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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
A Noble Revenge.

The coffin was plain One-a poor,
miserable, pine coffin. No flowers on
the top no lining of white satin for the
pale brow; no smooth ribbons about the
coarse shroud. The brown hair was
laid dccently back, but there was no
criniped cap with neat tie beneath the
chin. The sufferer of cruel poverty
smiled in her sleep; she had found
bread, rest and health.
7" want to see my mother" sobbed n
poor little child, as the undertaken
screwed down the top.
"You cannot; get out of the way,
boy /; why don't some one take the
brat?"
"Only let me see her one minute T.
cried the helpless orphan, clutching at
the side OF the charity box, as he gazed
upon the coffin, agonized tears stream
ing down the cheeks on which no child
ish bloom ever fingered Oh it was
painful to hear him cry the words
"Only once; let me see mother, only
once p
Quickly and brutally the heartless
monster struck the boy away, so that he
reeled with the blow. For a moment
the boy stood painting with grief and
rage-his blue eyes distended, his lips
sprung apart; fire glistened through his
eyes rs he raised his little arm with q
most unchildish laugh, and sore med
"When I'm man, I'll be revenged
for that !"
There was coffin and heap of earth
between the mother and the poor for
saken child-a monument much stronger
than granite built in the boys heart the
memory of the heartless deed.
The Court House was crowded to sui
location.
"Does any one appear as this mans
counsel?" asked the Judge.
There was q silence when he had fin
ished, until, with lips tightly pressed
together, look Of strange intelligence
blended with naughty reserve upon
his handsome features, young man
stepped forward with firm tread and
kindly eye to plead for the friendless
one. He was stranger, but at the first
sentence there was silence. The SPLEEN
dor of his genius entranced-convinced.
The man who could not find friend
Ntlo tNduitbSss
"May God bless you, sir; 1 cannot T.
he exclaimed.
81 want no thanks" replied the
stranger.
T-I-I believe you are unknown to
me-"
"Sir, 1 will refresh your memory.
Twenty years ago this day you struck a
broken hearted little boy away from his
dead mothers coffin. 1 was that boy. u
Have you rescued me, then, to take
my life?'
"No, I have n sweeter revenge. ]
have saved the life of man whose brut-
al conduct has ranked in my breast for
the last twenty years. Gro, then, and
remember the tears of friendless
child"
The man bowed his head in shame,
and went from the presence of magnan-
unity, rs grand to him as 1t was incom-
prehensible. .....
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04

WEST VIRGINIA can scarcely continue
to be ranked among the States with a
distinctive negro population i'll the light
of the present census. With total
population of 618, 1913, the State has but
rs. 76O negroes, or about one in every
twenty-five. A large number of North
ern States have larger absolute negro
population, and several have a relative
population but little smaller. New Jer-
sey, with a total population of l, 100, 1872,
a little less than twice that of West Vir-
ginia, has 80, 036 negroes, and Connect
cut, with very nearly the same popula-
ton, 622, 6S3, has about one-half as many
colored persons, or IL, 799.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04

amendment TO the constitution prohibiting the
manufacture and sale OF spiritnous, malt and
vinous liquors . joint r. solution for the relief
NJ Alfre,i J. West. RESOLUTIONS requesting the
Board Of State Auditors TO furnish full state
ment OF the counsel or attorney fees allowed
and paid since JAN 1, 1873, were adopted. Ad-
journed uutil Monday afternoon.
MONDAY, Jan. 3l.-BxNArE.-'fhe Senate held
an evening session. at which the following bills
we're introduced; Amending section 4,47O, for
an inventory of the effects OF deceased per-
sons; repeating the Slander act Of 1879; making
an appropriation OF money to the State Pioneer
Society; to enable holders Of liens OH tax lands
to enforce the same.
HoUsE.-Bills were introduced Amending
tho law relative TO lien on logs requiring an
nual statements by the Manistee River I'm
provement Company amending the laws about
farmers mutual insurance companies (; amend
ing the laws relating to fees OF Justices Sheriffs
and constables; appropriations for Michigan
University 188l-82. Bills were passed Chang
ing the name OF the Michigan institution for
deaf, and dumb, and blind amending the
acts regarding manufacturing companies, and
amending section 8, 1l6, relative to absent, con-
cealed and nonresident defendants in courts OF
chancery. The thanks Of the House were ten
dered Gen. John Robertson for his 90 History Of
Michigan in the War" A resolution was also
adopted to ascertain the expense OF publishing
90, 900 additional copies Of that work.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
Industrial Secrets.

