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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-12-26

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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16
BROilED STURGEON.
That 10 the Way the Fisherman Eats IL
If He Can Get q Young Fish.

That 10 the Way the Fisherman Eats IL
If He Can Get q Young Fish.
I'm the minds of most people" said
man with an expert knowledge of fish
and fishing, 1.-The sturgeon is doubtless
associated with the idea of a big fish
only; they think Of him when he is well
grown and has come 10 weigh seventy
five TO two hundred and fifty pounds,
and suppose that most people, when
they think of sturgeon as IA food, think
only of smoked sturgeon. which is the
form in which it is most common ly
placed in the market. To those famil-
lar with the fish in these forms dAly the
idea of broiled sturgeon might seem
humorously preposterous, but broiled
is the way the fisherman eats it if he
can get sturgeon of the right size.
The flesh of the old sturgeon is
coarse and rough; that of the young
sturgeon is finer and much more palat-
able. II you take sturgeon that
weighs eight or ten pounds and cut out
steaks five or six inches back from the
head and broil them you will find them
very good. But the sturgeon is rather
oily and you can't eat very much of
them. Young sturgeon is sometimes
fried. but not SO often; it is better
broiled; but along the water front men
make a stew of sturgeon, with onions,
that is by no means unpalatable."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16
WHY MEN SHOULD MARRY.
Csiibates Lose Opportunities for Mental
and Moral Developments.


and Moral Developments.
II was clearly meant that all men, as
well as all women, should marry; and
those who, for whatever reason, miss
this obvious destiny are, from natures
point of view, failures, says the North
American Review 1t is not question
of personal felicity (which in eight
cases out OF ten may be more than
problematic), but of race responsibility.
The unmarried man is skulker, who,
in order TO secure his own ease. dooms
some woman who has rightful claim
upon him to celibacy. And in so doing
he defrauds himself of the opportu-
mites for mental and moral develop
ment which only the normal experience
can provide. He deliberately stunts
the stature of his manhood, impover-
ishes his heart and brain, and chokes
up all the sweetest potentialities of his
soul. To himself he Is apt to appear
like the wise fox that detects the trap,
though it be ever SO cunningly baited;
that refuses TO surrender his liberty for
the sake of an appetizing chicken or
rabbit, which may after all be decoy,
stuffed with sawdust; while as a matter
of fact his case Is that Of the cowardly
servant in the parable, who, for fear of
losing his talent, hid it in a napkin, and
in the end was deemed unworthy Of
his Stewardship.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16
SOME POINTED QUESTIONS.
They Were Put to American Travellers by
the viceroy of China.

They Were Put to American Travellers by
the viceroy of China.
When Mr.. Allen and Mr.. Sachtleben
reached Tien Tsin. after their long bicy.
Gle ride from Constantinople across
Asia, they had a protracted interview
with the viceroy-Li Hung ChanR-the
man whom Gen. Grant included among
the three greatest statesmen Of his day.
He asked the young American travellers
a multitude of questions about the
countries they had ridden through, and
at last came down to personalities. The
following were few of his inquiries:
About how much did the trip cost
you?"
do you expect to get back all or
more than you spent?"
"Will you write book?'
Did you find any gold or silver de-
posits on your route?"
DO you like the Chinese diet?"
How much did one meal cost you?'
How old are you?"
Are you married?"
What is the trade or profession OF
your parents?"
do they own much land?"
Are you democrats or republicaus?'
"Will you run for any political Office
in American"
DO you expect ever TO get into con-
gress?"
do you have TO buy offices in Amer
leap"
The young men hesitateda little over
this. last question. and the viceroy was
good enough TO say that they would be
come so well known as the result OF
their long journey that they might ge,
into office without paying for it. "You
are both young" he added, land may
hope for anything"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16

