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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03
THE TERRITORIES.
In the present census every Stat.

In the present census every State
shows an increase of population, and
neatly every civil division; not over 20
or 30 counties, it is said at the census
office, having decreased in the last 10
wears The most unexpected increase
is in the Southern States, which return
a growth of % per cent. This, how
ever, is based upon estimates which
may, and probably will, be materially
reduced. The States west of Ohio and
north of Missouri have increased 80 per
cent. The New England States show
the smallest increase, or Is per cent !;
but none of them, as in 1870, have lost
in population during the previous 10
years, and the Middle States have in
creased Is per cent. Excluding the
three New England States, Maine, New
Hampshire and Vermont, the States
lying east of the Mississippi and north
of Mason and Dixon's line, containing
one-half of the population of the coun-
try, return nearly uniform increase of
from Is to 20 per cent. The States on
the Pacific coast, including Colorado,
have increased IA per cent. Nevada,
the census of 1880 shows, is by one
third the smallest State in the Union.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03
The United States and Europe.

We number now nearly or quite 3d.
900, 900 people. A hundred million could
be sustained, without increasing the area
of single farm or adding one to their
number, by merely bringing our product
up to the average standard of reasonably
good agriculture; and then there might
remain for export twice the quantity we
now send abroad, to feed the hungry in
foreign lands No longer divided by the
curse of slavery, this nation is now united
by bonds of mutual interest of common
speech, tied by the iron band of So, 600
miles of railway, and is yet only be-
ginning to feel the vital power and
grandeur of truly national existence.
What may bc the future of this land few
can yet conceive. Texas alone comprises
as much territory as the German En-
pire, England and Wales combined.
Texas has now about 1000, 900 people
within her boundaries; the German En-
pire, England and Wales, about 81, 000,-
000 The good land in Texas is equal
in area to the good land III Germany and
Great Britain. Kansas, Nebraska and
Iowa combined more than equal France
in area and possess more fertile land.
Oliiy y utSO OOiih i'AoNh
and his companions redeemed Kansas
from slavery; Nebraska was then indi-
Gated on our own maps as part of ''the
great American desert" and Iowa had
scarcely become State. Their popula-
ton may now be 2,500,000 France has
47,000,000. The great middle section of
Eastern Tennessee, Northern Georgia,
Western Carolina and Southern Virginia
has been hemmed III by the curse OF
slavery, and is yet almost terra in
cOy1iitd, but it is replete with wealth In
minerals, in timber and in fertile valleys
of almost unequal climate for health and
vigor. This section is almost equal to
the Austrian Empire III it area and more
than equal In resources. 1t has sparse
population of only one or two millions.
The Austrian Empire has over 81, 000,-
900. The healthy upland country of
Georgia, Alabama and the Carolianas
contains vast area of fertile woodland,
which can be bought ny the hundred
thousand acres at half dollar or twenty
five cents an acre, on which sheep and
cotton thrive equally well. These sec
tons are being slowly occupied by white
farmers, and wait for immigrants who
can bring them to use. In few short
years, sheep, fed mainly upon the kernel
of the cotton-seed, and upon the grasses
that follow the cotton, will send to market
from the same fields, alternately occupied,
rs much wool rs cotton. This warm Sec
ton is more than equal to Italy in area;
it has perhaps 1000, 900 people. Italy
contains 27,000,000 The fertile lands OF
the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, and
along the Potomac in Maryland, more
than equal Belgium. They may contain
half a million people. Belgium has more
than five million. In the consideration
of this problem of productive capacity
there are other factors of the greatest
Importance. What are the burdens to be
borne by our people compared to others:
What is the mortgage on this land that
we possess?-E. 4. atkinson, in Fort.
nightly RevieU.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03

The second object on the glittering ex-
panse is the "spot boat at Sandy Hook,
its red hull, two black balls, and the
American ensign flying from it, forming
an exquisite contrast of color. In the
middle distance of this sea piece on
crystal is yacht, presumably the Cam
bria's defeated rival, miles behind, with
tiny hull and specialize sails, while the
funnel and smoke of the tug waiting ON
the winner completes the design on the
left. Nothing can be finer than the en-
craving and coloring of this unrivaled
specimen of the artists skill, and the
originality of the design equals the
splendor of the gift.-LOndon World.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03
Jerusalem as a Place Of Residence.

