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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
Record OF Tho Week.

ScUrH HAVEN pc pc will petition
the village ( theirs TO pc the names
of streets at all intersections.
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER KANT q
says that during the first half of 1894
t0O veterans dropped f.om the rolls,
because they cou dn't pay the due.
A LOAD of hay tipped over and bur-
led Sherman Calloup, near Sherida l.
Monday night. and smothered him.
His body was 70 nd Tuesday morning.
LIFE at Au Sable is nlered almost
unb arabic On account of tho smoke
that fill s the atmosphere. The cause
is the heavy fires N the surrounding
townships.
TIE largest reported wheat yield in
Southwestern Michigan this season is
thai of William Jones OF Young $
Prairie, Cass County. From care
fully measured fed of 100 acres. he
thrashcd ga 0 Bushels of weighed
grain.
CHRIS MILLEP, near st. Joseph, un-
nth d pair of horns the branches
of which are ca h nine feet lolg. Large
teeth and pieces Of bones we. also dug
up. The relics are pp)sed to be !, o
years old, as huge trees had grown
over the spot.
Mrs. McFEE, of Bay City. is 100
years old and destitu @, but when the
ifcials signed the order to admit Ter
to the poor house she cried bitterly,
saving she wasn't too old to work.
Friends wi SO, that she goes to the
Old aides Home, instead.
A SMART fisherman of Indian River
Al davit furnishc for the following
story, If de sireI-uses grasshopper5
for bait. He ties q string TO a chickens
leg, lets it ~ after grasshoppers.
pulls the bird back after captui and
appropriates the grasshopper.
EDNA FULLER is q p.ucky school
ma am ar Ashlei She found the
school-house almost surrounded by
forest Iires. got badly burned conduct
ing the children to a 7 lace Of safety
and then came back, fighting the fire
with her own hands all the afternoon.
OVER a million tons Of ore have
been forwarded from the Gogobic
mines to the Ashland docks this sea-
son, an increase of 2lf,O00 over that
shipped the same time last year.
Lewiston ba' dug up the latest
"petrified MN" This one /, said to
be six and quartz feet tall, without
hair, brt otherwise perfect 1t is
In ugkt to be the body of an Indian.
The Chaplin mine is to be sold In Oc-
tober IL the bondholders do not put up
monsy to pay royalty. 1t is said that
John ID. Rcckefe ler viii DO the pur.
chases IL the mine Is sold at auction.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07

the modern "sky-scraper. Handsome
intellectually, imposing in its solid
ity, it is one Of the most striking
buildings in the world. Its interior
arrangement and finish are not only
beautiful, but, to some extent, orig
inal. The floors, the stairs, the walls
and the multitudinous passages have
been constructed regardless Of ex-
pense.
The smallest complete building in
New York City is in Houston street,
near Mulberry. 1t is so small, in
deed, that one might question wheth-
er it is really a building in the &C
copied sense of the word; but since
it is duly registered in the Depart
ment OF Buildings, which not only is
sued it certificate Of inspection, but
approved its construction, 1t must be
be known as building BY contrast
with the mammoth Manhattan it is
little more than dry-goods box, but
nevertheless it serves the purpose for
which it was constructed. The di-
mansions of this liliputian structure
are: Front, feet; depth, 10 feet;
height, 10 feet. The contrast be-
tween it and the Manhattan does not
lie alone in the difference in size, but
rather in the conception, ia finish
and in the purposes for which they
are used.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
Explains HIS Position.

George M. Pullman was called be-
fore the Labor Commission in Chicago,
and testified for three hours. He
spoke OF the motives which had
caused the company to build its plant
in the way it had done and to provide
homes for its workmen- He said that
the object in bui ding Pullman was
the establishment Of great manu-
featuring business on the most SUBJ
stantial basi, possible. Because he
recognized that the working people
were the most important element
which enters into the successful opera
tion of any enterprise he decided to
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07

