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The true northerner., 1875-03-05
Our Faces---Open Books.

The mysteries of the schools, or the
learning of the ancients cannot be studied
by all, but pages from the great book of
human nature are scattered all around us,
in ever changeful diversity. There is no
repetition, no sameness there ; but all are
original copies, for the author is Omnip-
otence. Enter the schools where the
looming man A" is being prepared for his
high destiny, and we note the open eye,
the unruffled brow, and the undeveloped
features, all denoting innocent childhood
and immaturity. Into another of diff
ferent class of children, and oh, how
forcibly does the care-worn brow, the
sharpened and pinched features speak of
poverty and suffering, ofttimes of crime !!
Loiter in places where business men
cOngregate, and there may be seen char
acter displayed in its most selfish aspect,
all eager for gain, many plotting how to
emulate certain Tammany leaders, and
yet elude the penitentiary. Has it any in
fluence on features, do you ask2 Let
lynx eyes, corrugated brow, hooked nose,
and compressed. lips answer.
Visit the library of the scholar, or the
sanctum of the poet, and strillingly do
the spacious head, lofty brow, and
thoughtful face of the one, or the dreamy,
absorbed, spiritual face of the other, re-
veal their inner life and profession also,
Walk along Broadway, and mark the ex-
preston and look of the elegant, refined
lady, and then visit the dingiest tene-
ment-house that New York contains, and
note the difference in the look of its IN
mates.-AnnuaL Of Phren0l0gy and
PhySioD1OD1y
The true northerner., 1875-03-05
Spring Fashions.

from the NOW YORK world.
The waists to all dresses are made quite
long, with high shoulders and narrow
backs, a combination of the ctlirasse and
basque-properly named the cuirasse
basque-tits smoothly over the hips and
is rounded deeply both front and back.
In street costumes the prevalence of
browns and grays is already quite notice
able, colors that are certain to be popular
throughout the season for walking suits.
They are seen not only in the plaid over
dresses worn with silk skirts, but in cash
mere ones over silk, which Will be quite
as fashionable combination as the
other. These suits are, many of them,
made with what is termed the French
sacque, half-ftting basque in the back
and loose sacque fronts. The tendency
is toward short backs, that is, short in
comparison with the fronts, which some
times extend into long square tabs. The
last is newest, while the other has the
advantage of showing a more elaborate
arrangement of lace, etc, about the neck.
The sleeves are cut straight, with fiaring
cuffs at the wrist to match the collar, or
they may he half-howing.
Where overskirts are worn, aprons will
probably be the style throughout the
summer. Imported dresses show a
change from very deep to short aprons,
although the dresses made here have not
as yet been in imitation of them in this
respect. Many dresses are, of course,
worn without overdresses. A favorite
style for making the skirts to these is
either perfectly plain i'll front and elab-
fol, f,.,,, l,ol, al,l otnlx
trimmed i'll front and plain behind.
Outside garments are to be worn much
longer The English walking jacket cut
long will be one of the styles, but the
French sacque already described, made
of black Sicilienne, with trimmings of
lace and fringe, embroidered bands,
ostrich feather trimmings, or Titan braid,
will be newer, and consequently more
fashionable For those who desire
change from jackets, are capes and man
ties fitting in at the waist, thus forming
a kind of sleeve, as for instance, round
cape in the back coming over the arms
i'll front in long square tabs.
Pipings enter largely into trimmings.
The Titan braid, luusterless trimming
made of mohair and silk, and of a variety
of widths, will be favorite This is
both plain and bordered with beads,
which last will largely take the place of
Jet passementerie. Jet must of necessity
be worn to some extent, but is no longer
the most fashionable trimming.
Trimmings on everything will be ar
ranged either up and down or diagon-
ally, not across as heretofore. On tab
iers the tendency is to the diagonal.
Overslirts are not lined, nor generally
are other skirts, as all drapery is made
clinging, to show as much as possible
the natural figure.
The true northerner., 1875-03-05
What We Live On.

