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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-15
THE LIVING.

But how seldom Christmas comes
"a night and a day. If that is the
whole of it, it seems not much more dur
able than the little toys that oue buys
of a fakir on the street corner. They
run for an hour, and then the spring
breaks, and the legs come off, and moth
ing remains but contribution to the
dust heap.
But surely that need not and ought
not to be the whole of Christmas only
a single day of generosity ransomed
from the dull servitude of a selfish year,
only a single night of unselfish merry
making. If every gift is the token of
personal thought, friendly feeling, an
unselfish interest in the JOY of others,
then the thought, the feeling, the inter
est, may remain after the gift is made.
The little present, or the rare and long
wished for gift, it matters not whether
the vessel be of gold, or silver or iron, or
wood, or clay, or just bit of birch bark
folded into a cup, may carry a message
something like this:
IL am thinking of you to-day and wish
ing you happiness, and tomorrow shall
still wish you happiness and so on clear
through the year / may not be able to
tell you about it every day because /
may be far away, or because both Of us
may be very busy. But that matters
not, the thought and the wish will be
here just the same. In my pleasure, if
we can be together would like to share
the fun with you. Whatever JOY or sue
cess comes to you will make me glad.
Without pretense and in plain words,
good will to you is what mean in the
spirit of Christmas
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-15
MORTGAGE Sale.

Whereas default having been made IN the con-
dtious of a certain indenfuIe Of mortgage bearing
date of the 18th day of October A. ID. 1qU4 executed
10y Isaac W Proctor and his wife Nellie b. Proctor
of Paw Paw, Michigan to Ira salisbury and his wife
Mary L. Salisbury of Paw Paw, Mich and which
mortgage recorded IN the office of the register
of deeds OF Van Buren, County Mich, In lber
seyenty-nine 40 of mortgages on page two hundred
and nine ,2O9 the twenty eighth (2S) day of Nov
ember, A. ID. 1904, aud said mortgage duly
assigned by said Ira Salisbury and wife Mary l..
Salisbury of Paw Paw, Mich, to Frank =. Grimes
of Paw Paw, Mich, the twenty-seventh day of
December A. -. Goa and was recorded in the
gister, office, of Van Buren, County in liber eighty
two (S2 of mortgages on page four hundred and
nineteen (4l9 on the sixteenth day of November A.
d. 1908, and on which mortgage there is claimed to
be due and unpaid AT date of this notice the sum o.
one thousand three hundred and forty-eght and,
1900 dollars (sl3iS.l9l also an a.torney fee of
twenty-five dollars provided for ia said mortgage
and suit proceedings in law or In equity hav-
ing been instituted to recover the amount now due
and unpaid or any part thereof;
Now therefore notice is hereby given that 10y
virtue of the power of sale contained in said mort
gage and in pursuance OF the statue in such case
made and provided, there will be sold at public
auction to the highest bidder at the front door OF
Buren,, County Michigan that being the place for
holding the circuit for said county, Satlr.
day the 18th day of February A. ID. 1906, at one
O'Clock p. of said day, the premises described in
said mortgage or SO much as may be necessary to
satisfy the amount now due and unpaid on said note
and mortgage with interest and COSTS said premises
being described 10 wit a. follows:
Lot number eight (s in block number eight (S) of
the village of Paw Paw, Mich, according TO the
record plat thereof now file at the office of the
register of deeds of Van Buren,, County. Michigan.
Dated November 25th, 1905
+. 2. GRIMES,
Nortgagee by assignment.
WM. II. MASON,
Attorney "a
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-15
Legal Notices.
Order for Hearing.

State of Michgan-COunty OF Van Buren-ss.
AZ a session of the probate court for said County
held al the probate Office, in the village Of Paw
Paw, on the 9Th day OF December, in the year one
Thousand nine hundred and five.
Present, Hon. John X. Carr, Circuit Judge, act
ing Judge Probate.
In the matter OF the estate OF Loyisa @. Ander-
son, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition, duly verified,
OF David Anderson, executor of said estate, praying
for reasons therein set forth, that he be licensed
and empowered to mortgage the real estate Of said
deceased.
Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, the sth
day of January, A. ID. 1906, at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of
said petition, and that the heirs at law
of said deceased and all other persons interested
in said estate are required to appear at session
of said court, to be holden at the probate Office in
the village of Paw Paw and show cause if any there
be, why the prayer of the petitioner should not be
granted.
And IL is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said estate
of the tendency of said petition, and the hearing
thereof by causing copy of this order 10 be pub
lshed in The True Northerner, a newspaper printed
aud circulating I'm said county of Van Buren,,
three successive weeks at least previous said day
of hearing.
JOHN X, CARR, Circuit Judge,
Acting Judge OF Probate.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-15
Mortgage Sale.

