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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-29


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Dsntcn,ya Methodist preacher in
Texas advertised a barbecue, with
better liquor than is usually fur
nished. When the people assembled,
= desperate in the crowd cried out,
("Mr. Paul Denton, your reverence
has lied You promised not only a
good barbecue, but better liquor
Where's the liquor"
'Therel" answered the mission
AIRY in tones of thunder, and point
ing his long, bony finger at the
matchless double spring, gushing up
in two strong columns, with sound
Ike a shout OF Joy, from the bosom
Of the earth. "Therei'' he repeated,
with a look terrible as lightning,
while his enemy actually trembled
at his feet; "there is the liquor which
God, the Eternal, brews for His
children.
''Not in the simmcring still, over
smoky fires ehoked with poisonous
gases, and surrounded with the
stencil of siekening Odors and cor
ruption, doth your Father in heaven
prepare the precious essence of life
pure cold water But in the glade
and grassy dell, where the red deer
WANDER and the child loves TO play
there God brews it; aud-down, low
down in the deepest valleys, where
the fountain snurmurs and the rills
sing, and nigh up on the mountain
tons where the naked granite gilt
ters like gold in the sun, where the
storm clouds brood and the thunder
storms crash; and out on the wild,
wide sea, where the hurricane howls
music, and the big waves roar the
chorus, sweeping the march of God
there He brews 1.-THE beverage
of life, health-giving water. And
everywhere il is a thing of beauty,
cleaning in the dewdrop, singing in
the summer rain, shining in the ice
gem, till they seem turned to living
jewels; spreading a golden vail over
the setting sun, or q white gauZe
around the midnight moon; sport
ing in the cataract, sleeping in the
glacier, dancing in the hail-shower;
folding its bright curtains softly
around the wintry world, and
weaving the many-colored bow, that
seraph's zone of the air, whose warp
is the rain-drops of the earth, and
whose woof is the sunbeams of
heaven, all checkered over with the
celestial flowers of the mystic hand
of refraction-that blessed life-giv-
ing water. No poison bubbles
on its brink; its foam brings not
madness and murder; 10 blood
stains its liquid glass; pale widows
and starving children weep not burn
ing tears in its depths! Speak out,
my friends; would you exchange it
for the demons drink-alcohol?"
A shout like the roar of the
tempest answered, "No!"-JohR B.
Cough.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-29
A Remarkable story.
A eorrespondent Of the RichmOnd

A correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch says:
After the first battle of Manassas,
Jamaca A. Burton, of Cobb coun-
ty, Ga. belonging to Capt, Kings
company. Seventh Georgia regiment
was brought to Bellevue Hospital
with Iifle-ball wound in the ceni
ter of his forehead He seemed per-
fectly well, walking about as If moth
ing was the matter. Iprocured for
him a home in private family,
where, on the the third or fourth
day afterwards, the ball, which had
lodged between the Skull and lin
ing of the brain, by suppuration
reached and rested on the brain,
producing spasms and death In a
short time.
Before left him on the day of
his arrival in Richmond, he told me
he was q yesrs old and his wife was
% years old; that they had fourteen
children-nine boys and five girls,
that his wife had twins six times;
that eleven of them were going to
school. When he left home, all
were alive; and not one of his chill
dren, his wife, or himself had ever
had three days. sickness since their
marriage. He was a fine looking
man, six feet and one inch high, and
weighed $50 pounds; that he was the
smallest of six brothers, and that
his parents raised six boys and
twenty. one girls. This statement
was made in a calm, modest, man
ner, which seemed Characteristic
of the man, in the presence of myself
and the Rev. p. b. Price, of which
made date at the time, and to-
day. by accident, came across and
now give il to the public.
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Table: Conversation.

a great deal of character is i'm
portant and received at the table.
Parents too often forget this; and
therefore, instead of swallowing
your food in sullen silence, instead
of ofbrooding over your business, in
stead of severely talking about 9TH
ers, let the conversation at the ta-
BILE be genial, kind, social and cheer
ing. Do not bring disagreeable
things to the table in your eonversa-
ton any more than you would in
your dishes For this reason too the
more good company you have at
your table the better for your chill
dren. Every conversation with COM
pany at your table is an educator of
the family. Hence the intelligence
and the refinement, and the appro-
pirate behaYior of a family which is
given to hospitality. Never feel
that intelligent visitors can be any
thing but blessing 10 you and
yours. How few have. fully gotten
hold of the fact that company and
conversation are no small part OF
|pducaflon. 49,
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To whom shan We give rhankss

