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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-23
Leap Ysar--AdverIIsing for Sealed
PrOPOsals.s'

A chap at Louisville issued leap
year invitation, and sent the follow.
ing notice to contractors for publi-
cation in the Courier:
To Charlottesville undersign-
ed, feeling the need of some one to
find fault with, and grumble at
when business matters go wrong;
and being lonely with no one to hate
him, and, whereas, having arrived
at the proper age, he is therefore de-
termined to "cOme out"
Sealed proposals will be received
until u O'Clock, P. NJ, of the 9lst Of
December, 1872.
Applicants must possess beauty,
or its equivalent IN currency.
She must possess q sweet and for
giving disposition, and when one
cheek is kissed turn the other Chat
is, If the right man is kissing).
She may not chew gum.
Nor wear long dresses on the
streets.
Nor frequent sewing circles.
Nor 60 around begging for charlta-
Die purposes
Nor read the paper first in the
morAing.
Nor talk when / am sleepy.
Nor sleep when am talking.
Nor trade off my clothes to wan
dering Italians for flower vases.
Nor borrow money from my vest
pockets " hile 1 sleep.
Nor hold loOking-glass over my
face, at such times, TO make me tell
all l know.
She must believe in sudden at
| tacks Of chills, and make allowances
for their effects on the nervous sys-
TEN.
When her old bear" comes home
from d" few friends" rather affec-
tionate, she must not take advan-
tage of his state, and wheedle him
into trips to watering places.
And above all, she must not on
such occasions put ipicac into
the coffee she prescribes for his
:" poor head"
I he happens to be detained to q late
hour on his committee
But when he does return, tired
and chilly, she will be expected tC
roll over to the other side and give
him her warm place.
A lady possessing the foregoing
qualifications, positive and negative
can hear of something to her advan
tage, by addressing the undersigned
enclosing a red stamp.
All proposals must be accompa
MED with satisfactory evidence o
the ability of the applicant to sup
port q husband in the style to which
he has been accustomed.
YOU'VE NAN.
January 18, 1872.
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EUGENIA.
RYE. 7. pALGRAvE.

What pearl Of price within her lay
1 could not knew when first met her
So little studIous for herself,
Almost she asked we should forget her:
A. the rose-heart at prime Of dawn,
Herself within herself withdrawn:
And yet we felt that something there
Was fairer than the fairest fair.
I msrked her goings through the day,
Intent upon her maiden mission;
The manners imaging the miud;
The fawless se1se, the sweet decision:
So gracious to the hand she tasked,
She seemed TO de the thing she asked:
And then knew that something there
Was fairer than the fairest fair.
Her eyes spoke peace; and voice and step
The message ether eyes repeated;
Truth halo-bright about her brows,
And Faith on the fair forehead seated =
And lips where quiet weds with fun,
And sense and sweetness are at one:
l looked, and looked; and something Their
Was faIrer than the iairest fair.
A lake beneath her easement lies,
Ofth fair soul an image showing;
Serenely blithe and calmly pure,
with depths beyond our thought ol
knowing:
Where Heaven comes down with all IT
grace
To find itself within her face,
And the heart owns that something theru
Is fairer than the fairest fair.
80 just and faithful child OF God!
Thrice happy he" l cried, ''who by hel
Finus in her eyes his home Of hope,
Reads in her smile his hearts desire:
The smile OF radiance from above,
Ofequable and perfect love"
II sighed-she smiled; and something
there
Was fairer than the fairest fair.
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Beautie. OF Bibie Language.

