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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20

SOPHIE PERowsKAIA, the young wom-
an who was executed for completely in
the murder of the Gar, was near being
the daughter-in-law of Mouraiwieff, the
man Of the Polish atrocities of nineteen
years ago. Her family intended her to
be the wife of Constantine, the Generals
son. She had Polish governess, who
set her against him, and prepared her
mind for the reception of Socialist doc
trines by denunciations of Russian Off
cialism and of the court. She lost her
beauty in her peregrinations and stormy
adventures. The law officer who inter
rogated her and prepared the indictment
was Constantine Mouraiwieff, her first
lover.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.


A lion TO the squirrel said 49,. %
"Work faithfully for me.
And when your task Is done, my friend.
Rewarded you shall he
With barreifui vi finest nuts fresh from
My own nut tree"
my lion king" the squirrel said, TO this
DO agree"
The squirrel toiled both day and night
Quite faithful " his hire;
So nungry and 80 faint, SOMETIMES,
He thought he must expire.
Bur still he kept MS courage up, and tugged
With might and main
" How nice the nut, will TASTE" he thought,
Whom my barrel gain"
At last, when he was nearly dead,
And thin, and o.d ana gray,
Qnoth lion: "Theres no unore hard work
You're fit To do. I'll pay
A barrrliul Of nuts lac gave-ripe, rich,
Aud big, but oh!
The squirrels tears ran down his cheeks;
He'd lost his teeth, you know.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20

Of the flames that the men know when
the carbon is exhausted, and the steel
ready to be poured into what are termed
ingot moulds. These are hollow cylin-
ders, which are arranged ready for use,
being well packed with clay Mt the bot
tom, so that not drop of the steel may
escape, and each of them having an iron
hoop or handle at the top, by which it is
lifted off when the ingot is cold. Into
these moulds the steel is poured, cooled
suddenly, and when quite hard and the
cylinders removed, the ingots are packed
up ready to be purchased by those who
remelt them for other purposes. Some
steel is made into bars. and it is from
these that the best Sheffield cutlery is
produced. The bars are broken mp and
put into crucibles, which are placed in
SO hot furnace that they are soon broken
and spoiled. So short a time do these
cruicbles last that quantities of them,
when useless for the original purpose,
are built into garden walls.
From steel uslrefned and tempered
are mao the knives, razors. saws, and
other kinds of cutlery for which Sheffield
is celebrated all over the world III the
metal was allowed to grow cold gradually
it would he soft but the suddenness of
the change from hot to cold makes it
hard, and capable of taking the fine edge
required for cutting purposes. One of
the largest and most important classes of
working people in Sheffield are the saw
grinders The great stones at which
they work are turned by powerful ma
chinery, and kept moist, but the air is
full of floating particles of steel dust
and filings, which make the occupation
very unhealthy one. Women, and even
children, as well as men, are employed
in the various departments.
The quantity of steel used since the
introduction of railways is enormous,
because all the rails on which the
trains run are of steel, a great deal
of it being also required in the con-
struction of wheels and engines. Little
Folks
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20
Primary school Fund.

The following table shows the appor-
tionment of the primary school interest
fund to the several counties for the cur
rent year, as made by the Superin-
tendent of Public instruction. The APP
portionment is at the rate of Sl.06 per
child. The figures in the first column
of the table show the whole number of
children of school age reported; those
in the second column give the number
of children residing in districts that have
sufficiently complied with the law to Sc
cure their public moneys. Comparing
these two columns, it will be seen that
2,455 children reside in districts that
have not complied with the law, and as
a consequence such districts are excluded
from the apportionment
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20

THE wretched condition of the people
of Russia under strong Government
can be imagined from the reports from
st. Petersburg. No one is trusted, every
one is suspected, and all persons not
well known are feared. No person can
move from his or her home without n
permit from the police. 1t IL now
agreed upon all hands that the brains
governing the movements of the Nihilist
conspirators are of undoubted superior
ity. The measures adopted 20 control
the movements of passengers, traders,
peasants, ETC., are productive of great
inconvenience, and people who live out
side of town, and whose business takes
them into it during the day, have to wait
their turn at barriers to inscribe their
names, addresses, occupations and des-
tinations at each trip each way. 1t is n
terrible condition of affairs. IA
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20

