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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09
men OF America.


The greatest man, "take him fOl
all" of the last hundred years, was
George Washington, an American.
The greatest metaphysician was
Jonathan Edwards, an American.
The greatest natural philosopher
was Benjamin Franklin, an Ameri-
can.
The greatest of living sculptors is
Hiram Powers, an American.
The greatest writer of law; in the
English language, for the present
century, was Judge Story, an Amer
ican.
The greatest orators that ever liv-
ed were Clay, Calhoun and Web
ster, all Americans.
The greatest of living historians
are George B .ncroft and VIM. II.
Prescott, both Americans.
The greatest ornithologist is JnO.
Audubon, an American.
There has been no English writer
in the preeent age whose works
have been marked with more hu-
NOR, more refinement, or more grace
than those of WashingtoRsIrving,
an American.
The greatest photographer and
philosopher since the time of john
son, was Noah Webster, an Ameri-
can.
The inventors whose works have
been productive of the greatest a.
mount of happiness to Smankind in
the last century, were Godfrey,
Fitch, Fulton and Whitney, all A
mericans.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09
jenkins ousdoae.

Ia clever burlesque of the Jen-
kins' style Of describing weddings,
recently given in the indianapolis
News, the brides dress is described
as white magatherinm silk, trimm-
ed with prussic acid blue pompaded
trent and lambrequins of the same,
lOOped up with calla lille, hecked
by fruriginatcd potosite and mella-
ced trivere-impOrted expressly for
her. Her veil was Of BIASED polo
naise trimmed with double ruch-
ings, surmounted with a wreath OF
the snowy trinchinnallis. Some OF
the presents were a set of teeth and
an oyster freezer-frOm the brides
mother; a gold lined hash receiver,
and n set OF ehaste and elegant terra
Gotta jewelry from the groom; a
quilt pieced By the donor when
eleven years of age, and a package
or cabbage seed, from the brides
grandmother, aged ninety, who can
read well without glasses, aud who
cracked all the nuts for the banquet
with her own teeth.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09
Pillow Prayers.

lie who knows nothing OF pillow
prayers is ignorant OF one of the
sweetest modes of prayer practical
to man on earth. In heaven we have
no need Ofpillows, as IL is said we
are 20 have none for the sun. Nor
shall we there have any need of the
night, i'm which TO rest US; but here
there is night. and we need il. The
day with its engrOssments being
gone, il is a most favorable timesfor
gathering in of our thoughts upon
ourselves-ouri sins, fears and hopes,
and turning ofthem up toward heav-
en-. This is what the Psalmist is
apparently referring TO in his words,
when remember Thee upon nv
bed, and mediate upon Thee in the
night Watches" That he uttered
many a pillow-prayer is a thousand
fold more than probable. 81 have
remembered Thy name, o Lord, in
the night" 81 prevented the dawn
ing OF The morning and cried. -
Those cries were prayers before the
dawn of day.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09
Lake YeIIowsIone.

The mood of the lake is ever chan
ging; the character of its shores is
ever varying. At one moment 1t is
placid and glossy as calm sum
mer's sea; ''it breaks into dimples,
and laughs in the sun" Ealf an
hour later, beneath stormy sky,
its waters may be broken and lash
ed into an angry and dangerous sea.
like the short, choppy waves which
rise in storms on Lake Erie and
Lake Michigan. Where we first saw
it, 1t had a glittering beach of gray
and rock-crystal sand, but as we
confined around il, we found rocky
and muddy shores, gravel beaches
on which several varieties of chalce-
dony were profnsely scattered and
hot springs in abundance. Near
the southeast end of the lake is the
highest peak in the vicinity. IL is
steep and barren, and from the lake
shore appears to taper to point
On the south side is a precipice
nearly 1000 feet high. Two of the
party ascended IT, 1t took them all
of one day to make the trip and re-
turn. About tWo-thirds of the wav
up they were obliged to leave their
horses and continue the ascent on
foot. The altitude of the mountain,
as obtained by observations with
the barometer and thermometer,
was IL, ,163 feet. Much snow was
found before reaching the summit.
A fine view OF the surrounding
country, and q good idea of the
shape of the lake obtained. I'M
mense steam jets were seen 10 the
south; but as our time was becom-
ing somewhat limited, we diu not
remain To visit them. Several ba-
rometical calculations were made,
and we determined the height Of the
lake to be $500 feet.---0csrLGad
AoRthLy. ..-..-- u.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09
HOW TO economics Coal.

