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, 1880-05-17
The Owners Of lrel;l nd.

In his able speech on the Irish land
question, for which some of the English
papers have not yet ceased to assail him,
John Bright pointed cut the fat that ~
men own 1 81 0. 900 of the *. .00O, 900 acres
of land in Ireland. He also said that
while there are about COG, 1000 tenan, tar-
mers IN Ireland, 744 persons own 9.612.>
900 acres of land, or nearly one-llalt the
entire area of tbs country Aud to show
still more clearly the evil OF The Irish
land 81 stem, he added that one-haf "f
the landlords are abseptees. One Of the
largest land estates in ireland is that oi
the Marques OF C"nyngham. 1t consists
ni 1876, ,963 acres, and its annual value is
100000. TIE Conyngham family went
10 IleIand from Scotland in 1889. The
property is mostly in Donegal, and the
owner is AN absentee Few Irish estates
are IN as bad condition as his. and n"
other landlords tenants are worse of. -
Another large estate is that belonging to
the MARQUES OF Lans.lowae. whose an
cesters (Fnzmaurlce) made their way to
iceland with StrnnghOw. The estate
numbers 120,616 acies of an annual value
OF $4,000. The Marquis of Lansd"wne
is an hab.tual absentee, aud his properly
L, managed entirely by agents. Sis Rog-
er Pa mer owns All estate of 94.55l acres,
the annual value of which is 500, 900
1t is all in Mayo. and the first den"nstra>
tions at the land league were made upon
it. The Palmers have been landlords
since 1888, when they obtained grant
from Charles II. The estate of the Earl
OF FitZwillam consists of 81 243 acres.
nearly all in Wicklow, and its annual
value is $23O.O0O. The Fitzwiliams have
been in r.land since 1850. The Duke OF
LeiGster has an estate of 55,271 acres,
representing an annual valuation of s. 35,
600. His family, the Fitzgeralds, have
be, in Ireland since 1859. The estate of
the Marquis of Waterford, who repre-
sents the Berestord family, which emf
grated from England in the reign OF
James l, contains 65,91S acres, and its
annual value is 100000. Sir Richard
Wallace OF the Hcrtfnrd family, owns an
estate of GLOSS acres, the annual value
OF which is $37O,OO0. He lives in Eng
land, as his father did, and most of his
tenants have never seen him. The estate
of the Marquis Of Devonshire (of Eng
lish origin; the family name is Hill,)
contains 1OO,926 acres. and its annual
value is 100000. This family is strong
ly Tory. The Marquis of Ely owns AS
9O2 acres, of value OF $105,00o, and is
| all irrscIaimablc absentee. This family is
, 1880-05-17

The Washington National Republican
prints letter which bluntly says: Sen
ator Bruce is worth a hundred Whitta-
kers, and his Senatorial and social Oslra-
cism is, from his position, a thousand
times more offensive than Whittaker's.
Mr. Honr made a telling speech on Cadet
Whitaker being left to himself, but the
Honorable Senator did not think how
severely he has left Senator Bruce and
his charming wife alone"
, 1880-05-17
The oldest Town.

Heretofore, St. Augustine has been Sc
down rs the oldest town within the juris-
6iction of the United States. TINS su
periority has never been disputed until
recently. A landing was made in Flor
ida as early rs 1912. But St Augustine
was not founded until 1866; consequent
ly that town is only 3l5 years old. Tue
son, in Arizona, was founded as early as
1919. 1t is therefore nearly a quarter OF
century older than st. Augustine
Both of these places were, ol course, OF
Spanish origin, and both were construct
ed out of such material as Was found
nrar by. ST.. Augustine Was built large>
ly out of coral and other soft rock. 1t
had large Church, which still remains,
and fol tlficatiomS which are now utilized
as prison. Tucson was built largely
out of adobes. The Church, however,
contains some good masonry, and, con-
sidering the date OF IFS erection and the
materials within reach. is a won Ter in its
way. These towns, it will be seen, are
nearly century Older than any other
towns or villages within the jurisdiction
OF the United States. They are respecta-
ile on the score of antiquity. Tucson is
probably to-day more important town
than ST Auuustine.-S r. RuIIetin
, 1880-05-17
In Admiralty.
United States Of America Third Judicial
D.sric OF Washington Territory, IS:

