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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-08-27
TEARS.
By FATHER RYAN.

Tears that trickle down her eyes,
They do not fall to earth and dry;
They soar like angels to the skies,
And like the angels cannct die.
For oh our immortality
Flows through each tear, sounds in each sigh
What waves of tears surge DER the deep
Or sorrows in our restless souls
And they are strong, not weak, who weep,
These drops from out the sea that rolls
Within their heart forevermore:
without depth-withOut shore!
But ah, the tears that are not wept-
The tears that never outward fall
The tears that grief for years has kept
Within us-they are best of all
The tears our eyes sha,l never kLow,
And deeper than the tears that flow.
Each night, upon earths flowers below,
The dew comes down from darkest skies,
And every night our tears of woe
Go up, like dews, to Paradise,
To keep in gloom and make more fair
The flowers of crowns we yet shall wear.
For all the surest way to God
IL up the lonely stream of tears
That flow, when bending meath the rod,
And fill the tide of our past years.
On laughtcr's billOws hearts are tossed
On waves Of tears no heart is lost.
Flow on, ye tears and bear me home
Flow on, ye tears of deepest Woe
Flow on, ye tears, that are but foam,
OF deeper waves that will not flow
A little while-1 reach the shore
Where tears flow nOt-foreyermore.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-08-27

"As we seated ourselves among the
eager spectators, Judge Telfair passed
in with elastic step, an air of calm dig
nifty, admirable in ripe manhood. Law
ender whispered enthusiastically-what
n lord 7
"The case was given to the jurors
and they had returned, giving MS their
verdict murder in the first degree !
'The prisoner will stand" said the
Judge. 1t is solemn charge, the
sentence of death None should re-
ceive it but the atrociously guilty. just
and righteous laws have been enacted
to prevent convicted felons even from
inequitable decisions. The benefit of
these laws has been your claim and
privilege. Weary days have been con,
sumed in this unwelcome duty of find
ing you beyond the mercy of man, and
now it is incumbent upon me to make
this finding fearfully exacting. Before
pronounce the dread sentence, let NE
urge your most serious attention to the
awful fate that awaits you and for what
crime? In the dead of night, when in
nocence sleeps and none but the plot
ter of evil seeks work, you entered a
harmless household and sent an I'M
suspecting soul swiftly to the judg.
ment, applying the torch to cover the
horrid deed. You are soon to stand be-
fore an offended Deity, with stains OF
blood so deep that none but Almighty
God can wash them ont. Let your time
be improved in reconciliation with that
being you have so desperately mocked !
can awful stiffness shut down upon
that clowded room, Yet upon the face
of the prisoner was a yillaiuous sneer,
and struggling in his eyes were the
blackest passions | ever saw flashed
upon man. His teeth were firmly set
and his hands griped the rails so hard
that his very nails were dark with his
base blood.
"' But the sentence
"'You, Philip Wing, will be taken to
the prison, and on Friday the seventh
day of September, between the hours
of eight and twelve, will be hung by
the neck until you are dead and may
God have mercy on your soul !
"And may He condemn yours
screamed the wretch, pointing his fin
ger directly at the Judge. Ay, yours
Frank Lavender Do you remember
Dick Perry, now? Ha ha mur Ter.
or for Judge !
"Through the athletic frame of the
indge violent tremor was discernable
Falling heavily over in his velvet chair,
his arm hung lstlessly, and his face
grew black. AT LAST he gasped, while
purple stream gushed from nostril
and mouth.
"'Gone first : again yelled the pris.
oner, still standing with outstretched
hand and demons grin upon his livid
features. And dead first HN ha !
" Beside the dead Judge tliero waE
another carried from that room insen
sible. 1t was the son, the inheritor oI
the judges wealth and of Mmgroyt
hall p
Shadows were creeping down Anem
one vale as my friend finished the man
uscrjpt.
81 have no doubt n, IS. is the uncl,
of the weird sisters of the Redwood
mansion" he added. There is a dilap
idated headstone in Ut. Johns church
ward bearing this inscrintinn "lich
ara ,tspIoy, opt October 10, 1871, while
recruiting his health at st. Thomas
West Indies, mtst thiriy-eight years"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-08-27
The Yesper Bell.

