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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-16
Varieties.

How TO make slow horse fast-Don't
feed him.
WHY is this continent like milk? Be-
cause it's ours.
The pale of society in the milk dis
tricts-The WATERFALL.
The Danbury Nea0S man says eyes
terday was colder than an oil-cloth.
THE young man who boosted that he
could marry any girl he pleased, found
that he couldn't please any.
"GooD-BY, you old, scoiding, red
headed heather" wrote Dubuque man
to his wife the last thing before killing
himself.
AN unusual number of people are
carrying their hands in their pockets,
there being nothing in their pockets to
interfere with the indulgence. Dan
bury NetOs.
A WORTHY Kentucky farmer, being
asked if daughter recently married
was still living with him, replied: "No,
sir when one of my girls swarms, she
must hunt her own hive"
JUDGE NoRBURY was interrupted in
his charge to jury once by the loud
braying of a donkey in the street of the
assize town. whats that ?" asked his
Lordship. Mr.. Parsons with whom his
Lordship had just had fiery fare-up)
rose and gravely assured him that it
was merely the :" echo of the court"
THE lady friends of Mr.. Bergh teach
their little boys these lines:
Up the hill, whip me not;
Down the hill, hurry me not:
In the stable, forget me not;
OF hay and corn, rob me not.
With sponge and brush, neglect me not
OF soft, dry bed, deprive me not
With bit or rens, jerk me not;
And when you are angry, strike me not.
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known to survive $50 years and more.
The melody of the dying swan is en-
tirely NEUROLOGICAL. Upon approach of
death, the bird quits the water, sits
down upon the bank, lays its head upon
the ground, expands its wings trihe,
and expires, uttering no sound.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-16

AMONG the feathered creation, the
eagle, the raven, the swan and the par
rot are said to be centenarians. An
eagle in Vienna died after a confinement
of ia years, and a pair of ravens in
Shelbourne have fixed their residence in
an ancient oak for more than 90 years
Swans in the River Thames in England.
whose bills have been annually marked
by the Winners Company, have been
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-16
Frightened at Night.

Children of active imaginations have
hours of torture at night, by calling up
visions and shapes of terror, suggested
by their reading 1t is useless to scold
at them, and cruel to laugh at them, for
it is part of their nature which they
cannot change. Sara Coleridge, the
daughter of the poet and philosopher,
passed through untold agony from this
cause. The ghost in Hamlet seemed
to haunt her chamber. Millions pic
ture of Death at Hell-gate rose before
her in the darkness. The horse with
eyes of flame, in Southey's ballad of the
odd Woman of Berkeley" was worse
than either. She said, pitifully, go,
the agonies 1 have endured between
nine .and twelve at light, before mann
ma joined me in bed, in presence OF
that hideous assemblage of horrors =
Her Uncle Southey laughed heartily at
her tale of suffering Her mother
scolded her for getting out of bed and
going down into the parlor when she
could bear the fear no longer. But her
father underderstood the case, and di-
rected that a lamp should be left burn
ing. and from that time all her suffer-
ings ceased. All parents ought to guard
their children from such terrors.
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To CORRESPONDENTS.

All communications for this paper should be accom-
panied by the name OF the authors not for
publication, but AS an evidence OF good faith ON tho
part the writer Write only one OF the pa
Be partieu arly careful in giving names and ates 10
have the letters and figures plain and distinct.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-16

A WRITER to the Medical Times and
Gazette refers to the fatigue of the
limbs produced after long railway
tourney as due mainly to the trembling
motion of the floor under the feet, and
states that, having suffered considera-
bly, from the abuse, he was induced to
try the experiment of using the we'll
known air cushion as footstool This
answered so well that he has never trav-
eled without using one in this way, and
has found the effect to be a remarkable
improvement.
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Mr.. Speaker, have neither the time nor
the inclination to notice the many illogical and
forced conclusions the numerous transfers OF
terms, or the vulgar insinuations which encum-
Der the argument Of the gentleman from
Kentucky. Reason and argument are worse
than wasted upon those who meet every de-
mand for political and civil liberty by such
rlbadry as this-eXtracted from the speech Of
the gentleman from Kentucky:
II suppose there are gentlemen on this
floor who would arrest, imprison and fine a
young woman in any State of the South if she
were to refuse to marry a negro man on ac-
count of color, race, or previous condition of
servitude, in the event of his making her a
proposal OF marriage, and her refusing on that
ground. That would be depriving him Of a
right he had under the amendment, aud Con-
! gress would be asked to take it up and say :
This insolent white woman must be taught to
know that it is misdemeanor to deny a man
marriage because Of race, color. or previous
condition of servitudo !; and Congress will be
urged to say after while that that sort of
thing must be put stop to, and your conyen-
ton Of colored men will come here asking YOU
TO enforce that right"
Now, sir, recurring TO the venerable and
distinguished gentleman from Georgia (Mr.
Stephens), who has added his remonstrance
against the passage of this bill, permit me to
, 1874-11-08