AS the time for burning coal has
come, and most people want to econ
OmiZe as much as possible, the ad-
vice of the London spectator
might be of some practical benefit:
The most practical suggestion yet
made toward economy of coal seems
to be the use of solid bottoms in or
dinary fire-grates. 1t is proved
that in any fireplace not excessively
small, a plate OF iron placed upon
the CRATE viii halve the consump-
tion of coal, reduce the smoke, and
leave cheerful, free-burning fire.
Quite sufficient air enters through
the bars, no poking is necessary,
and the fire never goes out till the
coal is consumed. There is no ash
and no dust, every particle of fuel
being cons umed. ANY householder
can try this experiment, and reduce
his coal bills say thirty per cent. at
the cost of a shilling.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09
Chancery Resale.
VALUABLE REAL ESTA TIE
In ChancerV, at Jackson, Tenn.
uwN.Corrv Al. vs Mary NcCorrv or al

In ChaacerV, at Jackson, Tenn.
II W MeCorrY Ad. vs.. Mary McCorry ct al
DY virtue of an interlOeutory decree for
ID sale, entered In the above cause at the
special June term, 1872. Of the Cnaneery
Court OF Madison County, Tenn, and by
virtue OF the power vested in me as Clerk
amt Master, / will resell at public auc ion,
TO the highest bidder, in front of the court
house door in Jackson, Tenn, on
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, ls7e.
within legal hours. the following described
tract OF land, lying and being in Madison
county, Tenn. and bounded as follows; Be
giuiHg at stake, 3 poles East Of the center
Of the Mobile ani Ohio Railroad, lit being
3 poles East OF Mrs. Ssrsh Gilrs Northwest
corner OF the 800 acres allotted TO her runs
thence North 81 West, l33 poles to u stake,
thence North, 240 East, 1O3 poles to a stake,
thence North 1O6 poles TO a stake in the
| Middle Fork OF EOrked Deer river, thence
up said rlVer with its various meanderinss
/ 6OI pOles 10 a stake, tWG ironwood, holly
| and black gum pointers in p. NJ. Miller:
original East boundary line, thence South
/ 90 poles tOa Jupeto gun, 3 tupelO gum
1 and maple pointers, Abram March's corner
| thence West l9l poles with his line TO
/ stake, his Northwest corner, thence South
| passing his Southwest corner and Mrs
/ GiIps Northwest corner AT 50 poles In al
South 275 poles 10 a stake, West 81 poles tC
the begining-eontainiAg by survey S4S l6
| 100 acres.
Ternls-On credit Of seven months
with good personal security. Equity o
redemption barred.
DIN. WISDOM, C. & NJ.
] MARcUsM. BRIGHT Sol. oet. .1s-5t
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09
The Best Legacy for our ChIIdrsn.

An absorbing desire in the minds
of many parents, j. the ambition to
leave large possessions to their chill
dren. In some instances this ambi-
tiOn results in the want of adequate
mental culture; for gOod schools are
thought TO be needlessly expensive,
and to waste money in the child's
education would to some extent de-
feat the chief ambition of the un-
wise parent.
Whenever we see parents in mod
crate circumstances using their best
efforts and submitting to self-deni-
al, in order TO meet the expenses of
schooling their children, we cannot
but admire their prudence and wis
dom. Such efforts and such self
denial are worthy of the highest
praise, and one Of the most encour-
aging signs of the times is the grow
ing number of such examples of pa
rental devotion.
The father, devoted to the un-
righteous Mammon, and resolved to
make his children rich whether they
are educated or not, little knows for
what a destiny he is training them.
Wealth is no substitute for intellec-
tual culture-and sometimes fail in
effecting its own poor and unwOr-
thy aims, for want of sense and in
formation enough either to use il
profitably or even to keep it safely.
The instances, not unfrequently
presenting themselves, of wealthy
men withholding the advantages Of
education from their children, be-
cause of the unavoidable expense,
may well shock our feelings. Pains
should be taken with such men. to
convince them of the ruinous folly
and improvidence of their course
He who fails to do what he can to
make the next generation enlighten-
ed and virtuous, has forfeited every
claim to the name of a good citizen,
and disposes himself to the marked
disapprobatfon of philanthropist
and patriot.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09

