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.To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

@To WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
The Merchants Mutual Protective Onion was organ
lied Tor the mutual protection Of members against
that class Of persons VINO can but viii not. pay their
The membership, which II composed Of our best
merchants and trsdesmen h large and rapidly incress
tns.
Its objects are assist its members in collecting
back bills and to report to them monthly the names u
persons who do not pay.
1he annual tee 10 e.. the monthly dues so cents to
b paid on the delivery OF the report.
All persons indebted to membeD who fail to make
satisfactory arrangements with then, for settlement
latter having been duly notfed) their names will be
puolishsd. 30 that they may 10 known other mem
bsrs and credit denied them thereafter
For further information call address
j. b. BROWN. General Manager,
Room 10. Central National Bank building.
}A24-sktu-3m And lSuo 18th a nv
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MAY Vnrr ALAsKA.-n il possible that the
cruiser Charleston, now at San Francisco, may
60 to Alaska. The Senate committee on terri
tories are about TO visit Alaska, and have % far
transportation companies TO furnish steamer
ut what the committee regard q reasonable
rstes- A they are under Instructions from the
Senate TO ASCERTAIN the needs of Alaska for .
territorial form Of government il ID felt that Q
visit TO that section Of the country is necessary
requested 10 send the party TO Alaska
on the Charleston, the committee assuming
that the vessel may be - we'll % employed e
In ordinary cruising. The Charleston q nov
fitting out ct Mare Island with o view TO Sail
ing for Chilli in few weeks Il her presence sp-
pears TO be necessary there.
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Awe SELL THE RIGHT KIND OF
SPRING ovERCOATs,
Not too cheap" not too dear. Is clio
little enough for q Spring Overcoat2
Depends on the overcoat. You1l admit
that it is low enough for the overcoat wo
offer At that price when you see the
overcoat. II finer ones are desired hero
they are. too.
GEORGE SPRANSY,
cps 434 7th 81.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Ol ANO11Sl1O.
esPLcIAL NOTICE
REMOVAL
THE WEST END NATIONAL BANK
NOW OCCUPIES ITS NEW
AND coMMopIoUs OFFICES
AT l4l5 @ STREET.
TRAxsAcTs A GENERAL BANKING BusINKss
BUY GOVERNMENT BONDS.
EXCHANGE SOLD ON THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
OF EUROPE
wM. R. RILEY, President
CHAs. P. WILLIAMS. Cashier.
GEORGE A. McILHENNY. Vice President
DIRECTORS:
John r. Carmody, John r. Bsall,
H. 5. Cummings. r. II. Goldsboroush.
Edward s. Westcost, James B. Lambis,
Conrad Becker. Walter Il. WILCOX,
l. r. Tu-tle.E. John +. Wort,
A p. F4rdon. c. A. Schneider,
William r Riley, George A. McIlhsnny
Frank T. Ravlinss- pshS0-0
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eFOR A SUMNER HOTEL
~ Or an ElegSnt Private Residence
there 10 no more beautiful or desir.
able spot than the one have for sale,
situated between Haeerstown and the
B.ue Mountain House: containing
hne old mansion, extensive grounds
stream Of water. earden, lawns and
everything Necessary for comfort and
attraction conveniently located as to
travel. but quiet and retired. Send
for circulars.
JOHN B. WIGHT,
sp3-2s l4OSb de.
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CA,.A,r 4 L.1Dr.

