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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18
Should Make a Beginning.

From lS48 to 1891 Great Britain paid
in the way Of subsidies and mail pay to
her steamers $l97. 027, 7s9. while the
United States paid in the way of mail
payments and help only $50. 546, 800
that is to say. IS to our 81 to support
her shipping. We cannot cope with
England by subsidies at this late day.
She is too strongly intrenched and es-
tablished on the seas. 1t would take 90
years II We should match our treasury
against England's to even catch up or
be on an equal footing with her in ship
ping and as maritime power. Hon.
Stephen b. Elkins, United States Sem
ator. of West Virginia.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18
A Comparison.

Some of the popocrats of Van Bu-
rem County are congratulating them
selves on what they are pleased to
call the republican loss in this county
as compared with the last preceding
presidential year, but really there is
no foundation for any such claim.
Four years ago, Gov. Rich had an
actual majority over all opposition of
531 votes; this year, Pingree's major
ity over all the other gubernational
candidates is SIP, representing an
apparent loss of but 10 votes. Con-
gresham Thomas, in 1892, had an
absolute majority over his oppo-
nents of sos votes; Mr.. Hamilt on had
a majority of 544 votes, an apparent
republican gain of 80 votes. Four
years ago Garvelink for state senator
had majority of 81 votes; this year
Merriman has a majority of 500
votes, republican gain of % votes.
In 1892 Wildey for representative
had a majority of 326; in 1896 Phil
lips majority is 513, republican gain
1S7 votes. The vote on the county
ticket four years since compared with
the vote of Nov. 3 shows the follow
ing majorities: Judge of probate,
Heckert 335, Johnson 459; sheriff,
Thomas 566, Lamberson $40; county
clerk, Squier GIG, Buck SOC; regis
ter of deeds, Tyner SOP, Harvey 81;
county treasurer, Wells 567, Mitch
ell 573; prosecuting attorney, Titus
$50, Chandler 374. An examination of
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18
Mustn't PLAY In Our Yard.

II Don't Want to Play In Your
Yard" is song England never sings.
She would like to have all the nations
Of the earth nothing but one great play
ground for the benefit Of her merchants
and manufacturers. Free traders SYM
pathize with England in her desire and
would gladly take down all the fences
that protect the American yard. if the
American people would only let them
do it. But the American people rather
think that they would like to keep their
own yard for themselves. They have
seen too many American industries
crowded out under the first step to-
ward free trade" and they want the
fences up again.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18

A STRIKING illustration of the
value of labor, when bestowed upon
a material like iron, is given Dy the
statement that a bar ofiron worth So,
when manufactured into needles, is
worth $50; into pen knives, about
S3,250; into buttons, $4,000; and
into watch springs, s255,000. The
republican policy of protection would
insists that the S254,995 increase in
value from So worth of iron to finish
ed watch springs be given to Amer
lean manufacturers and American
labor, and the lesser increases like
wise, in the production of the other
commodities. The democratic theory
of free trade would sell the foreigner
the So worth of iron and buy back
from him the 1855, 900 worth of watch
springs, provided he, by employing
cheaper labor, could sell them at a
slight percentage less than the Amer
lean manufacturer. The above illus
trates the reason why the NORTH
ERNER is protectionist.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18

the foregoing figures disclose the fact
that the absolute republican majority
in Van Buren, County is practically
the same now as it was in 1892. Some
of the republican candidates at the re-
cent election have larger majorities
than their predecessors, { 1892, while
some have smaller, but a. lowing for
local influences In favor of some and
to the detriment of others, the aver
age republican majority is practical
ly the same in 1896 as in 1892, that
is to say, something over 500 votes.
Again, from another point of view,
Mckinley received in 1896, in this
county, 724 more votes than Harrison
received in 1892, and there were $50
more votes cast for Pingree than
were cast for Rich four years ago.
No, Van Buren, republicanism has
not deteriorated in quality, nor
diminished in quantity.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18
Where

