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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-02-01

LAND SLIDE
At AVERY'S.

Fancy Dress Prints 4c and up.
Shirting - &c "
Tennis Flannels &c and up.
Ginghams DC and up.
Colored Shirtings sc and up.
Yard wide brown sheeting 4c.
Cream Shaker Flannel sc and up.
Good Bedding print &c.
Clean Cotton Batting &c roll.
Blankets SIC pair and up.
Wool lap robes worth 5000 for
1898.
Women's felt shoes $1.00 and up.
IS warm slippers 39c -
:" grain button shoes CSC
and up.
Full line Woonsocket Rubber
Goods.
Special Reductions in Dress
Goods.
Up to date Ladies Fur Capes
and Cloaks at lowest prices.
out of date Jersey waists 25c and
up.
out of date Jackets 73c and up
4" ClOaks S1.9S +"
Toboggans and Hoods
10c.
New line table oil cloth 15c.
Sampson COrsets warranted not
to break SIC.
Crown table Raisins &c.
Seedless - &c.
lib pckg. best laundry starch &c.
- g corn starch &c.
Z" =" Broken leaf tea
19c.
lib best Japan tea none better,
SOC.
sc. pckg yeast cakes none better,
&c.
Tobacco pals while they last &c.
A good 9 bushel grain bag 124c.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-02-01

Chas. A. Stringer and Mary Morris
both of South Haven.
William Belville of Geneva and
Laura M. Tiffany of Sherman.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-07-12
WHY Folks Shake Hands.

When the iron glove might mean
mischief 1t was a sign Of peace to un-
cover the hand in greeting. That is how
the custom, which is so fast falling into
neglect, OF taking off the glove to shake
hands arose, and that is why gloves
have always to be removed OF presen,
tation to the queen at court. But
though the glove was removed. there
was still, in the rough old days, some
fear Of treachery, and that is why we
shake hands at all, for when men met
they surrendered to the grasp of the
other the right and weapon-wielding
hand. Had 1t been possible for Presi.
dent Carnot. says Sir Herbert Maxwell
10 insist on mutual surrender of RICH,
hands. the attack upon MIN would as.
suredly have miscarried.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-07-12
ENGLISH IN SOUND.
a unique Puzzling Composition by u
12-Ycar-Old Schoolgirl.

A Unique Puzzllng Composition by u
12-Year-Old Schoolgirl.
The Northwestern Magazine gives
the following unique composition writ
ten by a 12-year-old school girl. Let
our young readers see II they cannot
make 1t still moro puzzling: "a right
suite little buoy, the son of a kernel,
with a rough round his neck, fiue up
the road as quick as a dear. After a
thyme he stopped at the house and
wrung the belle. His tow hurt hymn
and he kneaded wrest. He was two
tired to rae his fare. pail face. and a
feint mown Of pane rose from his lips.
The made who herd the belle was about
to pair a pare. but she through 1t down
and ran with all her mite, for fare her
guessed would not weight, but when
she saw the little won tiers stood in
her eyes at the site. Eve poor dear.
Why do you I've hear? Are yew dye
ing" Know he said, 4 am feint.'
She boar him inn her arms as she
ought, to a roam where he might be
quiet, rave him bred and meet. held a
cent bottle under his knows, untide
his choler, raped him warmly, gave
him a suite drachm from a viol, till
at last he went forth as hail as a young
hoarse."
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-07-12
1T DID LOOK SUSPICIOUS.
Nevertheless the Overcoat Transaction
Was Perfectly Legitimate.

nevertheless the OvercOat transaction
Was Perfectly Legitimate.
A robust young man, wearing a
thick terra Gotta overcoat. and q
somewhat consumptive-looking COM
panion, minus an o%vercoat. left a we'll
known Chestnut street cafe together at
n late hour on Saturday night, says the
Philadelphia Record. The former gen.
erously rendered his warm outer gar
ment to his shivering companion, who
gratefully accepted 1t for the walk
home. On turning the corner of Six
teenth and Locust streets the pair were
closely scrutiniZed by a big policeman,
Arrived at his home. the thin man re-
turned the coat to his stout friend and
the latter started back toward his hotel
on Broad street. When he reached the
corner of Sixteenth street the police.
man grabbed him. Pretty slick guy
you are!' he exclaimed, but I'm on to
that little overcoat racket. | guess you
got his pocketbook. too"
What do you mean, sir?" demanded
the indignant citizen. You Just take q
ride to the station-kouse," mildly
urged the cop, land tell the sergeant
how you managed to get into thai
other mans overcoat."
Protestations were In vain. The mad
man, with the terra Gotta overcoat, hat
to submit, and only the presence of his
thin friend. whom he promptly sen,
for, saved him from a cell.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-07-12
Tho Goldfish Sent to tho Rear.

