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China may raise the money to build
ships enough to become a frst-class
naval power in ten years, but if those
ships are TO be manned by Chinese they
will never be tenth-class as fighters,
unless the whole cowardly nature of
of the Chinaman can be changed.
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SHORT, SHARP AND SNAPPY.

The River and Harbor Congressional
junketers, who are still on the road,
are open to the charge of obtaining
sundry dinners and divers liquids
under false pretenses, as they know
that the appropriations sought will not
be made at this session.
Washington society is having quite
as much trouble to get itself recog-
nized by Cornelius Vanderbilt as some
of the Vanderbilts once had to get
themselves recognized by New York
Society.
Congress compelled Secretary Nor
ton to distribute free seeds, but it has
not been able to make him say it is a
good thing.
The population of France is decrease
ing so rapidly that the government is
seriously considering the adoption of
reg ulhllOub " uACA WOulu COIuDel the
rearing of children.
A man arrested for marrying seven
times without having buried or divor-
cling any of his wives sought to excuse
himself by saying that he had merely
been trying to find one woman that he
could live with.
The Nevada authorities should not
lose the opportunity to boom the State
by having a cencus taken on the day
of the big prize fight.
Mr.. anamaker's idea of building a
church as q thank Offering, because
his store was only partially burned by
the recent big fire in Philadelphia, is
all right enough, but it furnishes nc
good reason fer any merchant to ne
glect insuring his stock.
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Close connections are made for Terre
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23

three months past, and that he had been
under constant surveillance.
Mrs. Barnato and her children were
also on board the Scot.
Barney Barnato was In many respects the
most remarkable speculator OF the century.
or all the Englishmen who have taken part
in the development OF South Africa two
only have secured a worldwide reputa-
ton. These have been Cecil Rhodes and
Barnett Isaacs. more often and less re-
spectfully styled Barney" Barnato was
an assumed name, sort OF stage name. for
he began his life In South Africa by ex-
hibting trick donkey some rs years ago.
He was then about 20 years Of age Bar
nato was an English Jew and illustrated
in an extraordinary way the financial
genius of his race. Up to the point where
his fortunes began TO decline he made
money by leaps and bounds. and in 1896.
when his good fortune was at its zenith,
II was estimated that he controlled inter-
ests worth In the neighborhood OF Gl00.-
100000. 1t was the fashion to call him the
richest man In the world.
At that time he was virtually the king of
the London money market. In the autumn
OF 1895. when the boom In kaffirs, the
shares or the comparatively new gold
mines OF the Transvaal. South Africa, was
at Its height, every man, woman and child
In London with money to invest invested
II IN "kafiirs." The craze was the last
OF those financial fevers which periodically
attack conservative England, the South
sea bubble" being the first. For months
II was the controlling passion in London,
and II was scarcely less rampant In Paris
and Berlin. The shares went to unheard-
Of figures and fortunes were made In a
day. The center OF this tremendous flnan-
cial outburst was Barney Barnato, and he
was conservatiVely estimated at that time
as worth between G10O,0Oo.0oo and ESQ. OO0.-
600. Among his assets was a bank original
ly capitalized at sl2. SOC. 900. In a few non tbs
it's capital stock rose in value to $45.O00,O 900.
About a month ago II was rumored that
his health was suffering from the severe
tension OF speculation. and in the latter
part OF May II was reported from Cape
town that he was suffering from nervous
prostration and had been placed by his
friends under restraint. This was suisse
Quently denied by his London representa-
tive. who said that Barnato was suffering
from slight attack OF cape fever. not like
ly TO prove serious.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23

AN ingenious German has contrived
n way of making the zeal bread with
out the aid of the miller's rollers.
After thoroughly cleaning and soak.
ing the wheat he places it in his
patented dough machine where it is
squeezed and passed through series
of sleeves, losing a large amount of
dirt in the process. 1t finally reaches
a series of wooden boxes and thence
into souring watts. when it soon be-
comes resdy for the kneading. Not a
particle of the necessary heterogeneous
virtues in wheat is lost in this pro.
cess.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.



