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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08
A MOTHERS CRIME.
She Murders Her Three Little Chill
dren and Ends Her Own Life.
dispatch from Carlisle, Pal

lDlEpdtCn from OaTDslc, IdI
The people of the little village of Hunts
vile, in Penn township, Luzerne county,
were Mortified this morning by the informa-
ton that Mrs Martin Douglas and her three
children were lying dead in their house,
with their throats cut from ear to ear.
Martin Douglas is young laboring man,
and works at Pine-Grove Furnace, five miles
to 20 TO his work on Sunday evenings, work
all week and return to his family on Satur
DAYS His children were all small, the
o dest being , years old and the Youngest
but y mon rs old, and they and tner
mo her were the only occupants of the
house; but, az Mrs. Douglas parents lived
near. and her mother was frequently back
and forth, it was thought entirely safe for
the husband to remain away all the week.
Some months ago however, the family
physician thought he noticed symptoms OF
insanity in Mrs Douglas. and so informed
the wcman's husband and also her parents,
but they saw nothing wrong IN the woman's
conduct, and paid little heed TO what the
doctor said Last evening Mrs. Douglas
mother was TO see her, remaining until
about O'clock, the children having been
put to bed before she left. Report says she
saw nothing in her daughters actions to
cause any suspicion that she was not in her
right mind, or entirely safe to leave alone
with her liUile children. This morning. no
one appearing outside the Douglas house for
80 long, the neghbors became suspicious
that something was wrong, and Mrs. Doug
las mother went TO inquire Upon entering
the house a most horrible sight met her gaze.
There lay the three small children in tie bed
where she had seen them put to their slum-
bers the evening before, but their throats
were cut and their innocent lives were gone.
On the floor lay her daughter, the M other Of
the three lifeless children, with her throat
cut and gashed in manner that is sicken-
ing TO relate, an near her lay the razor whit
which the bloody work was done
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08
OUR MENAGERIE.
CALEB CopE's COW, in Chester county, Pa
has adopted two young lambs

CALEB CoPE's COW, in Chester county, Pa {,
has adopted two young lambs
A FERoCIoUs Wild man is reported to be
roaming in the woods of Pulaski county,
Va, and making attacks upon peop'e he en-
counters He is said To be fully siX feet tai,
very muscular, with long matted hair and
beard. He has been pursued by parties, but
was too fleet of foot for them.
Boston PosT: A few days since George, son
of John Reichel an honest and truthful lad,
found in the vicinity of the land lighthouse
a snake five feet in length, HYDRA headed
monster, which had four heads ut one ex-
tremity and three ut the other. The mon
ster was killed, and is now corked up in a
bottle of alcohol
ONE of the most comical of animals is "a
dog which belongs TO gentleman living
near Drapersville, n. G. But, In addition to
his ability to perform funny tricks. this dog
is also very faithful One day last winter
his master, while sitting with his family by
the fire. remarked that he would like a
rabbit for his breakfast the following morn
ing. The dog went to the door and paved
it, showing that he wanted TO go out When
the door was opened he disappeared About
an hour afterward he scratched on the out
side of the door. and when his master let
him in Ire dropped a rabbit in his master $
chair Since then the dog has repeated his
novel performance on several occasions
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

For the week ending May 26, 1888,
the reports indicate that diarrhea in
creased and that intermittent fever and
pneumonia decreased in area of prevail
ance.
At the State Capitol the prevailing
winds, during the week ending May
26, were northeast and southwest; and,
compared with the preceding week, the
temperature, the absolute humidity,
and the night ozone were lower, the
day ozone and the relative humidity
We're higher.
Including reports by regular observ-
ers and by others, diphtheria was re-
ported present during the week ending
May 26, and since, at sixteen places,
scarlet fever at twenty-one places and
measles at thirty-three places.
HENRY b. BAKER. Sec'y.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08
The National Carpet House.

