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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-03-17

Mrs. Will Martin has been on the
sick list for three weeks and does not
seem to be gaining much.
M l.. Roberts has moved from the
Sheldon tenant house To Mrs. Newel's
place east of Paw Paw, on the river
road.
Il. +. Davis, who has been working
for the past year for Charles Hoskins,
has moved back to the Pugsley farm
west of Paw Paw.
John tiragg, who for the last two
years, has been working his sisters
Mrs Bangs, farm, will move To Wayne
county i'm few days.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-03-17
1T READS LIKE A
ROMANCE!

The offerings in the different de-
partments at Avery's. To see
the early Spring Styles of Dry
Goods and note the extreme low
prices. Staple Ginghams &c.
Best Prints made SC. Lining
Cambrics &c. All Linen Crash
&c. 81 Corsets 5Sc. 75c Cor
sets 39c. 25c Ladies Jersey
Underwear, fleece lined, ISc.
SOC All Wool 81 inch Flannel,
CSC. Tennis Flannel &c and up.
All Linen Towels DC and up.
Large All Linen Napkins csc
and up. Table Linen 25c. 6oe
Turkey Red Damask 39c. Lace
Curtains 900 pair and up. Very
best Table Oil Cloth I5c. Ladies
I5c Hose SC. Boys 25c Hose
I5c. Mems Seamless Socks &c
and up. Mems Wire Buckle Sus-
penders Ioc. Mems Bib Over
alls with suspenders soc. Ladies
Kid Buff Shoes, extra wearer Csc.
Coin Toe 81. SO Shoe for $I.oS.
Mems stout serviceable Shoes
$I.oo and up. lib pkg Gloss
Starch SC. lib pkg Soda &c.
lib pkg best Corn Starch &c.
lib pkg Sal Soda &c. Cloves
or Nutmeg sc OF. Rice &c.
ID Scotch Rolled Oats sc. 2-lb
pkg Breakfast Flakes SC. ID
Pumpkin Flour sc. Lenox Soap
SC. Buttermilk Soap sc. 1900
Matches Sc. Ilb-can Avery's
Best Baking Powder &c. Canned
Corn or Pumpkin 5 and &C. Tin
Cups &c and up. Tin Basins &c
and up. Large Milk Pans s and
&c. Bowl Strainers SC. Large
Wood Spoons sc. Tumblers SC.
Trunks $I.9S and up. Telescopes
goo and up. We sell Carpets by
sample only. See our Lanterns
3oc, worth soc. Ioc Tooth Brush
&c. Ink or Mucilage SC. Rub
Der and Nickel Top Lead Pencil
&c. Envelopes &c.
Save your money by buying at
Avery's.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-03-17
Cure for Headache.

AS a remedy for all forms of Headache
Electric Bitters has proved to be the very
best. 1t effects permanent cure and the
most dreaded habitual sick headaches yield
10 its influence. We urge all who are
afflicted to procure bottle, and give this
remedy fair trial. In cases of habitual
constipation Electric Bitters cures by giving
the needed tone to the bowels, and few cases
long resist the use of this medicine. Try it
Fifty cents and 500 at Longwell Bros
drug store. f.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-03-17

Mrs. &. III. Smith has new organ.
Will Tracy has hired TO Asa Sheldon
for the season.
A9i 10. boy was born TO Mr.. and
Mrs. r. j. Glidden on the l4th.
Frank Glidden of Gliddenburg is
speniing few days here with relatives
Mrs. VIM. Dyer, who fell on the ice
some six weeks ago and sustained
severe Injuries, is now slowly recovering
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-03-17
"Tinle and Tide Wait
For No Man.

Neither will we, on the old fashion
ed method Of selling goods at large
profit, as I intend, within the next 60
days, to close out my large stock of
Ready Made Clothing and Overcoats,
OF COST, expecting
in the future to confine myself, exclu-
sively, to dealing only in Boots, Shoes
and Gents Furnishing goods.
This is grand opportunity for pur-
chasing reliable goods, CHEAP. Call
and see me and see what I can do for
you and be convinced that mean just
what say.
=. 9. EYNER
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-03-17
Marriage Licenses.

