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Vol. XIX. Whole No. 958 No. q.

WHAT PROVIDENCE DID FOR JACK AND
JILL.-Jack took his Jill to wife. New
er again sat he lonely at his frugal
board.
All is we'll in the house that Jack
built. 1t was deep design OF Prov
idence that put it into his head to build
at all; and liberal policy of fortune
that laid it in his power to do so. Per-
haps Jack never realized this to the ex-
tent that do; for when the tree thrives,
we rejoice in tho blossoms and devour
the fruit, but we do not always consider
how deep the roots strike, nor from what
sources it gathers nourishment-espec-
tally if we are just married.
Again, at sunset, Jack stood in the
door of his house. Within was the dear
soul who was growing more precious i'll
his eyes every breath she drew. There
were but two of them all told; yet they
seemed to fill every nook and corner of
the premises, so that they ask no odds of
the great world around them. And
when, at last, they sat down to partake
of the evening meal, and the hot water
gushed, and gurgled, and sang melodi-
Ously, as it fell into bed of curled and
fragrant leaves at the bottom of the tea
pot, Jack looked at Jill, and his silence
spoke what his lips had not the skill tc
utter; for an angel from heaven had fill
ed his heart and hers SO full of peace and
happiness, that a single syllable woulc
have flooded their sympathetic eyes.
So much for the house that Jack built
together with this truth, which found
in the bottom of the well which stands
over against the house: "He builded
better than he knew From 9TH
), House that Jack Built" in the Ore,
land Monthly for June.
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the little whiffs of temper that made
YOU sometimes even throw the chairs
out of the window, or the little Unjust
ices that made my brother Ralph hate
you. TO me you were always kind,
gentle and patient; but who pretended
you were perfection? Only | would l
could find helper to my domestic IN
firmities one-hundredth part as faith
full, as clean and capable, faults all
counted in i would there be any ques-
ton of wages between us? Think OF
Polly "going to leave because there IS
sickness in the family!" Think Of
Polly withdrawing from the storeroo IN
portions cfgroceries, under some ethi-
cal delusion familiar to the Celtic i'm
agination Think Of Polly at all in
the same category with locks and keys
with modern notions of hire and ser
vice The whole thing is as different
as if we lived on another planet.
She was such large part of IN,
child lite, that it is difficult to loob
back without seeing her constantly
Now that she is gone l naturally dwell
only on her excellencies, the mor'
when l contrast her solid virtues will
the himsy ghosts Of such that l Sc
now in every kitchen,-her faithful
ness that let nothing run to waste /; he
never-weary feet, that with angel-lik
persistence ascended and descende'
to minister to the wants of others a
her thoughtfulness, her sweetness, he
patient energy Atlantic Month
for June.
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90 home, but had stopped nearer by,
at a place where he had frequently |
been allowed to make himself quite at
home. He had been recognized at
once; and saddled and bridled, but
riderless, awakened suspicious Of evil.
The trio Of women had gathered about
him in the yard, Aunt Polly, with
hands dripping from the suds, Aunt
Beky leaning upon her crutch, and
Maggie pale and trembliDg,-when
Tom arrived upon the scene.
Since he was prevented from max
ing journey to far-oif lands, and leav-
ing long chapters for misunderstand-
ings, suspense and adventures, he
should according to all precedent,
have broken limb in falling from his
horse, so that he could have been car
ried into the house, and have had
gradual reconciliation through slow,
delicious convalescence-a mixture OF
roses and cream toast.
But he had boyish propensity for
falling right side up, and there was
nothing at all the matter except the
rent in his coat. Aunt Polly noticed
the torn garment before his brief expla-
nation was ended, and in the kindness
of her heart insisted that it should
come in for repairs. "She was wash
ing, to be sure, and Becky was no
great hand with any needle but knit
ting needles, but Maggie could do it
as slick as YOU please" The owner
assented with alacrity. ut did look
rather badly to wear through the vii.
lage-if it wouldn't De too much
trouble to just put stitch in it,"
He watched the color come back in
TO the face bent SO steadily over that
piece of darning watched the white
fingers busy with their task and re
. marked significantly
, What a talent you have for max
, ing things right again.
, After other people have made then
crooked added Maggie promptly.
+, IL don't think those threads viii
; show that they were ever separated.
. Maggie vouchsafed no reply to that
? and he looked on in silence q fey
! minutes longer.
: There the breach is nearly heal
: ed"
Quite she said, clipping he
}, thread.
+, "Is it?" he asked so suddenly tina
{ she looked up, and then his eyes woul'
; have an answer, and she couldn't kee
y her heart out Of hers.
q SO that was the end Of it-a Ion
It story cut short in the commonplaC
!. wav.
d And Polly absolutely left the worl
i ut large to take care of itself f
> several successive wash-days wht
she planned Maggies outfit. To
- never went 10 Arizona at all, but ke
n his place in the village store, n
nigh,, wnerc' N At, gre rIrces>- fnnr-nc' u
~ - .so. uvuas,se ne SAYS .la0s,iAf. catraR.
At to all toll gates his life through. Al
1 Maggie thinks, with throb of than
- fulness. how we'll it is that tender
nf Hand than our own willful one guid'
,s our destinies. Yes. they are simp
70 souls and better satisfied with the
NJ hundrum happiness that with the mo
m poetic misery but alas for their bi
nj grapher and the ruined volu IN
10 Il Scribner's for May.
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GUMPrtoN.-A wealth of meaning
often lies hidden in the everyday ex-
pressioDs of our New England people.
A sturdy son OF the North uses words
that are distinct and forcible. Charac-
ter that is hewn out of strong material
will express itself in rough-cut senten-
tious words. While some of these
words are the offspring of the present,
others date their origin in the times of
Alfred. Now it is true that a decade OF
centuries has q wonderful way of fknock-
ing of the corners OF word, yet from
gumption it has clipped few ofits angles
and none of its early vigor. Though
the word is seldom used by modern
writers, and has not the smoothness of
the classics, it is the exact index of one
trait in American character. To say II
man has gumption is but another way
OF saying he has sterling good sense,
has sound judgment, knows how to do
the right thing at the proper moment.
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Asthmatic Bronchitis, Of Nine Years Stand
ing, Cared by the syrup.
ST.. IOHN. n B. August 1Sf9.