/ went to the carpet room where all
the carpets for the offices connected
with the Treasury all over the country
are made. When customs office in
Cleveland, for instance, wants a carpet
its official sends on to the treasury of
the United States diagram of the
room. The United States in this room
makes the carpet, cuts it, sews it and
sends it to t EN-. 1t used to be that
the various officials bought their own
stationery, carpets-everything-and
charged the Government ad libitum.
This is all changed now. The Govern
ment buys all these things by contract
and furnishes them itself The carpet
room is like large city council room,
walled with rolls of Brussels carpet
piled upon each other.-Washington
Cor. CleUeldnd Leader.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

IT is estimated at the Postoffice De-
partment that, under the recent change
In computing the commissions of fourth
class Postmasters, an expenditure of
about 100000 more than that which
would have been required under the
old law will he necessary to settle the
accounts of fourth-class offices up to
Oct.1, when the 2cent postage law
goes into operation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

A DEXTER Mich. man, having bust
ness with one of his dogfancier tenants,
took the precaution to incase his legs in
sheet-iron bands before setting out. On
arriving at the dog fancier's the cautious
landlord paused outside the high-board
fence TO see if any dogs were in sight
Thinking the coast clear the landlord
entered, when the two CANNES, valued
at $3.50 each, seized his iron-clad legs.
There was grating sound, then all
was still, and the dogs fell back on their
launches and began to spit out their
broken teeth, while the landlord made
tracks for home.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

G.. p. HUNTINGTON, head of the
Southern Pacific syndicate, the Capu-
lets of the Occident, was on the stand
in New York court, being examined
by LAWYER Choate. Some little contro-
versy having arisen over the use of the
tenn associates" by Mr.. Hunting' on,
the little lawyer with a great name
asked, WAS it put into the answer at
the suggestion of this counsel, at the
same time pointing his thumb over his
right shoulder. That gesture brought
Lawyer Bangs within direct range of
the thumb, who thereupon justified his
name by an explosion of wrath. In ex-
PLANTATION of how he dared to point his
loaded fin at Squire Bangs, Mr.. Choate
said: Il dare not point my thumb
over my other shoulder" Mr.. Roscoe
Conkling being the counsel on the left.
The object of this sinister remark
did not deign to make reply, but the
scene itself is so close a repetition of
the Veronese dialogue that the latter
may serve to illustrate most admirably
not only that particular court scene,
but the kind of controversy which COR
sumes large part of the time in aver
age lawsuits: Abr.-"Do you bite your
thumb at us, sir?" SAINT do bite my
thumb, sir" Abr.-"Do you bite your
thumb at us, sir?" SAINTS the law
on our side if 1 say aye?" Greg.-"No. y
Sam. sir, L do not bite my
thumb at you, sir, but bite my thumb,
SIR"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

THE gentle, kindly nature of the poet
Whittier seems to have been sadly dis
turbed by the Carlisle letters. $50
strongly have they affected myself" he
is reported as saying, that / have set
to work and destroyed the major part
of my correspondence, covering a period
of over fifty years, lest it should be
published after my death and bring
suffering to any. wish that all of the
letters that L have written could be
treated by my friends in the same
manner" This is characteristic, but
for the benefit of future students of our
literary history it is much to be re-
GREETED.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

INDIAN girls in the Indian Territory
University are studying German,
French, Latin and Greek, moral phi
1osophy, political economy and other
collegiate branches, and this in spite
OF the fact that the first one to graduate
went home to her tribe, married, and
three days after was killed by her hus-
band
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08
Long Railway JOURNEYS.

DIR. Lardner says that if the earth
were begirt by railway train of 24O
passengers could, with thirty tons of
coke, make the circuit in five weeks.
Prof. Young states that train running
from the earth to the sun forty miles an
hour would take about 255 years for
the trip, and the fare would be quar-
ter of million sterling. English pa.
per.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08
Health In Michigan.

