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A Georgia SchOOl.Teacher.

A Georgia letter in the New York S,n,
says /: "Col. d. b. Graham, of Tenn
perance, Telfair county, in this State, is
probably the most remarkable school
teacher in the world. He was admitted
to the bar as lawyer in 1892. Soon
after he was stricken down with acute
rheumatism. He then became paralyzed,
his whole body being helpless except
his hands and arms up to the elbows
For long time he has taught school
while lying on his back. His school is
i'll fourishing condition and he is
making money. Many distinguished
persons have graduated from Col. Ora
hams school. The Colonel was never
married. He is about Ga years old"
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WATER.
A Song for the Times.


Hurrah for the cup Of cold water,
The best Of ell tonics for me;
Hurrah for the beautiful water,
Sparkling child of the sea
Harrah for water, cold waterl
Hurrsh for its magical worth:
The greatest of all our great blessings,
The glorions girdle Of earth
We gaze on the mightiest rivers,
On the cataract ocean, aud stream;
Grand volumes OF billowy waters
Around us forever are seen.
No end 10 their onward progression
Through meadow and valley and hill
Up and down the gay face of Nature
They ripple and dow AS they will.
The well, the brook, and the fountain,
Or the drops that increasingly run
Down the bare arm of the mountain,
A glistening shield In the sun;
Or the lakelet jar In the shadows
The traveller meets on his way
Where he kneels and drinks deep OF the nectar
And is strong for the tolls of the day.
Oh, wonderful, wonderful water!
We thank the good Lord for his love-
A foretaste Of the Rivers of Water 4"
That flow round the white throne above!
1t never brings pain or distresses,
OR drives away peace from the breast;
1t never turns men into demons,
While the Devil runs Off with the rest.
Then three cheers with q will for cold water
As slaves we never can be;
Wen stand meath temperance banner,
And prove independent and freei
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-05-01
All About Blind Mans Buf.

All of our young readers like to
play blind mans buff, when they
can and so do many of the older read
ers. for that matter. But everyone
may not know that the game is more
than eight hundred years old, and that
it was a favorite amusement of gay
courts and merry-making princes and
princesses before it became the holiday
pastime of boys and girls. Blind man S
buff is one Of the sports that came over
to England in the train of William the
Conqueror.
1t had its origin i'll Liege, one of the
fair provinces of France, in the pros
porous days of Robert the Devout, who
succeeded the famous old French mon
arch, Hughes Capet, in the year 996.
In the year 800, Liege received,
among her valiant chiefs, one Jean
Colin. He was almost a giant IN
strength, Samson among the Liegeois,
and nearly shared the experience of
Samson of old, as you shall presently
hear. This grim warrior used to crush
his opponents with mallet. 1t was
considered desirable to honor him with
title which should follow his name.
What should it be? Not head-hit-
ter, OF course Dut the pOetlcal ueSlS-
nation, Mailtard, or Jean Colin of the
Mdilet.
Feuds we're of perpetual occurrence
in those dark old times, and Jean
Collins mallet was kept constantly busy
in quelling them. Terrible became the
name of Jean Colin Maillard.
But Liege had another valiant chief,
Count de Louvain, who, when Maillard
had proved himself superior to all OF
his other opponents, continued 20 bear
arms against him.
We cannot say whether or not Count
de Louvain learned his war lessons
from the conduct of the enemies oil
Samson, but as he was ambitious to
avoid the tap of Jean Collins mallet up
on his own head, he formed the plan OF
putting out Jean Collins eyes.
A great battle was fought between
the two chiefs and their forces. At the
very first onset Count de Louvain sue
ceeded in his purpose of piercing both
the eyes of Maillard, and he looked up
on the field as already won. But the
latter, with a spirit like that of blind
Samson, determined that his opponents
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-05-01
The WiIIfuI Lie,