The historic Goldfish was distinctly
snubbed Monday. Mr.. Irwin Of North
ampton raised a point of order that
the house having ordered the emblem Of
the Goldfish to be placed ove the speak
er's chair the order Of Mr.. Roe of
Worcester to provide for its being
placed in the rear Of the hall was out
OF order. The speaker ruled that the
point was not well taken, inasmuch as
the hall had a just right to order
changes In such matters as frequently
as 1t saw At. Mr.. Roe said that II is
intended to place a painting In the
panel over the speakers chair and that
the Goldfish, II hung as originally in
tended, would be incongruous and out
of place. The order was almost unani-
mously adopted, and the FISH will now
be hung In the rear of the ~hall-unless
the house changes its mind again.
Boston Herald.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-07-12
r RsT NIGHT IN A SLEEPER
The Adventures Of q Rurai Couple
bound for Niagara Fails.

m Adventures Of q Rurai Couple
Bound for Niagara rails.
During last August when cheap ex.
cursion trains were being run to Mia
CARA Falls from nearly every section Of
the country, as Is the custom every
year, l was given charge Of a ten-car
train Of Pullman sleepers delivered to
the Erie by a connecting line running
into Darkest Indiana" says a writer
In Chicago Inter Ocean.
The passengers on this train were OF
the raw blue Jeans type, many Of whom
were crossing the borders Of their state
for the first time. and a big majority Of
them were getting their first taste OF
Pullman luxuries. As the shades OF
night began to fall the thoughts Of the
passengers naturally turned to sleep.
In the rear of the Pullman was an
elderly farmer and his wife hailing
from one Of the interior counties OF the
state. They were the first people In
the car to ask the porter to Ak their
bed. 80 they could turn In" Their
tickets called for n Of the upper
berths, which the porter Immediately
made up for them. After the porter
had brought them the ladder his at
tention was called to the other end Of
the car, when to the amazement Of the
other passengers in the car the old lady
quickly mounted the ladder with the
alertness of a gymnast. climbed over
the curtain pole, and dropped into the
berth. When the porter came along
the old gentleman was in the act Of 60
Ing through the same performance. The
porter intercepted him before he had
completed his giant swing and grace
fully parting the curtains showed the
mystified tiller Of the soil that there
was an easier way Of getting into an
upper berth than by way Of the roof,
ut which the old man smiled and said
he wondered why Maria had not
thought Of splitting the curtains. The
train, which was running special and
making few stops. had not run very far
after this incident when l felt the train
give a slight lurch as II the airbrake
had been suddenly applied. I gave lit
tie attention to this, but had hardly
dismissed 1t from my mind when the
train lurched again. I was then con-
WINGED that somebody was meddline
with the airbrake cord which runs
along the roof of the car. Two officials
OF the passenger department Of the
road who were in the rear sleeper felt
the Jerking Of the train, and climbing
~stepladders at either end Of the cal
began to look for the trouble. The Off.
cial at the further end of the car quick.
ly discovered the leak. The old couple
who had scaled the curtain pole to gel
into their berth had mistaken the air
brake cord for a clothes line and hat
hung all Of their wearing apparel. in
Guiding boots and shoes. on 1t. Tit
weight Of the clothes had stretched thu
cord so as to set the air brakes. Jus
as the plot had been discovered the ole
lady threw her shape" over the line
This broke the camel's back. The ali
Kissed, the brakes were set like a wise
and the train brought to a dead stand
still. After the cord was unloaded tn,
old couple were told Of their mistake
and the train piloted through the darl
night without any further accidents.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-07-12
N
short Sketch About the Father OF
the Republic.