Reports to the State Board of Health,
Lansing, by observers of diseases in
different parts of the State. show the
principal diseases which caused most
sickness in Michigan during the week
ending May 26, 1883. a. follows:
Number OF observers heard from, "a.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

1T is reported that one of the largest
amounts ever granted in any country as
compensation for railroad accident to
one person was recently given in Scot
land to an engineer. The loss of foot
was compensated by es, $50, or 81, $50.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

The Hall of Records, opposite the
New York approach to the Brooklyn
bridge, says the New York Mail, has
reached the age of 1877 years, and there
are associations which will make the
removal of the structure a source of re-
greet, but it has been officially con-
demned as a Undertook, in which the
documents representing billion of
dollars, now filed there, are exposed at
much risk. It's arrangement is incon-
venient, its appearance is not ornament
al and its site is needed to widen the
street at the entrance of the great
bridge.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

A LINE of breastworks which in 1864
was thrown up around Raleigh, n. c.,
is in large part obliterated, but in some
places for hundre eds of yards the nearly
perfect line yet stands. Grass grows
luxuriantly, and keeps the earth in
shape. In one or two places cannon
lie rusting in the grass. Much of the
line, which was continuous, runs
through cultivated land and can only
be discovered by red band on the
lighter soil.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

The Rev. Robert Collyer writes to a
friend in Boston: Il am getting pair
of wings grown to fly across the sea
this summer, and hide away among the
moors and lie among the heather, you
know" And further: There is little
tavern, where the landlord knew my
folks forty-fve years ago; and 1 shall
put up with that landlord for spell, as
1t is a pleasant place and haunted by as
pleasant ghosts as ever anybody didn't
see and / shall toddle through some
woods know of, between an old abbey
and an old tower, where l used to go
accounting"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND ("Gath")
was assaulted at the Grand Hotel in
Broadway, New York, by Mr.. Duncan
Harrison, and given black eye. Gath"
Is said to have written to a Philadel-
Phia paper something in disparagement
OF Miss Maude Harrison, the actress,
and sister of "Gath's" assailant.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

A MAN of 50 and woman of SO years
were subpGnaed as witnesses in a case
before the courts in Mount Holly, n. j.,
neither of whom had ever ridden in or
seen a railroad car, and they had never
been in Mount Holly. They seemed
timid about taking the trip, and the old
lady begged the officer to take her over
in carriage, as she was afraid to ride
in the cars The short trip was a Won
derful experience for both of them.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

THAT most persevering of litigants,
Mrs. Gaines, is now over rs. Her
grand suit is over 40 Her father,
Daniel Clark, was an Irishman, who
secretly married her mother, Nine. Des
Oranges, it being reputed that Des
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

Oranges had former wife living.
Myra was adopted by Philadelphian
named Davis, and took his name. Clark
died in 1913. Her claim to be his le-
gitimate daughter and heiress of his
estate was some twelve years ago de-
cided in her favor, and in 1874 she re-
covered actual possession of much of
the disputed property. She now claims,
and has been awarded in some meas
ure, the revenue which the property
would have Melted had it been inn
proved. The case is not ended, an APP
peal having been made to the Supreme
Court by disputants.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

CURIOUS things happen in Washing
ton. A crank who acted as correspond
ent of some Pennsylvania newspaper
distinguished himself by his sensational
reports. SO notorious did he become
for his lies that he was written up in
one of the local papers as "the man
with the lemon-colored hair and
orange-colored whiskers" One of his
feats was TO write scurrilous article on
Secretary Lincoln, and then to go and
ask him if the charges made were true.
He was kicked out of the Secretarys
Office He then produced an article
accusing the President of gross immo-
ralities. In spite of all these offenses
he was able to secure the appointment
of Assistant Examiner of Patents under
Secretary Teller. He held the Office
only three days. When the President
and Secretary Lincoln heard Of the
scamp's luck, they had him turned out
on the street.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

ENGLISH people have developed
taste for United States money, and will
seize upon greenback as readily as
duck will frog.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

A CALIFORNIA Board of Supervisors
appropriated sum to purchase a
wooden leg for citizen, and charged
the amount to permanent repair and
improvements"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

IT is related of the famous baker,
Don Jose de Salamanca, who died re-
Gently, that in 1858 he gave a single
dinner that cost 800, ZOO.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

No principle is more noble, as there
is none more holy, than that of true
obedience. Henry Giles.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-08
Voluntary Tribute of Gratitude fo- Bens-
fits Received.

