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EOr sale.

House and two lots in a very desirable To-
cation in this village, good well and cistern
water, nicely shaded, good walks, etc. En-
quire on premises, first door north of the
town hall. I7tf
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New Wagon Shop.

have opened a wagon shop in the upper
rooms of the brick blacksmith shop in this
village, and am prepared to do all kinds of
work in my line. Give me call. oily
B. w. STANTON, Paw Paw, Mich.
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Public Examinations.

The following is the schedule of dates for
examinations to be held during the ensuing
school year. These dates will not be changed;
Hartford, May 3, 1884, Decatur, June Z, 1884,
S5tf A. Il. Ross,
Sec Board of Examiners.
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The Emporium.

We are prepared to pay the very highest
market price for Beans, and for Hogs at our
old stand, on Main street.-the Emporium.
Farmers give us call before selling else
where. 94tf CONNER 81 WooD.
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Persons indebted to the late S. Il. Conway
for subscription to the TRUE NoRTHERNER or
OH note, please call and settle and save costs.
j. G. MCLAIN,
19tSo26 Administrator.
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Money to LOnn.

Parties desirous of obtaining Loans on
Good Security, will find it to their advantage
to call on me. Real estate for sale. Insur
ance, Collections, and Conveyancing Solicited
1505-ly HARRY S. RICHARDS,
Over G.. Il. Avery's store.
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Dental Notice.

DR.. G. w. Ward has opened new Dental
Parlors at No. 103 Main ST., Kalamazoo,
Mich, over Young's bookstore, where he
will be pleased to meet any who may need
the services of Dentist. Holly
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Painting and Decorating.

For all kinds of House, Sign, and Carriage
Painting, Decorating in all styles, Papei
Hanging, ETC., call on or address the under
signed. Country work specially.
tlSo26s CIV. REYNOLDS, Paw Paw, Mich.
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Drive Wells.

Salisbury q Scott desire to inform the peo-
pie of Van Buren, county that they are in
the business of repairing pumps and driving
wells. Have had ten years experience. Leave
orders at Free d Martins, Paw Paw. 19tf
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Rlacl.smithing.

Horse Shoeing Jobbing, and General Black
smithing of all kinds well and promptly
done at the Brick Shop, by
94ly THos. j. NIcHoALDs, Paw Paw.
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Nv m. HawIxjns A. Son.

Brokers, Notaries Public and Conveyancers.
Money to loan and collections made in all
parts of Van Buren, County. Remittances
promptly made. Office opposite Dyckman
House, Paw Paw, Mich. l33Sly
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Local and Business Notices
NIs. ~. Ulc. IIlles,

Physician and Surgeon, Paw Paw, Mich.
Office on Main street. over Covert q Bartram's
Drug Store. Office hours from to and
from To ann. 1539*
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Tom NichOalds
PasturaSe.

Will sell the Buckeye Mower Reaper and
Binder cheaper than any one else 1918
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AuctiOn! Auction !

To all parties wishing the services of an
auctioneer. 1 am prepared to make Farm
Sales at reasonable rates. 133Stf
IL. w. MoCABE, Paw Paw, Mich.
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have some excellent pasturage, and would
like to take hundred sheep 70 pasture.
20t2 j. S. TUXBURY, Waverly.
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seed farm

We have few bushels left. 1t was not
frosted at all. Can be had at Buffers store,
or at the Abbott farm between Paw Paw and
Decatur. 15t6o20O#
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Millinery.

have full and complete assortment fall
the latest Spring and Summer styles of Hats,
Bonnets, Feathers, and Trimmings. l have
an experienced trimmer. Satisfaction guar
anteed.
466ly MRS. II. II. ODELL.
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II. ~. Palmer. ID. ID. ~.

Dental Rooms corner Main and Kalama-
ZOO streets, Paw Paw. All work, both opera
tive and mechanical, carefully and thoroughly
done.
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seed Potatoes.

White Elephant and White Star Potatoes
for sale by L. w. Green, three miles east of
Paw Paw, at 60c. per bushel. 1Stf
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Money to Loan.