If We need higher illustration,
not only of the power of natural OBJ
Jects 10 adorn language and crafty
taste, but proof that here we find
the highest conceivable beauty, we
would at once appeal TO the Bible:
Those most opposed TO its teach
ings have acknowledge the beauty
Of its language, and this is due
mainly 10 the exquisite use of ma
tural objects for illustration. 1t
does, indeed, draw from every Geld.
But when emotional nature was to
be appealed to, the reference was Al
once 10 natural objects, and through
out all its books, the stars, the fOw-
ers, the gems, are prominent as il
lustratiOns OF the beauties Of reli-
giOn and the glories OF the Church.
"Ihe wilderness and the solitary
place shall be glad for them, and the
desert shall rejoice and blossom like
the rose"
The mountains aud the hills
shall break forth before you in song.
and all the trees Of the tield shall
clap their hands. Instead OF the
thorns shall come up the fr tree,
and instead of the briar shall come
up the myrtle tree"
The power and beauty of the same
objects appear in the Savior's teach
ings The fig and the olive, the
sparrow, Huet the NV OF the field,
give peculiar force and beauty to
the great truths they were used TO
illustrate.
The Bible throughout is remark
able in this respect 1t is collec-
tiOn Of books written by authors far
removed from each other in time
and place and mental culture, but
the whole nature is exalted as a rev.
elation of God. It's beauty and sub
Unity are appealed to 10 arouse the
emotions 10 reach the moral and re-
ligious nature. This element Of
unity runs through all the books
where reference TO nature can be
made. One OF the adaptations OF
the Bible to the nature Of man is
found in the sublime and perfect
representation of the natural world.
by which nature is ever made TO
proclaim the character and perfec-
Jion of God. No language can be
written that so perfectly sets forth
the grand and terrible in nature
and its forces as we hear when God
answers Job out OF the whirlwind.
No higher appreciation of the beau
tiful, and OF God as the author OF
beauty, was expressed than when
our Savior said OF the lilies of the
heid: Il say unto you that even
Solomon, in all his glory, was not
arrayed like one OF theses" aud then
adds: 'It God so clothed the grass
of The field'-ascribing the elements
of beauty in every leaf and opening
bud 10 Gods skill and power.
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Failure aud success.
Power OF IA EsIRbIIshed Press
Cases Is Point Furnished bY
LOuisVIile.
From the Anguish ConstitutIonali,t1

From the Augusta COnstituuonalist.l
The Louisville Ledger, one of the
ablest Journals in the South, has sus-
pended. Ii was started in Opposi-
ton to the Louisville COurier-Jour-
nal, when that paper took extreme
new departure ground. A cap
ital of one hundred thousand dol
lars was raised TO insure the sue
cess of the Ledger, and it sailed into
life upon a furious tide of public in
dignation against the COurier-Jour-
nal. And yet it failed.
1t teaches two valuable lessons
First, that even under the most IA
vorable cumstances, the establish
ment of a daily newspaper is sell
dom attained. In nine cases out of
ten failure is the result. To sue
ceed, it is necessary that a journal
must win the confidence, which
means the patronage, of the people
in its principles, and OF tho business
aaHs>4.--;s . - i.a -.-s-1 t----r-~-i-
ty. This of course, requires time,
and fortunes are sunk before the
goal is reached, and suspension fol-
lows.
We see. secondly, the power of an
established press. The Courier
Journal went the whole length of
the New Departure, against the pre-
judices and opposition of the great
body of the Democracy yofKentucky.
Yet it did not bulge one step from
its position, but boldly defied the
storm. OF course the business com
munity patrOnized il as overlook
ing to the interest OF business. The
sequel now proves that the affec-
tiOns Of the people for an old and
favorite paper could not be weaned
away, though it ran counter to their
wishes in a political movement
Once n newspaper has intrenched
itself in the confidence or business
men and in the hearts of the people,
it wields a power that is not sur
passed, battling all efforts to crush
it as easily as the rock beats back
the fierce assaults of wreckcrested
waves. A journal having once at
tanned this position, il can and does
smile at the puny attempts either OF
envy or malice made against il, for
hencefOrth it is an assured success
and hourishes in great prosperity.
But, as before remarked, there Is
perhaps but one newspaper enter
prise in ten tn ever gains the turn
ing point of success.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-23

FAITHFULNEss TO EMPLOYERS.
There is no greater mistake a
young man can commit, than that Of
being Indifferent to the interests Of
his employer. 1t must be admitted
that there are circumstances under
which it would seem to be almost
impossible TO feel an interest in an
employers business but for all
that IL is worth a trial. BE faithful
in small things be attentive TO your
duties; shirk no employment that
is not dishonorable feel that your
employer is fairly entitled 20 every
minute of the time which you have
agreed to give him for a stipulated
remuneration. The wages may be
small too small; bat If you have
contracted TO work for one dollar a
week, when your work is worth ten,
stick To your bargain like q man un-
til your term of service has expired.
1t may seem very hard, but il will
instil the great principle OF being
true to your word.
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Az OLD wOuAN's RBvERIE.

