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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-10

south side Of the car, / saw the pane
mottled with raindrops, and q board
fence running parallel to the track black
with wet. Then, peeping out OF win
dow on the north side, understood
the strangers surprise. The ground
on that side of the track was gray with
snowflakes, and they were still falling.
"The dividing line-how?" STAN
mered the man addressed by the brake
man.
"Why. this is the point where the di
viding line between transforms and
snowstorms crosses this road" said the
brakeman. "Of course / don't mean
that every storm here is snow to the
north of us and rain to the south of us,
but at just this season of the year a
storm is sure to be divided within n
quarter of mile of this spot, not far
from Allendale.
"How do you explain it ?" asked
Explain it p said the brakeman. IL
don't pretend to. 1 only know our
trainmen have noticed it for years,
every spring and fall in this neighbor-
hood, if q storm came up at the right
season. Some folks as is wiser than i
say that the air from the sea impreg-
mates the other air as far inland as this
and warns it, VIII lie beyond this belt OF
country the breath of the Gulf Stream,
as you might call it, has no effect. But
1 don't know can't tell. just know
it is this way onst year, as you can
see for YOURSELF" and he vanished in
the direction of the baggage car
PHILADELPHIA Times.
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Keeping cid Letters.

A plea for the keeping of old letters
contains these sentiments:
I'm the Silly night, ere slumber's
chain doth bind, an inspiration unbid-
den seemingly guides the pen while
those exquisite thoughts that come
trooping through the brain are written,
and on the moving train the white
winged messenger takes its fight, bear
ing to some dear friend tokens OF pre-
cious remembrance, words of lig htand
beauty, words that will grow brighter
rs Years go by"
Now, grown-up person who can
recommend in such q simple style an
,ncendiary course like that, ought to
know that il would bring about O good
deal of discomfort and neuralgia in the
Silly night, to get up and jot down
those exquisite thoughts before they
tlooped off down into tho back yard.
1t won't do. The unbidden inspiration
thaS most usually gels under way ere
Stun ber's chain doth bind takes it's
precious flight in the gentle murmur
"pdch Keep your great, cold. clam
my feet on your own side Of the bed. "
Neu York Commercial Trdueler.
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William Shultz, in Forest and
Stream, gives picture of the super
stitions of the Blackfeet Indians of
North America in regard to procuring
eagle plumes for personal decoration.
He says: "A few lodges of people in
need of eagle feathers would leave the
camp and move up close to the foot
hills, where eagles are generally more
frequent than out on the prairie. Hav-
ing arrived at good locality, each man
selected little knoll or hill, and with
stone knife and such other rude i'm
plements as he possessed, dug q pit in
the top of it large enough for him to
lie in. Within arms length OF the
mouth of the pit he securely pegged q
wolf-skin to the ground, which had pre-
viously been stuffed with grass to make
it look as hfe-like as possible. Then
cutting q stiff in its side, he inserted a
large piece of tough bull meat. and
daubed the hair about the slit with
blood and liver. In the evening, when
all had returned to camp, an eagle
dance was held, in which every one
participated. Eagle songs were sung,
whistles made of eagle-wing bones were
blown, and the medicine men" prayed
earnestly for success. The next morn
ing the men arose before daylight and
smoked two pipes to the sun. Then
each one told his wife and all the
women of his family not to go out or
look out OF the lodge until he returned,
and not to use an awl or needle at any
kind of work, for if they did the eagles
would surely scratch him, but to sing
the eagle songs and pray for his good
success. Then, without eating any
thing, each man took human skull
and repaired to his pit. Placing the
skull in one ED of it, he carefully
covered the mouth over with slender
willows and grass, and, lying down,
pillowed his head on the skull and
awaited for the eagles to come. With
| the rising of the sun came all the little
birds, the good-for-nothing birds, the
crows. ravens, and hawks; but with q
long sharp pointed stick the watcher
/ deity poked them off the wolf skin
| The ravens were most persistent in try
| ing to perch on the skin, and every
time they were poked off they would
| loudly croak Whenever an eagle was
coming the watch would know it, for
all The little birds would fly away, and
shortly an eagle would come down with
rush and light on the ground. Often
it would sit on the ground for long
time, preening its feathers and looking
about. During this time the watcher
was earnestly praying to the skull and
the sun to give him power to capture
the eagle, and all the time his heart
was beating so loudly that he thought
the bird would surely hear it. At last,
when the eagle had perched on the wolf
skin and was busily plucking at the
tough bull meat, the watcher would
cautiously stretch out his hands, and
grasping the bird firmly by the feet,
quickly bear it down into the grave,
where he crushed its breast with his
knee.
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a yIcrIm OF suMxo.
An Aged Philadelphia Beaten Out Of
$1,000 at Atlantic City, h. j. BY
Sharper.
fAtlsutio City On. ~ special.


