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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-12-28
West Lawrence.

Bessie Worthington is home from Kal
amazoo to spend the holidays.
Mrs Newell Hicks is very sick with
rheumatism and heart difficulty.
Mable Worthington is home from the
Hill school on weeks vacation.
Isabelle Jelly of Kalamazoo came
home Saturday to enjoy Christmas.
John Wilman was taken suddenly i'll
Christmas night. He is unable to speak
and still very low.
Adelbert Simmons and family enter
tanned Henry Wiles and family of De
catur, Christmas.
A number of people from here will
enjoy the X. o. II M. holiday dance at
the academy in Hartford the 10Th.
Mrs. Walter Cleveland died Christmas
eve, after one weeks extreme suffering.
She leaves a little girl one week old.
Ira Branch, Jr., who has been cooking
on dining cars for several months, be-
tween Chicago and st. Louis, is home
for few weeks.
If one may Judge by the number OF
costly and beautiful presents on the
Christmas trees, the "hard times" are not
so depressing as they were.
Christmas eve festivities, consisting OF
a tree, bounteous supply of presents
and literary and musical program were
INDUCED in at the Miles school house.
Hart LOOMS received the sad new:
Saturday morning that his wife hac
fallen dead the night before in Bangor
where she had gone only few days be
fore in perfect health, to attend her sick
mother. Deceased was about n years
old. Services were held in Bangor, Sun
day.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-12-28
A Query.
To The EpIroR:

To THE EDITOR:
Will you please explain the provisions
of the anti-scalping bill asrecently passed
by the house of representatives, and how,
if it becomes law, will it affect compe-
tition between different lines of rail
roads? How did our congressman, Hon.
h. L. Hamilton, vote on the measureY
READER.
The "anti- scalping bill, so called, pro
vides that all common carriers shall issue
to their authorized agents certificates of
authority to sell passenger tickets, such
certificates to be conspicuously posted;
that it shall be unlawful for any general
passenger agent or any other officer of a
common carrier to supply tickets for sale
e. my person except authorized agents:
that it shall be unlawful for any person
To sell or transfer passenger ticket,
except that purchaser of a transferable
ticket in good faith, for personal use, may
resell it to another who will personally
use it; that transportation companies
shall redeem unused portions of tickets;
that counterfeiting or forgery of tickets
shall be a felony. The Northerner be-
lieves the measure would restrict com
petition between the roads and would
take from scalpers and other people the
right to sell personal property to whom
they please and at what price they please,
and that the railroads are in no way de-
frauded by the sale of their tickets by
scalpers or the public. They are not
compelled to sell any tickets or carry any
passengers at less than regular rates un-
less they choose to do so, and we cannot
see any benefit to the people in refusing
to railroad through a scalper or other
wise, the right to sell tickets at a cut
rate il it so desires. 1t seems to us the
measure is calculated to render possible
the maintenance of passenger rate COM
binations among the roads. Mr.. Hamil-
ton was not present when the vote was
taken, and voted neither for nor against
the measure. In the senate the bill has
been laid on the table where we trust it
will remain.-EDIToR.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-12-28
Covert.

Miss Mabel Shaw is home from Kala-
mazoo for few days.
Prof f. n. Wakeman and wife are in
Lawrence for the holidays.
The Covert Pathological society now
holds regular meetings for the winter.
a S. Packard is to entertain the mem
bers of his Sunday school class Wednqs-
day evening
Dr. Low of South Haven is soon to
locate here. An Office is being put up
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-12-28
Bucklin's Arnica Salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns and all skin eruptions, and positive
ly cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded Price % cents per box.
For sale by Longwell Bros. lily
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-12-28

Hon. w. A. MacCorkle, Ex-Gov. OF West
Virginia, adds his name To the long list
OF Statesmen benefited by Pe-ru-na- He
heartily recommends Pe-ru-na az a ca
tarrh remedy and tonic.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-12-28
County and State.

Recently, II. M. Olney & Co. took in a
load of wheat at their Hartford elevator
that contained 214 bushels and with the
sleigh weighed 14,444 pounds. John
sCarney brought the grain four miles
egith one pair of horses.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-12-28

Accidents come with distressing fire.
quency on the farm. Cuts, bruises
stings, sprains. DIR. Thomas Eclectric
Oil relieves the pain instantly. Never
safe without it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-12-28
How to Find Out.