ing 10 the presidency IN that way.
Then Clay, man of marvellous
ability and with the precedent of a
quarter of century in his favor, was
beaten by jackson, man with a
military record. But the American
people were not hero worshipers and
promoted Vice President Van Buren,
to be Jackson's successor, and since
his election no vice president has
been elected to the presidency. Ty-
Ter, Fillmore, Johnson and Arthur
reached the presidency by the death
of the chief executive. All of them
except Johnson hoped to be their
own successors, but were disappoint-
ed, the failure of Arthur being par
ticularly remarkable because of his
able administration and the general
satisfaction of the people with his
policy.
Secretaries of state have not been
more successful, however, than have
the vice presidents, only two since
John Quincy Adams-Van Buren,
and Buchanan-having reached the
presidency. Besides Clay, notable
among secretaries of state who died
with presidential ambitions ungrati-
fed are Calhoun and Blaine.
That lines of succession should be
broken is well, but in the breaking the
country has often secured presidents
whose ability was much inferior to that
of secretaries of state and vice presi-
dents who have been turned down.
We do not believe any line of sue
cession to the presidency can be es-
tablished; the people are too tickle in
the choice of favorites for that.
Neither do we believe that honorable
service either as secretary of state or
vice president will debar any man
from the presidency. AS breaker OF
precedents, Cleveland has been a re-
markable example. Should the pres-
dental nominees of the two great par
ties next year happen to be Morton
and Stevenson, an early precedent
would be e-established-only, how
ever, to be again broken in future
campaign.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16
just Like Him.

"Mom," said boy to his mother,
"where's the blacking?" IL don't
know" said the boys mother, unless
Philips had it." Philip was the boy s
elder brother. The backing outfit was
kept in a backing stand in Philips
room. He had found it pretty cold in
his room that morning and SO he had
taken the things out into the dining
room and BACKED his shoes there, and
when he got through he had left the
things there. Just like him." said
Philips brother, and then, not finding
the dining-room quite warm enough to
suit him, he gathered up the things
and went and BACKED his boots in the
kitchen, and when he got through he
left the things there.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16

The bond syndicate put 81, 346,-
900 in gold into the New York sub
treasury, Tuesday, as the reserve was
getting dangerously near the nun
dred million mark. The syndicate
evidently intends to fulfill the very
letter of its contract, but after the
expiration of this contract the trea-
sury department will have to do its
own hustling.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16
CHECKING LABOR AGiTATORS.
The Plan ollowed During tho Building
of Mexican Railroad.

of . Mexican Railroad.
They had an original and effective
way of preventing strikes on the Sono-
ra railroad while it was building" said
its first superintendent, according to
the New York Sun. THE Mexican
poems were queer la borers to deal with,
and there were habitual kickers and
agitators among them to stir up discon.
tent, like those we find in other more
enlightened regions where great works
are carried On. The Mexican govern.
ment, standing as hacker of the road,
was of course interested that nothing
should interfere with its progress, and
so when il was discovered that man
was stirring up trouble among his fel.
low laborers he was disposed of in q
way peculiar to the country.
Some men were detailed TO get him
drunk no difficult task when liquor
was furnished free-and he would wake
up in the morning to find himself in
military barracks and to be informed
that he was an enlisted soldier in the
army. All the formalites had duly
been gone through with. and he was
kept In seclusion in the barracks until
he was transferred TO some remote part
of the republic. He was enlisted under
an assumed name, so that when his
friends came to the barracks to inquire
after him by name they were informed
that there was no such man there. II
they doubted the statement there were
the rolls, which they might inspect. AS
the Mexican soldier is virtually pris.
oner, and the army is made up to con.
siderable extent of criminals pardoned
under condition of enlisting, no com.
ment would be excited by the keeping
of a new recruit in confinement, and,
off in Yucatan or Tabasco, his friends
would not hear Of him again, at least
during the building of the road"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16
The Lines of Succession.

