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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-16

A New Field for the Rascaiiy Practice OF
Adulterntion.

Adulterntion.
We read i'm the Washington Star
that there are many factories in the
United States, particularly in Con-
necticut, which are engaged In the
production of adulterants for sale TO
various trades, such rs ground cocoa
nut shells for mixing with pepper 1t
is estimated that there is hardly any
pepper on the market at present
which is not at least thrce-fourths
something else. The manufacture OF
such articles intended for the express
purpose Of swindling Gu ,tomers, often
to the injury OF their health, is UNI
restrained by any legal enactment.
In fact, the sophistication of foods
has come to be regarded ~ part of
legitimate business" Statements Of
that kind do hahn rather than bcne-
fit to the cause of food purity. A half
truth is usually more injurious than
full falsehOOd. The anti-adultcration
effort has enough to contend against
without being further handicapped
by the necessity of combating and
refuting exaggerated statements made
by its would-be supporters. That
ground cocOanut shells are often mix
ed with pepper is an unfortunate fact,
but that three-fourths OF the pepper
in our markets is counterfeit is equal
ly untrue, as likewise is the
statement that the manufacture Of
swindling food frauds is wnked at by
our law makers. Every reader knows
the Righteousness Of stories of this
sort, but only those actually engaged
in ferreting out the frauds referred to
can appreciate the harm done by such
misleading, reckless statements. But
constant supervision is kept over
food products in this country, and
when, probably, in the near future,
wise congressional legislation is
brought to bear on it, the evil will be
largely mitigated. It's entire sup
preston will not be effected while
manufacturers and shopkeepers are
actuated by coyetous greed-nor while
the careful housekeeper, solicitous on
behalf OF limited income, seeks cheap
ness in her household provision in
stead of wholesome quality. We learn
lIOHl w dSHlllS lOll UldU IcpOl l.,
which our correspondent states will
be Of "a rather startling nature" is
about TO be issued by theDepartment
Of Agriculture on the adulteration of
coffee and tea. The former appears
now to be chiefly sophisticated by the
substitute ion for the real leans Of ar
tflcial ones nodded from COMPOST
tions made Of clay, condensed milk
and other materials. Secretary RuSk
will urge the importance Of eXclud-
ing these and other limitations from
importation to this country by the
passage of a law shutting out articles
Dalpably intended for the Justification
OF food. The beans are manufactured
by wholesale in Germany and sold
here for ten cents pound. From
Utrecht, also, are now coming large
quantities of artificial almonds, made
from glucose paste. They are shaped
and cOlored by machines. being final
ly stepped in nitro-benzOle to give the
necessary odor. The deception is so
perfect that, when mixed with the
real article, the cOunterfeits are
scarcely to be discovered. American
Analyst.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-16
American Wages Double.

II is not often that we come across a
precise and definite statement by a
prominent British manufacturer as to
the wages paid in his mills. English
mill owners give such information re-
luctantly, and 1t is frequently so tangled
up in statistics as to be misleading.
Therefore the figures offered In evidence
before the Royal Commission on Labor,
last month, by T.. p. Arnold Fors-
ter of Bradford, England, are of unusu-
al interest. Arnold Forster belongs
to one of the leading firms of that
place, and no doubt he presents the
best case possible for his factory. In
his testimony on the subject Of wages
paid TO his workers, he said that his
"weavers earned during the last eleven
months an average wage of las. I'd. a
week. Women and men were paid at
the same rate"
The Bradford weavers, averaging, &C.
cording to Arnold Forster's evi.
dence, about $3.50 week, are certainly
not earning one-half of the average
wage in American wooden mills. This il
the difference, in one of the most i'm.
portant branches of industry, between
English free trade and American pro
faction.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-16
INDIAN WON Z N.
Beauty and Originality of Their Artistic
WORK.