THOMAS H.. wIcKEs. Policy. Inc Pullman
Company has AZ present ?. GOO cars, includ-
ing sleeping. dining and chair cars About
400 Of these are lying idle. aud are
side tracked most OF the time These
cars were carried on ths books OF the
company as an item of the surplus OF $780,
600. 900 For this reason that surplus was
in part fictitious Witness said the back
rent now owing the company Amounted to
about 500. 600 Almost no effort has been
made TO collect any OF this since the
strike. No eviction list has been prepared
and no evictions have been ordered
In Mr. WIckes' opinion, the fact that
rents In settlements adjacent TO Pullman
had dropped from IL TO is per cent was no
reason Why the rents la Pullman should be
lowered
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07

preached by any foreign vessel. BY
the same standard the Columbia's
record is over "a knots.
This is remarkable record, mas
much as the United States is only in
the infancy OF shipbuilding. Our
naval progress is watched with sur
prise In Europe, and foreign writer
in comparing our vessels with those
OF Great Britain says that, consid-
cred as all-around fighting and scout
ing machines, our cruisers are better
than the English by not less than
from 10 to 40 per cent. The Mime
apolis, OF which we present an Illus
tration, is Alp feet long, So feet in
breadth, % feet 8 inches in draught,
has tonnage OF 1880 and 1000
horse power. The Columbia's dimen-
sions are the same, but the horse
power is $4,000. In design and fin
ish the Minneapolis is entirely Amer
lean.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07

will contain SO square feet. Measure
the length and height Of each wall,
getting the total number of square
feet. Divide this total by S6, which
will give you the number Of pieces
required for side wall. Allow one
half piece of paper for each door and
window. To allow for waste in
matching it is safer to divide by 80
instead Of SO. To find the number
OF single pieces required for ceiling
multiply length by width in feet and
divide by "a
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07

.
ali the State juri :
dictions a semb ed
for the purpose Of
legislating for and
furthering the inter-
ests of the order. and
hundreds of uniform
divisions from a | |
sections of the coun-
try competed ( o r
prize ) in drilling and
marching.
The selection of
Washington city as
tIo ,.lo a for u al Ifn~
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
Threatened LynchIng.

Charles Wright, a farmland. Is
,harged with most brutally u saulting
the e-year-old daughter OF Banker
Driscoll, OF Corunna, and Is locked up
in .ail. The citizen, OF Corunna, when
they heard OF the crime, Immediately
thought of the way that Sullivan was
treated, and many angry men were
seen together threatening dire VEN
geance on the culprit. This feel NJ
was intensified when they were told
that the child was likely to de from
her in II les. Sheriff Jacob, summoned
his deputies TO remain at the all all
night. He stated that the first man
who made an open threat would be ar
rested, and at the first gathering of
any unu sual crowd he will cal. out the
Owosso company. The sheriff wa' de-
termined that tie Sullivan lynching
should not be repeated.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
Room Measures.

In catalogue recently issued the
following rules are given for the
measurement Of rooms to determine
the exact amount Of paper required
TO cover the surface. AS most paper,
when trimmed, Is Is inches wide and
"A feet TO the single piece, a piece
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
FIFTY Tramp, Take "A Free Ride.

Conductor Charles Shauman. of Bat
tie Creek, had an exciting experience
a Olive 8, one mic west of South
Bend. He wa coming from Chicago
On a through freight on the Chicago
ard Grand Trunk. and when at Olive s
about fit tramps attempted to take
possessio of his train aud steal ride
to Battle Creek. Word was sent TO
South Pend, and the police went down
and arrested thirteen of them. The
rest of the gang ran in al direc ions
and made their escape.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07

To sell pack of playing cards now
without 2-cent revenue stamp is an
offense punishable by fine and impris-
onment A new system OF gauging
also went into effect which, it is
thought, will materially increase the
revenues from the distilleries. The
income tax is not collectitle until the
first OF the year. 1t Is estimated that
from this source the Government will
receive $40, 900, 900 annually.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
Farmer Accidentally KIlIei.

G. NJ. Doro ia, farmer living eight
miles north of Port Huron, was Gcci-
dentally shot and killed. he and Ell
mer Newton neighbors, were out
hunting for skunk when the shotgun
carrie by Newton was discharged by
the trigger catching onto some under
brush. rhe charge entered Dor sia's
head back of the left ear.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
And Lost His Fee.

A Berlin dentist, in drawing a
lady's tooth, had his finger bitten by
a convulsiye closing Of her mouth.
He died in two days from blood pois-
oning.
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a bogus Brakeman.

