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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29
SPAIN FIRES AGAIN.
One of Her Gunboats Dismasts the Lit
tie American Schooner Irene.

A Key West special says: The latest
report is to the effect that the schooner
Irene was fired into and dismantled by
the Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabel. The
news was brought to this city by vessel
engaged i'm the cattle trade between this
port and the mainland. The Irene Is
small schooner owned in this port by
Canary Islanders. She has been employ
cd in the fish trade all winter, but within
the past few days returned with party
of court officials from Fort Meyers,
where an important murder trial has
been held. She afterward sailed for the
fish ranch at Punta Gorda, whence, IL is
reported an expedition sailed for Cuba.
This point has been under surveillance
by the Spanish cruiser and the schooner
was followed from here and fred into.
This is the report given by fishermen at
the ranch TO n vessel which has just ar
rived. The family and owner and the
crew of the Irene live here.
"No further particulars have been learn
ed about the American schooner reported
to have been sunk off Puerta del Padre.
Cuba, by the Spanish cruiser Arcedo.
No denial is made here by the Spanish
agents as 10 the correctness of the report,
hat IL is said the vessel was not flying
the American flag. The reason advanced
for the sinking was that she would not
answer signals. Diligent inquiry among
ship owners fails to show any vessel be-
longing to this port missing"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29
In the Nick Of Time.

When Muskegon fremen reached 4S9
Western avenue the other morning they
fourd family of four-father, mother,
son and daughter sitting on the roof
of the adjoining building trying to dress
themselves in whatever clothes they had
hcen able 10 snatch from their rooms.
The upper portion of the block was II
mass of flames and the people on the roof
called frantically TO the tiremen that there
was man inside the building. The
block had caught fire in the rear, and the
key to the front stairway was lost. So
The fircmcn entered by their ladders. and
Jast in time 10 rescue young man who
Was half-suffocatcd. Then they rescued
the shivcring family of Schulers, and
when they were safe dcluged the flaming
building. Loss about $4,000; insurance,
$1,000
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29

child from her position, but the noble
brute slipped on the uncertain surface.
He, however, hung on, and at last lifted
his charge so far from the water that she
was able to Chamber out on firm ice.
The other two girls in the water, mean
time, were having a desperate struggle.
Lillian tried to raise her companion upon
the ice. Once, twice, thrice, she made
the effort, and every time the ice broke
under the strain. Her breath became la
bored and her movements feebler. The
water chilled her through and through
and her hands were bruised and numbed,
but still she chung to the ice and the girl
to her.
Now she was beyond further exertion.
"I'll hold on fast" said she to the Gordon
girl. "You climb up over me. Hurry upl
/ can't last much longer" And the other
attempted to reach safety in that way.
The ice broke under the double weight
repeatedly, and each time the heroic Nc
Mullen girl grasped where it was firm
and held desperately to it. Now make
one more trial." she said, weakly. This
time the Gordon girl raised her shoulders
above the water Rover seized her and
tugged gamefully. Lillian added what
little strength she had remaining, and at
last the second child was in safety.
keep away" again cautioned the little
heroine. She made feeble effort to draw
herself up. She slipped back. Her numb
ed hands grasped the edge of the ice for
an instant and then released their hold.
She went under the water and under the
ice, for there was no sign of her after that.
The children reached home almost pros
trated by their experience. Between sobs
they told the story to their parents, and
Rover crouched in n corner and whined
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29
SHE WAS A HEROINE.
a 1o-Ycar-Old Girl Gives UP Her Life
for Two Children.


for Two Children.
Somewhere under the ice of Peconic
Bay Is the dead body of a heroine-Lil.
liam McMullen, says a Sag Harbor, l.. l..
dispatch. She was only ID years old, but
she sacrificed her life to save two chill
dren who were under her care. With two
little daughters of George Gordon in her
charge, and accompanied by big dog.
she set out to cross the ice They were
half way across when Lillian, who was
slightly in advance, suddenly sank out OF
sight. She had stepped in hole nearly
covered with snow. The children set up
a shrek, as they looked in terror at the
gap in the ice. When the girl came to
the surface she was quite near the rag.
ged edge, and she grasped it firmly. The
children started to her assistance. keep
back she said, firmly. II think l can
get out all right" But her warning was
unheeded. keep back Keep backw
she repeated, but too late. The children
tried to grasp her, the ice gave way un-
der them and they went into the water.
The elder of the children grasped Lii
lian's dress and sustained herself, and
Lillian, still holding 10 the edge of the ice
with one hand. grasped the younger child
with the other. and held her head above
the water. The children were screaming
all the time, and the dog ran barking
around the spot. Lillian gathered herself
for an effort She pushed the smaller
of the Gordons 10 the edge Of the ice and
attempted to lift her upon it. The little
one grasped the ice and the dog seized her
by the clothing. Rover tried to pull the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29
FIGURES OF A FOOL.
STUDIES ECONOMICS WITH DIS
ASTROUS RESULTS.
For the Benefit of the Farmer the
New York HcraId's Sweeping False
hoods Are ExpOsed-Sampic of DEM
Brazen Mendacity.


