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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-28
Long Infantry Range.

When the Prussian Guard commenced
their movement Mt the battle OF Grave
lotte against ST. Privat they were distant
from the village about 2, 500 yards The
advance being plainly made out by the
French infantry Ill possession, the latter
began to fire, and SO murderous was the
execution that the enemy were brought
to halt when scarcely within replying
distance of their own arm. The Sc
verest loss was experienced in the inter
val between 1, 700 yards and 700 yards.
In the Russian attack upon the Turks
at Gorni- Dubniak their advancing col
umns began to feel the effects of
infantry fire when still mile and
half away. When they got
a quarter of mile nearer, bullets swept
the columns like hail-storm, more or
less partial, and between three-quarters
of a mile and half the fire became incon-
ceivably violent, causing enormous
losses. In every action the Turks began
to fire away as fast as they could the
moment the enemy came within the ex-
IRENE reach of their weapon, and the
Russian columns lost severely III conse-
quence. The French III their war were
somewhat more sparing of ammunition;
nevertheless, the tactics they pursued
with such success at st. Privat were
repeated in subsequent actions, end
it was remarked by the Prussians
that they suffered more at the
longer than at the shorter ranges.
At first sight it would seem, then,
that the best course for infantry to
pursue in the future is to initiate these
tactics, to open fire at the furthest pos
sible reach, and to continue the fire re-
CARELESS cf expenditure in ammunition.
That arm must be procured which, hav-
ing due regard to lowness of trajectory
can carry iurthest, be discharged and re-
loaded quickest, and it will be the first
care of General to provide for instant
and constant use an unlimited supply of
cartridges. The Turks carried on their
persons, or had at hand, cartridges
enough to allow of each man firing all
through battle as much as ne pleased
The Russian soldier has on or by him
120 cartridges, which is more than any
other European soldier has, but it is
plain that, II battles are to be fought on
the above conditions, 100 cartridges per
man are insufficient tor the necessities
OF the case.-IhC Saturday Repiew.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-28
Darby Tackles the Spanish Outrages

Maria, said Darby. as he laid down
the paper, 1T makes my blood boil to
read about the way the Spaniards insult
our Government. DO you know that
they bang away at the American flag
whenever they choose, and do so with
perfect impunity?"
"No don't know anything about it, {"
replied his wife "let them shoot each
other if they want to-"
LET them shoot each other, ell
growled Darby. Let the goggle-eyed,
saffron colored, handy -shanked Span
seas? Why, Maria, I'm surprised to
hear you utter such sentiments. f"
"Look here, John Darby" snapped
his wife, I've got too much work to do
to waste any time in watching what the
Spaniards or the Chinese are doing.
When L get through cleaning up this
house during the day, and Juggling you
up the stairs at night, don't feel inter-
ested in the affairs of the nation-not
much.
MARIA" said Darby, rs he wheeled
his chair around in disgust, "when
cease to be patriotic want to die. My
ancestors fought the battles of their
country, their blood dyed score of
fields, and when it comes my time to
bleed for my country I'm ready to do it.
We've got to whip the Spaniards, and
I'm ready to help. The old war spirit
which distinguished our race is in me,
and it's bound to show itself"
ooh, yes, you are brave, John Darby;
You are a fierce, untamed warrior
When the burglars got into the house
last fall you got the mysteries, and dur
ing the summer you tore your pants get
ting On fence, because a poor little dog
showed symptoms of madness. You are
too lazy to talk about fighting, and
should have sense enough to know that
you couldn't whip an old woman with
the palsy"
Darby buried his face behind the
paper and said nothing more about the
Spaniards
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-28
The SnOM Man.

