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A very sad event occurred lately on the
pIairie, near Council Bluffs. Two little girls,
one aged 9, the other IL years, had gone to
visit friend, and started out to run home in
the evening. Their way lay across the prairie,
but no fears Of their safety were felt, as they
were perfectly acquainted with the track. Just
after they started, however, a terrible storm
arose and the two girls became SO bewidered
that they lost their way. They wandered
hopelessly and for time, until at last the
youngest succumbed to the cold and fatigue,
and, unable to proceed laid down and shortly
died Her sister, benumbed and wild with
grief and terror, staid by the body for some
'time, and then, in an almost dying condition
endeavored to fnd the track again. She roam
ed about in this way until the morning SUI
shaved her that she was near home. Sht
reached the house and was barely able to tel
what had happened, and then sank exhausted
upon the floor. A party was instantly dis
patched in search of the body of her dead sis
ter, which was found at a comparatively shOr
distance. 1t is since reported that the eldes
girl has died from the effects of the terrible
might Missouri paper
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broached, not only in art and science, but in
morality and religion, and when free love
monstrosities and divorce made easy have
hir even IN Leading ding public ba Is
such system in the career of Mrs. Fair, aud
to see at the same time an illustration of the
true woman, one whose mission is to make
home happy to show strength of character,
not in defiance of public sentiment and intrud-
ing upon the sphere of man, but in heroic sub
mission to suffering, to relieve the distressed
aud compassionate the fallen, and to keep her
self uneOntaminated, even though dragged into
contact with the fOulest surroundings illus
trating, by practical exampl', that human vir
tue may prove equal to human calamity
! Baltimore San. 80 s
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A PUNCTUATION PUZZLE.-The following ar
ticle forcibly illustrates the necessity of pune
tuation. 1t can be read in two ways, making
a very bad man or a very good man, the re-
suit depending upon the manner in which it is
punctuated.
He is an old and experienced man in
vice and wickedness he is never opposing the
work of iniquity he takes delight in the down
fall of his neighbors he never found rejoices ia
the prosperity of any Of his fellow creatures he
is always ready to assist in destroying the
peace Of society he takes no pleasure in serving
the Lord he is uncommonly diligent in sowing
discord among his friends and acquaintance:
he takes no pride in laboring to promote th'
cause of Christianity he has not been negligen
in endeavoring to stigmatize all public teach!
ers he makes no exertions to subdue his svi
passions he strives hard to build up Satan
kingdom he lends no aid to the support of III
Gospel among the heather contributes largel
to the evil adversary he pays no attention t
good advice he gives great heed to the dew
he will never go to heaven he must go wher
he will receive the just recompenee OF reward
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NOT so BAD.-A New York paper publish
ed some time ago a story to the effect that
Jenney Lnd's husband had squandered all
her fortune, and the i'll matched pair had sepa-
rated by mutual consent. Three London jour
nails we're rash enough to copy this bit of scan,
da!, and Mr.. Otto Goldschmidt, having sued
them for libel, has just recovered three YER
diets with damages amounting in the aggre
gate to $4,000 He might have had more,
but he only demanded enough to reimburse
his expenses in vndicating his reputation: II
appeared on the trial that not only are Madame
Goldschmidt and her husband very happy
couple, but the fortune which belonged to the
famous singer when she married, has since
been doubled, thanks in part to the excellen
management OF Mr. Goldscbmidt and his pro
fessional esrnings. The wife testified Will
some. emotion to her husbands kindness anC
domestic virtues and Mr.. Goldschmidt swor
that, so far from being gambler, he could no
SO much as play whist. aud instead of being
dissolute spendthrift, be did not even smoke
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INTELLIGENT WOMAN The n. Y. Citizen
has this bit of fun-is it one Of Mr.. Roosevelts
congressional experiences?
THAT old fellow" said democratic men,
Der OF Congress, referring to one OF his oppo-
nents who is no great favorite generally, Is
not SO bad after all; there is something good
about him, and his daughter is charming
girl. was appointed on a committee to ex-
anime the coal deposit of the eastern slope OF
the Alleghanies, and we stopped at his house.
We arrived sooner than was expected, and he
had net come in but his daughter was there
and received u.s. She is one of the brightest
girls ever saw. Her father being away, she
welcomed us at once, and was so pleasant that
we felt at home before we bad been in the
house ten minutes She is just one of the
pleasantest. most intellectual women in the
country. OF course she had to do the honors,
and invited us into a back-room and there was
the table set out with brandy, rum, whisky,
hot water, sugar. lemons, gum syrup, Ice, and
everything that was needed. tell you no
more intelligent woman ever ived. Not thing
was forgotten; she had remembered every
thing. She is one Of the most highly educat-
ed and most thoroughly refined women in the
world. She asked us to sit down and enter
tain ourselves till her father came in; just to
help ourselves; that everything was on the ta-
BILE and at our service And so it was; there
was not the least thing forgotten. All that
could be wanted was provided Oh, there. is
no doubt about it, she is a most charming girl,
and her father is not bad fellow, after all
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THE Dying NEVER wEEp.-It is striking

