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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26

funds now in the hands of the Treasur-
er amount to SO, 945.2 against $2,741.45
last year. The attendance at the grange
was very large, many distinguished
grangers from different parts of the
State, who are not representatives, be-
ing present. The Committee on Trans
portation and Railroads made q report,
reciting some of the wrongs of the
transportation system, and recommend
ing the following resolutions, which,
after thorough discussion, were unan-
imously passed by rising vote.
Hcsoioed, BY the Michigan State Grange, that
the most feasible aud effectual way Of reform
ing the abuses in freight transportation, to
which the business OF the whole country is
subject, Is to have commission appointed by
Congress, whose duty il shall be to ascertain
the actual cost OF moving articles OF freight
from point to point over the various through
lines of railroad, and, in conjunction with the
authorities of the several States interested, to
establish rates OF freight on the basis of the
actual cost of transportation; and
ResolUed, Further, that The Executive Com
instructed, to prepare blank petitions praying
Congress to enact such a law, and forward the
same to the subordinate oranges throughout
the State: and, further,
Resolved, That this State Grange recon-
mends to all its members, and to all members
of subordinate oranges throughout the State,
to make the support of the candidates for Con-
gress of their respective parties conditioned on
a pledge that if elected they will support such
a law; and
Resolyed, That in this action by this State
Grange il is not actuated by any spirit of hos
tility to the railroad interests of the country,
but by conviction that all corporations as well
as private citizens should submit to the con-
troll Of impartial laws
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26

The Board of Examiners of San
Francisco observed, during recent
session, that one young woman, can
didate for a certificate to teach, was
particularly apt, answering the most
difficult questions with readiness. One
of the examiners watched the young
woman to find that, once in while, she
cast her eyes down toward her cuffs.
He stepped up to her at the close of the
session, and, as though DESTROYS of con-
graduating her, took her hand. On
both cuffs the examiner found about
$50 words, written in faint hand and
with authorizations. Once upbraided
with the cheat, the young woman of
the tell~tale cuffs confessed that she had
paid one of the clerks of the board $50
for set of the questions and answers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26

A New YORK correspondent intimates
that Jay Gould will some day take ed
itorial charge of the Tribune of that
city, in which he is credited with own
ing already large controlling share.
With telegraph company, an ocean
cable, thousand or more locomotives,
several score brigades of railroad and
telegraph men scattered all over the
continent to gather and send him news,
a Caesar on the thr one of the Roman
empire who could hear the faintest
whisper on the verge of the ancient
world had fewer facilities than Gould
would have at the focus of this web OF
railways and of wires.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

HE engagement ring IS worn on the
first finger of the lett hand. Any ring
with a stone setting is considered fash
ionable.
OF the European nations Great
Britain, Sweden, Austria, France,
Spain, Belgium and Saxony are the
largest iron producers. The United
States and Hindoostan have valuable
iron mines.
BUsTs on hostages stamps: On ones,
Franklin; twos, Jackson; threes, Wash
ington; fives, Taylor; skies, Lincoln;
tens, Jefferson; tifteens, Webster; thir-
ties, Hamilton; nineties, Commodore
o. II. Perry.
The largest steamer that ever crossed
the Atlantic was the Great Eastern.
Her extreme length was $50 feet, with
tonnage of 10000 tons. She was
built in England and was launched in
January, 1858.
The first newspaper published in
North America was the Boston Ne,cs-
Letter, commenced April "a, 1904. 1t
was half sheet of paper, twelve by
eight inches, two columns on page. 1t
survived seventy-four years.
A HUNDRED years ago carpets were
hardly used at all by the middle and
lower classes, and the rich spread small
pieces in the center of their best rooms
but long before this time, in the days
of Edward l.. we hear of carpets, often
of very rich and costly materials.
CARD or pssteboard, in all its vari-
cites, is made by FASTING together sheets
of paper and afterward subjecting them
to pressure. This can be made 80 firm
and hard that, in one instance, a paper
manufacturer rooted part of his mill
with stout board made of brown pa.
per.
In sculpture relieve is a species Of
carving or chiseling in which the figures
are engraved on, or raised from, 9
ground. There are three sorts basso
relieve, or has relief, i'm which the fig
ures have small projection from the
ground on which they are sculptured
mezzo-relievo, in which the figure.
stand out about half their natural pro
portions; alto-relievo, in which the fig
ures stand completely out from the
ground, attached to it only in q few
places.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26
DIR. HOLMES, at the dinner in Boston,

