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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03
A ChserfuI Heart.

Not many days since we heard a
lady say to another: ''Your cOun-
tenance, TO me, is like the shining OF
the sun, for il always gladdens me
with a cheerful look"
A merry or cheerful cOuntenance
was one of the things which Jere-
my Taylor said his enemies and per-
secutOrs could not take away from
him. There are some who spend
their lives as if shut mp in a dun
geon. Everything is dark, gloomy
and forbidden. They mourn from
day to day they have so little, and
are in constant fear lest what little
they have will escape out OF their
hands. They always leok upon
I the dark side, and can never enjoy
the good of the present, for fear OF
the evil to come. This is not piety.
True religion makes the heart glad,
aud when its noble principles are
felt and exercised, men will be hap
py in spite of themselves.
The industrious bee does not COM
plain that there are so many poison
Gus flowers aud thOrny branches in
his road, but buzZes on, gathering
the honey where he can find IL, and
passing quietly by the places where
it is not. There is enough in this
world 10 complain about, and find
fault with, if we have the disposi-
ton. We travel often in hard and
uneven road, but, with a cheerful
spirit, and a heart to praise God
for his mercies, we may walk there
in with great comfort, and come to
the end of the journey in peace.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03
Drinking water.

Drinking wine is a habit; so is
drinking spirits, ale, cider, coffee
and water. The last is thought a
necessity; but to drink much is a
habit Some people drink little
not because their constitutions re-
quire less than others; il is their
habit These people never perspire
so much as those who drink more.
The more that is drunk, the more
water passes away, or the system
would suffer. AS it is, the strain
affects II. The skin, the kidneys,
bowels, lungs, all are drawn upon.
The result is, as may be naturally
expected, exhaustion. For this rea-
son, the man who drinks much wa.
ter, particularly during the summer
and in the hottest weather, is less
able TO endure fatigue. The water
is of no benefit to him-that is, the
excess. 1t must pass away, and this
requires an effort of the system.
which is the sweating process. Had
he not used the excess of water, he
would not have perspired so; it
would not have been there for the
system TO expel. II is habit to
drink water so much; false thirst
is created. We should drink only
what is needed. The habit Of
drinking more will soon be over
come, and the person viii feel much
stronger and more capable of bear
ing fatigue. In winter, little fluid
is needed beyond what onr food
furnishes; in summer, some more
but not much Country Gentleman.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03
The Remedy for Trouble.

Don't try to quench your sorrow
in rum or narcotics when in trouble.
If you begin this, you must keep
right on with il, till 1t leads you to
ruin; or il you try to pause, you
must add physical pain and the con-
sciousness of degradation TO the sor-
row you seek TO escape. OF all
Wretched men, his condition Is the
most pitiful who, having sought to
| drown his grief in drink, awakes
from his debauch with shattered
nerves, aching head and depressed
mind, to face the same trou bic
again. That which was at first pain
ful to contemplate will, after drink,
seem unbearrble- Ten to one the
fatal drink will be again and again
sought till its victim sinks q hope
less, pitiful wreck.
Work is your true remedy Ii
misfortune hits you hard, you hit
something else hard; pitch into
something with a will. There's
nothing like good, sOlidS absorbing,
exhausting work 70 cure trouble If
you have met with losses, you don't
want to lie awake and think about
them. You want sleep, calm, sound
sleep, and to eat your dinner with
appetite. But you can't unless you
work. If you say don't feel like
work, and 90 loafng all day to tell
Dick aud Harry the story of your
woes, you'll lie awake and keep
your wife awake by your tossing,
spoil your temper aud your own
breakfast the next morning, and be-
gin tomorrow feeling ten times
worse than you do to-day.
There are some greattronbles that
only time can heal, and perhaps some
that can never be healed at all; but
all can be helped by the great pana-
cea, work. Try it, you who are af-
fiicted. 1t is not = patent medicine.
1t has proved its efficiency since first
| Adam and Eve left behind them
with weeping their beautiful Eden.
1t is an efficient remedy. All good
physicians in regular standing pre-
scribe it in cases Of mental and NOR
al disease. Ii operates kindly as
well, leaving no disagreeable SeQWe-
tGe, and we assure you that we have
taken a large quantity of it with
beneficial effects. 1t will cure more
complaints than any nostrum in the
mdteTiG medicd, and comes nearer
being a cure-all" than any drug
or any compound of drugs iu the
market. And it will not sicken you
! if you do not take it tsugar-coated.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03

