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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

The verdict OF the coroner's jury in the case
of the Alpena disaster has just been made pub
lie. The jury say tho vessel was unseaworthy
that her life preservers were unfit for use, and
that one Of the life boats was rotten. They
further cay that she was manned by inexper-
enced sailors, excepting the captain and mates.
They also find that the Goodrich Transports
ton Company is censurable and should be held
responsible for all damages. II the finding of
the jury Is correct the company should mol
only be held for damages, but its responsible
officers should be tried and convicted OF man
slaughter
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

Newspapers and politicians from one end o.
the country to the other are busily engaged IN
Meanwhile the Presdent-elect pursues the
even tenor Of his way at his farm at Mentor,
and keeps his own counsels. It is evident that
the job OF cabinet building has been let to no
Que and that in the construction OF that neces-
saIy piece OF furniture the General proposes to
be his own architect.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

Aud now the Democrats OF Texas threaten
that they are Immediately going to work to
divide that State into five States in order to
retain control OF the Senate, Of the United
States. AS any such division requires the as
sent OF the Republican House, that is TO be
and the approval OF Republican President.
nobody is much frightened by the threat.
Had Hancock been elected and the next Con
gress been Democratic, no doubt such scheme
would have been carried isto effect.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

The newspaper Truth" acknowledges the
Morey letter was forgery and says it knows
its author; it don't give his name though. Thus
is the last doubt removed and the final clinch
gwen to the most dsstardly piece Of political
chcaRerv ever perpetrated. o Barnum, where
art thou?
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

The appointment OF Judge Cooley to the
Supreme bench Of the United States is being
strongly urged throughout the west. Petitions
for his appointment are being circulated and
numerously signed in various localities. There
can be no question but the Judge would be an
honor to that Court as he has been many years
to the Supreme Court Of this State.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07
vice-President Wheeler Is being spoken OF
rs a probable candidate for Senator from the
from the State Of New York.

At the Republican Legislative Caucus. on
Tuesday evening, Seth G. Moffat, OF Grand
Traverse, was nominated for Speaker OF the
House, and Edwin s. Hoskins, OF Bellevue, for
Secretary OF the Senate, and ID. L. Crossman,
re -elected Clerk of the House.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

MIR. LeDuc, Z. S. Commissioner Of kgricul-
ture has rented an experimental tea farm in
South Carolina. He lie enthuiastic on the sub
ject o. tea culture in the United States. He
confidently predicts that in a few years the
raising OF tea will become one OF the leading
industries OF the United States.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

Hon. Galushs A. Grow and Mr.. Oliver are
prominent candidates for the Senatorship in
Pennsylvania. Oliver is understood to be the
candidate OF the House OF Cameron. Both par
ties claim to be sure of the election. We hope
Mr.. Grow will be the coming man.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

Fort Pillow Chalmers has removed the black
cloth from his face, and boldly proclaims that
his congressional opponent, Lynch, 4" is Niger
and has no right to his seat, IL he did have the
m ost votes"-Post and Tribune
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

President Hayes will not appoint new Sec
rotary OF the Navy to I'll the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Secretary Thompson, but the
different members Of the Cabinet will alternate
in filing the position pro tenn.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

The total number OF children In Michigan
between the ages Of 5 and 20, according to the
school census OF 1880 as returned to superin-
tendent OF Publ c Instruction, Is 5O6,231. In
1879 the to al number was 4S6. 1863.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

The Republicans of Tennessee are quite con =
fdent OF electing Maynard to the United States
Senate. While this is contamination dovout-
ly to bs:wished, it is almost too good to be ex-
pected from the State OF Tennessee.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

The November vote for prohibition Presi-
dent, in the whole country, was 9,797-a gain Of
76 votes in four years. At this rate, il the other
voters do not in the mean time increase, the
prohibitionlsts will elect THEN man 2i2, JAG years
hence.-Post and Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

Omar ID. CoDger was nominated for U. s.
Senator on the first formal ballot. which stood
Conger, So 3agley,5 81.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

w. j. & r. Sellick beg to an.
nounce that having purchased of Mr.
Joseph Block, the Assignee in Bank.
ruptcy of Joseph Hirsbfeld & Co., Buff
falo, N. Y, for cash, nearly three thou.
sand dollars worth of MEMS and
YOUTHS Overcoats and Suits at soc
on the dollar:
We propose making a Grand Slaugh.
ter of these Goods, at prices away be-
low anything over offered.
OVRCOATS at $500 Worth $3.50
" 500 &" $50
900 900
500 4" 1900
With whole Suits, or Pants and Vests
that are Absolutely Cheap in COMPARE
son with our Fall Prices.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07
SILVER PLATEDWARE

At Manufacturers prices, call and examine
ours. We can save you ten dollars over any
agent in this county.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-05-12
Fun in CamD.