oh, where is Willie Boy1
And Jones and Altgeld, where?
And the claims they made,
And'the lungs they frayed,
And their presidential chair3
Oh, where is Henry Georgel
And Julian Hawthorne, whereY
And the pens they sold,
And the tales they told,
And the bosoms they laid barel
Where is the London Timesl
And Moreton Frewen, whereY
And their ominous rot,
And their cables hot,
And their most superior air?
Where are the rabbits feet9
And the moonless graveyards where?
And the egg that bore
financial lore.
And the fool who put il there?
All gone like the morning fog,
When the sun shines warm and bright;
All vanished away
For many a day,
Away in the Ewigkeit.
-Ne5U York TyibNne
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18
ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC.
Strange Domestic Customs Among the In
habitants of the South Sea-

strange DOmest1c customs among the IN
hsbitants of the South Sea.
The first missionaries found the Kings
mill island men wearing little or no cloth
ing and the women clad only in a short
grass skirt There was no marriage rite,
though when man and woman lived to-
gether the relationship was respected.
Children were treated with kindness, but
old people met with but scant considera-
ton. Fishing and canoe making were the
chief occupations Of the men and mat
making the principal employment of the
women. as is the case at the present day.
Nowadays children, until they are 5
years Of age, go about In q state Of COM
plete nudity, and for several years after
ward are clad In exceedingly scant raj
ment. AS they grow older they wear an
article of dress called an areedy. This Is
made Of grass OF leaves cut into fine strips
and tied to a string plated from human
hair and Is worn very far down on the hips
A man may and often does wear a wom-
ans clothes, but a single man may not ar
ray himself In the areedy of married wo-
man, for this.is tabu.
Children are constantly carried about by
their mothers in a manner that can hardly
fail to be very uncomfortable for child
Inc mOJner raises IL from Cne grOunQ Dy
one hand and sings 1t on her side as
though IL were a sack of flour AS the
child Is lifted up 1t spreads out its legs and
takes firm grip of the mothers waist,
holding on TO her neck with It's arms. II
1t lets go, 1t falls to the ground-a catas-
trophe that causes the mother no ooncern
whatever.
When South sea island mother wishes
to chastise her child, she seldom resorts to
Shaping. and slivpers, of course, she has
none. Instead of using the forms of pun
ishment customary among civilized moth
ers she pulls the child's hair or bites some
part of the body, generally the fleshy part
of the arm In wandering about the viii
lagos one sees many children having on
their bodies scars produced by wounds in
flicted by their mothers teeth. When a
mother wishes TO caress her child she deft-
ly draws her thumb across its eyebrow or
cheek or gently seizes its cheek between
her teeth. The rubbing Of noses Is also a
mark Of affection among the Kingsmill
islanders, as It Is among the Maoris of New
Zealand. -Chautauquan.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18

Shall we accept as inevitable our
present humiliating and Improbable
position, or shall we use means at com.
mand to regain our lost power and pres.
tige ON the ocean? Shall we give that
protection and encouragement TO our
shipping interests that other nations
give to theirs, and which we freely give
to all our other great interests. or shall
we, by continued neglect, suffer them
to be utterly destroyed
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18

The tariff is the controlling question
for wise and conservative Legislation.
The reversal Of the tariff policy Of the
government, in my Judgment, brought
about the unfortunate conditions in our
financial operations which heretofore
did not manifest itself under Republic
an legislation. Hon. Robert j. Gam
BILE, M. c.. Of South Dakota.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18
Freight

Note the steady and strong growth Of
business transacted by American rail-
roads between 1890 and 1893 during a
period Of Republican administration Of
protection and prosperity. Note also
the much more rapid decline during the
two subsequent years under a Demo-
cratic administration of free trade and
adversely. These figures prepare the
way for our next exhibit of gross earn
ings, net income and dividends:
EARNINGS, INCOME AND DIVIDENDS PER MILE
n tn
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18
MILLER. Fashionable TAILOR,
TEACHES
D E M A r G O'S
French Tailor Method
OF
DRESS CUTTING,
Requiring but three Measures.
Requiring but three Measures.

