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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30
Putting On STYLE.

ode gem'm dat does de boot-black-
IN at the Old Colony Depot has the mis-
fortune to be deaf mute, and, like
death, he does his work silently and
well. The other day brawny and
slightly balmy Hibernian entered
the station, and, seating himself i'll the
bootblack's chair, stretched out his bro
gans for shine. The artist. as usual,
pulled out his kit and went silently to
work but his patron, being far from
tongue-tied, looked down and queried :
"F'what time do the next train be GO
ing to Gingnam ?"
The remark fell on the dusky brusher
like water on a ducks back as he labored
on. Casting pitving look at the "in-
ferior race" the Irish gentleman asked
again, with labored politeness
"Look here, young Teller, l wos akin
you f'what time the train laves for Cling
ham?"
Still no response, and, losing patience
and politeness, the H.bernian howled
bad luck to yez fer black nagur
Will yez tell me whin the kyars goes to
Gingham?"
Here an amused habitue of the place
interposed and remarked to the irate son
OF Erin
"That man cannot hear or answer
you he is deaf and dumb"
Drawing himself up in the chair, with
a look of ineffable contempt, the Irish.
man launched this final shot
"Ah, now! Is he, thin +? Well, he
needn't put on SO much sthyle, ai,ny
how ~
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30
British Trade Statistics.

Statistics of the foreign trade of Great
Britain for the half year ending June
30 have been received. The value of
imports for the month was G37,
437, 493, and of exports ELS, 462,
1874. The increase of the value
of imports was nearly 80 per cent, and
the increase of exports ~ per cent.
The increase of imports extends almost
through the whole list of materials,
manufactures and food sharing in the
improvement. The imports of grain,
however, show very small decline, and
raw silk is q marked exception to the
rule of an increase in the raw materials.
The distribution of the increase of ex-
ports is nearly as general, though every
kind of yarn, except jute, exhibits de.
crease. OF the total increase of nearly
CA. 600, 900 quite one-half occurred IN
cotton, piece goods, and iron. During
the first half of the year 1880 the value
of imports has been G210, 761 900, and
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

A GERMAN military paper prints a
very instructive statement of the actual
strength of the German army. On
April l, 1881, when the organization of
the several corps lately ordered to be
formed will have been completed, the
German field army will comprise III, 749
officers and men of all ranks and arms of
the service the reserve troops will num-
Der 341 ,4S0 of all ranks; the landwehr
forces, 293, 020; and the garrison troops,
125, 1874. Altogether, therefore, i'll the
event of general mobilization Germany
would have over 1000, 200 soldiers at
once available. This number, however,
large as it is, does not represent the
total extent of the resources of the en-
pire, because the men of the ErsatZ re-
serve are not included in it. At the
present time this Ersatz reserve consists
of $40, 600 men, of whom 100, 900 belong
to the first and 10000 to the second
class, and all these would be available
on the outbreak of war either for the
formation of additional field battalions
or for the augmentation of the landwehr
! battalions.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

The census shows that the South is
gaining in population more rapidly than
the older States of the North Returns
from thirteen country parishes of Lou
isiana show an average increase of 43
per cent. Arkansas reports an increase
of 80 per cent-from 4S4, 400 in 1870 to
759, 400 i'll 1880. In North Carolina nine
counties, representing the different sec
tons of the State, show an increase run
ming from 20 to 40 per cent. Mississippi
and Georgia both report considerable
gains. Missouri promises an average
gain of 80 per cent. Thirty-six counties
in Texas show population of 423, 722.
The same counties in 1870 contained
219, S41 inhabitants. The increase is,
therefore, BOB, SS1, or about 92 per cent.
The only Southern State that reports a
loss is Kentucky. In the North, on the
other hand, Maine has remained nearly
stationary. Vermont has lost, and the
older agricultural States of the West
have not grown so rapidly as in the pre-
vious decade.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

legged imperfections of the census, and
sent a special agent there to look into
the matter. The special agent, Mr..
Sawyer, has been investigating all COM
plants carefully, and declares that the
alleged imperfections do not exist-that
the census has been faithfully taken by
the enumerators-and that he sees no
good reason why the request to have the
census taken over again should be COM
piled with.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

AMoNG.the patients in st. Luke's Hos
pital, New York city, is young woman
who carries on her head an artificial
scalp. 1t has taken six years to con-
struct this scalp, and it is not entirely
complete yet, but for all practical pur-
poses the experiment on the young
woman may be said to be Mt an end. The
material for building the scalp has been
furnished by hundreds of volunteers,
and over IA, 900 different pieces have en-
tered into its construction.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

