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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-04-16
" GVerIy.

John Shea made a business trip to
Kalamazoo, last week
Mr.. Thayer, of Mattawan, visited his
sister, Mrs. Onslow Nixon, last week.
L. b. Austin left, last Monday, for
Jackson, where he has obtained employ
ment on the Michigan Central railroad.
Orlin j. Ayres, of Bloomingdale, a
nephew of Mrs. Altha Babcock, is can
vassing the town for Stanley's great
work.
Mrs. w. Carter, after winters So
iourn i'm Eaton Rapids, returned home
last week, and Willis face is wreathed
in smiles continually.
Some of the sufferers from last years
drouth in South Dakota, would tender
kind thanks, through the columns of
the TRUE NoRTHERNER, to Longwell
Brothers for their generous donation
of garden seeds.
The little three-year-old son of Ed.
Chase wandered from home, one day
last week, and when found he was in
the Brandywine creek, standing in wa
ter above his waist, with his dear little
head resting on log, fast asleep.
Mr.. Ed Austin, who went to Kansas
two weeks ago, is now at Parkersville,
where the TRUE NoRTHERNER is his
welcome weekly guest. We have just
read two lovely letters, written by him
TO his mother, giving glowing descrip-
tons of cities and scenery i'm that far
away west, from which we would like
To copy extracts, but time and space
GO. hid
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lsObIeViIle.

Lots of fishing, but no biting.
Saul Frank spent last week in Chicago
buying goods.
A. w. Myers and family spent Sun
day in Lacota.
G.. Ii. Hakes has moved his shop to
Benton Harbor.
Mr.. Charles Holly and wife have
moved into town.
Sill Wilcox and wife, of Hastings, are
visiting friends here.
We are pleased to see Mrs. Huldah
Stedman on our streets again.
w. V. Sage, of Hartford, spent Sun
day with his father, VIM. Sage.
Jim Heron and family, of Water
yliet, are in town for few days.
Ed Clement and II. r. Heron have
moved into Mrs. Parker's house
Bert Houseknecht has bought the
place adjoining him on the west, of Mr.
Bennett.
ID. ID. Wise is at home again, on ac-
count of failure OH the part of Mr. See
To fill his contract
Rus. Palmer says it is mistake about
there being boy at w. A. Stantons
1t is at his place; SO is w. A.
Mr.. j. l.. Clement and wife have re-
turned from their wedding tour in York
State, and are now housekeeping:
Edison Howard has returned To Ten
nessee taking with him Hank Fry,
Isaac Coffinger and Lew. Loveland.
The Free Baptist Ladies' Aid are get
ting up district school" as an enter
tainment for some evening in the near
future.
The Safety Kettle-cover Holder Co.
have leased a piece of ground, near the
depot, of Rus. Palmer, where they will
build factory at once.
+. A. See has purchased building in
Kalamazoo and will move this week
During the change Miss Zetta Lewis,
his book keeper, will visit her people
here for IA few days.
All the Republican party in Pine
Grove caught onto" at their Town
Meetin' was John G. McFelin, Super
visor, and Allen Odell, Member Board
OF Review for two years.
A meeting was recently held at the
Opera House and tent of Maccabees
was organized by j w Seely, Deputy
Grand Commander. of Three Rivers
The tent starts i'm with about twenty
members. The following officers were
elected: Commander, A. w. Myers;
1t. Commander, G.. A Wise; Record
Keeper, G.. ID. Millspaugh; Finance
Keeper, w. j. Moir; Physician, Dr. j.
ii. Bennett; Prelate, j +. Hyames; Sar-
geant, j. w. Heron; Master of Arms,
j. II. Everest; LIST Master of Guard, G.
ID. Myers; 2d Master of Guard. s. r.
Harris; Sentinel, L. +. Churchill; Picket,
j. +. Parker; Past Commander, NJ. A.
Fuller. 1t was voted To call the name
of the tent Van Buren,.
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Correspondence Department.
yIattawan.