Fill a bottle or common glass with
your water and let it stand twenty-four
hours: a sediment or settling indicates
an unhealthy condition of the kidneys; if
it stains your linen it is evidence of
kidney trouble; too frequent desire to
pass it or pain in the back is also con-
vincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out of order
WHAT TO DO.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that DIR. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills
every wish in curing rheumatism, pain in
the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and
every part of the urinary passages. 1t
corrects inability to hold water and scald-
ing pain in passing it, or bad effects fol
lowing use of liquor, wine or beer, and
overcomes that unpleasant necessity of
being compelled to go often during the
day, and To get up many times during
the night. The mild and the extraordi-
nary effect OF Swamp Root is soon real
lied. 1t stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distressing
cases. If you need medicine you should
have the best At druggists fifty cents
or one dollar.
You may have sample bottle and n
book that tells more about it, both sent
absolutely free by mail, if you send your
address to Dr. Kilmer & Co, Bingham
ton, N. Y. When writing be sure and
mention that you read this generous offer
in the True Northerner.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-12-28
Arlington.

The Barnes district had a Christmas
tree.
Mrs. James Leaver was very i'll last
week.
VIM. Robbins is spending the holidays
at Meacham, Ill.
Frank Martin has sold his farm to an
Indiana man. He has not yet decided
>ghere he will locate.
S.Robh;-5% q ID the misfortune to
oo1S an icy hillside last
= of broken ribs
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-12-28
Correspondence Department.
Decatur.


Lewis Weldin of Lawton spent Sunday
in Decatur.
- Miss Eva Arnold entertained friends
from Niles, Sunday
Dean Lawrence of Dowagiac spent
Christmas in Decatur.
Miss Celia Hinkley of Berlamont spent
Christmas with her parents.
Richard Huyck of the University of
Michigan is at home for the holidays.
Frank Huyck of Chicago is spending
few days with his parents this week
Miss Maude Fuller went to her home
in Charlotte, Saturday, tospend the holi-
days
Miss Bessie Trowbridge, who is attend
ing college in Akron, Ohio, is home for
the holiday vacation.
Toms Cabin was played at the
house last evening, by the MaXam
well company.
white of the law department,
of Michigan, is spending his
decatur.
RS. l.. A. Hubbard spent
he home of Mr.. and Mrs.
cd in Lawton.
Mood and Lottie Fitch of
ltertained at the home of
!. A. Hubbard last Friday
nights came from Ypsi-
e is attending the State
geek to spend the holiday
ecatur.
mas exercises at the various
saturday evening were well
Id by the display of gifts it
INU that Santa Claus had not
forgotten ,.nyone.
Geo. A. Jackson has rented his black
smith shop to Frank Harris. Mr.. Jack
son took possession of shop in Three
Oaks, Monday. The best wishes of his
many Decatur friends gowith him in this
new venture.
Sherman Knapp former resident of
this village, and Miss Lena Wildermath
of Kalamazoo were married by Rev.
Myers in the Lutheran parsonage We'd
nesday evening, December 81. Mr.. and
Mrs. Knapp will reside in Kalamazoo.
Last Friday evening the members of
the class of '97 of the Decatur union
school were royalty entertained at the
home of Mrs. Sarah Lee. The company
returned to their homes at a late hour,
all feeling that it was one of the pleas
ATTEST meetings the class has ever had,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-07
Advertising IN Germany.

German ways of advertising are con-
sidcrably different from the pushing
methods Of the Americans. In the cleo
trio street cars in l4cipSic what few ad
vCrtising cards there arc Erd a place on
the ceiling instead Of around and below
il. In The thcaters permanent signs ap.
pear above the stage setting. German
ideas of the fitness Of things are better
than the Saxon : i'll this respect at least
Window displays are popular. and many
Of the windows of the large stores en-
tcrd down To the floors OF the Easements
Perhaps the chief mode Of street or
public advertisement in Leipsic is the
use Of large number of circular col
umns. about feet in diameter and II
feet i'll height, which are stationed
throughout the city i'll conspicuous
places. On the cylindrical surfaces of
these iron columns advertisements in
great Variety are displayed. The form
and style used are modest and are usual
~ only small paper placaris, of great
variety of colors. announcing the name
w tlit siNiOit' It's iittAitS anu USES I1tEt
also are posted the opera and theater
programmes, in type not much larger
than the ordinary newspaper size. These
advertising posts correspond in meas
urc to the fence display advertising So
much used i'll American cities, but are
really not much more than public bull
letin boards New York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-07