Archie Copeland, %; frankie Bacon,
20. both of Lawrence.
Myron w. Griswold, %, Ohio; Sable
q. Huntington, 81, Paw Paw.
John Kelley, 40, Mcdonald; Alice r..
Woodland, 46, Coloma.
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no longer exists. A little reflection, how
ever, will suggest other views in this
matter. In the treaty for annexing Hawaii
we assume Hawaii's debts to a limited ex-
tent; but admitting that damages. II award
ed by the referee, would be small, yet the
judgment might concern other than pecun-
iary claims. In fact, the very foundation
OF those claims might be the validity of
certain treaty rights granted by Hawaii to
Japan, which are different from those
granted by our country. 1t is clear that we
could not agree to alter our laws or to
enter into new treaties with japan.
But with that point settled, it would
seem that arbitration can be arranged IL
both parties sincerely desire 1t. Hawaii
certainly does not fear it. In international
law the right of a country to restrict i'm
migration hardly admits of doubt, and yet
we find Count OKUMA complaining that the
immigrants were avowedly treated as
aliens" as II they could possibly be treated
In any other way.
Finally, though we might decline to give
any guarantee that would affect our laws,
there should be no difficulty on that ac-
count in arranging the terms of arbitra-
ton, because it is well understood that,
with annexation, Hawaii's treaties lapse at
once. Hence, at most. the question to be
put before the referee would concern
past pecuniary claims for breaches of treaty
obligations rather than the enforcement
of those obligations after annexation. We
might even perhaps arrange with Hawaii
how any money indemnity which the ref
cree might award should be paid, in case
she should previously be brought into the
Union. There is, in fact, a general clause
in the pending treaty which might per-
haps cover the matter.
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Mr.. G. C. CLEMENS, Populist. and reporter
of the Supreme Court of Kansas, has some
remarkable legal notions, such as are espe-
cially remarkable in a Supreme Court re-
porter. In an article in the newspaper
which is illuminated by the wisdom of the
Hon. WILLIAM ALFRED PETER, Mr.. GLEN
EMS maintains with much enthusiasm that
the Federal courts are the source of all our
woe. He does not believe that the remone-
t~ization of silver would save Kansas and
the rest of the country. "If all the extor-
%tions," he says, "now practised upon the
people by railroad companies, insurance
companies, grain gamblers, and Others are
to go unchecked, as they are sure to do
while the Federal courts remain to domi-
nate sovereign States" ar increase in the
currency would nave the same effect !" as
stutfing $40 bills into the pockets of a man
being gone through by an undisturbed
highwayman." So the Federal courts are
worse enemies of the Populists than is the
ruthless gold standard.
Governor LEEDY's Superintendent Of In
surance, the eminent WEBSTER MCNALL,
has been enjoined by a Federal court from
refusing to allow certain Eastern life in.
surance companies to do business in Kan
sas. what" cries Mr.. CLEMENS, ais the
use of trying to carry out any reforms until
we get rid of the Federal courtsT' What,
indeed2 What but the detested Federal
courts prevents the Populists from dis
charging their wrath against corporations
and capitalists1 The Chief Justice of Kan
sas has said that the rights of the user of
, property are superior to those of the owner.
Federal courts don't take a view so con-
genial to the Populist mind.
Hear this Supreme Court reporter speak
! from the heart:
1.-THE Federal courts. inferior to the Supreme Court.
are not constitutional courts. but are creatures of
statutes which any Congress can repeal; and the SUI.
preme Court gets its power to override State courts
from a statute about two inches long. Repeal these
statutes, and a law held good by the Supreme Court
OF q State would be everlastingly good and would
have to be obeyed. Abolish the Federal courts; re-
store to the States their stolen sovereignty. so that
the people may rule Notwithstanding an unamenda,
BILE Federal Constitution This should Re the battle
cry of all true reformers and champions OF popular
rights in 1900"
Shall a statute only two inches long con.
tinue to stand in the way Of the Populist
reformers? There is a powerful element in
the Democratic party that might look with
favor upon the proposition to abolish the
inferior Federal courts. That would be the
most effectual way of abolishing Govern
ment by Injunction" and insuring freedom
of riot. Moreover, the Federal courts as
tribunals that do not get their legal princi
pies from the platforms of the fanatica.
enemies of the rights Of property, ever
corporate property, are a grievous stun
bling-block in the way of Organism. The
plan of Mr.. CLEMENS deserves the consid
Grafton of the Bryanite leaders.
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In an article in the North american Re-
vteo Mr.. EDMUND w. GossE complains
that the modern world is so much given to
the writing Of novels that there Is smaller
audience than there used to be for serious
theological, scientific, philosophical, and
historical works. He even advances the
fantastic notion that RUsK1N's Modern
Painters" NEwMAN's Grammar of As
sent" and BUCKLES "History of Civiliza-
ton would not have attracted much at
