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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-11-24
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Statesmen WANTED-$100 to 1925 per
month and expenses. Staple line; posi-
ton permanent, pleasant and desirable.
Address with stamp, Seymour. Whitney
Co., Chicago. 23tl1o33
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-11-24

Van Buren, County Teachers Exam
nations.
SCHEDULE FOR 1878.
At Paw Paw, March beginning last
Thursday; for all grades.
At June beginning third
Thursday; for second and third grades.
Office days-first and third Saturdays
of every month.
WELLS G.. BROWN,
Commissioner of Schools.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-11-24

MUCH
To be Thankful for.

Besides the ordinary benefits has been good fortune
thankful customers for their
patronage and that still in position all who
visit
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-11-24
1. A. WHITMAN. GRANITE WORKS

| buy direct from the quarries, with
out the aid of middlemen, and so save
all commissions.
1 do not sell by agents | do keep a
large stock toselect from. l do save
you one-fourth In price. 1t will pay
you to come here.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-11-24
Pump Repafring.

All kinds of well, windmill and pump
repairing done on short notice. A
specially made of putting down drive
and tubular wells Leave all orders
with IL. G.. Waters & Co. 2001tf
e.. w. DAYTON.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-11-24
For sale.

Horse, harness, top carriage, open
buggy and cutter. Cheap for cash
or approved notes. JAS A LEECH.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-11-24
Money TO Loan.

Money to Loan.
In sums of $500 and upwards, on real
estate.
99tfl LINCOLN II. TITUS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-11-24
Paw Paw savings Bank.

Paw Paw savings Bank
Capital $50,O00.00 f. w. SELLIoK, Pres,
j. j. WooDMAN, Vice Pres.
JOHN w FREE, Cashier.
Board of Directors.
J.J. WooDMAN DAVID FISHER,
JOHN W. FREE, w. X. SELLIoK,
f. w. SELLIoK, WILLIAM j. SELLICK,
JOHN LYLE,
Interest paid On Certificates OF De-
pOsit.
T2044ly
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
MONROE ITEMS.

Decoration day will be properly
observed here on the 30th.
Mrs. Susan A. Starr returned to
her home in Salem last week.
A white dog was lost in our
burg last Sunday. 1t found its
owner "by proxy"
Some of our wheelmen are laid
up for repairs. The roads are a
little hard yet to fall on.
J. N. Boyd is now in our city
with his Photographic car. He
will remain until the 18th.
The band boys are now under
the instruction of Harrisburg tu-
tor. They are preparing for the
Fourth of July.
Song service every Sunday ev-
ening at the M. 4. church. Rev.
G. E. Graft breaches at this place
next Sunday at ID a. m.
Several Monroe people spent
Sunday in the vicinity of Har
mony schoolhouse and attended
services there at 3 p m.
Monroe will be treated to a
':grand show" $50 read the posters
Friday evening, May 7th. Uncle
Toms cabin is to be the leading
feature of the evening.
The Ruth was up Sunday and
took out over 5000 dozen eggs
and SO tons of flour. The eggs
were consigned to Portland firm
and the flour goes to Frisco.
A union meeting of Simpson's
chapel people and those of Monroe
is talked of. 1t such plan be
comes fully matured, the. exer
cises will be held in some grove
between the two places.
The steamboat landing is be
coming a favorite Sunday resort o
late. Recently one of the Ruth
deckhands asked how many NOR,
people lived in Monroe, when h
saw the crowd on the bank. Ill
was told that two families wer
left there to guard the place ant
keep the town from wanderin;
away.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
Correspondence.
IN BLACK AND WHITE.
Doings of Bentonites--Wild
Strawberries Ripe-Big egg
Shipment from Monroe.
PH1LoMArH NEWS LETTER.

