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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-30
COnfucius and the Chinese Classics
TRANsLATED BY KI.PO TAI.

Chinese COsmOgony-In the begin
ming of the world, the world was Ktse
Kiang, who died. His blood became
rivers, his bones granite, his hair trees,
ETC., and, finally, the insects which in
tested his body became people.
COnfacias-His Hd6itS-In walking,
the master usually put one foot before
the other; when he rested, it was gen.
orally on both legs.
If, in walking, he came upon stone,
he would kick it out of bis way if it
were too heavy, he would step over or
around it.
Happening once to kick large stone,
he changed countenance.
The Superior Person wore his clothes
in the ordinary manner, never putting
his shoes upon his head nor his cap
upon his feet.
He always kept the skirts of his robe
before and behind evenly adjusted. He
permitted not the unseemly exposure OF
his under garment of linen at any time.
When he met his visitors, he rushed
toward them with his arms open like
wings.
His Poetry-The following was writ.
ten in his sixty-tifth year, on leaving
Loo
:" Oh, fain would stil look towards Loo:
But this Kwei hill cuts off my view
With an AK | will hew
This thicllet all through
That obscures the clear prospect of Loo
In later years the following was com
posed by his disciple Shun:
90 There once a sage called Confu-
Gus, whose remarks were not few
He said, 1 will hew
This blasted hill through,
While his friends remarked quietly, Do"
His EthicS-The Master said, Gone
virtue goes O great way. In jar OF
chow-chow, properly favored with gin
ger, even dead mouse is palatable.
On Wan asking him if it were proper
to put dead mice in chow-chow, he re
piled, cit is the custom"
When he heard that Chang had be-
headed an entire province, he remarked
"This is carrying things to an excess. ,
On being asked his opinion of impale
ment, he replied that 1.-the end did not
justify the means.
Hop Kee asked him how to tell the
superior man. The Master replied,
How, indeed y
Inc Duke Ohang asked MIN one DAY
"What constitutes the state ?" Confu
cius replied, 1.-the question is asin.
inc"
His JokeS-One day, being handed 6
two-foot rule, Confucius opened it the
wrong way, whereupon it broke. TIL,
Master said, quietly, that "it was &
poor rule that wouldn't work both
ways"
Observing that Wau Sing was much
.ddicted to opium, the Master said
"Filial regard is always beautiful.
"Why ?" asked his disciples. "Ht
loves his poppy" replied the Master
changing countenance.
SIS that Nankeen ?" asked the great
Mencius, as he carelessly examined the
robe that EMBODIED the bosom OF the fail
Yau Sing. "No," replied the Master
calmly, that's Pekin. Bret Harte 4,
NaStS Almanac for 1875.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-30
The White Flag.

the white Flag.
A few weeks ago, dear children. 1
read paper in the Christian about rail
way flags, which made me think of
something which happened many years
ago.
When / was very little girl / was
travelling one day to Manchester with my
mamma. We had to go long railway
journey in order to reach the place to
which we were going, but all was new to
me, and L liked to watch the people
getting in and out of the carriages.
Mamma gave little books to all our
fellow-passengers, and L was very much
interested in Watching the different
ways in which the little books were
received.
AT last at one station Il think it was
Crewe) an old man got into the carriage.
He had nice face, and looked both
happy and sad, and 1 wondered what
made him have that look on his face.
When mamma gave him little book.
and spoke to him of Jesus, the sad look
quite went away from his face, and he
smiled and said, "Ah, yes L too love
the Lord Jesus"
Il ldu IIe S0Cl
look on his face, for she said something
to him about the Comforter" and
about God being "the God of all COM
fort and consolation.
Then / saw the old man bend forward
and tell her that only the week before
his wife died )" fallen asleep in Jesus, I"
L think he said.
81 should like to tell you something
about her, if you will let me-" the old
man said and mamma told him she
would like very much to hear about
her.
l am station-master, at small
station on the line," he said /; and my
wife used often to sit in the little win.
dow of our parlor, and watch me waving
the different colored flags as the trains
came in. We both loved the LORD
Jesus, and used often to speak to-
gether of him we loved 80 dearly. and oil
his great salvation. She was an in
valid, and at last began to droop rap
idly.
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THE LITTLE FOLKS.
The story Of the yiaple-Tree.