Tea, made from sloe-leaves, faced with
Prussian blue, and mixed with chopped
birch-brooms. Port and sherry, pro-
duced from logwood, boiled leather, and
smdry chemicals. Champagne made
from goosebeTy wine Milk, n COM
pound of One-fourth milk, two-fourths
water, and One-fourth chalk and sundries.
Butter, made from beef fat, animal oils,
and yellow Ochre. Sugar, with its bulk
and weight increased by an admixture Of
sand. Water, of various degrees of inn
purity, from the slightly acidulated to
that of pea-soup consistency. Lemon
ade, favored with lead. Bread, deceit
fully whitened by means of alum, and
favored with potatoes. Coffee, made
from horse-beans and roasted horse
liver. Arrowroot, consisting princi-
pally of pounded chalk. Beer, thick
ened with treacle, and mized with all
kinds of denominations, from sslt to grains
of paradise. Mustard, mixed with flower,
pepper, and tlrmeric. ChicOry, made
from mangel-wurzel and carrots.
KetchIp, not made from mushrooms.
Sweetmeats, rendered delicious by means
OF plaster of Paris Marmalade, made
from boiled carrots. Fruit preserves,
innocent of fruit. Sausages, made
from--b,rt, no, we would rather not go
into details. Anchovies, made from
sprats. And SO on, ad Hb. Yet surprise
is expressed that the rate of mortality in
this country continues so high.
The true northerner., 1875-03-05
Donkey Boys.

The donkey is the great institution of
Egypt. The long-eared creatures crowd
the narrow strets of those far-off cities,
ambling along sometimes with fat Turk
balancing himself with difficulty on the
ungainly saddle. Again one PAGES along
carrying an amused traveller intent on
sightseeing. And often, on the banks
of the wondrous Nile, under the shadow
Of the palm-trees, beneath the golden
light of the Egyptian skies, you may see
one bearing woman with child clasped
in her arms, so like to that old familiar
picture that you have looked upon many
times, OF Mary and the infant Jesus i'll
their flight into Egypt 1t is a more
beautiful and touching sight than any
other in that Eastern land.
had almost compared the donkey boys
of Egypt to the news-boys of New York /;
and, indeed, do believe them to possess
many traits in common. Their rough,
independent life, their intercourse with
every class of humanity, their shrewd
cunning, all may be found on this side
the Atlantic in the streets of our own
city.
They are quick to catch foreign
phrases, and many of them can speak,
though imperfectly, three or four Ian
guages.
When his passenger is mounted, the
owner of the donkey-that is, the donkey
boy-always runs behind his property,
urging him forward with a stick which
he carries and with one magic word, well
comprehended by the donkey, sounding
like " Haa " The boy will often run a
long distance, apparently without fa-
tigue, now and then breaking out into a
wild kind of singing. They are the
happiest race of boys in the world. st.
NjcIoIos
The true northerner., 1875-03-05

~
And as the old lady rode slowly up
the hill upon her white horse, Rhoda
perceived that every one of her ten fin
gers were covered with rings TO the very
tips, and the end of her boots were cut
off to let out her ten toes, to every one of
which was tied little silver bell, all of
different sizes; and rs she rode, Mother
Banbury rang these bells by the motion
of her toes, and produced the most
charming music you can imagine-that
is, from such source. Besides all
these, Mother Banbury wore a chain of
large glasss beads wound ten times
round her neck, which hung all over the
front of her dress and she wore brace
let's and earrings, and large hoop i'll
her nose and a great bunch of hair on the
top of her head, stuck full of feathers
and flowers, and jewels, and bows of
ribbon, with long, floating ends and
she had great silk balloon tied round
her waist, which stood out behind; and
stiff lace ruffie round her neck and
droll little hat pitched over her eyes al
together she was a very culrious-looking
person.
The Chimney-Elf led the way down
the other side of the hill. About half
way he turned off into level nook set
around with bushes and paved with large
flat stones. At one end of this space sat a
cat with some music upon a stand in
front of him, and fiddle beside him.
Fixing his eyes upon the music, the cat
extended his four paws with all the claws
out, and began to scratch and tear at the
fidddle-strings with all his might, accom-
panying his efforts with the most hor-
rible screeches and yells imaginable.
The noise was so frightful, but at the same
time 50 funny, that small dog, whose
business it was to howl i'll chorus with
the cat, was able to do nothing but roll
upon his back from side to side, stutfing
his four paws iuto his mouth to stihe the
peals of laughter, which would have
offended the cat very much If he had
perceived them. In the center of the
dancing-g ground red-and-white COW was
gravely and laboriously performing a
polka in the old-fashioned style of
jumping up very high and coming down
very hard. The only spectators We're n
pewter-dish and iron spoon, who seemed
to be tired of the ball, and were just
StcdllHS away alnOllS ulc puSleS.
I" suppose you've heard of the COW
that jumped over the moon 2" said the
Chimney-Elf. "People generally sup
pose that she lived on the earth, and
jumped over the moon and down again !;
but such people could never have no.
ticed cows habits very particularly !;
they never Jump high, but, like the one
we just saw, they often Jump about, over
the moons or the earth's surface. This
cow is coming out as a ballet-dancer as
soon as Barry OLynn can find time to
make her belt with fringe to it. -
From Z" WOOnf0lk."
The true northerner., 1875-03-05
A Fatal Experiment.