DEAR R-Pleas allow me the privilege of giving my
testimony regarding the wonderful curative properties
of your invaluable medicine, Hunts Remedy. During
the past six or seven years have been q great sufferer
from kidney disease, and during q great part Of the
time my suferings have been 50 intense as to be indie
scribable. Only those who have suffered by this dread
disease know Of the awful backache, and pains Of all
kinds, accompanied by great weakness and nervous
prostration. loss of force and ambition which inyarf-
ably attend It. had all these troubles intensified, and
was In such o bad condition that / could not get up out
of my chair except by putting my hands on my knees,
and almost rolling out before ! could straighten up. j
tried the best doctors, and many kinds of medicine,
but all failed to help me. and I experimental so long
endeayorng to get cured that last spring I was In very
poor shape, and in seeking for relief my attention was
directed by a friend to the remarkable cures Of kidney
diseases, ETC.. which were being accomplished by
Hunts Remedy. was induced to try II, and began to
take 1t, and very soon "lmbered up as It were; m y
severe backache, and the intense pains / had suffered
30 long speedily dispr Sared. Notwithstanding ! had
been bothered with this complaint so many years.
When Ibegan to take Hunts Remedy I was consid-
erabiy run down in my general health. and suffered also
from loss of appetite. Ever since / have been taking
the Remedy, however. my improvement has been most
marked; my former complaints, aches. pains, etc.,
have disappeared, and I now feel like my former self,
hale, hearty. and sound In health. shall always keep
Hunts Remedy with me. and would most earnestly
recommend allthose who are sufferers from kidney or
liver diseases, or diseases of the bladder or urinary
organs, to use Hunts Remedy, and take no other.
Yours very truly, HESKY q. SHELDON.
No. $50 Westminster St.. Providence, r. I.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-08

"Mother." She said, eff you haven't got
too much happines. already,"-looking
at the venerable man who did not release
the hand he was holding-"remember
you promised to be happy forever if l
should marry the man who will fill my
fathers chair. Let me present him."
My host ceased. His story was evident
ly done, and as he drew back from the
table he said, "The only thing fictitious
about it is the name l have given the
poor student"
"But,"1 asked, "did Charlotte ever
tell her mother of the visit she made to
her chamber when she was asleep at her
writing desk?"
"You may ask her." he said, smiling.
"She sits at the head of the table,"
Absorbed in the story, l had not
noticed that my hostess was concealing
her bushes behind the tea-urn.-Spring-
field (MdSs.) Republican,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-08
MY HUSBAND.

-
Who took me from my childhood's home,
And said he'd love me all alone,
And for my sacrifice alone?
My husband
Who erumbled at the poor beefsteak,
And babe me better coffee make,
And told me greater care to K
My husband.
And to the spare room quickly HE'D
While I to quiet vainly trieds
My husband.
Who tears the buttons OF his Shirt
And says 1 could those ills avert
II l wa more on the alert?
My husband.
Who baderme rise the fire to make,
While he another nap should take,
Although I'd been all night awaken
My husband.
Who, when I ask for half a crown,
knits up his brows into q frown
And asks me where's the other gomez"
My husband.
And when Isee my mother dear
Who tries my lonely lot to cheer.
Who says she's dreadful, dreadful queer7
Ny husband.
Who stays away till late at night,
And then comes home so very tight
Thatnearly ! expire of fright7
Who breaks the china, slams the door,
Leaves all his clothes upon the floor,
And swears it's all q dreadful bore2
My husband.
With whom do 1, for his dear sake,
OF every sacrifice partake,
Lest ] his confidence hould q
My husband.
-Wdshin0ton Star.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-08
An Original Offer of Marriage.

