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Bronkin's clearinghouse.

Bronkin left mis- clearinghouse and
now lives at hotel.
"What made you go away?" said one
of his late fellow-boarders
Ct had good reason" he answered
sulkily.
"Of course you had. but what was
ftp"
"Well. I'll tell you. l was at din
ner the other day, and / heard the land
lady and the waiter-girl talking out in
the kitchen"
What did they sayP'
"Why, the old lady asked if was in
the dining-room yet. and the girl said l
was. Then the old woman asked if /
had eaten everything on the table, and
the girl said hadn't commenced on the
tablecloth and dishes when she was last
in. but she wouldn't like to write an in
surance policy on them. Both women
laughed hen-a cold. unpleasant six
dollar-a-week laugh-and I won't up
stairs and packed my trunk That's all
there was to it. but i won't be insulted
IN no mans house. Merchant 7rareler
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Aid to the Injured.

/. Bites of all sorts are painful, and
ii not treated with expedition and skill
they sometimes prove very dangerous.
The most common kinds are those re-
ceived from dogs, mosquitoes, and
bears. The rarest kinds are trilobites
and Jacobites.
2. One seldom il ever gets a bite
when out fishing.
3. II about to be bitten by dog,
while serenading or foraging in melon
patch, Immediately take some violent
exercise in order to preserve a good cir.
culation. For instance, run q mile or
SO without stopping.
4. Never stop running because there
isaman with club apparently chasing
the dog-sometimes he is encouraging
him.
8. If this does not accelerate the ac-
ton of the heart, climb the nearest
tree.
6. Do not get down for the purpose
OF rescuing the sample Of your trousers.
This IS one of the dogs perquisites, and
he wants it for his scrap-book.
Z. When mosquito begins to bite do
not slap him. Some authorities insist
that you should let him finish and then
offer him a tooth-pick and an after-din-
ner cigar.
:. The above rule applies strictly to
mosquitoes and must not be extended
to include dogs or bears.
Q. On suddenly entering parlor
where the inistletoe hangs you may sur
prise young man apparently in the
act of biting young lady on the cheek.
The symptoms which follow this gener-
ally include blushing and tendency to
talk about the weather. The most popu-
lar remedy is solitaire ring applied to
the third finger of the young lady's left
hand.-Ne1c York Lie.
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DROBATE ORDER
[ County OF Van Buren,-ss.

-
At q session OF the Probate Court for the County
of Van Buren,, holden at the Probate Office in the
village of Paw Paw, on Monday the 18th day of
July, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-hve.
Present, Hon. Orrin y. Hilton, Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the estate OF Emory o. Briggs
deceased.
on reading and filing the petition duly verified, of
Albert ". Tanner, praying that Susan >. Briggs and
William Killefer, executors OF the last will and tes
lament Of said deceased may be directed 10 convey
to said petitioner certain real estate pursuant TO
conractduly entereiinto between said petitioner and
said deceased.
Thereupon il is ordered that Monday, the 10th day
of August 1855, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, be
assigned for the hearing OF said petition and all
persons interested In said estate, are required
10 appear at 4 session OF said Court, then to be
holden at the Probate Office in the village of Paw
Paw and show cause, II any there be- why the prayer
of the petitioner should not be granted
And II Is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested IN said estate,
of the tendency of said petition and the hearing
thereof, by causing copy of this order 10 be pub
lshed In the TRUE NoRTHERNER a newspaper, print
ed and circulating In said county of Van Buren, for
three successive weeks at least previous to said day
OF hearing
s2t4os5 oRRIN " HILTON. Judge Of Probate.
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I am sorry to have ascertained, when
I was in London, that higher estimate
is placed on talent in that metropolis
than in New York. Here money is the
chief idolatry; if man have money he
can have abundant social recognition,
though he may be ignorant and vulgar,
with the morals OF thief and the man
ners of boor. In London it is bad
enough, but not so bad as this. Neither
money nor rank holds first place; the
crown OF genius is higher than any
other.
In New York great artist or fam
Gus author has all the society he needs
or desires, to be sure; but there is a
large class Of the vulgar rich who do
not solicit the honor of knowing him,
and feel that they can get along with
out him. Neither Bryant nor Bayard
Taylor was q social attraction in New
York until long after they had ceased
to do their best work. This was, per-
haps, fortunate for them. Robert
Burns was spoiled by being taken up by
nobility, and feted and toasted at Ed
inburgh. No working writer can af-
ford to be social lion.
In London and Paris men Of talent
are in the first rank, or at least it is OPP
en- to them, money or nomoney. Their
society is courted. Baroas, dukes,
princes call upon them and climb to
their libraries or their garrets. Such
men are pushed into politics. No pub
lie dinner can go on without them. The
Princess Louise. an intellectual woman,
seeks her peers without any care where
she finds them. At the charity art ex-
hibitions she puts on an apron and
helps hang pictures, and no stranger
shall know her from a commoner save
by hearing her addressed as Madame"
aword applied tono English woman save
a princess. George Eliot, spite of the
irregularity of her marriage, was q well
come guest in the most distinguished
homes in England, and to be Dickens,
Rosetti, Arnold, Ruskin, Tennyson,
Jean Ingelow, Morris or Browning has
for generation carried ten times more
honor throughout Great Britain than
to be member of the peerage. It is
pity that artists, actors, poets and nov
elists, the real creators and benefactors
of civilized society, should have higher
recognition in England and France, in
the midst of feudal institutions, than on
this fresh young continent where intrin-
sic qualities ought to prevail.-W Il.
Cr0tut.
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How to Make q Bed.