THE DYING NEVER WEEp.-It is striking
fact that the dying never weep. The sobbing,
the heart-breaking agony of the circle of friends
around the death-bed, call forth no respon'
sive tears from the dying. Is it because be is
already insensibe and stiff in the chill of disso-
lution2 That cannot be, for he asks for his
fathers hand, as If to gain strength in the
mortal struggle, and leans on the breast of :
mother, sister or brother, in still conscious at
fection. Just before expiring he calls these
loved ones and with quivering lips says, kis'
me |" showing that the love WI ich he has evel
borne in his heart is still fresh and warm. i
must be because the dying having reached I
point too deep for earthly sorrows, too trans
cenaent Tor weeping. They are face to fac'
with higher and holier things, with the Fathe
| In heaven and his angels. There is no weep
ing in that blessed abode to which he is hast
euing =
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Somebody asserts that admission fees are to
be charged at fashionable weddings hereafter.
Imagine big fence posters: "Grandest nup'
tial of the season. The lovely - to the
manly -. Several novelties never before
presented. New music, new dresses, new
properties Tickets, 81, reserved seats (mid-
die aisle) so cents extra N. B.--All persons
occupying reserved seats are assured that thei'
full names will be mentioned in the society pa
pers. L..a - 1891 - ...I
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A fond father recently wrote t It generally
takes twenty years of training to eradicate that
word nice from woman's vocabulary. The
tails of Niagara, the psalms of David, and the
progress of the human race were all nice to
my eldest till she got married.
A contemporary mentions a New York
church organ which at once attracts atten'
ton from its size and apparent ugliness. q
The three things most difficult are, to keep q
secret, to forget an injury and to make good
use of leisure.
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POetrY.
LEARN A LITTLE EVERY DAY.

Little rills make wider streamlets,
Streamlets swell the rivers How;
Rivers jain the mountain billows,
Onward. onward as they go!
Life is made Of smallest fragments.
Shade and sunshine work and play,
So may we, with greatest profit.
=, Learn little every day.
Tiny seeds make beundess harvesta.
Drops OF rain compose the showers:
Seconds make the flying minutes.
Aud the minutes make the hours!
Let US hasten, them and catch them
As they pass on the wayI -
Aud with honest, true sndFRvor.
Learn a little every day. .. -. $3.50.
Let US read some striking passage.
.!,... Gull dower from every page: 500,
Here a line, and there q sentence
'Gainst the lonely time Of age!
At our work, or BY the wayside.
,-. While the sunshine's making hay; ',..
ThuA we may, by help Of study.
Learn little every day. ...
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|ISIMMONS