A bee loaded down with pollen
and honey, seeing y choice blossom
near the edge of a brook on its way
home, stopped to see If is would
not take ION board" another drop
of honey. Alas! a gust OF wind,
which suddenly came up, blew the
bee into the water. a dove flying
by, seeing the bee in the water, eth
er Intentionally, or by accident,
dropped twig which il had in its
bill, carrying home for the purpose
of making a nest. The tWig fell
within the reach Of the bee, who
struggled on it and was waited TO
shore by this little boat.
The next day the same dove was
sofly cOOing in her faVorite tree,
when a sportsman with dog and
gan, came by, and silly raised his
deadly weapon TO fire, when, 10, a
bee came buzzing around him, in
such n threatening manner, that he
failed in his aim. The shot was
scattered, and the startled dove was
of on the wing. The bee went
buzzing on its way-a happy bee
Tor it had paid debt of kindnc IS
with kindness in return.
"And thus in the world the rule WAS n.s,le,
That each should his fellow creature aid;
One does the other a service To-day.
Tomorrow the other the deed can repay
L. c. Waite, IN Bee Journal.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09
A Wen nerlted Rebuke.

y certain writer administers .
sharp rebnke TO those persons who
are lavish in everything but charity,
and says: 81 have seen woman pro-
Tossing to love Christ more than the
world, clad in q silk dress costing
S75; make up and trimming of same,
$40; bonnet or apology for one, $S5;
velvet mantle, $50; diamond ring,
$500; watch, chain, ring, and other
trappings, $500; total, $I,I00-all
hung upon one frail, dying worm.
| have seen her at q meeting IN be-
half of homeless wanderers in New
York, wipe her eyes upon an ex-
nensive embroidered handkerchief
at the story of their sufferings, and
when the contribution box came
round, take from a well-fiiled port
monnSie, of costly Workmanship,
twenty-fve cents to aid the society
to promote their welfare"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09
write Home.

There can be no excuse for any
Young man who never writes home,
or whose letters 10 the old folks
there-whose dreams are ever OF
their son-are few and far between
aud not worth much even when OBJ
tanned IL is sad 10 think that there
are young men who let weeks ant
months pass away without letter
to their parents, or their brothers
and sisters, and who, when they do
write, only send line or two with
some lame excuse for not doing
more; line or two saying nothing,
just containing some old statement
OF vague utterances, which give no
Information. Why, the value of
letter from a young man 10 a tar-Od'
town or village home, consists in
the little details: its aaectionate gos-
sip; its account Of any CIRCUMSTANCE
or incident that may have promise
in il of advantage; its story Of hope
full struggle, of dawning success; or
its references 10 neW-formed friend
ships. 10 books read, churches and
lectures attended, with q thousand
things besides, which may be small
in themselves, but which show an
interest in the home circle. and man-
ifest the beating of the chiil's heart
within the man.
Young men are not aware what
paiE they inf3ict by appareRt neg
iect; how letters brief and infre-1
quent may give rise 10 fear and
dOubt, aud occasion anxious days
and Wakefdi nightsl Now, don't
neglect home; dOn'tseem Indifferent
TO your own family, as If all your
interests were transferred 10 stran-
gers. Keep the chain OF communi-
cation bright by use, and write free
ly and fully, with unrestrained con-
fideBce that it may be felt that there
is neither blight on the affections
nor error in the life, which is too Of
ten the cause of that lapse in filial
or fraternal correspondence which,
though the result also, at times, of
mere thOughtlessness, is always un-
kind, and sometimes cruel.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09
THE BABY.


She Is the bIithest, brightest bird,
The sweetest, winsOne little fay
That e'er q ioveless bosom stirred
To own affection potent sway.
Her locks are sunshine softly eurled
Above a brow they loved to kiss;
Her eyes, twin stars from other wsrlj,
Wandering ia wonder over this.
Her checks are ruddy, sweet and fair,
Where dimpleE play al hide and seak.
Her lips bright stores or giadness, where
Rejoicing waves Of llughter break.
For home she's one continued song
a sunny dispellant OF care;
A stir-7a joy where troubles throng-
To earth Heayen-to heaven prs,y er
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09

