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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-02-12
STATE OF TRADE.
Reports Indicate a Slight Check for the
First Month of 1890.

Reports IndIcatc n slight Cneck Tor the
First Month of 1890.
New York dispatch: Bradstreet's con-
firms the previously reported indications
of an unexpected check to general trade
in January as compared with 1889.
California reports show a decreased
wheat acreage and adverse wheat con-
dtions with reference 10 the next crop.
General trade on the Pacific coast has
been restricted by eleven weeks of
rain and sixty days of snow blockade
of the Central Pacific railroad. WesterA
steel-rail mills have advanced prices 81
per ton, but report no sales at the adj
vance. Available stocks OF wheat in tho
United States and Canada. east of the
Rockies. aggregate 50, 301, 1912 bushels on
Jan. 26, decrease on the week of Co.,
40S bushels The like corn stocks were
Is, 430, 52l bushels, a gain of 147, 296
bushels. The light movement in sugar
is accompanied by slight weakening in
the prices Of raw. A full production
with the modified demand for refined at
New York resulted in decline
of IS cent. Coffee in jobbing
and distributing lines has moved
less freely and prices, notably for Bra
lillian, are off = per cent. Dry goods
have been quiet. Cotton goods prices
firm without an advancing tendency,
owing to the higher cost of raw mate
rials. Woolens are quiet and clothing
dull, with prices tending lower, notably
on territory, California and Texas woods.
Business failures are declining i'm num-
Der, amounting TO 2s6 in the United
States for the week, against 324 the pre-
vious week and 331 curing the CORE
spending week last year. Canada had
so during the week, against 80 the pre-
vious week The total of failures in the
United States for the month of January
is ,62s, against ], COG in 1889.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-02-12

COFFEE was not known to the Greeks
or Romans, but in Abyssinia and Eth
opia il has been used from time imme-
mortal In 1890 it was carried by the
Dutch from Mocha TO Java, where it
was soon extensively raised, and young
plants were afterward sent to the
botanical garden at Amsterdam.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-02-12

Blinks-T There's man L know; saw
him in Chicago: he's detective.
Winks-A Chicago detective?
"Yes."
Great snakes / wonder whom he's
going to assassinate.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-02-12
Martin Irons Married.

A private letter received at Little Rock
from Fulton county, Arkansas, says that
Martin Irons has been married to Miss
Maggie Van Horn, of Oregon county,
Missouri. Irons figured in the strike on
the Missouri Pacific railroad year or
two ago. He has homesteadcd 800 acres
OF land in Fulton county and become a
farmer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-02-12

WATER mills were known on the old
continent at the end of the sixth CEN
fury. They existed in England before
the conquest. and were applied to
other purposes besides that of grind
ing corn.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-02-12

SPEAKER REED found condition, not
a theory, confronting him, and he deal
with it in a thor oughly practical manner.
The Speaker can give ex-President Cleve-
land points on dealing with conditions
-Chicd0O Inter Ocean
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-02-12
A Suspicious Character.

Next Lesson-"The Temptation OF jesus
Luke A: lib
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-02-12

A LODE of the rare and precious
fetal uranium has recently been dis
covered at Cornwall, in England. A
century ago the existence of this metal
was hardly known.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-02-12

VERMONT was first explored in 1909.
by Champlain, French officer, after
whom Lake Champlain was named.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16
NEW LENrEN CUSTOMS

In several of the large cities of the
North it is said that the beginning of
Lent is the signal for the departure of
number of persons to health resorts.
The weather has been such this winter
that the exodus is larger than
ever before. Instead of adhereing
strictly TO the religious observances
which the Church enjoins as appropri-
ate for that time, hundreds to whom
the advent of the Lenten season means a
cessation of social gaiety at home, escape
its rigor by betaking themselves to the
sea side, the Southern mountains or to
the Floridian glades.
There are considerations that serve to
justify this somewhat new but growing
custom. No period in the year is drea-
rier in the Eastern States than the
month of March. The weather is apt
TO be throughout of an aggravating
character. 1t is sure to be compositelY
made up of rain, snow, sleet, fog aud
warm, debilitating sunshine, following
each other in confusing but rapid sue
cession. No other time of the year is so
depressing to the sensibilities, so irrl-
tating TO the temper or so provocative of
lapse from duty. tits possible, there
fore, that the new method of using the
Lenten season may have a religious and
moral value which might not upon a
merely superficial view have been an
ticipated.
The opinion has been for years gain
ing ground among thoughtful men that
if a choice can be allowed between a
vacation in August and one in March,
the latter is to be wisely preferred. In
the heats of summer no one anywhere
finds rest. The tourist, the travelled
bore, the social overflow is everywhere
But those who can afford to go now into
retirement will find peace and comfort
There are now no overcrowded hotels
no boisterous throngs, no sleeplesi
nights, no distracting mosquitoes
Wherever 1t is found practicable II
might be a good thing to divide ones
vacation into two parts one to be takeI
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16
THE DREAM OF THE AIMLEss

