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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-23

Dsyan - SPEAK In Chicago on the Ami
vsrsasy Of The battle Of New Orleans.
The only explainable theory upon
which W. J. Bryan has been invited tt
speak 1t banquet at Chicago ON "St.
Jackson's" day II that the patron sain,
Of Democracy, like Popocracy. 10 dead.
Politically the rugged old hero Of New
Orleans was the exact opposite Of the
juvenile declaimer of the brawlinp
Platte. He believed In the supremacy
Of the federal government, he was q
stanch advocate Of protection, and Il
was under his administration that the
gold standard was practically first adopt.
ed But Bryan is not easily feazed by
such trifes.
A person who has boosted that he ran
upon three different platforms. who
preached the doctrine of low prices in
1892 and Of high prices in 1895 and
who claims 20 personify the principles OF
every important political leader-Fed-
eralist, Wing, Democratic. free silver
and Republican. from Washington and
Jefferson down to Lincoln and Tilden-
will not hesitate to appropriate the man
tie of Jackson, let him be lost in its
folds as much as he may. In fact. ap-
preparation is part of the Popocratic
creed. and the chief apostle of it will
probably manage TO make himself at
home at the Chicago gathering. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-23
MORTGAGE SALE

MORTGAGE 8AlE.-Default having been
lvl made in the payment of a certain OF
money secured to be paid by certain iRdenture OF
mortgage bearing date June 10th, 1887, made, ex.
ecuted and delivered by Calvin Wilcox and Rosannah
M wilcox, his wife, Of Antwerp township In Van
Buren, County, state of Michigan, TO the undersgn-
ed William j. Kirby, which mortgage was recorded
in the Office of the register Of deeds for Van Buren,
County, Michigan, the 10th day of june 1887, at
ii O'Clock a. m. In liber SO of mortgages on page
4l9 and on which mortgage there IL claimed TO be
due at the date OF this notice for principal and
est, the sum OF Eighteen Hundred Seventeen Dollars
and nifty cents, and no proceedings at law or I'm
equity having been instituted by any person To re-
cover the sum so secured by and remaining unpa i'd
on said mortgage or any part thereof;
Notice In therefore hereby given that by yirtue of
the power OF sale I'm said mortgage contained and I'm
pursuance OF the statute I'm such made and pro-
vded the land and premises described I'm said mort.
gage, towit All that certain piece or parcel of land
situate In the township of Antwerp In the county of
Van Buren, aud state Of Michigan and described as
follows, to-wt: The north fractional half (J.D OF
the north east quarter ~ of section four t4 of
tanning eighty-three lS3) of land more OF less
according TO the United States survey thereof, will
be sold at public vendue to the highest bidder for
cash, AZ the north front door Of the court house in
the village of Paw Paw In Van Buren, County, state
OF Michigan said court house being the place (
holding the circuit court of said county, the 18th
day of March, 1897, at 2 o'clock In the afternoon %
pay the amount due said mortgage and the &C nj
of this foreclosure allowed by law.
7otI3ooil WILLIAM J. KIRBY,
Mortgage.
A. ". sTEARNs, Attorney for Mortgage.
Dated December n, 1896.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-23
CHRISTMAS IN BRITTANY.
The Aged Women Remembered by the
Country Folk at Midnight Mass.

The Aged Women Remembered by the
Country Folk at Midnight Mass.
In Brittany, in France, curious
custom in almsgiving is of very old orr
gin. When the country folk go TO the
midnight mass, the opening mass, of
Christmas day, they all carry lanterns
to light them on their way. Upon their
arrival at the church they give their Ian.
terms over to the poor old women of the
parish, who are gathered in crowd out
side the church awaiting them.
The worshipers enter the sacred
building and then attend to the devo-
tions, which the church teaches should
be of especial fervor at this holy season.
But when the mass is ended, and they
are dismissed with the benediction, they
come forth to find the patient old WON
en- awaiting them outside the church
bearing the lanterns. The lanterns are
given back to their owners, and as each
takes his own he exchanges for it q
piece OF money. The value of the piece
varies, but the aims are always consid-
cradle. and they stand as an exponent of
that charity which the church teaches
to it's children. The old women 20 home
in happiness, their hearts lightened by
the weight of silver that lies above
them, but the givers go home yet more
happy in the consciousness Of welldo-
ing. Exchange
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-23
The Yuletide Log.