On improved real estate. Inquire of
1tf GEORGE L. BRECK, Paw Paw, Mich.
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Legal documents copied with neatness and
despatch by MISS MAMIE l.. ROWLAND,
l387tf Paw Paw, Mich
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For sale.

A Fire-proof Safe. Enquire at Post Office
of II. q. Beebe of Frank Park. S7tf
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MRS. II. Il. ODELL.


House, Sign and Carriage Painter, Paper
Hanger, and Ceiling Decorator. Shop OH
Gremps ST., Paw Paw. 66ly
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At Dansby'A
For Ladies'.

Ask for Murphey's Velvet.Rye at Dansby' S
I2tf.
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We see by the Rocky Mountain Ne,cS that
Mr. ]. l.. Barnum was chairman of the Col
orado republican state convention.
The Mineral argus., 1884-11-06
An American in Holland.

Ny companion will persist in jabber-
ing the language of the country and le
constantly getting us into trouble.
have warned him time and again, but to
no effect. He will. ask when. the train
leaves. and usually translates the an
swer about three hours after its depart
ure, thus necessitating another day IL
town. The other day he called for q
tariff card in restaurant and got
railroad time table. At breakfast this
morning he asked for some ice water
and obtained ice cream. And so 1t
goes. am made the victim of for
eigners on the one hand and my lin
guistic friend on the other. If there is
one thing that makes me downright
mad it is to be swindled. 1t Is a re-
Election upon ones business acumen.
We have been constantly subjected
to petty thefts. At first 1T took
us so long to count the money
that we would seek a secluded spot to find
out if the right change had beengiven.
If we then discovered fraud it was TOO
late to remedy it, The last time l was
swindled was at Amsterdam. L blame
no one but myself. We were at the rail
way station, and my friend priced a
ticket to Antwerp, which We understood
to be two forins and fifty cents. He
| bought a ticket and went off to count
his change. 1 then bought my ticket.
Had [ looked on the ticket i would
have seen the price marked at two flor
ins and fifteen cents. l gave the man
French piece of money worth 81, mp
on which he allowed me eighty cents
and then 1 emptied my pockets of al
! the Holland change I had and borrow
ed all my friend had to make up wha'
1 supposed to be the price of the ticket
1 came within one cent of it. asked
the man if that would do, and he saic
it would When l got on the train auC
studied the financial problem ! found
that [ had calmly stood at the tlckh
Office and had given the agent fifty ceEt
more than was necessary Correspun
dence Brooklyn Eagle.
The Mineral argus., 1884-11-06
A Corn-Husking Festival.

How wildly to all those of us who
were born in the country comes the re-
membrance of husking- time. We wait
ed for it as for a galaday of the year.
1t was called frolic. The trees hav-
ing for the most part shed their foliage,
the farmer waded through the fallen
leaves and came through the keen
morning air to the gleeful company.
The frost which had silvered everything
during the night began to melt OF OF
the top of the corn shocks. While the
farmers we're waiting for others, they
stood blowing their breath through
their fingers or thrashing their arms
around their body to keep up warmth of
circulation. Roaring mirth greeted the
late farmer as he crawled over the
fence. Jokes and repartee and rustic
salutations abounded. All ready, now.
The men take hold of the shock of corn
and hurl it PROSTATE, while the moles
and mice which have secreted them
selves there for warmth attempt to es-
cape. The withe of straw IS unwound
! from the corn-shock, and the stocks,
heavy with the wealth of grain, are
rolled into bundles, between which the
husker sits down. The huskiug-peg is
thrust in until it strikes, and then the
fingers rip off the sheathing of the ear
and there is a crack as the roo
of the corn is snapped off from
the husk, and the grain disim'
prisoned Is hurled up into the sunlight
The air is so tonic, the work is so ex
hilarating, tine company is so bllthe
that some laugh, and some shout, an'
some sing, and ome banter, and SOM
tease a neighbor for a romantic rld
along the edge of the woods in evenhd
in a carriage that holds but two, an
some prophesy as to the number
bushels to the field, and others go mt
competition as to which shall rifle tn
most cornshucks before sundown. Al
ter a while the dinner horn sounds iron
the farmhouse, and the table is sur
rounded by group of jolly and hun
gry men. From all the pantries an
cellars and perches of fowl on the plac
the richest dainties come, and there
t carnival and neighborhood reunion
; and scene which fills our memory
p part with smiles. but more with tears
{ as we remember that the farm belong
now to other owners, and other hanc
. gather in the fields, aud many OF tho'
e who mingled in that merry huskln
I scene have themselves been reape
2 "like as shock Of corn cometh IN IN h
. season. DIR. Talmage, in Frank lie
: | lies SUNDAY Magazine.
The Mineral argus., 1884-11-06
A Sitka Romance.

