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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-31
THE HOUSE THAT BURT BUILT.
Burt's Station in Life.


Theron P. Keator, a printer, who made .
four-years tour around the world, working at bis
trade in every country, was In Detroit recently
and in the course of . conversation said: al ar.
rived in ST. Ignace On the same train with Wei.
lington r. Burt, the Democratic candidate for
Governor. The place of speaking was Orths
Hall, the only good hah in the place. The only
other place for holding meeting was dingy cid
hall On the opposite side of the bay. When Mr..
Burt arrived the Democrats bestirred themselves
to hold an opposition gathering, but the Repubi-
cans had engaged band and had the only good
place. So the Republican committee sent over to
Mr. Burt and offered to hold joint discussion and
divide time in Orth's Hall. The Chairman of the
Democratic committee bore the message to Mr..
Burt and returned with his answer after dinner.
1t that he didn't discuss political issues
with anybody not in his station of lifeT"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-31
How BurfS House is Assessed.

The adjoining cut shows the home of w. r.
Burt, candidate for Governor. The house is built
Of red pressed brick, with Portage Lake red sand
stone trimmings, is splendidly finished, and the
barn is built of the same material as the house.
The billiard room is equipped with the highest
priced outfits. The ground upon which it stands
would be worth without any improvements $1,000
to $4,000 The house itself was reported to have
cost $4,000, and there is question that the
property is worth from $4,000 to $4,000. tits
assessed this year at $aS,ooo 1t was first placed
the assessment roll in the year 1886. The record of
the Board of Review for May Io, 1885, eads: "W.
r. Burt addressed the Board in behalf of his per-
sonal and real assessment, claiming proportonate
ly too high. After listening to him the matter
was laid over" May %, 1886, the record shows
that on account of this personal solicitation and
influence the valuation of his residence on lots &
6, II and IL, block IL, CLASSIFY, Gallagher and
Littlc's addition, was reduced to 81 5000.
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Why the South is Poor.

Speaking Of Southern progress,
Henry W. Grady, of the Atlanta
Constitution, says: The other day
there was 4 man buried in Picken5
county. He was dead, and they
were putting him away. In digging
a grave for him they dug through
three feet of marble as pure as any
Parian sculptor w moulded, and
yet the marble slab that went at the
head of this grave was imported
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that. funeral but the hole in the
ground and the corpse. He was
clothed in shoes from Massachusetts,
a suit from Chicago, a shirt from
Cincinnati, a lat from Lynn, and
his own county furnished nothing
hut tho marrow in his bones and the
blood in his VEINS"
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Ahbtrille Meyilional.
'E'he Glory Of stc ,scw.

\ large congregation listened to
the lecture Of Rabbi Leon Harrison
at temple Israel. on Greene avenue,
Brooklyn, n. Y. His subject was,
is it a Misfortune to be a Jew ?"
The words Of the I'saImist. he said,
are justified when we reflect upon
the position Of the Jew in the history
Of other nations. how nc has en-
lightene6 by his intellect and kin
died by lis faith and enriched by
his commerce all the people of the
earth. lie is, according to Disraeli:
the true conqucror of the world.
1--WE have 10 reason to bcwai|
judaism as a badge of scrvitude and
IeIplessness," tie preacher said. "a
iIeine need no longer sigh, and
might not even a David oxult? Has
nm God slincd forth yisibly from
laf&e1 TO enIighten men? Alien
cFi;f1s are astouudcd at the prodigal
,aagDiGcsnce Of ,llis peoples gift.
Their poets are prophets, their liter
AZURE worthy of ascription to God
himself, and one of. their children
so exalted in the eye Of humanity
that he is not only 10 them saint,
secr and prophet, but an Incarnation
OF God himself. The sh;ewd rational
p%rogenitors Of the roce united the
most contradictory Qualities. Prac-
teal and ideal, Commercial and
prophetic. tae orig 2et1rs OF a
worlds commerce uHu tue founders
Of q worlds religion, the race seems,
in truth, o m'crocosm of mankind, a
picture or miniature Of the Whole
Of humanity. We nave sailed in
safety from the Jordan to the
Thames, from the E%uphrates to the
Hudson, in an ancient ark of safety.
1t has been battered by storm and
bil'ow, is uncouth and wcather-worn.
and its very antiquity may provoke
the smiles Of the ignorant and vui
gar. II there is any misfortune in
being a Jew il is in the minds o.
these t%hin.skinned brethren whose
ark is laughed at by the i~lnbccility
of the populacc."-N. Y. Times.
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Indian Mounds in Iowa.

