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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-29

than i'm the United States came up, and
i'm MdcmiIdn's Magazine for February,
1852, under THE Industries of the
United States i'm Relation TO the Tariff, ="
membes of parliament, DR. Lyon Play
fair, attempted to show how the poor
man in the United States was robbed,
etc, under our protective tariff. He
said:
"A workingman buying an ulster coat
for the winter at Boston must pay double
the price that an English workman does;
that is, in Boston it costs eS and in En-
gland less than 81. A workingman's
wooden trousers in Boston cost shil-
lings: like pair in Manchester can be
got for f."
On reading this statement the Hon.
Titus Sheard of Little Falls. n. Y,
himself an Englishman, proprietor of
the Eagle Mills at Little Falls, had
worked when a boy in English WOODEN
mills at S1.50 a week, while he had many
boys in his employ in the Eagle Mills to
whom he paid that amount daily, wrote
to the Boston Commercial Bulletin and
pricked the free trade bubble about
clothing, etc.
Unworthy Gentleman.
Now, sir. is not this statement un-
worthy Of such right honorable gentle
man? Is IL not like a majority of the
statements made by the free traders un-
true, and an outrage upon the intelll-
gent reader?
i do not know at what price you can
get a pair OF wooden trousers I'm Boston,
but il you can get them for ''seven shil-
lings" you can get them in Boston as
cheap as in Manchester, quality con-
sdered.
AS to the ulster coat, we can buy them.
all wool mot cotton warp. at $40 I'm our
village-about e., not "Rs:" so that
they must cost much ''less than ga" i'm
England before they can buy as cheap
there as here.
While / am writing one OF our work.
ingmen, an Englishmen who has been
in this country little over year, en-
ters my Office. / read the above extract
TO him, and ask him how IL is about the
prices given and compared.
equality considered, l can buy as
cheap here as l can at home in York
shire"
/ ask him about the Atwood ulster
coat which he has on, and how much IL
cost. lie answers, "Ten dollars, and it
aren't cotton warp, either"
''Is the suit OF clothes you have on all
wool?" Yes, sir" What did they
cost?"
"Ten Dollars"
"What did those new shoes you have
on cost?" Two dollars and "A half. -
''Could you buy those clothes any cheaper
at homer "No, sir!" GLOW about the
shocs?" "Thcy would cost me at home
$3.50" Glow about your stocking and
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-29
THE O|BsTRUCTIONISTs.
DEMOCRATIC ATTEMPTS TO
DEFEAU LEGISLATION.

A Picture Eloquc\pt of the Methods of the
"Tarif beformelrs" i'm the Last Congress
Leaving the nbuse to Avoid Voting on
Important MatteFs.
The national lJOuse Is composed OF
$40 members. -<Tnder the constitution n
ma jority, or l6G members, constitute IA
quorum. In the congress which has just
completed its first session the house had
ia republicans and Isl democrats
When every republican was present,
there were eight more than quorum.
IL was obviously impossible, however.
owing 10 sickness, important private
business, and other human necessities,
that there should be at all times full
quorum OF republicans present, SO that
when the democrats desired 10 defeat a
measure which they had not the numer-
zeal strength To defeat by voting against
1t, they ali got up and left the room in a
body, thus reducing the membership
present 10 less than quorum.
The constitution declares that con-
gress may compel the attendance of
absent members, and that it may make
rules 10 govern its proceedings, and that
each member shall take an oath TO sup
port the constitution. Among the rules
adopted by this congress is one requiring
members 10 vote, and the oath which
each of these democratic secedegs took
declared that he would support and de-
fend the constitution" that he would
''bear true and faithful allegiance to it,"
and that he would well and faithfully
discharge the duties Of his office. by no
pretcnce can such conduct as is displayed
in this picture be rccOnciled with the
oath these members have taken. The
highest function of an American citizen
is the casting of his ballot. That is the
highest duty of a congressman. To
dodge a vote is cowardce. To prevent
a vote is revolution!
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-29
Pleasant Pararraphs.