Mrs. Perry Bressler is danger
ously sick.
Mrs. w. Fl. Bryan returned
from Jefferson Friday.
Wild strawberries are ripe on
the hills west of town.
Henry Amber has moved to
his farm on Beaver creek.
Uncle Abe Underhill is at Sum-
NIT, engaged in fishing for trout.
Mrs Orlena Bartges, of va
quina City, was in town over Sun
day.
George Cooper, OF Marion
county, has moved into the Nc
Cullough property.
President limerick delivered an
interesting address to the children
on Sabbath, the theme being 1.-The
Beautiful Story of Queen Esther
G. FL. Newth, physician and
surgeon, late of Vernonia, Colum-
bia county, has located in Philo-
math and will practice his profes-
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07


Peter Whitaker and Bert Hall
made business trip to Alsea Sat
urday.
Miss Eva Rees has gone to
Monmouth to visit her brother
and niece.
B. M. Jolly and wife and Hugh
Kay and wife spent Sunday on
Oliver creek.
The Christian denomination ex-
poets to hold a campmeeting near
Ingram's ferry soon.
The BeIlfountain brass band
met at the camp ground for prac-
tice last Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. McClain, of Roseburg, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gragg, of this place, and expects
to remain until July.
The long looked-for campmeet-
ing, to be held by the M. r..
church, will commence about the
middle of June. Be ready to
come and bring your best girl.
SAMANTHA.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
PLEASANT VALLEY.

We have he'd light rain, which
did much good.
We now have daily mail from
Philomath to Alsea.
Ora May, of Yaquina, is recup
Grating in the valley.
J. E. Henkle and Dell paid
a visit to this locality Sunday.
Harry Saunders is plowing for
Peter Gellatly. near Plymouth.
Late Henkle and family drove
over TO Mr.. Skipton's on Sunday.
Mrs. Mary King, of Corvallis, is
visiting her brother, 1chabod
Henkle.
j. l.. Henkle has run his saw
logs INTO the reservoir and Will
start the saws again.
The heavy frosts of the past
week have thinned out the fruit
prospects in this locality.
Mr.. VIM. Fink and sister, Miss
Gertie, and Sidney Fink and wife
made a trip to Corvallis last week,
Mr.. Rose has returned from his
farm, near Portland. He drove
his sheep and goats up to the Ma
son ranch, where he now resides
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
DUSTY ITEMS

VIM. Minton is again in our
burg.
Miss Myrtle Afford is at home
on visit.
S. G. Starr and family went to
Corvallis Sunday.
Fred Ingle was up to see his
best girl last Sunday.
Chas. Bowen is painting for Mr..
Horton this week.
Powell Landingham and his
whiskers have separated. :
Mel Evans and family were in
our burg on the Sabbath.
Miss Ruby Bradley went to
Milt Barnett's to work this week
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
DON'T RAISE 4 SMOKE.

Quit grumbling. Stop turn
ing up your nose at promised
prosperity. That is bad for the
nose and does not worry prosper
ity. But your grumbling does
delay the onward march of good
times. If you want to be mis-
cradle, no law of man or nature
can prevent it. But if you want
to, keep it to yourself. Don't
try to share something you have
and like to have with people n'ho
do not want it. If you do, you
are a nuisance and ought to be
abated.
Some people would rather
have their own prophecies of
evil fulfilled than have other
mems predictions of good come
true. This country of ours has
been alive of late with "come
calamity" croakers, whose po-
1itical theories are proven false
by the return of prosperity.
They say they cannot see pros
perity. Of course they can't.
One can raise smoke enough to
hide the sun in the brightest
day. But the sun is not to
blame.
Prosperity is here. 1t is no
an idle fancy, but an actual con
dition. 1t will not make spend
thrifts rich nor make good bust
ness men out of poor managers.
It will not return that which
you have lost during the hard
times. 1t will not turn back
the hands of the clock. But it
will give you a profitable mark
ct for your labor. 1t will give
you a chance to pay your debts
and earn a decent livelihood by
your industry.
Stop blaming the 'monied
powers" for your poverty. Take
your Cleveland badges off the
vinegar keg at the grocery.
Keep your eyes open and rustic.
Stop raising a smoke and you
will find the sun of prosperity
shining for all of us.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
PuILOMATH PUBLIC SCHOOL.

