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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-31
A money RIatch---Death.

a recent letter from Boston tells
this sad story: ga funeral process
sion passed by yesterday. A young
man told me a story that think has
a peculiar sadness about it. AtSar-
afoga last season, at one of the lar
gest balls, was young lady with
the most charming and fascinating
manners and graces. Her toilet was
equally as pleasing. She was the
belle of the ball-an honor accorded
her without dissent. Her attend
ant during the evening was young
man dressed almost gaudily, and
bearing himself with all the distaste-
full self-conceit of a brainless mil
lionaire. He was the son of a Bos-
ton leather dealer. He met the lady
at Saratoga for the first time last
season, and she, by direction of her
parents, who were also wealthy,
and who insisted upon the arrange
ment, became his affianced. PreVi-
Gus to this she had met a young
gentleman, also of Boston, of the
utmost respectability, of thorough
honor and integrity, but without
fortune. To him she had been
something more than friend, in
fact almost a betrothed. He was
Young, had risen by his own stern
efforts, and was it is said, possessed
of sterling abilities, which in time
must have won him wealth and per-
hans distinction. On the return OF
the lady from Saratoga last season
her engagement prevented her from
! further intercourse with her first
suitor, and he was dismissed. His
grief was pitiful. He strove not to
| reverse it by action; but the very
efforts he so laboriously made ex'
posed the poignancy of his wounds
| The lady lived with her husband II
the suburbs of the city at a large
| and costly residence for one month
after their marriage. By that time
the abuse of the husband compelled
an immediate separation. He wa
incontinently shipped to Europe
where he still remains, and the young
1 wife was left to gradually decline IL
/ health until death ensued; but no
before she had reprOached her pa
rents for driving her to the allianc'
which wrought such early ruin anG
blasted such bright hopes and expec
tations. As the funeral procession
passed up a public street, the frs
lover. while watching with blanche'
cheeks and moist eyes the sad cor
tege, fell to the ground while suffer
ing an attack of hemorrhage of tn
lungs. He was carried into ply
sician's office near, where he die
before the body of the one he 8
tenderly and truly loved was laid i
its last resting place
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-31
The science of kissing.

People will kiss, yet not one in
knows how to extract bliss
from lovely lips any more than they
know how to make diamonds from
charcoal. And vet il is easy, at
least for US! First know whom you
are TO kiss. Don't make q mistake,
although a mistake may be good.
Don't jump up like a trout for fly,
and smack womaR on the neck, on
the ear, or on the corner of the fore
head, the end of her nose or knock
off her waterfall. The gentleman
should be a little the tallest- lie
should have a clean face, a kind eye,
and a mouth full of expression.
Don't kiss everybody. Don't sit
down to it; stand up. You need not
be anxious about getting in crowd
Two persons are plenty to corner
and catch a kiss; more persons spoil
the sport. Take the left hand of
the lady in your right; let your hat
go-any place out of the way; throw
the left hand gently over the shoul-
der of the lady, and letit fall down
the right side toward the belt.
Don't be in a hurry; draw her gent
ly, lovingly TO your heart Her
head will fall lightly upon your
shoulder-and a handsome shoulder
strap it makes! Don't be in hur-
ryi Send little life down your left
arm. Her left hand is in your right,
let there be an impression TO that,
not like the grip Of a vice, but q gen.
tie clasp, full of electricity, thought
and respect. Don't be in a
hurry! Her head lies careless
" on your shoulder. You are
nearly heart to heart = look
down into her half-closed eyes.
Gently. though maDfuily press her
to your bosom. Standf firm. Be
brave but don't be in hurry. Her
lips are almost open. Lean lightly
forward with your head, not the
body. Take good aim, the lips meet
the eyes clOse-the heart opens
the soul rides the storms, troubles,
and sorrows of life (dOn't be in hur-
ry)-heaven opens before you-the
world shoots under feet as a meteor
flashes across the evening sky (dOn't
be a(raid) the nerves now dance
before the Just erected alter of love
as zephyrs dance with the dew-trim-
med fiowers-the heart forgets its
bitterness, and the art of kissing is
learned. No fuss, no noise, no hut-
tering and squirming like hOOk-im-
paled worms. Kissing dO1't hurt
| it don't require a brass band 70
make it legal.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-31
A shors sermon.