Ladies, we beg to call your attention
to our French tailor method of dress
cutting 1t is absolutely the latest and
best now in use. We take but three
measures and guarantee a perfect fit.
Can be learned in a few lessons, is SIM
pie and accurate, easy to learn and i'm.
possible TO forget. We have just what
the people have been wanting for years,
viz: method that is simple, accurate
and cheap. We urge the necessity of
every lady learning to cut her own
dresses, regardless of present condi-
tions. We claim it an accomplishment.
We will demonstrate the merits of our
method by cutting test Innings free of
charge. Seamless waists specially.
We would kindly invite you to investi-
gate the merits of our method at my
place of business in Longwell block.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18
R.axixal of Business.


The democrats have all through
the campaign just closed, laughed at
the idea that return TO the protect
i've tariff policy could cause a bust
ness revival. And yet such was the
fact. The mere assurance that pro-
lection will again become our nation
al policy has sufficed to set the
wheels humming and to loosen money
matters immensely. "Where do you
find out that factories are reopen
ing?" asks a democratic friend"
"Do republican newspapers say so"'
Yes, and democratic newspapers like
wise convey the same information.
But it is not necessary to accept any
newspaper stories in this matter; COR
respondents might overdraw the facts.
Let us see what the great CONNER
cial agency of r. G. Dun & Co. said
last Saturday in the weekly Review
of Trade:
mo doubt that the brighter day is
dawning, and it is the common re-
mark that never before has business
shown so great a change for the bet
ter within a single week. Dispatches
telling of about 500 establishments,
which have been opened, to have
materially enlarged their force, give
only part of the facts, for throughout
the country the gain has been sur
prising, even to the the most hopeful.
at is not mere speculation or hope
which lights the fires and starts the
wheels, for orders which have been
accommodating for months with the
necessary replenishment of dealers
stocks now greatly reduced, would
employ the whole producing forces
for time, and the increase in the
number of hands at work means an
increase in purchases for consump-
ton"
This summary of the situation is
surely not gotten up for political
purposes. 1t is portrayal of the
actual business condition.
Dun & Co. further remark the fact
that the price of wheat has advanced
cents within the week, 10 cents in
two weeks, and "a cents since early |
in September, being now at the
highest point since June, 1892. Brad
streets agency conveys similar
cheering intelligence in its report of
the grain trade and in its review OF
the stock markets, where is noted a
sharp upward tendency in prices of
American securities.
1t is now in order for our demo-
cratic friends to attribute the busi
ness improvement to some other
cause than the defeat of their twin
policies of free trade and free silver.
But it is hard thing for them to
argue against the fact that the arrival
of democratic ascendancy and bust
ness depression were coincident, and
the other fact that the arrival of re-
publican success and the revival of
business are likewise coincident.
'Never before has business shown
so great change for the better
within single week." is the testi-
mony of r. G. Dun & Co., and that
week the one succeeding republican
success at the polls. There is moth
ing under the sun to which this sud-
den revival can be attributed except
to the result of the election.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18
DIVIDENDS WE'RE REDUCED.
Stockholders Of American Railroad Shares
Have suffered Severely.

Railroad stockholders-and they are
scattered throughout every state in the
Union-have recently had as much food
for reflection AS the railroad hands. The
reductions in wages by the companies
have been more than equaled by the re-
duced earnings, the result being reduced
dividends, or no dividends. as stock
holders know only too we'll Take a
glance at the number of passengers and
the quantity of freight carried during
recent years:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18

WHAT has become of the boy
"Coin" and his pretty theory about
affinity in price between wheat and
silver? The booming wheat market
spoils his argument.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18
G. n. AvERY--pRY GOODS.
Avery