The three last days of October. 1880,
were excessively stormy ones in
Stockholm, and on the 1st of
November, when the tempest ceased,
the city was deep i'll the drifts.
Passages had TO be cut through the lesser
streets, and few of the principal ones
were cleared out. The street boys
amused themselves by building snow
men wherever they found room to set
one up.
On the night of the Cd of November n
policeman found four young men build
ing a snow man in the open space which
had been cleared III front of the Cham
cellor's palace. They wore mantles and
were respectfully dressed. They seemed
startled at his appearance, but went on
with their work, piling the snow up,
beating it hard, and carving it with their
walking-sticks into the quite symmetri-
cal semblance of man. He cracked q
Joke with them on their work and then
continued his patrol.
Next MOI ming the snow man in the
Chancelorate square was the topic of
town talk. 1t was by far the handsom.
est and most life-like one in the city.
Crowds flocked to see it its icy brow
was covered with wreath of evergreens,
and the national flag was thrust into its
frozen grasp. For IA week its popularity
continued. Then it became necessary
to remove it to clear the plaza. In Dig
ging it down the laborers uncovered u
dead body--the body of n real man
which had been entombed in this coun-
terfeit of SHOW.
The corpse was that of victim of vi
olence. The skull had been fractured
10y heavy blows, and the features had
been mutlated to prevent recognition.
The body was naked, the clothes having
evidently been removed to secure the
same end which prompted the facial dis
ipurpinent
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-28
Cardinal Manning's Rules.

Cardinal Manning suffers no priest in
his diocese TO smoke and he encourages
all to take the pledge. That which he
breaches he practices /; and Cardinal
Simeoni. when on visit to England,
occasioned no little CONSERVATION Mt the
4" Archbishop's house" by lighting a
cigar after dinner and passing round hi
cigar case. Cardinal Manning carries his
asceticism even TO condemnation of pud-
ding. Bread and meat and vegetables,
argues his Eminencc, are enough To sup
port the body i'll healthy working condi-
ton. Therefore, any further addition to
ones table savors of gluttony. This,
how yer, is n rule for clerics. The Car
dinal ~ indul,ent toward laymen and
lately Good-naturedly prevented at least
one young lady from taking the VOWS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-28

WHAT Pennsylvania man told Nord
hof, of the New York Hcratd: "Where
are the great men of Pennsylvania you
ask. Well, there are none, and there
never were any. l don't know how to
account for it, but that big State never
had great man unless she borrowed
him. A good many years ago, at Il great
public dinner in Philadelphia, think it
was Mr.. George Ticknor Curtis or some
other man of sharp tongue, who late
in the evening gave as toast The
three great statesmen of Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin, of Massachusetts ;
Albert Gallatin, of Switzerland and
Gouverneur Morris, of New York'-and
it is unpleasant for me, a Pennsylvania,
to confess that we have not got any fur
ther than that yet"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-28
English Private Hotels.

In London there is kind of hotel of
which we have no counterpart in the
United States. This hotel is usually 10
Gated in some semi .aristocratic side
street, and wears no badge of its servi-
tude beyond a large, well-kept brass
door-plate, bearing the legend "Jones'
Hotel " or Browns Hotel, as the case
may be but, be it Brown or Jones, he
has been dead about fifty years, and the
establishment has been conducted by
Robinson. There is no coffee-room or
public dining room, or even Office in this
hotel ; the commercial traveller is an un-
known quantity there; your meals are
served in your own apartments the fur
niture issolid and comfortable, the attend
ance admirable, the cuisine unexception-
able and the bill abominable. But for ease,
quietness and sort of 1912 odor of re-
spectability, this hotel has nothing to
compare with il in the wide world. 1t
Is here that the intermittent homesick-
ness you contracted on the Continent
will be lifted out of your bosom it is
here Will be unfolded to you alluring
vistas of the substantial comforts that
surround the private lives of prosperous
Britons.-B. 4. Atdrich.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-28