Christmas eve is the time to put the
Yule log OH the fire. In old times il was
the custom to bring it into the house
with great ceremony and merriment
The Yule log was always lighted with
the brand Of the last years log. which
was carefully preserved for this pur.
pose. The burning of the log had the
effect Of purifying the house of evil
spirits 1t must be lighted, therefore.
with clean hands.
With the Yule log went the Christmas
candles, which were lighted at the same
time and placed, wreathed with ever.
green, in the most conspicuous portion
of the room. In Catholic times the can.
dies were often of three branches, sig
nifying the Trinity. Exchange.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-23
EMPIRE CITY SENTIMENT.
Currency Question Forgotten In = Gen
oral Clamor For Protection.

Currency Question Forgotten In = Gem
erAl Clamor For Protection.
When we recall the clamor that was
made In New York about the currency
question being the sole issue before the
people during the recent presidential
campaign, IL is little difficult to un-
derstand why there should now be even
q more persistent clamor in New York
for an immediate revision of the exist
ing tariff. OF course we know today, as
we knew several months ago, that the
present free trade tariff of the Demo-
cratic party does not afford protection
TO American labor and industries. But
why should there have been any effort
10 conceal this fact before the election
Il is now being pushed strongly to the
front as an issue by all the Republican
and Democratic papers alike.
There was no more doubt about the
position of the president elect ON the
subject Of protection in October than
there is today, and the idle effort that
was so very generally made in the EN-
pire City to befog the tariff issue ap-
pears all the more brazen when con-
trasted with the present acrimonious
discussions in the daily press on the
subject of protective tariff in order
to provide revenue which, it is conced-
ed, we must have and at once. We all
knew this months ago. We also knew
that a settlement of the currency ques-
ton would not provide revenue. We
greet those converts who thus late
tacitly acknowledge that the tariff was
the issue of the campaign of 1896, when
Major Mckinley was elected by the
largest popular majority ever accorded
TO any president of the United States.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-23

How the cry az Christ's Nativity Observes
Its Anniversary.
There are always more or less pomp
and display in Bethlehem at Christmas
time. Christmas night il q night Of
watching. and few people 60 to bed I'M
Til the gray streaks of dawn are show
ing in the east. Sweetmeats and hard
boiled eggs are the refreshments. and
there are bonfires, Examinations and
fireworks. There is procession Of many
pilgrims, headed by the French consul
surrounded by eight guards On the
way they are joined by the sheik Of
Bethlehem and prominent people Of the
city. Every one turns out-men, wom-
en- and children-to see and greet the
procession with cheers. There are gor-
geous Roman Catholic ceremonialswhich
last until midnight. when long process
sion carrying lighted candles goes to the
Grotto of the Nativity. There are cross
bearer, monks, churchmen, the bishop
Of Jerusalem and laymen. The bishop
carries in his hands u cradle, containing
a waxen image of the infant Christ, all,
Of course, bedecked with gold embroid-
cry and silken clothing, which he de-
posits in the marble manger, repeating
the words, And here they laid it in a
manger because there was no place for
them at the inn.' The services fire.
quently last until o'clock
Many of the people of Bethlehem
gain livelihood by selling to tourists
beads, carved mother Of pearl shells,
small tables, crucifixes, cuff buttons
made Of olive wood and cards ON which
are arranged and pressed the flowers of
the neighborhood. These are sold in
great quantities, as every tourist is anx-
ious to bring away souvenir Of Bethle-
hem. It was once customary for the Wis.
itors to the tomb OF Christ to bring
away a more lasting memorial Of their
visit than the wooden or shell orna.
ments, and this was no more or less
than to have crosses, stars and mono.
grams marked upon their bodies with
gunpowder. York Herald.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-23
OUR OPENING DAY WAS A DANDY.

rowds thronged our store day and evening, and
God. Many thanks to my old friends and also to the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-23
oRTCAGE SALE.