They sat in the sun together.
Till the day was almost gone
And then, 10 it, elnse, an angel
Stepped over the thre-hCil stone.
Tie ial iei their hands together.
he Euchrd their rvelids with balm.
Aud ihir last breath loated upward
Like the close of "a solemn psalm.
Likra iT.d1l r1ir they travrr~f-l
The unseen nay ,licaI ro.tI.
That i.Id- O. lilr beautiful Civ
Who's builder and maker o. Cod.
Perhaps in that mirati- country.
T&ty win give her lost youth back.
AnaJ Jhe flowers OF vanished spring-time
shsu bloom in the spirits track.
Ode drausht Of the living wster,
shall restore bis manhood's prime.
And ttcrnd years shall measure
Tho love that sutlivelh time.
Bii the shapes they lefJ behind them
The wrinkles and silver hair
Made sacred 70 us by the kisses
Toe augel- imprinted there.
Wen hide away IN the meadow,
when sie sun Is low IN the West,
Where the moonbeaIns cannot find them,
Nor the wind disturb their rest.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09
From Appleton's JOurnai-l
syEErHEART, GOOD-EVE'
A soNG.

Sweetheart, good byei Our varied day
L. closing into twilight gray,
And up from bare, bleak wastes Of sea
The storn-wlnd rises mourniuilT;
A mystic prescience, strange and drear,
Doth haunt the shuddering twilight air;
1t nils the earth, it chills the sky
Sweesheart, goodbye!
Sweetheart, goodbye! Our joys are passed
And night with silence comes 1t last;
All things must end-yea, even love
Nor know we If, reborn above,
The hezrt-bloom of our earthly prime
Shall flower beyond these bounds Of time.
'Ah! death aloRe is sure!" We cry
Sweetheart, goodbye!
Sweetheart, good bysl Through mist and
tears
Pass the pale phautoIns OF our years,
Once bright with Spring. or subtly stroHg
When Summers poontide thrilled with
song;
Now wan, wIld-syed, forlornly bowed,
Each rayless q an Autumn cloud
Fading on dun september's sky
Sweetheart, good.bye4
Sweetheart, goodbye! The Vapors rolled
Athwart yOn distant, darkening void,
Are " pes Of wAat cur world doth know
OF tenderest loves Of long age;
And thus, when All is done and said,
Our life lived out, our passion dead,
What can their wavering record be
But tinted mists of memory?
Oh! clasp and kiss me ere we die
Sweetheart, good-byel
PAUL II. JONES.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09
No Home.

No homel What a misfortune!-
How sad the thought There are
thousands who know nothing of the
blessed influence of a comfortable
home; merely because of a want of
thrift, or dissipated habits. Youth
spent IN frivolous amusements. and
demoralizing associations, leaving
them at middle age, when the phys
ical and intellectual man should be
in its greatest vigor, enervated and
without one laudable ambition
Friends long since lost, confidence
gone, and nothing to look TO in old
age, but a mere federation in the
community where they should be
ornaments. No home to fly to when
wearied with struggles incident to
life; no wife to cheer them in their
spOndency; no virtuous household
to give Zest to the joys of life. All
is blank, and there is no hope or
succor except hat which is given
out by the hands of private or pub
lie characters. When the family OF
the industrious and sober citizen
gather around the cheerful fire of a
Wintry day, the homeless man is
seeking a shelter in the cells OF 3 sta
ton house, or begging for a nights
rest in the out-buildings of one who
started in life at the same time, with
no greater advantages; honesty and
industry built up that home. while
dissipation destroyed the other.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09
IIv. Tor othnrx.

What is the use of living uni SIS
YOU can better some soul and bring
il nearer to God? What gain like
to this can the davs give one? To
cheer the despondent; TO lessen the
grief of those who mourn; to draw
by the irresistible attraction Ofsym-
pathy and personal goodness the err
ring to your side; to impress the
fretful with the nobility of patience,
checking their noisy complaints by
gravity or your silence; 10 Tighten
the burden of poverty pressing on
so many backs; to supply the young
with a worthy ambitiOn-that is TO
live. Woe to such as die unregret-
ted, whose departure brings no
moisture to the eyel Woe 10 the
rich man whom the poor of his
neighborhoOd do not miss at death;
whom the widow and fatherless dc
not mourn as a departed friend
whose departure is advertised, not
in the obituary of the press, but in
the sudden absence of little luxurie:
from the bedside of the sick, and
needed comforts from the home OF
the poor!
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09
From the Pic5yune.
MORN IN THE COUNTRY.
BY EDGAR EARRINGER.