ST. Louis Republic.
Viewed simply from a monetary
standpoint, war is always expensive.
1t is stated on good authority that
the Napoleonic war cost England and
France not less than $1,000. 600, 900.
and that the 2-years' Crimean war
cost the nations concerned 81 300
900, 1000. The Franco-German war
involved an expenditure of 81 800
900, 900 and, beside, France had to
pay an indemnity of $1,000, 600, 900,
and in addition ceded Alsace-Lorraine
making the total cost not less than
81. 900, 100000. In this country the
estimated cost of the war of indie
pendence is placed at Sl35, 900. 600.
That of the civil war was IS. 600
100000. To this must be added the
interest on the debt created bv the
war which. since 1861, has not been
less than $1,000. 900. 900. and the
amount paid in pensions, which ag-
grcgates to date $2.13S. 500. $40. y.
The grand total is over ST.. 900, 900,
600. and the end is not vet.
II is now estimated that should the
present war continue one year the
cost. aside from loss of men and YES
sells. would be- not less than $500, 900
900
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-07
TOURISTS ABROAD,
Inc Money They Spend Amounts to
s7OO, 1000, 600 q Year.

The amount Of money expended by
tourists in Europe has, If official records
abroad are to be accepted as authentic,
increased enormously Of late years.
There has been recently filed with the
Swiss minister Of finance and customs
al Bern detailed statement of hotel
receipts in that country, from which it
appears that the gross receipts of Swiss
hotels rose from 80, 500, 600 francs in
1880 to ia, 500, eco in 1894. The entire
annual expenses Of the Swiss republic
amount III 4 year to between so. coo, 900
and 10000, 900 francs (the budget for
this year is given at the latter figure).
and ltwould seem. therefore, very much
as If the hotels of Switzerland take in
in year more than the government it.
self does.
The Swiss figures are not the only
ones furnished in Europe recently On
this point. i French record shows that
every year there are 270, 900 foreigners
who pass from fortnight to whole
winter on the Riviera. Every person is
supposed TO eSpend Oh an average l, 900
francs, or 5000, i'll the country. In 9TH
er words, the foreign visitors spend in
the country every winter the sum Of
Sd, 00O, 000 The English are put down
as contributing one-third of this amount;
the French themselves contribute anoth-
or third; Germans, Belgians, Dutch.
Russians and Americans contribute the
remainder. From being a poor country
when 1t was annexed to France in 1860
| Nice has become ore of the richest de-
partments of the republic.
Some figures recently compiled Of the
revenues to hotels from tourists i'll Paris
show the average number of foreign
visitors to be CO, 600. 1t is customary
to estimate at 10 francs, or So, a dav
| the hotel bills Of strangers in Paris.
Estimating at So day each the hotel
bills Of GO, 600 tourists and at about as
| much more their other OUTLAWS it is to
be seen that tourists III Paris can be put
down for an expenditure of nearly $780,
600 day.
The total sum expended by tourists
Ill Europe in year is probably not very
far from 500, 900, 900. and very con
siderable portion OF this comes from the
pockets, the purses and the bankers
balances of Americans, who are pro-
verbally the most liberal among travel
ers. Russians come second, Brazilians
third. Exchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-07
OverenotioEcl Humanity.

If You infiics one healing pang. exert
one touch Of sanitary discipline, then
you are no benefactor, bus heartless
devil.
The outcry against vaccination,
against viyisection, furnishes AN exactly
parallel case. The same sentiment is at
The heart Of both-thc unconquerahle
shrinking from initial pain, even though
& promise 10 repay itself by tenfold ex-
empticL in the future. Of course the
agitators against vaccination and vivi-
section assure themselves that there are
no repaying benefits to follow. and in a
way they are sincere. But their SINGER
ity is not that which comes from COO,
headed review of known facts. It is tie
sincerity CT an emotion which has over
whelmed reason.
An unbiased deduction from the e.
perience of small epidemics, from the
records Of medical progress, must con-
vince the most unwilling Of us that the
benefits ot beth vaccination and vivisUc-
ton are real and apprCciabie. Nhet5er
they outweigh the death Cf few weak
ly infants and the suffering of few in
sensitive animals is another question.
Most people would readily answer it
with a YES" The antivacCinators and
antivivisectors might on consideration
answer it with 40. Bat the in
structivo feature Of their Gaze is that
they do not consider ut all. They never
Tar 81
baby's arm. the idea Of the yelpins of a
tortured dog, the first hirt or imaGin-
ing of physical pain, is e2ough to par
aly2c their reason. -Blackwood's Mag
sziua
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-07
Next Ti-.c ThCr'll ErEw.

