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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09

THE electoral vote of each State is
equal to the number of Senators and
Representatives to which it is entitled
in Congress. The following is the elect
oral vote of each State at present
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09
BITS OF INFORMATION.

CALIFORNIA has 100, 800, $40 acres OF
public land, and has the largest amount
of any State or Territory.
THE piano first made its appearance
as a musical instrument about the mid
die of the eighteenth century.
The whole number of men, from time
to time, called into the national service
during the war of the Rebellion was
2,6S8, 523. As many of those were
mustered in twice, while hundreds OF
thousands deserted who were never
under fire, it is probable that not more
than 1,500, 900 effectively participated
in suppressing the Rebellion.
THE richest gold mine known in the
United States, before the acquisition OF
California, was in Rowin county, North
Carolina, which in 1910 yielded $500 to
the bushel of earth, or So, 600, 900 in all,
when the mine became flooded. In
1899 nugget found i'll Cabarus county
weighed seventy-eigtt pounds. For
years IA number of gold veins and
placers or gravel deposits were extern
sively worked over large territory on
both sides of the Blue Ridge.
THE following table shows the aver
age annual number af deaths to ! 200 Of
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-05
WHERE THE CHILDREN ARE.

Out in the fields where the daisies are grow
ing,
Far from the city away: a
Out in the meadows where breezes are blow
All through the glad summer day;
q. W Where the bees hover over r.-
The red and white clover, '5.'~f:
And Yellow-winged butterflies soar
From flower to flower, ..-........
Through many an hour,
Till the bright day of sunshine is DER;
Out where the sunbeams are Pickering and
falling
Down through the old forest trees,
Where sweet birds are ever their truant mates
calling,
And leaves rustic low in the breeze;
Where the brook sings its song,
Running gaily along,
Past the grasses aud ferns bending low
Der the ripple so bright,
Sparkling in the sunlight,
As It scatters it's rays to and fro;
Out in the wealth of a summer-tide glory,
Under the tender blue skies,
While nature is telling its own wondrous story
To glad human hearts, ears and eyes
Growing strong day by day,
At their wilk, merry play.
Are the dear little children we seek;
Romplng here, romping there,
Finding Joy everywhere,
Gathering dimples in chin and in cheek.
III. D, Brine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-05

tended ourselves with shaking hands.
That afternoon I wrote note to her,
suggesting that we did not renew our
old engagement.
That afternoon she wrote y note sug-
costing the very same idea to me. Our
cross letters crossed.
We we're to be friends, nothing more.
But that could not last. I was the
first to give in. l called upon her, and
said a good deal, and she cried, and then
we said why not, and then she put her
head upon my breast, and spoiled my
shirt front as she had done before.
"You are not so very fat" she said
laughing.
"You are not so very lean," 1 said
laughing also.
ssYou can wear scalp" she said
"You can dye" I responded.
So we both laughed again, and it was
all settled. We were settled, and here
we are out of the fog, and very much al
your service--the happiest couple in oul
town.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-05
Runaway Horses.

The horse that has once acquired the
habit of running away, says "The Book
of the Horse will bolt on the first OPP
portunity. If you suspect his intention
the best plan is to check it the moment
he begins to move, taking hold Of enc
rein with both hands, and giving it one
or two such violent jerks that the rogue
must pause or turn round. Then stop
him, and If you doubt your being able to
hold him, get of. Perhaps too vlgor-
Gus s:plug" may make him cross his legs
and fall-not pleasant contingency, but
anything is better than being runaway
with in street. In open country you
m ay compel the runaway to gallop with
loose rein until he is tired, or to move
in constantly narrowing circle until he
is glad to halt. A ten acre field is big
enough for this expedient. But the great
point Is to stop runaway before he gets
into stride; after he is once away few
bits will stop real runaway stead
pull is waste Of exertlon on the riders
part. Some horses may be stopped by
saving the mouth with the snaffie An
other expedient is to hold the 1e1ns very
lightly, and on the first favorable oppor.
tun1ty, as rising hill for instance, to try
succession Of jerks. But the cunning,
practiced runaway is not to be SO much
feared as the mad frightened horse. The
mad horse will dash against q brick wall,
or jump at spiked ratings of great height
I once saw runaway horse, after getting
nd Of his rider, charge and break open
his locked stable door.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-05
ADROlT SMUGGLING.

