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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-08

Then q sudden rush--a scream from the
wretched Martha -imprecations loud
and bitter-a shot another scream
"May God grant no lives will be lost!"
we prayed.
Poor Mary nearly tainted. At last we
heard the officer call Henry to come
down. The four men were well secured
and taken to the police station. Martha
was taken there too. She confessed she
had let them in for the purpose Of steal
ing the silver. One of the robbers was
slightly wounded in the arm, but no one
else was hurt. Very thankful was L
when found, next day, that none were
the worse for having gone through such
terrible scene.
The house where Martha's husband
lodged was searched, and the case OF
diamonds and many other valuable ar
ticies found there. This immensely re-
spectacle gardener had been disgrace
to his family and his profession. Left
very much to himself through the in
diligence of his employer, he had con-
tracted habits of tipping with low asso-
ciates at the neighboripg village, and
become 80 completely demoralized as at
length to assume the degraded character
of burglar. Now came the retribution
which attends on wrong-doing. The
thieves were all tried at the next assizes,
and sentenced to various terms of i'm.
prisonment.
1t is now many years since all this hap.
pened; but L can never forget what
went through those two dreadful nights
though 1 remember with thankfulness
that, through my dream and the warning
voice l heard, was the means of avert
ing great wrong, and perhaps muir
der. do not impute anything super
natural to my dream. 1t may have
merely been the result of tension O.
feelings, supported by some coinciden
ces. At all events, the results were sucl
as / have described.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-08
A JOurnalist,S WILL.

The late Samuel Bowles had an insur-
ance OF S25, 900 on his life, and his will
leaves $4,000 of this to Mrs. Bowles,
together with all the personal property
at their home on Central street; 5000
to Miss Alathea Easter, lsng an esteemed
inmate of the house and friend of the
family; and the remainder of the insur.
ance money and all his other personal
property and real estate to Samuel
Bowles, his son, and Charles Allen, OF
Boston, as trustees, who are charged
with the duty of paying all debts, main
tanning family home for his vile and
children, and administering the prop
erty; finally, at their discretion, making
an equitable division of it among the
heirs. The will bears the date of Nov.
IA, 1877.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-08
Tramp Legislation.

An effort is to be made in New York,
as well as in Maryland and some other
States, to suppress the tramp evil. A
bill for that purpose has been intro
duced in the New York Assembly by a
Mr.. Robertson. IT provides for the APP
pointment OF a State Superintendent of
County Workhou 1t makes it the
duty of the Superintendent (who is to
be subordinate to the State Board of
Charities) to rent buildings in the sew
eral counties, such as may be required
for the confinement and employment OF
Migrants. 1t makes him the Judge of
the kinds of employment to which they
shall be put, and directs him to regard
the interests of the Migrants in respect
to morals, and the requirement of hab-
it's of industry. When any workhouse
is ready for the reception of guests it is
his duty to notify the various magis-
trates of the judicial department within
which the workhouse is situated of the
fact, and to furnish them with blank
forms for the commitment OF tramps. 1t
requires the magistrates to sentence per-
sons convicted of vagrancy under exist
ing or future laws to labor in the work
house for not more than three nor less
than six monthsfor the first offense for
not less than six nor more than twelve
months for the second, and for an in
definite time for the third or any subse-
quent offense. Further, the bill pro-
vides that the vagrant shall be allowed
fair compensation for his work at the
expiration of his term. And, still fur
ther, it provides that, in order to avoid
needless competition with "honest Ia
Dor, the Migrants shall not be hired out
to private employers, but shall be set at
some kind OF pnblic work.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-08
Prank RSHae to the Younger Broth.
erS.