When Henry B. was about II years
old he worked few weeks in n cotton
factory. Every morning, after bidding
mother, little sister, aud brother, rs
well as his favorite "Chip," "good-
by" he would trudge, with dinner-pail
in hand, TO his work.
Chip was little dog which gentle
man had given Henry; and he was a
sprightly little creature, very fond of
his young master, who loved him in re-
turn. Indeed, it seemed hard for them
to be separated for day.
In the room with Henry worked a
young man called Fred, who was IS
years old, and who appeared 20 like
Henry. One day, when Fred had been
out riding, he went to Henry on his re.
turn and told him that, as he was pass
ing his mothers house, Chip ran out,
barking at his horse, and, running
under the carriage, the wheels went
over him and killed him. q am
sorry" said Fred, "but could not
help it. "
How badly Harry felt His favoritc
Chip dead Being truthful boy him
self, he never doubted Fred's story.
When he sat down to eat his dinner
the thought of his poor Chip almost
choked him; it seemed that he coulc
not swallow mouthful. How long tn,
afternoon was and how he dreaded
going home No little dog to gree
him as usual.
Boys, refrain from lying. 1t is mean
cowardly, and an awful sin in the sight
of God, to lie.
Chip lived to comfort his littl,
master, who is now respectable young
man, and comfort to his parents anC
friends. - Young Pilgrim.
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A Clean Apron.

A lady wanted a trusty little maid to
come and help her take care of a baby.
Nobody could recommend one, and she
hardly knew where to look for the right
kind of girl. One day she was passing
through q by-lane, and saw little girl,
with clean apron, holding a baby in
the doorway of a small house. "That
is the maid for me, said the lady. She
stopped and asked for her mother.
Mother has gone out to work, an
swered the girl father is dead, and
now mother has to do everything"
"Should you not like to come and live
with me?" asked the lady. CT should
like to help mother somehow" said the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-05-01

1t is great art to make a good kite.
1t should be shaped evenly so rs to bal
ance well. The sticks should be Just
strong enough for the size of the kite,
without being too heavy. The paper
should be of proper strength and light
ness. The four cords that start from
the four corners should be gathered
into one and attached at just the right
point to the holding cord so as to insure
It's proper angle against the wind.
And, above all Cor rather, below alb,
the tail should be long enough and
heavy enough to balance the teetery
object in the air, and make it sail like
thing of life. A tail too heavy or toe
light for its length, or too short for til
weight, whichever you please, is sure
to make trouble in kite-hying. Now
boys, whenever your kite hops and don
CO." You may be sure that she is wrong
il one or more of the aforementioned
points.
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little maid. The lady, more pleased
than ever with the tidy looks of the
girl, went to see her mother after she
came home /; and the end of it was, the
lady took the maid to live with her, and
she found what indeed she expected
to find-that the neat appearance of
her person showed the neat and orderly
bent of her mind. She had no careless
habits she was no friend to dirt but
everything she had to do with was
folded up and put away and kept care
fully. The lady finds great comfort in
her, and helps her mother, whose lot is
not now so hard as it was. She smiles
when she says Sally's recommends
ton was her clean apron :" and who
will say it was not good one ?-Ne,O
York Observer.
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The Southern States have planted
greater variety of crops this year than
heretofore but as a larger area has
been brought under cultivation, the ag-
gregate cotton planting may be fairly
supposed to be, at least, equal in extent
to that of last year. Rice will be sown
largely in excess of former years. In
Louisiana the prospects of the sugar
cane are most gratifying. In Georgia
great deal more oats, wheat and corn
have been sown than ever before.
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Pith and Point.

A GOOD floor manager-A broom.
THE Burns -Cremationists.
CHILDREN are actually saw-makers-
they cut teeth.
The gait of fast age-Investigate.
CoMFoRTABLEquart Silver twenty
five-cent pieces.
SpINsTER CITY is one of the oldest
made towns in Missouri.
THE most steadfast followers of our
fortunes-Our creditors.
A FIRsT-RATE axiom-A man should
always grind his own axes.
AN early spring-Jumping out of bed
at o'clock in the morning.
A THIRSTY one wants to know if they
drink stock ale at the brokers' board.
JINKs says it is peculiar fact that all
blackberries are red when they are
green.
The weather is not yet sufficiently
warm to alleviate the distress of early
rising.
In pocket-picking, as in everything
else. man never succeeds until he gets
his hand i'll.
MosT men like to see themselves in
print. Ladies like to see themselves in
silks and velvets.
A MAINE woman has hair seven feet
and five inches long-too long to be
available for use in butter.
Do LEWIS is the man who kept
Utica audience until half-past ten, ex-
planning to them the good results Of
going to bed promptly at nine.
WHAT'S the difference between the
side of right-angled triangle and an
old maids teapot? One is ahypothe-
muse, the other teapot-in-use.
An Irishman who had just landed
said "The first bit of mate l ever ate
in this country was a roasted potato,
boiled yesterday. And if you don't be-
lieve me can show it to you, for have
it in my pocket"
OK tombstone in South Carolina is
the following beautiful tribute to de-
parted worth
Here lies the body of Robert Gordin;
Mouth almighty, and teeth accordin';
Stranger, tread lightly over this wonder
II he opens his mouth, you are gone, by thunder.
A SLAB above grave in Arkansas
bears the following legend, evidently
the tribute of devoted but discriminate
ing husband
She washed the children,
Fed the fowls,
And made her home
Resound with howis."
This is Providence boys compo
sition on "games :" There are
various kinds of Games. The most
useful game is playing ball, because it
promotes activity among young per-
| Tboro 80 N J;Aarapna
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To CORRESPONDENTS.