are as difficult to him ~ to his children, only he
has riper Judgment. He is ambitious to suo-
coed. because who wants to acknowledge failure
to his child and he works hard. He gets his
mixed up With the 1atter-day keen an
alysis; and, il he does not confuse
the boy struggling with tho momentous
question Of how long it takes bear to eat
wolf under startling combination Of tragic cir
cumstancee. it il simply wonder. Tho analyt-
1cal youngster disturbs his suppositive declara-
tions derived from Talbot, Ia the days when
cIpherlng MAS an accomplishment, and when it
vas the fashion 70 shoot app1e-seeds at the grla)
by constant pert references to his papa's inabill-
ty to analyze; and, when the result is arrived at,
said youngster sees the point, makes the appli
cation, and takes all the credit Of ''getting the
answer.'
=, Then comes tho gIammar-leeson in which
fss fss ee'd To- k9ihsn tho Of family Y. hon aoesn;
day, puts formulas into his boys head, which
the teacher. the next day, wonders It and con-
demns. Tnen he pronouncea geographical
names Tor his boy as they were pronounced
when he went to school. aud gets the boy into
trouble again.
II the parents aro not well-informed the con-
fusion is worse, and the discipline
WORSE THAN NONE At ALL
There is constant battle between the parents
who want their children's time. and tho children
", Mho cry Lessons whenever work is mentioned
truly that it is tho teachers duty 10
help the pupil in systematic study
ns we'll "a IN recitation. In short, school is
place Tor study; and the tendency to make it
only place for recitation will meet with strong
condemnation from those most Interested. The
people, while interested in the education Of their
children, and while willing to do their part in
assisting the teacher, do not favor any system
that throws the hard work to their homes and ou
themselves, and involves labor Of eight OF ten
hou1s day to the child, instead OF six. x.
, 1874-11-08
Archaeological Discovery in Franco.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL O18NNsE1f 4A G1AACCA
An interesting archaeological discovery has, 'ac-
cording to the French newspapers, been recently
made near Mount St. Odile At Obernai, Lower
Rhine, By II. Felix Voniot. an Asatian arch9ol-
oyist. On e1cavating slight eminonce resem-
bling an ordinary heap Of stones, within the area
of the ruins known as the Heathens' Wall (Hei-
denmauer), BIO came upon six sarcophaei. which
afforded, it is said, ipcoDtestable evidence OF
burial before the Roman period. In one OF the
sarcophagi Was found sharp stone hatchet,
while the others contained objects characteristic
Of the age Of stone and bronze. Two graves.
dug like the Scandinavian sepu1chres, in the
torn OF 4 die, which saemcd to bo intended to
receive bodies in = string posture. contained
tic fragments Of . skull Of extraordinary thick
ness. and also portions Of massive silver rug.
But the most important discovery WAS that OF
coffin about 6 feet long, in which was
the complete skeleton of 4 man. From the Or
naments found with him it is conjectured that
he was Gallic priest. The ornaments consist
Of collar. srtisticsuy made Of yellow ra'9 amber
silver earrings, an iron Knife. an amulet of
ba.ed eattl,, Stone hatcheE similar to those
, 1874-11-08