Whereas default having been made i'm the condi-
tons of "A certain indenture of mortgage bearing
date of 10Th day of March, A. D. 1901, executed by
Albert McDougall and his wift. Nellie Nc
Dougall of Paw Paw, Michigan 10 f z. Grimes,
Paw Paw, Mich, and which mortgage was re-
corded in the office OF the register of deeds of Van
Buren, county, Mich, in iber sixty nine l69J of
mortgages on page three hundred and eighty-six
1856 on the sixteenth day of March A. d. 1901, and
on which mortgage there is claimed 20 be due and
unpaid at date of this notice the Of six hundred
and eighty dollars, also attorney fee of fifteen
dollars, provided Tor in said mortgage, aud no suit
or proceedings at law or IN equity having been ins
tuted to recover the amount now due and unpaid OF
any part thereof
Nov therefore notice is hereby given that by v1r-
tue of the power of sale contained ina said mortgage
and IN pursuance of the statue in such case made
and provided there will be soldat public auction to
the highest bidder at the front door of the court
house in the village of Paw Paw, Van Buren, county,
Michigan, that being the place for holding the cir
cult court Tor said county, on Saturday, the 30th
day OF January, A. D. 1906 at one O'Clock p. IN. of
said day the premises described m said mortgage or
so much as may be necessary to satisfy the amount
now due and unpaid on ouch note aud mortgage or
much with interest and COSTS said premises be-
ing described 10 Wit as follows
Lots No. eight (s), nine 20, ten 40 of block fifty
two i52 OF the original plat of said village, except
ing therefrom fourteen feet IA east side of said
of said lot ten (0) of the village Of Paw Paw Mich,
according to the record plat thereof now on file at
the office of the register of deeds Of Van Bulen
county, Michigan.
Dated October II, 1908.
+. p. GRIMES,
$1,000. Mortgage.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-15
order for Hearing Final Account.


State of MichIgan-County OF Van Buren-ss.
Probate court for said county.
At session of the probate court for said county,
held at the probate Office in the village of Psw
Paw, Oh Wednesday, the 9th day OF December, in
the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and five,
Present, Hon. David Anderson, Judge OF
Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Cyrenus J Howe
deceased.
Laura a.. Howe, administrators of said
estate comes into court and represents that
she is prepared render her final account
s such Administrative and files the same.
Thereupon IL is ordered that Tueday, the I'd
day of January next, at ten O'Clock in the fore
noon, be assigned for examining and allowing such
account and that the heirs-at-law of said
deceased, aud all other persons interested in
said estate are required TO appear at SEES
sion of said court, then 70 be holden AZ tile
probate office, in the village Of Paw Paw, in said
county, and show cause, If any there be, why the
said account should not be allowed.
And il is further ordered, that said administrative
give notice TO the persons Interested ia said
of the tendency of said account, and the hearing
thereof by causing copy of this order 10 be pub
lsbed IN The True Northerner, newspaper print
and circulating in said county, three successive
weeks at astprevlous 70 saidtsy Of hearing.
DAVID ANDERSON.
Judge of Probate.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-15
Christmas 0iVinQ
and
Christmas LiVinQ,
bU
h6nrQ Van Duke.
THE GIVING.


The custom of exchanging presents on
a certain day in the year is very much
older than Christmas, and means very
much less 1t has obtained in almost all
ages of the world, and among many diff
ferent nations. 1t is fine thing, or
foolish thing, as the case may be; an en-
enlargement to friendliness, or tribute
TO fashion; an expression of good nature,
or bid for favor; an outgoing of gen.
eroslty, or disguise of greed; cheer
ful old custom, or futile old farce, &C.
cording to the spirit which animates it
and the form which it takes.
But when this ancient and variously
interpreted tradition of a day of gifts
was transferred to the Christmas season
it was brought into vital contact with an
idea which must transform it, and with
an example which must lift 1t up to
higher plane. The example is the life of
Jesus. The idea is unselfsh interest in
the happiness of others.
The great gift of Jesus to the world
was himself. He lived in and for us
He kept back nothing. In every partic-
ular and personal gift that he made to
certain people there was something of
himself that made it precious.
The gifts of healing which he confer
red upon many different kinds of suffer
ers were, in every case, evidences that
Jesus was willing to give something of
himself his thought, his sympathy, his
vital power, to the men and women
among whom he lived.
Once, when paralytic was brought to
Jesus on bed, he surprised everybody.
and offended many, by giving the poor
wretch the pardon of his sins before he
gave new life to the body That was just
because Jesus thought before giving, be-
cause be desired to satisfy the deepest
need; because. in fact, he gave some
thing of himself with every gift. All
true Christmas giving ought to be after
this pattern.
Not that it must be all solemn and ser
ious. For the most part it deals with
little wants, little joys, little tokens Of
friendly feeling. But the feeling must
be more than the token, else the gift
does not really belong to Christmas.
The finest Christmas gift is not the
one that costs the most money, but the
one that carries the most love.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-15
Notice OF Hearing CIaims