"After a half hours sitting" sail
enc Of the select few that had been play
ing the national game tie night Before,
ga $50 jack pot was On the table. Bill
opened il for $50 with pair Of jacks,
Sam laid down, Ed remained with Il
pair Of tens, and Frank staid with three
kings, raising the bet S15. That was 4
pretty stiff price 20 pay for the privilege
OF drawing a few cards, SO everybody
laid down. crd IraEl; pulled in the pot
"'Now, just for lack, said Bill to
the dealer, ran off tic first three cards. ,
This was done, ard a jack and two
queens were revealed. Bill said some
thing that couldn't bc recorded.
".Eow let me see the next three, >
said Ed, and Sam gave him two tens
and an ace.
Would have made mo forr tons,
said Ed, finishing the remark with
- ---- - CT something like
that.
"'Iy turn Said Frank. Lot re
look at the next Two cards lie 90.
them, but they Lidn't amount tn any
thing.
What did you have?' asked Eli
and Ed il ChCrCs Frank showed thu,
king, hut Biil ard ia Coall think G!
nothing hit the full hCasc and tie iCci
ters, and for The Eo:t 20 cr II minute,
yen could have cut large chunks of biz.
atmosphere cat Of that room. Pitts.
burg DiSDatch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-07

I've been thnkn of IT over. an ii pears to
me today
The war : the biggest blcSsin' that has ever
come our way:
Course. thar u he some iightin'. an a few more
graves II he
Whar the daisies in the mcdder look their
purtcSt AT me
For that's to be expected: but-the thing
that makes me feel
That the wars heavenly bleSSn', Is the
wOurti> that ii II heal,
The old wounds that's been rankin since the
day that Gin rh Lee
said we'd rest an think il over by that old
time apple tree.
see the boys that fix US in the union coats
Of blue
On the Ssmc ground-hale an hearty. an a.
Shaliin hOwdy-dO,
An hear the ban play Dixie" and see EN-
TIL can't tell whar the blue is, an I'm mixed
up on the gray
The old war tunes air ringin, an 'Dixic's'
ON the rise:
But Yankee Doodle" follcrs fore it's hall
ways to the skies
An the old Star Spangled Banner is in
ever Stccplc'S chime.
An tell you, were a-havin' of a hallelula
time.
lin glad lived to see it! I'm glad the time
Is come
When north an south We answer to the roll
calf of the drum
When thar AIM no line divides Us, but north
an south stan
For Jest one common country-onc freedom
lOyin Ian.
That : whar the wars blcSSin'. that's whal
pears like see
a brighter mornin' breakin' on the hills foi
you an me,
It's shoulder now to Shouldcr-thar amt ne
blue or gray
An were Shoutn' "IIallclula.' an were
happy on the way,
F. L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-07

While conserving its general liter
AIRY interests, McClurc's Magazine for
June makes good its title of war
number; and is really an unparal-
lclcd achievement in making month
~ periodical fully representative of
the great interests of the hour, with
out any sacrifice of literary and arts
tic quality. The editors explain that
to accomplish this, they had practic-
ally to make the number over sec
ond time, casting aside part of it af-
ter it had gone to press.
The deep interest in the condition
and future of the Philippine islands,
now felt throughout the United
States will make welcome to all read
crs the article on that subject in the
june magazine number of the Out
look, written by Dir. Lala. native of
the islands. man of education and
the author of book on the Philip
pines, which is To lie published very
soon. Illustrations are given of typi-
cal and picturesque scenes in and
about Manila. This article is to he
followed in the succeeding issue of the
Outlook hy an exhaustive account of
the condition of the islands. written
by Col. Winthrop. of the United
States army. 81 Il wear. The Out
look company, 2S7 Fourth avenue
New York;.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-07
Wouldn't Alter HIS Picta are,

n friend Of Arnold Boc'llin relates
that when that eminent artist WAS quite
a young man he married Roman girl,
beautiful and accomplished hut rs poor
as the young artist. Their daily meal
often consisted Of pot of beans. Yet
the artist would not sacrifice his ideals
for any sum of money. One time he
painted a landscape for wealthy Ger
man merchant, who, as the prospective
owner OF the picture, asked him to make
certain changes in it. This the bean ear
ing painter refused to do, though the
price offered him for the altered picture
was nearly 1000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-07
SPEAKING of the way Congressman