INTEMPERANcE is a frequent cause of
Brights disease. Out of 140 persons
who died in New York of intemperance
in the six months ending June 30, twen-
ty-three, or nearly one-sixth died of
Bright's disease. Twelve died from de-
lirium tremens, and thirty-eight from
drunkenness in less-violent form. The
three chief nationalities were thus rep
resented Irish, sixty-three American,
forty one German, twenty-one. Twen-
ty-five of the victims of the vice were
single, sixty-fve married, and twenty
three widowed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

MEssRs READ and Pell, who visited
this country few months ago to III
quire as to the state of agriculture here,
have made their report to the British
Royal Commission. They attempt to
show that, while many of the conditions
are favorable to America in the contest
for agricultur j supremacy, many draw
backs exist which tell in favor of En-
gland. Among the latter they mention
severe winters, droughts and injurious
insects.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

G. l.. WILLIAMS, an official in the
Wisconsin State Institute for Deaf and
Dumb, was tried two years ago for fiend-
ish cruelty to a mute girl. The jury
disagreed, and he was discharged from
custody. A brother of the girl declared
during the trial that he would kill Will
Jams if the jury let him go. Williams
was terrified by the threat, and lost no
time in disappearing after his release.
The news now comes from Texas that
the brother, after searching the country
over, has found and MORALLY wounded
him.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30
Child Mothers.

A census enumerator in New Hamp-
shire town found one family where the
mothers age was 26 and that of her eld-
est son IA years. Inquiry revealed the
fact that the mother was married when
IL years and months old to man %
years old. She is native of Rhode
Island, and claims to have been the
youngest mother in the State. The
census enumerators of Dyer county,
Tenn, found girl II years of age who
had given birth to achild.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

of exports f1O7, 634, 900, an increase of
f3S, OO0,O 900 and 100000, and of %
and II per cent. respectively, as COM
pared with last year. 1t will be seen
that the excess of the value of imports
was f103, 100000, against 100000, 900
last year, but the latter sum represents,
even Appropriated, the true balance of
trade
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

On Monday, Aug. 2, the Following
money-order offices will be established
in Michigan, where persons can trans
nit and receive funds through the post
offices Atlantic Mine, Bath, Dimon-
dale, Edwardsburg, Forestville, Fruit
port, Little Traverse, May, Metamora,
Morley, Ogemaw Springs, Otsego Lake,
Perry, Republic, Sherwood.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

THE farmers of Burlington county, n.
j.. are troubled with new kind of cat
tie disease, many cases resulting fatally.
The animal is attacked with swelling
of the glands of the throat, followed by
a discharge of white, viscid-looking
matter from the nostrils. 1t also at
tacks horses, but with no fatal results.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

IT was the first experience couple
of Vermont men had enjoyed with a
hammock, and the fellow who tried to
step into it and then lie down went over
head first and got his nose rooted into
the ground and scooped lot of dirt into
his mouth. On getting up he said to his
friend: Don't try it that way! And
the friend Indignantly replied "You
bet l won'tl Do you take me for q
burned fool"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30
THE New England cities show large
gains in population since 1870, as the
following table indicates

The census returns of Kansas indicate
n population of nearly 1,000,000 To-
peka has advanced to the second place,
its population being nearly 10000
Atchison, 1870. The population Of
the central counties shows a wonderful
growth in the last ten years. Republic
county, $4,000; Saline county, 1876 ;
Mcpherson county, 10000; Butler
county, $1,000; Sumner county, 2O.S00.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

JAMES KELoHER's livery stable, at
Washington, burned recently. 1t was
there that John Wilkes Booth hired the
horse on which he rode out of the city
after shooting President Lincoln.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

EUGENE, EN- route from the Cape to
England, stopped at the island of st.
Helena to visit Longwood and the tomb
where the remains of Napoleon L. We're
mt first deposited.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

CITIZENS of Chatham, Mass, recall
the case of Ensign Eldridge, once citi-
zen of that place, who, in 1860, resolved
to commit suicide by starvation. He
had abstained from every kind of food
for seventy days, when he died.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

HOUSEHOLD expenses have increased
in New York from 20 to 30 per cent.
during the last year. Incomes of 81, 600
annually go no further than those of
81, 800 year ago. Employers now
have the choice of raising wages to cor
respond with the advance in prices or of
putting an extra paddock on the safe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30
che Trlle Nurthermer.
FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1880.

Ex-Gov. b. GRATz Brown, of st.
Louis, has announced himself as Dem
ocratic candidate before the next Legis-
lature for the United States Senate from
Missouri
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

there were within its border but seven
teen white persons.
Springwells, Hamtramck and Wyan-
dotte, the immediate suburbs of Detroit,
aggregate IL, TAI population.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

PARTIAL returns of the census in
North Carolina indicate population of
nearly 100000 an increase of about
1916, 900 in ten years. AS in other
States, the towns show more decided
increase than in the country.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

GEN. WALKER, the United States Cen
sus Superintendent at Washington, de-
string to do full justice, gave heed to
the cries from st. Louis about the al
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

NEARLY every hill town in Massachu-
sets west of the Connecticut river
comes out with smaller population
than five years ago.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30
Michigan Teachers, institutes.

