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Huntsville gazette., 1889-12-14
Programme for Teachers Ins tt
tute Of Madison Co., Dec.
28th, 1889.

R. NJ. Lowe best methods Of teach
ing spelling.
W.G.Allen best methods Of teach
ing reading.
A. w. Mckinney best methods Of
teaching arithmetic.
7. J. Harris best methods Of teach
ing Geography.
Francis Davis best methods of
teaching History.
Patrick Perkins best methods OF
teaching Grammar.
Willie Douglass best methods Of
teaching mental arithmetic.
w. L. Riley best methods OF
teaching music.
A. M. Moore best methods Of
teaching and conducting Recitations'
J. M. Cross school management.
THos. s. COOPER,
h. M. LOWE, President.
Secretary.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-12-14
DIED.

JoNEs-on Tuesday Dec. 10th,
1889 at the residence Of his son, Jere
Mcdonald, Rev. Hampton Jones Of
the dropsy Of the heart.
Deceased has been a minister OF
the C. P. church for 60 years Age
80 years. Funeral services attended
by Rev. A McCally. The funeral
was largely attended, his former mass
ter Mr.. Archie McDonold attended
the funeral.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-12-14
COlOred Teachers Institute Or
ganized.

TuscUMBIA, ALA, Dec. 9th, 1889.
Editor Gazette:
The colored teachers Of Colbert
county were called togather at Tus>
cumbia, Ala, November 23rd, for
the purpose Of organizing County
Teachers Institute.
The teachers met at the City school
building and opened the institute at
10 o'clock AN, with singing. Bible
reading and prayer.
w. T. Breeding Principal Of the
city schsol Of Tuscumbia delivered
the "Welcome Address," which was
responded to by Prof. H. Hopkins
Principal Of the Sheffield city school.
w. T. Breeding was elected chair
man protein.
VIM. Thomas was elected sec. pro-
tenn.
The following teachers were en-
rolled.
H. Hopkins. Mrs. F. A. Bailey
Miss Clara G. Fackler, Laura Spiser,
B. F. Morgan Mss McVay.
VIM. Thomas and W.T. Breeding,
on motion of Mr.. Hopkins the insti-
tute was named the Colored Teach
ers Institute Of Colbert Co.
Several resolutions were read and
discussed:
1st. Resolved-That the Institute
meet the first Saturday in each
month.
At this time Rev. r. r. Fain pas
tor of the A. M. E. church was IN
vited to address the Institute which
he did in very eloquent manner.
The following officers were per-
minsntly elected, President 4. Hop
kins, Vice Pres. VIM. Thomas, Sec.
retary Miss Clara G. Fackler, Treas
urer Mrs. T. A. Bailey
Conductors " ". i I. IStsJia Breeding.
A programme was arranged fol
to day.
After singing "God be with us til
we meet again" !" and closing prayer
the Institute adjourn ed with bene
diction by Rev. r. R. Fain.
| w. T. BREEDING.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-12-14
making all important connections East VIA
Lynchburg and Washington.

No. 2carrie Pullman Buffet Vestibule Drawing
Room Sleeper to Washington via Lynchburg
No. carries Pullman Buffet Drawing Room
leeuer to New York via Harrisburg.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-12-14
THE WEDDING RECORD.
The Cry is still They Gene!

Although Friday is not by any means
an auspicious or promising day Tor the
issue of wedding licenses nevertheless
yesterday was an exception to the rule,
as couple of fine looking young gentle
men put in an appearance at the probate
Office at different times, and secured the
nuptial papers from the hands OF Bro.
Stewart. The happy couples we're:
Joseph Dunn to Lizzie Cobb " u.
Johnson to Dora G. ElmOre.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-12-14

Connections for Atlanta and Florida points in
Union Depot, Chattanooga with Through lee
s, Chattanooga and jacksonville.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-12-14
WHERE TO ATTEND SCHOOL.

you wish to attend a good school at
Reasonable rates 60 to the State Normal
and industrial School Huntsville Ala
osms. Competent Christian Teachers;
Three years Normal course, Best Accom-
modaton, including good board. furnish4
90 rooms, washing and ironing, lights
ares &C, only 81 per month. Tuition
Free.
FOR futherer information Apply to
PROF. w. H. COUNCILL,
Box 1876 Huntsville, Ala.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-12-14
The Emminent Evangelist.