initiation awaits a failure. The teacher meets
ali EXCUSES by the reproachfnl, ''You should
have studied ut home." Let us sea wlat this
system entails.
The pupils spend six hours in school every
day. This is all the time that should be devoted
to study and recitation. We build schoohouses
and employ teachers that this studying mny DO
done under advantageous circumstances. We
could teach cur children ourselves; but this
would make home school-room. We prefer to
DAY tar, and have the teaching done elsewhere.
We expect the teacbing to be done In the Hchools,
and do not expect that it shall be 80 conducted
~ to entirely absorb the attention Of the child
elasticity OF his nature. But mako the SCHOOL
hours merely hours Of recitation, and
WHAT HAVE VIE?
Ambitious boys and girls come home with the
lessons for the morrow mapped out They are
anxious about their standing, and ambitious as
to pronotion. They have been in school Elk
hours but they must to work 1t once to prepare
for the morrow. All h0ma-Arrangements must
adapt themselves TO this demand for study The
businessman, tired and worried, md longing for
horne-rest, fnds that he is plunged into school.
room furry. Tbs Lessons are all important, and
his comfort or convenience nothing. He must
not only bear the noise, but be must participate
in discussion. aud help the young people over
troubles He must get down on the
floor and puzzle over ar1thmeeical prob
lens, and must parse az me nara ar,
weight OF the work of teaching comes on him.
He Is the first line Of battle, SO to speak, to re.
ceiye eli the first attacks, and to overcome al
the difficulties. Thia continues often until or
10 o'clock At night, And, It there happen 70 Do
Suppose the head Of the family is not good At
figures, uhata
this nightly struggle inyolreal Tbs psoblsms
, 1874-11-08

character by manuscript II the Ha-leian cox
Iections, OF which Mr. Blades gives all account
sists OF translation Of the Dts Moraux des
Philosopher which in different translation
Was Caxtons first book printed in England with
dnte. Tho paper is in Door condition, but part
OF the colophon is stiu leglble and runs thus;
Now late traalatyd out ui French tung in to
Englysh the y1r Of our Lord Mccccl. to Jhon
Fostalf Knight for his contemplation ans
sofas, ny Gtevyn Scr0po s1uyer sonue in law to
the eaid Fostalle. Deo graclas-' This dedication
places Scrope in an aniaoio light how the Offer
ing was received does not appear.
Scrope's marriage, or marriages, furnishes
another curious example OF Fastolt's disposition
One OF the first of the PASTOR Letters Is re~.
quest to bis step-son to use hls Influence to cor
rupt certain Judge. his wife father. Whether
this WAS Sir William ielverton or Sir Richard
BINGHAM does not appear. Scrope was twice
married, and each time to the daughter OF
Judge aud Fastotf wishes 1t to bo deiicateiy con-
veyed that reward might be had by per7er-
sion OF justice. mn.
which lasted 143 days, he died 4: Cairtor. His
will still exists at 3fagdalene College, Oxford.
and some account of it aud other documents TO-
iating to him OCCURS in the recent report
Of the Historical manuscripts, Commission
It WAS made IN June, therefore near
the beginning Of his iilnesB, but was only
proved BY PASTOR and Hous, bis executors, in
l469. Fasto1f himself had taught them that
posse.sion is nine points Of law, and they did not
fail to make use OF their knowledge. His wishcs
were never carried out as to the foundation OF q
college at Caistor and much OF his property was
wasted in litigation Is to the authenticity Of 4
will nuncnpative,' which be was said to baYo
made on bis deathbed~ Two things seem certain
namely, shat Stephen Scrope. By whose proper
ty he had 20 largely Increased his own means, re-
csived nothing from him. and that Magdaleuo
College, vhich has hitherto reckoncd him among
its benefactors, and still OWNS some lands which
once 1ero his. only obtained them by the adroit-
ness Of Bishop Wayndete. the rest OF the estate
going to SIR John PASTOR. As for Castle Co:nbe,
When poor Scrope at last came into possession,
ha was already an old mAn."
, 1874-11-08