~tention if they had appeared in the last
ten years, and that Cardinal NEWMAN and
Mr.. RusKIN would yield to the taste Of the
time and put their ideas in the form of
fiction il they were writing now.
The truth is that there are multitudin-
ously more readers of fiction and Of every
other sort of composition than there were
forty years ago. Not only has the general
intelligence been vastly increased, but the
sum of scholarship has been vastly in
creased. Especially is the latter fact true
of this country, in which the number of
men and women who may justly be called
scholars has grown from insigniticance in
the last generation. Any work of genuine
scholarship, however abstruse the subject,
is sure of a larger welcome than it could
have had forty years ago, when BUCKLE
published the first volume of his His
tory" Moreover, the international well
come is much greater. Any work of solid
merit or brilliant theory finds its public of
scholars all over the world.
1t would be absurd to believe that a clever
n accomplished person like Mr.. GossE
believes as a result of his own observation or
that of other men that HERBERT SPENCER
is neglected because Mr.. KIPLING is much
read. Nor is he the man to draw an indict-
ment against democracy, which he would
do If he really meant that the greater
grows the multitude of readers the worse
for all books except novels; not that good
novels are not among the best books there
are and the reading of them is fully us in
structive as that of the Annals of the
American Academy" 1t must have been
Mr.. GossEs intention to satirize the writer's
of so-called novels who insist upon prepar-
ing theological, scientific, II philosophical
treatises and calling them novels. He
means to say, winking the eye of his para
dox, that the theologians, the men of
science, and the philosophers will be out of
a job If Mrs. HUMPHREY WARD and the
eminent Mr.. GRANT ALLEN and the rest OF
the instructive school keep on.
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is said to have been held i%ncornuti-
cddo for three weeks, instead Of for the
three days contemplated by treaty and
statute. His brother, who had not
been naturalized, was pronounced guilty
and punished by deportation to a penal
colony; but on the demand of our Gov.
ernmcnt, Mr.. S. r. ToLoN, as a citizen Of
ours, was released. There Spain hoped the
case would drop; but a demand for 1915, 900
damages has been presented for him
through our Department of State.
Other cases pressing for consideration are
those of the Competitor prisoners, whose
release the resolution of the Senate Commit
tee on Foreign Relations lately demanded,
and that of HUGNET, a lawyer practising In
Havana, who was driven from Cuba, and
now asks $500 damages for false i'm
prisonment and the loss of his practice.
Men entitled to our protection have been
thrown into dungeons and kept there with
out communication with friends beyond
the period fixed by law. The protection
of our flag is alike for native and natu-
rallied citizens, and damages should be Sc
cured from Spain for all outrages.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-11
For n Monument to Ezra Lee.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Now that the pub
lie have erected monuments to Grant, Logan, Farra-
gut, and Others, isn't 1t about time that the citizens
of New York should erect a monument or slab to the
only man who fought against Great Britain on the
land, on the water, ana under the water In the Revo.
lutionary war, driving the whole British fleet or some
six or eight vessels and several transports, containing
over 5000 troops. out OF New York harbor down to
Sandy Hook without the loss OF life, thereby pre-
serving New York city from bombardment, Aug. 90,
1870, and diverting the attack to Long Island, Aug
81? 1t was accomplished by Sergeant Ezra Lee OF
the Sixth Regiment of the line, Connecticut troops.
The account can be found in the Commercial Adrer
tfser. Nov. ~, 1891. in the Historical Library on
Second avenue near st. Marks place. Lee was all
through the war. coming out as Colonel.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 2. 1897. JESSE T. LEE.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: l was much inter
ested in a letter published in your paper OF yesterday.
signed +. NJ. Adams. relating to the lack of patriotism
displayed by our countrymen in neglectings such his.
torical spots. dear to the hearts Of all true Ameri.
cans, as Fort William Henry, Fort George, and Ticon-
deroga- What are the societies-the SONS land
Daughtersl OF the American Revolution"-for II not
to keep alive the memories OF such events in our ma.
tional history? Would 1t not be better and rebound
more to their credit II they gave more time. attention.
and money to such enterprises, and a little less to
Boosting OF their Revolutionary ancestry, living on the
glory of their autecedents. and the giving OF ostenta-
tious oanquets? /. too. am "only a plain citizen.
without money or influence but am a descendant Of
one of those patriots or 10 who materially aided in
bringing into existence the Continental Congress-
which in the words Of the immortal Ethan Allen he
quotes. and l add my feeble prayer to that Of Mr..
Adams that our country do something to perpetuate
such memories before the advance OF time makes 1t
impossible. SUSAN MORSE PERRY.
PELHAM. y. Y, Aug. 10, 1897.
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What Will the Total Vote Be?

