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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09
Roms Frnsnd.hIp.

Our best friends are at home. Those
who love US best, who would do
most for us, who are most interest
ed in our lives, and would weep the
bitterest tears were we to die
dwell under our own roof, eat at our
own table, and sleep under the shad-
ew of our own protection. How,
then, should we feel towards them
and treat them? If they are our
best friends we should be theirs, and
If we are their friends we should
show it. Concealed friendship does
dot do US much good.
If a mine of gold is on our farm
and we know il not, we are not
much better of for it. Many people
have a strange way of showing
their friendship to the members OF
their own home circle. They are
exacting, cross, surly, fretful and
hateful IN many ways, and all this
to the friends they really love. They
mean no harm; they mean not to
break the cord Of friendship, or mar
its sweet symphonies-but somehow
forget that home friendship should
be treated more delicately and kind
- NAeA ~hy ONAlSAs LLSht4ec ~ - Ott-
ter, and more Immediately affects
our happiness. It should be one OF
the constant objects for which we
should hvs-tO respect and improve,
deepen and strengthen the home
friendship. In this we live. 1t is
the fountain OF our sweetest pleas
ure, our best life. Into this foun-
tain no bitter drugs, no poisonous
drops should be put. We should
keep it clear and pure. We should
cherish it as the apple of our eye.
No word or act of ours should dis
turb it, What is so dear to us and
so essential TO our happiness should
be preserved at all expense. Home
friendship is our richest treasure
below the skies. 1t is better than
gold, rubies, lands, fortune, fame OF
| power. Nothing of an earthly ma
ture can compare with it. Then we
should treat it as our best treasure,
and be true TO it il we are false to
everything else. Every member OF
the home circle should be a faithful
friend Of all the rest, and should
show his friendship by friendly
words and acts
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09
A Qnsstlen solrea.

A prominent lawyer was hailed
while passing tewelry store by the
proprietor, with; General, come
in here q moment; we have some
thing for you to solve. If a man
brings his watch to be fixed, and IL
cost me ten cents, and keep il
9 week and charge him six dollars,
what per cent. do / make? We have
been figuring, and make it 900 per
cent, and have only got up to one
dollar. How much do you say ii
would be at six deIlars?'' "Well, y
replied the General, 81 do not won
der at your perplexity, for il is well
known, and the celebrated Babbage
calculating machine has demonstrat.
ed, that at several points in pro-
gressive numbers the law govern
ing them changes. In this case the
law would change, and long before
it would reach the six dollars il
would run out of percent, and into
what is known as larceny"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09
short, Pointed, rrue.

The New York Tribune, in a
lengthy article eulogistic OF Carl
Schurz, SAYS of Morton, the oppo--
nent of the great German, that he
(Morton) ssand the loud faction
which he represents have received
within the last few months two or
three severe but necessary lessons.
They have been taught that the
tricks of the caucus are pOwerleGs
before the wide publicity of the
press; that the men who speak in
behalf of honesty and law are stron-
ger than those who speak in behalf
of any administration; that when
they try to cover up corruption and
crime with the name of General
Grant, they do no good to the crimi-
nal and do no harm to the President.
| So far as this scandal is concerned,
the ipoint intended is as good as
gaineA The investigation must
now goOn. 1t must be serious and
/ searching. 1t cannot hurt any hon
est man or any worthy cause. Any
one who tries to check or smother
I it, viii be damaged by his effort,
and the country can wen afford to
] lose any one whom the truth may
i indict."
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09
scarlet Fever.

As this is the season when scar
let fever is prevalent, the following
suggestions are timely. 1t is dan
gerous disorder when not promptly
taken in hand. 1t begins with Ian
guor and loss of appetite, followed
BY fever and sore throat; and then
the cred pathes" on the cheeks ap-
pear. When the symptoms are first
observed, place the child in bed in q
room which is warm but well ven
tilated. Administer warm weak
lemonade with little gum arabic
Dissolved in it. Cover the abdomen
with dry warm flannel, then take q
neatly folded bed sheet and place it
in boiling hot water, wiring it out by
means OF dry towels, and place it
over the flannel on the child's abdo-
men. This must be repeated until
perspiration is observed, which viii
not result for some minutes, when
the patient will drop into a quiet
slumber, and with careful nursing
is saved. All of this may be done
before a physician can be summon
ed, and will prove q great auxiliary
to this course of treatment-in many
cases it will enable him to save the
life of a dear child and prevent the
disorders which almost always fol-
low this dreadful complaint, when
it is not promptly assailed by this
simple preliminary home treatment.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09
Rock OF ACES.