A little boy had sought the pump
From whence the sparkling waters burst
And drank with eager JOY the draught
That kindly quenehed his raging thirst
Then gracefully he touched his cap
AZ thank you, Mr.. Pump" he said,
"For this nice drink you've given me.
(This little boy had been well bred.)
Then said the Pump, "My little man,
You'se welcome to what have done;
But am not the one TO thank
only help the water run"
s.Oh, then,' the little fellow said,
polite he always meant TO be-
"Cold water, please accept my thanks,
You have been very kind to me-
aAhl-, said cold water, ''don't thank me;
Far up the hills there lives the spring
That sends me forth with generous hand
To gladden. every living thing"
ssI,u thank the spring, then,r said the boy,
And gracefully he bowed his head.
..Oh, don't thank me, my little man."
The spring with siiyery accents said
.|Oh, don't thank me-tor what am
Without the dew and summer rain.
Without their aid ne'cr could queneh
Your thirst, my little boy, again."
'Oh, well, then, said the little boy,
al gladly thank the rain and dew"
sPray don't thank us--without the sun
We could not fill one cup for you"
ssThen, Mr.. Sun, ten thousand thanks
For al tl.=: you have done for me-"
sStopg' said the sun with blushing face,
.sMy little fellow, don't thank me.
Twas from the oceans mighty stores
drew the draught gave TO thee"
"Oh, ocean, thanks!'' then said the boy
Iteehocd back, "Not unto me.
ssNot unto me, but unto Him
Who formed the depths in which lie,
Go, give thy thanks my little boy,
To him who will thy wants supply"
The boy took of his cap, and said,
In tones so gentle and subdued,
aOh, God, thank Thee for this gilt,
ThOn art the giver of all COED
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Popular simiIes.


As I've as a bird-as dead a. 4 stone,
As plump n partrdge-as poor as a rat,
As strong as 4 horseEas weak as eat;
As hard as a fiint-sis son As a mole,
As white As lily-as bisek as a esai
As plain As pikestaa-as rough 4 a bear,
AS tight As drum-As free as the air
As heavy as le&d-as light as 4 festher,
As steady rs time-as uncertain - weather,
AS hot as an oyen-as cold As a frog,
As gsy as lark-ss sick as dog;
As slow as tortoise-as swim As The wind,
As true as the goapel-as false As mankind;
As thin as aheIring-as tat rs apEgs
As proud as peaeock-as blIthe - 4 krigs
As savage as tigers-as mild as si0Eey
As stIf as pOker-as limp as asloFes
As und as bat-as deaf as = post,
Az Dol as eueumber-as warza as a toast;
As fat as 4 fiounder-as round IS bsll,
As blunt As hammers sharp as az awI;
As straight as al arrow--ss crookesi as a
bow,
AS yellow as saffrcn-as blsek as a sIoe,
As brittle as glass as tough ss a gFistle,
As neat As my nail-as clszn As whistle
as good as feast-as bad a. witch.
As light as is day-as dark as h pitch.
As brisk as bee-as dull a. an ass,
As full As tick-as solid as bras.s
As lean as greyhound-as rich "A a Jew,
.sAnd ten thousand SMILES equally news
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the SONG.