Charles Field, ST., who is over So years
of age, and who has been in business in
Philadelphia for over fifty years, was VIC
tlmized out Of 50, 500 by brace of bunko
men in Atlantic City. Mr.. Field has spent
much of his time here during August. and
Is a familiar figure. In the afternoon he
took stroll after dinner. and met a young
man of good address. who. after
courteous hand shaking, stated that he was
an old friend of the Philadelphian, aIleg-
ing that he had been a clerk in the Penn
National Bank, and since his resignation
had been abroad. He had brought several
fine pictures from Europe. which he would
be pleased to have Mr.. Field inspect. Mr..
Field. having nothing else to do. went
with the young man, who entertained him
with stories of the sights he saw across the
water They were kindly received by q
stout woman. and were ushered into the
office--the art emporium, as his friend
chilled il. Here he was introduced to a
game PLAYED on n board with numbers on
it. and with a spinning arrow, presumably
a sweat board Two other gentlemen were
introduced, and they played the little game.
each winning over 500. Mr.. Field was
invited to join them. and he lost over 500,
but continued to play During the progress
of the game the young men kept Mr.. Field
interested by talking over the affairs Of the
bank and its earnings and investments. After
playing some time the bunko men coolly
asked the old gentleman for his check
for SO, 500. drawn to himself; as the collat-
eral for grand prize he had drawn on the
sweat-board. Thinking that the bunko
man was really ON old friend he told HIM to
fill out the check and he would sign it,
which he did. The check was on the Penn
sylvania National Bank, where MIR. Field
has been depositor for over fifty years.
On leaving Mr.. Field the bunko steerer
took the first train for Philadelphia, pre-
sentcd the check ut the bank and, after be-
ing identified, received the money.
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Might sailed resplendent in her jeweled robes
Above the silence Of the wooded knobs
And DER the crystal sheen of forest lakes
Chat Rraceiully indent the land once trod
By the swaft Sioux In homicidal bands -.
The cuet seemed intense. as though. with
stealth.
Again the hideous painted demons stalked
10 midnight carnage lancholy owls
vhe dusKy ear OF even Jared with notes
Identical with those which echoed there
A hundred years before Yet. twixt the marge
Or fai,est lakes and sainted Anthony's 49,.
Propulsive tide, there lay, In pomp OF wealth,
A citv vying with its thousand lights
Made dazzling by the alchemy OF heaven,
The armament itself
O change sublmel
q courage rarel To beard with puny might
All nature in her savageness intrenched.
And from the u0e .ual combat snatch prize
Like this At every step the wondering mlnu
Wares 10 new loneliness and fines a 10Y
I'm each fresh conquest OF the civil hand.
No longer Minnehaha laughs alone,
But thousands mingle merry glee with hers.
And stun the groves with echoes far less nerce
Than when the pulsing war whoop shrieked dis
may.
Proud Minnetonka's vcrdurous shores arc
gemmed -
With clustered babitations reared by wealth
Hard won from out the snowy piles that feed
The millions OF the world
June. 1885.
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THE NEW EXPOSITION.
The North, Central, and South American
Exposition at New Orleans, Opening Nov.
10, 1885.