Oh, Rock OF Ages. since on Thee
By grace my feet are planted,
'Iis mine in tranquil faith 70 see
The rising storm undaunted;
When angry billows round me rave,
And tempests fierce Rssail me,
To Thee cling, the terrors brave.
For Thou caEst never fail me.
Though rends the globe with earthquake
shock,
Unmoyed Thou stand 81 Eternal Rock!
Within Thy eieftS love to hide,
When darkness Ger me closes;
There peace and light serene abide,
And my stilled heart repOses:
Nv soul exults 10 dwell secure,
Thy strong munitions round her;
She dares to count her trfumphs sure,
Nerfears lest he'll confound her;
Though tumult startIe earth and sea,
Thou changeless Rock, tAey shake not Thee
From Thee, oh Rock, once sInitten, how
Liie-giving streams forever;
And whose doth their sweetness know,
He heneeforth thirsteth never.
Ny lips have touched the crystal tide,
And feel no more returning
The fever that 50 long tried
To cool, Yet felt still burning;
All, wondrous Well-Spring brimming
o'G
With living waters eyermore-
On that dread day when they that sleep
Shall hear the trumpet sounding,
And wake TO praise, or wake 70 weep,
The judgment throne surrounding;
When wrapped in all-devouring flame,
The sSlid globe is wasting,
And what at fret from nothing came
l. back 10 nothing hasting;
Zen then my soul shall calmly rest.
Oh, Rock Of Ages, on Thy breast.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09
Don,t Crovva us soo mach.


Mark Twain rays when women
frame laws, the first thing they win
do win be to enact:
/. That men should be at home at
ten p. NJ, without fail. # ..
2. That married men shonld be-
stow considerable attention upon
their OWE wives.
8. That it should be q hanging Of
tense to sell whiskey in saloons, and
that fines and acknowledgements
should follow in such places.
4. That the smoking Of cigaas to
excess should be forbidden, and the
smoking Of pipes utterly abolished.
s. That the wife should have the
title Of her own property when she
marries a man that has INT any.
fSuch tyrany as this" says Mark,
1--WE could never stand. Our free
souls could never endure such de-
graded thraldom. Women, go away!
Seek not to beguile us Of our impe-
rial privileges. Content yourselves
with your little feminine trifies-
your babies, your benevolent socie-
ties, and your knittiRg-and let your
natural bosses do the voting. Stand
back; you'll be wanting to go to
war next. We will let you teach
school as much as you want to, and
pay you half price too; but beWarel
we don't want you to crowd us too
much" -r a5
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09
A PIthy sermsn 20 xounE men.

You are the architects Of your
own fortunes. Rely upon your
strength of body and soul Take
for your motto self-reliance, homes
~ and industry; for your star, faith,
perseverance, and pluck, and in
scribe on your banner, 'Be just and
fear not" Don't take too much
advice; keep at the helm and steer
your own ship. Strike out. Think
well of yourself. Fire above the
mark you intend to hit. Assume
yo1r position. Don't practice ex-
cessive humanity; you can't get
above your level, Is wafer d0nit
run up hill-haul potatoes in cart
over q rough road, and the small
potatoes will go to the bottom-
Energy, inVincible determination,
with 4 right motive, are the levers
that rule the world. The great art
of commanding IL to take = fair
share of work. Civility costs moth
ing and buys everything. Don't
drink; don't smoke; don't swear;
don't gamble; don't steal; don't de-
ceiVe; don't tattIe. Be polite; be
generous; be kind. Study hard, play
hard. Be in earnest. Be self reliant.
Read good books. Love your fel-
low-men as your God; love your
country and obey the laws; love
truth; love virtue. Always do
what your conscience tells you to be
q duty, and leave the consequence
with God.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09

We found our prisoners just where
l had left them, and in quarter Of
an hour they were safely lodged in
Jail.
1t was the last exploit of White
Haired Bobby and Slippery Jim, for
they both were tried, and public
opinion having at last been aroused
at their terrible contempt of law,
human and divine, they were SEN
tenced TO the peniIentiary for life.
Mr.. Braintree and the directors of
the bank compensated me for my in
generation, declaring that it was
most fortunate Imprisonment"
that had ever occuraed.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09
cen GIVE Us MKS.