The Philomath public school
closed last Saturday with a very
appropriate and entertaining liter
airy program, which was highly ap
preciated by the large and intelli-
gent audience which was present.
After the literary program had
been completed, number of
prizes were distributed to the
winners, as follows: For highest
average in examinations, Bessie
Meats; for excellence in orthogra-
ply, Alta Schneider; for excel
lence in rhetoricals, Vera thinner
man; for memory gems, Ella Ellis
worth and Lottie Crabtree; for ex-
cellence in daily recitations, Flor
ence Clark; for abstinence in
whispering, Arthur Boles, Edna
Meats, Charlie Logan and Glenn
Gibbons; for superior progress,
Pearl Fisk; for superior note book
work, Ina Dixon, for writing, Ada
Henkle and Guy Bethers; for su-
perior studiousness and deport-
ment, Lee Sawyer.
Several prizes were also given
in the primary grade.
The school had about one hun
dred enrolled during the eight
mouths term. The daily aver
age was between sixty and seven
ty. The year has been excep-
tionallv quiet and satisfactory to
the patrons of the school. The
advancement is all that could be
desired, all the pupils having
done exceptionally well.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

IF Mr.. Uren IS correct, and he
ought to know, the Oregon pop
ulists who hold office are pecul-
lar in their corruption practices.
He says that the populist mem
bers of the legislature received
from $50 to $50 apiece from the
"enemies of Mitchell, ii. e.,
Corbett) when Mitchell offered
them from 81, 900 to IS, 900. As
the fact that they took bribes at
all, precludes them from claim
ing any consideration of honor,
it is evident that they were idi-
OTIS in not taking the larger
amounts or that they lie in
claiming that the larger amounts
were offered.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
HosKINs JorrINGs.

George Fisher has moved out
of the hills and gone to Indepen-
dence.
c. A. Frantz is up the river
building him shack ON his tim
Der claim.
Billy Troxe1 has gone to
Brookheld to cook for John Bod
kers fishing crew.
Farmers are through seeding
and are looking for shower
which is needed very much.
lanes Watson is down at
Rance Mill this week piling out
his lumber for his new house.
Marthy King has returned
from Portland and brought a
good dose of measles home with
her.
A. D. Hale and wife have gone
to Portland to attend the Uniter-
ian conference which will be held
there this week.
Allen and Adkins hops look
fine; they are putting up their
twine and the hops are ready to
be trained on it
Doc. N. R. Luther is going to
build drugstore at Kings valley
and run a telephone wire from it
to his home at Pee Dee where he
also has a store.
One of our young boys got
tired of home a few days ago and
started out to see the world with
22 pistol in one pocket and 15c.
in the other, if any one sees him
please tell him he has got a hard
road to travel.
GRANGER.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
WELLS ITEMS.

Everybody is busy seeding.
Miss Ida Hubbard visited friends
here this week.
The roads are getting good and
bicycles are common now.
G. f.. Mcclure visited friends i'll
the vicinity of Monmouth last
week.
Bishop Dubbs preached at Val
ley View schoolhouse OH last
Sabbath evening.
Any one wishing to learn all
about chickens will do well to
ask Fred OF Josie.
The entertainment at Parker on
May 1st was success. Everyone
present enjoyed themselves.
Our blacksmith must have turn
ed painter, from the looks ol
the buggies around the shop.
WELLS.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

A locally-published leaflet, en-
titled "The New Dispensation,
has been distributed. 1t is to
appear monthly. It's purpose
can not be learned by perusing
it and the writer, indeed, disa-
vows any desire to lead or in
struct. 1t breathes heavily of
populism and discomfort and
seems to assert that human deni-
zens of this earth are undergoing
some mysterious change in
thoughts and actions. 1t is a
sort of stewardship" affair.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
WILLAMETTE NOTES.

Mr.. Grover Hedrlck was in this
vicinity on Sunday.
There have been several cattle
buyers through these parts late
ly.
There was a magic lantern
show at Auxiliary on last Friday
evening.
Mr.. Alexander was in these
parts last week, making assess.
ments.
The farmers in these parts are
progressing nicely with thel1
work and some are through.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

Mr.. Hanna is evidently an
unusually liberal man, as we'll
as a prodigiously wealthy one.
He has now, according to the
democratic papers of the state,
bought the populist party in Or
egon and induced it to declare
against future fusion. His ex-
cessive liberality is shown in the
fact that he did not buy up the
smaller faction of the fusion
lists.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

THE tariff bill has been re-
ported by the senate committee,
Senator Jones voting with the
republican members. The vote
to report stood S to 4. The bill
will be called up May 18th.
The committee has made some
charge, but the bill, as it will
be returned to the house, will
not differ so radically from the
original measure as newspapers
with free-trade tendencies would
have us believe.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
Save Your Grain.

