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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-22

OF his words. for 10 blew perfect gale,
and by D clock all but the crew woie
down i'm the cabin, with the hatch bat
tened down.
ave were all dcathly sick, and the old
steward, who had been on the sea Tor
years, was nearly rs helpless "a any OF
MS But he managed TO circulate among
the wretchcd company with the ships
breaapan, into which each east his con-
tribution. and sank back with relieved
oh The storm lasted for three long
DAYS On The second day, however, |
could stand the sickening confinement OF
the cabin no longer, and managed TO
crawl upon deck.
"The capita n dashed me to the main
mast and then fastened TO the side OF
the vessel He was also wret 'hcdly sick
In fact, il is safe TO say that we were
the sickeSt community on the face OF the
deep. We every moment expected 10
10 the bottom. and were a triile diSap-
pointed To find our misery prolonged.
"When we came I'm sight OF the coast
we dare not attempt landing, as our
compass aud chronometer were'out OF
order and we were generally off our
reckoning and along bad coast. The
natives, however, came ont in their
CdDOtS anu HlSt lOI Saib PUN
"The sea was still rolling high when
we approached the island Of Utilla.
again we Cd not dare to land, but
raised the signal of distress and with the
glass watched the natives set out for Us
in a couple of sailboats. 1t took them
two hours TO reach us We decided %
beach the vessel and did so successfully
with native for pilot
"The water on shipboard had been so
vile that | was frantic for n drink of
something that tasted clean. SO went
ashore with the islanders. One of their
number climbed cocoanut tree and
brought down a large nut, which we
tapped. and from which | took long,
refreshing draught OF its cooling milk.
AT the earliest possible moment we
put our vessel into the harbor of Ruitan.
The natives Of these islands are a
strange composite of negro, Spanish and
white blood, and are commonly ca led
'Bandangos They dressed with great
freedom when they took the trouble to
dress at all. a more lazy set you never
saw. II was a great eNcrtion toI
them TO Smuggle enough rum from Brit
iSh Honduras To keep the officers and
themselves supplied.
at was next to impossible to get them
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-22

and rats had left but little Sound, sala-
BILE fruit out of the entire cargo of
bananas, pineapples, and cqcoanuts.
40 cap the climax, the Ships papers
could not be made out 10 satisfy the Gus
tom house officials In vain | tried TO
discover what was the matter with them.
At last | slipped five-dollar bill into
the hands of an official, and the papers
suddenly became satisfactory.
Had il not been for the immense
margin of profit in the cargoeS that we
handled, we would have lost heavily on
account of being becalmed As it was.
we came out about even in money and
our experience ahead.
IL saw plainly that the fruit-carrying
trade with Bay Islands must be con-
Quoted by steamships, which would not
be sub, ect To Gains. oar next move
must BE- 10 obtain IA steamship.
shortly after returning TO Chicago a
certain lake steamer was advertised for
sale by the United States Marshal at
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-22

