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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-02-03

Miss Dottie Branch is still quite ILL.,
The LongfeIlow club met last week
with Mrs. Sarah Ridlon.
Pomona grange of Van Buren, county
will be held here February Is.
Mrs n. c. Rockafcllow has been
quite i'll for the past two weeks
The school board has purchased the
long looked for fire escape for the school
house.
The Y II :. &c. held business meet.
ing at w. +. Cornwelrs, Tuesday even
ing.
Mrs. Baldwin's Sunday school class
attended lecture in Hartford, Sunday
evening.
Miss Ella Cady of South Haven is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Joseph Holland,
this week.
A masquerade ball will he given at
the opera house Thursday evening,
February 4.
}. IL Anderson, wife and family OF
Hartford visited relatives here the first
of the week
The w. G.. Il. L. will meet with Mrs
l.. a. Crlssey, Friday afternoon. The
fourth lesson i'm Bible study will be
taken up.
The business and conservation meet.
ing of the b. Y p. L. was held at the
home of Mrs. +. +. Rowland, Tuesday
evening
f. r. Kelly started Friday for Bay
City, where he will attend the grand
lodge of NJ. w A. lie will also visit
relatives in Albion.
Mr.. Butler, Misses Lizzie Roundy
and Bernice Quick of Paw Paw attend
ed the G.. T.. and church service with
the Misses Maynard, Sunday evening
Misses Belle and Ethel Maynard en-
tertained the Anti-1obacco society last
Friday evening About forty were
present aud passed delightful even
ing. The 'rOgue's gallery" created
much merriment, especially when m
admirer beheld his own likeness among
other "rogues." The Hover guessing
contest was also very entertaining
The prizes were awarded to Leila CarpI
and Walter Drew. Orange ice and
cake were served.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-02-03
The Discovery Saved His Life.

Ill.,, says: 70 DR. Kings New Discovery
owe my life Was taken with La Grippe and
tried all the physicians for miles about, but
of no avail and was given up and told that
could not live. Having DIR. Kings New Dis
covery in my store, / sent for bottle and
began its use, and from the first dose began
10 get better, and after using three bottles
was up and about again. 1t is worth its
weight in gold. We won't keep store or house
without it, Get a free trial bottle at
Longwel! Bros drug store. i2
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-02-03
rIingt0n

Little Lucille Lewis Is ON the sick list
Ed. Moden's little girl has been i'll for
the past week.
Charlie Burrell has gone south for the
rest of the winter.
Mrs. ID. W. Flagler is staying with
her daughter Mrs. Than Nash.
merry time is reported at dance
at Will Slocum's on Wednesday night
John Stafford has rented the Back
farm near Keeler ard will take posses
sion soon.
Few scholars were able To brave the
storm of last week; the school was very
small in consequence.
The play, "Mismated," 10y home tai
ent, was presented TO the public at
the Grange hall last Friday evening.
Miss MeItha Abbott of Corwin and
Fred Barney Of South Hamilton were
married last Wednesday evening, at
the home Of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Royal Abbott.
A young man who works in Hold
Wheaton's saw mill had the misfortune
10 saw off the middle finger of his left
hand. The fore finger of the same
hand had previously shared like fate.
Checker playing is running wild at
Corwin, few of the men being able to
stay at home only long enough to eat
and sleep, although each one has to
take his turn at the wheel, there being
but one board.
Grandma Newly was found dead in
her house on Tuesday last She has
lived alone for number of years and
the cause of death was not positively
known. The funeral was held at the
East Arlington church on Thursday.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-02-03
County and state.