Few realize that each squirrel destroys
$I.5o worth of grain annually. Wake
lees Squirrel and Gopher Exterminator
is the most effective and economical poi
son known. Price reduced to 80 cents.
For sale by Graham & Wells, agents.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

THE earlier that Secretary of
State Kincaid discovers that he
is not the attorney general, the
legislature, nor the supreme
court, tbs better it will be for
himself and the people of. the
state. He is certainly not gain
ing public approval by magnify
ing his official prerogatives.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

HENRY Corbett, in his attempt
20 be senator from w. P. Lord,
presents the world with an un-
dignifed spectacle. His cause is
as hopeless as it is unrighteous
and costly.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

Unconditional surrender is the only
terms those famous little pills known as
DeWitt's little Early Risers will make
with constipation, sick headache and
stomach troubles. Allen & Woodward.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

Cash buyers will find it to their advan-
tage to make their purchases at. Kline's
store, where they can always depend on
getting good, reliable goods at low
prices.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

County warrants TAX
en- at par for fnerchaf1-
disc al NO1an s Gala
hans.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
CHANGE IN TIME CARD.

In future, the o. c. & E. R. R. steam
er Albany will leave down the river on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and
up the river on Sundays, Wednesdays
and. Fridays.
J. c. MAYO,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
Situation Wanted.

A japanese desires situation as cook
or to do housework. Address P. @. box
e5, Corvallis, Oregon.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
Money to Loan.

100000 to loan on good farming land
at 8 per cent.
w. A. WELLS.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

TIE "Sick Man of Europe"
is evidently not bedridden.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

Wanted An Idea $ss f.: s. :.':s!; !s|ss
asess sasE Baz eE5ns ssa rssse AL
~ & %s Esasisa sssssss sas z Asals ~ s.e 9ess
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

Decoration day will be properly
observed here on the 30th.
Mrs. Susan A. Starr returned to
her home in Salem last week.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-02-26

TO TIE BOYS.

The boy vi no spends his money for
beer, wine, whiskev, or tobacco, sad
dies upon himself an appetite which
can never be fully gratified without
most seriously endangering his life,
and Is quite sure if he lives until he
is fifty or sixty y ars of age, to spend
a sum of money which would give
him comfol table home. Many a
householder and farmer has slowly
but surely spent his money for the
above poisons until his property has
had to be sold to pay his deb s-a sad
day for him and his family. Boys
and young men, keep away from
saloons and let intoxicating drinks
and tobacco alone.
'Touch not, taste not, handle not
1t is very easy to get INTO the habit
of using such poisons, but it is very
difficult to get out, for they enslave
mind and body, and lot few have
been driven to despair by the lash of
suffering which follows an attempt to
regain freedom.
Do not be led INTO slavery by the
example of those already enslaved but
retain your ''personal liberty" Save
your money. and spend no portion Of
it except for some useful purpose.
The young man who saves his own
mo ney is net Likely TO spend that OF
others when it is entrusted to his care
and consequently can generally be
trusted-he has always first chance
with cautious men. But the young
man who spends his money in saloons,
tobacco-shops,or by betting on racing,
gambling, ETC., is not likely to be
chosen for a responsible positltion by
by intelligent men. No intelligent
man or woman can have the same re-
spect for a smoking, chewing, be- r
or wine drinking boy or young man
that he can for one of pure and clean
habits. Stop and think before you
are enslaved.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-02-26
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Some people live on the installment
plan.
Half of your worry to-day is due to
your neglect yesterday.
The more we love men the more we
can see in them to love.
The unmeant mischief of fools is
all prevailing and irremediable.
v no makes quick use of tie
moment is genius of prudence.
An excellent thing to remember is
that every story has two sides.
When some people have nothing to
say they seem to talk the most.
The same opportunities make a
hero of one man and an ass OF
another.
The less people know about each
other the potter they are when they
meet.
Obscurity on earth will not keep
anybody from becoming famous in
heaven.
Murmur at nothing; if our Ills be
reparable, it is foolish; if remedyless,
it is IN vain.
A man never wants to be an angel
as long as he can make living at
something else.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-02-26
1921 THE CULTIvAToR 1907
ASSA AND 4O0I
COUNTRY : GENTLEMAN.
THE BEST OF THE
AGRICULTURAL WEEKLIES.
1897


