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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29

THE recent widening of the field of
electricity in the worlds work opens Il
new profession of much promise. A
prominent New York electrician, in an
interview with Boston TraUeller re-
porter, recommends it to educated
women. Il should think" said he,
this might be matter of special in
terest in Mass lchusetts, where it is said
You have 10000 more women than men.
There are, it is safe to say, 100000 too
many lawyers, and doctors, and tie 'chers
in our country. Every profession is
over-crowded; and the result is
mediocrity and constant struggle
against the limit Of conditions. A new
profession is an incalculable public ben
eft. Electrical engineering can be
learned in one-half the time given TO
the study of law or medicine. Great
fortunes have already been made in its
pursuit The enormous extension of
the telegraph, the telephone, the elec-
trio light, and, as will be, the electric
railway to all parts of the world creates
a great demand for skilled electricians. p"
what is the foundation required,
educationally, to enable one to learn
electrical engineering?" a good
mathematical and scientific education,
such as the scientific course of our
universities confers." Are there yet
any regular colleges established to give
this training?" There are only four
places in the world where it is now
taught. These are Paris, London,
Toxic Japam and New York, where
this fall co lege of electrical engineer
ing will be opened"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29

AMONG the reported schemes for the
evasion of the Chinese Immigration bill
il one that is designed TO keep up the
supply of Chinese women, who have
always been few in number in proper
ton to the men, These women are said
in California to be bought and sold as
slaves. and, should scarcity in the
supply occur, their price would be likely
to go mp to high figure. say 5000 to
81 900 each But the Chinese traders
are likely to get around the immigra-
ton law by bringing on every business
trip two or three women apiece from
China, whom they will pass off as their
wives. The immigration of merchants
and their wives is not prohibited by the
now law, and it would be next to inn
possible TO disprove the claim that
women so brought over are wives duly
enrolled in wedlock, It might even pay
Chinese traders to make trips for this
special purpose.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29

Bad Axe Trib,nes reach for the
snake story championship: A 9-year-old
son of Lafayette Mathews, who resides
just north of Bad Axe. had an interview
on Saturday which shook up his nervous
organism. Mr.. Mathews was engaged
in drawing in oats, his son lying back
on the load, and while on the road from
the field TO the barn the son fairly
aroused the echoes by a terrified and
vigorous shrek. Turning round, Mr.. NJ.
saw common striped snake, but OF
more than ordinary length, perched
upon the neck of the lad and with pro-
truding tongue gazing into his eyes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29
Finy Years Ago.

From semi-centennial address pre-
pared at the request of the Detroit Con
ference by Rev James +. Davidson, and
which has been published in pamphlet
form by that gentleman, the following
interesting facts concerning Methodism
in Michigan fifty years ago are taken /:
Fifty years ago Michigan was a
sparsely-settled Terri DRY and all de-
nominations worshiped for the most
part in school houses or private dwell
ings. The Methodists at that time had
one station (Detroit). seven circuits and
missions, fourteen travelling preachers
and membership of 963 in Michigan.
Then the Sunday-school cause of the
Methodist Episcopal Church was very
feeble, as were the schools of all de-
nominations Now, in the Detroit Con-
ference, there are 400 schools and 33,
$50 scholars. while in the Michigan
Conference there are AT schools and
1854 scholars, or total for Michigan
Methodists of S97 schools and 66,314
scholars.
Fifty years ago the Methodists had
but one periodical; now there are TWEEN
ty periodicals authorized by the Gener-
al Conference and fifty-three others
published in the interests of the Meth
odist Church. Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29

not quite, 100000 tons. Following the
mines, which must prove of great value
to all interested in iron mining, comes a
comprehensive tabulated summary of
the quantity and value of the product.
The total production from 1853 to 1881.
inclusive, was 1852, 443 tons of ore and
S43,25l tons of pig iron, the whole being
valued at $l38, 592 ,27S. A summary of
tho copper, product of the Lake Super
Tor district Is next given, showing the
total up to the close of 1881 TO have
been 32S,3 1913 tons, 1870 pounds, of re-
fined copper, valued at Sl52,57l ,458
The author says:
With population not to exceed
probably, 100000, the Upper Peninsula
can make a showing which. we conf
IDENTIFY believe, cannot be made by any
other section of the country of the
same area or population. Add to the
value of its iron and copper produced
that of its lumber, emitting the earnings
of its toundries, machine shops and all
other industries, and we have no less
than S35, 100000 as its gross earnings in
1881, to be still further increased TO the
extent of several millions the present
year. We truthfully boast the posses
sion of the largest and richest iron
mines in the world, and there does not
exist anywhere any gold or silver mine
OF such enormous wealth-producing ca
pacity as Lake Superior's famous cop
per mine, the Calumet and Hecla. This
last has returned to its owners no less
than 81 100000 in dividends, on an
original investment of 100000, has u
surplus fund of several millions in its
treasury. and bids fair to more than re-
peat in the future its record of the past
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29
Before Mr.. NJ could reach the child the
snake slid off from the load.
Perils OF Peanuts.