A POLITE term for spinsters in North
ern Germany is standing alone ladies.
A BLUEBERBY factory at Cherryfeld,
Me-, has canned 1908 bushels Of berries
this season.
A BILL to forbid and punish the max
ing of caricaturcs has been introduced
In the Vermont Legislature.
Ak Ohio man received S97 from an ac-
cident insurance company on account OF
being kicked by boy.
A PREsQuE ISLE, Ca, young man dug,
On q wager, fifty-thrce barrels OF pota-
toes In ten hours one day this season.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-29
[Chicago Inter ocean,

[Chicago Inter Ocean
NORTHWESTERN TARIFF BUREAU. MIL
wAUKEE. Wis, Oct 6.-To the Editor:
Enquirer, Cedarburg, Wis, writes:
! There are several loud-mouthed free
trader democrats here that are all the
while saying il costs more TO clothe the
workingmen in this country than IL does
in England, and that it is protection that
does IT, and that il is free trade in Eng
land that makes everything so cheap for
the laborers there. They claim that il
we had free trade here everything would
be cheaper. We want to have the Inter
Ocean explain this 10 us SO that we can
understand it, and show it to the free
traders"
Reply trust Enquirer" will be bet
ter satisfied with frce-trade authority
than he would be if a protectionist was
quoted. Consul Schocnhof, free-trader,
writing from Tunstall Great Brittany,
says i'm his report: $50 far as clothing
and dry goods i'm general are concerned,
/ find cotton goods fully as cheap in the
United States as here. Shirtings and
sheetings II anything are superior i'm
quality for the same price. Articles of
underwear for women are superior in
workmanship and cheaper in price in the
United States. Nor are mems shirts,
when chiefly OF cotton, any cheaper here.
OF boots and shoes factory-made the
same may be said. Articles made to
order are cheaper in England owing to
the lower prices of hand labor, but the
difference In prices of ready-made things
Is not so marked. In workmanship and
finish find the corresponding articles of
wholesale manufacture superior in the
United States This is true OF clothing
as well as collars, cuffs, and like
articles"
Again, Consul Schoenhof, writing from
ireland, In consular reports, No. 80, No
vember 1887 (see page 307), says:
at is useless for me 10 dwell much on
the linen industry of Ulster 1t is well
known in Ulster they are foremost In
this branch in the whole world. Still /
find that
The Earnings OF the People
employed I'm the linen mills in Ulster are
FAR below those OF any class employed in
the textile branches in England. Mill
regulations and working time OF course
ore the same for the whole kingdom.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-29
The Earnings of the People

employed in the linen mills in Ulster are
FAR below those OF any class employed in
the textile branches in England. Mill
regulations and working time OF course
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-29
"Ten Dollars"

"What did those new shoes you have
on cost?" Two dollars and "A half. .
"Could you buy those clothes any cheaper
at homer mo, sir!' GLOW about the
shocs?" "Thcy would cost me at home
$3.50" Chow about your stocking and
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-29
DEMOCRATS NOT GAGGED BUT MISSING.

An
the Empty
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-29
PROTECTION POINTERS.
ENGLISH LABORERS PAY AS
MUCH FOR CLOTHING.

Shey Have No Advantage Over American
ToiIers Boast of tho Golden Club that
1t VIII Destroy American Industries
Consideration for English worIingmen.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-02-01
Land Receivers Removed.