Recent statistics show I'm very strik-
ing way the disastrous effect of our
high tariff on the export trade In Amer
lean products. Official reports pub
lished recently by the United States
Treasury Department show that dur
ing 1894 there was large falling off
in our exports to Germany of agricul-
tural implements, sewing machines,
manufactures of cotton and -four, AMI
a falling off of more than 30 per cent.
in our exports to Germany of seeds,
butter, beef products and hog products.
The New York Herald.
We do not know whether the failure
of the popular loan scheme has so
soured the stomach of Mr. James Cor
don Bennett that he has cabled TO his
editors to resort to deliberate false
hoods in the columns Of his paper, but
the foregoing is the most barefaced
and brazen piece of mendacity that we
have ever seen published on the equivO-
eating, shifting, evasive and un-Ameri-
can editorial page of the New York
Herald.
We take the exports of the United
States, as published by the Bureau Of
Statistics of the Treasury Department
for 1894 and for 1893, giving the values
of the above mentioned articles ex-
ported to Germany in each year, as fol-
lows:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29
SAIL FOR THE PROMISED LAND
Two Hundred Georgia Negroes Beg m
Their Voyage to Liberia.

Tuesday afternoon the steamer Horsa
sailed from Savannah, Ga, for Liberia.
Those on board sung q farewell song. of
which the refrain was taken up by thou
sands of negroes on the wharvcs. Great
crowds followed the steamship to the
end of the wharves, nearly two miles
away. The emigrants continued to sing
until the steamer had been lost TO view.
The vessel carries 200 negroes, who go
10 make their home in Liberia.
This will be an occasion of much inn
portance to the negroes of the South.
After all the requirements of the United
States laws on carriage Of passengers to
sea were complied with the officers of the
Emigration Society began to arrange for
the embarkation of the colonists. Early
In the morning negroes from all sections
Of the country began to gather near the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29
REVENUE FOR EIGHT MONTHS.
The Com parativc Increase Is Reported
to Have Been $5,1SO,622.


A statement prepared by the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue shows re-
ceipts during the eight months of the
present fiscal year to have been as fol-
lows: Spirits, $59,095,5 3S. increase over
the same period last year, $4,0S5, 1853; to-
bacco, $40, 761, al, increase. $1,096, 800:
fermented liquors, $50, 11S, 76S: decrease,
$120,099; oleomargarine, 81, 10S,2 76, de-
crease, $22S, 1874; income tax, $11 ,S1S;
miscellaneous, $i3G,320 increase, $343,-
324
The total receipts for the eight month:
were 500, So, 4G6, increase, $5,1S0,622
During February, 1895, there was an
aggregate comparative decrease In the
receipts of 81, 10f ,ii5. The statement OF
the condition of the Treasury shows:
Available cash balance, S1S4 ,009, 800;
gold reserves, SOC, 445,032.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29
The LOSS to Labor.

The total amount of dutiable goodC
received at New York from September,
1893, to January, 1894, was SOS, $40, 116,
and the value of similar goods received
at New York from September, 1894, to
January, 1895, was $100,956,512, an in
crease Of So, 607 1896 under the German
tariff
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29
Labor's Side of the Picture.

The tin plate industry got so good n
start under the Mckinley tariff that
Democratic reform cannot kill it off.
But it is holding its own only by re-
ducing wages, which is not so pleasant
n side of the picture.-Rochester Demo-
crat and Chronicle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29

doek to see their brethren start for Al
rica. By 10 o'clock upward OF 5000 had
assembled, but none were admitted with
in the Enclosure of the ship at the dock.
The scene was pathetic. Men and women
of all ages, children from 4 years of age
upward and one or two cripples, all join
Ell ina prayer and hymns. making a scene
never to be forgotten by those present
To see the colOnists depart
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29
Increosc I'm Eruit Culture.

