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Telegram-herald., 1890-02-27

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WAsHISsroS, Feb. 2o.-Mr. Burrows
has introduced bal creating a COM
MISSION 70 inquire into and report upon
the material, industrial and mental
progress made by the eolored people OF
the United states since 1900.
Mr.. BelknAp has introduced service
pension bill, providing a pension al tue
rate Of one cent per day for each days
service. He thinks if a general service
pension bill Is passed, this viii be the
one.
The Grand Rapids post-otfice papers
are still at the White House, and that
Is all that is known about them at pres
enf
Telegram-herald., 1890-02-27
I'LL NIATHIE q.

wAsHINGroS, Feb. 27.-For lower
Michigan. Colder; noriherlv winds;
local SHOWS for Upper Michigan; local
SHOWS, colder. northefly winds. be-
coming variable.
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.'oi whsi 50 aany people want. Il saes eus
snew IA
Spring g. Company
and Monroe-st.
Grand Rapids, Mich,
Feb. az, 90.

Al O1k &0INNa SAAA0A ~
this week, we Will not speak OF
our many attractions IN Dry
Goods, but devote our entire
space in telling you many things
about a great sewing machine.
You know as well as We that no
household is complete without
one-in Il CT, IL is as essential
for a happy and perfect home
as that JOY Of all households.
..the baby. Now. admitting
this TO be a fact, the question
arises, what machine should
you buy9 We will answer you.
and prove and guarantee what
we say with al. The celebras-
ed "Demorest" is the foremost
sewing machine OF the world.
and here are 3 few (snd IL will,
pay you 10 read tbem) of its
many great advantages;
1t is constructed on the lock-
stitch principle.
II is a high machine, the
size under the arm being sax54
inches.
II is made Of the very best ma
terials. They are all of hsr-
dened steel, and a vast amount
of durability is attained by their
easy adjustability.
II has an automatic take-up,
which is noiseless in operation.
The feed is double and the feed
motion is simply perfect; no
partial or half-feed is possible
with the "Demorest.'
The tension has combined with
II a thread releasing device,
which is great advantage.
The shuttle is absolutely self
threading. in this way a great
deal of time is saved, besides
annoyance.
The tension in the shuttle is
perfect.
f. thumb-screw on the arm
regulates the stitch.
BY means of a simple device,
the needle can not be set wrong.
The bobbin winder is placed on
the arm Of the machine and can
be used alone without running
the machine.
The machine is self-belting.
Many machines have a multi
tudc of springs which get out
of order. IN the "Demorest"
they are all done away with,
except the presser-foot and
take-up.
The machine is noiseless and
very light running, and does not
depend upon pads or appliances
10 deaden sound.
The driving wheel is guarded
for the protection Of users
clothes.
The woodwork is OF special de-
sign, and the whole machine IS
an ornament. in every house and
a delight 10 those who use II.
A box Of the best attachments
goes with every machine and
contains 1--WE hemmcrs, quilier,
tucker, ruffer, braider ana bind
CT, one dozen needles, six bob
bins, oil can, two screw drivers
and a very large instruction
book, giving full directions that
any lady can easily learn 10 run
the "Demoi est without any
other help.
The "Demorest" is not a low
grade article, but guaranteed
equal in workmanship 20 any
500 machine in the world.
Our price is the manufacturers
prioe-Sro.5o plus the freight
from New York, which IS s. cts.
A certificate goes with each ma
chine, guaranteeing 10 refund
the money II not as represented.
This certificate, from response
bic house like ours, tells you
immediately that you will save
Sss.so by purchasing the Dem
crest, and with no risk, as you
get your money back II the ma
chine is not as represented, for
we are certain, when you get
il. you would not sell II for
double the price, If you could
not buy another.
Telegram-herald., 1890-02-27