OT &c srk-anishsd Henristtas, fully worth
~ yard. vs have In AL the new shadss 4 Tan.
Aodss, Dove, Grzys and Browns
The Latest India Mousssline. nns srd vsry
Drssfy. IN Blacks. Tans. Grays end BROWNE.
only l2>sc- yard and 30 In vids.
shsntonx Ponsees. In Black. Tans. NOD.
orsys. Browns and Blues. only lsc. . ysrd.
Special Offering In LADIES' RIBBED Vests. A N.
I'm and DC Best values ever o6sred.
Ladies VERY Fine Gauge Balbrtgran Eosisry.
b rsns and unblssched- AL sizss ct l2tc.
Mans bsibrixgan Half Hose. I'm Tana Gram
and unblssohed- All sizss ss I2kc.
Cnndrsns Positive Fast Black Derby nabbsd
Hoss- Sizes TO 81 1t l2Sc- Good value.
hafttngs al &c Lest ysax's pricsa No advanes
- o1x pxsssa
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Mn. Caroline echnidt q Chester, RA, vAs
~ acquitted Of shs murder Of her 49,.
Enna fhtssnnsysr. - lest her reason.
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The st. Mary's reservoir IL niue miles g
and three miles vide, and in its neighbDrhs'
II IL popular boast that Il IL the larccsf b
OF water In the world artincially inclosed.
water IL perhaps ten or fifteen feet des p. Il
IL retained by broad earthen walls IL lasS
outlet at its eastern end. near ST. Mary's. q
the canal connecting Cincinnnt "a and Toleda
a feeder 10 which the reservoir was built
Lake Erie and Western railroad skirts
northern side. The reservoir IL a rescrtS
sportsmen. and lite shores dotted with r.
etmen's huts and the houses OF fishing q
duck shooting clubs. The villages near coca
TO be in danger from food are ~. Ma
mile or two from the eastern enc. p
Celina, the county seat Of Mercer couutN
the western end of the reservoir. The COM
roundaboutis level, and as much a. IL A. IL
comprised within the newly discovered saA
territory 10 devoted 10 agriculture. D
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'E0sIr 'lss-
We have among other Jobs two Neht
Three-quarter Side-bar BUGGIES painted
Jet black, upholstered in hns dark green
body cloth. full leather top, steel tires
axles, &C.. and vosTsntsd for ons ysor.
sI2s.
Ths finish and trimmings are simply ole
CANT and compare favorsbly with Jobs SOLD
ct $500 and SIPS.
sHAFFER BROTHERS,
FINE CARRIAGES,
mh27.lm Cornsr l4th and streets NV
E~vrRY FREQUENTLY WE HAv.
Left with rs for sale second hand vehicles.
have two now that the owners are anx-
ious to dispose of.
No. / is . very Light Victoria. suitable for
one horse: 1t II in perfect order and VIII b
No.2 is . very hns hish-whssl two or four
passenger dog cart. This cart was only used
tvomonths and cost when new ESQ., Owner
VIII ssllfor $780,
ANDREW J. JoYcE's SONS.
dfs,ss: S.S = s:'a At our 1 Ssy
~oUR saiRT TRADE STILL BooNsi
SS for fHScH saqh an Srss
en- sre PLACING {neir orders frSely Our NEW impor
tAtion. Of chsviot zephyn. Madras and Botiny jus,
Foods cannot b duplicated would BE wise to place
sSsslSns q shs Ssria. BEST loom: p + Hall IL
SHlhINAkEh, 9OS + 1. NV. fs2l-.m
E~Dk. CLARENCE R. DUBUQUE
Has removed his once to
mhSo2W lOO9 St. NV.
FoR sALE-TwENTY SHARES AMERI
can 1'''''' S' sts 4 II Is sif%fss
mh3O-1W 1885 st.
E~AN EXPERT OCULIsT. REPRESENT
~ ing Queen h Co. Of Philadelphia, will be In
my store nsxt TUESDAY. April z. Consultation frel
GEO. w. sP1ER,
Jeweler and Optician
mn3l-os 3l0 9TH IT. u. W.. near Pa ave.
RMARCH 81. IS91.-TO THE PUBLIC
~ Having sold to W. H. Cooper my Book and
stationery business take this opportunity OF thank
ing my friends and patrons their support ash
them TO continue the my successor Cooper
All bulls receivable or payable to be presented
to me Tor nnal settlement.
MARS CASSIDY.
shall Be pleased to my friends my store l4sS
New York ave-, where furnish them with Sta
tionery Engraving. Pictures and Picture Framing s
H COOPER,
mh31-6t Formerly with J. ]. Decker.
~CUsTOM-MADE SHIRTS.
Win our increased facilities In this department ",
better prepared than execute your order,
for 'Custom-made" Shirts. Any STYLE for ordinary
occasions. made at short notice. and satis
faction guaranteed In every instance Now the bes
time to leave your ORDERS you will ind shirt mort
comfortable for summer after having been worn
q short while.
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Disquieting Reports From the |
Mary's Reservoir.
WARNER MLLERy PARTY RESCUsl
Chinese Merchants in California
Oppose Minister Blair. !
THE RHODE ISLAND ELECTIa,
IN IMMINENT PERIL

