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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-11
Viva VOce Voting.

To establish q system is q service not
more distinguished than to prevent Its
subversion. 81 desire no more illustri-
GUS fame" said Tully, Ethan to have
inscribed on the tablets of the republic
that Cicero preserved it." When the
subversion of political fabric is threat
ened by practices repugnant to the the
DRY of its existence and incorrigible with
out superseding the agencies which make
them possible, is it not wise to consider
the possibility of averting the peril by
the substitution of agencies less capable
of such perversion?
The political system of the Constitu
ton is theoretically founded in popular
consent, whence its vitality and vigor are
supposed to be drawn through the free
and fairly ascertained expression of pub
lie opinion. The agency employed for
collecting this expression is the ballot
box. The facilities which experience
has shown it to furnish for thwarting
and defeating the electoral will are null
hilarious. Among them are the follow
ing: The seizure and destruction of bal
lots prepared for the use of voters; false
ballots printed In the similitude of genu-
inc; the stuffing of ballot boxes; the
fraudulent exchanging and substitution
of ballots after they have been cast; col
onization and repeating; the destruction
of ballot boxes; the objections of ballots
and returns on purely technical grounds;
the fraudulent counting of ballots and
false returns-these are some OF the
methods incident to the ballot which are
employed to defeat the popular judg-
ment They are not all common to, yet
some of them are possible, In every To-
cality. The opportunity is greater in
some than in others. The disposition to
practice is commensurate with the disre-
gard of right
Statutory restraints are Intellectual.
Rejecting false ballots only DISTINGUISHES
the elector, which but half corrects the
wrong. The crimes against and frauds
upon the ballot box may be detected and
punished, but their consequences are
generally without remedy. They can
rarely be corrected, except upon the tes-
timony of the perpetrators, which is as
unreliable as the crime is fragrant The
possibility and unrestrained continuance
of these practices must sooner or later
bring elective government into merited
contempt or terminate its existence in
violence
With view to elicit popular discus
sion, the inquiry is suggested whether in
national elections an approximate, if not
a complete, remedy for these practices
may not be furnished by the substitution
of Uiya uoce voting for the ballot Hoary
custom is obstinate, innovation regarded
with disfavor. The wisdom that shall
devise and the courage that shall give
effect to elective methods free from the
possibility of these subversive practices
will merit the distinction which Tully
deemed illustrious. Cincinnati Gazette.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-11
Comfort Ahead.

A Detroit lawyer was waited upon by
woman about 40 years of age, who an
nounced that the time had come when
she would no longer put up with the
conduct of her husband, and she had de-
cided to secure a divorce. Some in
quiries were made and questions an
swered, and she promised to return at
certain time and pay fee and set forth
her petition. She appeared before the
attorney on the appointed day, and an
nounced her intention of withdrawing all
proceedings for divorce.
HAS your husband promised to do
better?" inquired the lawyer.
"Oh, yes. l think he'll lead very
different life hereafter"
"Well, I'm glad of it. What has he
promised to do?"
Well, told you 1 was earning 81
a week Mt the wash-tub, and he was us
ing up every cent of it in cards and
drinks ?"
eyes"
81 had stood it as long as I could, sir,
and SO came to you When he found
what / had been up to, he was willing
to make promises.
"And how did you fix it?"
"Well, sir, / keep right on washing
and earning 81 a week, but, instead of
taking all my money away, he has
promised to get along on 81. 80 week
and leave me II shillings to run the
house and buy clothes So, sir, you
will stop the divorce, and 1 think 1 see
happiness and comfort ahead"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-11
The Queen of Home.

Honor the dear old mother. Time
has scattered snowy flakes OH her brows,
plowed deep burrows on her cheeks, but
Is she not sweet and beautiful now
The lips are thin and shrunken, but
those are the lips which have kissed
many n hot tear from the childish
cheeks, and they are the sweetest lips
in the world. The eye is dina, yet it
giows with the soft radiance that can
never fade. All, yes, she is dear old
mother. The sands of life are nearly
run out, but, feeble as she is, she will go
further and reach down lower for you
than any other upon earth. You cannot
enter a prison whose bars can keep her
out! you cannot mount a scaffold too
high for her to reach that she may kiss
and bless you in evidence of her death
less love when the world shall despise
and forsake you when it leaves you by
the wayslde to perish unnoticed, the
dear old mother will gather you in her
feeble arms and carry you home and tell
you all your virtues until you almost
forget your soul is disfgured 10y vices.
Love her tenderly, aud cheer the de-
Ginning years with holy devotion.-Peo-
pies Journal.
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How to Get Around the World In
Twenty.fOur Hours.

