davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-12

Three sailors who deserted from a
German steamer were found dead in "a
Baltimore boarding house, having been suf-
focated by gas, which, it is surmised, they
blew out upon retiring.
The California railway kings have
placed under one management the Southern
Pacific Road and its branches to New Orleans,
and the steamship lines thence to New York.
The gross earnings of the Northern
Pacific and Louisville and Nashville Roads
for February are respectively s4e,477 and
500, 29l greater than for the same month last
year.
Charles +. Adams, Jr., President of
the Union Pacific Road, has written to sena-
tor Hoar that his company would not be able
TO meet semi-annual payments to the Gov.
eminent at the rate OF $780, 900 to 81, 500, 00o
per year for sixty years. AS TO the scheme
of equalized payments of SI,s00,0O0 per
annum, he thinks there is fair prospect
that the company could carry the burden.
He complains that through Federal legisla.
ton the company has been rendered unable
TO meet competitors on equal terms, and he
desires the public to know that he is not a
figurehead put forward by Jay Gould.
There were 222 failures in the United
States during the week reported to Brad
streets. as compared with 254 in the proceed
ing week, and 2l1, 2Os and III, respec
lively, in tic corresponding weeks of 1881,
1888. AMI 1882. About ss per cent. were those
of small traders whose capital was less than
$4,000 Canada has 3s, decrease of s..
Special kilograms TO Brddstrcefs from lead
ing trade centcrs give brighter look TO the
general trade situation than has been re-
ported for some months.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-12
FOREIGN.

A recent sortie by the British gar
rison at Kassala, which has been defending
the town for year against the Mahdi, re-
suited disastrously, twenty eight officers of
the garrison and $50 privates being killed.
Earl Granville stated in the British
House OF Lords, on the 3D. inst. that Russian
troops had been advancing in the disputed
territory of Afghanistan, and refused to
withdraw when requested by the English.
Sir Peter Lumsdcn had advised the Afghans
TO dispute every inch OF ground, in which the
British Government would uphold them.
Granville declined To answer question by
Salisbury whether peace between England
and Russia depends on n squabble between
Russian and Afghan outposts.
The Russian Ambassador &C London
had an interview with Premier Gladstone on
the 9Th inst, and communicated the contents
of a number OF dispatches received from st.
Petersburg I'm relation to the frontier din.
Guilty in Afghanistan. Mr.. Gladstone stated
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-12
t19.0ls,e57
6S5,i9s
45.33o.353
POLITICAL.

The conference committees of the
Minnesota Legislature agreed 10 the clause
in the railway bill that n party shipping one
car of grain shall have the same facilities
and rates as the man who ships 100 or more
cars.
The Senate of Arkansas passed O
bill to change TO Cleveland the name of a
county originally named for Stephen W..
Dorsey.
Both houses of the Dakota Legisla-
ture have passed bill removing the capital
from Bismarck TO Pierre.
The Dakota Council passed the wo-
man suffrage bill, with an amendment sub
hitting the question TO a popular vote.
Representatives Bayne, Hiscock, and
Willard called upon President Cleveland, at
Washington, and had quite long talk with
him. They tod the President they approved
the attitude he had taken in his inaugural,
and in carrying out the policy therein de.
clared he would have their hearty support.
In this they spoke as Republicans, and
said they believed they spoke for a large
majority of their party. The President
received their advances in the best possible
spirit, and thanked them with much feeling
and earnestncss for their promises.
Gen. John G. Black, of Danville, Ill. /,
went to Chicago the other day to attend a re-
union of his old comrades of the Thirty
seventh Illinois Volunteers. Shortly after
his arrival he received a telegram from
Washington reading as follows:
The President thinks your official connection
with his administration will contribute to his
success, and desires me to ascertain IL you will
assume the duties of Commissioners Of Pensions.
/ cordially join in the request.
L.. Q. G. LAMAR
| After n short consideration the General re-
| piled as follows:
To l.. Q. c. LAMAR: 1 thank President Cleve-
| land and yourself IL my appointment will
| contribute TO the success OF the administration
| i will accept the position. telegraph when
should arrive in Washington. j. 9. BLACK.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-12
WESTERN.