short sketch About the Father o.
the Republic.
1t fell to Washington to establish
presidents for the social procedure OF
his successors as president, which he
did, In the main wisely, simply, and
well. He resolved, and so announced,
that the president ought not to be ex-
pected to make or return social calls.
Instead, he established the custom Of a
public reception. This was given every
Tuesday afternoon. Washington wore
on these occasions Ais hair powdered.
gathered behind in a silk bag. His
coat and breeches were Of plain black
velvet. He wore a white or pearl-col-
ored vest and yellow gloves. and had 4
cooked hat in his hand. He had silver
knee and shoe buckles, and a long
sword with a finely wrought and gilt
tering steel hilt.
washington never shook hands with
his guests. as Is the rule nowadays,
but bowed to them with dignity. Dig
nifty was, indeed, the rule Of the day.
The senate sat always behind closed
uooiS. DUH SENATORS anu representa-
tives were richly dressed and wore
powdered hair, and every reception
was as picturesque as the very best
modern bal poudre" ever seen.
Mrs. Washington's receptions were
held on Friday evenings, and at these
the president appeared without hat or
sword. and comported himself simply
as n Of his wife's guests with less
formality Of manner than at the official
reception. The Friday receptions were
held In the evening, but did not last
until a late hour. II guests remained
past the hour Mrs. Washington would
remind them that "the general retires
al 9, and usually precede him." The
Friday evening guests were seated
and tea and coffee were handed
round with plain and plumb cake"
At the public dinners. given weekly,
there was no ostentation Of rich fare.
One such meal is described as boiled
leg Of mutton. with a few vegetables.
After a simple dessert one glass Of
wine was offered each guest"
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-07-12
A COUPLES ADVENTURE.
Short Of Funds, but the Gentleman Was
an Able anci

Short OF Funds, but the Gentleman was
an Able F%inancier.
Among the throng on bicycles speed
ing between Ridgewood and Tuxedo
on Saturday afternoon were a little
couple not yet In their teens, says the
New York Sun. The little lady manip-
ulated the wheel to perfection, and as
they passed along they looked even
more interesting than the beautiful
country about them. They had halted
at Ramsey's, had cream and confec-
tionery. and had resumed their trip
when rain began to fall. Here was n
dilemma the youth OF II had not cal
culated on. Rain meant railroad fare
back to Ridgewood, for in no circum-
to get wet. They fastened to the first
railroad station. The youth saw the
wheels housed and then fished in his
pockets for funds. The little treat at
the saloon had absorbed nearly all his
cash, but he arose to the occasion and
in a confidential way whispered to the
ticket agent that II two could ride on q
whole ticket that cost less than two
half tickets he thought he had sufi-
cient funds to buy one. Then. to his
dismay. the lad discovered he was
cents short even of the price of one
whole ticket. He so informed the
agent and asked for credit for that
sum. promising to reimburse him at
another time. The agent looked at the
worried face OF the little girl and hand
ed him out a ticket.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-07-12
coLoRS AMONG FLOWERS.
Botanists Say All Flowers Were Once
Yellow.

Yellow.
Yellow and white. Botanists are
agreed that the earliest petals were yell
low. and that. originally, all flowers
were Of that color. The order Of de-
velopment Of color In flowers appears
to be yellow, pink, red, purple, lilac. up
to deep blue-probably the highest
level-while white may occur In any
normally colored flower. just as albinos
are found among animals. As flowers
become more specialized they become
more dependent upon the visits OF spe-
cial insects, purple and blue flowers.
for instance. beneftting most from and
being most preferred by bees and but
t~erflies. A French authority states
that about 1900 species Of plants are
utilized for various purposes In Europe.
or these only about one-tenth have an
agreeable perfume. the others being
either inodorous or having an un-
pleasant smell. White flowers are the
most numerous. One thousand one
hundred and twenty-four species out
Of 1900 are white. and 1877 of these
have a scent: 931 (77 perfumed) are
yellow; next In order comes red. with
S23. OF which "a give forth perfume;
then blue, 594 ga scented), and violet,
30S. only 10 of which have any per-
fume. The remaining 400 kinds are
Of various shades Of color, and only
2S OF them have a pleasant SMELL
Boston Standard.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-07-12
Didn't Need So Much OIL.