road for all world like a little earth
worm. But it happened, on the
second and third day, that he
thought he had never in his life be-
fore heard the little birds sing so
sweetly, or seen the dew glisten so
brightly, or the wild roses look so
red and smell so fragrant, and every
person he met seemed to greet him
so kindly and appear so glad and
happy, that il made him feel happy
too, Every morning when he left
the inn and continued his journey,
he thought the day brighter and
more, beautiful than the former one,
and he felt more joyous and in bet
ter spirits than he had been for
years. He arrived at his destina-
tion in the evening, and when he
rose the next morning, he felt so
well and strong that he said to him
self 81 could not have been cured at
a more unfortunate time than this;
here must 90 to the doctor, and what
will he think of me? OH il / only
had some complaint, were it but u
little tingling in the ears, or 4 slight
palpitatiOn of the hearti"
When he came to the doctor, he
took him by the hand and said:
'tNoW tell me very minutely what
is the matter with you, how you
feel, and describe every symptom to
me very carefully.
Mynheer SchilIembeck burst into
a hearty laugh as he answered:
Mynheer Doctor, there is not a sim
gle thing the matter with me; aud il
will rejoice me greatly if you are
only one-half as well as l am"
"That was good spirit" said
the doctor, (which prempted you
to follow my advice. The dragon
now IS destroyed; but there are
still some eggs left, and soyOu must
return home on foot, and when
there, employ a portion of every
day in some useful enterprise
Take regular exercise, and never
eat any more than satisfies your
hunger. BY this means you can des-
troy the eggs, and may live to be a
very old man"
During this speech, the doctor
looked so rOguishly at Aynheer
SchillembeCk, that when he had
concluded he burst into another
hearty laugh. FMynheeF Doctor"
said he, ''you have a wise head on
your shoulders. understand you
perfectly. Shake hands; you and
| will be friends"
lie followed the doctors dircc-
tion ever afterward, aud lived to be
nearly ninety years old, as happy
and contented as a fish in water
And every new year he sent the
doctor twenty gold dollars as a
token of friendship and esteem
From the German.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03
A Fortune Made by n HAT.

We have all heard ofthe lad who
stopped to pick up pin as he was
sadly leaving the presence of the rich
banker, of whom he had asked for
employment in vain, and was there
upon recalled, given q stool in the
office, afterward taken into partner
nership, and died immensely rich
1t may well have been true, as many
fortunes have turned upon as slight
pointe as that. The other dAy Herr
Mdhle died at Colmar, late Of France,
but now of Germany, twice over
millionaire, who owed all his fortune
to his hat. He had been apprentieed
to a turner, and, in the course Of his
WanderjahF, or travelling year OF
the German journeymen, he found
himself in COlmar, and applied to
Messrs. Well & Bouton, who had q
great machine shop for work. The
ragged and and bare-foOted boy, with
his knapsack on his back, did not
commend himself TO the masters (;
and he was told to 60 about his bus
mess. AS he was going the master
machinist called after him, 81 say,
man, what kind of hat is that you
have on!" Z" A wooden one, sir
q y Wooden one! And where did
you get ?'' az made it, sir" "HowD
With my lathe, l had long to
flo, and needed hat that would
keep out the rain; and as had no
money to buy, l made this out Of
wood" But this is oval, and an
oval form cannot be made VITA .
lathe" "That is true sir; but new
ertheless / did it. i took my central
point and worked away till / had
made. +" The poor apprentices had
instinctiveiy hit upon the principle
of the eccentric lathe. The Keen
sighted turner at once engaged him,
and found, him to be a mechanical
genius, as well as a good workman.
He became partner, and afterward
sole proprietor, under the Gallicized
name of NJ. Moulin, and died richest
man of the whole countryside.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03

