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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-04-26

" Happy are the women who have no
histories y some one says. But Aurora
had history. She had spent singu-
lar childhood among the country
scenes and country children of Nohant,
getting up miniature battles which left
the nursery strewn with fragments Of
dismembered dolls, organizing societies
OF little peasants to snare the birds in
winter, erecting fower-strewn affairs in
some messy cave to a strange and en-
tirely original fetish, weaving romances
by the hour together before she could
even put pen to paper. Always the
busy brain, the sensitive heart, the in
flexible will. AS she grew older the
continual chickering's between mother
and grandmother grew to be intolera-
bic, their incessant jealousy made her
life miserable, and she was thankful to
take refuge from this prosecuting atfec-
ton in the Convent DIES Anglaisej at
Paris. Here she went through all the
| phases common TO the convent OF the
period, from diaJLe to devote. By the
time she was seventeen, domestic dis
sensions, severe study, physical and
mental WEAKNESS had so worn upon her
precociously excited brain that she tried
to drown herself but was happily un-
successful. The mania for suicide that
possessed her at this time was partly
Inherited and though her attempt at
at the ford had cured her of desire
for watery grave, she found herself at
tracted by an almost irresistible longing
to pistols and to poisons. At last, with
rest and better health, the mania grad
ually passed away. At eighteen she
was married to man for whom she al
ways professed a tranquil esteem and
friendship, but whose temperament
was entirely uncongenial, and in a few
years she was living in Paris again
with her two children, supporting her
self by painting portraits, by ornament
ing snuff.boxes with miniature groups
of flowers, and by her pen, going about
in the costume of young student TO
save the numerous little expenses OF a
woman's dress, and living in a garrett
upon scanty means enough. Whatever
we may think of her theories OF lite
and marriage, we cannot but admire
her sincerity and her heroism; and
when we read the sad words she has SET
down in her LettreS dun Voyage'r we
can better appreciate the hard and
dreary nature of that life which toe
many of us have been apt to consider
one of reckless acknowledgement
| Md1dzine
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A Unanimous Legislature.

The late Legislature of New Jersey
was not harmonious body; but the
unanimity with which the members
stole the inkstands attached to their
several desks is described as touching
evidence of fellowship. The State, with
reprehensible meanness, had caused
these articles to be fastened to the desk,
but the legislators knew their rights
and were not to be banked in securing
them by any such device. According
ly, on the last day of the session, each
dignified Senator and Representative
might have been seen diligently at work
with a screwdriver or other implement,
removing the fastenings, and carrying
away the inkstand, no doubt casting
back lingering look of regret at the
| desk ITSELF
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-04-26

pose," said the professor, picking up a
piece OF pudding-stone that peeped
from the little rufiied pocket of Tilly's
apron "maybe you think this stone
was made so but it was not. Once upon
time, little pile of gravel stones Law
In hollow all by themselves. There
came greatrain, and washed some soft.
sticky mud down, and covered them all
up; it squeezed itself in among .ne
little stones, and filed every crevice
then, when the rain was over, the sun
shone on it, and baked it hard. and az.
terward it got covered up under sand.
and earth, and stones, and there it Law.
growing harder all the time. till the
mud was dark-brown stone itself, when
some one was digging there one day,
found this brown stone, all full of little
stones, that look like the raisins in your
granGma's Thanksgiving pudding; and
that's why they call it pudding. stone"
lilly laid down her pebbles and ex-
amined her queer little bit of pudding
stone, and then laid all three in a
straight row on the door-stone. They
were very precious in her eyes, and she
was just making up her mind to put
them in her cabinet and label them
"gemS," as she had seen some precious
things in the professors cabinet la
beled. But just then the professor
went on:
Here's this rough, old doorstone,
lilly; all the scrubbing and securing in
the world could never make it smooth
and white like that one over the way.
But do you see these queer marks in it
Just such marks as the geese make in
the mud along the edge of the gutter,
only ever and ever so much larger? See,
here is one, and here is another regular
bird tracks"
why, so they are" said Tilly. get
ting down on her knees and laying her
chubby fingers in the marks.
And, once upon time-you see its
just like fairy story-once upon time,
this old door-stone wasn't stone at all,
but just mud, stiff, gray mud, and a
great bird came stalking along, and left
its footprints in it. And the sun dried
the mud, and there the tracks were !;
and the sand blew over them and COW
cred them up, and at last the gray mud
itself turned into stone. 1t was great
many years about it; and, in the mean.
time, the big bird and all its relations
had utterly disappeared, so that when
at last men dug up the stone, and saw
the curious tracks, they could only guess
how the bird looked that made them.
Just think, lilly, the bird that walked
over this stone may have died long be-
fore Adam was made"
That was a long speech for the Stone
Professor, but lilly seemed 10 like it.
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and punished official dishonesty. Ii
has already reformed and elevated the
civil service from the debasement OF a
past administration. Ii has, year alter
wear. attested its belief in practical rev
enue reform 10y steadily diminishing the
burdens of taxation. IL has won the
approval of millions at home, as well as
the respect of nations abroad. And,
with debt lessening, credit rising, taxes
falling, and trade prospecting, 1t has
surely deserved the approval it has won.
There may be divisions as to men /;
there may be weakening strifes and un-
fortunate alterations. But the party is
greater than its greatest men. Differ
ences among its millions there must be !;
but at that ballot box, where American
voters exercise their national sovereign
ty, they prove their devotion 10 prlnci-
Piles, not by writing Republican" or
= Democrat on their tickets, but by
voting for those who stand before the
nation and the world as the fairly cho-
sen representative of the principles they
profess. Without stopping, however,
to challenge the consciousness of any
who may dissent from this, there are
some persons who cannot afford to al
low Republican ascendency to be over
thrown. The men of business and
of property, who desire stability and
consequent prosperity, and do not de.
sire the chaos of reaction, cannot afford
it. The laboring men, whose interests
Republicanism has always protected,
and whose wages it has sought to main
tain and advance, cannot afford it. But,
more than all, the humble and defense
less millions of the South, who owe
their emancipation and enfranchise-
ment to the fact of Republican ascen-
dency over the bitterest opposition, can
not afford it. On its banner they see
that trinity of principles so priceless to
them -" Liberty for all, Justice for all
Protection for ALL" and, Till they are
assured of that protection against all
neither they nor those who care for them
can afford to see its banner furled il
defeat.
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Like Master, Like Man.

