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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-19

RUSSIAN papers report that during
last month no less than nine persons
were bitten by a rabid wolf in the ham
let of Bogoljubow, in the Vladimir dis
trict. They were taken to the hospital,
where five of them died, in dreadful
agony, soon after their admission. The
doctors resolved to try in the other
cases an experiment, which German
physician had employed with success
against hydrophobia. The experiment
consisted in administering to the pa
tent a dose of the Indian poison
"eurare." The Russian PraUda says
that this was administered at Vladimir
to the remaining four persons who had
been bitten by the wolf. They all died,
but without the preliminary torture of
hydrophobia.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-19
OUR LITTLE FOLKS.


Charley he's my little buther,
And we has the mostest fun,
Don't we, Charleys Our dear mother,
Whenever we whips one mother,
Tries TO whip us, aud we run.
Don't we. Charley and men bymeby,
Men she gives ms cakes and pie,
Don't she, Charleyf-when we come IN,
And promise never to do IL agin.
He's named Charley; I'm Willy,
And I'm got the puttiest namel
My Uncle bob he calls me Billy"
Don't he, Charley? Oar Ally
named Billy the same
Thist like me-and our mother said
Bob puts foolishen in our head"
Didn't she. Cbarley?-and she don't know
Much about boys, cos Bob said 80.
Babys the funniest TELLER
Naint no hair on his head,
Is they, Cbarley?-it's meller
Wife up there; I'D sell her,
And buy one at wasn't so red,
And have most fun wifi him every day,
Wisht they'd buyed purifier one.
Our little sister she's leven
Years old; ats mucher'n I,
Amt IL, Charley I'm seven,
but our little sisters in heaven--
Dead peoples goes to the sky.
Don't they, Charleyy-nen they has wings,
Thist like Fanny-and purtiest things,
Don't they, Charley Men they can fly,
Thist Misunderstanding! Wisht I'D diei
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-19
The funeral of Herlig. a Soc

The funeral of Herlig. Socialist
master turner, was the scene of great
Socialist demonstration at Dresden.
Several thousand sympathizers followed
the body to the grave, but the police
took advantage of an old Saxon law
against the public exhibition of repub-
hcan emblems to forbid the wearing of
political insignia. No funeral Grafton
was permitted, and when a woman
stepped forward and spoke few words
an order was given to arrest her, the
execution of which was, however, rem
dered impossible by the closing in of
the crowd. Several wreaths were
thrown on the coffin, but not before the
police had insisted on the removal OF
the red silk ribbons with which they
were tied.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-19

A GREAT business is being done this
year in the importation of iron from
Africa for use in American manufacto-
ries. The great reason for preferring
African iron to native ore is, of course,
it's cheapness, but it has the further ad-
vantage of being remarkably free from
phosphorus. This ore has been inn
ported to some extent for two or three
years, but never in such quantities as
now, one authority estimating that 2OO,'
600 tons will be shipped to New York
this year, and half as much to Philadel
phia, the latter for use at the irou works
in Bethlehem and Johnstown, and by
the Pennsylvania Steel Company. An
other notable feature in the iron trade
is the importation Of Bessemer pig, O.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-19
Decay OF American Whaling Industry.

The production of cheap mineral oil
has played sad havoc with the whale-oil
industry, which is plainly shown by
statistics. In 1854 the single town of
New Bedford, Mass, sent out no less
than 41O whaling ships, fully fitted,
equipped and manned at her own
wharves. There are to-day in the whole
country but 1856 vessels engaged in the
same business, while in 1854 there
were 66S. The receipts of oil in 1854
were 20S,O barrels, against 5000 in
1878, and the receipts of whalebone
are now 2O7 ,259 pounds, as against {, 562,-
600 pounds at the former date.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-19