The two houses met in joint convention -
receive and confirm the following nominations
by the Governors Adjutant General, John
Robertson, Of Wayne Quartermaster General.
Nathan Church. OF Gratiot Inspector General.
VIM. Il. Gage, OF Saginaw; Trustee OF tho
Michigan Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and
Blind, James @. Wilson, Of Genesee. The last
named official IN to hold Office for six years from
Feb. !, 1881, the others fortwo years each from
the same date.
FRIDAY. Jan. INSTRUMENTATION with
1900 names were received in the Senate for the
Submission to the people Of an amendment to
the constitution prohibiting the manufacture
and sale OF liquor, beer or wine. The prohibi-
tonists OF the State have organized with the
single view Of influencing the Legislature ON
this point and they hope to present an aggre-
gate OF 100000 names petitioning for the sub
mission Of the amendment. With view to
utilizing these petitions twice, resolution was
adopted In the Senate to the effect that petit
tions presented in that body might
be transferred for presentation to the
House upon request Of the Speaker
or tho Chairman Of any committee.
Bills were introduced BY Mr.. Billings, to es-
tablsh Board Of Commissioners of Surveys
by Mr.. Greusel, joint resolution amending
the article OF the constitution relating to Cir
cult Judges by Mr.. Buttars, for a grant Of
swamp lands to improve the Black river in
NncooyBah county Dy Mr.. McGurk, amending
the laws regarding the assessment of taxes
by Mr.. Dickerman, relating to prosecutions fer
libel. Senate bill regarding Judgments and
sentences by Justices Of the Peace was agreed
to in committee of the whole
HoUsE.-Bilis were introduced BY Mr..
Dewey, for grant Of swamp lands to drain
portions Of Owosso and Mddlesex in Shawano
county ; by Mr.. Austin, to protect Fl IN by Mr..
Bloom, amending the laws relating to absent,
concealed or nonresident defendants in chan
Gerry cases by Mr.. Cobb, joint resolution
amending the constitution with respect to
claims against counties. The following were
agreed to in committee Of the whole House
bills relating to oaths OF Commissioners rela-
tive to proceedings against garnishees, relative
to the election OF United States Senators. The
House bill allowing the same individual to be
elected for four successive terms had all after
the enacting clause stricken out Both houses
adjourned until Monday evening"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-28
OYSTER Dredging.

Consumers of the lucious bivalve have
little idea of the hardships which attend
the labor Of taking oysters from their
cosy beds. Il would seem that taking
one consideration with another, the
dredger's life is not happy one. A Bal
timore paper gives the following glimpse
OF the business:
There is no occupation in the world
than oyster dredging. The brackish
waters of the Chesapeake freeze rapidly
over all shoals and bays when a cold
snap comes. The tolls of the dredger
then become fortunes. The method of
taking oysters from the prolific and linn
itless beds of the Chesapeake is simple.
The dredges, which are simply iron
bags with protecting under-scoop at
tached, are dredged across the oyster
beds by the motion of the vessel, and
are then hauled up by windlasses When
the dredger is not working ut the wind
lass he is squatted on deck bending over
the oyster heaps, culling them out. The
shells of the oysters are generally COW
cred with a parasitic growth known as
dog stones" The conglomerated Jumps
of oyster growth are broken up with
hammers; shells, "babies," and refuse
are thrown overheard and the marketa-
BILE oysters are then run into the hold.
AS fast as the dredges are emptied on
deck their contents must be culled 1t
is an occupation at best about as inter
esting as breaking stone. When carried
on In freezing wind, exposed to the
frozen spray, with sharp shell edges cut
IN inf m M
rubbing into chaps and raw places, it be-
comes torture. Hauling at the wind
lass is only better because moro active.
The skin sticks to the irons III frosty
weather, and the hands stretched down
to grasp the icy, dripping dredges often
leave blood stains where they touch. For
this work the pay ranges from so to $50
month, with food found.
Thus it is that the work of dredger
is looked upon in Maryland as the worst
that can fall to the lot Of man. The ex-
treme expression of aversion with bay
shore darkey is to say, II would as lief
dredge as do that"
There is prevalent belief among the
colored population that pungy captains
kidnap stray darkies who may come into
their reach Itcertainly is the case that
captains make no inquiry as to where
their hands come from. Shipping mas
ters get two dollars piece for them.
Many poor fellow has walked up from
a drunken stupor to find, to his horror,
that he was down the bay in pungy.
AS rule, windlass hands are the poorest
species of tramps. Many of them are
picked up from the brickyard hands who
flock into town after the brick-making
cnnSn,n 10 nuor
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-28

GEN. Corr, Secretary of the Navy,
while prisoner in Libby prison, was
put into clos, confinement as hostage
for Maj. Armsey, Of the Confederate
army, who had been taken inside the
Union lines and sentenced to he shot as n
spy. Upon the execution of Armsey,
Golf was to be instantly shot. His suffer
ings were extreme, aud he was compelled
50 live on rats, skinned aud cooked by
che negroes and smuggled to him. He
not only bore this for eighty-seven days,
but wrote letter, now ON file in the
War Department, il which he said that
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-28
A Mistaken Idea.