The early settlers of kentucky had to
work hard and fight often with the In
dams. Their holidays were few, but
whenever men met some sort of a physi-
cal contest was the amusement Of the
occasion. A Methodist minister, who
lived IN Kentucky at the beginning of
This century, tells Of curious sport he
once witnessed-a battle with fire brands
for weapons.
He and q hundred other staIwart set
tiers were engaged in opening O road
through the forest. It was a good-nat-
ured, jolly company. The men worked
hard oil day. At night they sat round
blazing fires of huge hickory logs and
told stories of hunting bear and deer and
fighting Indians.
One night the story-tellers seemed to
have exhausted their yarns. The men
seemed nervous for some new excitement.
Suddenly one gave q war-whoop. A
score of yells answered. Every one
sprang to his feet.
Two Captains were chosen, and the
men told off in two companies. Each
man seized burning brand and the bat
tie began. There was but one rule of
war-no brand should be thrown with
out fire upon it, so that it might be seen
and lodged.
For two hours the battle continued in
perfect good nature. But, as the fires
became low, burning brands grew scarce.
The rule was broken and some were Sc
verely wounded. The battle in play was
beginning to be fight in earnest.
Then came QUO the perfection of the
discipline they had acquired in Indian
wars. The loud voices of the Captains
cried Halt! p Each man dropped his
brand. "To camp |" and in few min
utes the whole company, save the senti-
nels, were "between their blankets"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-05-12
PICKENs, s. G, THURSDAY MAY I2 1884,

: in the miGdle Of SilS lioor engaged in q
struggle with. NY 1ieAG. Ny hands
were fasteLed IN - viCe-like grip on his
throat, and, evon st walked, his hold
on my hair lOoJoG, anc k0 ballk helpless
lY. to the noor. There alO moments in
lie when, like an electric flash, all that
has been and much that is to be stands
out clearly revealed, and, awe-struck, we
gaze Mt the fearful prospect. The mys-
terry OF my mothers taking-off was no
longer mystery it was these accursed
hands that had done the deed, and con-
demned me, like Ahasueras, to wander
over the world, seeking relief and find
ing none"
With these words the young man con-
cludcd his tragic story, and, seizing his
hat, opened the outer door and disap-
peared in the darkness Nettio, with
white face, but moistened eyes, hastened
to the door with her purpose so clearly
expressed III her manner that Charles
cried out:
Have q care what you arc doing !
You surely can't mean to offer that
sieep-wniker bed here! Ugh choke
ut the thought of it |"
,Nettie Rauddered, hesitated for mo-
ment only, then, leaving the door aiar.
stepped out. We could hear her voice,
but could not distinguish the words, but
his reply was distinctly audible:
You are right. To me it seems as if
my mothers voice spoke through YOU,
bidding me cast off this burden of re-
morse and return to my art, with the
resolve to win the name the future sire
y has i'll store for me-"
i X
Several years later our family were
surprised by the receipt of n note, in
closing passes, from the manager of the
b Theater, inviting us to be present
on the following evening, when Ameri-
cas- greatest tragediap would open a
weeks engagement. The play was to
be "Othcllo. We were punctual V on
hand, and were politely conducted to a
side box, whence shortly afterward we
had no difficulty in recognizing. in tho
swarthy Moor who strobe the stage,
Nettle's quondam acquaintance.
Between the acts the actor entered
our box and claimed the privilege of re-
newlng an acquaintance SO lnauspicious-
ly begun.
81 shall invite myself once more to
your home," said he, "nor will YOU find
me the Objectionable guest that I for
merly was. Before fame and fortune
the dark specters that haunted nv
brain have dissolved like tho mists OF
morning aid left me ight-hearted and
clear-visioned.
Since then the actor has often been
our honored guest and idle rumor has
It's the rumor idle? What, then, do
Nettle's bushes mean, as, bending over
my shoulder as L write, she asks the
question
" Father, don't you think it would
sound better if you were to christen
your story The Tale of Iragedian %"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-05-12

