The true northerner., 1898-10-26

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this paper. There is some interesting
home matter there, as well as general,
state and political news, an interesting
story, etc.
The Senior Whist club will hold their
meetings hereafter in the X. of p. club
room. The first meeting of the season
to be held next Saturday evening, Octo-
ber 49, at 7:30.
Guy, the IA years old son of Eugene
Salisbury, died at Benton Harbor, We'd
nesday last. The body was brought for
burial in the Lee cemetery, and the
funeral was held Saturday at the Lee
school house.
The Jewel Todd" is a stove about
which j. ID. Holmes has something to say
in his adv. this week. The description
of it shows it to be first class heater.
When you see it, and price it, you will
surely buy it,
The council held a meeting Monday
evening. A bill from Rosenbaum &
Speyers for S15, the amount. of license
paid by them during the street fair
under protest, was laid on the table for
one week. Claims were allowed amount
ing to S254.67.
Comrade A. +. Hurlbut, janitor in
charge of the state museum in the cap-
tol at Lansing, has had the old battle
flag of the Sd Mich. Cav. photographed
and copy sent to each of his surviving
comrades of Co. &C" of that regiment.
1t is souvenir which the "old boys" will
highly prize.
1t will be remembered that b. +.
Roberts, who was an old time resident of
Paw Paw, had son Will, who is now
captain of Co. "F," 23d Kansas volun-
teers, now in Cuba. We have seen a
copy of the Parsons, Kas., Weekly Blade,
containing interesting letters written by
him from San Luis, not far from San
tiago. He says there is little sickness
among the soldiers and that they are
well fed.
Work or the waterworks is in progress,
when the weather will permit Consid-
erable difficulty is being encountered in
laying the pipe line south of the race
bridge, and until the race is passed only
small gang can be worked to advan-
tage. In the soft soil below the surface,
water rushes into the trenches, and the
sides cave badly. Progress is being made.
however, and easier trenching will soon
be found.
Arrangements have been perfected for
grand mass meeting of the third and
fourth congressional districts at Kala-
mazoo on Saturday, November 3, in the
park. Should it rain the academy of
music and the auditorium have been en-
gagged A speakers stand will be erected
in the park in case it is pleasant. The
speakers in the afternoon will be Hon.
E. l.. Hamilton and Hon. J. G.. Burrows,
and in the evening Hon. Washington
Gardner
Senator j. c. Burrows will address the
people at Longwells opera house, to-
morrow evening, October 81 Mr.. Bur
rows is an old favorite with Paw Paw
audiences, and will doubtless be greeted
by 4 big crowd. He is one of the best
campaigners in the Uniten States. Per
haps no other republican meeting will
be held in Paw Paw this year, and no
voter can afford to miss this opportun-
ity of hearing the issues of the campaign
discussed from a republican standpoint.
Let US compare this life With a game
of chess, in which there are kings, bish-
ops, queens, knights and pawns, each
with an allotted and different work, yet
cut out of the same wood. So it is in
the game of life; some playing against
the rules of the game, subject themselves
to be checkmated r. Smith a. Co.
have made themselves famous by play
ing their game in business fearlessly and
truthfully; ever remembering that it is
their duty to be loyal to a promise, and
in such case neither will be checkmated.
"Col. Cascarets Calver, the Albino
paper king" is an odd freak who has
been here for a day or two advertising
the popular medicine from which he
takes his fictitious name. The colonel
is an intelligent gentleman, and his snow
white hair and beard, with the smooth,
unwrinkled skin of a man in middle life,
together with his odd costume, make him
WOTlH SttlDR, dSluc IlS ltdlS Will
paper. We believe the colonel, as an
advertising idea, is a success. He gave
exhibitions at E. B. Longwell's popular
pharmacy.
Great possibilities are in store for Paw
Paw if stories related of her waterworks
are true They are magnetic. A knife
blade held in water will become so charg
ed as to pick up nail. Girls, also, be-
come magnetic when they drink in
quantities, quart of the stuff enabling
one to draw fellow all around the town,
Old maids who have mildewed through
lack of congenial society might investi-
gate these remarkable wells and gain
new and pleasing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Republican. Send over some of your
Dowagiac old maids and let them try the
magical waters. We hav'nt any of that
kind in Paw Paw.
The Courier is anxious concerning a
report from the committee appointed at
the annual school meeting, to investigate
tba N, ,atter of new heating apDaratuS for