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How a Woman Goes to Bed.

1t takes oman five times as long ter
get in de bed as it does man. She
has ter cross de flo certain number
OBJ times, an has ter tumble 'mong de
quilts, turn down de lamp too low an
den go back an turn it up too high. A
'oman walks mighty light when she's
got shoes on, but when she takes 'em
off an walks she shakes de whole house
like dog trottin' cross a bridge
Plantation PhilOsODhU.
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water.

Two YOUNG men of excellent address,
and their. wives of equally good appear
ance, offered their services as clerks in
Missouri store. AS they showed a
familiarity with the business, and were
willing to work for half the usual
wages, the four old employees of the
concern were dismissed to give places
to the strangers. One dark night at
the end of month they disappeared
with $4,000 worth of goods.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-13

Mr.. BEEcHER at 20 is younger than
his father was when he got out of har-
ness. DR.. Lyman Beecher entered the
ministry in 1898, at East Hampton, L..
T., went to Litchfeld, CT, in 1910,
where Henry Ward Beecher was born,
and after twenty-years of active pas.
toral work, there and in Boston, &C
cepted the Presidency of theological
seminary near Cincinnati, where he re-
NAMED twenty years. When he re-
signed his Office in 1852, he had been
in the ministry fifty-four years, and was
in his 18th year. After his return to
Boston, he devoted his energies to re-
vision of his published sermons, and
occasionally entered the pulpit, where,
for . few years at least, he was able to
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-13

THE profits of ostrich forming in
South Africa have interested capital in
India as we'll as in this country, and a
number of fine birds have lately been
shipped from Port Elizabeth for Madras.
Each bird had its own pen, from twelve
to fifteen feet square, in which it was
swung from the dock to the hold of the
vessel. The London Globe remarks
that although the demand for ostrich
feathers is, after all, strictly limited,
and change of fashion may at any time
ruin the business, the price has not yet
been lowered in any appreciable degree
by the great increase in the supply con-
sequent upon systematic ostrich farm
ing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-13

The culture of silk worms is opening
up a new field of labor to women in
Iowa. The daughters of Mount
Pleasant farmer bought ON ounce of
eggs some time ago which produced
about 10000 silk worms. The insects
are fed on the leaves and small twigs of
the Usage hedge plant, which is said to
be equal to the mulberry, After about
four weeks feeding the cocoons are
spun apd ready for market. The occu-
patton is said to be one admirably
adapted to women and children, is quite
profitable, and can be carried on wher-
ever the Usage plant grows. A large
amount of this peculiar hedge is Guilt
waited in Iowa, and the example of
several women who are already engaged
in this newly-transplanted industry is
likely to be largely initiated throughout
the State.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-13

A GENTLEMAN who has recently been
visiting at Bangor, Me-, tells the follow
ing anecdote about Hannibal Hamlm.
"You can see Mr.. Hamlin almost any
day in Bangor" he said. "He wears
the same style of old hat and blue coat
with brass buttons that he did twenty
five years ago. He is very fond of the
young boys and goes a fishing with
them with all the ardor Of 12-year-
old. Mr.. Hamlin usually spends some
part of the evening at one of the stores,
where crowd of his old 'cronies' come
in to hear him talk. Among them is an
old fellow named Stearns, who is
immensely wealthy, but very long
winded, and as a rule his stories do not
pan out very well. Some time ago he
came in and commenced one of his
yarns, and after he had been talking
about fifteen or twenty minutes, and
there did not seem to be any point in
sight, Hamlin. with a perfectly sober
face, reached down into his pocket and
drew out pair of ear-laps, which he
put on, and cork stopper which he
gave to Stearns. The story-teller made
dash for the door amid screams of
laughter from the crowd"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-13

The genial, independent Congressman
from Texas, Col. Tom Ochiltree, who
is now in England, has already ex-
pressed, in a forcible way, his disap-
prevail of some of the customs of that
blasted country" He discovered that
Englishmen, when getting into a bus
or railway car, hold their umbrellas or
canes with the points directed toward
the faces of the other passengers. In a
letter written by him, and published in
a London paper, he describes the way
in which he began practical reform. Z"
Weary of lodging the threatening
points of canes and umbrellas, he de-
termined, he says, "to clean out" the
first man who should annoy him in this
way. AS he was riding in bus down
the Strand man came in with "an air
of Importance, as if he had just pur-
chased controlling interest in the out
fit" The point of the newcomers UNI
DTelld SITuCh Jue IeAdS lueulDer III U1le
cheek. AT the same moment" writes
Col. Ochiltree, for the edifcation of
the Englishmen, Il landed him one be-
tween the eyes, and he went the length
of the bus, dropping in the road hatless
and eye-glassless. Col. Ochiltree
picked him up, kindly explained that
he "was inaugurating REFORM" and
was called an American cad" for his
trouble He urges Englishmen to join
him and some of his friends, "cattlemen
from Texas" in reforming "this glaring
abuse"
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preach with old-time energy and fire.
He lived to the advanced age of 80, his
memory failing long before his physical
powers were materially impaired. Mr..
Beecher's friends have reason, there
fore, to expect good many years of
active service from the pastor Of
Plymouth Church.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-13