Elder J. A. Harding will speak to
the colored people Sunday aftern DON
at $3.50 o'clock at Palmer Hall.
All are cordially invited to attend.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-12-14

With close connection beyond. Through tickets
and checks
BW WRENN CA DEAU URE.
GPATA AGPA
Knoxville, Tenn Memphis, Tenn.
kOE ELL, Huntsville, Ala. 2l6 Tyr
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-10

Is there any more pitiful sight In
the world than man of sedentary
habits trying to fix up his wife's little
garden in the springtime? She COM
monty sits at an upper window and
gives him directions in shrill tones
that attract the attention of all the
marked out, and the poor man, before
he has satisfied his wife, has been called
Stupid" and "dolt" until he really
thinks he is half-witted until he re-
fleets that he made pot of money on
July wheat in the morning. Then
comes the spading. The unhappy
man, whose greatest exertion has been
boarding horse-car, begins the fear
full task of loosening the earth. The
sweat breaks on his forehead, his
hands puff up and blister. His joints
crack like pistol shots. His back aches
frightfully. Then come the hoeing
and the raking, which he does with
grooming protest, not daring to rebel
under the watchful eye of his wife.
Hammer" he pleads, as the stars
come out and the dew begins to fall on
his hot head, "aint this most enough ?"
Hammer looks contemptuously at
him.
why, my brother Jacob would be
glad to do this work. Catch him groan-
ing over il He'd do it great deal
better than you've done it, too. No;
you've not done half enough. There's
plenty of time before dark to plant
those seeds brought home. You get
the watering-pot and I'll get the seeds.
If brother Jacob was only here he
would do it himself, but L suppose L
must come down and break my back if
I'm to have any flowers this year.
Brother Jacob would show some taste
about arranging the beds, but"
"Why'n thunder didn't YOU send for
your brother Jacob, then ?" snaps the
irritated spouse. "Nobody'd be glad
der'n I'd be to see your brother Jacob
puttering over this darned garden"
And by the time the garden is fin
ished one might imagine from the con-
versation between the worthy couple
that Cadmus had passed by and sown
dragons teeth in the beds.-BuGalO
Courier.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-10
Hints rs TO Shaving.

Never fail TO wash your beard with
soap and cold water, and to rub it dry,
Immediately before you apply the
lather, of which the more you use, and
the thicker it is, the easier you will
shave.
Never use warm water, which makes
the face (of shavers) tender.
In cold weather place your razor
CLOSED, of course) i'll your pocket or
under your arm TO warm 1t.
The moment YOU leave your bed (or
n BATH is the best time to shave.
Always wipe your razor clean, and
strop it before putting it away, and al
ways put your shaving brush away with
tho lether in it.
The razor, as we have shown. being
only fine saw, should be moved in a
sloping or saving direction and held
nearly fiat to your face, care being
taken to draw the skin as tight as pos
sible with the left hand. so rs to pre-
sent an even surface and to throw out
the beard.
The practice of pressing on the edge
of the razor III stropping 1t soon rounds
it the pressure should be directed to
the back, which should never be raised
from the strop. If You shave from heel to
point of the razor, strop it from point
to heel but if you begin with the point
In shaving, then strop 1t from heel to
point.
If you only once put away your razor
without stropping it, or otherwise per
fectly cleaning the edge, YOU must no
longer expect to shave well and easy,
the soap and damp so soon rust the fine
teeth and edge.
A piece of solid plate-leather should
always he kept with razors to wipe
them will. -MedicnL Classics.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-10
Goethe and His Doppelganger.

Goethe, when a young man, was
resting by the roadside on one occasion
when he observed the figure of a mid
dle-aged gentleman approaching him
on horseback There was something
in the stature and general appearance
of the stranger that attracted his at
tention in a marked degree, for the face
and figure seemed to he his own, al
though much older and more devel-
oped. In their costume. however,
there was no similarity whatever, for
while the stranger wore the robes of q
councillor of state, the young poet
wore the ordinary dress of civil life.
In the course of years afterward and
when the circumstances had been near
ly forgotten it was brought before him
again in the most startling manner, for
one day while passing the very spot
where he had long since encountered
the stranger, he found himself similar
ly mounted and riding along leisurely
and perceived that in form and feature
he was now the very counterpart of the
mysterious horseman and, to crown the
miracle that his costume was the same
to the minutest detail, as he was him
SCH now councillor of state Also
BeLfoTHS Mdqdzifle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-10
NDiScOunting.v