The talk of Hon. Levi L. Morton
as a presidential possibility in SO
calls TO mind all the talk about the
vice presidency being the grave of
ambitious politicians, and late politi-
cal history has seemed to bear out the
statement that no man need expect
to step from the vice presidency to
the presidential chair.
In the early days of the republic,
the second position was looked upon as
a natural stepping stone to the first,
and the presidency as deserved pro-
motion for faithful vice president.
Washington was succeeded by his
vice president, John Adams, who in
turn was followed by Thomas Jeffer-
son, his vice president.
But this republic has been chary
of establishing dangerous precedents
or iron clad lines of succession, and
George Clinton, vice president under
Jefferson's second term, was griev-
ously disappointed when Madison,
who had been secretary of state, was
made president instead of Clinton
himself, who was beaten for the nom-
nation in 1908. Until 1882, presi-
dents were chosen, strangely enough,
from the position of secretary of state,
Madison, Monroe and Adams all COM
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16
Protectinr Oxater Reds.

Private oyster beds in the upper Vir-
ginia waters of the Chesapeake have
been successfully protected against
oyster thieves by simple but ingeni'
Gus device. The owner of the beds,
sixteen acres in area, crossed them in
two directions with five-eighth-inch
wire secured to posts at the point of in.
tersection. Both wires and posts are
invisible, even at low tide. The oyster
pirate that attacks the bed is sure
sooner or later to lose his dredge by
having it entangled in the wire, and
thefts are rare.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16

MISSOURI democrats declare for
free coinage, while the Iowa demo-
Gratis declare against it and uphold
the administration. The unanimity
with which democratic state platforms
disagree on the currency question is
a remarkably clear index to demo-
cratic "harmony."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16

They Are Employed TO Amuse Men nj
Dinners.


When, for instance, Chinese gentle
man intends giving a dinner TO three
friends he will arrange for IL To be pro
vided on a flower boat at a certain
hour, and also for the company of eight
dining-out girls--two for each gentle
man, says a writer in Century. |
call them dining-out girls, as il best de-
scribes to me their calling They will
come prettily dressed, their hair done
up in most wonderful shapes and
brushed over with sort of varnish
which makes 1t appear like fantastic
head-dress, carved in ebony. They will
ornament this structure with bright
flowers, though the wreaths will be as
stiff as their hair; or they will some
times add jade, gold or feather-inlaid
ornaments. Their faces will be painted
in white and pink-very artistically
painted, smooth and soft-looking, de-
licately traced; sharp black crescents
will mark their eyebrows. Dainty, de-
mure dolls they will appear and pretty
to look upon; but seemingly one touch
would destroy their artistic effects, as a
rough hand the radiance of a butter.
fy's wing.
Two of these young ladies will at
tend TO each gentleman. sitting slightly
back from the table at each side of the
entertained. They will fiji his liquor
cups, sip from them and pass them on;
pick out dainty pieces of elbow" (food)
with chopsticks and hand them TO him;
crack jokes, fill and light his pipe and
all the while chat gayly and eat dried
watermelon seeds. That is all / ever
saw them eat. Behind each group OF
three a solemn-looking coolie, or waiter,
will stand to fan them all the while.
Other walters bring in food, wine and
tea, change the dishes and attend 70
their wants The meal will last for a
long time. Eventually all will rise and
retire to- an outer room furnished with
broad touches covered with mating.
Opium pipes will be there for those
who care for them and tobacco and
cigars in plenty. The girls will sic on
the couches, laugh, fiji the pipes and
still eat watermelon seeds. while the
gentlemen will recline at their ease, en-.
joying their society.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16
HANDICAPPED BY pukEDoM.
One Grade of British Mobility which Has
Never Been Politically Popular.


