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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25

Below we give some of the more i'm
portant provisions of the liquor laws of
1879:
Act No. 267 forbids the sale of any in
toXicating beverage To minors, intoXi-
Gated persons, habitual drunkards, or in
IL room where billiards, pool, pigeon
hole or games of chance are played
Requires bars to be closed on Sundays,
election or legal holidays, and from p.
M, till 6 a. m, week days. In cities
and villages they may be open till 10 p.
m, unless otherwise ordered.
Druggists may sell for medicine at any
time, but must keep n record of name,
date and proposed use, under heavy pen
alties for neglect, and like penalties to be
visited On person obtaining it from
them under false pretenses.
Furnishes person drunk in any pub
lie place or assemblage by fine OF So
and costs, Imprisonment not exceeding
twenty days, or both fine and imprison-
ment.
Requires Justices TO question persons
before them for intoXication as to when,
where and how they got the liquor, and
to arrest and prosecute those furnishing
it them.
Act 268 fixes the amount of tax re-
quired from persons i'll various branches
of the traffic, as follows Retailing spir-
its, $500 per annum retailing malt or
fermented liquors, $65 wholesaling
malt or fermented liquors, $50; whole
sailing spirits, $400. Retailers are those
selling 10y the drink, or in quantities
five gallons or less.
The sale of wine or cider from fruits
raised or gathered in this State is not
taxable, unless it is sold by the drink.
Keeping or storing spirituous liquors
on premises having only a beer Ii
cense is priDa.facie evidence of crook
edness.
Druggists selling only for chemical,
scientific, or medical purposes are ex-
empt, upon filing bond with the County
Treasurer, in the penal sum of $500, to
be prosecutedfo for by the Prosecuting At
torney if he has reason to believe the
conditions have been violated.
Engaging in the sale of Intoxicating
liquors before paying the tax i'll full md
having the receipt conspicuously dis
played is punishable by fine, not less
than $50 nor more than 800. or inn
prisonment not less than ten days nor
more than ninety, and each day consti-
tutes new offense.
Persons enlarging business without
paying the enlarged tax and posting re-
ceipt may be fined 800, imprisoned in
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25
4 Wonderful Clock.

The most astonishing thing con-
temporary ever heard of in the way of a
timepiece is clock described by Hin
doc Raiah as belonging to native
Prince of Upper India, and jealousy
guarded as the rarest treasure of his
luxurious palace. In front of the clock
disk was gong, swung upon poles, and
near it was a pile of artificial human
limbs. The pile was made up of the full
number of parts of twelve perfect bod
les, but all lay heaped together IN
seeming confusion. Whenever the
hands of the clock indicated the hour of
/, out from the pile crawled just the
number of parts needed to form the
frame of one man, part ioi"ing itself to
part, with quick, metallic click and,
when completed, the figure sprang up,
seized a mallet, and, walking up to the
gong, struck one blow that sent the
sound pealing through every room and
corridor of the stately palace This
done, he returned to the pile and fell to
pieces again. When 2o'clock came, two
men arose and did likewise and SO
through all the hours, the number of
figures being the same as the number of
the hour, till at noon and midnight the
entire heap sprang up and, marching to
the gong, struck one after another each
his blow, and then fell to pieces.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25
japanese Coin in San Francisco.

1t is becoming noticeable that class
of small, thin japanese coins, of insignifi-
cant value, is being put extensively, into
circulation in this city for great deal
more than they are intrinsically worth.
The coins are really worth about three
cents, but are make to do duty for the
United States half dime. This practice
has been observed on street railroad in
making change for passengers. The con-
slant appearance of these coins seems to
indicate the existence of Syndicate"
for speculative purposes. The specula-
ton is very contemplate fraud, which
the public may resist by refusing to ac-
cept three-cent japanese coin for five
cent piece. In one instance ten-dollar
roll of supposed five-cent pieces, OBJ
tanned from broker, was found to con-
tain thirty -three-cent japanese jokers,
worth only ninety cents, but intended to
he passed for 1.50 The roll was re-
turned, and the broker made up the diff
ference. San Francisco alta.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25
An Infaliible Sign.

