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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-12
An Ancestral Petticoat.

A marvellous example of old time
needlework has found its way into one
of the exchanges for women's work in
this city through the impecuniousness
of the family in which it has long been
cherished as an heirloom.
1t is piece of the quilted work which
has become one of the lost arts in these
days. and was the border of a petticoat
worn by some richly clad German dame
$50 years ago. The strip is half yard
in width and about three yards in length.
1t consists of two thicknesses of fine
white cotton with soft interlining. 1t
is quilted all over with an exquisite
medley of flowers, foliage and ara
besques. into which is wrought every va
riety Of stitch" known TO expert needle
craft. In those days there were no other
ornaments nor any devices for stamping.
The patient fingers that fashioned such
work also made their own designs. drew
them with a needle, free hand, as they
went along, and so this petticoat border
was the work of an artist as we'll as
clever needle woman. The fabric is
stiff with stitches-there are billions of
them-and the surface puts one in mind
of piece of fine repousse work in white
silver.
The woman who is now compelled to
part with it has pitiful story. She
and her husband in their advanced age
were forced by reverses to emigrate to
the far west, where in an unsettled coun-
try, three days ride from human habi-
tation. they "took up a claim" The
wife, unused to hardship, finally lost her
health, and in the hope of regaining it
came east last autumn, leaving her hus-
fend alone. The severity of the winter
killed all their stock, and the old man
finally met with an accident that laid
him up with both legs broken. He is
helpless and penniless and alone, and his
wife is helpless and penniless here,
unable to reach him. She had sold
everything available before she had made
up her mind to part with her ancestral
petticoat- 1t is a rare and interesting
piece of work and ought to be in
museum.-New York World.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-12
An Enthusiastic Woman of Eighty.

/ remember hearing at first hand a
story of the famous Mrs. Fletcher, of
Lanerigg, whose beautiful face the read
ers of her autobiography will remember
as immortalized at the age of 50 by the
elder Richmond.
She had been very i'll, but was recov-
ering, when she heard that Mazzini was
in London, and against the counsel Of
her friends, who feared the journey and
excitement for her, she determined to go
up to London and to be present at a
public breakfast to be given in his honor.
"But you have no bonnet; you cannot
appear in that hoodr they urged. 81
will have a bonnet for the occasion" was
her rejoinder, and straightway word
was dispatched to milliner in London
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-12
LITERATURE.
What ST. Nicholas Has Done for Boys and
Girls.

What 1T. Nicholas Has Done for Boys and
Girls.
Victor Hugo calls this "the woman's
century" and he might have added
that it is the children's century as well,
for never before i'm the worlds history
has so much thought been paid to chill
dren-their schools, their books, their
pictures and their toys. Childhood, as
we understand it, is recent discovery.
Up To the time of the issue of the ST..
Nicholas magazine seventeen years ago
literature and children's magazines
were almost contradictory terms, but
the new periodical started out with the
idea that nothing was too good for chill
dren; the result has been a juvenile
magazine genuine with conscientious
purpose-the greatest writers contrib
uting to il, with the best artists and en-
gravers helping To beautify it-and
everything tuned to the keynote of
youth
1t has been the special aim of ST.
Nicholas TO supplant unhealthy litera-
ture with stories of living and health
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-12
Marriage Licenses.

No. s50-Eugene Harris, SO, of Bangor,
and Sarah Drake, Al, of Law
renee.
No. S51-Richard l.. Kimble, 20, and
Anna Delamater, 1S, both of
Lawton.
No. S52-Jessie Cottrell, %, and Mable
Springer, 20, both of Hamil-
ton
No. S53-Andrew II. Brown, "a, of
Waverly, and Minnie +.
Thompson, 10, of Bangor.
No. S54-Mark V. Hessey, 20, and Mary
b. Albright, %, both of Ban
COR.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-12
Don't Like Women Lawyers.

only hope women will no more think
of initiating Miss Fawcett's exploit than
men did of initiating Capt. Webb's when
he swan across the channel. She may
have proved that woman's brain is not
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-12

The following Is the vote by town
ships for member of Congress, State
Senator and Representative in the
State Legislature. On the county and
state tickets only the pluralities are
given:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-12
SICK HEADACHE