According to Intelligence from
that Stale several Indian mounds
werc recently opened in the country
around Dubuque, "all seeming to
confirm the theory that these
mounds contain the relics Of a
prehistoric race, differing greatly
from the American Indian, and a
vastly superior order of intelligence
and civilization. Last week several
skeletons, in a perfect state Of
preservation. where taken from a
mound a mile from Dubuque. They
have been articn|ated and arc now
on exhibition. They are of huge
stature. Anotha: large mound, ut
Charles City. in Floyd county, has
also been explored. Here the
skeletons vera 10 a trench instead
Of on the gr3aad. and Z quantity Of
pottery, arros reads auo stone i'm
p!ements OF aceluar design were
also found. The most curious relic
was a vase with a rim o%rnamented
in the same fashion as vases found
in ancient English mounds and
described in the repor: Of the
United States Bureau Of Ethnology.
That report states that specimens
Of this. kind are exceedingly are in
this county. Farther explorations
are 10 be made"
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NOTICE..

Hunting in the pasture of fine
undersigned, both sea Marsh and
highland is benceforth prohibited.
ANY person caught trespassing upon
said lands, by hunting. after this date
will be prosecuted to the full extent
of the law.
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OFFICIAL

District Judge.
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-08

| Last spring several members Of tho Ameri-
can Society of Holland, which is made up Of
men whose ancestors came from that country,
made tour of the Fatherland in body.
One of tho New York members tells of an
interesting incident that occurred while the
society was abroad The Hollanders felt
greatly flattered by tho visit OF their Ameri-
can cousins and gave them the freedom of
every town they visited. But the hositafty
did not end here They also gavo them din
ners, and formed professions which paraded
the streets in their honor, headed by band
which invariably played Yankee Doodle. "
The Americans naturally wondered why they
played that tune instead Of America" and
! one of them asked Dutchman why 1t was.
"Why, that's your national anthem" was
the reply.
Tho American was surprised at this ex-
hbition of ignorance on the part of his old
country cousin, and fastened to set him
straight
"Oh, no; that's not our national anthem
America is the title of the song that has
that honor"
"Americar American never heard of
it. What is the tuner
The American hummed the tune, and the
Dutchman exclaimed:
"Why, that's God Save the Queenr If
the band was to play that IN the streets here
it would DO mobbed."
Before returning to America the New
Yorker discovered chat the enmity of Hol-
landers for anything that is English really
was the reason why Yankee Doodle was
substituted for America. New York
Press
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-08
THE ACCIDENT TO THE CAR.

Picture of II Has just Been Received in
America and 1t Il Here Reproduced.
A Russian officer who was an eye witness
of the accident on the Russian railway last DC
tOber, by which the lives of the car and other
members Of the royal family were endangered.
made a sketch Of tho train breaking and fall
ing OFF the embankment, which is herewith
reproduced. The accident happened a noon,
and as it has been made tho subject OF official
investigation its details may he briefly re-
counted here. The train was drawn by two
engines and was composed Of several cars
besides the czar's saloon carriage. which was
of massive construction. The disaster was
due 10 the bad state Of the line, which had
been specifically repaired The rails were
not strong enough To support the train, and
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-08