Farm Crops and Processes.
horticulture and FruH GI'0wiRq
Lire Stock dnd Ddi,ying.
While it also includes all minor depa tmnnts
of Rural interest, such as the Poultry Yard,
Entomology, Bookkeeping, g eenhouse and
Grapery, Veterinary Replies, Farm Questions
and Answers, Fireside Reading D,.mestic
Economy, and a summary of the News OF the
Week. Its Market Reports are unusually
complete, and much attention is paid to the
Prospects of the Crops, AS throwing light up
on one of The most important of all questions
-Hhen to buy and ,chen TO sell il is liber-
ally Illustrated, and contains more reading
matter than ever before. The subscription
l'riceis 50 80 per year, but we cffer Special
Reduction in our
CLUE RATES FOR 1897.
Two Subscriptions, in one remittaacc. s 4
SIX Subscriptions, do. do. :. 10
Ten Subscriptions, do. do -. Is
~To all New Subscribers for 1897, pay
ing in advance row. we will send the paper
WEEKLY, from our receipt of the remit
lance, to January lst 1897, without charge.
90 Specimen Copies Free Address
LUTHER TUCKER Il son, Publishers
ALBANY, N. \.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-02-26
OA9To7I
The no. II
';s s:;'"&XzZz<zw ! -

In cooking prunes they should be
stewed very slowly in sufficient water
to cover them well, till they are soft
and well done. A little more water
may be used in making prune jelly,
and after the stewed prunes are pour
ed through a colander, the liquid
should be returned to the kettle, and
to every cup of prune juice should be
added an ounce of gela'ine, which has
been soaked for half an hour in a
little warter. Sweeten to taste, and
after cooking for few minutes longer
pour in molds 70 cool.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-02-26

There is lady in Augusta who has
never been from under the old Con-
federate flag. Her name is known.
but by request it is withheld. Whether
walking, eating or sleeping, there is
always a Confederate flag over her
head. While walking on the streets
there is always flag in her hat, and,
nomatter how many hats or bonnets she
has, there is always to be found flag
pinned on the inside of the crown.
On the headpost of her bed is securely
fastened large flag of the Confederate
States. The flag is as necessary for
her as three meals day. She says
she has never surrendered and never
will.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-02-26
OA9ToRIA
Ths ias. n
Lmiis ~ r. o.
a;' ! "&WAZzzw ! ;::E

10 each Of us, the world means
both what We know, and what we
suspect, both what we see, and the
completion of it in the unseen, both
the outward lives of our companions,
which We can judge, and their in
ward motives, which we dimly
guess.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-02-26
CA8To7IA
=: !: s; '&m4zzx -! !; ; &;

A high ceiling room is harder to
ventilate than a low. ceilinged one
with broader floor space.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-18
CONTRACTORS DBFLADP
Sheridan g. Shea Say They
Will Go Ahead With
Montgomery Street.

The Sheridan & Shea Company, de
gents wot's tearing up Montgomery
street, sent a defiant letter to the Street
and Water Board this morning. They
had heard that the Board contemplated
readvertising for bids since the company
had neglected to live up to its contract,
and they sent this challenge
1--WE respectfully notify you that prior
to the receipt OF copy of your resolu-
ton of November Is, We had done work
and supplied materials on and for Mont
gomery street improvement, in jersey
City in pursuance of or contract with
the Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey CITY,
dated September %, 1897, and that we are
now actively engaged in the performance
of the said coeltract, doing the Work ana
supplying the materials necessary 1or the
said performance; and we further re-
spectfully notify you that we Will faith,
fully and fully keep. perform and al
the work and supply all the materials
as called for by the said contract, in ac-
cordance with the terms thereof, and
that we shall hold the said Mayor and
Aldermen of Jersey City to the perform
ance of the said contract.
what will you do with it?' a News
representative asked of Mr.. Heintze.
Receive it and let them go ahead and
pay $40 a day for default since Novem-
ber 15n replied the Commissioner, who
is keeping sharp eye on the contractors
and their work.