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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-08
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
A Nameless Hero.

This f. the song of n nameess man;
Listen awhile till the deed j. told
or one who ventured his life 20 save
Another's, but not for lame or gold.
Winter had been both hard and long;
Spring set In, and the brooklets ran.
Swapping the meadows and breaking the ice
Into mighty blocks. Then the floods began.
Red and roaring the rushing stream
ON its heaying bosom the Ice blocks bore;
Stemmod at length by bridge Of might,
IL foamed and crashed with sullen roar.
Crashed and dashed on the piers of stone,
They Yielded at last to the fearful strain;
The center arch, with the keepers house,
And helpless inmates alone remain.
Fie-cer and fiercer roars the flood,
Wilder and wilder in the stormy sky
The keeper springs to the rocking roof
Mercy! have mercy, great God on high!
" Help for my helpless wife and child'
They heard him loud DER the torrents roar;
Help, alasl there IL none to bring;
No boat could live ii it left the shore.
Whose steed comes galloping hot with haste,
And stops by the river raging wild2
Count Alien, who offers red gold TO him
Who'll save the keeper with wife and child.
Ears. n thousand the offer heard,
Hearts, thousand, with grief are sore;
They look at the ice, the flood and the sky,
But never boatman leaves the shore.
"Boatmen, then, are we towards all?
And must they perish within our sight2"
TRY IL yourself, Lord Count" they cried.
Alasl" said he, for my strength is slight.
Out from the crowd a WAGNER steps.
A boat IL launched with the speed OF thought
Twill save but one with his mighty weight;
But his arm is strong and he cares for naught
Thrice he guides her with giant strength;
Thrice hath he brought her safe TO shore;
Scarce had the last foot touched its planks,
When with awful crash the arch fell DER.
Who was this valiant man of men?
simple laborer brave and bold.
Grand was the deed" hear you say;
hut still he did IL for goods and gold
Listen, then. Gallant che deed you've done,
And well, said the Count, have you earned
the prize"
Frankly and modestly answered then
The valiant man with the fearless eyes.
MY life, Lord Count, il not for gold:
Your money all to the keeper give;
Lost in the flood is his little all,
Yet he and his wife and child must live"
With careless smile he turned and went,
This man with the frank aud fearless eye.
We sing Of his fame; but what was his name
Is known alone to the Lord on high.
-Hdrper'S Young People.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-08
Feather Pictures.

The Aztecs, the people who ruled
Mexico 400 years ago, We're very clever.
They could copy any object in nature
that they saw around them. Frogs,
birds, leaves, ducks, lizards, serpents,
foxes, wolves and dogs-of all these
they made images in gold, silver, clay,
and stone. Many of these they adored
as gods, but most of them they used as
ornaments. The Spaniards, who took
their country from them in 1921, Won
dered at their skill. They said that no
silversmith in Spain could make such
fine work. But what they most adnrred,
and what they had never seen before,
was the feather work. Even the old
| soldiers, who had passed all their lives
| in war, were struck with its beauty.
When the AZtecs were conquered,
nearly all their beautiful arts were lost.
They soon forgot how to cut precious
stones, and how to mold silver and
gold, for they were made slaves of, and
had to labor in the fields. The art of
making objects in feathers is about the
only one they have kept and passed
down to the present time from father
to son. Even this they are very careful
not to show to strangers. They work
in secret, and sarefnlly guard it from
sight.
| When in Mexico / tried hard to find
out how they made the lovely birds on
cards, which they offered for sale on
the streets. A friend took me to the
house of one of these artists 1t was a
little howell, where he sat on the mud
floor and toiled. But when he heard
us coming he put away all his work
and would not let us see it. He was an
Indian, with brown skin and black,
straight hair He wore ragged clothes,
and had an old blanket to keep him
warm at night. Poor as he was, no
money would tempt him to show the
secret process he had learned from his
father, which had been kept in the
family for hundreds of years.
| Great skill is required to produce a
perfect picture. First, the Indian traces
on the card the outline of the body of the
bird in way just enough for the feathers
to stick TO. Then he begins at the
lower part and places them on, one at
q time, one row tapping over the other,
as slater lays states. He works very
slowly and patiently. Perhaps this is
the secret of his perfect work, and the
reason that no other people are able
to equal him. The result is, bird,
that looks as though it might sing or
fly. The eyes are made with small
glass beads, and the bill and feet are
painted so nicely that they appear to
be part of the bird. Then he paints
a twig or branch for it to rest on, or
makes one from feather, and his work
is done.
The finest pictures are made from
the bright feathers of the humming
bird. These are found only on the
Threats of these living jewels, and il
takes several birds to yield feathers
enough for one picture. When in the
sun, or strong light, the feathers glow
like bright gems. They CLEAN like
rubies and emeralds, and seem like live
birds perched in the sunlight of their
native tropics. AS works of art, these
feather pictures are admirable. As the
last remains of gifted people, they
take us back to the stored past.-Oul
| Little Ones
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-08