Mrs. Hannah Torrens celebrated her
one hundredth birthday in Toledo, o.
Guatemala and Costa Rica have joined
the Greater Republic of Central Amer
lea.
Violent windstorms prevailed over
wide district in Nebraska, doing great
damage.
The famous filibuster steamer Daunt-
less left Tampa, Fla, with arms and
men for Cuba.
In the past three weeks the bodies of
II suicides have been taken from the
Thames river in London.
Daniel ID. Noble, who is said to be one
of the most notable crooks in the world,
was captured in New York.
The steam yacht Ellide, owned by f.
Il. Warren, of New York, made mile
on the Hudson river in 1879.
Tornadoes visited many localities in
Indiana, doing great damage to prop
erty and killing several persons.
John Mountain, n pioneer and founder
of the first Swedish odd fellows lodge
in the United States, died in Chicago,
aged 40 years.
Thomas Calendar, general collector
of the Latin g. Rand Powder company
of New York, is said to be 100000 short
in his accounts.
T. III. King, the wealthiest man in
north Texas, and Miss Ida Schenck and
Miss Kate Austin were drowned while
bathing near Paris.
A cyclone swept over the villages Of
Bczons and Colombes, France, wreck
ing many buildings, killing 20 persons
and injuring 90 others.
NJ. f. Young, general manager of the
Barnum g. Bailey show, died at the
Auditorium hotel in Chicago Tuesday
night of typhoid fever.
James Michaels, the Welshman, made
Is miles on bicycle in 20 minutes and
IL seconds at Cambridge, Mass, estab-
fishing a new worlds record.
1t is said that President Mckinley
and his cabinet will visit Chicago to
take part in the unwilling of the Logan
statue in the Lake Front park on July
%.
The Ohio G. A. r. encampment ut
Chillicothe adopted resolution call
ing on the United States to recognize
the independence of the republic of
Cuba.
The Interstate Sheriffs' association,
in session at Omaha, Neb., elected James
f. Slorit, of Des Moines, Ia, president.
The next session will be held at Council
Bluffs, Ia.
Rev. U. w. Browder has been nomi-
mated for congress by the populists in
the Fourth district of Indiana to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death of
Judge Holman.
The Pennsylvania republicans will
nominate candidates for state treasurer
and auditor-general at their state con-
vcntion, TO be held in Harrisburg, Thurs
day, August 90.
John NJ. Francis, senior proprietor
and editor-in-chief of the Troy Times
and eX-minister of the United States to
Austria, Greece and Portugal, died at
his home in Troy, n. Y, Friday.
The birthplaces of Presidents John
and John Quincy Adams, at Quincy,
Mass, have been reopened to the public.
Both of the old houses have been re-
furnished to correspond to old colonial
times.
Rev. Lorenzo ID. McCabe, ID. ID. Ii. D.,
for so years professor in the Ohio
Wesleyan university and n distin-
guished author and theologian in the
Methodist Episcopal church. died at
Delaware, o.. in his s1st year
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23

THE South sea colonists who sailed
from San Francisco in search of a site
for colony on one of the South Pacific
islands few months ago, are at odds.
They have been quarreling with and
about Capt. Peterson, their sailing
master; they have not been permitted
to land in any of the Fiji islands; they
will try Samoa next and If repulsed
they will attempt the Solomons. If
they fail there the vessel will go back
to San Francisco.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23

THE opening up of a demand for po-
tatoes peeled, sliced and dried like APP
pies promises to give fresh impe tus
to potato cultivation, as decay will be
prevented and freight cost lessened
The potatoes are peeled and sliced by
machinery soaked two minutes in
strong brine, drained and dried at a
temperature of 1914 degrees. Before
using the slices are soaked from 12 to
Is hours, and then have all the fresh
ness and flavor of new potatoes
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23

CoLoRED diamonds are freaks of ma
ture. No two are found alike. and
they are rare enough in deep colors to
be very valuable. A large and bril-
liant deep canary-colored diamond will
cost 81, 900, and another stone of the
same size-a lively stone, deep brown
in color-will be worth So, 600.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23
BARNATO'S FATE.

Famous south African Spectator
Drowned I'm the Atlantic.
London, June 16.-The officials of the
Union Steamship Company, to which
the steamer Scot belongs. confirm the
announcement made in a special dis
patch from Funchal, island of Madeira,
that Barney Barnato. the South Afri-
can diamond king" committed sui
eide by jumping overheard while the
vessel was on her way from Cape Town,
which port she left on June 2. for
Southampton via Funchal.
The Pail Mall Gazette, commenting
OH the death of Barney Barnato, says
he had been mentally unwell for about
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23
Encouragement Ford Dend.

st. Joseph, Mo-, June 19.-Ex-Con-
gresham Nicholas Ford, for 20 years
leading merchant in this city and once
a leader of national prominence in the
greenback movement and who also ran
for governor on the greenback ticket.
died Friday night at the home of his
daughter. Mrs. +. A. Mcdonald. at Mil
tonvale. Kan.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23

On August the Pennsylvania Steel
Co., working under the instruction of
l.. l.. Buck. will complete the new
steel arch which has been sprung
across Niagara's gorge. The new
bridge is directly upon the site of the
old suspension bridge and takes the
place of it i he suspension bridge has
been gradually removed, and the new
steel arch will be built without in any
way interfering with traffic. To ac-
complish this without interfering
with public travel has been one of the
most difficult tasks ever accomplished
in engineering, but it is now COM
pleted.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23
Biu Industry Killed.