A prisoner in the Detroit Police Court
charged with drunkenness, made such
earnest denials that his Honor deemed
it his duty to closely cross-examine the
officer in the case.
How do you know that the prisoner
was drunk ?" he asked.
"Well, he was trying to balance him
self on picket fence while he made u
speech, was the reply.
Hasn't citizen a right to stand on q
picket fence if he prefers ?" queried the
prisoner 81 always make my speeches
from the top of a fence-always."
"Any other signs ?" asked the court.
"He spoke about its being the glori-
Gus Fourth, your Honor"
&" 'Sposen l did? Can't man be
few days off in his reckoning without
being drunk? L can't lug an almanac
around in my pocket just to keep the run
of dates. / presume L said the glorious
twenty-fourth, but he maliciously mis-
understood me.
"What else?
"When | went to collar him he said
he was the great American eagle.
"What if / did ?" retorted the man.
I" We are all great Am erican eagles, for
that matter. Is it against any law of this
nd of liberty to be an American eagle ?"
His Honor hesitated, but finally asked
1.-The officer for any further sign.
"Well, when / got him collared he
said he wanted me to distinctly under
stand that he was a gentleman-a perfect
gentleman-iust as much of n gentle
man as any gentleman III town."
81 can no longer doubt that he was
drunk, and he is fined 50 !" promptly re-
marked the court, and the guilty man
was ordered to fall back and make room
for the next.-Frce Press.
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American Slang.

There perhaps is nothing marking the
English spoken in this country which
gives rise to SO much concern as the as
serted prevalence of slang; certainly
there is nothing more common than the
depreciation of its use. 1t Is often
spoken of as the chief danger which
threatens the English tongue, at least
as employed by us. Most of us have
probably heard or read assertions tothat
effect many of us have possibly made
such assertions ourselves yet no evil
dence has ever been brought forward to
show that more slang is produced or
used in this country than in England.
That what is produced here is far more
racy, varied and vigorous is plain enough
from the appreciation it meets there.
But even if il he conceded that our soil
is more favorable to its growth, that
need not be looked upon MS great ca
lamity. Slang performs an important
and, indeed, u necessary part in the
development of speech. Expression
has, also, a tendency to become weak in
the literary language, just as, unfortu-
nately, the individual in the process Of
becoming civilized is too apt to gain
genteness mt the expense of vigor
Less power is felt in some way to exist
in the words, and SO close is the relation
between the thought and the garment
with which it is clothed that the former
seems often to share in the flimsiness of
the latter. 1t is this gradual process of
weakening which slang comes in to
counteract. The word is new, but the
thing is old. Slang is the great feeder
of vigorous expressions for in its very
nature it is an effort to state more con-
cisely and more strongly what the es-
tablished speech is felt to say too diff
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25

TEARS, chemically considered, are a
weak solution of chloride of sodium and
phosphate of lime, the overflow of the
lachrymal glands, caused by the con-
traction of certain muscles. A writer
who has analysed them cas- weapon T"
says: "The best method is TO hold the
head erect, look the cruel tyrant in the
face, and let the tears flow down while
the lips feign smile. If the head be
bent forward, the tears will be likely to
run down the nose and drop off at the
end, and that spoils the whole thing, for
the eyes get red, and the nose sympa-
thizes with the general moisture, and
gets sort of raw look at the end. To
use tears with effect requires, in fact,
Judgment The effectiveness is gone as
soon as any hopping begins. A light
hysterical shuttle may be permitted if
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25

the county Jail three months, or both,
and so additional to be paid to the in
formant
1t is the duty of all officers and citi-
zens to notify the Prosecuting Attorney
of all infractions of this law, and he
shall forthwith prosecute the persons
violating its provisions.
Any officer whose duty it is to see the
provisions of the act enforced, and will
fully neglecting or refusing to do SO,
shall be liable to a penalty of 500 for
each and every offense.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25

fusibly and too feebly OF course, it is
not an unmixed benefit. Much Of il is
silly much of it is vulgar most of it
il worthless; but from the countless
words and phrases which spring up in
communities where men think and act
earnestly the literary language, with
almost infallible instinct, will gain some
thing to recruit its own exhausted ener-
eies ana to impart to its expression adj
ditional fitness and force.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25