IT'S not the Inurmurihg voice OF Spring
That stirs my heart and makes me sing;
'Tis not the blue skies, bubbling o'er
With sunshine spilled along earth's floor;
Nor yet the flush Of bursting rose,
Nor bloom OF any flower that grows,
1t is that long, long years ago,
When all the world was blushing So
II is that then my cheek blushed too,
My heart beat fast for love and you;
There was music in the air
fail to find now anywhere.
And 50, when Spring comes wandering by
lose the thread OF misery;
Trusting the promise Of her days,
1 tune my voice TO sing her praise,
And cheat myself with the sweet pain
That in the spring love blooms again.
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An ELECTRIC JoKE.-Some
weeks ago one of these illegitimate
sons of science, the vagrant electric
men, opened out in the streets, with
his dial of testing how much tor
ture his voluntary victims could
stand. To stimulate trade, he kept
a:standing offer to pay SIS to whoever
could stand as much electric fluids
SIS his machine would furnish. One
day, a boy presented himselfand an
nounced that he had come 20 win S.
The man handed him the 'shandles,"
and started the machine. The boy
stood it wonderfully. The operator
turned the crank faster, and asked
the boy how il felt. The boy said
il did not feel at all. The man
thought something must be the mat
ter, and commenced an elaborate
Tightening up of the scfcws, and
then commenced another series of
swift revolutions, which ought 10
have produced current sufficient to
kill the boy; still he laughingly as
sured the fellow that he did not ex-
perence the slightest sensation. il
Out of patience, the man demand
ed to see his hands, and then the Sc
cret was explained. The boy be-
longed to the telegraph Office, and
had picked up one of the pieces of
insulated wire now being put up in
side the Office, and had passed it up
one sleeve Of his coat, around his
shoulders, and down the other
sleeve, and then uncovered the ends
of the wire in each hand. Thus arm
ed, he had gone TO the electric man;
of course, the uncovered ends OF the
wire pressed against the metallic
handles, presented a better medium
than the boys body, and the current
simply passed to them and along the
insulated wire around the boys bo-
dy, without touching him. The
electrician" was very mad, and all
the more so, as the crowd drawn to-
gether, thought it a good joke, and
took the boys part. The man was
so laughed at that he LEFT town.
Scientific ADiericda
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The Boy rHAFPAID HIS DEBT

The Boy THATPAID HIS DEBT
A New York paper says that the
other day little son of a well
known bank officer in Wall street
lost his purse while coming from
Central Park, and a stranger, seeing
his discomfort, paid his railroad fare,
three cents. The boy, thanking
him said: elf you will tell me your
name, will bring il to you to-mor-
row." "Oh, no." said the gentle
man, "never mind about it," The
boy persisted, saying his father new
er allowed him TO run in debt. 81
viii not give you my name," re-
piled the gentleman, but l live at
No. -, on - street." The next
morning the door bell rang at that
house, and our little hero told the
amused servant maid his errand.
(which of the gentlemen is it?"
said she; "there are several in the
family" The boy twisted on his
heel, and after a moments thought
said, sEHave you a photograph book
IN the house!" She brought it, and
turning over its pages, he said,
pointing to one, That's the one
Please give him these three cents,
and tell him that the boy who bor-
rowed it in the cars yesterday left Ii
TO pay his debit
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-29

In ancient times there stood in the
citadel of Athens three statues of
Minerva. The first was or olive
wood, and, according to the popular
tradition, had fallen from heaven
The second was OF bronze, commem-
Grating the victory of Marathon;
and the third of gold and ivory-a
great miracle of art in the age of Pc
ricles. And thus in the citadel of
time stands man himself. n child
hood, shaped of soft and delicate
wood, just fallen from heaven; in
manhood, statue of bronze, COM
memorating struggle and victory;
and lastly, in the maturity of age,
perfectly shaped in gold and ivory
miracle of art.-HyperiOR.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Where advertisements are ordered TO be
unusually displayed they VIII be charged
for according to the space they occupy; one
IFsh TO constitute a square.
sheriIs, Clerks and Rangers who send
US their patronage will reeeiVe the wing
without charge.
TCANDIDATES-For announcing ca m
didates for County offices anu the ~ So
t,,re SiC1. for Congress $50; for Municipal
and civil district Offices. Sail in advance
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-29

What u beautiful thought embodi-
ed in these words of Holy writ, and
the evening and the morning were
the first day, and the evening and
the morning were the second day.
Morning has, and ever viii, follow
the evening; and though our whole
life may seem like one continued
night, it shall be succeeded by the
brightness of eternal day. In our
customary method of computing
time we reckon that day commences
at twelve O'Clock, and that we have
both its extremes shrouded in dark
ness. A similar idea have we of
life, of mornings childhood and
evenings old age. But it need not
be thus wi:a the Christians life, for
the evening time may be frightened
with the radiance OF our heavenly
Fathers countenance; so that which
seems to US like a beautiful sunset
scene, is really but a single ray from
which ushers in the glorious resur-
rection morning We read of those
in ancient time who died sold and
full of days yet how many have
died being old and full of nights.
Evil thoughts and deeds. uRthank-
fulness and complaint, are such as
make up our nights. Our days are
made up of pure deeds, sorrows pa
tiently borne, oflOving sympathy to
the poor, bereayed one, little acts
and looks of kindness, which bring
back the glad sunshine to some
weary souls, and as calm to the
wounded spirit They are che
bright, preciours gems, whose ra-
diance sparkles throughout all time,
and by whose clear night we can be-
hold the highvay cast up for the
rausomed Jf the Lord
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-29
A Notable FAMILY of Girls.