A FEW years ago it would have seemed
nonsense to say that the Chinese might
become formidable rivals of the outer
barbarians of the ocean. But it appears
from late official reports that the Chi
nese now possess 4, 100, 900 tons of ship
Ding. Nearly oil of this probabl, con-
sists of junks and coasters of different
degrees of antiquity, but the total even
then is an astounding one. The United
States has but4, 53S, 1873 tons of shipping,
oil told, Including canalboats and lake
craft, and Britain herself has but 3,115,-
638 tons. The Chinese already run two
lines Of steamers, British built, one line
from Hong Kong to Singapore, and the
other to San Francisco. There is no
reason why, with their cheap and docile
labor, they may not gather in more and
moro of the shipping business. Proba-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20

BENJAMIN FrrcH, ESQ.,, has donated to
the Charity Organization Society, of
Buffalo, N. Y, property worth about
5000, 900, for the purpose of building and
endowing an institution to be known as
Fitch's Institute, which is similar to the
Cooper Union in New York. 1t will in
clude q free readin9-room, library.
lecture halls, a female training school, a
hospital where persons injured by acci-
dents in the streets may be taken, and a
free dispensary. This is the first insti-
tuition of the kind established in the
United States. 1t is intended for the
use only of the poor, regardless of race
or color.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20

If not a member of the Congressional
Temperance Association, Senator Gar
land, of Arkansas-who il much
brainier man than he is reputed, and a
jolly goodfellow, too-is q teetotaler, and
gives good reasons for departure which
was decidedly marked. Last winter his
fellow-Senators rallied him o good deal
on the change in his habits, but he gave
good, if whimsical, reason therefore {:
"No, gentlemen, there's nothing the
matter with me, but I've stopped. You
know we had a pretty hot canvass in
Arkansas this summer, and 1 went all
over the State stumping. Well, / saw
the graves of good many good fellows
who began with me, and who are now in
the dark valley or the light one, which
ever it may be. L saw the wrecks of
other men who started out with me to
be jolly good fellows. The graves and
the wrecks set me thinking. From
thinking L began to calculate. Well,
on a rough calculation, 1 found that l
had already drank about a barrel and
half of whisky more than L was en-
titled to. Then L said to myself that if
| drank any more l should be drinking
some other fellows whisky, and, as 1
didn't want to do that, stopped. There
you have the whole story"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20

PRoF. RICHARD A. PRocToR, the ia
nous English astronomer, was married
recently to Mrs. Sallie Crowley, OF ST..
Joseph, Mo. There was considerable
romance in the case. Several years ago
Mrs. Crowley went to Australia with her
invalid husband, and on shipboard met
Prof. Proctor with his invalid wife.
The acquaintance began by an exchange
of remedies, and when the two invalids
died the two nurses agreed to console
each other for life.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20

THE London Spectator holds that the
disadvantage of birth in England, so
far as political success is concerned, is
very slight" not half SO great as that
of poor presence, or slight stutter, or
a defect of vision, or Christian name
which recalls ridiculous recollections or
provokes invidious comparisons. Better
by far be born Levi or laborer than pos
sess n squirt, or be little lame, or be
called Alcibiades Tomkins." Rank is
still an advantage, though slight one,
to an English politician. The desire to
be or seem to be nearer to the people is
constantly growing. Many members of
Parliament habitually drop their coat of
arms in Debrett, and the tendency is
always in the direction of democratic
equality. In France the successful
public men are conspicuously men OF
the people. Gambetta was the son of a
clothes-seller and Theirs the son of q
locksmith. In the United States fam
lily" or "birth is q positive disadvant-
age. The Adamses have been hurt, not
helped, by belonging to family of
Presidents. 1t was Hancock's misfort.
une in the last campaign that he was be-
lieved to be an aristocrat. Jackson,
Johnson and Lincoln were poor white
"crackers." Garfield was the son of a
widow in INDECENT circumstances. Grant
was the tanner boy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20