The British lion fairly bowls with rage.
Gladstone is denounced as an ass, and
the surly Briton swears that he will
"give him the gait at the next cleo
ton. The cause of all this agony is
that Gladstone is compelled, owing to
the Afghan affair, to increase the income
tax from fivepence to sevenpence i'll the
pound This means rise i'll the price
af "bittah beer" you know. The rails
ing of the income tax by Mr.. Gladstone,
who has advocated its abolition, must
cause him to vince.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25

A SINGULAR feature of our export
trade is shown in the fact that America
has so developed her facilities as to I'M
derbid even the Russians i'll laying
down wheat at Odessa itself. This
causes the Russians to complain about
as much as the English would do if
America should begin to export coal to
Newcastle, for Odessa has long been the
principal depot for the grain trade of
Europe. Wheat is as plentiful as dirt
in the interior of Russia, but the freights
charged by railway and Black sea steam
ship lines are SO excessive that mer-
chants find it cheaper to bring grain
from America The cost in Odessa of
bringing grain from the cars to the ex-
port quay is heavier than that of its car
riage from Odessa to London.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA and Virgins

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA and Virginia
are troubled with locusts. The noise
these insects make on sunny day is
said to be deafening They are the sew
enteen-year locusts, and people in the
infected districts think the pests have
been to China and back, taking eight
years each way and a year insthe Celes-
tial empire.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25

DIR. ALICE BENNETT has been made
physician in charge of the woman's de-
partment of the Insane Hospital mt Nor
ristown, Pa. She is the first woman
appointed to an office of this kind in
Pennsylvania, or, so far as known, in
the United States.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25
CHE Tme agcrtlsrrmsr.
FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1880.

THE contract for furnishing the Uni
ted States army with chewing tobacco
for the ensuing year 100000 pounds)
has been awarded Pittsburgh (Va. }
manufacturer, at a cost of 51s cents per
pound.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25

THE middle of the Atlantic ocean is
said to be "alive with icebergs." The
steamer Victoria, on her last trip in,
passed by several hundred of them, with
spires, and pinnacles, and towers, some
of them rising 500 feet above the level
of the sea. There were two lines of them,
and the steamer, without moving her
helm, sailed down through an avenue Of
them.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25

keeper not to give her husband whisky.
The saloon-keeper laughed, and dealt
out the flowing bowl to the old man as
usual when he came around. The
woman could not vote to have the traf-
fc stopped, but she filled her hand with
cayenne pepper and rubbed the smart
ing handful into the saloon mans eyes.
Instead of laughing this time he wept.
This shows that gentle woman's infu-
ence is felt in every stratum Of society.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25

THE ideal clergyman is man born too
good for this world, with the virtues of
Christianity bristling all over his charac-
ter and shining forth like the rays of the
MONDAY sun; the real Clergyman is a
man who breaches his best sermons "on
an exchange" in the hope of getting
call with bigger salary.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25

THE man who "talks with his mouth -"
is SO common as to have ceased to be n
phenomenon of nature, worthy of at
tracing much attention but the man
who writes with it, is one of the census
enumerators in Cincinnati. Both his
arms were taken off at the shoulder by
a train of cars. But, by holding pen
or pencil between his teeth, he can
write rapidly and legibly 200 names a
day. He carries his book under the
short stump of right arm, which the
cars were kind enough to leave him.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25

