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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-29
How ChiIdrens Lives are Wasted.

Hearth and Home has very timely
article on instruction in schools, from
which the following is extracted:
We have in mind one Jack, who is
fast adding his small brain over the his
tory of his country. The subject doesn't
displease him. He likes that, especially
the Indians and the wars. But he is
made to learn, not history, but the
words of the book and in the recitation
business he may as well mistake John
son for John Smith as skip an adjective.
The author of Jacks book is " a sue
cessful teacher" his name is Muddle);
but his early education was neglected,
for all that. His grammer is not always
good his rhetoric is always bad, and he
never deviates into liveliness. Now,
we protest that it is wicked squandering
of time to make Jack commit to memo
ry every paragraph of Mr.. Muddle's
history. If his memory must be Guilt
waited, let it be by something worth the
learning, not the long, dry seesaw of an
intolerable shool-room history.
This is only an example of the boys
troubles. He wrestles manfully, but
hopelessly, with English grammar is
pushed too fast into new difficulties in
arithemetic, and tortured by long. tailed
names in geography. Instead OF being
allowed to take his mental food and di-
gest it in natural way. he is made to
swallow it in great boluses, and is fast
becoming victim of intellectual dys-
pepsia. We are told, too, that there
are several hundreds Tor thousands) of
children in the city where Jack lives
whose troubles are the same as his. it
is a pattern city; but somehow the
schools don't seem to be conducted for
the children, but to the glory of "the
SYSTEM" and the result suggests that
we need less so-called system and more
science in the management of schools.
The kindergarten promises something
for the youngest children but where
shall we find hope for some equal reform
for children too old for the kindergar-
ten
Improbable study is the great source
Of time wasted in schools. 1t is not true
that all is good. That which is eXpend-
ed upon matters too difficult for
child's mind, or uncongenial to it, is
bad. Bad, because it is Intellectual and
therefore wasteful and bad because it
induces state of mind TO which even
proper studies are distasteful. We must
abandon the theory that the object of
schools is to train all children to GER
tain mental standard. That theory re-
suits in a system that teaches children
too little, though it may at the same
time work them too hard that is a
system that wastes time instead OF
economizing it. The better and more
economical idea is. that schools are to
aid children, by means suited to their
different natures, to gain certain
degree of mental strength. Certainly
in some way must conform to rea-
son in the matter of saving time, for it
is one of immense practical Importance,
if not to us Immediately, to our chill
dren. The education of the next gene
ration is in our hands, and we have no
more right to squander its time by our
negligence than we have wilfully to
waste the property or destroy the insti-
tutions which will be its rightful in
heritance.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-29
Nilsson and her AdOrer.
From the New York Sun. Dec.


Justice Scott was yesterday called
upon to adjudicate in singular case,
the memory of which will remain with
him as long as he lives. The complain
ant is none other than Christine Nils
son, the renowned songstress, and the
defendent one Charles Theodore Busch,
german musician of three score, whose
heart had been pierced with Cupid
shafts until his aged head had turned.
Mile. Missions complaint against the
senile lover was preferred in low, sweet
tones that thrilled the blushing justice,
and filled the Essex Market courtroom
with music.
He annoys me much your honor"
said the silver-voiced queen of song.
" He follows me everywhere. If | walk
in the street, he is at my side if en-
ter a door he is with me. He foolishly
believes that he loves me, and that |
am essentiIl to his happiness. Please
tell him TO give me peace"
While Mile. Nilsson was thus plead
ing, poor love-lorn Busch's eyes fol.
lowed every movement of her lips, and
his ears drank in every sound of her
mellifluous voice. Edging nearer and
nearer to his fair enslaver he seized the
corner OF her fur cape, and bearing it
hurriedly to his lips, kissed it repeatedly
in the ecstacy of his alteration.
He says, your honor" continued
the fair complainant, blushing, 4" that
must marry him."
"You shall not be troubled with him
again, mademoiselle," said the Justice,
with smile. "Mr. Busch, | shall re-
qure you to give bonds in $500 to keep
the peace toward the lady for six
months"
The aged victim of unrequited love
was committed to Jail in default OF
bail.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-29
Beecher on Death.