The California Supreme Cours has
decided that Chinese children must be ad-
mitted to the public schools.
Six convicts escaped from the Michi-
gan Penitentiary through tunnel forty
feet in length, on which they had probably
worked a year. They cut through twelve
feet of solid masonry, forming the basis of
the prison wall.
Near Sault Ste Marie. Mich, Tim
othy Coughlin killed two Indians who threat.
ened him because he would not pay borrowed
money. He fired but one shot, the bullet
killing the first instantly and wounding the
other so that he died next day.
The damage to winter wheat in Ohio
from severe freezing will reach % per cent.
From reports received by Mr.. S. w. Tall
madge, of Milwaukee, he estimates that the
yield of 1885 throughout the country will fall
largely below that of last year.
Since Feb. l five manufacturing es-
Establishments at Detroit have put $500 men
to work.
Dispatches from the West state that
there are about 500 Oklahoma boomers at
leaders waived examination by United
States Commissioner at Wichita, and gave
bail. Five companies of cavalry have camped
near Arkansas City, and two companies OF
infantry are at the Ponca agency.
A Mitchell (Dakota) dispatch reports
that interest In the rush for the newly
opened Crow Creek reservation is greatly
increased on account of the report, which
has reached that place, that the Indians
are sweeping down on the white set
tiers, driving them off the land, and
destroying their improvements. Dispatches
have been received from Col. King, of Cham
berlain, requesting rifles and ammunition to
be forwarded Immediately, and a carload OF
munitions of war was sent TO the front by
special train. The whole country is prepar-
ing to arise en- masse, and, IL the Indians
persist in impeding settlement, trouble OF q
serious character may be apprehended.
The Denver Chamber of Commerce
unanimously adopted resolutions requesting
the new Secretary of the Treasury TO pay out
the silver coin now boarded in the vaults oil
the Treasury, in order to stop the contraction
of the currency, and thus relieve the bust
ness depression of the country.
1t being expected that the National
Encampment, G. A. r., will be held at Sac
ramento in 1886, the California Legislatuie
has appropriated $4,000 to defray the ex
penses.
The dry-goods firm of w. H. Gum.
ersol & Co., OF St Louis, which recently fail
ed for $4,000, has settled in cash and notes
at the rate of 80 per cent, and will resume
business.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-12
SOUTHERN.

One hundred thousand cattle are
ready to take the trail north from Southwest
Texas IL the quarantine laws of other States
will permit their passage.
The steamer Waves boiler exploded
at Wilmington, N. c., blowing into the river
three persons who were drowned, and badly
jnjuring several others. The boat was COM
pletely wrecked.
Lee Slater (colored) was taken from
jail ut Monroe, N. C.. by mob and hanged.
The Newcomb- Buchanan distilleries
at Louisville covering thirteen acres, we're
sold at public auction, the sum realized being
$4,000.
Three persons were killed and q
dozen injured eight miles south OF Grenada,
Miss, on the Illinois Central Road by a coils
ion ietween a mai-train and an express
train. Both were running Mt full speed, and
the engines two baggage cars, one maii-car,
and n smoker were wrecked.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-12
NEWS CONDENSED.


The following bulletin in regard to
Gen. Grants health is tc:egraphed from
New York;
There Is no longer doubt that the Generals
maiady has assumed an alarming form. DR.
Douglas thinks there is no reason TO expect any
Improvement Of a permanent character. The
great danger lies In the loss Of strength Incl
dent to the difficulty OF giving him nourish-
ment which he can retain on his stomach
The rctching which food induces aggra-
Yates the terrible agony he suffers from
his malady. At such times not even cocaine is
powerful enough to neutralize the pain.
The recent prostration following the reception
of the news from Washington, which was neces-
sarily exciting and bracing. indicates how little
strength the General has. The disease itself.
too. has come to the surface at other points. in
dicating that 1t has been progressing rapidly
within the past few days. The diseased tissue
lies in such place that the knife can not be
used. and there is no hope Of prolonging the
life OF the distinguished patient beyond few
weeks Only q few Of the most intimate friends
of the family are admitted to the house. and no
visitor enters the sick chamber.
Judge Moore, of Brooklyn, SEN
fenced Coney Island hotel proprietor to
three months in the penitentiary and fined
him $3.50, for poolselling. A Brooklyn land
lord was given two months.
The Directors of the New York Cen
trail Road report that owing 70 the snow
blockade nothing was earned on the stock
during February. The balance for the quar-
ter was S940, 900, out of which SS94,2S4 was
appropriated for a dividend of per cent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-12
IS POt.BOilers.,"

"Pot-boilers" are highly colored and
well-varnished paintings, carelessly,
rapidly and conventionally executed,
with the sole purpose of selling as
soon as possible. Although such a
picture is bad art, it is better than the
manufactured" paintings done by the
yard from patterns and sent to auction
rooms as genuine oil paintings in real
gold gilt frames" In even "pot-
boiler" the artist feels some interest in
his work, and weaves into it some
fragmentary glimses of his more loyal
moods. As for composition the popu-
lar "pot-boiler" always has surround
ing OF purely conventional and stereo-
typed arrangement, distance, middle
distance and foreground, tendency to
vivid yellow, purple or emerald. Sun
set scenes and marine views are very
common, the latter for the reason that
an economical perspective, and an ex-
panse of lifeless blue or green waves,
can be painted in" with vast rapidity.
The gay barge in the center of the can
vas can be gotten up with little draw
ing and much color. The entire pict-
ure may be "done" by an accomplished
"pot-boilerist" without sketch before
him. He knows to cent the price he
will get for the result, and his art is
leveled to almost the grade of the
frame maker. The Hour.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-12
WASHINGTON.

The first official act of President
Cleveland was the nomination of his Cab
met: his second, 10 affix his signature to the
commission of U. s. Grant as an officer on
the retired list of the army with the rank of
General
The resolution introduced in the SEN
ate by Mr.. Van wyck, calling upon the Sec
rotary of the Interior for information touch
ing the issuance of land patents to the New
Orleans, Baton Rouge and yicksburg Rail-
road, Is likely TO lead TO n lively debate, says
Washington correspondent. IL IS alleged
that, in order TO issue these patents to about
200. 600 acres OF public land, Secretary Teller
ceused extraordinary labor TO be performed
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-12

In the House OF Commons that public policy
forbade his answering questions about the
complications with Russia.
The French Chamber OF Deputies
has finally passed the bill TO increase duties
on cereals.
A motion in favor of AN established
bimetallic standard currency was rejected by
the German Reichstag.
The Royal Irish Rifles, nearly nine
hundred strong. the only regiment ct Hall
far. has been ordered TO make ready for
active duty, and expects to be sent 10 the
Soudau.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-12

LORD BRoUGHAM wrote very illegi-
BILE hand, as did also the late Walter
Thornbury. The current hand Of
George Cruikshank was an atrocious
scrawl, and Balzac wrote hand nearly
as execrable as that of Napoleon. The
handwriting of Mr.. L. III. Escott, of the
Fortnightty Revie,c, looks lovely at q
distance, but when you strive to deci-
pher 1t. then comes the tug of words. In
big writing of remarkable men, perhaps
Fenelon's hand was the finest. In
small, the palm belongs to Thackeray.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-12

WASHINGTON. Ga, claims to have been
the first town in America to be named for
the Father of his Country"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-12

GEN. ROBERT, TooMBs is i'll at his home
in Washington, Ga.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-12

For knowledge to become wisdom.
The sonl must be rooted in God
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-12

$4s4.46e.557
$cl.o2s.5l2
6f6,235
65.03s,2o9
The Mineral argus., 1885-04-09

IA Z. ,,oA ~ox Aftv wanna siuNo Prof
NV ,n
Morse invei''ed the eiec'ric 'eiesraP"'
and it is less than forty-one years since
tho first line ever erected WAS opened
for business between DaitinAore an"
Washington. A lady who is now re-
siding in Missouri sends through the
Youths Companion an interesting
account of her first sight OF the tel
egraph instrument when 1t was scien-
tific novelty, and was not in use Tor the
actual Transmission OF messages any
where. Now there is probably enough
telegraph line in use to grille the earth
ut the equator forty times. This lady
writes: As l see the days news from
China, Egypt and Europe, In the morn
ing paper, am reminded OF a worn
strip Of paper IN my desk which has
long been valuable souvenir to me. IL
recalls bright. wintry morning. forty
years ago, when was student OF tnc
Female Academy at Albany, N. L., I'M
der Prof. Alonzo Crittenien.
The young ladies' had assembled 10,
the customary devotional exercises ana
were surprised tn see rude wooden
platform occupying the place OF the
professors table. An odd-looking m
strument stood upon the Dench. ana DO
hind it sat bright, restless little man
with curly black hair, whose presence
we instantly connected with that OF the
The Mineral argus., 1885-04-09

Speaking of our own land, she OBJ
served, with q gentle sorrow in her
tone, II had hoped in my youth to WIS.,
it America, but now. fear, it can new
er be."
There coming q lull at length in our
talk, we shook hands o second time,
and with mutual farewells and my hon.
est wish that the imperial couple might
be blessed with future peace and hapri-
ness" our audience was ended. 1t had
lasted twenty minutes.
We passed ont without the usher's
aid into the antcroom, where the
crowd of visitors was fast swelling.
Our official conductor escorted us in
carriage back to the breakfast room.
where he delivered us over to the ten
der mercies Of the civilian usher; tender.
since there was here spread out for our
edification delicious breakfast, whose
tempting viands We had not the least
inclination to slight. We were then
driven for several hours through the
grand gardens full Of lakes and artificial
cascades pouring, one over Q silver and
another over q gold plated wall OF rock.
and called the "Silver Falls" and
OOlueO 8llb. xueI6 WeI0 IOuutOIuU
casting spray in EVERY part of the
grounds; curiously and beautifully
trained plants; fish in pounds, which
came ut the sound Of bell to be fed /;
geese, swans and other waterfowl-all
forming the most magnificent artificial
park have ever seen.
We returned to st. Petersburg by
boat, obtaining fine Wow of the great
work then in progress. ofmaking har-
bor ut Cronstadt, whose shipping was
barely visible in the distance. Reach
ing the city toward dusk, wo arranged
at once to leave for Liverpool via Berlin
and Paris. At each of these points we
rested for few days, receiving kindly
tokens Of interest on every hand; and
finally setting sail from Liverpool on
the steamer Parthia we arrived at New
York on the 18th of September, 1882,
three years and six months from the
time left tho Atlantic seaboard to
Join at San Francisco the luckless
Jeanette; and ono year from tho day
when our three boats were separated In
that fatal gale.
The Mineral argus., 1885-04-09

For centuries IL has been contended that .
cough medicine to be effective must contain
morphis, opium, or come other equally dan
gcrous drug, and to-day nearly every cough
mixture In the market has for its base some
one Of these deadly poisons. A purely vegc-
table and at the same time cfiicacious cough
cure has been considered an impossibility.
The harmful and ut times fatal results attend
ing the use Of morphia and opium cough mix
lures arc Of common occurrence everywhere,
and in every part Of the Union deaths have,
according TO the testimony OF physicians and
coroners, resulted from the use Of these dan.
gerous preparations. II il for this reason that
medical authorities and leading public men
speak so enthusiastically Of the importance
and value Of the discovery Of Red Star Cough
Cure Governor McI.ane and Attorney Gen.
eral Roberts, Of Maryland; Mayor Latrobe and
Postmaster Adreon. Of Baltimore. and other
we'll -known officials of Federal, State and mu-
nicipal governments have publicly certified to
the harf0lessness and marked efficacy OF He'd
Star Cough Cure Every one will md It .
safe, suro cure. 1t is entirely fres from
opiates, narcotics, emetics and poisons. IL
leaves no bad effects. II does not dcrange tho
system 1t 10 pure, pleasant, prompt Sold
by druggists and dealers in medicine through
out the United States At fifty cent . bottle. THn
CHARLES A. vo0ELER COMPANY, Solo Proprie-
tors, Baltimore, Maryland
The Mineral argus., 1885-04-09

Fair IL my Love, 20 fair,
shulder with tho sense
OF what light the world would ioso
Could she go hence.
Sweet is NV Love, 70 sweet,
The leaves that, fold on fold,
Swathe up the odcrs OF tho rose.
Loss sweetness hold
True is my Love, go true,
Her heart in mine alone,
The music Of its rhythmic baAs
Throbs through my OWL
Dear is nv Love, 70 dear,
II but hear Lor name
Ny eyes with tears Of rapture swfms
Ny che * is flame
Spare her, Immortals, spare,
Till all our days are done,
Your heaven is full oil angels forms,
Nine holds but one.
The Mineral argus., 1885-04-09

You ask what is meant by fresh.
ness. will tell you.
When young man has inordinate
love and respect for his parents, or real
hearty affection for his brothers and
sisters, or especial fondness for o young
lady, and does not think it expedient to
hide his emotion behind mask, then,i il
that young man very fresh.
That young man is fresh, also, who is
SO deeply interested in his chosen pro-
fession, and so determined to excel in it,
that he can only talk shop. When the
topic of conversation rises to the dignity
of horse racing, base ball and Skinny,
he is as dumb rs an oyster.
And very fresh, likewise, is tho young
man who believes there are such things
o honor among men and purity among
women.
He, too, is fresh, who is willing to
admit that it is barely possible that peo-
pie who have lived great many years
longer than he, and who have conse-
uuently seen much more of the world,
may know trifie more upon some sub
iects than himself.
Tho young man who would take the
advice Of his father or mother in pref
erence TO the opinion Of Tom Tosspot
or Harry Harebrain, everybody must
admit, is jolly fresh.
The young man is called fresh, and
! Of course, very properly, who prefers
wearing old clothes to getting trusted
for new ones with no intention Of ever
paying his tailor.
Very fresh is the young man who can
have any respect for young woman
who has not pretty face, who does not
dress in the height Of fashion, and who
cannot talk slang - glibly - bar
room loaier, but who wastes her time
in useful occupations and can only talk
plain common sense.
The young man IL frightfully fresh
who would have the respect and esteem
Of the lesrned and reputable ninnies OF
creation rather than the appreciation OF
the great ones of the earth who frequent
the saloon and other occult resorts.
In Q word, the fresh young man IL he
who il guided by well grounded princi-
Piles, who is earnest IN whatever he I'M.
dertakes, and who does not think that
the sam OF earthly wisdom II contained
within his own cuticle-Boston Tran.
seripk
The Mineral argus., 1885-04-09

From brakes Travellers 0AgeZ1no
Last night I was assigned to report
a fire over ON the West Side, and !
wrote it up in grand style. made half
column article Of it; began in this way:
"Suddenly, on the still night air rang
the shrill cry Of fire, and at the same
moment the little licking tongue OF
flame, whose Light play along the roofs
edge had caught the eye Of the mid
night watcher, leap.i forth, no longer
playful, but fierce and angry in its
thirst and greed. Like glowing. snaky
demons, the lurid links entwined the
doomed building; in venemous hisses
and spurts the flame shot into the over
hanging darkness, while from every
window and door poured dense sui
phuYous smoke, the deadly, suffocating
breath Of an imprisoned fiend."
II went ON in that style for over hall
q column, said tho reporter, "and this
II what showed mp in the paper this
morning: "Pat Sheeny's grocery was
destroyed by fire Lest night. Loss.
o25O; uninsured.
The Mineral argus., 1885-04-09
wE,TOO,HAvE TESTED 1T.
To The Public:

In view OF the harmful results which
so frequently attend the use of so-called
patent or proprietary cough syrups con-
tanning morphia, opium and other
equally dangerous drugs. the UNDER
signed, physicians of Maryland, take
pleasure in endorsing the official opin-
ions expressed by the Commissioner OF
Health Of Baltimore; DIR. Samuel X.
Cox, analytical chemist, of Washington,
and other authorities to the effect that
tho RED STAR CoUaH CURE is not only
perfectly harmless, but at the same
time an original and most effective rem.
edy, and that it commends itself alike
for being entirely vegetablo-free from
opiates, poisons and narcotics-and for
its prompt efficacy, o. demonstrated by
practical tests.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Feb. IL. 1885.
The Mineral argus., 1885-04-09
J. y. xI0u, u. D.,
Port lahvsiciaNA
3. 4 HORSE, y. D.,
MsriMe Hospital.

CHAa. ". FILLER, T. D.,
I,hvsieiaw to Fire Department.
The Mineral argus., 1885-04-09

JAMES GORE, u. D.,
Baltimore CowMsv, Maryland.
The Mineral argus., 1885-04-09

J. J. GROSS, u. D..
~. viMeewf's uecpteeS.
The Mineral argus., 1885-04-09

set him right by introducing inc
others, and Lieutenant Berry perform
ed the same service for me.
"Preferez vous parler en- Francois on
en- Anglais, MONSIEUR" the Gear in
quired.
I assured him that English being my
native tongue preferred to speak it.
At this juncture the Czarina approach
ed and graciously greeted us, appearing
quite solicitous about our health. and
asking many questions in regard to our
sufferings. She carefully and with q
kindly show of interest examined my
hands and fingers, which still bore the
marks of their old sores.
We then began . cross-fire OF CONVEX
sation, each Of the royal pair conversine
at times with one or another OF our par.
ty. Finally the car expressed his regret
that any OF us should have come to grief
on his territory, however remote; and
II trust" said he. ''that it was the rig
or of our climate alone, and not thu
GOODNESS of heart Of any OF my people
which caused the death of your com
rades."
The czarine commeded our fortitud'
and courage, which, she said were pc
culiarities OF the American character
"But I hope" she remarked. shat yo'
will not again attempt fortune in tn
frozen north"