And so this is the name of Genie's
turtle, that travelled alone in the dark
without any lunch," all the way from
Kansas, where he was born, and where
he has cousins very much like himself
only they have scarlet VS. instead OF
yellow.
Double VS. head is green, striped,
and dashed with yellow lines; his eyes
are Jet black. There are two vermilion
spots on his head, one each side, Just
back of his eyes, and a very small red
spot between these, on the top of his
head.
The upper part of his shell is green,
edged all around with small scallops of
yellow. 1t is regularly marked off with
lines of black and yellow.
His tail is another double "" said
Genie, after watching him while
longer. 1t was light yellow, and shaded
by green V on the top.
docs this kind ever grow into the
tortoise-shell turtle, that combs, and
sleeve-buttons, and things are made of"
asked Genie.
"No; there is only one kind of turtle
whose shell is used in that way. 1t is
called the 'hawk's-bill turtle It's shell
is almost transparent, and beautifully
colored."
"How do they put the gold in, like
the gold stars in the balls of Aunt
Mary's comb?"
"The shell is put in boiling water
until it becomes soft. Then the gold
can be put upon it, and it is pressed in
molds and polished"
We'll, my turtle is pretty enough to
have gold stars pressed into his SHE'LL"
said Genie, "but I'd rather have him
sailing around in the water and enjoy
ing himself. And then, if he gets tired,
and feels as if he was in prison, we can
just take him to the sand-bar, and let
him slip off into the river. But 1 sha'nt
let you go just yet, Double ""
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-19

their ages, and the number of days each one is
in attendance, and to furnish the director with
correct copy OF the same at the close of the
school. Contracts must be In duplicate, one Of
which shall be filed with the director and the
other furnished the teacher.
z. The School law Is silent upon the subject
of holidays; but the Supreme Court has de-
cided that there should be no deduction from q
teachers wages on account of the observance
Of legal holidays. The legal holidays are Jan.
!, Feb 2, May 30, July 4, Dec 25 and all days
appointed by the PresidentOr Governor as days
OF fasting or Thanksgiving.
8. teacher must be governed by all rules
formally adopted by the board. Refusal to do
so amounts to forfeiture Of the contract, I'M
less the rules are grossly unreasonable
8. The District Board is bound to keep the
venences, and failure to do so works for
feiture OF the contract on their part.-Lansing
ReDubLcdn
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-19

SOME statistics have just been pub
lshed by the Ministry of the Interior
relative to the communes of France.
They are now 36, 068 in number; and, as
tho superficial extent of France is upward
of 50, 750,000 hectares, the average size
of a commune is 1,463 hectares. The
annual revenue of the communes is
424, 100000 francs. The receipts of the
Bureaux de Renaissance reached in
1878 the figure of 27,444,000 francs
No extra duties have been laid down by
the communes since last year.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-19
Irish IS Bulls. ("

At friendly club-gathering, the
other evening, one of the members ex-
ercised his ability for telling yarns by
giving recital of several Irish bulls"
to the amusement of his companions,
and the indignation of patriotic Hi
bernian who was present. The son OF
Erin at last arose and remarked indig-
nantly, !" Faith, and do you know what
I think, Mr.. D.? think, indade, that
not more than one-half those lies they
tell bout the Irish are true"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-19
eastward

The condition of Pope Leo's health
is now admitted to be even more than
critical. Change of scene and bet
ter atmosphere nave been prescribed
him, but he sets the opinion of his physi'
clans at defiance, and considers that, in
matters of hygiene, no one is half SO
wise as himself. His Holiness occa-
sionally suffers from severe attacks OF
rheumatic govt.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-19
The Trne 9urtheruer.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1879.

EIeHrY-FoUR young people have been
sent from Russia to Siberia for political
offenses. In a country where colicky
infant could be convicted of conspiring
against the state, and hanged, the helm
GUS crimes for which these youthful ex-
lies suffer may be imagined.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-19

which $4,000 tons are known to be un-
der contract for the United States.
There have been no importations of this
sort before since 1878, and the fact that
they are starting up again now furniches
another illustration of the improvement
in business.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-19

NORTHERN Missouri will shortly be
belted by new line, the Chicago, Mis-
souri, and Pacific, running due west
from Quincy, ILL.,, to Nebraska, and CIV
nR the Gould combination an east and
west line parallel with the Chicago sys-
TEN which gridirons Iowa and has
hitherto taken the Union Pacific freight
Oh
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-19

AMONG the phenomena of human
anatomy it is ever found that a man who
has plenty of chin is never deficient in
cheek.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05
OUR PLATFORM.

