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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-07-30

A lady writes of the decolete style
of dressing: ''No man who prop
erly prizes and appreciates his wife
ever did, or ever will, like to see his
better half exposing her naked bust
in public Woman bares her bust to
excite something more than envy in
woman and admiration in men.
And this she knows full well when
she looks at her undraped form in
the mirror in the character of a
statue UiUdnte. On the score Of
health the fashion cannot be too
severely denounced. How many
fatal cases OF consumption have been
caused by sudden exposure to the
chill midnight air on coming out of
steaming bathrooms and opera-houses
with the most vital part of the body
entirely unprotected. On the tomb
stone of many a beautiful woman
might be truly inscribed, death from
lownecked dresses
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-07-30

Col. T. A. Tyler. editor of the
Memphis Register, has been elected
Superintendent of public schools for
Shelby county, with a salary of
81, 200.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-07-30
On a Render.

CAAfA AGs' hAANLi3 " 1AO 4 AAassN'SA
phia Press, contributes this anecdote
to social history:
Once upon a time one Of those
giant intellects of past generation
gave large dinner party at one Of
the fashionable hotels at the capital.
A private table had been set in one
of the parlors, the hour of the feast
had arrived, the guests were assem-
bled, the dinner was perfect, but
astonishment reigned supreme, for
the host himself was nowhere to be
found. Among the guests might
have been seen the majestic forms Of
Cass and Benton. Massachusetts
was represented by the immortal
Webster, whilst the great common
wealth of Pennsylvania had contrib
uted her most distinguished son in
the person of James Buchanan. For
rest was there, enveloped in the rosy
rays of his dawning fame, whilst the
author of the Anecdotes of Public
Men, might have been mistaken for
youthful Apollo, or some other
equally faultless god. A vessel with
crowded sails at sea without a COM
mander, a balloon in the upper
stratum without Professor Wise in
the basket, the political ring in Penn
sylvania without Simon Cameron,
could only represent the situation.
But James Buchanan, with his superb
grace and inimitable tact, managed
the social ship whilst it was in the
middle of the breakers. Gentle
men, said the lordly Buchanan, ''we
were hidden here to partake of this
fine dinner. The wine is cool, all
things seem ready. 1t is true, the
host is absent, but that is no reason
why so good a feast should spoil. Be
seated, friends ! Life is brief. Let
us enjoy OurselvesE' The hours
few away on nimble wings; course
after course groaned upon the table.
The honest wines of those Apician
days bubbled, sparkled, and disap-
peared. The air was heavily charg-
ed with the electricity of genius, yet
in the absence of the host all was
serene. At last the hour of depar-
ture came. 1t was eleven o'clock.
The door opened, and there stood
the host.
Angels and ministers OF grace, de-
fend us! His battered hat sat
iauntily on one side of his handsome
head. His sharp. white teeth still
clung to the fragments of q fast dis
appearing cigar. Gentlemen" he
began, 'Tve been to Georgetown.
hic p Said Mr.. Buchanan to some
Of the more youthful of the com
pany, "Take this man to his room !;
he might say something he would
regret" and so the host was led,
without opposition, away. Next
day, when explanations and apollo
gies were duly set forth, they were
received in the kindest spirit, he
cause Mr.. Buchanan had paved the
way for them the night before by
saying to the company: "Our host
has been unfortunate. The same
misfortune might have overtaben US.
We have been spared. Let us be
merciful to ourselves and avoid
Georgetown" In those days the
duels were fought in Bladensburg,
but the "larks' were caught in
Georgetown.
A lady writes of the decOlete stVle
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-07-30

The Indebtedness Of Shelby coun-
ty on the lst of January, 1871, was
$48O,516,99 on the 1st of January,
1917, 1915. $3.50, and on the 1st of
January, 1873, s597,596.81.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-07-30

Brigham Young has come. back
from Arizona where he proposed to
settle. bringing his colony of Sc zen
hundred Of the faithful with him.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-07-30

4 bee-sting is bad, and a wasp
sting is worse, but neither is COM
parable with a woman's tongue,
when her ''pheelinks" are aroused.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-07-30

It takes twenty-five cents worth
of ice to keep ten cents worth Of
beef from spelling until dinner time
in Texas.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