Chicago, June 16.-The manufacture
of butterine as an industry will vir-
tually cease in Illinois July /. now that
Gov. Tanner has signed the bill pre-
venting the coloring of that article
Uncle Sam will lose 100000 a year in
internal revenue taxes. Thirty mil
lion pounds of butterine is made in Chi
cago year, on every pound of which
the manufacturer pays a two-cent tax
to the government.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23
NEW ORDER LAUNCHED.
Social ID emOcrncy of America Ush ere q
Into Existence

Chicago, June 1S.-As originally con-
stituted, the American Railway union
went out of existence Thursday night,
and with its doors thrown open to the
accredited delegates of all reform
bodies and trade unions, the delegates
of the old railroad organization will
this morning begin business under
the title of the Social Democracy of
America. This is the organization of
which Mr.. Debs has been writing and
talking for the last six months or more,
and ii is the one which will become re-
sponsible for the cooperative COM
monwealth effort which it is proposed
to undertake in some western state.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23
FOUR BOYS KILLED.
Terrible Result of a Tornado i'm Lo
gan County, III.

gan County, I'll.
Lincoln, ILL.,. June ia tornado
passed over the central and southern
part of Logan county at 3:45 p. IN. Fri
day. The state institution for the
feeble-minded was damaged. A barn
on the institution farm collapsed.
Twenty-six persons were gathered there
for shelter. Four were taken out dead:
Sylvester Baker. james O'Brien, Neal
Mckenzie and Castle lie Baron. all boy
pupils from Chicago. Farm Superin-
tendent Jacob Wilmot was fatally hurt.
Lemuel Gleason, an attendant, was Sc
verely injured. Pupils Henry Berger,
William Wthem and Willie Fisher were
hurt. Much damage was done to prop
erty in the city and country.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23

CHICAGO is laying plans for more eA-
tensive public improvements this year
than ever undertaken before. In sew
ers, street paving, bridges and eleva.
ton of tracks, and the adjustment OF
the grade in various parts of the city
her budget calls for IS, 900, 900.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23
Western JournnIist Dcnd.

San Francisco, June 17.-George Eu-
STAGE Barnes, one of the oldest and
most widely-known journalists of this
coast, died Wednesday of heart failure.
He was one of the founders of the
Call, of which paper he was managing
editor for many years. Among other
notables on his staff was Mark Twain.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23

AN automatically registering barrel
elevator recently invented is imposed
of two endless chains running over
pulleys placed short distance apart,
with curved arms attached to the
chains to project outward and catch a
barrel as it is rolled onto the elevator
from any floor of the building, the
register consisting of lever project
ing in line with the barrel as it passes
to operate mechanism having figures
on its dial
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23
THE TREATY SIGNED.
First Step Taken Toward the An
nexation Of Hawaii.
Synopsis of President McKinIey's
Message-the Terms, III Ratified,
VIII Let the Islands I'm ns
a Territory.

Washington, June 17.-In the great
diplomatic room of the state de-
partment where four years and
four months ago, in the closing
hours of the Harrison administra-
ton, the first Hawaiian annexation
treaty was signed, only to be with
drawn from the senate and thrown into
pigeon hole, the representatives of
the governments of the United States
and Hawaii gathered Wednesday morn
ing and signed treaty by the terms
of which, if ratified. the little island
republic will become q part of the ter
ritory of the United States.
For the United States there were
Secretary Sherman, Assistant Secre-
taries Day, Adee and Cridler, Private
Secretary Babcock and Assistant Pri-
vate Secretary Gaytree. On the Ha-
waiian side were Minister Hatch, Lor-
rim A. Thurston and w. A. Kinney. all
for this particular occasion accredited
as special commissioners duly empow-
cred to negotiate a treaty of annexa-
ton.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23
employed,

A FAMOUS restaurant in Vienna pos
sessess a remarkable table-cloth, on
which are inscribed the signatures Of
the majority of the reigning sovereigns
of Europe, the me m bers of the house
of Hapsburg, and of the great num-
Der of cele brities in art, music and
letters. The names were written on
the cloth in pencil, the proprietress
of the establishment afterwards care.
fully embroidering them.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23
SULTAN SATISFIED.
He Agrees to the Terms of Peace
with Greece.