At the first election in the enlarged New
York on Nov. 2 a greater number of citizens
will participate in the contest than in any
municipal election ever before held in the
United States. How many they will be can
only be guessed at now. The number has
been calculated as "more than 800, 900"
Others say 'probably 100000 or more"
For last years election the total number
of voters registered in the New York of
the present was 33O,976. OF these abou
10 per cent. were included in what is to
be after Jan l the borough of the Bronx.
The other ninc-tenths were residents of so
much Of the present city of New York as is
not to be included in the sylvan dis
trict beyond the Harlem. In the city
of Brooklyn last year the total reg
istration was 297,534, an aggregate
greater than that in the whole State of Ne
braska. That State contributed much to
the excitement of the canvass, but it's total
vote was only 222, 900, or $4,000 less han
the number registered in Brooklyn alone.
Territorially the largest Of the political di-
visions wholly consolidated to form the
Greater New York is the county of Rich
mond, the registered vote of which at last
years election was 1884. In so much of
the territory of Queens county as is to be
added to New York and to form the borough
of Queens, the registration last year was
1S,461, bringing up the total registration
in the entire territory, all divisions in.
cluded, to 59,795. OF the total enroll.
ment of a year ago, the present city of
New York furnished a registration of
$50, 900, and in so much of the territory
to be consolidated as is not now a part
of this city the registration was 1913, 200,
or only 1000 less.
That number of qualified citizens pre-.
scented themselves last year for enrolment.
In the meanwhile, within the territory in
Guided in the enlarged New York, there
has been some increase of population and q
corresponding addition to the voting popu
lation. Last years contest was one Of
momentous Importance. 1t was long pro
tracted. 1t was vigorously contested
throughout all the territory to be in
cluded in the enlarged New York. There
may have been some laggards, some appre
hensive, some overconfident, some dilatory
some uniformed, and n few unpatriotit
electors who did not register at last years
enrolment, and there was n larger number
no doubt, who. because of physical disa
bility, absence from the city on the days o.
enrolment, or legal disqualifcations, since
removed, failed to present themselves a
the registry places; but more than $50, OO(
electors did so appear.
There seems no present reason to infel
that the registration this year within tn,
same territory will fall seriously below
the total of n year ago. A lively and ex
citing canvass may, indeed, bring up tn,
figures close to the political high-wate.
mark of 1896.
Atotal registration of more than 600, 900
and a total vote exceeding $50, 900, ar
probable in New York on Nov. 2.
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Capt. II. c. Taylor does we'll to make
the trip of the Indiana to Halifax the great
est success possible from the international
point of view. Visitors find a cordial well
come, and, no doubt, they are impressed
by the sight of a vastly more powerful
warship than any ever before seen in
that port or in any other port of the
Queens Canadian domains. The informa-
ton that we have two sister ships of the
Indiana in commission and half a dozen
bigger ones either built or building, may
also suggest to our n~eighbors that, while
the British fleet is a mighty one, yet there
are, or are to be, others.
But. after all, this visit is not a triumphal
one. Indeed, taking all the pride we are
entitled to in having this noble ship
on exhibition at Halifax, the occasion is
rather humiliating. The people there do
not forget that, if they haven't an Indiana
of their own stationed there, they have
the only dock on the Atlantic coast
now available for this one, and the same
fact is well advertised to European ma
tions. The feeling of triumph, therefore,
is on their side rather han ours. and
perhaps it rather heightens the fervor of
the hospitality to their visitors, just as
beaten athletes of ours in England can
usually report having received the heartiest
welcome and kindliest treatment.
The disagrecable plunge having once been
taken. there is now talk even of sending to
Halifax for docking other big armorclads
of ours. With such proposals current, we
are glad to observe that the Navy Depart
ment is about to make a contract to
drcdge out the approaches to the Port
Royal dock, for a distance of half a
mile, to a depth of thirty feet, which ex.
ceeds by a good margin the maximum
dranght of our deepest battleships. This
has been The trouble all along. 1t was
known years ago that the approaches were
too shallow but the task of dredging them
out was put of, until now we have to send
the Indiana to a foreign port. The Port
Royal dock is big enough to hold her, az
has been proved by trial; but. in order tc
get her in and out, risks of time and tide
have to be run. The appropriation OBJ
tanned from Congress for dredging out
channel or basin was made long ago, but
is to DO used only now.
We believe. also, that the approaches Il
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-11

