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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-12-25

PHILADELPHIA has O children's aid
society, the object of which is to pro-
vide for dependent and destitute little
ones. who would otherwise become in
mates Of almshouses or orphan asy-
lums. The main purpose is to keep
children from getting "institutionized, :"
and even the best Of asylums or public
~homes" are not made use of by the
society, except for temporary shelter
for their charges. Great care is taken
in investigating the character of the
people with whom the children are
placed. They are usually given for
adoption, occasionally are indeutured
for service, but in either case are re-
garded as wards of the society, and are
never lost sight of. 1t is claimed that
the children thus taken direct from
their own poor homes or even from the
street adapt themselves more readily
10 their new surroundings and home
atmosphere than do others taken from
asyluns.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-12-25
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

GEN. GEO. B. MCCLELLAN is only So.
Col. INoERsoLL is said to have made
$685. 900 FROM fifty lectures during the last
two months.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR is said to be enjoy
ing more robust health and looking better
than for years.
THE official vote Of Dakota. just de-
clared, is: Republican. 70,409; Democratic,
1905; Republican majority, 1884.
BEN BUTLER has repurchased his famous
mansion Just south of the Capitol at WASH
ington, which he sold to John Cassells the
other day.
BEN: PERLEy PooRE, the veteran cor
respondent. is credited with inaugumtng
the wheel barrow bet for elections about
thirty years ago.
The majorities for the four amendments
10 the Iowa Constitution voted for Mt the
November election ianged ss 70 lows: First,
changing day of election from October to
November, "A, 400; second. in relation TO the
number Of District Judges. 80. 1872: third,
reduc ng the number Of grand Jurors, Az
247; fourth, providing for County instead
of District Attorney. 3A.729.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-12-25

For the week ending Dec IS. 1884, the reports
indicate that mcmbrancous Group, pucrperal
fever, typhoid fever lentericl, and inflammation
OF kidney increased. and that bronchitis, cholera
morbus, and crysipelas decreased I'm area OF
prevalence.
At the State capital the prevailing winds
during the week ending Dec. 13 were southwest;
and. compared with the preceding week. the tenn
perature was lower. the absolute humidity was
less, the relative humidity was the same,
the dav ozone was more, and the night ozone
was less
Including reports by regular observers and
others. diphtheria was reported present during
the week ending Dec. -, and since. at ~ places.
namely: Armada. Amsden. Byron Center. Bruce.
Constantine, Detroit, Hanoi CT, Hudson. Kala-
mazoo. Muskegon, Meredith, Opeans, Owosso.
Ro al Oak, Richmond. 81. j. Inns. Venice. Vas
sar. Vernon. and Wyandotte: scarlet fever ut rs
places Armada. Albion. Carson City, Detroit,
Fawn River, Green Oak. Grand Rapids. Kala-
masoo. Lcavitt. Lelanaw.. Northport, North
Musk ,gon, Texas. Thornvillc. and Westpha ALA;
measles at = plaoes--Detrot, East Saginaw,
Grand Rapids, and whitehall; cases small
pox at South Boardman.
HENRY H. BAKER. Secretary.
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RATES for living were never higher
in Washington than they are now. A
Senator, who has to live upon his sal
AIRY. went to one of tho uptown hotels
and asked for rates for himself, wife,
and daughter. He wanted sitting
room and two bedrooms. The amiable
proprietor said he could accommodate
him with the room and board desired
upon che fifth floor for $40 week.
~Bub that is more than my salary"
II can't help that said the landlord.
I'VE have no trouble in getting these
figures" This same Senator tried for
rooms in fashionable fiat, and found
that on the top floor he could get four
small rooms for $3.50 o month. This
did not include board
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-12-25
SAM RANDALL.
A Southern Attack ON tho Pennsylvania
Congressman.