MORTGAGE SALE. Whereas default
wi having been made in the conditions of
day of November, A. d. 1889, executed and deliver
ed by George +. Gilman and Lucy A. Gilman, the
latter for herself and the wife of George T.. Gill
man, of Paw Paw, Van Buren, County, Michigan to
George Il. Breck of Paw Paw, Van Buren, County,
Michigan. which said mortgage on the 9Th day
OF November, A. ID. 1889, filed for record in the
Office of the register of deeds In and for Van Buren,
County, Michigan, and by said register duly re-
corded in liber Al Of mortgages, on page GO; and
Whereas, said George +. Breck afterwards
and on the 10th day of March, A. ID 1891,
assigned and delivered said mortgage TO Orlan-
do T.. Clark, which said assignment was after
wards and on the 10th day of December, A..
1884, duly recorded IN the office OF the register OF
deeds in and for Van Buren, County, Michigan, in
volume 81 Of mortgages, on page ago; which said
mortgage there liz claimed to be due at the date Of
this notice, the of S109l40 aud the legal costs
of this proceeding, and suit at law or proceeding
at equity having been instituted to recover the
amount due on said mortgage or any part thereof,
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that by
virtue Of the po Of sale In said mortgage con-
tained and the statutes In such made and pro-
vided, shall, on Saturday, the 10th day Of March,
A. ID. 1897, at 10 o clock In the forenoon. at the
north front door of the court house In the village of
Paw Paw, Van Buren, County, Michigan, that being
the place for holding the circuit court for said Van
Buren, County, sell TO the highest bidder the premises
described in said mortgage, or 80 much thereof rs
may tie necessary to pay the amount due thereon,
with the legal costs of this proceeding and Of said
sale. The premises described iu said mortgage and
so to be sold are all the right, title and interest Of
said George Il. Gilman and Lucy A. Gilman, the
latter both fee well dover, in and to the follow
ing described lands and premises situate, lying and
being in the township Of waverly, county Of Van
Buren, and state of Michigan, known and further de-
scribed az follows, to-wt:
The northeast quarter Of section 26, and the
north sixty of the west half of the northwest
quarter of section rs, all in town SOUTH range IA
west, together with the Entertainments and appur-
tenances thereunto belonging or otherwise apper-
tanning.
Dated this 18th day of December, A. ID. 1896.
1911 3o9i ORLANDO Il. CLARK,
Mortgage by Assignment
4. A. AND ROBERT b. CRANE,
Attorneys for Mortgages.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-23
THE official returns of the late


The official returns Of the late
election, as made by the state canvas
sers, disclose the fact that in various
parts of the state, either printers,
election commissioners political COM
mittees or canvassers, a part or
all of them, were lamentably ignor-
ant or culpably careless, quite likely
both. The egregious plumbers that
were perpetrated, the objectionable
mistakes that were made, might east
ly, i'm case of close election, have
partially reversed the result of the
election and defrauded the people OF
their choice as intended to be ex-
pressed at the ballot box. Not to
mention the numerous minor mis-
takes that appear, and the many err
rors that were made on the other
tickets, the following are some of the
more glazing blunders that the can
vass discloses in the vote for some
of the candidates of the two leading
parties, all Of which seem to have
been the result of misprinted or mis-
counted ballots, probably the former.
On the popocrat ticket Charles X.
Sigh, candidate for governor, lost
the entire vote of the following coun-
ties: In Arenac county 1913 cast
for Charles r. SGg; in Huron county
2,627 cast for Charles r. Sleigh and
in Ontonagon county 1913 cast for
Char les r. Sleigh, in all 417S votes.
For superintendent of public instruc-
ton, David E. Haskins lost the en-
tire vote of the following counties,
which were cast as follows: For
David Haskin, Chippewa county 991,
Mackinac county S02, Midland
county ,502; David K. Haskin, Iron
county 236, Ogemaw county 557, in
all 4OSS votes. For presidential cleo
tor Henry r. Lowell lost the vote of
Alger county, $50, which was cast for
Henry p. Lowell; James II. Pound
lost the vote of the same county,
53S, which was cast for James III.
Pond, and George II. House lost the
vote of Antrim county. 1928, which
was cast for George Il. House. The
mistakes were almost as numerous
on the republican ticket, the princi-
pal ones being as follows: For
lieutenant governor the vote of
Crawford county, $50, was cast
Thomas B. Dustin, instead of Thomas
b. Dunstan. For commissioner of
the state land office Martin G.. Loen-
necker lost the vote of the following
counties: Lake county, 545, cast for
Walter G.. LCennecker, and Macomb
county $3.50, cast for Marten j.
Loennecker. The vote of Genesee
county, 1858, was cast for Frank ID.
Dewey for member Of the board of
education instead of Frank :. Dewey.
The following electoral votes were
wrongly cast, all in Mackinac county:
SOC for Harrison ID. Smith instead of
Harsen ID. Smith; S06 fer Dinghy b.
Butler instead of Digby b. Butler;
800 for Lorenzo \. Baker instead of
Lorenzo A. Barker. Proof readers
are evidently needed in some PRINT
ing offices as we'll as a little horse
sense on the part of some election
commissioners, party committees and
election boards and canvassers.
When state gives an overwhelming
majority as did Michigan, these err
rors injure nobody, but they are just
as inexcusable as though the election
had been close enough to have
been vitiated by them.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-23
Bucklen's Arnca salyeI