Merchants and others who teach their
employees dishonest tricks must not ex-
pect that they will be practiced exclu.
sively upon their customers. 1t is the
inevitable result of such instructions
that they "return to plague the in
ventor." A clerk in dry goods store
at Brighton, England, was recently ar
rested for robbing his employer, and it
was shown that he had stolen articles
at various times of the total value of
$1,000. The evidence was conclusive
of his guilt, and his only justification
was that the merchant had told him to
cheat the customers, and that ht
thought it quite as proper that he should
swindle the merchant. Probably sub
stantial justice would be done if tn
term of imprisonment were divided be
| tween master and man.
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Republican ascendency Vital to the Ma.
tiOn.

Hon. Schuyler Colfax, in late mum.
Der of the New York Independent, has an
able article upon the political outlook.
II closes thus eloquently:
The Republican party is so interwo-
ven with the best interests of the Re-
public that the triumphs and reverses
of the one will be reported by impair
tial history as the triumphs and rever
ses of the other. Not based on tempo
rary popularity, like house bnilt on the
shining sands, it has been founded Oh
such grand principles Of justice and hu
manity that ii is like house built on &
rock, against which the waves of oppo
sition dash powerless and in vain. II
can correct all existing abuses, and es
tablish firmly and triumphaDtly al
needed reforms. IL has ferreted on
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TilIy's Lesson I'm Geology.
BY sABRA c. SMELL.

lilly sat on the old door-stone with
her two precious pebbles in her hands.
They were smooth, and white, and
glistening and came from the shore of
that wonderful ocean that lilly always
dreamed about, but never had seen.
The Stone Professor himself brought the
pebbles to lilly, and when he leaned
out at the window. and saw the little
maiden holding them against her round
red cheeks, he smiled little all to him.
self, and came and sat down by her,
while lilly looked shy and glad, but
didn't speak word.
You like them, do your said the
Stone Professor well, III tell you a
story about them.'
Many, many years ago, lilly, long
before either you or / were born. each
one of these little pebbles was rough
piece of stone that had crumbled of
from some great rock, and it fell into
the water somewhere, perhaps it wa:
"a great ocean, or maybe only river, bu'
it lay in some place, where the waves
washed over it, and rolled it about, anC
very slowly these waves wore of the
corners and sharp edges, and very slow
ly the rough stone grew. smooth. If yoI
had looked at it one May-day, and no
seen it again till the next May-da!
came, suppose you would hardly have
noticed any change, but it was just
little different; every springit came on
smoother than it was the year before
till, after great while, all the rougl
part was gone, and what was left wa
this beautiful round pebble"
lilly handled over the two she wa
holding, while the Stone Professo
talked, and tried to make believe the
looked as he said they used to, but
was hard work TO think that any thin
: so soft as water could have worn Oft sue
, hard stone.
And this is another treasure, ! SUI
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FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
Bnby I'm DreamIand.