It is a mistake to fancy education is
thrown away upon woman whose mis-
sion in life is to be housewife. So far
as my observation goes-and L have kept
my eyes open for several years. have
found that those women who have had
the benefit of thorough education are
the best housekeepers. A woman who
has been taught accuracy by course in
chemistry, who has had her eyes en-.
lightcned by the study and practice of
painting, who has learned the necessity
Of precision by long hours at the piano,
viii make her house the richer and the
better ordered for this training. If she
brings to her work the right spirit she
is certain to find a use for ali that she
has ever learned, beside having the aid
which her habits of order and persever-
ance will constantly give her. The COM
ing housekeeper ought to be happy as
well as privileged woman.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-28
Getting 1t Out OF Him.

They had just the loveliest sleighing,
and young Keepitup was out enjoying it
all one afternoon. When he drove into
the stable, oh but the man was mad.
He roared when he looked at the horse
and danced around, and, as Uncle Remus
says, she Gust, he did"
"Look Mt that boss" he walled, "look
at that boss Amt dry hair on him,
an he's nigh ready to drop. That's a
pretty lookin' way to bring in a boss.
Nice man, you are, to let good boss
tot"
Young Keepitup was fairly astonished.
"Man alive" he yelled, picturing his
amazement in his voice, land what did
you expect when hired him? When O
horse is costing me an even So an hour.
he's got to keep moving, you UNDER
stand. When I'm paying out more
than cents every minute, can't afford
to let no horse lean up against All ice
box while he figures out the oat crop of
the United States. l did my level best
to keep my whip arm warm, and then [
couldn't get more than 81 % an hour
out of him. I didn't hire the horse to
rest him. Now, if you had only charged
ID cents an hour, L would have hal the
horse fed every thirty minutes while L
was out, and would have rocked him
to sleep in my arms, wrapped him up in
blankets and laid him in the sleigh and
hauled him back to the stable myself.
That's the difference, you see, Mr.. Silk
cracker. Here's your money, and /
want the same horse, or better one,
next Saturday afternoon, if the snow
holds on"
And he went away, while Mr.. Silk
cracker stood looking alternately at the
money and the horse, thinking it all over.
--Budette.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-28

STEP after step is being taken in
France in the direction of the separation
of church and state. Episcopal stipends
have been reduced to the figures of the
concordat. the crucifxes have been re-
moved from the Paris free schools, a
Secular Education bill has been sent up
to the Senate from the House. and edu-
cational diplomas are now to be gained
without the necessity of an examination
in religious subjects. The Supreme
Council on Prisons is also to be remod-
eled like the Educational Council, to the
exclusion of the Archbishop of Paris,
the chief Rabbi, and the President of
the Protestant Consistory, hitherto ex-
officio members.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-28

AT Buffalo, the other day, a funeral
procession of six or eight carriages, on a
very stormy day, started for rural Gem
etery. They We're obliged, on account
of the drifts, to take the road that runs
along the lake shore, and slowly plod-
ded their way along what they supposed
was the proper street. Finding they did
not reach their destination they stopped
after while to investigate, and found
to their horror that they were one mile
from land out on the frozen waters of
Lake Erie. The ice was thin and
treacherous, and in their bewilderment
they hardly knew which way to turn,
but at last, with fear and trembling, and
almost persisted with cold, they crcpt
back to the shore and returned with
their dead to the city to defer their
mournful errand to another day.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-28

The members of the White family, OF
East Whitehall, Vt, are remarkable,
both as to weight and size. -Four OF the
family when stretched out measure
"a feet and 7 inches. Their combined
weight is 751 pounds. The father is
feet and / inch high, and weighs BOB
pounds; William John, age 20 years,
weight 1876 pounds, height 6 feet inch
David, age 81 years, weight BOB pounds,
height 6 feet 5 inches. There are five
other brothers, ranging in years from i
to 10, weighing from 10 to 16O pounds,
who are from 5 to feet high. Each of
the seven brothers when they reach the
age of q will tip the scales at 200 or
more, and will measure over 6 feet
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Advice to the Rising Generation.