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SPRING & COMPANY.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19

ted as "pirates," and this was his
justification later for the heartless mas
sacre at Alamo. I'm February, portion
of his army reached Alazan Creek, a
little west OF the city of San Antonio,
where Colonel Travis, with $50 effective
men, was stationed. The latter retired
TO Fort Alamo, on the east side OF the
river, and the struggle began that has
given TO history one of its bloodiest
pagas.
Fort Alamo consisted of a chapel 75x
&c feet, a convent 1s6x1s feet, a prison
and plaza, and had a strongly built
stockad2 and walls OF heavy masonry
four feet thick. The different Enclosures
embraced some five acres of ground, with
accommodations for 1000 men. The
outer walls were eight feet high, and,
though built well to repel Indians, they
were not able to resist effective bonn
bardment. The fort had eight heavy
guns for its armament, and over the
chuch floated the flag OF the Provisional
government of Texas, the Mexican tri-
color with the numerals 1924 in place of
the eagle in the white stripe.
The siege began Feb. %. Travis. the
officer in charge, had secured eighty
bushels of corn and thirty beeves for
provisions. At noon of that day Santa
Anna sent summons 10 the Texans TO
surrender, which was answered by a
cannon shot. The next day the fort was
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19

representation as n separate state they
were still held under the sway OF Goa
hula. Under these circumstances the
hardy pioneers began to discuss cOnsti-
tItonal rights, and they saw with alarm
that the government was stamping out
republicanism i'm other provinces, and
knew that il would only be a question of
time when Santa Anna, who falsely pro-
fessed peaceable intentions, would in
wade their territory with rigorous laws
and deSpotic officers.
Amid the mutterlngs of discomfort,
Santa Annals minions began to act
They arrested citizens on fimsy pretexts;
they seized cannons used for protection
against savages; they sent San Antonio
residents TO Monterey as prisoners: they
forced Goliad to pay SIS, 900, and arrested
the Alcalde at that city; they compelled
citizens TO join their army; and the
Americans. aroused 10 a sense Of danger,
began TO organize under the pretense Of
preparing TO repcl Indians who might
attack them. In October, 1885, the first
row between the Texans and the Mexi-
cans occurred at BeXar. IL led To a sec
ond one at Gonzales. and then the Amer
leans, led by the noted Benjamin r.
Milan, attacked the invaders at Goliad
with forty-oight men, captured 300
stand Of arms. $4,000 worth of mill
tary stores, and, after various sorties,
induced the pioneers, Nov. 5, to declare
their independence. A provisional gov
eminent was created. Henry Smith was
elected Governor and Sam Houston com
mander OF the army. Stephen +. Austin
was sent to capture the stronghold OF
the enemy and the key to Tcxas-San
Antonio-and by May, 1895. the Ameri-
cans were virtually in possession Of the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19

that. he would never surrender The
third day the Texan batteries killed two
Mexicans and burned some wooden build
ings outside the fort where their enemies
had taken refuge. The McXicans then
attempted 10 cut of the garrison from
water. Re-cnforccments arrived, To the
number of thirty-two men, the eighth
day. a message was dispatched TO the
convention with letter from Travis,
saying:
Il am still here and well-to-do, with
AS men. i have held this place ten
days against force variously estimated
at from l.5O0 10 5000, and / shall con-
tinue 10 hold il till | get relief fro 4 my
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19

Mexico secured indisputable title 10 it's
broad margins. Its fertile acres early
attracted immigrants and scores Of hardy
pioneers penetrated its borders from the
United States. being apparently well
coined by the Mexican Government. Tn
I'll 1890 affairs proceeded smoothly, but
IL was then discovered by the govern
ment that the Americans were fast out
numbering the natives, and, rs stephen
+. Austin ard other pioneers were devel-
Oping an independent spirit, an effort
was made To hold the reins more tightly.
Immigration was prohibited, Texas was
made the prison home of convicts. and
although the settlers had been promised
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19
short but Good.