WICHITA (Kan.) Eagle: Mr.. J. G..
Mccoy, of this city, exhibited at the
fair last week q coat cut and made for
Abraham Lincoln in 1860. 1t was
during the campaign and McCoy's we'd
ding had been fixed. He went to his
tailor in hurry for his wedding gar
ments. Mccoy being the same size of
Lincoln and his counterpart in make
up, especially his shoulders, and the
tailor having Lincoln's coat about
finished and plenty of time to make
another before it would be called for,
let Mccoy have the coat. He was
married in it and now preserves it as an
heirloom.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-08

VARIOUS methods of executing Grim
mails have not only been practiced, but
still others-an electric shock and
chloroforming-have been advocated.
Some go even further and recommend
that criminals be not executed at all.
According to an Englishman the old
fashioned style of choking has superior
merits. When a student he took o
scarf, bound it about his throat and
held it there drawn with its full force.
At first his senses were very acute, but
gradually sight and sound failed and a
dreamy sensation, something like that
produced by chloroform, set in, followed
by painless and complete oblivion.
He was not conscious of choking or an
effort at breathing. He liked the SEN
sation so that he hung on to the scarf
until his hands fell, the scarf was
loosened and breath and circulation
came back. He might, he supposes,
under proper conditions, have died and
known no more of the matter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-08
LITTLE ONES.

CAssIUs NJ CLAY is in favor of Hoadly for
President.
TYIRTY oil wells in Pennsylvania have re-
Gently run dry.
AN English girl, who Joined the Salvation
army, stole the money which she paid for her
uniform.
TALMAoE says there will be no need OF BIZ
bles I'm Heaven, but says one may be chained
to the throne.
SENATOR BUTLER, of South Carolina, Is go
ing to convert his cotton-plantation on the
Savannah into a grass and horse farm.
THE late English hangman's wife, Mrs. Mar
wood, died the other morning, her death be-
ing fastened by incompetence. IL Is stated
that on the occasion of each execution her
husband gave her bottle of gin
THE Berlin museum has purchased for $780,
600 Rembrandt's painting of "Potphar ac-
cusing Joseph Before Pharaoh" The work
was formerly i'm possession of Sir Thomas
Lawrence, and is one of the most famous OF
Rembrandts pictures.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-08

THE Rev. Mr.. Houghton, the New
Haven clergyman, who, before large
congregations in his church on Sunday
evenings, tried and convicted Lewis of
the murder of Rose Amber, is not con-
tent with the reputation thus acquired.
He owns n fast horse. He is fond of
fast horses. His Pensioners remon-
strated with him, but a few Sundays
later he delivered sermon on the pro-
priety of a minister's owning q fast
horse and quoted texts of scripture in
support thereof. But he seems to have
imagined that perhaps it would be more
difficult to sustain horse-racing By
Biblical authority, and, therefore, when
he wanted to ascertain whether his
horse was really faster than some
others he nominally transferred the
animal to young dentist. The better
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-08
CHE Jrns Aurtherurr.
PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.

AMONG the reasons urged by Peoria
I'LL. woman for divorce are: Drunk
, enness, swearing, obscenity, arson,
kfilthy habits, incompatibility, infdelity,
brutality, laziness, bigamy and non
support. She married him to spite her
father for boxing her ears.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-08

either to take me into the bushes or to
leave me long alone; and he did not
wish to appear unsuccessful in his
search for berries. if he should chance
to pass other boys. He little dreamed
how much more than berries l had
found in the woods that day.-Llcy
LarcOnl, I'M 81. Nicholas.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-08

EDWARD CAIRNS, of Tecumseh, was fined
SIS and costs for assaulting Michael Wilson,
the father of his lady love. Mr.. Wilson
sought TO prevent Edwards visits to the
house, and got pounded for his paternal pru-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-08

Nor one-third of the lawyers of San
Francisco make enough to pay their
Office rent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-08

MARY ZELUFF won her suit against the
township of Ovid, in the CiIcuit Court at
Coldwater, for damages on account OF injur-
les received while riding over defective
highway. The jury gave her $3.50.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-08

A MAN in n Savanna Ca chush, put
handful of peaches in the contribution box.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-08

FLINT is to have q cracker bakery on o
large scale.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-08

The excess of the value of exports over
imports of merchandise was as follows:
Month ended Sept. 80, 1893. ...........s 3l97,052
Three months ended Sept 80, 1ss3.... rss3.lS4
Nine months ended Sept. 30, 1SS3..... 1895 ,203
Twelve months ended Sept. 30, 1888 IL, 326, 300
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-08
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

