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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-11-19
A POst-Once Problem.

The Pail Mall Gazette has the follow
ING. By the last mail from India a GU
IONS % letter arrived at the general post
office. It was not stamped, the paper
% which the envelope was composed
was neculiar, and the address was Tor
the @ time being utterly unintelllgioie.
ANYHOW. the letter had been SEM W
f,nndon The general post'oflice, a'l-
thor;ties at once dispatched trustwor-
thy messenger to the most eInulte m ao
scholars in this city to ask them 10 e oe'
cipher the strange, blotted' croohoc' ai
and indistinct handwriting on the envet-
% one An eminent linguist OF the bflt,
iah museum was applied to. lie coulo
not not interpret the address, but prono1n-
neJ I tbe characters forming it not TO 90
arrow.beaded ones nor resembling the
letters composing the ancient Assyrlac
;nscrintions with which he had hltnerto
met Another well-known authority o.
the British museum was consui'eu' pbs ths
! he could not SEQ in the writing on vno
envelope any resemblance TO chinese, aso
, The authorities at the India office were
t next asked for their opinion. Ihe ON
n;ec;ent librarian was unfortunately
absent inst at the time when the pos.a:
messenger called, but professor hi' m
!. able assistant, pronounced ~ ~ ~ "
% Walooasy or even Pail. The letter mex
vent TO Richmond, where well-kno",
% Canarese scholar pronounced .hG o.te az
u dress not to be Canarese. 80 the iet.s
k nassed from pundit to pundlt 'oo Wi'noo
interpretation. At length it happens
IN that learned gentleman OF the inu ~
al ot,ice recommended the bearer CT u
ct u,usterious % communication to take IL
IL 40 ether learned gentlemen resiaii
20, NV" Nv Ravswater. These laid their hea'
a,, tnaether - and discovered that the i
~ ~ sor;nt;on on the envelope OF the
ie. ,1nrbtable letter was in the Telugu cha
octerI It was written very badly, no
m uiu ever, and when translated reaa % ae II
W. s lows: "Nottu peydu. Jarotr %
'e' nrav post-office writer in LONDON w VI
MS hs This letter and give into the hand Oh
yer n""IS Not,u pcydu" means "not pait
nly rhere was no stamp on the letter, a
olic narhaps the Telugu person who sen,
,on. ppena;dored his communication to v,
'ical Rance" as he styles her MAJESTY i,Sys,'
hing oneen. sufficiently important ~ ns
ious mass free to the hands OF the I'LL
nee Fl India" "Jaroor is the h,hG
free tan equivalent for "post-haateo, os,o
his % " writer" of the London post,oince
course, means, in common nm ,tSar ind,an N
lance the "clerk." The author Oh
letter evidently supposed supp as. 'nss nsstU Us
lew- London possess oniy Vno pps;ce
yenty and only one c,elh W tbe letter
natic not known to us. r llopaD 9Th the sen
IN has lawsuit HAS Buno ,"a oneen ia infor
mt Of and nef IialT0y n;otrate took bribe
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-11-19

orvps CHARLOTTE, wife OF the king !;
=, tbe Friendly Islands, is Methodls1
oo,1oss'leader, o1 sa and the king is licensed
class-,ea" class ,ersocber of the same denomina'
,ocui .;on II is not much of kingdom M :,
ur uuroductions are earthquakes anS ns GIiu thire
nns isie fingers and toes as propitiianry 11les Wes
hes ~ oostoblished missionary statlol
ieyan'; ua IN iS97 they stopped the snrgery,
there ,hem III nv wear CLOTHES, set up prin, nj
% ipspress, taught them the ,hsaa m%i'pros o cocoa
|, tis tion table, and how to trade OIL '''''
nut oil.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-11-19

The Mar r;31 family, md ne dozen: Of other other
e; e; E$ss ss:s: { i; :sss! i
ots%as ,Ss1s are over to be sure, nnS
bu. iid an any Of III them, or any part OF one
ge'.ins sausennt Of the family strinSF
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-11-19

f B. HARPER, the heir OF " ~ Uncle c
John" Harper, was offered Soo'uSo; ';oS lSi
I,onufellow the other day, but deciineo'
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-18
An Intelligent Mare.

