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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07
An Old.Time Duel.

Among the many bloody duels on
record as having been fought by Con-
gressmen was one in which James Jack
son, of Georgia, who had been and who
was afterward United States Senator,
was the challenged party. He was an
Englishman, like the hero of "Pina-
FORE" by birth, but he went to Savan-
nah when lad, studied law, was lead
ing Mason, and fought CALAMITY in the
Revolutionary war. He killed Lieut..
Gov. Wells in 1880 in duel, and was
engaged in several affairs of honor, un-
til he finally determined to accept a
challenge on such terms as would make
it his last duel. So he prescribed as
the terms that each party-armed with
a double barreled gun loaded with buck
shot, and with a hunting-knife-should
row himself in skiff to designated
points on opposite sides of the Savan-
nah river. When the city clock struck
II, each party should start and row his
skiff to small island in the middle OF
the river, which was wooded and GOV.
cred with underbrush. On arriving al
the island each party was to moor his
skiff, stand by it for ten minutes, and
then 60 about on the island until the
meeting took place. The seconds wait
ed on the main land until about
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07

Mr.. JAMES g. FLOOD is building a
magnificent house at Menlo Park, CAL,
the wood finish of the interior of which
is now being got out at the average cost
of dollar foot. He lays all parts OF
the world under contribution for the
choicest varieties of wood, and over sew.
enty-fve expert artisans in this line will
be at work upon the material for about
a year. The supply consists principal
ly of rosewood, mahogany, bird's-eye
maple, satin, white holly, and oak. The
main hall and staircases are to be
finished in bright mahogany, the re-
ception and drawing rooms in polished
satin wood; the library in black and
gold cherry; the mushroom in rose
wood, the dining-room and billiard.
room in black walnut; chambers and
boudoirs in bird's-eye maple; the rear
of the second story in Prima Vera wood
and blinds of white holly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07

THEY have no civil damage act in
Germany, but even there the necessity
of some restriction upon the sale of al
coholic liquors to such as have not suf:
ficient discretion to use them properly
appears to be conceded. In various dis
tricts, by authority of general instruc-
tions proceeding from the Government,
the police have prohibited tavern-k keep
ers from selling or otherwise furnishing
to minors under the age of Is, appren-
tees, or persons mentally deranged or
weak, any distilled spirituous liquors
of whatever description, and similar
prohibition will apply to sales to con
firmed drunkards, whenever the names
of these latter have been given to the
liquor vendors with proper caution.
Disobedience of these orders will be
punishable by fine and imprisonment
but they are not intended to apply to
the sale of beer, the consumption OF
which has never been found to cause
injury to anybody. The police orders
are to be posted in prominent place in
every tavern. This news must make
German liquor sellers in America feel
less prosecuted and forlorn.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07
THANKSGIVING.

PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.
At no recurrence of tho season which the
devout habits of a religious people has made
the occasion for giving thanks to Almighty
God and humbly invoking His continued ia
vor has the material prosperity enjoyed by our
whole country been more conspicuous, more
manifold, or more universal During the
past year, also, unbroken peace with all for
eign nations the general prevalence Of domes-
tic tranquility, the supremacy and security OF
the great institutions OF civil and religious free
dom, have gladdened the hearts Of our people
and confirmed their attachment to the Govern
ment which the wisdom and courage Of our
ancestors 30 fifty framed, and the wisdom and
courage of their descendants have so firmly
maintained, to be the habitation of liberty and
Justice to successive generations
Now, therefore, /, Rutherford B. Hayes,
President OF the United states, do appoint
Thursday, the 9th day of November, instant,
as day OF national thanksgiving and prayer,
and earnestly recommend that, withdrawing
themselves from secular cares and labor, the
people Of the United States do meet together on
that day in their respective places OF worship,
there 10 give thanks and praise to Almighty
God for His mercies, and to devoutly beseech
their continuance.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal Of the United States
to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this Sd day
of November, in the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy nine, and
of the independence of the United States the
one hundred and fourth.
TSeal RUTHERFORD Is. HAYES.
By the President
WILLIAM NJ EvARTs, Secretary Of State.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07
A Paradise for SpOrtsmen.