AT the front with a complete line
in every department. "Up-to-
Date" goods at "Up-to-Date"
prices is our motto.
Felt Window Shades, best
spring fixtures. I5c.
Opaque Window Shades, best
spring fixtures, 25c.
Curtain Poles, complete, Ioc.
soc Table Linen. 36c.
$500 Napkins, $I.45 doz.
A good Linen Toweling sc.
$I.oo Corsets 5Sc.
Double fold Suitings I21c.
Illuminated Suitings I21c
50 inch All Wool Dress Elan
nols 2oc.
40 inch All Wool Imported
Serge 800.
SO inch All Wool Imported
Serge 22c.
Ladies I5c Seamless Hose &c.
Child's IOc assorted Hose &C.
Ladies'latest Capes and Jackets
$2.75 and up.
Ladies' out of date Cloaks csc
and up.
Ladies Shoes csc and up.
Ladies $3.50 Shoes $I.o8.
Gold framed Spectacles 4Sc.
Nickel +" Ioc.
Butter Milk Toilet Soap sc.
Best Tar &C.
3 bars Lenox Soap for Ioc.
2 bars Red Star Soap for sc.
Very best soc Tea 39c.
24oo best Parlor Matches Ioc.
Best Cooking Soda &c.
lib pack'g best Rolled Oats sc.
Cork lined wood Faucets &c.
Best Ginger Snaps &c.
SO extra good Cigars 9oc.
sc Pencil Tablets &c.
Ioc Ink Tablets &c.
bottle Ink or Mucilage sc.
Rubber Tip Lead Pencils &c.
Ladies' and Gents Underwear,
special values, CSC and up.
Unapproachable bargains in all
departments.
Millinery department is turn
ing out Tam O'Shanters at CSC
and up.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18
RESULT OF OPERATIONS.

This result is so strikingly similar to
the experience Of the national treasury
in 1894 and 1895 as to indicate that a
Democratic administration has an equal
ly depressing effect upon both our ma
tional finances and our national rail-
road finances.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18

The free traders should be proud Of
this record of the benefits Of free raw
material. the effects Of which are 80
manifest in our second years experience
with free lumber.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18

England bought $1,000, 900 worth
less -four from the United States during
the first half Of this year than in the
corresponding months of 1895.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18

A single bee cannot collect more than a
teaspoonful of honey In an entire season.
So say the best authorities on bees and bee-
keeping.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-18

Sir Edward Greasy declares tnat vno
result of the battle of Marathon depended
"the whole future progress of human CIV
ilization -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-31
Personal.

-Ex-Suitan Abdll,ah Of Perak. who is
kept BY Great Britain at Singapore. has
had his allowan-e increased 10 SEQ n
north on the ground that. being an Or
entail prince with more than one wife. he
needs the money 10 meet his household
expenses.
The late Prof. Whitney Of Harvard had
a remarkable woman for his wife. She is
best known as the author Of the interest
ING narrative OF the burning Of the Trsl-
line convent school in Charleston Their
only daughter marriei Thomas Allen. the
Boston artist.
Newton F. Hurst. a years old. is a
groeer's clerk in Buffalo and gets s. a
week wages. Some time ago he invented
a car coupler. and last week he received
q letter from a manufacturing firm offer
ing him $4,000 in cash and a royalty on
all couplers sold for his invention.
The Queen Of England seems to IA
vor the bicycle. for she has conferred
upon the servant VINO cares for the wheels
Of the young princes and princesses the
title or Sergt Bikaman. His costume is
a scarlet and god coat adorned with
chevrons, buckskiu breeches, top books
and a silk hat.
ed little house 10 one OF the frontier
towns of South Africa. Barney spent
considerable in improving The house but
he quarrcled with his landlord and de-
cided 10 move. By inserting the follow
ing advertisement n the local paper. the
prospective millionaire in some measure
got even with his landlord: Wanted by
a gentleman who agreed to leave dwelling
occupied by him in condition in which he
I fT,e-
Then followed Barney's name and adj
dress.
Tim" Healy is beginning to acquire a
reputation as a story-teller. An eminent
queens counsel. he said the other day.
! once gave the following recOmme ndation
/ to a gentleman who proposed to swear an
| afldavit after having already sworn an
affidavit in exactly a contrary sense in the
course of the suit. Never" remarked the
/ queens counsel. swear an affidavit when
| your previous affidavit to the contrary
/ effect IS in possession of the court. Be
cause, my young friend" he added, that
/ would be lie"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-31