On the Harrodsburg road, four miles
from Lexington, lives Mr.. Funkhouser.
Last Tuesday night, as Mr.. L. was en-
joying the profound sleep which follows
an honest mans hard days work, he was
awakened by the repeated neighing of
his saddle nag. After waiting some
time for the mare to cease, he became
impatient, and, bouncing out of bed,
drove her off. He thought it rather
strange, too, that she should come to
the house and leave her colt in the
woods, where she had been running
some weeks. He thought it still more
remarkable that his man, usually very
careful, should have left the gates open,
SO that the mare could come from the
woods to the house.
While he was turning over these
things in his mind, in that half uncon.
scious state preceding sleep, he was
again aroused blythe mare. She neighed
loud and shrill, and at last put her
head to his window. Her persistence
finally suggested that something might
be wrong with her. He got up again,
ed In brisk trot for the woods, and he
re- entered the house. But scarce had he
seated himself in the bed when the mare
was again at the window, making more
noise than ever. At last he thought of
the colt, and, remembering some Won
derful instances of intelligence in
brutes, determined to follow. The
mare preceded him to the gate when
he opened it she passed through, and
Immediately struck out in the darkness,
and he lost sight of her. When he had
stood bordering a few minutes, think
ing the mare had played rather sharp
game on him to get back to her colt,
and when he had just started again for
the house in no good humor, the mare
reappeared. At first he was disposed
to go home, but she actually blocked
his way at every step. He took the
the middle of the woods, she stopped at
sink hole. A little examination
showed him the colt lying on its back
at the bottom, and unable to move. He
had but one match, and used this up in
seeing the position of the colt. He
found himself unable to extricate it
without assistance, and it was near
morning before he obtained help and
got the colt out. The mare, meantime,
had pranced around, showing the liveli.
est interest in everything done, and,
when the colt was finally relieved, her
Joy seemed extreme. Mr. +. made a
careful examination to ascertain, if pos
sible, how she got out of the woods, and
finally found where she had thrown a
top rail off, and then jumped the fence.
She had never been known to Jump a
fence before.-Lerington (Ky.) Ga
zette.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-18
A Slander Checked by CandOr.

Alexander Hamilton, the trusted aid
de-camp and friend of Washington,
died from the murderous shot of Aaron
Burr just 20 years ago. He was the
first and the ablest man who ever filled
the office of Secretary of the Treasury
of the United States. AS party leader,
in times of fierce political excitement,
he was the shining mark of many bitter
assaults. Mr.. Jefferson was the target
of the Federal diatribes. Every act of
his private life, too, was distorted into
something criminal or immoral.
At last the Jeffersonians in the year
1916 lighted upon scandal that needed
no coloring to render it distasteful to
Hamilton's friends and damaging to his
reputation. The story ran thus: A
buxom and attractive woman had visited
the susceptible Secretary of the Treas
ury, captivated and seduced him from
the path of duty and morality. An
amour sprang out of the affair and
went far enough to expose the woman
as an adventures and blackmailer of
the most avaricious nature. AT illiterate
and vulgar husband attempted the
panel game on the great Secretary ; and
an Office in the Treasury, or $50, 900 in
cash, would alone solace the wounds to
his honor and connubial felicity in
ficted by Hamilton. The great man
resisted the art of the woman and her
supposititious husband. They sold
their valuable scandal to his enemies,
who laid it before the public.
Friends promptly denied the vile
story, but were silenced by the cour-
age and honesty of Hamilton's answer.
Freely admitting that he had strayed
from the path of duty, had sinned griev-
ously as father aud husband, he in
dignantly repealed all aspersions on his
honor as public official. He repented
of his sin and asked the indulgence of
his fellow-citizens T; but if he had been
misled by any influence to betray the
financial trust confided to him, he should
have no right to forgiveness or indul-
gence. He published the original doc
ument and threatening letters which
proved the facts to be as above stated
Hamilton's manly answer disarmed pup,
lie censure, and he continued the lao,
of his party and the most admired ana
respected political chieftain OF the era,
and was fully forgiven by his wife,
The new postal card will be lighter
in color, probably very nearly, white.
The printing and engraving VIII DE e1 *,
ecuted in black ink, and the Dorder Will
be narrower and much neater In APP
pearance.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-18
Johnny Climbs into Geography.