When slowly in the oTimsoa west
The evening shadows gently fail,
And twilight hour-the one loved best
Comes stealing sofly o'er Hs all,
l love IN easy chair 20 sit
And muse, while quietly knit
I dream Of years when Was young,
And lovers hihted was fair.
And Of my eyes in rapture sung,
Or praised my silky nut-brOWR hair.
Twas long agO-yet here sit
Before the FIRE and calmly kRit.
Alas. those locks sro seaRt and gray.
The syss have lest their Witehiag lisbt;
The lips that praised have passed away,
AAd over all has fallen the blight
Ortims-snd hers alone I sit
Before the IRE aad sadly knit.
think Of those who'ys gone before
The dear ones 1 50 isRdly loved
And yielding to the msgie pswcr
or memories all tao deeply moved,
1 softly weep as here SIT
Before the are 10 dreaa and knit.
And soon too shall pass away,
And one who now is young aud fair,
Will often cit at close OF day,
As twilights shadows gather near,
And tell hew mother used % slt
In tAe old easy chair and kHIt-
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-23

WHEN IS MY TIME7-This ques-
ton was asked by a bright little
girl, who was fond of liking at the
close of the day TO a busy father.
When is my time? The query will
carry its own moral to every parent
who reads this. Let fathers and
mothers, whatever duties may seem
imperative, find 'lime" for talking
with the little ones. Their time!-
Perhaps only fifteen minutes, but
their time, exclusively and cheer
fully. How many homes may be
made brighter, and how many chill
dren counted as saved, if this sd-
vice were followed.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-23

a WORD TO BoYs.-Boys, did
you ever think that this world, with
all its wealth and woe, with all its
mines and mountains, oceans, seas
and rivers; with ali its steam boats,
railroads and telegraphs; with all
its millions of grouping men, and all
the science and progress of ages
will soon be given over to the boys
of the present age-bOys like you?-
Believe it, and look abroad upon
your inheritance, and get ready to
enter upon its possession. The
presidents, emperors, kings, COVER
nors, statesmen, philosophers, min
listers, teachers, men of the future
all are boys now.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-23
January 18, 1872.

Multifarious reading weakens the
mind more than doing nothing, for
it becomes a necessity, Mt last. like
smoking: aud is an excuse for the
mind to lie dormant whilst thought
is poured in, aud runs through q
clear stream over unproductiVe
gravel on which not even moses
grOw. 1t is the idlest of idleness,
aud leaves more OF impotency than
any ofher.-IF. W. Robertson:
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SPRING.
BY WILLIAM II. BURLEIoH.

Thrice blessed Spring! Thou Dearest gifts
divine,
Sunshine and song and fragancs, all are
thine,
Nor unto ealth AlSne;
Thou hast = blessing for the human heart.
Balm fer its wounds and heahng fer it,
smart,
Telling OF winter hOwn.
And bring hope upon the rainbow wing.
Type Of eternal Hfe-Lhrice blessed Spring.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-23

A writer in an English magazine
says that Frederick Locker is the
best living master of Uers de soeiete.
and gives these two stanzas as an in
dication of his graceful skill in met
rical variations:
This relative Of mine,
Was she seventT-and-nine
When she diel:
BY the canvas may be seen
How she looked at seventeen
AS bride.
Beneath a summer tree
Her maiden reverie
Had n charm;
Her ringlets are in taste;
What an arm and what a waist
For an arml
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ADVERTISING RATES.