A. M. Merrifield is i'm very poor health
and appears to be gradually failing.
G.. Bonfoey is feeding a drove of
about fifty hogs, which he will soon
ship To Buffalo.
Jay Atwater is home from Tekonsha.
He has taken out license and will
soon wed Miss Rose Eassom, of Texas,
Kalamazoo county.
The Masonic social last Friday night
was great success in every respect.
The hall was filled with Masons and
their friends. Interesting remarks
were make by Revs. Slyter and Greene
and Hon. G.. l.. Eaton. Instrumental
music by Messrs. Bonfoey, Benton,
Joiner and Slovenian. A fine supper
was spread and not outstanding $50
persons partook of the good things
there was a plenty and to spare.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-04-16

General Wesley Merritt, L. S. A., will
contribute to- the April number of Har-
per's Magazine an article entitled,
Three Indian Campaigns" accom-
panied with maps and illustrated from
drawings by II. +. Zogbaum. The arti-
Gle gives memorable incidents illus
trating the different phases of Indian
warfare in the West. The campaigns
referred To are those against the Chey.
enne, Apache and Ute Indians General
Merritt quotes and confirms the portion
of a report by General Sheridan, declar-
ing that il would have been less ex-
pensive for our government il, an army
of 60, 600 or 20, 900 had been maintained
for the prosecution of these Indian
wars; land, moreover the blood of gal.
liant officers, soldiers, and citizens
would not have rested on our hands
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nnoI.Ien.s Arnica snl,e.

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pay required. IL is guaranteed TO give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
Bartram IL Millington.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-04-16

For lame back there is nothing better
than to saturate flannel cloth with
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and bind it
ON the affected parts. Try it and you
will be surprised at the prompt relief it
affords. The same treatment will cure
rheumatism. For sale by al druggists
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-04
HOW THEY GET BACK.
Device of Disappointed Europeans
turn Home.

Device of Disappointed Europeans
turn Home.
Every one is aware that there is an
export trade IN cattle between this
country and Europe, but very few out
side of those personally interested in
the business have just conception of
its real magnitude. Every week in the
year from three TO five cattle steamers,
with from eight hundred head of live
cattle upwards, leave the port of New
York alone.
These vessels carry in addition to
their ordinary crew about fifty odd men
whose sole duty it is TO attend to the
stock in transit About half of these
are regular cattle-men used TO the care
of animals, and the other half are men
who for one cause or other are DESTROYS
to leave 1.-THE land of the free and the
home of the brave" for the effete mon
archy-ridden countries of Europe they
came from. So anxious are they to get
away that they willingly ship as help
ers, receiving no other reward for from
twelve to fourteen days hard work
than their grub and their passage over.
From time to time lads" appear in the
daily papers calling for these men, and
as a rule the applicants are away in ex-
cess of the demand.
The offices where they are shipped
are mainly on Greenwich street, near
the Battery. Here the other day a
News reporter had an interesting con-
versation with one of the principal
agents for procuring this inexpensive
kind of help for the cattle bosses.
you want to know" he said, what
kind of men want to work their passage
home in cattle ships. Well, almost all
kinds and conditions of men. We have
applications from young English clerks
who have found that they have brought
their goods to an over-stocked market,
and whose money is all gone; mechan-
les who have been out of work so long
that they are in the same condition, and
youngsters who have run away from re-
spectacle homes in the old country and
are returning, having squandered their
substance in riotous living, to the old
man.
I'VE ship quite lot of laborers, too
and quite a number of these men have
money enough to pay their passage and
ship with us simply to save it. Nearly
all of this class return, as they only go
on the cattle boats that they may have
the more to spend when they visit their
friends on the other side. We like to
get them. too, as they are harder work
ers than broken-down clerks and high
toned mechanics"
Sometimes" he continued, after a
pause, 1--WE ship actors. i don't mean
regular actors, but variety actors. About
two months ago | shipped party of
four minstrels who had got tired of
swinging around the dime museums,
and had made up their minds 10 try the
English music halls. They were the
life of the ship on the passage over, and
thu cattle foreman told me on his re-
turn that they were moreover the best
workers in his crew. IN. Y. Sunday
Nasuo
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-04
THE LOCUST TREE.
Il Is More Common In Europe Than I'm
Its Native Country.

