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Toms sister Nell was pretty, and
being a year older than Tom, Want-
ed TO show her authority over him.
Tom was rough snd awkward, and
just at the age when q boy resents
all medaling with his "rights. p
He would put his hands IN his pock-
cts, his chair on Nell,s dress, and
his feet on the windoW-siIl. OF
course they often quarreled.
For PHYS sake, Tom, do take
your hands out OF your pockets!'-
Nell would say, in her most veKing
manner.
"What are pOckts for, I'd like to
know, if not to put ones hands in?''
and Tom would whistle and march
or s-4 III
tom / don't believe you've
combed your hair for q weekP'
well, what's the use? 1t would
be al roughed up again in less than
an hour"
81 do wish, Tom, you would take
your great boots or the window
"Oh, don't bother me, Pm read
ing" Tom would say; and the boots
refused to stir an inch, which, of
course, was very naughty. And so
il would go from morning till night.
But little Bess had a different
way with somewhat stubborn Tom.
Bess seemed to understand that
coaxing was better than driving.
and sometimes, when he sat witA
both his hands plunged in his pOck-
cts, Bess, with q book or picture
would nestle down beside him, and
almost before he knew il one hand
would be pGtting her curls, while
the othor turned the leaves or held
the pictures. If she chanced 70 see
his feet on the WindOw-sin, she
would say:
Just try my ottoman, Tom, dear,
and see how comfortable il is to
your feet;' and though Tom occa-
sionally grOwled in a good-natured
way, about its being too low, the
boots always came down to it's lev
ell. Whenever his hair looked very
rough, she would steal behind him
and smooth it out in a way Tom
liked so well that il was q tempta-
ton TO let it go rough Just for the
pleasure Of having her comb it,
Yet, for the next three days, at
least, he would take special pains
to keep every hair in its place, SIM
ply to p lease little Bess.
As they grew older, Bess, In the
same quiet, loving way, helped him
to grow wise and manly. II she
had an interesting book, she always
wanted Tom to enjoy il with her; If
she was going 20 call on any Of her
young friends, Tom was always in
vited to go with her.
'I can't understand" said lady
Nell, "why you should always want
that boy forever at your elbowl-
He's roughtand awkward as bear" !"
"Some bears are as gentle as kit
tens" said Bess, slipping her arm
through his with a loving hug,
while "the bear felt a great warm
glow at his heart as he walked a.
way with Bess, and determined to
try harder to be "gentle as a kitten"
for her Picturs Magazine.
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MONDAY REST.
by ETHEL LYNN BEERS.


Calmer than midnight's deepest hush
Is the sunbright summer morning,
With its cloudy shadows seeking rest,
That fall on the hillside swooniDg.
Great Night, with its solemn starry eyes
Over Days gate asks as whittier
We 90, what our pass word is,
To the camp beyond the river.
But sunny Noon with its sleepy smile
Ripples the grain field ever,
Without a thought Of the silent graves
That may lie beneath the clover.
Knee-deep the drOwsy cattle stand
In the waters golden gllmmer,
While berry bush and bramble spray
Along the hot walls Skinner.
The pIowshare glitters in the sun
Through murdered daisies clingIng;
The nestod birds leave busy bees
To do the MONDAY singing.
Bright Noon no eager questions ask,
But like an old nurse story,
Told As she holds US on Ger breast,
Croons soft Of love and glory.
The weary plOwman's lazy length
Lies in the shadows narrow,
That clIngs about the haystaek foot,
Careless Of guarded sparrow.
oh, peaceful hour Of summer Noon!
Life has It's midnight slumber;
Has It no MONDAY rest for US,
When cares shall cease to cumberT
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s.It Never Drle. UP.,,