How a Dog Was Turned to Good Account.
Who would have imagined that dog
had been made servlceable as trav eler,
and thus earned for his master upward
of hundred thousand crowns? And yet
an incident like this happened upward of
thirty years ago.
One of those industrious beings who
know how to make chaldron of Goals
OF billet Of wood, determined, in ex-
IRENE poverty, to engage in trade. He
preferred that kind OF merchandise which
occupied the least space and was calcu-
lated to yield the greatest profit. He
borrowed small sum of money from
friend, and repairing to Flanders, he
there bought pieces Of lace, which, with
out any danger, he Struggled into France
in the following manner:
He trained an active spaniel to his pur-
pose. He caused him to be shaved, and
procured for him the skin of another dog
of the same hai1 and the same shape. He
then rolled the lace around the body of
his dog, and put over it the garment of
the stranger so adroitly that 1t was i'm
| possible to discover the trick. The lace
being thus arranged in his pedestrian
handbook, he would say to his docile
messenger, Forward, my friend.'' At
these words the dog would start and pass
boldly through the gates OF Mal1nes
and Valenciennes in the face of the vigi-
ant officers placed there to prevent
smuggling. Having passed the bounds,
he would wait for his master at little
distance in the open country. There
they mutually caressed and teasted, and
the merchant placed his package in q
place Of security, renewing his occupa-
ton as necessity required.
/ Such was the success CT the smuggler,
that in five or six years he amassed a
handsome fortune and kept his carriage.
Envy pursues the prosperous; a mis-
chievous neighbor betrayed the lace mer-
chant, and Notwithstanding his efforts to
disguise his dog, he was suspected,
watched and discovered.
How far does the cunning Of some an
imals extend! Did the spies of. the GUS
tom house expect him at one gate. he
saw them at a distance and instantly
/ went toward the other. Were the gates
shut against him he overcame every OBJ
stacle; sometimes he leaped over the
wall, at others passed secretly behind a
carriage, or running between the legs Of
travellers, he would thus accomplish his
aim One day, however, while SWIM
ming in a stream near Mallnes, he was
shot. and died in the water. There was
then about him five thousand crowns
worth of lace, the loss of W hich did not
af1ict the master, but he was inconsOl-
able for the loss of his faithful dog.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-05
John Honly, I baptise thee etc.,
continued the clergyman, thas thrown off
his guard. The chlld was entered with
double name.''
"a Fortune For q Wink.

A writer in Golden Days tells s.true
story Of how gentleman refused one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars Tor
winking his eye, and thereby preserved
his honor. The gentleman, who is called
Mr.. X, occupied confidential position
in a great railway corporation.
It was rumored that the company was
about to assume charge Of a languishing
railroad. IF so, the stock Of the latter
would rise in price.
3 Now, one bold Spectator was an IN
innate friend of Mr.. x. After long re-
Election, he came to the conclusion
that the best thing he could do was to
call on Mr.. x, ask IN confidence for some
definite information on the subject, and
offer to share with Mr.. X. the profits of
any venture that he might make on
sspo1nts'' given by him. This he did.
"Mr. w. said he, ssif knew that the
transaction which it is rumored is to
take place in few days were really to
occur, I could, by buying up the stock Of
the company that is now in the market,
make both you ana myself rich men.
Can you not, by word, say whether the
rumor will be realized or not?"
II cannot say Mr.. x. replied.
EsBut a word. It shall be share and
share alike,'' the broker persisted.
II cannot say" Mr.. x. repeated, as be-
fore. ..
"You need not speak, then; lit your
arm, nod your head, raise your brows,'
the broker said, excitedly.
II cannot" as calmly as possible, Mr..
X. replied. -
edo you not understand your own IN
terests?' the broker burst forth, hotly.
"Mr. x, you are poor man! Now, if
you will but listen to me, you may be-
come rich one in day. Are these re-
ports truee If SO can clear three hun
dred thousand dollars at stroke! The
halt of that sum shall be yours. don't
ask you for word. You need not open
your mouth. Only wink your eye. It
IS possible for you to make one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, sir, simply by
winking your eye"
: How vast sum to MI. x, who, though
entrusted with grave secrets, was still
only a clerk, receiving but moderate
salary. .-. "s... .-..s-.
He was staggered for q moment, but
soon regaining his composure, he looked
the eagerly -expectant broker in the face,
and answered, II cannot do it," and left
9 the room instantly.
: The broker went away crestfallen. In
: the absence of definite information, he
= feared to take the great risks which al
ways attend specializing in the dark, and
- did not invest any of his money.
In few days, however the whole mat
ter was settled. The great company really
! did take in the smaller, and the stock al
= most doubled IN value.
= A few days after that, the broker met
MIR. x, on the street, and smarting keen.
~ under the feeling that an enormous
gain had slipped through his fingers
: Just for the want of word, he rashly
= upbraided Mr.. x. for what he called hi
l. "obstinacy."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-05