It's Native Country.
Cobbett, during forced residence in
the United States from 1917 to 1919, oc-
cupied himself in farming on Long
Island, where he established a small
nursery for the propagation of fruit and
timber trees. 1t was at this time that
he came TO the conclusion that moth
ing in the timber line could be so great
a benefit as the general cultivation of
the locust" On his return to England
he carried a small package of the seeds
of this tree home with him, and
began the systematic raising and selling
of locust trees, his total sales amount
ing to more than a million plants. This,
he tells us in his book called the Wood
lands, which, in some respects, is the
best book on tree-planting which has
been written in the English language
The author, in his preface, gives his
reason for having written it MANY
years ago" he says, ~ wished TO know
whether / could raise birch trees from
the seed. | looked into two French
books and into two English ones with
out being able to learn a word about
the matter. then looked into
Encyclopedia Britannica; there /
found in the general directory,
Birch Tree. See Betula, Botany In
dex.' / hastened to Betula with great
eagerness, and there found, 'Betula.
See Birch Tree That was all; and
this was pretty encouragement to one
who wanted to get, from books, knowl-
edge about the propagating and rearing
of trees" There are three-planters of
the present generation who turn to the
literature on the subject with results
which are hardly more satisfactory.
Cobbett's book has long been out of
print but no other work gives such
clear and specific direction for rearing
tions of it which might well be re-
printed for general circulation.
Cobbett's enthusiasm for the locust
tree and his zeal in propagating it
caused it to be generally planted in En-
gland in his time, and the fashion, as
is always the case with English fash
ions, crossed the Atlantic, and fifty or
sixty years ago no tree was so often
planted in this country. Remnants OF
Olu plduldAAollS may NC otth w anu
down the Hudson river and in the neigh
borhood of all our seaboard cities, and
the locust is now fairly naturalized in
large part of the country east of the
great plains, although originally
its range was a comparatively re-
stricted one, it being found only
in the forests OF the Allegheny
mountains, from Pennsylvania to North
ern Georgia, and, doubtfully, in few
isolated stations west of the Mississippi
river So far as the United States is
concerned, however, the locust tree has
not fulfilled the hopes of the early
planters. 1t is preyed upon in this
country by horde of insects who bore
into the trunk and destroy the trees or
the value of their timber, and the
prophecy of the younger Michaux that
the locust tree would become more COM
mon in Europe than in its native coun-
try has probably been fulfilled. Garden
and Forest
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-04

(a) Transplanting tray o. Movable side; (c)
Box holding 10 tomato plants for marketing;
I'D Side not yet fastened.
BILE side. The other dividing pieces
need not be as thick unless desired, and
are better if of hemlock, in order that
the bottom and stationary side may be
firmly held, as nails do not readily dra W
out of this latter wood The sides and
bottoms are heavy enough if made of Is
or $40 stuff, and which it is economy to
have sawed the desired length and
width at the mill Nearly all the gar
deners in this section use such trans
planting boxes for the plants which
they themselves plant out; some,
though, use boxes similar in size and
material to those forming the trays, but
each box is separate although there is
no special advantage derived, while
more space and lumber are required.
When growing tomato plants for
market we make use of a box like that
at (which shows box before the last
side is nailed on the ends), into which
we set 10 plants and sell at wholesale
at S1.5O per dozen boxes, the plants
being put into them at the same time
JnaJ the trays are nileu lneSe DOXes
are easily and rapidly made by having
the material cut so as to have only three
pieces to put together.
This is done by having the bottom
and two sides in one piece, the wood
preferred being elm; any tough wood
will do 4 inch thick. The ends are of
4-inch hemlocks cut 81 inches long
and 81 inches deep. The piece for the
bottom and sides is inches in length,
and the width includes 81 inches for
each side and ~ inches for the bottom,
a tota. width of 1215 inches. In making
these boxes the ends are set up end
ways, and one side fastened to each end
piece; the ends are then laid upon their
upper edge, and the bottom bent around
the corners of the ends and tightly
nailed, after which the remaining side
is fastened. The corners of the sides
and bottom split enough to admit of the
necessary drainage. This makes
cheap and quickly-made box, the cost
of the material depending entirely upon
the local price of lumber and labor
Country Gentleman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-04