The best salve In the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains. COrns and all Skin Erup.
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pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded
Price % cents per box. For sale by
Longwell Bros, Druggists, Paw Paw,
and j. +. Barrows Lawrence.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-23

Goods Delivered at all times at
E. B. LONGWELL'S.
Opposite Court House.
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The Bios.oming Thorn Tree.

At Glastonbury, in south England,
there is thorn tree which is believed
to blossom on Christmas day. and then
again about Easter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-23
The Kpee,inx Cattle.

In many parts Of Germany ii is be-
lieved that oxen fall on their knees in
the stalls at the moment of Christ's No
tivity.
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IL mo. cloth bound Books, Ioc
Paper Covered Story Books, DC
Large illustrated &c
Embossed Dominoes, Ioc
Large Checkers, Ioc
Wood Box with Pen, Pencils and
Ruler, sc
Plush Toilet Sets, 7sc
Jap. Crnmb Tray and Brush, 25c
Hand Brushes, &c and up
Clothes Brushes, sc and up
Hair Brushes, Ioc and up
Tooth Brushes, &c and up
Nickel Alarm Clocks, csc
Nickel Spectacles, Ioc
Silver Plated Knife, Fork and
Spoon, ISc
Silver Plated Photo Frames, 25c
Silver Plated Mirrors, 25c
IoxI2 Photo Frames, Ioc
Celluloid Photo Frames. sc
Cider Barrel Annex, &c
Heavy Glass Tumblers, sc
Kid Purses, sc and up
Extra Heavy Table Spoons, &c
Tea Spoons, sc
All Linen Towels, &c and up
Scotch Plaid Dress Goods, &C up
Tennis Flannels, sc and up
1900 Matches fo- sc
Ink or Mucilage for sc
Rubber Tip Pencils, &c
Tea Bells, &c
Best Mince Meat, sc
Best Baking Soda, &c
lib pix Gloss Starch, &C
lib pix Breakfast Flakes. 6c
Glib pix Huron Rolled Oats, &c
Best Ginger Snaps, &C
Closing Millinery at Cost.
G. r. Avery.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-23
MONEY TALKS.

Ten Io Bars of Armour Laundry Soap This soap good
Armours would not be stamped in the bar
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Santa Claus
Is Here

With everything desirable and
at prices that will astonish you.
Do not delay your purchases, as
assortments will soon be broken.
Can quote you but a few prices:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-07-23
FARM AND GARDEN.
DRAINAGE o. ROADS.

It 10 Of the Utmost Importance to the
Preservation Of Highw ays.
With wet or clayey roadways, surface
drainage alone is not sufficient. With
out underdrainage the crown of such
roadways will dry only by slow process
Of evaporation, during which time The
topping becomes more and more rutted
by the passing traffic. A subdrain in
such soil will not prove efficient for
more than about ~ feet on each side;
hence, two lines of longitudinal SUBJ
drains are needed on those parts of our
country roads that pass through wet
places, low-lying lands or clayey soils.
They should have IN average fall of
about one in one hundred; minimum
fall, one in one thousand. At short in
tervals, say from SO to 100 feet apart, are
placed cross Trains to discharge the wa
ter into the side bitches. These cross
drains receive q greater fall, say up to
one in thirty. Generally two and QUE
half to three-inch pipes are sufficient.
1t is advantageous to bed these. tiles in
well-drained brick fragments and to
cover them with road metal. Be certain
that the tiles are correctly laid and that
nothing interferes with their free dis
charge. AS said before, unglazed round
tiles, about three inches in diameter
and, under certain conditions, jointed
with loose collars, are most suitable for
subdrains. The bottom of the tiles
should be laid both to the proper grade
and below the frost line, after which the
tile trench is filled up to subgrade with
clean gravel, small field stones, road
metal, or broken bricks. The cross
drains are also made of unglazed tiles,
with the exception of their outlet sec
lions, which should consist of vitrified
culverr pipes. Regular branch pipes
should connect the longitudinal and
cross tiles. On level reaches the lateral
roadway slopes for surface drainage
should not be less than one in twenty
four, and side bitches should be pro-
vided, if necessary, as previously in
Dictated. Finally, a rapid discharge of
the side bitches, if required, through cd
jacent lands, is of the utmost i'm
portance to roadway preservation
Gen. Roy Stone.
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Feeding Pea Meal to Hogs.