Beauty ana OriSlnallty OF 1heir Artistc
Work.
In the frequent wanderings Of the
Indian it is the woman who finds the
fuel and carries ii on her back to
kindle the fire and cook the food for
the mobile red man." she who picketS
the ponies, makes and breaks camp,
takes the tepeeS down and loads the
wagons, and performs all work which
we are accustomed TO see performed
by men. The man is merely orna-
mental with them, and it has been
their condition SO long that there is
no thought OF another state Of things
nor word of complaint.
On the reservations, where they are
at home, they now have fer each
family small log house, and the
women like them better than the
tepee, though we nearly always see a
tepee standing near the house, and
also Il summer house built of poles
and green boughs, the same being
used as sleeping apartments during
warm weather, it being impossible
for them to abandon entirely their
free, outdoor life. There is a strange
fascination in their free, wandering
life, and those who have, in any way,
been associated with them have been
impressed with the fact that it is
much easier to fall into their ways OF
living than TO convert them to ours.
In the way Of work, it is wonderful
to sec the beauty and originality of
the designs of their artistic work,
which consist chiefly Of bead-work or
buckskin, or covering bottles of all
shapes with their many-colOred beads.
They tan the buckskin themselves,
and some are adopts in the art.
Among them we find excellent glove
makers. Under all circumstances,
we find them greatly opposed to
speaking the English language, not
even when they understand II per-
fectly will they utter word Of it.
The older women, OF course, are with
out education, except i'm few in
stances where they have acquired, by
| the aid of some educated younger
person, a knowledge of reading in the
Indian language.
Their amusemcntS are few. They
have great fondncss for dancing
and bathing. In public they are
quiet and retiring in manners, but in
their homes use more freedom OF
speech and action.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-16
ELI Perkins Tells = Little story.

EDITOR ECoSoMIsT: / want to tell
our little children story about chicory.
/ suppose you don't know what chicory
is. Well, it is vegetable like parsnip
which the French and Germans have
been raising, drying, browning, grind
ing and using instead of coffee. We
have been sending out about So 600. 900
to Germany every year for this little
article. IL tastes like coffee, is good
wholesome food, but it has no nerve
stimulant like coffee. Children can
drink chicery as They can milk.
To get to the story: When they were
putting the tariff on different things
last year and got down to &c" they came
right on to chicory.
Hwhat's chicory? asked Maj. McKin-
No one was able to tell anything about
IL except that we paid Europe $S,OOO,OOC
every year to get what was used.
"Well, what shall we do with it
asked several congressman.
"Why, if we can't raise it," said Me-
Kinley, "and the people want il, we will
let raw chicory come in free, but we will
put a protective tariff on manufactured
chicory. We will try and bring the
manufactures to America If we CAM
raise the stuff" So the tariff went on
TO manufactured chicory.
Suddenly noticed great stir among
the chicory importers.
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cxistcnce which they obey.

existence which they obey. The
photographic Bureau at Washington
for two years has been trying TO learn
something OF the characteristics OF
the Atlantic Ocean as great moving
body Of water by means OF bottles,
containing papers, which have been
dropped overheard from vessels in
many places, to drift at the mercy Of
the winds and waves.
Many Of these bottles have been
found and picked up again either in
the open sea, or on shores where they
had stranded.
Knowing from its records where the
bottles had been thrown overheard,
the Bureau had been able TO trace, in
general way, the path they must
have followed in order TO reach the
places where they were found. In a
report published on the first OF July
this year, and accompanied by map
Of the Atlantic, the adventures of a
hundred and thirteen bottles are re-
corded.
Being partially flied with air and
then securely cOrked, the bottles float
on the surface Of the water, and &c
wherever the wind and the currents
Of the sea carry them. Each bottle
contains Il record Of the place and the
date of its starting. Some OF these
found have floated for many months
on the bosom Of the Atlantic, and
| Travelled thousands OF miles.
1t has been found that bottle:
dropped overheard between the shores
of the United States and England OF
France generally travel toward the
northeast, following the course OF that
great river in the ocean called the
Gulf Stream. Bottles started off the
coasts Of Spain or Africa travel west.
ward until they arrive among the
West India Islands. Along the Eu.
rOpean side Of the ocean the bottles
take southerly course, and along
the American side nOrtherly course.
Thus, as result Of winds and cur
rents, the whole Atlantic is shown &c
be slowly circulating round and round,
like an enormous pool. This accounts
for the stories that were current in
Europe, hundreds of years ago, OF
strange objects Of human manufac'
ture having flOated from the New &c
the Old World, thus giving clue Il
the existence Of undiscovered lands
| beyond the sea.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-16
Sensible Remarks on Secretary Tracy.