Never Been Politically Popular.
We may note a popularity in the
English feeling about titles, of which
we have never seen reasonable ex-
PLANTATION, says the London Spectator.
The political populace dislike the title
of duke. Some of the ablest peers in
politics have been dukes; but TO be a
duke weighs instead of tightening a
man in the great race for power. There
is widely diffused impression, the
origin of which we cannot trace, that a
duke is sure To be little stupid. that a
brilliant duke is. in fact, an impossible
ity. The title is positive drawback
To the duke of Devonshire. and a
duke of Derby would never have been
described as Rupert of Debate"
The duke of Argyll, who is an intel
lectual athlete. would have been far
more completely recognized as earl of
Argyll; and we are not sure that the
dukedom has not impeded one or two
promising politicians in the house of
lords. Certainly duke rarely rises
there, unless he becomes known TO the
country before the title crushed him.
- IL thuI VIC idhh oNcrpoWtTs tnt pop
ular imagination till men cease TO see
the persona thing which constantly
happens in the case of kings-or is it
that men can never forget the special
rank by merging il into the simpler
and more familiar title of "lord?" No
peer except a duke is invariably men,
toned by the title Which marks his
grade. We have no idea of the true
explanation, but we know that a po-
litical earl who accepted a dukedom
would lose heavily in popular estima-
ton. and that even marquis, like
Lord Salisbury. who would alter his
rank so little, would find that the cor
onet of strawberry leaves acted, to a
certain extent, as an extinguisher,
while IL his son never entered the
house Of commons he would have TO
struggle against some inexplicable
weight. The fact is one of the very
oldest in the whole of the odd history
of the influence of rank, but of it's
reality we entertain no doubt whatever.
To say that is ducal opinion, is TO
say that il lis an opinion that no one in
our days need consider.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16

DEMOCRATS kick about Cleveland
and many of them would drive him
from the party. And yet no man
has done so much to shape demo.
cratic policy in the last ten years and
to raise the party from hopeless failure
to political success as Grover Cleve-
land.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16

IN selecting a candidate for the
presidency, the democrat national
convention will exercise good judg-
ment in nominating a man who has
had little to do with shaping the pol
icy of the Cleveland administration.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16
Chinese English.

The Chinese take great pains to use
the English language with accuracy,
but sometimes they are more fluent
than correct. Those pretty little sea-
weed flowers that unfold from seeming
ly dry sticks when dropped into a fin
ger bowl with water are imported into
this country in gray paper envelopes,
sometimes tabled thus: Water flowers
for the amusement after dinner"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16

THE New Yorker who wants a
Sunday glass of beer is compelled to
cross over to Brooklyn, while the
Brooklynite has to go to New York
for Sunday shave. Thus do the
great municipalities manipulate the
Sunday closing laws.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16

IT is now said that little Japan was
on the point of insisting on the right
of search of American vessels, Just
before the close of the Chinese war,
and that the end of hostilities only
averted such complication. IT that
be true, then the coming of peace
was a mighty fortunate thing for the
doughty little Jap. The roar of the
British lion, which he gave at the
tweaking of has regal tail by Uncle
Samuel because of just such claim
of right of search, is not vet forgotten
in Europe or America. The Japs
should read up on the history of civil
lied nations.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16

The Boston Herald (nd.) says that
the holding of a democratic state
convention this fall in Massachusetts,
will be entirely superhuous, as the
election of the entire republican tick
ct is assured.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16
Room in the Republican Party.