Says the Philadelphia Press LET
every bed-maker, as soon as all the
covers are spread, turn down the upper
sheet and all above it, leaving a gener-
Gus margin below the bolster. Some
people, you know, pull all the covers
straight up to the top and lay the
bolster upon them, so that when bed
time comes the bed must he rearranged
at the head. Boys don't like this way,
and perhaps some other folks don't,
either. It is the custom to pile two
big, square pillows on the top of the
bolster, and then put on two pillow
shams. and then, sometimes, or per-
haps before the pillow-shams, sheet
sham. This is setting q trap for the
unwary. Only q remarkably careful
woman is equal to the task OF getting
off all the 'fnery' properly. Why not
almost, If not altogether, abolish shams
Of all kinds? Why not honestly take
OFF the big, square pillow and supply
every bed with comfortable bolster to
take the place of pillows? If you like
adornment, embroider or decorate the
slips and sheets themselves without
any make-believe. Silk, lace, and the
like, seem out of place on bed, which
should suggest repose. Imagine a big
boy with boots on finging himself into
the midst Of q creation of pink satin
and torchonl Let beds be what they
look like, and let them look like what
they are-real resting places.
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al !
WI made IN the conditions OF certain mortgage,
whereby the power TO SELL therein contained has be-
come operative) executed by Lucreta Crescent, by
marriage Lucretia Rifnes, wife Of Abraham Mmes,
Of Porter Van Buren, county, Michigan, 10 George
W. Lawton, of Lawton, Michigan, bearing date the
thirteth day OF May, A. D., 1ss2, and recorded In
the oce OF the register Of deeds, for the county Of
Van BlTen, I'm the state of Michigan, on the SOth
day Of May, A. b, 1882, in lber % OF mortgages,
on page 500 and upon which said mortgage there is
claimed TO be due, at the date of this notice, the
sum OF one hundred and eight and 3S-100
dollars besides attorney fee OF twenty-five dol
lars covenanted In said mortgage to be paid In case
any proceedings should be taken to foreclose the
same and no suit proceedings az law, or IN equity
having been instituted 20 recover the amount so
claimed TO be due, nor any part thereof.
Notice is therefore, hereby given that on Saturday
the 18th day OF september A. D., 1885, at one O'Clock
IN the afternoon there will be sold at public auc
tion 10 the highest bidder at the front door OF the
court house, in the village OF Paw Paw, In said
county of Van Buren, said court house being the
place of holding the circuit court in and for said
county, the premises described in said mortgage or
much thereof shall be necessary 20 satisfy the
amount due on said mortgage) together with interest
thereon, and all legal costs, including the said at
torney fee OF twenty-five dollars, stipulated in said
mortgage to be paid; that is 10 say the following de-
scrbed lands situated IN the township of Porter in
the county of Van Buren, and state of Michigan,
to-wit: Ten acres OF land OF the south end OF the
south half Of the east half OF the north east
south half OF the south half Of the south quarter
OF the north east quarter OF section ten l0), town
four A. south of range thirteen OBJ west.
Dated at Paw Paw, Mich, this 18th day of June,
A. D., 1ss5 GEORGE W. LAWTON,
7stl3o9o Mortgage.
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Anecdotes OF Beecher.