sis this the highest mountain in the
world ?" Johnny asked, surprised and
bewildered by the new aspect of the
strange great world we looked down
upon from our high position on the
top of Wild Cat Hill.
Mountains were something new to
Johnny. The hills of Prospect Park
were the highest he had ever seen be-
fore, except some far-off ranges he
caught glimpses of from the car-win-
dow as we came into the country. He
could hardly believe me when told
him they were as high as the one we
had climbed with so much labor that
bright summer morning. They
looked small" / said, "just as our
house looks small away down there in
the valley, because of the distance"
"There among the trees by the riv-
err? I can see it-and the white church
on the hill, too, and the brick school
house. They look like toy houses
The hill looks fiat almost; its awful
steep from grandpa's. Is that the
mountain back there where the woods
aIe?"
Certainly" I said. "Don't you
see the gray line where the high rocks
are ?"
Everything is so queer !" the little
fellow went on, gradually getting used
to the new appearance of things, "and
so small. It's like picture. The riv-
er looks as though could step across it
and how far it goes !"
1t was pretty sight truly to see the
river winding down from the distant
mountains, now still and black between
wooded shores, now Pickering in the
sun as it dashed over rapids, here
spreading round green islands, there
pouring over white falls or sleeping I'M
der bridges No wonder the boy gazed
with wide eyes wonderingly, as if upon
q bit of fairy land,
"Where does it come from?" he in
quired at last.
"The river ?"
eyes, the river.
pointed to where blue peak stood
up against the sky, with white cloud
trailing from it's top like snowy ban
ner, and told him that on the further
side of that mountain was q beautiful
lake, and the river came out of it, run
ming between old White Cap Gas the
mountains name is) and the steep
mountain to the left of it.
care those mountains too 2" Johnny
exclaimed Chow smooth and blue
they look, like clouds almost. Are there
trees on them ?"
Except where they look WHITE" ]
replied. 4" A few years ago q great fire
burned all the trees off that hat-topped
one on the right, and now the bare
rock looks as though covered with snow.
And the white streak on the highest
mountain is bare rock, too. One time
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-18
The Art OF "Make.Up.v

Dom Piatt, describing a visit to a
cosmetic establishment in this city, says
What" we asked, "are the articles
that go to make the beautiful women ?"
Well, first of all is our vegetable
enamel, perfectly harmless, that gives
the most delicate white-I may say,
neutrality-suspicious. known to the fe-
male world. See" he continued, taking
a china pot from the counter, this is
put on easily with small sponge. Per-
NIT me, madam; it is soon removed and
leaves no trace" and saying this, he
applied small quantity to the forehead
of our companion. The result on the
face of clear brunette was startling.
The marble smoothness, aud at the same
time the satiny texture, If we may use
such an expression, was marvellous.
Then he took another sponge and APP
piled q most beautiful blush, rose
color, upon the white, that was perfectly
charming in its natural and soft flush.
"And now," he went on, "here is an
exquisite instrument with which we
trace the delicate blue veins that, when
done, defy the microscope of science.
But how Is it possible to make the
new face and the old shoulders match ?"
"By making all new. The face,
neck, shoulders, and arms have to be
treated all alike"
"And does this artificial process end
here ?" we asked.
"Oh, not ut all we are only just be-
ginning. The eyelashes and eyes have
to be treated. The eyebrows receive
especial attention. We cannot illus
trate with you, madam; nature has
done So much"
He might we'll say this, for it is only
once in million such beautiful eyes,
eyelashes and browns are given wo-
man. He called to young lady of the
establishment and said, miss Blank,
will you permit me ?"
She pleasantly assented, and taking q
small ivory tablet he placed it under
the eyelashes of one eye, and then
touching them dexterously and at the
same time with the most delicate art,
he made the lashes so decided, so pro-
nounced, they seemed to actually grow.
He then penciled the brow, and when
done the effect was most decided. The
young lady was blonde, and with one
eye treated and the other not treated
the result was very decided.
Certainly this is all, ," we said.
"Not at all. We give delicate tint
to the ear, a rosy, steel color to the nails.
We have powders for the teeth; we leave
nothing uncared for that goes to make
perfection of beautiful woman"
"Anda are these things in general use?"
" Certainly you cannot find brill
liant complexion that has not been made
so by art. We read with great pleas
ure of the beautiful women of the
fashionable circles of Washington and
the summer resorts, for we know where
they come FROM"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-18
The Three Stages.