Here is a bit of philosophy worth
reading. Ii is an exposure OF very
common delusion. Its a good rem
dsring on an old idea:
ssTwo things ought to be strongly
Impressed upon the young people
OF our country. The insecurity of
riches, even when acquired, and
their unsatisfactory character. -
There is no folly so universally cher
ished as the notion that wealth is
surely a means of happiness. Tho
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 a moderate income far
more easily than a large one, and
with fewer attendant Disadvantages.
Few thoughtful men would under
90 tic entire stewardship of a large
estate on a positive bargain that
thew should receive no more for TAX
ing care of Il than ordinarily fal-
into the lap OF the owner The
scramble after wealth is due 70 a
wrong estimate Of good when 1t Is
gained"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-31

etIv nv his side. For a moment
they stood thus, the whole audience
thrilled with the scene, were upon
their feet and bending forward
Then Delaney opened bis arms, and
Alice threw herself upon his bosom
with a quick and wild gesture
Thus for the space ofa minute they
stood, every one, by single intul-
ton, understood the scene. One OF
the ministers then came forward
and gently separated them.
'sNo, mo-" said Delaney, 'you
mustnot-you cannot take her away
from mel"
aHeaven forbid that should do
that" replied the minister. ''By
your confession she is not your
WIFE"
aNo, she is not, /" replied Delaney
mournfully.
iBut she is ready to renew her
vows aqain," Alice said, smiling
through her tears that now rained
over her face.
Before that assembly, all stand
ing, and with few dry eyes, was
said, in a broken voice, the marri-
age ceremony that gave Delaney
and Alice to each other. AS the
minister, and aged man, with thin
white locks, finished the rite, be
laid his hands upon the heads OF the
two he Joined in holy bonds, and
lifting up his aged eyes, that stream
ed with drops of gladness, he said
In a solemn voice:
ssWhat God has Joined together,
let not Rum put asunder."
WAmeni" was cried by the whole
assembly, as with a single voice.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-31

Jealousy, says Arthur Helps, the
Weli-known English essayist, is at
once the meanest and the most un-
accountable of vices. What be-
longs to US we shall have, inevita-
bly,, and what we want and have not
we shall never win by unreason. II
we are lovely we shall be loved; and
if we are unlovely we shall not be
loved, no matter whether any one
takes its place or not. Jealousy of
the wealth, the social Importance,
or the happiness of others, is alike
unaccountable and absurd. Your
own houseis not lower because your
neighbor's is four stories high and
brown stone. If he should fail, and
have to give up his carriage, it
would only crowd the horse cars q
little more, and by no means provide
you with chaise or buggy. What is
it in human nature that makes our
poor fare seem poorer because our
neigbor is eating roast duck and
drinking champaign? To envey the
love seems equally idle. Hearts keep
their accounts, usually, with very
tolerable fairness. We shall receive
that which we are worthy, no
more-and what is our own virtue
of our desert no fate can take away.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-31
Eloquent words.

At the Baltimore Convention, Jas.
S. Thrayer, the silver-tongued ora
tor of New York, said:
When the nomination of General
Grant was made, a canvass was un-
rolled. and there was presented to
that body a picture of man on
horseback shining in his military
boots aud in all the array of war
rior chieftain, the war song resound-
ed through that concourse and the
public men and actors stood forth,
elimmering in all the raven gloss Of
hate and revenge. Not one sentl-
ment of gratitude; not one word of
peace was uttered or went forth TO
the country. In the closing sences
of this Convention there is present.
ed TO YOU as the candidate of the
Democratic party a plain Amerl-
can citizen in humble attire, but
with a broad and radiant brow, a
countenance full of beneVolence,
speaking peace and harmony, as
pure and genuine type of AmerI-
| can character as was ever born on
the soil. The country will hail him
as the man whose reconciling geni-
us shall span the dividing stream
that rolls between the sections; and
before twelve months of his admin
istration, have passed the dark and
bloody chasm will be filed, and the
new-made earth viii not be pressed
by one hostile footstep, and in thS
| future of the country we will not
be able even to draw across the con
! tinent an imaginary line that shall
divide a united people. The stal
that glitters above the horizon give:
the promise of a bright and uDtrou
bled morning. Democrats, liberia
and patriotic men of ali parties, hal
it as a sign of peace. Recognizing
it as such, choral strain will as
cend from a united people, grand
sweet and musical as the bells o
Moscow, as clear and resounding az
a Jubilee Trumpet
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-31
Boy smokers.
We clip the following from a Lou
isville exchanges:

