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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-22

are each eight feet square and extend
from the well above the upper lock gate
TO the well above the lower gate. The
water is admitted into the culverts
through grated well. The covering of
the culverts is the floor Of the lock. The
water passes into the lock chamber
through ffty-eight spertures in the lock
floor. Each aperture has an area of
three square feet. The filing valves
through which the water enters the Cul-
vert are two in number and are located
in the well just above the upper lock
gate. Each valve when shut closes the
entrance 20 one of the CulvertS. Each
valve is ten feet wide and eight inches
deep and is made with horizontal cast
iron aXles and frames, to which cover
ing Of boiler iron Is bolted.
The two emptyng valves through
which the water escapes from the lock
are located in the well just above the
lower lock gate. Their construction is
similar TO that Of the filling valves just
described. The power for the machinery
is obtained from two thirty-inch tur-
bineS Water is brought TO the wheels
through a supply pipe from the canal
above the lock. Both are connected by
spar gearing To the main shaft. There
are four gate engines, one for each leaf
of the upper and lower lock-gatcs. and
four valve engines, one for each Of the
filling and emptying valves. The pump
for emptying the lock is in the cellar of
the machine house. II Is centrifugal.
run by belt from the main shaft, and
is about eight feet below the surface of
the water. When the water is 10 be
pumped ont of the lock, which is usually
done twice year, the guard gates above
and below are closed. Seventeen hours
is required TO empty the lock with the
pump.
The guard gates are only used when
repairs are being made to the lock.
They are opened and closed by means of
temporary block and tackle operated by
a power capstan. This capstan is on
the lock wall near the machine house.
IL is run by belts from the main shaft,
and is utilized for warping vessels in and
out of the lock. Both leaves Of the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-22
Long Life to Him,

Long life 70 the jolly man! Wherever
he goes there fits breeze or sparkles a
sunbeam, or, behold! the refrcshment OF
n shower that turns the withered COM
monplace OF life green as an April
meadow, writes Amber. / have no pa
thence with that etiquette that forbids
hearty laughter. As well reprove lark
Tor singing when the sun is rising.
have no patience either with the cracl<le
OF thorny laughter under the bubbling
pot OF meaningless mirth; but downright
contagious hilarity with its quick peal
OF laughter bells-give us plenty of that
TO keep our hearts in tuneful harmony.
Did you ever hear OF villain who was
full OF the appreciation OF humor, or
quickly moved TO laughter? Bad men
may show their teeth like Carker. or
comfort their faces into meaningless
smiles, but their merriment is as differ
ent from the jocund laughter of good
men as the call Of the night bird differs
from bobolink's sunlit spray Of morn
ing melody.
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minutes to empty each lock chamber.
For thirty-one years these locks were in
commission, and then they were aban-
dOned. To-day there is a vast hole In
the ground partially filled with steam
drills, huge derricks and tawny Italian
laborers that occupy the sites of the old
locks, which in turn forms part. of the
chamber Of the new lock now in course
of construction.
This masterpiece of engineering skill
will be 500 feet long between the gates,
100 feet wide, and 49, feet deep Its
capacity will be $40, 600 cubic feet.
The depth of water on the inter stills
will be 90 feet, and the lift Of the lock IS
feet. The volume OF water i'm the lock,
when filed 10 the level of the canal,
will be %, 33S, 900 gallons, over six times
the capacity Of the first one built 1t is
expected that four vessels, each $50 feet
long and 40 feet wide, can pass through
AT one lockage. Work was begun in the
spring of 1887. 1t is under the super
vision Of General Orlando NJ. Poe, L. :.
A, the engineer in charge of the canal
Improvements, and the estimated cost
of the lock, together with the enlarged
canal, which is TO have navigable
depth OF 20 feet, is in the neighborhood
OF o,OOO,COO.
The contractors should have finished
their work Of eXcavating last June, but
leakages and other drawbacks delayed
them, so General Poe granted a six
months extension. He might as well
have given them year, for IL is safe to
say the big lock will not be ready for the
masonry until after navigation opens
next spring. Still, the contractors are
. h. Il Il
sible, and have lately put on a night
force.
The present lock through which all
vessels must pass en- route 10 and from
Lake Superior has long been considered
one OF the most remarkable structures
in the world of its kind. When, in 1855,
the ST. Mary's Falls Canal was con-
structed for the purpose Of enabling the
traffic by water between Lakes Superior
and HURON to overcome fall Of twenty
feet four inches in the st. Mary's Strait,
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rocky sides OF the canal by revetment
of pier work, the general height OF
which is four feet above mean water
level. The material is pine timber one
foot square.
The chamber OF the lock is SIS feet
long between the gates, eighty feet wide,
narrowed TO sixty feet at the gates. The
depth OF the water on the inter stills Is
seventeen feet The volume OF water In
the lock chamber when filled 70 the level
of the canal above amounts, to 9,sss, 00C
gallons, nearly three times more than
that I'm the old lock, but less than one
half the volume that will be contained In
| the one now under construction.
| The walls are of limestone. The cut
stone was obtained from Marblehead,
Ohio, and Kelley's Island, Lake Erie,
There are 34,207 cubic yards of masonry
| in the construction, of which 80, 900 bar
rels of cement were used, every barrel OF
which was tested before IL went TO the
wall The foundation is on rock through
out Potsdam sandstone of different de-
grees OF hardness. A floor OF timber and
concrete extends across the bottom of the
lock and five feet under each wall. The
miter-silS are oak tlmbers - by IL
inches, and fastened I'm place by bolt:
ten feet long, fox-edged and concreted in
the rock.
The estimated capacity OF the lock Is
ninety-siX vessels in twenty-four hours
The limit was nearly reached two years
ago, when eighty-four vessels were
locked through in one day.
A prettier piece of masonry does moi
exist anywhere in the United States
The total cost of the canal enlargement
was almost SO, 100000.
Two minutes Is required 10 open oil
close the lock gates, eleven minutes tC
fill the lock and eight minutes To empty
it. The water reaches the lock from two
culverts under the floor. These culverts
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-22
What a Poor Child Thought.