Arctic expeditions are said to be made
up in three distinct stages, all of which
are necessary to form a complete expe-
dition. AT first vessel is sent to
make explorations; after an indefinite
interval of time q second ship is sent to
find the first, and after another interval
third vessel is dispatched to complete
the exploration and bring back infor.
nation of the survivors, if any, of the
two preceding ships. The return of
the third vessel usually completes an
Arctic expedition, and after another
interval of time a new expedition is
sent out. The Russians have reached
the second stage of the last expedition
to the Arctic regions, having decided to
send out an expedition in search of the
Austrian ship Tegetthoff, which sailed
for Nova Zembla in 1872, and has not
since been heard from.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-18
Pith and Point.

NEXT to q diary, the most difficult
thing to keep is lead pencil.
A NEW defnition-A vail is a lady's
protection from the too earnest gaze of
the sun of heaven and the sons Of men.
If bird in the hand is worth two
in the bush, it is no less true that
thorn in the bush is worth two in the
hand.
The people of Carthage, N. Y, I'M
mindful of the fact that counting is very
solemn business, object to the young
people carryingit onin the village ceme-
terry.
THERE is man in Indiana who is
now living in a house with his fifth
wife, seventeen children nd three
mothers-in-law. And still he is not
happy.
A CHILD witnessing balloon ascen-
sion, said he wondered the occupants
did not wait until they were dead, for
he didn't believe live people would be
permitted to enter heaven.
WHEN the cock and the fox went on
board the ark they had no fear of bag
gage-smashers for one had a comb
and the other had brush, and that
was all the baggage they had between
them.
The recently widowed Mrs. Murphy
to friend Well, thin, Mrs. Lanni-
gan. when poor Micky, rest his sowl,
was all nately cramashined, put him
in the joog, do We mind, for thought,
we know, he'd be feelin' more contentsd
there nor any other place at all"
A VERY fat man, for the purpose of
quizzing his doctor, asked him to pre-
scribe for complaint, which he de-
clared was sleeping with his mouth
open. "Sir," said the doctor, "your
disease is incurable. Your skin is too
short, so that when you shut your eyes
your mouth opens.
PRESENCE of mind-An undergraduate
was asked to point out which were the
prophets. For moment this was
"poser to the young hopeful. He soon
rallied, however, and answered, with
grave deliberation 81 never like to
make invidious distinctions"
A LITTLE girl that had been promised
a lap-dog, saw shaggy, ill-favored cur
shaking his thirst from q pool in the
gutter, ran into the house, crying.
"What is the matter?" asked the
mother. 81 don't want lap dog !"
said the child. See that great, hate
full dog out there ; he laps.
A SMALL boy, telling his "pals how
he came to be detected stealing apples
in q grocery store, proceeded thus
"Well, don't care so burned much
about bein' seen, but the clerk was
cross eyed, an thought he wa3 watch
in dorg fight Gross the street, but he
was lookin' square unto me, an he
helped me clean into the gutter -
YOUTHFUL simplicity is beautiful, but
it may become exasperating. Sunday
school teacher wishing his pupils to
have clear idea of faith, illustrated it
thus "Here is an apple-you see it,
and therefore know that it is there;
but when L place it under the tea. cup
you have faith that it is there, though
you no longer see it" The lads seemed
to understand perfectly, and the next
time the teacher asked them, What is
faith 2" they answered with one accord,
can apple under q teacup."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-18