/ dreamt dream In the morning,
When the shadows were dim and gray,
And OH such a prospect golden
O'er my shining pathway lay.
The earth was filed with gladness,
The air was filled with song
And thought that but love and beauty
Could inspire me all day long.
] dreamt dream at noontide,
When half of the day was past;
The first half knew was barren,
But glorious I'd make the lastl
Yet the world lay part in shadow,
The songs were not half so sweet
And love aud beauty were ileeting
Like shadows beneath my feet.
! dreamt dream at even,
When the day its course had run,
And my heart grew sad within me,
To think how little I'd done;
But said, "I shall work tomorrow,
And make my name be known
Till the nations Of earth shall wonder
AS my mighty power they own"
But, alasl aud alas time passes,
The sun rises, shines and sets;
Each morning so full of promise
Each even so full Of regrets;
And day follows day more 1eetly,
While ambition and glory rave
TIL at last, outworn and aimless,
/ shall sink in nameless grave.
--Anita Louise MacklntoSh.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16
MRS. CHASE IN COURT.

She is Interested in q Suit Involving
Millions of Dollars.
The Supreme Court for the last two
days has been hearing an appeal from the
United States Circuit Court of Rhode
Island which involves the legality of the
Sprague Manufacturing Company's re-
ceiver, Jeremiah Chaffee. At the time of
its failure the liabilities of the Sprague's
Company were put at from eleven to four
teen million dollars and its assets at twenty
million dollars. 1t is now claimed that no
part OF the several million dollars surplus
has ever materialized, and that certain
necessary technicalities were not observed
when the trustee was appointed.
A feature of the hearing has been the
presence Of Mrs. Kate Chase and son and
her counsel, Mr.. Martin f. Morris. Mrs.
Chase was recognized at once by Justices
Field, Miller and Bradley, who were asso-
ciates of her illustrious father on the
bench.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16
PERSONAL.

Mr.. w. d. Howells is passing the pres
ent week at Lakewood, N. j.
The Prince of Wales will start on the
10Th Of this month for Berlin, where he will
be a guest of the Emperor William for
week.
Sam Jones says he proposes to stick to
preaching, as he is ''making more money
than any ten bishops in the Methodist
Church,
John Drew of Daly's company is said to
be the finest amateur swordsman in America
at the present time. His wrist is like piece
of tempered steel.
"YouDg de Lesseps," though his age is
given at Sc years, is arranging for visit to
tins country with his family.
Maior-General Sir Howard G. ElphiD-
stone, who was drowned recently, belonged
TO the Royal Engineers and was great
favorite in the royal household.
The late ex-Empress Augusta of Ger
many left Lady-in-W Waiting Fraulein Won
Reindorf, who had been in her service
nearly fifty years, legacy of $l2,5O0.
The Gar has issued an edict abolishing
the German Court Theatre of st. Peters
burg on May /. A French company is to
appear there in place Of the German actors,
Rubinstein, the famous Canadian fancy
ShHlCT, WHO COulu VIII uOtulDS VIC SIChI
tournament in Russia because he was a
Jew. has returned to this country, and says
the Norwegian ladies are by long odds the
best skaters in Europe
1t is said that the late Mrs Vincent wrote
poem for the fftieth anniversary Of Will
| lam Warren's stage career which is now in
the possession of Miss Annie Clarke, and
that Miss Clarke is to have copies of il
printed and sold at the bazar in aid of the
Mrs. Vincent memorial fund.
The Countess Waldersee, who was Miss
Lea of New York, is now the first lady at
the German Court. She lives in great state
in the palace adjoining Won Moltke's, but
her personal tastes are severely simple. Al
home she always wears cashmeres of fines
quality, but made absolutely without
trimming, and relieved only by linen col
lars and cuffs.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16
WASHINGTON, MARCH 16, 1880.
THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.