A week ago Arthur Baxter and
David Lewis, two young boys from
Bate Creek, started for Detroit to
lcok for work. They beat their way
on Chicago and Grand Trunk freig t
TO Lansing, and from there they rode
between he cars on a passenger train
to Durand. When they left / a lsing
a fellow with brakeman's badge on
his hat came out and held the boys up.
He took from taem 81. 81, poc6et
mirror ard all the trinke t, and papers
that they had in their pockets. The
other morning the boys espied the
fellow on the sire It's in Battle Creek
and turned him over to the officers.
The fellow was formerly brakeman
on the road, aud when he left the COM
PAM he kept his badge and used it to
rood a 1ect
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07

at a loss To the COM
pany had aggregated
81, 400. 900. On these
contracts the com pany
lost S52, 600. The wages
paid 10 workmen had
decreased $50. 600. Mr..
Wickes admitted TIA at
possibly 1t would have
been better for the
company to sustain
the loss OF 100000 plus
the $4,000 than allow
the strike TO occur, Tut
he did not think IL
would he n very good
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07

Condition Of Corn Has Improved-FaIl
Flowing In Progres-
Reports for the week as to the con-
dition OF crops throughout tho coun-
try AID the general influence OF
weather on growth, cultivation and
harvest made by the directors OF the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
THE PYTHIAN ENCAMPMENT.

Fifteen Thousand Knights Reviewed by
the President in Washington.
The biennial encampment OF the
knights Of Pythias was held in Wash
inpton this wear. Representatives of
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07

Manhattan Life Insurance Company,
at No. 6S Broadway, which is just be.
ing completed. From the tuilding
level OF Broadway to its top landing
it is 348 feet; other measurements
are in proportion. The Manhattan
represents the most splendid type Of
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07

To appreciate the difference be-
tween the tallest and the smallest
buildings In New York City, 1t Is
necessary to know that one is 34S
feet and the other 10 feet In height
The tallest building is that OF the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07

He Gives the Strike Commission Informs
ton Concerning the Pullman Works
wickes Declares that the Company Lost
$4,000 Rather than close the Shops.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
Ois Man Shot.

Last spring Lymas Kinney, OF Wa
tertown, purchased a portable ngine
of Albert f. johnson, two miles north
of Otter Lake, with the understand ng
that it was 10 be 10 unit a CO tain lot
of logs were sawed which johnson hal
on his place. r. ON 81 me cause or other
the logs had no. been sawed, although
ample time had passed since the
transaction. Kinney demanded the
engine, but wa, refused, whereupon he
aad his father, Chas. Kinney. and on
other men went over and undertC ok TO
seize it by force and aw it away
Johnson and his son George were soon
on the spot with levol, erJ oh Getting to
this sort Of procedure. Johnson placed
himself in front of tho horses with a
cooked revolver and Charles Kinney
undertook TO sho him away an | in
the fracas he was shot through the at
domen 1t is rot ;certained how Sc
lou, his injuries are a, yet. Mr.. John
son gave him elf up to the authorities
at once.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07

The ~rock cork" mentioned by
PlIny and other ancient writers is
thought to have been asbestos
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THE MINI EAPOLlS.
The Fastest War Vessel Afost on the
Waters of the II nth.

The Fastest War Vessel AfiOat on the
Waters of the Il nth.
In the matter of shipbuilding the
nations Of the earth bow to Uncle
Sam. Several European nations have
stronger fleets numerically than our
Government, but our infant navy for
it's quality easily leads the world.
The test OF the new cruiser Minneap-
oils demonstrates the fact that we
have the fastest war vessel in the
world, and, counting the Columbia,
the two fastest ships afloat on the
waters Of the earth. The Minneap-
oils developed sustained speed Of
over % knots and for distance of
over two knot, speed Of 20. OF
knots. According to the English
plan OF determining speed-running
their vessels over measured mile
the record of the Minneapolis would
be 20. OF knots, something never ap-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07

NEW wheat is tcing received at Du-
luth from the Fed River valley. Tho
new crop grades higher than usual
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07

The whisky trust has advanced the
price Of whisky 8 cents a gallon
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07
NEWS OF OUR STATE.
ITEMS or INTEREST TO MICH.
GAMBLERS.