The probate court for the county of Van t,uro,,
In the matter of the estate OF John r. Tavlor
deceased. - i"9ioi'
Notice IL hereby given that six months from the
10th day of November A. d. 1904 baSa h. nm .ne
Tor creditors TO present their claims against AID de-
ceased TO said court for examination ana adiust
meht ana that all creditors of said deceased are re-
probate Office In the village of Paw Paw. in ssid
county, on or before the 21st day of Nav. A. n
lsoo, and that said claims will be heard by said
court on Monday the 21st day of Nav ~
1906, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon. - -
Dated November 10th, A. ID. 1905.
DAVID ANDERSON
Judge Of Probate
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-15
Motorist Gets Even.

An English motorist has been fined
so often and so heavily that he has
issued an advertisement stating that
in consequence of this persecution"
he is compelled TO withdraw his sup
port from all charities, including his
usual subscriptions to the church,
hospitals and other deserving institu-
tions.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-15
Every Town Has

\ liar.
\ sponger.
A smart alec.
a girl who giggles.
\ weather prophet.
y neighborhood feud
\ woman who tattles.
4 man who-knows-it-all.
One Jacksonian Democrat.
More loafers than it needs.
A boy who cuts up in church.
A few meddlesome old women.
A thing that stares at women.
\ stock law that is not enforced
A widower who is too gay for his age
Some men who make remarks about
women.
A few who know how to run the affairs
of the country.
a grown young man who laughs every
time he says anything.
A girl who goes to the postofiice
every time the mail comes in.
Scores of men with the caboose Of
their trousers worn smooth as glass.
\ man who who grins when you talk and
laughs aloud after he has said anything.
.Pentwater News.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-15
Mortgage Sale

W, II. MASON,
Attorney for Mortgage.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-15

A lazy liver leads to chronic dyspepsia
and constipa weakens the whole
system. Doan's Regulets (25 cents per
box correct the liver, tone the stomach,
cure constipation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-15
WASHINGTON Letter.
/ own correspondent.

From our own correspondent,
The fact that the Panama canal bill
went so speedily through the house does
not necessarily argue so we'll for its re-
ception in the senate. OF course the
bill is going to pass, but there is likely
to be an amount of vexatious delay, and
the senators who have a grudge against
the president and who are covertly
against the canal itself will have a fine
opportunity to vent their spleen. The
reduction of the appropriation in the
house from ZIG 100000 to Sll ,000 600 was
more or less childish piece of spite
work. Everyone knows that the canal
is going to cost more than the estimate
amount no matter what type is finally
selected, and, whatever it costs, it will be
cheap at the price. But the reduction
of five and half million in the immedi-
ate appropriation will have 70 effect on
the ultimate cost ard will merely engen-
der a certain amount of friction and
make the canal workers feel that they
are being treated grudgingly without
helping the cause of economy a particle
The commission, according to present
calculations, has enough money to meet
the pay roll on December ID, but the ap.
preparation bill will have to go through
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-15

II is said that we claim our own,
wherever we find it, and as the following
little sketch has beautifully put that
which we have all felt, if we have thought
much on the subject, am passing along
to you that which is yours. as well as
mine. The passages are quoted from
the gifted authors latest book, "The
Spirit of Christmas" just published.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-15

in time for the payments on December
80. Both the house aud the senate know
this. They also know that they will
have To dig into the national treasury
several times before the job IS COM
pleted; but they know also that it will
be completed in spite of all opposition,
so it would be just as well for them to
submit gracefully.
The outlook for the new territorial
delegate, whom it is announced is COM
ing To congress from the Isle of Pines,
does not promise to he very bright. Con.
gressmen, particularly those of the for
eign relations committees of the house
and senate, are quite prepared for his
appearance, and the door keeper has al
ready been given a tip that he is not to
be allowed the privilege of the floor.
Speaker Cannon is caustic old party,
even to the verge of looseness in CONVEX
sation, and when asked what would be
the status of the eXpectant delegate, re-
piled that it would be just about the
same as that Of the wild man of Borneo
if he should put in an appearance. When
1T was suggested that resolution had
been prepared for his recognition the
speaker assented gravely with the re-
mark, Yes, and you could put in res
olution for the resurrection of st. Paul,
too"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-09
Miss KteMsDon<Id