Baby's dreams are very bright.
Though they come NJ dead ~ might,
when the house is still,
For n mOonbeam comes 20 take her
Where IN q sweetest sounds shall wake her.
Where she'll play at will.
In the dreamland. far away.
There do sleeping babies play.
There they laugh and walk.
All the day their speech Is gone
Not "A foot 10 stand upon
There they leap and talk.
There the pretty candle blaze.
When they clutch il, brightly stays;
There the stars so grand
Come 20 meet the outstretched arm,
Leap all sparkling to the palm
OF the little hand.
Put in all that wondrous place
Still is smiling. mothers face;
Mothers touch il there.
And like music sweet and low,
Though the baby. does not know,
Breathes the mothers prayer.
So the baby laughs and plays
Through the happy dreamland ways
(Close 10 heaven. may be-,
Till the merry sunbeams wake her.
Now, come see TO Baby
M. L. ID.
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A Modest Request.

Yerba Buena, or Goat Island, which
lies in the harbor of San Francisco, mid
way between that city and Oakland,
and which the Central Pacific Railroad
Company asks Congress to donate to it
for its terminus, has an area of some
thing under square mile, its greatest
altitude over the level of the sea being
about $50 feet. 1t is worth S20,O00,000,
and would be handsome present to a
company already made enormously
wealthy by government subsidies.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-04-26
A Baltimore Ghost.

Great excitement was caused in
street in Baltimore, on Sunday evening
last, by a mysterious rapping at the
window in an upper room Of business
block, which was unoccupied and Sc
curely locked. A large crowd collected
beneath the window, and various ex-
plantations of the mystery were ven.
tured. 1t was suggested that some peg
son had been accidentally fastened in,
but no response was received to inquir.
ing shouts. A number of persons in
the crowd insisted that they saw a
sheeted, gibbering ghost at the window.
Finally, large squad of police was Sc
cured, the building surrounded, an en-.
trance forced, and the haunted room
entered, the policemen qualing in their
boots. They found a small, frightened
innocent, and altogether insignificant
red-headed woodpecker. Ereunt specta
| tors.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-04-26

The Pensacola Fla Express, inspeak.
ing of the Navy Yard at that place,
says the basin gate, built at an expense
of $4,000, has been destroyed for lack
OF necessary attention.
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Current Items.

THE mortal remains of IL steamboats,
lie on the bottom of the Arkansas
river.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-01-26
FIR E n G HIS,

Ar
FRENCH's,
No. 95 KING STREET.
+. THE SYLvESTERS, OR THE OUTCAST,
by NJ DeBetham- Edwards, author Of Kitty"
'Dr Jacob" etc Paper covers 75c; bound Sl.3.
THE HIGH MIL Us, by Katharine Saunders,
LEGENDS and LYRICS, by PaulH. Hayne.
The AMERICAN BARON, by James De-
Mile author Of THE Lodge Club" "Crypto-
THE BLADE-V-GRAbS, by B. L. Fsrjeon,
author of Joshua Marvel. CSC.
THE SPHINX, OR STRIVING WITH
DESTINY, 8 novel translated from the German
of RSbeTt Eyr, By Aube1 Fossstie1; 81 1;fs
How WILL 1T END, Romance, by J. G.
Haywood author of "Herodias" "Sslome, :"
e's SoT Sffi REVIEW for January, and all
the s psT f b1S5ks bi AhiIyIisYw' etc
Ian IS 6. E. FRENCH.
Episcopal HIGH SCHOOL OF vIR-
~ GINA, NEAR ALEXANDRIA.-The
18th Annual Session Of this Institution, with 8
full corp, of experienced Teachers and fifty boyA
is now in progress. The second of the two terms
into which the session is divided begins on lie
18th FEBRUARY, though pupils arc received al
any time. Expenses Sl65per term. For cats
Iogue address L. H. BLACKBOARD, II. A.,
PRINCIPAL, Lock Box Is, Alexandria, w.
ia la-lut -------
a TTENTION,
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THE GAZETTE.
FRIDAY EVENING. J<,a y AM ." !