New ORLEANS is stirred anew by an
acrimonious discussion of the origin OF
the Creole families which hold social
sway in that city. New Orleans was
originally military colony, and the first
women brought were from European
houses of correction. Several later car
goes were of better class. Not only
both sorts made wivesby the French were
settlers, but Indian and negro girls
readily found husbands. The present
controversies arise from efforts to trace
lineage back to the better emigrants,
rather than to the convicts, the negroes
or the natives.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20

A FERooIoUs bloodhound was added
TO New England "Uncle Toms Cabin"
company. He was expected to chase
Haley with simulated ferocity, but on
his debut, at Providence, he bit the flu
gitive in earnest. This was a valuable
advertisement for the show, but it al
most cost the life of the actor.
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bly, some of the British aud American
ship-owners who insisted so strongly ON
being allowed TO extend the blessings of
civilization to the Chinese will find they
walked up the wrong passenger.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20

ALLEGHENY county, in which Pitts
burgh is located, is nearly done with the
settlement of the riot losses. Up to this
time 81, 750, 0G0 have been paid-$ $780,
900 in cash and $2,650,0O for which
bonds have been issued. The unsettled
claims amount to about $40, 600.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20

"TuE flower of the air y is q plant
found in Chill and also in japan. This
appellation is given to 1T because it has
no roots and is never fixed to the earth.
1t twines round dry tree or sterile
rock. Each shoot produces two or three
flowers like lily, white, transparent and
odoriferous. 1t is capable of being
transported 200 or 800 leagues; and it
vegetables as it travels, suspended on .
twig.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20

SINCE the prohibitory law has been in
force in Portland thirty-one residents of
that city have paid nearly $69, 900 in
fines. OF this sum $41 ,479 was paid by
Patrick and James McGluchy. Thefnes
were paid during a period OF twenty-six
years. Say ftf =.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20

AN old man in Lewiston, Me-, refused
to ride Mt his wife's funeral, saying that
he wanted to take his last walk with her.
And SO, in pouring rain, unprotected
boy umbrella or overcoat, he followed the
hearse with bowed head distance of
more than mile to the cemetery.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20
ghe Trlls Iorthsrl1sr.
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1881.

"HANK" Monk, who drove Horace
Greeley on the memorable stage-ride
~'across the continent" is now driving
regularly on the stage line between Car
son and Lake Tahoe, in Nevada.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20

MIsNEsorA has new law permitting
teachers in the public schools to give
daily instruction in social science, good
morals and patriotism. Thirty topics
are specified, such as health, honesty,
industry and chastity, but none of them
are distinctly religious.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20

!" Now, SUSAN, my boots. Do hurry
with them. l am sure have called for
them O dozen times" "Yes'm; in n
minute, m. / heard you, and 1 thought,
to save you time and trouble, I'd button
them for you before you put them on. I"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20

'rncluding deficiency Of ST. &c for 1880.
tIncluding deficiency OF $2l.l5 for 1880.
tInciuding deficiency Of s3l. 40 for 1850.
sIncluding deficiency Of $3l. 90 for 1880.
fInciuding deficiency CT $l4.b7 fer 1880.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20

The committee ordercd last week, 10 investi-
gate the charges against the management of
the Ionia Hou.e OF Correction tegan theIr in
ycstigatlon on Thursday O2th) with oren doors.
IL Is expected that tie Investigation will occupy
some time-possibly two we. ks
The Governor has nominated and on Monday
evening tho Senate conf med varnum y. Coch
rano as Superint' ndent Of Public Instruct on.
vice Cover, resigned to lccept tue Supcnn-
tendency OF the Reform School. Mr. Cocnrane
is 30 ytars old, thorough educator, and hiss
been for some years Superint ndent OF Schools
ut Negaunee, Marquette county.
The Senate on the 18th passed Senator Ed
sells bill "to suppress the so-called habit Of
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-28
TnE AMERICAN sOLpIER.
Archibald Forbes Opinion on COnnse-
tIeut Regiment on Parade,