The Times, of Natal, contains an ac-
count, obtained from native sources by
Mr.. Osborn, the British resident in Zu-
Inland, of the memorable disaster at
Isandlana. The description of the stand
made by "the last man" is full of pathos:
"He struggled on and on, retreating
higher and higher up in the hill, till he
reached small cave or recess in the
rocks, into which he crept, and with his
gun kept off the enemies The ground
in front Of the little cave (Which was
pointed out to me) falls sleepily down,
and the Iulus, taking advantage of the
rocks and stones scattered about, en-
deavored, two or three ut time, to ap-
proach and shoot him. The soldier,
however, was very cool and wary, and
invariably shot every Zulu rs he ap-
peared. He did not blaze away hurried
ly, but loaded quickly, took deliberate
aim, and killed man with every shot, ,
till at last, the Zulus now very tired, %
number Of men, good shots, were brought
up with guns, who fired simultaneously
at the unfortunate man, and so killed
him"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-05-12
VOL. X. NO. 35.
BITS OF INFORMATION.

HIBERNIA is the Latin name for Ire
land.
CorroN MATHER wrote 382 works of
al kinds.
MEMPHIS was built by Mizraim 1000
years and more before Christ.
IHE slang word "crnck" Gas, a "crack"
reglmcnD Is corruption of ''crepo +" 70
boast OF. 1t is English university slang
and was i'll common Use in Shakspeare's
time.
ALUMINIUM when fused and cast in
molds Is soft as pure silver, but when
hammered or rolled it becomes as hard
as iron.
NITRo-GLYCERINE was invented by
SoDlero in 1847. In 1868 Alfred Nobel
q German, first mixed it with gunpow
der, and used 1t for blasting, and, after
further experiments, invented dynamite,
by mixing 1T with infusorial earth.
GLASS was first introduced into En-
gland in G74. It's use was ut first entirely
confined to religious edifices, and did
not become general until the fourteenth
century. The first glass manufactory in
America was established by John Hewes,
In Now Hampshire, in 1890.
The "Riot Act" is an English law
providing "that if any persons to the
number of twelve or more, being unlaw-
fully, riotously and tumultuously assem-
bled together to the disturbance of the
public peace, shall continue so assem-
bled for the space of an hour after O
magistrate has commanded them bv
proclamation to dlsperse, they shall be
considered felons." 1t is the custom in
England always to read the "Riot Act"
before proceeding to extremities.
In the ancient Egyptian astronomy.
the order of the planets, in respect OF
distance from the earth, beginning with
the most remote, is Saturn, Jupiter,
Mars, the sun, Venus, Mercury. the
moon. The day was divided into twenty
four hours, and each successive hour
consecrated to particular planet in tho
order stated-so that, one hour beinp
consecrated to Saturn, the next fell to
Jupiter, the third to Mars, and 80 on,
and each day was named after the planet
to which its first hour was consecrated.
The Egyptian week began with 'Satur-
day, or the day of Saturn and the Jews,
because Of their flight on that day, made
it the last day of their week-the last
day OF their bondage-hence their Sab
bath or rest from labor.
IHE term Porte" which is used to
denote tho administrative government
Of the Ottoman empire, and includes
the Sultan, the Grand Vizier, and the
great Council of State, had its origin in
this way; In the famous institutes es-
tabllshed by the famous warrior, Sultan
Mohammed H., the Turkish body polit-
lo was described by the metaphor of
stately tent, whose domes rested upon
four pillars. "The Viziers formed the
first pillar, the Judges the second, the
Treasurers the third, and the Secretaries
the fourth" The chief seat of the gov
ernment was fguratively named the
" Lofty Gate of the Royal Tent" in al
lusion to the practice of earlier times,
when the Ottoman rulers sat at the tent
door to administer justice. The italian
translation of this name was "Le Porte
5ublima." This phrase was modi-
fled in English to the "Sublime
Porte," and finally the adjective has
been dropped, leaving it simply "The
Porte" "
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-05-12
GIVING AND LIVING.