We clip the following from LOU
isville exchange:
"Here and there about the street
corners, and around the doors of
places of amusement, you will see a
lot of urchins, some of them decent
ly clad and presenting a respectable
appearance, who are engaged in as
serting their manhood by putting
away at execrable cigars. 1t is fair.
to presume that their anxious mann
mas are not aware of the foul hab-
its that their darling boys pick up
and practice outside of the parental
roof; but for their benefit they
should know that q French physi-
clan has Investigated the effect Of
smoking on thirty-eight boys, be-
tween the ages of nine and fifteen,
who were addicted to the habit
Twenty-seven presented distinct
symptoms of nicotine poison. In
| TWENTY-FIVE there were serious dis
orders of circulation, indigestion,
dullness of intellect, and amarked
| appetite for strong drinks; also in
| three there was heart affection; IN
| eight deterioration of blood; in
| twelve there was frequent epistaXis;
ten had disturbed sleep, and four
had liberation of the mouth. 1t is
easy, then, to sec how the ranks OF
drnnkards and dissolute men about
| town are recruited, when there are
so many boys in training for deliri-
um tremens and the horrors OF dis
! sipation,"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-31

Ola Greeley,s coming eThoho, hoho."
His AK is a ehopping; he'll let you all
know
That bull pups, and Casey, and Robertson
& CO.,
Must vamose the rancho in few months
or so.
The plbroch is sounding, the clans are
alive,
They are well aware that the country can't
thrive,
While stolid cigar smoker rules Ger the
realm,
And blundering Jerseyman stands by the
helm.
Now fiunkeys and shoulder straps hang
round the door
OF the Peoples White House, where never
before
stood any such pOpinjays, childiike and
bland,
To bow to the rich and the snObs of the
land.
Yes, they turn on the plain man look OF
great scorn,
And wondering ask why such creatures
were born;
And would haughtily turn Uncle Horace
away,
If he came with white hat, or in trousers
OF gray.
But Old Horace will live there; the people
all fear,
II Hiram gets in again after this year,
Our great Magma Charta he'll trample righi
! through,
Aad twist up the country and break it ur
| too.
Though not bred a soldier, Ii. G. has
| heart,
And can act vita true honor great states
mans part;
And no crown will he crave, or state VIII
keep up,
And he cannot be bribed with horse OIL
bull pup.
His coat may be dusty, his hat may be old
But he's studied the laws, and needs not t'
| be told
That bayOnets and muskets, though usefu
they be,
Are not to be law in the land of the free.
Old Horace is coming, hOho. hohOl
Let us give him a welcome, for all Of u
| know
That corruption and vice are rife in tn
land,
Aud he'll chop it all up, with his AK in hi
hand.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-31
U.sIes.nes, and Xicksdness.

Uselessnes generates wickedness in
time, lust as certain as cause pro-
duoes effect. There never was a
truer couplet than this:
oFor Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands 70 do"
While the wicked people are a
curse to the present generation, the
useless ones are to a future genera
ton, inasmuch as they are sowing
the seeds of a Wiekedness they
dream not of. Society Is full of
failures that need never have been
made: full of men who have never
succeeded; full of women who in
the first half of their days did moth
ing but eat, sleep and simper, and in
the last half have done nothing but
perpetuate their follies and weak
nesses, which viii in turn swell in
to positive from negative evils. The
world is full of people who do not
amount to anything. Every boy
ought to improve on his father; eY-
erV girl grow into a nobler, gentlcr,
more self-denying wOmanhOOd than
the mother. No reproduction OF
former types will give the world
the perfect type. This will only
come through generations of indus
try and virtue. Let all do their
| share toward bringing about this
millennium in human lives. "a
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-31
Trust Children.