The country all through Northern
Minnesota abounds in lakes and lake
lets from an eighth of mile to ten and
twelve miles in length, and there are
said to be 10000 of them in the State,
and large proportion of them are said
to abound with fish and game. Those
who have travelled through it tell me it
is perfect paradise for sportsmen, and,
indeed, large parties of gentlemen from
other States, as well as from Europe
and the provinces, visit this section
annually in pursuit of game and sport,
and health as consequent upon such
pursuits. The first evening arrived
one of these sportsmen came into the
hotel in the evening, followed by two
men carrying strings of birds, COM
prised mainly of ducks, but with few
prairie pheasants, chickens and par
tridges, and few woodcock; but the
great weight of game-of which there
must have been over $50 birds-were
of the mallard duck; with few red
heads and canvasbacks, and here and
there sprinkled through the string were
a greenwing or redwing teal or diver.
These, as was informed, were the re-
suit of one days shooting from one
gun. The birds are easily reached by
those who are experienced in shooting
them, and so abundant are they that
you can get a brace of splendid mallards,
in prime condition, for 80 cents, or a
dozen brace for $2.50.-Cor. Montreal
Herald
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07

THE United States Economist says
A constant and steady export of wheat
and breadstuffs will occur throughout
the fall and winter months, and as the
season advances it would not be sur
prising if prices would gradually grow
firmer. 1t is unfortunate for the gen
eral welfare of the country that great
operators in grain manipulate the mar
ket in wheat as they do stocks in Wal
street. By concerted action they can
corner wheat as they do railroad stocks
and thereby unsettle values to the
hindrance of legitimate business.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07
Six Miles to School.

One of Dickens characters, Mark
Tapley, was noted for being Jolly under
difficulties. How many school-boys
would initiate the remarkable Mark and
be jolly if they had to walk six miles to
school and back every day? Yet Sir
Titus Salt, the founder of the model
manufacturing town. Saltaire, used to
do it when boy of 9 years.
The village in which this young Salt
lived could boast of no better educator
than woman who kept dame school.
AS the parents of a number of boys
wished to give them classical and COM
mercial education, they sent their sons
to a school six miles distant, kept by a
clergyman.
The boys started early in the morn
ing, carrying their dinners with them,
Titus being an oatmeal cake and kettle
of milk. In winter he often had to go
in the dark mornings and milk the COW
himself for his daily supply.
But the lads never thought of COM
planning of the length of the journey.
1t was bracing constitutional" and
they made the road ring with their
CHEEKY voices. They would rendez-
vous at an appointed time and certain
spot. Those who were in time wrote
their names on piece of slate. This
was put in well-known hole III wall,
that the late-comers might see who had
been punctual and gone on their way.
So far from doing them any harm,
this daily journey strengthened the
boys constitutions and developed their
bodies. When Titus became man he
had working-power which enabled
him to do large amount of labor with
but slight fatigue.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07

WILLIAM r. COOPER, the American
forger, appears to have got up sensa-
tional scene when he received his SEN
tence the other day in London. He
stretched out his hands imploringly,
wept, moaned, described the beautiful
home" he had stolen, and then cried !:
"My crime is the greater because my
wife would have followed me to the end
of tue earth, and would have shared my
last crust of bread in poverty" The
court seemed to agree with him, for it
calmly sentenced him to five years
penal servitude, with the understanding
that the high toned plunderer would
then be turned over to the United
States.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07
THE Methodist Bishop Peck weigh

THE Methodist Bishop Peck weighs
800 pounds, and while sleeping at a
friends house in Syracuse, n. Y, re.
Gently, the bed on which he reposed
suddenly gave way in the middle of the
night, and came down with tremen-
dous crash. "Wh-what's the matter
Bishop?" cried the host, rushing ur
stairs in his night-gown. "Ah, nothing
particular, brother" mumbled the dig
nitary from beneath chaos of quilts
mattresses and bed-posts, "only tel
your wife if I'm not here in the morn
ing to look for me in the cellar"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07
Abd.eI.Kader.