An eccentric Berlin philosopher an
nounces that he has discovered way to
make trip around the world in twenty
four hours. He says that he is informed
by the Captains of ships that birds are
seen at sea q thousand miles or more
from land, and pronounces it self-evident
that they must reach shore in a very
short time. since they cannot find rest
ing-place in mid-ocean. From this he
conceived the idea that they merely
raise themselves aloft, md, with only
enough motion to keep ahoat, remain as
nearly stationary as possible, while the
earth revolves around under them. All
they then have to do is to wait until the
desired spot on the earth's surface comes
along, and thereupon comfortably to
lower themselves to solid ground. This
ingenious practice on the part of birds
the Berlin man proposes to initiate for
mankind with the assistance of balloon
and passenger-car of peculiar constrnc-
ton that he has invented. and which will
soar aloft and remain stationary, while
the restless earth rolls on below. 1t does
not appear that he has successfully tried
a trip with his balloon himself, but he
has laid his theory before the Polytech-
mic Society of Berlin, and given an elab-
crate exposition of it. The society re-
ceived il apparently with levity, but the
inventor is in dead earnest.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-11
A Rich PnR.

manufacturer and vender of auack
medicines wrote to a friend for a stl ong
recommendation of his (the manufactu
rers "Balsam." In few DAYS he re-
ceiyed the following, which we call
pretty strong:
DEAR SIR: The land composing
this farm has hitherto been SO poor that
Scotchman could not get living off
1t, and SO stony that we had to slice our
potatoes and plant them edgewavs but,
hearing of your balsam, put some on
the corner of ten-acre field surrounded
ny a rail fence, and in the morning 1
found that the rock had entirely disap-
peared, neat stone wall encircled the
field, and the rails were split into fire.
wood and piled up svmmetrically in nv
back yard. put half an ounce in the
middle OF huckleberry swamp; in two
days it was cleared off, planted with
corn and pumpkins, and a row of peach
trees in full blossom through the mid
die. As an evidence of its tremendous
strength. l would say that it drew a
striking likeness of my eldest son out of
a mill-pond.; drew blister all over his
stomach; drew load of potatoes four
miles to market, and eventually drew q
prize OF S97 in lottery"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-11

stituted reformation, which resulted in
a division OF the order into two branches
the barefooted Carmelites, practcing
the severest austerities, and those who
wore shoes and observed milder regi-
men. The habit of the order is dark
brown, over which white cloak and
hood is worn on leaving the convent.
The brown scapular of the Carmelites is
frequently worn by the iaity. who are
thus permitted to share in their prayers
and good works. The order is wide
spread one in oil quarters of the globe.
Several Carmelite converts are found in
this country, that of Carmelite nuns Mt
Baltimore, which was first founded ut
Port Tobacco in 1890, having been the
earliest convent established on the orig
inel territory of the United States. =
HorDer's Bdzar.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-11

