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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13

IT is reported that an expedition is
organizing in New Orleans to sail next
spring in search of treasure of $780,
900, supposed to have been buried in
the Isle of Pines by Gen. Walker, the
filibuster. A writer in the Indianapolis
Journal punctures the story that the
General, who was shot in Honduras in
1860, had any treasure, or concealed
any. He was member of the earlier
Nicaragua expeditions, and knows that
Walker Jared no better than his men,
and that was bad enough. He begged
and borrowed what he could to fit out
his expeditions, and was always as poor
as church mouse. The treasure
hunters may as well look after Capt.
Kidd's assets.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13
Anecdote of President Lincoln.

The Hon. w. Penn Clarke, of Daven-
port, Iowa, tells the following anecdote
of President Lincoln: There was a
travelling lecturer before the war known
as Screen, the Reformed Gambler"
who was quite a character in his way,
and at the opening of hostilities he
joined the Union army. He was so very
badly wounded as to be cripple for
life, and one day repaired to the White
House to ask Mr.. Lincoln for an APP
pointment in the Commissary Depart
ment on the score of his injuries. He
was afraid the President might not
know him, and, to refresh his memory,
said, Il am the man who used to be
known as Green, the reformed gambler. ("
"Oh, yes" replied Mr.. Lincoln, with his
accustomed readiness. "I know you.
L suppose a great many more people
have heard of you than would ever have
heard of me if had not been elected
President of the United States" and
with this the man got his appointment.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13

The prices of mining stocks have
been tumbling in San Francisco at rate
that must seem frightful to their unlucky
holders, many of whom are small trades
men and other comparatively poor per-
sons. The reason for the sudden fall
has been the expose made by the ChrO'a-
icle, whereby it appears that the shares
of the various Comstock mines have
been selling at figures that make their
total market value not less than $751;
100000, yet not one of these have been
paying 81 of dividend for some time
past. On the contrary, they have been
levying assessments with remarkable
punctuality. 1t was also shown that
numerous workmen employed in the
Consolidated Virginia mine had been
discharged.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13
An Old Grave Robbery.

The robbery of the Stewart vault in
ST. Marks Churchyard has recalled to
the minds of the older residents of
Albany a similar sacrilege committed in
that city forty years ago upon the vault
of the famous Van Rensselaer, family
The vault was at that time more than
100 years old, and besides containing a
long line of Van Rensselaers was also
the last resting place of Gen. Ten Brock,
and Gen. Schuyler. The robbery took
place in May or June, 1913, but was not
discovered until January of the follow
ing year, when men was sent to the vault
to prepare it for the reception of another
casket. The motive for the act was the
hope of obtaining treasure, the vast
wealth of the Van Rensselaers having
given rise to an opinion that large
amount of treasure had been placed
there. Years afterward one of the seven
robbers made confession. Three of
them, he said, were placed on guard to
give warning of any discovery, while the
remaining four rifled the vault. The
hour was about midnight. Each coffin
was moved from its place, the covers
were torn away, and the crumbling re-
mains despoiled of whatever that was
valuable they contained. The treasure
was mostly ornaments of silver, which
were packed in trunks and shipped
westward by the Erie canal. Near SYRIA
cuse the robbers entered piece OF
woods and melted their silver into bars
Proceeding thence to New York, they
converted it into cash and departed for
the South and West. No arrests were
ever made. One of the gang, being
very i'll within year after the robbery
confessed to a minister, and when he re-
covered went to California. Another
was heard from long afterward in Paris
where he was arrested for participation
in burglary. Still another is said by
the Albany Times:to be living to-day il
the southwestern part of this State
where he is considered respectable
man.-Nelc York Tribune
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13
Winter Clothing for Children.

Every one must remark that favor
tie article of winter clothing for chill
dren is comforter swathed around the
neck. This is great error; the feet
and the wrists are the proper members
to keep warm; the face and throat will
harden into healthy indifference to
cold; but that muller, exchanged for
an extra pair of thick socks and knitted
gloves, would preserve boy or girl
really warm and well. Bronchitis and
sore throat have declined 80 per centum
since the absurd use of high collars and
twice-round neckerchiefs went out of
fashion; and if the poor would take
better care of their children's feet half
the infantile mortality would disappear.
1t only costs trife to put piece of
thick felt or cork into the bottom of a
boot or shoe, but the difference is often
considerable between that and doctors
bill, with perhaps the undertaker's be-
side.-Greerl Mountain Freeman.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13
Notes on Afghanistan.