A young girl, beautiful in form, feat
IRE, and dress, sat in a car. Directly
opposite sat II poor child of about the
same age, shabbily clothed, with a sham
bling body, slightly deformed as to the
shoulders, and an exceedingly plain face,
which bore the lines of suffering and
want. Her eager eyes were fixed on the
face and figure opposite her with a de-
vouring, pathetic look that showed how
keeuSy alive she was TO the exceeding
beauty Of beautiful body. The object
Of the gaze began TO grow uneasy under
its intensity and fXity, and finally,
looking the girl coldly in the face, she
leaned pertly across the aisle, and said:
"Well, Miss Impertnence, If you have
looked at me long enough, you will be
kind enough TO look somewhere else. I'm
tired of it,"
The poor child grew first red and then
white. A look of keen pain came into
her eyes, and then tears, as she turned
away, and said softly:
81 was only thinking how beautiful
you are"
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A RIFLE QUEEN.
Miss Adelaide Rem ems Remarkable Rec
ori Markswomsn.

Miss Adelaide Rem ems Remark able Rec
ori as MHrkswomsn.
Fashionable New York society is
happy In the possession of the cham
pion amateur rife shot In the world.
Miss Adelaide Remsen, who, it is
claimed, can make a clean score every
time Miss Remsen is an intimate
friend of the Marquise de Mores, and
was first taught how to handle rifle
by the plucby wife of the nobleman
cowboy. Miss Remsen's favorite
weapon is 3S-caliber Winchester rifle.
She has an unerring aim and rarely if
ever misses her mark. While visiting
the Marquise de Mores in the Bad
Lands of Dakota, two years ago the
fair New York girl astonished the pro-
fessional hunters with the remarkable
precision Of her aim and her wonder
ful pluck. Miss Remsen has bowled
over deer, bear. antelope, and mount
ain sheep-a truly wonderful record for
a man, let alone pretty young society
miss, who performed this marvellous
shooting in the face of the greatest
dangers.
While at Lennox, Mass, last season
aud again at Cannes, France, about
three months ago, Miss Remsen made
such phenomenal scores as to evoke the
admiration of the spectators, who pre-
sented her with couple of bejeweled
badges emblematic of her prowess with
the rife. The Prince of Wales, who
witnessed Miss Remsens Workmanship
at Cannes, presented hsr with tiny
gold target, studded with priceless
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-22
sh. Had a Fl..h and blood Baby.