Col. DICK BRIGHT of Indiana, Sergeant
alarms Of the Senate, disappeared from the
annals of mankind early in 1896. He announced
with absolute rccklessness. before the site of
the Democratic National Convention was &C.
lected, that he preferred "Sheol to Chicago as a
convention CITY," After Chicago was selected
Col. BRIGHT faded from the scene. Pre-
sumably he has passed the last year
in musing over the wickedness Of Chicago.
At any rate, he has reused himself at
last. and he comes up. dripping from the
seas of forgetfulncss, wearing his seaweed
like a laurel crown. Once moro he is Fame's,
and Fame is his. Last Saturday he notified the
keepers OF the restaurants in the Capitol to sell
no more liquors. and babe the Capitol police see
that the order was obeycd. II Col. DICK BRIGHT
can "pulverize the Rum Power" as Mr.. Dawn
r. LOCKE used to say so often; II Col. DICK
BRIGHT can pulverizc the Rum Power in the
Capitol restaurants, he is a good deal more pow
erful than Congress.
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Hawaii's Arbitration Plan.

/ While Japan has accepted Hawaii's pro-
posal to put their disputes to arbitration,
yet the arrangement of the terms may re-
quire some study. Minister CooPER's offer
of June % was general in character, con-
sisting of a suggestion "that the matters
at issue be referred to a disinterested arbi-
traitor or arbitrator" and a promise that
"the Hawaiian Government will abide by
the result"
What, then, are the matters at issue?
Japan will presumably insist that they
shall include not only the damages claimed
for the exclusion of her subjects from Ha-
wall but also the sake tax. Several hundred
of subjects, arriving by steamer at Homo
lulu, were turned back, after permission to
test in the courts their right to land had
been refused, and it is said that the company
that sent out the immigrants wants 800
yen each, while the steamship wants 800
yen a day for the detention caused by
Hawaif's act. The sake tax complained of
was an increase of duty on this favorite
liquor of the Japanese from 10 cents a gallon
to 81. Japan declares that this law violated
the treaty which gives to her the rights of
the most favored nations, because it was a
haN "ShlIob Z Jul luc
exact form of the remedy asked does not vet
appear. We may assume, however, from the
language of Minister CoopER's proposal.
that Hawaii will be willing to have all dis.
puted matters go to an arbiter, so far as
treaty rights are involved, although she
will resent any encroachment upon her
WI sovereignty.
But assuming that an agreement can be
reached on the matters to be submitted, and
on the manner of submitting them, and
further assuming that there will be no
difficulty about the choice of referee, Japan's
suggestion of the King of Belgium being u
very good one, there Is another possible
source of disagreement. Minister CooPER's
promise, as we have seen, was that the
Hawaiian Government would abide by
tho result of the arbitration. But what
would happen SHOULD no Hawaiian Gov
ernment exist when the result Is reached 2
This is a supposition not unlikely to be.
come actual fact. One of the first acts of
Congress on coming together, less than
four months hence, may be to provide for
the annexation of Hawaii. But the prep.
aration of the case for arbitration, its sub.
mission to the referee, and the allowance of
a decent time for the latter to arrive at his
decision, might require a longer time.
Mindful of this probability, Japan is said
to ask that our Government will agree to
assume the responsibility of carrying out
the award of the arbiter, in case Hawaii is
annexed.
At first glance, this might seem a reason,
able proposition, since we are to assume
other obligations of Hawaii in annex,
ing her. Japan doubtless holds 1t to be
just, that, as Hawaii is perfectly ready tc
execute the decision of the arbiter, the
United States Government should be sub
atitutet. II, by its act, Hawaii's sovereignty