The greatest length of Afghanistan
is $50 miles, the least $40, while its
greatest breadth is $50 miles, and its
least $40; so that it is rather larger than
the whole United Kingdom put to-
gether. It is mountainous all through,
with series of elevated fat-bottomed
valleys. 1t has no large rivers, and
those it contains are generally fordable
mt all seasons. The climate varies; at
Ghuzni it is extremely severe in winter,
the thermometer sinking to 10 or 10
degrees below zero, while it always be-
gins to freeze in October. At Cabul,
in the middle of October, the thermom-
eter is always below zero at night, while
from June to September the climate is
very hot. At Candahar il is also hot in
summer, but in winter the climate is
perfect, as is also that of Quetta. All
the so-called roads are very bad, and
there are no bridges. The population
is about 100000, entirely Mohamme-
dams, almost exclusively of the Sunni
creed. The regular army consists, for
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13
Frightful Explosion.

A large boiler used at Hayden's roll
ing mill exploded this afternoon while
a number of workmen were standing
around it, The explosion killed Rich
ard Berry, aged 16, his head being
blown from his body; Richard Free
man, boy aged Is, was terribly scalded
and bruised, and died few moments
after being taken from the ruins of the
boiler-house. William Lewis, aged IL,
was badly, and, it is feared, fatally in
iured. George Bell had his head cut
open by fragments of the boiler, but
may recover. John Trainor was terri
bly, scalded, and otherwise badly IN
iured; Mick McCarty, a furnace boy,
was also badly injured. A farmer named
Newman, who was unloading scrap iron
near the boiler-house, was thrown some
distance by the explosion. Both his
legs were broken, and he was otherwise
seriously cut by the flying missiles.
The boiler was made of quarter-lnch
iron, and was about thirty feet long, and
had been in use for some years No
reason was given for the explosion, and
it is claimed there were three gauges of
water in it when the explosion occurred.
The explosion burst the boiler at the
steam drum, tearing the metal in strips.
A twenty-foot section was thrown
through frame building, thence across
a wide street and through ten-inch
brick wall, and finally struck a large
apple-tree, and fell in a yard about 800
feet from its starting point. All the
mill buildings in the neighborhood of
the boiler-house are wrecks.-Columbats
(ObiO Journal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13

A New YORK paper is of the opinion
that Tweed, Angel, and other big
thieves have ascertained the fact, for the
benefit of their Successors in crime,
"That the only safe place for defaulters
and embezzlers to fly to is one of those
countries, like England or France, with
which we have extradition treaties. Ma
tons like Portugal, Greece, Turkey,
etc, with which we have no extradition
treaties, feel bound by the vague laws
of international politeness to capture
and hand over to us any American whom
we ask for" but those with whom we
have definite treaties refuse to do any
thing of the sort 1t seems to think
that the international law of common
courtesy is worth more than when the
obligation is crystallized into treaty.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13
THE Republicans in France are terri

THE Republicans in France are terri
bly, in earnest. In order to maintain
the republic, they are ready to pledge
their "ives, fortunes and sacred honor
For example, it is announced in the
Paris papers that merchant at Nantes
has subscribed $4,000 francs toward the
expenses of the Republican candidates
for the Senate. Other wealthy Repub-
hcans of the country are coming down
literally, and one lady has contributed
10000 francs. 1t is such devotion to
the cause that gives republicanism in
France the ascendency.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13
Harry HnII's Christmas.