God give us men. A time like thlS demands
Strong minds, great hearts. true faith, and
ready hands:
Men whom lust Of ofice doth not XIII;
Men whom the spOils OF once cannot
buy;
Men Whs possess opinions and will;
Men whS have honor men who viii not
lie;
Men who can stand before dsmagogus
And scorn his tEeaeherO0s batteries with
cut winkingi
Tall men, sun-erOwned, who live above the
fog
In public duty, and in private thinking
For while the rabble, with their thumb
worn eresds,
Their large professions, and their little
deeds,
Mingle in selfish strife, 10! Freedom weeps,
Wrong rules the land, and waiting justice
sleeps.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09
uoh,I. ana one Ranhr.aa.

The Union and American Of Tues
day SAYS: The Mobile and Ohio
railroad yesterday discharged its in
debtedness to the State Of Tenaes-
see by paying into the State treas
ury 81, zoe, 600 in bonds and coupons.
Yesterday the cancellation commit
tee, assisted by Dempsey Werner,
Esq, were busy in cancelIing these
bonds and coupons. Mr.. Weaver,
who is isindefatigable in his exertions,
has been Of much assistance to the
committee in performing their ar
duous labor of cancellation.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09

PERPENDIcULAR PIT is Eelat-
ed that at a certain Sunday school
in Wales the children are taught
very much by signs. The band of
the teacher sloped signified "ob-
lique;' the hand held fat "hori-
zont L" the hand held upright "per-
pendicular." One OF the Welsh
bishops was preaching one day in
behalf of tho school, when obserV-
ing several children whispering to-
getheF, held his hand up in a warn
ing manner, meaning thereby toim-
pose silence, on which almost the
whole school, in the midst Of the
sermon, screamed out, "Perpendic-
ular"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09

1t is easy, no doubt, to journey
alone in the broad sunshine and on
the beaten highway of our lot; but
over the midnight plain and beneath
the still immensity of darkness the
traveller seeks some fellowship for
his wanderings. And what is reli-
gion but the midnight hemisphere
of life, whose vault is filed with the
silence of God, and whose everlast-
ing stars, if giving no clear light.
yet fills the soul with dreams of i'm,
measurable glory!
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09

The SACREDNEss oE MARRIAGE.
For the man and woman who
purely and truly love each other,
and are guided by the law of justice,
marriage is not q state OF bondage.
Indsed, it is only when they become
BY this, outward lovers, that free
dom is realized by them in its full
significance. Thereafter, they can
be openly devoted TO each others
interests, and avoWediy chosen and
intimate friends. Together, they
can plan hfe's battle, and enter upon
the path Of progress that ends not
with ife's eVentide. Together they
seek the charmed avenue OF culture
and strengthed by each other, can
brave the worlds frown in the rug
ged but heaven lit path of reform.
Home, with all that is dearest in the
sacred name, is their peaceful and
cherished retreat, within whose
sanctuary blooms the virtues that
make 1t temple of benefcence.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09

There is a fine opening just now
for the Impeachment of another
Southern Governor of hte Reed
stripe. We gather from an Austin
(Texas) telegram that the Grand
Jury which Indicted Gov. Davis, of
that State, was composed of seven
teen Republicans and three Demo-
Gratis. The Judge OF the Court COM
plimented them previous to their
discharge as the most efficient and
impartial Grand Jury he had ever
known The charges against Davis,
it may be remarked, are of the most
fragrant kind, and should not only
drive him from the GubernatOriaI
chair, but land him in the peniten-
tiary.-BGnneT.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09
Miscellaneous and Jackson
BAPTIST
FEMALE SEMINARY,
JACKSON, TENN.