Mr.. Beecher said he did not think it
an evidence of special Christian grace
to be willing to die. He didn't think 1T
natural for the young, or for those full
of the activeness of lite to desire to die.
1t is better to be willing to live and do
the duties Of life. When Paul said that
it was better to depart he was an old
man in prison. If an October pippin
says it is ready to drop is that any rea.
son a little green apple in June should
be ready 1t is the business OF green
apples to get ripe. All the representa-
tons of the New Testament about
death are full of cheer and hope. For
Paul to die was to go to Christ. Dying
is not growing short of breath and fee
BILE of pulse; it is flying up to the ALL
loving Soul of the universe. 1t is going
to sweet companionship. We struggle
on through the world, finding little
companionship, but we 60 to the spirits
of Just men made perfect; we 60 to
where all the conditions lit us up to
realm of nobility. There all is in con-
cord. There is no selfishness, no hard
ness or crudeness and rudeness or re.
venge; all are working up, with one
sweet impulse with the great genial
creative force of Divine love. These
thoughts ring in my soul like the bells
of far-off city, drawing me thither-
ward. Dying is the easiest thing men
do. The suffering is in life; but as a
rule men die as easily as door turns
upon its hinges. Dying is going home,
not to supineness, not to Oriental lux
ury, but to supreme activity, where
every part is developed and cultured in
the realm of love. Bless God for the
privilege of dying NY brother Charles,
who was always in a dying mood, once
congratulated my father upon the fact
that he couldn't live much longer.
"Umph,' said the old man, ~ don't
thank any of my boys to talk to me in
that way. don't want to die. If had
my choice and it was right to choose,
would fight the battle all over" Fa.
ther," continued Beecher, "was a war
horse. and after he was turned out to
pasture, whenever he heard the sound
of a trumpet, he wanted the saddle and
brldle."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-29
A Touching Incident.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.


Our citizens are aware that the Mount
Auburn Inclined Plain Railway is nearly
completed, and that from the corner Of
Main and Mulberry streets it makes an
ascent of $50 feet to the summit of Mt.
Auburn. The stringers are already
laid, partly on stills whose foundation is
on level with the sloping surface of
the hill, and partly on trestles full 80
feet high. 1t is at the upper part of the
inclined plane that the stringers rest
upon trestles. This explanation is neces,
sary to make plain what we are to relate.
Yesterday afternoon, at about o. clock,
Henry Wagner, an ex-policeman, who
lived at the corner of Walnut and Jane
streets, was making the ascent Of Mt.
Auburn by way of this inclined plane,
walking on the steep slope of q stringer.
His dog accompanied him, walking be-
fore him. The ascent was made safely
to within few feet of the summit,
where the stringers are laid on the high
est trestles. Here the dog walked eau
tiously and slowly, too slowly to suit his
master, who followed impatiently at his
heels. Mr.. Wagner urged the dumb
brute forward with words, but without
success in making him 90 faster. At
last, out of all patience, he made kick
at the dog, missed his aim, lost his bal
ance, fell more than 80 feet to the
ground, and lay there insensible and
dying, with his skull broken. The dog,
seeing the condition Of his master, and
all forgetful of the blow that, had it not
missed its aim, would have sent him be-
low among the rocks, leaped down that
perilous height, landed safely, took a
pc ition by his masters side, and set
guard over him, whining piteously, as if
instinctively conscious of the situation.
With a loving fidelity the poor brute
sat at his post, fercely driving away
every one who approached the body of
his dying master. The policemen who
came to carry the body away had to
fight the dog off with clubs a work
which, out of admiration for his touch
ing, forgiving faithfulness, they per-
formed with reluctance, and as gently
as circumstances would permit. Mr..
Wagner died at his residence on Jane
and Walnut streets at o'clock last
evening
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-29

among them, and Rochejaquelin led
his tenants to battle while in the Irish
rebellion, ten years later, Lord Powers
courts tenantry's first object was the
defense of their beloved landlords
house. No doubt mems minds have
much changed since then, but life rolls
slowly in rural England, and, not to
mention the many other causes at
work, the influence of the shires will,
we believe, for many years prevent
Windsor being let in lodgings, or Chats
worth parceled into market gardens, let
Dilkes, Bradlaughs and Odgers talk
never so wisely. A change has come,
but, unless circumstances beyond our
present scope occur, the change will be
slow in movement, for the obstacles are
far more potent than appear to the
superficial observer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-29
WATERPROOF Boot SOles.

