up there
is so rare that it does not act like the
denser air lower down, which is sort
of clothing for the earth, keeping the
heat from escaping. Now if the air OF
Venus were very rare, something of
the same sort might happen on that
planet. Just as people who live in
torrid zones seek the high mountain
slopes in the hottest seasons of the
year, and find there a temperate eli
mate, so the inhabitants of Venus
might find it possible to bear the suns
intense heat if the air of the planet
were rare, like that above the snow
line in our mountain regions.
But it seems that, on the contrary,
the air of Venus is even denser than
ours. And it seems also to be moist
air, which is just the kind of air that
keeps the heat in most. The air of
Venus is, in fact, so dense and moist
that it must be very uncomfortable to
live in, quite apart from the intense
heat; that is to say, it would be very
uncomfortable for creatures like our,
selves.
There cannot be moisture in the all
of a planet unless there are seas and
oceans on the planets surface. Nc
doubt, then. Venus has her cont.
nents and oceans, her islands and prom
ontories, and inland seas and lakes
very much as our earth has. Ther
there must be rivers on the land anC
currents in the ocean; there must be
! tlVttuo ullt ifdll, WIZ 'tilNt otol III
thunder and lightning, and perhaps
snow and hail.
Whether the planet is an inhabited
world or not, it would be difficult tt
say. Perhaps it is world gettin!
ready for use us a home for living
creatures. Some astronomers thinl
that the sun is gradually parting will
his heat. If, millions of years hence
the sun should only give out half a
much heat as now, perhaps Venus
would be as comfortable a place to liv,
in as our earth is now. That ma,
seem to us long time for planet t
wait, but it is not long 20 Him il
whose eyes lone day is as a Thousand
years, and thousand years are us ON
day. "-Richard 4. Proctor, in st
| Nicholas for October.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-28
The Month of Weeds.

To RETURN little, September may
be described as the month of tall
weeds. Where they have been suf-
fered to stand, along fences, by road
sides and in forgotten corners-red-
root, pig-weed, rag-weed, vervain,
golden-rod, burdock, elecampane,
thistles, teasels, nettles, asters, etc.,
how they lift themselves up as if not
afraid to be seen now! They are all
outlaws, every mans hand is against
them, yet how surely they hold their
own! They love the roadside because
here they are comparatively safe; and
ragged and dusty, like the common
tramps that they are, they form one of
the characteristic features of early
fall.
l have often noticed in what haste
certain weeds are at times to produce
their seeds. Red-root will grow three
or four feet high when it has the
whole season before it; but let it get
late start, let it come up in August,
and it scarcely gets above the ground
before it heads out and apparently
goes to work with all its might and
main, to mature it's seed. In the
growth of most plants or weeds, April
and May represent its root, June and
July, its stalk, and August and Sep
TENDER its flower and seed. Hence
when the stalk months are stricken
out as in the present case, there is
only time for shallow root and a
foreshortened head. 1 think most
weeds that get a late start show this
curtailment of stalk and this solicit
tude to reproduce themselves. But I
have not observed that any of the
cereals are so worldly wise. They
have not had to think and shift for
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-28
Is Venus Inhabited?