Jerusalem seems to be growing in fa-
vor as place of residence for foreigners
who find their native countries uncom-
Portable. The foreign Jewish popula-
ton has, according to Consul Moore,
increased considerably of late years
That community is now estimated at
$1,000, including native Jews, against
10000 in 1873. The right of holding
real property in Turkey, conceded to
foreign subjects by the protocol in 1868,
probably accounts for the increased inn
migration. The German colony at Je-
rusalem now numbers nearly 400 per-
sons that at Jaffa about 300. There
is third German settlement at
Caiffa of about equal number with the
last mentioned. The settlers are me-
chanics, artificers, carriers and agricult-
wrists, and are fairly prosperous.
No public works have been executed ;
yet harbor ut Jaffa, good carriage
road or tramway from that town to Je-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03
5O,OOO.OOO.
That IL About the Extent of Our
Present Population.
From the springfield Republican,

From the springfield Republican,
Returns and estimates of the present
census point to n population for the en-
tire country of over 40, 100000 The
final aggregate may reach full 80, 600, 900,
but this is not probable nor is it likely
that the corrections yet to be made will
reduce the population below AZ, DOC, 900;
although the census office has disavowed
an estimate of even this amount. Full
returns have been received from about
one-third of the States, and estimates
based upon partial returns have been
published for the rest. In the first in
stance, corrections and complete emu
meration will probably change the State
totals slightly i'll the second, estimates
are often based upon returns from but
one-half or one-third of State, and the
final return may vary from the figures
now given, III the case of the larger
States, by 100, 900 or more. In Missis-
sippi, for instance, two estimates based
upon partial returns from different parts
of the State vary in the estimated aggre-
gate of the State by over 200,00 1t is
impossible, mt present, to attach much
accuracy to the returns from most of the
Southern States, and to many of those
from the West but what are known as
"official returns" have been published
for all the New England States, while
the returns from the Middle States are
nearly complete.
Taking these returns and estimates as
they now stand and relying usually upon
the figures published in local news
papers, the total population of the States
is 4S,414, 276. The same States, Colo
RADIO then a Territory being included,
had in 1870 population of 38, 155, 800,
an increase of 10, 25S, I'll, or 26 per cent.
Returns from five Territories and the
District of Columbia give population
of $50, 578; the same divisions had in
1870, 277,S19, an increase of 134 per
cent. If the remaining Territories, New
Mexico, Washington and Wyoming, in
crease in the same ratio as the rest,
the population of the Territories, with
the District of Columbia, will be about
$50, 900. This will make the total popu-
lation of the United States 40, 264, 276
Alaska and Indians not taxed will
probably increase this aggregate by
about 800, 600, making total falling but
little short of 10000, 900, if the present
estimates prove trustworthy. The fol-
lowing table gives returns and estimates
for all the States and part of the Terri
tories, with the percentage of increase.
The returns are carried out to full
figures ; estimates being given in round
numbers, and when more than one esti-
mate has been published the smallest
has been used
THE STATES.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03

THE home residence of p. T. Barnum,
the Snowman, is in Bridgeport, ct. He
lives in fine mansion, which faces Sea-
side Park. His married children &C.
cupy handsome homes near by. From
a staff over Mr.. Barnum's house the
American flag floats the year round.
He has three agents resident in Bridge
port, who attend to his varied interests,
real and personal, in that city. When
Mr.. Barnum is at home and ready to at
tend to affairs himself, he hoists with
the stars and stripes big burgee, bear
ing his name. This is visible from
many neighboring points, and is a great
convenience to those desiring to meet
him personally. They know that when
the flag alone is up he is away from
home, or there privately only; when
the big burgee is aloft p. L. receives all
who call.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03
A Beautiful Wedding Gift.

A curious and beautiful wedding gift
has been executed in this city. The
fair recipient will have the proud dis
tinction of being the sole possessor of
such an ornament. It consists of solid
gold chain, of the cable pattern, of great
weight, and so constructed as to be worn
as a bracelet at will. To this chain is
suspended large circular locket, with
gold back, crossed by broad band Of
fine diamonds, and encircled by
small chain of very delicate
workmanship. The locket is a
unique specimen of artistic iewelry; it
is of crystal, seal-engraved from the
back, and painted. 1t has been pro-
duced by the only artist of this kind of
work in London. The design is extremely
elaborate on the curling waves of a
green sea, the Cambria, Mr.. Ashbury's
famous yacht, the winner of the ocean
race in 1870, is coming proudly in, her
with sales filed by the summer wind.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03

A CONVENTION to consider the revival
of American shipping will be held ut
Boston Oct. ID. All commercial bodies
throughout the country are invited to
participate. According to the latest sta
tistics, the number of American sailing
ships engaged in the whole foreign trade
of the United States Canadian commerce
excepted) is 1,346, while the number of
foreign sailing ships is c, 1856. Thenumber
of American steamships similarly en-
gagged is sixty-one, against 500 foreign
steamships. The comparison appears
even less favorable when it is explained
that of American sailing vessels more
than 600 are schooners and briggs plying
to the West Indies or other nearby for
eign ports, while foreign ships are
mostly of n large class, and of the Amer.
lean steamers only dozen or fifteen are
navigating the great oceans.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03