Just where the children troop along
At morn and noon together,
The maple-tree grew green and strong
Through al the summer weather
The little tree, so sim, so green
Among the hirches round it;
1t only helped to make screen,
And no one e'er lad found it.
"Now summer days begin TO fade"
Then said the maple, signing:
And no one sees me in this shade.
What ID the use OF tryingY'
And while one night she fretted thus,
The air grew cold and colder,
And there came a painter down the road,
His colors on his shoulder.
Jack Frost adown the winding way
Came whistling, leaping, singing
And as he ran about in play,
His paints behind went swinging.
Then how the spatters flew about,
And streaks both red and yellow,
Till all the leaves that leaned far out
Glowed like the apples mellow.
The maple watched the colors grow,
Then cried, Oh, stop! OH, listen
Before my leaves fall, paint me now
Until in red glisten."
Jack Frost stands still. So small the tree,
Hid safe among the birches,
He stops uncertain then he climbs,
And rock and bank he searches.
ooh. paint rue, please :" the maple cried,
Bright red and red ali over,
Till each one that may walk or ride
My beauty shall discover
No sooner said than done it is;
The swift brush plies he singing,
Then swings away, upon his back
HIS brushes lightly singing.
Adown the road the painter goes;
In silent JOY she watches,
Til the far-ofi hills betray his path
In red and purple blotehes.
How splendid shines the maple-trce,
With green around and under;
The golden rods in al the place
Bow down III reverent wonder.
And how she scorns the lady birch
That stands go close beside her;
Her head she tosses, waves her arms,
And shakes her leaves out wider.
o. saly little maply-tree
Have done with al your prinking;
Along the road tle children see,
Or fun and pleasure thinking.
"OL, look halo come see the show
tree jus like feather
Let's stick 1t in our hats, you know,
And march down all together.'
They swarm the raspberry bushes through;
They tread the tAlstles under;
They gather round the trembling tree,
Intent on scarlet p!under.
o. dainty little tree. She stands
Like a beleaguered city;
They bend ana break with feet and hands
The Jubilant bandittii
Then Off they march in scarlet line,
And blaze through all the meadow:
But the hrches drOOp their glistening leave
And screen her with their shadow.
Aad {. BrGckeH, in 81. Nicholas for NOreniber.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-30

The coast of North America, for
|, ZOO miles from Virginia to the Mis-
sissippi, is fringed with pine barrens
100 mules wide, and when the trees are
cut down for the expectation of their
infammable products from the port of
Wilmington, pines may spring again on
the Vest of the bad soils but in gen.
eral the scrub oak is the succession
plant. Towards the outfall of the river,
where magnificent mixed forests of
liquidamber, elm, ash, white and red
oak, cherry, magnolia, mulberry and
wild grape have been felled, and the
land scorged by corn and cotton and
tLen abandoned to nature, the pine and
scrub oak, trees of poor soils, have
sprung up. But when the land was left
unscorged, the mixed forest again
clothed the bare earth.
ROND. nor nrpc-Sofaa
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-30
Running Time-A Record of the High
Flyers.