DfsQufetnG Keports a- 60 the Big 5off
Near Celina. ohio.
LIMA. ONO. April 4-The latest reports f,nm
the break in the banks Of the st. MAry's rster-
voir are Of most disquieting nature. A hetvy
rain fell yesterday snd the country for miles
around is inundated. All the oil works are
flooded and operations suspended secrS Of
farms are under water and many families I'VE
deserted their homes. The town of CeliiIs 4 III
1000 inhabitants. n IN imminent danger fsoe-
ing swept out OF existence.
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cARHART 3 LI1pY.
- N ~ 10 Z - ~.
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K~BuiLDERs AND OTHERS SHOULD
Gas Fixtures, Lamps and Gas Stoves Prices correct
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R~ATTENTION, RECHABITES,
49, The committee appointed By the several
tents to wait on the Distrc. Commissioners in relation
to the liquor OF one mile limit to Soldiers Home will
meet At Sl Mass. ave. n ". FRIDAY, April 10 at o.
IN: BY order chairman hiyh tent. JOHN ]. COULTER:
RI HAVE THIS DAY SOLD MY FIOTR
90 snd Feed store l26 b st.. to Messrs. b. A.
friends and The public ior continuance Of their pa
tronage as in the past. AL bills due will be payable at
tne oi1 STAND ID. NJ. GOODACRE,
a We. this Sd day Of April. 1891. bought of d. NJ
Soodacre iced store I20 st. NV and will continue
to carry on the a. BEFORE hoping to please those
It. BENZ. A. FOWLER BRO.
F%THIs IS TO GIVE NOTICE THAT THE
~ subscribers of the District of Columbia have
OBTAINED nom the supreme Court Of the District of
Columbia, holding special term for Orphans Cont
business letters testamentary the personal estate of
SAMUEL NORMENT, late of the District Of Column.
bia, deceased all persons having cailns against the
said deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same
with the vouchers thereof to the subscribers on or
before the 18th day of March next they may otherwise
by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate
Given under our hands this 18th day Of March, 1881
JAMES 8. EDWARDS,
500 9Th street N w.
CLARENCE F. NORMENT.
ap4-law3w Central National Bank Building
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RAT THE REQUEST OF ONE THOUSAND
~ and one Of our customers We have provided
space for lunch the sixth floor of our 10Th
street building and have opened tho same. We are
now prepared to serve them in nrst-olsss
mh20-3m WOODWARD LOTHROP.
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F~CAN'T BE EQUALED
For the price asked nne stone
and brick dwelling in the choicest
part of the northwest for only
81. 500. New and attractive;
conveniently arranged. and has
every modern convenience.
Call at once.
B. H. WARNER CO.,
ap4-3t 916 F st. NV.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-08-05

slightest nutriment in the meat, pota-
toes In their jackets, and plum (?) pud-
ding. Here aga!G it is manifest that
quantity gives 1ull place TO quality. 1t
is also evident that we must scramble
for our food.
The soup is IN large tins placed on tho
floor, with ladle for self-helpers The
beef is brought round in another tin
from which the steward extracts 1t,
parity with fork and partly with his
fingers The potatoes arrive in another
big tin. Each grabs as many as he
feels like, and when one is satisfied he
throws a few along the corridor to his
frienaS
This may appear clever baseball
practice, but IL is hardly in accordance
with the etiquette OF meal table.
But methods and not manners rulo the
steerage. They are herded like beasts
and they act as such.
On Monday we have porridge for
breakfast, in addition TO the coffee, etc.
L have been wondering all along who
cleaned our cups ard pates. poor
nnocent,-imagined that 1t was done By
the stewards. Not bit OF IL. Louis
has been Quietly doing mine, but this
morning Louis is s. i'll slumbering, and
learn that every cmisrant washes his
own dishes, going 10 the cooks galley
for warm water for that purpose. An
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-08-05
Binsting Paper.