TO the traveller in South America, the
striking of the vesper bell exercises a
potept charm. As the usage requires
every one to halt, no matter where ne
NAV be, at the first stroke of the bell,
to interrupt his conversation, no matter
how important, and listen without STIR
ring to the conclusion of the chime, the
singularity of whole population sur,
prized in a moment as it comes and
goes held In a state of petritication,
and paralyzed rs il by an encounter,
NAV be imagined. On every side you,
see gestures interrupted, mouths half
omen for the arrested remarks, smiles
lingering or passing into an expression
Of nrayer. You would fancy them ma
t;on of statues. A town in South
America, at the Angelus, resembles the
city in the "Arabian Nights" whose IN
babitants were turned into stones. Inc
maoicion here is the bell ringer. Bnt
hardly has the vibration ceased when a
universal mlrmur arises from these
thousands of oppressed lungs. Hama
meets hand, questions seek answer, con
varsat;ons resume their course; horses
feel The loosened bride, and paw the
orouud; dogs bark, and babies cry; tne
Sotbers chatter. The accidental turns
thus given to conversation are many.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-08-27

Grn. NORM has just exhibited before
the French academy, a bottle contain, .1o
ing eight kilogrammes OF osmiam, nj =; inc -
most poisonous metal known. rms is s
enough" :" he exclaimed, "to poison the
universe" as one millogramme Oh , osini,
nm. diffused thrugh one hundred cuoic !,
metres of air, renders it irresPiraole,
We really feel very uncomfortable, ant, anu
sbould like to know what the general
intends doing with that bottle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
A Lady Seyenty-One Years Old Blows
Out Her Brains.

One of the most lamentable suicides
that we have ever been called upon to
chronicle, took place in Jones county,
at late hour on Monday night. Mrs.
Jonathan Holmes, an old lady II years
of age, deliberately blew out her own
brains with shotgun, producing in
Simultaneous death. About midnight
the family were alarmed by the report
of gun in her room, and upon going
thither found the old lady lying dead
upon the floor, with nearly the whole of
the upper portion of her head blown off.
She seems to have placed the muzzle of
the gun against her forehead and pulled
the trigger with her foot.
Mrs. Holmes, for the greater portion
of her life, lived in comfortable circum-
stances. She raised family of chill
dren and a number of grandchildren.
She had great deal of trouble during
the latter part of her life, and there is
hardly any doubt that her troubles
preyed upon her mind, until her reason
became impaired, and that it was in
this mental condition that she commit
ted the awful act. In addition to her
troubles she has, for some time, been
in bad alth.-MacOn (Ga) Iete-
1rQ1)h.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

THE idiots in the North willhave themselves
to thank for the general civil war which these
things in the South betoken. The North will
yet have it's ell of this business. It's day is
a mere question Of time .-LouiscGle Courier
Journal, Sept Is.
"The North will yet have its fill of
this business !" 1t seems that we have
heard that phrase before. All along
the bloody line from the first fire upon
Fort Sumter to the surrender of Gen
eral Lee, gray-coated Contederates
shouted defiantly, "The North will yet
have its fill of this business. The
North had it's fill, and it was hoped that
the South bad likewise. But now comes
the same ominous sound again, echoing
across the years of rebellion and recon-
struction, The North will yet have its
fill of this business. It's day is a mere
question of time" And coupled with
this threat are the words, general
civil war which these things in the
South betoken." What things in the
South betoken civil war? Is it aught
else than the same defiance of law, the
same disregard for order, the same
spirit of rebellion which finally precipi-
tated the struggle in 1861? Taunts
such as these from the COurieT-JOtU1ldt
come with ill-grace from the South, and
yet the Southern press teens with them.
If Southern newspapers of this class re-
fleet the sentiments of their readers it is
time that newspapers and readers alike
should understand that there is differ
ent sentiment at the North-a sentiment
that, if again provoked as in the past,
will see to it that there is such recon
struction in the South as will forever
settle and establish the supremacy of
the law over the bullet, and such as will
prove that the recent amendments to
the Federal Constitution were made to
be observed and not violated. The
North has been tolerant. Will the
South permit it to continue that policy,
or will it precipitate the struggle which
these things in the South betoken p
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