Boys, do you wish to make your mark
in the world? Do You wish to be men
Then observe the following rules:
Hold integrity sacred.
Observe good manners.
Endure trials patiently.
BE prompt in all things.
Make few acquaintance.
Yield not TO discouragements.
Dare to do right; fear to do wrong.
Watch carefully over your passions.
Fight life's battle bravely, manfully.
Consider well, then decide positively.
Sacrifice money rather than principle.
Use all your leisure time for improve
ment.
Attend carefully to the details OF your
business.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-28

PERHAPS no American schoolboy's
composition has ever put the Father
of his Country" on stronger moral
basis than this (the letter appears i'll an
English paper: George Washington
was little boy what once lived in YER
ginny what had max give him 10y his
old man. Wen Georges old man found
out what George an the mother boy
done he called George to him an he SEES
George Washington who cutted the bark
ofon the cherry tree? George ses did
The old man sais you did George sails
did an cannot tell Ii. Why can't
you tell Ii sails the old man. Coz sais
George if tell Ii this here fellarl blow
on me aud then I'll be spanked twict.
That's rite sails the old man wenever you
get into trouble the esyist way out is tho
best"
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THE Census Bureau has completed tn

The Census Bureau has completed the
enumeration of the per cent. bonds.
The following table shows the amount
owned by private citizens of the thirty
principal cities in the United States.
The first column gives the amount of the
SIS, and the second the total of As, AS
and SIS. The census of the 6's of 1881 is
not vet complete
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Glue Tras Aortheraer.
FRIDAY, JANUARY %. 1881.

ONE of the latest projects for adding
TO the pleasures OF New Workers next
summer is the building of "grand
floating ralace," to be permanently
moored off the battery. II is to be 800
feet long, eighty feet wide, with three
decks, and bathing conveniences below.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-28

ELLA HrGaINs, the young daughter of
n poor miner, at Dunmore, Pa, desired
TO dress rs well as her companions at
forthcoming party, and therefore pur-
chased some fineries Mt n store, saying
they were for the wife of aneighbor, who
would pay for them. The merchant, on
ascertaining how he had been trcked,
made arrangements to have the girl ar
rested. When the off er went to get
her, she was found hanging to beam in
the garnet of her home.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-28

A YOUNG Wisconsin couple started on
q train of the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad to hunt up Justice of the
Peace, with a view TO getting spliced.
An accident delayed them at Geneva
Junction, and it was arranged that the
young man should proceed to Crystal
Lake to make preparations for the we'd
ding there, while his companion would
return to Geneva Lake to await notice
that AL was ready. Unfortunately, the
young lady became impatient, and the
next day started to meet her lover. The
consequence was that they kept sending
each other messages and tray cling after
and missing each other until the young
woman, tired and disguised, returned
home with the determination to give up
the proposed marriage entirely; nor
could any circumstances or prayers, af-
ter her unhappy lover succeeded in find
ing her again. change this resolution.
Thereupon he brought suit against the
railroad company for damages. His
claim, however, is only $40. 10, at which
figure he sums up his travelling expenses
and the cost OF the presents he had made
to his faithless sweetheart.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-28

He saw she had not the vocation and
was resolved she should not make her.
self miserable for life.
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1t will be noticed that these thirty cities
are taken in tho order of population, not
the amount of bonds held.
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his life ought not to stand in the way in
determining Armsey's fate. 1.-The life
of a single soldier" he wrote fought
not to stand in the way of adherence to
a great principle" Gen. Golf was
finally exchanged, after transfer to the
penitentiary at Salisbury, N. c., in Au-
gust, 1864.