The following is list of teachers in
stitutes thus far appointed, to be held
under the direction of the Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction. Several 9TH
ers are vet to be arranged
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30
The Rival Poets.

In the year 1889 before Burns repu-
tation as poet had gone abroad, he and
some companions were enjoying them
selves in roadside public house,
whittier, by accident, person named
Andrew Homer, who fancied himself n
great poet, having written a great deal,
happened to stop on his way to Edin-
burgh, to find publisher for his verses.
In the course of conversation, being
rather overcome by the fumes of the
toddy, he explained the reason of his
journey to the great city," when one
of the company made a wager with him
that he would find man i'll the room
who could compose a better verse III a
given time than he could. Andrew be-
ing rather confident in his muse took
the wager, the time being some five or
ten minutes, and commenced
In the year seventeen hummer aud eighty-nine,
but was not able to get any further until
the time had expired, when Burns was
called on to try his poetic skill. 81
wunna alter the first line, said he, "but
continue OH :"
In the year seventeen hummer and eghty-nne
The dell gat stuff te max swine,
And put il in n corner;
But afterward he changed his plan,
And formed il something like man,
And cad IL Andrew Horner.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

Osceola county has population of
more than 10000. Seventeen years age
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

BY recent Cabinet order horse
leather has been adopted as the ma
teria of which the boots issued to sail
ors of the German navy are III the fu-
ture to be made. Experiments with the
horse-leather boots have been carried on
for the last eighteen months, and with
such satisfactory results that the use of
calfskin is to be altogether abandoned in
making naval boots and shoes. The
leather used is to be made of the skin
of the quarters of the horse, the flesh
being carefully scraped off SO as to rem
der the leather soft and pliable, while
still remaining to large extent water
proof. The new pattern of foot-covering
for the German sailor is a laced half
boot coming up above the ankle-bone,
with a sewn and pegged sole.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

The census statistics of Texas are
looming up magnifcently. No county
yet reports less than 100 per cent. in
crease, while many go to 200, and still
others to 500 over the population of
1870. The city of Dallas, from 500
people ten years ago, counting her I'M
mediate suburbs, or radius OF two
miles from the Court House, goes to
Is, 900. Dallas county, from 1884, in
1870, has 33, 466 in 1880. Some of the
now middle, but then border counties.
have swelled from few hundred to
10000, and some of the now border
counties from nothing to 4, 000and 5000.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

The following table shows the popu-
lation of some additional Michigan cit
les, as shown by the census of 1880,
1874 and 1870:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

NEVER strike man when he is down.
unless he is full as a goose.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-30

Andrew was so much dispirited at his
own defeat and the witty genius of
Burns that he threw all his verses into
the fire, swearing he would never write
another, but be content to attend to his
farm and let poetry alone for the future.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-07-30
THE ELECTRO-vAPOR BATHS.

Are you or any OF your friends suffering
from nervous debility, neuralgia, rheuma-
tism, dyspepsia, constipation, disease of the
liver or kidneys, female weaknesses, chills
and fever, scrofula, or any diseases Of the
skin, mercurial, lead or whisky poisoning,
or any disease, either acute or chrome,
which you have dispaired OF ever curing by
the use of drugsl Do not think there is no
relief for you until you have tried the
Electro vapor baths, and you will be as
tonished and gratifed at the result you
will 50 speedily obtain at such trlhing
cost These baths have been tried and are
endorsed by many OF our most prominent
. citizens. They are the universal favorite o.
the ladies. They clear the complexion and
give buoyancy and elasticity to the step
which nothing else will impart. Admins.
tered daily at the Office Of Or. Mareau, No
140 Commercial avenue, between Eighth
and Ninth streets, over Blacks shoe store
A lady always in attendance to receive
lady patrons.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-07-30
KOEHLER'S MARKET.