you Of something that occurred under my own
eyes TO one OF those creatures who, a. you
say, "are wise and keep silent" TO us, who
have not always lived in the country, the in
cident was very interesting. day or two
ago, after severe thunderstorm, James the
coachman, found that several birds had shell
tered Themselves in a s,aall tool-house near
our cottage. Among them was an owl. lie
put it into an old canary-bird cage, and
brought 1t to us TO look at. IL is not often
that one gets 80 near view Of one OF these
curious creatures. The cage was then placed
just back or the house on frame made To
mold milk-pans. There he sat all day, not
moving from tho perch, occasionally relling
his eyes, but not seeing much, rs those or
gans are more useful to him ut night than in
the daylight
Tho day passed on and we bad almost for.
gotten that our owl was there, when we heard
such GATHERING while We were at supper
that we ran to the door TO see what it could
mean. There We found Mr.. Owl surrounded
by great company Of sparrows, bluebrds,
wrens, robins, all excited and noisy, flying
about. sitting on tho trees close by, lowering
over the cage, and all showing signs OF rage.
1t seemed as il they felt their enemy was in
their power and they would like to tear him
to pieces. They could not very well attack
him, as he was in the cage, and the small door,
which was open, was scarcely large enough
to allow them to make combined assault.
Soon, when IL began to get dusky he came
out of the cage in the midst of the connection
and started for the woods near the house, the
small birds in full pursuit. screaming and
scolding. AS We saw no more OF them, we
suppose that he reached his shelter in
safety.
l would like to know il small birds ever are
able to destroy this devourer of themselves
and their little ones. Celia Thaxter speaks
of large white owl that she saw sitting high
on rock, surrounded by snow-birds.
The snow-birds swept in q whirling crowd
About him geefully,
And piped and whistled long and loud,
But never plume stirred he
remain, dear Mr.. Jack, yours truly,
j. E. d.
Jack never heard of case where
small birds succeeded in killing an owl.
1t is quite common in Great Britain, I'm
told, to use owls as kind OF bird
snare. The sleepy bird is secured and
exposed in open sight during the day
time. Very soon numbers of small
birds collect, and, thinking at last that
they have their enemy in their power,
they hover about and taunt him in
every possible way. But the owl only
blinks at them in the most tantalizing
manner. He knows, wise bird what
it all means, and that the birds are
caught in their trap; for thus congre-
gated, they fall easy victims to the
hunters, while he is left unharmed.-
From "Jack-in the Pulpit" So. Mich
OLx8 for october.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
COOley's Dog.

Cooley has got new dog, and 1 am
sorry to say that he is exceedingly
vicious; so vicious, indeed, that very
few of the neighbors have courage
enough to enter Cooley's yard. Judge
Pitman, however, had to go in there
the other day for the purpose of collect
ing a bill, and he told me that he wasn't
particle afraid. because he possessed
the power of holding wild animal with
his eye. When he looked straight into
the eyes of dog the brute quailed be-
fore his glance, and SUNK away. He
said it proved the superiority of hui
man being with soul and reselute
will TO the mere IN. So he
opened the gate ana Wen IN. Cooley's
dog heard him coming, and Immediately
flew to meet him. The Judge fixed his
eye on the animal for the purpose OF
holding it, but the dog didn't seem to
notice the circumstance. But still the
Judge looked, and still the dog came on.
Then it seemed to occur to the Judge
that perhaps his kind of Oh eye might
not hold this kind of dog, and he sud-
denly moved toward the apple-tree, with
the dog close behind him. He became
pdlllC-SlIlChSll, anu ulutiS luIlOuS cuOIb
to Chamber up the trunk. He had just
reached the first limb when the dog ar
rived, and made a snap at him. The
dogs teeth caught in the lower part of
the Judges trowser-leg, and as it is
bull. dog, he held on while the Judge
lay across the limb on his stomach, out
of breath, frightened and uncertain
what to do. If he dropped, the dog
would certainly eat him if he climbed
further up, he would have to take the
dog with him. He had just made up
his mind 10 stay where he was while his
strength lasted, when he thought he
heard the limb cracking, and then he
yelled for help. Then Cooley came out,
and after making the Judge promise to
take 20 per cent. discount from the
bill, he pried open the dogs jaws with
the kitchen poker. and dragged him
into the stable. The Judge came down,
hot, breathless and mad; and he has
said to me since, privately, that the
next time he wants to hold a dog with
his eye he will impale him on hay fork
first. That is safe way, anyhow. -
Ddnburu NeaUS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
Miss Dickinson.