The power of the imagination is truly
marka|Ge-indeed, almost beyond be-
lief and many people are great slaves
10 Its whlms and caprlces. One-half the
ills that flesh is heir to are superinduced
by the fancy of the sufferers, as hundreds
are known to have died by mere symp-
toms of cholera, yellow fever, and the
plague, induced by dread alone of these
terrible maladies. People of strong
nervous temperaments are often great
slaves to the tyranny of mind over mat
ter. Young medical students are ve1I
fond of illustrating this fact by practical
jokes upon unsuspecting people.
We very well remember case in point
which occurred i'll this city not long ago,
but which we do not remember to have
seen III print. 1t was that of an amateur
butcher engaged in a slaughter-house,
and who i'll placing his meat upon
hook, slipped i'll the blood upon the
floor, and hung himself instead of the
meat upon the barbed point. His
screams were deafening, and when he
was released from his frightful situation
his agony was intense. He was quickly
carried in the arms of three men to the
nearest physicians office, and so great
was his pain Gin imagination) that he
cried piteously upon every motion made
by the doctor in cutting the coat and
shirt-sleeve from about the wounded
arm. When at last the arm was barred
not a scratch was there. The hook-point
had merely grazed the skin and torn the
shirt-sleeve
These thoughts were suggested to us
by an experiment just tried Mt st. Peters
burg, Russia. A criminal condemned to
death was handed over to the surgeons
of the hospital for the purpose of GER
tain experiment. He was taken to the
dissecting room and laid upon marble
slab, his hands, feet and body were Sc
curely tied to the table upon which he
lay. He was then told, after being care
fully blindfolded, that he was TO be bled
to death. A pail was brought, the sur
geon snapped his lancet upon the main
artery of the arm, while an attendant
stood by pouring a small stream of blood
warm water upon the arm, which ran of
into the pail. The poor criminal heard
the steady stream flowing into the pail,
and soon grew weak and faint, then
swooned, and in exactly twelve minutes
was dead
Here was an unmistakable evidence of
the power of the imagination, illustrat-
ing III n remarkable manner the refiec-
tons mentioned above, for in this in
stance not one drop of blood had been
taken from the body of the criminal.
His fancy had proved as fatal to him as
though he had actually bled to DEATH
Ne,o York Weekly.
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into his heart yet larger measure OF
calmness and courage, strengthening him

into his heart yet larger measure OF
calmness and courage, Strengthening hum
10 work out his pwn deliverance.
After this the little hero cuts his way
upward inch by inch. His wet stock
ings froze TO the ice and kept his feet
from slipping, but his shirt was quite
worn from his shoulders ere he reached
the top He did reach it at last-crawled
out into the snow, and lay down for q
moment to rest-panting out his breath
in little white clouds on the clear, frosty
air. He had been two hours and half
in the well. His clothes soon froze to
his body, but he no longer suffered with
cold as, full Of JOY and thankfulness, he
ran to the factory, where his father was
waiting and wondering.
The poor man had to go without his
dinner, that day, but you may be sure
he cared little about that, while listening
with tears in his eyes to the thrilling
story his son had to relate TO him. He
must have been proud of him that day,
as he wrapped him in his own warm over
coat and took him home to "mother. "
And how that mother must have wept
and smiled over the lad, and kissed him
and thanked God for him : Grace
GTeenUOOd.
The true northerner., 1875-03-05
Facts To BE Remembered.

One thousand shingles laid four inches
to the weather viii cover 100 square feet
of surface, and five pounds of shingle-
nails will fastcn them ON. One-ffth
more siding and flooring is needed than
the number of square feet of surface to
be covered, because of the lap in the sid
ing and the matching of the floor.
One thousand hath will cover
seventy yards of surface, and eleven
pounds of lath-nails will nail
them on. Eight bushels of good lime,
sixteen bushels of sand, and one bushel
of hair will make enough good mortar to
plaster 100 square yards. A cord of
stone, three bushels of lime, and cubic
yard of sand will lay 100 cubic feet OF
wall. Five courses of brick win lay one
foot in height ON a chimney, six bricks in
course will make flue four inches wide
and twelve inches long, and eight bricks in
acourse will make n flrie eight inches wi6S
and sixteen inches long. ao
The true northerner., 1875-03-05
CHIT-CHAT FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
Counting the Fingers