Most people know that apples are
healthful. But probably few know that
cider contains positive medical proper
ties When odd Tippecanoe's" hard
cider campaign was at its hight, few Of
the heelers were aware that each mug
of hard cider Labeled out to the thirsty
voters contained a fair dose of phlorizin,
which acted upon the digestive apparat-
us and the muscular system, increasing
both appetite and strength. The doctors
of those days were aware that there was
some sort of medicine hidden in the apple
tree, and they had an idea that it was a
febrifuge. They got a glucoside from the
bark, stem ard root of the tree, and ex-
perimented with its use in the place of
quinine It was bitter. and it was con-
cluded that for that reason it must be a
good substitute for the Peruvian bark
product But the old timers were little
bit off The medical properties were
there sure enough, but they were not good
for fever They have lately been studied
by DR.. Mortimer Granville of Lonson,
who has written letter to the London
Times about them.
He says the medical properties Of the
apple tree are to be found in fermented
cider which he recommends as a beverage
for invalids generally. Sweet cider, how
ever, is not a curative agent Fermenta-
ton should take place, land not be arrest
ed, but allowed to proceed until the whole
of the ferment is exhausted, and the fer
mentable material broken into its ele-
ments." Furthermore, it is necessary, in
the preparation of cider for medicinal
uses, that only one sort of apples be used
that is, that several species shall not be
mixed. Cider properly prepared and fer
mented, according to this DOCTOR possess
es two remarkable properties; one SC
| acting upon the digestive organs that
/ after two or three weeks use of this
| phlorizin Qn the cider) persons who could
| not appropriate certain elements of food
necessary for their nutrition were able tc
do so; the other acting in such fashion or
the glycogen accumulated in muscular
tissues for work but which, when over
accumulated, causes at least one form oil
| the trouble called rheumatism, as to con
vert it into sugar and thus get rid of it,
! Thus we have it that cider. besides tick
ling the palate, is a remedy for indigestion
and for rheumatism. 1t is a pleasant
remedy to take.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-31


The LONDON Shipping Gazette. in an Is
sue OF recent date. publish
cd a table Of cotton fires
during the season OF 1858 Com
pared with previous seasons. the table
shows that last season had fewer fires
than any season for thirteen years. The
total number Of fires in 1855 was -,
against Il for the season Of 1sei-95. re
duction OF nearly 60 per cent
During the season OF 1ss4-95 the cotton
fires were so frequent and so numerous
that the matter was brought UP in the
British parliament. and the government
OF the United States was asked by the
British foreign Office 10 investigate the
matter and take such steps as might be
judged proper TO bring about reforms a
the cotton shipping ports. At the same
time the Institute Of London Underwri--
ers considered the subject and concluded
that the principal alterations required in
order TO diminish the number Of fires IN
board cotton ships were Cd the introduc-
ton of more closely woven material 20
entirely cover the bale. % an increase IN
the number OF bands. CD mending the
bales after samplng. and 90 the com
pressing OF the bales to a uniform size
and weight
The London Shipping Gazette attrib-
utes the decrease in the number of fires
during the season Of 1856 TO the great
er care that has been exercised in baling
and COMPRISING. It also observes that
the Improvement of the condition Of baled
cotton has been confined principally 10
that shipped from gulf ports. Cotton
from the Atlantic coast. it says. is ship
ped in just about as poor condition as
ever. 1t is ragged, poorly covered, and
compressed in packages Of varying di-
mansions and density.
The New Orleans Picayune agrees with
the Shipping Gazette in the main. as to
the advantage of improved packing. But
says the London publication neglects to
take in consideration the moral risk" in
volved During the season of 1S94-95 there
was more or less constant friction and dis
order at many of the cotton ports, and
some of the fires of that season We're sup
posed to have been of incendiary origin.
The Picayune evidently had the fires in
this port in mind in making that observa-
ton. Furthermore, the crop of that year
was very large, and the price was very
low; cotton was a drug, to some extent.
which our contemporary thinks had more
or less bearing on the moral risk"