All communications for this paper should DO ac-
conn anied by the name OF the author not neces-
sarify for publication, but as an evidence OF good
faith on the part OF the writer Write only ON one
aide OF the paper Be particularly careful, In Civ
ing and dates to have the letters and figures
Main and distinct.
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should perish with him, and ordered
his esquire to take him into the thickest
OF the fight. There he brandished his
mallet on either hand, and did such
fearful execution that his enemies fell
around him in such numbers that victo-
ry soon declared itself on his side.
"But, Sainson-like, though blind, he dealt
Such blows never foemen felt
To shun them, were in vain.
This way they fed, and that they run;
But, OF an hundred men, not one
Ere saw the light again."
Robert the Devout, of France, whose
troubles with his wives you may have
read in history, was very fond of deeds
OF valor, and that of Jean Colin Mail
lard kindled his admiration. He Law
ished honors on the victorious blind
man, and ordered the stage-players to
bring out pantomime of his contest
with Count ae Louvain for the pleasure
of the court. The court was delighted
with the play, for the terrible mallet of
MIllard, and the warriors dropping
down here and there, almost without
knowing what had hit them, was all
very exciting and people in that rude
age liked what was sensational even
more than they do now. The children
began to act similar play in the
streets, one of the players, more strong
and active than the rest, being blind
folded and given a stick; and thus
blind mans buff soon became the pop
ular diversion in France and Normandy,
where it was known under the name OF
COlin MaiUard. This name it still
bears in France and on the continent OF
Europe.
The king repeated oft the play:
The children followed, day by day,
In merriment, rough.
And to this time do sportive feet
Young Roberts pantomme repeat
Tue play of Blind Mans BUf.
| ST NirhOidS for Man
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SONG.

- Moses smote de water, and
De sea gabe away;
De chillcren dey passed ODER, for
De sea gabe away.
q Lord feel SO glad,
1t am always dark To- day
SO, honey, don't yer be sad,
De seall glib away
A lady, dressed in mourning.
Turned with sudden start,
Gave one glance at the baby,
Then caught IL to her heart;
While a substantial shadow,
That was walking by her side,
Seized Persimrnons by the shoulder,
And. while she shook him, cried:
You, Jawge Washington,
Thomas jefferson,
Persimmons, Henry Clay, be
Quick, splain yerself, chile
Stop dat ar fool smile
Whur you done been wild baby"
NJ Nicholas
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How We Are United.