In the old haggling way of trade it
was customary to demand great deal
more than the asker hoped to get. One
time, on the Texas frontier, man
came into a camp riding on an old
mule.
"How much for the mule ?" asked a
bystander.
"Jist a hundred dollars" answered
the rider.
I'll give You five dollars" said the
other.
The rider stopped short, as if in
amazement, and then slowly dis
mounted.
stranger" said he, II amt a-goin'
TO let little matter of ninety-tive dol
lars stand between me and a mule
trade. The mules yourn."
Another story, somewhat of the same
sort, is related of an old tenant farmer
who, on paving his rent, told his land
lord that he wanted some timber to
build house, and would be much
obliged if he would give him permits
sion TO cut down what would answer
for the purpose.
NO" said the landlord, sharply.
We'll then, sir, +" the farmer went
on, will You give me enough to build
barn."
NO"
To make gate, then?
"Yes."
That's all l wanted, said the farm
er, and more than i expected"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-10
What Becomes or the Rice.

Niagara Groceryman (to new Gus
tomer)-Two pounds of rice, did you
say?
Customer-Yes, that will do.
Groceryman-Are you in a great
hurry, sir?
Customer-N-o, not in any special
hurry, why?
Groceryman-Well, YOU see, the fact
is, I'm just out of rice; but if Won will
sit down for few moments, L Will go
over to the Clifton House-that hotel
over there-and get few pounds.
Customer-All right, go ahead; but
hurry, please. Er-by the way, isn't
that rather strange place to go to lay
in a stock of rice?
Groceryman-Oh, not at ALL The
grocers of this place get all their rice
at the hotels.
Customer-How does that happen?
Groceryman-Why, you see, nine
couples out of ten, who get married,
come to the Falls on their wedding
tour, and when they disrobe at night
they leave from a handful to quart
of rice on the floor of their room. The
chambermaid gathers it up in the
morning, and dumps it into a special
bin in the basement, where it is left to
accumulate, and subsequently sold to
the grocers. -PecE'S Sun.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-10

Gall, known among the Dakota In
dians as ''Pize the Bitter" Is a noted
chief of that tribe. He was for the
past eighteen or twenty years the right
hand man to Sitting Bull, whose ex-
ploits and atrocities are known to all.
About the year 1866, when the erec-
ton of Fort Stevenson was begun on
the Upper Missouri, the soldiers
stationed at that point were one day
attacked by the Sioux or Dakotas, and,
after sharp skirmish, succeeded in
repulsing the enemy. The method of
attack and the conduct of the Indians
led the commanding officer to believe
that Gall was in charge. He there
fore offered 800 to the man who would
bring in his head Stimulated by such
a reward, some of the soldiers searched
among the dead for the celebrated
chief, but owing TO the rapidly fading
twilight the faces of the slain and
wounded were not distinguishable.
Two of the soldiers in passing thrust
their bayonets through the bodies and
finally retired to the camp.
Now, among those wounded in the
skirmish was Gall. who waited for the
night to come on, hoping to steal away
under its protecting shadows. On the
approach of the soldiers he feigned
death. He received two bayonet
thrusts, one clear through his chest.
After all was quiet he managed to
crawl away to the camp of his people,
several miles distant. He recovered
and continued his hostility against the
whites with increased zeal until cap
tured in 1881. On one occasion, in
1873, he called upon the Indian agent
at Grand River Agency and inquired
why the Government persisted in re-
tanning troops in his country. The
agent asked in return why he continued
his hostility, whereupon Gall throw
ing off his blanket and exhibiting q
magnificent physique pointed to two
distinct scars zone upon either side OF
the chest, and corresponding scars
upon his back, and said: That
makes me angry against the white
men. "-PhiIadephid Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-10
Four Great COnuuerOrs.

The four greatest conquerors in the
history of the world are Alexander,
Hannibal, Caesar, and Bonaparte. Al
exander died in scene of debauch,
after weeping that there were no other
worlds to conquer. Hannibal, having
defeated the Roman armies, and MAX
ing the foundations of that powerful
empire quake, after his return to his
own country was made to fly, and died
at last by poison administered by his
own hand. Cesar, after having con-
quered 800 cities, and putting to death
millions of his foes, after pursuing to
death the only rival he had on earth,
was assassinated by those he consid-
cred his nearest friends. Bonaparte,
whose mandates kings obeyed, after
having deluged Europe in blood,
closed his days in lonely Punishment.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-10
A Few Facts About Ourselves.