Between now and the middle of April
10000 to 100000 fruit trees will be set
out in Western Michigan. Most of the
trees will be peaches, but more pear and
plum trees than ever before in n single
season will be planted. One farmer in
Bcrrien County alone has $4,000 trees,
mostly peaches, ready to plant as soon rs
the season is ripe for operations, and
there are many new or replaced orchards
of loo to 900 trees.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29
Chicago Student Badly Hurt.

Wilbur G. Saltcr, '96 engineer stu
dent from Chicago, fell from ladder in
the mechanical laboratory of the Ann Ar
boz University while carrying n heavy
iron pipe. His head struck nail during
the fall, and it is feared his skull is frac-
trred. He is still unconscious at the uni
versity hospital, but hopes are now enter
tanned for his recovery
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29
Nav Heal Democratic sorehcads.

Our imports Of salt last year exceeded
420,0O0,000 pounds, as compared with
imports of 333, 100000 pounds in 1893.
Salt is now upon the free list, although
its price was so greatly reduced under
Protection. which stimulated the Amer
lean salt industry
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29
Down Go Telephone Rates.

A few weeks ago the Gilliland Tele-
phone Company, of Chicago, were grant
ed franchise at st. Joseph and were to
charge $24 n year for the use of tele-
phones in business houses. Then the
Bell Telephone Company, which has for
years been charging $4S year, announc-
ell that they would furnish them for sis.
Lower rates are expected.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29
An Honest Man gaiu.

Honest Uncle Sam is able to hold his
head up again since Congress has ena-
bled him to pay his just dues and hon.
est liabilities to our sugar producers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29
MICHIGAN MATTERS.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONClSELY
CONDENSED.

Musk .gon Firemen Rescue a Young
Man-Accidenti i'm the UniversityLab-
oratory-Thousands of Fruit Trees
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29

ncrnncrot;c E;uouCieriuC
~, NIoroh 1907 tboro ,v,s In tho
-, -, H.,
oni'cu o."'o' as ~
the monthly statement:
Gold coin. .Sl3i ,S3t ,9oo w
Gold bullion .'''.''''' '9'oSo'odo w w
"oiu cer'inc"'eS' '''0-'-oo W
ro.o, soo5 Az 900 M
Gold coins from sale of
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29
Our Friends, the Enemy.

To he an enemy of the Free-Trade
party now is to be friend to the ma
tiOn
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-29

plot was when he drove his sister, Mrs
Alfred Beers, ont of her home. The
frightened woman called upon her broth
or Calvin for protection, when the shoot
ing ensued.
Battle Greek police had a lively fracas
with two tramps Tuesday. The men
were offering razors, jewelry and revolt
vers for sale at suspicious prices and as
two officers attempted to arrest them in
a barber shop each tramp pulled two re-
volvers and, getting the drop on the Off
GERS. escaped. A running fire was kept
I'D for about two miles into the country,
several officers and n crowd of civilians
taking part in the chase. The tramps,
realizing escape was impossible, threw
away their guns and gave themselves up.
No one was injured. The despcradoes
were arraigncd on charge of assault with
intent to commit murder, waived exam
nation, and were bound over to the Cir
cult Court. In default of $4,000 bail
they were taken to Jail. They gave their
names as Ed Hogan, of Tennessee, and
William Burke, no residence.
Two Nashville farmers had dispute
over hay deal, and instead of going TO
law about ii they selected three fellow
farmers as arbitrators and ablded by their
decision.
A New Jersey man wants to construct
marine railway at Sault Ste. Marie,
but as he wants n nice, large bonus for
doing so, IL is probable that the matter
will go no further.
1t is estimated that the wheat crop in
Kalamazoo County has been damaged
from % to 40 per cent. by the late thaw
and freeze. The average crop for the
county Is about $4,000 bushels.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
The DEVILS Pump.