Little Daughter" L wish the rivers
would rise. :"
Father" Why, what have you to do
with the rivers rising ?"
Little Daughter great deal,
father for then the boats will run.
Father" And what have you to do
with the boats running, my child,
Ell 2"
Little Daughter-"They would bring
the cotton down, father"
Father Cooking overhis spectaclvs)-
"And what have you to Go, darling,
with cotton bales 2"
Little Daughter" Why, if the cot
ton was down you will be able to sell it,
you know, dear father" smilingly.
Father" And what then 2"
Little Daughter" You would have
plenty OF money"
Father" Well?"
Little Daughter Qaying her hand on
his shoulder and looking up in his
face Then you could pay mother
that $50 gold piece you borrowed from
her, you know, father"
Father" What then, child?"
Little Daughter" Then mother
could pay Aunt Sarah the SO she owes
her. :"
Father-"Aye, indeed; and wha
then ?"
Little Daughter And Aunt Sarah
would pay Sister Jane the 81 she prom
ised to give her New Years, but didn't
because she didn't have any cotton
any money, mean, father"
Father-"W Well, and what else g."
Gle lays down the newspaper anG
looks at her cautiously, with hal
smile.)
Little Daughter Sister Jane woulC
pay Brother John his fifty cents back
AID he said when he got it he would
give me the half dime he owes me, an(
two dimes TO buy marbles; and tina
is what | want the river to rise for ant
the big boats to run And / owe nurs,
the other dime, and 1 must pay m.
debts "
Pa looked at ma. "There it is, h,
said. 1--WE are all, big and little, lik
a row of bricks. Touch one, anC
away we all go, even down to our littl
Carrie here. She has, as a child, o
great an interest in the rise of tho rive
as have. We are all, old and young
waiting for money to buy marbles.
good lesson for debtor and cred
itor, too, and well enforced.--Neao Or
leans Christian AdrOcate.
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COOP takers are becoming rare now
adays, but are occasionally to be met
with. OF one whose conversation is
very entertaining, but rather discon-
nected, a lady once remarked: Oh,
yes, he's very clever, but he talks like II
book in which there are leaves OCCASION
ally missing"
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THE LITTLE FOLKS.


How Persimmons Took Cab oh de BABY
Persimmons was a colored lad
Way down in LousianDy,
And all the teaching that he had
Was given him by his granny.
But he did his duty ever
As we'll as you, II may be;
With faithfulnsss and pride always,
lie minded missus' baby.
He loved the counsels Of the saints,
And, sometimes, those OF sinners,
To run of 'possum-hunting and
Steal water-milon' dinners.
And fervently at meetin', too,
On every sunday night,
He'd with the elders shout and pray
BY the pine-knots' haring light,
And sing their rudest melodies,
With voice 30 full and strong,
You could almost think he learned them
From the angels triumph song.
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ONE-FoURTH of the members of Con-
gress have signed the total abstinence
pledge.
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THE TooTHAoHE.-An exchange gives
the following :
My dear friend" said Mr.. H. CT
can cure your toothache in ten minutes.
easily"
How? how?" / inquired. "Do it
in pity"
Instantly" said he, "Have you
any alum ?"
eyes"
Bring it, and some common salt"
They were produced. NY friend pul-
verified them, mixed them in e6ual
quantities, then wet small piece
of cotton, causing the mixing powder to
adhere, and placing it in my hollow
tooth.
There" said he, eff that does not
cure you l will forfeit my head. You
may tell this to every one, and publish
1t everywhere. This remedy is infalli-
bic"
1t was as he predicted. On the in
production of the mixed alum and salt,
L experienced sensation of GOODNESS,
and with 1.-THE alum and salt cured
the torment OF the toothache.
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Russia.

In Russia a divorce is almost impos-
ishment is unknown, except for at
tempts on the Emperor's life. All con-
victs are sent to Siberia, the worst to
work in the mines and the others on
land. Their families can go with them
if they like, so that country is now full
of pretty good people of this kind.
This nation is growing rapidly in all the
directions of national greatness. Edu-
cation is being pushed slowly but stead
ly. Most of the people see can al
ready read and write. But the rich be-
ing SO rich and the poor so very poor
makes progress very slow. The police
regulations are perfect, though the peo-
pie drive through the streets as fast as
ever they can go. Those on foot have
no rights which the carriages are bound
to respect.-H. PcterSburgh Letter.
HORSE HAIR WoRM.-The history of
the fresh-water gordius-the "horse-
hair" worms very curious. 1t is
named from common superstition grow
ing out of it's resemblance to hair, and
leading to the idea that a single horse
utlI may DC ulduSlOIulttt luJO u WOIu
This worm lays about 100000 eggs,
and, did all their eggs come to maturity,
our brooks and ponds would be full of
them. As with the delicate eggs of
many of the lower animals, comparative
ly few of those which are laid survive,
and these animals are very rare. They
are Matched in the water from eggs, but
after time they leave the water; go
on wet days into the grass creep along
the legs of torpid grasshoppers enter
their abdominal cavities and undergo
| further transformation as parasitic
worms. From this living prison they
then escape, return to the water, and
end their varied existence as the long,
thread-like worms which have been
mistaken for living and moving hairs.
JUNIus. Sir Alexander Cockburn, the
Lord Chief Justice of England, has
undertaken to find out the author OF
"Junius." 1t is said that even during
the late great trial of Arthur Orion, he
snatched many hours TO study the sub
iect at the British Museum. A London
paper remarks that the secret OF
"Junius" has never yet been examined
by first-rate judicial intellect, and
that if anybody can clear it up it is the
Lord Chief Justice. Zone of the most
accomplished men of the day, as well
as one of the greatest judges, he is rich.
ly equipped both with the requisite
knowledge and the power of weighing
evidence.
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I" She washed the children,
Fed the fowls,
And made her home
Resound with howis,r