A Southern exchange has Che follow
ing on this subject " If hot tar is APP
piled to boot soles, it will make them
waterproof. Let it be hot, and dry
near the fire. The operation may be
repeated two or three times during the
winter, if necessary. It makes the sur
face of the leather quite hard, so that it
wears longer, as well as keeps the wafer
out. 1t is good plan to provide boots
for the winter during the summer, as
they will then become, before they are
wanted to wear, almost as firm as horn,
and wear twice as long as those unpre-
pared"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-29
ONE of the most interesting works in

ONE of the most interesting works in
literature which will be issued during
the coming year is "The Library of
Travel, Exploration and Advent Ire, "
which will be published by Scribner a.
Co., and edited and arranged by Bayard
Taylor. The first volume, which has
just been published, gives a sketch OF
the history of the Empire of Japan, and
is especially interesting at the present
time. Each volume of this new work
will give brief sketch of the country
to which it is devoted, an outline OF
previous explorations, a condensation OF
one or more of the most important mar
ratives of recent travel, and will be ac-
companied with illustrations Of scenery,
and many other interesting reminls-
cences, which will make it valuable
accession to every library in the land.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-29

APPEToNs' JOURNAL seems determined
to enhance, if possible, its present high
reputation as journal Of art and liter
ature. Among its list of regular con.
tributors for 1872 we notice the names
of Julian Hawthorne. Col. John Hay,
X. II. Stoddard, Prof. Schele de We're,
Henry T. Tuckerman, Eugene Benson,
John Esten Cooke, and other distin-
guished writer's. Illustrations by +. y.
c. barley and Harry Fem.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-29

accost. Dunno, Sir" Don't know |!
why, you fool, it's a horseshoe !"
Nov see what larnin' can do for
folks |" said Quashee, with an admiring
air "A" how was poor fellow like me to
know whedder I was boss shoe or a
mares shoe ?n
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-29

THE human voice has nine perfect
tones, but these can be combined into
1892, 04, Ala different sounds. A re-
markable scientific fact, which probably
accounts for the amount OF discord
there is in the world.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-29

A CORRESPONDENT inquired of II. g. if
guano was good TO put on potatoes. lie
said it might do for those whose tastes
had become vitiated with tobacco and
rum, but he preferred gravy and
butter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-29

scum OF " Chicago as it Was" could be
made up that would be more of a
curiosity than any monument of old
safes.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-24
shocks TO the system

The first shock Of winter tells tremendously
upon enfeebled systems. Every one knows that
in passing from a warm region to a cold one, or
vice versa, the body requires, as a protection
against epidemics, an acclimating medicine. All
travellers and vOyagers admit this. 1t is equally
necessary 10 acclimate the system in passing the
confines Of one season and entering upon another.
Autumn is gone and winter is here. Prepare the
frame and the constitution to meet the change by
a course of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. This in
estimable vegetable tonic increases the staminal
strength Of those who take it, and renders them
proof to great extent against the devitaiizing
power of cold and damp. These two agents are
as prolific Of disease as tropical heat, and ANNA
vigor-such yigOr as this hsalthful and pure
tonic diffuses through the whole Orgsnizatiou-is
a repelant which they cannot master. A large
proportion Of the colds, cstarrhs, and pulmonary
complaints which prevail in winter, might be
avoided by strengthening andregulating the sys-
tenn in advance with this invigorant and aItera-
tive Not that it is recommended as a specific for
those complaints, but as a preventive Of their
causes. On the other hand, it is not only pre-
ventive Of, but specific for the Indigestion. in
testinal Irregularities, maarious fevers, bilious
attacks, and nervous affection, superiIidueed BY
a chilly and damp atmosphere.
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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-24
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Brownsville has shipped 1862 bales Of
cotton from Sept, to Dec. 20.
Lockley Byers, paper-hanger at Mem
phis, fell out Ssth his sweetheart, and
madly resorted to cold poison. a stomach
pump made him all right again.
The "California Minstrels," who played
at Brownsville last week, "played out" at
that point. Sheriff Sherman administered
In his usual felicitOus and effective manner.
Col. Mckenzie has Just completed in the
town of Mckenzie the brick work and
placed under roof, one of the finest hotels
In West Tennessee, or indeed in the South,
outside of the principal cities.
The Jackson PlGiRdedler learns that the
Hon. F. B. Snipes, the member of the Leg
islature from Madison county, had bis jaw
bone broken in the late railroad accident
on the Nashville and Northwestern Rail
road.
Mr.. Thomas Reeves, of Davis Ford,
about six miles from Columbia, died on the
l4th inst. He was a man Of gigantic
strength, in his young days, and for many
7ears was known along the banks of Duck
river as raftsman. He was kind hearted
man.
Of the Memphis mail clerk, who went
for the $4,000 slugs in the library drawing
at Louisville, the appeal says: "Every-
thing progressed in Durff's favor from the
time he invested that ten dollars. There
does not appear to have been a 'hitcp in
the whole proceeding. He is now in full
and satisfactory possession Of his newly
acquired fortune
Counterfeit bills on one of the New York
National Banks are in circulation in East
Tennessee. They are said to be especially
plentiful in Blount county, where the peo-
pie are becoming so accustomed to them
that they pass by common consent. A
number of the merchants of Maryville
have had various sums imposed upon them.
The bills re-ef the denomination of two
dollars and upwards.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-24
HON. THOMAS NJ. JONES.
From the Giles Press.