"The functions achich ace exercise
are committed to as as a sacred trust.
The Government sohich zee control as
public officers is not oar oaon, 1t be-
lonqs to those echo placed as here. The
1ds6s ice enact do not cypress our acilt,
they are the voices Of the people. The
money ,ckick zoe handle belongs to
them and not to as. We can only take
it from them for the legitimate er-
pesses Of Government. More than
this Is robbery. Official generosity IS
Official crime. Erery needless tue
cuts some comfort from thousand
homes. 1t means less food, less fuel,
and less cheer in neany tdmtltes."-
Gov. LUCIUs ROBINSON, Of New
York.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05
Sherif7s Sale.

James P. Ratliff No. 700.
rho,n.. vs. vs. c;,,..r nm In Parish Court OF
by virtue of a writ of fieri tacias issued in
- the above named suit, and to me directed,
have seized and will proceed to sell at public
auction to the last and highest bidder, at the
Court house. in the town of Bellevue, La,
within the legal hours of sale, on the first
Saturday, the 18th day of June. 1879, the fol.
lowing described property, to-wit:
Two Horse Mules.
Said above described property seized as the
property of defendant, Thomas NJ. Gilmer
and to be sold to satisfy said writ-say the
sum of $l6l So, together with all COSTS
Terms of Sale-On credit of IL months;
purchaser required to give bond with solvent
security, and to pay cost of execution cash
r. E. WYCHE, Sheriff
April "a, 1879. lpr's cost sS
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05

ii tstrayed before the undersigned on the Goth
~ day Of April, 1879, by Richard Ford, and
bellevue, La, on Saturday, the 14th day of
June, 1879, a red specked COW, with two Sits
in right ear, and straight slit in left ear
Appraised at So.
The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, &C.
HENRY STONE, Stray Master.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05
StfNu Sale.

Estrayed before the undersigned on the 25th
and will be sold to the highest bidder, for cash,
at Bellevue, on Saturday, the 14th day of June,
1879, small black COW, with calf, with o
crop and split in the left ear and swallow
fork in the right ear. Appraised at &c.
The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, &c.
HENRY STONE, Straw Master,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05

Let the tax on quinine be repeal
ed. 1t is not the only tax that needs
to be repealed. "Protection" very
frequently, means plundering the
poor man to enrich a few, who have
already become milionaires by
means no better than robbery.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05
StrNH Sale.

Il strayed before p. r. Gimer, j. p, on the
~ 9th day of April, 1879, by Isaac Smith
and will be sold to the highest bidder, for cash
at Bellevue, La, on Saturday, the 2Sth day OF
June, 1879, a pale red COW with a calf, years
old marked with swallow fork in the right
ear and slit in the left Calf about one year old
Appraised at 80.
The owner is requested to come forward
prove property, pay charges, &c.
HENRY STONE, Stray Master.
May Is, 1879
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05

E'strayed before the undersigned ON the 10Th
~ day of April, 1879, by Jim Washington,
and will be sold to the highest bidder, for cash
at Alb Bellevue, q Saturday, the 10Th day of July
1879, Grey Mare, with red mark about the
first joint of right foot. Appraised at $40.
The owner is requested to come forward
prove property, pay charges, SC.
HENRY STONE, Stray Master
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05

The Mormons have planted COL
ony of $50 believers on Little Colo.
RADIO, Arizona. They have selected
the most desirable lands of North.
ern Arizona, where the climate is
delicious and the soil productive.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05

Both houses of the Pennsylvania
Legislature have adopted a joint
resolution fixing June 9th as the day
Of adjournment.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05

The Arkansas Annual Conference
of the NJ. E. Church, South, meets
at Ozark, Nov. II, 1870. Bishop
Geo. F. Pierce presides.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05

The population of London is stead
lily increasing in density. Last year
it was 1892 to the square mile,
against 26,674 in 1871.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05

The whole population of the five
Central American States is less than
three millions.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05

The Constitutional Convention
has abolished the Office of Superin-
tendent of Public Education.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05

Hogs and COWS in various parts
of Mississippi are reported as hav-
ing the hydrophobia.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05