Mr.. JAMES l. FELLOWS.
DEAR SIR: consider it my duty to inform
you Of the great benefit have received from the
use of your Compound Syrup of Hypophos
phites. l have been for the last nine years, Il
great sufferer from Bronchitis and Asthma, at
times i'll that for weeks could not neither lie
down or take any pourishment OF consequence,
aud during the time suffering intensely. Ihave
had, ut different times, the advice of twenty
two physicians; . . . . . =.
The least exposure to either damp or draughts
was sure to result in severe attack of my dis
ease. Finding no relief from all the medicines
had taken, concluded to try your Compound
syrup Of HypOphosphites, and have great rea-
son to thank God for the result. l have, in all, ,
taken twelve bottles, and now l feel as strong
and well as ever felt in my lite, and for the
last year have not had one moments sickness.
and neither does dampness or draught have the
least effect upon me. Were / to write on the
| subject for hours, l could not say enough in
praise Of your invaluable Compound syrup Of
HypOphosphites, or give an adequate idea of
my suEerings.
| You are at liberty to make what use you
please of this letter, because hope its publicity
may be the means Of benef:ting other sufferers
as much as 1t has me.
Iremain, yours respectfully.
MRS. HIPWELL, Exmouth Street
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Misfellansous' g
An Old-Fashioned Servant.