TVHE spring Term Of this inststutiou
Il opens the t.,--T Z.
First day~OT February, 1879,
Offering advantages for Female Eaueation
unsurpassed by any school in this State.
The New Music and study Hsils are all
that any could wish. The furniture or
every Department Is new and OF The best
style. and the Pianos, also, are superior in
struments. several OF them but recently
The entire buildings are well lighted with
gas. and thus safe from the danger Of ex-
pioSive oils. &c
The Boarding Department Is under the
personal supervision Of the President and
Teachers. 4. E.s
Corps of Teachers.
REV. G.. W. JOHNSTON. A. NJ, Presi-
dent and Teacher In Collegiate Depart,
ment.
MISS q. T.. JESSE, NJ. A.. Teacher In the
Collegiate aud Academic Departments.
MISS Il. i. TURNER, NJ A.. Teacher OF
instrumental and Vocal Music.
MISS NJ. J. JESSE. M. A., Teacher Of the
Preparatory Department and Instru-
mental Music.
MRS. LA. JOHNSTON, Teacher In Aea-
deAIc and Preparatory Department.
Charges.
Tuition, so TO S25 per term. Instrumen;
tai Music, $50 per tern. Ornamental
Branches, $50 per term. Board, with eve
rything furnished, SIS per month, OF $50
per term JanS'-u
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09

THE PREss.-As congregation
viii rarely rise above its minister,
so a religious denomination will
never rise above the standard of its
press. If there is one thing more
important than all else, it is that
Christianity should sustain for it
self sound, vigorous, and well-bal-
anced journalism, for its power goes
noislessiy through the land, but
speaks in every pulpit and in every
home, and there is no language nor
tongue to pronounce the name of
Jesus, where its voice is not heard
and its power felt.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09
KATTE LEE AND WILLIE GREY.

Two brown heads with tossing euris,
Red lips shutting ever pearls,
Bare feet white aud wet with dew,
Two eyes black and two eyes blue;
Little boy and little girl were they
Katie Lee and Willie Grey.
They were standing where brook,
Bending like a shepherds crook,
Flashed its silver; aud thick ranks
or green willow fringed ITS banks,
Halt In thought and half in play,
Katie Lee and Willie Grey.
They had cheeks like cherries red,
He was taller-most head;
She, with arms like wreaths OF snow,
Swung basket to and fro,
AS she loitered half in play,
Chattering 10 Willie Grey.
"Pretty Katie,' Willie said,
And there came flash Of red
Through the BROWNIES Of his cheek,
"Boys are strong and girls are weak;
And I'll carry, so 1 will,
Katie's basket up the hill"
Katie answered with a laugh, .Hr
" You shall carry only half;o r~ t--
And then, tossing back her curls,
t'Boys are weak as well as giFls.p
Do you think that Katie guessed
Hall the wisdom she expressedY
Men are only boys grown tail,
Hearts don't change much after all;
And when, long years from that day,
Katie Lee and Willie Grey
Stood again beside the brook,
Bending like shepherds crook,
Isit strange that Willie said,
While again a dashing red
Crossed the BROWNIES Of his cheek
al am strong and you are weak,
Life is but slippery steep,
Hung with shadows cold and deep!
VIII you trust me, Katie dear,
Walk beside me without fear;
May I carry II 1 will,
All your burdens up the hill@
And she answered with lIugh,
:" "No-but you may carry halt"
Close beside the little brook,
Bending like a shepherds crook,
Washing with its silver hands,
Late and early In the sands,
Is the cottage, where to-day
Katie lives with Willie Grey.
In the porch she sits, and 10!
Swings basket TO and fro,
Vastly different from the one
That she swung in years sgone-
This is long, and deep, and wide,
And has rockers on each side
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09

A LOST OPPORTUNITY Tex
an tells this story OF lost opportuni-
ties &" Now you see, said he, Gland
was cheap enough at one time in
Texas. Eve seen the day when
could have bought a square league
of land, covered with fine grass and
timber, for pair of boots"
And why didn't you buy il -
asked his companion.
Didn't have the boots" said The
Texan.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09

The true art Of being agreeable is
to appear well pleased with all the
company, and rather 10 seem well
entertained with them than TO bring
entertainment TO them. A man
thus disposed may not have much
learning or any wit but If he has
common sense, and something
friendly in his behavior, IL cOncili-
ates mems minds more than the
highest parts without this disposi-
ton Addison.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09
ADVERTISING RATES.