Lewis Blanchard, young man about
20 years of age, has been steadily failing
in health for year past. having had n
constant and distressing cough. and he
seemed 10 every one To be rapidly gong
with the consumption. An examination
showed that the trouble lay in the ght
lung, or Ill the air pa ,sages leading
thereto. On Sunday last the youth was
taken with paroxvsm OF coughing,
during which he threw up from the air
passages of his lungs piece of pea
nut shell about half an inch long and "a
fourth of an inch in width, which had
probably been the cause of all the pa
tents trouble. About year ago, while
eating peanuts, he had breathed down
toward his lungs piece Of shell, but
rs he had never alluded to the matter
no suspicion of the cause of hi, trouble
was had.-GU7l Pain UldeDeIl1enL.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29

A WOMAN was bitten 10y dog in Paris
She went at once and had the wound
cauterized q the Hotel-Dieu. She con
tinued perfectly well until one day
when she was passing the hospital, she
was recognized by one of the students
who called ont to her. Helloa! you are
not dead vet, them The dog which bit
You was downright mad, as they found
out afterward." The woman was seized
Immediately with violent spasm, and
in n few hours died with symptoms OF
hydrophobia
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29

THE first marriage under the new
aw of Canada, permitting marriage
with deceased wife's sister, has taken
place at Cape Breton, n. S. The couple
married were NeWfoundlanders, who
crossed to Canada to he united, as their
marriage would be illegal if performed
in the colony in which they live. In
Newfoundland, as in England, a man
cannot marry his wife's sister, however
willing tho sister may be.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29
The Upper Peninsula Industries.

The annual review of the iron mining
and other industries of the Upper Pc
ninsula for the year ending Dec. 81, 1881,
by A. Z. Swineford, Of the Marquette
Journal, has been issued 1t is q vol
ume of 300 pages, beginning with an
interesting historical sketch. and gives a
review of the present condition and pros
poets Of each iron mine in the district.
Mr.. Swineford estimates that the output
of iron ore this year will be nearly, if
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29
A Boys Stocking Death.

A little son of David Kennedy, n res
ident of North Shade township, Gratiot
county, while playing around hay
rack, put his head between the bars of
the sumo (Which was pnt together loose
~ with bolts) and accidentally pulled
the rack over upon him, which shut to-
gether like knife, squeezing the boy
to death Instantly He was found in
this condition few minutes after the
accident 10y his mother.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29

THE jury which convicted Hynes in
Ireland and which Mr.. Gray, of the
Frcemon'S Journal, Dublin, charged
with drunkenness. drank eight pints of
ale. one bottle of sherry wine, three
bottles of claret, six glasses of gin and
over half glass of brandy, thirty-fye
and one-half glasses of whisky and one
bottle of champagne. As four of the
jury were total-abstinence men, II was
left with eight men to wrestle with this
amount of liquor and then decide
whether a man should be hung or not.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29

A BUFFALO reporter was struck with
the number of white horses driven in
that city, and he took the trouble 70
visit the different barns and ascertain
the exact number owned. He discov-
cred $40. a liveryman gave as his rca-
son for having large number that they
were kept easier than any other, and
that they were usually sound. rs rule
perfec ly gentle, and the most intelli-
gent Of the horse race.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29
street Railway i'm Muskegon.

The Common Council Of Muskegon
has given Henry II. Brown, of Mime
apolis, the right to lay street railway
through the business portion of the
town, two miles of it TO be completed
within sixty days. Over $1,000 have
been subscribed and the road will cost
S30 0O0
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29

ALEXANDER II STEPHENS said recent
Nv. in a speech at Atlanta. Ga: Il was
better pleased and gratified with the
remark l saw the other day in Phila-
,lelphia paper, than with all the squibs
7 have seen. and / have seen many
about me. This was relating to the
length of time j have been in public
life, forty years, that he has neither
grown rich nor fat i have served my
country since 1897 nearly continuously
one way and another. and l have got a
little more, very little more, now than |
had then. When / went to Congress
made il a rule. o solemn covenant with
myself. and signed it the day before !
took the oath of office will never
make dollar in this city except my
paw served my constituents faith
fully, have collected before the Post
Office Department $4,000 at one time
and sent it t. the contractor who sent
the claim, and he sent me back per
cent. 1 told him / could not receive it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29