this narrow escape Of my colored friend
was all over Mr.. Ordway persisted in
calling it our case. / was modest about
it, however, and refused to divide the
credit with him. I will tell you as Sc
cret however, that this was not the last
suit of Mr.. Ordway's In which / have
taken a warm and personal interest.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-05

These days no one is safe from the
charge of plagiarism. B. went to church
last Sunday q thing unusuaD. and, on
being asked his opinion Of the clergy
man, said, 30, his sermon was very good.
but the prayer, beginning with Our Fa-
ther, I think he stole entire; know I
have heard something that twas strange
II like it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-05

spARK1Na across . garden fence adj
mits 81 a good deal being saia on both
iaes.
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l.
here" Mr.. Ordway let fall, when he
was walking around in your garden. I
recognized him on this hint as protege
of yours, and made up my mind to get
him off if 1 could. Now for the facts, if
you please
gave them to him, waxing difiuse, l
fear, according to my sex's failing. But
he listened thoroughly. AS he left, he
said, with little laugh, "Your cham
pionship makes me feel that I shouldn't
mind being this poor devil of a darkey
myself"
He had odd, resolute, searching eyes,
which he fixed on mine as he spoke. His
intent gaze gave me the strange feeling
of only having Just made his acquaint-
ance.
That is about all there to tell Of Isaiah
Carroll. Mr.. O1dway helped him to prove
a clear abb, although the delinquent
had the grace to be sincerely sorry, NOR
titled as to the manner Of it. Els old
mother herself was put on the stand. She
gave her testimony with o1stinctness, al
belt with agitation. The prosecution
dealt gently with her, even when she re-
peated twice that s.Isaiah war allays q
! punctual boy'- meaning boy to be re-
lied upon in the long run.
lam proud to say that Isaiah never
fell into bad company after this. The
two other wretched men, his fellow-prls-
i oners, were convicted of the murder, and
isentenced to death. It was supposed
/ that.a third party was implicated, but
the proof of this was never made clear
il What long sigh of relief I drew wher
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-06-05
POLITICAL POINTS.

1t is said that Mr.. Hayes wants
to be elected President once, as George
Eliot wanted to be really married, just
to know how the thing actually seemed.
- The President has certainly
shown no little consideration to the pub
lie by appointing .'Erring Brother"
Kew to Federal office in Tennessee,
where he is likely to do very little
harm.-M. Y. Eapress.
Bob Ingersoll, who was inter
viewed in New York the other day,
said: eff Sherman were the only can
didate before the Republican Conven-
ton, the Convention would adjourn
and advertise for proposals.
Horace Maynard is the Presi-
dents choice for Postmaster-General
on Civil-service principles. He has
been Minister of Turkey, which is a
renowned training-schoolfo for honest and
efficient officers, especially in postal
affairs.
Secretary Evarts has fine farm
in Vermont, and affects practical
knowledge of agriculture; but when he
undertakes to tell the Green Mountain
farmers how to manage yoke of oxen
he makes a dreadful exposure OF him.
self.
- Bob 1ngersou is OF the opinion
that "just now'' the Democracy ha:
the best chance of winning the Presi
dental fight. He says: 50 You see, the
Democrats have one hundred and thir
ty-eight votes solid from the South
That much they are sure of, and if thel
can carry New. York and Indiana thel
will have one hundred and eighty-eigh
votes--three to spare.' There is NJ
"Moses Mistakes about that. - In
| diana State Sentinel,
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-06-05
Drinking Ice Water.