JOHN Fl. ALEXANDER, the new col
ored cadet at West Point, is - years
and months old, and weighs about
1876 pounds. He is a dark mulatto,
moves quick, has a bright, intelligent
countenance, and kinky hsir parted in
the middle. His voice is pleasing, and
his demeanor is that of young gentle
man who has been carefully brought
up. Dr. Alexander says he passed a
most excellent physical. examination.
A West Point officer said: Il don't
believe he will be tabooed in any way
1 am satisfied he will be treated we'll,
especially by the first class. You see
the old feeling has died out, and the
boys do not believe it pays to do such
things"
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The Baptist pastor of Shelbyville,
Ind, does not weigh more than 125
pounds, and one of his young women
converts not less than 800. The rite of
immersion, under the circumstances,
drew a great crowd, and expectations
were realized, for the minister and the
candidate had to be helped out of the
watar
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fourteen. Elephants are ssid TO live
300 years. Whales are estimated to
live 400 years. Tortoises 100. Eagles
and swans have been known to live
more than q century. Carp have been
kept for 200 years, trout for fifty years,
pike for ninety years.
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Health i'm Michigan.

Reports to the State Board of Health, Lansing,
by observers of diseases in the different parts of
the State. show the principal diseases which
caused most sickness in Michigan, during the
week ending June 80, 1888, as follows:
Names of observers heard from, 81.
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The Trne 9urtheruer.
PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.

TEXAS has put stop to the whole
sale disposal of her valuable lands at
cheap rates. Hereafter not more than
one section will be sold by the State to
a single buyer, and the price will be
raised to 81 or So per acre, according
10 location.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-13

OUT of 1,343 members of the Massa-
chusetts Medical Society, 700 reply
"yes,' 400 say mo" and twenty-three
are Indifferent to the question: DO you
favor the admission of women to the
society on the same terms with nsnS'
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-13
Lony-Liyed Animals.

Camels live about fifty years, horses
thirty, oxen twenty, sheep eight, dogs
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The Gar and the Vatican.

An understanding has been arrived at
between the heads of the respective churches
of Greece and Rome The two churches
were formerly unit, but as early as 4S2 A.
d. dogmatical differences sprung up between
them, which gradually threw them more
and more apart until July is, 1864, when the
schism was completed. Varfeps proposals
have since then been proposed and rejected
for union of the two churches again, the
last being that of Plus TX, WHEN in lS4S, he
invited, by an encyclical letter, the entire
Greek church to a corporate union with
Rome, which proposition was rejected with
scorn. There is, however, in the Greek
church faction that hopes and
prays for such a union, which embraces
some of the nobility and societies of the
Greek Church. That n,odus yivendam has
been agreed upon by the heads of the East
ern and Western churches is, in view of
their past histories, very significant Under
this concordat the Russian Government re-
tains the right of inspecting seminaries,
supervision in the appointment of teachers,
and the education Of Catholic children in
the Russian language. history and literature,
and abrogates the harsh measures declared
against the Catholics in 1864. For the first
time in many centuries, the chasm between
the Eastern and Western churches seems to
be closing.
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Truth is the highest thing that man
may keep. Chattcer.
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The Scott Law In Ohio.