The average weight of male adults
is 100 pounds; of women about 10
pounds. The average height of Ameri-
can recruits Is about five feet nine
inches; the average height of we'll
built men is five feet nine inches of
women, five feet four inches. One
inch of height should add two pounds
of weight. The specific gravity of the
body ranges from 0.950 to 1.030 The
heart weighs go grammes in women
and $50 grammes 00f ounces) in men ;
the average weight is 292 grammes.
The period of its maximum weight is
between 30 and 80. The amount of
blood in the body is one-thirteenth the
weight of the body, or five or six quarts,
or eleven or twelve pounds.
A man dies when he has lost fifth
of his blood. The heart with each con-
traction elects six ounces of blood from
each ventricle, at pressure in the left
ventricle of one-fourth of an atmos-
pisere. The heart sends all the blood
around the body twice every minute,
or in about thirty-fve contractions.
A deadly poison injected into vein
ILLS in about fifteen seconds on the
xveraQe: injected under the skin, in
about four minutes. A cubic MILL
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-10
Labouchere mt School.

was at private school. The mas
ter was an unmitigated rufiian. If we
did anything wrong during school
hours we were told by an usher to
stand on form. The master suffered
from lumbago. Periodically he used
to crawl into the room on all tours, rear
up when he came close to boy stand
ing on form and proceed to beat him
savagely with cane. / believe he
thought the exercise was good for his
lumbago. Then / went to Eton. DR..
Hawtry was the head master. He was
an amiable and kindly man and fine
gentleman. He probably logged
about twenty boys every day on an
average. He did it with exquisite po-
likeness, and, except on rare occasions,
the whole thing was farce. Four
cuts were the ordinary application, and
ten cuts were never exceeded.
The proceedings took place in pub
lie, and any boy who had taste for
the thing might be spectator. If the
victim fiinched, there was n howl of
execration. Far from Directing to this
the Doctor approved of it. L remem-
Der once that boy fell on his knees
and implored him TO spare him. 81
shall condescend to fog you, but L
leave Won to your young friends" said
the Doctor. l happened to be one of
the young friends, and | remember
aiding in kicking the boy around the
quadrangle for about half an hour
London Truth
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-10
Harvest Excursions.

The golden harvest time is near. and for .
tunately the facilities for enjoying it ars
ample. The CHICAGO. Rock ISLAND & Pa
CIFIC RAILWAY will sill Harvest Excursion
Tickets TO all points in Kansas and Nobrask a
west OF but not on the Missouri river.
Colorado. Indian Territory. New Mexico.
Texas. Wyoming. Utah. Idaho, Dakota.
Arizona. Northwestern Iowa. and South
western Minnesota at ONE FARE FOR THE
ROUND TRIP. Dates OF sale August 9th and
Goth. sept. 10th and oath and Oct Sth. 1889:
return limit. - days FROM date OF sale.
thus aIording opportunities for invest
ment or the location o. farms and
homes in growing sections OF new
country SUCH As WERE NEVER BEFORE
OFFERED. the territory 10 choose from
being worry much large than that included
In the scope OF any similar previous excur-
sion. THE SOLID yEsTIBULK EXPRESS
TRAINS OF the Rock ISLAND are composed
Of elegant Day Coaches. Pullman ] alace
Sleepers. FREE Reclining Chair Cars and
Dining Cars 10 and from Omaha. and via
Kansas City and st. Joseph through tho
most desirable portions OF Kansas and Ne
braska TO Denver. Colorado Springs. and
Pueblo. where direct communications are
made with diverging lines also at st.
Paul. TO all points in the states and Terri
tories above named. For more detailed in
formation call on or address JOHN SEBAs-
TIAN. General Ticket and Passenger Agent.
Chicago, Ill.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-10
Cleaning Clothes

Ii is a mystery to many people how
the scourers of old clothes can make
them almost as good az new. Take,
for instance, shiny old coat, vest, or
pair of pants of broadcloth, cashmere,
or diagonal. The scourer makes n
strong, warm soapsuds, and plunges
the garment into it, souses 1t up and
down, rubs the dirty places, if neces-
sary puts it through a second suds,
then rinses through several waters and
hangs it to dry on the line. When
nearly dry he takes it in, rolls ii up
for an hour or two, and then presses
it. An old cotton cloth is laid on the
outside of the coat and the iron passed
over that until the wrinkles are out
but the iron is removed before the
steam ceases to rise from the goods,
else they would be shiny. Wrinkles
that are obstinate are removed by lay
ing wet cloth over them and passing
the iron over that. If any shiny places
are seen they are treated as the wrinkles
are; the iron is lifted, while the full
cloud of steam arises and brings the
nap up with it. Cloth should always
have suds made specially for it, as il
that which has been used for white
cotton or WOODEN cloths, lint will be left
in the water and cling TO the cloth. In
this manner we have known the same
coat and pantaloons to be renewed time
and again, and have all the look and
feel of new garments. Good broad
cloth and its fellow cloths will bear
many washings, and look better every
time because of them.-Americdn an
UI,fSf
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-10
How the California Millionaire Kept Il
BOyish Oath.