SPEAKING of the way Congressman
Walter Reeves, of the Ottawa district.
was rcnominatcd against his will,
contrasting the action of his district
with that Of Congressman Prince,
the Union graycly declares that Mr..
Reeves, however, did not build up u
suhservicnt personal machine Is a
defense against possible popular
iicklencSs. There are many WAYS in
which Prince has shown himself -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-07
Have You Seen 1t?

Every big railroad in this country has
freight car in its equipment bearing
the number II, 345, and yet I'll lay
reasonable odds that you may tramp
this town over and you will not be able
to find man, / care not how much he
has travelled, who has ever seen car
fifth that lmber. Among railroad
ben it is knq IN as the sequence car"
A'the ION two-three-four-five car. /"
Perhaps you ever looked fori l have.
For years e. my travels l made it a
practice to get out whenever the train
stopped and take look at the freight
cars in sight, and have met drummers
who told me they did the same thing,
but never glimpse did get Of that
car nor did l ever run across man
who had been so fortunate. Try it. Go
up to the freightyards in this city or
across the river You will find hundreds
of cars, but it's $40 to a pint of peanuts
that car ~, 345 will not be among them
st. Louis Republic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-07
SLEEPWAlklNG.
Strange Things Men Do While In a State
of Somnambulism.

Readers of that charming work of my
late friend Willlie Collins. THE Moon
stone" will remember the sleepwalk-
ing fcats Of Mr.. Franklin Blake when
under the influence of an opiate. What
the novelist describes as piece of fic-
ton may be paralleled from the sober
records of science
McNish, in his classic volume on
"Sleep," tells us CT 4 shepherd lad who,
wrapt in slumber, walked miles to the
place where his flock was pastured.
waded through river and returned
home without waking. In another case
4 lad III his sleep scaled q precipitous
cliff and brought home from it an
eagles nest, which was found under his
bed in the morning.
Abcrcrombie's case Of the Scottish
lawyer who, when worried over per-
picking case, was seen by his wife to
rise from his bed III the night is an
ether illustration of the occasionally
purpOSiye character of sOmnambuliSm,
when, directed by its private secretaries.
the sleeping ego is apparently reused
from its couch and made to act the part
Of pure autOmaton. This individual
went to Il writing desk which stood il
his bedroom, sat down before the desk
and wrote for some time Then. replac-
ing the paper within the desk, he re-
turned to bed
In the morning he told his wife Of a
dream he had experienced, III which hc
imagined he had given satisfactory
opinion Oh the case which was trou-
bling his mind. He expressed regret
| that he could not recall the train OF
thought represented i'll his dream. On
his wife directing him to his writing
| desk, he found therein the opinion in
question clearly written out and in
every respect NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Wilson, NJ. D., in Harrer's Magazine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-07

In his recent address to Kentucky
soldiers. Col. Henry Wa'tersou said:
81 have two sons CARRYING muskcts in
the ranks sons whom dearly love.
but for whose advancement | shall
not put forth the slightest effort.
IL is enough for me to know that
they are serving their country. and
II it plcascs Cod To- bring them back
to their mother and me safe and
sound, | shall bless His name rs long
rs I live"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Gaswell had moved
only Il few weeks before into fashion
able neighhorhood and We're preparing
to issue invitations for their silver wed
ding.
I'm afraid, said NJ Gaswell. look
ing dubioNsly at the pile of costly sta
tionery before him. most Of these will
go begging. .
why. James, " responded Mrs. Gas
well. that's what we are sending them
out for. New York World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-07
Ancient Playing Cards.

The ancient Tarot packs We're the ear
lest playing cards known to our forefa-
Tiers They consisted Of -, ~ or IS
cards These cards are still used in re-
mote parts of Italy, France and Switzer-
land and are made in Florence, the de-
signs being handed down from genera
ton to generation.