Acentury ago, whata man discoveredin
the arts he concealed. Workmen were
put upon an oath never to reveal the pro-
cess used by their employers. Doors
were kent closed, artisans going out
were searched, visitors were vigorously
excluded from admission, and false oper.
atoms blinded the workmen themselves.
The mysteries of every craft were hedged
in by thick-set fences of empirical pre-
tensions and judicial affirmation. The
royal manufactures of porcelain, for ex.
ample, were carried on in Europe with q
spirit of jealous exclusiveness. His Ma
jesty of Saxony was especially circum-
spect. Not content with the oath of Sc
crecy imposed upon his work people, he
would not abate his kingly suspicion in
favor of brother monarch. Neither
King nor Kings delegate might enter tho
tabooed walls of Meissen.
What is enormously called the Ores
den porcelain-that exquisite pottery OF
which the world has never seen its like
was produced for 200 years by process
80 secret that neither the bribery Of
princes nor the garrulity of the opera
tives revealed it. Other discoveries
have been less successfully guarded.
fortunately for the world. The manu-
facture of tinware in England originated
In q stolen secret.
Few readers needed be informed that
tin-ware is simply thin iron plated with
tin by being dipped in the molten metal.
In theory, 1t IL an easy matter to clean
the surface Of iron, dip it into bath of
boiling tin, remove it enveloped with q
silvery metal to place for cooling. In
practice, however, the process is one of
the most difficult in the arts. 1t was
discovered in Holland, and guarded
from publicity with the utmost vigilance
for more than half century. England
tried in vain to discover the secret. un-
Til James Sherman, Cornish miner, in
situated himself master of the secret.
and brought it home. The secret of
manufacturing cast steel was also stealth
lily obtained, and is now within tho
reach of all artisans. List
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
A Strategic Move.

During recent session of the Calves
ton county District Court, stranger
employed one of our young lawyers to
assist the County Attorney IN prescott
ing man charged with burglary. The
lawyer did his very best to convict the
burglar, but the jury acquitted him
without leaving their seats. When the
stranger who had employed the young
lawyer to prosecute the burglar came to
pay the young lawyer, the latter said :
az will only take hnlf the money, as 1
failed TO convict him.
"That's just why want to pay you
WE'LL" was the reply of the stranger.
I" The prisoner is my brother, and if 1
hadn't hired you to help the State he
would have been convicted and sent to
the penitentiary. You have done nobly.
The young lawyer gobbled the fee
without any more hesitation. He says
he earned 1t. -GdtUcst0a NctCs.
-. -
UP tc the hour of going to press
she said her beau had never Rugged her.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
A YOUNG woman now in Montana was

A YOUNG woman now in Montana was
adored at 16 by young man who was
disliked by her parents. She rocipro-
Gated the tender feeling, but was an af-
fectionate daughter, and would not marry
him. But she sternly resolved to let
them know that she was bli9hted be-
ing. She continued to live with her
father and mother, but never spoke
again. She is 81 now, but is still as
dumb as an oyster. Through the parti-
ton of her room she will sometimes
listen to the conversation of those in the
adjoining apartments, and occasionally,
several days after it has taken place, it
will be found on paper in her room
written out verbatim.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
Dominion Canada. 55ssl 800 2s,s4 1897 So, $50

The number of firms or individuals re-
ported in business increased, from 1879
to 1880, over "A, 900, or 81 per cent, but
the number of failures decreased 1923,
or nearly 30 per cent, and the amount
of liabilities $50 1897, O53, or over 80 per
cent. 1t is an important fact, too, that
the average of liabilities of firms failing
is lower in 1880 than in any other recent
year, showing that the greater proper
ton of failures were of small dealers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04

THEY don't stand on ceremony at
Leadville. A man owned hotel which
was in the way of new street that they
are opening there. The city offered him
$4,000 for it, which was more than 1t
was worth. The man would not sell. so
the police, waiting for no arbitration
nonsense or legal foolery, dumped all
the furniture out and tore down the no.
tel.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
The Irishman's Cat.