Anna f. Dickinson has been confined
TO her bed or room for the greater part
of the last six months. 1t is only with
in three weeks that she has been able
to walk more than a few minutes at a
time. During the last two years she
has been given over by her physicians
repeatedly and, as they said, nothing
but her indomitable will carried her
through. 1t is the old story-overwork
by highly nervous organization, re-
sulting in vital exhaustion, and threat
ening to end in paralysis. She was OBJ
liged last winter to cancel over fifty en-
gagements, owing to her failing
health. She is now rapidly recov-
ering, but is afraid to make en-
gagements for next winter. She will
probably 60 to England, but is not yet
strong enough to venture on the voy-
age. Her innumerable friends will be
surprised at these statements, for she
has carefully kept the true condition Of
her health concealed, but they will be
glad to know that there is now no fur
Their cause for fear.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
Our Surplus OF Wheat for Export.

The Milwaukee Journal Of Commerce
has elaborate statistical tables of the
wheat crop. 1t estimates the total crop
at 300, 900, 900 bushels. Our estimated
present population of $4,000, 1000 will
consume at Il bushels per capita, 2l7-
100000 For seed there will be wanted
35,517, 667 bushels. This leaves an
estimated surplus for export of AZ, 49,,
333 bushels. Last year the same paper
estimated the surplus for export at o.
067, 1876 bushels. The actual exports,
reducing -four to wheat ut 5 bushels
per barrel, were 52,574,111 bushels.
The tables for 1874 having been pre-
pared with the greatest care, they are
tions proved themselves to be.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
Pith and Point.

MEN of color-Painters.
EYE neutrality-suspicious..
LETTERS of credit O L.
A COMMON cant-A mendicant.
THE Emerald Isle-Greerland
CAST iron-Spent cannon balls.
The end of the world-Money-mak-
ing.
A STAMP act-Treading on peoples
toes.
SoUNDINes on bar-Rapping for
drinks.
REALLY the very last things out-The
street lamps.
THE Houston (Tex.) Chronicle gayly
exclaims "Glory to God Two dollars
received at this Office yesterday Bring
in your wash bill"
"WHAr's the matter with you, my
pet" 80, aunty just went to touch
little chickey, and the old hen growled
at me and bit me with her nose p
A GOOD way to restore a man appar-
emily drowned is to first dry him thor
oughly inside and out, and then clap a
speaking trumpet to his ear and inform
him that his mother-in-law is dead.
New version
Mother, may 90 out TO swim?
No, my darling daughter.
Wear your clothes, my cherubim,
For there isn't any water.
A SPREAD EAGLE barber announces
that he is Professor of Crinicultural
Abscision and Genealogical Tripsis." 1t
is not often that four such high-priced
words get into a single sentence.
A POLITICIAN, wishing to compliment
a well-todo farmer, said: "You must
have begun life early to accumulate
such an estate as this p eyes," replied
the farmer, 81 begin life when was
mere baby"
A GENTLEMAN of mechanical turn Of
mind took off the gas meter to repair it
himself, and put it up again upside
down. At the end of the quarter it was
proved with mathematical correctness
that the gas company owed him $3.50.
"DoN'T cry, my little fellow, don't
cry" said kind-hearted stranger to
ten-ye old, who was busy churning his
tears with both fists as hard as he could.
81 amt a.cryin'," snappishly retorted
the urchin, "I'm only washin' the dirt
out of my eyes"
THAT was shrewd advice of learned
lawyer to pupil :" When the facts are
in your favor, but the law opposed to
you, come out strong on the facts and
when the law is in your favor, and the
facts opposed to you, come out strong
on the law" "But," inquired the
student, "when the law and the facts
are both against me, what shall l do ?"
"Why, them" said the lawyer, "talk
around it."
| FoUR doctors tickled Johnny Smith,
| They blistered and they bed him;
| With squills and anti-bilious pills
| And ipecac they fed him.
They stirred him up with calomel,
| And tried to move his liver,
| But all in vain his little soul
| Was waited DER the river.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
RAMON.