So much has been said about the Scott
liquor law, and the probable action of the
Supreme Court upon the question of its con-
stitutionality, says the Chicago Neaos, that it
has become q subject of interest to the pub
lie. 1t is well known that the constitution
of Ohio prohibits the licensing of saloons,
and the clause was ratified by the temper
ance people in the expectation that its adop-
ton would put an end to the liquor traffic
In that State. Such was not, however, the
case, as under the organic law of the State
there was no power to restrain the sale OF
liquor, and it ran riot In April last
the State passed what was known as
the Scott law, which authorizes an annual
assessment upon the business Of liquor sell
ing. A case was made up and carried 10 the
Supreme Court with the view of testing its
constitutionality. The other day the court
rendered its decision, all OF the Judges ex-
cept one declaring the law to be cOnstitu-
tional The opinion seems to be that the
effect of the decision will be to strengthen
the Republicans, as that party championed
the law while their opponents opposed 1t.
As two of the members of the Supreme
Court are on the Republican State ticket the
Democrats charge that they were guided as
much by their political prospects as by o
strict construction of the law in the case
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PASSING EVENTS.
The Cholera in Europe---The Scott
Law in Ohio.
The Gear and the Vatican--"A ssigt-
ed" Emigration.

All Europe is becoming alarmed at the
threatening character Of the cholera and the
rapidity of the spread Notwithstanding the
international quarantine, which was in
tended to prevent it from getting into Eu-
rope by the gateway of the Snez canal, ID
has reached the northern entrance and ap-
pears to have fastened itself permanently at
Port Said, Damietta. Mansurah and Rosetta,
In Egypt, which are all I'm close proximity TO
the entrance. Thence it has reached Alex
andria to the westward and Cairo to the
south, entering the latter place, as usual.
while the doctors are disputing about it
The march of this terrible destroyer not
alone threatens the health OF Europe, but it
Is laying an embargo upon its commerce. 1t
has closed Port Said and the Suez canal
tighter than any Government or any quaran-
tine could do it already. The great canal il
now shut against commerce, and that means
cessation of the trade between Europe and
Asia or its compulsory diversion from the
short cut of the canal into the Mediterranean
to the old, long. and tedious route round
Africa
New-York tribune., 1883-12-13
FOREIGN NOTES.

LONDON, Dec 12-The captain and second mate OF the
British steamer Nscro, which stranded the Sunatra
coast safe; but twenty-five Of the in the
hands OF "A hostile rajah against whom the Dutch au'
thUrlties are helpless.
DUBLIN. Dec l2--Whe Elliott and others were bel 'g
tried to-day. for the murder of William Suythc the coun-
sci for the prisoners announced that the Queens counsel
had called him "-- coward" and challenged him 10
contradict outside Of court The judge made the other
lawyer rctract.
LONDON. Dec. 12.-L0rd Northcotc has written note
condemng the suspension Of Lord Rossnorc magis-
tratc In county Monaghan, Ireland sympIthizEg with
the d-COncHtcd IIi-h.
ANTWERP, Dec. PA food in the river Schcldt has
oyiGowcI the quays here, and the adjacent Streets
LuSDON, Dee l2-Nos~rs. Pcyton & Pcyton, bcdstcad
manufacturers, of Eimcugham, have failed. Their liza
bnitic- are 100000.
Ir>wCiI Dee. 12At the election here to-day, 10 I'LL
the vacancy IN the House of Commons caused by the
death Of Mr.. Cpbhuld Con nlcryatlyr) Mr.. West, the
Liberal candidate. was successful.
DurBAS, De. l2.-Thc chief Mampoer. who was con-
yicrd Of treason 10y the Bocr. Pretoria in September
last and sentenced dc1th has been hanged despite
The assurance Of President Kruger that the sentence
should not be- Carried ont until hc had held conference
on the subject with Lord Derby, the British Colonial
Secretary.
LoNplN Dec, ia Belgrade cspatch 10 The Times
says thr IN, number Of haugng1 thar have taken place
a, suit 81 The suppression oi the recent revolts, IL
only eighteen including four prics;', four merchants
r'hoolma.trr 'rd hiuc peasants, all Oh whom were
4i..ur r,I-
New-York tribune., 1883-12-13
cl.,,rlrrn nAMAGrn.
FRANcE AND CHINA IN TONQuIN.
INSTRUCTIONS TO nIE rErNcn ApIiIAL ~ Gov
MAND ~ TONQUIS HEGAEDING WAR.