A very tragic little story was told to
a company slipping tea around shin
ing samovar the other night that IN
vests even the garrison days that sue
ceaded the transfer with something of
romantic incident. The captain and
lieutenant of one of the companies sta
toned at Sitka in the first year of Unit
ed States possession fell desperately in
love with the same beautiful Russian.
She was a most charming woman, with
soft, mysterious eyes, a pale dell
cate face, and a slow, dreamy smile
that set the Two warriors wild.
All the garrison knew OF their fierce
rivalry, so marveled not little when
their old friendship appeared to be re-
stored, and the two suitors started Oh
on a hunting expedition together. One
baggard man returned two days later
and told that his companion had been
attacked and gored to death by an en-
RACED buck in the forest. He was
gloomy and strange in his manner, and
at nieltfall went to the house of the
Russian lady to break the news OF his
rivals death. The friends of the lost
officer talked the thing over, and sus-
pecting that a duel had been fought, de-
cided to go out the next day and search
for the body. In the morning the sur
! viying rival was found dead In bed, with
a look of agony and horror on his face.
One story was that his victim had
appeared to him, and he had died OF
fright and terror; the other was
| that some unknown and sub
tie poison had been administered to
him in cup of tea. and the official re-
port ascribed his death to heart disease.
The body of the lost rival was found
at the foot of a steep bank on the shore
of Indian river, where tangle OF ferns,
bushes, and grasses shaded and almost
covered the clear, still pool in which
he lay. His rifle lay near him, and
bullet-hole in his heart told the sad
truth that his friends had suspected
His death was officially attributed tc
the accidental discharge OF his own RI
fie while hunting, and under these two
virdicts the real truths were concealed
The family of the Russian beauty dis
appeared from Sitka in few months
and the story had been half forgotten
until the recent opening of path along
Indian river recalled it to some ofthost
who lived here at the time.-Cor. OF the
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Mineral argus., 1884-11-06

a long little box, made of wood, mar
row down toward the place where the
feet should come, and provided with
various openings whose utility could
not grasp until L learned that when
once young Yakut was properly fixed
in his place he is kept there for week
or two, or perhaps longer.
All these Yakuts are Christians,
though should not like to assert that
they understood very well the myster-
les of faith to which they were intro
duced in such summary fashion. l
noticed when we started on our jour
news that the mounted yemschik in front
of my sled invaribly took off his fur cap
Immediately after starting out, and with
long series of crosses commended him
self and the party intrusted to his care
and guidance to the God of the
Greek church. But all along the
road, on the trees, were tufts of horse
hair and bits of rags, and these L learn
have been placed there by the Yakut
yemschiks in order to propitiate their
old divinity, Shamai, and induce him
to give them good weather and good
roads. But neither horsehair nor rags
were of any avail as regards speed.
The Mineral argus., 1884-11-06