The movement on foot in Brooklyn,
by which number of Republicans have
been induced to sign petition asking
President Harrison to remove Secretary
Tracy, assuredly grows out OF disappoint-
ment in not securing navy yard "spoils"
in the way of work for Republicans. 1t
will undoubtedly meet with scant atten-
ton in Washington. Secretary Tracy
is national and no longer local char
acter, and his activity in creating the
new navy has won for him the heartiest
encomiums from the entire press of the
country of both parties. If the Brook
lyn Republicans who want him decap-
itated would devote themselves as as
siduously to creating harmony and a
united front in the party as they have to
getting up this petition te remove an Of
fetal whose prime fault in their eyes is
that he enforces the laws, they would
have no time in which to formulate COM
plants to the President.
The Press has already pointed out the
fact that the reform that Secretary
Tracy has inaugurated in the navy yard
hes Deen indicated by the superior
dispatch and efficiency with which
United States warships ordered to
South American waters were recently
prepared for sea. The emergency was
urgent. The necessity for rapid equip
ment of the squadron was imperative.
Under the new business system the
employees of the yard did their work so
well and quickly that they called forth
words of high praise from Admiral
Gherardi and the captains of the vari-
GUS cruisers. 1t is useless for discon-
tented politicians to fight against re-
form that has so thoroughly commended
itself to the business common sense of
the American peOple.-NeaO York Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-16
rom the foreign workingmal

pounds from the foreign worklngman
to the American wage worker, and to
reduce the price to the consumer. No
wonder the Evening Post is obliged
to admit that 'just what Mckinley set
out to do has been accomplished to a
great extent"
Behind Mr.. Mills, likewise, are those
Democrats-a small majority Of all OF
the Democrats III this Countrywide
would rather follow Grover Cleveland
again in defeat in 1892, and again in
1896, and again in 1900, than march to
the quickstep of victory under the
leadership of any man or men alive to-
day. They would rather see the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Cleveland in July, and the
election of Republican in November,
than the nomination of any other Demo
crat in July and the election of that
Democrat four months later-New York
Sun.
at have never believed that the prin-
ciples of political economy are OF uni
versal application. Free trade suits US
but if l had been an American should
have been q protectionist twenty years
ago. Henry Ldbouchere, the noted En-
qlish Journalist, in New York Herald.
Peter Cooper's often quoted protec.
ton argument is terse and to the point
He said: eve might as well permit our
enemies to direct the movements of ouI
armies in time of war, as to permit
them to direct or control our manufac
lures and other industries in time o.
peace"
Napoleon I. said: eff nation wa,
made of adamant, free trade woulC
grind it to powder"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-16
Pretty Thin Breathing.

While ascending Pixies Peak by the
new rack railway about one person in
200 is affected by the rarity of the
air at the high altitude. The indica
tions Of distress are itching and red
ness Of the nose and then blackness
under the eyes. A woman who was
dying apparently on trip recently
was sent back on the locomotive 70
the foot OF the mountain, where she
recovered. The summit is ii, 400
feet above the level of the sea.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-16
Wanderers nn The Sea.

The discoveries OF modern science
have revealed mopsters of the deep
as terrific as any that ancient fancy
created, and have shown that oceans
are net mere wastes Of waters, but
the homes of an astounding variety
of living things. More than this, it
has been discovered that the seas
themselves have each sort Of law OF
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-16

THE British army contains over 1000
men over six feet in height
A MILLION kilograms q week pass
through the English postoffice.
THE Niagara Falls tunnel has now
1,175 feet of its $3.50 excavated.
In Boston the day force OF police no
longer carry clubs in their belts
No ONE is allowed on the streets Of De-
Land, Florida, after 10 o'clock at night
THE barrel of the Knapp gun Is four
teen feet long. and each charge costa
5000
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-16
cents yard in October. 1870, TO y

CENTS III september, 1911.
Congress met this month, and Crisp,
of Georgia is Speaker. He told Gin
cinnati audience during the late cam
paign that the existing tariff is "a stone
WALL" that "the same wall that shuts
out shuts in" preventing the export of
domestic products as well as the impor-
tation of foreign products. And yet un-
der the existing tariff our cotton and
cotton goods exports, in which Mr..
Crisp's state is deeply interested, have
increased from an average of
GIL 1o1 0l0
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-16
PoIitical PoInters.