The following story of Mr.. Beecher
is true, and tell it for that reason aud
because it illustrates another Of his Pc
culiarities. was passing 1.-THE Office Of
j. q. Ford & Co. when they were his
publishers, years ago, and Samuel Will
kinson, one of the firm, called me n to
show me the proofs of the illustrations
of the first volume of the Life of
Christ" on which Mr.. Beecher was
then engaged. l had admired great
many of the prints, when Wilkinson.
coming to new one, suddenly snatched
1t up aud exclaimed: "See that, now?
There Is an illustration of Mr.. Beech
er's ignorance of the value of money.
That steel plate cost $500, and he has
made correction which compels the
re-engraving of the whole" 1t was the
title cage, beautifully executed on
steel. 1t read, as engraved: "Life Of
Jesus Christ, by Henry Ward Beecher,"
etc. But on the margin was written,
In cramped characters, to be inserted
after Jesus" and before "Christ" o
comma and the word "the," the latter
looking SO much like capital 81" that
read it so aloud, whereupon Wilkin-
son laughingly explained what
it was. Beecher laughed over
it year or two later when 1
told him of it, and admitted that
the idea of the peculiar title had come
to him after the volume had been writ
ten, and he at once adopted il without
the slightest thought of the cost to his
publishers. He'has no idea whatever
of the value Of money. His mortgaging
his house to raise $1,000 to place in the,
hands of Frank Moulton for the use'of
Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton is further proof
of this, and also of the fact that he does
not question very closely the characters
charity. There is no man Tyng more
careless of his reputation asw6ll asshis
money, and he displays this in his asso.
Citations and his utterances, whether in
his pulpit, his paper, or in his.private
letters. The letters to Mou1toniare
illustrative OF this weakness. His love
of man and his Savior undoubtedly per-
meates Beecher's entire being. /. do
not believe he can harbor ,maliceI0ng.l
The humanitaiianism ofsf Christ is q
frequent pulpit theme of his.tyYears
ago,I used to send George IL. Mills. a
brilliant young reporter ttoo brillidr to-
remain sol, to report Beecher f5f.tRs
Tribune. This conversation usually
followed Miles return tosthe Office
Miles-"How much space for Beech
err"
Night Editor-"what did lie talk
aboutT
Miles-"Oh, the love Of Jesus, Of
course" Ia
Night Editor--"One column for the.
love ofJesus. One page if he said
anything about the love of Tlton."-
William n. q. Shda1ks.
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A STRIKING INCIDENT.
~ Removal n the Ffsurehesd nom thu
Constitution and It's Restoration.

1
n Removal oS the Eisurshesd from thu
| Constitution and It's Restoration.
The destruction Of the old Navy De-
partment recalls many interesting
scenes which transpired there, none.
| perhaps, more remarkable than one
when Mahlone Dickerson was Secretary
of the navy under John Quincy Adams.
While looking over some papers one
morning o card was handed him bear
ing the name of Captain Dewey, and on
! it, written in pencil Mr.. Van
Buren, will thank the Secretary to see
this gentleman" He accordingly di-
rected the messenger to show him in,
and short, sailor-looking man enter
ed, carrying a bundle in a bandana
handkerchief. Bowling courteously, he
said:
Have 1 the honor Of addressing the
Secretary of the Navy?"
"You have" replied Mr.. Dickerson,
"and as am very busy, will thank
you to be brief"
"Mr. Dickerson," said the Captain,
Il am the man who removed the figure
head from the Constitution, and l have
brought it here to restore II"
Secretary Dickerson threw himself
back in his chair and looked with aston
ishment at the man who had cast such
an indignity on the administration by
saving of the head Of the President
from the figurehead of the Constitu-
ton.
well, sir" said he in an angry tone,
'you are the man who had the audacity
to disfgure Old Ironsides'
"Yes, sir" l took the responsibility"
We'll, sir, will have you arrested
Immediately, and the Secretary reached
toward his bell to summons his messen-
ger.
stop, Mr.. Secretary" said Captain
Dewey; 'you, as a lawyer, know that
there is no statute againsts defacing
ship-of-war and all you can do is to sue
me for trespass, and that in this country
where the offense was committed. Ii
you desire it, / will go back to Middle
sex County and stand my trial
Mr.. Dickinson reflected moment
and said: "You are right; and now tell
me how you took away that head"
Dewey went on to say that, thinking
it was a desecration to place a figure
head of President Jackson on Old
Ironsides, he had determined to carry
it off. Late one night, in severe
thunder storm, Dewey sculled from
Boston to the hayward with muffied
oar, clambered up the bow of the Con-
stitution and commenced saving. 1t
was no easy task, as there was an iron
bolt through the figure. While at
work the flashes of lightning occasion
ally revealed q sentry on the wharf, and
another on the forecastle of the Con-
stitution. Having finished, Dewey re-
turned to the boat, carrying the head,
and was soon in Boston. He was quite
lion among the Wings, and at Wash
ington received much attention. Sec
rotary Dickerson treated him with
great courtesy, and received the head
with thanks. For a number of years
Dewey visited Washington every win
ter. / think he received the appoint
ment of postmaster at one time in Vir-
ginia. He had on his visiting cards a
handsaw bearing his name.-Ber: Per-
Iey Poore, ip the Boston Budget.
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- ~ r NIT - SALE.-NOtce Il nefeDy gwen
- that by virtue of certain writ of transcript fert
cult court for the county of Van Buren,, and to me
directed and delivered bearing date the 10th day of
May, A. d. 1855, wherein David l.. Ollie is plaintiff
and Catharine Cheeseman is defendant, did, on
the 10th day of May, A. ID. 1s55, levy upon and
seize all the right, title and interest of the said
Catharine Cheeseman IN and 10 the following des-
cribed real estate, situate In the county OF Van
Buren, and state of Michigan, to-wit:
Lot number ten (1O) of the subdivision of the
Armstrong estate, made and set Of by the COM
missioners of said estate TO Elma Armstrong, be-
ing situate on that part OF the southwest quarter
Of section twentyeght (2s) in town three (3 south
Michigan, containing six (6) acres, more or less.
Also. lot number eleven III OF the subdivision of
the Armstrong estate. as set Of by the commits
sioners to X. A. Armstrong, situate on the south
west quarter OF section twenty-eight % in town
three 81 south Of range thirteen li3l west, Van
Buren, county, Michigan, containing six I6l acres
more or less. Also, all that certain piece of land
situate In the county of Van Buren, and state Of
Michigan, and known and described as the Arm
strong homestead, in the north part OF the north
west quarter of section thirty-three SO in town
three 3 south OF range thirteen Ll3 west, con-
tanning seventeen II acres, more or less; which
said lands and premises, or so much thereof as
may be sufficient to satisfy said execution and all
public auction, vendue, to the highest bidder as
the law directs, at the front door of the house.
the village OF Paw Paw, in said county of Van Eurer,
said court house being the place OF holding the cir
cult sourt In and for said county, Saturday the
Sth day of August, A. D., 1855. at the hour OF one
o'clock in the afternoon of said day.
79t7os5 JOHN G.. TODD, Sheriff.
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-Spurgeons eighteen hundredth ser.
mon has been published.
Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe is
seventy-two years of age.
MIR. Lincoln, the Secretary of War,
Is said to be rapidly aging.
AT New Haven, Conn, Mrs. Maria
Rood recently married John @. Walker
He is her fourth husband and she is his
third wife.
One hundred and twenty-five works
of different authors have been prohib-
tied from circulation in the Libraries of
Russia.
The venerable General Spinner and
his three brothers live at Mohawk, n.
Y. The brothers are all old men with
very young wives. Utica Herald.
The musician Rubinstein, who COM
mitted suicide at Lucerne, is said to
have sought death owing to his failure
to become famous. His recourse was
successful. He acquires fame from the
fact that he was not the great Rubin
stein.-CNrrcnt.
The artists. said Henry Clay
thirty years ago, have not succeeded
well in taking my features. but that has
been in a measure my own fault. for my
face never long retains the same eX-
preston, and especially when am I'M
der any excitement. it changes every
moment"
1t was a Frenchman who wrote:
What is woman For painter. a
model; for doctor. subject; for q
peasant. housekeeper; Tor a Partisan,
a dowry; for a naturalist. female; for
an Albanian. beas, of burden; for a
Roman, citizcness; for schoolboy,
an angel; for an honest man, COM
panion. Chicago Herald.
Won Moltke. the German soldier,
was born with the century, and pre-
sents no symptoms of decay. His hab-
its, like his manner. are simple and
frugal, as much so as was the case with
the Duke of Wellington. His deep-set
eyes shine beneath shaggy eyebrows
and a massive forehead He is tall,
slightly bent, and has martial step.
Wine he seldom touches. being satisfied
with an occasional glass of beer. His
favorite exercise is walking outdoors
with his hands behind him. and his
head bent forward. Count Won Moltke
is in bed by half-past nine o'clock.
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Soldiers, Attention I!
Pensions to All.
Comrades, File Your Claims with an
Ex-Soldierl
BEFORE USING.