L was once stopping" says lady,
cat village on the Welsh coast,
where the people had 10 bring all
their water from a we'll"
els this well ever dry?" inquir-
ed of young girl who came to draw
'Dryi Yes nam; very Oftenin hot
"And where do you go for water
them"
"To the spring little way out Of
town."
"Andif the spring dries up?'
"Why, then we go to the stream
higher up, the best water of an.,'
"But if the stream higher up
faiIs2"
"Why, ma'am, that stream never
dries up, never. 1t is always the
same, winter and summer"
i went to see this precious brook,
which 'fHevsF dries up." It was q
clear, sparkling rivulet, coming
down from the high hill-not with
torrent leap and roar, but soft muF-
mur of fullness and freedom. 1t
flowed down to the highway side.
1t was within reach of every chiId's
pitcher. 1t was enough for every
empty vessel. The small birds came
down thither to drink. The sheep
and lambs had trodden down a lit
tie path to its brink. The thirsty
beast of burden, along the dusty
road, knew the way to the stream
'fthat never dries up"
1t reminded me Of the waters of
life and salvation flowing from the
Crock of Ages" and brought with
in the reach Of all men by the Cos
pei of Jesus Christ. Every other
brook may go dry in the days of
drought and adversely, but this
heavenly spring never ceases to
flow.
Thirsting soul, you may come and
drink. Wearied and fainting, ling
ering around the broken cisterns of
human hope and consolation, Jesus
calls you to Himself IF any man
thirsts, let him come unto Me, and
drink" The water from jacob :
well was refreshing, but itwas hard
to obtain; but to the sinful woman
there Christ offered living water.
Jesus said unto her, EWhosoever
drinketh OF this water shall thirst
again, but whOsoever dFinke thof the
water that shall give him il shall
be in him q well of water springing
up into everlasting hfe."
Friend, have you drank from the
stream that never dries? Then you
can sing
81 thirst, but not as I once did,
The vain delights Of earth 70 share,
| Thy wounds, Emmanuel, all forbid
| That should seck my pleasure there
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Business Energy.

In commencing and carrying en-
business two things are absolutely
necessary-mOney and energy. One
is Of very little avail without the
other, and OF the two, energy is the
most productive of results. Com
biued there is little chance for fail
ure, except from those accidental
causes against which no foresight or
calculation is proof. Instances are
frequent where men go into bust
ness with plenty of capital and in q
few years are compelled to suspend;
while on the other hand we see those
who, commencing in very humble
way, soon reach the top Of the lad
der, from which nothing can shake
them, The secret lies simply in the
degree of energy with which the re-
spective business are conducted
The first imagines his capital is to
do all, aud leaves it to work the re-
suits. The second sees that it is the
way in which the capital is handled
that insures success, and works &C
cordingly.
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something abous YourseIf.

Surprising your age to be fifteen
years or thereabouts, you can be
figured up to dot. You have 100
bones and 500 muscles; your blood
weighs 25 pounds; your heart is
nearly five inches in diameter, il
beats 20 times per minute, 1920 per
hour, I0O, 800 times per day, and 30,-
722, 200 per year. At each beat q
little over two ounces of blood Is
thrown out OF it; and each day it
receives and discharges about seven
tons of that wonderful fluid. Your
lungs viii contain q gallon of air,
and you inhale about p, 600 gallons
per day. The aggregate surface of
the air cells of your lungs, suppos-
ing them TO be spread out, 10000
square inches. The weight Of your
brain is three pounds; when you are
a man it viii weigh about eight
ounces more, Your nerves exceed
lO,0O0.OO
Your skin is composed of three
LAYERS, and varies from oue-eighth
to one-fourth of an inch in thick
ness. The area of your skin is
l 700 square inches, and you are
subjected 20 an atmospheric pressure
of fifteen pounds TO the square
inch. Each square inch of your
skin contains 3 SEQ sweating tubes,
or perspiratory pores, each of which
may be Iikened to a little drain tile
one-fourth of an inch long, making
an aggregate length in the entire
surface of your body of POI ,166 feet,
or q tiles ditch for draining the body
almost forty miles long,
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Lemons for Fever.

Says that walking cyclepedia of
health knowledge, DIR. Hall: When
persons are feyerish and thirsty be-
yond what is natural, indicated in
some cases by a metallic taste In the
mouth, especially after drinking
water, or by & Whitish appearance
Of the greater part Of the surface of
the tongue, one Of the best s'coolers, !"
internal or external, is TO take a lena
on, cut OF the top, sprinkle over il
some loaf sugar, working it down
ward into the lemon with 3 spoon,
and then suck itslowly, squeezing
the lemon and adding more sugar as
the aeidity increases from being
brought mp from a lower point.
Invalids with feverishness may
take two or three lemons a day in
this manner, with the most marked
benefit manifested by q sense OF
GOODNESS, comfort and invigoration.
A lemon or two thus taken at "tea
time" as an entire substitute for
the ordinary Supper" of summer,
would give many a comfortable
nights sleep, and an awakening af-
ter rest and inauguration, with an
appetite for breakfast, TO which they
are strangers who viii have their
cup of tea or supper or ''relish" and
"eake' and their berries or peaches
and cream.
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The Baby.