I. y..a.s.-l In snme Instances it is
- Latter of regret that the Indian names
.. places and States no longer suggest their
ORIGINAL meaning. This was occasionally simple
enough, as in tonnccticut--origiually written
Ouonaushticot -which meant in the Mohegau
dialect long rivev;' and in Massachusetts,
in the Natic dialect Masasuset- sagoiiying
the place Of great hills with reference TO
the Blue hills. eleven miles to the southwest
of Boston, the highest point OF land IN the
eastern part Of that State. Of cities thus de-
signa1ed Milwaukee recalls its orlgna. namc
ule:auing rich lauls," and Sing Sing the
the Algonquin word A haN- a,1 p,aI nor p
or less 3icturesGueness n their meaning, anu
are u, 80 easily improved by receSf changes
Thus Chicago represents IN us fTench pro,
1unciation very fairly the actua! sounds heard
by the first French explorers, when the Po7
tawaonos, who dwell there, called 1t Shecaugo,
"n|aytul waters, "?) Dahlonega is the sotteped
ior,u of the Taauneca OF the Cherokees'
which meant yellow metal fox the In.
dams were we'll aware of the gold, founpd
in the neighborhood, which made the
ctv IN later years thc seat ola Government
mint, BECAUSE OF its happy position in the very
centre of the gold mite district OF Northern
Georgia. Lake Erie is almost the only re-
ruaindcr now of the once powerful tribe OF Erie,
who lived where the State Of Ohio now is; the
latter name, as given to the; river owes its
origin to the lrequois, who called it the Oheo9,
beautiful water by the same instructive al
mira,ion which prompted the French to uame
it La Belle Rivicre. 1t had luck ~ escape
from Father Nlalquette's baptism, who chris
tened it Ruaboukigon-a name which subse-
ouently shrunk into Ouabache, and finally as
Wabash has been given to toe last tributary OF
the Ohio. Neagara, the original word, taken
from the Seneca, Iroquois dialect, has no cor
nection with cataracts, but means proSaically,
across the neck" abiding to the course OF
the river across the neck or strip Of land that
lies between Lakes Erie and Ontario; A SINH
lar idea uuderlies the word Mitchikan in the
Ottawa dialect, which was originally given to
Mackinac, and meant fences as it the island
were lying fencelike before the Upper Lake.
At less., 80 says Rev. Mr.. Pierz, missionary
among the Ottawas; but Allocz, his French
predecessor, calls it, few years before, Machl'
higauing the present word, Michigan, IS evil
IDENTIFY an Improvement upon both the former
names.-4Schelc De Ttre.
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R.4IkROIDS.
ALEXANDRIA An
w GEORGETOWN K. K.
lS E & s:s = = !,

49, II VI III - 80 ~
WINTER SCHEDULE FOR THE
DEPARTURE OF PASSENGER TRAIN:
On ard after MONDAY, October y: is''
Maryland avenue irpot,at 7:lo a. m. a!'d III
Tor iyncib burr and intermediate stations, san
DAYS Included Leave Alexandria, from DUKE
and Henry streets. at t,:4o H. IN: aNn ?:"o ?. III
from Lynrhh urg nn.i intermediate stations >tli.
day, included. connecting with tie In"rn'ng hhH
evening TRAM for Baltimore, fh'Ah''ph'a H''''
New York. -,
Local Passenger Trains i,sN" Washington,
from Mary land Avenlc Depot, Ut !: -, S.'''
and Ii n. NJ, and l:5h, $50, 6:3C and 40 =. M
Leavc Alrxanlria. from the corner o. Duke anc
Henry streets. ut 4:..5 y. n md 500 p ~, a'"!
from IT," corner of King and St. A=aph street
ii e. s anG 10 a. m. ana nj i2:0, Zoo and pm
Local sunday Trains leave Alexandria, from.
the corner OF Duke and Henry streets, nj i:io
M. and $50 j. IN. L',avr Washington, from
fss-ThG us n III. and $40 ?. m local t:a',.
from washington rt'ntIcci with The morning and
evening trains Dtthc ". j. O. K. Il. for lce>bur2
and Hamilton. The H. IN. and 2:AD J.. IL. Io""
trains from ..lcNandria connect Win the m"T,;-
ing and evening trains o: til" W. X a. - n
from LccshuTg and hamilton
Through tickets can be procured 1T the Office
of the Company, corner ofMh street ana Mary,
land avenue Washington. and baggage checked
d..
w ASHINGTON s. OHIO RAILROAD
1 EM M -. - :sss:ss;:::::za
On and after MONDAY, October %, sS7l
TWO TRAINS on this road will be run - tol.
lows: .g
MAIL TRAIN will leave Alexandfis dali,
except Sunday, at 8. IS q. m.; pass LeesburgI
10 IS a. m, and arrive at Hamilton at II n. H.
Leave Hamilton ut T. ~ p. m; pass Leesbarg,
at l. II D. H., and arrive ut Alexandria hi 30;
D. NJ. 49, .
exandria daily, except Sunday, At 4. 10 pm, ut
rive at Leesburg at G.3O p. III.
Leave Leesburg at p a. m, arrive ri AirXan
dria at 8. 0o 8. m.
The Mail Train makes close connection 81
Hamilton with kemp's line Of Stages t" AM!
from Winchester; also at Lees burg with Rearn
ers line OF Coaches for Aide and Middlehnrg.
Regular fare, cts. per n.ilr
Communication tickets, 3 cts. per mile
Annual tickets, $50.
r. H. HAVENNER,
OF 4-tf General Ticket Agent
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KEYSTONE SEWING MACHINE,