Thomas Jefferson was only TWEEN
ty.three when he wrote the Declar.
alton of Independence.
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Louisiana in Slices.

is needed.
- Sparta has a Reading Club.
Fl. +. Scheen is President, L. F.
Marbury Secretary, and L T. Webb
Treasurer.
Crops in Concordia parish
we're never further advanced for
the season than they are this year,
and are all looking very we'll.
- Webster Tribune: "A boun-
tiful corn crop has been planted
On the most forward farms corn is
five and six feet high, and tasselling.
- Tie Bulletin says the cater
pillars are destroying the young oak
buds in the Avoyelles swamps. The
result will he the destruction of the
mast.
- Marksviile Bulletin, a: We
learn that the public schools of this
parish will be closed at the end of
the present month, the funds being
exhausted.
- The Concordia Eagle says
work is progressing on the Nidalia
and Western railroad. Eight miles
of the road have been laid, and are
in running order.
Sparta (Bienville parish Ru-
raj Times: "Cotton and corn grow
ing to please the most restless far
mer. The signs are said to be very
favorable at present"
There is not a town in Louis
lana so pleasant for a Summer resi-
dence as Minden. Visitors here
have all the comforts of city life;
comfortably cool Summer weather;
avoid the heat and dust of larger
towns, and are surrounded with at
fractions on all Sides Webster
Tribune.
A large fire occurred in the
city of Shreveport Oh Monday morn
ing, by which several houses and
stores were consumed and others
damaged, entailing loss of over
100000 worth of property. The
cause of the fire, which broke out in
the storehouse of G. P. Thenard, on
Commerce street, is unknown
Several persons were injured.
Mt. Lebanon is one of the fair
est and most inviting. localities in
Louisiana. And whether or not the
railroad prospects should prove de-
ceptive, there is much promise for
this place to become what nature and
favoritism intended. Her courteous,
intelligent and hospitable people are
working for the early avancement of
the town to the position it deserves
and to which it is destined.-[ Sparta
Times.
-Terrebonne parish is one
vast garden. Lower bayou Terre
bonnie and lower bayou Little Gail.
lou are it's garden of Eden, to our
mind. The Inhabitants of those two
sections are most all small farmers,
who are friendly, and in prosperous
circumstances consequently they are
contented and happy. Fresh sea
fish, crabs and shrimps abound all
the year round, and in winter wild
ducks and game are PLENTIFUL
Terrebonne Independent.
- The parish of st. Landry may
we'll be proud of her reputation fol
law and order, says the n. 0. Times
The population has increased from
$4,000 souls in 1871, to 10000 il
1879, and while crimes are of rare
occurrence in the parish, when they
do happen they meet with swift
punishment. The st. Landry Dem
ocrat says: ut is seldom that on
juries, composed generally of equa
proportions of the two races, fail t.
convict if the State makes out
case"
NnStardav MocSrc Tovv &
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05

The Adventists have now settled
upon the 18th Of July for the final
ending of all things.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05
The Convention.
Special to Shreveport Times.]