A poor Irishman applied for relief, and
upon some doubts being expressed rs to
whether he was a proper object for relief,
he enforced his suit with much earnest
ness "Och! yer Honor" said he, "Td
be starved long since but for my cut. +"
"But for what?' asked the astonished
magistrate. ''My cat" replied the
Irishman. "Your cat, how SOP" "Shure,
yer Honor, sould her eleven times for
shilling q time, and she was always
home before could get there myself. I"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04

THERE is conclusive evidence, says the
New York Tribune, that the ratio OF
losses to business done was at least
double that of 1880 in either of the
Years 1s57-1S61, inclusive. In short, it
was evidently the most prosperous year
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
JAPANESE women and girls are said by

JAPANESE women and girls are said by
competent writer's to be treated much
more kindly than in China or any other
heather country. They are, it is said,
brightly intelligent, lady-like and self
reliant. No ladies excel them in the
love of beauty, in order, neltness, or
household management and adornment ;
and in courage, fortItude in affection,
filial devotion, wifeiy affection, and
motherly tenderness, they will bear
comparison with the women OF any
other nation"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04

BANCROFT, the historian, is thin and
straight, but walks sturdily every after
noon. He wears tall silk hat and car
ries q stout wallsing-stick. He walks on
the roadway near the curbstone, so that
he may not be jostled by the crowd on
the sidewalk.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
Employment.

There are 100 penal institutions of all
grades in the United States, in which
convicts are employed at any kind of
labor fortyceight are State prisons,
forty city and county jails and peniten-
tiaries, twenty-five work and
houses of correction, and sixteen houses
of refuge and reform schools.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04

TAKING all the States, the following is
the last authentic statement OF the kind
of work in which convict labor is en-
ployed:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04

ENGINEER WILLIAMS wns attacked by
heart disease, while alone on his loco
motive, on q Virginia railroad; but, IN
spite of the audiences OF his death, he
was able to whistle down brakes and
close the throttle, thus averting disas-
far as mss
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04

CONSCIENCE is the voice of the soul.
the passions are the voice of the body.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04

our to the hour of going to press"
she said her beau had never Rugged her.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04


and King Third, Warrington and Robertson ;
Fourth, Hitchcock and Parsons Fifth, Hartford
and Eaton; Sixth, Cooper and Baldwin :
Seventh, Granger and Grant Eighth, Esta-
brook and w. Nelson Ninth, Martin aud Mer-
Ger. The committee Is to prepare plan for
redistricting the State Senatorial and
Representative districts, but has moth
ing to do with the Congressional dis
trcts. The following bills we're int oduced |:
Amending the act to prohibit the obstruction
and regular operation OF railway trains amend
ing the law regulating compensation OF over
seers OF highways; joint resolution for the
appointment Of Clerk OF the Supreme Court :
repeating section 2,s54, requiring manufactur-
ing companies 10 report TO the Auditor Cen
eral requiring holders OF unrccorded bonds to
record the same. The House concurred in the
Senate JOINT resolution about notifications Of
existing highway laws.
SATURDAY, Jan. 29.-SKNArE.-Bills were in
troduced: Amending the laws excmpting GER
tiin lands from taxation; for the medical and
surgical treatment Of dependent children at the
University or Michigan; amending the laws
for improving the navigation or rivers to pro-
vide for supply OF the general laws of the
state; authorizing the employment of clerk
10y the Probate Court OF Lenawee county. Ad-
journed until Monday evening.
DEMONSTRATIONS were received for the sub
mission Of prohiUitory amendment, also
praying for the adoption Of law for the gov
ernment Of insane asylulns substantially the
same AZ Senate bill No. 24l OF the Legislature
OF 1872 which bill passed the Senate with but
theee votes III the negative, but was laid on the
table IN the House. on MOTION 81 Mr. Ferguson.
The following bills were introduced :. JOINT
resolution amending the constitution relative
to Circuit Courts; detaching territory
from Bismsrck and Moltkc, and to o.
i,036, e,o.. relating 10 takes amending section
209i, relating 70 the killing OF quail organic
ing new county from certain territory in
Wayne county joint resolution proposing an
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-10-22
GrS. GoRpoN and his brothers, and

GrS. GORDON and his brothers, and
Governor Colquitt, of Georgia, are the
heroes of a railroad job with millions IN
il About six months ago they obtained
a charter for road from Atlanta to the
Mississippi river or to Texarkana. The
towns Of Columbus and Aberdeen, Miss,
and the county Of Monroe donated bonds
TO the amount of $3.50, 900, and IN owner
of coal lands in Alabama threw in a deed
TO 100000 acres. The Gordon party,
without investing n cent, then trans
ferred these donations and the charter
for the Georgia Western roa! to the
Georgia Pacific Railroad Company, re-
ceiving $50, 900 in cash and the right
70 one.third of the first S5,00O,UN sub
scriptions taken 10y the Pacific Company.
Work will he commenced at once, and
The contract with contributors will be
carried out.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-10-22
A FAIRY AFL0AT.