WHEREAS Libel has been filed in the Dis
trict curt for tne third Judicial DiSlr ct of
" ashiny.on Territory, nOdinG terms ut SEAT
lie, III hing County, Oh the Seventeenth dav
OF April, III the year of our Lord one ihous-
and Eight hundred and Eighty, by Il. Sinmr>-
son, laie III rincr on board the American Ship
- oquimuo." her tackle, apparel and furnl-
ture, Of winch sal Snip, y. McGuire now is,
or late was, Master, alleging in substance,
that Oh or about the - day of March, A. ID.
1oSU, AT the port of Port Madison, Washing
ton lerrllory, said Libcllant duly shipped
upon and III . the service of the said snip,
Master and owners to proceed upon voyage 10
San Franc SEQ: That Tor t..c reasons mentioned
and sc: forth in said Libel filed the sand voyage
was fully terminated at Port Madison aiore
said, and said ,e; man discharged from the
SAID service; That said l.ibelianIi is entitled to
be paid his wages due ut the time of his said
discharge; That at tine time OF his said dis
Charge, there wa> due over ard above all pay
mellls and legal deductions, To said Libeliant,
the sum of $40 SO; And praying process
against oaid vessel. her tackle, apparel and
furniture, and that the same may be con-
demncd and sod to pay the said wages with
Osts;
Now, therefore, in pursuance of the MOni-
ton, under the seal of said Court, to me di-
reeted and delivered, 1 do hereby give
, 1880-05-17

A letter received in Indianapolis from
Chicago states that Mr.. Washburne, de-
clsred the other evening in the presence
OF Senator Logan, that all roads out Of
the Grant camp lead into Blaiue's and
that he does not propose to be made n
halfway house.
, 1880-05-17

A Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Times makes the following re-
port concerning three of the leading Sen
ators of the Grant Senatorial combina>
ton;
ut is stale and ott-repeated lie that
Don Cameron has been the timid member
at the Grant combination. and that he
has constantly before his mind some pos~
sibility of another candidate. Don
C .mrron in reality is the most dogged
and unreasoninn of all the leaders in this
third term movement. The relief of
the Mob ,mmelan in fatality is no more
serious and deeply rooted than Camer"n's
be iej in Grants star. He does not cons
descend to reason upon the subject. It
is to be because it is, is the end of his
whole creed Conkling has a thorough
contempt for public sentiment. in reality.
He has carried too many Conventions in
his own State in the face of it to- have
any too high regard for the force of mere
sentiment as opp 'sed to the skilled man
agement OF trained political leaders
Senator Carpenter writes t" his constit-
uents almost daily his belief in Grants
being selected ut Chicago. He does not
give reas.ns, but merely makes diplo-
matte assertion to that effect,
, 1880-05-17

me, but there is not one who is not'a
hundred pixies below the noble senti-
ments Which animste me. Is your son TO
remain the laughing stock of few pat>
toquets, who, vain of their own means of
enjoyment, insult me 10y smiling at my
privations 1t you are unable to afford
me any improvement of my position here,
take me away from Brienne, and put me
in,o some mechanical position. From: this
offer you may judge my dispair. Please
believe that my letter has not been die
tated by the vain desire of indulging In
eXpensive amusements, which l have no
taste for only want to be able to show
that have the means of procuring them
like my companions. Your respectful
and affectl"nate son. BOnaparte."
, 1880-05-17

senator klfkWOOu VINO generally wears
a suit OF clothes that could be bought
new for $50, and would not fetch ut a
secnnd>hand storr more than on, -:ourth
of that sum, gave expression tn some ad-
vanced sumptuary views in the Senate
yesterday. In answer to the oljcci ions
+ other Senators that the revenue was
not sufficient to justify the additi' n to
the pension list of scouts and other army
attaches, he urged that If necessary the
tax schedule could easily be extended
sufficient to justify. Whisky, tobacco
and beer he said now more than paid the
interest Oh the National tlebt, and tor his
part he was wi ling. in order to obtain
the means to reward faithful scouts, to
add to the tax list swallow-tailed or
claw hammer coats, stove pipe hats and
ladies' tails. Stove pipe hats. the Sena-
ior declared. were an abnmination and a
nonstroslty. Senator Blaine. who al
ways sports Il glossy one, turned uncasi
" in his seat as the Iowa Rusticus made
this startling announcement. AMI the
venerable Hannibal Hamlin, who wars
plug hat which he bought on the day
that p-ac was declared with Mexico, was
so anitat-d that he was forced to retreat
to the cloak rnnm.- Washington Post.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-24
Premature Wrinkles.