@0AlS E0SllIoV0Os
Washington telegram says q quiet in.
vestigation into the affairs of many Western
land Offices has been going on nnder the con-
duct Of the department otthe interior, and
az a result a good number of officials will
lose their heads. Some time ago it was I'M
officially reported that several receivers were
short in their accounts. Secretary Noble on
the showing presented, gave his personal ut
tsntion to the situation for q few minutes,
and as q result nine q n Office receivers were
removed from their positions. The death
roll is as follows:
H. c. Fink, Des Moines; J. J. Orr, Buffalo,
Allison, Gunnison. Colo; F. I. Anderson, Del
Norte, n. M; R. ". Hutchins, Humboldt,
Colo; Fred W. Smith, Tucson, Ariz.; Charles
Spaulding, Topeka; James Brown, LosCruces,
N. M. 49,
The precise cause that led the secretary to
make such q wholesale removal is keptpretty
quiet at the department.. Special agents
have been out for some days looking up
the situation, and in several cases it is
known that the cause of the removals is dis
honesty in the handling of the D public money,
In some cases the action Of dismissal is &C
companied by suit to recover for the set
tiers certain moneys deposited as fees, which
the receivers pockated and for which they
gave no receipts. It was possible for them
of the funds they handle comes
to their Office by mail. They neither enter it
instheir books OF send receipts to the settler.
Just how extensively this has been practieed
ID o clear yet, and will not be until all the
reports are In from the governments special
agents who are hunting for evidence. Com
plants from settlers are numerous, and it
was these complaints that started the de-
partment on it's swing around the circle ON
an investigating trip.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-02-01

George Lounsberry. who was cashier Of thu
postoflce in New York City, shot himself at
his home in Hackensack, N. ]. He is still
alive, but his wound is a fatal one. Investi-
CATION also developed the fact that his ac-
counts were short about 100000. He had
been away from duty for three days, and he
sent o telegram to Postmaster Van Colt,
stating hat he was confined to his house by
illness and would attend to his duties as soon
as he got better. It was then that the inves-
tigation was put IN foot. He was thirty. six
years Of age and married.
Peter Nelson, the check worker OLA Crosse
appears to be in great demand in Minnesota.
Letters have been received from Sheriff RAN
dali Of Big Stone county and Deputy Sheriff
Heiberry of Montevideo. Both officers soy
Nelson's true name is probably Jacob Bonn,
and that he is wanted for horse stealing, Jail
breaking and check working. One of the let
ters says he is the same man who bargained
for q large amount OF land in Big Stone
county and drew q bogus check on q Red
Wing bank for $40, 900. At La Crosse Mel
son came into court, pleaded guilty Of OBJ
tanning goods under false pretenses aud was
sentenced to one year.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-02-01
Comstock and the Young Pub
Usher.

A charming instance of "the bitter
bit" comes in q good story about
a well-known Philadelphia pub
fishing house. This firm had for some
time made a feature Of certain novels
of what would now be called the
'ultra-realistic" type, and prospered
exceedingly thereby until one uckless
day the redoubtable Anthony Com
stock turned his attention TO this
branch of literature. Mr.. Comstock
called at the store of the firm, looked
over the stock displayed on the
counters, and at last limited to the
youthful scion of the publishing clan.
who was attending him, that he
would like to see something a little
more highly favored than the gen
eral run. The young publishers eye
sparkled, and remarking with q
charming lisp which is one of his most
delightful attributes: Il know what
you want; you want something real
juithy," unsuspectingly led the pres
ident of the Society for the Suppress
ion ofViceby devious ways to a room
where. anexceedinglyc choice collection
Of the sort of literature desired was
shown him. 1t was now the turn OF
the virtuous Anthony's eyes to
sparkle, and when he revealed his iden-
tity the feelings Of the Junior pub
Usher may be better imagined than
described. Suffice it to say that is it
impossible for any benevolent docking
stranger to safe his thirst for this
class ofliterature at the Philadelphia
storey W. Box inthe Indianapolis
Nox,,c ..-.. af. F.5.r" "4Gl@
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-02-01
Pussy Brings Luck to Sailors
a. % men, @@&*