LOOSE'S RED CLOVER PILLS CURE
Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Con-
stipation. 25c. per box, 5 boxes for 81. For
sale by DIR. J. ID. Hamilton.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-12

q Advertised letters: Mrs. A. Frank,
August Henshel, Mrs. Rose Kimbal, Mr.
+. Il. Ransh and Mrs Annie Stoughton
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-12

OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT.
OUR WAY OF DOING BUSINESS is
REMEMBER US WHEN IN WANT o
ANYTHING IN OUR LINE.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-02
Five Millions of Soldiers,

Some years ago an idea suggested itself
to an obscure workman of Belleville, an
idea that since then has engendered an
army, amply qualified, were it a question
of numbers alone, to realize the dream
of eternal peace by keeping in check the
assembled armies of Europe. He sets on
foot 5000, 900 soldiers a year. These sol
diers are of humble origin, but so was
Napoleon. They spring from old sardine
boxes. RELOCATED to the dust hole, the
sardine box is preserved from destruction
by the dustman, who sells it to a rag
merchant in Belleville or in Buttes Chau-
mont, who in his turn disposes of it to a
specialist, by whom it is then prepared
for the manufactures. The warriors
are made from the bottom of the box;
the lid and sides are used for guns, rail
way carriages, bicycles, etc.
All this may seem unimportant at first
sight, but the utilization of these old
sardine boxes has resulted in the foun-
dalton of an enormous manufactory, at
which no less than 200 workmen are en-
ployed. l went there TIE other day,
and, no n suspecting me of being a
political correspondent, l was admitted
without difficulty to a view of the great
arsenal and its 5000, 900 warriors. The
poor workman, out of whose head the
armed tin soldier sprung-yia the sar-
dine box-is now a rich man, and, what
is more, an eager and keen sighted pa
triot who, in his sphere, deserves the
gratitude of his country. After retreat
ing for years the French tin soldier takes
the offensive again; every year the Ger
man spiken helmets retire from positions
conquered in French nurseries,, and the
time is not far distan when the ~tricolor
shall wave over the Berlin toy shops-a
slight revenge Ell attendant the great
BlackWood'S Magazine.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-02
Good Prices for Rare Coins.

The prices of the Davis coin sale were
again good yesterday. Colonial issues
reached the highest figures. A New
York doubloon of 1877 brought $3.50; a
set of three Maryland coins, a shilling, q
sixpence and a great, II of which bore
the bust of Lord Baltimore, $50 each; a
New England shilling of Massachusetts,,
$3.50, and a pine tree shilling of 1862,
S11.25. Carolina halfpenny, 1904, sold
for $31, and a New York zen of 1886,
with a bust of Governor Clinton and
the motto, "Non vi virtue vici," sold for
S29.
The best price for a: dime was 81 for
the issue of 1922, with four stars. Dimes
of 1904 and 1911 brought S25 apiece. A
half dime of 1902 sold for S170. The
collectors and some dealers attending
the sale We're indignant at the threatened
seizure by the secret service authorities
of some counterfeits of rare colonial
coins. The originals Of these coins, they
say, are not now redeemable by any
government, and the counterfeits were
only struck for scientific purposes, and
are of value only to numismatists.-
New York Tribune.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-02
An Audacious Thief.

For audacity, the record of james John
son, alias Jersey Jim, 81. B. Barton"
Sc. A. Hobbs" and several other aliases,
will probably equal that of any other no
torious criminal known to the police.
Last week he entered one of the large
hotels in this city and stole a package of
letters, including one belonging to AL
fred II. Torreceli, general agent Of the
Michigan Central railroad, and contain
ing his annual passes over numerous
railroads and a frank which entities him
to the free use of the lines of the West
ern Union Telegraph company for one
year.
These useful articles Mr.. johnson placed
in his wallet, which he lost, however,
while on his way from Philadelphia to
Trenton. On discovering his loss he de-
liberately inserted numerous advertise
ments~ requesting their return, and offered
q liberal reward to the finder. 1t was
these notices that led to his arrest by the
Trenton police.-Philadelphia Record.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-02
EeWitcheI Milk.