The "youth- giving climate" of Cali
fornia has been so long pulled high as
the Sierras that it is queer to find San
Francisco paper lamenting the number of
wrinkled sirens in that city. Come TO
California" said the late banker Ralston
to visitor from the East, land you will
live twenty years longer. The climate
may suit men, but il seems women fade
under its golden skies rather prema-
turely. The San Francisco writer
ascribes the early wrinkles OF its women
to the lack of muscular exercise and the
consumption of pastry. There is q world
of truth in that, for while sedentary hab-
its enervate the general system, pastry
causes dyspepsia and loss of adipose
tissue. Fat is an enemy of wrinkles.
The burrows on the forehead are late COM
ing 80 long as there is enough fatty It's
sue to supply waste. Women to be
healthy must exercise and eat lfe-sus-
tanning food. AS for wrinkles at the cor
ners Of the eyes, vulgarly called CROWS
feet" it is enough to say that in many
cases they are produced by sleeping on
one side or the other. The pressure of
the head on the softest pillow will, in
time, leave indelible marks about the
eyes. The choice of beauty then is
between occasional nightmare while
sleeping on her back, or wrinkles from
sleeping on her right and left side.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-24
Searching After the Secret of Life.

A pean of evolution was sung by Pro-
fessor G.. L. Barker, in his address on
"The Problem of Life" The solution
of that problem, the Professor, looking
forth from his Revolutionary Pisgah, an
nounced to be very near Mt hand. 1.-The
rapid march of recent organic synthesis
makes it quite certain that every distinct
chemical subtance of the living body
will ultimately be produced in the labor.
atory, and this from inorganic materials.
Giving only the exact constitution of
compound, and its synthesis follows.
When, therefore, the chemist shall sue
coed in producing mass eonstitutionally
identical with protoplasmic albumen,
there is every reason to expect that it
will exhibit all the phenomena which
characterize its life; and this equally,
whether protoplasm be single substance
or mixture of several closely allied sub
stances. There is no essential difference
between the protoplasmic life of the
plant and that of the animal; hence the
solution of the life question In the myx-
omycetes will solve the life problem for
the highest vertebrate. Nor could the
sympathizing nearer fail to draw the i'll
ference, whether the lecturer wished to
suggest it or not, that, with the life prob
lem, all other problems, moral, intellec-
tual and spiritual, would be solved also,
and that ''the highest vertebrate" was
full equivalent for humanity. 1t may be
so, but the predictions of science, like
other predictions, must await the verdict
of experiment. Let Prof. Barker make
a man, or even an oyster, and scepticism
will bow before the evidence of fact. But
even then we shall not be able to admit
that the rudiments of being are the be-
ing itself or that description of its genesis
is full account of its nature and limi-
tation of its destiny. Every man was
once an embryo; yet the man is not an
embryo, but a man; and the case will not
be changed if the protoplasmic life OF
Newton and Shakespeare can be identified
with that of of the myxomycetes. Moth
ing will have been proved except this,
that the author of our being works not
by abrupt cremation, but by gradual
progress, in manner analogous to hui
man effort, the finished products of
which are essentially different, if there is
any such thing as essential difference,
from their rudiments or raw materials;
and this is as much implied In the saving
of Genesis. that "God made man out Of
the dust of the earth, as it is the scien-
tific doctrine of evolution. That which
is called evolution is only an observed
succession of phases through which the
being regularly moves in an ascending
scale, what power causes and regulates
the movement is just as much q mystery
as ever; it would remain mystery even
though Professor Barker should succeed
in producing life by chemical appliances,
because he would be only the instrument;
the power which endowed the chemical
ingredients with the life-generating vir-
tue would still be behind. If evolution
implies more than an observed succession
of phases or stages of existence, if it i'm
plies known cause of progression, it is
a misleading and illegitimate term.--Ihc
Bustander.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-24
BITS OF INFORMATION.

