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Some Idioms.

A writer in The Chautauquan says
that many Cracker" idioms of the south
are simply obsolete English idioms.
Fielding, for instance" he says,
makes very near approach to the
crackerism He allowed he'd do it. in
such passage as this: The audience
allowed 1 did your part Justice; and
when Burke complains that England is
disfurnished of its forces he is using
almost the exact phraseology of my
Cracker neighbor, who has come to Dor.
row a peck of meal and politely hopes
that am not astonishing myself for
his accommodation. Ill is still occasion.
ally heard, even among the better class
of rustics, in the piny woods Of Georgia
and Alabama in its Shakespearean sense
of dangerous or wicked, as The copper
head is an i'll snake, or Johnny is very
ILL.,. that is, naughty. boy this morn.
ing. / am told by friend from Ken.
lucky that the same usage, though rare,
is not unknown among the same class
in that state. To favor, meaning to
resemble, as He favors his father, was
good English in the days of Addison
and Shakespeare, and its derivative. i'll
favored, is still current.
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Journalism.

William Black, the novelist, was once
a leader writer for the London News
When asked the other day what he
thought of journalism as literary
training, he answered. 81 don't know
that it was Of any particular value in
my case. but journalism is most useful
in the making of a novelist in that it
gives him experience Of large sphere
of life. but to get the fullest amount Of
such experience man ought to be a re-
porter. There Is now quite remark
able group Of novelists who have been
journalists. But journalism itself has
undergone a remarkable change since /
worked at it. In the last 30 years the
newspaper has become magazine com-
pared with what it was. The daily
newspaper is now ready to take any
thing, on any subject--literature, sci
ence. art-from anybody, providing
only il is interesting.
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Engi.nd.s Free Trade Theory.

The free trade which England teaches
and cajoles US to follow she fails to
practice at home and looks forward with
fond expectancy to the time when that
same freedom Of intercourse, that close
commercial union, shall exist in all the
British empire as is vigorously main
tanned by the citizens of the United
States. Here we have unrestricted trade
among ourselves. no impost duties, no
discriminating tax between the states.
The markets of California are open to
the manufactures Of Maine Ohio sends
her manufacturing and other products
freely and without restraint to every
state of the Union. The products Of one
state are as free to the citizens Of an
other state as those Of his own. We i'm
pose duties only on the products Of for
eign labor and capital. Hon. William
Mckinley.
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DRosATE oRoER.-state of Michigan

County OF ' al Blr-n-ss.
At session Of the probate court for the County
of Van Buren,, holden at the probate Office, in the
village of Paw Paw, Saturday, the 18th day Of
August, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-six:
Present, Hon. Benjamin F. Heckert, Judge of
Probate.
In the matter of the estate OF Jacob Metz,
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition, duly verified of
Eugene Gilbert, administrator of the estate of
said deceased, praying for reasons therein stated
that he may be authorized, empowered and licened
to sell the real estate therein described.
Thereupon it is ordered that Monday, the l4th day
of September 1885, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, be
assigned for the hearing Of said petition, and all per-
interested in said estate required TO appear
at session of said court then to be holden at the
probate Office, in the village OF Paw Paw, aud show
II any there be, why the prayer of the petitioner
should not be granted.
And 1t is further ordered that said petitioner
give notice 10 the persons interested in said estate of
the tendency OF said petition and the hearing there
of, by causing copy of this order to be published
in the True Northerner, newspaper printed and
circulating In said county OF Van Buren,, for three
successive weeks at least previous to said day of
hearing.
6lt4o64l BENZ. f. HECKERT. Judge of Probate.
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DRQBATE ORDER.