F. S. Bean, a former Oxford dean, 10
residing in Cadott, Wis, communicates
a strange tale of an old Oxford county
superstition to The Norway Advertiser.
He says that when he was a lad the PEG.
pie of his neighborhood used to believe
that an old woman living there was a
witch. She became provoked with "a
neighbor because the latter refused to
sell her II COW, and thereafter ms butter
could be made from that cows milk.
No matter how long they churned, the
butter would not come. AS the story
goes, a girl in the family had heard that a
witchcould be burned and dispossessed by
dropping a red hot horseshoe in the churn
with the cream. She tried the expert
ment. %whereupon she declared that a
scream issued from the churnl The but.
ter soon came, and a scar in the shape OF
a horseshoe was afterwards seen on tho
Did woman's person by some imaginative
observer. "When I was a boy, | believed
the story, but my faith is somewhat
baken NOW" says Mr. Bean.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-02

a report has been received that Buck
Matthews was found dead on an island
about Cape Salele, with two bullet holes
in his head and a bloody hatchet near
him. Within a quarter of a mile his
partner was found dead. with his head
split open with a Ratchet. Their boat
was on the beach, bottom up, and a
quantity of bird plumes and alligator
heads were scattered about. 1t is sup
posed that in a quarrel Matthews struck
his partner with a hatchet, and in return
was Slot, both dying on the island.
Matthews made his headquarters here,
and was n reckless and daring fellow.
For the past year he has lived in the wilds
of the Everglades. -Punta Gorda (Fla.)
Cor. Savannah News.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-02
ASH Your Friends About II.

Your distressing cough can be cured.
We know it because Kemp's Balsam with
In the past few years has cured so many
coughs and colds in this community. It's
remarkable sale has been won entirely by
its genuine merit. Ask some friend who
Las used it what he thinks of Kemp's Bal.
sam. There is no medicine so pure, none
so effective. Large bottles SOC and IL al
all druggis. 1
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-02
DREAMS.

In dreams I walk in pleasant ways,
BY limpid streams in sunny dellS.
Where peace abides and beauty dwells,
And splendors glow through happy days.
/ dream of friends whose faith is fast,
/ dream Of love that cannot fail,
OF joys that never tire nor pale,
OF hopes that beckon till the last.
In dreams | hear the songs of birds,
/ see the shores of happy lands,
feel the clasp of loving hands,
I catch the drift of tender words.
They are but dreams, and /, alas,
Awake to weep my vanished bliss;
Awake TO feel the truth Of this;
That dreams can never come to pass
sometimes wis. l ne'er had dreamed
About the things | longed for SO.
For then my hear might never know
How dear their sweet fulfllment seemed.
Still let me dream, for often times
The path is drear, the day is bleak,
My soul so sad, my heart SO weak,
l fain would near the happy chimes,
The happy chimes that fancy rings
Across the dreary moors of life;
Ifain would see amid my strife
The peaceful visions fancy brings.
Boston Courier.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-02
MILL
AT PRIVATE SALE.

TIiEvaluablc mill seat and appurtenances.
mt Woodstown, n. j., known ms .Clark's
Mill is offered at private sale. The property
comprises IL grist mill and water power, man
sion house, with barn and wagon house, ana
about Il acres of valuable land, of which 3 or
iacres is upland with Il goadlorchard. the bal
ance meadow of good quality. The above land
is in addition to The land covered by the mill
pond. The mil is IL birr mill, with three run
of burrs, ana fitted with the latest improved
machinery, nearly new, and is IN good repair
and The centre OF IL thriving trade. 1t can be
easily altered 10 Il roller mill. FOL custom
work there j. no better mill property III the
county, being located in Il thriving borough
and having always enjoyed good trade. The
mansion house is large, comfortable and con-
-%yenient. having been. within u few years, en-
larged and thoroughly repaired. The water
good, and the gates and dam in good
repair. Title good and terms easy. For lew
of the property On further nforinationa pplyto
F0GG II RIGuMAN,
IF Co-nvCyancers, WOodstoMn, NJ.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-02
Grace Before the Meal.

First Boy (whose father say grace
Does your father say anything before eat
ing?
Second Boy-1es; he generally says to
my mother: .'Why don't you cook more
,puds?'-Munaey's Weekly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-27

interests which the State is called upon 10
foster. and he reasons that an expenditure as
lavish as the one proposed means either that
some other interest is to be neglected altogether
Or inadequately provided for, or else in case
nothing is TO suffer and the canals are to get
$4,000. 600 that the tax-rate Of the year Is TO
be oppressvey high.
II is high time that the level-headed friends
of the canals came 10 the front and forced inc
other variety to the rear. The bill which pro-
yidcs for continuing the great work OF lock-
frightening came near being defeated in the
Assembly on Tuesday Why? Not because
the policy of lock -leng thening IS becoming IN
popuar. but because the feeling is growing
that the canals have come to Ire too cXtrlVa-
CANT in their annual demands. The people OF
= considerable portion of the State argue that
whatever benefit they receive from the canals
is indirect and unimportant. 20 long as the
annual canal appropriations were KEPT al
reasonable figure, the anti-canal counties
were led by State pride to interpoSc little OF no
onposition. But to day finds them aggressive
~ hostile. and the change in their attitude mas
been brought about by the tremendous dra'S
upon the public purse which the canals nave
made in recent years. At the session OF 1881
for oxample. $500. 900 was appropriated Tor
Icngthcning locks $500 600 for operating en-
ronses: S36S $40 for interest on the canal debt'
and S47O.363 to pay for dams. locks, bridges,
vertical walls. etc. and to meet the awards OF
the Board of Claims, making to'al Oh
80 242Ss3. If this was in the nature OF an
extraordinary appropriation. one made to meet
an emergency and not likely to he duplicated
tboro would be less ground for criticism But
occentinc the figures which one OF the Assem-
blvmcn prcsentcd on Tuesday a correct. there
has bccn no year since 1850 when the cahaIN
have cost less than $1,000. 600, while 'hcii
total cost for the last decade has been about
S26. 900. 600.
We submit these considerations to the mem
bcrs of the Legislature, particularly To the re-
sponsiblc majority. The Republican party mas
always been champion of the canals II De-
Ecvcs that the continued and increasing pros
no,ity of the State is largely dependent upon
maintaining them in a condition OF the highest
oeicioncv And because it thus believes 1t
deprccatcs the adoption Of any course when i
calculated TO add to the number OF 'hoir
o,omios Let 4 concerted effort be made ny
Eepnhican legislators 20 hcfnend the canals
by defeating all canal appropriations when are
not absolutely Indispensable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-27
THE LAST APPEARANCES OF SIG. rAuAGyo

II ha, doubtless been something Of a surprise to
many 10 read the announcement that Sig. Tamasno'
last appearance at the Metropolitan Opera House VIII
be on Friday. next week. The Italian oper" COM
panv will have two weeks left of it, engagement at
that fine and a, Nine. Patti sings only few times
each week it follows that several performances
must be given without either Patti or Tamagno Though
thi, may be unexpected It must be admitted that IL
WAS never promised that Tamagno or Patti should
sing al every performance. II subscribers to the
,clIc, have any feeling of disappointment ii may
be, relieved by the fact that there will be Patti
performances than originally promised and ~
tor Others there plenty of singers in the COM
pany who can be placed in the casts Of the opera
IN such "A way rs make them attractive. The
reason for Sig Tamagno> early departure i this !:
Ills contract called for fifty performances within y
certain time. the end of which he obliged e.
tart for south America. The time VIII expire be
fore the end ~ the season here. and. though his
manager, have not called upon him Ia sing hfty times
he Will have receive the full amount mentioned
I'M the contract as paw for h, services.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-27
THE CANAL APPROPRIATIONS.

II has more than once been pointed out IN
these columns that the canal system OF New
York was mcnaccd not alone by its open foes,
but by its fool friends. These fool friends
most Of whom are outside Of the Legislature,
are present. it is clear, in full force just now
at Albany. They are striving to get as much
money as possible out Of the treasury Tor the
canals and are apparently proceeding on the
generous theory that TOO many appropriations
at too big figure are just enough letter
from TIE TRiBUNEs Albany correspondent
which was printed yesterday, showed that the
canal appropriations now pending IN the Legs
lature amount in the aggregate to nearly
S4. 600 OOO TO state this fact is to produce
a decidedly unpleasant impression in the mind
of the average taxpayer. lie may be public
spirited. he may be favorably disposed toward
the canals, he may approve of the policy which
the State adopted some years ago looking to
the enlargement of the lockage capacity of the
main lines and the general improvement of the
entire system. Still you cannot convince him
of either the necessity or the wisdom of spend
ing the immense sum OF 100000 this year
upon the public works in question. He is
aware that there are numberless other worthy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-27

sensible and unselfsh is deserving OF the hearu-
est general encouragement. The sole purpose
of these intelligent public servants Is TO make
the institutions over which they preside all that
wisdom reinforced by experience suggests 'hat
they should be.
The resolutions in question are not calculated
TO provoke debate. If they are not speedily
adopted unanimously by the Legislatures OF
all the States and the necessary laws passed in
accordance with them, the delay will only
proye what has been so often proved before
that some much needed reforms take time. The
conference resolved, among other things thao
each State should maintain its library by means
of fund created for that purpose, instead OF
maintaining il Iy means OF annual approprid-
tions. that the tenure Of Office OF librarian
sbould not be affected by politics; that each
State should provide by law for the proper
lettering. indcxing and title-paging OF all books
publiShcd under its authority, and should also
arrange for an adequate distribution OF such
publications and of duplicate books that may
he in its possession. The other set OF reSol'l-
tions adopted at the conference Is addressed 70
Conpress They call for free transportation OF
mails between State Libraries, for "A lower rate
of poStacc on books and for the extension to
the State Libraries Of the privilege now enjoyed
by the library of Congress and by colleges ana
schools in the exemption of books from import
duties. and for an international arrangement
securing foreign exchanges.
The Governor Of each State was requested
by the conference to submit the hiSt set OF
resolutions to the Legislature. and to urge upon
if d" he adoption of the laws necessary to carry
out the reforms therein recommended. ana also
TO impress upon it the proprlety OF adopting
memorials TO Congress in favor Of the (ncccS-
sary) Federal legislation" We believe that
Governor Hill has not yet responded to TINS
request. But since in his annual message
which he transmitted in January he minated
that during the session he might send in addl-
,ional recommendations. it may be that he VIII
vet bring this subject 70 the attention OF the
lawmakers before they finally adjourn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-27
Amusemcnls.
The Old HON esteaf.

~cInFMY-sl6-The Old Homestead
.wprRs THEATRE-Sl5-Die Ehre.
10, rHEATRE-s-Th City Directory
peoApwAY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Empress VI u
French.
c.cISQ-s-The Grand Duchess. 49,
S.,v,s Observation-Disclosures Lecture eIo-mis
uovsen's Husband and Haroun AL Kaschd anu III
Mothcrin Law.
rpEN MUsEE-wax Tableaus'
xoopupA uOUsE-s-A Midnight Bell
uAMNERERsTEIN'S OPERA HOCsE-o-Nofm~
,vcrrM THEATRE-s;i5-rhe Charity Ball
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE s;ao-Aunt'act.
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUsE-s-i Ifo'A"io
xrw PARK THEATRE-S-Litue PACK
SIlLo'S GARDEN-s-kaJanka
v.TMrRs THEATRE-si5-The Gondoliers
pnocrOR,s 23D.sT. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
STAR THEATRE-S-Tne senator
$3.50 sorAprrHEATRE-sl5-Th County Fair
anu AVENUE THEATRE-s-The Heir at Law
STU STREET THEATRE-s-My Aunt Bridget
xruAvE AND 18TH .ST.-Gettys0urg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-27

The proposition for Columbus exhibit as
feature of the Worlds Fair in honor OF tne
Discoverer-that is, display OF articles relating
to and suggestive of Columbus his lie, 'o'
ages. etc. and the results of his great achieNe-
ment-needs but to be mentioned to evoke 'ne
unanimous and hearty approval OF the people
of the United States. Secretary hiaihe' 1t WI"
be seen by our Washington dispatches mas
written letter to Secretary WINDOW uis,"7
an appropriation by Congress OF Floo.Vo' ,o'
the erection of a building Tor the eAi''"i' IL,
idea being that after the building has served
;.s nurnoso in Chicago it should be transferred
to WASHINGTON. and the Columbus exhibit MANI
tanned there perpetually. II would be most
valuable addition to our National treasures ;
and while in Chicago no phase of the lnterna-
tional Exposition will attract greater attention
The whole country will second Mr. Blame
motion.