sAs our captain was lake captain.
and had never sailed on the sea, | wished
10 get posted on all the difficult details
of seaport entry, which is a more per.
picking and intricate affair than the tariff.
"The custom house clerks would not
give me a particle of information on that
subject aud confessed complete ignor-
ancc of IL. But | happened TO find an
old friend-a ship broker-who knew the
deputy revenue collector, and introduced
me 10 that official, with whom | had a
long talk ON the details of seaport entry.
after the ships papers had been pre-
scented, we were informed that certain
errors in them laid MS guilty OF n certain
maritime oifensc, punishable by. seizure
and sale Of the vessel and its cargo by
"A United States marshal.
"The deputy-collector, when reminded
of his conversation with me, denied any
recollection of It, Then | told the officials
that, in order To make the whole thing
compete, they should hang the owner
and agent OF the ycSsel-make a clean
job OF il and prevent further troubled
"When they wanted To know what l
was going 20 do about IL, / told them that
perhaps 1 had better pull in Washing
ton than they imagined, and that l was
going u pay visit TO the Secretary Of
the Interior.
AT that they fixed things up In n
hurry, on my making a written state
ment OF the history OF the papers, and
of the fact that our men knew nothing
about making out ships papers for sea-
port entry and exit
"The ship was then stocked and in due
| time reached the harbor of Ruitan.
~While here | formed the acquaintance
Of tho Governor OF Eastern Honduras
man Of fine presence and ability.
"This acquaintance would have ended
ia my accepting an official position un-
| der him had ! not been determined to
make final test of my enterprise.
IL bartcrcd my merchandise for another
! cargo Of tropical frnitS. and we steamed
away for New Orleans in defiance of
Gains.
unfortunately we decided to take tho
| cargo aS far north As Mobile Just as
we reached there an untimely severe
! frost npped the fruits of al our strugg 70
! into nothingnesS
My resources were exhausted, but
others picked up the enterprise where |
was forced 10 drop il, and made
! their millions from it. ! recall, in par
! ticular, one old 'dago, then IA common
| fruit vcnder on the streets of New Or
| leans, who became millionaire from
the Bay Island steamship fruit traffic,
in a few years from the time when
brought the first cargo, by steam, to
! Mobile.
"From that disastrous voyage has
grown the immense fruit traffic with
Central America"
The gentleman who gave me this mar
ratiye in the true Chicago spirit quickly
recruited his fortunes 5. and is now an
honored and successful Chicago business
man.
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fourteen pounds, they cheated them.
selves three pounds out of every four
teen
while at the island Of Ruitan the
American consul. Mr. Burchard, made
US welcome TO his home, and we
spent night after night upon
his bacony, listening To- the yarns
OF the sailors and the songs of the ma
tves There were no hotels on the
island and no one took boarders; but il
was good form for any OF the crew who
could not b, entertained at the Consul's
to drop into the first Bandango hut he
came tI and call for breakfast, or any
other meal A favorite dish was cocoa
nut when in the custard state, just as IL
was beginning 90 set. Ny partner re.
mained at the pr ncipal harbor on Ruitan
Island, where we unloaded all the cargo
but few barrels of salt pork, which we
took to a second harbor. where we ex.
pccted TO sell u and at once load with n
return cargo OF fruits and nuts. When
the second port was reached we failed 10
sell as we expected, but loaded with
fruits and put out for New Orleans only
stopping moment at Rutan.
"Whcn fairly started on our return
voyage, IL was discovered that &c as
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-22
A IIttlo Tea Gown

But, ma, she's set her heart on it So
and It'll be awful pretty"
Pretty, no doubt, but it's foolish ex-
travagance. faint as if she was goin'
to wear it year in and year out. and
besides 1t will take the dressmaker full
three days to make it. and we'll have
her thread and snippin's all over the
house. l just shan't do it, Niece
though she be, that's too much to ask
after al I've done for her. Anyhow,
what's the use-she can't take it with
her where she's goin'."
i, the new pastors wife. was return
ing my first calls, and L overheard the
above dialogue as ! stood rapping at
the Widow Stebbens'.
A louder rap was answered at last by
that lady herself, and l was shown into
the stiff SNOWY parlor. After short,
formal call, | rose to go, when Mrs.
Stebbens said, won't you step in and
see my niece, Lefty; she's sick, and
hasn't been out to meetin' since YOU
came"
i assen,ed, and she led the way into
an adjoining chamber, where lay a
pretty young girl, whose bright ewes,
hollow cheeks, and little cough made
an unconscious appeal that went right
TO my heart.
Lefty cnatted brightly in that conf
! Dental way that invalids sometimes
have, showing me her autograph
albums and schoolmates' photographs,
and finally asking my opinion upon
some samples of cloth that she drew
! f.om under her pillow.
Now, wouldn't this make Just the
/ loveliest tea gown? ?" showing me a lot
of pale pink cashmere, figured with
/ daisies of deeper shade, with leaves
of .paie olives and browns. Made
with puffed sleeves, she went on, "and
, with cuffs and high Medici collar of
! olive velvet"
| could see In fancy the sweet thin
; face set off by the artistic gown and |
/ praised both the sample aud her taste.
"Auntie thinks it's silly of me, /
know, but in week or so, when / be-
gin to be about, it will be so nice to
wear in the house"
The conversation turned to other
! topics, aud soon l took leave of Lefty.
The next time you come L will have
on my pretty gown, she said, gayly,
/ as L babe her good-Dy.
Two weeks later | went to see Lefty
again. She wore her aesthetic gown,
! but this time there was no flush upon
! the fair face and the still little hands
were crossed over her heart. Miss
Stebbens stood with her mother beside
the casket. Amt you glad now, ma.
that you humored her about the dress /?
1t wasn't much trouble and she's goin'
TO take it with her where she goes.
after all" Mrs. otebbens bowed her
head, but n sob that shook her angular
shoulders with jerk was all the reply
1 heard; but Lefty, lying there in her
pretty pink gown, looked so happy that
! 1 believe she heard more.-Mdu and
Express.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-22