so FAR there Is nothing in what we
have learned about Venus which does
not agree well with the idea that the
planet is world like our earth, where
people like ourselves might live very
comfortably. For it would not matter
much to us, probably, if the year were
shortened by four or five months, and
the day by half IN hour-supposing
always that trees and vegetables were
so made that they could thrive under
the change. In fact, if anyone leaves
| the temperate regions to visit the
tropics, he has to undergo a greater
change. For here in England (where
l am writing), and throughout the
| United States, the seasons change
| from the heat of summer to the cold
of winter, and back again to the heat
OF summer, in twelve months; but at
the equator, the greatest heat occurs
in spring and autumn, or at intervals
of only six months. So far as the
length of the year is concerned, an
American or an Englishman could
very well bear the change to the tenn
| perate zone of Venus, where the in
terval between the successive seasons
Of greatest heat amounts to seven and
half months.
But when we consider some other
points, we see that Venus, beautiful
though she looks, would not be COM
Portable home for us. In the first
place, we know that if we draw nearer
to fire we get more heat from it.
Now Venus is much nearer to the sun
the great fire of the solar system
than our earth is. She receives, then.
much more heat from him. In fact.
it is easily calculated that if our earth
were set travelling on the path of
Venus, we should receive almost eX-
actly twice as much heat from the sun
as we do at present. This would be
unbearable, except, perhaps, in the
polar regions and even there the sum-
mer, with that tremendous sun above
the horizon all through the twenty
four hours, would be scarcely bearable.
Besides, what a contrast between the
hot polar summer and the cold polar
winter, when for weeks together the
sun would not be seen at all. Alto
Sether, this earth would be a misera-
bic home for us if her path were as
close to the sun as that of Venus.
We see, then, that either there must
be some peculiarities about VEINS
which prevent the sun from heating
people there-as he would certainly heat
us II our home were there, or else the |
creatures which live on Venus must
be different from ourselves and the |
other animal inhabitants of orr earth
Unfortunately, we cannot make tele-
scopes large enough to show us what
is going on upon that planet, and there
is no reason for hoping that such tele-
scopes can ever be made. What we
know, however, about the planet S con-
dltlon does not seem to show that
creatures living there would be more
comfortable than we should be if the
earth were put where Venus is. Just
the contrary. so far as we can Judge.
You know that the seasons on our
earth are caused by the fact that she
turns on a slanted axis. If her axis
were upright, there would be no sea-
sons; if it were more slanted, the con-
trast between summer and winter
would be greater. Now Venus has
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-28
Fall Planting.

FRUIT-BEARING trees, shrubs, vines
and brambles may be transplanted in
the fall, and very often under more
favorable conditions, and with better
prospects of success, than if set out
in the spring. There are some well
known objections raised against fall
planting. especially of fruit-trees,
such as the long exposure to the sway
ing of the winds before growth COM
mences. But the injury or displace-
ment of the roots from sWaying at the
tops amounts to little compared to the
many striking advantages gained in
planting at season of the year when
there is comparative leisure, when the
ground is usually dry and in good con-
dition, and when the necessary pre-
paratory stirring of the soil can be
made without any extra expense.
These are points that tell in the
growth and productiveness of fruit
trees, either in the garden or the orch
settles closely around the roots and
tibers by the time the spring opens,
and an earlier growth is started than
with spring setting, which is often
pushed back until the season is well
advanced, from causes over which the
planter has no control. The spring
may be backward enough to hinder
planting of trees in a way in which
they should be set out to insure sue
cess. All other things being equal,
there is no doubt that spring would be
the better time to plant trees. But
this does not often happen to be the
case, as every practical fruit-grower
well knows. 1t is therefore wise to
transplant in the fall if the trees and
the ground are in readiness.-P. T
quinn IN ScTibner for October.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-28
His Mule.

Speaking about mules remarked
q six-footer from Harnett County, as
he cracked his whip at the market yes
terday msrning, GIVE got mule at
home which knows as much as DO,
and want to hear somebody say that
Pm half fool
No one said so, and he went on.
"I'ye stood around here and heard
men blow about kicking mules till I've
cot disguised. When you come down
to kicking, l want to bet ON my mule.
A preacher came along and took dim
ner with me the other day, and, as he
seemed a little down-hearted, / took
him out to see Thomas Jefferson, my
champion mule. l was telling the
GOOD man how that mule would flop
his hind feet around, and he said he'o
like to see a little fun. He'd passee
his whole life in the South, but hac
never seen mule lay his soul into
big time at kicking.
"Well," he continued, after borrow
ing some tobacco. 81 took Thomas
out of the stable, backed him Hp agln
a hill, gin him a cuff on the ear, and
we stood back to see the amusement.
It was a good place to kick his darnd'
est. and what dye 'spose he did? Ii
ten minutes by the watch he was ou
of sight. In five more we couldn
feel him with a twelve-foot pole, an(
-and-'
The crowd began to yell and sneer
and the old man looked around ant
added:
docs anybody think I'm lying
Would l lie for one mule? --Rdte3g'
(N. CO. Sentinel.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-28
Mystic Numbers.