"Linen is going up on account Of the
tariff taxes" shrieked the free trader
last year. Well, 400 correspondents
of the American Economist, collected
from merchants at widely differing
points, statistics which showed decline
in the average price of linen cloth from
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-16

OF the once powerful tribe Of Ton
kowa Indians only seventy-eight
members remain. They occupy the
reservation that was once the home
of the Nez Perces, embracing 90, 200
acres.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-16

Mrs. HATTIE NJ. KIMBALL, who
has been elected President Of the
Pennsboro 81 Huntsville Railroad, is
probably the only woman in the coun-
try who is at the head Of a steam
railway.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-16
A NOTABLE YEAR.
RESULT OF THE FIRST YEAR OF
M'KlNLEY TARIFF.

on the Tariff-sensibie Remarks on Sec
Rotary Tracy-American Wages-Notes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-16
OF Passing Interest.

Next Les son.-A lesson for the closing
year: John IA: la, 1916.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-16
pounds OF tin plate; during September
1891, we imported only


pounds. Was the price raisedY Well,
the total i'm ported in September, 1890,
was valued at $2,lS0,79l, or an average
IF 30
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-16
The Risen Christ nd His disciples.

he lesson for Sunday, Dec. 30, may be
found in John 81: LA.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-08-12
A Truth Well Stated.

''The farmers want such relief as will en-
| able them to make and save money; not
some wildcat scheme to borrow money!
Vicksburg Herald.
This brief remark from our Vicksburg
contemporary contains largo volume of
truth. What the farmers want IS not leg
islation that will make them moro depend
ent upon the bounty of the Government for
support, but legislation that will enlarge
their opportunities for self-support and re-
duce to o minimum the interference of the
Government in their individual affiIrs.
The theory of patornalism is not of
American origin; it is an imported fallacy
1t is Incompatible with the sturdy, self
reliant American spirit that up to recent
period has always boasted of itself as dis
tinguishing national characteristic.
Let our farmsr-statesmen beware, lest in
breaking the bonds that have heretofore
bound them to the money-lepders they put
their heads into more abject yoke. Once
the idea obtains acceptance thet it is the
duty Of the Government to assume the
functions of the head Of family and ig-
more its responsibilities as the agent and
trustee of the people, and that public affairs
are to be run by machinery from within
rather than on instructions from without,
and the work Of centraliz alton will be crush
ing and complete.
The farmers of this country have too
much good sense TO be misled into any
such catastrophe, and they ought to cut
looss from the false prophets and leaders of
socialism that is utterly antagonistic to
fundamental republican principles and COM
pared to which the old doctrine of State
rightes would be saving grace flashing
Ton Post,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-08-12
Wholesale Swindling.

Mr.. A. Frank Richardson, of New
York, in his recent address in St.
Paul, Mimi, before the National Edi-
torial Association, called attention to
the fact that druggists all over the
country are continually defrauding
their customers by offering them imi-
tations or substitutes for various Pat
ent Medicines, thus also swindling the
Proprietors Of such medicines who
have created the demand by extensive
advertising. This practice Of substi-
tuition by the druggists has grown to
such an extent that Mr.. Richardson
invokes the aid of the newspapers in
its exposure and defeat. But no one
should allow themselves to be thus
swindled, especially in the purchase
of Simmans Liver Regulator, the great
remedy for Indigestion and all Liver
troubles. The genuine article is
stamped with a large red Z on the
face Of the package. Take no other.
Any substitute for this is fraud upon
the purchaser who invariably pays the
penalty in not securing the relief to be
had from taking the genuine article.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-08-12