A st. Louis paper publishes letter
from the notorious Frank Rande to the
Younger brothers, in the State
mences by asking the acceptance of his
photograph, feeling, lie says, an interest
in favor Of men who acquired such gen.
eral fame over the world, and then says
AS for who and what am, VIII let others
inform you /, bnt / suppose you have probably
heard about me ere this. Keep mp courage
and nil desFeTnld,im. L was almost mortally
wounded in little fracas, and suppose came al
near handing in my checks as the Northfied
bank robbers We are worth more than dor
en- dead men each. and will never die until Z
can help it, 10y God. If you write, please tell
me where can get a copy of the history OF
your lives, il you have had one Published. Also,
where can find your photos for sale. / wouli
put "a small photo in this, but wish TO send yOn
a large one which represents my looks better
There rs n short history printed on the back 81
my cabinet photo. L write this. to cheer You,
and you know, also,
A fellow feeling makes woadrous kind.
With high respect, your friend,
FRANK RANr&.
Galesburg, Ill.
y. S.-My trial commences in this city Feb.
Is, 1878, and there are seventy-nine or more
witnesses in the prosecution. IL YOU are al
lowed to receive newspapers 1 will send you
some, and IL ever write any history, a. ex-
pect, will send you copy. 1 once cut open tho
Ottumwa jail and let out seven or eight prison.
org, among whom was Clell Miller, a chap who
was worth $4,000 in gold to the Corydon,
Qowa), authorities, and think he was one of your
''b'hoys."
FRANK RAyDE, alias CHARLES @. ScoTr.
The Clell Miller alluded to, il will be
remembered, was killed at Mortified,
Mimi.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-08
THE PRESIDENCY.
The Alleged Tilden Plan for Displscing
Hayes.


The Washington correspondent of the
New Orleans Times gives what pur-
ports to be q correct account OF the plan
fixed upon last summer for displacing
Hayes and inaugurating Tilden. just
before leaving for Europe Tilden, ac-
cording to this correspondent, had a
conference with intimate friends, con-
sisting of leading men from every State
and one member of the Supreme Court,
to devise means to gain the place to
which he believed himself to have been
elected. This idea was to hit upon
plan that could be acted on Immediately.
Quo warranto proceedings would be too
long, and it was finally concluded that
bill might be introduced giving the Su.
preme Court original jurisdiction in GER
tain matters connected with State rights.
A bill was to be passed permitting the
State OF Louisiana 10 come before the
United States Supreme Court and de-
clare that the electoral vote of that State
had been wrongly counted for Hayes,
and apply for writ commanding Mr.
Hayes to show by what warrant this
was done. 1t was thought that Senators
enough could be found to be induced,
under various influences, to pass the bill.
A prominent Louisiana politician was to
arrange for Louisiana coming forward
and demanding the bill. A jury would
be required, and it was decided that the
bill should allow the selection of jury
from the Chief Justices of the various
States, and, ii they should be exhausted,
then from the Associate Justices When
the matter was ready, it was laid before
five prominent Southern mel. Much to
the disgust of the managers, they all re-
fused to have anything to do with it in
any way, because their section wanted
peace, and the proposed proceeding
meant revolution. No influence could
be brought to bear sufficiently potent to
change these Southerners, and, much to
the disgust of Tilden and others inter-
ested, the scheme failed, and thus, as
the Times correspondent has it, "Those
so called Confederate Brigadiers saved
Mr.. Hayes throne and title for the
second time" The same authority as
serts that Hendricks did not favor the
plan, and went to Europe to be out of
the way while it was being matured.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-08
A STRANGE DREAM,
The Consequences which Flowed From