h75- One inch space constitutes square
-- Where advertisements are ordered to be
unusuaIly displayed they will be charged
for according TO the space they occupy; one
inch to constitute square.
sheriffs, Clerks and Rangers who sen send
us their patronage will reesive the " mig
without charge.
H~CANDIDArEs-For announcing can
didates for County ofnces and the LegistA
6,re $40 for Congress $40; for Municipal
md civil district Offices. S5-all in advance
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09

There is nothing like beginning
life with settled economical princi-
Piles. Extravaganza is habit east
ly contracted and goes on increasing
in volume as q snow ball does when
rolling down hill.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09

Men give me credit for genius.
All the genius l have lies lust in
this: When l nave a subject in hand
Istudy it profoundly. Day and night
il is before me. l explore il in all
its bearings. Ny mind becomes per-
vaded with it. Then the effort
which L make the people are pleased
to call the fruit Of genius. Ii IS the
fruit OF labor AID thought Alex
ander Hamilton.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09


s'There is here at the present
time, q man of singular virtue, who
is called Jesus Christ. Barbarains
esteem him as Q prophet, but his
the INN ortal Gods. He restores
the dead TO life, and heals diseases
by q word and by his touch. He is
of tall and graceful stature; his
aspect is mild and venerable. His
hair is Of q color which cannot be
described, falling in ringlets below
his ears, and spreading over his
shoulders with infinite grace. He
wears il parted on the top of his
head, after the manner of the Naz-
arines. His forehead Is broad and
smooth, his cheeks are tinged with
q lovely bloom. Hisnose and mouth
are admirably regular; his beard,
bushy and OF the same color as his
hair, descends, an inch below the
chin, and separated in the middle,
assumes the form Of q fork. His
eyes are beautiful, sparkling, clear
and vivid. He reproves with ma
iesty, and his exhortations are fun
of sweetness; whether he speaks or
acts he does all with eloquence and
gravity. He has never been seen
to laugh, but has often been known
to weep. he Is very temperate,
very modest and very wise. In g
word, he is a man, who, by his great
beauty, and his divine perfections,
surpasses the children Of men,"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09

In Dade county, Georgia, recent
ly, Mr.. John ID. Ashers was married
to Miss Kate Ashers. The proper
thing for the paragraphers TO say in
this connection is Ashers to Ashers.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09

RoMIsH SoHooLs.-Says one of
our American Roman Catholic Bish-
ops: "Nine-tenths of those Protest
ant youths who came to us we shall
convert to our faith" Not only
this, but he might have added with
equal truth that the remaining tenth
would forever fail to be any benefit
TO Professionalism. t'The trail of the
serpent is over them all" Once let
young persons from Protestant fam
lies be the pupils of Romanists, and
II they do not become perverts, they
are beguiled to look on the mighty
apostacy with some degree OF allow
ance, and do not recognize it with
the clear eye of truth.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09
ROBBING THE nANK.

A few weeks ago, while staying
at Atlantic City, l met at my hotel
a fine, gray haired old gentleman,
whose conversation greatly interest
ed me. Had evidently seen great
deal of the world, and was especial
ly connected with the banking bus
mess.
In few days we became quite
companions, and Mr.. James Archer,
(for such was the name of my new
friend) informed me that he had
been engaged in t e banking busi-
ness all his life, having at various
times filled the different Offices of
cashier, teller and President.
81 should suppose" l observed
''that the banking business offers
fewer dramatic episode than any
other profession" -- ----r -.
al don't agree with you there"
returned Mr., Archer, Judging from
my own experience, should say
that there are but few professions
which offer more dramatic scenes.
"You have been an actor in some
scenes of this character?" asked.
/ have indeed. Let rs sit down
here on the porch, and l win tell
YOU what happened to me once out
West" R@-
So saying, we fixed ourselves COM
fortably, and Mr.. Archer related to
me the following exciting episode
of his life. Cd
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-09
Professional Notices.
Dr.L. B. HEBRON,
Having permanently located in
Jackson. Tennessee,

VNENDERS his professional services to
Il the city and surrounding country
He Is a regular graduate OF Jefferson Med
feal College. Of philadelphia. and has an
experience OF sixteen years uninterrupted
practice. His charges will be moderate,
and all calls promptly attended. Head
quarters at PsndIetrn & Duncan's,
No Bonds Block. Residence tn College
street, first door West Mob. and Ohio rail-
road. Feb II, 1S72-tf.