FOLLOWING is list of the Generals of
the army: General of the Army, VIM.
L. Sherman; Lieutenant General. p.
II. Sheridan. Major Generals-W. s.
Hancock, j. M. Schofeld, Irwin Nc
Bowel. Brigadier Generals-John
Pope, O. o. Howard, A. H. Terry, Z.
o. O. Ord, G. @. Augur, Geo. Crook.
BY act of Congress, May 10, 1923, the
National Mint was permanently estab-
lished mt Philadelphia. Branch minis
have been established ut New Orleans,
La; Charlotte, N. c.; Dahlonega, Ga.;
San Francisco, CAL; Denver, Col. Car
son City, New; Dallas City, Ore, and
an assay office for smelling, refining and
assaying at New York city and at Boise
City, Idaho.
The date of the earliest eclipse of the
sun recorded in the annals of the Chi
nese, when "on the first day of the last
month of autumn the sun and moon did
not meet harmoniously in Fang" or in
that part of the heavens defined by two
stars in the constellation of the Scorpion,
has been determined by Prof. Won
Oppolzer, of Vienna, to have been the
morning of Oct. %, 2137 b. @.
The iron crown of Italy is said to
have been forged from the nails of
Christ's cross. Charlemagne was
crowned with this crown, and after him
all the Emperors who were Kings of
Lombardy. Napoleon l., at Milan, on
MAY 26, 1906, put it on his head, say
ing, "God has given it to me woe to
him who shall touch it." He founded
the order of the Iron Grown, which still
continues. The crown was removed
from Mona to Mantua by the Austrians
in 1859.
The Boston Transcript retells the
origin of the rhyining old saw:
There's many sip
Tween the cup and the lip
A King of Thrace had planted n vine
ward. when one of his slaves whom he
had much oppressed in that very work,
prophesied that he should never taste of
the wine produced in it. The monarch
disregarded the prediction, and when Mt
an entertainment he held glassful of
his own wine made from the grapes of
that vineyard, he sent for the slave and
asked him what he thought of his proph-
ecy now. To which the other replied :
"Many things fall out between the cup
and the lip, :" and had scarcelyFdelivered
this singular response before the news
was brought that a monstrous boar was
LAYING waste the favorite vineyard.
Turning in rage, he put down the cup
which he held in his hands, and hurried
out with his people to attack the boar,
but. being too eager, the boar rushed
upon him and killed him, without his
having tasted of the wine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-24

q child angel stood before me and slipped
into my hand piece of gold. For my
sakeP she whispered. The croupier's
hoarse call warned me no time was to be
lost. / staked the gold and won, but
turning to give back her own, she had
fed. When rose from the table i had
recovered all and more, but vowed to
myunknown deliverer that would never
again hazard dollar of the fortune Icon
sidered hers. / have never found her,
Margaret. The child will never know
her work, but L am not afraid to meet
her, for I have kept my pledge"
"Harold!"-it was almost whisper,
but something in the tone made his heart
give wild, joyous leap-"have known
you all this time. and you have just
found me out? 1t twas this, Harold, that
separated us. 1 dared not give my life
to a man whom / had first known IA a
gambler. L supposed you still played,
and i thought that to see again the ex-
preston on Your face L had seen that
night would kill me. Tell me, is it true?
Have you never touched card since?",
"Never" he answered, solemnly.
"And it is to YOU / owe tit and life.
Pearl-Little Pearl, can you not trust
the man who has been so long faithful to
the child to be still faithful to the wo-
man? My own, you will not doom the
life that you have saved?"
Butat this juncture, Mrs. Somers, open
ing the door beats precipiate retreat.
Harold's statue has warmed into life,
and, pressing the lovely lips to his, he
thanks God that it is breath which has
awakened it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-24
A Raft Among Breakers.