The resolution adopted by the
House of Representatives yesterday,
calling on the Secretary of War to
know whether his Department was
prepared to guard the levees of the
Lower Mississippi, and whether that
Department or the River Commission
had any steamers which could be util-
lied to save imperilled human lives,
but serves to emphasize the failure of
the levee system to prevent the over
flow of that river and the inundation
of the contiguous territory
The levee system was originally ap-
piled 10 the Mississippi by the French
colonists in the first quarter of the last
century 1t has therefore had trial of
more than one hundred and fifty years.
1t has been during that long period a
constant series of failures, costly alike
in life and property.
Leeves have been used to protect the
country bordering on the Po, Italy s
chief river, ever since the Etruscans
occupied that country prior to the
founding of Rome. The result is
summed up in the American Cyclopedia
in few words. The territory con-
tiguous to the Po subject to extensive
foundations at not distant intervals.
while the bed of the river has been con-
stantly raised by the deposits of silt
nptii the surface is from fiftee to
twenty feet higher than the adjacent
country.
The engineers in charge of the leyet
work on The Mississippi have admitted
in their testimony before Congressiona'
committees, that the cost of tn.
permanent improvement" of the Mis-.
sissippi River would be twice or three
times the amount originally estimated.
That amount was 100000 The
total cost would, therefore, be, accord
ing 10 the River Commission itself
Somewhere between $66 100000 an,
$99, 100000. And that vast sum o
money would be spent entirely in th
interest of navigation. In the words o.
one of the Commission, it would b,
without any reference 10 overflow
whatever"
What enormous additional sum
would be required TO prevent over
flows, to restrain within narrow bounds
the great stream which at flood rushe
with resistless current toward the Gulf
pouring into the lower reaches of th
river million cubic feet of waite
every second more than the narrow, II
stricted mouths of the delta can di!
charge in the same time-what sun
would be required to do this stagge
the human Imagination.
Yet this is not all. 1t is considere
by the River Commission that the rt
straining of the Mississippi by levee
will make similar levees necessary t
restrain Its tributaries within thei
banks. 1t is work which, once er
tered upon and all other plans {
methods rejected, can, in the very nj
ture of things, never be finished. I'll
surplus millions of the Treasury woul
disappear as completely as though ca
into the Norwegian maelstrom.
The levee system, as applied to Il
Father of Waters, is failure, ar
must be abandoned.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16

estinr bill. The following attractions will
also occupy the boards during the week;
Black Pearl, the pugilist; Fred. wood, the
Tnolish middle. weight, aud George Hagan,
pbiladelphla's champion middle-weight, In
display Of the art of self.defense.
Amusement Notes.
On April % there will be given at Lin
coin Music Hall an amateur. performance
of Sbakcspeare's "Hamletn for the benefit
of the Newsboys' Aid Society. The cast
will contain some Of Washington's leading
amateurs.
Mr. Charles Wing manager OF Charles
II. Ellis, the German comedian, is In the
city, looking after the interests of bis star.
Robert Downing and his wife paid q
flying visit to their home in this city few
days ago. They will soon be seen here pro-
fpssiouallV
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16
IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONERS.
Conference with Window and Il
President on the New Plan.

Conference with Window and the
President on the New Plan.
Messrs. Weber and O'Brien, Commits
sioner and Assistant Commissioner of In
migration at the port of New York, re-
spectively, spent several hours at the Treas
ury Department yesterday in conference
with Secretary Window, Assistant Secre-
tary Tichenor and Solicitor Hepburn In re-
gard to the administration of immigration
affairs under the new plan.
They also called at the White House in
company with Secretary Window and had
a talk on the subject with the President.
They will go to New York next week and
arrange for the Inauguration Of the new
system. Secretary Window said that he
selected BedIoe's Island as landing depot
for immigrants because 1t was the best
place he could get, and he has not changed
his mind since ON that subject.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16
WIT IN A SMALL WAY