L
The many friends of Mai T. NJ. Jones
will be gratified to learn that his Excellency
Gov. Brown has appointed and commits
stoned him Judge of the Criminal Circuit,
composed of the counties of Giles, Maury,
Marshall and Williamson. The character
and learning Of Judge Jones are too well
known and appreciated by the people oil
Tennessee to require commentator by us.
He has been in active practice for nearly
forty years, and has brought to the dis
charge of his professional duties all of those
high qualities Of head and heart which
justly entitle him to the high position
which he enjoys as a lawyer. He is a
gentleman Of great energy Of character,
of pure motives, and interpreting under
all circumstances. As Judge he is emil
nently qualified for the positiOn-of pro-
found legal attachments, of infexible firm
ness and of high order of administrative ca
pacity. He possesses all those happy COM
binations which will ornament the bench
and make him favorite with the gentlemen
of the bar.
While the bar of Pulaski are gratified at
the promotion of one who has for so long a
time been intimately connected with them,
both socially and Professionally, yet, it is
not without regret that they sever their con-
nection with Judge Jones.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-24
UNION AND AMERICAN

THE following lines were found in the
coat pocket of young Confederate Major,
IS he lay dead on the battlefield, killed IN
charge at Jonesboro, Georgia. He fell on
his native soil:
In coming years, when youthful hours have fed,
When all those hopes that charm us now are
dead;
when lifes full moon around us casts its ray,
And shadows without disguise earth's rugged
way
How fondly will the bosom turn and cast
A lingering thought on days long gone and past;
How fondly viii il fly away to find
The light of youthful dreams to cheer the mind
Some lov'd memento of those Joys that were
To the yOupg glowing heart SO truly dear,
Will soon recall those moments of delight
When pleasure shOne upon the heart so purely
bright;
Some little gift; book, perhaps-9r ring
Can oft around the soul sOlace fling,
In recollection of those happy hours,
When ev'ry path we trOd was strewed with sun
ny flowers.
II, then perchance, tn csc lines arrest your eye,
Ali do not, do not needless pass them by;
But, for their writer's sake, o! pause awhile,
And on them cast dear recOllectiOn's smile;
Let mem'ry light their bosom with its fame,
And spread gentle halo DER my name;
And shOuld then be resting with the dead,
Obi wilt thou, wilt thou, one sweet tear-drop for
me shed?
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-24
Consumption or Cough.
PLEASE
Read THE FOLLOWING LETTER