WILLIAM OF ORANGE AND HIS COUNCILLORS
1t was then, too, that the various religious
sects of England which had been IN form
alive condition since the time of Elizabeth
and had suffered what might be called a
social fever during the commonwealth and
been cruelty prosecuted during the admins
tration of Charles and James-it was then,
in the revolution of 1858, that they took final
form and obtained for the first time IA fair
measure of liberty.
There were four Stuart kings Of England,
each pre-eminent in some special vice or folly
The first, James vi of Scotland, and | Of
England was in almost every element of his
character an object OF pity and contempt
He was, perhaps, the most despicable man of
his age. His son, Charles |, by a natural
reaction, was gloomy fanatic, who, as near
as We can determine, actually believed that
it was Gods will that he should deceive his
subjects and rule them despotcally. After
the commonwealth and rule of Cromwell the
restoration brought in his son, Charles II, a
saunterer and voluptuary, wasteful, in
dolent and good natured, who did
not feel the contempt of mankind be-
cause he was below it. Similarly another
reaction was exhibited in the character Of his
VI OtilCl anu huNt'S9pi II, a. BlbOlllJ
obstinate fanatic--a man SO bigoted that he
refused to be restrained even by the pope,
and SO determinedly despotic that even his
own ministers Of despotism were alarmed at
his measures. This, the last Catholic king
of England, succeeded his brother in Febru-
airy, 1855, and at once began u series of acts
violating the most cherished preiudces az
well rs the dearest rights of Englishmcn
By his own act he assumed to dispense
with statutes, 10 compel the universities
TO receive members contrary 10 their
charter and the courts to find verdicts favor
able to the crown. Rebellion followed, but
the better class of Engshmen were not ready
and the abortive rising Of Argyle in Scot
land and Monmouth in the west OF England
were suppressed with the utmost cruelty,
and that of Monmouth was followed by the
celebrated Bloody Assize, the details Of
which, even now, cannot be read without
horror. In few weeks the notorious Judge
Jeffries caused to be hanged over 300 persons,
besides Furnishing and running by heavy
fines much larger number.
Not satisfied with bis first experience, King
James had the temerity to directly attack
the church of England, and when six bishops
and tbs archbishop OF Canterbury united in
. protest they were imprisoned and pros
scutse Oh the plea that the protest was .
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-08
VIII ING.

A WILD dare devil, reck ess TO the core,
Who Knocked at creeds both human and divine
And made dual god CT Chance and viii;
lonely, hardened mon on whom would shine
No ray of hope for al. the future bore
The lowering front OF unacknowedged i'll.
nature softenng meath q womans sway,
And sOilei hands striving 10 be pure again;
Her influence piercing TO the thread of gold
Which CLEANED through broken hopes ald sor.
rows vain;
And then, risen ghost which turned the way
OF dawning happiness to grief untold.
A desperate man with hunted, haggard eyes;
stained life whitening To a nobler close;
And last-etcrnal silence, All the fears,
The brief sweet passion, and the sad heart throes,
A peace forever, as the dead man lies
A poor, dumb suppllant for his mothers tears.
The Theatre.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-08

Spanish politics have been thrown into a
state Of considerable excitement by the
publication of the statistics relating to
tho religious orders in Spain. There are
pol monasterles in the land, 200 having
been built since 1876, with total Of LEO
monks. There are also 100 converts, with
q, 900 nuns The cause of the alarm lies in
the fact that the orders are almost entirely
Carlist. New York Sun
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-08

THE CARS TRAIN AFTER THE ACCIDENT.
the car in which the minister Of roads was
travelling ran olf the line. The ear and his
family were in the saloon carriage. The
emperor was just about 10 take coffee, which
had been handed him by a footman. Tho
latter was killed, likewise the dog which
was lying at the cars feet. The floor OF
the car collapsed, and all the occupants wero
thrown to the ground. The train stopped inn
mediately, and this was the only thing that
saved their lives. The Grand Duchess Olga
was thrown out to distance Of several yards
without being hurt. 1t is said that the EN-
pero- exhibited great strength in releasing
himself and family from the car. The di-
rector Of the railroad Is reported TO have
shot biplsa in his office.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-26
Facts About seaIskins,

A sealskin as seen on the animal is
a very different thing from that seen
on lady's cloak. "The fur is not
visible; it is concealed entirely by a
coat OF stiff overhair, dull, gray brown
and grizzled." The overhair must all
be removed. 1t is long, laborous
process by which these pelts are made
ready for their final use. And because
labor is so much cheaper in the Old
World, nine-tenths of these fur-seal
skins are dressed in London and then
sent out all over the civilized world.
There are practically no other seals
caught save those taken on the Priby-
low Islands by the Alaska Commercial
Company.
The average weight of two-year-
old skin is five and half pounds
three-year-old skin seven, and of a
four-year-pld skin twelve pounds. 1t
takes three skins to make a lady's
sack, which is worth anywhere from
$75 up to $500. The difference in
price is seldom due to variance in
the original quality of the fur, but to
the quality of the work by which it
is made ready for wear. The carcass
is left to rot where the skin is taken
off. 1t requires about three years to
rot away, and, although 10000 of
these carcasses are annually decaying
almost within stones throw of the
village of st. Paul's Island, yet the
people do not seem to suffer any in
furious effect therefrom. The meat
of the young seals, if perfectly
cooked, is not bad eating, and some
of the steaks will compare favorable
with our beef or mutton Boston
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