The Consequences Which Flowed From 1t.
When I was about II years OF age,
was invited by Mrs Hail. my godmoth-
er, to pay her visit before going to a
boarding-school,w where I was to remain
for few years. My mother had died
when was very young, and my father
Thought it better for me to be at nice
Sch DOL, where l would be among girls of
my own age, than in the house with only
,his sister and himself. Mrs. Hall was
very EoDd of me; she had no children of
her'Cwa, and, had my father consented,
she and Mr.. Hall would have taken me
TO live with them entirely.
1t was lovely day in June when / ar
rived at my godmothers, and she was
delighted to see me. The house was
beautifully situated on high ground, sur
rounded by grand old trees, and at one
side was flower garden.
One morning godmother said to me:
"Come upstairs with me, Lillian, aud
j viii show you some Indian Jewels that
my uncle left me lately"
She opene. the drawer of an inlaid
- saP 3al-wood cabinet and took out small
case, in which were pair of earrings, a
brooch and necklet of most beautiful
q diamonds. thought 1 had never seen
anything so beautiful before.
my dear Lillian" said she, 81 in
tend to give you these on your 10th
birthday. ] see, however, there is a
stone loose in one of the earrings, so /
will take it into town and have it re-
paired.
She folded it mp carefully and put it
4bn ha OIL
diamonds she put in one of the drawers
of her dressing-glass.
After lunch Mr.. and Mrs. Hall took
me with them to the town, which was
about four miles distant. The earring
was left at the jewelers., and, as we were
to spend the day at a friends house, we
arranged to call for it on our way back.
But you will say, what has all this to do
with your dream? Well, wait little
and you will see.
We spent pleasant day, called for
the earring on our way, and arrived
home about half-past 8 o'clock. AS 1
WAS taking Off my bonnet godmother
cane into the room.
Lillian" said she, 81 cannot find the
case of diamonds anywhere. Did 1 not
leave it in the drawer in my dressing
glass before went out? 1 went to put
IN the other earring now. and it was not
there. Who can have taken it"
"You certainly left it in the dressing
glass drawer" l said. could any of
the servants have taken it, do you
think 2"
|" 1 am sure they would not" she an
swered. 81 have had them with me
for years, and never missed anything be-
fore"
I" Are there ony strangers about that
could have come in through the win.
.dow?'
"No, Lillian; there are no strangers
about the place except the gardener. and
ne seems most respectable man. rgot
very high character of him from his
last place; in fact, we were told he was
a most trustworthy person"
Next day there was a wonderful com
motion about the missing jewel-case
The police swere sent for, and ever,
place was searched over and over again
but to no purpose. One thing, however
PUZZLED us: On the window-sill was
footmark, and pear the dressing table
little bit of earth, as if from shoe o.
boot, which led us to think that the THE
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-08

ny ETHEL LYNN.

Now grandma why don't you look Jolly,
Instead Of that sorrowful way7
Don't You know Hal and have been married
just fortnight ago yesterday:
And we're perfectly happy, and will be;
Folks needn't be doleful, know,
II they don't look for troubles and worries
And hear.-sches. Ny Hal thinks just so.
Now you're signing know what you're saying
The Babes in the Wood" But you see
That Halls twenty-one In November,
And shall soon seventeen be.
And we've seen a great deal oi the world too
We know how 10 battle with life;
And Hal says, I" here can be no sorrow
When a man has a true little Wife,
You've had lots of troubles and trials,
But maybe we won't Seems TO me
You old folks bring sorrow by looking.
There you want to say, Wait, and you'll see.
But You only look over your glasses,
Aud clasp hands, as though you would pray,
And whisper, " God bless you, my children,
And keep You in sunshine Away"
FIVE YEARS AFTER.
Grandma, won't you come out and help us?
I'm worn out with watching and work,
For the children sick, baby teething,
And the cook (that old Biddy MacQuirk)
Went away in a huff without warning,
And cannot manage the range;
SO Hal takes his meals in the city
You know a man must have a change.
All night was up with the children,
For Hal says, " It's hard on a man
To be wakened all night with the baby"
Oh, grandma, dear, come II you can.
TEN YEARS AFTER.
Tell me, grandmother, dear the old story
OF the heavenly home and its rest,
And hold me close mp, az You used TO,
And lay my head down on your breast;
I'll try to look yonder to meet them
My two little saints gone before
Aud forget the sharp pain of the arrow
That shattered the ring once wore.
All l see IL all now why you whispered
80 The Babes in the Wood" long ago,
When trusted the reed that has broken,
The sand-chain, the knot made of snow;
And, though neither gray hair nor wrinkle
Has come to me, now can see
Other babes in tn wood, and am silent,
Foreboding, as you looked at me.
-New York Ledger.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-08
rsE NEW CHURCH DOCTRINE.
NY WILL CARLETON.