~ One inch space constitutes a square
Who're advertisements are ordered to be
unusually di.played they will be charged
for according to the space they occupy; one
inch TO constitute square.
SherifTs, Clerks and Rangers. VINO Sc, send
us their patronage will recsivs the wing
without charge.
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didutes for County offices and the LeSlsia-
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As the traveller has seen from the
mountains top the war of elements
below, while he stood in unclouded
sunshine; so the Christian who lives
up 10 his privileges, may have storms
bowling around and beneath him,
VT never feel their power.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-23

"Do YOUR BEST" =" When 1
was little boy" said a gentleman
one evening, 81 paid visit to my
grand father, a venerable old man,
whose black velvet cap and tassel,
blue breeches, and huge silver knee
buckles filed me with great awe.
When went to bid him goodbye,
he drew me between his knees, and
placing his hand on my head, said :
Grand-child, l have one thing TO
say to you; will you remember it p
| stared into his face and nodded, for
was afraid to promise aloud.
Well, he continued, whatever you
do, do the best you can
This, in fact, was my grand
fathers legacy to me; and it has
proved better than gold. - YELL
Spring.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-23

In the works and ways and per-
fections OF the Eternal One, the true
child of God finds subject OF ex-
alted contemplation, in comparison
with which the highest inquiries OF
human science sink into insignif-
canee.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-23

"The proud" says an eloquent
writer, "look down upon the earth,
and see nothing that creeps upoA
its surface more noble than them
selves; the humble look upward to
their God.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-23

Sympathy is deeper than fear, and
in the final failure of his own force,
in the upheaval of the bottom Of his
own soul, man puts distrust aside,
and elings to his kind with loving
expectation Of help.
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An IntersstinK relic.


There is in the county of Prince
Edward, North Carolina, saws the
Washington Star, a very remarka-
bic relic of the early colonial times.
1t is Spanish musket, seven feet
six in ehes long and of large calibrc.
II is in the possession of the surviv-
ing children of the late Col. Chas.
WOodsOn, and has remained in the
family for more than two centuries.
The history of the ''long gum" as il
is called, is as follows: At the time
of the second massacre of the colo
nists by the Indians, DIR. john
Woodson, one or the ancestors of
the family, was killed by party of
sayages as he was returning from a
visit to one of his patients. The
Indians then proceeded towards the
dwelling house, which was barred
TO prevent their entrance.
There was a shoemaker present
by the name of Digon, who, with
his gun fired at the enemy as thev
approached and killed three of them.
The residue attacked the house and
endeavored to force an entrance
One of these having entered thro'
an aperture in the wall, was run
through the body with a roasting
spit in the hands of DR.. WOodson's
wife; anC ther was scalded to death
with hot water as he came down
the chimney. The savages then beat
a retreat, but in the meantime the
gun had been reloaded, and two
moro of the band were killed as
they were retreating.
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Net the woman to be Fooled.

A facetious individual. not many
miles from DanbuFy, sought to
"draw his wife out" by pretending
to be found dead with an empty
laudanum vial by his side. And
that lady was a good deal shocked
at first, but having read that a nee
die introduced into the human flesh
would indicate ON its surface wheth-
er that flesh was dead, and being
a woman Of eminent practicability,
she at once armed herself with a
polished instrument of nearly two
inches growth, and, with throbbing
heart and bated breath, introduced
q good share OF its length into the
deceased. What the surface of the
needle really indicated was not
learned, as he took it with him as he
passed through the sash.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-23

Southey says: mo man ever yeI
conceived o. any mOmentOus truth
withsut feeling i'll himself the pow
er, as well a. the desire of commu-
nie1ring It.
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sOuthora Baptist UnIysrsIsY.
A Convention Called 40 Meet In
Memphis In Nay Next.