II E1SIUN b SE " IN NHLd1NE J.,
The ladies of Alexandria owning Sewing Ma
chues of any patent, sre requested to Gail at the
KEYSTONE SEWING MACHINE office
1903 street. Washington, y. c.. and examine
Prof LUFKINS' CHAMPION PATENT
TREADLE.
The Champion Troadle gives alternate Move
msnt to the feet relieving constant strslnupon
s psrticular ait of muscles, and calling into ac-
ton the natural and stronger muscles of the feet
and limbs, producing an easy. nntaral and uni
form motion, enabling an operate! to r'in Z ,ua-
chine day after day without any fatigue to the
mind or body, and eiIectua!ly, preventing the
pains and uches 90 common with female sewing
machine operators, PARTICULARLY married wo-
men. Ladies, be true to yourselves. and call
and see this treaile and Dr.Garnets's certificate.
T. B. ELLICUTT & Co, Agents,
No 1909 + ST., y. W., Washington, D. c.
Washington, dec 14-2m
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A MOTHER GREAT REDUCTION
n IETHE
PRICE OF TEAS AND COFFEES.

fresh, pure and unmixed, and il not satisfactory
will be exchanged.
COFFEES:
Jsya, hochs, Ceylon, haricahos Lasuyrs and
to &c per pound iess than formerly. We use
great care III The aelection OF our Coffeec, and
guarantee them to give entire satisfaction
We would aleo call attention to our 2tock of
lelies, Canned Goods, French, English and
American ilu=tards, Cross s Blackwells Pick
les American Pckles Peak, Fresn & Coz cell
ebrnted BiEcnits, Albert Biscuits, Pure French
Candy, from 20 to TO. per pound.
Every variety Of SPICES, perfectly Foreground
and whole 4 liberal discount IL the trade
CHINESE TEA COMPANY,
S'. IL North Royal street.,
jar Il Ne,r the Narkct
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STEAMBOATS,.
0FFICE CLIDE'S STEAM LINES.

HFFICE CLYDE'S STEAM LINES.
~ II South Delaware Avenue,
Philadelphia, Nov. l, 1871.
For tho purpose Of Offering additional facili-
ties and to meet the urgent re- a.
4uirernents of shippers, we have ts.A ii .
decided to increase the number Of xs 5ll1GE
nurstc,uuers on the line TO ALEXANDRIA, and
WASHINGTON. and On and after Inber
9Th, will run Scmi-wcnhlv line If STEAMERS be-
twccn this and tho above named points, leaving
Philadelphia, from pier 2, North Wharvrs, Oh
" clneslars and Saturdays. ut noon: and George
Town. tr"m Corupany'o docks, Oh Mondays and
Thursdays, and Alnxaniria on Tuesdays and
Thurstlays-- connecting with the Orange. Ale
andriu and Manassas. and Washington & Ohio
Rsilroads, and Chesapeake and Obi" Cnnal.-
Freight forwarded to all points on these rnutca
and their CONNECTIONS.
Shippers by this route may depend upon care
III lnnH!ngoi freight and rromp: dispatch. No
extra charge. rusde for forwarding.
w p CLYDE. Il Co, Agents.
&. Z. HYDE. tcnrg,:t"wr, d. e..
NJ. ELDRlDGE & Co, Ale1nndrla, Va
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7 {. MILBCRN.
Wholesale and Retail
GROCER ND EOhlMLSSfON MERCHANT,
NEW STORE.
No 70 North Royal e., and cor. Market alley,
Alexandria, Va
The proximity Of this store I" the Mark.
House, the centre of trade, will e2abl" me 20
obtain good prices for Flour, Grain and Couutry
Produce cunsi g1ed TO my care
Consgnmcnts and orders for Groceries re-
specttully solicited. They will receive careful
and pron.It attention oct 26-tt