One square, (ten lines, or less for first Insertion
One Dollar, each subsequent Insertion Fifty cents.
A liberal discount from the above rate wfl be
made to yearly advertisers.
Obituaries Of over ten lines wiH be charged as
advertisements.
AL bills due upon first insertion of ADVERTISE
ment, unless otherwise contracted for.
All announcements of candidates must be paid
for in advance.
jon woRk must be paid for on delivery.
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Read what we'll known Druggists say
about Aliens Lung Balsam.
SPRINGFIELD, Tenn, Sept. 13, 1s7.

sPRINGEIELD, Tenn, Sept. 13, 1872.
Geutlemen.-PIease ship US six dozen Aliens
Lung Balsam. We have not bottle in the store.
1t has more reputation than any cough medicine
we have ever sold. Have been in the drug bust
ness q years. We mean just what we say.
Very Truly, Yours,
HURT 4 TANNER.
Drs Wilson Ward physicians and druggists,
write from CeutreviIe Tenn. ''We purchased
Aliens Lung Balsam, and it sells rapidly. We are
practiCng physicians, well as druggists and take
pleasure in recommending great remedy, such
we know this to be-
DIR. Floyd Of Ohio, surgeon in the army during
the war, from exposure, contracted consumption.
He says: Il have hezitancy in stating that 1t
by the use of your Lung Balsam that L now
alive and enjoying health"
Dr.. Fletcher of Missouri, says: 'T recommend
your Balsam in preference to any other medicine
for coughs, and it gives satisfaction
~ Physicians do not recommend medicine
which have no merit. What they say about
ALIENS LUNG BALSAM can be taken a fact.
its real merits.
ALIENS LUNG BALSAAT is the remedy to cure
all lung and throat difficulties. 1t should be thor
oughly tested before using any other Balsam. 1t
viii cure when all others fail.
II is harmless to the most delicate child.
It contains no opjune IN aoy form.
Call for Aliens Lung Balsam.
J. n. HARRIS & CO., Props Cincinnati, o,
sH-For sale by all medicine dealers. ap3O
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-07-30

The social evil is the absorbing
topic at Knoxville.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-07-30
A CHALLENGE

Is extended to the world to place before the public
a better Cough Lung remedy than ALIENS
LUNG BALSA1I.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28
FORTY YEARS AGO.

In the 1884 there lived in the town of
Berlin n man by the name of Herman
Strote, who had n small shop i'll one of
the principal streets of that famous old
German city. Now this man Strote's
occupation was selling toys for children,
in which he was well patronized. The
old man would improve his leisure hours
by writing letters for persons who would
pay him for it; altogether he made a
comfortable living for himself and family
which consisted of wife and beautl-
full daughter of about sixteen years of
age. who was just then blooming into
wonaanhood. Taking him rs he then
was one would have found him well
satisfied and content with his lot In life;
he was above want his wife was a good
housekeeper, and the daughter, Emma,
followed in her mothers footsteps, and
was almost adored by the old couple,
who had taken great pains in rearing her,
and were now sending her to "a select
school for young ladies', where she was
to graduate with high honors.
A young man by the name of Gustaye
Heimath, who styled himself student
of medicine, lived in the neighborhood,
but i'm fact the lectures he attended of
the several courses could be almost
counted on the ends of the fingers.
But, being of wealthy parents, he had
too much liberty and went TO the bad.
This same student had seen this young
Lady Gifted, and tried various ways TO get
acquainted, but failed. Until one day,
" as luck would have it" as she was re-
turning from school, n careless driver,
who was going at a reckless speed, turned
the corner so abruptly that he would
have run over her had not this student
been near at hand and dragged her from
the feet OF the animal, from the very
Jaws OF death, as it were. This then led
to an acquaintance, in which this student
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28
Pith and Point.