WATER AS A DIsINgEoTANT.-Itis is 8 fact
that appears to be not generally known,
psThapa because it may not be generally
credited, that pure, fresh cold water is one
of tha most valuable Of d.sinfsctants, mas
much as it is d powerful absorbent. Every
sick room should have large vessel Of
clearr water, frequently renewed, placed no;
far from tho bed, or sven bsnsath it, says
Coed Housekeeping. This not only ab.
serbs much Of the hurtful vapor, but by its
evaporation it softeus and tempers the at
niosphere, doing away with tho dryness
which is 30 trying and depressing to an in.
galid-or even TO well persons, for that
matter. IL has frequently been shown, By
actual experiment, that troubled sleep ano
threatened insomnia are corrected by &c
simple thing as the placing Of an oper
bowl of water near the sufferers COUCH
Of course. it haIdy need bs said, after
these matters have been considered for a
moment. that water which has stood fol
any length of time in q close room is no,
proper for drinking purposes.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-08-12

COLUMBUS CARAvEL.-Lieut. MeCsrty
Little, one of the ablest officers OF the navy,
has been detailed, by direction Of the Presi-
dent of the United States, to proceed to
Spain TO snperiDtend the construction there
of fac smie of the caravel Santa Maria in
which Columbus sailed. It is proposed to
have this chip as nearly like the original as
possible. IL will be managed by Spanish
sailors in the costume of the time Of Colum-
bus, and will be rugged as Columbus rigged
his ship. There will be on board copies ol
she same charts that he had, and fac
sitaile Of ths same nautical Instruments. -
The crew wilt be of the same number, and
it has bsea suggested that to carry out tue
truth Of history there should be in tho crew
an Eoglishman and an Irishman. tcr, ac-
cordiag to Nsvarrott, the en.ineot Spanish
historian, William Harris, an Englishnan,
and Arthur Lake, an I,isbnlan, were mem
bers of Columbus's crew.-Cbicago Iuter-
O35aii
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-08-12

"His ADMINISTRATION has been an almost
intolerable burden to the American people
Under the influence of his fatuous theories
an immense Treasury surplus has been dis
sipated into thin air. Tho Force bill.
which was a challenge to the South to show
their discomfort by an outbreak, would
have passed Congress but for the determin-
ed resistance of Senator German and his
sturdy followers. The pension list taxes
the people to a greater extent than the
standing armies of two of the great Powers
Of Europe. The Mckinley bill extorts
money from every wage Garner in the coun-
try. The farmers are in open revolt, while
trusts and monopolies flourish Ike green
bay tree"
This ia what the New York Herald says
of Mr.. Harrison's administration. 1t is Sc.
we're, bnt few disinterested men can say
that it is 10 ore so than it ought to be; and
toe worst Of the matter is, that ali the evils
and dangers referred to have been incur
red, not by reason of mistaken ideas re-
specting the true interests of the country,
but simply, solely in order to promote Mr..
Harrison's denomination and re election.-
Alexandria Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-08-12
Alliance and Revolution.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, July 26th, 1891 MANY
prominent politicians are attending the en-
oampment of the Farmers Alliance and
Knights of Labor of the Third and Fourth
Congressional districts of Texas at Sulphur
Springs. Among them are Senator PETER,
Of Kansas, and Mr.. Powers, president Of
the Indiana Alliance.
The speeches so far have all been in fa-
vor Of the peoples party movement and
some of them of quite en- intemperate char
acter. For example, Leo R. Hoods, of
Vanzant county, predicted a revolution in
the event of relief failing through the bal
lot, and said that John Brown succeeded
Linyd Garrison and that the people intend
to break the reign of plusocracy peaceably
if they can, but foroibly if they must.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-08-12

ANOTHER FIND ON THE VEsus's Is
LAND.-Milo, the island of Cyelades, in
which the famous "Venus of Milo" was
discovered, has again been the scene of the
unearthing of splendid example of an
cient Hellenic art. The new "findi' is the
marble statue OF boxer, somewhat above
life size, which is almost as perfect after its
burial under the dust of centuries as it was
when it came fresh fir ON the bonds of its
sculptor. The statue has been shipped to
Athens, where commission of Greek arch
biologists, aided by some members of the
German Archaeological fnstitnte in Athens
will report upon the perlod of its origin
and ita probable reator.-PaI Mall Ga
zette.