The North, Central, and South American
Exposition at New Orleans, Opening Nov.
10. 1885.
New Orleans correspondence: A mis-
taken notion prevails that the great Ex-
position is simply q reopening or contin-
uation of the Cotton Centennial Exposition
of last year. The only thing it has in COM
mon with that Exposition is that il will be
in the same buildings.
One of its leading objects is to secure
closer relations between the three Ameri-
cas-. For the first time In the history of
the new world the representative men from
Minnesota to Chill will come together to
get acquainted, to inspect and study the nat
ural resources and the products of human
labor and ingenuity gathered together for
that purpose from the whole hemisphere
The present annual imports of Mexico,
Central America, and South America are
valued at five hundred millions of dollars,
and their exports have about the same
value. The United States take only 30
per cent of these exports, and furnish
only Is per cent. of the imports. 1t is be-
leyed that these imports could easily be
doubled. and every business man sees the
necessity for an earsest effort to defect the
greater portion of this vast and increasing
trade to our ports. The new Exposition
will he the most important agency in pro-
ducing this result.
The annual value OF our manufactures is
now six thousand millions of dollars, and
we export only 2 per cent. OF this vast
product. Mexico, Central America, and
South America are naturally our mar
kets. At the new Exposition the nat
ural as we'll rs the manufactured prod
ucts of this hemisphere Will be displayed
in such variety and profusion as will
strongly attract the attention of the world.
Each State of our country will present q
rich exhibit of it's resources and ad-
vantagos Visitors from Europe, as well
as from American countries. will gladly
avail themselv of this opportunity of see
ing and studying the wonderful collections
gathered at New Orleans. These collec-
tons will not only exhibit the resources Of
American countries, but will show, as they
have never been shown before. the marvel
Gus possibilities of the new world. Dur
ing the coming fifty years human activity
must center largely In these countries. and
they have already become the study of the
profoundest thinkers and political econ
omists of the age. The new Exposition,
which will open November 10, 1885, and
close March 81, 1886, furnishes the oppor-
tunity for that acquaintance between Ameri-
can countries which can only result in great
advantages to all.
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THE DEMENTED TRAGEDIAN.
Poor John Mccullough Listlessly Awaiting
the Coming of His Fate.
New York spec.all

inc IOmlnE OF his rate
New York special
Reports have recently multiplied to the
effect that John Mccullough was rapidly
sinking in his home in the Bloomingdalo
asylum, and that his death was but ques-
ton of few months. DIR. Nichols, the
medical superintendent Of the asylum, was
questioned yesterday as to the truth of
these reports. They are about correct"
said the Doctor. AS nearly SO, at all
events. as laymen can make reports that
should be technical. Mr.. Mccullough is
generally paralyzed and quite weak He
will walk quarter of mile or SO at q
time with an attendant at hand, but he
moves about like an old man, sit
ting down and getting up with a
good deal of difficulty. Mr.. McCul-
lough's physical condition is not greatly
changed since he came here. He will not
1--we yeas. he may not live many months.
He is much quieter and happier than when
he first came and seems quite contented to
be here. He looks back sometimes on his
stage life and recalls the coming on Of HIS
disease with much feeling. His case is, of
course. hopeless, and never held out to
his friends the slightest hope of his re-
covery."
Mr. Mccullough is very regular In his
habits at Bloomingdale. but follows no
cast-iron routine in disposing of his time.
The patients are expected to rise Mt O GER
tain hour and take their mealn Mt specified
times These rules are not rigid, however,
and are relaxed when necessary. So far
as his physical powers will al ow, Mr.. Nc
Cullough endeavors TO follow them, rising
and taking his meals with the other pa
tents. He passes his time otherwisdas he
Oh doses.
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Is The Color of The Sun BIuel

1t may be asked, what suggested the
idea that the sun may be blue, rather
than any other color? My own atten-
ton was first directed this way many
years ago, when measuring the heat and
light from different parts of the suns
disk. 1t is known that the sun has an
atmosphere of it's own, which tempers
its heat, and by cutting off certain radi-
atoms, and not others, produces the
spectral lines we are all familiar with.
These lines we customarily study in
connection with the absorbing vapors
OF sodium, iron, and so forth, which
produce them; but my own attention
was particularly given to the regions of
absorption, or to the color it caused,
and / found that the suns body must
be deeply bluish and that it would shed
blue light, except for this apparently
colorless solar atmosphere which really
plays the part of a reddish veil, letting
little of the blue appear on the cen
ter of the suns disk where it is thinnest
and staining the edge red, so that tc
delicate tests the center of the sun is
pale aquamarine and its edge gar
net. The effect 1 found to be so i'm.
portant that, if this all but invisible
solar atmosphere were diminished by
but third part, the temperature of the
British Islands would rise above that Of
the torrid zone; and this directed my
attention to the great practical i'm
portance of studying the action of our
own terrestrial atmosphere on the sun,
and the antecendent probability that
our own air was also and independent
ly making the really blue sun into all
apparently white one.-Prof Langley,
IN Science.
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The Dividing Line.
"weil, 1 never saw the like"