CHARLESTON, s. o., October T.-One o.
the most delighted spectators Of the supurh
marching and dress parade Of the First
Connecticut Regiment yesterday, was Arch
ibald Forbes, the famous war correspon'
dent Of the London NsGs. To reporter oi
the Neug and Courier, who had talk with
him, he said:
"We Englishmen have habit Of look
ing down npona talking man, and to agree
with Carlyle, when he says, The able man
Is the silent man, and | am bound to say
that the first night | was here, when l
heard those Connecticut men crate, with U
good deal OF buncombe thrown in, said
70 myself, Much that am told that will
zee tomorrow will be promise without
iulfIlment,' But II came about quite the
other way, and ] am free to say that 1t
seems to me that II there are great many
regiments like that Connecticut regiment
which | saw here on parade in u
nation, It don't want any standing army
at all, as they would constitute a far
cheaper and more effective force than any
standing army would / Ihaye seen all the
armies In the world, believe, from Afghan
scalawags to Russian Imperial Guards, and
| have never seen greater precision and
stability than those men manifested on
that dress parade. To me II was q reyela-
ton, and q rather disagreeable revelation
from this point Of view, which you can
easily understand, that | became painfully
aware that there was another factor in the
world capable Of beating us. Aman never
likes 10 find out that the number OF men
stronger than himself Is on the increase.
We Englishmen have been indulging In
the satisfaction, that however continental
countries might grow with their millions
Of reserves against our 100000 or 100000
trained troops, we were yet capable
Of staggering over the United States In the
matter Of drill and discipline, and the
punctilious performance Of eyolutions.
But what saw yesterday proved to me
that such was not the case. Those men
marched and wheeled quite equal to our
Grenadier Guards, and | don't think !
have seen anything to equal the precision
In the manual In that dress parade 1t
seemed to me that the commanding officer,
who went to the front, and moved rs a
piece OF mechanism, had Ills foot on an
electric wire which communicated with
the regiment and every man in the regi'
ment, aud that each man was a mere au'
tomaton, not moved by tile word Of com.
mand, but by the Colonel's foot on the
concealed wire In the ground, and what !
admired most OF all was the absolute rigid.
ity Of the accuracy that was preserved In
the minutest detail.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-28

NEw YoRk, October 2T.-The Spirit Of
The Times says. The victories Of foxhail
have attracted the. e.,attentiOn Of The entire
world to the excellence Of our soil, pas.
ttires and climate for the propagation Of
Thoroughbred horses. A partial recoghi.
ton Of this Is shown In a recent shipment
Of celebrated stations and upwards OF two
dozen brood mares TO this country by Eng.
lisll parties. Their destination Ii New
Mexico, and one Of the gentlemen interest.
ed las laid a bet that the Derby winner
will be bred at the New Mexico farm in
less than six years. II is certain that Eng.
llsll stock will be represented hereafter at
the sales Of American yeafllnEs In tho
blue grass region where Foxhall first saw
the light and Lis ancestors lived and died.
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FOREIGN NOTES.


The Emperor and Empress OF Brazil win
soon visit Europe.
DR.. Carver won two more pigeon shoot
Ing matches yesterday.
The Persian Government intends TO con.
fine Ayoob Khan probably at Teheran.
A steamer was stopped in the Dardan.
elles having large quantity Of dynamite
for Russia. W
AT the Newmarket races yesterday Lor-
illards Gerald had walk over for Die
subscription stakes.
In the Land Court yesterday Justice
0'Hagan In replying TO the League soIici.
tor, said, no evicted tenant would lose hia
rights. i
The French ambassador at Vienna, Who
has been on a futlough in France, Ina
been requested 10 return 10 his post Al
once. He will arrive at Vienna In time Ia
meet King Humbert.
The London Daily Nehs says Of Seem
tmy Blaine'B circular with reference 10 tho
Panama Canal: ut will undoubtedly re
Ceiye friendly hearing, but as q piece oi
logic Cannot be regarded as very powerful.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-28