1t was the night before Christmas,
and little Harry Hall, as he sat eating
his coarse bread and milk, looked up
into his mothers care-worn face and
said
Mother, shall I get any presents to-
morrow, do you think ?"
Mrs. Hall was widow, whose husband
had been dead several years, and who,
dying, had left her nothing but the little
house in which he lived, and it was only
by the greatest self-denial and hard work
that she managed to make living for
herself and child. And such living as
it wasl The barest necessities of life
sufficient clothing to keep them from
freezing, and the plainest, coarsest food,
wheat bread being a rare luxury. And
yet, such as it was, the widow was thank
full. She placed all her trust in Him
who "heareth the sparrows when they
cry" and she never doubted but that
in His own good time all would be well,
and in answer to Harry's question she
asked:
How old are you, my SOM"
Harry, pushing aside his now-empty
DOWi, olt uldNlhB tlllll, lnCuRtl
little figure to its utmost height, said,
proudly:
Why, mamma, was eight last Mon
day. See! / am almost man."
The widow smiled at his boyish
eagerness to be a man, and, calling him
TO her, she put her arm around him, and,
drawing him toward her, she said:
Yes, my dear, you are quite man,
and mother is sorry that she can not get
you any presents this year, but / have
been too poor to buy you anything
But, tomorrow, you shall carry this
sewing home to Mrs. Bell and you car
have half the money to buy what you
wish. 1 tried hard to get it done SC
that 1 might get you something; but
can not finish it before the shops are
closed"
For answer the boy threw his arms
about his mothers neck, and kissed he
again and again, saying:
"Oh, mother, how kind and good you
are"
And then he sat down to think of wha
he should buy. He sat thus for SOM
time, until at last he said:
"Are you sure she will pay you to
morrow, mammal"
eyes, my DEAR" answered Mrs. Hal
Il think she will; she has always pai
me very promptly for my work, ana sh
promised to pay me for this as soon as
finished it. But it is almost bed-tim,
my son, and you must read your chapte
and go to bed"
They did not burn late fires at til
Widow Halls; fuel was too dear to b
unnecessarily wasted, although many
night, after her little son was asleep, sl
would sit and sew until the gray daw
3 of the morning, and that, too, without
, fire at which to warm her cold, benumbe
q fingers.
, Harry obediently got his little Bibl
and, after reading chapter and sayin
}. his prayers at his mothers knee, l
1 went to bed. While his mother 81
v diligently sewing until the town be
= rang out the midnight hour, and the
: her work being finished, she folded ar
laid it away and retired to her rest.
Although poor, Mrs. Hall had n
g always been so. Her father was ct OF
4 time wealthy merchant, but, by val
|. GUS misfortunes, he lost nearly all
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13

RECENT reports show that there are
$4,000 colored emigrants from the Unit
ed States in Liberia, doing well as
farmers and artisans. There are $780,
900 native inhabitants, who are being
brought under the influence of civiliza-
ton. The four states of Liberia are
Montserrado, Grand Bassa, Since, and
Maryland. The constitution is mod
.eled after that of the United States, but
only e0lored men are allowed to vote.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13
FACTS AND FIGURES.