Who knows not the beautiful
group of babe and mother, sacred in
nature, now sacred also in the re-
ligious associations of half the globe?
Welcometo parents is the pUny strug
gler, strong in his little arms more
Irresistible than the soldiers, his
lips touched with pursuasion Chat
ham and Pericles in manhood had
not. The small despot asks so lit
tie that all nature and reason are on
his side. His ignorance is more
beWitching than any virtue. All
day, between his four or five sleeps,
he COOS like pigeon-house, sput-
ters and spurns, and puts on his faces
of Importance; and when he fasts,
the little Pharisee fails not to sound
his trumpet before him. Out of
blocks, threadspools, cards, and
checkers, he will build his pyrimid
with the gravity of Paladio. With
an acoustic apparatus Of whistle and
rattle he explores the laws of sound.
But chiefly, like his senior country
man, the young American studies
new and speedier transportations.
Mistrusting the cunning of his small
legs, ne wishes to ride on the necks
and shoulders of all flesh. The small
euchanter nothing can withstand
no seniority of age, no gravity of
character; uncles, cousins, grand
sires, grandams-al fall an easy
prey; he conforms to nobody, al
conform to him; all eaper and make
mouths, and babble and CHR
rup to him. On the Strongest
shoulder he rides, and pulls the
hair of laureled heads.-EfnerSon
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TOO LATE.

Too late, too late, was never said
" morning, sun or bud OF howcr-
The light is true 70 hill aad glade,
The rosebud opens to the hour;
The lark ne'er asks the day 70 wait.
But man awakes too late, too late
ToO late, too late, our anger burns
The sun goes down before the flame
Tc gentle words OF kindness turns.
And we are seouEsed with inward shame
Te think our breasts have harbored hate,
AID pride bows down-too late, TOO late,
Teo late, too late, FOR public prayer,
The words Of worship have begun
Our cheeks are flushed with Fastening there,
We enter as the chant is done,
And, pushing at the temple gate,
We stay and say, ''tOo late, too late!''
''Teo late, TOO Later who has not said
The post Is 0ut-the train has gone
I1e time Is fied-the debt not paid
The aid not seught-the work not done.
Neglect makes up LIES we5ry freight,
And then we crX, ''to late, Too lstel'
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.AtEvenlns Tlmo il shan be Light

''The terrors of death have fallen
upon me?" Such are the eXclama-
ton of the Psalmist. And is not
the cry echoed from age to age when
man enters ON the contemplation of
that dread mysterious change which
awaits each soul ere it stands un-
clothed before the Majesty of Hea-
ven? In the joyOusness Of youthful
vigor the evil hour seems distant.
AS the day of life advances the bril-
liancy of its dawn is obscured by
the clouds of sin and sorrow, and
soon the heavens grow blacker.
Where shall q trembling sinner find
hope? Shall it continue thus as long
as life shall last9 Shall the soul 60
down to the grave in darkness? no
hope? no light? o sinner repent;
believe. Precious are the promises,
Trust thy Saviour now, and when
thy feet shall reach the narrow
stream that separates thee from
glad forever, the darkness shall van
fsh, the bank of the Heavenly Ca
na6n shall shine in the evening glow
and thy hope shall meet with its
fruition. who is among you that
feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the
voice of his servant. that Walketh in
darkness and hath no light? Let
him trust in the name of the Lord
and upon his God" Comfort ye,
my people, saith your God. Let all
such trust in Him. eat evening
timeit shall be light. ."-As. Ref.
Pros
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From LippIneOtt's Magazine.
Turkish AbstemIOusness.

Constantinople is the most tenn
perate capital ofits size in the world.
Spending day after day in the open
air, wandering among the common
folk, having at one time several peo-
pie in my employ, even in the biting
air before daylight / never found
any Turk drinking stronger bever-
age than coffee. But that is nothing
to their great annual fast. During
the Ramadan, which lasts whole
month, from sunrise to sunset the
painting boatman, the heavy-laden
porter win touch nothing like food
not even tobacco, and no drink
whatever; and at suDdown will make
up for this abstinence not by a
drunken carouse, but by a large dish
Of pilan and longer smoke of Lata-
kia. To be sure, temperance is q
part of the Turk religion, but it is
not of ours. And the religion-an
imposture as we call it-has some
thing very real in its worship at
four in the morning the year round,
its indifference to "in1idelo gaze,
the heartiness of all its Observances,
the severity of its daily self-denials.
Often have found the shops entire
ly open while the shopman was at
his prayers, and 1 have taken up the
goods to see if anybody would re-
monstrate, and laid them down
again without anybody's interfer-
ence. And how often haYeI 1 watch
ed the thin clad boatman kneeling in
prayer on the wet sand or in the
drizzling rain, "the world forgetting
by the world forgot"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-07-20