MARK TWAIN, in his new book called
Cramps Abroad, tells how party of
tourists got wet, and what they did when
they came back to the hotel 1--WE
stripped and went to bed, and sent our
clothes down to be baked all the horde
of soaked tourists did the same. The
chaos of clothing got mixed in the
kitchen, and there were consequences.
/ dld not get back the same drawers L
sent down, when our things came up at
6:15 1 got pair on the new plan.
They were merely pair of long, white,
1uffied, cuffed sleeves, hitched together
at the top with narrow band, and they
did not come down to my knees. They
were pretty enough, but they made me
feel like two people, and disconnected at
that The man must have been an idiot
to get himself up like that to rough it in
the Swiss mountains. The shirt they
brought me was shorter than the draw
ers, and hadn't any sleeves to tat least
it hadn't any more than Mr.. Darwin
would call rudimentary sleeves these
had edgings around them, but the bo-
som was ridiculously plain. The knit
silk undershirt they brought me was on
new plan, and was really sensible
thing it opened behind, and had peck
cts in it for the shoulder-blades but
they did not seem to fit me, SO I found it
sort of uncomfortable garment. They
gave my bobtail coat to somebody else,
and sent me an ulster suitable for a
giraffe. L had to tie my collar ON be
cause there was no button on the fool
ish shirt which / described little while
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25

HIGH prices are producing an immense
increase in our imports. The United
States furnishes at present Il most excel
lent market for products of foreign
manufacture, and the lanSuishiIg in
dustries of Europe are not slow to avail
themselves Of the opportunity offered.
If we are not careful we will find our
selves in the near future burdened with
another foreign debt, which we will be
compelled to pay as we did the one in
CURED during the years of initiation, by
selling our produce at ruinously low
figures.
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artistically executed, with a gasping
sob, but no polishing off Of eye or nose
- o1nicsil,la -
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THERE has just been a new sensation
in ST. Petersburg. A young widow,
left penniless, tried her utmost to make
a living, but failed ; she then resorted to
a strategy. Assuming the name of her
deceased husband, she changed her
dress for that of n man, procured en-
ployment in factory, and worked there
for years, undiscovered and contented.
BY and by she met a young woman who
was maltreated by her parents, and, in
order to save her from further persecu.
ton, proposed marriage, after having
informed her OF her own sex. The we'd
ding ceremony WAS duly performed III a
church of ST. Petersburg, and the pair
lived happily until the facts were dis
covered and exposed. The pair were
arrested and committed to trial. but the
Judges were puzzled by n case which
had not been foreseen by Russian law,
and it has been sent to the Senate for
decision.
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q,
is admissible"
SOME years ago the propeller Rocket
sank a short distance ont in the lake,
near Buffalo, and, being aged and prac-
tically useless, she was allowed to re-
main there. From this the men and
boys who go in bathing there are in the
habit of diving, and quite n number
have been caught in the eddies that sur
round the old vessel and have been
drowned The water within n
few feet of the sunken steamer is very
deep, while a little farther it is as CORE
spondingly shallow. Many amateurs mt
the swimming art are won't to wade UNI
suspectingly toward the vessel, and be-
fore they know it are beyond their
depth. One or two persons have lost
their lives in this manner, and already
the list of casualties is opened for the
season of 1880.
QUEEN VICTORIA has attained her 61St
year, an age exceeded by eleven only
of the sovereigns of England, dating
from the Norman Conquest - namely,
Henry l., who lived to the age of 81 !;
Henry Ill, who lived to So years Ed
ward L., who lived to be 81; Edward
Ill. who attained IS; Queen Elizabeth,
who reached 60 years; James H., who
lived IS years; George L., 81 years !;
George H., II years; George Ill, 80
years George w., 6S years; and
William w., who lived to be ~ years.
On the Goth of June she will have
reigned over England forty-three years,
period which has not been exceeded
by more than four English sovereigns,
viz. Henry Ill, who reigned fifty-six
years Edward Ill, who reigned fifty
years Queen Elizabeth, who reigned
forty-fve years and George ILL.,, who
reigned for the long period of sixty
years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-30
A TERRIBLE FAMILY.