4 County of Van Buren--ss.
At session of the Probate Court for The county
Of Van Buren,, holden at the Probate Office, IN the
village Of Paw Paw, Oh Wednesday, the goth day OF
July, ia the year one thousand eight hundred
aud ninety-sx.
Present. Hon. Benjamin T. Heckert Judge of
Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Eli T.. smith
deceased.
ON reading and filing the petition, daily verified
of Fred ID. Smith. one OF the hers-at-law of said
deceased, praying that the real estate OF said
be parti'!oned amongst the heirs Of said deceased
and that commissioners be appointed by this court
for that purpose.
Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, the 31st
day of August, 1896, at ten O'Clock in the fore
noon be assigned for the hearing of said petition,
and all persons interested in said estate are required
to appear at session Of said court, then to be hold
al the Probate Office, in the village Of Paw Paw
and show cause, If any there be, why the prayer OF
the petitioner should not be granted.
And it is further ordered that said petitioner give
notice 10 the persons interested in said estate the
tendency of said petition and the hearing thereof
by causing copy OF this order TO be published in
the True Northerner, newspaper printed and cir
cuatug IN said county of Van Buren,, for three
successive weeks at least previous TO said day of
hearing. BENZ. +. HECKERT,
59t4o62l Judge of Probate.
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The objective Of railway policy has
been in all cases the gold fields Of the
Rand AS q glance az the map will
show. there are three main routes 20 the
Transvaal-one via Cape Town and the
Cape railways. q second via Pert Natal
and the Durbnn- Charlestowa line. o
third via Delagoa bay and Portuguese
territory and so along the Netherlands
railway-Paul Krugers pet creation.
OF these routes. thai by Table bay.
while it svoids the storms Of Cape
Agulhas ana the rough waters Of the
south coast. involves by far the longest
railway journey after Decentralization |;
that by Delagoa the shortest,
1t is 800 miles by rail between Della.
goa bay and johannesburg and LOIS
miles by rail between Cape Town and
Johannesburg. Whatever passengers
may do in the matter of choosing rail.
way routes. it is clear that for goods
traffic, in these days Of cheap water
transit, Delagoa bay must in the long
run, when good management has sue
ceeded TO bad. be preferred from econom-
ical reasons alone TO Table bay,
As the merchants of Venice were
forced to whistle in idleness on the his
toric quays of the Adriatic when their
command of the eastern trade route had
disappeared after the successful voyages
of Diaz and Vasco da CANA, so may it
be with the merchants Of Cape Town.
They must cease 10 be the forwarding
agents of the bulk of the South African
trade, and they must be supplanted by
their rivals of Natal and of Delagoa
bay. Geography is against them as well
as the stern facts of economy, for rail.
way can hardly compete mile per mile
with steamer -Blackwood's Maya.
zine
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The South Well Cared For.

Southern states and American farm
ers will have their interests well cared
for as long as Hon. Jeter G. Pritchard
Of North Carolina is a United States
senator. When the house bill to amend
section 1856 of the revised statutes,
concerning the distilling of brandy from
fruits, was before the senate, he offered
an amendment providing for special
rates Of duties upon clays or earths
lime, marble and stone and their manu-
features, iron ore, lumber and its man
ufactures. leaf tobacco, live stock, bread
stuffs, hay, rice, honey, eggs, onions,
beans, potatoes, dairy products, vegeta-
bles, fish, fruits, meats, lard, poultry.
pork products, tallow, hemp, wool, coal,
coke, and last but not least, duty of
8 cents per pound upon all raw cotton
imported into the United States. Sena-
tor Pritchard is firm believer in the
policy of protection for the United
States.
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India Rubber Glass.

Scarcely month passes without our
being informed of some new application
Of glass III art or commerce. but there
is one form of glass which is unknown
to most people-namely. soft glass or
glass paste. Yet it is hundreds of years
old.
The old Roman glass makers carried
to the grave their secret method of pre-
pairing glass paste which they modelled
cold, just as we model clay. This MALE
able glass, upon which you could get
the impression of your finger exactly as
with dough, gave off a most pleasant
perfume.
Another variety made by the Romans
had qualities similar to rubber. If il
We're thrown down forcibly it rebounded
if struck with hammer it yielded and
Immediately resumed its original shape.
1t is related that the Emperor Tiberius
ordered workman's head to be cut off
so that he should not reveal the secret,
the reason given for this act being that
if the method Of preparation became
known people would think no more OF
gold than of dirt.
The secret of the manufacture OF
glass paste died with the Roman ar
tisans and has never been discovered.
Now we hear that an eminent sculptor,
who has well equipped chemical labor
atory, has succeeded in producing q
glass paste similar to that described in
ancient writings. You can drive nails
into it as you can into lead. Pearson s
Weekly.
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The London man of former genera
tions. by which mean the west end
man. led comparatively quiet life, and
having had q classical education, read
every book that came out, went to ev-
cry new play, and became the recog-
nized judge and patron Of literature and
the arts The conditions Of today have
entirely changed tae west end man in
this respect. He now seldom roads any
thing but the news or the Stock Ex-
change quotations. 1t is the west end
woman who reads. and therefore the
majority of authors write to suit her
taste. Even admitting the contention
that the women Of our time are better
cultivated and more experienced in such
matters than they were formerly. the
tone of the literature Of today shows
how injurious is the altered condition of
things.
A quarter of century ago every year
some book or books were published
which from that moment had to be add.
ed to the standard literature of the
language Now years pass by without
one such work being produced AS a
matter of fact. at this moment the judg-
ment OF the provinces and of the COL
onies is of more value than that of the
west end in this respect. for the men in
the former have the leisure to read and
the ability to discriminate for them
selves. The best literary regulations of
our generation have not been made by
first obtaining the approval of the west
end, but by first obtaining popularity
1n the provinces and in the colonies.
The London literary regulations have
mostly been attained through what is
popularity called "log rolling Lon
don Truth.
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PEfSsI ACcoUkT.Nst"tt 81 MiehissS: :