If there is anything in the popular
superstition among sailors that "a
cat brings good luck" the voyage OF
the British steamship ITALIA will be
a pleasant one. A fine large Maltese
cat went aboard the vessel the day
before she sailed and compnsedly
curled up on the heavily upholstered
crimson sofa in the officers saloon,
and when the vesse! sailed she was a.
contented passenger.
"She is I'm old traveller" said the
steward, as he stroked her soft fur.
land this is not her first voyage.
Cats like change and they will visit
first one vessel and then another in
port until they find one that suits
them; andthey are a knowing animal,
and seem to have some intuition
when a vessel is going to sail. Do
| think q cat brings luck? Oh, yes.
It's good luck to have a cot come to
you. Why, that's not a superstition
of sailors alone. Did you ever see a
land lubber that didn't believe it?
Thatcat will have the best treatment
on board; besides, there's no end to
the rats on board, and the cat will
be useful as we'll as lucky to u.s."
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-02-01
EPITOME OF NEWS.
A Choice Collection Of the
Latest News Greatly
Condensed.
WASHINGTON

Director OF the Mint Leech denies tho pub
lished statement that 5000, 600 illegal
United States silver dollars made in Mexico
and sent to the United States ore now in cir.
culation.
Secretary Window has written q letter to
Hon. John Lind in regard to bills now pend
ing before congress making a number Of
cities ports Of delivery. After discussing the
various bills in detail and opposing the paes.
age Of most OF them, he says: l deem this a
fitting opportunity to invite attention to the
undesIrability of legislation whereby ports
are created Mt places where there is no neces-
sity therefor. The number of existing ports
is now fur in excess OF the needs of business
and the expense of collecting the revenue is
greater than it should be in consequence. In
my judgment ports should only be established
in the seaboard or frontier places where there
is with foreign countries and ut
such interior points as may properly be re-
garded as distributing centers.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-02-01
INFLUENZA was first distinctly rec

INFLUENZA was first distinctly rec
ognized as a true epidemic in 1910,
and since then one hundred vista
lions have passed over Europe. In
January, 1882, as many as 10000
persons are said to have been stimuli
taneously affected in St. Petersburg.
At the outbreak in England during
1888, Sir Thomas Watson records
that "all London was smitten with
the influenza on April 3 and the fol-
lowing day" On the same day, a
ship approaching the Devonshire
coast came within range Of the dis
ease, and within half an hour forty
men were i'll. In 1887 the disorder
ragged in London once more, and
again in 1847, which was the last Sc
we're visitation.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-02-01
FLASHES.

decree has been issued by tho provisional
government of Brazil establishing the vail.
dity of civil marriages.
A Swiss paper publishes a private cable
that q revolution broke out in Costa RIGA,
Central America, and that the government
was overturned.
Twelve bodies have been washed ashore at
Bridgeport, England. 1t is surmised that
they are part of the company OF some ship
that hus foundered in the recent gales.
Canadian Parliament Member Mulock will
introduce an obsequious address to the queen.
assuring her that all Canada admires and
loves, and will stick by her government.
The publication of the Samoan treaty in
Berlin has led to it's denunciation by the Ger.
mon press OF both parties. Dispatches say
that Radical and Conservative papers alike
call it q German retreat."
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-02-01

A SCRANTON man who gave his at
tention to raising Pigeons says that
the only bigamist he has ever seen
among pigeons is a male now owned
by him. During the breeding season
the bigamist maintained twoseparate
wives and households, devoting just
about as much attention to one as to
the other. Hehelped raise the broods
of each female, and his affection for
each was equal. The double duty
kept him very busy, but he seemed
to take pride in having so much re.
sponsibility.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-02-01
Around the World in Seventy-Two
DAYS.