N@ Editor u The CAieaoo Tribune:
aa: Tho woman Who has husband who
'aa mafe hera comfortable home-that is. sup
~ aef With the comforts OF life, and nothing
e"a1nsually sighs for few Of its luxuries.
h''e especially II they are possessed by her
's.'ess neighhor does she desire them; and, in
coes 70 supply herself with them, shc takes into
~ ooase some work etyled feminine, on which
1' e1Fendf her leisure-time. and earns little
-, s',as5 WITH which to purchase tho coveted ar
.s sus' one il In need OF none OF the necessnries
"ue; she does not hare to uork for bread, or
~ q eren for necessary clothing; therefore
-. aa work at extremely low rates. Her en-
'4:s' hnding. the female labor market over
s'uea bT this class of women, pays cor
- "oangly low wages. Thus docs the woman
~ ~ husband, by reducing tho price OF labor,
~. oli5 nture every one of her sisters who
~. na'or bread, but, at the Same time. plnces
1sans Of support
-. OUT OF HER OWN REACH.
ana tns Of need.
!. kPelods Of distress like tbs present, when
IL. uasoast is thrown out Of employment, and
~, utterly impossible to obtain it, his wifo,
~. .aeet :seccssity, makes the attempt to be-
nss "a osead-vinner; and the first thing that
~ 5e"" ltseH is that kind Of feminine occupa-
H.. "aich hhe has passed her leisure hours.
,ss, not take her long to discover that what
h,n- 'onettmea supply her With IN article OF
kn7'' WI not furnish food for herself and
~ u our ladies' had been accustomed to,
III. we 10 h~s which govern trade. the inevit-
1t S.as Sse of supply and demand, they would
b ms. e been 80 willing to have oYeraupplied
~ ksds.et a y nth labor when they we're not com
ksare 90 1t, until they could not oven earn
i asath.op pty their own board, much less that
4. ~. *onan with husband, whose acts, or
k} VI her sisters, have so far reduced the
ia .stmen ssomen that she cannot, in what IRE
histnr rs =. feminine walks Of life, earn sufficient
tss,as,s ts,ar 90 Volt from the door, now rurns her
h rs;ai :" other avocationa,-avocations, too,
tha asn rss., she may be eminently fitted, and
Ia t1uhsoce, she may have followed before
tnpt - e She determines to make the It,
ID; - 'o'a direction, and goes out to look for
&bs TUE WonK ME MUST HAVE
tslng onos. John sees har 70 With
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WASHINGTON.

WAsHINGToN, July S.-The report Of
John D. Miles, Indian agent at Usage
City, Kansas, in regard to the depreda-
tons of the hostile Cheyennes, Kiowas
and Comanches was received at army
headquarters to-day. Orders we're i'm
mediately telegraphed to General Pope,
commanding the department of Missouri,
directing him TO use the 9th Cavalry in
Kansas aud the Indian Territory for the
purpose of breaking up the raids of
these Indians and forcing them upon
their reservations.
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The Eatree into society.

Two parallel and rather audacious at
tempts to effect an entrance into the
charmed circle of society are recorded
from London and Paris respectively,
and they seem to have beer equal fail
ures. A London correspondent says
that Jack Brag's old trick of obtruding
himself into evening assemblies in Lon
don when unbidden has been revived of
late to a very marked extent, and was
repeated once too often at the Duchess
of Westminster ball at Grosvenor
House. A gentleman entered the man
sion, having previously given his name
TO the servant in attendance, and having
mingled with the guests in the ballroom,
thought no doubt that his stale trick had
been quite successful. He was much
astonished, however, at being accosted
by man who announced himself as
detective, and who peremptorily de-
manded Of the intruder his name and
address 1t was given as that OF bar
rister at Gray's Inn, but TO make sure
that the individual was really what he
described himself to be he was required
to accompany the detective without de-
lay to the place mentioned. Fortunately
for the barrister, he had told the truth,
and be was left to his nights rest and
his reflections. Next day be called at
Grosvenor House aud apologized to the
Duke of Westminster, urging that his
love of art and his desire to see the
Westminster collection of old masters
illuminated las they we're on the occa-
sion) had induced him to come unasked.
In the second instance, the lover of
aristocratic gatherings was less modest,
and styled himself Prince. Since the
disappearance, under unpleasant cir
cumstances, Of the Armenian Prince"
Meskariantz, from Partisan society,
good looking Adventures have found
some difficulty in etfecting an entrance
into the charmed circle. A young Ital-
ian who had for some time been COM
PEELED to con6ne his display of wealth
and aristocratic airs 10 the Boulevards
was, at length, the other day, introduced
by some thoughtless young exquisite to
the salon of very great lady. The
Prince acquitted himself admirably, and
his perfect manners and good looks
would soon have been his passport to
further successes, when an old General
determined to bring the newcomer TO
book Addressing him, point blank, the
General said, You belong, / am told,
Prince, to one Of the oldest Wallachian
families2' To one Of the very oldest,
General" How do you make out your
descentP' Parchment is, indeed,
scarce among Us, and we rely mainly on
tradition" But your genealogical
tree?' That" replied the Prince,
with cheerful readiness, is planted be-
fore the castle Nv grand
father had whole avenue Of them, but
be ordered them to be cut down" So,
after this answer, we're ended the social
prospects Of the handsome Italian
! Prince
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FOREIGN.