IN a hospital at Washington is a pa
tient who is suffering from the effects of
eating raw pumpkin.
THE Statistical Institute of Rome an
nounces that 63 per cent. of ell Italians
are unable TO read and write.
An Atchson candidate worked so hard
that he lost twenty pounds during the
canvass, and then got beaten.
THE most abiding results of sunstroke
are all referable To impaired functionSl
energy of the cerebro-spinal system.
BEFORE the invention of the telescope
an object uron the moons surface fifty
miles in diameter could not be seen.
An orchardist at st. Helena. Cal. has
obtained a profit of more than LOGO
from one acre of apple trees this sum-
mer.
A PAIR of bantam chickens were sold
at the London Crystal Palace for $500,
which was almost twice their weight in
gold.
SOCIETY is dull in Leavenworth be-
cause of lack of young men, and dull
i'm Topeka because of a scarcity of young
ladies'
A BIRD is one of the most wonderfully
organized of all animals, and almost the
whole of its organization is arranged TO
facilitate flight
ASAFRDITA is a vegetable, not an ami
NAL, product. II is prepared from the
roots of a plant extensively grown in
Persia, Beloochistan, and Afghanistan.
THE telescope enables us to measure
the invisible by first making IL visible;
the spectrOscope enables us TO measure
the invisible without making il visible.
THE use of India rubber fcr erasing
pencil marks was first suggested in or
just prior to 1852 by an academician
named Magellan, descendant of the
great navigator
THERE are more than 200. 900 persons
i'm Italy who inhabit dark cellars, and
4.965 communities which are so poor that
meat is never seen on the table, and
bread only on Sundays.
SwIFTs and swallows fly every year
from England to Southern Africa and 10
the Moluccas and the restless, wander
ing flight OF various oceanic birds is still
more surprising.
THE Aryan race has proved itself i'm
mensely superior To the Semitic i'm its
capacity for political organization and
for passing on to systems OF sclf-govern-
ment and federation.
"BETTER late than never" was used
over three hundred years ago by Thomas
Tucker i'm his "Fivc Hundred Points of
Good Husbandry." Later on Bunyan
used it in his "Pilgrim's Progress"
THE pneumatic line between New
York and Philadelphia is now considered
an assured fact 1t is expected that il
will transport large packages between
the two cities i'm less than twenty minutes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19
Where Bachelors Are Not Tolerated.

There is prejudice in the rural dis
tricts of this State against bachelors.
People in every outlying settlement
are opposed to bachelors taking mp
claims in their vicinitys An exchange
says: There are some splendid claims
on Deadwood creek not yet taken as
good a any on the coast. The citizens
want men with families to settle on
them.
"'rhree of these claims were taken by
bachelors last fall. The ladies of
Deadwood passed a resolution placing
three years limit on ceiibaoy in that
district, and providing all bachelors
not married at the end of that time be
run out of the settlement or hung"
That fixed things. Five bachelors
moved out, one got married, and two
have gone into the sparkling business.
Portland Oregonidn.
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MsfiSs5N

were involved in its desperate conflict
for independence, and the story of the
bloodshed and despotism that ended pub
licly with the terrible massacre of the
Alamo is thrilling and marvellous one.
Few greater pioneers were ever banded
together in noble fight for liberty, and
such men as Davy Crockett. James
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19
The Wonders of Cb.m,s,rv

Chemistry is wonderful factor in
civilization. They make everything
out of chemicals now-whisky, bee
and"
by the way. that reminds me saw
proof of it to-day. A man took quar-
of common beer in common tin meas.
ure"
well 2"
He actually turned it into butter
kettle"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19

A SIMPLE camera has been produced
for taking panoramic photographs on
transparent films. The pulling of a
string rotates the camera through one
fourth, one-half. three-fourths, or e
whole circle the film being simultane-
ously wound in an opposite direction
past a slit one sixteenth of an inch wide
placed behind the lens.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19
This will Interest You.

IN the Northwest many voters went to
the polls i'm sleighs.
AGE for age, girls are tallest in Swe-
den. AID heaviest as well.
WEDGwooD WARE was first produced
by Josiah Wedgwood in 1862.
TIE English Channel at its smallest
breadth is twenty and n quarter miles
across.
DURING the past seventy-three years
the American Bible Society has distrlb-
utcd over SO 1rScp" ""nias of the Script
urcS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19

He State OF Texas
has had "A history
unequaled i'm its
scope of struggle,
ssitu de and
warfare by prob
ably any other
State i'm the Union.
Originally an alien
territory, the
strongest elements
OF self-sac r / ii c g
and DatriOtis SIN
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19

TELL your master that he has made
a mistake of twenty marks in the ac-
count he sent me-" "Impossiblel I"
why impossible? II is human to make
mistakes" "Yes, / know that, but my
master is not human"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19
FALL OF TIE ALAMO.
ONE OF THE MOST HEROIC
CHAPTERS IN OUR HISTORY.