ForeVor the sun is pouring its gold
On hundred worlds that beg and borrow.
his warmth he squanders on SUBMITS cold
~ his wealth on the homes Of want and sorrow,
10 withhold his largess of precious light
AS 70 pury hmself IN eternal night
To give
1s to live.
Ihe flower shines not for itself at all,
It's JOY Is the Joy 1t freely diffuses;
VI beauty and balm IL ia prodigal
Ana 1t lives in the light il freely Ioses
NO choice for the rose but glory or DOOM
10 oxhale or smother, to wither or bloom.
To deny
Is to die.
Inc feas lend silvery rays 70 tie land,
Inc land It's sapphire strcam TO the ocean:
The heart sends blood to the brain OF command
Tho brain to the heart it's lightning motion.
and over and over we yield our breath
I'LL the mirror is dry and imagei is death.
To live
Is to give.
He Ia dead whose hand Is not open wido
To help the need of a human brother:
He doubles the length of his lifelong ride
who Rivos his fortunate place to another.
And n thousand million lives are his
Who Carries the world in hs sympathies.
To deny
Is to die.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-05-12
Eccentric Winans.

Mr.. Winans, the son of the late Balti-
more millionaire, lives in great splendor
in England, having one of the most
magnificent palaces in London, and,
with one exception, the finest deer park
in Scotland, which is kept in royal style.
He has morbid dread of the sea.
and says nothing would tempt him to
cross it again, and neither of his two
sons has ever been in America. His in
come is nearly 100000, with a pros
pect of trebiing in ten years. He spends
his money en- prince, but himself cares
for nothing but engineering.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-05-12
A Lucky Thing.

AS a citizen was feeling his way up
street ono dnrk night he suddenly made
out the form of q man only n few feet
away. After o halt and embarrassing
silence he called out
'Say, .youl"
eyes"
care you an honest man?"
Yes are you?"
eyes"
Have you got any money!"
Not red. How is it with you?"
"I'm also dead broke How are YOU
armed ?"
With q club. How are you?"
"Ive got club, too. What a lucky
thing it Is that we spoke to each other
Ii either of us had been a robber wo
mig ght have killed our man and not got
cent
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-05-12

DARIUS, during his reign, had an in
come of $14,5OO,0 900 a year, and when
eggs went up to forty eight cents q dozen
he growled as much as the modern
newspaper paragrapher whose income
isn't half as large.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-05-12

PRIDE, like the magnet, constantly
points to one obiect-self; but, unlike
the magnet, it has 40 attractive pole, but
OF all points repGlb,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-05-12

EDO YOU pretend to have as good
judgment as I have ?" exclaimed an en-
ragged wife to her husband. "Well, no."
he replied slowly, "our choice of part
ners for life shows that my Judgment is
not to be compared with yours"
IT is now estimated that the forests OF
America will be all used up at the end
Of another thirty years, and man who
wants to go hunting will have to sit on O
hawbridRe and shoot at sailors.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-22

game, all combined, seem to have given
New York an overdose this time.
Sausages are usually regarded as mys-
terry, and from certain inquiries made by
the Poplar Board of Works it would appear
not without cause. report just issued by
that body shows that the compound digni-
ned by the name of German sauSageS
consists largely of horse flesh. As in Lon,
don horses are not commonly slaughtered
until weakened by age or disease, it is
stated that the flesh, though perhaps sound
as regards freshness, is not fit for human
food.
Twenty thousand pounds of beef have
been shipped from San Antonio in reiriee-
rator cars of the American Refrigerator
Company for New York, thence TO Paris,
France. 1t is the first shipment of the
kind ever made.
Experiments in Mississippi are held to
prove that cotton-seed oil, for frying purpo-
SEES, is superior to lard, there being no ran
cidnoss, burning, or blackening.
After career" of more tina fifty years,
the New York stages are rapidly disappear
ing before surface and elevated railway cars,
The first stage seen i'll the city was that
which began on June 8, 1880, to make hourly
trips between Wall and BECKER streets.
An anvil weighing 1900 pounds has Just
been set up in the Erie forge works
The silk mill in Allentown ut present
turns out about 1000 pounds Of yarn per
week.
A small lot of live western quail was
shipped from Boston Saturday to Liverpool
for standardization in Yorkshire, England,
The I0,000 salmon presented to the Aus
tralian geological Society by the United
States Fish Commission arrived at Sidney
in good condition, and were placed in hatch
ing boxes at Boweniels.
A boat destined to be propelled solely by
electricity has just been completed in
France The owner, NJ, Teller, intends ia
launch il at Boulogne, and to cross in it Ia
Folkestone, in company with friend. The
boat is about Is feet long by about Al feet
wide.
There sailed from Palermo and Messina
on the 10th, a steamer laden with the larg-
est shipment of fruit ever sent to New Or
leans. In one consignment there were
5000 boxes Of lemons and oranges.
Assistant Postmaster-General Hatton
finds that there are 800 post-oifices vacant
and he says that there are from five to ten
applica - for each Office, and they are all
in Washington.
Anti my Joseph has refused $4,000 for
the ho. springs near Taos
Three thousand barrels of petroleum are
received in Milwaukee per month from
Cleveland.
In Nevada the cattIe-owners nearly kill
their "crtters" by numerous brands, and
the loss in tho value of hides by SO much
branding is estimated at 100000 year
An old brand spells hide four bits worth
and new one 81. Some brands Of cattle
are so much marked and branded US to
make their hides worthless.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-22