1t is said proprietors of the suspend
ed ST Joseph journal viii start u daily
paper in DOwagiac.
Solomon Shimmel of Lawton. aged
- years, died Saturday night. His re-.
mains were cared for by the Masonic
fraternity.
The Kelley gold cure institute, which
once did big business 1T Benton Har-
Dor, has been closed. 1t will be consoI-
idated with the institute in Detroit.
Ii has Just become known that the
largest mineral paint fields in the
United States are situated in Pineplains
township, nine miles west of Allegan,
on what is known rs Swan creek.
Ladies of Niles don't need high hat
ordinance. Without any fuss or furore,
the ladies recently uncovered their
heads in the opera house, by concerted
action, and not hat has been seen in
the theater since.
The Vicksburg school officers are on
the warpath against cigarette smoking
County School Commissioner Clapp has
been asked to stop the boys from using
them, and arrests are likely TO follow,
if the boys continue TO go To school
with their cigarette breaths.
Kalamazoos high school building was
bu ned between q and y O'Clock Mon
day morning The loss is $4,000; in.
sured for 81 900. Al the lire, two fire.
men were injured ny a breaking ladder;
Fred Winslow having both legs par
alyZed and receiving fatal injuries, and
Fred Widsmitii suffering Il broken leg.
" is supposed the tire originated from
the furnaces.
Boys at ColOma, whom Pastor Willis
had roasted in "A sermon, tore oil near
~ all the pickets from his fence. Mr..
Willis threatened prosecution. The
BOYS purchased a wagon load of new
pckets and hearing gay banners and
tranSparencies, soon restored the fence
tn its old beauty. They then were all
invited To a banquet in The preachers
house, and peace reigns again.
a rival Ia Medium Riley has arisen
right in Riley's own territory, says II
state paper. He il Irwin Blett, aged Is.
Several boys, Just for Il joke, formed in
II circle and waited for the ghost, which
they did not expect to matcrialiZe.
Soon tables began To tip, and Blett was
| found to be the medium. Since then
he has been the sensation of the town.
All his work is done in the light, as he
fears the dark His parents attribute
the phenomena to the evil one.
Delbert +. MILAN of Niles, charged
with stealing an express package of 81,
600 from the American Express Co A.,
Nov. Is, was acquitted Saturday.
After the jury had announced the yer.
dict, the defendant and his sweetheart,
Miss Matte Edwards, through whose
evidence the defendant was discharged
were married in the court room. Judge
d. w. Coolidge and the defendants at
torneys, Congressman ELECT +. l.. Ham.
ilton aud George A. Lambert, were wit.
nesses. Some heavy damage suits will
probably be instituted by MILAN against
the express company.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-02-03
4 Dakota Blizzard.

LA INQUIRE, n. OAK, Jan. 4, 1897
EDITOR TRUE NoRTHERNER,
Paw Paw, Mich
Dear Sir:
Being a constant rcader of the NORTH.
ERNER and seeing accounts OF the nice
winter weather that you are having
back there, | thought probably you
would like an account of the recent
blizzard that has ragged here since Sat
urday night, commencing about $50 p.
m. and lasting until Monday evening
1890 p. M, at which time it gradually
abated. But during the time that it
lasted it was the worst storm that this
immediate vicinity ever experienced.
The storm of January 12, 1893, did not
compare with it, only at that time the
temperature was much colder than dur
ing the present storm. | wish / could
manipulate the English language well
enough TO give you Il good description
of genuine Dakota blizzard. Just i'm.
agine yourself cnveloped in cloud of
steam at pressure OF, | should say,
about ten pounds to the square foot with
Il roar that the human voice could not
be distinguished or heard ten feet away.
Only in place Of steam you have the
finest particles of snow and ice moving
at the rate of sixty-iive miles an hour,
wettiDg aud cutting the flesh where
ever it comes in contact with it. and if
the temperature is cold it causes "A layer
of ice To form which soon freezes the
skin. The hair and whiskers soon be.
come filled with the snow and ice, also
the clothing. could feel the snow
sitting down my chest aud back, al
though | was well mufiled around the
neck and face. My overcoat had
purposely left off. When came to re-
move my coat, which was well button
eel and "A heavy weight, fould a lay
CT of snow between coat and vest,
aud beneath the vest still an
other layer, which was melting from
the heat of the body. My eyes and
eyebrows soon became a solid mass of
ice, which obscured my vision very
much and one eye entirely. IL / had
been out on the upland prairie where
the wind was much stronger, would
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-02-03
Cure for Headache.

As 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 800 at Longwel Bros
drug store. "
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-02-03
Werp

Perry Bates has been ON the sick list
for the past week, but is improving Il
little.
Revs. Waller aud Bates are holding
revival meetings at the West Oshtemo
Free Baptist church this week.
Mrs. 5. p. johnson of Arlington cal
led on her daughter, Mrs. A. &. Bates,
Sunday. She was on her way to kal-
amazoo for a weeks visit.
The Wheeler saw mill has completed
its job on j. j. Woodlands and will
move soon near Schoolcraft. 1t cut
about 900 ties, besides some other
lumber, while here.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-02-03

TOquIn.

We understand several families lived
on corn bread during the storm.
Frank Ripley is one of our most pub
lie spirited men, breaking roads for him
self and neighbors.
l.. l.. Cook, who went To Aurora, Ill
last spring. writes in cheerful view of
their new home and surroundings. Mr..
Cook is in the employ of the street car
company.
MERIT Keasey of South Haven was
storm bound at G.. w Reynolds several
days last week. He will return for his
buggy in the spring; Joseph Blackman
also wants To borrow IL sleigh To go back
10 Dowagiac.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-02-03
south WayerIy.

Frank Fike has rented the j Doughty
farm.
Brummel last Saturday.
Mrs Will Raymond has brother
from Hillsdale visiting her.
Miss Dora Colby of Paw Paw called
on Miss Eva Coiburn last Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM Thayer have re.
turned from their visit To Hllsdale.
Frank Colburn of Almena visited his
sister, Mrs. j. NJ. Colburn, last week.
Mrs. Fred Babcock from California
is visiting her friends in this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.. Nicholson went
to Decatur last week TO visit their sis.
ter, Miss May Nicholson.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-02-03
Prospect Lake.