DIR. HOLMES, at the dinner in Boston,
gave an interesting account of his con-
nection with the atlantic. Mr.. Lowell,
he said, who was the original editor
chad fancy that I could be useful as a
contributor, and woke me from kind
of literary lethargy, in which was half
slumbering, to call me to active service.
Remembering some crude papers of
mine in an old magazine, it occurred
to me that their title might serve for
some fresh papers, and so sat down
and wrote off what came into my head
under title The Autocrat of the Break
fast Table This work was not the re-
suit of an express generalization, but
was, as I may say, dipped from the
running stream of my thoughts. It's
very kind reception encouraged me,
and you know the consequences, which
have lasted from that day to this"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26

The Sunday laws in France are quite
rigorous, and their repeal is demanded
by certain element of the population.
This class comprises, perhaps, ma
jority of the French people. In accord
ance with the prevailing desire, the
National Assembly has voted by large
majority to abrogate all the laws per-
tanning to Sunday. The real fact Is
that France knows no Sunday such as
is found only in England and America.
In France all the elections, chief horse
races, hippodrome performances, hunts,
and special occurrence, take place on
Sunday, and have done so since the
days of Napoleon 1. The only police
regulation now enforced in Paris touch
ing Sunday is that all amusement places
cannot open until noon, which allows
the churches fair chance to compete
with the circus.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26
Pussy About Dress.

Talk about women being particular
and fussy about dress-did you ever
watch man buy an Mister? He strays
in apparently by accident, looks over
pile of coats, aud the gentlemanly clerk
puts one on him It's too big plaid,
hackman's overcoat; the next one is too
big stripe, college students; the next
too fine, regular parsons gown; then
one fits too much, one fits too little; one
has arms too long, buttons too big; an
other has arms too short, buttons too
small. And he keeps up this straying
all over town, sampling every clothing
store, filling clerks with highjhopes and
subsequent disgust, till at last he buys
the first coat he tries on, wears it a
week, and thinks it immense" and the
rest of the winter spends his spare time
in trying to trade it off for second
hand coal-box buggy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26

The telephone has had new use dis
covered for it, the accurate determine
ton of the time of flight of small-arm
projectiles. Two telephones are used,
one placed within few feet of the gun
and left open to receive and transmit
the sound of the discharge, the other in
the shelter proof near the target. With
a stop watch beating fourths of second
the period between the discharge OF the
bullet and its reception by the target
provided it hits-can be measured with
sufficient accuracy for all practical pur-
nOSps
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26

like the fabrication of Damascus steel
and the making of camels-hair shawls,
are marvels of ingenuity and skill, and
they illustrate the poetry of cotton.
The most delicate of these fabrics is
known by the name of woven air." It
can only be made in the early morning
and in the evenings, when the air is full
of moisture and the dew is on the
grass. The processes by which it is
woven are kept secret, and the people
who do the work are compelled first to
pass through long course of training
andsimitation. Their delicate wares are
of such ethereal texture as to be almost
invisible, and yet are so enduring that
they will bear washing and wear in a
wonderful manner. This precious stuff
is monopolized for the use of the ladies'
of the Oriental harems, and is said to
be worth hundreds of dollars per yard.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26

The distress occasioned by the open
winter in New York is terrible in some
directions. A local paper notes that
signs of retrenchment among plumb
ers are everywhere visible. A Nine
teenth street plumber recently sold
three pairs of carriage horses
well-known plumber III Fourth
avenue has advertised his steam yacht
for sale, and another plumber of almost
equal notoriety, living in Brooklyn,
sold, early last week, 100000 worth
of railway securities to enable him to
pay his grocers' and wine merchants
bills for the last six months"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26
Rich Men i'm New York.

It is said, and doubtless truly, that in
1880, little less than fifty years ago,
only one citizen of New York, John
Jacob Aston, was worth more than
$1,000,000. Nothing can better illustrate
the growth of wealth here than this
fact, which now seems surprising
enough. Millionaires are very plenty
in these days, so very plenty that they
are hardly taken into account. Every
few days somebody dies leaving an es-
tate valued at over 81, 100000; and yet
the mass os our old inhabitants may not
even have heard his name. It has been
asserted that there are at present in the
metropolis fully 500 men whose prop
erty is estimated at $1,000,000 and up
ward. Such citizens as William IL.
Vanderbilt, John Jacob Astor, Henry
Hilton, George Law, Moses Taylor,
Royal Phelps, A. A. Low, Peter Coop
er, Alexander and Robert L. Stuart,
Horace b. Clahin, E. S. Jaffray, James
Gordon Bennett, William FL. Appleton,
August Belmont, G. p. Huntington,
Anthony j. Drexel, Levi P. Morton,
James Brown, Amos r. Reno and dozens
of Others who might be named are pre-
sumed to be millionaires over and over
again. Half a century has made won
derful changes here in other things than
private fortunes. Then the city had
little more than 100000 people; N ow
including adjacent towns and the popu-
lation properly ours within radius of
fifty miles of Union square, it includes
not far from 100000. Then Chambers
street wss far uptown, the City Hall
Park was the principal park, we had no
hotels, newspapers, libraries, theaters
worthy of the name, we had no ocean
crossing steamers, no modern improve
ments, few foreign fashions, no regularly
recurring defalcations, little official or
legislative corruption, no stupendous
municipal debt, no reckless ambitions,
no "booming" Wall street, not many
Injuries, but an amazing amount of pub
lie and private honesty. What revolu-
tons fifty years have produced! When
we look back through the light of his.
tory, it seems as if 1880 must have been
all OF FIVE centuries ago.-Nelc York
PdDeT.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26