ssTHAr heart where self has found no
place and raised no thorne, is slow TO
recognize its ugly presence when 1t looks
upon it. "-Martin Chuzz,cUtt.
ssIp YOU had the abilities of all tho
great men, past and present, you could
do nothing well. without sincerely mean
ing it, aud setting about it-B!eGk
House.
"THEnE are days in this life worth life
and worth death. And OIL what bright
old song it is, that OIL tbs love, that
makes the world 60 round Our Mx-
.uai Friend.
"PRlpE is ono of the seven deadly
sins: but it cannot be the pride OF .
mother in her children, for that Is COM
pound of two cardinal virtues-faith and
hope. Nicholas Nickte6y.
omen who are thoroughly false and
hollow seldom try to hide those vices
from themselves; and yet in the very
act of avowing them they lay claim to
the virtues they feign most to des-
pise. "-Barnaby Fudge.
sTHE old, old fashionl the fashion
that came in with our first garments, will
last unchanged until our race has run its
course. and the wide armament is rolled
up like scroll. The old, old fashion
Death!'' -DOn6cy and Son.
'Ir always grieves me to contemplate
the imitation of children into the ways
of life. when they are scarcely more
than infants: 1t checks their confidence
and simphcity-two of the best qualities
that Heaven gives them. The Old Gu
riosity Shop.
OVERLY. verify, travellers have seen
many idols in many countries; but no
human eyes have ever seen more daring,
gross and shocking images of the Divine
nature, than we creatures of the dust
make in our own likenesses of our own
bad passions. "-Littte DOrrit.
'SoME happy talent and some fortu-
nate opportunity may form the two
sides of the ladder on which some men
mount, but the rounds of that ladder
must be made of stuff to stand the wear
and tear; and there is no substitute for
thorough going, ardent and sincere earn
estness. - The PicG,0ick Cyub.
A SILENT look of affection and regard
where all other eyes are turned coldly
away-the consciousness that we possess
the sympathy and affection of one being
when all others have deserted us-is q
hold, stay, comfort, in the deepest
affection, which no wealth could pur-
cllase or power bestow.-David Copper
field.
ALAS how few of natures faces are
left to gladden. us with their beauty!
The cares and Borrowings, and hunger
ings, of the world change them as they
change hearts; and it is only then those
passions sleep, and have lost their hold
forever, that the troubled clouds pass of
and leave Heavens surface clear.-Oiiver
Thirst
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-11
Getting n Husband.

Near Paris n peasant girl was deserted
by her lover, who had promised to mar
ry her. Some time afterward he called
and found her washing clothes in the
garden. near q wall. They had been
chatting while. when suddenly the girl,
as if by accident. dropped cloth in the
well, and exhibited great grief over the
loss of it. Her companion volunteered
to lean over in the well and fish the gar
ment out; but while he was so engaged
the girl caught him by the legs and
threw him in. In reply to his cries, she
told him that If he would promise to
marry her she would pull him out. He
promised; but no sooner was he out than
he brought suit against her for trying to
murder him. Then at last he Withdrew
il and married her.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-11
A Perky Story.

con this day seventeen years ago,
remarked New Yorker the other day,
ct shipped 1000 barrels of pork to
Washington. was an army contractor
then, and wherever 1 heard of barrel
of pork went for it and bought it at
some price. / remember this particular
shipment because serious mistake was
made"
"How?"
"Well, I counted the barrels at the
depot myself, and there were only 900,
when there should have been an even
thousand. Men were ready to roll the
barrels into the freight cars, and to
make my number good took ten bar
rels OF lard from stock ready to
ship to Baltimore. They mixed in
all right, and, of course, 1 expected to
pay for 'em. A whole day went by be-
fore saw the oy ner. These were stir
ring times, you remember. He had
found himself short, and he cribbed ten
barrels of beef to make good his num-
Der Of barrels, and hustled the shipment
away"
"And who did the beef man crib
from?"
swell, his beef was for the soldiers,
and he made himself good by buying
three barrels of vinegar, two of crack
ers, and stealing five barrels of apples
from lot in the depot"
"And did it go any further ?"
Yes. The most curious thing of all
was that the man ] took the lard from
sued the man who stole the apples, and
got judgment against him for the worth
of the lard, and none of the rest of us
were out q cent. - Wall Street Daily
Ne,US
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-11