SUBSCRIPTION lists have been opened
throughout the State of Georgia for a
fund Of $4,000 for erecting q monu-
ment to the memory of the late Senator
Hill. Contributions are limited In
amount to from | cent to so, the aim
being to IN Ike the movement IA
thoroughly popular one.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29

and / did not He was astonished. All
the other members of Congress did so.
He only forwarded it to me rs lawyer
before the departments. l told him
what had done. / have collected as n
lawyer mean as an attorney for an
other-I suppose 100000, and ] never
would take cent"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29
Heavy Lumber Sales.

r. p Gustin of the firm of Gustin,
Merrill & Co, Bay City, has sold re-
Gently 100000 feet of lumber to Albany
parties at S8, SIC and $50; 100000 feet
of Norway bill stuff to Chicago parties
at 81 straight 100000 feet of "a box
stuff to New York parties at 81
straight; 100000 feet log run to be cut,
to Eastern parties, at ~, SIC and $40
per M.-Bdy City Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29
A GENTLEMAN in Troy has received

A GENTLEMAN in Troy has received
circular from the lady principal of
boarding school in Louisville, Ky,
which includes letter from grateful
"patron," who writes: Il will not
apologize for writing you, who have
been factor in the mental develop
ment of my daughter. / feel gratified
for this efflorescencc, and there is no
one who has stimulated her more than
yourself. BY your magnetism or subtle
charm, with which you have invested
your instructions, the road has been a
royal one TO her."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29

Reports to the State Board of Health,
Lansing, by ffty-six observers of
diseases in different parts of the State,
show causes of sickness during the week
ending Sept. Is, 1892, rs follows:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29

THE employees of Jordan, Marsh &
Co, of Boston, whose expenses during
n journey through Europe were gener-
ously paid by the firm, have arrived
home. Their trip throughout was a
pleasant one, and everywhere they made
friends. It is related that during their
visit TO the House of Commons zone of
the gentlemen to whom they were pre-
scented asked how the scene compared
with that at the Capitol in Washington.
One of the ladies made the comparison
for him, giving him quite a graphic de-
scription of the building and of a scene
in the House of Representatives in Con
gress. The gentleman was much sur
prised and entertained, and was espe-
cially astonished at the knowledge of
English history which the lady evinced
And this is one OF your workingwomen =?
he asked Mr.. Jordan: she has the ease
and brilliancy of Society woman The
expenses of the party have been at the
rate Of $3.50 for each individual during
the two-months Journey"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29
Jhe gms Aortlleruer.
FRIDAY, SEP lem SER 20, 1882.

THERE is on exhibition at Girard, Kas.,
strange freak of nature. 1t grew on
n peach tree, and is one-half apple and
the other half peach. There is no mis-
take about it. One-half of the fruit
has the skin. the coloring a9d aroma of
an apple, while the other half is just as
distinctly peach.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29

A SOCIETY has been formed to intro
duce American music into Japan, and it
is said that the way in which the
almond eyed heather sing that pathetic
American ballad, Rockee Cradee, Bdbee
Gone would bring tears to the eyes Of
q crocodile. philadelphia Ne,cs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29

RECOGNISING the great increase in
suicides the last New York Legislature
passed law, which goes into effect next
December, making every Intellectual at
tempt at suicide FELONY, the same as
in England. The provision has not,
however, diminished the number of such
effenses; the effect has been, on the
contrary, to make the desperate select
surer means Of destroying themselves
Formerly it was the law in England
that self-mrderers should he buried at
the crossing OF four roads with a stake
driven through the body. Viscount Eb-
rington has had this repealed, and the
unfortunates who die 10y their own
hands are now allowed to be buried in
consecrated ground, but ut night and nc
service is to be read over the remains
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29

CHILDREN in Australia will hereafter
be obliged to attend sch,ol for eight
yeeB
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29

Number and Pen
Cent. Of ObSeIr-
ers by Whom
Fdch Disease
Vas Reported
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-03
Oantiona Men.

When a famous historian was in this
country, he was offered banquet by a
literary club in New York The men
most eminent in scholarship, art and
politics were assembled, and everything
which money and taste could command,
was done to make the evening agreea
BILE to him. The next week, the recep-
ton was mentioned before him by an
English friend.
"Oh, yes" he said, "the place where
| had such bad cigar'
Charles Kingsley was entertained by
the same club with even more care and
splendor, and welcomed with the enthu-
siastic admiration and affection which
his earlier works had gained for him in
this country. When the dinner was
over, he drew friend aside out Of the
crowd, his face glowing with feeling,
and said, looking around;
1.-The world is so full Of noble and
gentle souls!'
The two men represent the two classes
into which, very accurately, mankind Is
divided. One sees only the good, the
sunshine in circumstances; the nobility
in human nature; the other, the mean
ness, the discomfort, the vice. When
Lydia Maria Child died, it was said Of
her. "She could see the Vale of Cash
mere in u single rose-bush in a back
yard, and find the latent hero in the
dumbest slave A very contrary opin.
ion was lately expressed Of q noted
lawyer, who is remarkable for his
grumpish, discontinued disposition.
"When c. goes to heaven he will
complain that the clouds are damp, and
that his halo doesn't it,"
The world usually gives us what we
expect from it. The cynical grumbler
who sees only his own petty annoyances,
and the faults Of Others. will discover
nothing better in life than the flavor Of
a bad cigar. while his brother with
clearer insight finds it full Of noble and
gentle souls"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-03
The Growth Of New York City.