County Of Van Buren-ss. Probate Court for said
county.
Al session Of The probate cour; for the county OF
Van Buren,, holden al the probate Office in the viii
lage of Paw Paw, on Monday the 9th day of
July in the year one thousand eight hundred
ana ninety-six:
Present, Hon. Benjamin F. Heckert, Judge of
Probate.
IN the matter of the estate Of james VI. Gray.
deceased.
Albert ;. Haskns and Armstrong B. Lyster, exec
utOrs OF SAID estate, into court and represent
that they are now prepared to render their final
account as such executors. and file the same.
Tnereupol ii i ordered, That Monday, the oath
day OF August next, az ten O'Clock !. IN the fore
noon be assigned for examining and allowing such
account and that the heirs at law of said deceased
and all persons interested IN said are required
10 appear az session o. said court, then TO be
holden at the probate Office, IN the village OF
Paw Paw, and show cause, II any there be, why
the said account should not be allowed
And II il further ordered, that saia executors
give notice 20 the persons interested il said estate,
OF the pendency OF said account, and the hearing
thereof by causing copy OF this order to be pub
iisbec IL The TRUE NoRTuEENEE, a newspaper
printed and circulating IN sad county of Van Buren,,
foc three successive weeks az least previous TO
said day Of nearing.
5-t4o6ll BENZ. F. HECKERT. Judge of Probate.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
SALE.

MORTGAGE SALE.-Whereas, default hav-
w Ing been made Ia the conditions Of q certain
ndenture OF mortgage, bearing date the 18th day OF
March, A. d. 1895. executed by Ormanda Cooper OF
Hartford, M!ehiRpn, 10 David Conkiiu OF the same
place, which said mortgage was on the 10th day Of
March, A. ID. ls95, recorded ia the Office OF the reg
ister of deeds in and for Van Buren, county, Mich
igan, IN liber "A Of mortgages on page 3s5: aad
which said mortgage was thereafter or the i4tl day
OF December, A. D. 1855, duly and regularly assign
ed by the said David Conklin 10 d. NJ. Osborne a
in Writing: which said assignment of mortgage was
recorded in the Office OF the register of deeds OF said
Van Buren, county, Michigan, the 18th day of
July, A. ID. 1895. IN hber 81 Of mort ages on page
said mortgage the whole of the principal sum there
Of and interest thereon, amounting in all to one
hundred and seventy-seyel dollars anu forty-hye
cents tslIIi5), and the costs CO this proceeding 10
be added thereto intending attorney fee Of fifteen
dollars; and 10 suit OF proceeding az law or IN
equity having been had to recover the aluoIut so
claimed to - Que, or any part thereof Now there
fore, notice Is hereby given, that by virtue OF the
power OF sale IN said mortgage contained and the
statutes in such case made and provided we shall,
on Thursday, the 22nd day Of October, A. Il. 1895
az 10 O'Clock IL the forenoon. at the north front door
of the court house IN the VILLAGE of Paw Paw Mich
igan, that being the place for holding the circuit
court tor the said county OF Van Buren,. sell In-
lie vendue. to the highest bidder the premises des-
crihed IN said mortgage, or so much thereof may
be necessary TO pay the amount due said mort
aud the legal costs OF this proceeding and sale
including he attorney fee aforesaid.
The premises 10 be sold are known and described
as follows; All that certain piece parcel Of land
situate IN the village of Hartford, the county OF
Van BuTen and state Of Michigan. oud d. scribed as
follows: Lot number FIVE q 81 Martha Bridges
addition 20 the said village OF Hartford. according
to the recorded plat thereof.
Dated July 2s 1886
D. n. OSBORNE & COMPANY.
5atl3o1, Assignee Of Morgagee
HEoKERT & CHANDLER, Att'ys for Assignee.
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Brssish "wooisns" shipped Here withsss
Ounce of Wool.
BRADFORD, July 8. 1895.