The symptoms Of Liver Complaint
are uneaslness and pain in The side.
IONS ISOmetlmes The pain is in the shout
ider, and is mistaken for rhe umatism
The stomach Is affected with loss Of
and sickness bowels IN gen
We. someIImes alternating with lax The
Dubbed with pain. and dull heavy sensation,
be losssf memory accompanied with pain.
ION OF having left und0ne something which
have been done Oilen complaining Of
weakness debility. and low spirits
Sometimes many Of The above
r,y, symptoms attend the disease, and al
hR other times very few OF them but
The liver is generally the organ
most involved. Cure the liver with
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Mr.. Greeley wrote something about Anna
Dickinsou's lecture on Joan of Are and the
printer made it read, ANY Dutchman can
play'the jewsharp."
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VERSATILITY OF EVIL. Wise men will ap-
ply their remedies TO vices, not to names; +; to
causes of evil which are permanent, not the
occasional organs by which they enact, and
the transitory modes in which they appear
Otherwise you will be wise, historically, fool
in practice. Seldom have two ages the same
fashion in their pretexts and same modes of
mischief. Wickedness is little more inven-
tive. While you are discussing the fashion,
the fashion is gone by. The very same vice
assumes new body. The spirit transmit
CRATES; and, far from losing its principle of
life by the change OF its appearance, it is reno
waited In its new organs with the fresh vigor oil
Juvenile activity 1t walks abroad, it con
tinues its ravsges, whilst you are gibbeting the
carcass or demOlishing the tomb. You are
terrifying yourself with ghosts apparition,
while your house isIhe haunt of robbers
is thus with all those who, attending only Z,
the shell and husk of history, think they ar,
wsging war with intolerance, pride, and cru
city, whilst, under color of abhoring the il
principles of antiguated parties they are an
thOrzlng and feeding the same odious vice il
different factions, and perhaps in worse. '"#
nj. 4-e~-.y.. 3. .' p.
! There is good story going the rounds, o
young lady and gentleman at a tashionabl
party il Nashville, Tenn, a few evening
, since. The young man was handsome an
: happy, the young lady arrayed in all the e,
qnisits- taste Lavender, r',se, etc., with gol
r powdered, .bair banging over her swan~lik
t necksa Finding the heatIof the room too muc
I, for them, they sought the cool shade of a
2 arbor where they might listen to the fountain
t fall. The music rose and fell time few on 81
i yer pinions, and aftera an absence of about thr,
IS hours, our young friends entered the brillisn
n ly Illuminated parlors. The young lady passt
d on in the dance, but the young man was Sigh
e ly taken aback by his nezt nsighbor iuforr
}. ing him that round his neck, was the uumi
~ taken print of two arms, all in chalk and di
D. mond dust on one shoulder large pile
,e yellow powder and on. his upper lip and che
n diamond dust, bloom Of youth, and ysllc
at powder mixed up generally. The you
'p lady hair was observed to be several shad
2 palers Moral carry q busting broom in 20
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DR.. SIMMONS
Liver Regulator,

A preparation Of roots and herbs, warranted TO be
strictly vegetable and can do no injury any one,
IL has been used by hundreds. and known for the
last 40 years one, of The most reliable eff sarIOus
and harmless preparations offered the SUI fe
ing u taken regularly and persise nlly il lie sure
to cure
f-@==1 Dyspepsia, headache, iaundce, cos.
II uveness SICK headache, chronic
Reguaor ss3 es. S the sSfdss % S:
III .pt'.:4 kidneys, iever5nervousness, chills
diseases Of the skin, impuniy OF the
bn od anchely. depression of spirits! heart
collie pains the bowels, pain in the head, ieve
and ague. drOpsy. boils, pain IN the back &c
Prepared only by j. III. ZEILHN az co,
Druggists. Macon, Ga
Price 81 ; by mail 81 IS. For sale by Druggists.
anllly .5ii4 ...
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,,yasnss without wesrng the clUthes-no ruoDng 4
or qs.."s from one to twenty five articles in from
one - he finest Lace Curtains, Handkerchief
&c without any INJURY = . -, /
II washes the heaviest Quilts and blankets. |
!, washes whes s6d more ihprOugh y clean than |
h an, ,,her process as strong currents OF water
dashed through every parto the iahr'c:
Il will save three times lis cost IN single year in
Iahor aud wear Of clothes. -
II reduces washdsy 10 an hour. ..''-rs
Tke King Washer is 20 called, If We are rightly in.
C,tm4a stet the name OF its inventor; but It may
well assume ,he name royaluile, iOI II Is destined
- lord II over all competitors. and reign supreme IN
a Laundry Its claims are everywhere acknowl-
s-d ani moi only Ihuse who stood alOOf from all
wash NJ machines, hut some who have been using
,rhsr IN ichims are replacing them with the King
Was er.- BOh Gaaette. >tsU:. ? .3tf
The King Washer arrived safe on Friday evening;
an M,ndav mutning : had my maiden experience
IN Washny A post mOrIem examination by experts
ot the family elected the following results; one
iourih oil the lime three fOufIhs saved better done
cleaner a saving (uncs Culatedl IN the wear. Tne
servants ere delg ghed and my wife and pleased.
~Ii take ereaI pleasure 10 reCOmme nding the King
Washer-CHARLEs L. TRoUTM.N Assistant U. s.
Assessor Richmond Va.
THEK K,sG WASHER is SO complete and answe RS Sd
well all tue ends desired that there is nothing
desired this time saving. labor saving machine -
Pha Press.
CHIMES and praccsiiy tested It's capacity for ecOnO.
INV OF lime and labOr and also its cleansing proper
ties d. not hesitate 10 say it will do all you clam
tor anh will heerluIiy recommend 1t to my
tr., rds 20 I've the sFs wash ng machine have eveI
sc.,--J W LUANE. g. w. Pratt St, BaltIMOre.
r.. lake alt the dirrOUIf Try il and we ven
tu- that you cannot 6nd piece OF liner
s,,s ed that the King Washer will not make clear
a,l five nihstes -BOsIOn Journal
take Jeasure in adding nv testimony to the goo,
qualities OF The HI NC WASHER II does iIs iNoT
Neji and ef-ctUaily ana ls undOu btedIy one Of tn
gresesI lahOrs saving machines Of the age-Dr J.
ScRRNcK Is ~ Sixth street. thila.
E3ST SpeC1al. -
in IFe invention OF the King Washer. il was ds
e,snrd that should combine all the good qnalItIes
every Other washing machine, and al The same tim
to have not a single objectionable feature Such
nachlnr the King no rubbing, 10 wearing an
tearing and last. but not least, labor made easy
l. YOU cannot purchase a King Washer IN yoI
place send US the
RETAIL PRICE, $500,
and We will fnrward The same you free Of freigt
IL places where no one is selling lG any one is y
satisfied aud iSiahes 10 return he machine after
month irIa' ac"9rding 10 directions, we agree TO
REFUND THE MONEY,
tree OF reIghL
W Sold by dealers generally. to whom liberal d
COUNTS are made.
King Washing Machine & Manuf Co.,
: Geg HOs4lfil,b Il 3 Mliier Street, = =
mB S7kIyAa y - PHILABELPfItA
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eral cOstIVe. some
head is troubled v
considerable loss 4
ful sensation of h;
OughI 10 have h.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-10-12
GA FINISHED WAR,