Just previous to t. big boom In oil
q gentleman who knew the condition OF
affairs and was certain that prices
would go away up, went to a friend.
who had more ready cash than knowl-
edge OF the world, ara said.
"Friend John. the price OF oil Is going
to go up, so / would advise you to buy
10000 barrels"
BUY 10000 barrels Of oil?" was the
Qetonished reply Of the man addressed,
who looked as II he thought his friend
was crazy; why, I don't use a barrel In
q year."
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-07-12
AN OLD GAM 3.

a s~esdy-Iook,ng Fellow Tries the An
Client Glove Racket.
Say, Buffalo must be about twenty
years behind the times, ain't III" said a
drummer at the Tifft house yesterday.
IL saw a man try to work the old
glove racket in front Of the hotel to-
day. I had gotten the idea that the
glove game was too old to be worked
by any one. The Buffalo man was too
cute to be caught, though. SO perhaps
the only antiquity in the town was the
man that resurrected the old game to
raise a dollar.
did you ever see II worked? No?
You ought to have been here a couple OF
hours ago. A well-dressed gentleman
was walking down the street when q
seedy-looking individual who was
standing in the door way suddenly
stepped out behind the gentleman and
dropped a glove at his heels without
the man seeing him.
Then he tapped him on the shout
der.
"'Say, mister, is that your glover
"The gentleman answered In the
negative and vas about to walk away
when the tramp stopped and picked up
the glove. Fumbling 1t over he soon
pulled out a ring from one Of the nm
gers. 1t looked like a genuine diamond
ring, too.
"Of course the tramp had a surprised
look on his face. He said to the gentle
man:
Say. mister, I'm a poor man and
can't afford to keep anything like this,
but It was a pretty lucky find. wasn't
It? What'll you give me for the ring?'
"The gentleman looked the ring over
carefully and then handed 1t back to
the tramp with a laugh.
81 guess I don't want that thing
not Just now. anyway and he walked
away.
There was n time when the police
found It necessary to arrest men for
working that dodge" continued the
drummer. but I guess they have for
gotten their last catch by this time
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-07-12
BUTLER FULL OF A
Says He Would Like to Lead an Army
Against Canada.

Says Ito Would Like to Lead an Army
Against Cannda.
Before departing for his southern
home and while talking to a group Of
reporters Senator NJ. c. Butler OF South
Carolina, in a manner deeply Impress
i've. while discussing the relations be-
tween the United States and Great
affair, said: II have no criticism to
put upon our government in that af-
fair. 1t was the advice of Washington
that we have no entangling alliances.
But / tell you what | would like to have
seen. Just as the British were sailing
into that harbor l should like to have
seen some Of our own fine warships
lowering along that coast. Those
things happen. don't you know. and
you can't tell Just how. But three or
four fine ships happening along there
about that ~ti.ie-well, Of course they
would naturally be interested in seeing
what the Britishers were up to in land
ing marines, and maybe there would
have been a little pleasure party of
| American marines sent ashore to get a
fresh supply Of fruits. England does
not want to have a war with us. We
| are too valuable to her commercially.
And yet in her eager ness and greed she
nay get into 1t. | would not want
anything better than to lead 10000 men
into Canada. II would please my old
heart UNNECESSARILY to assist in
snatching that country from Great
Britain and attach it to ours. We may
| do II, too. Who knows?"
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-07-12

A German Colonixing Company.
A company with . capital Of $780,
600 for the establishment Of agricu1-
tural settlements In German southwest
Africa has been formed in Saxony.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-07-12
The lily CltIeA.

New York has officially announced
that her population is just 1,s49, 500.
That settles a l%ong-yexed question.
Chicago is the largest city In the
United States. the largest in the west
ern hemisphere, and the third largest
city in the world. This Is how the
cities stand with their present popula-
ton:
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-07-12
Coined in the Worlds Mints.

In the worlds minis from 1880 to
1890 there were coined 9.194 IONS of
gold and Sl.235 tons Of silver.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06
Children's Quarrel Ends In Murder.

BosToN, Aug 6.-Michael Kelly. con
tractor, residing on Vaughn place, Dor.
chester, was killed last night by jeremiah
Donahue Kelly and Donahue had been
neighbors for about two years, and never
had any difficulty, although Mrs. Kelly
and Donahue had frequent quarrels. Last
evening the children Of both men became
involved in quarrel, and one of the Kelly
girls told her father that one of the Dopa-
hue boys had slapped her. Donahue
claims that Kelly, after slapping some of
his children, rushed up and clinchod him.
In the melee that followed, Kelly tried to
hit Donshue with screwdriver. The
latter seized IL and struck at Kelly. the
sharp end entering the temple, close to the
left ear. Kelly died in few minutes.
He was Al years old, and bore a good
name. His wife, however, had been in
the house of correction for attempting to
shoot man. Donahue is 40 years old,
and carpenter by trade
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06