INSTRUCTIONS TO iiL lh' N'l A'h'lsNl ~ W.
MAND ~ TONQUIS REGARDING WAR.
PARIS. December 12.-Ihc Gou'ois states that
Prime Minister Ferry told the committees Of the Ecpub-
liron and Democratic Union, that Immediately after the
vote of confidence in the Government had been passed
by the Chamber of Dcputins he clcraph'd o ADMIRAL
Courbct % oin'prm the Chinese authorities that Il gave
the Government carte blanche - 10 matters pertaining
10 the Tonlun question Admiral COurhet u 10 propose
~ the Chinese officials renewal OF negotiations, each
-ic holding IT, pgc,cnt military position ia Tonquin II
the proposa Is rcfd ed Admiral Courbct 10 seize iac-
Mini contay and HuncIIoa Whom these places are cap
turcA frc, proposals for negotiations arr 10 h made II
they are a'.o rejected Admiral Cpurbc Is 10 take pO,-cs-
sion Of ono ~ the Ave larsc ChncSc ports.
TbC G1pl, SAYS that neither Canton nor Shanghai Il
10 bc taken because VI Ferry l. avcr-c Ia offending
friendly powers, aud Admiral Courbct VIII cohuuc MN
self To operations deemed necessary TO Obtain s3i,dc-
tiOn from China.
I1spoS Dec l2-Thc Press Association says II j. en-
alrd TO state that if Bac Mini and sontay attacked
by the French forces I'm Tonqun, the Marquis Tscng.
Chinese Abs -ador. viii promptly leave lis Embassy III
Paris and 90 to England.
Paris despatch To the EXCHANGE Telegraph Company
o1ys that Admiral Lspcs will sail tomorrow 10 take COM
mand OF the French ncct in Chinese waters
New-York tribune., 1883-12-13
KING ALFONSO'S POLICY.
EXTENSION OF TIE SUFFRAGE CIVIL MARRIAGE
PEACE WITH FRANCE,

EXTENSION or TIE SUFFRAGE CIVIL MARUiAGES-
PEACE WITH FRANCE.
MADRID, Dec. 1.-THE Ministerial Council
has approved draft Of the royal speech to be delivered
at the opening Of the COres IL is reported that the
speech announces the extension of the suffrage to all who
are able to read aud write and who pay taxes and with
view to IT, further extension mentions possible reforms
of the Constitution for future discussion by the COcs
II proposes bills for civil marriages and trial by jury aud
declares that the relations Of spain with all foreign pow
cs are friendly. The dispute with France relative To the
treatment Of King Alfonso I'm Paris has been satisfactorily
arranged and the relations existing between the two
countries friendly, bchttng TWO adjacent nations
with common commercial interests. Spain, II says, will
cIdcavor to increase the cOrdlarty with France II
possible.
Il is believed that Scnor Sagasta VIII accept the speech
thus rccJnclng the existing majority in the COrcs aud
Dynastic Left and avoiding split In the Liberal party.
The ConscrS organs are denouncing the CONNER
cal agreement With England. They claim that It's pro
Visions are Injurious to Spanish interests.
New-York tribune., 1883-12-13
THE WAR IN HAYTI.
ENGAGEMENTS AT JAcMEL AND AT MIRAGoANE-A
SEA CONFLICT.

SEA CONFLICT.
ST. THOMAS, Dec. 1.-THE dispatch stating
that the aytan steamer Dessalines had sunk the reVo
lutionist steamer La Parie based upon dispatch
from President SaomOn OF Hayt The report proved TO
be untrue On November 18th the Dessalines captured
the schooner Dareess from Kingston for Jacme with an
assorted cargo OF provisions for the insurgents or the
eight men found on board five shot. The names OF
those shot Arthur Allen, Edward Williams, Aureius
Noel, Petit Jeanty and Alfred Nelson.
The British warship Maard reports that she witnessed
on November 10th an engagement at Mragone between
the government troops shore and the nsrgent steamer
La Pntrie. The steamer lying I'm the roadsead she'll
ing the troops with Onehundred pound cannon, causing
considerable destruction. The shots from the troops fel
short OF the steamer.
on November 10 the Government forces began tne
bombardmcnt of Jacmel Until November 81 the lnsur
gents remained silent the shells having demolished the
outwOrk OF Fort Talayigne. At the last report Jacne
still resisting although suffering severely. II II re-
ported here that there has been severe engagement ne
tween the Dcssancs and Ia Patrc II said that the
paddle wheels Of the latter steamer were damaged ana
that shell killed seven her deck, and that she
proceeded TO Jacme The Dcssanes also, Is sad sis
tanned serious damage, besides having her COMMANDER
killed, and proceeded to Port au Prince
New-York tribune., 1883-12-13
4 REJECTED LorER SHOOTS HLiEELE
lnl rrLLanNm 1n I'M rnnrNEI