There are so many people in this
country willing to advance money on
pne's note ofhand simply, that tits a pity
that something could not be done byone
If them for the following sad case e1-
tracted from the advertisements of a
Berlin newspaper: ga medical student
whose means are exhausted would like to
meet with some one who would advance
him the necessary sum to complete his
studies, at a moderate rate of interest.
If necessary he would as a guarantee at
once marry his creditors daughter, or, if
he prefers it, would give an undertaking
to do SO on passing his final examination"
At present the law in this country is in
such a state that a man cannot offer him
self as security, at least not since tho
decision in Shylock versus Antonio, re-
ported Shakspere, Merchant of Venice"
act ". Perhaps to offer oneself as SON
in-law is the next best security; and az
there are numerous mothers-in-law seek
ing for sound investments and sons-in-law,
business might be done. This desire for
learning, however, is omewhat a contrast
to our English universities, where the
advertising is all on the side of the
money-lenders. One would like to know
if his love of learning would lead an
undergraduate to such an extent of self
abnegation?-PdN Mall Gazette.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-08
What is the Cause Of Crimel

If the result of the present agitation
of prison management should be that of
throwing light upon the causes which
lead men to enter upon lives of crime an
important gain will have been made by
it, for it is evident upon the face of it
that prison management, even in the
best conducted institutions, rarely leads
to- the reform of the prisoners. All our
prisons are full of men, many of whom
have served out one or more previous
sentences. If the Governor interposes
the executive clemency it rarely fails
that the thief is back again within. the
walls about as soon as the time of catch
ing him, delays of justice and Jail deten-
lions, permit. Once a criminal always
a criminal seems to be a rule with few
exceptions. The young prisoner, whose
crime may have been little more than a
youthful indiscretion, energies from his
penal servitude hardened in crime and
ready to do his worst. When the pris.
oners are set at hard labor outside the
prison walls, in prison camps, the case is
worse. To the prisoner this life appears
like a horrid slavery. Its value as pun
ishment is lost in the desire of revenge
upon the hard-harded contractor who en-.
riches himself through prison labor.
The great point is to find out why men
turn criminals. There are two theories,
which mainly divide philanthropists in.
to opposing camps. The one is that illit,
eracy is the caus of crime; the other,
want of trade. The New York Time,
gives some interesting figures from the
report of MIR. Vau1 concerning the pen
itentiary at West Philadelphia. They
1900. ~ 49, laa.l-n -z- IOnn L. 1oon
In the first there were 1,605 prisoners re,
ceived. Of these LIS could both read
and write, but 1,217 had never been ap-
prenticed to a trade. In the second de.
cade there were 1883 prisoners received.
Of these 1,677 could read and write;
1850 had never been apprenticed. The
detailed figures of the second decade af-
ford other points of interest, such as
these: Out of 7S0 criminals, 572 were
from public school, 1913 never went tc
school, while 755 had no trade. What.
ever these figures might mean if their
a~ntecedents were understood, they Ger.
tainly appear to prove that an elementa.
ry education, at least, does not protect
one from the ~penitentiary. The second
series also shows conclusively that me.
chanics and artisans generally are not
likely to go to prison.
Yet before advocating the general es.
Enlistment of labor-training schools as
a corrective of the evil, it would be de.
sirable to ascertain which is the caus
and which the effect. Were these men
driven to crime through want of a trade
by which to make a living? Or was it the
case that they had no trade by reason OF
constitutional tendencies to idleness and
vice? These are questions upon which
information is now desired Chicago
Herald. =
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-08

"A young woman living near Will
Transport, Pa, recently swallowed a pin,
which lodged crosswise in her throat.
After the physicians had given up the
case as hopeless, the young woman's
little brother persuaded her to swallow
= button to which was attached a string.
When the button was swallowed the boy
jerked the string and ~dislodged the pin.
Thu young woman's throat was some
what torn, but not seriously injured.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-08
in discharging a New York boy, who

was acquitted of shooting a companion,
on the ground that, though he handled a
loaded revolver carelessly, the shooting
was accidental, Judge Gildersleeve, ex-
Captain Of the American Rife Team,
said: "You should not have a loaded
pistol upon your person, or about you. I
may claim that 1 have had an extensive
experience in handling firearms, yet l
would as soon have a rattlesnake near ~.
IS a loaded gun, and one is likely 70 BE-
- dangerous q the other"