London, June 1S.-The porte has
abandoned the policy of delay, and has
decided to accept the advice of the pow
ers. 1t is announced in Athens, ac-
cording to d dispatch to the Daily Tele-
graph, that the peace conference and
the porte have accepted a settlement
of the Turoo-Grecian troubles. The
agreement provides that Turkey shall
have either the town of Ligaria. south
east of Milouna, or Nezeros, north Of
Inrissa
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23
IfQnnsssf.

Baton Rouge, La, June 19.-Allen
Butler (coiored) was executed i'm the
jailyard at Port Allen, West Baton
Rouge parish, Friday afternoon. The
crime for which Butler was hanged was
wife murder
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23

AN Atchison Kan. mother goes once
a month to court and takes out judg-
ments for $40 each against her two
sons, the money being due according
to an agreement the consideration
named in which is that the mother
shall refrain from annoying the sons
by her presence or talk. She says that
the sons have defaulted in payments
since last fall.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23

An interesting addition to the collec-
ton of works of Robert Burns in the
library of the British museum has
been made recently. 1t is the proof
sheets of correspondence between
Burns and George Thomson, with CO.
pious manuscript notes, printed in
Edinburgh in 1900. These proof sheets
appear to have been intended to form
part of DR.. Currie's edition of Burns
but was not published in that form.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23
Not entity.

Chicago, June &c. w. Spalding, ex-
president of the Globe savings bank,
and ex-treasurer of the state univer-
sity, was acquitted of the charge of en-
bezzling university funds. There still
are % indictments hanging over him,
and he will be placed on trial again.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23

THE members of the Brooklyn Wom-
ans Health Protective association are
broad minded. Last Sunday they at
tended, in response TO invitations, SER
vices at Trinity church, in New York,
in the morning, and the cele bration OF
Buddha's birthday, at the Pouch man.
sion, Brooklyn, in the evening
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23
Gen. Mile. I'm London.

London, June 16.-Gen. Nelson A.
Miles. who will represent the United
States army at the queens jubilee. and
Rear Admiral j. N. Miller. who will
represent the United States navy upon
the same occasion, have arrived in this
CITY.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23

A CHINESE woman can never crafty
her vanity by having a photograph
taken of herself, one Of the customs
OF the celestials. being that their wom'
ankind must not be photographed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23
poi.oned His Wife md Him.eIf.

Davenport, Ia, June 19.-John Gugel-
heimer murdered his wife Friday by
mixing strychnine with an eggnog and
giving her the drink. He then COM
mitted suicide in the same manner.
Neighbors found his body in the kitchen
and that of his wife in the cellar. Gugel-
heimer was farmer living six miles
from this city, and had formerly been
;ncana
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23

Kansas City, Mo-. June 1s.-An official
of the Santa Fe Railway company says
that the investigation of padded" pay
rolls on that system has already dis
closed loss to the company of over
$4,000. OF this amount, ii is said, over
one-half has been made good to the
company.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23
University Building Wrecked.

Champaign, ILL.,, June 1s.-At one
o'clock in the morning the natural his
tory building at the University Of ILL
nois was struck by lightning. result
ing in damage to the building, furni-
ture, apparatus and library OF probably
$4,000. Work of repairing the dam
age will be commenced a once, and all
will be ready for the opening of the tall
term at the university.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23

THE legislature of Pennsylvania has
passed an act requiring the employers
of persons not residents of the United
States to deduct from the wages of
such employees the taxes which may be
assessed against them. A bill is also
pending which requires every EN-.
ployer of foreign-born and unnatural.
lied labor to pay tax of two cents a
day for each person of that description
amployed
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23
A Veteran Dies.

Madison. Wis. June lo.-George w.
Baker. a member of the late Gov.
Rusk's famous staff of crippled vet
Grams. and for more than 20 years n
policeman at the state capitol. died
here of heart disease. aged 65 years.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23
Queer Laws I'm Nicaragua.

Managua, Nicaragua, via Galveston.
Tex, June 1.-Two natives named
Ayerdis, father and son, who were ac-
cused in January of waylaying and
numbering Henry Pollok, an English
man, and found guilty after protract-
ed trial, have now been declared not
guilty because of the imperfect for
malities of Nicaragua's supreme court.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23
Cut M. Own snInry.

Dayton, o., June lo.-Owing TO the
recent business depression, +. j. Bar
ney, president of the Barney * Smith
Car Manufacturing company. has vol
UNFAIRLY cut his own salary from SIS 900
TO $4,000.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-23

THE French lens which throws cleo
trio rays 100 miles to seward, and
which was part of the French govern
ment's exhibit at the Columbian eX-
position, is to be placed in the Barne-
gat, n. j., lighthouse, where it will be
the most powerful beacon on the
American coast