THE finances of Italy are in an almost
hopeless condition. The national debt
amounts to over 5000, 900, 900, the paper
is at discount of - per cent, while n
large part of the silver currency is held
by the Bank of France, into which in
stitution it has been driven
by the depreciation of the paper money.
The Government is now nearly at it's
wits end in order to find means to stave
off national bankruptcy ; it may increase
the taxes, but by doing so may plunge
the nation into revolution. 1t is a curl
Gus fact, in this connection, that the
principal national creditor is jew,
Rothschild and that the Governments
virtually suppliant to one whose race
and people the Italians have prescribed
and prosecuted for nearly 1900 years.
1t is stated that the Italian Ministry is
secretly negotiating with the great finan-
.cial house, and that the now-dominant
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03
Historical Snatches.

Notes and bills first stamped, 1882.
Use of quicksilver, discovered in re-
filming silver ore, 1910.
Pens for writing were first made from
qullls in 635.
Paper money first used in America,
1740.
Signals at sea first devised by James
H., 1865.
Tulips first brought into England,
1878.
Thread first made Mt Paisley, in Scot
land, in 1922.
Mortars for bombs first made in En-.
gland, 1913.
Microscopes first used in 1921 the
double ones, 1924; solar microscopes
invented, 1740.
Letters were invented by Memnon, the
Egyptian, 1922 b. G.
Earthen vessels were first made by the
Romans. 715 b. c.; the first made in 1t.
ally in 1710; the present improved kind
originated in 1853.
Insurance policies were first used il
Florence in 1923; first society estab-
lished at Hanover, 1880 that at Paris,
1740.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03

A CORRESPONDENT, writing from the
Black Hills, calls attention to the fact
that the settlement and development of
that section during the past four years
has not been by the floating population
that go to make up the mining commu-
mites, or by the ranchmen, with their
nomadic habits, but by industrious,
prosperous farmers, who have located
upon the fertile lands of the foot hills,
and this fall are sending immense guam
titles of grain to market. Almost every
acre of available farming land adjoining
the Black Hills has been taken.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03

THE United States Of Europe, jour
nal published at Geneva, contains let
ter from Herr Buehler, of the German
Parliament, addressed to the President
of the international League of Peace
and Liberty, in which the Teuton AYERS
that France, in order to win the conf
dence of Germany, should declare her.
self unreservedly for peace. The Presi-
dent replies to the effect that that would
be indorsing the conquest OF Alsace-
Lorraine, and advises Buehler that the
question of choosing under which Gov
eminent they wished to live should be
submitted to the people of the annexed
provinces.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03

A LARGE monument has been erected
at Kahoka, Mo-, with the following in
scription: "The Spencer Family.-We
are all here, murdered with an AK, on the
night of August 3, 1877, Mt their home.
Their bodies lie beneath this tomb, their
virtues about it." 1t marks the spot
where the five members of the Spencer
family were slain, and its dedication, with
elaborate ceremonies, drew together fifty
thousand persons, so great had been the
excitement over the crime. The deed
was palpably committed by one man,
who killed his victims, one after another,
MS he came upon them; but who he was
has never been ascertained Bill Young
was hanged by mob, but a jury had ac-
Quilted him, and there was nothing Mt
mt all proven against him except his bad
character His last words were: 81 am
as innocent of this thing as the angels"
but the leaders of the lynchers replied:
"You're n good man to hang, anyhow"
His wife has now sued the county for
$4,000 damages.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03

OHIO is trying the experiment of law
throwing legal safeguards around party
primaries. By filing notice with the
county authorities of an intention to hold
primaries under the law, authority is
obtained to administer legal oath to
the judges at the primaries, a registry
is provided, measures for excluding any
voters but those belonging to the party
holding the primary can be taken, and
the judges become liable for permitting
any fraudulent voting The recent Re-
publican primaries in Hamilton county
(Cincinnati) were held under this law.
A similar statute was passed some time
ago in California, but it has broken
down in practical operation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03

Jew is exacting terms-a portion OF
which concern the future status and
welfare of the Hebrew race all through
the peninsula. If SO. the circumstance
does honor to the heart of the Hebrew,
as well as reflects credit upon his head.
OF late Italy has been building an i'm
mense iron-clad fleet this is one OF the
items of expense which will probably
have to be seriously curtailed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03

rusalem, and good roads all over the
district are urgently needed A railway
would not, in Consul Moore's opinion,
be under present conditions remunera-
tive, unless as part of a system of rail-
ways for Syria and Palestine.-.T.
James Gazette.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03