1t becomes second nature for an armless
man to do things in an off-hand way
Yonkers' Gazette.
81 don't care whether Congress repeals
the tobacco tax or not"
"How's that?n
''You see, only smoke cigarettes"
How little and dried up the cheese ap-
pears to the rat after he is caught in The
trap.-AtchiS0a Globe
'Tis said that fishes have no sense,
But If the sayings meant;
How is 1t the shad meier comes to town
Until long after Lent?
A theatrical man is advertising his play
by stenciling its name on the sides of a lot
of white horses. If this doesn't bring out
the red-headed girls at least, nothing will.
Honesty Is the best policy, because 1t
is never raided and the other shops are
PittSburg Press.
When Easter blooms out in a few weeks
more
The girls III come from the milliner's store,
And its black-printed name on the package
so pat
VIII announce to the world where each one
got that hat.
eI'ye seen the Both of February In my
time" said the fat man with the peculiar
eyes.
"Why, how can you see it when it isn't
there?"
ooh, my names Tom Reed, you know"
The difference between a funny lawyer
and poet is: One courts the MUSES., and
the other amuses the court.-Light.
Whether man is big or not,
For the part he plays in life
Depends on whether he's out with the boys
Or simply at home with his wife.
Another stage coach has been held up in
Nevada by road-agents, and all the pas.
seDgers hastened to put their valuables and
money In the hands of receivers.
If YOU 90 to bed tired man you are al
most certain to come down to breakfas
attired man. - Workers. Gazette.
do not see the seven hills of Rome;
l do not see the Coliseum vast,
The Theirs tide, the distant Alban hills,
The mighty stage where played the won
derous Past;
| / only see the dark Italians grip
Around the lever Of the organ curled
And think GAS he revolves the handle nov
So his ancestors once turned all tn
| World.n
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16
JoqTINGs FOR HoUsEKEEPERs.

A wash Of equal parts of glycerine and
Tactic acid will remove moth and freckles
from the face.
The mending of kid gloves shows far
less II done with cotton thread than it does
II done with silk.
To remove rust from steel rub with kero-
sene and soak for day, polishing with en-
cry dust and kerosene.
The light in sleeping rooms should never
fall directly on the eyes, nor should the
rooms be either too dark or too light.
Kerosene poured on red flannel aud
bound on the throat will greatly ease sore
throat. 1t will also heal cuts and cure
chilblains.
Iron and polished steel, when not in use,
may be kept from rustiDg by wiping with
cloth on which little Kerosene has been
poured.
When one is fatigued and foot-sore from
much walking, it is very refreshing to bathe
the feet In warm water and rub them with
extract of arnica.
Rub black walnut furniture, or any wood
finished In oil, with a cloth slightly moist
ened with kerosene oil, to remove scratches
and restore polish.
A round piece cut from worn-out CASH
mere hose and cat-stitched to the wrong
side of the knee of children's hose with
strong cotton, viii strengthen them
greatly.
The DIFFICULTY OF administering medl-
cine to young children is entirely overcome
by using DR.. BULBS Baby Syrup, the safest,
most pleasant and efficient remedy for the
little ones. Price 25 cents.
Bad breath is most always caused by a
sick stomach. This can easily be cured.
Laxador is the remedy for such cases.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16

"There are two members of the United
States Senate with but one leg apiece" re-
marked Larliin. "When they were elected
they didn't get there with both feet, then,"
replied Simeral.- - YoaOwiae's News.
Oh, yes, they did, They were both
elected
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16
A CA R ID
FROM
FROM
MR.. T. E. ROESSLE.
The Arlington.
THE ARLINGTON"
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
March 6, 1890.

My DEAR DIR. LIGnTHILL:
1t gives me great pleasure to state
that you effected remarkable cure of
deafness and discharge from the ears in
the case of my cousin, Marcus c..
Roessle, and that the cure has proved as
permanent as it was radical. / feel sure
that without your skillful aid my cousin
would have been a deaf man all his
life. Knowing of other cases in which
you have been equally successful, l
cheerfully give you leave to refer to me
at any time, and hope that your prac-
tice in Washington will prove distin-
guished success.
Yours, truly, T. E. RoEssLE.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16

IT is AscERTAINED that the pending
negotiations in regard TO the Behring
Sea controversy are progressing as sat
isfactorily as the divergence of the
views presented will permit.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16

CONGRESSMAN FLOWER is quoted as
authority for the statement that the
New York Congressional delegation
will support River and Harbor bill of
$25, 100000 if New York is to get its
due share. In this respect the New
Workers are not sinners above all the
other delegations In Congress.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16

IMMEDIATELY on the passage of the
Oklahoma Territorial bill the boomers"
stampeded for the Cherokee Strip
and took possession of ii with rush.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16
lice. 40. az. 10 IS. GO and as.