s2. y ceiling, 81 So yellow pine
siding s.; white pine ceiling 81 as first
common; white pine siding, first common, s. 30
ash and walnut flooring, 500 per thousand:
poplar dressed both sides SIS; rough walnut
SO 70 $50 Common doors, 81 SO to S. sash, 81 25
TO 90 as to size
SHINGLES. Yellow. pine, IS so to Is; white
81 50 No IS -.
Fosrs-Ced0r SO So Boise dare, sl5.
lATHs-SS 5O@4 per thousand
CENNT = Rosendale, s. Is; Louisville, Sc 50
Portland. &c so.
PLASrEI PARIs-Ptr barrel, sl6i 80.
HAtR-por pound, he
C,ENEST FLuEs-6 inch, S7Hr: inch, 40c; inch
eeiig JOINT 81; inch cap, 50c; inch eiling
lolnt II % inch cap DO. tide
DRAIN flpE-,S Inch, Ice per foot; inch, 2Cc;
3 inch. size inch. iOc; inch. Soc
MIXED PAINTs-Ready for use and ell colorsl
81 25@l s. per gal All the tested and standard
makes are ON sale by Dallas dealers.
WHITE LEAD-Strictly pure. s. 50.
LlM-Coopered, Austin, 81 per barrel buls.
81 80 benson car lots, SOC per barrel 81 Is,
Dallas, in lots, 20c; per bushel 25c.
LINsEED OlL-RRw, 69c; boiled re
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-22
|VH 'NVVtHUNI II Nv ENE1
Il at a decline Of about Il 32d
GRAIN

The receipts of grain to-day were small,
but the demand is not active ant the ask
ings were light. There is no change to note
in prices, although the market is firm at
quotations There were two carloads of
oats shipped to Sweetwater, and one or two
others for different points on the Texas Il
Pacific. There is an abundance of grain in
store in this city to supply local demand
during the winter.
In Chicago the grain market is quiet and
almost inactive January wheat opened at
LIS "a and closed at 1.25 SIS, being a
half-cent above yesterdays close.
Corn opened for tho same month
at COL, and closed at 500, the same price as
last evening.
The corn crop, as finally reported by the
Department Of Agriculture will amount to
l,275,OO0000 bushels this year, against
l,7l7,000,0O0 last the decrease being 40
10000 bushels, or 26 per cent. This is truly
:. great falling of, and the more 30 because
the crop of 1880 was not frst-rate one, but
q little less than that of the year before.
There has not been so small production re-
ported before since 1874 though the
census indicated that all reported
productions had been too small and
on the basis of the information in
that year the estimate of 1880 was increased
no less than lS0,00Oo00. The decrease is four
times as much as the largest exports of
corn ever made from this country, and in
number of bushels exceeds the whole crop
OF wheat this year.
Az advance. statement Of the exports of
brsadstufls for eleven months ending No
yember 30 last, shows that, compared with
the corresponding eleven months of 1880,
there was falling oirin the aggregate value
of $41OOO,0OO. In tho exports of wheat
there was falling off Of 100000 bushels,
Indian corn, 100000 bushels rye, /, 300,
900 bushels, and barley. 5000 bu.hcls
In flour there wasan increase of about ~,
600 barrels.