CHARLES CARVER, of Woodstock, Va,
being now 60 years old, and having, as
he thinks, lived long enough, will EMU
late Tanner and endeavor to starve him
self to death during the next 100 days.
He will ameliorate his sufferings by the
occasional imbibation of an indefinite
quantity of water. There's no fool
like an old fool.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03

OLE BULLS widow, who is young
enough to have been his granddaughter,
will return at once to her parents at Eau
Claire, Wis.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03

IT is hard work for Frenchman not
to be n duelist. Forty-four years ago
Nj. Emile de Girardin met Armand Car
rell, brilliant journalist and the hope
of the Liberal party, in combat, and
killed him. Remorse for this act over
whelmed him, and he made vow over
Carrell's dying body that he would never
fight again. He has kept his oath, but
how? In the first place, all Carrells
friends sent him challenges and since
then, having been a newspaper editor,
he has had to refuse the challenges OF
innumerable peppery persons who fan
cied themselves aggrieved by his writ
ings. If other Frenchmen would take
pattern by M. de Girardin it would be n
good thing for the whole nation but
unfortunately NJ. de Girardin cannot
himself be cited as an example of I'M
qualified firmness in the matter of resist
ing duels, for he had to kill his man be-
fore he could venture to decline other
challenges.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03

JENNY LIND married purely for love.
1t was her husband who was Gold.
schmidt.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03

It is estimated that about $1,000 Of
this number are Irish. Probably it will
reach 100, 900 in the year, against %, 1924
in the year 1879. The largest emigra-
ton from Ireland was in the years fol-
lowing the famine of 1S49- '50-'51, that
of 1S49 being 112,391 1850, 117,O33 ;
and 1851. 1853, 306.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03

lHE ulue Oh eIniSrallOll lIOlu helanu 10
rising very rapidly. The Irirh papers
are full of accounts of preparations for
leaving and the actual departure of great
companies of people. At Queenstown,
it is said, the lodging-houses are so
crowded that they charge even for stand
ing-room ut night, and all the steerage
passage of the ocean steamers touching
at that point is engaged months before
hand. Nine thousand nine hundred and
fifty emigrants left that port in April
alone, and the stream is now in full flow
at the rate of 5000 per week. A steam
ship line has been started direct from
the port of Dublin specially to take care
of the emigration from that port. An
average of 700 emigrants weekly is taken
across the channel from Dublin to en-
bark from Liverpool. 1t is noteworthy
that the emigrants are mostly from the
better class of the agricultural popula-
ton, the peasantry not having the means
to pay their passage. The following
shows the number of immigrants who
have lopJoI OF Castle Gor1on This vaar f.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-01-02
WALTER r JouSs
The Time for Action.

Mr.. Editor Il perceive in your last issue
communication from your well-known
and highly esteemed correspondent, A. b.
D., referring TO the recommendations of the
late grand jury TO the Court in regard to
the number Of minor criminal cases which
cucumber the docket, adding largely to the
expenses Of the county, and citing num-
Der Of precedents for legislation for the cor
rection of this evil. He might also have adj
ded that the present state of affairs at the
county Jail was an evidence of the neces-
sity for reform in this particular. 9sa 81
Language is the means by which we con-
vey our ideas, opinions and views one to
another, and am persuaded that this means
has been employed until every ax-payer in
the county is agreed that retrenchment in
many items Of county expenses ought to be
adopted Immediately, and as action is the
only means by which this can be accom-
plished, and as the time for the meeting Of
the Legislature Is near at hand, / respectfully
suggest to our friend, Mr.. A. B. d., as a very
suitable person TO draw up petitions at his
discretion on subjects which might be acted
on by this legislature, (having due regard to
the recommendations of the committee of
the tax payers convention and by it adopted, J
and send to various points in the county
urging their recipients to obtain every pos
sible name and send to cur members for
their action. We may talk, suggest and re-
commend among ourselves till the crack
of doom, as Rob't Toombs said, and unless
we act nothing will be done.
REFORM.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-01-02

The GENITAL system which goes into for
NAL operation in New York on January 1st
has been practically at work since October
LIST, and difficulties have been detected in the
system which have had the effect to array o
considerable part of the grain trade in hos
tility TO it. These contend that the system
should not be introduced until it can be
made general and universal by act of Con-
gress. The sales of options must be rapidly
made, and spectators cannot adjust them.
selves to the new systems Immediately, and
understand what they intend to do in centals
quite SO promptly as in bushels. Like all
reforms, people are impatient of the new
thing at FIRST because it gives them trouble
and because it has become habit with them
to think in bushels and not centals They
will soon learn to do this, however, and then
there will be no other difficulties in the way
of the general adoption of the system. The
change is easy to think of, since six centals
are the same as ten bushels, 800 pounds be-
ing the equivalent of either denomination.