Mr.. Lick was never married, but like
many of the bachelors, as Shakespeare
indifferently called the members of
either sex, he had his experience.
One of his apparently unexplainable
freaks In California was TO build mill,
which was ceiled with mahogany and
other beautiful woods and finished in
the most expensive style.
There seemed to be no reason for this
form of extravaganza folly, SAYS the
Baltimore american, until little ro-
|; nance of his early life came ont.
Before he went to learn the organ
making business he had been appren
ticed to a wealthy miller III Pennnsyl-
vania, who had a pretty daughter.
Lick was a comely and plucky youth
and the two fell in love.
Full of hope and the prospect of
happiness the young man applied to
the girls father, giving him full infor-
nation as to both their wishes. Where
upon the rich Pennsylvania Dutchman
became indignant and secuted the idea
exclaiming:
"Out, you beggar! Dare YOU cast
eyes upon my daughter, who will in
herit all my property? Have you a
mill like this? Have you single
penny in your purse?"
To this trade the poor youth could
only reply that just then he hadn't, but
he added that the day would come
when he would have a mill compared
with which that one would be nothing
more than pig-sty.
He left the miller, but he never for
got the cruel words. So after he had
become not only rich, but a millionaire,
he built this mill, and when it was fin
ished it had everything that could have
added to the perfection of its appoint
ment.
It's machinery was perfect and its
walls and floor of the very highest
polish.
He was not able to bring the miller
to see the fulfillment of his boyish decla-
ration, but he had the mill photographed
in every possible way, within or with
out, and although his old sweetheart
had long since been married he sent
her father the pictures and recalled to
him the day when he had boosted of
his mill. Minneapolis Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-10

Hut He Regretted It. and Added False
hood at Last.

Hut He Regretted IL. and Added a False
hood at Last.
We had man named Burrows in our
mining camp, and he was without
doubt the most notorious liar Nevada
Will ever shelter. His fame as a liar
spread for hundred miles around, and
men used to stop at our camp to get a
look ut him. He wasn't wicked man
and he had no malice about him, but
he was natural born liar He lied
about his father, his mother, his wife,
brothers sisters, and everybody else,
and for every hour in the day he had
new falsehood. He had a claim of
his own and was fairly industrious,
and SO we had no excuse to drive him
ont, although his lies were continually
kicking up ill-feeling among the men.
One day, lot of earth and rock cayed
in on him and inflicted fatal injuries,
and a number of us knocked off work to
be with him in his last moments. You
would have thought the shadow of
death would have brought change of
sentiment, but it did not. Lying there
with only an hour of life left to him,
he told us that he had been pirate on
the Pacific and where he had buried
large amount of plumber. We all knew
that he was from Ohio and had never
seen any ocean; but he stuck to 1t.
One of the men finally felt it his duty
to say;
Burrows, you have only short time
to live. You had best spend that in
preparing for eternity"
I've allus been good, he quietly re-
piled.
"Yes, but you are an awful liar, you
know"
"Yes, suppose so. I've told mil
lion of them, haven't j? 2"
mo doubt of it"
And every one has been laid up
agin me?"
very likely"
And my chance is rather SLIM"
Rather"
well, boys, it's my way, and | can't
change at this late day. Just as that
cavern came 1 struck nugget as big
as my head 1t would value up clean
$4,000. If you'll be kind enough to
bull it out and sell it and send the cash
to my wife I'll die feeling better.
He went off soon after that, and we
said to each other that he had given
us the greatest yarn ofall. No one took
his claim which was accounted poor
one, and it lay for three months before
one of the boys dug into it one day for
the pickaxe buried and forgotten. He
hadn't got the pick when he came
across lump of gold which balanced
SD, $50 in coin, and every shilling of
the money was sent on to the widow, as
directed 1t got there to find there was
no widow, but six months later went to
sister. In his dying hour Burrows
told the truth about his find, but, alas !!
he repented of it, and lied about hav-
ing wife.