THE United States Commissioner of
Pensions has issaed circular for the
protection of pension claimants against
the unjust exactions of class of attor-
news who, after having obtained a power
of attorney from the claimant and pos
session of his papers. demand the pay
ment of their fees in advance, as a con-
dition of proceeding with the prosecu-
ton of the claim. He says that this
practice has been extensively pursued
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26

CHICAGO now has right to claim the
proud title of the city of hogs. In 1854
Chicago murdered only 52,S49 hogs,
while Cincinnati killed 421,000. This
year Cincinnati slaughtered 1854,
while hoggish Chicago got away with
100000. Even st. Louis is ahead OF
Cincinnati on the hog business. In the
latter city this year 979, 26l porkers de-
parted this life.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26

AN odd and altogether delightful
wedding is described by the Portland
(Ore.) Bee. In the town of Port
Townsend, Ore, a young man won the
love of young woman, encountering
at the same time the stern opposition Of
the girls parents. The father and big
brothers of the girl went so far, indeed,
as to threaten personal injury to the
lover should he persist in his atten-
tions. A few days ago the lover ap-
peared at the door of the house in
which his sweetheart was as Gagged
bird. In his right hand the desperate
youth carried a rifle, cooked and
primed. On his left was preacher.
The old folks came down like raccoons
from a tree. They produced the girl
and the two were married in the front
yard. After the ceremony the hus-
band shouldered his rifle and with the
bride on his arm walked triumphantly
off
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26

by certain Washington agents, who
have, under this pressure, been able to
collect from their clients large amount
of money, and that the complaints and
protests OF the claimants are both
numerous and bitter. Claimants will
hereafter file their claims at the
Pension Office, and the correspondence
will be carried on with the claimant
direct
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26

EIGHT of the eleven members of the
House Committee on Indian Affasri
are in favor of letting each State take
care of it's own Indians. This plan
would afford the people of Colorado
their much desired opportunity of wag-
ing war of determination.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26
I" Woven Air."

The Decca muslins of India are
among the most wonderful evidences Of
the hand-skill of the strange people of
the mysterious East. These fabrics,
which are spun and woven entirely by
hand, and are the product of obscure
and curious processes, unknown to and
unattainable by the Western nations,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26
The State Grange.

At the meeting of the State Grange,
last week, great deal of Legislation for
the order was perfected. The Secre-
tary's report shows a membership of
10000 in the State, with 800 oranges in
good standing. The receipts of the
treasury for the year have been
$4,92353, beside receipts for Grange
Visitor The expenditures aside from
Grange Visitor were $4,543.OS. The
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26
The Trlle @urthsrmsr.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1879.

THE reduction in rent made by Mr..
Parnell to his Irish tenants is 80 per
cent. less than that made lasG year by
the Duke of Bedford (who has no Irish
property to his English tenants, and
less tnan that made by many Irish land
lo.Ja
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26
The Longest Avenue in the World.

DR.. Finsch, in his just published
travels to Western Siberia, tells us that
the great road from Nijni-Novgorod to
Tiumen, in Siberia, is bordcred, with a
few gaps, by an alley of birches, which
are sometimes in double rows. This, as
DR.. Finsch ventures to conjecture, must
be the longest avenue in the world. 1t
was planted by order of Catherine H.,
and was to have been continued to Irk-
utsk. It was forbidden under the
severest penalties-banjshment to ST.
IBERIA or death-to fell the smallest of
these trees, precaution without which
this unique avenue would never have
been finished. M any of these trees
are now shattered by age, and those
planted in their stead are no longer
protected against damage or destruc-
ton by laws SO severe as formerly. But
it is pretty well known that the Rus
sian is Indifferent or hostile to trees.
On the other hand, as the winter SHOWS
become heared up in mounds around
their trunks, which renders the road
difficult for sledges, it is serious ques-
ton whether this avenue should not be
taken away.-London Times.
A u
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26

Four colored men in Georgia are
worth over $4,000 each. The total
value of property owned by colored
men in that State is So, 1872 1893.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26

THE Russian missionaries in Japan
have succeeded in converting 1000
Japanese to their faith.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26
TOTAL TAX ''''.'''''''''''''' '''''''''9 i'V'''"
~ aJd;t;op to this. the other State an
ing out and flling up 5000 vaul

In addition to this, the other State and
county taxes will make the entire
amount foot up to an aggregate of Z
per cent. Tor 1880. But the Avalanche
wants to know IF it costs double that
sum, and the people are compelled to
pay 100000 to clean up the town and
free it from liability to epidemics, is
not that less expensive than for 10000
inhabitants to flee for their lives every
summer, and remain for four months
wandering refugees
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26

THE sanitary reforms that are pro.
posed in Memphis will amount to over
81 100000. Here are the items:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-26

GIN. GRANT says that japan is the
England of the East.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-03
The Lower James.