Never accuse a child of a fault un-
less your are certain he committed
it. Children should not be treated
with suspicion. We should act to-
wards them in this matter as we
feel we ought to act toward others,
only with greater tenderness-nOt
less, as is usually done. We should
always put the best construction
possible upon their conduct; that
is, unless you are sure "a child Is. tell
ing a lie, and can prove it, do not
show the smallest hesitation in be-
lieying what he says. Far better
that YOU should be deceived, than
run the risk of showing a truthful
child that you do not trust him
Your simple trust may make lying
child truthful. Your doubt of hi;
truthfulness may make 4 truthful
child liar.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-31
Too Late.

Among the Sierra Nevada Noun
tains was walking with some Of
the passengers, TO relieve the over
laden stage. when one of them gave
me his history. He said: with
my wife / came 10 California twen-
~ wears ago. We suffered every
hardship. l went TO the mines, but
had no luck. We almost suffered
starvation. Everything seemed TO
90 against US. While we were in
Complete poverty my wife died
After her death went again TO the
mines. struck a vein OF gold
which yielded me forty thousand
dollars. / am now on my way TO
San Francisco to transfer the mine,
for W hich am TO receive one hun
dred thousand dollars" "Ihen,
said /. "you are worth one hundred
and forty thousand dollars" He
said eyes; but IL come too late
Nv wife is gone. The money Is
nothing TO me now"
So there are those whose entire
life is made up of poverty and mis-
fortune. When success comes it
comes too late, and they cannot en-
Iov Il. But, glory to Godl the path
of tears has a terminus. The storm
viii not blow on forever. Child OF
God, you are not far on from the
last disappointment and the last
eroan. The Lamb which Is in tho
midst OF the throne shall lead you 60
living fountains of water, and God
shall wipe away all tears from your
eyes.-De Witt IdimGge.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-31
A New Edtor Defines his Position.

A new paper has been started in
Kentucky in which the editor says
by way of salutatory:
"We would as soon expect to win
a fortune by betting against a fat
hand as to suppose that we shall
please every body. No doubt, in
the course of human events, we
shall realize those pleasant little ed
itorial episodes in which indignant
readers find no other soothing syrup
for their wounded feelings than by
attempting to "put q head on the
editor" paint a mournful express
sion over his eye; or, without consul
ting him as to whether he wants to
be an angel, and with an angels
stand endeaVor to send him to that
| bourne (on dead head ticket) from
whence no editor returns. We stand
/ six feet in our stocking in the win
ter time-five feet eleven inches and
a half, without socks, in the Sum-
mer season. Our principal amuse-
ment, when boy, was to throw
one hundred pound snvils over our
head, hold a barrel of flour at arms
length, and practice our muscular
Developments. Aided by our early
education in the manly art, we shall
endeavor to hoe our own row, pad
die our own canoe, and hold full
hand in the editorial game of bluff
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-31
Renaanee OF FLgurs..

That is a clever Persian story
about Mohamed Ali and the camels;
and though it viii be familiar TO
many of my readers, they will
scarcely be sorry to be reminded Of
it. A Persian died, leaving seven
teen camels to be divided among
his three sons, in the following
proportions: the eldest to have half,
the second a third and the youngest
a ninth. or course, camels can't be
divided into fractions; SO, in despair
the brothers submitted their diff
Guilty to Mohamed Ali. Nothing
easier" said the wise Ali. "Pll lend
You another camel to make eighteen
and now divide them yourselves.
The consequence was, each brother
got from one-eighth to One-half of q
camel more than he was entitled 10,
and Ali received his camel back
again; the eldest brother getting
nine camels, the second six and the
third dtwo.-EveTy Saturday.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-31
UnreIIabIIity of CircumstantiaI
Evidence.

The London Globe publishes a
statement which is an illustration Of
the danger of relying upon circum-
stantial evidence, even when II ap-
proaches positiveness. A gentle
man went into the British Museum
with an order TO have a case opened
containing some valuable medals for
his inspection. He examined par
ticular medal which was supposed
to be unique, restored it TO the tray,
and, after talking some time with
the custodian, was about to leave,
when the latter discovered that the
medal was missing. 1t was search
ed for everywhere and could not be
found, when it was suggested that
the pockets of the visitor should be
examined. To this he objected, and
a policeman was sent for. HOwev-
er, before he arrived the medal was
found 10 have slipped between the
tray and the bottom OF the case.
When asked why he refused to be
searched the supposed culprit pro-
duced a medal from his pocket the
exact counterpart of that which was
in the case, and remarked that his
object had been to verify the au-
/ thenticity of his own. which, being
identified with the missing one, and
discovered in his pocket, would at
once have convicted him of the
/ theft.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-31
The indiana Eairor,. Thanks.