lbl ILIi"HNIl 10 IllL IIIHlNE
NEw-IlAyEN. Dee. l2.-NlinOr Wilcox and
Miss lila Thomson. Of saybrook have been engaged to
to be married for time, but the engagement has
been broken. On Monday Wilcox visited Miss Thomson
aud rcproached her II alleged because she received the
attentions OF other gentlemen quarrel followed and
before they separated Miss Thomson dismissed her lover
lie badc her good bye saying You will never see me
aga.u," aud LETT the house.
In moment two the report Of a pistol was heard
accompanied by heavy fall Several members OF Miss
ThonsOns family rushed out and found young WILCOX
living near the back door with bullet
hole through his left lung near the heart
He was taken into the house aud physican was sum
moncd but hope Of hs recovery II entertained MISS
Thomson hcGrtbrokcn over the unfortunate 1ldI .u
has been suffering from hJ tCrJ ever since hc h'du t
shot. Her life Is also dcapaircd Of Both WILCOX aid
Miss Thomson are connected with the mnnos OF Wen
thrown into "a fever OF excitement by the attempted
suicide.
New-York tribune., 1883-12-13
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.
A PENNSYLVANIA CRIMINAL ARRESTED

PENNSYLVANIA CRIMINAL ARRESTED
BALTIMORE Dec. 12-James Clarke who escaped
after for burglary at Media, Pa on December
wns captured Ia this city today.
THE DEBT OF PENNSYLVANIA. H.,
HARRISBURG Pa Dec. 12.-Ihe statement SHOW,
1 the ebt OF the state OF Pennsylvania up 10 Decelnoea
has been prepared tho state Treasury Inc o'a
oo r drt s and the debt bearing no InteIeSt
It The reduction debt during os3 was @oOooOO
WOMAN HELD FOR TRIAL; .ho
PHILADELPHIA Dec. l2-Aaggle hazaru, lno nc
oman who recently shot Charles Reid, brakeman on
}b adepha and Readlng Railroad, aud subsequently at
tsmned TO Commit suicide, was given nearing Vooay s
held In 81 900 for trial. Jealousy was the cause VI Ho
shooting. -. ooxnD>,r
AN INDIAN MAGNATE KILLED BY ACCIDENT.
ST LOUIS Dec l2.-Judge Noisywater was shot
and Killed from nm ambush Monday night while going nome
Deputy Marshal aud posse who mistook the ludse
for noted outlaw.
New-York tribune., 1883-12-13
COLORED MEN SHOT IN MISSISSIPPI.

New ORLEANS, Dec. 12.-A dispatch from
Greenyilc Miss that the three cOloed men who
were shot there December 10 received their wounds
while political meeting In progress There has been
exciting for mayor between two independent
candidates One Of the factions held meeting IN dance
house. while in progress quarrel arose between
Prank" Montgomery white man. and colored man.
Pistols were drawn and shooting begun. "Sam" Finley
q white man. was seriously injured, and three negroes
shot. one named Hamcr was killed Outgh one ~
expected to die and the other slightly wounded The
shooting though deDlorcd created the bterest feeling
QOmcry Finley.
New-York tribune., 1883-12-13
THE EAMES MURDER CASE.

WATERTowN, n. Y, December 1.-THE trial
Of Charles Hghan, who shot Frederick W. Eames on
April Do viii begin here tOmarrOw. Eames was the pat
cntcc Of yacuum brake and, while away, the officers
sold the control Of the manufacturing company to Thomas
Prosscr Il Son, Of New York. suit begun which
lasted months, and finally Judgment favorable TO
Eamcs rendered but he killed on going with the
sheriff TO take possession The much interest
owing the rcspccabty OF the families Of the prisoner
Il ftlg deco .pl
New-York tribune., 1883-12-13

Pastor the Rev. J. B. Hodges officiating. The church
was crowded with prominent society people Of the city,
the majority being full dress The bridal couple were
Walter Brooks one of BaltmOres wealthiest young men,
and grandson Of Chaunce OBroOks exPresident Of the
b. and o. r. r., and Miss Sallie BOnsal daughter or
Stephen BOnsal the Banker. full dres reception was
held afterwards the house Of the BRIDE The presents
displayed were magnificent.
New-York tribune., 1883-12-13
ABOUT TIE KEELY MOTOR.

PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 12.-At meeting of the
stockholders OF the Keey Motor Company today letter
was read from Mr. Kcely, stating that though he had
made substantial progress In his work he had met with
many mechanical obstacles and he could not at present
make statement the time he expected to get through
He asked that the meeting be postponed until February
l. at which time he thought he would be able to make a
satisfactory report. some dissatisfaction was manifested
by stockholders at the unsatisfactory condition OF
Affairs but after election of directors for the ensuing
wear tic meeting adjourned uutl February l.