Do You keep accounts, Benjamin."
Yes, reckon.
ADVICE to persons meditating law
Keep your own counsel.
WHEN is a clock on the stairs danger
Gus? When it runs down.
THAT'S my business" as the butcher
said to the dog that was killing his sheep.
THE man who was crushed by an I'M
expected burst of applause is recovering.
A YOUNG man in Tennessee was pre-
sented with fancy pen-wiper by his
sweetheart, and wore it to church next
next Sunday as cravat.
Il SHALL soon die, Cuffy must set
out on long journey" Berry well, :
replied Cuffy, 81 guess you hab good
going, because it's all the way down
hill. "
LIZ has been suggested that handsome
young girls be employed to take up the
collections at the churches. If there is
anything that VII deprive a man of his
sense it is a gretty girl.
"WHY don't you wash the bottom OF
your feet, John ?" asked grandmother
of boy when he was performing the
operation before retiring for the night;
to which he gravely replied, Why,
granny, you don't think Tn going to
stand up in bed, do you ?"
SAID a tipsy husband to his wife,
You need-needn't blaine me /!
Twas woman that first tempted man to
eat forbidden things" "Woman may
have tempted man to eat forbidden
things" said the wife, but he took to
drinking of his own accord.
IT was mentioned one day to President
Lincoln that two young ladies of his ac-
quaintance had quarreled, and loaded
each other with abuse. Have they
called each other ugly?" said the Presi-
deaf. "No, SIR" every good then
/ will undertake to reconcile them"
WHAT'S dis Credit More Biler dat
de newspapers maxim such fuss about?'
inquired one darkey of another, in the
market this morning. Dunno" re-
piled the other, Z" but spose de Gov
ment buildin' steamships, and wants
credit for more bilers dan dey can get. "
AN old Scotch lady had an evening
party, where a. young hhan ""o Pip'N'S
who was about to leave for an appoint
ment in China. As he was exceedingly
extravagant in his conversation about
himself, the old lady said to him, when
he was leaving, TAX good care o your
sell when We are ava, for, mind We, they
eat puppies in China"
A TENNESSEE paper says -" A short
time since negro girl was arrested Tor
stealing money and clothing. Her father
pleaded in extenuation of the crime, in
trying to procure her release, that it was
not owing to defective moral training,
but the result of schooling. She was
an honest, industrious girl till he sent
her to school since, she has longing
for idleness and SNOWY clothes, and steals
to crafty new desire"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28
Sir Isaac Newton and YOltaire on
Railroad Travelling.

Sir Isaac Newton wrote work upon
the prophet Daniel, and another upon
the book of Revelations, in one of which
he said that in order to fulfill certain
prophecies before certain date was
terminated, namely, 1860 years, there
would be mode of travelling of which
the men of this time had no conception !;
nay, that the knowledge of men would
be SO increased that they would be able
to travel at therate of fifty milesan hour.
Voltaire, who did not believe in the
inspiration of the Scriptures, got hold
of this and said
Now look at that mighty mind of
Newton, who discovered gravity, and
told us such marvels for us all to admire
When he became an old man, and got
into his dotage, he began to study that
book called the Bible; and it seems
that, in order to credit its fabulous non
sense, we must believe that the knowl-
edge of mankind must be so increased
that we shall be able to travel at the
rate Of fifty miles an hour. The poor
dotard - exclaimed the philosophic in
fidel Yoltaire, in the self-complacency of
his pity. But WHO is the dotard now !
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28
The Kind Of Bear that Frightened q
Maine BOY.

A number of young men OF this city
who were camping out week before last,
near a lake some forty miles to the east
ward, had written some letters to their
relatives and friends at home, and in
trusted them to one of the party, who
volunteered to carry them out 10 the
stage road, several miles distant, to give
them to the driver of the stage, which
reached that point about dusk. The
messenger had been gone nearly half an
hour, whenhe surprised his comrades by
rushing back into camp, painting from
his exertions and evidently thoroughly
scared In reply to the numerous ques-
tons which were showered upon him,
he related-after pausing to get breath
that just before he reached the road "A
huge bear coolly marched up to the
path in front of him, and sitting down
upon its launches, growled and CRASHED
its teeth. Having no weapons, the mes
senger decided that discretion was a great
deal better than fighting bear unarm-
ed, and he turned and ran, the huge ami
NAL numbering along after him at n
clumsy but still rapid pace. Our hero
was a good runner, however, and out
stripped Bruin short distance from
camp. He was just proposing that his
friends take their guns and go in pursuit
of the bear, when low growl behind
him made him Jump off his feet, and he
turned to see one of the party, who,
dressed in bear-skin coat, fur cap and
gloves, had been playing bear" for his
delectation on the road, and just return
ed to camp to hear the conclusion of the
recital of the meeting and pursuit
BANGOR (Mc.) VhiQ.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28
Youth and Age Married In New-Jersey.