WHEAT STATISTICS II. Kains
Jackson, recognized authority, esti-
mates that the British wheat crop this
year is between 10, 900, 900 and 120,-
600, 900 bushels; that 64,000,000 to
~, 000,Q 70 more will be wanted there
that the United States Gncluding the
Pacific States), Russia, Hungary, Ger
many, France and Turkey have sur
plus of S8,000, 900 bushels, for which
England is the only customer that the
average price of English wheat will fall
below fifty shillings per quarter (S1. so
gold, 81, 65 in currency, being de-
crease of eight shillings per quarter
from the rates obtaining at the time of
his estimate (Aug. 18TH.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-18

REcoLLEoTING BACK TO THE MAY
FLowER.-Mrs. Dorothy ID. Bates, OF
Kingston, Mass, eigbty-seven years
old, recollects seeing Ebenezer Cobb
who died in 1901, aged one hundred and
seven years. This "Grandther Cobb"
recollected seeing the funeral procession
of Peregrine White, who was born on
the Mavfower, and died in 1904, aged
eiphty.four years. Thus, a person now
living. has seen and recollects man
who saw the funeral procession of one
who landed on Plymouth Rock from
tbe Mavfower, over two and half
centuries ago.-Ne~buryport (Mass.)
Herald.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-18
THE GOOD DOG OF BRETTE.
A German Legend.
by JOHN q. sAXH.

Should You eer go to Brette be sure you don't fail
To look at the dog on the old city gate;
A poodle in marble, with never a tail
Save the piteous one which the people relate
or dog who was wont, in the cleveres way,
10 carry basket whereon you might ind,
In capital letters as plain as the day,
This pantiye petition, " Remember the Blind
And thus through the city he went, il is said,
ooleitng food that his owner might live;
And never himself till his master was fed,
Touched morsel Of aught that the people might
give;
Such good little dog, of such talents possessed,
In Brette, be sure, had an excellent name;
And every one fastened to honor his guest
And treat him with Kindness, wherever he came.
But once, on a Friday Ctis ever they say.
day when misfortune is aptest to falD,
As the dog went his round, in the usual way
lie came 10 butcher who Knocked at his call,
what flesh ON fast day l-you heathenish cur!
Egad lyon shall have it IA nice bit of meat 10
And, cutting his tail OFF, cried, on with you sirl
Take that II you please, for your master to eat -
He went 20 his home, and his basket set down
SO stricken with grief, and 30 hurt in his pride
That ne never again showed his face in the town,
But, moaning in misery, sickened and died
And all through the city the story told
OF the beggar lamenting the loss of his mate;
And all through the city the young and the old
Men, women and children lamented his fate.
And now you may see on the old city gate
His effgy standing in marble to-day;
Whereof the good people to strangers relate
The piteous story I've told in my lay;
And the origin, hence, you will readily learn
OF the saying, repeated in country aud city,
When kindness receives ungratefu return,
"He fares-the poor man like the poodle OF
Brette! J"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-18
A Hit.

1t IL hard work to distinguish between
a sukcess and hit, but thare IL just
about the same difference between them
that thare liz between two frogs, one
may be little quicker on the Jump
than the other.
A boy throws stun at rooster, and
knoks him over-he makes hit.
He didn't mean to do it, therefore il
may not be called q sukcess, and IL just
about as mulch surprized as the roos-
ter liz.
Sukcess IL the result ov plan, but a
hit IL often pure acksident.
Hits and sukcess both are about az
skarce az to have the measles twice.
But L don't want to be understood
that L konsider two krops ov the mea-
sizes much ov hit.-Josh billings.
"HUGGING set to music" is what some
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-18

An communication for this paper should be ao>
.nmnsnIad Inv the name Of the author not neces.
,sry pu6eatiop but as an Wyfo osiy on one
sida ~ the nsper Be particularly oaresi IN giw
NO names and dates 10 have the letters and ngures
plain and distinct.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-18

THE entire of Josh Billings family
are settled at Long Branch for the sum-
mer. His two married daughters are
also there one is the wife of Mr.. VIM.
II. Duff, Wall street broker, and the
other of wealthy Venezuelan mer-
chant, Jose Y. Santana.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-18
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
Josh's Pig.

A STORY OF THE REVOLUTION.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-18

"HUGaING set to music" is what some
person is pleased to call waltzing.