..rta,,e1s cone a singular doctrine, Sue,
Into our church to-day:
--swese cur'us words are what the new
Young preacher had 10 say:
That literal everlastin' lire
Was mostly in our eye;
THAT sinners dead, If they desire,
Can get another try;
He doubted II "a warmer CLINE
Than this world could be proved;
abe little snip--l fear some time
He'll get his doubts removed.
I've watched my duty. straight and true,
An tried TO do IL well;
Part of the time kept heaven In view,
An part steered clear % hell;
an now. half Of this work ia naught,
II must list TO him,
An this iere devil have fought
Was only Just whim;
Vain are the dangers / have braYed,
The sacri flee they cost
For what fun is il 10 be saved
If no one else is lost?
just think Suppose, when once view
The heaven I've toiled 10 win,
A lot of unsayed sinners, too,
Comes walkin' grandy in
An acts to home, same as IL they
Had read their titles clear,
An looks at me, as IL TO say,
"We're glad to see You here ~
A. If to say. "While yOu have ben
SO fast to toe the mark,
Ne waited till it rained, an then
Got tickets for the ark ~
Yet there would be some in that crowd
I'd rather like 10 see;
Ny boy Jack--it must be allowed
There was no worse than he
I've always felt somewhat to blame,
In several different ways,
That he lay down on thorns o. shame
TO end his tOyhood's days;
An I'd be willin' to endure,
If that the Lord thought best,
A minutes quite hot temperature,
To clasp him to my breast.
Old Captain Barnes was evils SON
With heterodoxy crammed;
used to think he'd be the one
If any one was damned;
Still, when saw lot y poor,
That he had clothed and fed,
Cry desolately round his door
AZ soon as he was dead,
There came a thought couldn't control,
That in some neutral land
I'D like to meet that scorched up soul
An shake it by the hand.
Poor Jennie Willis, with cry
OF hopeless, sad distress,
Sank sudoen down, one night, 10 die.
She had a precious little while
To pack up an away;
she even LETT her sweet, good smile
Twas on the face next day;
Her soul went of unclothed by even
One stitch of saving grace;
How could she hope to go TO heaven
An start from such place?
But once, when / lay sick an weak,
She came, an begged to stay
she kissed my faded, wrinkled cheek
She soothed my pain away;
She brought me sweet bouquets of flowers,
As fresh as her young heart
Through many long an tedious hours
She played Christian part;
An ere long will stand aroun'
The sing in saints among,
III try TO take some water down,
TO cool poor Jennie's tongue.
But tears can never quench my creed,
Nor smooth Gods righteous frown.
Though all the preachers learn TO read
Their Bibles upside down.
hold mine right side up with care
To shield my eyes from sin,
An coax the Lord, with daily prayer,
To call poor wanderers in;
Rat il the sinlers won't draw nigh,
Az take saivGtion's plan,
iCil have to stand an see 'em try
To dodge he'll II they can.
eJo York Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-08

The Springfield Republican did not
pat in any black rules when Mr.. Bowles
died. 1t is good to see that this anti
quated style of expressing grief is pass
ing away. Nothing is more horrible or
in worse taste than newspaper with its
column rules upside down. Louisville
Courier-Journai.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-08

In 1876 seven and a-half miles of rail
road were built in Tennessee; in 1877,
twenty-one and three quarters miles. Up
to date Tennessee has | ,667 miles of rail-
road. Five hundred miles are projected,
but it is question OF time and money
whether they will be put in operation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-08

IT is absurd to suppose that man can
speak above his breath, since his mouth
is below his nose.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-08
WOOD SAVING,

" I'm out of work and have no food"
Spoke up the tramping cheat.
" I'll give you both, the man replied,
a. so sit you down and eat;
Then unto yonder wood-pile go,
Where tot till return,
And feel how proud thing il IL
A livelihood to earn"
A saddened look came DER the tramp:
Ge seemed like one bereft;
He slowed away the yictuals cold;
He saw the wood and left
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-08