LONDON, July S.-A Times Paris spe-
cial says the Right and Left Centers have
agreed upen an order Of the day declar-
ing that the Assembly is determined to
defend MacMahon's powers from every
attack of their opponents. The Cabinet
still has majority in the Assembly, but
the Bonapartists and a portion of the
moderate Right, who are able to turn
the scale, are wavering. If the govern
ment is defeated, the dissolution Of the
Assembly is inevitable.
In the Postal Congress to be held in
Berne on September 18th, fifteen States
will be represented, including France
and Denmark.
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WASHINGTON, July s.-For the lower
lake region, partly cloudy and warm
weather will prevail, with local rains,
south or west winds, and no decided
change in the barometer. For Tonnes
see and the Ohio valley, partly cloudy
and continued warm weather, local rains
north Of Kentucky, southeast or south
west winds, and stationary or falling ba-
rometer. For the upper lake region and
thelnorthwest, local rains, continued high
temperature, except near Lake Superior
southeast or southwest winds and falling
barometer. Telegrsphic reports are
missing from the upper Mississippi and
upper Missouri valleys.
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FREE ARKANSAS.

The majority for a Constitutional
Convention in Arkansas foots up sew
enty thousand. Only two counties,
Jefferson and Lafayette, gave majority
against Convention. The Convention
meets next Tuesday, and viii enfran-
chise the State. Arkansas has been ep-
pressed sorely by carpetbaggers and
reckless adventurers, who have preyed
upon her treasury and grown fat upon
the spoils of usurpe9 offices. But the
day of deliverance is at hand, when the
freemen Of Arkansas can shout the
Jubilee of disenihrallment and reinstate
a good governmen t for themselves, with
honest men, capable and meritorious, in
Office. Such a contamination is most
devoutly to be wished for. We can
sympathize with our sister State
and cordially offer our hearty con-
gratulations. Arkansas is in natural
resources the energy and intelligence
Of her citizens, Lne of the foremost
States of the Union, yet siEee the war
has been as helpless as some chained
giant, and throttled like the victims Of
highway ROBBERS. The day dawneth
when labor and capital will pour into
the State; when every forest shall re-
sound with the Eoodsmsn's ak, every
field shall be cultivated and every mine
worked; when the hum of industry shall
be heard in the present wilderness; when
railroads shall be finished, gay steamers
shall ply in every navigable stream,
and the State will make more real
progress in few bright, eventful
years than in the last decade.
The prosperity Of Arkansas will be our
opportunity. As her citizens realize the
fruits Of their own industry and become
independent and opulent, SO will they
seek the Memphis market to sell their
countless bales Of cotton and carry away
unlimited supplies. Memphis is, com.
mercially, an Arkansas city in Tennes-
see, and is as deeply interested in the
politics, the agriculture and manufactur
ing schemes of the State across the river
as is Little Rock. In fact, we sell more
groceries, dry goods, hardware and other
leading articles to Arkansians than to
Tennesseeans, and more than Little
Rock sells. Socially, too, as well as
commercially, we are most intimately
connected, and it is but natural that the
people Of Memphis watch the movement
which is to make Arkansas free with
the most intense interest and anxiety.
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majority vote sufiices TO carry the mo
ton. But wben the civil rights bill
passed the Senate the House Of Repre-
sentatives had made SO many special or
ders that these and the unfinished bust
ness prevented there being any morn
ing hours, so that the only road to the
Speakers table was by the suspension
of the rules. At the coming session
there will be morning hours for a month
or so probably, and bare majority can
60 to the Speakers table. That there is
large majority in the House ready to
vote for the civil rights bill is certain.
There are two ways to defeat it; the
first is by filibustering or dillatory mo
tions by the minority, but these are an
imperfect reliance at the beginning of
the session. 1t is, however, very gene
rally believed that the President would
veto the bill if it comes to him, and
politicians are already specializing upon
The effects of such a veto. 1t would
disrupt the Republican party,
md lead to a reconstruction of existing
party organizations.