In an account of Mexican meteorites,
NJ. l.. Fletcher, an English mineralo-
gist, describes fourteen huge masses of
iron which have been found within a
small section of country. The largest
has the form of o beehive, rises iour
feet above the ground, and is five feet
in diameter at the surface OF the soil
beneath which it extends to unknown
depths. The second mass, estimated
to weigh 200 pounds, is now in the
National Museum at Washington.
The Butcher masses number eight
pieces, weighing from 800 pounds to
$50 pounds, and having a total weight
of 1000 pounds, The Sandhez estate
mass weighs 252 pounds. and the Fort
Duncan mass 97i pounds. The great
est dispersion is sixty-six miles.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-22

s'stant steward had failed 10 separate
the ships supplies from the cargo, and
both had been unloadcd together at
Ruiian. Practically IA the supplies we
had on board were tie few barrels OF
salt pork that wa had failed 10 sell at
the second port
"But we would have been able 10 stand
that had we not been becalmed FOR
many days under the torrid sun of the
Gulf. As il was. we suffered intensely.
Nor was that the worst of it.
"The vessel and all its occupants were
literally overrun with banana rats. by
the time the schooner put into the har-
Dor at New Orleans, tho delay, heat,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-22
SHILOH'S
CONSU NJ PTION
CURE.

The success of this Great Cough Cure il
without parallel in the history of medicine.
All druggists are authorized to sell it on pos
tive guarantee, test that no other cure can sue
cessfully stand. That it may become known,
the Proprietors, at an enormous expense, are
placing Sample Bottle Free into every home
in the United States and Canada. If you have
a Cough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use it, for
it will cure you. II your child has the Group,
or Whooping Cough, use it promptly, and relief
is sure. If you dread that insdious disease
Consumption, use it. Ask your Druggist for
SHILOH'S CURE, Price 10 cts, so cts. and
SI.oo. II your Lungs are sore or Back lame,
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Price IS cts.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-22

W UTYS
the old-fashioned pill. Too
reckless in its way of doing
business, too. 1t cleans you
out, but it uses you up, and
your outraged system rises up
against it. DIR. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets have better way.
They do just what is needed
no more. Nothing can be
more thorough-nothing is as
mild and gentle. They're the
smallest, cheapest, the easiest
to take. One tiny, sugar
coated granule's a gentle lax
ative-three to four are ca
thartic. Sick Headache,
Constipation, Indigestion, Bill
ious Attacks, and all derange-
ments Of the Liver, Stomach
and Bowels are promptly re-
lieved and permanently cured.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-22

creditors. Among
these episodes, |
may mention being
confronted o n @
dark night in the
vicinity of n GER
tain mine in Colo
RADIO, owned by a
company of which
l had first been
elected president
by some twenty
vigorous employees,
who were bent on
drawing their wa
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-22

NE of Chicago's
pi or business
men, who has sue
ccssiveIy made and
} lost enough money
To find the north
west pa : 5 a z q,
shared it n me
his seat in an eve
ming train bound
for one or c Ii i
cago's beautiful
suburbs, W II cr g
our homes were
located.
As the newsboy
pas sed through
the car with his
basket Of bananas,
il occurred To me
that | had heard
that my seat-matc
had once been on
gagged in the fruit
trade.
" VI r. Hustle, ="
said !, "did you
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-22
A TYPICAL ClIlCAGQAN.
SIDE ISSUES IN HIS EVENTFUL
CAREER.

President of "A Mine Narrow Escape
from Lynching -Founi ling tho Great
Steamship Fruit Trade with Central
Americs-How Pluck aud Perseverance
Pravailel.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-22

ges for Il coaplcDoN JOSE AQUIRE. GOV.
OF years back. or EASTERN DEPT. HON
drawing mo up 20 DURAS.
the lower limbs of a mountain pine By
a rope which their foreman carried.
Some Xxi d gentlemen perceived my
embarrassing situation, and gave mo an
Introduction to the crowd, and matters
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were arranged over
night. Before night
was over ! ar
ranged myself ont
the lack door of
that mining camp;
and have n eve r
called since. F"
But what h a d
that TO GO with the
Ccntlal Americ a n
fruit trade?" |
asked.
"Why, just this: I
concluded that as |
was ev IDENTIFY not
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-22