BRADFORD, July 8. 1895.
"Well. Ben, and how is rrade?" This
said by, way of introduction TO a man
ager in one Of our shoddy factories just
outside town, and got the confessional
answer We're very busy indeed. In
fact. We are thinking soberly of enlarg-
ing our place, not being able TO get
goods out fast enough. want to tell
you how we make our meltons. Here is
a blend of materials typical Of all the
lot; it's just come off the machines
1850 pounds Of mungo. costing Il
pence per pound; "a pounds white Texas
cotton at z pence per pound. This yarn.
when mixed together, is scrubbed and
spun TO nine skeins weft yarn. We find
that scribbling. spinning and weaving
cost us shilling (25 cents) per yard
per wharton CO pounds equal whar-
tron) so, then, a pound OF yarn, when
made of this shoddy, costs at the rate Of
IA pence, or Is cents per pound in the
cloth, which is indeed marvel OF
cheapness For making these unions a
Lancashire cotton yarn is used for
the warp, which costs about 6s. Cd,
and this nine skeins shoddy welt
is used for filling. For weaving these
pieces, from 80 TO 100 yards long, we
pay the weaver shillings Cor 81. 92).
Our weavers earn from 10 shillings to
IL shillings per week on an average.
We find that when all other charges are
added, such as mill expenses, dyeing
and finishing (Which will give later),
we are able to produce melton cloth
weighing Il 10 ~ ounces TO the yard,
90 inches wide, at the nominal figure OF
90 pence Q9R cents) per yard. "
"Why, that is very cheap" / said.
And how much profit do you reckon
you have when you have sold whole
pieceP'
1--WE generally find that we get Is.
Cd. clear for every piece turned out, and
that we consider a fair, respectable
profit. "
This is just one sample of how this
shoddy is done and made up, and your
buyers, have good grounds for know
ing, are paying pence (22 cents) per
yard for this class Of goods in Bradford.
OF course there are better qualities, but
when you get up TO a "a cent dress mel
ton, 90 inches wide. it is considered
here that you are buying a good article,
while Charles Scarth of Morley and
Leeds is making such stuff at - pence
I'll cents), ~ and so inches wide Is
this the stuff TO keep out your billiards
and cyclones? YANKEE.
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MORTGAGE SALE