"Praise be to God alone. Mr.. Stod-
dard, in Damascus, has this day called
on me" is a translation of the lines
written by ADD elKader when Mr..
Charles Warren Stoddard, few weeks
ago, requested an autograph in Arabic
from that warlike Algerine chief, who is
now, with his Moorish retinue, an exile
in Damascus. Abd-el-Kader, one of the
few chiefs of pure Arab blood who is
permitted to wear the sacred green
turban of Mohammed, was the man who
fought the French so hard, only to be
conquered in Part, but appeased alto
gether by an annuity of 100000 francs
from the French Government. Mr..
Stoddard found his man in palace of
purple and gold, and proceeded to inter-
view him for the benefit of the San
Francisco Chronicle. Add wore loose
robe of blue silk, lined with purple, and
scarlet "tarboosh, wound with white
turban. His feet were bare, the nails
being polished in pink, as are the pearls
that tip the fingers of beauty. Sun
shine flooded the court. The fountains,
like plume spangled with diamonds,
quivered in little orange-scented gales.
Young slaves, arrayed like birds of Para
disc, recIned in white pavilion, every
eye watchful of the masters slightest
motion. From kiosk, deluged with
roses, came the music of lutte. Add
impaired to Mr. Stoddard the informa-
ton that he spends his time in medita-
ton upon Arabian poetry, and then, ac-
companying the interviewer to the
street. shook hands three times and
bowed to the EARTH
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07

replace satisfactorily as loyal subjects
and citizens. The Government is try
ing to get the needed labor supplies
from the South Sea islands, but the
owners of the Hawaiian sugar estates,
who care only for their own business
interests, are perfectly willing to take
the cheaper Chinese. Over 1000 Chi
namen arrived at Honolulu in the Sec
ond half of last year, which, consider
ing the scanty population of the islands,
is pretty heavy immigration.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07
The Wrong Roll i'm the Right Place.

A gentleman at Darien who had been
on collecting tour returned home the
other night with about 81, 200 in his
pocket. He locked every door, and was
so nervous that he didn't know wheth.
Ell he was foot or horseback. After
he and his wife had undressed and got
into bed, he got up and put the roll OF
money into his wife's stocking. In the
morning when he got up he found his
money in his pantaloons pocket, and
asked his wife if she wasn't astonished
when she found that roll of money in
her stocking. She said she didn't ind
any roll in her stocking. He told he1
that he put it in her stocking the night
before. She insisted that if he did he
must have got up in his sleep and taken
it out. He insisted on examining hel
stockings, to see if any of the roll had
remained there. She thought she felt
something kind of binding around hel
toes. Finally she took off her shoe and
stocking, and found a half-pound roll
of hne-cut chewing tobacco nicely
TANNED in about her toes. He said
that beat the deuce, and she said it haG
taken the skin off her toes That day
the man was very free with his tobacco
giving anybody chew who wanted it
When the people of Darien, who accept
ed his inequalities, read this, and know
that they helped chew that tobacco tina
the lady had worn in her shoe for |
couple of hours, they will say words
that they ought to be ashamed Of
MilUdukee Sun.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07
A Letter. Carrier Who Couldn't.

One of the letter-carriers, who has a
district in the northern part of the city,
was yesterday bustling along Woodward
avenue at his best gait, when he met a
portly, motherly woman, who halted
him and asked:
BE you acquainted all around
town."
Yes'm," was his hurried reply.
"You know where the City Hall Mar
ket is, then?"
"Yes'm."
well, I'm in peck of trouble.
This morning / sert down by my old
man after tomatoes, onions, red-pepper
and caulifower, to make chow-chow.
He sent up everything but the onions,
and can't go ahead until get 'em.
Nov, you look sort o. honest, and if you
would only take Is cents and run down
for the onions I'd take it as great favor
indeed"
Why, ma'am, / couldn't think OF
til" he replied.
Couldn't do just that much to oblige
woman who has always been kind to
boys?'
Pm letter-carrier, you see, and"
"I'll hold the sack while you are
gone. Come, now, that's a good boy.
Remember to get the small white on
ions, and if there's any change left over
you can keep it."
He tried to convince her how utterly
impossible 1t was, but as he hurried on
she called after him:
q never Saw such disobliging young
mani / don't believe you'd even bring
in my ice if should promise you a
fried cake !"--DetrOU Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07
The total wheat Weld of the United