you will soon fade away, especially II you
should marry elsewhere. 1"
Then Henry interrupted me. 81 Will
never marry elsewhere, said he
/ could not help being glad that he said
IT, but i was firm.
ar Won should see some good woman
whom you can love. II will be better Tor
YOU TO marry elsewhere, said l.
~ never willpr he said again. He put
his arms around me, but 1 had strength
TO push him away. =.
HYou never need, II succeed in what
| un dertake, before you meet the other,
said /. began TO think he had not cared
for that pretty girl who boarded In the
same house, after all.
"What is that2n he said. "What are
you going to undertaken"
"1o find my fathers murderer, said 1.
Henry gave me a strange look; then, be-
fore could stop him, he took me fast In
his arms and kissed my forehead.
"As God is my witness, Sarah, believe
I'm YOUR innocence, - he said. And from
that minute / have felt sustained and
fully confident OF my power TO do what
have undertaken.
NV fathers murderer i Will find. To
morrow j begin my search.
/ shall first make an exhaustive exami-
nation OF the house, such as no officer in
the case has yet made, in the hope OF
finding a clue. Every room propose TO
divide into square yards, by line ana
measure, and everyone of these square
yards / will study as II it were problem
in algebra.
have theory that II is impossible for
a human being TO enter any house and
to commit in ID deed OF this kind and
not leave behind traces which are as
the known quantities in an algebraic
equation to those who can use them.
There is chance that / shall not be
quite unaided. Henry has promised not
To come again until bid him, but he is
TO send a detective here from Boston--oDe
whom he knows. In fact, the man is a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06

cousin of his, or else there would be small
hope of securing him, even If j were to
offer him large prize.
The man has been remarkably success
full in several cases, but his health Is not
gooo; the work is a severe strain upon
his nerves, and he is not driven TO ii by
any lack of money. The physicians have
forbidden him To undertake any new case
for year at least but Henry is confident
that we may rely upon him for this.
/ will now lay this aside and go TO bed.
Tomorrow is Wednesday; my father will
have been dead seven weeks. Tomorrow
morning l commence the work, in
which, II 1t be in human power, aided by
higher wisdom, l shall succeed.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
Commenced, Saturday, Aug. 81
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06

che slightest trouble in proving that he
was at his home in Vermont when the
murder took place. He proved by several
witnesses that he was out OF the State
long before my father and i sat on the
step together that evening, and that he
proceeded directly TO his home as fast as
the train and stage-coach could carry
him.
The screwdriver with which the deed
was supposed to have been comitted was
found by the neighbor from whom IL had
been borrowed In his wife's bureau
drawer. 1t had been returned, and she
had used ii to put up picture-hook In
her chamber. Bennett was discharged
and returned to Vermont.
Then Mrs. Adams told OF her finding
the yeffow ribbon from Henry Ellis
whip, and he was arrested, since he was
held TO have a motive for putting my
father out OF the world. Fathers OPP
position to our marriage was well known,
and Henry was suspected also of having
indeed, that my father had more money
than had known myself.
Henry owned TO having driven into
our yard that night, and to having missed
the Iibbon from his whip on his return
but one of the hostlers in the livery
stable in Digby, where he kept his horse
and buggy, came forward and testified
to finding the yellow ribbon in the car
yiage-room that Tuesday night before
Henry returned from his drive. There
were two yellow ribbons in evidence,
therefore, and the one produced by the
bostler seemed to fit Henry's whip stock
the more exactly.
Moreover, nearly the exact minute OF
the murder was claimed TO be proved by
the post-mortem examination; and by
the testimony of the stablemen as to the
hour OF Henry's return and the speed OF
his horse he was further cleared of sus-
ptcion; for IL the opinion of the medical
experts was correct, Henry must have re-
turned to the livery stable too soon to
have committed the murder.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06
Hard on Cameron.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 6.-At meeting
of the Republicans of ward 2S, last
night, resolutions were adopted setting
forth that "the vital issue in the pending
contest is whether j. Donald Cameron
will be reelected 10 the United State sem
ate. He has deserted the ranks of all the
trusted Republican leaders in the senate,
and in direct and hagrant violation of his
most sacred pledges he was instrumental
ir defeating the great Republican measure
for the protection Of federal elections"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06
Caused by Boys Careiessncss.

CINCINNATI, Aug. GA confiagration
here yesterday afternoon lasted less than
an hour, but burned two largo wharf
boats and two steamers and caused loss
of over 100000. The Hrc originated by
boys striking match near baled hay.
Intense excitement existed because OF the
reckless reports about the loss OF life. A
fireman, Edward Bennett, was overcome
by heat but he Is all right now