GIBSON, the famous sculptor, had a
curious faith in the mystic numbers,
three and seven especially. J. II
Freeman, in App2etons' Journal, re-
lates story of this popularity told
him by Miss Harriet Hosmer, Gibson's
favorite pupil. She had arranged a
journey with him to Switzerland, and
they had fixed to meet at the railway
station in the morning. Gibson had
brought his valise, carpet-bag and a
hat-box. AS they were quitting the
bageage-room for the cars, Miss Hos
mer observed that Gibson was forget
ting his hat-box. She caught it up to
give it to him, when the cover fell off,
and she perceived it was empty.
" You are leaving your hat behind
YOU" she said, "for it is not in your
box" NO" he replied, 81 did not
intend to bring it, "Oh" respond
ed she, 81 suppose you mean to buy a
new one, and have brought your case
to save purchasing another" "No,
have plenty of hats" "Well, then,
in the name of common sense, why do
you bring this unnecessary incum-
brance? y Well, you see, Miss Hatty,
my valise counts one, my carpet bag
makes two, and bring my hat-box to
complete the trio. | always travel
with three pieces"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-28
The TuilerieS.

ALETTER from Paris to the Phlla-
delphia Telegraph says: "The fate OF
the ruin of the Tuileries at last mas
been decided by official decree. The
ruins, massive, picturesque and use
less, are to be removed, and building
erected on their site which is to serve
as a picture gallery and museum,
probably as a gallery for modern
French pictures, as the Luxembourg,
now used for that purpose, is noto-
riously the worst adapted editice for a
picture gallery in the world. The
rooms are cramped, the light Is bad,
and there is no possibility of an ade-
quate display of fully one-third Of the
art treasures that should be deposited
there. 1t was at first suggested that
the walls of the Tuileries should be
left standing, and merely the roof and
interior replaced, but there were grave
doubts expressed as to the soundneSs
of the foundations, and so the last YES
tiges of the historical palace of Cath
crime de Medicis will shortly disap-
pear. | am told that before the ruins
are removed Gustave Dore intends to
immortalize them in one of his char
acteristic designs. The picture will
represent the facade of the ruined pal
ace by moonlight. Above, in the
white simmer of the light, hover the
spectres of the Kings and Queens OF
France that dwelt there, from Gather
inc de Medicis down to Napoleon Ill,
their shadowy forms just visible against
the sky, while below, through the hol
low, casementless window, peer The
hooking, eXulting shapes of Discoct
and Anarchy, the terrible ghosts o
Revolution and Ruin. Whether thu
picture is to be painting OF woo
engraving has not yet been stated. bu
it will undoubtedly be weird an'
powerful work.
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that it suggests doubt as to whether
it was not the work of a wag. The
parable of the mote and the beam is
the subject of the picture; and from
the eye of one man a huge log of wood
is protruding, while in that of the
other is a very fine cascade. Probably
the artist was afraid to risk his repu-
tation upon still water, and therefore
felt justified in turning the mote into
a torrent, in order to let the people
know what he meant. Another pic
turc, of about the same date, repre-
sents n pair of copper scales falling
from st. faul's eyes on his recovery
from blindness; and it is not unlikely
that the two curiosities owe their ex-
| istence to the same inventive brain
and cunning pencil.
In one of the churches at Bruges is
a picture Of the legendary marriage of
Christ with st. Catherine, of -Siena.
Saint Dominic, in full canonicals, is
performing the ceremony, and King
David is complacently looking on and
playing the harp. Pietri di Cortone,
in painting which is now in Paris,
depicts with great success the meeting
and reconciliation of Jacob and LabaI
in the mountains of Mesopotamia; but
the truth of the idea is rather hurt by
the distant apparition of church
steeple. NJ. Foussin's "Deluge' witt
boats, and "Saint Jerome with al
eight-day clock before him, are matters
of history; and the picture of the
boiled Holsters in the sea listening tt
Saint Anthony Of Padua, is scarcely
less celebrated. The catalogue o.
anachronisms in painting and drawing
is, in fact, almost endless. Nearly ev
cry old book contains instances, ant
every picture-gallery is stocked will
amusing specimens provided the spec
tator will only take the trouble to lool
for them. chambers Journal.
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secretly pleased with his zeal, but,
touching him on the shoulder, said,
with affected severity, eve do not
engage you for that kind of service,
sirp The mate relinquished the rope
at once, expecting a further reproof;
but during the next week he was pro-
NOTED from the third to the second
rank.-Appzetons' Journal for October.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-28

DR.. J. p. Newman calls attention to
the fact that the religious welfare of the
soldiers in tie far West is neglected
by their chaplains. He says many of
the latter are disposed to seek easy and
safe positions. He says that the sol
diers now engaged in the Indian war
are sadly neglected. "There is but
one chaplain, and he an old Catholic
priest, on our whole frontier. The
chaplaincy in the United States army
is failure, and should be abolished OF
reformed"