The Bible, the most valuable of
all books, speaks of the Rose of
Sharon and the Lily OF the Valley.
Christ pointed to the latter for the
purpose of illustrating and enforc-
ing truth. The poet feels the inspi-
ration of flowers, and employs them
as rich materials. One speaks of
never-fading flowers that smile up
on the everlasting fields of Para
disc, and another of the shady rills
of Sharon, where the lily and rose
contribute with their beauty and
fragrance to the happiness of the
deYout. Their influence on the
health and happiness of families,
where cultivated, is proverbial.-
Were l to picture to myself q happy
family, l would place all, parents
and children, around an altar of de-
votion, where each one present was
clad with the beauty of holiness,
and took delight in cultivating a
meek and quiet spirit; and as we al
ways feel an inward influence cor
responding with outward circum-
stances, l would have home beauti-
fed with walks and flowers, where
parents and children could take re-
creation together, and drink in the
inspiration of all that is beautiful.
This would tend to the refinement
of the sensibilities and purity of the
moral feelings. Absolutely, we
musi surround ourselves with
things beautiful and agreeable, or
sink to a kind Of heathenism.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03
Greeley and eratz Campaign song.
AIR-Not For .JosepA.

AIR-NOt For Joseph
When Useless came to Washington
He wore jsunty plume,
The Dents and Murphys crowded in
And drezR him 70 his doom.
his nephes and his cousins all
Came % 10 win the race,
And every man who gave dog
Was sure to get place.
AndthsrefOre, 50, accordingly, all the Peo.
pie say and sing,
CbOrus-
Down with Grant, Useless Grant
Up with Greeley, good old Greeley!
Down with Grant. Useless Grant
Hurrah for Greeley! Old White Hat
Butnow the game is up with Grant,
The ofice-hclders see
He's not the man the people waRt;
They go for Horace G.
His old white hat and coat shine out,
The standarl Of our war,
As Shown on Ivry's field the plume
ofHenry Of Navarro.
And all the people say,
Down with Grant, &c.
The Irish sud the German vote
Goes solid for their friend,
AHd all the South with one accord
Warm words OF welcome sendi
Republicans and Democrats
All stand with spade in hand,
To hclp their farmer ehieftsin weed
Corruption from the land.
So ali the people sing,
= Down with Grant Useless Grant,
Up with Greeley, Good old Greeley!
Down with Grant &c. &c. J.X.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03
A word 10 Girls.

The woman who is indifferent tC
her looks is no true woman. God
meant woman to be attractive, to
look well, to please, and it is one OF
her duties to carry out this intention
of her Maker. But that dress is tc
all, and to suffice, is more than we
can be brought to believe. just be
cause we do love to see girls look
well, as well as to live to some pur-
pose, we would urge upon them such
a course of reading and study as viii
confer such as no modiste can sup
ply. A well known author once
wrote a pretty essay on the power
of education to beautify-that it ab-
solutely chiseled the features that
he had seen many a clumsy nose and
a pair of thick lips so modified BY
thought awakened and active senti-
ment as to be unrecognizable. And
he put il on that groand that We SO
often see people, hOmely and unat-
tractive in youth, bloom in middle
life into a softened Indian summer
of good looks and mellow tones. ,ss
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03
From the Memphis Appeal.
Hon. Emerson EtheridEe.

We publish this morning a CORES
pondence between the State Execu-
tive Committee of the Liberal Re-
publican party and the Chairman
of the State Executive Committee
of the Democratic party, in which
the former ask that The coming con-
vention of our party to nominate
an additional Elector and Congress
man for the State at large, confirm
the remaining Elector of their
choice. To this request Col. Burch
responded that he could not answer,
but presumed the Democratic Con-
vention would accede to so reason
able a request. We hope so. AS a
correspondent in to-day's Appeal
suggests, it would look very like
proposed slight of one of the ablest
Conservative statesmen of Tennes-
see did the convention nominate an
other than Hon. Elm. .Etheridge,
whose devotion to the cause of JUS
tice, amnesty, and peace made him
conspicuous mark for the OppOsi-
ton early during the war and ever
since. lie was called TO the field in
the present contest by the Liberals
Vi llAt Cldlts " nO GA BCCAGh llAab nG
would be sustained in his labors by
Hon. T. A. Il. Nelson. This gentle
man having resigned, he stands a
lone and awaits the Endorsement of
the Democracy, before entering up
on canvass in which. he viii make
himself heard as one of the staunch-
est defenders of the Greeley and
Brown ticket, and one of the clear
est and most forcible supporters of
the Cincinnati-Baltimo platform.
We have need of all the leading
men of our State, and we have need
Of lust such a one as Etheridge,
whose canvass for Governor must
ever live in the political annals of
Tennessee as the most effective, for
although unsuccessful so far as he
was personally concerned, it proved
the beginning of the series of move
ments that relieved us of the Radi-
cal party. We trust the ConYen-
ton will be moved to consider Mr..
Etheridge's present position before
the country, and his past most glo-
rious service in our behalf, and that,
in Difference to him as we'll as to
our Liberal Republican co-laborers,
they will confirm him in position
where he can be as useful as any
gentleman in the State.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03

BY LOUISE cHANDLEE MoULroN.