under lea of the window curtains, or if !
possible, plant of xanthosoma anti
quorum. Repeat a hymn to her.
Talk OF the Soudan. Then, with
hre IN your eyes, exclaim "Fly
with me, my hearts adoredl" We
have understood that this process
brings blush to the proudest
cheek-if it be capable of reddening-
and gives winning softness to the tone.
as the maiden leads you forth and refers
all subsequent questions to the foot
man. Still, the cold experience of
science declares that some ladies will
resist even this trial. The blood which
should suffuse their lovely cheeks con-
centrates behind the eye, imparting a
wierd glitter to that organ. The eccen-
tricity is curious, but not becoming.
Such ladies may pc pitied, but still
more their astonished admirers. When
a genteel blush is expected, basilisk
gaze must be very disconcerting. But
there is a case that is still more pain
fully deceptive-that of the girl who is
always blushing. One never has the
fond satisfaction of cultivating the pro-
OuCb III JulS sui. he Ulaluen T6uu6us
at the ceremony of introduction, and a
youth pulls up his collar. magnani-
mously resolving to spare such tender
fioweret. She reddena when he spesks,
when she answers, when he goes away,
and when he returns. There are gener-
GUS natures that cannot stand this.
They seek opportunities of inspiring
that girl with hope, and in due time re-
lieve her anxious mind with certainty.
Then perhaps she springs to her feet
exclaiming incoherent vowels: "O-l
-youw and flies the spot with the
speed of Atalanta all blushes and EN-
barrassment. And the young man NUT
ters consonants as he walks off in the
opposite direction. 1t has been assert
ed that some maidens can blush a
their own sweet will by holding theil
breath, clenching their precious LITTLE
fists, straining their tender little mus
cles, and letting all go with a run. w
do not credit this legend. In the frs
place. we have persuaded several guile
less and whole-souled young ladies t.
try-which they did with willingness
most hattering and failure most un
equivocal; in the second, it is not to b.
believed that any creature bearing, ap
proximately, the sacred name of woma
would thus trife with the fondest illu
sions cherished by male kind.
The Mineral argus., 1884-11-06

In a recent article Senior CASTELAR,,
of Spain, says: "Only when l turn
back to ancient times do find those to
whom to compare General Gordon.
certainly do not compare him, to the
first discoverers of the New World,
among whom the element of warrior
was predominant. 1 compare him,
though you may greatly marvel, to the
first Jesuit missionaries, and among
them to those who first went to India
and China. The missionary and the
explorer are marvellously united in the
Psha and the Briton, as they were unit
ed in them. He resembles them in their
incomprehensible mixture of motives,
their mingled worldliness and asceticsm,
their extraordinary blending of prophet
ic sentiments with mathematical calcu-
lations, their enormous individual sac
rifice, and their keen eye to CONNER
cial advantages. \ pure morality,
positive theology, n practical mind, are
three of his great qualities, and No one
can read the history of Gordon without
drawing parallels between him and the
early Jesuits."
The Mineral argus., 1884-11-06

The corn crop for this year is esti-
mated at 1, $40, ,OOO, 900 bushels, the larg-
est ever grown, and II per cent. greater
than last year. The wheat crop is lOO,-
600. 900 bushels ahead of last year, and
we can spare 2OO,OOO,OOO bushels for
Europe, if needed. Our foreign ex-
ports for July were 81, $50, 600 over
June and 81 100000 over July. 1883,
while the imports we're 50, 600, 600 less
than in the same month of last year
Though business is not brisk as IN
some years and prices are not the
highest. yet the country as whole
and the farmer in particular, will tind
matters in comfortable shape, and can
view the approach of winter with
serenity and hope for the fuutre.
The Mineral argus., 1884-11-06

The civil service commission report de-
eoioncv in the list of males in Illinois
and wisconsin. for appointment to department
1rnrt An examination will be held IN those
Mo.h .. ,,rior tn the middle Of October of candi-
5',t, datos for positions in various departments
, 1884-06-26