Mr.. Fred Koehler opened his meat
market on the corner of Nineteenth and
Poplar Saturday last and displayed an i'm
mense quantity of the choicest meats of all
kinds. Having furnished our citizens with
meats as far back as the memory of man
reaches, he is acquainted with the their
needs and wishes and has made practice
of catering to their wants. He buys only
the best and healthiest stock In large num-
bers and therefore his patrons are assured,
when purchasing from him, that they re-
ceive the most wholesome meats at reason
able rates The place, corner OF Nine
teenth and Poplar, should not be forgotten.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-07-30

! that has bought up all the telephone patents
antedating those now in use, and known as
the Bell, Gray and Edison patients The
company is composed of leading business
men from all sections OF the country, Gin
cinnati being largely represented and inter-
ested. The cash capital of the company is
i've million dollars, with headquarters in
New York, and in about sixty days they.
will open up the telephone, which will GER
tainly result in the driving out
of all telephones in themar-
ket, save the ones they hold, or else
compelling the Gray, Bell and Edison lines
to pay the new company munifcent roy
atty. 1t appears from the testimony now
on file and i'll possession Of the new COM
pany, which is conclusive and exhaustive,
that the inventor of the telephone is poor
mechanic, living near Harrisburg, Pennsyl.
vanla, named Daniel Drowbaugh Owing
to his poverty he was unable to push his
patent on the market. The new
company have secured and are sole
possessors of this invention, antedatlng those
now In use. They are also owners of four
patents tor telephones issued to Mr.
Klemin, of New York A large number of
capitalists were in Washington last week
to see to the filing Of the application, and
they assert, with positiveness that is al
most convincing, that it will not be long
till they have entire charge of the tele-
phones, not only IN this country, but in the
world, and that they will be able to estab.
fish lines by which messages can be trans.
mitted for almost a song.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-07-30
ALETTER FROM GRANDPA.

h!s EulLOF,
About fortnight ago, you remember,
you put piece in your paper written by
Grandma. She was writing about the
folks what 90 away to spend the summer.
Now want to say, if you will print my
piece, that | think Grandma Is right in
what she says in general and in every
particular She is old, as she says, and not
high learned but she knows
some things as well as any.
body and she can tell them too. She
writes real well as you know, for an old
person, but she talks better than she writes.
| wish the old lady would get you to print
more pieces, | think it would do our people
good to read them.
am old, too, but | believe if can do
any good it is my duty to do it, either by
tongue or pen,
When | walk out IN town, which |
do most every day, and see the
nice houses shnt up and left to the rats
and mice; aud reaches and crckets and
know the wife and mother is gone with the
babies somewhere and fretting herself to
death hunting pleasure and worrying her
self sick, seeking health and just for the
sake OF a little style say it is to bad
And then the poor babies dragged through
the hot sun and exposed to tue dust aud
smoke and heat of the railroad trans the
mother suffering from change Of water and
and diet and from exposure
it is no wonder that the poor little dears
get sick and the father has to be sent for to
go and help take care of them while they
live and bury them VIXEN they die
When these folks have lived as long in
the world as have they will see
that they have been paying too
high price for style and they will let com.
mou sense have fair play, and stay at home
during the cheated term where they can
have the comforts Of life and thus save their
own health and the lives of their children.
Now, Mr.. Editor, l hope you will give
this q place in your valuable paper because
you are in the habit of exposing wrong and
trying to do good, and this is right in your
line of work and then If you don't put it
in yours | will have to take it to one of
them little evening papers and don't want
to do that for want everybody to see it.
My hand trembles and is tired and I must
quit now maybe some time will try to
write something about raising girls
AT HoME-during the hot weather
GRANDPA.
JULY Goth, 1880.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-07-30
THOMAS'ECLECTRIC OIL.
FURTHER EVIDENCE N REGARD TO THE
MERITS OF THIS VALUABLE MEDICINE.
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser

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Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
The following letter is bona fde docu-
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writer as a testimonial Of gratitude
CREEK CENTRE, Warren Co., n. u,
March %, 1879
Messrs Foster Mllbsrn Il Co. Buffalo y Y.
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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-07-30
ICE CREAM.

The undersigned will, on and after
May 1st, be prepared to furnish our citi-
zens first rate quality of ice cream,
equal in every way to that furnished in
Chicago made fresh daily, and furnished
in freezer, from one gallon upwards; deliv,
cred to any part of the city This cream is
made by an experienced artist and cannot
tail to give satisfaction on trial. Orders
left at ice house, corner Eighth and Levee,
will receive prompt attention. Will be fur
nished at 1925 per gallon in quantities from
one gallon upwards. ROBERT liEwETT,
Agent.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-07-30
UNEQuALLED.

Stock and variety of boots and
shoes at G. Koch's, Commercial avenue
shoe store, between Fifth and Sixth streets.
\ We have just received and now on hand the
N largest stock Of the best ST. Louis and Gin
X cinnati custom made goods ever brought to
this city, all styles and sizes in men, wo.
\ men and children's shoes. Having recently
pe6tted and enlarged our store more con-
3eniently we now carry the largest stock OF
1hSnd made work in the city at the lowest
ursSibIe prices. Our motto is large sales
md small profits. Also always on hand a
G6mpjete stock Of leather aud findings at
fhe Lowest prices. Call around when in
Hee1 OF my goods in our line for bargains