The late Judge Daniel E. Girls
wold. whilom law-partner of the
now venerable G.. +. Sanford, and
son-in-lSw of ancient David Dun
ham, the patron of Robert Fulton,
and the Vanderbilt of his genera
ton, was the father of eight daugh-
ters. Mary S. Griswold, the oldest,
now deceased, married Brantz May
er, of Baltimore, a lawyer and au-
thor of old-time celebrity, who will
be remembered as the writer of
sfMexico as 1t Was and Is" and
Captain Canot; OF, Twenty Years
as an African SlaYer," dedicated to
his friend and college mate at Yale,
N. p. Willis; also as a contributor
TO Harper. Helen E. is relict of the
late Joseph Harrington, brother of
Minister Harrington, and celebrat-
ed Unitarian clergyman. Mr.. Har-
rington was the personal friend OF
Starr King, who was the first to en-
courage Bret Harte in the literary
profession. Georgiana married the
late medical celebrity OF the West,
DIR. John Jay Stuart. Matilda S. is
the wife of l.. T. Zander, a musical
composer of promise, resident in
California. Adelaide A, lately de-
ceased, was the wife of Amherst
Wight, the artist-lawyer of Wall
street, and brother of Wight, the
well-known craftsman. Edmonde
Andrade, nephew of the great bank
er of Paris, Periere, who originated
the famous Credit Mobilier, is the
husband of Caroline D., another OF
the eight. He is millionaire, as
well as a celebrity in musical circles.
Anna Griswold is the wife of Fran
els Bret Harte-a name too familiar
to need more than mention. Jo-
sephine NJ, the youngest, well
known as an author and contributor
to the leading periodicals of the day,
is Mrs. Francis Gerry Fairfield. Mr..
Fairfield is a nephew of the late
Sumner Lincoln Fairfield, is largely
known as a journalist, critical es-
sayist and writer of fiction, both
poetic and prosaic. The eight
ladies mentioned are, or have been,
all celebrated in their circles for
their brilliant talents in the speciality
of music; and three of them have
made their mark in literature.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-29

IL may seem Of little moment to
be puncfual; bnt 10 use the words
Of an eminent theologian, sour life
is made up OF little things" Our at
tention to them is the index of our
character; often the scales by which
il Is weighed. Punctuaiity requir-
es no unduis excrtion, and its in
fiuence is q most salutary ones lis
cultivation seems tho more iInp5f
tant as we witDoss the deleterions
influence OF dilatoriness in habit.
the evil eject Of which none 2eny.
f<Better late than never, r,YtransforIn-
cd into "Better never late.n an
excellent MAXIM Whether we
move in the higher walks of life. or
tread the quiet paths of humble pur-.
suits, punctuality amply rcpays Us
for what little efforts we make in
its cultivation. t
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Luck ma Labor.

Two boys left, last week, their
country homes TO seek their fortunes
in the city.
'1 shall see what luck win do for
me-" said one.
''I shall see what labor will do for
me cried the other.
Which is the better to depend
upoB, luck or labor? Let us see.
Luck is always waiting for some
thing TO turn up
Labor will turn up something.
Luck lies abed wishing.
Labor jumps up at six o'clock, and
with busy pen or ringing hammer
lays the foundation of a compe-
tence.
Luck whines; labor whistles.
Luck relies on chances; labor on
character.
Luck slides down TO Incidence.
Labor strides upwards TO indie
pendence.
Which is likely to do the most for
you, boys? -
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I can believe there he han

/ can believe there may be happy
souls who have transcribed the
need OF prayer, and for whom other
mems prayes would be superfuous
and intrusive. But l have not vet
known actual inlife one who canal-
ways soar into the air of thought,
and feel no tagging wing, no need
to be sustained and strengthened at
interTals by the aid of mis- brofher.-
-fx1I8ces R0sce5 Co6Gs.
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THE ROAD TO SUCCESS.
success, fame, position, are never
gained but by determinedly, bravely
sticking and living TO a thing till il
is fairly accomplished. In short,
you must carry thing through, II
you want to be any ybody or anything.
No matter IL is does cost you the
pleasure, the society, the thousand
yearly qualifications of life. No
matter for these. Stick TO the thing
and carry il through. Believe you
were made for the matter and that
no one else can do il. Put forth
your whole energies. BE awake,
electrify yourself, and 90 forth TO
the task. Only once learn to carry
a thing through in all its complete
ness and proportion, and YOU will
become a hero. You win think bet
ter of yourself; others will think
better of you. The world in its
very heart admires the stern, deter
mined doer. IL sees in him its best
sight, its brightest object, its rich
est treasure. Drive right along,
then, in whatever you undertake.
Consider yourself amply sufficient
for the deed. You'll be successful.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-29