GREAT RAILROAD CONTRACT
a Mr.. Henry Meiggs has contracted
with the Peruvian government to
construct and equip a railway across
the Andes, for which he is to re-
ceive the snug little sum OF one hun
dred millions of dollars. The high
est altitude over which this road is
to pass viii be about 1900 feet.
The road will bring to the markets
Of the world, the products of the
rich silver mines so long unworked
for want of transportation. We
understand that the contractor has
ten years in which to finish this
road, and receives his pay upon the
eompletion of certain number OF
miles Of the same. This is, perhaps,
the largest contract ever under rtakeI
by any one individual.
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90 DlrllenlIy o. peelalar.


The great labor OF life, that which
tends TO exhaust men more than all
else, is deciding. Some people will
suffer any other pain readily, but
shrink from the pain of coming TO a
decision. Now this is supposed TO
be wholly an evil and a disadvanta-
geOus thing for the world; but like
most other tendencies of the human
mind, il is avery benificent arrange
ment.-There would be no stability
in the world If the making of decis-
ions were not a very difficult thing.
Wat was decided yesterday would
be upset to-day; and there would be
no long and fair experience of any
thing. Whereas, in the present state
Of human affairs, even If great evil
exists, and many people have recog-
nized the evil, it requires an inn
mense amount of decisiVeness before
The evil can be nprootcd. This
brings into play many high qualities
of human nature, such as long suf-
fering. patience with opponents, and
the exhaustion of reasoning powers
brought to bear upon the evil which
is sought 10 be idestroyed.-ArfhUr
Help.
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st. LSalS, Memphis. Nashville
and Chattanooga R.R. Line.
Central Short Route,
MCKENZIE TO NASHVILLE.
VIA.

MCKENZIE TO NASHVILLE,
AND FONTS IN MIDDLE TENN.
TENHE best and only direct route from
n West Tennessee 10 Nashville, and via.
Nashville to Louisville, Indianapolis, Gin
cinnati, sc. = -a-
Double Daily Trains pass Humbolt going
East, with Sleeping Car to Nashville on
night trains, and through passenger ears on
day trains. The only route by which pas
sengers are not compelled TO change cars
between Humboldt and Nashville.
Through cars on day trains, and sleeping
ears on night trains run through between
Memphis and Nashville, only by this
J.W THOMAS, Gen. supt.
w. X. DANLEY, &. Z. & 4. A,
jan2S-H y. 4 Q. and y. d n. W.R.R.
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Don't give Liquor to Chndren.

One of the first literary men in
the UnGed States said to the writer,
in speaking on the subject of tenn
perance:
There is one thing which, as you
visit different places, wish you to
do everywhere, that Is, to entraat
every mother never TO give a drop
of strong drink to a child. ! have
had to Tight as for my life all my
days TO Keep from dying a drunkard,
because / was fed with spirits
when child. Iacquired 4 taste for
it. Ny brother, poor fellow, died a
drunkard- would not have q child
of mine take a drop of 1t for any
thing. Warn every mother, where
ever you go, never to give drop TO
4 child.
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our Next Lssl.nature.