MOUNT VERNON, Ill, April %, iST1.-Messrs.
j. n. Harris s. Co., Cincinnati, Okic.-Gentle
men: / heard one Of my customers speak in such
high terms OF Aliens Lung Balsam to-day, that
/ thought would write sou the substance OF his
statements. He says his mother, who j. now
SIXTY yedrs Of age, has SUFFERED with CoSsUMP-
TON for SEVERAL YEARS, and has been under
the care Of all our best ph9sicidEs, but never re-
ceiYed any permanent benefit; then she TesOrted
TO every kind Of Cough and Lung Balsam that
could be procured for her, but all 10 dUdiL. She
still grew worse, until she was confined to her
bed; and when she was seized with a parIxysm
Of coughing, she would lose the p0scer Of reSpird-
ton, and they were compelled 10 resort TO var
iOus means to restore breathing; and while she
couEned so hard she could not expOrate ANYTHING,
and the family and friends had given up al hopes
os her recovery Her son noticed the advertise
ment of Aliens Lung Balsam in the Christidn
Advocate, and they thought they would procure
and try it. They commenced giving her the Bal
sam at O'Clock Pm. as directed, dose every
hour until midnight; then she took another spell
of coughing, and expectOrated a mOuthful of
dark, yellow matter, which was something she
had not been able TO do for some time. They con-
tnued 20 give her the Balsam until morning, and
then she began to expectOrate freely, and within
two hours she had EXPECToRATED TWO PINTs of
mucous matter, which gave her Immediate re-
lief; and since that time she has continued to
improve. She now sits up all day, and can walk
about the house and take considerable outdoor
exercise. Her son bought more Of the Balsam
to-day, snd he is recommending it very highly TO
every OuSs AOu1b AcepcCtAulllf
A. c. JOHNSON, Druggist.
Was there ever greater proof Of merit than the
case this letter refers TO?
ALIENS LUNG BALSAM is without doubt
the BEST RxPBCTORANT REMEDY ever offered 20
the afflicted public. 1t contains no opium in any
form, and its is harmless TO the most delicate.
~ Directions accompany each bottle.
It is sold by Medicine Dealers generally.
CsutiOn-Call for "AIlen's Lung BalSam."
j. n. HARRIS 6 CO., Proprie-ors,
For sale by Cincinnati n
BERRY, DEMOVILLE & CO., Nashville.
EWIN, PENDLETON s. CO., Nashville
LITTERER & CABLER, Nashville.
does dtillmh23, 72t2w1Rm sp3dp
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-24
SECRET HISTORY.
Kew II Happened that Stevenson Beat
McCreery.

Bew 1t Happened that Stevenson Beat
McCreery.
From the st. Louis Democrat.
The telegraph informs us that ex-senator
McCreery has been nominated by the Demo-
Gratis of the Kentucky Legislature to sue
coed Carrot Davis in the United States Sen
ate, on the 4th of March next. McCreery
is jolly old soul, and personally one of
the cleyerest of men. You would take
him, from his dress and appearance in the
Senate, to be a well-to-do farmer, fresh
from his barn-yard, who had just dropped
in to see with what little wisdom the world
was governed. He was elected few
years ago to fill the unexpired term of Mr..
Guthrie, and served until the 4th Of March
last. He was a candidate for reelection,
and the indications were decidedly in his
favor. He felt so confident Of success that
he declined to go home and take part in
the canvass. Finally his friends persuaded
him that he must be present at least to re-
ceive the congratulations of his friends
when the thing was done. So he started
for Frankfort. He had got as far as Lex
ington when he received an invitation to a
big wedding party in that city, commemo-
rative of the nuptials of two members of
the first families. He accepted, and pre-
sented himself in homespun and tobacco
juice. At the supper table that evening he
met his political death in this way:
Right in presence of the elite, under the
blaze of the big chandeliers, he transferred
an unwashed soup spoon, yet moist with
mock turtle, into the bowels of formula
bic pyramid of ice cream, and so mixed up
his courses as TO chagrin and disgust all the
first families represented at the festal
board. His doom was sealed. No man
who SO thoroughly disregarded the pro-
prieties was fit to represent Kentucky in
the Senate. A delegation went from Lex
ington next day intent upon his defeat,
and they worked so assiduously in the
name of all that was respectable
in Kentucky that they shelved him
effectually. John W. Stevenson, then
Governor of the State, was elected in his
stead. McCreery went back to finish out
his term in the Senate, swearing vengeance
against the ''shoddyites of the Blue Grass
REGION" as he styled them. He was rich,
and the masses of the people rather liked
him because he wasn't Turveydropsical; he
has spent year in hard work among
his friends, and has now redeemed the
blunder OF the soup-spoon. He is a man
OF unusual ability in his way, and there is
in him as public speaker vein of humOr
that often recalls the best days Of Tom Cor
win.