The preparation of paper so that it
may be used as blasting material for
tearing down lodges, blowing up build
ingS or even firing cannon, is de-
scribed as follows by n writer in the
Paper Trade Journal: Almost any
good unsized paper can be made into
an explosive compound by coating it
with hot mixture of yellow prussiate
of potash and charcoal. Take each of
these, II parts; mix with refined salt
petre, 80 parts; chloride of potassium,
70 parts; wheat starch, 10 parts and
water, 1000 parts. The ingredients
must be dissolved until they form a
clear solution in the water. Dip the
paper and soak it in the solution until
it is thoroughly wet. 1t then may be
dried, rolled into cartridges and fired
in the ordinary manner, either with
fuse or with decorating caps similar
to those used in firing cannon or dyn-
amite when used in blasting lodges.
Blasting paper is especially useful
in operating the gunpowder pile driver,
rs several thicknesses of the explosive
paper may be placed on top of the
timber together with an explosive cap
and"fred by impact of the ram as it
falls from the previous stroke. Car
tridges of this paper may be rolled to
any desired size, aud are very handy
when blasting wheel pit or flume, as
the cartridge can be made of exactly
the size to fill the drill hole.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-08-05
How Lightning Makes Glass

When q bolt of lightning strikes a
bed of sand it plunges downward into
the sand for a distance Less or greater,
Transforming simultaneously into glass
the SILICA in the material through
which it passes. Thus, by It's great
heat, it forms mt once q glass tube of
precisely its own size Now and then
such tube, known as a fulgurite, is
found and dug up. Fulgurites have
been followed into the sand by excava-
ton for nearly thirty feet; they vary
in size of quill to three inches or
more, according 10 the bore OF the
flash But f,llguritee are not alone
produced in sand; they are found in
solid rock, though very naturally of
slight depth and frequently existing
merely as thin, CLASSY coating on the
surface. Such fulgurites occur in as
tonishing abundance on the summit of
little Ararat IN Armenia. The rock is
soft and so porus that blocks q foot
long can be obtained, perforated in oil
directions by little tubes filled with
bottle green glass formed from the
fused rock.
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front Of ID, and form themselves into a
Come all-ye choir. The tunes are very
quaint but the verses seem intermina-
BILE, and the vigor OF tho vocNists rather
repeis than attracts.
BY and by tn Scandinayians seiZe the
opportunity of lull and start their
Quaint, but still more unmusical ditties
that is, tho rendition is unmusical be-
cause IL embraces too many contrary
keys Then tho Irish get renewed en-
ergy and start again. But the Scandi-
nayians won't give in, so the result is
general pandemonium and no bar.
But when all have tired themselves
out and dwindled away, the artful Louis
Quietly creeps up 10 the bar window and
taps 1t Is opened, and Louis says
with fearful innocen, ct
81 didn't sing a note!'
He gets drink.
On Tuesday retire sullenly, for we
are due in New York. Wednesday.
feel more and more homesick as tho day
passes by and no Fire Is and is In sight.
At last we sight the lighthouse, and
can't he p falling On my knees.
When we reach Sandy Hook l almost
dance with Joy. But when we arrive al
quarantine, after shutdown. and find we
have to anchor there all night within
the mocking sight of Liberty Statue and
the lights OF Brooklyn bridge, sink
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His Own Funeral.

Capt. Ben Wakefield. of Bfddeford,
who lost his life Monday, once at
tended his own funeral, being one of
the few men who have had that priv
lege, says the Bangor (Me.) CONNER
cjaL. He had gone on q fishing trip
down on the Grand Banks and had
been away from home good while
without his family hearing from him.
The same season had proved very dis
astrous to number of other fishermen
who went out from thereabouts, and
the vessel Capt. Ben was in had her
share of hard luck, and the report
reached home thGt she, with her crew,
was lost. Time passed and Capt. Ben
did not return, until at last his family
gave up all hope that he had been
saved and day was set for the mem
orial services. The services were held
in the church at Cape Porpoise. The
minister had offered prayer for the alb
sent fisherman who was supposed to
have found his grave in the sea, and
was just beginning his sermon when
Capt Ben walked into the church.
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with three-foot passage down the cen-
ter These seven compartments are
arranged TO hold two hundred and TWEEN
ty human beings-one hundred and
fourteen on the starboard-but only one
hundred and eight on the Tort side, the
remaining space here being occupied by
the Storage stewards.
grope my way into the center com
partment on the port side. Already
sonorous music has begun, and | wonder
IL / shall have to endure these sounds
night after night Luckily my bunk
isn't there. ! try the next and believe
that l have found my domicile at last
/ start TO climb up to an apparently
empty bunk, and am quickly lifted by a
concealed foot over onto the other sido
This isn't pleasant. ! scramble down
and ont and determine not TO stay there
even if l have the right.
! try a third. and this time success
rewards me. ! ste-t TO undress, and
wonder where I shall hang my clothes.
No nails, no hooks, no spa G for any
thing but my aching form. l am COM
PEELED TO double up my coat and vest
and use them as q pillow keeping on
the rest of my clothes until | have
time to watch how the others manage
Oh, for soft board in a precinct cell
in preference TO this,
l toss about in agony. and so tire my
self by turnings and twistings that am
almost doing when two hilarious beings
enter shouting London comic song
with refrain of Hi-tiddlety-hi-ti! I'm
all right"
venture to disagree with their opin-
ions of themselves, and come very near
getting my head punched, but luckily
one Of the enthusiasts is my neighbor,
Louis. He paciiies matters by crawling
all over me, and goes off to sleep after
telling his life history TO himself in
rlaudln tone Then l do manage TO
indulge in a few ftfu slumbers, and
gladly arise at o'clock to prepare for
breakfast.
Armed with my soap and towel mount
the ladder, walk about thirty yards, and
join five others who are washing at an
iron tank filled with water from taps.
Perfect ablut;on is cut OF the question.
/ am crowded away the moment touch
the water, and the bell rings for break
fast before 4 am properly dry.
Our Sunday breakfast consists OF
bread, butter, and coffee. The bread
and butter same old axle -grease) is IN
tins on the table, the coffee, ready
MIXED condensed milk and water with
preponderance CT the latter and
sugared. is brought round by the stew
ards in spouted cans and poured into our
tin mugs as we hold them out. Here,
again, il is case Of shove, and if you
don't shove forward pretty hard you are
liable TO get left.
At 1890 we are rNnS 10 our Sunday
dinner. This consists of soup, boiled
beef 0rom which the previous soup has
evidently been made, for there is not the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-08-05