The following tables exhibit the value of
merchandise imported into and exported from
the United States:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-08

This f. the song of n nameless man;
Listen awhile till the deed il told
or one who ventured his life TO save
Another's, but not for fame OF gold.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-29

1t is historical fact not generally
known, that the site for the West
Point Military Academy was select
ed one hundred years ago this pres
ent month. Gen'l Cullen, in his ad-
dress at the graduating exercises this
year, stated that it was selected by
Washington on the very day that
Congress declared an end of the
hostilites. Here the northward push
of the British army had been stayed,
and here was the most secure place
in the whole country for depositing
what was left of the implements of
war.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-29

The Grand Trunk authorities have
new time table which went in
into effect last Monday, by which
trains now run from Chicago to
Boston, via Port Huron and Mon
treal, thence to Boston via the Gen.
trail Vermont and Northern N. H.,
or by the Southeastern and B. c. NJ,
which is one of the pleasntest routes
in America.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-29

The Chicago & Grand Trunk Off.
Gals have notified the people that
they will complete the road from
Kalamazoo to Hastings for bonus
of 100000. Cheap enough, and it
will make Hastings rich town if
she SHOULD have 10 pay every dollar
of the bonus and thereby get the
road.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-29

The Lansing Republican very
forcibly says, "The Nation is as CON-
petent to raise all its own wool and
make its own clothing as it is to put
down rebellion, or maintain its cur
rency at par with coin. Great for
ward strides must be made in our in
dustries in order to End adequate
employment and give happy dcs-
TIMES and comfortable homes to the
millions springing up on our soil or
coming to our shores.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-29

A Democratic exchange says tine
question is asked "what the Demo
cratic tariff reformers should do in
case ex Speaker Randall gets the eau
Gus nomination for Speaker 2" We
do not know what they should do,
but we do know what they will do
in such an event they will vote
for him. every mothers son Of them
and if they did not, they would be
summarily kicked out of the party.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-29
W THE TARIFF
FARMERS.
BENEFITS


The following pointed explanation
as to how the tariff benefits farmers
recently appeared in the editorial col
umns Of the Mason News:
Michigan farmers are sometimes in
duced to believe that tariff on salt,
lumber, iron, and copper, is sly lit
tie thief which robs them to enrich
the workers in these protected indus
tries. But the bene6cient effects
of this tariffslo not stop with the in
dustres protected; they extend to
producers everywhere. Hunt & Ellis
(of Mason) ship large quantity of
farm produce, for which they pay the
farmers OF Ingham county excellent
prices in cash, right at their own
doors. Nearly all is shipped direct
ly into the northern part of the state
to feed the workers in these same in
dustries whose life and prosperity are
fostered by the protective tariff.
Strike down the tariff, close the mon
ster mills of northern Michigan, des-
ert the mines, and cease the produc-
ton Of salt. Strike not only at tbece
industries, but hundreds of others
scattered over the country. Smite
with them the variou, other in
dustries which they call into being
then send the discharged workmen
into agriculture and see how many
produce wagons will traverse the ag-
riculture counties of Michigan, pick
ing up the eggs and butter and chick
ems and apples that farmers raise.
Farm'produce will be drug, because
the production will be largely in ex-
cess of the demand. The perishable
products of agriculture, which cannot
successfully be exported, will rot
unused.
That is not all; with the ruin of
home manufa ctures comes the nec-
essity of sending the coin Of the
country abroad to purchase the arti-
cles of manufacture. which we no long.
er produce. The census shows that
in 1880 the United tates consumed
nearly FIVE mi lions of manufactured
articles, and more than four fifths
of them were manufactured in this
country. The entire products Of
agriculture amounted to but little
more than three millions. Now by
the abolition of the protective feature
ofthe present tariff, close the factories
Of the country, and how, pray, can we
purchase five million dollars worth
of manufa ctured articles, with three
million dollars worth Of the products
of agriculture? True, it may be said,
the prices Of manufactures may de
crease with the removal of protective
duties; but not so fast as the prices of
farm produce will decrease by reason
of the destruction of the home mar
ket. The wealth of the country cannot
be augm ented by the products of the
farm alo ne, but by the healthy growth
under our fostering care, of diversi-
fed industries which furnish for each
9th er's products satisfactory home
market. When manufacture prospers
agriculture prospers, and vice versa. 1
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-29

The Saginaw Herald tells truth
in Language too plain to be misun-
derstood in the following paragraph /:
"Begole's veto of the bill to abolish
w. o. Fuller, State Swamp Land
Commissioner, simply pays the Gov
ernor's political debt out Of the peo-
pies POCKET. "
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-29