Brutal Deed of n Corunna Man-Acci-
dentaiiy Shot and Kiiied-otter Lake
Has n Tragedy Bogus brakeman Holds
Up Battle Creek Boys
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OF the Pullman Company, on being called
to the stand. said that the contracts taken
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-10


"Oh, dcar" is equiyalentto 20 dio mio,"
10 my God"
"Thimbloo was originally thumb bell +"
the thimble formerly having been worn on
the thumb
"Sav" is not the "slayc" of the old city.
mologists, but, in reality, a person of nobls
lineage.
'Rotten row." the famous London
street gained its name by being called "la
route du rot" in English, "the kings pas
sage way"
"Dandeliln" is dent de leon, "tbe lions
tooth, and vinegar was once vim aigro
sour winel
Madame" is "my lady" and "sir" has
been extracted from ,he Latin Senior"
through the French
"HiscuiF keeps alive the Latin phrase,
bis coctus, twice cooked, " and "verdict"
Is simply were dictun 0rue s1ying).
An "carl" was an elder" in primitive
society while pope" is the same as
"papa," and 'czar" and kaiser" are both
cTsars.
\ "villain," before thostigma of disgrace
was attached to him, was simply laborgr
on the villa" OF a Roman country gentle
man.
"IIuzay" once meant a respectable house.
wife; a "l>nlvo' was simply boy "Jim.
miny' is saIeuiniaccncao a Of the classical adj.
juration 80 gomiuj, used by the Romans
when they called upon the twins Castor
and Pollok 10 help them.
Iprl' ia the old AngIo.Sayon "hla.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-10


Now, thers's young North Side fellow
who used to be general favorite. But he
took to statistics, and he's been a nuisance
ever since.
A Sunday evening not long ago found
six or eight young people at a Dearborn
avenue residence. They couldn't play
cards. They didn't feel like singing. So
they forgot to light the gas, sat around the
CRATE fire and talked
A young man who had lust returned
from trip around the world told among
other things of clever thief who gained
entrance to the treasure chamber of an
Indian raiah.
"Ihe thief" said the traveller, then
turned his attention to an immense chest
full to the brim with silver coins. He filled
sack until he could Just stagper under it,
and even then he had to make five trips be-
fore the chest was empty. There was just
Sl,OOO,00O, and"-
"Ihe weight of 81 ,0OO0O in silver cGin,"
broke in voice from the dusk, sis $4,000
pounds avoirdupois'
A young railroad engineer recouuted the
maryels of the new railroad up Pixies
peak.
"rhis wonderful piece of engineering" /"
he said "is the highest railroad in the
United States 1t isl
'The highest railroad in this country"
said the voice, 'is the Denver and South
Park, branch of the Union Pacific, at
Alpine tunnel, 1850 feet above the sea
| level"
The conversation turned to the celebra-
| ton of birthday anniversaries
"WhaU pretty custom it is" said a
pretty girl And it is so old too. was
reading The other day that it dates back to
the times Of the early SaXons, think"---
"in the fortleth chapter Of Genesis, TWEEN
| tieth verse" said the voice, 'yo, win find
the following' And it came to pass the
third day which was Fharaoh's birthday,
| that he made feast to all his servants "
A young man who Is making a name for
himself in the electrical world discoursed
on his tayorte theme.
81 have been experimenting ON the in.
Capdoscent lamp" he said, "aud have sue
ceeded IN making one that burned 5000
hours, ana"--
1.-THE longest time on record" broke in
the voice, lis l0,CO3 hours and l3J5 mlu-
utes"
Then they talked OF novels.
81 don't tbinl, it's fair" said the hostess,
u pronounced blonde, "that all the authors
should make their hcroiues brunettes now,
adays. 1t isn't"
Last year." interrupted Tho voice, "out
of 5G! horoines 3T3 were blondes"
Then Th.v talked gf ,niDp hnmp-uul
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-10
A UOrrid Keepsake.