A few days ago marriage took place
in Bedminister township, not n thousand
miles from the village of Pottersville,
the principals in which performance shall
be nameless. The bridegroom was n man
well advanced in years, having passed
middle life, but possessing the charm of
worldly wealth. He made love to q young
lady of about twenty, who, after the re-
peated opportunities of her parents,
finally accepted the proposals of her
aged sutton. but before the time arrived
for the ceremony to take place, repented,
and peremptorily declined to consum-
mate the engagement. A young sister,
hardly out of her short clothes, then
half in jest, half in earnest-voluntaril
offered to take her sisters place upon
the man pleging himself TO settle upon
her 81 900 Immediately after the cere-
mony should be performed. This offer
was gladly accepted, the parents sane
toned the bargain, and in due time the
union took place-the minister perform
ing the service doing so with much re-
luctance. After all was over, the young
bride, as If for the first time realizing
her position, seemed suddenly filled
with remorse, and frantically called upon
the clergyman to unite the knot. Upon
being told that it was too late, she ut
terly refused to have anything further
to do with her newly-made husband, and
left him to make what he pleased out of
it. Entreaties were of no avail, and the
man took his departure to another part
of the country. - ,SOmerpiUe On ~
IniO0ist
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28
Life Insurance.

BY the showing of the New York
Times the agents Of life insurance COM
panies, doing business in New York, re-
ceived for commissions during the FIVE
years ending in 1871 upwards of S40,-
600, 600, while the widows and orphans
of the persons insured received during
that period about S75, 900, 900. 1t is be-
lieved that the sums paid for salaries of
officers, Office rent, stationery, advertis-
ing, services of attorneys and medical
examinations, in addition to the commits
sions paid to agents, will make a sum
fully equal to that paid to the heirs of
the insured. In 1864, Of terminated
policies, twelve per cent. were surren-
dered, that is, given up for small pro-
portion of the money that had been paid
on them seventy-three per cent. lapsed,
that is, were totally confiscated, because
the holders became tired of carrying
them; while only twelve per cent were
terminated by the death of the holders
To show that people are losing faith in
life insurance companies, the report of
1871 is given. In that year twenty-one
and third per cent. of all the policies
were surrendered seventy-one and n
third per cent. lapsea leaving only
seven and third per cent. to expire by
death or expiry. Insuring only healthy
subjects on the basis of the average
mortality among persons of all condi-
tons of health and disease, and only
having to pay on seven policies in hun
bred, ought to be thriving business.
Is it any wonder that whining men go
about the country, reminding persons of
the uncertainty of human life ?
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28
Who Drink the Coffee I!

The coffee trade of the United States
last year is thus recapitulated. The
total receipts were 2, 10S, 082 bags, etc.
or 277, 636, 25S pounds, OF which l6l, so,
$50 pounds were landed at New York,
against imports in 1871 of 325, 700, 479
pounds. The consumption of coffee in
1872 was 271, 71S, 73S pounds, against q
consumption in 1871 of $4,000, 765,
being q falling off of little over IA per
cent. The decline in the imports and
consumption in 1872 is attributed to the
very short crop of Brazil in 1871, as
hence we draw 20 to 80 per cent. of our
supplies and in lesser measure to the
failure of the Java crop the same year.
Baltimore stands the second city in the
country in the importation Of the arti-
Gle. The value of the direct receipts of
coffee at ports of shipments, received at
New York, was S25, 1884, 179 in gold.
There was taken from New York, last
year, 154, 91S, OLA pounds of coffee from
Baltimore, GA, oil, 700 pounds; from New
Orleans, 1874, $40 pounds /; from Phil
adelphia, 5,693, 1870 pounds from Bos-
ton, 4,579,364 pounds, and from other
ports, ..15, al $50 pounds. The consump-
ton Of coffee in the United States has
grown from 1874 ,225, 700 pounds in 1852
to about 800, 900, 900 in 1S71-72.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28
Early Education Shaping Success In
Life