A Southern Attack tho Pennsylvania
Congressman.
The Louisville Coarier-Journai recently
printed special dispatch from Washington "A
double leader, with editorial approx al-bitterly
attacking ex-speaker Samuel J. Randall, who
was booked for speeches In Louisville and sew
eral other southern ties. II has Great d gen.
uine sensation in certain political circles. The
following Is an extract from the Coui1er-Jour-
nal dispatch:
The proposed visit of Sam Randall to Ken
tucky. Tennessee, and Alabama Is well under
stood here to be q declaration of war by the
protectionists upon the revenue reformers OF
the states in question Joe Brown, OF Georgia,
IL the Southern manager OF this scheme. Mr..
Randall's hope Is TO secure something like
ton newspapers can claim as a rebuke Of Beck,
Blackburn. Carlisle, and Willis: and another at
Nashville to rebuke. lsham 9. Harris;
and then n, gen, uprising OF ~ iron ron
the world that there Is revolution OF
opinion on the tariff in the South and a con-
snming tre for tha Ienns s,, idea t MT
nag In both hands. His friends say he has
nothing to lose, and may make something by
his expedition, while they hope to make sen
sation. The general impression among politi-
clans here Is that Mr.. Randall has lowered him.
self and shown his true colors. In putting him
self In the hands of I. few cranks and soreher DIS
who want to use lin rs stick to beat his
colleagues whose only crimes are that they are
honest revenue reformers who represent
their people and would reduce war taxeA
The idea OF an ovation to man
who six months ago was acting with the Re-
publi~ans TO defeat a Democratic measure Il
secuted. Mr.. Randall In not on speaking terms
with the leaders OF his own par y, though on
cordial terms with the Republicans. The story
that he n a fAvorite with the new Preside Mt IL
fatty contraticte by those who know. IL Is
even stated II ut the mention of Randall's name
In connection with the Cabinet Is offensive to
Mr.. Cleveland. who understands and believes
that any suspicion OF being Randalrs friend
threaholA
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-12-25

Mr.. p. L. BARNUM jammed one of
his fingers in door lately, which. to-
gether with the election going wrong,
and other matters, has caused him to
remark deiectedly to reporter that
he is feeling badly, ard il the Lord
calls him he is ready to go. Resigna-
ton to the divine will is an excellent
thing. but perhaps Mr.. Barnum has
not fully considered the matter, or he
would regard the prospect of occupy
ing a humble back seat even in heav-
emily audience as less attractive than
the proud position of manager of the
greatest show on earth"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-12-25

IT remained for Texas professor
though of what does not appear-to
arrange plan of doing penance for a
crime that has not been discovered, yet
SO fortunes the guilty one that the usual
method of obtaining relief is to make
confession and be duly tried and SEN
fenced. Prof. Hatton-not Mulhatton
of Crockett Texas, has pleaded
guilty of stealing horse, and has been
sentenced to five years in the peniten-
tiary. Those who know him assert that
he has certainly done this to atone for
some crime of his that the authorities
have not suspected him of.
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Bankruptcy Measures.
Washington dispa chi

The Judiciary Committee expects to hive
day fixed for the consideration Of the
Lowell bankruptcy ILL. Mr.. Collins, who
has the measure in charge. is very much
more confident that the measure will pass
than he has been. The strongest opposition
comes from Kentucky. The objections
which have been made from some of the
Southern and Western cities are not ~
formidable rs they were last year. but the
oppo ,ition which has been renewed
in Chicago to the particular form Of
bankruptcy act known ms the Lowell
bill is, however attracting considerable at
tention. The friends Of the bill, without
considering in detail the objections made
by the Citizens Association, say that
while some Of the points may be well taken,
as matter of practical let is alton the only
bill which can p, sshIy be enacted by this
Congress is the modified Lowell bill, which
has passed the Senate To amend the bin
in the House. they say. would secure its de-
feat AL special orders hereafter made
must be subject to the condition that their
execution shall not interfere with revenue
or appropriation bills or prior special Or
ders.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-12-25