There is no more doubt that drinking
ice-water arrests digestion than there
is that refrigerator would arrest per-
spiration. 1t drives from the stomach
its natural heat, suspends the flow of
gastric juice and shocks and wcakens
the delicate organs with which it comes
in contact. An able writer on human
diseases says habitual ice-water drink
ers are usually very tiabby about the
region of the stomach. They complain
that their food lies heavy on that
patient organ. They taste their lin
ncr for hours after it is boited. They
cultivate the use of stimulaats 10 aid
digestion. If they are Intelligent,
they read upon food and what the phys
iologist has to say about it-iow long
it takes cabbage, and pork, and beef,
and potatoes and other meats and escu-
Tents. to go through the process OF as
similation. They roar at new bread.
hot cakes and fried meat, imagining
these to have been the cause of their
maiadics. But the icewater goes down
all the same, and finally friends are
called i'll to take a farewell look at cne
whom Il mysterious Providence has
called to a cline where, as fer as is
known, ice-water is not used. The
number of immortal beings who go
hence, to return no more, on account
of an injudicious use of ice-wate... can
hardly be Standardization San.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-06-05
Sound and Patriotic Advice.

The issues are such as to stir the en-
ergies of every true patriot. The Re-
publicans, corrupted by the long pos
session of power, intend to retain it at
any cost. The check which they re-
ceived in 1876 was as stunning as it was
unexpected. But their leaders did not
hesitate to resort to the novel and cor
rupt action of Returning Boards in Or
der to defeat the will of the people.
They have rewarded the authors and
abettors of these frauds with positions
of honor and profit. They even sit in
the Cabinet and represent us at foreign
Courts. Every means has been taken
to gloss over the infamy of 1876 by the
varnish of official station, and in order
to secure its ratification by the people
in 1880, they have sought-by legal
prosecutions and slanderous allegations
to destroy the candidate whom they
robbed of his office, crime for which
they have earned the scorn and con
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-06-05
WHOLE NO. 465.

tempt of mankind. In order to secure
the vindication which they seek and the
perpetuation of power which they will
never voluntarily surrender. they are
even prepared to resort to the desperate
expedient of the third term, abhorrent
alike to the teachings and example of
the fathers and the solemn warnings of
history. They are ready to prevent
free elections by surrounding the polls
with partisan Marshals, paid from the
public Treasury, by arbitrary arrests on
the day of election, and by the use of
the troops, in the last emergency, to
overawe citizens in the exercise of the
sacred right of suffrage. They have
the control of an unlimited election
fund in the power to levy assessments
upon office-holders, who. under
the pretense of civil service, are
organized as a political force SO dan
gerous and effective that unless the
Democratic party shall act as one man,
under leader in whose craftsmanship,
honor, courage and patriotism it has
full confidence, defeat appears to be
inevitable. With defeat will come a
new era in our history, when the will
of the people can find no expression,
and the power that is will determine
the power that is to be. Under what
ever disguise it may be concealed, the
hereditary and aristocratic system
against which cur fathers staked their
lives and fortunes will be substituted
for the free Government which they
established by their wisdom and pa
triotism. But SO long as we have a free
press and can preserve free elections
no such failure of our institutions can
come to pass, unless the Democratic
party of the State and especially of this
city shall fail TO discard every selfish
politician who may stand in the way of
cordial union of all its members, in
submission to the cardinal rule that the
majority shall govern. With such a
union perfected, the good sense of the
people may be relied upon to insure a
victory in November next which will
restore the Federal Administration to
the solid foundation of reason, truth and
justice as embodied in the Constitution
Any man or set of men who shall place
this victory in jeopardy by insisting in
this crisis of our POLITICAL history upon
personal grievances, will be justly en-
rolled in the catalogue of the assassins
of civil liberty. Let us have union then
without regard to men, and without any
sacrifice of the fundamental principles
Of the Democracy.-Letter OF a. S.
Hes0iH to the NeU York Democracy.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-06-05
LATTER.
The National Republican Convention