Londonderry Cor. Detroit Free Press.l
A few evenings ago l went to hear a lecture
on the above subject, to be delivered in our
local theatre by the celebrated Mr.. Oscar
Wilde, and though l went out of idle curiosity
to see the lecturer, l confess | was somewhat
impressed with his remarks.
The lecturer most important points ap-
peared to be a blending of simplicity and
good taste, and avoiding all imitation work;
only have real on our walls aud
in our rooms, if at all practicable. Color
and light were two important matters with
the lecturer. or the former he went on to
show that in the purchase OF carpets and win
dow curtains well arranged colors should be
sought after, and that the neutral tints,
black, white, gold or gray, should always
form the ground work, 70 that with an
artistic use Of the bright colors a beautiful
contrast would be produced, anu not, as is
usually the case, u mere glare Of fashion
tints.
On the subject of light, the lecturer hardly
satisfied his audience, for his advocacy OF
smaller windows hardly met with general
appreciation, but as his argument, that a
smaller window, by admitting less glare of
light and being more easily ornamented on
the inside, seemed pretty reasonable, ones
own taste in following the lecturers proposals
must dccids the point. AS to the artificial
lighting of the room the celeb ated advocate
OF ustheticism Condemned in strong terms
the usual custom of lighting by the chandelier
suspended from the ceiling, pointing out how
soon the ceiling became black after a short
use Of the gas. His plan was to light tho
room from lamps supported by artistic
brackets fastened to the walls.
, 1884-06-26
A French View OF Her.
LDau IL

HAN
Stylish and pretty, Independence persona
fed, but very honest and pure-ninded, is the
American girl. She adores pleasure, dress,
luxury; shows herself morally without con.
cealment, such as she is, in a manner to de.
ceive no one; knows she is attractive, and
loves to attract without committing herself.
Flirts all the winter with this one or tina ono,
only to dismiss him in the spring, choosing
immediately another. Her resources arc
capital which never lies idle. She goes out
alone; she travels alone; or, when it suits
her better, with a male friend, with q conf
dence without limit.
The ono thus elected Is allowed to describe
his feelings and to speak of his love from
morning till night; but it is not permitted to
him to kiss even the tips of her fingers.
Words, without deeds, she amuses her.
self with as much as possible before mar
riage. After marriage she passed all her
days alone and her evenings in listening to
talk of business. mechanical inventions,
farming concerns or the like.
With reddish hair, paler than golden,
frank, black eyes which neither droop nor
quail, and a figure which it is impossible to
initiate, she lies back in a carriage as il it
were a On foot she steps along
briskly and unconcernedly, her heels tapping
the pavement as she walks. Attracting many
glnnces she is yet much unoccupied with her.
self and little VITA others. A plant from the
broad wilds, which, put in n narrow space,
and finding itself hemmed in. stretches itself
across the glass without disquieting itself
with the thin, frozen plants which vegetate
around it. II understood better and crid-
cised less this young girl would DO more
truly at her Just value.
, 1884-06-26

oAAAo "a
Some of the models for young girls arc
very pretty. The Mittie dress Is new,
shHpely, and simple in construction, with
but little trimming. 1t is made with a box
pleated front attached to a square yoke, and
has short side CORES and back pieces, to the
bottom Of which a deep kilt pleating is sewed
to furnish the required length. A scarf
drapery is gracefully arranged across the
front, its ends being concealed by q hand
some bow at the back. Cashmere, flannel,
cambria, and all kinds Of washable goo Is
make up nicely in this fashion, and = con-
trusting material can be used for the collars
cuffs, and sash II preferred, or the sash may
be Of ribbon.
The Lolita dress, which Is pronounced pict-
uresque as well as practical, being suitable
for school, house. or street wear, as well as
being an appropriate model for suits intended
to be worn by young misses in the mountains
and at the seashore. For ianuels and all soft
wooden textiles this is specially suitable, with
Its blouse waist, sailor collar, pleated skirt,
and graceful drapery over the skirt.
Rather more elaborate is thJ Ninettn cos
tune, in any pretty fancy material, summer
silk in stripes or checks, or figured wooden,
with silk, surah, or plain fabric. and
a finish of lace or embroidery. The
skirt is trimmed with three headed and
shirred rufits in front to meet the full pas
iron reaching from the neck down to the top
foupce, the lower rufls extending around
the skirt. The upper portion is in polonnise
form, fitting corsage in back, and side fronts
with full plastron between, finished with
lace and gracefully Topped up over hips ana
In the drapery of the back. The collar and
cuffs are also edged with lace or embroidery.
For an older girl the Charlotte waist has a
yoke to which the lower portion Is attached
in box pleats, both in the back and front
The waist is belted in at the waist line, Is
closed in front, and finished with collar and
cuffS