Ivan Demitrieff sued his laborer, Pc
tro Demitrieff before a justice of the
peace in St Petersburg for damages to
the amount of 50 rubles, because the
laborer had spoiled his horse. "Demi-
trieff VS.. Demitrieff," called the justice.
"Are plaintiff and defendant related?'
ITO be sure" answered the plaintiff;
''the laborer is my father" The justice
was amazed at this answer, and tried to
persuade the litigant son to drop the
case against his father. But the son
would not listen to it, insisting that he
demanded justice, and that the judge
had no business to take the part of the
defendant because the latter happened
to be the plaintiffs father. The case
was tried in due order. and Judgment
was found in favor of the defendant
The plaintiff, however, was determined
to have his father punished, and APP
pealed from the decision of the court
The case was tried again in higher
court, and the Judgment of the lower
court was sustained. Leaving the court
room the son exclaimed: There is no
use trying to obtain justice in holy Rus
siai"-Chicago Herald.
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How Soon we Arc Forgotton.

"while all England" says a writer
in the Liverpool Mercury, sis con-
tinuing to fete Mr.. Stanley, it is not
pleasant to reflect that his great pre-
decessor in African exploration, Sir
Richard Burton, is lying very danger
ously i'll, neglected and alone in Lon
don lodgings. Yet in his time and in
his own way the elder traveller accom-
plished even more remarkable feats
than the hero of the hour. His romantic
pilgrimage to Mecca and Elahedinch in
the disguise of a Moslem devotee, his
journey through Berberah to the sacred
city of Harah, whore no other infidel
foot has ever trodden, were but prelim-
inaries to the great achievement of h is
life, the discovery of Lake Tanganyika.
This discovery paved the way for all
that has been done in Central Africa,
and, but for the failure of his resources,
Captain Burton would undoubtedly
have reaped much of the honor which
has gone to others"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-04
DANGEROUS BUSINESS.
PeriIs OF CattIe-Briving Over the South
American Mountains.

American mountains.
On the top Of the Cordillera we met with
adrove of Argentine cattle, the first that
had ventured over this season. The
drovers have had hard work, and many
a good OF leaves his bones on the road,
proof of which we found in some skele-
tons we came across. picked clean by the
condors which frequent the mountain
tops We perceived several of these
large birds lowering overhead, their i'm
mense wings extended and motionless,
drifting on that rarefied air as if they
were suspended from the stars.
We had soon striking example of the
dangers Of the cattle-driving trade. An
animal near us loosened big round
stone, which went bounding down the
steep mountain side, right among the
drove which was winding its way up.
The missile singled out big black OK as
its victim, and, with a fearful crash,
caught him full in the ribs and hurled
him downward, racing in front of him,
till both stone and OK lay immov-
able at the bottom, scarcely discernible
by us above. In spite of the evident
danger of similar occurrence, we could
not wait till the whole herd of about
seven hundred animals had reached the
summit, so, dismounting, we went on
our way, finding good footing in the
loose volcanic earth and stones, and in
thirty minutes we had reached the val
ley. Halfway down we passed some
broken trunks, which, with the mule
that carried them, had fallen and rolled
over some two hundred feet till stopped
by a protruding rock. The mule had
been badly -Gentleman's Maya
1fnn
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THE GAMBLING MANIA.
An Epidemic That Is Growing More yIru.
lent Every Day,