Hestie Bryant and his little brother,
Erie Halbert, are i'll with severe colds.
Henry Christie is dangerously i'll with
pneumonia. Slight hopes are enter
tanned for his recovery.
There will be box social at John
n overs next Tuesday evening. Pro
ceeds for the benefit of our pastor, Rev
&. L. Keene.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-02-03

The best salve IN the world for Cuts,
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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, 1897-02-03

Put an end To misery Doan's Oint
ment will cure the worst case of itch.
ing piles there ever was, and do II al
most instantly. Years OF suffering re
lieved in IA single night. Get IL from
your dealer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-02-03

Consumption cure-Warner's White
Wine of Tar Syrup-the best cough
remedy on earth; cures a cold in one
day if taken in time. - and 30 cents
All druggists
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-02-03

Bicycle riders, football players and
athletes generally, find sovereign
remedy for the sprains and bruises and
cuts to which they are constantly liable,
in Thomas Eclectric Oil.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-02-03

Why suffer from Indigestion? Bur.
dock Blood Bitters cures dyspepsia and
all diseases of the stomach, liver and
bowels.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-02-03

Halls Hair Rene er renders the hair
lustrous and silken, gives it an even
color, and enables women TO put il in "A
great variety of styles.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-02-03

TO cure cold in one day, take War.
ner's White Wine of Tar Syrup, the
hest cough remedy on earth. % and 80
cents. All druggists.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-02-03
"Time and Tide Wait
For No Man"

Neither will we, on the old fashion
ed method Of selling goods at large
profit as 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.
Il Q TIMER
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-11
s,nkrY.M,Lss IN 80 MINUTES.
Rropossd sT1.a for ~ Esseerss Ho.A 70
2 % PhilAdalphIa.

RroposeA sY1aa for ~ Electric Road 70
~ PhiladsiphA.
10 electrical engineers q rate Of
speed Of sixty miles an hour eeems
rather slow. An article In q recsnt
technical magazine DISCUSSES 4 plan 10
cover the distance between New York
and Philadelphia in thirty-six minutes,
or at the rate of speed Of 141 % miles
per hour. ~ AS{l
All the details for such q road have
been worked out BY the wrlters with
much care and thought. 4 road op-
Grated at such high rate Of speed
would, Of necessity, have NO grade
to be rigid. Metal ties are advocated,
would be slightly elevated. The shaFp-
. four-mile radius.
The third.rail system h considered
the oily feasible rlan for Sach q high
rate Of speed. No dificulty = antica-
pated in gathering the current by
means Of contact shoes, even at that
high rate Of speed.
But the, most interesting feature Of
the plan and the one presenting the
greatest novelty u the block system of
train signaling devised. At the speed
the trains would travel The importance
of thiScan be easily seea. Briefly the
plan provides that only the section on
which train Ii running and the one
ahead OF 1t Is to be supplied with the
current. while the two sections dt.
Dctly behind II are always dead.
Three danger algnals are nlAo to be
provided for behind each train and de-
vices for automatic brakes are sug-
gested.
Five power stations would be neces-
eary for the operation Of such . road.
The passenger cars would have . seat
Ing capacity for 14O passengers and
would rest on six-wheel trucks, with
wheels seven feet in diameter. No
provision Is made for handling freight
on the road.
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-11
Logging Railroads.

Time was when the logs were drawn
over rOa<ls OF snow and Ice on the great
rude sleSiges. to the banks OF some
river. drawn out on the ice. and left
until the springtime, when they would
be hOated down stream to the mills. In
some places the system Ii still in vogue.
changed. Logging railroads have been
built Into tie forests, enabling the own
ers Of pine lands to reach forests far
from any stream. Spurs from the main
branch Of the ruad are built out like the
fingers Of an enormous hand clutching
at the defenseless pineA After u tOr-
tuolla pasn8e through the paths Of the
woods. the log IL loaded upon the skid
wny-an incline leading down to the
railway track. The skidp are long,
tough poles OF tamarnck. or some hard
wood. placed about twenty feet apart.
The logs easily roll down on these
skids. and are drawn by horses up on
the short. wide freight cars and az fast
MS one car Is loaded another takes its
place, until u train Of perhaps thirty
cars h made up. The road Is a very
rough one. and the trains are supplied
with the best OF airbrakes: for the
grodes are steep. md great care must
he exercised or the trains will brcaA
In two, and disaster and possibly loss
Of hfe will follow II a part OF one Of
tho trains breaks away and starts
down the grade. "Mountnln ciimbers."
the powerful engines In uSe IN mining
rxiona. arc part OF the equipment Of
q logging rnilroad-St. Nicholas.
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-11