The total wheat yield of the United
States for 1879 is estimated at GAL 300,
900 bushels. From the area estimated
as sown this fall, and to be sown next
spring, 6O0,O0O,0O0 bushels is predicted
as the gross amount for 1880. The
great crop of the winter wheat of 1875
can scarcely be followed by one SC
large; it must winter well, and be fol
lowed by rather dry and cool summer
Whatever the crop may be, it will prob
ably sell at fair prices.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07

o'clock, when they heard three gun
shots and loud and angry cries. Then
all was still. At daylight, as had been
agreed upon, the seconds went to the
island and found Jackson lying on the
ground, insensible from the loss of
blood, and his antagonist lying across
him dead. Jackson recovered, but
would never relate his experience that
night, nor was he ever challenged again.
He died in Washington, serving his
second term as United States Senator,
March 10, 1906.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07
ROthschild's Maxims.
The late Baron Rothschild had the II

The late Baron Rothschild had the fol-
lowing maxims framed on his bank-walls
Attend carefully to details of your businessi
Be prompt in all thingsl
Consider well, then decide positively
Dare 10 do right Fear to do wrong
Endure trials patiently
Fight LIES battle bravely, manfully!
Go not in the society of the viciousl
Hold integrity sacred!
Injure not another's reputation or business
Join hands only with the virtuous
Keep your mind from evil thoughts
Lie not for any consideration
Make few acquaintancesl
Never try to appear what you are not!
Observe good manrersl
Paw your debts promptly!
Question not the verscity Of friendl
Respect the counsel OF your parents
Sacrifice money rather than principle!
Touch not, taste not, handle not intoxicating
drinks
Use your leisure time for Improvement
Venture not upon the threshold of wrong,
Watch carefully over your passionsl
'Xtend TO every one a kindly salutationl
Yield not TO discouragementl
Zealously labor for the right.
& success Is certain
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The New Liquor Law michigan.

The New Liquor Law o michigan.
The new State Liquor law of Michigan
provides that taxes shall be paid as
follows:
Upon the business of retailing spiritu-
Gus, intoxicating or mixed liquors the
sum of 5000 per annum.
Upon the business of retailing malt,
brewed or fermented liquors, a tax of
500 per annum.
For brewed or malt liquors, at whole
sale or wholesale and retail, the sum of
$3.50 per annum.
For spirituous or intoxicating liquors,
at wholesale or wholesale and retail, a
tax of $500 per annum.
Manufacturing malt or brewed
liquors, in quantities of 800 barrels or
less, sos; and $25 upon each additional
1000 barrels thereof.
Manufacturing spirituous or intoxi-
eating liquors, $400.
1t also provides that corporations
shall not allow places where liquor is
sold to be kept open after 10 o'clock p.
m. In places not governed by munich
pal authorities the hour for closing is 9
o'clock.
There are also some collateral pro-
visions for the government of dealers,
etc. A failure to comply with nearly
all the provisions of this act is punisha-
BILE by a fine of not less than $50, nor
more than 800, and by imprisonment in
the county Jail not less than ten nor more
than ninety days, and each and every day
engaged in such business, without the
payment of the tax Or neglect of GER
tain regulations, shall be deemed a
separate violation of the act. Officers
of the law who neglect to enforce the
provisions of the act are also subjected
to penalties.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07

The Chinese continue to pour into
the Hawaiian islands in such numbers
that the question of how TO stop them
is growing to be of serious Importance.
They constitute already over fifth OF
the entire population, and are almost
all males. They are useful on the
sugar plantations, but they do not as
simulate with the native population,
whose extinction they threaten at an
early day, and whom they will hardly
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07
Another Big Wheat Crop Predicted.