We then arranged that we should tell
his mother and sister everything, and he
was to go the nearest police station and
arrange with the chief officer to have O
number of men ready in the wood, near
the house, at IL o'clock THAI night; that
after dinner we were to say good-by T"
to Mrs. Benson and drive home, but
would return and join the police in the
wood, and wait there until we saw Mar
tina leave the house to meet her hus-
band. We were then to go In and wait
until the thieves came in, when they
were to be surrounded and taken prison
ers. My husband wanted me to remain
at our own house, but / wonld not do
SO, az said 1 would only be imagining
all sorts of dreadful things; besides,
knew his mother and Mary would like
to have me with them.
It all turned out as well rs could be.
The night was very fine and, just at IL
o'clock Martha stole down to the place
where had seen her the night before;
then we all, about dozen policemen
and ourselves, went into the house. The
men were stationed out of sight in differ
emit rooms, waiting for the robbers
entrance. Henry came mp to Mrs. Ben
sons room, where all of us women were,
including the two servants.
With breathless anxiety we watched
and waited. From where stood could
see the way they would come.
It was about 2 o'clock when saw
Martha coming up the walk and four
men with her.
"Look r. / said "there they are. "
They went round to the back door, and
we heard them stealing along the pass
age in the direction of the plate closet.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-08

Now. grandma why don't you look Jolly,
Instead Of that sorrowful way?
Don't You know Hal and have been married
Just fortnight ago yesterday?
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-07
The Anti-Mon0PO1lSt.

lap are especially displayed. It is an
easy matter for lady, while engaged on
q picnic, to hold plate of sala ], another
of picked oyesters, q third OF ice crem,
and fourth of cake, together with cup
of coffee on her lap at one and the
same time. In feats of this kind the
female lap is unique. The young man
who undertakes to hold food on his
knees invariably comes to grief. The
utmost he can hope to do is to balance,
for brief period, plate of salad on the
ridge Of one Of his legs, from which it
sooner or later slips. with the most pam
full consequences.
As for holding tea-cup or q coffee
cup on his KEGS, he recognizes the utter
impossibility of the thing. His only re-
sources is to deposit i. on the floor, or on
the gross close by his side. after which he
usually steps on it, or at least kicks il
over. This indicates in the clearest DOS
sibie manner that man is not by nature q
picnicing animal.
Without laps picnics are dangerous to
the integrity Of trowsers and legs, and
there is no way in which art can remedy
the masculine deficiency of lap. LIE,
women go to picnics if they choose. They
can go SO without doing violence to theil
clothing; but man is flying in the face o.
nature when he undertakes to sit on the
grass and to managesix different kind.
of food. 1t is true that picnics consist
ing OF women alone would not be popu
lar. Young men are needed, both to ca
the legs Of chickens, and to 60 a mil,
and half in the hot sun to bring wate1
for lemonade.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-07
SctENcE+
A NAIL GUN.

The New leland Times saws: Zone
of the most simple, and at the same
time most ingenious implements on
view at the Wellington Industrial
Exhibition. is an invention of a young
man of this city, a Mr.. F. Falkner.
1t is called mail gum and is used
tor railing down flooring boards.
We have seen the implement in use,
and as far as we are able to Judge it is
quicker in its work and insures
greater cleanliness than hand mailing
could do. The apparatus is not un-
like Il gun in shape, and is about the
same length. 1t is kept in position
with the foot and knee. and the nail
to be driven is placed (point DOWN
in an aperture at the top of the con-
Germ. 1t slides down to the bottom,
end then the operator draws up rod,
and by one downward stroke of this
the nail is Clearly driven into the
boards ben cath. A practiced hand.
by this simple contrivanee, could do
the work of half a dozen men. We
believe that Mr.. Falkner is now i'm
proving upon his invention. and is
making nail gun which will be
self-teeding. We have no doubt that
when the implement comes to be
generally known it will be brought
into general use" An instrument
of this sort has been Tor several years
in use in this country for driving
carpet tackS.