Before the kings of Ireland overran
this land. and before the Yankee ten
dency to patent inventions had become
so stimulated by Ignorance and stupid
ity that a pail of water cannot be
drawn in natural way from the wull,
our Polly used to go smiling into the
garden, and gather eight or ten kinds
Of vegetables for dinner, preparing
each for the table, and they had a
sweet freshness and flavor found in no
market produce now.
Her skilled eye detected the full
corn in the ear by the look of the husk,
and she knew by the swell of the pod
when the peas were really for boiling
she knew what squashes not TO get,
aud where were the crispest cucum-
bcrs. Indeed she had that native
talent which induced cows To give
down their milk, even without the
promise Of silk gown; the wit to
make hens lay and chickens live; and
rising, like the virtuous woman in
| Proverbs, while it was yet night, her
washing was hung in snowy lines, or
ever her breakfast was eaten. What
soever her hands found to do, that she
did with her might. She was so fond
Of flowers, and so patient with them in
their shortcomings and their ever-need-
ed pottings, that l think she must
have garden now somewhere in Par
adisc, and croons Methodist hymns
over her flowers as she used to here,
about
s'The Lord into his garden comes!
The spices yield rich perfume,
The lilies grow and thrive"
and so on for l don't see how heaven
is going to change ones tendencies un'
less one is made over how queen is
to take up the role Of peasant, or q
philosopher that Of a stock broker
merely by another place Of residence
Ny Polly! In that state or plac'
where you are gone, do you find any
one to minister to, to serve with low
ing diligence, with heart-full, unweari
ed tenderness, as you did here! Their
was a tie between you and those yor
loved closer than that Of maid to hel
3 mistress, and that tie may remain il
:, another world. She whom YOU love,
8 so much, and in whose arms you died
o when she too went to the world G
souls, must have found you, l thinl
|, waiting for her, with the same simpl
devotion as when you left her, to TAX
II up your old relation of unsclfish low
J. Like most country girls, Polly coul
v drive nail and split wood if necessar,
t. which l fancy it often was at he
= home. She was a pretty good carpeI
m ter, and, besides tinkering the hou'
ii on occasions, could give form to b.
le own inventions with some skill.
a board for securing knives of her max
with sundry contrivances and cOnve
e fences, lasted in my kitchen until sill
I'd ering them came into fashion.
Sc l know, my Polly, that the recor
to ing angel never set down against y
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Patents issued to Maine inventors for
the week ending April 10Th, 1873. Reported
by VIM. Franklin Seavey, Solicitor of Pa
tents, Rnes' Block, II Main Street, Ban
gor Maine.
A. C. Both, Portland, Dredger; Thos.
Symonds, Portland, Dredger.
May 6th.-John Sparrow, Portland, Cen
trifugal Machine.
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A farmer who wished to invest the
accumulation of industry in United
States securities, went into broker $
Office to obtain some ''five twenties." :"
The cler < inquired :-"What denomina
tios will you have them, sir2" Having
never heard that word used excepting
to distinguish sects, the farmer, after q
little deliberation, replied: "Well you
may give me part in Old School Presby-
terian. to please the old lady; but give
me the heft ont in Free VIII BAptist.' u
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A loving heart and pleanant coun-
tenance are commodities which man
should never fail to take home with
him. They will best season his food
and soften his pillow. 1t were a great
thing for man that mis- wife and
children could truly say of him." He
never brought a frown or unhappiness
across his threshold"
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the early days sff 1steeain InlavaYEgay.,W9c

QUICK WORK, If TRUE.-An ex-
change contains the following: The
manufacture Of rails by new system,
which does away with manual labor to
q great extent, is to be carried on in a
rail-mill, which is now being erected at
Louisville, Kentucky, at cost of
100000. In the process of making
the rail, the iron passes through thir
teen sets of rolls, without halt, and
is turned over five times for side-roll-
ing. The iron is taken from the heat
ing-furnace, and transformed into u
rail in half minute.
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Under the Snow.

Under the Snow.
ny +. EARL.
Out in the snow, the beautiful snow,
Out in the dreary cold street,
Wandering so sadly no where 10 go,
No shelter. no food TO eat.
Friendless, forsaken. lonely and sad.
Poor little Lille unknown;
No one TO care for her no one TO cheer,
Len in this wide world alone.
Under the snow, the beautiful snow.
Under the snow at rest
flushed is her sorrow, hushed is her Woe,
stilled Is the grief in her breast.
Silently falls the white shroud around
over the little cold breast,
Making bed on the cold. dreary ground
\ bed where Lille might rest.
Under the snow. the beautiful snow
Covering the cold. cold grou nd.
Under the snow, the " nite, beautiful snow
Poor little Lille was fou nd
flushed wa her weeping, still was her breast
Lille ne sorrow would know,
God in hi mercy had granted her rest
Under the beautiful snow.
surry, April -.
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TIE OLDEST STEAMER IN THE WoRL

TIE OLDEST STEAMER IN THE WORLD.
The oldest steamer in the world has
been presented by her owners, Messrs.
Steele & McCaskill, to the Glasgow
Chamber of Commerce. The vessels IS
named the Industry, is 64 tons regis
ter, and was launched from the build
g-yard OF Messrs. John Il William
Fyfe, OF Fairlie, on the Clyde, in 1911.
She was the seventh steamer built on
that river. Latterlv she has lain sunk
in the East India uarbor at Greenock,
but a couple Of weeks ago she was
hoated and beached to be cauikcd
the early days sf 2steain InllY1Eag.,x9cre
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Thirty years ago boy entered the
city OF New York in an almost penni-
less condition, and without a single ac-
qnaintance in the great wilderness OF
houses. To-day his name is known
wherever humanity breathes. 1t is spok-
en- in every hamlet, is heard in every
city, and is as familiar to the workers in
the mines as to his brother in the mills
and wherever language is known and
idea expressed, the name of this penni-
less, unlearned, uncouth lad of thirty
years ago is uttered. 1t is John Smith
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Not in Vain.

A beautiful gem Of perfect mold
God lent TO Us one day,
We watched the fair, bright gift unfold,
And prayed for 1t TO stay.
Our lives, perchance, were not right esch hour
But when our darling came.
We prayed indeed, for strength. and power
To praise the Giver's name.
But God knew best. The Spring flowers grew,
Then Autumn's golden grain.
And when the Winters wild winds blew
He took the gem again.
We laid her down in a sunny place,
The white snow fell above
Like shroud from the holy spirit land.
To cover our darling love.
We know it is best As God has willed;
The gem He lent awhile,
Has brought our wayward, erring hearts
To pray for his loving smile
And though we may miss the darling one,
Yet still we'll try TO be
Perfect in grace, that we in Heaven,
Her beautiful form may see.
Surry, May u.
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FORE WARNED is fore-armed. Keep HEN
RVS CARBoLIC SALvR always in the house.
Beware Of worthless limitations. 1t is endors-
ed BY the leading ply sicians and pharmaceutis!s1
9enuine, has the private stamp Of John r.
Henry, So College Place, NY.
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As welcome as a sunshine
In every place,
Is the beaming approach
OF a good-natured face.
As genial as a sunshine,
Like warmth to impart,
Is a good-natured word
From a good-natured heart.
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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-09-04
Murder In Georgia.

Tne following account of an atrocious
murder in Georgia is from the Atlanta
Herald.
SMIrHvILLE, August %, lS73.-Last
night Joseph L. johnson, clerk of. W.
Bolts. and son of the well>known black>
smith, VIM. S. johnson, was aroused at q
late hour by knocking on the back door
of the store. Opening it he admitted "a
negro named Jasper Lanamore. The ue>
gro asked for shoes. johnson went to
put a pair on the counter, when Lana
more struck him on the head with a
blacksmith's heavy iron plate, knocking
him insensible. I.anamore then went to
Johnson's room at the back end of the
store and took knife from Jnhnson's
pantaloons and went back aud cut the al,
ready dying boys throat, and then pro-
cceded to rob the store. He got five dol
lars lii money and few articles of gools
from the store and fed. This morning
Bolts came to the store at the usual h.our
and found it unopened. He went to the
back door and found it ajar. In the front
room behind tho counter, and covered
with shawls, and in pool of blood, he
saw the body of the murdered clerk.
Looking around he found his shoes on
the counter with the knife and the black
smiths screwed plate. The plate was in.
Identified as that stolen from young John
sons fathers shop, twenty yard, behind
the store.
Physicians have examined the corpse,
and pronounced the lick on the head IS
sufficient to produce death, without tho
stab.
Crate excitement is produced in the
town, and tho people are shocked at the
awful crime. A party was immediatly
organized for the pursuit of the supposed
murderer, and had not returned at twelve
to- night. 1t is supposed if found he will
be killed on the spot.
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able circumstances, / enjoy thoroughly
assured consciousness that remedy ha,
at length been discovered which will
greatly mitigate the force of this terrible
scourge, and which in all time to come,
will serve to rid the pestilcnce in large
measure of appalling features. The
remedy will continue to be used when
you and shall have ceased from the
walks of men," 1t will constitute the
basis of treatment alike in Calcutta and
New York, and will reduce tho mortality
more than SO per cent.
The formula has but little opiate, an
ordinary dose containing less than two
drops of laudanum. This conceive to
be quite an advantage, inasmuch as large
doses Of opium, frequently repeated,
would certainly cooperate with the seda,
tive poison in further depressing the
power of life. In many cases am salts,
fed it could be dispensed with, but Others
would require a superaddition of that
drug perhaps to each dose.
The inhalation of an atmosphere i'm.
pregnated with chlorine would, am sure,
in many instances-perhaps all-facili>
tate the cure. This can easily be obtain
ed by several different, but very simple
methods.
Patients should be admonished that
this system of treatment is entirely in>
compatible with the use of mercurials.
as the danger is thereby incurred of FORM
ing a bichlorde of mercury corrosive
sublimate) in the stomach. And if any
one, with the view to sort of double
security, has incautiously adopted both
plans, he should be dosed literally on the
white of raw eggs.
In my next, the Importance and value
Of others agencies employed as curatives
in the treatment of this disease will be
considered,
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DEsTRUCTlvE FIRE I'M EDGE.
FIELD.
p. CO
Six Dwellings on Main Street
Laid i'm Ashes Loss Estimated
at SI5,OCO-Insurance Ss, 400.

|
NASHVILLE Aug. 2s.-A destructive
fire occurred on Main, between Oak and
Tulip streets, Edgefeld, 8 o'cloc yester.
day morning. The fire originated in the
rear portion of 7. j. Minors dwelling,
and is supposed to have hoen the work Of
an incendiary. 1t was first discovered
by Edward Lawrance, Minors next door
neighbor, who maks a heroic srort to ex.
tinguiSh it with buckets of water and by
other means, but In vain. The fire spread
rapidly, and in the absence Of both water
aud fire engines, its suppression was quite
hopeless. From Minors house tho one.
occupied, by Lawrence was quickly ini-
ted, and soon the six dwellings, one a
brick, were envclopsd in flames. Show
ers of Goals of fire rose and fell, endanger,
ing every house in the vicinity, and
neccssitating the use of wet blankets
and brocms on almost all of them, In
less than an hour all Edgofeld collected
at the scencc of the conaagration, and,
though powerless to stay its progress, they
did everything possible to save furniture
and clothing. A good deol of clothing,
however, was stolen. A negress was cap.
tured by Constable Miller, making of,
with fine velvet cloak, the property Of
Mrs. Lawrence. The fire was 50 intenss>
ly hot that worry few household, goods
were saved, and those in a great y dam
aged condition.
The house occupied by Mr.. Minor was
owned by himself, and it and his farni>
ture was insured in the Imperial for
$500. That occupied by Mr., Lawrence
was the property of Mrs. V. G. Reeves,
and was insured with the State for $1,000
Mrs. Reaches dwelling was insured with
the Franklin, of Philadelphia, for 81 500.
james Wilkes with the Etua for $4,000.
The two houses of John Reese were not
insured. They were occupied by Mrs.
Spillers and another family. The six
dwellings occupied almost an entire
side of a square, and contained from three
to eight rooms each. The total loss is
estimated at $4,000; insurance $4,000.