Among the delightful places in this worio
yo,v more abound in the sources OF satlsfac
tion and human tractability and sentleness
than the spacious and serene estates OF the
lower James. And we may with truth say
that nowhere else in the broad space OF hu'
man activity, in the two centuries that emu
cd with the beginning of the war, has there
been such continuous, liberal, ana grateiul
display Of all that tended TO make man dls'
nifed, cheerful, and contented.
sad has been the change since the socla
revolution that emanated from the war.
PIT upon this it were best not to dwell; for
there still remains the material for eieVatln@
that mart OF Virginia to condition OF great
civil and social prosperity and happiness.
Gradually the hand OF improvement IS
making its impression, and gradually are
the men and the means for redeemlng the
country from It's prostration being gathered
about the lovely lands Of the lower James
river. But recently Mr. e. G. BOOTH, OF
PHILADELPHIA, an old Virginian, rs we say,
but Young to us, has purchased the famous
old estate OF "The Grove" that originally
belonged to Governor ROBERT CARTER,
known as !" King CARTER" This estate is
situated upon BurweIps bay, six miles
from Williamsburg. and is most IA
nous for the "reminiscences that cluster
about it, and is remarkable as one
OF the most noted OF superb residences OF
provincial days. Mr.. BOOTH has had it
renovated and restored as well as he can to
its early elegance, and proposes that it Snail
be the place OF meeting on occasions soon to
arrive OF celebrations interesting to tie
Commonwealth and agreeable for their fes'
tai pleasures, and we but say what we
know when we say that any meeting there
will be happy.
Furthermore, the vast accumulations OF
shells which stand upon the shores OF the
James river at this point like Notifications
for defence are found to be uncommonly
rich in fertiliziug properties, and prepare
tions are in progress to make these banks
available for farming purposes.
Mr.. BooTu will bring these matters
TO public notice. AS one OF the step:
towards bringing the lower James into
notice we very readily make thi:
statement. We can add that the valley
affords vast attractions to persons who
are looking towards James river. The
Richmond and Allegheny railroad, now be
lieYed to be an assured fact, will add largely
to the advantages and promises OF the lower
James as well as the upper, and we shall ii
the near future see that in the whole valley
from the mountains to the sen, which will
make the Virginia heart "jump for Joy"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-03
Rate of Interest,

A bill has been pending in the New York
Legislature for some time fixing six per cent
rs the legal interest for that State. The
commercial community displays very little
interest in it. Money is so completely mat
ter OF commerce in New York that the rate oil
interest is regulated almost entirely byagrec'
ment between the parties to each transaction
Nevertheless, we should think it best fol
matters OF settlement and Gduciary regula-
tons that so prominent State as New York
should have legal rate of interest better
adapted to the general usage than that which
now prevails. New York has Seren per
cent, while, beng o leader in commerce,
her rate should not exceed six per cent.
We have all along advocated the estab-
lisbment OF national rate Of interest by
Congress. TO this opinion we still hold.
We are clear for the general welfare"
ruling wherever it would be better that it
should. We are strong enough States
rights to advocate the authority OF the
States where they can better decide and adj
minister affairs than the Federal Govern
ment, but whenever the general welfare
suggests that the Federal Government
should intervene we are In favor of that.
UnquestionabIy we should have national
rate OF interest.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-03
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l~AA
The small party. Of obstruetianists WIG
have persis.ently blocked the business .. .oe
common wealth have succeeded IN mahins
an extra session Inevitable. There has oeen
! majority ready for many days 70 complete
the business Of adjusting the State dept !;
hut the consunnation Of measure so ina,
portant to The people, SO cordially oes'rea
BY them, Is, made secondary 70 The VIM
iic,iye partisanry and censuraoie per.
sonal aspirations Of small body 81
nubiic representatives. The people ought
to Know these persons, and their obiec-
tionable action ought TO eliminate them
from the class OF public servants. sihey
are not entitled to public trust; for they
have not the public devotion nor tbe free,
dom from partisan, preindices that W W
entitle them TO public confidence.
We are sure that The Executive Of th '
state win discharge bis, public obligations
and we are sure that the conclusion q the
legislative session will result in the triumph
Of right and the restoration of Virginia 10
peace and good order. !. ,.ts...