IT is estimated that the flax mills of
Russia give employment to 100000
operatives, and produce $120,000,000
worth of goods annually.
MEXICO coins about $20,000,000 of
gold and silver year-more in proper
ton to the population of the country
than the United States She buys
S70,00O,000 worth of European goods a
year, and only $5,000,000 worth of
American, mainly because American
merchants don't seek the trade.
A Parliamentary paper just issued
shows that in the year 1877, 1862 lives
were lost in England and Wales by
drowning in inland waters. OF the
persons whose lives were lost, 2,140
were males and 522 females; ,423 lives
were lost in rivers and running waters,
637 in canals, and 602 in lakes and
ponds.
1t is computed that in the year 1875
there were were 100000 cows kept
for dairy purposes in this country,
which at $45 per head were worth $780,
100000. The land needed for their
support represents $900,000,000 more,
and the capital invested in teams, dairy
Implements, ETC., $100,000,000, making
a grand total of 81, 450,00O,0 invested
in this single industry.
AT the late show of live stock at the
Paris Exhibition, and in connection
Herewith, statistics now published give
the estimated number of sheep in Eu-
rope in 1876 ut 1914, 026,236 head. OF
these 46,432,0 900 were in Russia, %, 1885,
900 in England, 25,035,114 in France,
22,46S,9 1863 in Spain, 22,295,6S2 in Ger
many, 6,9S4,0 49 in Italy, 1913, 715 in Hol-
land, and 586,097 in Belgium.
MACHINERY for shoemaking produces
marvellous results. One class of ma
chimes sewed last year 100000 pairs
of shoes, while another pegged 55,OO0,-
900 pairs in the same time. Ten men
can make 600 pairs of shoes day. In
New England AGO bushels of shoe-pegs
are made in day, and cents worth of
pegs will peg four pairs of shoes. There
are $40 patents on shoe-pegs and peg
gers, and 1000 on shoe machinery.
Machinery turned out over 100000
shoe-lasts in the United States last
year.
The fetal area of Denmark, says con-
temporary, is 100000 acres; 100000
acres are under cultivation, of which
100000 have been added during the last
ten years. The area is divided into
more than 100000 different properties,
of which 10000 are each owned by a
different proprietor; and out of 100000
families not living in the towns only g.
900 are cottagers. 1t will thus be seen
that in Denmark, as in France, the soil
is divided among n number of small
proprictors, and not, as in England, ac-
cumulated in few hands.
THOSE who fancy that woman's work
does not amount to much in the do
nestle department should read the fol
lowing record of Vermont housekeeper
as to what she did in the cooking line
alone during the last year. She has
made and baked 1,039 loaves of bread,
421 pies, 1872 loaves of cake, 108 pud-
dings, and 2,140 doughnuts. Also she
has cooked 1000 pounds of meat loo
bushels of potatoes, taken care of the
milk and butter of five cows, to say
nothing of scores of other duties which
fall to the lot of the housewife.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13

SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL, Ex-Governor
General of Bengal, and member of the
English Parliament, in an interview i'll
the New York Herald, condemns the
British policy in Afghanistan, and ex-
presses the fear that the present war
will terminate as did the one forty years
ago. Afghanistan, he thinks, is worse
than three Bosnias to England, and the
country, when conquered, will be worse
than while at war. He throws the re-
sponsibility for the war on Lord Lytton
and the Earl of Beaconsfeld.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13

The recent return of the Emperor
William to Berlin and to active partici-
patton in governmental affairs called out
demonstration that shows the charac-
ter and degree of German loyalty to the
white-haired old sovereign. The good
thing about the enthusiastic welcome is
that the Emperor, both as man and
as the head of the German nation, de-
serves it all. He is now in his SD year,
has been King of Prussia since 1861 and
Emperor of Germany since 1871.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13
The Indian Question.

Gen. Nelson A. Miles, the renowned
Indian-fghter, was lately interviewed
by ST. Paul reporter upon army mat
tiers in general and the Indian question
in particular. On being asked his
opinion relative to the transfer OF the
Indian Bureau to the War Department,
the General replied 81 don't think it
will be transferred, from the simple fact
that great influence will be brought to
bear to retain it in the Interior Depart
ment. The army don't want it-at least
are making no effort TO secure the trans
fer. There can be no question that the
army should have exclusive control OF
the Indians. Such policy would be
for their benefit as well as for the ma
ton at large In this matter the only
interest that the army has is that, hav-
ing control, they could and would pre-
vent the recurrence of Indian wars"
To the suggestion that, the Indian
problem was vexed question, the Gen
eral entered an emphatic dissent. The
trouble, he said, all rose from mistaken
policy, or, rather, want of policy. The
savages must be subjected to some sys-
tenn of control Man in no state was
governed by moral suasion, even in our
cities. Among civilized communities
we require police. The unruly and un-
tanned spirits of the Indians needed the
wholesome menace of such force con-
stantly before them until they are add
vanced in civilization.
Civilization, General! Can an In
dian be civilized?"
"Why not? The trouble has been
that our people want to smother him
with it, and will not permit him to come
at it gradually. Not taking it as We
prescribe it, we have carried on a cruel,
relentless war of determination against
the Indian. Since the days of King
Philip, 200 years ago, we have followed
the same plan and have learned moth
ing"
The General explain ed that his scheme
for the accomplishment of this result
was the pastoral plan. The Indian, he
said, was q savage. The first step was
to make him a herdsman. From that
he could be indicted into agriculture
and other progressive arts. This pas
toral plan has been tried with eminent
and UNMARRIED success in several in
stances. 1t is no degradation for an
Indian to tend stock, but his soul re-
volts at the hand ling of the hoe
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13
THE Indian seems to be a puz