Pea-meal is rich in protein, which,
when peas are fed to hogs, goes to build
up the muscles or red meat. The pens
should be ground with oats or corn, us-
ing two parts ofithe former tothree Of
the latter for pigs and shoats, and one
part peas and four of oorn-meal for
older animals. TO build up the lean meat
of the hog to give strong bones,
shorts should be fed. Bran, mixed with
corn-meal, shorts or some other similar
feed, will prove excellent for breeding
or stock hogs, but it is too coarse and
chaff- like for use in large quantities in
hog feedihg.-Dakota Field and Farm.
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The ROAD MOVEMENT,

Bicyolists Should Tax Themselves WILL
1ngly to Inaugurste 1t.
That the good roads, plank sug-
gested by the League of American
Wheelmen was not incorporated in the
st. Louis platform was not due to any
lack of interest in the good roads move
mcnt. It is not probable that a plank
Of this kind will be incorporated in the
platform adopted at any national con-
vention.
A more direct way to accomplish
practical work in this direction is to 90
before the -various~-state legislatures
with carefully matured plans for. in
stituting system Of road building that
will commend itself to the country law
makers and secure favorable action. }
/ A tax Of one dollar per year upon
each. wheel would yield nearly 500, 900
in Chicago alone and would be opposed
BY very few wheelmen if itwere applied
directly to roadmaking. This is:merely
one of the numerous plans suggested
for inaugdrating the movement in Hi:
nois. A dollar wheel would build
more highways than 1000 good roads,
Eplanfs u national platforms Chicago
Times-Herald; sss,.asss,
Butter once thoroughly warmed
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at it, mind you, all the time, and Bill he
was the fullest up Of the lot. One day
there came news that gold had been
struck heavy to the northwest q matter
OF twenty miles, Of orso 3Billwas Wild
TO be off, and though we heard that
there was no water found yet it stood to
reason that somebody would find it, and
anyhow water carts were sure to go
where there was gold. The new field
was out beyond the Red Sunset range,
and we concluded, to see what it was
like. Twenty miles don't sound much
but twenty miles over half sandy ridges,
scatrying a five-gallon key of water as
well as tucker and tools totes up @
good bit Of q job by, the time ye gets
,thets IsWot&,s i. lsay but what Bill was
Alathere at the job-he was mostly al
ways keen, was Bill ..-.,-.-
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ter Tom was behind me now@ and I
tried to- shout, but could only point
and wave my arms like q madma1. In
another minute Tom had come III -he
was like me nearly dead beat, ana stag
gered like a drunk, but he got there
somehow. But where was Bill3S I
looked and Tom looked. There was the
golden grass, and the low bushes and
the water that flashed and quivered in
the low bottom where the sunlight
made yellow haze round the trees that
stood here and there with dropping
boughs along the course of the creek,
but not living creature in sight--not
sign of the mate we had risked SO
much to find. ~
We stood for minute, and then Tom
whispered hoarsely: "Look here, mate,
wot's the odds about Bill? Here's wa
ter as is better nor nuggets" We stag
gered rather than walked down the
slope with the level sun shining in our
sound Of the water in our ears, \ but
somehow we did it. We dragged one
heavy foot after the other doggedly,
slowly, feebly, we did it, but somehow
we did do it. The sun sunk lower and
lower till it seemed to rest like agreat
red circle on the top of range that
was far away in the west, and at last
we were getting near the creek Tor we
could hear the water rush and tinkle
among the stones in the bottom. Tom
had got few yards ahead, and Of q
sudden Tom stopped. As I come up he
pointed to one side and he whispered:
s'Look mate, Bills there!" He was.
Parched as wo were we couldn't pass
him. The gush and the whisper of tho