So much of the success or non-suc-
cess of life in after years depends upon
early education that this subject assumes
degree of Importance which no parent
teacher or guardian should be unmind-
full of. The smallest part of our educa-
ton is that which we derive from the
text book.
Observation i'll the worlds great con-
tact and III the earnest battle of life is
both man and woman's best education.
The difference in mems characters is
very strongly marked. Some men are
weak and timid, really accomplishing
nothing worth mentioning in the whole
course of their lives. Others yield TO
no threat or difficulty, and go straight
ahead, prostrating whatever opposition
lies in their path. A good deal of this
is owing to early education. The child
brought up in luxury almost always re-
allies an imbecile manhood. Plant an
acorn in n flower-pot, and rear 1t III a
greenhouse, and though it grow up IN
the form of an oak, it will be quite I'M
like that reared amid the SHOWS and the
storms of the mountain top.
In nine cases out of ten the education
which man gives himself is, after all,
the most important. One OF the worst
foes to the success of most men is the
indulgence of habit of indecision.
Nothing is more enfeebling or destruc-
tive of mental force. The man who
never commits himself, who Is always
delaying and who never makes up ms
mind, gives others the impression that
he has little or 40 mind to make up.
The only remedy for this apparent vans
of capacity is promptness.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28
NEVER TALK.

hate the petty scandals
Always flying 10 aud fro,
Singing like mosquitoes
never talk, oh, no!
Now there's pretty Nettie Miller
I've heard her cousin say
That her pink aud white complexion
Could all be- washed away,
ButsI don't believe a word OF II;
She's like the lilies fair,
Though she shouldn't black her eyebrows
And wear two shades Of hair,
1 don't wonder that the horrid men
Are always poking fun
At their better-halyes, for, gracious me-
How woman's tongues do run
Only an hour ago / heard
That Mrs. VIM. Lee
II seen on Broadway every day
With handsome Doctor ID.
I don't believe n word Of it;
What would his patients do
If he spent every day with her,
And every evening too!
And then young Jones, they say he drinks,
And don't support his wife;
| never saw him drunk but ten
Or twelve times in my life;
And have known them quite month
Yes, one month and a day
And a. for her, she dresses well,
Somebody has TO pay.
Dear me, dear me, this world In queer
How can folks gossip so?
It's wrong, unkind, understandable.
never talk, oh, no
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28
The nationalities of the population

1t will be noticed that in no case are
the inhabitants returned as Canadians.
France coded Canada to England more
than century ago, yet the descendants
of the first inhabitants are reported as
French to this time. Figures giving the
number of the present inhabitants of
adult age, born in the Dominion, would
be interesting, as showing whether the
population of the provinces was kept up
by immigration, and whether the native
stock, especially of the English speaking
provinces, do not largely move off to
"the States upon reaching adult age
Classified according to their religion,
the bulk of the population is thus divid-
ed: Roman Catholics, 1892, 029 /;
Church of England, 494, O49; Method
lists, 567, 091 Presbyterians, 5i4, 1898.
Among the various minor classifcations
occur the following Pagans, 1856 !;
Atheists, 20; Deists, 400; no religion,
5,146 Mormons, 534; Mahometans, Is.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28

INDIA-RUBBER TIRHs.-It is found
that great advantage is gained for trac-
ton engines by having the India-rubber
tire attached in segments over the solid
ring thus, if a segment gets damaged,
it may be easily and quickly removed,
and replaced by spare segment at a
moderate cost. The India-rubber readily
impresses itself into the inequalities of
the roadway; and, to AVOID the possibility
of slip in wet streets and on clay soils,
steel staples or cross-bars are introduced,
SO arranged as to take the traction with
ont neutralizing the benefit derived from
the elastic action of the rubber. With
their wheels thus tired, traction engines
are, it is claimed. equal to much great
or variety of wear, and, of course, are
far better adapted to traverse paved or
very uneven roads.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28

TAKING CoMFoRT.-At Nice there is a
Russian who has made many millions OF
roubles by his speculations. lie refuses
now to go into society, and receives at
his house none but the persons whom he
knew in the happy old days when he had
not n sou. To them he makes little
presents of n thousand or two roubles,
and so on. He is an uneducated man,
but passionately fond of music, and his
one pleasure is to maintain an orchestra.
He engages by the year the best must
clans he can obtain in the morning they
take up their position at the end Of a
salon in his villa, he sits down in his
armchair at the other end, and they
play to him oil day.