To the Baptist Ministers and
Churches of West Tennessee,
North Mississippi and ArkansAa:
To the undersigned has been
committed the duty OF addressing
you upon . subject OF great impor-
tance, especislly to those residing in
the territory mentioned above, and
to invite you, by your best repre-
sentative men, to meet in eonTen-
tion.
The Southern theological semi
nary, located for many years At,
GreensVille, South Carolina, and in
which the affections and hopes of
the great Baptist brotherhood in the
South are largely conferred, is to be
moved to some more
ELIGIBLE LOCALITY.
Now, it Is believed that Memphis,
in reference to position, ready COM
munication by railways and the
river, and in reference to prospec-
tive rapid increase Of population
and commercial power, presents
great inducements as the future
home of the seminary.
Sufficient land, secured in q good
location near the city, will go very
far, as q farther inducement, to
bringing the Seminary, with its IL
brary, students and renowned .facul-
ty, to us.
The Seminary located here, and
we may rapidly realize that great
hope of many all over the South, Of
seeing a grand Baptist University
growing up around il, and in union
with it. We;do not mean a College,
but
UNIVERSITY PROPER.
We have Baptist Colleges in all the
States: These will remain. They
are valuable, not so much for the in
formation impaired, as for the men
tai discipline and training which
they afford. We need one, and but
one Uniyersity for professional
learning. An institution in which
young men, who have been gradua-
ted in the Colleges, may prepare
themselves to teach as professors in
the classics, in natural and mental
sciences; in science as applied to the
arts; where they may finish their le-
gal, medical and theological studies.
The University would not be rival
of the existing Colleges but an insti
tuition occupying higher plane OF
learning to which they do not pro-
pose to rise. The question of the
FUTURE LOCATION
of the Seminary at Greenville will
probably be settled by the trustees
in Raleigh, North Carolina, next
May, and hence it Is important for
US to move promptly. Alta prelimi-
nary meeting of great enthusiasm,
held in this city, it was agreed to
invite a convention of Baptists to
meet in Memphis on Monday
night, May 20, at 8 o'clock, in the
Central Baptist church of this city,
for the purpose of considering and
deciding upon the whole subject of
the removal OF the seminary to
Memphis, and connecting it with an
university for the South and South
west.
Let the pastor or some member in
every church see that this subject is
brought to the notice of the church,
and q proper representation secured
in the convention by one or more
members.
s. LANDRUM,
l.. j. DUPRE,
BEN MAY,
J. 7. TICHENOR,
W. W. PHILLIPS,
Committee.
Ion.aI
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What beautiful metaphorical ex-
pressions have been uttered by the
poets of old, and how rarely ever
seen. Hear the HindOo poet, Jaya-
devs, in the Gita GOvinda: "WhOse
mantle CLEANS like dark blue cloud
illumined with rainbOws." "Lips
brilliant and soft as dewy leaf. -
''Her face is like water-lilly yelled
in the dew OF tears" Her eyes,
like blue watsr-liliies. with broken
stalks, dropping lucid streams. y
Her arms graceful as the stalks of
the water-lilly, and adorned with
hands glowing like the petals Of that
flower" Now listen TO Virgil in
the fourth book OF the HHeid; She
fosters the wound in her veins, and
is consumed BY hidden fire" "Win-
ter and watery Orion grew fierce
upon the sea" First Tellus and
Juno the marriage goddess give
sign: ightnings giittered, and the
air conscious OF the nuptials, and
rom the summit Of the peak chant
ed the nymphs."
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Appeal
Ruling Her.

Saws the Gold Hill News: Our
friend Traddles, in Virginia, has
got his wife in proper subsection,
and means to keep her so. "Oh P
says he, in telling US about it, "there
amt many that know how to rule a
wife properly. Now my old wO-
mans one of the best natured Wo-
men in the world, but she's got q
terrible temper. Whenever ] see
she's got her mad up, if it's q dozen
times a day, kjust quietly say noth-
in but kinder humor her, and sho
comes round all right after q while.
Even when she throws things at me
OF gives q wild slash for me with
the broom, or rnlin, pin, / dodge q
little and she never hits me third
time before / get my eye on her and
let her know disapproYe of such
action on her part. Perhaps have
to leave the house to show her this,
but, you bet, she sees the point
Then by being careful not to irri-
tate her, and letting her have her
own way / manage to make her do
Just as l please. And you bet l
make her understand and appreciate
my discipline. OH l keep her IN
der perfect control. A man has to,
you know. Got to be boss in your
house, OF the first thing you know
your wife will ride you down like
you wasn't anybody. My wife's a
perfect angel in her natural dispo-
sition, but any other man but me
would spoil her"
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good and great from all parts Of the country
will VOuch Tor its virtues.
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ThOS. Clark,
District Agent, Jackson, Tenn.
feb. lott