DIsHEARTENERS.- is cheap
and easv to DESTROY There is not a
ioyful boy or innocent girl, buoyant
with fine purposes of duty, in all
the street full of eager aud rosy
faces, but cvnic can chill and
dishearten with a single word
Dependency comes readily enough
TO the most sanguine people. The
cynic has only TO follow the hint
with his bitter confirmation, and
they 90 home With heavier step and
premature age They will them
selves quickly enough give the hint
he wants to the cold wretch. Which
of them has not failed to please
where they most wished TO please?
or blundered where they were most
ambitious of success? found them
selves awkward, or tedious, or in
capable of study, thought, or hero
ism, and only hoped by good sense
and fidelity TO do what they could,
and pass Unbalanced? And this wick
ed malefactor makes their little hope
less with satire and skepticism, and
slackens the springs of enoeaVor.--
Yes. this is easy; but TO help the
Young soul, add energy, inspire
hopes, and blow the Goals into use
full flame; TO redeem defeat by new
thought, by firm action, that is not
easy-that is the work of divine
men.-R. ". Emerson.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-29

a dead man sits on all odf judg-
ment seats; and living judges do
but search out and repeat his decis-
ions. We read in dead mems books.
We laugh at dead mems jokes, and
cry at dead mems pathos. We are
sick with dead mems diseases, phys
ical and moral, and die of the same
remedies with which dead doctors
killed their patients. We worship
the living Deity according to dead
mems forms and creeds. Whatever
we seek to do of our free motion, a
dead mans icy hands obstruct us.
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ssrn.hne..In RslIs,on.

The --o-~ ~ 81 ..I=>.s =. .vksel.
TO display IL or 10 hide it, A friend
thus utters Il warning. 1 wish to
ask those who minister daily at the
altar, whether they sufficiently warn
their hearers that il is as easy 70, be
selfish in religion as in ANYTHING else,
and that selfishness is the opposite
OF true religion? I have often list
ened 10 the statements of protesting
Christians in prayer-meetings, de-
claring how much they love Christ,
because lie has done so much for
them, and Is going at last TO take
them 10 a beautiful home above,
yet no WORD OF caution was spoken
that there is danger of trusting for
salvation 90 love founded on favors
alone. How natural for us to love
those who love us; vet no conversion
is necessary for such love. Christ
says ''For IL ye love them which
love you, gvhAtreward have ye? Do
not evcqtthe publicans the same 20
We mag be grateful for favors with
out h6ing selfish, but we cannot be
sciAsh snd at the same time CRATE
fnL III VIC would truly love God,
we must love Him for his goodness.
which is an attribute of His charac-
ter, and is manifested not only to us
but TO others also, in purposes OF
justice to those who are lost. We
must love Him not only in the sun
shine, but also in the shadow, W hen
dark clouds PrexeBt.thc bright shin
ing of the sun God always remains
the same worthy object of love,
whatever may be our condition in
this life, or in that which is to come.
If we are not saved il will not de-
tract from Ills goodness, or lessen
our obligations to love Him.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-29

The common course of things is
in favor of happiness as the rule,
misery the exception We're the or
der observed, our attention would
be called 10 exalnples of health and
competency, instead OF disease and
..ssx.< .l...........
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-29

As the diamond is found in the
darkness of the mine, as the iightn-
ing shoots with the most vivid fash
es from the gloomiest cloud, so does
mirthfniness frequently proceed
from . heArf susceptible OF the deem
est raelancholy.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-29

The faith that does not throw n
warmth as Of sumner around ths
smypathies ard .charities oflrearf, aa&
drop invigorasion like showers upoE
the conscience and the NilL - 4
fzlsens Il is nnsatisfyiDx. E1s<s =
Ter. 80 g.
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Teach me the art Of patience
whilst am well, and give me tie
use when am sick In that day,
either Tighten my. burden 81
strengthen my back. Make me.
who SO often in my health have dis
covered my weakness, presuming
on my own strength 10 be strung liz
sickness, when I solely rely on her
assistance.