Mrs. GARFIELD, writes a Washing
ton correspondent, did very graceful
and very sensible thing in asking
John Randolph Tucker, of Virginia, to
act as the guardian OF her infant chill
dren during their legal minority. Grace
full, because Tucker was one of Gar
fields truest friends; sensible, because
a better man could not have been found
for that responsible position. When
Tucker came up from his professorship
in ~the University" as the Virginians
call it, brilliant, scholarly, big
hearted, old-fashioned Virginia gentle
man. to sit in the House of Represent
atives. he sought out the most cultivat-
ed among his associates and made them
his friends. This was not difficult, for
no one ever knew him long without low
ing him. Among them all he found no
one 80 congenial as Garfield. AL
though they differed Numerically in
most things, yet they had much in COM
mon. Garfield was n big-brained, big
hearted boy. his enthusiasm tempered
only by his culture. Morally weak and
untitled by nature and by education for
politics, he was socially a most charm
ing companion, and intellectually a
rarely well-cultivated man. Tucker
was personally as delightful as Gar
field, excelling him as to his ability to
tell good story. and was intellectually
his peer in every respect At the same
time he was morally strong. as honest
as he was fearless, although he was no
better equipped for political life than
Garfield. Of course, their political
views differed in toto. Fucker was o
State-rights man; Garfield was a ma
tionalist. Tucker was revenue
reformer; Garfield, though at heart he
was a revenue-reformer, bowed to the
will of the party bosses and avowed
himself protectionist But one day,
after their friendship had become q
fixed fact, Garfield came over to Tuck
er's desk, on the Democratic side of the
House, and said: fucker, you know 1
am protectionist; but / want that there
should be free trade hereafter between
you and me in matters literary" with
oil my heart responded Tucker" and
from that time to the day of Garfield's
death they were the closest friends.
They both loved literature-all letters,
ancient and modern, but perhaps most
all the Greek and Latin classics.
Every day they managed to steal time
from even the most engrossing of their
Legislative duties for an excursion into
those ever-blooming fields. Sometimes
they met in the library, sometimes in a
committee-room, or again on the floor
of the House itself. Rather an odd
growth in such volcanic soil
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avenue. whose very existence few peo-
pie were aware q. suddenly became che
Mecca 70 which crowds Of fashionable
people and politicians wendell their
way each Sunday. Upon the success
sion Of President Arthur the current
changed to the direction Of st. Johns.
The incoming of the Cleveland admins
tration diverts it again into q new and
less fashionable channel
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-12-25

THE rush to secure seats at the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church,
where President-elect Cleveland will
worship. is something unprecedented.
The membership Of the society is very
large, and vacant seats command pre-
MUM. Pews that could readily have
been secured two months ago for $50
per snnum. are now eagerly snapped
mp ut double that sum, although the oc-
cupants will not live here on an average
six months in the year. Old moss
back Democrats, who have not seen the
inside Of q church in generation, ape
among the most importunate of bidders.
IL was so after Garfeld's election. As
IL by magic the humble little one-story
frnms Christian Church on Vermont
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-12-25

CENrENARIANs: Mrs. WEIGH, aged
112 years, died recently in the Rut-
land, VT, poorhouse. Darby Greon.
of Reading. Conn.,. recently celebrated
his 101st birthday. His constitution
rs strong and his health excellent. Mrs.
Phebe Briggs reached her Tooth ami
versary on Sunday last. She was born
in New Milford, five miles distant from
her present residence, and has never
crossed tho State line. Marvin Smith,
of Montville, Conn, who performed
gallant service in tho war OF 1912, re-
Gently celebrated his Tooth birthday.
Edmund X. Kidder, of Berlin, Mass.
was born Aug. II, 1854, and is still
strong and healthy. Mrs. Clarissa ID.
Richmond, of Milton, Mass, is 102
years old, and has good prospects Of
living several years longer. Mrs. Sally
Powers, who lives in the Augusta, Me-,
almshouse, is LOG years old. In Yer
mont, during the three years ending
last January, sixteen centenarians died
"a remarkable record. Luther Holden,
of South Wallingford, died few
moths ago, aged 102. Concerning the
living. Miss White, of Newbury, is over
10l. She is partially blind. but her
hearing is good and her memory is ex-
cellent. She can repeat poetry-which
she has committed TO memory in the
past-by the hour, has good appetite,
and converses freely.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-12-25

Leub Napoleon and HIs Captors.
Here n . pleasing incident IL
In the career Of Napoleon III, which
took place while he wa with the camp
ct Boulogne IN 1864;
"On arriving at Boulogne the EN-
peror commissioned M. Ducos, the
Minister of Marine, to find out il there
still existed In that town any of the
men who had been concerned in hi,
arrest on the occasion of his Inflated
expedition In 1910. Ducos discovered
sailor who had thrown himself into thu
sea to seize the Prince, who was trying
to swim back to the vessel in which he
had come. the aforesaid sailor having
clutched the pretender by the hair;
then Ducos also discovered the gen.
darme, then custom house officer, who,
on the beach, had received the van
luished Prince from the hands of the
sailor and had taken him by the collar.
These two men were brought to Ducos,
who asked them il they were really the
persons that had been des grated tc
him. The two poor devils replied, with
much hesitation, that it was they who
had arrested the Prince, and Ducos
ordered them to return the noxt morn
ing at $3.50. After an anxious night
they presented themselves before the
Minister exactly at the appointed hour
Ducos conducted them to the Emperor,
and the sailor was the one first ad
mitted to the imperial presence. The
Emperor, twisting his long mustache
walked quickly up to him and said !:
$50 it was you that in 1910 sprang into
the sea and captured me by seixing me
by the hair ?"
"The Sailor-'Your Majesty, +
l.
"The Emperor-Look here, was il
your Yes or no?
THE Sailor recovering his self-pos.
session)-'Well, yes, your Majesty; all
the others we're firing at you, and you
might have been wounded and got
drowned, so l jumped into the sea to
save your life-it was l who saved your
Iife.'
"The Emperor and the Minister had
hard work to keep their faces straight
while listening to this embellished his
tory of an arrest changed to a rescue.
We'll done. my good fellow re-
piled the Emperor; here is the cross
that you won in doing your duty, and
here is 500 francs as souvenir from
me.
Next came the gendarme custom
house officer, but his imagination was
less inventive than that of the sailor,
and suggested to him no such marvel
GUS transactions. He stammered and
hesitated some time, then bravely MAX
ing up his mind, he replied:
Yes sire, it was /. You were
breaking laws, l was on duty, and i
arrested you
"The Emperor-'And that cross that
you wear-who gave it to you?'
"The Gendarme-'Sire, it was King
Louis Philippe.
"The Emperor For having arrested
me-
THE Gendarme-T am an old
SOLDIER had done good service
but toll the truth, sire, it was on the
occasion of your arrest received it,
"The Emperor am sorry for it,
because shall not have the pleasure
of giving it to you myself, since you
have already got it, but here is the
military medal taking off the one that
he ore himself and fastening it to the
breast of the gendarme's uniformly. You
are brave soldier And the gendarme
received, as the sailor had already
done, q gift of 500 francs. Lacy
Hooper.
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-
"A CorunnA doctor hAs horse TINT eats
tobacco.
"A butterine factory has been started at
Gmnd Blanc.
Wolves are numerous in some parts Of
Alpena County.
"A Flint man has canary IS years old.
but II still sings like young bird.
The Kalamazoo asylum Is so full that
more patients cannot be received.
The Baptist church at Whitehall has
been recently repaired and improved to the
extent Of 5000.
There are seven counties in the lower
p eninsula Of Michigan where there are no
railroad facilities.
The Branch County Pioneer Society
will build log cabin on the Coldwater far
grounds in which to store relics Of the carly
days.
kalamazoo county has the reputation
of keeping the cleanest jail in the State,
and the prisoners are furnished sheets and
pillow-cases.
"A Yorkshire hog, owned by F. Durphy
of Burlington, attacked two of Mr.. Dur
phys cows, and injured one Of them .,
badly that it had to be killed.
"A Marengo girl bet thirty eight ksses
on the result of the election and lost. She
declares there shall be fair count, if she
has to 60 over it dozen imes.-Marshall
Statesman
How does the new girl strike your"
asked a citizen Of Detroit at dinner htely.
"She hasn't struck me yet, answered his
wife, meekly. But she has done almost
everything else. "--Er.
Mr.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, of Bay
County, sent his name to the County Clerk
Office for the writer's there to wrestle with,
says the Detroit Ne,cs. The first fall was
won by Mr. Zouszwinsjor-. etc.
Parties owning tax titles upon certain
wild lands in Northern Michigan have been
removing the timber in several townships,
and are thereby laying out work for the Off
GERS. They will be prosecuted.
Lester l.. Butler, the wrestler, of Clio,
claims to be the youngest man in America
who fought in the war of the rebellion,
having enlisted in Company f. First New
York Light Artillery, Juae 16, 1864. at the
age of Is years.
"A Genesee Comfy man, living near
Swartz Greek, has received n privilege of
selling cigars, tobaccos and soda water upon
the Exposition grounds at New Orleans. He
paid 81, 300 for his franchise and expects to
make S20000.- Flint Globe.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Conmd, of Richfleld
have been married nine teen years, and are
the parents of seventeen children. Their
surnames number thirty four, including
Mary Catharine, Catharins Tetetia, Bar
bara Rosena, Clara Rosa, Rosa Anna. Anna
Martha, Anna Matilda. Jacob Eugene, and
George Eugene.
The New York Sun says: 1t has been
discovered that a Michigan teacher, by a
Misunderstanding of an anatomical model
used in public school. taught his hun
dreds Of pupils during several years that
the heart was the liver and vice versa, be-
sides making other radical transpositions of
internal organs. This is probably mere
slur on Michigan. Yet if it were true it
would account for the number of cases in,
the State where young people believe them
selves to be suffering from heartaches
when they are only bilious. Press.
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GEN. SHERMAN AND JEFF DAVIS.
The Former Makes Public n Letter Written
by AIeck Stephens.


Gen. Sherman has made public letter signed
by Alexander H. stephens, Vice President OF
the late Confectionery, addressed to II. v. John
SON, OF Georgia, and dated (rawfordsville, Ga,
April 9, 1854. Gen. Sherman says 10 was loaned
to him by DR.. III. G. Robbins, OF Creston, Ill.
who obtained 1t on Mr. John on's premises In
Georgia, In 1864, while SURGEON Of the One Hun.
dred and First Illinois Infantry. Mr.. stephens
letter is tn reply to ne In which Mr.. Johnson
re 'onstrated with him for his supposed antip-
athy to President Davis. Mr.. stephens
denies such 10 ling, and says that In criticisinR
the act suspending habeas corpus he
had been Actuated by general principles He
goes on to cay that his feelinas toward Mr..
Davis are more akin to suspicion and jealousy
than OF an mostly or hate" Il havs regarded
him. he says, ss q man OF good intentions,
weak and vaciilatinr. ! am now beginning TO
doubt his good Intentions. My reasons arc
the~e: Since his first elevation to power he has
changed many of his former state-rights prin-
ciples, as In the case OF conscrpt:on. HIS whole
policy--the organization and discipline Of the
army lis perfectly consistent with the hypothe-
sis that he Is aiming at absolute rower. Not .
word has come from him showing disapprovai
1 Dorm p Hr.,n srnss Is w anr known
that the subject Of dictatorship has been
mooted, talked of, and discussed In private and
In the public journals, and that the most earn
est advocates Of such q course have b on editors
near him, editors OF journals recognized az or
bad Sims. They should put the country on it,
guard Mr. Stephens goes on 10 say that his
Indignation Is for the policy, not for the man.
He again speaks OF Mr. Davis weakness and I'M
becility. and says he has no more feeling OF re.
sentiment toward him for these defects than to-
ward his Door. old, blind and deaf dog He says
not one tenth Of the PEOPLE approve the scts Of
the administration.
Gen. hhe man says IL was the Stephens letter
he referred to when he said Davis was trying 10
establish despotism instead OF conjederacy
of States. He said the letter was captured In
the latter part OF November 1864, by Iarty OF
forsgers under his immediate command. Tho
foragers found the letter In a box with a num-
Der OF other things while prodding the grounds
of Johnson reside with their bayopets for
buried objects. Gen. Sherman said he had .
dozen letters like Johnson's letter. but nowhere
IL proof presented In so substantial form rs In
Il. The other letters are from great men in the
South and cover portion Of the ground men
toned In the Stephens letter.
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uhs 0rns 8prthesaes.


A WHOLESALE manufactory Of Swiss
stamps of old issues has been discovered
in Zurich. The forgers have gone
about their work very thoroughly; they
have collected scraps of old letters
bearing postmarks with various dates
from 1S43 to 1860; and, the better to
deceive the unwary, they have stuck
the stamps en- to these pieces Of enyel-
one
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CLIPPINGS.

A BERLIN house is making oravats end
scarfs of paper.
A LOT Of so-called currnnt jolly has been
seized In New York. the color of which haA
beer improved by the use Of aniline dye
With arsenic In them.
A CLEVELAND lady promenaded Tie
streets for two hours with card on hse
CLOAK reading: -Former price. $40; marked
down 10 $13 10 close out"
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An Adrian man caught his son with
other lads reading obscene literature in the
barn. which they afterward hid. He kept
his eyes open, and soon found that the foul
literature was supplied by Lake Shore
train boy. being rented TO the lads at high
figure, to be returned at stated time.
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Health I'm Michigan.

Reports to the State Board of Health. Lansing
by observers in different parts of the State show
the diseases which caused most sickness In
Michigan during the week ending Dec. IS, 1884,
as follows. Number of observers heard from, /:
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Tho guilds of Christ Episcopal Church
at Owosso will publish little newspaper of
their own.