A lady walking along the street came
upon little girl wheeling a baby car
riage. "What a beautiful babyl" ex-
claimed the lady as she discovered pink
face done up In cream-colored shawl.
"Whose child is it?"
"Mine," the girl answered.
"Oh, you mean that IL is your little
brother or sister"
mo, mean that he is not my brother,
but ismine-my child"
"You are very young mother"
al amt no mother"
"Then why should you say that the
baby is yours?" the lady mischievously
asked.
"Cause God sent IL to me. My mamma
asked me IL didn't want little baby I'm
the house an / said yes, an she, said II
/ prayed for one God would send 10, and
then said l would pray for little sis
ter, cause like girls better than boys;
but mamma said l jest better pray for
any kind that God was a mind to send,
but / didn't l prayed for little girl,
but God took an sent boy any way, an
i guess IL was cause he didn't have any
girls on hand. Then / said would pray
to send little girl as soon as he could,
an il made papa laugh, an he said
neenter pray any more; he'd see the
Lord about il himself. And he did. This
is the child-my child. Pioneer Press.
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which is the connecting waterway be-
tween these two important lakes, IL was
expected that the difficulty was solved
for years TO come. But scarcely dec
ade passed before the volume Of bust
ness had increased so largely that il was
easy to figure the first lock would, be-
fore long, prove wholly inadequate.
From the shores Of Lake Superior
came wealth of iron and copper ore,
together with millions OF feet OF lumber,
and TO carry this through the canal
taxed the lock beyond its capacity. A
new and larger one became an absolute
necessity, and to supply this demand the
United States Government I'm 1870 let
the first contract for tho improvement of
the canal, which resulted in its enlarge
ment and the building Of the magnificent
lock I'm commission to-day.
The canal, originally 5,4O0 feet long,
was increased to 1000 feet and the depth
from twelve feet TO sixteen feet. It's
width is variable-the least width being
los feet at the movable dam Vessels
are protected against injury from tie
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upper guard gate are provided with
valves with which to ill the lock after
the water is pumped out. The lock can
be filled through these valves in about
one hour.
The movable dam is about 5000 feet
from the lock and is designed to check
the flow Of water so that the upper guard
eatcs can be closed in case the lock gates
arc accidentally carried away. IL con-
sists Of an ordinary swing bridge, one
end OF which can be thrown across the
canal. A series Of wickets are sus-
pended side by side from horizontal
truss hung beneath the bridge and abut-
ting at either end, when the bridge is
closed, against heavy buffers securely
anchored To the masonry. One end of
each wicket can be let down until &c
rests against sill in tho bottom OF the
canal. When the wfckets are all down
they form vertical bukhead or dam.
There are twrnty-three OF these wickets,
each supported In an iron frame.
Over nine thousand five hundred ves-
sells passed through ths lock last year,
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Not So Bad as Alleged.

Considerable complaint is heard be-
cause of alleged rough and unkind re-
marks recently made by a minister Of the
gospel from the pulpit here in regard To
the people Of Bellville, among other
things that "IIellville would be a more
appropriate name for our town than
Bellville." The Standard trusts that
2ere is some mistake or even exaggera-
ton about this. The real facts are that
we, who have lived and prospered here
for twenty years or more, are strongly
impressed, i'm fact, firmly believe, that our
little town is real nice place, and the
better class of people are largely in the
majority re.-BellUtlle (TerdS) Stand
ard
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-22
This Meant for You.

II has been truly said that half the world
does not know how the other half lives.
Comparatively few OF us have perfect
health, owing TO the impure condition OF
our blood. But we rub along from day 10
day, with scarcely thought, unless forced
10 our attention, OF the thousands all about
us who are suffering from scrofula, salt
rheum. aud other serious blood disorders,
and whose agonies can only be imagined.
The marked success OF Hoods Sarsaparilla
for these troubles, as shown In our adver-
Using columns frequently, certainly seems
TO Justify urging the use OF this excellent
medicine by all who know that their blood
is disorderes. Every claim in behalf OF
Hoods sarsaparilla is fully backed up by
what the medicine has done and is still do
ing, and when its proprietors urge its mer-
its and its use upon all who suffer from
impure blood, in great or small degrees,
they certainly mean to include you.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-22
As Good as Catawbas.