There is a certain collector of queer
things who owns a skull-another mans
slull-and though it is on a shelf with q
lot Of other dead heads representing cra-
niGl types of different races, it diverts Mt
tention from them by the fact that its eye
sockets are green. The collector says that
it is believed TO be the skull of a British
officer who was killed in one of the battles
of the revolution that took place in New
Jersey, for it was found in a shallow grave
where n number of bodies had been hastily
buried, Says the collectors
"The poor fellow was laid out TO receive
Christian burial, and, as usual, pennies
were laid on his eyes to keep the lids down.
a cloth was tied over his face to make the
eyes close more quickly, but as the battle
began to 20 adversely or as the dead and
wounded began to gather on the hands Of
the men faster than they could be taken
care Of, a trench was dug III u hurry and
the dead were piled into it. Interments
are often made so hastily that dying men
are buried with tho dead. The moisture
from rain and dew rusted the copper pen.
nies, and as the flesh disappeared they saudi
into the eye sockets where the green rus
was taken up by the porous bone, and th
skull YVES indelibly marked az you sec it.
No it is not exactly etty,"-prooklyn
Eagle
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-10

Of S,OOO Several liremen and laborers
were more or less painfully hurt during
the fire by the breaking of u ladder apd
the fall Of half burned timbers. Their ln-
1uries are not serious.
The Trunk lines are generally reporting
that their freight business between Chl.
cago and the seaboard is better than last
summer ut this time; they are sending 6
more freight west, and the live STOCK east
bound is unprecedented in amount, owing
to scarcity of corn and pasturage west
The stoppage Of the Reading Coal and
Iron company's cOllerios for three days a
week, rs announced, is not alone the result
of slackness Of orders, but is in part caused
by the shortage Of the water supply at
many Of the colleries. If the region Is not
soon visited by coplous rain storms there
will be great Inconvenience and extra
heavy cost caused at all the operations.
The Edgar Thompson Steel works will
start up next Monday giving work TO sew
eral thousand men. Mahoning Valley Iron
mills are resuming after long periods of
idleness. Coleman e. Shields, Of Niles, o.,
have been idle year; the Girard (O) roll
ing mill hes been closed for six months;
Brown & Bounells, OF Youngstown, o.,
have been laying off men for year. All
are running in full today.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-10

| am often asked whether consider a
trade or profession the better for boys to
enter upon. The only answer can make
is, it depends upon the boys themselves
| If a boys taste be for mechanics, aIi rignt
Let him be mechanic If he prefer law,
let him study law Personally, | prefer
mechanics ! am very fond of music and
literature. On Sundays J teach my class
Of forty scholars And find that / turn
| from my daily work to books or RELIGIOUS
exercises with feeling Of joyous antigipa-
tion.
The conditions surrounding boys and
manual labor have changed much in eighty
years, No boy who isomployed by me goes
through near 50 much as did. bear tho
marks on my hand yet that were the re-
| suit Of hard work done when ! was boy
learning my trade. In this era Of machin.
cry worI; is fur easier. But there appears
! to be q strong dislike of manual labor
among boys Of the present generation.
Perhaps THIS is to ho attributed to the
growth Of our large cities and the progress
Of education.
But, after all, if n boy doesn't have a
taste for mechanics let him lool; elsewhere
for his life work. To boys that are learn.
ing trades would say, Do your best and
work your hardest. You will have no
brain worry but you will gain knowledge,
skill and physical strength, and you will
find the calmer pursuits Of life more truly
delightful and profitable. To young men
and others in business for themselves ]
would say, Still work on. Don't give way
to adyersity. When dark times came upon
me, always trusted it was for the hest,
and patiently worked on and hoped for
good times to come again. And they came.
Today am not q millionaire, but | am in
comfortable circumstances, and happy
John Stephenson in Ladies' Home Journal.
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think, suppose, said the old man, "yet
some one must do it, aud it is very profta
bic. have built fourteen city and coun
try houses out of it, and in year or two
shall lay down the pen for good, aud let
some one else take up the work. How do
/ write so much? Why, it has become
second nature to me. These notices are
simple; anything will do, and the more
silly they are the better. know it is per-
feet trash, md it is preposterous to dignity
the things with the word poetry
Ttuond three days of every week here
and raol of, suppose, hundred Of these
things every day. Why, l often cat my
lunch in one hand and write with the
othcrl Yet as / say, it is profitable much
better than writing bad novels, for after
all my verses never do any harm They arc
silly, grant YOU, but perfectly harmless,
and young lads and girls like 10 be merry
over them. Dear me, ! suppose Pve married
many a couple with this pen, and if you'll
excuse me I'll just write score or more
before we go out to lunch, " and in about
fifteen minutes the old man was ready to
60 with me, carrying in his pocket an en-
velope full as the result Of an hours work.
Cor Boston journal