Mr.. Tornado Raft has recovered from
his injuries. The way he got hurt was
this: Mr.. Raft was appointed by GER
tain up-country missionary society to in
vestigate the theater and see If it Is
really wicked thing He came to Bos-
ton and called on a manager and ex-
pressed his business. and the manager
told him he was at liberty to go behind
the scenes of his theater and witness
how things were done. Mr.. Raft ac-
copied The piece being produced that
night was spectacular one, and Mr..
Raft wandered about among the imps
and COLLINS and fairies until he got under
the stage, and, unperoeived and una
wares, stood upon trap. A devil was
to be shot up through that trap to the
stage, and, just as he came up, some
body on the stage was to make vicious
whack at him, which he was to dodge.
The machinist who worked the trap just
glanced mt it, saw that man was on it,
thought that it was all right, nnd shot it
up. Raft felt. himself going and gave a
wild yell, bat it was too late. Up he
went, and the man on the stage was all
ready to make the welt at the devil and
made it. But Raft, bewildered by his
novel position, was not prepared to
dodge it, and got the blow, IA powerful
one, over the head. 1t sent him flying
clear across the stage. 1t was in the
play for every one to kick at the devil,
while he was to dexterously dodge every
blow; and the man whom Raft fell near
didn't, in the excitement of the moment,
notice that it wasn't the devil, and
ga1 NJ off nd Roft 1,,ff Il
he got hit, and was lifted clear up the
stage to where another man kicked him,
and he was terribly SCARED, and began
to yell; and the audience, which thought
it was part OF the play, cheered,
and then another man kicked him, and
then another, and another, and, shrek
ing loudly, he flew about like football
until finally he rolled at the heels of
trick-mule on the stage, and the animal
kicked him into the orchestra; and as he
fell he broke two fiddles and trombone,
while his head got stuck into a kettle
drum. This wildly excited the orches-
TIA, but by that time the actors had
found out that there was some mistake,
as the real "devii" came up through the
trap. So, proceedings were stopped,
while Mr.. Raft was extricated and taken
to the green-ioom. The manager went
to him and asked him what the Old
Harry he meant by getting upon the
stage and disturbing the peace, and Raft
said it was conspiracy to Stay him.
Finally the matter was explained, and
Raft was sent to the hospital in hack.
He has reported to the society that the
theater is the wickedest place in exist
ence and actors the wickednest people.
boston Post.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-24
"a Great Moral LESSON"

Those who pass "the boxes" wherein
the aims of the congregation are put,
see many moral lessons, but none more
graphic than this one:
At meeting of some colored breth-
rem il was decided to make q collection.
The President concluded TO pass the hat
himself, and, in order to encourage the
others he put in a ten-cent piece. After
the collection, during which every hand
had been in the hat, the President APP
preached the table, turned the hat up
side down, and not even his own contri-
button dropped out.
He opened his eyes with astonish-
ment, and exclaimed, Use eben lost de
ten cents started wild |"
Then there was CONSERVATION on the
faces OF the assembly. 1t was evidently
hopeless case, and was summed mp by
one brother, who rose in his place and
said solemnly, +" Oar pears to be a great
moral lesson ROM heah somewhat"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-24
Actresses Arts.

A great many tricks of stage costume
spring from personal defects. In what
ever cut of waist Modjeska appears, there
is always bunch of flowers or bow
placed at the left of her open corsage
When this device is not resorted to, a
little strap of'silk will be trailed across
diagonally, or little fan of lace will sud-
denly spring from the LETT corner, in or
der to hide scar Oh the breast that
looks as if it might be the result of a
wound from a poniard, souvenir" of a
romance
Poor lucille Western was afflicted by
n birth-mark. She was regular female
Esau About her waist there was thick
growth of silky brown hair, which ran up
to point in front Where it came above
the tops Of her dresses it was carefully
shaved. but the skin always remained
blue. So Lucille wore huge cross
dangling just above that portion of her
anatomy.
Parepa Rosa had deep vaccination
scar far down her robust arm, and when
her sleeves were very short knot Of
ribbon or trail OF flowers used to cover
it. Before she grew SO extremely stout,
she wore II golden band above the elbow
to hide it, but when her armlet got to be
as big as waistcoat she abandoned the
oddly. One night, speaking of the scar
to an American girl who sat in her dress
ing-room, the Yankee offered Parepa an
immediate and effectual concealment Of
the offending spot She took one of the
candles off the toilet table, and holding
il above the arm let one drop of the
melted wax fall upon the place, and
there was no further need of concealing
devices. A dash of fesh-tinted powder
completed the cure, and Parepa's make
up-box forever after contained bit Of
wax dle.-NcW YORK. Mirror.