A CALIFORNIA woman living near Au.
burn has made a success i'm a rather novel
line OF enterprise. Some years ago she
planted eight acres of olive trees, and
they have just begun to bring in return.
She gets SIS a gallon for the oil
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-22

ever see any OF those growing!
"Well, yes" he replied, with laugh;
ga few scatteringsoncS. In fact, | may
say that in the intervals between the
ups and downs of my life as Chi
cago business man | have taken
in several little side issues of momentary
interest TO my immediate friends and
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-22

A BELFAST man is so careful OF his
ducks that he hauls them home on a
hand sled and tucks them into their beds
every night. Mas own baby could not
be more assiduously attended to, even a
fashionable DANES pet poodle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-22

Next week. -"Israel often Rebuked.
Amos &: 4-13
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Do NOT believe that all your critics are
envious OF you.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-20

CiuCAoo, Nov. ia.-rhAt only ono
railroad msn, Sprlfgs, was Indicted
was somewhat Of atuTprlse, but not n
few other railrOadcfs barely escaped.
The evidence agalpst them was not
sufficiently strong.
None VI those indicted were arrested.
but they will be compelled ~ appear
and give bail for trial. the penalty
for freight rate discrimination IL set
down IN the law nj fine from $1,000 to
5000 aud imprisonment from one 10
three year., or 10th, IN the discretion
Of the court. The revelations " the
methods pursued In favoriug the big
shiprefa were Astounding. The system
and u secrecy was almos, perfect. aud
the Jury at one time seriously cODsid.
cred abandoning a., efforts 10 ret at
the guilty psftics. With the aid Of
Special hgeni kfotschmar " the In.
tcrrtntc Commission, and District At
torney Gllchrisi, however, they hnaliy
succeeded In getting down 10 bedrock.
The men who worked tho wires Tor
swift& Go. were Frank q. ROwles and
Arthur Fay. Guuenl Freight Agcn {
Sprlggs, Il l. said, was caugh. because
he had become reckless Ia handling
matters. Special Agent SrctschmAf
leii tonight Tor San Francisco. where
he will work up some cases against the
Pacific clasi roads.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-20

Tho meaning Of the evil eye, the
"Ophthalmos basknnos' Of the Creeks.
the "iascinare' Of tho Romans, wa,
probably far moro than vulgar super,
stltion. We ilnd trnces Of IL In almost
every country, notably to this day
among the canny Scots who inhablt tho
western isles OF the sea, of "Ulya dark
and Colonsay," Of skye aud the Heb.
ridesi aud among the Turks. who dis
trust the evil ego Of the stranger. liut
In old classical days the power seems
chiefly 10 have been used for tho pur-
pose OF grievously affecting tho live
stock OF disagrceable ueighbors
So we find to this day In Ireland,
parts Of Scotland and the west OF Eng
land, where this belief Is still prevalent.
Certainly, In some form or other, mes
merle fascination by the eye hhs Away,
been known but that any one person,
with no matter how evil an eye, should
be able 10 charm frightened animals to
any extent or number Is ridiculous, and
not seriously 10 be entoytnined Tor u
molnent.-Chanbers Journal.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-20

Handiworh 81 an Eve, Present ,hatss.
ter In hssty rublio Highway.
The nhlitar.tln,, aa,,l liite tho t.,,r