More than likely you speak the same
words yourself, and no doubt you feel
far from we'll. The cause may be easily
traced to some arrangement of the fe-
male organs which manifests itself in
depression of spirits, reluctance to go
anywhere or do anything, backache,
bearing down pains. fatulency, nerv-
business, sleeplessness, leucorrhRa.
These symptoms are but warnings
that there is danger ahead. and unless
needed life of suffering or serious
operation is the inevitable result.
The never-failing remedy for all these
symptoms is Lydia Z. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.
Miss Kate Mcdonald. of Woodbridge,
N J., writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
81 think that a woman naturally dislikes to
make her troubles known to the public, but
restored health has meant so much to me that
cannot help from telling mine for the sake
of other suffering women
% For a long time suffered untold agony
with a uterine trouble and irregularities,
which made me physical wreck, and no one
thought would recover, but Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has entirely
cured me- and made me well and strcng, and
feel it my duty to tell other suffering women
what a splendid medicine it is"
If you are i'll, don't hesitate to get .
bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound at once. and write to
Mrs Pinkham, Lynn. Mass, for special
advice lit is free and always helpful.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-09
Laugh.

Learn to laugh. A good laugh is
better than medicine. Learn how to
tell story. A well told story is as
welcome as sunbeam in a sickroom.
Learn to keep your own troubles to
yourself. The world is too busy to
care for your ills and sorrows. Learn
to stop croaking. If you cannot see
any good in the world keep the bad
to yourself. Learn to hide your pains
and aches under a pleasant smile. No
one cares to hear whether you have
the earache, headache or rheumatism.
Don't cry. Tears do well enough In
novels, but they are out of place In
real life. Learn to meet your friends
with q smile. The good humored man
or woman is always welcome, but the
dyspeptic or hypochondriac is not
wanted anywhere and is a nuisance
as well.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-09
He Rode on Handcars.

A letter was received at the Wiscon-
sin Central offices, addressed to j. c.
Pond, from White Bear Lake, Mimi,
containing ninety-four cents in stamps
conscience money. The anonymous
sender explained that at divers times
he had cheated the company and that
his conscience compelled him to make
restitution. The letter reads:
Dear Sir-Enclosed stamps TO be
added to the Wisconsin Central for
riding on handcars and gravel trains
and SO FORTH
The reverse side was filled with the
following:
six cents more for riding on train
when train was wrecked. Please add
this to the Wisconsin Central Railroad
Company. And please forgive me for
my past deceiving life. know some
thing better now"
After the envelope was closed, the
writer evidently felt another twinge
of conscience, for he wrote on the
back:
Please forgive me for my crimes
| am sorry for it"-St. Paul Dispatch
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-09
Happiness on Condition,

The New York World has a car
toon of the President sitting on the
Capitol at Washington and saying:
"a Happy New Year to all who be-
have themselves" While The World
does not intend it in that way, this
Naying represents a great truth. A
more exact translation of the song of
the angels on the first Christmas
morning reads:
Peace on earth to men OF good
will"
Men who have not a good VIII will
never find peace on earth-or any
where. The United States may not
be used to punish them, but punished
they will be in some way or other
The new year will be happy to all who
behave themselves, and it will be full
of trouble to those who do not
whether they are South American re-
publics, European nations or children
in the public schools. 1t not only pays
to be decent, but it is the only com
mon sense thing to do.-Minneapolis
Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-09
"Pedioreev of $780,

If any Londoner crawling up to
business by train or tram through the
fog turned his idle mind to wonder
ing why it was called fog" he would
probably decide that it could not have
been called anything else. Fog" is
its obvious name. Yet there is much
speculation among philologists on
this point. DIR. Murray's Dictionary
suggests an interesting pedigree AS
far back as the fourteenth century
fog" meant aftergrass, the rank grass
that sprang up after hay harvest or
grew in the winter, while IN the north
it meant moss. Then "foggy' came to
mean DOGGY; next it was used to
mean bloated or puffy, Of the flesh of
men or animals, and, finally, as APP
piled to ale or air, it meant thick,
and our modern fog was derived back
from this "foggy." Skeat, however,
goes straight to the Danish "fog," as
in "snee fog" a snowstorm, from
'fyge," to drift. The worst OF Lon
don fogs is that they do not drift fast
enough.-London Chronicle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-09
Industrial RAILWAYS.

Arthur Koppei. the great manufac-
turer of industrial railways, who has
established an office in the Tinted
States at 66-6S Broad street, New
York. and yards and factories in
New Jersey, is prepared to meet the
rapidly increasing demand for indus
trial railways of narrow gauge, such
as are now used everywhere in con-
struction work, sawmill business, log
ging camps, stone quarries, sugar
plantations and elsewhere. Mr.. Kop-
pei has recently reprinted from Cas-
sire's Magazine little pamphlet ccn-
tanning an essay "On The Track by
Ernest Weiner, which discusses the
value of these railways and the
pamphlet includes illustration Of rails,
switches, turntables and all the &C
cessories, and will be sent to those
requesting copies of it by addressing
Arthur Koppel, 66-6S Broad street,
New York.