well, never saw the like"
Such was the exclamation / heard
while whizzing along in an express
train of the New York. Lake Erie and
Western Railroad last spring. L had
been deeply immersed IN novel and
had not noticed that the weather had
changed and that it was raining. 20,
that's nothing; We sec il every spring
and fall" The speaker was brake
man, and his remark was addressed To
the man who had never seen the like.
The latter hard arisen from the seat in
front of mine to get drink of water
and had halted TO gaze ont OF the op.
posite window. The brakeman stood by
his side and continued:
"That's nothing; this Is the dividing
line between rain and snow ut this
season.
CHANGING from the window on the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-10
A SjmpIe. Minded Woman.

Mrs. Josiah Fender is very simple
sort of woman. An old gentleman by
the name of Ryckman and his wife
moved into the vicinity of the Fender
mansion on Austin avenue. Mrs. Fen
der, who is very neighborly, baked O
nice cake and took it over to the new
arrivals.
Il have brought over some cake fol
Mr.. Ryckmans children said Mrs.
Fender.
But we have never had any children,
said Mrs. Ryckman.
"Well. then, give il to your grand.
children" said Mrs. Fender; @it must
make them feel sad never to have had
any parents. "-Terds Siftings.
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Two LADIES presented themselves at
the door of a fancy bail, and on being
asked by the usher what character they
impersonated, replied that they were
not in any special costume, whereupon
he bawled out, "Two ladies without any
character"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-10

THE death Of nm aged Ohioan was caused
by the shock ut discovering that he was only
30 years old, instead of being centenarian I
as he had supposed.
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The Castle Of Buda, home of Hunga-
RAN monarchy for centuries. is to be COM
pletely rebuilt by the Emperor Francis
Joseph ut a cost of 80, 250,0
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ApURr-BLooDED ncgress. at Louisville,
has blue eyes, and is considered rarity.
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~ DoS'r think freckles arc so very
bad" said lovely girl. IL never OBJ
iect to seeing them on rivals face
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-25
Gtre GatelIiqeneer,
wnrrLINo, ". VI NovEnpEes0, lssS


Congress meets next Monday week. The
two houses stand thus, now that Oregon
has finally elected Senator: Senate, Rs
publicSns, AZ, Democrats 81, Republican
majority s. House, Republicans 140,
Democrats 1888, Greenback- Democrat !,
Greenback. Republican |; Democratic
majority over all in the HouFe Al. Car
lisle, Of KY, Speaker of the last House,
will be reelected without opposition. He
is tariff reiormer" and bi-metallist'
He will so constitute the Ways and Means
Committee aud the Banking and Curren-
cy Committee as to favor changes in the
tariff, more or less pronounced, and posi-
bly, to keep alive the coinage of silver
while iavoring its suspension for the time
being. He and the President have been
comparing notes OF late with view Of
harmonizing the policy OF the Democratic
party on these two points. The President
fayors moderate changes in the tariff, but
ia in favor OF more uneqlivocal policy
against continued silver coinsge. It ia al
together likely that these two subjects
will monopolize large share OF Congress
ional discussion during the coming SEES
sion, and the country is not likely 70
become excite over party questions.
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FelIx Adlsr'nlden

The action OF the Pittsburgh Rabbinicsl
Conference gave Felix Adler, Of New
York, theme for an interesting lecture
on reformed Judaism last Sunday. Among
other things he said:
There should be a wiping.out OF the
lines of separation between the Reformed
Jews and those who hold the same ideas.
They are no longer q race, but a religious
community. Lastly. the absurd and fool
ish notion that the Jews are an elect peo-
pie must go. Some claim that they pos
sess higher morality than other people,
but morality dots not run in blood. The
Jews have their virtues, and they have
their vices too. Race pride is the most
odious OF all these vices. Let it be the
task OF those who work in the old lines-
as cannot-to caatigate the old vices, to
call them by their right names and extir-
pate them. Let them keep their unsullied
home altar, their warm sympathies, their
reverence for old age, their humanity; but
these do not exhaust the scale OF human
virtues. The Jews should learn from the
Christians that the idea Of q monopoly Of
religion is repugnant to every right.think-
ing mind and how much more repugnant
the idea OF monopoly Of morality!
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Grent Nerr.aatheripE Feat.