The new year finds this big, busting,
hurry-scurry city with an increase Of at
least 100000 in its much mixed popula-
ton. The increase may even be $780,
600. OF the $4,000 immigrants who
passed through Castle Garden in 1881,
about 10000 gave New York as their
destination. A great many of these
were bound for other parts Of the state,
and many more made their way to
other states after looking around, but il
is safe TO say that at least half Of the
whole number remained. The increase
from other sources was already steady
and rapid. There never was such q
year for crowding As 1881. The hotels
were packed, the boarding houses were
full, the tenements overlooked, the flats
were occupied from basement to top
story, and the private houses were all
tenanted. And at the present moment
the crowding is greater than ever. The
chief difficulty met by newcomers is to
find places to live in. Houses or apart
ments are not TO be had except in the
far uptown section, where most of last
years building was done. Through the
central part of the city, say between
Fourteenth street and Central Park,
there are no vacancies for either rich or
poor. Every building has its full COM
plement Of tenants, and persons looking
for apartments may search for days and
not find even room. IL is an excellent
time for the landlords, and they all seem
well pleased with it, as they should
There will probably be another upward
movement in rents in the spring. House
rent, like pretty much everything else,
is regulated by supply and demand. An
average advance of at least 10 per cent.
is looked for when the renting season
opens. There is no sign that the rapid
increase of population will stop. The
census Of 1880 gave us total of over
100000. 1t must now be nearly L.
100000, and the rush goes steadily on.
The whole world is tributary TO New
York. The tide that flows from Europe
is not the only source of increase by all
means, All parts of the United States
contribute their quota. People are con-
stantly coming from every section Of
the country to stay. They come to find
employment or engage in business, and
they swell the throng that makes New
York more and more cosmopolitan every
year. At the present rate of growth it
won't take many years to run our popu-
lation up to 100000. Counting Brook
Ign and the other suburbs, it is above
that figure now, but if the wonderful in
crease keeps on, as it probably will, the
metropolis itself must soon reckon up
the grand total just named. Letter to
Buffalo Courier.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-03
RIVER NEWS.

The Ohio is again rising but very little
with AT feet inches on the gauge, rise
of inch in the last "a hours. All other
places, with no exception, are falling At
Pittsburg it fell foot inches; at Cincin.
natl, 2 feet 2 inches; at Chattanooga, 3 feet
$ inches; at Nashville, 8 feet 8 inches,
with 80 feet inches on the guage. At st.
Louis there had been no change with 10
feet 2 inches on the gauge. There is moth
ing to hold the Ohio up, and she must fall
within the next "a hours.
The Chas. Brown arrived from Louisville
with Pittsburg coal for the lower Misss-
sippi, and will return to Louisville with a
tow of empties.
The Belle Memphis did not arrive until
yest6 day afternoon She had added $50
tons here for Vicksburg, and left with big
trip.
Captain Nelson Davis, of the Port Eads,
is not improving at the hospital as fast as
his friends would like, He is threatened
with pneumonia.
The Si@rthorn came in from Hickman
and left for the bends yesterday afternoon.
The John B. Maude was the Memphis
packet out from st. Louis last night. She
had not arrived up to 6 o'clock.
The Commonwealth will be out tonight
for Vicksburg and way points. She is run
ming in place Of the Grand Tower.
Capt. Toms, of the Jos. II, Bigley, re-
ceived telegram yesterday from st. Louis
to bring his boat and tow up. He accord
ingly left last night
The Ii. G. Lourey and tow will be the
next boat out from st. Louis for New Or
leans in the st. L. & NJ. V. T. Co.
The Buckeye State passed up to Pitts
burg from St. Louis yesterday with big
trip of iron ore. She also towed barge
loaded with ore.
The U. P. Schenck passed up to Cincin-
natl from New Orleans with good trip.
The U. s. snag- boat DeRussey will leave
Mound City Saturday morning for St. Louis
to commence work from there down to
Cairo.
The new City of Cairo will have the
Grand Towers bell.