BIZ LoLA-E LhANH' H'A-z-Ae ~ - 80
1 plueked an apple from of tree,
Golden and rosy, and fair TOO sec
The sunshine had fed il with warmth and
light,
The dews had freshened Il night by night,
And high on the topmost boush il grew,
Where the wind Of heaven about in blew;
And while the mornings were soft aud
young,
The wild birds circled and SCARED and sung,
There in the storm. and calm, and shine,
Il ripeued and frightened, this apple Of
mine,
Till the day l piucked il from Oh tbs tree.
Golden, and rosy, and fair to see.
How could guess, meath that daintiest
rind,
That the core OF sweetness hoped 10 find
The lnnermost, hidden heart Of the bliss.
Which dews and winds and the slnshine's
kiss
Had tended and fostered by day and night
Was black with mildew and bitter with
blight
Golden, and rosy AZ fair Of skin.
Nothing but ashes and ruin within:
Ahi never again with toll and pain
VIII strive the topmost bough 10 gain;
Though its wind-swung apples are fair TO
see,
On the lower branch is the mutt for me-.
-ScrDRer's Monthly.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03
Far the Wing and tribune

For the Wing and TribuHe.l
ArPAE HE.0ssOpss.
"some apple blossoms, mamma;'s
Aud he laid upOn my bed
A dripping, fragrant handful
OF blossoms, white and red.
And wearily raised them;-
But OH the magic powed
OF the subtitle, soothing perfume
Breathed from each tinted flower.
It thrilled along the unstrung nerves,
And reached the weary brain,
And quick new Hfe-tide WIS sent
Throughout ench sluggish vein
And youth, and health, andhoPe came back
Aud thrilling sense Of JOY;
As In the days so long ago,
When watching apple blossoms blow,
And bird-wings fitting to and fro,
Were pleasures unalloyed.
Twas but moment-soon it passed,
But the sweet dripping flowers
Told OF the warm bright sunshine,
And gentle April showers
or rosy, dewy mornings,
And twilights soft and gray,
OF silvery moonlight dripping
Through every leafy spray.
Aud / longed for grassy pillow
Under the apple trees,
With the fragrant petals falling,
And the drowsy hum OF bees
To watch the sunbeams changing
DewdTops 70 jewels bright,
And dream that pain and sorrow
Had vanished with the night.
What little things have POwe.
To thrill with hope or pain:
Flushing the pallid past
With glowing life again.
Jackson, April, 1872. -MAHAH.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03

SENsIBLE.-A gentleman writes
US that his county paper is so poor
he has stopped taking it, and there
fore sends us s. for the Trade List.
We repeat that we do not want sub
scribers on these terms. A mans
county paper Is worth more to him
than any other paper in the world
or, if it is not, it is his own fault
If the county paper is properly en-
couraged, ii may be relied upon for
information of more value to the
people in whose interest il is issued,
than can be found in all the city pa
pers in the United States. No man
can afford to stop the paper that
publishes the official advertisements
of his county, the public sales, mar
kets, court news, and other local in
telligence. IL the paper is poor,
the people are more at fault than
the publishers, for liberal patron
age will always make q good paper.
However poor the county paper
may be, il is always worth more
than it costs to those interested in
the affairs of its locaIity.-Ci Cincin-
natl Trade List.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03
\ short Sermon.