One of the greatest combinations Of
natural and artificial curiosities on the
coast of California is called the DEVILS
Pump. The pholas or shell miners, sPe-
cies OF mollusks which excava.e i'm
mense caverns in the very hardest
stone, have tunueled the entire coast
in the vicinity of the pump. Water
rushes into these caverns with each
succeeding tide flow, and in this parti-
cular case finds vent through a cyl
indrical opening some distance from
the waters edge. 1t is estimated that
this hole, which connects with the sea
cavern, is rs to 100 feet in depth. Every
time the tide rushes into the cavern
beneath, the pump" throws water to
the height of a full 100 feet above the
mouth of the opening. The Indians
formerly called it by pane which
signified "fairy water gum" but the
irreverent white men have given it the
title of the Devils Pump, and by that
name 1t will probably be known tc
future generations.
There is a similar curiosity near Horn
Head, County Donegal, Ireland. where
a hole in the rocks is called McSwineys
Gun. Like the California oddity, IL is
on the seacoast, and has connections
with submarine cavern. When the
north wind blows aud the sea is at
half flood" the wind and waves enter
the cavern and send up immense
columns of water through the gun"
Travellers who have visited Horn Head
and vicinity say that each charge OF
water sent from the "gun" is accompa-
MED by an explosion that can be heard
for miles.-5t. Louis Republic.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
Amusement al the Atlanta EY-
position.

The following is list of the amuse-
ment features of the Cotton States and
International Exposition for which
concessions have been granted. Most
of them are on the Midway Heights.
aud few located at different points
on the grounds. The exceptionally
high character of the attractions will
be recognized at once. The charges
for admission to these attractions VIII
be in all eases moderate:
Scenic Railway-L A Thompson.
shooting the Chutes''-Hale-Jack-
son Co.
Electric Lauuches-The Electric
Transportation Co.
Gondolas-Bol;ni & Morretti.
Rocky Mountain Ponies-J II Allen.
Revolving Phoenix Wheel-Kaufman
a Freigshaber.
Buffalo Bills Wild West Show-Wm
Cody and Nate Salisbury.
German village-Atlsnta Brewing
aud Ice Co.
Gypsy village-Newell a Gatins,
Mexican viliage-Mexican Village
Exposition Company.
Chinese village-Ke 0wyang
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
And Receiving Better Pau.

There are 0,000 more men at work
in the Birmingham district of Alabama
today than there were at this
time last year, and the calamity how'll
er will find it a serious matter to con-
vince these men that times are worse
or that this prosperity is fictitious To
them it is joyful reality, hard work
for hard money and plenty of both.
The furnaces and mines are running
Just as briskly over the country as
they are in Alabama, and the only
despair aud depression apparent is that
which exists among the croakers who
croak for political purposes only
Philadelphia Times, Sept. ..
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
ETCETERA.

The human puzzle struck Washing
ton the other day, says the the Wash
ington News. His name is Nizbeno, or
Harry Reno of Port of Spain, Trinidad,
and he is en- route to New York, where,
he declares, he has been offered S25,-
900 and ticket back to Cuba for letting
the doctors amputate his left arm in
the interest of science. The human
puzzle is short. stocky looking knight
of the road, and his great speciality is
self torture and mutilation. He sticks
pins and needles into any part of him
he can reach, and he is decorated all
over with scars inflicted by the oblig-
ing individuals who at his request have
experimental on him. The puzzle
says he has no physical sensibilities
and no blood in his body. This last is
very thoroughly disproved by strong,
healthy pulse at the wrist, but the
former one mignt believe from the fact
that he sticks darning needles through
his tongue and hatpins through both
sides of his jaws, while he invites any
one who is interested and skeptical to
run long bonnet pin through his
biceps or his legs or any part of his
body he chooses. He has hypodermic
syringe needle that he has fixed up for
cigarette holder. and this he thrusts
through his windpipe and smokes a
cigarette with his mouth shut. He de-
clares that he does not mind being
burned, and shows a number of scars
which he says are from recent electrical
experiments. The puzzle is shy third
finger on his left hand. This, he says,
was amputated in New Orleans just to
show that he would not bleed, and the
proposed ampu tation which he says is
to take place in Bellevue Hospital in
New York will be the consummation of
a long and interesting public career,
After that the puzzle says he will walk
back TO New Orleans on stills for
wager and sail for Cuba to enjoy in an
affiuent old age the fruits of his youth
full travel and adventure. Beuo says
that he is half caste Spaniard, his
mother being IAN Englishman" but he
looks the pure article of bowery Amer
icanism and bears on his arm a number
of patriotic emblems in taCtooing.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
THE HISTORY OF FANS.
Invention Attributed to the Chinese Near
ly Three Thousand Years Ago.