THE Indian seems to be a puzzle to
everybody. No class of statesmen,
Christians or philanthropists, knows ex-
actly how to handle him. No agent has
vet been found who is able to take care
of him in way that is satisfactory to
both the Government and the Indian.
Religion is too thin for him, an0 rifles
and gunpowder too solid, unless he can
use them himself. People on the
frontier are unanimously of the opinion
that the only good Indian is the dead
one. He is just now furnishing rather
a living issue, and will continue to per-
form that Office for us as long as he re-
mains on top of the ground
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13
Large Whisky Expectations.

There has been remarkable activity in
the expectation of whisky from the
United States during the past four
months, the quantity exported being
$500, 1000 gallons. For the year ending
June 30, last, the amount exported was
$500. 1000 gallons, which is double that
exported during the preceding fiscal
wear. Should the present activity in
the export trade be maintained, the
quantity of whisky which will be ex-
ported during the present fiscal year
will reach at least 100000 gallons.
The total production for the last four
months has been over 100000 gall
Ions, against 100000 gallons for the
corresponding period of last year.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13

In his opening address before the In
ternational Dairy Fair, in New York,
Horatio Seymour gave the dairymen an
idea of their Importance by stating that
"Our dairy product annually exceeded
in value the $300,O00O0O Of bank cur
rency, and by showing how the foothold
of our butter and cheese exports in
British and other markets is to be made
permanent by our cheap and fertile
lands and better methods of manu-
facture" At this fair there were 10000
packages of cheese from all parts of the
world, and one huge pyramid consisting
of ten tons of foreign and domestic
cheese, of different colors, and sur
mounted by the figure of an Attorney
COW, resting on ten cheeses which
weighed three and half tons.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13

THIS is the way they do it in Texas ::
John Greer and his uncle, Wynne
Greer, met at Patterson and proceeded
to settle an old difficulty in this way
John Greer drew six-shooter, and his
uncle, being unarmed, fed around the
store. Seeing Lewis Cooper, constable
of the precinct, he wrenched the officers
pistol away from him and returned
around the building. He and his
nephew then met, and the latter again
drew his shooter, and, getting the drop
on his uncle, fired, the ball piercing the
brain and instantly killing him. After
he fell the nephew fired two shots into
the dead body. STOPPING down, the
young murderer took the pistol out of the
hand of the corpse, and, seeing it belonged
to Constable Cooper, ran after him and
fred on him twice, MORALLY woundine
him. The murderer then went into tn,
railroad depot, put the pistol to tn,
head of the agent, and ordered him t.
give him so to aid in his escape. TIL,
agent did so, when the assassin mounte,
his horse and made good his escape
Cooper and Greer were both goo,
citizens, and the murderer 10,
scoundrel and cattle thief, who tw
years ago shot citizen of Houston.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13

THERE were sol deaths in the city of
Chicago during the month of Novem
Der. OF those who died, 266 were un-
der years of age, 40 from 5 to 20, 240
from 20 to 20, IL from 20 to so, II from
so to 80, from 80 to 100. There were
324 males and 267 females, 40 of whom
were married, and s colored. The
causes of death are given as follows /:
Accidents, 10; apoplexy, 10; bronchial
diseases, 81; commissions, 65; Group,
80; diphtheria, "a; scarlet fever, IA;
typhoid, 10; gastritis, IL; heart disease,
50; inanition, 16; kidney, 13; menin-
gifts, 10; old age, IS; consumption, 60;
pneumonia, "a.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13
Death.Rate in Cities.

According to table prepared by the
New York Health Department. in rela-
ton to the deathrate in proportion to
population of the principal cities of the
world, the two American cities that
show the heaviest death-rates are Balti-
more and Washington, the former being
25.41, and the latter 1854 per 1000.
The death-rate in the principal foreign
cities is considerably higher than in the
principal American cities. We append
O list of the cities, home and foreign: