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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

CHICAGO Current: The way Post
master Hips, of Idaho, worked" the
postal money-order system was as fol-
lows: His Office was at Lewiston, in
the Idaho panhandle, distributing
point for several smaller towns; he
would draw an order at his own Office
for John Doe, say for $50, payable at
Moscow. John Doe, being supposedly
on his way to Moscow, would order the
Moscow bank to draw the money and
hold it pending his arrival; John Doe
would then change his mind and send
word TO the banker TO forward the
money to John Doe at some other
town whose mail also passed through the
Lewiston Office. When the bankers
remittance came along, addressed to
John Doe, it was $50 for Hibbs, who
thus closed the correspondence. The
Government lost all the money, and
the robberies revealed themselves
when the Lewiston reports came to be
made. But Hibbs, then. oh! where
was he? He had taken the wings OF
the morning; the Snake River canyon
echoed no more to his voice.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

OVER 375 candidates applied for adj
mission to Harvard this year, of which
number 21S took their examinations al
Cambridge. OF these 162 passed, 90
without conditions, 40 put off part OF
their work until the fall, and 7'were re-
iected. When the results from the ex.
aminations in other places are received
it is anticipated that the next freshman
class at Harvard will prove to be the
largest On record.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

The highest price ever paid for a
work of art was $123,000, which was
given, in 1852, for picture of the Vir-
gin, from the hand of Murillo. The
official catalogue of the great Louvre
Gallery says the French Government
paid the estate of the Due Dalmatia-
Marshal Soult -666, 900 francs for that
picture, or over $4,000 The Pope
has been offered million for Raphael's
TRANSPORTATION, or Domenicheno's
"St. Jerome"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

The Rev. Sam Jones is a regularly
ordained minister of the Southern
Methodist Church. He was pastor
for a number of years. but for long
time has been manager Of widows
and orphans fund and asylum. In this
he has grown to be On evangelist. He
has rather thin face, with brown
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

A ST. PAUL shop girl was discharged
from her position in fashionable glove
store because her hands were so small
and delicate as to put to blush its lady
patrons, thereby seriously affecting
sales. Such was her statement, and a
doubling newspaper man who talked
with her employers was assured that
she had told but the truth.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

from New York Tribune Notes.

When Major Mckinley, of Ohio, was
here the other day, fresh from the Ohio
Convention, he said that the old soldier
element in Ohio is being aroused to POI
litical antagonism against the Confed-
crate administration as intense as ami
mated that element in 1861. One of his
old comrades, General Samuel Beatty,
was recently buried at Canton. The
attendance on his funeral was unprece-
dented, and over his grave boys in blue
who had been separated for years by
political differences shook hands and
cameshoulder to shoulder again as they
talked of the new reign of the Confeder-
ates. 1T is not that these men have
Office, T" said Ma. Mckinley, "but it is the
persistence with which they seek to ell
evate the cause for which they fought
into holy one and to degrade the
cause of the Union. The men who
fought the battles of their country will
never permit such doctrines to be long
promulgated as can be heard now at
any time from the lips of Southern men
In Washington. The Republican party
has done all the forgetting of the war
that has been done in this country. 1t
not only forgot, but it forgave, in that
large-hearted measure that was Just.
Neither the Republican party nor the
Ohio platform is responsible for reviv-
ing the war issue. We had quit talk
ing about it. Grover Cleveland is re-
sponsible for that. When he put into
his Cabinet the sole defender of Jeffer-
son Davis, and when that man raised
the flag on the Interior Department in
honor of the most despicable enemy
this Union and this country ever had,
he revived the war issue, and revived it
in such way that it will not down at
bidding"
AS an incident Of the feeling of the
Ohio convention, he related the cir
cumstances under which the ticket of
Foraker and Kennedy was completed.
General Kennedy was candidate for
the nomination for Governor. After
Judge Foraker's nomination he was
pressed for the second place, but re-
fused. The convention was enthusiasts
tic In its demand that he should ac-
cept. Judge Foraker, passing down
the aisle, halted and turned about by
different delegates, came upon the
General. They clasped hands for
moment, as Judge Foraker said, with
great feeling: "You and / carried mus
kets together in the Third Brigade,
under Old Pap Thomas, twenty-four
years ago. We must shoot together
again." The General couldn't with
stand that appeal, and responded to
the convention that it was all right; he
would accept, but this was the first
| time he had been drafted
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

LORD HAMPDEN, who recently pre-
sided at the annual dinner of the Lon
don Cab-Drivers' Benevolent Associs
ton, in pleasant after-dinner speech
commended to the "cabbies" the fol
lowing lines, which he said he had hum
up in his own stables:
Up hill-whip me not
Down hill-hurry me not.
On level road-spare me not.
Loose In stable-forget me not.
OF hay and corn-rob me not
OF clean water-stint me not.
With sponge and water-neglect me not.
OF soft dry bed-deprve me not.
Tired or hot-lcave me not.
Sick or cold-chill me not
With bit and reins-oh, jerk me not.
When you arc angry-strike me not.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06
Michigan Harbors.


Lieut.. Col. Poe, having in charge the
improvements of rivers and harbors in
Michigan, has made his annual report to
the Chief of Engineers. He recommends
that the channel at Limekiln Crossing be
made 400 feet wide instead of $780, as as
first contemplated. In the Saginaw River
it is proposed TO secure a channel of 200
feet in width, with depth of IA feet from
Saginaw Bay to Bay City, and II feet
thence to the head of the river, distance
of about twenty three miles. Hay Lake
channel in the Sault Ste. Marie River, Col.
Poe says should be deepened to 20 feet.
He thinks fully seven years will be occu-
pied in accomplishing the results, and it
will be well to remember that the improve
ment will not become available until the
whole is completed" A large appropria-
ton is recommended for the improvement
of st. Mary's Falls, Canal, and River, be-
tween Lakes Superior and Huron. The in
crease in tonnage urges in tie strongest
way that the work of preparing to take
care of commerce greater than the
present canal and lockage system
could accommodate shall be en-
tered upon without delay. The st.
Clair Flats Ship Canal is used by nearly
10000 vessels a year; carrying nearly 90
600, GOO tons. II is proposed to widen and
deepen the chanuel. Appended is a tapu-
lated statement showing the amount of
money available, the amount asked for the
next fiscal year, and the amount required
TO cOmplete the work.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

The residence of Enos Putnam, at
Grand Rapids, was robbed of $500 worth
of silverware. A burglar also visited the
Northrup residence, but was ordered to
leave by Grandma Northrup. aged seventy
seven, and be obeyed her orders.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

WE are accustomed to pity the trials
OF the schoolmarm who has to labor six
hours day with forty children. Don't
say we told you, but the nurse who
tends one baby ten hours day is enti-
tied to so per cent. Of the sympathy
and oil the gate money.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

mustache. keen black eye, with a
broad forehead. He is about five feet
ten inches high, and weighs about a
hundred and forty pounds. His dress
is usually plain blacl; suit. with few
ornaments, but is far from being cler-
ical. The only remarkable thing about
him is his preaching.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06
Reading for Colored Democrats.

Richard L. Greener, a Washington
negro is writing letters to colored men
in Ohio, urging them to vote against
Judge Foraker, the Republican candi-
date for Governor, for the reason that
some years ago he was employed as
consul in case involving the question
of separate schools for white and black
children. This time-serving colored
politician, to satisfy personal griev-
ance, has treacherously turned his back.
upon the Republican party, which
fought for the rights of his people and
secured them, and gone over into the
camp of the party which fought against
them, and urges his friends in Ohio to
follow him. To any colored men who
may be disposed to follow this sore
headed, disgruntled traitor, we COM
mend the following document which
recently appeared, posted up in Madi-
son County, Kentucky, across the
river:
MIGRANTS.
FOR sALE-NOTICE.
BY virtue of judgment and order of sale
of the Madison Quarterly Court, i will
MONDAY, MAY 4, 1885
the same being County Court dav, expose for
Sdic 10 the nlRuebt ana Dest III IrOuL
OF the Court House door in Richmond, KY,
the following named persons who were tried
and convicted OF vagrancy IN said court the
18th day of April, 1885.
Emma West, for the period OF twelve
months from the date OF said Judgment.
Albert Black, for the period of twelve
months from the date of said Judgment.
Ottoway Stewart, for the period of three
months from the date of said Judgment.
The purchaser will be required TO give
bond with approved security, conditioned
that he or they will provide for the convicts,
during their time of service, wholesome
food, lodging, clothing, and medical atten-
ton.
said parties are all between the ages of
81 and 30 years. N. b. DEATHERAGE,
Sheriff of Madison County.
April 22, 1885. please post up.)
At the top of this precious document
was a picture of a negro, just as the
old shareholders used to place at the
top of their announcements of slave
sales or runaway slaves, cut of a
negro, thus showing that the migrants"
who are to be sold into slavery for a
year are colored people. This is
Democratic sale in Democratic State,
and it is in the interests of party like
this that this man Greener is urging
the colored men of Ohio to vote. Be-
fore they make their decision we COM
mend to them this document and ask
them to read it carefully and then give
Greener their answer. -Chicago Trib-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06
Che Trile gnrtherasr.


THE suppression Of the rebellion IN
the Northwest has cost the Canadian
Government -, OO0.O besides num-
Der of valuable lives.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

THE value of one vote was shown at
a recent election in McDuffie County,
Georgia, when law was passed by ex-
actly that majority.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06
Grant at yiclssburg - His Kindness to
Those About Him.
lDr. +. A. Duncan. in Louisville Courier
.IOurnal

Those About Him.
lDr. Z. A. Duncan. in Louisville Courier
Journal
"How did General Grant appear before
Vicksburg?"
AS plain as an old stove. It was hard
to make the new troops believe that il was
him as he rode over the field. He wore q
common soldiers blouse frizzled out at the
bottom, and cavalry pants stuffed in his
boots. He wore low crowned, black hat,
without so much as gold cord. The SIM
plest Major Generals straps were the only
thing about his dress that told his rank.
He always rode a splendid horse, however,
and the trappings Of the steed were always
in full uniform. But that was due to his
orderly more than anything else. He de-
lighted in good horse. He usually kept
six of them on hand-two or three in the
field ut the same time. His favorite war
horse was of the noted Lexington of Ken
lucky stock, and think he called him Lex
ington.
WAS the General a luxurious liver?"
by no means. He enjoyed good meal
as much as any one. but never complained
of what was set before him. He would
have been satisfied with hard tack and
SOW belly. He did not drink drop of
liquor during the siege of Vicksburg He
had promised General Rawlins, afterward
his Chief of Staff and Secretary of War, at
Shiloh, TO abstain. He never broke over
but once from that day to the close of the
war, and that was accidental. A banquet
was given to him and General Banks after
the fan of Vicksburg. ut New Orleans. and
in the conviviality of the hour he took a
few glasses of wine.
How did the General treat those about
him?"
with the greatest kindness and respect.
He had less egotism than any great man
ever saw. He was eager to give every
probation for what he did. He would
even hunt out what each man merited.
One element Of his greatness was his de-
sire to pull up his frien Is with him. 1t
never occurred to him to claim the glory
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

SECRETARY WHITNEY says he was not
actuated by any ill-feeling toward Mr..
Roach. OF course not. 1t is pretty
generally understood what Mr.. Whit
ney was after.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06
The Case I'm n Nutshell.

In 1S6O-61 the Bourbons refused to
submit to the majority of the people of
the United States, and they appealed to
force. Defeated in that, they now
seize control of the Federal Govern
ment by fraud, and seek to perpetrate
that control 10y suppressing the ma
jority. This second attempt, embody-
ing the same substantial issue, is utterly
indefensible; for, while secession had
its argument, and was at least open,
bold and manly, this wretched treason
by fraud against the fundamental in
stitutions of free ballot and the rule
of the majority dare not be avowed,
much less defended. - Richmond Wing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

The house of X. Burger was burned at
Menominee and his 5-year-old daughter
persisted in the flames. Two other children
were taken out badly scorched.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

The Republicans of Virginia, who
embrace all classes opposed to iron
bound Bourbon rule, seem confident of
success in the election this year. A
Republican triumph there would do
much toward redeeming the South
from the reign of fraud and violence
which has disgraced that part of the
Union ever since the war. The diff
Guilty there, as in all Southern States,
is to get q fair election and an honest
count -Ipdianapolis Journal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

GAIL HAMILTON says ballot for
women "means bullet, q bayonet,
forced marches, digging trenches,
sleeping on the ground, carrying q
knapsack."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

The soldiers will have big gathering
at Owosso Aug. 20.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-05-02
FAM E..
The Penalty Writers Must Pay WHO Be-
come Distinguished.

The Penalty Writers Must Pay WHO Be-
come Distinguished.
1t is bad enough very often to have
the genuine letters of great malt pub
lishcd, but at least it is desire BILE to
guard against spurious initiate ms OF
professional forgers. Only the other
day an illustration was given in the
life of Mr.. Whittier of the kind OF
legend which may pass current among
the stolid part of the public A cir
cumstantial story OF how Thackeray
fuddled himself at his club in company
with Whittier (whom, as it happens, he
had never seen, and who has never
been in England) has, it seems, been
going the rounds of the American
press. The story was repeated only to
show its utter impossiblity, but such
stories may be circulated by the un-
scrupulous penny-a-liner without the
contradiction. When "Jane Eyre
was a new book, one of our most emil
nent reviewers did not scruple to give
currency to the impossible story that
its author was discarded governess of
Thackeray, who had stood for, Becky
Sharpe" and revenged herself by
portrait of Thackeray as "Roches-
ter. " The smallest knowledge oil
the facts suiiices, of course,
to destroy such tictions for all intelli.
gent readers. They show, however
how rapidly legendary halo of fict,or
grows up round any eminent name; anC
though, happily, the forger is seldom
clever enough to be armed at all points
we can only say that the most absurC
fictions are finally exploded. II maj
has the luck to tell probable tale, i
may thrive for a long time; indeed
every one who has looked into the anec
dote literature about green men of re
moter periods, knows that presnmp
ton is against the truth of any anec
dote not resting upon indisputable first
hand evidence. Shakespeare has beoI
accused of drunkenness, as well a
Thackeray, and we can not now cross
examine the witnesses or test thci
means of information. II our oppoI
tunities for investigation are no,
greater, so is the appetite for scandal
and it looks as if there would DO r0or
for a society for the preservation c
established regulations as well al {
ancient buildings, if the food OF libel
Gus inventions is to be kent with.
bounda-6qtHrG0y RevieW.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-05-02
Swift's Style.

His earnestness is reflected in his
style. No English is SO pointed and so
direct as Swift's. Every sentence is IA
keen knife that cuts straight to the
core; there is no hesitation or swerv-
ing; there is never word wasted His
sentences follow one another logically
and equally, in the order dictated by
the subject, without any apparent re-
gard for the graces of expression. nor
even, sometimes for the. ordinary rules
of grammar. He wrote rapidly, as the
thoughts seized him, nor lever leaned
his head upon his left hand to study
what he should write next Yet
Swift's prose is never ungainly; it is
simple and clear and direct, absolutely
free from aflectation or "curious care, -
never seeking mere rhetorical effects;
but it is not the less polished to a
smooth and brilliant surface not the
polish of elaboration, but the fine
chiseled surface that marks mind that
thought clearly and .exactly.-Stantey
Lane Pool.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-05-02
PITH AND POINT.

Hammered silver is all the rage
nowadays. If we can't compel the
servant to be careful we can at least
alter the fashion and bid her do her
worst. boston Post.
-"Ah! you flatter nue.. lisped adude
to pretty girl with whom he was
conversing, mo, / don't" was the re-
ply. "You couldn'tbe any flatter than
you are. "--BnrlingtoGl Free Press.
"A grease spot can be taken out of
carpet by applying warm buckwheat
batter, and the batter can be taken
out by cutting hole in the carpet
where the batter was applied.
"A Boston girl, who saw fellow
with delirium tremens, exclaimed:
Unhappy man! Why do you permit
yourself to get James-Jamsp J" Tho
shock restored the sufferer to his right
mind.--M. Y. Journal.
Yes" said the Scissors to the
Paste Pot, "first there was the Golden
Age, then came the Silver Age and the
Brazen Ago, and now comes the Niue il
Age" whereat the Paste Pot went into
commissions. Boston Globe.
-''Have you heard Miss Simpson
sing since she returned from Europep"
'Several times" ''Do you think sho
has improvedP" every much" "In
what PARTICULAR" ''She doesn't sing
as much as she used to. IN T. Graphic.
-"Tain't no use tryin' to drive a
woman, tits mighty like when ye
tryin' to drive passul o. hens come
into the house; and ye chase EN- up and
say Shoot and gifts 'em almost to
the do; and they jist run straight
past its-A@nty LoSh, IN True" b,
George Parsons Lathrop.
A Maryland wedding had to b.
postponed because at the last moment
it was found that somebody had stoler
the marriage license. 1t is curious
what chances some fellows do have
even when it would seem the last OPP
portunity of escape had passed. Bur
lington Hdwkeyc.
do you knaw, Fwed, what day O
the month it is to-dayP' drawled GU
one dude to another in the New Yorl
Union Club. 81 have no ideaw
Chawles." "Well, perhaps you knav
what day of the month yesterday vast
Il cawnt remember, Chawles; but las
christmas wath on the 25th of Decem
Der. IN Y. Independent.
"A critic dropped into studio il
Paris one day, stopped before the por
trait of u lady on the easel, and re
marked; "But why did you take sucl
an ugly modelP" at is my mother, >
calmly replied artist. ooh! pardon
thousand times" said the critic, il
great confusion. "You are right.
ought to have perceived it. 1t resem
bles you completely. "-SoWthern Bud
get.
"A parrot one day met an owl. "Ah
how do you do, friend owl. hear bat
stories about you" as that so; wha
is the trouhleP" "Well, our friend
the ass, tells me that on certain occa
sion you made fool of yourself" "Ah
yes, possible, but our friend, the ass, i
more unfortunate still" How /
that, friend owlP' "Well, you see h
can not make fool of himself. - "Wh
notP" Because nature has done tina
for him The moral of this little ia
BILE seems to be that those who live j
glass houses .shoult. get the glass il
sured. -DetroU Free Press.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-05-02
Since 167G mo- new deYelonments have

Since 1876 no acknowledgements have
been made in the mechanical science, of
horology. But in latter days Helesses
and Hugenseo have discovered several
methods of making clocks go by elee-
tricity without giving us. the great
trouble of winding. ..si.-.s.
In the last. century the watches of
Geneva were unrivalled, but nowadays,
from wishing to make too cheaply,
Geneva has lost some. of her prestige,
and Swiss watches have come to be
locked upon with some disfavor, es-
pecially in England. There seems to
be. battle for supremacy between
France and England. France carries
off the palm for the exquisite beauty of
ladies' watches, while England has
great reputation for the soundness and
finish of gentlemen's watches, and
America, though younger in the art of
horology, is not behind the other ma
tons in the way of fame.
English thermometers are held in
comparable the whole world over. All
the naval chronometers undergo a
probationary usage of six, months, and
often longer, at Greenwich sObserva-
tory before they are ready to go over
the seas. They. are subjected to q
whole series of scientific experiments,
comprising all possible changes of tenn
perature, ordeal by fire and ordeal by
water. The work is very difficult, anC
when man completes the examina
ton he should rank as an artist, rather
than a mere mechanic.-U Utica IN T.,
| Press.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-05-02

A North Carolina woman, who dis
covered that heifer which had been
stolen from her was in the possession
of neighbor, went to a magistrate for
the purpose of instituting legal pro-
ceedings for the recovery OF her PROF
erty, but the magistrate told her that
the cost of lawful proceedings would he
considerable, and, as the heifer had
been taken from her illegally, she hal
better raise a sufficient crowd to %
and take her back by force, and thus
save expense.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-05-02

AS soon as we got on to the gang
we dropped that they were crooks, and
we went under cover to pipe. The gang
sent out two crows to watch for cops.
The three others walked down the ave-
nue., and we felt that their lay was to
touch store. They stopped to crack
the store LOG Sixth avenue, but quit it
cold and worked their crabs-that is,
they went up Clinton place to the Gin
cinnati Laundry, 1873. There was a
woman asleep inside, but the biggest
crook went inside and swiped the till.
We did not collar the three men, be-
cause we knew they would split the
stuff. When they did, a little further
up the street, we got on to them, and
after a tough scrap, ran. all three in. "
- Trenton { ~ J) Times.