Here is a bit of philosophy worth
reading. 1t is an exposure of avery
common delusion. 1t is a good rem
dering of an old idea:
"Two things ought to be strong
Iy impressed upon young people OF
our country. The insecurity OF
riches, even when acquired, and
their unsatisfactory character
There is no fallacy so universally
cherished as the notion that wealth
is surely a means of happiness. The
care of a large property is one OF
the most burdensome of earth's
trusts. The only material good
that comes from any estate is to be
made out of moderate income far
more easily than large one, and
with fewer attendant disadvanta-
ges. Few thoughtful men would
undergo the entire stewardship of a
large estate on = positive bargain
that they should receive no more
for taking care of it than ordinarily
falls into the lap of the owner. The
scramble after wealth is due 10 q
wrong estimate of good when it is
| palned.o
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03
A Close Fit.

In the neigboring village of b,
writes a Western correspondent,
lived an old gentleman of the name
of Newberry, whose fault-findiHg
propensities had won for him the
cognomen of 'EOld Growler." A
cross the way lived another New
bury (spelled with a U), who enjoy
ed getting Off a joke at the expense
OF his grumbling neighbor. One
morning a stranger came into the
store OF Newbury in search of pair
of boots. Not finding any to fit,
the obliging shOp-keeper informed
him that maybe "Old Growler''
across the way could fit him with a
pair. Over the way he went, and
asked, Mr.. Growler, can you fit me
to a pair of boets?" The cord
wainer, irate at being thus trifled
with, instantly sprang to the door,
and applied his loot to the person
OF the offender, with such force as
to effect his speedy exit from the
room, at the same time mildly in
quiring, "Hoto does thar pair .it?''
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03
FOrtf1ude.

In confronting the many ills. dan
gers and perplexities of this life a
superabundance of fortitude is ne
cessary. FOrtitude, truly, is the
guard and support of all the other
virtues. If it be the readers good
fortune to be a member of the body
of Christ we earnestly recommend
determination sufficient to prove
whether or not fortitude has a
strong hold upon the affections
See whether there is a single cross
too heavy or of which you would
feel abashed at carrying. Fortitude
enables the weakest of the children
of God to take up and bear each
cross, not only with patience. but
perfect ease. Fortitude enables us
to go forward in the discharge of
every duty, regardless of fear or fa-
vOr 1t enables us to RELY upon the
promises of GOd-strengthens our
faith, confirms our hopes and per-
fects US in love. Fits us to become
indwellers in mansions above. Oh,
then let Us strive to possess this in
dispensable-that we NAV at last
reach our Fathers kingdom.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03
Fanny Fern ON the Prevailing
style.

Nl4sR / say that the street dress
of the majority of respectable wo-
men OF New York to-day Is dis
gusting, | but feebly express my
emotions. / say the respectable wO-
men, and yet, save to them who
know them to be such, their ap-
pearance leaves a large margin for
doubt. The clown at a circus wears
not a more pRrti-cOlOred costume;
in fact his has the advantage of be-
ing sufficiently .'taut," 10 use a nau-
tical phrase, not 10 interfere with
locomotion; while theirs - what
with disgusting bumps upon their
backs, and big rOsettes upon their
shoulders, and loops, aud folds, and
buttons, and clasps, and bows upon
their skirts, striped satin petticOats,
all too short to hide their clumsy
ankles-and more colOTs and shades
of eOlers heaped up on one poor lit
tie fashiOR-ridden body than ever
was gathered in one rainbow-and
all this worn without regard TO
temperature, or time, or place.
say this presents q spectacle which
is too disheartening to be comical.
One cannot smile at the young girls
who are one day-Heaven help
them-to be wives and mothers
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03
The DEAD SEA.-Being without

THE DEAD SEA.-Being without
an outlet, evaporation is the only
escape of the water pouring into it
by the river Jordan and some other
streams. Each brings into that ex-
traordinsry reservoir, which is de-
pression in the earth's crust thir-
Teen hundred feet below the water
level of the Mediterranean, an i'm
mense mass of materials which must
at last fill it up, when the Jordan
will then run on beyond and find an
outlet to the sea, if the world re-
mains in its present physical form
long enough.
The Jordan watts down ninety
cubic yards of water every second.
Each day it carries in six and half
bushels of salt, liberated from rocks
on its passage, in each ninety cubic
wards. Therefore that dreadful
salt, bitter reservoir has nearly
reached the point OF saturatiOn.
When no more salt can be dis
solved, then it will accumulate on
the irregular bottom till itireaches
quite near the present surface. Its
| future will have quite as much in
terest for coming ages as its past
iSeieHtt &c 4HleTican.