uandiworh 81 an Eve, Present ,hAtss.
ter In h,sty rusiio Highway.
The celebrating iiend. like the poor,
Il always with rs.
We do not, of course, mean the pos
tai authorities Of the Russian empire,
who oblitcpto In all publication. enter.
Ing the kingdom every description Of
matter obnoxious tn the ear aud hi
nation.
We refer TO the man or tho boy
(mo,t frequently the latter who tho
moment his cye catches the sight Of
printing Is seized with an Irresistible de.
sire to change the meaning originally
intended.
On private property may often b.
seen the legend, "No bills allowed
here" but Aztec passing visit Of the
iiond the warning 60 the bill stickor ns.
sumo. the form Of a caution 20 the
medical profession regarding nn I'M.
aginaD patient, Tor docs Il not read,
NO pillsallowod horcr
Aud, again, the familiar placarl, "So
smoking allowed usually exhibited IN
public buildings, appears, after the
ilrt word has been erased. as a wei.
some invitation TO indulge In a Whit.
But We know botior, 20 we Just smile
aud say hos been az Il again. When
he has occasion 10 travel by rail the
confinement seems Imprisonment "a
him, and 10 onlivon tho tcdlum he
forthwith sets hIs Ingenuity a-going.
Staring him Ia the face Is tho rail
way conpany's bescoching appeal thni
passengers are requested not to put
their feet ON tho SEATS. and II Is not
long till he finds comfort Ia removing
the Objectionable little word mot.
Quite on IL pa with this Is the a1dn
cious noiice 10 be- seen Ia one OF th,
Glasgow and Southwestern pilway car
riagcs rnnning cut Of Glasgow, on
which appeared, Passengers are par
tlcularly requested 10 put their feet on
the cushions and eat the garbage
Needless TO add, the company asked
the public to foIbonr putting their fcri
on the cushions or fcats Of tho carriages
The name OF tho noigbboring limo al
fords tempting morol 20 the habitua
oblitorntor, rs witness tho heading In
their coaches changed from "Cale
donlnn railway 10 "Alo on railway. y
The ilend, be he ever 20 clever with hi,
pencil or knife, seldom succeeds In liay
Ing his work passed of as genuine, al
though there Is one case In which a
poor foreigner Is said 10 have Suffered.
A Frcnchman, nowly arrived Ia III,
metropolis, found himself on a particu
larry wet morning compelled to patron
Inc ono Of the circle trains Of the Metro
polltan railway In order TO pay visit.
lie was about 10 allght at his station
when, looking above the carriage door,
he was struck with what appeared "a
lin to be the friendly Interest the com
wany took in It's passengers. He read
aud rcread tho words, Walt ill the
rain stops,n aud passed his destination
several times before attempting To dis
regard tho warning aud venture out,
never for molcnt imagining that the
eraslng OF tho letter ~ had been the
cause OF making him loso his time
London Tit Bits.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-20


Washington News" Is private
street running from University place to
Fifth avenue Ia New York, In the rear
Of tho fashionable homes fronting
Washington square. The name per-
haps occurs nowhere else In the city, II,
indeed, It Is TO DO found Ia any other
American town. The word NEW has
an odd and interesting history. 1t
means primarily to change, then to
mott, or shed feathers, as birds do at
certain seasons. Then tho noun came
to mean the place whore hawks were
kept while melting, then TO mean a
cage, and finally, since hawks were kept
In and about the stables, to mean any
stable. Tho torn Is stlll common
enough In English towns All the
houses bordering Washington news are
either stables or the homes Of servants.
Cor. Chicago Herald.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-20

ST. LOUIS, Nov. ia teries N
startling tragedies occurred here today.
Earnest Hickman Of East 81. Louis
shot his wife fatally and tho shielded.
lie had been on protracicd spree.
AZ 31li lsaaiOn avenue, Gertrude aud
Adelaide Dargln are lying n the point
OF death IRON tho effects 81 blows nd
minirtefei by their brother Charles
with a poker this morning. Dlrgin
attempted 10 suicide Mt Kansas City
several weeks ago. He has been sililci.
ell with St.Nltus dance since baby hood
aud seems 10 have n mana To kill. The
girls will probably die.
Miss Julia Able, aged -, a school
teacher, suioidcd this morning while
laboriug under NJ OF desIondency.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-20

WAsniSoToS,' Nov. 10. - In tho
afternoon Rev. Mr.. Lindes Of New
Haven delivered an address, In which
no protested against the indiscrim-
inate aud sweeping condemnation VI
all churches societies. lie pleaded
earnestly for dlscfiminA and a wise
choice botween tho possible agencies
that aro ut hand, saying that ia the
flnt place tho work OF ORGANIZATIONS
should be- simply tho work OF societies
and should not 10 substituted for per.
a1nal work. Nor should tho church
be permitted 10 obscure the personal
element HAT made the preaching OF
ministers la TIM past 10 successful.
Rev. Mt. Jones OF Wllkcsharre, Pa,
followed on much the same lines ~
Rev. Dir. Lindss. The need OF the
day, said he, Is not for simpler or
more perfect organization In the mat.
tcr OF church work, but fuller aud
more complete conservation TO God.
Rev. Mr.. Melliohampo OF North
Carolina spoke on the success that at
tended orgRnlked effort In the large
city churches hs compared with tho
unorganized work OF the smaller par.
ishes.
At the evening session "CathOllc
and Protestant incidents In the Life
Of tho Church" was tho subject dis
cus.ed, various papsrs being read and
addresses made.