Davy, dear, your fingers hold;
Listen till my story's told. frfrr
Thumbs a rogue, and Whispers. Come,
Let us steal the sweets, says Thumb
straight First Finger bonds 10 hear;
She's rogue when Thumb is near.
" Second Finger says, I'm go;'
Cries Third Finger, Count me, too
+" Little Finger stands alone,
Says, The sweets are not our own
" Thumb says, Lot no Finger say
Where the sweets have gone to-day
" Finger First then cries out, 'No!
Not word from Inc shall CO.
80 Second Finger shakes her head;
She would suffer death instead.
" Finger Third is fun Of fear,
Lest the marks of guilt appear.
50 Little Finger cries, For shame
/ shall tell VIII, re lies the blame.
"'If we all are made TO smart,
With the rest III bear my part.
And l think that through and through
Little Fingers right-dont your"
The true northerner., 1875-03-05

Gay, guiltless pair,
XAst seek 80 from the ficlds OF Heayen2
~ = Ye have no need OF prayer,
Ye have no sins 10 be forgiven. fl'
Why perch 20 hore,
Where inortals TO their Maker bend?
Can your pure spirits fear
The God ye never could offend?
Ye never know
The crimes for which we come 20 weep.
Penance is not for you,
Blessed wanderers of the upper deep.
To you tits given
To wake sweet Natures untaught lays,
Beneath the arch of Heaven
To chirp away life of praise.
Then spread each wing
Far, far above, DER lakes and lands,
And join the choirs that sing
In you blue dome not reared with hands.
or. if ye stay,
To note the consecrated hour,
Teach me the airy way,
And let me try your envied power.
Above the crowd
On upward wings could / but fly,
ia battle in yon bright cloud
And seek the stars that gem the sky.
'Twere Heaven indeed
Through fields of tracklcss light TO soar,
On Natures charms to feed,
And Natures own great God adore.
The true northerner., 1875-03-05

tribulation, he subsequently appointed
Mansell his man of business, and thus
laid the foundation of his prosperity. 1t
is almost needless to add, that Kate, who
had so long shared his heart, became his
wife, and shared his good fortune also.
The true northerner., 1875-03-05

The AMERICAN ORGANS, advertised in
another column, have the guaranty which
comes from twenty-five years of success
full experiment, and from the well known
high character Of the manufacturers.
They now offer entirely new styles, un-
surpassed in quality and beauty.
The true northerner., 1875-03-05
The New Senate.

The following is list of the Senate of
the Forty-fourth Congress. There are
of straight Republicans Tin Roman) Al !;
of Independent Republicans Tin SMALL
oAPs) 4; of Democrats Gn ITALICS 2S !;
vacancy, / total, "a. The year in which
each Senator's term expires is set oppo-
The true northerner., 1875-03-05
Co,wparatiye Mail Statistics.

From detailed statement of mail mat
ter of all classes originating at fifty of
the largest offices in the United States
for period of four weeks, beginning
Dec. /, 1874, the following comparative
figures are taken :0aIt
The true northerner., 1875-03-05

ARKANSAS.
1877. Powell Clayton.
1879. s. w. Dorsey.
CoENKoTIcUT.
1879. Orris X. Ferry.
1881. Vim. W. Eaton.
FLORIDA.
1879. Simon B. Conover.
1881. Charles ". Jones.
ILLINOIS.
1877. John A. Logan.
1879. Richard j. Oglesby.
IOWA.
lS77. George e.. Wright.
1879. William b. Allison.
KENTUCKY.
1877. John ". Stevenson.
1879. TheO. c. McCTeerV.
MAINE.
I1S77. Lot NJ. Morrill,.
1881. Hannibal Hamlin.
MASSACHUSETTS,.
llS77. George s. Boutwell,.
1881. Henry l.. Dawes.
MINNESOTA.
1877. William Window.
1881. S. j. X. Mcmillan.
MISSOURI.
1879. Lepis Y. BOgy.
1881. Francis VI. COckrell.
NEVADA.
1879. John T.. Jones.
1881. William Sharon.
NEW JERSEY.
1877. FIT. Frelinghuysen.
1881. ThOs. T.. Randolph.
NORTH CAROLINA.
1877. Mdttheu ". Ransom.
1879. Aug. $. NerrimOn.
OREGON.
1877. James X. Kelly.
1879. John II. Mitchell.
RHODE ISLAND.
1877. Henry B. Anthony.
1881. Ambrose T.. Burn
side.
TENNESSEE.
1877. Henry Cooper.
1881. A AndreW johnson.
VERMONT.
1879. Justin s. Morrill,.
1881. George +. Edmunds.
WEST VIRGINIA.
1879. Henry e.. Davis.
1881. Alien 4. Caperton.
The true northerner., 1875-03-05