Lake Keuka first became noted for
the culture of grapes on it's shores.
The first vineyard was planted about
1856 on the west shore. In 1861 an
other was planted on Bluff Point. The
business proved very profitable, and
the cultivation of grapes extended un-
til nearly all available land has been
utilized. At present grape land is
valued at 500 to $500 per acre and
bearing vineyards $500 to $1,000, the
latter price being that of the best Ca
tawba vineyards. The present crop is
very promising, and, in view of the
general failure of other kinds of fruit,
grape-growers are expecting good
prices. -ROnle Sentinel
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AMONG the incidents of the late Grand
Army reunion i'm Boston was the meet
ing of two brothers, natives Of Maine,
who had not seen each other since the
war and each of whom supposed the
other to have been killed in that con-
fliet. One now lives in New York and
the other in Vermont.
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How Ii ]. Done.

First City Father-Here's fne-look
ing street.
Second ditto-You're right there
What's best TO be done to it 2"
Lets have it dug up for sewer"
But wouldn't it be proper to pave il
frstP"
"Of course. 1 supposed you under
stood that. Then, after it is paved and
a sewer put in we'll have it repaved."
"All in readiness to be dug up again
for the gas pipe? see you understand
the principles of municipal economy.
And after we have it repaved a second
time, then what?"
well, then, it will be in order fol
widening There's nothing admire Sc
much as system in the care and i'm
provement of our roadways. "-BoSto on
TRANSCRIPT.
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exactly two years and fourteen days from
that date the steamer Illinois had the
honor of being the first boat 10 be locked
through. This lock had two chambers,
each 20 feet wide and $50 feet long. be-
tween gates, passing vessels drawing a
maximum of eleven and one-half feet
Water was admitted to the locks
through openings in the leaves of the
upper gates by means of butterfly valves
which were worked with a rack and
pinion. Seven minutes was required TO
fill the upper lock chamber, and fourteen
minutes TO fill the lower one. The vol
ume of water in the upper lock, when
filled to the level of the canal above,
amounted TO 1857, 600 gallons Valves
On the lower lock gates allowed the water
TO escape, and il only required fourteen
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the actual freight carried amounting 10
7,516,022 tons In addition TO nearly twen-
ty-six thousand passengers. The steady
increase In business and tedious delays
that oftentimes arise have convinced the
Government that a single lock cannot
accommodate the commerce OF the North
ern lakes. so on recommendation OF Gen.
WitZel, of the War Department, Congress
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finally authorized the construction OF an
other lock and the Improvement of Hay
Lake channel. The new lock will be
built on very nearly the same lines as
the present one, only it will be larger In
every way, as already described.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-22
Ask Your Friends About It.

Your distressing cough can be cured. We
know Il, because Kemp's Balsam within the
past few years has cured SO many coughs
and colds in this community. Its remark
able sale has been'won entirely by its genu-
inc merit Ask some friend who has used 1t
what he thipks OF Kemp's Balsam. There
Is no medicine SO pure. none so effective.
Large bottles soc and 81 at all druggists
Sample bottle free.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-22
Z" We'll! Veil"

WeU! Wcu!"
That's the way you feel after one or
two of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
have done their work. You feel
well, instead of bilious and consti-
pated; your sick headache, dizzi-
ness and Indigestion are gone. It's
done mildly and easily, too. You
don't have to feel worse before You
feel better. That is the trouble
with the huge, old fashioned pill.
These are small, sugar-coated, cas-
lest to take. One little Pellets a
laxative, three to four are cathartic..
They regulate and cleanse the liver,
stomach and bowels-quickly, but.
thoroughly. They're the cheapest
pill, sold by druggists, because you
only pay for the good you get.
They're guaranteed to give salts
faction, every time, or your money
is returned. That's the peculiar
plan all DR.. Pierce's medicines arc.
sold on.
Can Won ask moro /?
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Papa's wedding Present.

After the wedding: He-What are
you crying for. lover
She-Over papa's wedding present
--boo-hoo.
He-Why, what's the matter with it {?
She-It's nothing but receipted
bill for the gas we used up during our
courtship. Burling ton Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-22

AN indignant professor Of anatomy in
New York denies that there is a skele-
ton in every closet-he has pawned his.
-IeLds SiftinqS.
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A Mean Cheat.