An Indiana editor lays down his
shears for few minutes TO write a
doubIe-leaded editorial in which he
pIaintively remarks: 1--WE are the
recipient of half peck of nice on
ions. two watermelOns and bottle
of ginger beer from one of our sub
scribers. The gifts were like the
shadows of a rock in q weary land.
We are glad some one remembered
ns in the midst of our labors and
cares. and evinced that rememb-
rance in so delicate manner. We
doat on onions and love melons
dearly. and so long as the fragrance
Of the former and the gripes of the
latter Iinger about US we shall hold
The kind donor in affectiOnate re-
nembrance. These little acts iu-
spire us to renewed exertions, but
our subscription price viii remain
the same"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-31
Newspaper Patrons.

The Athens Post says this: zone
thing we have noticed from the
time we entered upon our appren-
ticeship, forty-eight years ago the
10th day of this month, that PrOvi-
dence generally smiles benignantly
and prosperously upon the man who
keeps himself square on the prin-
ter's books. You take the subscrip-
ton list Of any country paper where
the advance system Is not religious
ly adhered to, call out the names of
those who pay promptly, then visit
their habitations, and in nine cases
out of ten you viii find them in the
enjoyment Of all the ordinary COM
forts of hfe-pleasant and content
ed households-the husband kind
and industrious, the wife happy and
affectiOnate, children sprightly and
well-behaved at home and abroad,
sleek cattle grazing in the green pas
lures and good stock feeding IN the
stalls, thrifty fruit and shade trees
around, flowers blooming in the gar
| den and about the yard, and an air
of neatness, comfort and substance
without and within. Now, take
that other class of patrOns-thOse
who never pay at all, or have to be
"ding-donged out of it" at the end
of the third year; or, what is still
worse, the newspaper sponge, who
| is not able to pay for a paper, but
ever ready to borrow from his
| neighbor-ten to one, you will find
/ a majority of these always afflicted
with "short crops" always "hard
run" always "out of kelter," axes,
ploughs and hoes eternally dull, hor-
ses that look like the genius of fam
inc, cattle nearly related to Pha-
roah's lean kline, and too poor to
low without leaning up against the
| rickety fence, gates off the hinges,
| doors half hung, windows guiltless
of glass, not fruit or shade tree in
| sight, rank jamestown weeds bloo-
ming round the door-sills, and, in
stead of luxuriant meadows aud pc
rennial pastures, sassafras and briar
bushes growing in the fence-rows
and broken places, and hill-sides
/ furrowed with gullies, and punches
of tall sedge waving mournfully IN
the wind all over the farm. And
worse than all, q morose and unhap-
DIV husband, a discontented and i'll
natured wife, and disobedient, in
tractable children.
The reader may think this Is a
fancy sketch; but it amt by good
deal. There is more truth than po-
etry in it,"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-31
Teombs and stephens 20 Preserve
.snnaterIY InnctIvIty.''

Our Atlanta correspondent says
that Messrs. Toombs and Stephens
will take no part in the disorganizing
movements of the "Straight-out-
ers, !" but preserve ga mastery mac
tivity" in relation to the Democrat
ic nominees, whom they prefer not
to support, and have decided no
longer TO oppose. We rejoice that
these gentlemen have come 10 this
conclusion, and will no longer exert
their talents and influence in an ag-
itation which, If continued, could
only distract and divide the Demo-
cracy. According 70 the old say
ing. that "when the brains are out,
the man must die" we may now
consider the Straight out party ex-
tinct. Requies cat in pace.-Sardn-
nah Republican.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-31
Just Before the Battle, mosher.
AUTHORIZED VERSION.

y '
From the London Punch
just before the battle, mother,
Johnny felt unwell;
What was ailing Johnny, mother,
Johnny couldn't tell.
Johnny ran away, mother,
Braving the captains ire
Johnny can't abide, mother,
Hearing cannons fire.
Johnny came to me, mother;
Wasn't Johnny right?
Tea with me was nicer, mother,
Than horrid fight
Let me marry Johnny, mother,
And we'll bless the day,
When just before the battle, mother,
Johnny ran away.