WAsnINdroM October 27.-TIic annual
report Of the Light House Board shows
SO4 lights on the Western rivers. The
light on Stann ards Rock, Lake Superior
will be exhibited before tho end Of thu
fiscal year. The Board adds, three coast
lights are needed on the Great Lakes, one
at Braddock's Point, Lake Ontario, to cost
$35, 600; on the west shore OF Lake Huron,
between IT. Gratoit and Sand Beach Har.
bor, to cost $4,000 and ono oil Round
Island, Straits Of Mackinaw, to cost $780,
00O Many lesser or harbor lights will be.
come necessary with the extension Of COM
merCe.
A new tower should be built at Point
Betsy, on the east shore OF Lake Michigan,
and u light Of increased power be exhibit
ted there. The estimated cost Of these
changes Is $4,000, and MI appropriation
Is therefore recommended.
The Board asks for 100000 for repairs
the coming year; $4,000 for the care Of
day beacons, and 100000 for the Fog Sig.
nal service. ..l..g
Fifty thousand dollars Is asked for the
introduction Of the electric light. Forsalaried
light keepers the estimate Is $GO0,000, M
increase Of $24 900 over last year.
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The Isuot,.YnnherbIIt Mnr.

COLUMBUS, October 27.~The proceedings
in the Jewett vs. Vanderbilt railroad case
to-day, were in the Supreme and Common
Pleas Courts. In the former motion for leave
10 file u petition in error to the Court Of
Common Pleas was argued. The latter
ordered the appointing OF prosecuting at.
torney. Ex:Chiet Justice Gilmore and
appointed 10 assist the Court in vindica.
ting It's authority, ind entries for the Court
journal were furnished providing for orders
Of attachment on ]. II. Devereux and
Stevenson Burke, were filed. The charges
against these men are that they refused to
obey the orders OF the Court, and for par.
ticipating in the election Of directors for
Themselves TO be voted for and accepting
the. offices of said Company. Burke Is
also charged with obstructing an officer Of
the Court.
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Into the Disbursement or the Treasury
Contingent Fund.

Contingent Fund.
WASHINGTON, October Ex-senator sher.
man succeeded yesterday in securing the
adoption Of his resolution, which, rs
amended by himself, authorizes the Ap.
preparations Committee, Of which lie is not
q member, to investigate the disburse.
ment OF the contingent funds Of all the Ex-
eCutive Departments for an indefinite Pc
riod. There was no formal opposition 10
II, although the Democrats regretted 10 see
II 90 through. They have thought, and
some Republicans have thought with
them, that II the facts In regard 10 the dis
bnrsement Of the contingent fund Of the
Treasury could only be kept In the vaults
OF the Treasury Department, they would
have constant opportunities 10 "fasp" the
ex-Secretary. For this reason they have
made no effort to get the testimony, SOCIAL.
ed, before the country. They were entire.
lycohtent 10 leave It where Il was Their
slandors were 80 much more efIectual when
the facts were not within the reach OF those
who heard them, II was, OF course, no
part Of Senator Shernan's duty 10 secure
the publication OF report upon The ltves-
tigation OF the manner Of disbursing the
Contingent Fund Of the Treasury Depart.
metit SECRETARY Window had seen fl to
keep the results Of an investigation insti.
tuted for his own information to himself.
The Senator from Ohio was under no obi.
CATIONS 10 drag the damaging disclosures
out into the light, This "a what he has
chosen 10 do, however, and his dtAgnet
resolution Will bring Otit everything that
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rbe Won RteTbess ! -,Il'ItllI n 1iIosln.a,I,

CINCINNATI October 27,--The Won sleu.
ben party. under charge Of Walker blaine,
arrived here this morning and were re.
Ceived by the citizens committee and
taken to. a hotel, where, after breakfast,
they had citizens reception in The 70.
tunda from 10 I'LL II O'clock. After II
o'clock they took carriages and were escort.
cd by the FiSt Regiment, National Guards,
10 the limits Of the city. They then pro-
ceeded on an excursion 10 Spring HfOYe
Cemetery, 10 return by way Of Ulilton,
Mount Auburn and Walnut Hill 70 the
Highland House, on the edge Of Eden
Park where there will be lunch and fe-
ceptlOn this afternoon. The guests on theft
route stopped Al Music Hall, and Mf, Whit
\ pey played ict them On the gand organ,