Occasionally republican is found
who seriously contemplates break
ing off of his party affiliations, because
some neighbor or friend of his who is
is an active republican expresses views
on political questions with which he
cannot agree. Such spirit is a
mistaken one. 1t is not 10 be ex-
pected, nor is it to be desired, that
all members of the party should
agree upon any political question, at
least until the party declares upon
that question and it rises to the inn
portance of partisan issue. Pollt'-
cal problems can only be settled by
the education of the masses of Amer
lean voters, and agitation and dis
cussion of these problems as they
arise is the only means of bringing
the party to a proper conception of
the questions and the import of the
disposition that shall be made of
them. The duty of each member of
the republican party and of every re-
publican newspaper is to discuss
such questions as they may arise and
to present their views fairly and i'm
partially, that the masses of the party
may come to fully understand the
problems and thus enable the party
to solve them wisely. The whole
history of the republican party is
made up of such discussions, which
have every time been followed by
wise solutions of the problems as
they have had to be met.
The latest problem that has come
before the people, upon which party
lines have not yet been drawn so
clearly as to make it partisan is
sue, is the silver question, and every
word Of the advice above given con-
corning agitation and discussion
within the republican party applies
fully to this. The masses of the
voters are ready and anxious to learn
concerning the truth. The duty of
all republicans is to aid in the educa-
ton of republican voters and of the
party on the currency question, and
if this work is thoroughly done the
republican party will make no mis-.
take.
The NoRTHERNER, recognizing its
duty towards its constituents, has
presented its views freely on the finan-
cial question. We have tried to do
SO clearly, that there might be no
misunderstanding. We claim no in
fallibility, and are only one of thous-
ands of loyal republicans in the
country who are putting their portion
into the republican wisdom.
We have feared and do fear dan
ger in free coinage at the ratio of 16
to ! on the part of the United States
alone, and have advised a different
ratio. Never have we said word
except for a bimetallic currency in
some form or other, and yet some of
our l6 10 friends have insisted that
the NoETHERNER is a ''gold bug"
The NoRTHERNER is a bimetallist
and believes thoroughly that both
gold and silver should be used as
primary money, and that gold dol
lar and silver dollar should be OF
equal intrinsic value. If any of our
readers have views on the financial
question they wish to make public,
whether criticizing the NoRTHERNER
or not, we will be pleased to publish
brief and pointed letters from them
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16

To call the average Michigan demo-
crat Cleveland democrat is very
much like shaking a red rag at bull.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16

Never came down faster than
prices have tumbled since we
began fselling Hardware and
Paints for cash.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16
We have a Good Deal

OF respect for those who try to
save a dollar and buy of us.
Nothing small about us but our
prices.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16

One price to all, and that spot
Cash, which means more goods
for your money. Quality and
price never fail to correspond
with our advertisements.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-30
shot HIMSELF TO DEATH.
FRED C. HALL, A COLORED MAN,
BLEW OUT HIS BRAINS IN
HIS Room.
He WAS ONCE IMPRISONED ON A
SERIOUS CHARGE IN SALT
LAKE CITY.

Fred G. Hall, a mulatto. about 80 years
of age, shot himself through the head and
died almost instantly in room 81 at 733
Market street, this city, at an early hour
yesterday morning. The tragedy was not
known in the house until P. NJ. yesterday
when Halls body was found cold and stiff
lying across bed, with his head and
shoulders in mass of coagulated blood
and a bullet hole through his skull. The
Coroner was notified and the body was
taken to the Morgue.
The deceased had been in the house
where he died only two days. He came to
this CITY on the Australia from Honolulu
last Wednesday. 1t is evident from CORE
spondence found in his trunk and on his
person that he has worked as a barber and
has also followed railroading, probably as
a Pullman-car porter.
1t is also clear from a further perusal of
his correspondence that Hall had been &C
cused of serious CRIME in Utah, and that
he spent several weeks awaiting trial in
the Utah penitentiary. A letter from his
attorneys, Evans and Rogers of Ogden, re-
fers to the refusal of a motion to reduce his
bail of $1,000 in the Criminal Court at Og-
den. Another letter from friends in Omaha,
| George Johnson and wife, reviews a period
of two years when deceased was a 1odger
in their house. In the letter they assure
him that they do not believe him guilty of
such heinous offense because he had
always treated their daughter with the ut
| most respect.
Whether he was subsequently tried and
acquitted, or escaped, or convicted and
made to serve term is not made known
by the letters in his possession. Among
the various letters found was one adj
dressed to H. H. Hall, head waiter, Pal
ace Hotel"
The deceased left nothing to indicate
why he did the desperate deed The fatal
wound was made by a 38-caliber revolver
Hall had $40 10 in his pockets.