Chicago DiGpattA.
= A statement is printed here Of the re-
cord made by the Associated Press in
the news Of the execution Of
Louis Rel at Regina last Monday. a re-
preventative Of the Associated Press was
sent from Chicago to Regina, which Is
located on the Canadian Pacific Railway,
400 miles west from Winnipeg. The ex-
ecution occurred at the barracks OF the
mounted police force, four miles distant
from the telegraph station. The famous
rebel was hanged at 1923 p. NJ, mountain
time, or 9:23, Chicago time. The bulletin
announcing the event was carried by q
mounted courier to the Telegraph office oil
the Canadian Pacific Telegraph Company,
which wired the message to Winnipeg.
Here special messenger, employed Tor
that purpose, carried the message to the
Office Of the Great North Western Tele'
graph Company, three blocks distant, who
Dut It on direct wire for Chicago, where
Il was received at l0:O6-or 43 minutes
after the event, including the transmission
of the message. Eighteen minutes OF this
time was consumed in trayerstng the dis
lance from the barracks TO the telegraph
Office.
In view OF the natural distractions to
speed which interviewed, the feat is one Of
the most remarkable in news gathering OF
a recent date. Before II A. Nj Chicago
time, 1000 words, giving a description Of
Riels last hours and the browning act oil
the tragedy was in every principal Asso'
ciatiated Press Office in the United States
and Canada.
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plrihday Parry AZ Wss1 Liberty.

Last Thursday evening, Mr.. S. S. Gard.
ner, OF West Liberty, celebrated his twenty.
frat birthday with avery enjoyable party.
There were present about twenty couples,
all OF whom seemed to enjoy themselves
very we'll. The reporter will not assume
the task OF mentioning the many hand.
some presents presented to thegentleman.
The evening was spent in various ways
by the different ones, some Of the younger
ones spending the time in various plays,
which were under the supervision Of the
gentleman, who is somewhat noted for
making fun, while the older ones engag-
ed in social conversation, interpreted
with music given by some Of the many
musicians present among the ladies. At
half past ten the playing was brought TO
q halt by the announcement Of sup
per, which was all one could wish
for, and II one were to Judge the
supper by the relish with which the guests
partook he could come TO but one conclu-
Een, and that would be that II met with
the approval OF those present.
Among those present were noticed the
following: Misses Ellen and Julia Ridge.
ley, Clinton; Misses Callie and Bird Cur
tis, West Liberty; Misses Lottie DeiterS,
Maggie Ridgeley, Ella Smith, Allie Lazear,
Title Rennard, Lilly Dunlap, LYDIA Bonar,
Annie Bonar, Jessie Hill and bessie Hu.
kill, Of West Liberty; Lizzie Egerter, Of
Wheeling; Maud Curtis and Annie Jacob,
Of West Liberty; Mrs. J. 7. Gardner, OF
Triadelphia; Mr.. Martin Montgomery and
wife, Of West Liberty; MIR. Allen McCol-
Tough, Of Short Greek; Mesgrs. o. D.
Kyle, William Bonar and Dorsey
Bonar, OF West Liberty; MeSsrS.
Geo. s. Biggg, A. 8. Blggu, John
Mckinley, ], w. Young II. 9. La1ear,
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Tho Prtco Of wheat.

The New York Sun is not believer in
higher prices for wheat, except as the
result of speculative manipulation. 1t
says:
1t is tiresome to repeat that there is
more wheat in the world than there Is any
absolute necessity for, and that, con-
sequently, the price Of the cereal can not
be put to higher agures except by sheer
manipulation, which, with the existing
telegraph and transportation facilities,
must naturally be OF very short duration.
Even Bupposing the possibility Of con-
siderable decrease in the worlds supply OF
wheat, It's price could never return TO the
exorbitant figures which the Chicago
coEner-makess used TO get for It and ex-
peCt to get for it still. The substitutes for
II are too many and too plentiful.