MORTGAGE SALE.-Whereas. def aut hav-
w ing Oeen made in the conditions OF a certain
indenture OF mortgage bearing date the 18th day of
May, A. d. 1892, executed by J. De Witt Congdon
and josephine Congdon his wife, OF Chicago, Illinois,
20 Charles Smith of Kalamazoo, Michigan, which
said mortgage was on the 10th day of April, A. ID.
1892 filed tor record in the office of the register of
deeds in and for Van Buren, county. Michigan. and
by said register duly recorded in Hber SO of mort
cages page 5S6.
And whereas, by the terms and provisions of said
mortgage 1t is agreed that should any default be
made in the payment of the interest to become due
thereon or any part thereof any day whereon the
same Is made payable and should the same remain
due unpaid and IN arrear for the space OF sixty days.
then after said sixty days have elapsed, the prin-
cpal sum thereof, at the option Of the second party,
his executors, administrators assigns, should
become due and payable Immediately.
And whereas SIS of the interest accrued and be-
came due aud payable by the terms of said mortgage
on the 18th day of May, A. ID. 1896, and said sum
any part thereof has yet been paid but the whole
sum thereof is due, payable and In arrear aud more
than sixty days have elapsed since the same be-
came due, payable and in arrear, now therefore, the
said Charles L. Smith, the owner of said mortgage,
has and does declare the whole amount of the prn-
cpal sum thereof TO be due aud payable imme-
diately. The whole sum claimed TO be due and pay
able said mortgage at the date of this notice is
Five Hundred and Forty-one Dollars and Forty
four Cents s54l44 and the cost of this proceeding
to be added thereto and no suit at law proceed
ing In chancery having been instituted to recover
the amount due on said mortgage, any part there
Of,
Now therefore, notice is hereby given that bv
virtue of the power of sale in said mortgage con-
tanned and the statutes In such made and pro-
vded, shall on Saturday, the 10th day Of October,
A. ID. 1896, az ten O'Clock In the forenoon,
at the north front door of the court house
for the county of Van Buren, inthe village of
Paw Paw, Michigan, that being the place FOR hold
ing the circuit court for said Van Buren, county, sci
TO the highest bidder the premises described in said
mortgage, or 80 much thereof may be necessary
to pay the amount due said mortgage and the
legal costs of this proceeding and of said SALE The
premises so to be sold are known and described as
that certain piece or parcel of land situate and be-
ing In the township Of waverly, county of Van Buren,
and state of Michigan, as follows towit: The east
twenty acres OF the northeast quarter of the north
east quarter OF section seventeen, town two south
of range fourteen west exclusive of burial Qround)
together with the tenements hereditaments and ap-
purtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise APP
pertaining.
Dated this 18th day Of July, A. ID. 1896.
CHARLES E.SMITH,
4. A. ROBERT y. CRANE. Mortoagee
Attorneys Tor Mortgage. 56o6s.l
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EXECUTION SAlE.-Notice Is hereby given
Il that, by virtue of certain writ of execution,
issued cut of and under the seal OF the circuit court
IN aud for the county of Van Buren, and state of
Michigan, bearing date June (, 1896, aud to Inc di-
rec.ed aud delivered wherein Margaret G. Drake is
plaintiff and Edward Mcdaniel is defendant have
seized and levied upon the following described real
estate situate in the county of Van Buren, and state
OF Michigan, belonging 10 the said Edward McDan-
iel viz: The undivided one-haf of that part of the
southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of
ton twenty-five (25 IN town four a. south, OF range
sixteen l6 west lying south and west of the creek
known az the oitlet of Mud lake said section,
containing thirty-four acres, more or less. Also,
the undivided onehalf of the northwest quarter of
the northeast quarter OF section thirtysix 1857 in
the same town, county and state, containing forty
OF land, more or less All of which said
lands. or so much thereof may be necessary,
will expose for sale and sell at public vendue to the
highest bidder at the front door of the house,
in the Village OF Paw Paw, in said couaty on the
twelfth day Of September, A. d. 1895, at clock
in the afternoon OF that day, to satisfy said
execution.
Dated at Paw Paw, this 27th day OF Jaly 1885,
CHARLES A. LAMBERSON,
5St1oG4 sheriff Of said County.
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Planets with Three Suns.

The people inhabiting the planets in
the solar system of Gamma have nc
need of electricity, gas. oil or other
kinds of artificial light. In those favored
worlds they have continuous daylight,
and probably have no idea of land like
ours which is alternately bathed in sun.
light and plunged into darkness. The
Gammanean planets are so situated that
as soon as one of their three suns begins
to decline another appears in sight.
Each of these three suns is of differ
ent color-red. yellow and blue. st.
Louis Republic
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The Race Question In south Africa.

Hitherto the most interesting features
in the history Of South Africa have been
the relations TO one another Of the races
that originally inhabited or have re.
Gently occupied it. and the most difficult
problems which its future presents arise
from the relations of these races. Three
races are native, four are European
The cases of contact or conflict between
European and aboriginal races, which
have been numerous during the last
four centuries, include those where the
native race, though perhaps numerous,
is comparatively weak and unable to
assimilate European civilization, or TO
thrive under European rule, rule
which has often been harsh, or even to
survive in the presence of European
population occupying its country Those
where Europeans have conquered a
country already filled by more or less
civilized population, which is so numer-
Gus and so prolific as to maintain itself
III their presence, and those III which
the native race is numerous and strong
enough to maintain itself in the face of
Europeans, while, on the other hand,
there is plenty Of room left for large
European population to press in. This
is what has happened i'll South Africa.
The Dutch and the English settlers do
not mix their blood with that of the
natives. So far as can be predicted both
whites and natives will 90 on increas.
ing but not blending. We shall pres.
emily see how grave are tn; problems to
which this fact must in tSe future give
rise. james Bryce in Century.