Said a French Statesman ga finished
war is the noblest work earth holds up to
her Maker" This beautiful and forcible
sentiment was inspired, doubtless, by the
suppression of the Paris Commune, which
RACED the most splendid edifces and de-
molished the most artistic decorations of
the French Capitol, and filed the fair city
with blood, desolation and death. That
turbulent and distracted government has
lately experienced the wisdom of order
and law, and hence the inspiring express
sion that breaks forth from the baptism of
Paris.
We have had a wal in the United
States approaching in some respects the
bloody agitations and carnival of the
French Republic. 1t likewise has passed
away, and the verdure of FIVE summers
has clothed the graves of the victims.
Craftsmanship has been untiring to
retrieve the disasters of our ~internecine
struggle and day after day brings forth
fruit tending to secure that exalted pur-
pose. The most gratifying evidence Of
its early achievement is the late happy
thoughts of Vice President Colfax. He
holds in a late article in the New York
independent, that "the undoubted public
opinion of the country is that the time for
-onorol ,n,.acA- hoe orrIrn1 onA fhot
the truest craftsmanship and wisest policy
require that the great mass of the South
ern people should be relieved, by a gen.
eral bill, from all Constitutional disabili-
ties" Such noble words are the symbols
of a perfectly restored Union, and they
are the ~rallying cries of all those who
desire the peace and prosperity of the
country. With the prevalent acceptance
of such a conciliatory and fraternizi ng
proposition, both North and South, we
could hold up 80 finished war" and a
fruitful peace to the scrutiny of our Crea-
tor, upon which we believe the richest
benedictions Of Heaven would descend
Mr.. Colfax will retire to private life
at the expiration of his term as he has
announced, and not having the ends and
ambition of an aspiring politician to
serve and attain, all should heed his wise
counsels and patriotic suggestions. These
words, like the Farewell address of the
Father of his country, have the solemn
force of a final parting. Founded upon
such a basis as here offered, the Republic
will stand ~impregnable. Fanaticism can
not disturb nor revolution shake its solid
strength.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-10-12

close for the winter. Why not continue
them? This question was discussed in
the Convention Every speaker almost
admitted the necessity of continuing the
schools through the winter. Some OBJ
j~ections were urged, but ~notsuficient TO
justify the closing of the schools as soon
as winter makes its appearance.
Let the Sunday School workers take
courage and redouble their efforts in the
cause.
The proceedings were handed in too
late for this issue of our paper. We viii
insert them next week.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-10-12
SLAUGHTER OF THE INNO-
CENTS.