lays
Nellie Bly, the New York Worlds globe cir
cler. stepped from the train in the Jersey
City station of the Pennsylvania railroad at
3:15:2S Saturday January, Is. Her actual
time in making the circuit of the world, as
computed by the official takers and verified
by the Worlds announcement was seventy
two Days six hour and eleven minutes. A
number of ladies and gentlemen, mostly
newspaper people, met Miss Bly, ct Phila-
New York. The station in Jersey City was
crowded with people long before the train
was due, and Mayor Cleveland and other
officials were there to receive Miss Bly,.
When the lady alighted she found herself in
the midst of an enthusiastic crowd which the
police had hard word to separate. Mayor
come, but the crowd kept pressing in SO close
ly that it was postponed. The cheering was
continued until Miss Bly, had taken passage
for New York over the Cortland street ferry.
This was accomplished only by two
Of her escort carrying her the length
of the platform. On the trip across
saluted tho ferry boat. At Cortland street
another tremendous crowd gathered, and
Miss Bly's way to the World Office was one
of cheers and flowers. At the World Office
Miss Bly, held a short reception. She is in
good health and spirits. The name she uses
is not her own. She came to New York from
Pittsburg, where she was known as
Elizabeth Cochran. Miss Bisland, the Cos.
mopolitau Magazines round.the-world tray
eler, who started on the same day with Nellie
Bly,, is o passenger on the stsamership Both.
MIA, which sailed from Queenstown for New
York Sunday. The Bothnia is an eight O,
nine-day steamer, and owing to the prevail
ing bad weather at sea she may occupy an
even longer time on this trip.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-02-01
CASUALTIES

It was reported at Charlotte, N. c., that
five men were killed and thirteen men were
wounded by an explosion of powder on q
new railroad near there.
John Gorley and his three children persisted
by fire at st. Johns, N. B. Gorley died in the
flames while making q third attempt to res
cue his children from q burning house. His
remains were found with his head burned of
and q child in his arms.
A terrible railroad collision is reported to
have occurred at Camp Hill, on the Savan-
nah 4 Western railway, in Alabama. Five
men in all are said to have been killed, two
engineers, one fireman and two train hands.
Others were wounded. Awrecking train was
just on the point OF leaving Opelika. This is
the twenty-third wreck on that road in
three weeks.
W. W. Mcfarland Jr., the Youngest son of
W. w. MacFarland, of the law firm of which
Senator Platt is partner of New York, was
drowned while skating on q pond on Slater
Island. When the body was found the body
of Mr.. MacFarland's big st. Bernard dog
was found with it, and there was evidence
that tho dog had tried to pull the boy out of
the water, but had beeh drawn in and
drowned with him.
A special from Monument, Colo, says the
Rio Grande express was blown from the
track, and several passengers were injured.
The wind was blowing a hurricane. Several
houses were unrooied. The two coaches and
sleepers which were blown from the track
took fire, but by great efforts the train
men succeeded in extinguishing the
fire before any one was burn
ed. Among the injured passengers is
Assistant General Freight Agent thinner
man, of the Rio Grande No one fatally
hurt. The wind was general throughout the
state and in many towns damage was lone
to buildings. telephone and telegraph wires.
1t is reported that q railroad grading camp
half way up Pixies Peak was struck by the
hurricane and that sevral men were killed
by being blown over:the precipice.
A husband and wife were slain at Chicago
while attending the funeral of their child.
The driver of the couples conveyance was
also fatally injured, as well as Mrs. Reprogal,
q neighbor who was in the carriage. A pass
enger train on the Chicago & Northwestern
railway did the quadruple killing. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Payne were the unfortunate
parents. just as the carriage containing the
mourning father and mother had reached the
cemetry gate at Rose Hill was the moment
when death came to them. At this point the
road crosses the railway tracks. Noaagman
is stationed at the crossing by the rail road
company, and the driver did not see the train
until it was almost upon him. The engine
struck the center OF the carriage and the oc-
cupants were dashed to death in an instant.
Both husband and wife were multilated be-
yond recognition.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-02-01

AT a recent meeting of the Society
of Aerostation in Berlin, Professor
Griese entertained the assembly with
a description Of an invention of his,
by mean of which q man with his
own muscular power only may leap
into the air and fly for a short time.
The machine is called a sprungf1ugel.
Several scientific men have become
convinced that Herr Griese's inven-
ton is serious, and that it will aid
considerably in solving the problem
of navigating the air.