This is o Providence boys compo
sition on "games :" "There are
various kinds of Games. The most
useful game is playing ball, because it
promotes activity among young per-
sons. There is difference between
games and game. l had a game leg
when fell into ditch"
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Didn't Know Him.

A California paper tells the following
of Lieut.. Derby, John Phoenix" the
humorist: Zone evening, at the thea
ter, Phoenix observed a man sitting
three seats in front whom he thought
he knew; he requested the person sit
ting next to him to punch the other
with his cane The polite stranger did
so, and the disturbed person turning
his head little, he discovered his mis-
take-that he was not the person he
took him for. Fixing his attention
steadfastly on the play, and affecting
Inconsistencies of the whole affair, he
left the man with the cane to settle
with the other for the disturbance, who
being wholly with an excuse, there
was, of course, a ludicrous and embar-
RAISING scene, during all which Phoenix
was profoundly interested in the play.
At last the man with the cane asked,
rather Indignantly:
I" Didn't you tell me to punch that
man with my stick?'
eyes
"And what did you want p
al wanted to see whether you
would punch him or not"
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SONG.

"We be nearer to de Lord
Dan de white folks-and dey knows it
See de glory-gate unbarred-
Walk in, darkies, past do guard
Bet your dollar He won't close 10.
"walk in, darkies, troo de gate,
Hear de kullered angels hoiler;
Go way, white folks, you're too late,
Yves de winuin' kuller. Wait
Till dc trumpet blow to foller."
He would Groom this over softly
"A he lay ont in the sun;
But the song he heard most often
His granny's favorite one
Was, "Jawge Washington,
Thomas jefferson,
Persimmons, Henry Clay, be
Quick shnt de do,
Get up of dat 40,
Come heah and mind de baby
One night there came fearful storm,
Almost "A second flood;
The river rose, torrent swoIn
OF beaten, yellow mud.
II bit at ITS embankments,
And tapped them down IN foam,
Till, surging through wide creyasse,
The waves seethed round their home.
They scaled the high verandah,
They filled the parlors clear,
TIL floating chars and tables
C.ashed against the chandelier.
7 was then Persimmons granny,
Stout of arm and terror-proof,
By means of AK and lever,
Pried up the verandah roof;
Bound mattresses upon II
With stOutest cords of rope,
Lifted out her fainting mistress,
Saving Honey, dar is hope!
You, ,Iawge Washington,
Thomas jefferson,
Persimmons, Henry Clay, DO
Quick on dat raft,
Don't star like calf,
But take good cab Oh baby"
The frothing river lifted them
out on its turbid Tide,
And for awhile they tioated on
Together, side by side;
Till broken by the current strong,
The frail raft snapt i'll two.
And Persimmons saw his granny
Fast fading from his view.
The deck-hands on n steamboat
Heard, as they passed i'll haste.
A child's voice singing in the dark,
Upon tine waters waste,
song of faith and triumph,
OF Moses and the Lord
And throwing out a coil Of rope,
They drew him safe on board.
Full many stranger city
Persimmons wandered through,
- A-totin oh Ger baby" and
Singing songs he knew.
At length some City Fathers
Objected TO his plan,
Arresting as vagrant
Our valiant little man.
They carried out their purposes,
Persimmons lowed he'd Spite EN-,
So. slOping from the station-house,
He stole baby from the 'sylun.
And Oh that very afternoon,
Az it was growing dark,
He sang, beside the fountain in
The crowded city park,
A rude camp-meeting anthem,
Winch he had sung before,
While on his granny fragile raft
lie dritted from the shore:
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Pennsylvania has over $50 Postmis-
tresses.