John Gordon. npe forty years, and ms wife Mar
puet age thirty-Gvc years, with their family of
four children the oldest of whom but seven wears
Old for months have been living in filthy and dcs-
olate room on the fourth floor Of the tenement
house No. $40 Wcst Thirty-niuth-gt. The parents
are habitua druukards and are frequently for days
in an iurbiiaed condition, dining which periods
the children have suffered terribly. 4 few days ago
the mother IN ono of her drunken spell- let child
two years Old fall hot stove, hnrnnRit terribly.
The whole family was taken before Justice Otter
bourg i'm thc Jefferson Maract Police Court ycstcr-
day where charges were preferred against the bus
band Of cruelty to his children. He was remanded
III order to allow further investigation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-30

The funeral OF Abel Rathbone Corbin. brother
in.layy Of General Grant was held IN Jersey Ciiy
Yesterday at the residence of Mr.. Corbin No. 532
Pavonia-ave The services were conducted ~ tie
Rev Dr. Lewis H. Damn, pastor Of the Simpson
Methodist Episcopal Church. Of which Mr. coibn
was a member assisted by the Rev. Nh Chaddock
Among those present were Marcus Beach, cX-'om-
gresham Amos Clark. Of Elizabeth, !. H. Howell,
William r. CoIhin of Elizabeth, Mr.. Jesse Grant
mother of General Grant, and General Grant, two
ncphews, jesse and Henry Grant. The coihn was
covered with black velvet wthOu, ornaments
There were no howcra. III" services were al
Simple nature, consisting of reading Of the Scrip
tur, :, two hymns sung by the choir OF the Simpson
Methodist Episcopal Church. and u few appropriate
remarks bv the Rev. Dr.. Dunn. Mr. Corbn asked
that he should be buried ~ McDOnoueh. Chcnaugo
County, his native village and the remains Will
BE- cnnYrYcd n Tint nIare tn-lay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-30
INDICTnENT or WILLIAMSON.
THE BILL BASED on TIE LETTER TRYING TO EX-
TORT MONEY FROM DIR. DIX.

THE BILL BASED on TIE LETTER TRYING TO EN-
TORT MONEY FROM DIR.
The Grand Jury yesterday brought in bill against
Eugene f. Williamson. charging him with al
temptcd extortion. The indictment sets forth that
on February 10. Williamson. otherwise called
"Gentleuan Jo'" contriving as much as IN him
lay to vcx and annoy one Morgan Dix, and with i'll
tent thereby TO derive pecunary benefit for himself
and 70 extort moneys from him. the said Morgan Dix
did then and there prepare and write certain COM
muuication. and did thereafter on the 10Th day of
February cause the said communication 10 be re-
cciyed by him, the SAID Morgau DIX. And that he,
the said Eugene f. Williamson. did then and there
in mud by the said communication in writing. know
inolv and wilfulv threaten t. thereafter publish
and cause 70 be published aud ma ic known certain
statements touching and concerning him. tie sad
Morgan DIX winch said statements were alleged 10
be and were of such nature and character as to he
injurious to The personal reputation OF NM the
said Morgan Dix" The letter which puIpofted 70
come from ella ssmate OF Dr. Dix, Offering 70 stop
the annovance for 81 800, i then given. Ii has
been published IN IHE TRIBUNE.
The indictment is found under the statute OF
1873 chapter Us, which reads rs follows;
Every person who shall either verbally or by written
mr. uttutcd conmuica Ion threaten accuse another
Of any of shall threaten TO communicate 10 pub
sh or in any manner TO use information OF documents
statements that are alleged 10 ne INJURIOUS To- vac
any other persOn with intent by any such threatening
10 cxtor any property OF 10 derive any pccunary or
valuable hcncl, Whatever 10 The pcrson making such
threat or to any other person persons, hall upon
convection be adjudgcd guilty ~ misicmeanor
The extreme penalty on conviction IS one years
Imprisonment and fine of $3.50
AT the 1onbs Police Court yesterday. before
Justice Blxoy, Williamson was arIaigncd for exam
nation His counsel remarked to the Court that as
an indictment had been found by the Grand jury
against Williamson. il would he s,ary 10 pro-
ceed with the examination. Justice Bxby said tina;
n commitment was its way from the District
Attorneys Office, and when IL received the
former commitment would be withdrawn.
Williamson interrupted with some abruptncss,
saving, {" H. not that snap judgment. or is it not
'railroadIng' my case ~
He received several letters during the day, but
was not inclined 10 he communicative. He Is evil
IDENTITY much depressed. At the close OF the pro-
ceedings in court he conducted back to his cell