Several alterations in the record of
the best running time having been
made at the various meetings this sum-
mer, the following table is made with
the proper corrections TO date:
mile, Olitips, by Loanngton, years, 81
lbs, time 0:47i, Saratoga, 1874.
mile, Madge. by Australian years. 81
lbs, time 1:15a, Saratoga 1874,
mile, Alarm. by Eclipse, years, 80 lbs,
time lag Saratoga, 1872.
mile, Springbok (second heat) by Aus
tralian, years, los lbs. time 142a, Utica,
1874.
mile, Gray Planet, by Planet, years, 10
lbs, time 1:42l, Saratoga, 1874
l mile, Nell Flaherty (second heat), by
Rifleman, aged III lbs, time 1:41, Cahfor-
MIA 1874.
[Longfellow was said to have run the first
mile in the cup race. at Saratoga, in 1871, in
lao, and Tom Bowling was timed mile at
the Lexington spring races i'll 1:414-not
official.
u miles Fadladeen by War Dance, aged,
Ill lbs, time l:56, Saratoga, 1874.
II miles, Piccolo, by Concord, years, SO
his. time 1:56, Saratoga, 1874.
II miles Fannie Ludlow, by Eclipse, years,
los lbs, time 1861, Saratoga, 1869.
miles, Frogtown, by Bonnie Scotland, 4
years, 104 lbs, time 2:09l, Lexington, 1872
II miles, Tom Bowling, by Lexington, 4
years, 10i lbs, time 2:34i, Lexington, 1874.
II miles, Frogtown. by Bonnie Scotland, 4
years, lO4 lbs, time 3:O7l, Lexington, 1879.
Il miles, Reform, by bennington 3 years,
SO lbs, time $685., Saratoga, 1874.
[rom Bowling vas timed at the Lexington
spring races !, miles in 3:003-not oflicial.1
miles, True Blue, by Lexington, 4 years,
10S lbs, time 1924, Saratoga, 1873.
miles, Katie Pease by Planet, years. los
lbs, time 1921, Buffalo, 1874,
ITom Bowling was timed at the Lexng-
ton spring races, 2 miles in 3.27s-not off,
cial.
p miles, Harry Bassett, by Lexington, 4
years, 10S lbs, time 1853, Saratoga, 1872.
p miles, Katie Pease, by Planet, years
l05 Ms, time 4:2Sl, Buffalo, 1874.
q miles. Hubbard, by Planet, years, los
lbs, time 42S3, Saratoga, 1873.
miles, Norfolk by Lexington. years, 10C
lbs. time 5:27l, 5:29l, heats California, 1865
miles, Fellowcraft, by Australian, years
10S lbs, time 7:19l, Saratoga, 1874.
miles, Lexington, by Boston. years, 10;
lbs, time 1915, New Orleans, 1855.
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A GREAT FLOWER BED.-The great
central plain of California, for six
months of the year, is scorched and
dust-swept desert. In April it becomes
one fower-bed nearly 400 miles long
and thirty wide, set under a range of
snow mountains. A traveller writes of
it go where L would, east, west,
north, south, i was still surrounded by
flowers, which closed over my feet at
every step, as if / were wading in
water"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-22
VETERANS OF 1912.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
Memorial TO Congress Adopted.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE Next
can veterans, at their meeting this morn
ing, agreed upon a memorial to Congress,
asking pensions for those who were en-
gagged in that war, or their surviving wild.
ows and children. In accordance with
previous arrangements the convention, in
u body, proceeded to the Executive Man.
sion, and haaa pleasant interview with
the PRESIDENT.
Upon re.assembling a resolution was
adopted, asking Congress to remove the
disabilities of those who took part in the
Mexican war, but engaged in the late
civil war from receiving pensions. 11
j Judge Mackey then reported a oonsti.
tuition and bylaws for the government Of
the permanent association. to be known
MS the National Association Of the Ve>
terans of the Mexican War;" and provi-
ding for its officers, mode of management,
and for an annual meeting in Washington
on the aad day of February, that being
n of the days upon which the battle of
Bucna Vista was fought, as we'll as being
the birthday of Washington.
The Convention elected the following
officers Of the permanent association |:
President, Gen. Geo. Cadwallader also q
Vice President and a Counsellor from
each State and Territory, and FIVE Score,
taries and q Treasurer.
The Convention, tonight, adjourned
sine die. The proceedings were harmoni>
GUS, and the delegates rejoiced that old
friendships had been renewed in their
persons, coming from all sections of the
'pp't -r~- e-rr rn
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-22

Two darkies in the West went out to
hunt 'possums, aud by. accident found a
large cave with a small entrance. Peep,
Ing in they discovered three young bear,
whelpsin the interior. "Look heah, Sam
while 1 go in dar," said ones and gets dc
young bars, you just watch heah for de ole
bar" Sam got asleep in the sun. and, when
opening his eyes he saw the old bear
securing her way into the cave. Quick as
wink he caught her by the tail and held on
like blazes. "Hullo, dar, Sam, what dark
dc hole DART" "Ior bless you Jumbo,
save youself, honey if dis tail come out
yo'll find out what dark de hole"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-22

An aunt Of Mr.. Chorley,s, the musical
critic, was once at q country house to
which a party of guests came unexpec.ed>
ly to dinner. The hostness, we are told
went hither and thither in despair.
Somehow or other the material of the en-.
tertainment was got together or repre-
sented, one thing only being wanting
the desert: Nothing was to be found
save a basket Of hard, green pears, set
aside baking. For better for worse,
however, BY the whimsical lady's counsel
they were presented. When. SHE saw
them coming she Gle Jared her throat, and
in an audible voice said to berhostess at
the head OF the table, 'Are not those the
famous cleopatra pears?' She used
dryly to add in later years when she told
this %euccdote, "My dear, after that no
one thought of refusing them, The dish
vas cleared
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-22
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, !
Washington, Jan. II.

To Coz. e. r. Davis, Austin, Teras.
Your telegram, stating that, according
to the constitution Of Texas you were
Governor until the 2sth Of April and
that the Hon. Richard Cooke has been
i~naugurated and will attempt to seize the
Governors Office and buildings, and call.
ing upon the President for military assis,
lance, has been referred by him to me for
answer, and | am instructed to say that
after considering the fourth section of ar,
ticle four of the constitution. of Texas,
providing that the Governor shall hold his
Office for the term Of four years from the
time Of his irstallment, under which you
claim, and section three Of the election
declaration attached to the said Constitu>
ton, under which you were chosen, and
which provides that the State and other
officers elected ~thereunder shall hold their
respective Offices for the term of years pre-
scribed by the Constitution, beginning
from the day Of election, under which the
Governor elect claiming the Office. and
more than four years having expired since
your election, he Is Of the opinion tn,
your right to hold tho Office Of Governor
at this time, is at least SO doubtful that he
does not feel warranted in furnishing
United States troops to aid you in holding
further possession Of it and he therefore
declines to comply with your request.
Gro. II. WILLIAMS,
Attorney General.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-22
STATE OF
CARTER COUNTY.
VIM. w. Hicks,
Mary A, Hicks,

Petition for Divorce.
IN this cause it Is alledged in the peti-
ton that the defendant Mary A. Hicks is
q nonresident of the State Of Tennessee
1t is therefore ordered that publication he
made tor four successive weeks In the
J~oncsboro', Herald and Tribune, notify
ing said defendant TO appear at the pext
Term OF the Circuit Court Tor the Conn
~ Of Carter to be held at Elizabetbton
on the End Monday, in March next and
make defence to said action or the SANG
will be taken for confessed and beard
exparte. Witness q. w. Emmert CIern
Of u said Court at office In EIizahethtaa
the End Monday In November lS73
G: W. EMNERT, Clerk.
deellw4pfs5.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-22
TEXAS TROUBLES.
THE ATTORNEY GENERALS
scC," LETTER.
Davis No Rightto Retain Once

AUSTIN, Jan. 17.-There was a ripple
OF excitement over the arrest of Mayor
Ralston, by a deputy Marshal with an
armed posse. A volunteer force, gather,
cred, armed and equipped. The release
of the Mayor, whose arrest was declared
unauthorized, Quoted the excitement and
the troops on both sides have d~isbanded'
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE Attor>
ney General, this afternoon, sent the fol,
lowing telegram to Gov. Davis, Of Texas
in respo nse to bis second call for his mill
tary assistance N
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-22

An amusing scene, which, however,
might have Terminated seriously, recently
occurred in a Crompton omnibus. A stout
gentleman, who had been running after it
Tor some minutes, at length attracted the
conductors attention, and on getting in
and taking his seat at once felt in his
pocket for his handkerchief in order o
wipe his forehead, when oThiefl" cried
his neighhor, Selling bis arm.
j"What do you mean by this ill,timed
Joking? Let me gop' cried the gentle
man, furiously,
"You'rc a theft You've just taken
my hankerchiefP
1t was too true. The stout gentleman,
squeezed between two people, had mis-
taken bis neighbours pocket. and had with
drawn his handkerchief for his own. For
tunately the unwilling thief was able to
give satisfactory proof of his undoubtsd re-
s~pectability, so that the whole affair termi-
nateo with roars of laughter.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-22

The evil Of having schools dependent
in any way upon political or party inau-
cuee is ILLUSTRATED in the case of the San
Francisco Normal. which has been in its
teaching almost a failure, and done harm
by the falsity Of its pretensions, mainly
through the power which the Legislature
has had over the appointments. The
mutations of party have been followed by
changes, and often by the appointment of
VIGOROUSLY incompetent ones.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-22

EXPERIMENT has almost put an end
to discussion on the subject Of cG-edu,
eating the sexes. Universal testimony,
and the strong proof afforded by our ex>
cellent High Schools all over the country,
show that it is the right, the safe, and tho
natural way, that the boys are purer, the
girls wiser when the association between
them is frank, open and admitted ; yet,
under tho case and guardianship of their
teachers. s.sa M
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-22

HAPPY indeed is the man and woman
who learns the lesson Of gratitude for
daily blessings, for unbrOken sleep, for
convenient fcOd. for the necessity Of la
hcr, for the discipline of sorrow, the en-,
jOyment of ones senses, for pure air and
abundant water, and is not elyiQus or un.
happy because his brother commands
spmctbiug he cannot enjoy.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-22

A young man in Indiana sues his faiths
or for loaned money, which the father
claims was his own property, The faith
er's counsel, in summing up the case Of
bis client, remarked "Twice has thi,
prodigal returned to his fathers house f.;
twice has he been received with open arms
twice for him has the fatted calf been
killed aud now he comes back and wants
the old cow"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-22
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~. us gloomy attendants, low
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o..ns", loss OF power, dizzy head.
soss OF memory, and Threatened Inn,
si"n and Unhealthy, find a sover-
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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-22

A country fellow who lispcd, having
bought some pigs, asked a neighbor for
the use Of a pen for a few days. Said he
81 have jutht been ~purchathin thom
thwine--two thowth and pigth. l want
to put them in your pen till l can get a
place for them"
Two thousand pigsv" exclaimed The
neighbor; "Why, my pen will hardly
hold a Dozen"
"You don't understand me, Mr.. Best.
| don't thay two tbouthand pigth, but two
thowth and pigth."
81 hear you," said Mr.. Bent. 'Two
thousand pigs. Why, you must be
crazy"
81 tell you ngain," said the man, an.
grily, 81 mean not two thouthand pigth,
"Oh' that is what you mean. ell
Well, the pen is at your service"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-22
! DIR. P. FAHRNEY'S !
Celebrated

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As Medicine for children, the Pana-
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the place of the endless variety of drugs
which are annually sold for that purpose,
and which are often very injurious. A
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and whioh Is capable of anesting disease
without the least injury to the child, Is OF
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I .ausea or distress In the stomach or bow
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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-22
1 iNVALIDS~

lNVALIDS DON'TDESPAlR
GA Thousands have found relief, GA
and thousands will turn to this Medicine,
after e~Xhausting their purses aud pa
tiencc in search of health.
Glddiness OF the head, dullness Of the
mind, fUtld breath, coated tongue, loss OF
appetite, pains aud weaknessin the stonl-
ach, enlargement Of the liver, y%ellowness
Ortle skin, constant feverand thirst, with
a total disrclish for business, pleasure, or
any kind OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PANACEA, il taken and p%reseycred in
fpr a few days, Wal remove this whole
class Championships fluids of the body
become pure, and mind clear, the stom-
ach strengthened, the tongue clean, the
appetite improved, and the whole system
so benefited that disease, in bad weather,
is less liable to atliict you. .'
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-22

This Gilt Concert has been legalized by
the Virginia Legislature, in order 10 raise
funds to complete the MASONIC TEMPLE.
now in course of erection i'm Norfolk
TO The Masonic Fraternity this enterprise
commends itself in the interests of Chart
ty m Brothorly Love. 10 Others than
MasonS, 1t presents a chance for leeiti-
offered. n ~ ia Ss''ohi