Customer (angrily) - This sup
pressed edition of the "Kreutzer
Sonata" is a fraud, aud / want my
money back
Newsdealer-Wh What's the matter?
Customer-Theres no, hing objec.
tionable about it.-Eelc York Weekly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-22

THE worlds stage, and you will al
ways have crowded houses when you
make fool Of rsef-Atchison Globe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-22

GEORGE BLUsT swore so frlghtfully at
Mrs. Charles Graham, near New Albany,
Ind, that she went into commissions and
died
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-22

MEN think house cleaning easy. but I'M
less woman uses SAP0LIO the proverb
Is true. Easier rule u kingdom tn an man
age a house."
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DoBDINs' Electric Soap does not chap the
hands. being perfectly pure. Many people
afflicted with Salt Rheum have been cured
by It's use. Preserves and whitens clothes.
Eave your grocer order il and try Il noln
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-22

ELECTRIC currents of 500 horsepower
will be supplied the international Elec-
trical Exhibition at Frankfort trom
generators 140 miles distant.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-22

A. M. PRIEST. Druggist, Shelbyville, Ind.
says: Halls Catarrh Cure give the best Of
satisfaction. Can get plenty OF testimonials. as
It. 75c.
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WHEN medicine is given a child. parents
like 10 feel 1t Is a safe and proper one. Such
a remedy is DR.. Bulls Worm Destroyers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-22

For q disordered liver try BEEcHAMs
PILLS.
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A MANS tongue can spoil all his indus
try
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II afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it Csc.
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gems, which the fair markswoman
wears as a lace-pin. Miss Remsen is a
noted society belle.
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jE GREAT NORTHERN
AXES MEET.

al at Saint Mzry's River n
neoring Skill. but ~ still
Process OF Construction
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THE MARKETS.
STOCKS
NEW YORK. Sept 3.-Baf silver. 81 18x
Lead-Very strong; domestic, S4.s2.k

NEW YORK. Sept. 3.-Bar silver. $L18x.
Lead-very strong; domestic, Sks2h.
Copper-Nominal: lake. Sl8.7h E.
Business developed by the Efforts of the bears
to further suppress the Rock Island 1nd sugar
refneries, with some trading in Atchison and St.
Paul. comprised about all there Wa to the stock
market In the afternoon vigorous raid upon
Burlington l. Quincy ratified that stock off III
per cent in . very short time. The stack cease
q suddenly q it began and tho .maekst closed
fairly steady At about opening figures for most of
and sugar were slight, the only important one
ments steady.
Petroleum closed steady; spot Psnnsylvania oil
s epsned d., saAc: closed saxo; octossr opened At
e' Go,e e.sna ss0 bopd.4. ,.e<. az. ,o..
Northern Pacific: IS; preferred. seX; Oregon
OrssDn Short Line. 4sS; fsanscontinental. Asa;
eg7. stsrlins e3ch.nse dull. stsady &Idss
bills s4'ss' d. SaldAS Stss 1xkrrnx
CHICAGO. Sept &-Cattle- Rsoelpts. lA,Ooo;
sls Gig q and weak stesss e .; Texans, 3a1d
t 4 "a sS Dse1@@i heavy and butchers st4os
sshssm,Rsssip;ssi 1872 steady; natives. s4ooe
CHICAGO PRODUCE
CHICAGO. Sept A-Close-Wheat oash,
u Of; December 31.oeh; MAJ, $l.O7H.
Corn-Steady; each. 46c; October, ls4c; May
4SSc.
Oats-Easv cash. sses[; October, sskc; Nay
Harley-Firm; 75c.
Pork-Hteady; cash, 91QS7k; Octobsr $40 %
January, $1al0
Lard Z: ssSteadr eaah sasx; October. sass; Jan.
Shoulders 81. 7565 SIX.
Short clear-4Ao6(7S 20.
Short rihe-oA 10Gk "a
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euaasy heursisn.

Tho Northern Pacific Railroad company
will make Sunday excursion rate Of one
fare for the round trip to al points between
Helena and Butte via Garrison; also to all
points on the Helena. Boulder Valley 4
Butte. Helena 4 Jefferson County, ana
Helena Northekn branches. Tickets 70
be sold a 6sndsye only, good 70 return