Jostle him out from tho warmth and light
Only q vagrant, feeble and gray,
Let him reel on through the stormy night
What though his home DO far away7
With muttered curse on the wind and rain
He orept along through the muddy lane.
Lonely the pathway, and dark and cold;
Shelter he sought meath ruined wall;
Over his senses a numbness stole,
Round him Sleep threw her mystic pail
Then an angel came with plying tears,
And lifted the veil Of by-gono years.
GayIy he sports by a ripping brook;
Soft Is the breath Of the summer air;
Flowers adorn each mossy nook,
Sui,shine and happiness everywhere
He in Willfe now, just four years old,
With his rose bud lips and curls OF gold.
Hark 10 the roll of the war-like drum
See the brave soldiers go marching byl
Home from the bait young wa has como,
Courage and Joy in his sparkling eye
And his pulses thrill with hope and pride,
For he soon will greet his promised bride.
Now In the hreside's pickering glow
Calmly he's taking his evenings rest;
Fondly he kisses his infants brow,
Sleeping secure on it's mothers breast.
(And the dreamer stirred and family smiled:
He 10 William now, with his wife aud child.
The curtain dropped-the morning broke
Faint was the hush in the eastern sky;
Moaning aud wretched the sleeper woke.
Brushing tear from his hloodshot eye.
To his sQuaid home behind the hill,
With n saddened heart crept poor old Btt-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-11

THERE is nothing marvellous about
curing by the laying on of hands. Hands
laid on smartly and vigorously have
cured many small boys of sadness.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-08
s.s,sws voR cAgLY HERALD:
l5Aal4EiGS WEEKLY .i1si!taii
TERMS.

is published every Sasugdav morning.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-08

treaty entered into last year; that
it was the wish and intention of
the Government to accomplish the
terms of this treaty as expeditiously
as possible, and remove the Utes
upon the new reservation. This
announcement had peculiarly
nnfavOrable impression upon Chief
Sapovonora as well as upon Shava.
no and the other sub-chiefs. The
Utes were furthermore informed by
the Commissioners that it was de-
cided to hurry matters with them,
and permit very little talk. They
were further told that the Govern
ment was disposed to treat
them fairly anu just, but
the enforcement of the stipu-
lations Of the treaty was
absolutely paramount to every,
thing else; that they were to be
located upon new reservation,
and no deviation from this determ.
ination was possible. Shavano,t the
leading sub-chief, exclaimed loud
ly that there never was q treaty
made, neither this QUE under con-
sideration nor any other,and boldly
demanded to know who signed u
treaty. He was soon informed that
every Indian present signed. TO
this Shavano made no answer. The
chiefs were Informed that they
could select five Utes to accompany
tie Commission to. the new reser.
walton. Should they decline to
make the selection, the Commits
sion would proceed without them,
locate their reservation and remove
the agency thereon. FIVE Uies,
among whom is the head chief,
Sapovonora, have been selected by
Agent Berry and ordered to report
to the agency Wednesday.
Pnss."le h7'.. sa"ines. ssenie.
KAN.As CITY, June The fol.
lowing overland passengers passed
Topeka, to arrive in San Francisco
the 11th via A. Il. & s. F. r. r.:
Robert Anderson, Cleveland, OIL
Joseph Smith, Pittsburgh; "A. |
Meng, Philadelphia; Jacob Ham,
mel, Philadelphia; T. A. Beltes,
Oswego, Kansas.
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TIE F TIE OF A FAST YOUNG MAN.
10y an Hi loiJ State Prison ConVict.i

10y an Hi loiI State Prison Convict
It's curious isn't it Billy
The changes that two months may bring
Last yeai was at Saratoga,
As happy aud rich as king
was raking in pools on the races,
And chucking the waiter "ten,'
And slipping mint juleps by twilight;
And to-day l am here in the "Pen."
"What led me to it?" What always
Leads men to destruction and crime?
The Prodigal Son, whom you've read Of,
Has altered somewhat in his time;
He spends his substance as freely
As the Biblical fellow of cid,
But when 1t is gone he fancies
The husks will turn into gold.
Champagne, a box at the opera,
High steps while fortune is flush,
The passionate kiss Of women
Whose cheeks have forgotten to blush
The old, old story, Billy,
OF pleasure that ends intears--
The froth that foams for an hour,
The dregs tina. are tasted for years.
Last night as sat here and ronderld
On the end Of my evil ways,
There rose like phantom before me
The vision OF boyhood days.
I thought of the old home, Billy,
Of the school-house that stood on the hill
OF the brook that flowed through the
meadow
can cen hear. its.music still.
Again thought Of my mother,
OF the mother who taught me te pray,
Whose love was a precious treasure
That heedlessly cast away.
saw again in my visions
The fresh-lipped, careless boy
To whom the future wss boundless,
And the past q mighty toy.
thought of all this as I sat here
OF my ruined and wasted life
And the pangs OF remorse were bitter,
They pierced me like knife.
1t takes some courage, Billy,
To laugh in the face Of fate,
When the yearning ambitions Of Manhood
Are blasted at twenty-eight.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-08
go1 AmDelsa Aesald.