The following description ot IL" fairy
vessel represented "u tin l'l-' i rom the
Cincinnati CGmm.rciW Ia, hull Is nj the
finest selected white o..:.. huncd. h"ltcd
and ri,-r.d IN lu- mos, >t'l.ui ami work
manlik, manner. ami = al feet IN length.
II l,ct breadth OF hr,m. :! !c't depth ct
hold. and draws twenty inches at water.
She carries ai,,l.ilar hpii ,,.al,i,vo l".ulI-
iul lItilr "u-iu.~. niidr '>lr ~-iN i"r her.
bv the ONO Machine 60. \iiddlrlurt. a..
The diaii.-ipom J. SITUATED hciN'rn the
boiler and engine tGUi.t~. tId l. dlti>ti' ANY
grained. with lt",'D,d coming. II l. Wr-
ni>hcd in the Queen Ann: style and the
,il,cr china and liable linen 1rc"i ia" finest
character. Th' piiu:-h"li-". cabin. mann
.aioa and Cal';.,in> Ollie ar' "ii The >li""n
deck and are iu\ulou~ IA tHrn furnishing
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-10-22
A CHrCOr county (Ark.) farmer, !

A CHICOT county (Ark.) farmer, re-
turning at noon from the field, while
passing through the yard, discovered his
little boy, about year old, sitting near
the fence, with one end Of what seemed
to he leather strap in his mouth, while
with both hands he held the strap near
the middle. Approaching, the father
was Mortified to find that the child held
a snake and the snake squirmed, but the
little fellow pulled and closed his mouth
as tightly as though he were trying to
bite off the serpent's head. The snake
was of the black species, and might have
wound its body around the boy and
chOked him to death. The child was
teething, and wanted something to bite,
and in the absence Of rubber or pointed
sick adopted the snake as a substitute.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-10-22
"RSogh On Rata
Ask Druggists for it. 1t clears out rata, mice,
reaches. bed-bugs, flies verInin. insects. 1bc.
REACTED rROu D..Tu.

william = .hitn, ct SQUIRT 'l-. Mas. -'y-: "Ir
,h. tall ct I,6 wa, ta.cp with blood 90. lu"-.
i,ll.Nei Ly SEVERE '.',.h. | loot nay tpI"f'i. !.
a..~h aud wa c"unu.i 20 NV f.. IT, -, wa al
rnrt.-i - the hospital. Tin I''ios- -aI hal, h' ..
nv une - h, hal dollar. A. one tlurc ai.f"ti
went around that I dad. | r'v. ny h.l.. h. .
iI.ui told in. ct pE WILLIAM H,TL- B,.,NT r,R IIts
IrVt-. .,t a bottle wi.u. - Itf-.. ii-
iu.-ci to i.sl h'"r aud to-day feel hotter tntr it
,h-.., I,, vlIi. ih~ h'gn- 'f.iv o1' ~ r'-i
win .i-,.-.d lung Will tax DE. WILLIAM HNf~ EN-
s,v and ~. convinced that ,ox-rHrrIoy c'V - 'tRfP
eau I-r.iy"y Az II La- don" m'le sr'i tmn all tn
Other medicine, have taken since -sckn.>>.'
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-10-22
Set Back ~ Years.

81 was troubled Tor many years with Kid
new Complaint, Gravel, &c; my b'oo he
came THU; was dull and inactive; could
hardly crawl about; was an old worn ont
man nj! over; could get nothing 10 help me-.
until got Hop Btters, and now am hey
arain. Nv blood ard kidneys are all right.
and | am as active rs m IN OF 30, although
I am -, and have no doubt it will do as
well for others OF my age. 1t is worth
trial."-(Father.) Sunday Mercury.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-10-22

IT is we'll known that many American
cattle are sent abroad, but it is not 81
we'll known that the hides are sent back
to America to be tanned Tanning-bark
is growing scarcer every yearin Europe,
and costs from s35 to so ton i'll Eli
gland, while American hemlock bark is
worth in this country only 50 to s. per
ton. For many years hemlOck-tanned
solc-lcathcr has been exported to Euro
pean countries, and the exports now
reach slO, 100000. The exports of live
cattle from New York were 22,50Q in
1876, 10000 in 1877, 100000 in 1878.
81, 295 in 1879, and 50. 4O6 in 1880.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-10-22
Notice.