Our next legislature win be an
important one. A Senator to sue
ceed Senator BrOwnlow will be to
elect. The judiciary system will
undergo 3 thorough Investigation.
The question Of taxation win be
thoroughly overhauled. New Judi
cal Circuits will be made. The
mixed question of the jurisdiction
Of Courts will be settled. Our rail-
road system, present and prospec-
tive, will be looked into, and In fact
many other matters of deep concern
will challenge the attention Of the
Legislature. In view Of this il is all
important that none but talented /,
honest, able and upright men should
represent Bedford. The mere per-
sonal popularity Of man is nothing
Qualification eVeything.-Bed ford
B1clgetin.
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TRY-No man is likely 10 accom-
plish much who moodily indulges q
responding view of his own capaci-
ties. BY Gods help the weakest of
US may be strong, and 1t is the way
TO become so; 20 resolve never TO
give up a good work till we have
tried our best 70 achieve ii. To
think nothing impossible is the priv
iIege OF faith. We depreciate the
indolent coWardice Of the man who
always felt assured that every new
enterprise would be too much for
him, and therefore declined it; but
we admire the pluck of the plow-
man who, asked on his cross-exam-
ination if he could read Greek, re-
piled he did not know, because he had
never tried. Those Suffolk horses
which will pull at q post till they
drop are worth a thousand times as
much as jibbing animals that run
back as soon as ever the collar be-
gins to press them.
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There is garden where lilies
And roses are side By side
Aud All day between them in silence
The silkeh BUTTERFLIES glide.
may not enter the garden,
Though know the road thereto;
Aud morn bymorn 70 the gateway
I see the children 90.
They bring back light on their faces;
But they cannot bring back 70 me
What the lilies say 70 the roses,
or the songs OF the bufterflies be-
F. 7. PGlTdre.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

kD- One inch space constitutes a square,
VV,ere advertisements are ordered to be
unusually displayed they will be charged
for according to the space they occupy; one
inch TO constitute a square.
sheriffs, Clerks and Rangers VINO send
us their patronage will reeeiye the wing
without charge.
HCANDIDATEs-For announcing can
didates fer County offices and the Les@isia, @
tl1rc sIO- Tor CONGRESS 900; for Municipal
and civil district ofiees, e5-ali IN advance.
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SOsIETDSE.-We have all our pos
sessions in the future which we call
Sometime" Beautiful flowers and
singing birds are there, only our
hands seldom grasp the one, or our
ears hear the other. But, oh read
er, be of good cheer, for all the good
there is agolden Sometime" when
the hills and valleys of time are all
passed; when the wear and fever,
the disappointment and sorrows of
life are over, there is place and the
rest appointed of God. Oh, home
stead, over whose roof falls no
shadows or even clouds, and over
whose threshold the voice of sor-
row is never heard; built upon the
eternal hills and standing with thv
spires and pinnacles Of celestial
beauty among the palm trees of the
city on high, those who love God
shall rest under the shadows. where
there is no more sorrow, nor main
nor the sound of weeping s'some,
where"
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Nes shs srn,erraI ror a snaEsrs...

Mary Hogan was too pretty a girl
70 be Shakeress. They tied her
hair and ears back aud distorted her
fair proportions by uBcOmely dress,
but she still refused TO be plain
Brother jackson, warmed out Of his
cold faith by love and the weather,
eloped with and married Mary n
few days ago. When interviewed
by some of the scandalized brethren.
Mary is reported to have said: s'You
can make your apple sass and war
rant il 10 keep; but gals amt ap-
pies, and you can't bile en- down
so they won't sour ON your old rules
about marrying."-New York Star.
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having passed through the disease
years before.
The day which was to have been
my wedding one, found me dying
they said How long / had been de-
liriOus / know not. When l awoke
10 CONSCIOUSNESS Lilly .knelt by my
bed. She had evaded the Watchfn
care OF all, and stolen to my side.
In vain pleaded with her to leave
me.
"The day was pronounced out
of danger, while busy arranging the
pillows about me, she tainted. They
bore her here TO this room. She
was never fully conscious afterward-
Give days she fingered" during
which time was much with her.
l believe she knew me, because she
grew less restless when / held her
hand.
"My arms supporting her, her
head pilloWed on my breast, she, so
nearly my Wife-died. And 1 love
on, waiting Gods permission to find
my darling"
''These things OF hers they gave
me. For the piano l gave them an
other"
uC5G A5 u1NA AAN EA III
day l was taken ill.'' And here, ap-
preaching the wardrobe, Alton took
out the robe and slippers he had ta-
ken Off before leaving the room,
''here, she made these forme, only
wear them in this room, here, the
dearest place on earth to me. hope
to die here, Will"
"Don't speak of dying, Alton, you,
scarce thirty-fEe. Life has much
for you yet, with" -.
eyes, yes, L know it, And I'm
not gloomy or morbid at all. There
is much for me to do, and Pm striv-
ing atit-duties to God and man.
But, dear viii, Pm waiting-ever
waiting" .-.-
ayes, and ever true to the one
love. Married in spirit, truly"
William Kendall answered, clasping
his friends hand, and gazing into the
eyes of his friend, so bright, illu-.
mine by the inner light, and speak
ing so Clearly the truth of the words,
waiting Ever waiting"