An"i ave.. !uOrn,ug except Mon
Gag.
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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-08

Al. s{tnds ct ,1D:s- ~ orb acao 60
UOM pete with 9Gp Eennessco su
Price, style, aad elegance cs " 0s;Ss
man ehiO.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-08

Advert;sem, nts inserted at Removable
rates.
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far n YOUR honor 10 now asked 20 e1Ienu =.
The Law provides that prisoner sncii nv
process Of court to compel the attendance 2.
r;tne.ses but the Law binds the hands OF the
court. and restricts its disposition 20
Witnesses being within its jurisdiction, OF
within one hundred miles of Washington
and if your honor thinks their testimony ma
terial enough to justify subjecting the y: ..
to the expense, then shall make no ooJec-
ton, but - to those other witnesses, you.
honor is entirely powerless to make any o.oe.
about them, as their testimony, II necessaIs
At ali, can be taken by deposition: AS 70 'ng
preliminary question of jurisdiction, !
ask YOUR honor TO ask that question ior nea.
ing at a very early day, and before the ', .sa
another request have to make IS tnat .ae
day fixed for the trial shall be PeremP.olus
fixed, and that the prisoner and his counseis
shall understand that it means the dav OF tne
trial and not the day for presenting amdasns
for another continuance. After some iurtne,
discussion the court said if assistance couia
not otherwise be obtained he should feel II
his duty to assign counsel for the defence
He then fixed the day of the trial Nov I'm.
The question of jurisdiction to be decided oy
Oct 30th
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STATE OF MAINE.

kENNEBEC ss-Superor Court, Sept. T., 1881.
A. q. Newman VS.. Daniel WEIGH IT.
nRDERED, That notice suit be given to the de-
" PENDANT by serving him with an attesed copy
OF the plaintiff writ, abstract of it, together with
this order thereon fourteen days least before The
next term of this Court, to be holden at Augusta
within and for said County Of kennebec on the first
Tuesday of December next, that he may then and
there appear in said Court and answer 10 said suit
If he see fit.
Attest: A. c. OTIS, Clerk
(Abstract of Plaintiffs Writ
Assumpst on deft's two promissory notes as fol-
lows: Note for Sl5, dated August 24th, 1877. pay
able to plaintiff or his order in three months from
date, with interest at eight per cent Note for 80
dated August 2th, 1872, payable TO the painif or BIS
order six months after date with interest at eight
per cent. The declaration also contains count for
go. money had and received by the d, IT. to the
pitt q use. The Hallowell Cotton Manufacturing Co.
of Hallnwell are summoned trustees Of the def
Adamnum, SO 90. Dale of Writ June GOTH ISL
re.url able To the September Term, Isl.
+. W. WHIrElIOUSE,
Atty Tor plaintiff
true copy of the order of Court, with abstract
of writ. Attest: A. c. OTIS, Clerk.
lf&
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There will be fourteen war vessels in
the navel review in the Yorktown Cen
tennial, exclusive OF the despatch boats
These ships will be assigned to positions
in a line from east to west. with the flag
ship Tennessee in the centre On the
morning of the 18th all the vessels of the
squadron will, be gayly dressed. with the
French ensign at the fore and the United
States ensign at the main mizzen. At a
signal from the flagship a national salute
will be fired from every vessel The
evening of the same day the vessels will
be dressed with lanterns. 10 at each lower
yard arm. Upon the arrival of the Presi-
dent the United States ensign will be
displayed at the main. the yaids manned
on every vessel. and II guns fired from
all the vessels in the squadron. The same
ceremonies will be observed when the
President leaves. On the Dist all of the
naval vessels will be reviewed by the Pres.
ident. and the usual review exercises OBJ.
served.