The total number of pieces in the
fifty offices for the period named is AL
241, 800, weighing 5,54S, ,04s pounds.
The true northerner., 1875-03-05

AS TWICE eleven is twenty-five, how
can twice ten be twenty, too
The true northerner., 1875-03-05
Old Acquaintances Described i'm Prose.

81 And think that through and through
Little Fingers right-don't you?"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-04-29
4 CONFLICT WITH THE UNION.

On Thursday evening the compositors in
the Washington Croaicic office, waited on
the business manager, and informed him
that they had heard that non-union men
had been employed in the job room, and
that it was rumored that a change would
also be made in the composing room OF the
newspaper. The business manager inform
ed them that such was the case, whereupon
the union men promptly told him that
their connection with the office would then
and there end. The editor was called in,
and informed CT the situation At first it
looked as if no paper could appear next
day, but Mr.. Harlan was not 10 be defeated
in this manner, 50 he went to work and set
up the following editorial without aid
The nuIon men thouSht they hab had
the CHRONICLE Al a disadvantage because
tqey fonbIy imagineq that the art dreS. rva-
tiAs OF all arts" was one that couIb not qe
qracticeq noyices.They reckoneb Without
their host howeAsr,as this paragraph will
brove' va never Sot \ type before tonight
yet We cou point proudly 10 this effort as a
specimen Of clean composition. The thing
looks so well in the sliok We aluIsOt temdt-
cd 10 issue a challenge tothe enentire prof
fessiou. Hereafter We shall set our own
EDITORIALS.
We think his first attempt is very cred
liable, and hope he will succeed in his
warfare on the nnion.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-04-29

paign was most exciting and laborious
one, and resulted in Mr.. Barrels election,
over Neszrs. NaguiTe and Overssolz. 1t is
a singular fac; that one Of these gentlemen
j. nov dead, and the other two dangerously
ia most sad commentary upon our
modes Of elections.
Politically, Mr.. Barrett had always been
Z Democrat, although during the war he
remained Union man; and when ST..
Louis was occupied by the Federal troops,
shortly after the beginning Of the war, lac
was one OF the first FIVE Eho took the oath
Of allegiance to the United States. He was
twice before the Democratic City COnyen-
ton As candidate for Mayor, in 1871 and
1873, being defeated by very few votes. At
the late election, having been nominated
10y the Democrats, he was elected Mayor,
and formally installed on the 18th inst,
thus occupying the position OF chief eXecu-
tive officer Of the city but few days.
A gaS.-H0ytca examination revealed the
fact that all efforts to save him would have
been futile, as he had been at the point Of
death twice before from the same disease
From the St. Louis papers We learn that the
funeral viii take place from 81. johns
Catholic Church, of which Rev. 7. A. But
| Ter, formerly Of this city, is pastor.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-04-29
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THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1915.
WHAT THnuGHT OF TEXAS.

The Kansas editors did not arrive home
in time for last weeks issue OF their differ
ent papers, hence their article only ap-
peared in the exchanges received yesterday
and day before. Texas is destined to he
more intimately connected with our State
than at present, hence we reprint this
morning extracts from the editorials OF the
excursionists. on the Gull and surrounding
country Al unite in thanking the gener-
Gus Southern people for the kind and hos
pitable manner in which they were enter
tanned. One editor j. foolish enough to find
fault with the party for stopping at Hous-
ton, because Of her rebel record.
Yet, We think that after consideration, he
will be sorry for his words, and unite with
ali in their admiration Of the chivalric,
though, perhaps, erring people OF Texas.
The editor Of the Seneca Cou1ieT Is angry,
because so many Officials ard prominent
outsiders" were allowed TO impose on the
Association. We agree with him that such
custom is entirely wrong, and that none
but editors and their wives should travel
over the country as members OF body
with which they are supposed to be con-
nected. The CoUTieT may be a little severe
yet, in the main, it is right, and its view;
will be endorsed by the fraternity.