One OF the most interesting features
OF the great strike Of engineers in Eng
land has been pointed out by Professor
Bryce. the distinguished author Of
THE American Commonwealth" Pro-
fessor Bryce has been looking into the
matter. and says he finds that several
branches OF British engineering have
come to the United States as a resul.
Of the paralysis of industry caused by
the strike. This. of course. is a good
tAinE for US and an exceedingly bad
thing for Great Britia.. When losses
Of all kinds come to be reckoned up
vii be found that the engineers
strike has been one OF the mos, disas-
trous In history.
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-11

II is typical Massachusetts town
OF which one OF the veteran ofhciais
states q suggestive fact-that the ag-
8regate values OF the pianos, organs.
sewing-mach!nes. carpets and similar
articles OF luxury now owned therein
exceed the whole valuation of the
town as 1t IVES forty years ago. In
1857 only fraction OF the so-called
rich possessed such lusuries, which in
1897 are found in every household
% many concrete proofs that. for all
the loose talk of the discontented. the
American standard of life and comfort
tends constantly to rise.
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-11

Tribute to a Departed Georgian
jack Powell pays this tribute to a de-
ceased friend: "A Terrell county man
died last week. and has gone to Join
six wives 'on tina. beautiful shore.
This scribe knew him well in life: also
two or three Of his wives. He de-
elared he would not live without wife
and a pocketknife. After burying six
good women he could not find another
'taker. and in the neighborhood OF
three score and ten he died. Of q broken
heart. no doubt
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-11

Child labor In factories Ia generally
defended-~hen 1t is defended--on the
ground that It helps to support fami-
lies. To this claim writer In the
Charities Review interposes the sound
objection that the wages OF young
children are seldom large enough to
make the difference between pauperism
and Independence. When family re-
Hes on these wages. Il is pretty sure
TO depend also on help from public
or private agencies. Therefore. siaee
child labor too often undermlnes both
health md morals. why not increase
the charity fund. and put the child to
school! Viewing the problem merely
a. . matter OF arithmetic. 1t would be
cheaper to support good many un-
Fortunate people than 1t will he. Inter
en-. to defend society aEaintt their Ig.
noraut or vicious children. r....
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-11

company OF worklngmen In Eng
land lately listened TO speaker who
called himself a fellov-workman. In
his time. he said. he had experienced
many priva,ions. He had known what
1t was to be cold because he could not
aaord IRE. He had worn patched
clothes and shoes. He had lived upon
poor fare. When he was young he
learned to plow as straight furrow
~ any man in the parish, and no one
could thrash better than he. The
speaker was man who in the table
OF precedency comes next after the
princes OF the royal blood-the Arch
bishop Of Canterbury.
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-11

Labouchere does not admire Rudyard
hlplings poetry. declaring that "it
hardly rises above the music-hall
level. Rudyard kipling's opinion OF
LAbby's editorials would make mighty
Interesting reading. ,ts
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-11

It isn't at all remarkable that
Greece should hand Thessaly over to
Turkey. Greece has been going to
csde for many years.
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-11

In these days OF the higher cri;i.
eism" II Is rarely that clergyman is
found who sticks to the Bible In It's
literal sense wi;hou, undertaking to
pst his own Interpretation upon Z.
Rev. Nr. Torrcy. however. declares his
belief In the old-fashionod orthodox
hell. and the liberal preachers Will have
some difncuity In attacking his posi-
tioa. II has become fashionable To In
sist tha; any particularly unpleasant,
passage In the bible has n 'ngiiratiye
meaning" altogether different and
much more agreeable. Il IA this con-
tcntion which Ar. Torrcy attacks. nad
from an orthodox standpoint, he ~ en-.
tlreIy right II mcu may Interpret the
hibie 70 suit thcmscives IL ioscn i.s
authority as a divine Inspiration. u.
NEST bo accnStcd or ydectsd jssf as
Il Il. Many people do NOT believe In
~ Are and ,brlpstonc doctrine. but II
peAaed down II woald bc fouhd mi,
inast pf them DOM hSaisvo In the
,Dthls either, although thsy may think
seV - u .
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-11
uss.sy I. sleeA DssN

C2oan blood means . clean skin. Ne
beauty vithoutiS Ca,carets. Candy Cathar-
&c cleans your blood and keeps II clean, By
stirring up the lezy livss and driving sllim-
banish pimplsa. hollis. blotchss, ,hlarkheads,
and that sickly bilious co,rplsxioa BY taking
Casoarsta, = beauty for ten cents. All drug.
gtsts, satisfaction guaranteed. l0c, 96c, Soc.
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-11

why hot send out . tracer and ,r,
% locate Coxey?
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-11

Itnow begins to look as though the
late Mr.. Ketcham Of Chicago died in
oelf-defcnse.