Morning breaks, and the golden sun
Rolls grandly up on high,
And sends his bright and besuteOus rays
Across the Redeemed sky.
The twitteriug birds begin their song
OF thanks, for blessings given.
And, esroling their praise 70 God,
They wing their way 10 hesven.
The milAmald, tripping Ger the held,,
Is as happy - she. can be;
Like the birds, she warbles . song Of praise
Like the. birds, size i wild and free.
The plowb0y, Fastening TO his toll.
Whistles merry lay,
And he snuffs With delight, in the passing
breeze.
The smell Of new-mown hay.
The busy bee, ~ she starts on her way
Through the woods aud the messy fields,
Gives thanks 10 God. in her merry buzz.
For the many blessings he yields.
And as she fits from flower to flower,
Slipping the honey Of each,
She learns Us 4 lesson OF industry.
That man can never teach
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09

INDIAN Summation beautiful
and charming the weather is at this
season of the year An nature
seems to be undergoing a change.
The song OF the birds IS hushed-
vegetable matter going TO decay,
and the leaves of the trees becoming
sere and yellow. A change is also
taking place in the human system,
and it becomes necessary to assiat
nature in her work
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09
Fair of HIarrIageaBIe Young wo-
men.

To those who are bent on matri-
monY, but have not found a suitable
partner, we offer urgent advice. Let
them pack up all their property and
start Immediately for the mountain
Gus districts TO the extrems east of
Hungary. They win find that at
this season of the year Fair is held
of the marriageable young men and
women. From all quarters long
trains of chariOts wind their way to
the plain of kalinosa. They are Ia
dened with household furniture, and
followed by the cattle of the family.
In the midst of these goods NAV be
seen the Young lady whom her fam
lily has brought to seek a husband at
the Fair. She is dressed in her best,
with brilliant silk scarf and scarlet
petticoat.
These caravans take up their po-
sition, one after another, on one side
of the plain, while on the other side
a cavalcade of young men approach
es and deploys along the whole line.
The men young Wallachiaes, for
the most part-are dressed in their
best goatskins, and make what show
of hOrsemanship they can. After
both parties have taken up their re-
speetive quarters opposite each 9th
er, the fathers step forward and be-
gin to negotiate marriages for their
children. The questions asked on
these occasions are, we fear, of a
somewhat sOrdid character. s'How
many bullocks % How much mo-
ney :" ''YOur daughters furniture
looks rather old; that chest of draw
ers does not shut properly. must
find something better than that for
my SON"
Such would doubtless be COR
rect report of the conversation held
in this primitive II not practical Ar
cadia previous TO clinching the mat
rimOnial bargain. The business is,
however, carried out with a promD-
titude equal TO its frankness. AS
soon as the parents are agreed, a
Priest, who is always ready at hand,
is summoned. He chants a hymn,
and gives benedictiOn; the bride
then kisses her parents, mounts the
chariot, and starts for some un-
known village with a husband she
has never seen before, the furniture
and cattle which her parents have
allowed her as marriage portion.
following in the rear. Thus every
year many unions are contracted by
this primitive people, and there is.
we must confess, q plain honesty
and absence of sham in this style Of
proceeding. One is apt to compare
it with the deceptions and articles
employed in civilized society by
those who, pretending to love, only
seek TO marry fortunes.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09
The Building of Character.

There is not a thought that is not
striking blow; there is not an i'm
pulse that is not doing mason work;
there is not q passion thrust this
way or that, that is not a Workman's
thrust. The Imagination in all di-
rections is building. You think
you are throwing out the net for
game ; you think that you are lay
ing plans for your accomplishment {;
but behind all the conscious work
tnat is going on in you-behind your
visible attainments-there is amoth-
er work going on. There are as
many masteF-workmen in YOU as
there are separate faculties and
there are as many blows being
struck as there are separate acts of
emotion or vOlition. And this work
is going on perpetually. Every sin
gle day these myriad forces are
building, building, building. Here
is great structure going up, point
by point, story by story, although
you are not conscious of it. 1t is a
building of character. 1t is build
iRg that must stand, and the word
of inspiration warns YOU to take
heed how you build it, to see to II
that you have a foundation that
shall endure; TO make sure that you
are building upon it, not for the
hour in which You live, but for that
hour of revelation, when YOU shall
be seen just as you are.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-09

Ia the long run q tried and proved
character for truth, honor and hon
esty, is the best capital, and Yields a
larger per cent, of interest.