lent Every Day.
The passion for gambling has for
many years been increasing in this
country, until it threatens to become
pre-eminently the national vice.
Whether it arose from the fever for
speculation which Indirectly was one of
the most evil of the results of the rebel
lion in the North, or whether the cause
Is to be looked for in that general spirit
fastening to be rich that is a prominent
characteristics of American civilization
it might not be easy to determine; but
of the fact there is unhappily no room
for doubt.
1t is not alone that the lottery has be-
come a national institution; for however
much one may shirk from acknowledge
ing this, it is practically the truth.
1t is not alone that so many millions
flow year by year into the pockets of
avowed lotteries, American and foreign,
or that the resources of the country are
constantly on the strain caused by the in
fluence of legalized gambling of the
Stock Exchange. 1t is in a hundred diff
ferent ways that the tendency of the
times shows itself 1t is in the constant
illusions to poker-playing which figure
in the columns of every newspaper, which
adorn every farce, and which form half
the stock in trade of the so-called comic
paragrapher. 1t is in the complete mania
for betting on horse-racing that has ia
ken possession of the clerks and the
young men of New York, and which is
steadily on the increase in Boston.
Every day, rain or shine. summer and
winter, in snow storms which would
seem to make it impossible, and in going
so bad that "mud-horses" are feature
of the betting, the races go on, not at
all in the interest Of the sport, but en-
tirely for the sake of the book-making.
The same spirit shows itself on every
side; and if a halt is not called soon, we
shall excel the Chinese in the vice of
gambling. The epidemic is upon US, and
who has any remedy to propose?-Bos-
ton Courier
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BRAIDING MACHINES.
some of the Marvellous Work Produced
by Them.


by Them.
1t is very curious to an outsider to
watch the operations of braiding ma
chine. In one factory there are some
ten different kinds of machines kept in
operation. The most curious of all is a
machine whose special domain is the
so-called applique" work. 1t per-
forms three tasks at one and che same
time. When properly adjusted a tiny
knife cuts out, according to the pretty
design intended, the figures from the
upper LAYER of cloth. while simultane-
ously the machine sews these figures on
to the layer of cloth underneath-the
upper layer being generally of medium
thickness, while the lower one is cloth
of the thickest, warmest and most ex-
pensive kind, such as is suitable for a
lady's cloak
The effect thus obtained-artistic ara
besques, beautifully curving lines, form
ing an intricate yet pleasing pattern,
lying on the cloth underneath, is very
pretty indeed. Generally two cloths of
shades differing so much as to form a
fine contrast are chosen. The delicate
mechanism of this machine is especial
ly noticeable in the cutting out of the
upper layer of cloth. For while the whole
process of cutting it and sewing it on
tight at the same time is done so quick
ly under the handsof a skillful operator
that a yard of this applique" work is
made within five minutes, the knife
must be so nicely adjusted that it will
cut exactly through the thickness of
the upper cloth and not the hundredth
part of an inch deeper. Another ma
chine, which is likewise the product of
a very ingenious brain, is the so-called
''three-spool' machine. Two threads of
worsted and one thread of silk cording are
manipulated by this machine in such a
manner as to lay down the worsted on
the cloth and to spin the silk right over
and all around it. The effect thus pro-
duced is that of very thick silk braid,
the whole being more durable than silk
throughout, yet much less expensive.
The beading machine, by means of
which those most elegant ornaments on
a woman's dress, those glistening ara
besques of heading. are put on, is an
other triumph of mechanical genius
The same may be said of the feather
edge machine, which does the so-called
sunbeam" and rainbow work, en-
broidering the shades, which are gradu-
ally toned down; or the cornelly ma
chine, which does the cording, and still
more so of the soutache machine, which
does the simplest and yet one of the
most effective styles of embroidery.
Ladies' Wear Review
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1t has probably puzzled many trav-
eler, who, fitting impatiently in train.
has waited for the draw of a bridge to
close which had been opened TO allow
some snail-like boat to creep up the
current why the rapidly moving train
was not given the precedence. as it
could swiftly hurry away. 1t is not due
TO the excuse that the boat can not hold
itself against the stream, for it can and
Ices this frequently. Ii is simply the
application of the old common-law prin-
ciple of easement The boats had the
use of navigable streams long before
railroads were invented, and when the
latter bridged rivers they did so subject
to the formers interest therein, and for
this reason railroad trains are to-day
obliged to stand back while the boats
push ahead. All modern conditions
would indicate that the locomotive
should have precedence of the steamer.
and the fact that it does not shows the
tenacious grip of custom. Paul Pho
neer Press.