Comrades, File Your Claims with an
Ex-SoldierI
Soldiers that disabled by wounds disease acci-
dent or otherwise, the loss Of finger toe piles vAr.
veins, chronic darrhoea rupture varcoces loss
hearing, disease Of the heart, falling back Of the
measles, rheumatism, fstula in ano, chorea, any
other diSeess disability II but slight gives you
pension widows, children, dependent fathers and
mothers Of soldiers dying in the service Afterwards
Of disease wou b contracted in the service,
titled 10 pensions. Il procure pensions where discharge
papers are lost ~ discharges obtained where LOST
USder the new lab pensions increased from 90 20
n per month. Back pay, rtion money while In
p1hco, and bounties promptly collected. War claims
Of every description prosecuted promptly and sue.
cessfully. Not i've in hundred rejected IL
properly prosecuted. Come 20 my ONCE and will
show you claims that have got through In NINE
that prosecuted by other attorneys for seventeen
years snd rejected in their hands My terms are one
dollar In advance being Office expenses, nothing more
unless the claim Is allowed. They like the old
Indians, mo duck, no dinner" If the claim Is al.
lowed. my fees regulated by the commissioner Of
pensions and paid by him out Of the pension. Letters
Of inquiry should contain stamps and they will
receive prompt attention send for Questioning Blank
70 dstemins your rights
Being an ex-soldier Of . Michigan Regiment, and
yin pinctsen years practice, also pensoner, claim
10 know ths badness. Special attention paid 10 in.
crease Of pensions and crowdng through claims that
are now dragging In other hands.
RlvnnsScr-Any member o. Brothead Post, @. A.
n, Psv Paw, Mich.
Gan furnish the last known pest Office address Of
any surgeon. assistant surgeon or commissioned officer
In the United States. Address,
CHAs 4. CALLIGAN,
=. s. Claim Agent. Paw Paw. Afichr
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DRoBATE oRDER.-state OF Michigan, County
II OF Van RureO-sE

DROBATE oRDER.-state OF Michigan, County
Il OF Van Buren-ss.
At q session OF the Probate Court for the county
Of Van Buren,, holden al the Probate Office, in the
village Of Paw Paw, on Monday, the 29th day OF
June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-fve: Present, Hon. Orrin n. Hilton, Judge
of Probate.
In -he matter of the estate of Robert sellick,
deceased.
on reading and filing the petition, duly verified, of
Mary l. Seck, widow OF said deceased, praying for
reasons therein stated, that administration of
said estate may be granted TO william j. Sellick.
Thereupon IL is ordered, that Monday, the 9th day
of July, 1885 q; ten O'Clock in the forenoon, be
signed for the hearing Of said petition and all per-
interested in said estate required to appear
at session OF said court, then 10 be holden at Il
probate Office, in the village Of Paw Paw, and sho
cause, ii any there be- why the prayer OF the petit
toner should not be granted.
And IL Is further ordered that said petitioner give
notice to the persons interested in said estate of the
tendency of said petition, and the hearing thereof,
by causing copy OF this order to be published in
the TRUE NoRrHERNER, newspaper, printed and
circulating in said county OF Van Buren, for three
successive weeks az least previous 10 said day of
hearing. ORRIN y. HILTON,
S0ttoS3 Judge OF Probate.
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CHANCERY SALE.

4 NHANtEhH SALE.-ln pursuance and
~ by virture of q decree of the circuit court for
the county of Van Buren,, in chaneery, in the
State of Michigan made and dated on the 10th day
OF December, A. D., 1884, Ia certain therein
pending, wherein Albert Harrison is complainant,
and Elizabeth Lowrey, Isaac Moss, Milan L. Brad
ley, Sarah A. Foster and Eliza Stebbins defend
ants.
Notice is hereby given that shall sell a public
auction, to the highest bidder, at the front door OF
the court house in the Village OF Paw Paw, county
of Van Buren, and State of Michigan, said court
house being the place for holding the circuit count
for said county, Tuesday, the lth day Of August,
A. D., 1888, al 10 o'clock in the forenoon, all,
much thereof as may be necessary TO raise the
amount due to the said complainant, for principal
interest and costs in this cause OF the following de
scribed parcels of land, TO wit The east twenty
five @ acres of the north east quarter of the south
west quarter of section thirty (3l) also the
east twenty of the south east quarter Of the
south west quarter OF section thirty one (31)
all in township number three L3l south OF range
fourteen G4) west in the county OF Van Buren, and
State of Michigan.
Dated Paw Paw, Michigan, June o5rd, A. d. 1855.
SAMUEL HOLMES,
Circuit Court Commissioner in and for Van Buren,
County Michigan. 79t7os5
CRANE X BREcx, Solicitors for Complainant.