From the 10th Of October, 1851, Ia
he lst of July, 1852, genuine Rock
SPRING WATER will be supplied To Gus
toners by Ellis d Co., of Bailey Springs
Ala, at the following rates:
Ten gallons in anti-corrosivc can. $500
Same can refiIed at. 400
Five gallons in anti-corro-ive can. 30
Same can refilled at .......... 30
Nine gallons in glass bottles. &C.. 80
Reasonable freight and express rates
are given by all railroads. This water
has been known for nearly fifty wears
as 4 sure cure for Dv>pepSia, . sure cure
for diseases of the Kidney ami Bladdcr,
sure cue for all durable cases Of
Drop-v. 81 rc cure for SciofulouS cases
Of the Bones ar Skin, and y certain de
stroycr Of the terrible thirst for inioXi
eating drink that ovcrc"mcS :" many
worthy resolutions. Deprive Il drunk
ard of his diam for three days and
meanwhile give him plenty of Rock
Spring Water, and he won't want the
whisky Don't you think it, worth
trying Won do, drop postal 10
Eli, Il Co. Ii will cost only a cent.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-10-22

WI po not often speak 81 any Jrolri,t"fy
medicine. hut from what have read and
heard of Aliens Lung Balls M. We shall take the
liberty of SAVING To those vii" are troubled with
a cold. cough, OF any thrnat or lung affection,
that from the testimony afforded. We have ,uciI
confidence III this article. that w,r" wo AFFLICTED
in that way. We would MAKE tilal Of Its viz
tuos. Beware Of the fatal co:iS' IlI,uces of
no.lcctinS this timely warning. y y. before Il
is too late. usc Allen, Lung Eal>an, which viii
cure the disease. Every druggist III the land
nclls Il.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-10-22
The Washington monument ia grad

The Washington monument ia grail
ually going heavenward after many years
of stand-still. During the year sixty
four feet were added to its height, and
there is now enough stone on the ground
for thirty feet more. Col. Casey, the
engineer in charge. says the rapidity
with which the work can he prosecuted
depends entirely upon the rapidity with
which the marble can be quarried and
delivered.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-10-22
I'VE recent death at White Sulphr

The recent death at White Sulphur
Springs of Mr.. Abram b. Garrison,
well-known and much.respected citizen
of st. Louis, was the result of brave
act done 10y him last winter. He had
Just stepped from railroad train when
he saw little child fall from the plat
form under the wheels. He sprang for
ward and saved the child, but, in doing
IN. broke his own arm and suffered Sc
we're internal injuries. He had been i'll
for more than a year. and his system
could not bear this additional strain. In
spite Of all that love and skill could do
for him he gradually failed until death
ended his sufterings.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-10-22

ALDERMAN ERDMAN sent word to Jus
tice Shawn, at Louisville, that he would
call next day to collect $40 which had
long been owing. The Justice replied
that the Alderman would get horse
whipped if he came on that errand.
Then the Alderman made the promised
visit, but used pistol before the Justice
could use whip.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-10-22

LORD BEACoNsrrELD wrote Of Ireland
in 1896: "Justice to Ireland will be
best secured by doing justice to En-
gland. The people Of England created
the empire. These men can
not be conciliated; they are your foes
because they arc the foes Of England.
They hate our order, our
civilization, our enterprising industry,
our decorOns liberty. This wild, reck-
less, indolent, uncertain and supersti-
tious race has no sympathy with the
English character. Their idea of human
felicity ban alienation of clannish broils
and coazse idolatry. Their history re-
cords an unbroken circle Of bigotry and
blood. And now, forsooth, the cry is
raised that they have been misgoverned.
How many who sound this party shibbe-
leth have studied the history of Ireland?'
He himself died without setting foot on
her shores.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-10-22

AMoyG the curiositie, uf TIE CENSUS Of
British India are the extraordinary pro-
frssiols which some persons declare they
pursue. In AlIahabai, 91i desc ibtd
themselves as slow blackcuards."
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-10-22

ZONE of the features Of the Atlanta
Cotton Exposition" says the Columbus
Ex9uirer-S,n,, twill be the manufact-
ure Of suit of clothes from raw cotton
in twenty-four hours. The cotton will
be picked, ginned, spun, dyed, woven
and made into suit Of clothes for Sen
ater Brown inside of one day."
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-10-22

Prrr Con IINTR on. made from selected
iiNCi-. on he s,a-riIrrc. i,V ta-NtN T.. Hazard <
Co.. New York. IL Is Absolutely pure and sweet.
latI,;ts vino have once t.tru II ircf,r il f. al
oiL'ls. Physicians have 'i"'.!od =; superior L.
any Ui tho util.r oils IN nash.