1.-THE following spirited poem clip from tho
Atlantic for October. IL IL by Bret Harte in hia
very best vein the being laid at I'll Refugio
Mine, Northern Mexico.l
Drunk and senseless in his place.
Prone and sprawling on his face,
More like brute than any man
Alive or dead
by his great pump out OF gear,
Lay the peon ngineer,
Waking only just to hear,
Overhead,
Angry tones that called his name
Oaths and cries Of bitter blame
Woke to hear all this, and waking turned and aed
".To the man who'll bring to me,p
Cried Intendant Harry Lee
Harry Lee, the English foreman of the mine
" Bring the sot alive or dead,
will give to him, he said
I" Fifteen hundred pssos down.
just to set the rascal's crown
Underwent this heel of mine;
Since but death
Deserves the man whose deed,
BE 1t vice or want OF heed,
Stops the pumps that give us breath
Rops the pumps that suck the death
II p the poisoned lower levels of the min'''
No one answered, for cry
From the shaft rose up on high
And shuHng, scrambnng, tumbling from below
Came the miners EACH the holder
Mounting on the weaker's shoulder,
Graphing. clinging to their hold or
Letting go,
As the weaker gasped and fell
From the ladder to the we'll
To the poisoned pit Of hell
Down below!
Z" To the man who sets them Free"
Cried the foreman, Harry Lee
Harry Lee, the English foreman of the mine
Brings thsm out and sets them free,
will give that man" said he,
Twice that sum. who with rope
Face to face with Death shall cope.
Let him come who dares to hope!"
Hold your peace !" some one replied,
Standing by the foremans side;
" There has one already gone, whoe'er he bel"
Then they held their breath with awe,
Pulling on the rope and saw
Painting figures reappear,
On the blacx rope swinging clear.
Fastened by some skilful hand from below:
Till score the level gained,
And but one alone remained
He the hero and the last,
ne whose sklllful hand made fast
The long line that brought them back to hope and
cheer!
Haggard, gasping, down dropped he
At the feet of Harry Lee
Harry Lee the English foreman of the mine;
." have come" he gasped, "to claim
Both rewards. Senior, my name
Is Ramon!
I'm the drunken engineer
I'm the coward, Senior Here
lie fell over by that sign
Dead az stone!
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

All communications for this paper should Do ~
am rsnied BY the name OF tho author; not neces
sSrtiy for po sisatton but as an sviasncc OF roo.
~ Of the paper DO particularly careful, In Civ
is8 names dates 70 have the letters and hgurss
nlsin and distinct.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
The Hand.

Profound study has led M. d'Arpen-
tigny to the conclusion that the hands
represent three types. Those whose
fingers have pointed tips are possessed
of rapid insight into things are extra
sensitive and pious, impulsive. To this
class belong the poets and artists. To
the "square tops" belong scientific
people sensible, self-contained charac-
tiers, professional men. The spade
shaped tops-thick tips, with little pads
of flesh on each side the nails-are
materialists, commercial, practical, with
q high appreciation of all that tends to
bodily ease ard comfort. Each finger,
no matter what the kind of hand, has
also one joint-that which is nearest the
palm-representing the body; another,
the middle, the mind /; and the top, the
soul. Each of these divisions CORE
spends with one of the types above
given.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

AWAITING the custom of some Ameri-
can politician or railroad man, in the
window of a jewelers. store on the Rue
de 10 Paix. Paris, is breastpin made
from single diamond and priced
800, 600.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
Paying Him Back.

Here comes a letter giving true
incident that happened the other day
n New Jersey:
MoSTcLArR, Aug. 8, 1874.
DEAR would like to tell
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

Corn BURNNa-NoT IN 1S74.-It
appears probable that the West will
never get rid of the reputation of being
compelled to burn corn for fuel. Be-
cause, two years ago, freights were so
high and corn was so plentiful that it
would not bear transportation, and was
the cheapest fuel obtainable, Eastern
papers, which know no better, fancy
that corn burning is going on now. A
Washington city paper laments over the
fact. that Western farmers are actu.
ally burning their grain for fuel, while
Eastern laborers are starving for the
necessaries of life that are thus wasted,
the high prices of transportation rem
dering it impossible TO put the grain in
market. - Western Rural.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
COMING.

Two fair ships are sailing,
Sailing over the sea-
Willies ship and my ship
Full as full can be;
Side by side, my Willie says
Like as pin TO pin,
oh, the happy, happy days
When our ships come III
While our ships are sailing,
Sailing over the sea-
Willies ship and my ship
Full as full can be,
Sailing on the sunny tide,
Grieving would be sin:
Soon or late, and side by side,
Shall our ships come in.
81. Nicholas for october.