today the committee on
the public debt submitted a MAORI,
ty and minority report. The major
ity report reviews the entire public
debt of the State, and concludes
that less than 81, 5OO,0O of same is
valid, and the balance, some &c.,
OOO, 900, is invalid. 1t mentions in
detail the original issues of bonds
held to be valid and the reasons for
holding them valid. Likewise those
issues held to be invalid and the
reasons for so holding them. 1t de-
clares that the amendment to the
of 1874 ratifying the
funding scheme was never adopted
by the people. That there is no evil
dence whatever in tho Office of Sec
rotary of state showing its adoption.
That it was never legally promulsa-
ted, and never acquired the force of
law. OF that portion of the
debt daclared valid over Il $1,000
600 belongs originally to the semi
nary and university fund and the
and agricultural college
fund. These funds were held in
trust by the State, it having used
the principal of the same, upon an
to pay six per cent inter
est, annually, to those schools. The
bonds representing the fund were
funded at sixty cents on the dollar.
The report recommends that these
funds be restored to their original
amount, and that the State pay six
per cent interest, annually thereon,
for the benefit of the university and
mechanical and agricultural college.
1t recommends to be paid by the
State, with an annual interest here
after, of 4 per cent. That portion
of the debt held to be invalid, the
report recommends that it be not
paid.
Eleven of the Is members of the
committee sign the majority report,
including the chairman, Mr.. Kidd,
of jackson.
The minority report was presented
by Mr.. Semmes. 1t holds that the
validity of the funding scheme can
not now be questioned, it having
been recognized by the Nichols
government, by the Supreme Court
of the State, and the several legis-
latures held under that government.
1t, too, reviews the various issues of
bonds, and claims that the State re-
ceived value for the money declared
by the majority to be invalid, and
names the particular issues whereby
the State was benefited and to what
extent benefited.
1t concludes by recommending
that the Convention appoint a con.
ference committee of nine with a
view of adjustment. The Conven
ton has ordered 500 copies of both
reports, together with the evidence
upon which they are based, to be
printed in pamphlet form.
For the last few days the conven.
ton has been considering the re
ports OF the committees on the exec
utive and legislative department.
Biennial sessions of the Legisla
ture are to be held-members to be
elected for four years and are to re
ceive four dollars per day during at
tendance, and the mileage is not tt
exceed in any case $50.
A smart Democrat in the Ohio
Legislature has created bill to pu
the ballot boxes for Congressional
elections three hundred feet away
from the polls where State and coun
ty tickets are voted. This is an anti
no hill that Tho
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05
What the Papers Say.

Simon Cameron's pocket-book.-
N. Y. Star.
Governments were not instituted
to take one mans money and give it
to another or to feed or clOthe or
acknowledgements Statesman.
1t will take good while for some
men to live down the fact that they
are members of the present Legisla-
ture of Pennsylvania.-Phil
Times.
The Convention should submit the
Constitution in separate Articles,
leaving the people free to accept
some and reject Others Webster
Tribune.
The Missouri Legislature has adj
journed and there is general re.
joicing over the State. Blessed are
they who learn to expect little of
observation-disclosures Democrat.
There can be no united counsels
in great political party which per
mits its policy to be mapped out for
it by a gang of local Office holders
with whom office-holding is the end
and aim of politics.-N. Y. World.
The people of the United States
are not largely interested in the per.
sonal explanations and wranglings
of members of Congress. That kind
OF business is becoming entirely too
common and tritle too monotonous.
Arkansas Democrat.
Tammany Hall has deliberately
sold the control of the State cleo
tious of 1879, as far as in it's power
lies, to the Republican machine in
this State for the sake of the local
power and patronage which it still
possesses, and the enjoyment of
which is its sole and single political
reason of being-Nep York World.
The time may come when the
United States will acquire Central
America, and we must not permit
the erection of obstacles to complete
jurisdiction if the progress of Oman
ifest destiny" shall extend our au-
thority in a southerly direction
New York Herald.
Good Democracy, sir.
When | came to this State found
she needed everything to develop
her resources and capabilities, and
to relieve her from the wreck of the
war; WdrmoH In the Contention.
Doubling her Indebtedness, de-
stroying Ler commerce, ilnpoverish-
ing her people, and at the same time
enriching yourself, was relieving her
with vengeance Mr.. Warmoth, and
the people cannot, and will not for.
get it.-CarroU Conservative.
HAYES A TRICKsTER.-Asa local
and State politician in Ohio, r. B.
Hayes was faced, disingenu
Gus, assembling trickster and dem
agogue.
AS Governor of Ohio, he in one
of his messages advised a Demo
cratic Legislature to pass certain
measures, and upon a compliance
with his recommendation, he next
fall went on the stump as a caudi
date for reelection as Governor, an6
assailed the Legislature for doing
that which he had officially advised
it to do.
A man who is mean enough to de
this would steal the Presidency, car
ry elections by foul means, use tn.
army to accomplish his purpose, ant
veto acts of Congress forbiddins
him to dragon the people with hi
troops.-Zanesrille (O.) Signal.
A GOOD RIDDANCE.-The Stat,
Legislature closed its session yes
terday, and every citizen will expe
rience a sense of relief at the knowl
edge that it's power for mischief i.
at an end, The session ha