The poets of the celestial empire at
tribute the invention of the fan to one
Of their emperors, Wu Wang, who reign
ed eleven centuries before the Chris
tian era. The first fans were made of
bamboo only, but in time feathers and
silk were used with good effect, and
old writers pompously describe the
imperial chariots decorated with these
emblems of power on all state occa-
sions. 1t was only in the beginning of
our era, however, that Chinese fan
maker beat plates of gold until they
were as thin as locust WINGS" and
applied them on both surfaces of screen
fans. which he further decorated with
paintings of birds, beasts, and fabulous
monsters, wherein he set glittering
bits of mica. The folded fan, long un-
known to China, is said to have been
imported thither from Japan in the
tenth century, when it began to replace
screen fans. Itwas in China, however,
that the first autograph-fans were
seen, and they became very fashion
! able there long years ago. Some care
fully preserved specimens have belong
ed to the emperors and their wives,
while others have been given as dip
lomatic presents. The punkah, or
large stationary fan, used by native and
English residents to lower the tenn
perature of their apartments, was first
introduced into India under Lord Corn
wallis, in 1871, and in that country the
sais or groom always carries tiy-fan
to drive away the troublesome insects
| from his masters steed. One of these
| fy-fans, belonging to the maharahjah
of Jund, was so beautiful that it was
sent to the London exposition in 1851,
where it excited much admiration. Re-
cent excavations at Nineveh, Persepo-
lis, and elsewhere have brought to
light many representations of Assyrian
fans, belonging to the time OF Senna-
cherib. when long-bandled screen fans
were an emblem of royalty; while
small, square fans were used by slaves
to cocl the liquids contained in huge,
earthenware jars. The punkah was
used in Assyria more than 5000 years
ago, if we are to believe the evidence
Of the bas-reliefs discovered in the
ruins of Kouyupjik. In Egypt, the fan
was lot only an emblem of royalty,
but also of happiness and heavenly rest
The oldest Egytian fan now extant is
preserved in the museum of Boulak,
and is said to have belonged to the
queen A Aah-Hotep, and is consequent
ly nearly thirty-6ve centuries old.
Fans were also used in Egypt for
religious ceremonies, for Isis priests
held long handled. fans made of the
wings of bird and somewhat resemb-
| ling the Greek ''caduceus." From
Egypt and the far east fans soon found
their way into Greece, where the first
specimens assumed the shape of acacia,
plantain, or lotos leaves, but in later
years the ladies showed a marked
preference for gorgeous peacock
! feather fans.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27


'AtR LAFLlN MILLS. the eminent
criminal lawyer. says that
= was a boy he frequently ac-
'o'ed bis father, who was a
's'e merchant, on collecting tours
q the northwest. They had TO
y wagon, and as the father
4 nave large sums of money about
vas often a problem where they
s's'y put up for the night. MY
n ny y old man used to say, "it is
a isy at house where there are
"'n the window"
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27

=. proposes to dig hole a mile
~ me Fair in 1900. There will
|toe 'ols, and galleries, where one
over aud get beer and other
4 = ! .ne way down. These Frenc b
eas great feat to penetrate the
IrIo,a ai'e, but it is really less in
|n,Iaa' 70 The size Of the globe than
|rh /, an apple with a pin barely
soa s.s y skin. They must 90
Nmes deeper to get through.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
NO. SIX
Japanese Village-F Fukino.
American Indian Village-C p 10,

Japanese Village-F Fukino
American Indian Village-C P Jord-
on.
Cairo Street-Victor Roditi
Old Time Southern Plantation
Smith, Frost & York.
Ostrich Farm-Mrs s C Dooley.
'49 Mining Camp H Love.
Electric Scienic Theater-Sosman &
Lands.
Vaudeville Theater and Living Pic
Club.
Beauty and Costume Show-Joseph
FL johnson.
Palace of Illusions, lupo,.a;.
Pharoh's Daughter,
Eden Musee-C F Foster.
Mystic Maze-H O'Brien.
Roof and Concert Garden-H Hotel
Aragon Company.
Mechanical Wonder,
Noah's Ark, JW Vaughan
Little World, & Co.
Haunted Swing-McKenzie & Com
pany.
Deep Sea Diving Sorcho & Owens.
Ice Grotto-N r Keeling.
Crystal Cave--J G Keith.
Stereopticon Views of Costa Rica--
7 H Mangel.
Camera Obscure-Maynard & jack
son.
Exhibition of Modelling Fred
Schmohl.
neutrality-suspicious. & Raft & Co.
Phonographs-No Norman Raft e. Co,
Fortune Telling Machines-Edward
de Knight.
Weighing Machines-William J Con-
nor.