Here new difficulty presents itself.
have been so accustomed TO hotel
rooms with numbered doors that have
neglected to note that here are only
doorways, and there are many OF them.
and they are all alike, what shall L do?
i daren't ask again switch is my bunk?"
/ sadly remember the last reply / re-
ceived to that question The only thing
/ can do Is to explore them all.
am standing in q long corridor like
place which runs from for'ard to mid
shipa There is very little room to
move, for all possible vacant space is
occupied by long, bare, rough pine slabs
down the center, which serve as tables,
with some narrower slabs either side OF
them for seating accommodation.
All around me are what appear 30 be
innumerable canvas shades, seve- ioet
wide, two covering the space between
roof and floor. AT intervals between
these shades are seven doorways, each
representing the entrance TO compsrt-
ment and each compartment containing
a double tier Of hunks on either side,
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is Ancaster stone, brought from Lin
coInshire ON pack-horses, and ex-
changed for coal found on the estate.
During the reform riots of 1881 the
house was threatened with the fate of
Nottingham Castle, but the brave yeo-
men who went TO the rescue drove back
the advancing mob and saved the gray
walls from destruction. The park,
comprising $50 acres of undulating,
beautifully wooded land, is on the edge
of Nottingham. A beautiful winding
avenue of lofty lines leads from the
great gates to the hall, and here the
troths of nine generations of lords and
ladies have been plighted.
Surrounding the park is massive
brick wall, which excludes the interior
from the vulgar gaze, and on which,
tradition says, one man spent the en-
tire period of his apprenticeship.
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Icy Aaron Burr.

Aaron Burr was, by nature and
training. man of extraordinary self
control. He allowed no circumstance
to throw him off his balance. An an
ecdote told by Rufus Choate to the
late Richard II. Dana, recorded in Mr..
Dana's diary illustrates the moral
callousness which aided Burr so greatly
in controlling himself. Several years
after the death of Hamilton-killed by
Burr in q duel--Burr visited Boston,
and Mr.. Devereux of Salem paid him
some attentions. The visitor was
taken to the Boston Atheneum, where,
while the two mon were walking
through gallery of sculpture, Mr..
Devereux happened to catch sight OF
bust of Hamilton.
The thought flashed across his mind
tina. Burr might not care to be con-
fronted with the sight of the features
of the man he had slain. But no.
Burr was undisturbed- He also espied
the bust, and although Mr.. Devereux
instinctively turned away, he walked
mp to it and said in a loud tone: "Ah,
here is Hamilton!' Then passing his
fingers along certain lines of the face,
he added: There was the poetry"
Hamilton's contemporaries gave him
credit for possessing poetic mind.
though his writings betray no trace Of
poety, but, on the contrary, ore as in
tellectual as Euclid. --AtlGaata Con-
StitutiOn