The National Republican Convention
at Chicago was called to order at :05 O'Clock
on the I'd by Chairman Cameron of
the National Committee. After prayer
by the Rev. A. E. Kittridge, Secre-
tary Keogh read the call for the Conven-
ton. Mr. Cameron then asked the atten-
tion of the Convention, saying that dur
ing the canvass there had been manifested
in many sections of the country, considera-
BILE bitterness which, he trusted, would en-
tirely disappear before entering, upon the
grave duties devolving upon them; that
when the nominations were made and the
Convention had completed its work. let
there be but one sentiment in animating all
that each shall vie with the other in carrying
the party through the coming contest
to victory. In accordance with the in
structions of the National Committee he
then placed in nomination as temporary
Chairman the Hon. George F. Hoar, Of Mas
sachusetts. The nomination was made unani-
nous. Mr.. Hoar, on being conducted to the
chair by the committee, Governor Davis, of
Hon. Green B. Raum, was received
with great applause. Mr.. Hoar made
this distinguished mark of their confidence.
posed to complete the organization: Tempo
ary Secretaries, John Fl. Roberts, of Illinois,
Z. L. Magee, of Pennsylvania, Charles w.
Clisbee,. Of Michigan, James c. Broad
Lewis, of New York. Mr.. Hale, of Maine,
then offered the following resolution, which
was adopted without dissenting vote: ''That
the roll of States and Territories be called and
that the chairman of each delegation announce
the names of persons selected to serve upon
committees as follows: Permanent organi-
zation, rules and order of business, creden-
tials, resolutions" The Secretary then called
the names of the States and the chairman
of the delegations announced their repre-
sentatives OH the various committees. When
a roll of the States and Territories was called
for the presentation of credentials and for
notice OF contest, notice of contests were given
from two districts in Alabama, ten in Illinois,
two in Pennsylvania, and the whole of Louis
lana. The Committee on Credentials, Rules
and Order of Business and Permanent Or
ganiZation and Resolutions were assigned
rooms, and at once proceeded to transact
business. On motion of Mr.. Conkling the
Convention then adjourned until eleven
O'Clock next day.
In the Senate, on the I'd, considera-
tion was resumed of the River and Harbor
bill. Several amendments were agreed to and
the bill then passed-yeas 36, nays l3. In the
House the Deficiency bill was considered in
Committee of the Whole, and when the COM
mittec rose the bill and amendments were re-
ported to the House. The main quest on was
ordered and the House then adjourned.
The Senate, on the I'd, confirmed
Horace Maynard as Postmaster General.
A LONDON dispatch says forty thou
sand persons in Kurdistan, Armenia and
Western Persia must be fed for two months
if they are to be kept alive. One hundred
and thirty-eght persons have died of starva-
ton i'll the district of Bashkatch and one
hundred and seven in Alashgard.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-06-05
Judge Davis.
The following correspondence is ex-
ceedingly interesting at the present

The following correspondence is ex-
ceedingly interesting at the present
juncture:
QUINCY, H., May 6.
MY DEAR JUDGE: The approaching close of
the present session of Congress will, it is to be
feared, leave questions unsettled which are of
affect the peace and prosperity of the Union.
Many of your friends in this State and through
out the West had hoped, and indeed had ex-
pected, that the opportunity would have been
offered in the Senate by which your views on
these matters could have been made known TO
the country. 1t unfortunately happens, amidst
the distractions of party and the strifes of
rival ambitions, that the voice of statesman
ship is hushed too often when wise counsel is
most needed. This was never more true than
at the present time. The country is just
emerging from long period of trial and suf
fering. The people seek rest from angry dis
cords, and desire to avoid a repetition of the
perils through which they have passed. They
crave good government and stability, and per-
feet reconciliation between the sections. The
statesman who can achieve these great OBJ
jects will be blessed as public benefactor.
have ventured to embody, in the form of in
quirics appended to this letter, some of the
subjects upon which your opinions are desir-
ed, If it be agreeable to you to comply with
the request of large body of voters and
friends, without distinction of party. Truly
your friend, o. HI. BROWNING.
The Hon. David Davis.