Prlce....,.aU 49, oU 90, bU ana 10.
We have the Knee Pants in the same goods
at 45, so, 55, CO. Go and zoe. per pair.
Children's Fine Balbriggan Underwear
Vests and Drawers-priced according to size,
viz: High neck and short sleeves, 2s-inch,
45c. 24-inch. 50c.; e6-inch, &c.,. 2S-inch, 6Oc.;
SO-inch, 65c.; s2-inch, zoe.
Same, high neck and long sleeves, SC. more
on each size.
Boys Fine French Balbriggan Drawers,
ankle length. Size A-inch. 6Oc.; 26.inch, 65c.;
28-inch, 70c.; 30-inch, zoe. per pair.
NEW SPRING JERSRYS.-The demand
for this wonderfully popular garment con
tinues unabated. We are showing an excel
lent line. embracing the newest and most
stylish shapes. Here are three specials:
Black Atwood Jerseys. Sizes, 3s to Al,
S1.50 each.
Better quality black all-wool Jerseys,
handsomely trimmed with Soutache Braid.
All sizes. $3.50 each.
The latest style Figaro" Jerseys. Only
$3.50 each.
This is without exception the finest garment
for the money ever our pleasure TO offer.
Third floor.
GLOyES.-Here are three of tho best
values we have in popular priced Gloves;
Ladies' 6-button length Mousquetaire Gray
Chsmois Skin Gloves. 81 per pair.
Ladies' 4button Real Kid Gloves, in as
sorted shades of tan and brown, Feather
Stitch, Sl.25 per pair.
Children's Mousquetaire Suede Gloves, in
tan and brown, Embroidered Backs. 81 per
pair.
First floor, centre.
BOYS SHIRT WAIsTS.-Here are three
special values:
40 dozen Boys Fancy Percale Waists, e&-
! cellent patterns. Only 25c. each,
| so dozen Boys Fancy Flannelette "Outlng"
Waists. Sizes TO IL years 35c. each, Tor
81.
| A new line OF Boys Shirt Waists called
"Ihe SUM-" made OF heavy weight fancy per
collar and cuffs Also in plain white. Sizes
| TO IA years, Only soc. each,
Third floor.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16

EACH SEASON has its own peculiar NAL
ady; but with the blood maintained in a
state Of uniform yigor and purity by the
use Of Ayers Sarsaparilla little danger
ences. No other blood medicine is so safe
and effective.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16

IT Is ANNOUNCED that New York
capitalists are ready to establish pos
tai telegraph on the terms and rates
proposed by the Postmaster General.
These capitalists are said to be owners
of a system of telegraphy by which
many circuits could be worked with
few wires. All they ask in return is
exemption from Federal and State tax
atiOn
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16
The Minona RuiIding.

Seventeen bids were received at the Treas
ury Department yesterday for the CON
structlon Of public building at Winona,
Mimi, the lowest two being those OF
Charles w. Gidele OF Chicago at S93, 7S3,
and Grant & Noonan of Winona at 1850.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16

1t Is estimated that there arc now over
twenty thousand fortune hunting SET
tiers there. In the staid aud consorva-
tive East II is difficult to understand or
estimate the restless, reckless. daring,
adventurous spirits that find irresistible
attraction in the varying experiences OF
pioneer life.
REPRESENTATIVE b. w. PERKtNs Of
Kansas has attracted considerable notice
by his successful management of the
Oklahoma bill, which passed the
House on Thursday. Mr.. Perkins has Il
good reputation for perseverance and
craftsmanship, and occasions will arise
from time to time on which those quail
tics will again be in demand.
THERE Is A.PRosrECT thai the surf
men of the life saving stations, who, all
things considered, are the worst aid
people in the employ of the Govern
ment, will have their pay increased,
will receive uniforms, and have their
widows pensioncd. 81.
THERE is SOME expectation that the
Ballot Reform bill, which received q
solid Republican support in its passage
by the New York Legislature, may g
passed over Governor Hills anticipated
veto.
The PRESENT SLATE of the Brooklyn
Eagle is Cleveland for President, Chapin
for Governor and Hill for United States
| Senator.
Is THE SCRATCHING of tickets at an
election caused by the itch for office
WHEN IT COMES to real estate, front
foot is better than back yard.
A eRANDCHILD is not always a grand
| Child
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16

ASK FOR THE Robert Portner beeri 1t is
the best
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16

Is THE SCRATCHING of tickets at an
election caused by the itch for office ?
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16

The PRESENT SLATE of the Brooklyn
Eagle is Cleveland for President, Chaplin
for Governor and Hill for United States
Senator.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-16

THE TERRIBLE AND invulnerable
iron. clad has for years been the dread
and menace of sea. board cities. This
fear is measurably removed by the in
vention of the Zalinski pneumatic dy-
Mantle gun, which was tested last
Thursday on the Delaware River, and
which can be relied upon to land "a
young volcano" one mile from the
point of delivery. To this gun the
blowing-up of an iron-clad would be
simply holiday pastime.