Mr.. Edward Cowles, the editor of
the Cleveland Leader, favors tor 1884
a ticket with Senator Harrison, OF
Indiana, for President, and Secretary
Lincoln Tor Vice President. 1t
would be an extremely popular ticket
in Michigan beyond doubt.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-29

The Caro- Advertiser:-''The great
est curse. 10 ones self and one 5
friends is gossiping tongue. Look
out for them and make up your mind
that "a dog that will bring a bone
will carry one.'" That is well said.
Let all heed the admonition.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-29

The New York Sun predicts that
if the Republicans carry Ohio, in
October, as it says the prospect is
they will, that they will carry New
York in November.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-29

An attempt is being made in Ohio
10 unite the Prohibilionists and
Greenback parties. Il would be a
strange combination.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-29

The fight in the Ohio Democratic
State Convention was between life
long, able and constant Democrat
who has very little money. and a
renegade Republican, who has a very
large "bar'l." The "bar'l" won, and
Hoadly is the nominee to the dis
gust of all the better class of Demo
Gratis in the state.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-29

The vermontville Hawk says "the
jury failed to convict the star reuters
and the government has expended
six hundred and fifty thousand dollars
for nought." Oh no, brother Pot
ter, it is worth twice that sum to
know that these men are innocent Of
the crime charged against them.
And it will be saving of large sums
if this investigation shall teach the
government to be on the lookout for
rogues in disguise when there are
contracts to be let.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-29

The Vermontville Hawk 1.-THE
bigger half of the wool will be moved
this week. Heavy crop and low
price is about the size of it." Yes,
the duty was reduced by Congress,
and low price FOR wool IS the result.
How do you like it gentlemen, farm
ers ?.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-26
Plunger walton,s Little Joke.

NOV IUIN TTTIIIIs
A very singular story is circulating here
among club men and politicians, in which
MIR. Walton, the p%lunger, is credited with an
act of unusual audacity. 1t is asserted that
failing to secure a renewal of his lease of the
st. James Hotel, in New York, he got even
with the owners by turning loose 5000 rats
between cellar and roof the last day of his
occupancy, and that the rodents have rem
dered the life of the new occupant misera-
BILE and the building almost untenable. John
L. Hill, ex-tax collector, brought the story
to thisc city, but says: II did not believe it
then, and do not now, although it is a well
authenticated fact that when Walton took
away his furniture, he carried with it a part
OF the plumbing, which, being regarded as a
permanent Improvement and part of the
realty, may subject him to a suit for mali
cious mischief when he returns to this coun-
try" The employees OF the hotel deny the
truth OF the story.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-26
Cable Notes.

Lieutenant Schlager was shot and killed in
Vienna, Yesterday, in a duel with the editor
of the Military Zeitung.
The Swedish Arctic exploring vessel So
phia, with Professor Nordenskjold and other
scientists, has sailed for Greenland,
Bribery is said to be the cause of Eyoub
Pasha's resignation. AS Egyptian Minister
of the Interior he has received large sums as
brides.
An extensive fire occurred at Vars, in the
department of the upper Alps, and fifty
houses were destroyed. Several persons per-
isbed in the flames.
The City of Chicago, the new steamer of
the Inman line, has been towed up the Clyde
to receive her engines. 1t is expected she
will start on her first voyage to New York on
the 18th OF September.
The London Daily News's correspondent
at Rome says the Pope is satisfied with the
result of his circular to the Irish bishops.
He expected it would be received with more
opposition than has been shown.
John Behan, correspondent OF the Irish
World, of New York, for the West Glare dis
trict, has been arrested on the charge of in
timidating the driver of a mail wagon, whom
he had called a spy and informer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-26
MIR. Randall The Next speaker.

new lOIk herald
We see no reason to recall the opinion
expressed on the heels of the Kentucky con-
v%ention, that by its action the election of
Mr.. Randall as Speaker was assured. Every
day since then has only made this event
more probable, because nowhere has there
been such a Democratic protest as the Ken
lucky action ought to have, and must have
called forth, if that conventions feebleness
did not fairly represent the predominant
Democratic opinion. The struggle for the
Sponsorship has become, therefore, a merely
personal contest, which has had no relation
to ideas or politics, but in which the friends
of each candidate seek to secure support by
promises, by personal advantage, or by CON
siderations of locality and section. Unless,
therefore, there should occur very soon a
vigorous and general protest against the
Kentucky imbecility, we think MIR. RandalIs
election to the speakership reasonably as
sured. That means such a formation of
committees as will prevent all action on the
tariff, and of course, if the Democratic House,
between December and May, does nothing
toward reform, any professions 1t may make
in its presidential platform next June will
be seen to be insincere and Worthless-mere
hypocrisy.