How Travis, Crochctt, Bowie and Other
Brave Spirits Died la Deionse of Texan
Independence story al Onc of the
Moss desperate Conflicts of Modern
Times
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19

Mus. WIcKwmE--If YOU go first you
will wait for ne on the other shore,
won't you. dear? Mr.. Wickwire-I sup
pose so. 1 never went anywhere yet
without having to wait for you at least
half an hour.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19

Bowie, Sam Houston and subordinate
coterie of brave, earnest men have given
TO the world by their devotion To a great
cause an example that will live through
the ages.
The Lone Star State was originally
under Spanish domination, but in 1919
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19

countrymen. or / will perish in is de-
Tense. We have had a shower OF cannon
balls continually falling among US the
whole time, yet mono OF Us have fallen.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19

A MAN can be moral without reing
religious, but he can't be religious with.
out being mor2ill
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-19

State. In that month SAINTS anna do
feated the last Of the Repnb lean party
In Zacetecas, and at once started Ia SUBJ
iugate Texas. He issued a prcclama-
tion in which the rebels were dcnomina-
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-23
The Corn Crop.

The Tennessee weather-crOp bulle>
tin for the week ending Aug. 10Th,
contains the following with regard to
the corn crop:
"The gentle rains which were gen.
orally we'll distributed, and supple
menting those of the week previous,
have proved very beneficial TO the
growing and maturing crops in Ten
nessee, and reports from all sections
of the state indicate a very healthy
improvement in those crops which
had suffered so much from the drouth,
and generally favorable condition
in all growing products. Late corn
is the crop perhaps most benefited.
While the relief came rather late, ii
has proved wonderful help to the
proper development of the crop, and
it bids fair, with favorable weather,
to make a good yield. Early corn in
the drouth>stricken districts is very
short. AS a result of rains following
the drouth smut has. developed to 8
great extent in many places, and in
some fields not lesssthan one-fourtf
the crop is affected"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-23
Chancery Sale.

E. P. Wilson and others, vs. John G. Wilson
and others.
TN obedience to decree of the Chancery
i Court at McMinnville, Tenn, rendered
in the above styled cause, will sell at the
Courthouse door in McMinnville, Tenn, on
Monday, Sept. lst, 1890,
the following three lots of land belong
ing to the heirs of E. c. Wilson, decd, ly-
ing in the I4th Civil District of Warren
County, Tenn, on the waters of Mountain
Greek. Said land will be sold in three lots
or tracts. Lot No. containing 81 4 acres.
Lot No. 2 containg 119 acres. Lot No. 3
containing 2l5 acres, A plat of said lands
is on file in my office and will be exhibited
on day of sale.
Terms of SSle-On a credit of and 2
years, with interest from day of sale, except
1925 cash. Notes aud good security required
and lien retained. This July 10, 1890.
j. c. BILES, c. & NJ.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-23
Good Reasons.


Obion Democrat.
The State Democratic Executive
Committee has decided that there
shall be no joint canvass of the can
didates for Governor. The commit
tee has acted sensibly in this matter.
Buchanan will draw larger audiences
than either Baxter or Kelley. Dem
ocrats have been furnishing audiences
for Republican Speakers long enough
to hear both sides of all questions,
and separate canvas need not pres
vent this, though as a general thing,
it means that the Democratic candi-
date will address an audience of re-
spectacle white men while the Re-
publicans will speak to a small
and motley audience of negroes and
cheap whites in which only a very
few decent, respectable gentlemen
can be found. They know this, but
they don't like to be reminded of the
unpleasant fact.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-23
Fifty Cents a Day and Goldfish. "

"While l favor passing the tariff
bill, sooner than that this congress
should not pass the federal elections
bill l would prefer to see every manu-
featuring establishment in Massachu-
sets burned to ashes and the people
of that state required to labor in call
ings in which they could not make
more than so cents a day and be re-
quired to live on Goldfish. - Senator
HOar, of Massachusetts.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-23
HEAVY FAILURE.
A Big Nashville Firm Gone to the
Wall.

Special dispatch to the STANDARD.
NASHVILLE, Aug. 2l.-B. H.
Cooke q Co., wholesale dealers in
clothing, have made an assignment
for the benefit of their creditors.
Their liabilities are $500, 966.S7, and
their assets $27S, 476.75. Most oftheir
creditors are in New York, Philadel-
phia, Boston, and Nashville.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-23
F. & L. Union.

The State Farmers and LabOrers'
Union was in session at Nashville
four days of last week. A new con-
stitution was adopted, and under its
provisions city mechanics will now
be admitted to the order. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, J. H. Me-
Dowell; first vice president, f. L.
Griffin, of East Tennessee; second
vice president, Matt. Rhea, of West
Tennessee; secretary and treasurer,
Eth. b. Wade, of Rutherford county;
lecturer, r. w. Tucker, of Wayne
county; state of crops statistician, n,
O. Walker, of Williamson county.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-23

GEO. G.. PENDLETON was nominal
ed for Lieutenant Governor of Texas
by the Democratic convention of that
State last week. The Tullahoma
Guardian says Pendleton is a Tennes-
see boy, and moved to Texas from
Warren county soon after the war.
Many other Tennesseans are holding
responsible positions in the great
Lone Star State.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-23

TUESDAY, September I'd has been
fixed as the day for the great barbe-
cue and Democratic rally in William
son county at which Hon. J. P. Buch-
anan will open the campaign.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-23

Mr.. A. H. WooDLEE has been
nominated for State Senator by the
Democratic convention of the 9th
Senatorial district. This nomination
is equivalent to an election, and Mr..
Woodlee will make useful, efficient,
and Woodworking member of the
body.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-23

road to protect their trains. Other
roads are being drawn into the
strike, and there is no immediate
prospect of a settlement of the troub-
les. Meanwhile both the road and
the strikers are loosing money heav-
lily, and business interest are suffer-
ing from the confusion.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-23

THE revised census of Nashville
fixes the population of that city at
1928. This is only twenty-five or
fifty thousand less than Nashville ex-
pected to show up in the new census,
but it is still a few thousand ahead of
Memphis, and consequently Nash
Williams are happy.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-23

UNDER our new election laws, two
separate ballot boxes will have to be
provided at each voting place in the
November election-one for the bal
lots for state officers, and another for
Congressman.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-23

THE delegates to the State F. & L.
Union in session at Nashville last
week presented the retiring presi-
dent, Hon, ]. P. Buchanan, with
fine gold watch at the close of the
meeting.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-23

THE new Legislature of Alabama
has only three Republicans in it. We
were at the capital of that state not
very many years ago while the Legis-
lature was in session, and there were
nearly thirty negroes in the body, to
say nothing of white Republicans.
The party Of great moral ideas seems
to be doing the crawtish act in its
progress down there.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-23

THE strike of the New York Gem
trail operatives is still on. Several
collisions have occurred during the
week between the strikers and Pink
erton detectives employed by the
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-23

DIR. KELLY in his prohibition
speeches is reported as delivering
fierce phillipicS against the Demo-
cratic party, but having little to say
against experimentation Dem
Ocrat.
The willy Doctor is too sharp to
waste ammunition on dead duck.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-23

Congressman w. H. FOrney has
been re~nominated by the Democrat
ic party of the Seventh Alabama
District.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-23
Sparta Municipal Election.

The municipal election OF Sparta
was held last Friday, and the follows
ing officers were elected: w. II.
Magness, Mayor; j. ID. Gofi, r. P.
Biles, II. NJ. Reynolds, G. E. Moor.
man, w. NJ. Richardson and f. H.
Wakeman, Aldermen.
T. NJ. Reynolds was re elected Re-
cOrder, and w. ID. PASSIONS, Marshal.
The first bale of cotton was received
in Nashville Wednesday, and came
from Alabama.
The first bale of new cotton was
received in Memphis last Saturday,
and came from Canton, Miss.
A son of ]. p. Drouillard, of Nash.
vile - years old, was killed last Sun.
day by bullet from target rife