Wheat seeding in Southern Illinois,
Indiana and Ohio is completed. Never
before in the history of the country was
so large crop planted. The area in
Illinois and Indiana is from 80 to 100
per cent. greater than that of any pre-
vious season. The appearance of the
young grain is at present very promis-
ing, except in few localities where the
Hessian fly has made its appearance.
The weather has been very favorable so
far-the drought not being sufficient to
affect the growth of the grain. Should
the crop winter well, and meet with no
drawbacks in the spring, the yield of
wheat in the Central West in 1880 will
be far greater than that of the present
year. The present high price of grain
and the prospect of continued heavy
foreign demand have induced farmers
greatly to increase their usual breadth
of territory for wheat. and neglect other
grains.-Cincinnah Commercial.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07

THE deficit in the sugar-beet crop is
reported as between % and 80 per cent.
less this year than last. 1t will have an
important bearing on the price of cane
sugar when it is remembered that beet
sugar is identical with that of cane
sugar, and that the beet.sugar manu-
facture covers about one-third of the
sugar product of the world.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07

A TIGER from a menagerie was dis
covered in field fourteen miles from
Philadelphia, just before dawn, few
mornings ago. A farmer thought it
was sick COW until he got within few
feet of the beast, when the animals ac-
tions convinced him that it was in a
state of the most buoyant health. The
beast was finally killed by party of
villagers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07

HERE is q little gem of obituary
poetry" taken from the columns of the
Philadelphia Ledger. 1t is supposed to
embody the last words of young ball
player, called away when at the door of
a national reputation:
Put away my Turkish trousers
And my flannel hat.
Give my shoes to Tommy.
Also my big bat.
Tell the boys i hate TO leave them
Minus a shor'-stop.
But my record can't be beaten;
In batting I'm on top.
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Che Trlle Aurthermer.


A CHINESE will, written in the Celes-
tial text, has been filed for probate in
New York. 1t is the first time docu-
ment in the fire-cracker vernacular has
ever found its way to the New York
Surrogate's office.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07

The following table from German
authority shows strlkingly the products
of various countries in wheat, as COM
pared with last year, in per cent. 1t
will be seen that, while this years pro-
duct is less than that of last years great
crop, England makes the worst showing
of any country:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07

TRAINS on South Carolina railroads
have been greatly delayed by the diff
Guilty to get water along their routes.
Streams were never so low through
the country at this season, and the
tanks are as dry as the barren rocks in
the wilderness.
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his body. The unfortunate man lin
gered till next morning, when he died.
Essick will survive, but is badly in
jured. He has the reputation of being
a splendid mechanic, and is regarded as
very careful and judicious. Brooks was
a five.year convict, and his term would
have expired next June.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07

A NUMBER of Swiss colonists have
just purchased $4,000 acres in Nebraska.
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Horrible Accident at the House of Correction.
A frightful accident occurred at the
House of Correction, at Ionia, one even
ing last week.
For some reason or other the gas did
not burn as brightly as desired, and
Engineer Louis Essick, most capable
officer, accompanied by Charles Brooks,
convict, went by means of ladder
down into the pit containing the gaso-
line tanks, to pump out some oil,
as there was surplus of generating
material. AS the convict was carrying
pailful of the oil up the ladder he
spilled a quantity of the stuff on his
clothing and over lantern, which was
carelessly placed under the ladder, and
Immediately portion of the pit
was enveloped in flames, and Brooks
was wrapped in fire. Essick heroically
helped his companion through the open.
ing, and afterward crawled out himself
though terribly burned.
Brooks on reaching open air ran
toward the main building, but soon fell
down. An officer hurried to his side
and with difficulty put out the flames
after he was shockingly burned about
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-04-05

q loaded pistol in his overcoa,
pocket, and who care!sssly threw
down the coat
"And then again. n boy onghl
be ashamed to carry u pistol,
espec'all, 70 .ded o ~. The p's-
session at s,'cii u ttiing IL ~ pr,m,i
that be- expects to ga aiming virIou
people. Ii he gs'rs int. good -.,.i-
ETY.. and hat honest, manly fellow,
for his compan'u,s. he will n,.
ue-d u pi~tol. A L'ad+d pist, I il,
u boys psx'ket IL rot ssssiy usel+s4
aud dangerous. but als~s il xl,uos,
Always stamps him ~ bad hay,
ar one who wishes tn assssciais
with bad boys aud vicious men. -
st. Nicholas