The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-03-18
NUMBER 8.

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/ greatness or genius exclusively from The
maternal source, and no, from the paternal,
a common opinion that marked man had
a superior mother, is quite general in en-.
/ cles whore no pretensions TO science exist.
Where both father and son become dis
[ tinguished, as in the instance Of John Ad.
ANS and John Quincy kdahs, II should be
recoilected hey both had mothers of extra.
ordinary mental energy. ..5 ~ -
Two-thirds of all young men who como
10 the cities to seek their fortunes, from their
poor homes in The country, and who finaiiys
own the shipping, reside in palaces, control
foreign commerce, hold the highest Offices
in tke gift of the people. had mothers worth
/ having
Athousand incidental circutnstances may
have been in the way 70 prevent a adevelop-
ment of the true latent powers which many
q mother possesses. An imperfect educa-
Ition5 Strengthened condition of her family;
early marriage and Subsequent demands of
a group of young children, in connection
with the state of. society IN which her lot
was cast, all may have been uniayorablo
| for an exhibition of the real elements Other
mind and character. Still, the concealed
power Is there, which she transmits 10 her
sons, who, under the strong impulse of ne
cessity in one case, or polished educational
discipline in another, make tho world con-
scious they are in it.
The mother of the celebrated Goethe was
( but eighteen when he was born She was
q lively girl, full Of German sentiment,
with warm impulses, by no means much
troubled with q conscience, exceedingly
afraid of her husband who was near twen-
ty-two years her senior, and seemingly
both willing and skilful in the invention Of
white lies adapted to screen her children
from his minute, fdgetty, and rather austere
| superintendent. She "spoiled" her chill
dren on principle, and made no pretension
TO conduct systematic training, which she
abhorred. She said of herself, in after years,
that she. could "edncate'' no child, was
quite unfit forit, gave them every wish 80
long as they laughed and were good, and
whipped them if they cried or made wry
mouths, without ever looking for any reason
why they laughed or cried. Her belief in
Providence was warm with German senti-
ment, and not little tinged with supersii-
ton. She rejoiced greatly when her son
published the "Confessions of Beautiful
! Soul y which she loved as-e memorial pf 3
lost pietistic friend. Her religion was one
of emotion rather than of moral s8efenee.
She was generous and extravagant ands
after her husbands death, seems to Mxe
spent capital as well as income. She was
passionately. fond of tho lhreatre, tastS
which she transmitted 10 her son. Her
hearty simplicity of nature made her every
where loved. Her servants loved and stay
ed with her to the last. She seems TO have
had at least as much honor as her son,
which, for Germans, was not inconsiderable,
and not much more sense Of awe. She gave
the most detailed orders for her funeral, and
even specified the kind OF wine and the
size Of the cracknels with which the mournl
ers were 10 be regaled, ordering the SER
wants not to put too few raisius into the
cakes, as she mover could endure that in
her life, and it would certainly chafe her in
her grave. Having been invited to go to
party on the day she died, she sent for an
swer, that "NIadame Goethe could not come;
as she was engaged in dying" Yet her
sensitiveness was SO great that she always
made il condition with her servants that
they should never repeat TO her painful
news that they had picked up accidentally,
as she wished to hear nothing sad without
absolute necessity. And during her sons
dangerous illness at Weimar, in 1905, no
one ventured to speak TO her, of it till it
passed, though she affitined that she had
been conscious all the time of his danger
without the heart TO mention 1t. This pc
culiariry Goe.he inherited-- Ned World.
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SLAnDERINc DocroRs.-A grea, many jokes
| are cracked at the expense of the doctors,
and at the expense OF. the reputation forsin-
telect of those who crack them for me.
ment's consideration, which, by the way,
in this fast age, is not given to anything Of
true importance, except by the few-a mo-
ments consideration would teach any one,
that it is to the DOCTORS interest to keep the
patient alivo as iUng Us possible, for as long
as the patient lives he pays! Witness tho
desperate efforts made TO protract life for a
few hours, in the last extremity; how the
medicine is poured down every FIVE min.
utes, as long as the dying man can swallow;
how the blister plaster encases ankle, wrist,
and waist, TO kindle up again the powersof
life, for, with returning life, returns tho
prospect of dollars. For our part, we could
never appreciate the philosophy Of tortnr4
ing the poor dying body in the ways just
alluded to, to the last moment of existence.
The great Washington prayed 10 be allowed
to die in peace. when our last hour comes,
| hoist the window, throw the door wide open,
without draft moisten the lips; clear the.
room of all but one or two; let all the pure
air possible, get to the laboring lungs. Just
| imagine, reader, what would be your feel
ings for relief, If q pillow were pressed
over your face for minute, and you may
] have some idea Of the desire q dying man
has for. all the air he can get. But as an
evidence that doctors are not such a mvr4
deroas class as represented sometimes, the