SENESs
The action of our present Legislature
which in efecting an organization rejected
every candidate who had the least faint of
Unionism about him, has naturally enough
excited the indignation Of Conservative
Union men throughout the State. who
have identified themselves with tie Demo-
cratic party.
1t was reasonable that they should ez-
pect some show of gratitude on the part
of those for whom they have sacrificed 50
much since the war, and it would have
been wise policy for the Democratic party
to have considered their claims and al
lowed them a liberal share Of the Offices
in the gift of the Legislature. But to
their shame be it spoken they have cast
them off Ike q worn out garment, and
every Conservative Union candidate in
stead of the Office he expected, has been
welcomed with UoOdy hands to a hospi-
table grave" The case is clear now, so
plain that he who runs may read they
rave nothing to expect from the Rebel
Democracy.
The thing was well illustrated in the
election of Speaker of the Senate. Two
members from East Tennessee were can
didates; Gen. John C.. Vaughan, and
DIR. VIM. r. Sewer. The former a Rebel
General, who committed more outrages
in East Tennessee than any other man in
the State, who is entirely unqualified for
the position, so much so, that he could net
even return his thanks to the Senate for
his election in appropriate language with
out having it previously written out. The
other an original Unionist, a man of edu-
cation, culture and refinement; a de-
scendant of one Of the oldest and most IL
lustrious families in the State, and proba-
bly, the ablest man in the Senate. The
former was elected Speaker on the second
ballot, the latter receiving only five votes
and not one Of them on account Of his
connection with the Democratic party.
There can be no congeniality of feeling
between the two elements that now CON-
pose that party. Their objects and de-
sires are as widely a~ntagonistic to-day as
they were in 1861, and we confidently
expect to see every Conservative Union
man in the Republican party before an
other six months. This, while it may not
give US a majority in the State, will cor
stitute at least a very respectable minori-
ty that will operate as a Wholesome check
upon the opposite party, and result in
great good to the whole people. and es-
pecially to the taxpayers. Large ma
jorities are seldom productive of real good,
We have had two examples of this in
Tennessee since the war, neither Of which
has proved advantageous, and when the
parties are more equally divided We may
look for wiser legislation and better ad-
ministration of law than we have ever had
before.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-10-12
$ $. CONVENTION.

The Convention was a success. The
proceedings will be found in another col
Humn Of this weeks paper.
The Sunday School interest was pretty
thoroughly discussed, and everything
passed off very pleasantly. The Sunday
School workers feel encouraged at the
prospect of the county waking up to the
realization of the great Importance of the
Sunday School interest.
At thi. season Of the year, manyschoois
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-10-12
OTEs

The long agony in Massachusetts, is
over, and Ben. Butler, the .Bold," after
a vigorous aud fiery campaign. has been
completely bottled up. He went over
the State, seeking to devour every body
and everything that opposed his nomina-
ton. He reckoned without his hosts when
be attacked the newspapers His Short
Cat to the candidacy wa as monstrious a
failure as his Dutch Gap Canal. But
Ben made a gallant fight. No politician
ever fought against such fearful Odds
Be it to his m~emorysaid that he died
game.
In the late Nominating Convention Of
1116 delegates, W. B. Washburne re-
ceiyed 643 votes and Butler 464.
John Quincy Adams has accepted the
democratic nomination on the platform of
universal amnesty and equsl rights
Washburne's election is certainty.
Mrs. Grundy has lately "intervie wed"
Andrew johnson, and reports that the ez-
President is soon to emerge from the OBJ
security of G~reeneville, and accompanied
by General Randall viii
90 to Wisconsin and "swing around the
circle" for Doolittle. Doolittle viii do
little, even with this e~xtraneous aid.
President Grant is now visiting the
West. His reception in Cincinnati was
an enthusiastic ovation. Thousands, of
all parties thronged his hotel and all the
places he visited. This demonstration is
only a supplement of the many enthusiast
tic manifestations of public favor and re-
spect, with which he has been greeted on
his present tour. Every where the peo-
pie have turned out en- iaasse to honor
their chosen Executive. and have evidenc-
ed their satisfaction with his admin1stra-
ton in a decided manner, n~otwithstand-
ing the aspersi3ns and calumnies that have
been invented and circulated against him.
Mr.. Pendleton says it IS an appalling
fact that, if the American people were
called on to pay all their taxes in one
day, there would not be money enough
in the country to do it. Senator Morton
says that it is also an appalling fact that,
if the American people were called on to
eat in one day the food which they con-
sumo in a year. there would not be room
in the American people to accommodate
the bulk.
THE Republican pyramid for 1871: