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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-03-29

"Sweet William as Punch calls Glad
stone, gives in too easily to Dizzy, if he
, anniversaries to power without an appeal to
the people. Liberal England is far from
thinking that the brilliant Jew, with his
bandboX full of political antiquities" is
the man to supplant the progressive and
enterprising Gladstone Commercial Id
DeFtiser.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-03-29
DWELLING HOUSE

of SEVEN ROOMS, large lot rs feet 'front.' on north
side Of Nsbry street VIII be Did at a bargain.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19
Look Forward not BACK.

Our English ivy grows in the
/ windOw-g2Fden; or rather IL does
not grow but only stays there week
/ after week, its terminal bud ALWAYS
| half-deyelOped, looking as il il
! might open any moment, but never
( advancing In the least. Hot water
and cold, sun shadows, and ammo
MIA make vain efforts to produce one
more leaf. But there il stays per-
I haps all winter, even all summer,
and the next winter, till il is almost
voted a cumberer of the ground,
| when suddenly one night that stub
| born little bud unfOlds, the stem
! lenghtens rapidly, and thore is soon
a slim spire Of tender green above
those old leaves which we were all
| tired of looking at.
What made IL begin TO grow all
at once and grow so fast that the
new leaves are four inches apart ?
Nobody can tell. Whether it could
not get its roots comfortably adjust
ed to the little jar; or whether the
elements Of the soil would not COM
bine properly TO furnish its food; or
whether, being an aristocratie, free
/ hourshing plant, it could not become
reconcilcd TO a plebeian window
sill instead Of a castle, we know not.
1t only seems to have been storing
/ up its vital forces until il found
c0ngenial circumstances to expand
/ in.
Vines and hearts groW alike
J Years are often spent Ia 0arrcnness
and starvation. For many reasons:
| perhaps they ale wilifully held in
| check by ungraeiOus influences from
which they cannot escape. No mat
ter; when opportunity comes, devel-
| opment will follow; and it is always
| true.that the obstacles are laid by q
guiding hand which foresees the
end. "God sees as we do not, that
8 power is sometimes best trained
by repression" When it has been
repressed to overfiowing resistance,
asserts itself, and the native energy
rushes forth with a power far great
er than il could bring to bear had 1t
been allowed to flow placidly on
from its source, as n mill-dam con-
centrates power which would be
hopelessly diffased without it.
1t is not always necessary that lat
ent or accumulated capabilities
should be applied TO q direct object.
Even when allowed TO lie idle, they
are by no means lost. Goethe says,
eve do not always lose an Radvan-
tage when we dispence with it."-
A river holds it courses between its
banks past many a level outlet
which would lead by q short cut to
the sea, but does not find itself in
condition to turn aside, because il
must go on far around to quicken
barren lands and turn the mills of
men.
Trust the future; it holds more
than possibilities: and the past is al
ways a preparation for il; things in
it which are unpleasant to Femem-
Der are not so often mistakes, IS we
suppose. They may be hills of diff
ficulty which lead us to a higher
plane.-The Chrastian Worker.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19
The Negro and the Mule.

The following anecdote, finely IL
/ Illustrative of the characteristics OF
two deniZens of the South, we find
in the Editors Drawer of H0TpeT'S 5
Magazine:
"The negro and the mule (writes
a friend in Clinton, La, are insepa-
rable companions in. the Southern
cotton fields, and like the Hiawa-
than string and bow, useless each
without the other. The lazy indif-
ference and careless cruelty of one,
and wonderful powers of endurance
! OF severe labor, bad treatment and
neglect of the other, complete the
compatibility of the two races nee
essary for the production of 4, coo,
/ 900 of bales. A characteristic anec-
dote may be relished by those who
have had experience of the two.
The spectator had taken refuge from
| the suns perpendicular rays under
the shades of a spreading beach, sub
/ tegmine .fagi, and lay recumbent,
enjoying the fitful breezes and the
sombre frothiness ofa country news
! haper. Along the dusty road, which
passed by this retreat, came jogging
a negro, mounted on q mule, both
( appearantlY fast asleep. AS the
somnolent pair approached the spot,
some wicked sprite Of the place give
the paper a fiirt, which was no soon
er seen and heard than the mule, as
mules only know how, instantly
s'swapped ends" and, leaving the
negro spFawling in the dirt, took
his departure under full sail. The
negro. half arising himself and
Wiping the dust from his eyes and
mouth, watched the retreatiHg mule
for some time in silence, but al
length, unscOncious of an auditor,
gave expression to this philososhiC
soliloquy: ''Da's what makes me
'spise a mule"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19
PoIiIeness of Great Wen.

The greatest men in the world
have been noted for their politeness.
Indeed, many have owed their
greatness mainly TO their popular
manners, which induced the people
whom they pleased 10 give them an
opportunity to show their power.
Many years ago, the errand boy
employed by a Publishing house in
great city was sent to procure the
prof-sheets of a book which he had
been examining. The boy entered
in fear and trembling, the vast libra
ry, lined from floor TO ceiling with
books. He stood in awe of this IA
nous man. But Mr.. Everett, turn
ing from the desk where he was
writing, received the lad with reas-
surfing courtesy, bade him sit down,
chatted kindly as he looked for the
proOf-sheets,' and asked: 'fShall put
paper round them for your" as po-
litely as if his visitor were the Pres
ident. The boy departed in q very
comfortable state of mind; he had
been raised in his own etseem by Mr..
Everett's kindness, and he has new
er forgotten the lesson it taught
him.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19
To ~ sLEEPINe WIRE.

TO my SLEEPING WIEE--
My wifel how calmly sleepest thou!
A perfect peace Is on thy brow;
Thine eyes beneath their fringed lid,
Like stars behind & cloud are hid;
Thy voice is mute, and not sound
Disturbs the tranquil air around:
III watch and mark each line Of grace
That God has drawn upon thy face.
My wife my wife! thy face now seems
To show the terror Of thy dreams;
Methinks thy gentle spirit plays
Amid the scenes Of earlier days;
Thy thoughts, perchanee, now dwell OF
him
Whom thou IoY'st; or in the dim
And shadswy future strive 10 pry,
With woman's curious earnest eye.
My wife! thy breath is low and soft;
To catch its sound l listen Oft;
The Iightest leaf of Persian rose
Upon thy lips might find repose.
So deep thy slumber, that I press'd
My trembling hand upon thy breast,
In sudden fear that enYious death
Had rebb'd thee, sleeping, Of thy breath
Sleep on! sleep onI my dreaming wife!
Thou livest now another life,
With beings fill'd, Of fancy's birth;
1 viii not call thee back to earth:
Sleep on until the car Of morn
Above the eastern hills is borne;
Then thou wilt wake sgain, and bless
My sight with living loYeliness.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19
The Poor Rich Man.

Look at himl he is just getting
out of his carriage. He steps with
difficulty; his face is scanned with
care; his coat is rusty-you would
not know him in the street from
any hard-Working business man.
Yet he owns whole streets full of
houses and miles of unimproVed
property. He keeps an army of SER
wants in his great house up town,
and an army of clerks in his busi-
ness house downtown. He has
neither chick nor child, and he lives
on bowl of Cruel for his breakfast
and the wing of a chichen for his
dinRer-he dare not cat supper
What does he get out of his money?
His house, it is true, cost him a
hundred thousand dollars, but he
occupies the smallest room, sits on
the plainest chair, eats the simplest
food, and sleeps the least of any one
init. While he was saving the
money, he thought it was for him
self, and the thought stimulated
him to save more. While he was
| building the house he thought he
was building it for himself, and he
consulted architects, and had plan
after plan drawn out, until he be-
Iieved that he had found one that
was perfection.
But he knows now that it was a
mistake all the way through; he did
not save the money for himself for
| there is nothing that he wants of it
now ne has got it. He did not build
the house for himself, for he cannot
occupy il; it is simply a small hotel,
which offers luxurious accommoda-
tions free, and 4 round sum for
| pocket money to dozen male and
| female domestics, who enjoy it inf
nitely more than he does; who gave
him as much or as little as they
choose of everything that he has,
and who consider him only valuable
as money-baG, from which their
supplies are drawn.
As lad, how he enYied the rich
mani how he dreamed of what he
would do when he became possess
ed of wealth. how greedily he look
| ed at a fine horse, at a handsome
equipage, at the insignia of money,
and social position!
And now he is rich but he does
not realize il; he thinks of nothing
| but the twinges of his rheumatism,
the complainings or delinquences OF
his tenants, or the ''tricks" of his
Nfrascally" servants. He docs not
really live in his house or ride in his
carriage, for in the one he does lit.
! tie but sit and think upon the happy
/ times when he was 4 poor boy al
home upon the farm, and in the 9th.
er wish, that by giving it, with his
fine horses, to the manly young feE
low whom it passes in the street
! he could buy his health, activity and
power of enjoyment.
1t is not what a man has, but what
he is, that makes him rich.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19

Early the following morning Lib
by was back again. Mr.. Trevor
came to the door, pale and worn.
with heavy eyes that betokened his
precious nights sleeplessness.
"Mercy's sakes, what is the mat
ter, Mr.. Trevor" exclaimed Libby.
"You are as white as a ghostr'
Nothing" he answered impa-
tiently; "COme in and prepare some
breakfast"
asked Libby, frightened at his pale
face. "Ohl sir, what in the world
has happened?"
"Oh Mrs. Trevor is not sick. She
has gone on visit to her parents.
Get me a cup of coffee" he said
curtly.
LIBBY hastened to the kitchen, and
while preparing the morning meal,
she unbosomed herself to her faith
ful confidant and furry friend-a
venerable gray cat.
'Puss, can you understand it all?
III you do, it's more than can. He
says there is nothing the matter
nothing has happened. Now, we
knows better than that we know
| that's Whacker, don't we puss!-
else why should our mistress be
gone, and that man so cranky and
wretched? Don't you think he has
done something to drive her aUay?s'
and Libby looked thoughtfully at
the cat, which stood near silent and
grave. "Yes," continued Libby,
"that is the way with men folks:
they pet and fondle and promise to
protect poor women, and when they
get her TO themselves, they do like
| one has done-make the house too
hot for her to stay in. Ugh! men
are queer folks! Amt glad YOU
are no man, pussl Catch me being
such q fool as to get married :" and
! she looked as If she'd never get the
chance, with her short, double
| jointed, dumpy body, face as Il
made Of dough, with big, blue glass
marbles stuck in to serve as ewes,
and in the middle an upward push
for a nose, large, good-natured
mouth, and stiff, unyielding braids
of rusty yellow hair sticking out
behind each ear. But who can ac-
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19
The Back.Pay Grab.

a Western paper states That out
of three hundred and seventeen
members Of Congress about two
hundred and seventy-tive have gone
into the five-thousand dollar funer-
al business, and that there is no use
of partial friends and newspapers
that bask in their smiles to try to
save them. This is pretty much the
sentiment throughout the west, and
All that Senator Carpenter or Gen.
eral Butler may say cannot save the
back-pay grabbers from their due
measure of popular odium.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19

TO JOsEFH =. JOHNSON.
From dawn TO dawn they stood
That long midsummer's day!
While fierce and fast the battle-blast
Swept rank on rank away!
From dawn 20 dark they fought
With legions swept and cleft,
And still the wide, black battle tide
Poured deadiier on the Left!
They closed each ghastly gap,
They dressed each shattered rank
They knew how well thst Freedom fell
With that exhausted flank!
HOh. for n thousand men!
Like those who melt away"
And down they came, with steel and n1me
-Four thousand 10 the fray,
They leapt the laggard train
The painting stream might stay,
And down they came, with steel and iam'
-Four thousand for the fray!
Right through the blsokest cloud
Their lightning path they cleft,
And triumph came with desthicSs fame
To oar uueSHIHered Len!
Te, OF your sons securei
Ye, Of your dead bereft.
Honor the Brave! who died to save
Your all, upon our LEFT.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19
Good Use OF wii.

While Phineas Rice, an early
Methodist preacher was stationed in
one of the New York churches, he
found that many Of the young peO-
pie, of both sexes, were accustomed
to leave church before the close of
the evening service. 1t annoyed
him, and he determined to stop it,.
The next Sabbath evening, before
he commenced his sermon he said:
"Some of my brethren have been
greatly afflicted that so many young
women leave the church before the
service is through. But i tell them
they oughtnot TO feel so, for donbt-
less most of those that g0 out are
young women who live at service,
and their mistresses desire them to
be at home at nine O'Clock; and il
they are not at home at that time
they will either lose their place or
offend their mistresses and they do
not want TO do either. They go out
in time 10 get home at nine O'Clock
or stay at home altogether. This
would be very hard for them. And
servant girls have beaux as well as
other girls, and these young men
have to go and wait upon them
home; so hereafter, when these
young women leave church before
the service is over, you win under
stand who they are, and not feel
badly about it."
The brother who gave this fact
said 1--WE were no more annoyed az
ter this; they either stay away or
stayed till meeting clOsed.-AoRtre-
al Witness.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19
Farm FOR SALE.

4 WISH To SELL MY FARM OF 125
II Acres, lying Northwest Of Jackson.
said farm is in good state of cultivation,
with good buildings and well watered.
There are about fourteen acres in choice
Fruit trees, and about three or four acres
in Strawberries and Raspberries. The farm
j. well suited fer 4 fruit vegetable and gar
dcning business. Price S6O,e0 per acre.
1 will also sell four OF five unimprOved
town lots. will also sell or rent the heuse
that now live In. l wish to sell for the
reason that my health is bad and want to
retire from business and get out OF debt.
July 20, '72-u L. GOODELL.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19
THE SEED AND rHE sOwERs.

THE SEED AND THE SOWEhS.
Ever 20 little the seed may be.
Ever 80 little the hand,
But when 1t IL sown Il must grow, you sse,
Aud develop its nature, weed, flower or tree
The sunshine, the air and the dew are free
AT its command.
II the seed be good, we rejoice In hope
OF the harvest it will yield.
We wait and watch FOR its sprInsing up,
Admire its growth, and count on the crop
That will come from the little seeds We drop
In tbs great wide feld.
But II we heedlsssly scatter wide
Seeds we may happen 70 hnd.
We care not for culture OF what nay betide,
We sow here and there on the highway
side;
Whether they've lived or whether they've
died,
We never mind.
Yet every sOwcr must one day reap
Fruit from the seed he has soWn;
How carefully then It becomes Us to keep
A watchlul eye on the seed, and seek
To SOW what Is good, that we may not weeI
To receive our own.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19
ADVERTIsING RATES.

TT One inch space constitutes a square.
Where advertisements are ordered to be
unusually displayed they will be charged
for according to thespaee they occupy one
inch to constitute > square,
Sherifs, Clerks and Rangers who send
us their patronage will recsiye the Wing
without charge.
HCANDIDATES-For announcing can
didates for County Offices and the Leglsia-
ture, $40; for Congress so; for Municipal
and civil district oniees. S6-all In advance.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19

The following lyric is from the
brilliant pen of DR.. Frank o. Tick
nor, of Columbus, Ga. 1t is vivid
with the flash Of sabres and the
clang Of arms:
1OUR LEFTs,--MANASSA
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19

NEGOTIATING FOR MILLIONS
The New York Times gives some
facts in reference to a loan being
made in London through the Bar
ings, of considerable interest to this
country, to the effect that the Louis
vile and Nashville Rrilroad Com
pany has effected, or is negotiating
loan through the Barring Brothers,
of S7,5OO,OOO0 on the North and
South and Memphis and Clarksville
branches of its road.
1t is rumored that the Nashville
and Chattanooga and st. Louis Rail-
way Company are also negotiating
through the same firm for the loan
of S5,OO0,OO0.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19
5. 5. PrenIIss on IelemPsycho.I.

The gifted Sargent S. Prentiss
once gave q sumptuous dinner to
some friends at hotel in Vicksburg.
Early in the evening q stranger enter
ed the room in q mistake. Prentiss
courteOusly invited him 10 join the
party. Before long the strange guest
began boastiDg of how much he had
drank during the day-a cocktail
here, a smasher there, a julep in this
place, sling in that, and so on, ap-
parently without end. At length
Prentiss said:
''Sir, do you believe in the doe
trine of metempsychosis: :"
81 don't know" was the reply,
"and l don't see that it has anything
to do with what we are talking
about"
at has" rejoined Prentiss 'much
much every.way. l have firm faith
in that doctrine. l believe that in
/ the next life every man will be
transformed into the thing for
which he has best qualified himself
in this. In that life, sir, yon will
become q corner groggery."
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19
MANDRAKE for the BOWELS
GOLD EN- SE AL
For the Mucous Surfaces.

A combination unequaled IN the world
for the diseases so common TO this change
able and debilitatlng climate.
Iron Is the life OF human blood.
II Is phosphorus that gives vitality to the
brain and power 10 the nerves.
The combination of these two great ele-
meuts constitutes the central idea in DIR.
clouds wonderful remedy. Tho vegeta-
BILE agents are simply adjuncts in restoring
healthy secretion and assisting to diifust
and appropriate the potent elements above
mentioned.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19

SUN PRINT ON FRUIT.-Boys and
girls if you wish to astonlsh any
members of the family or any COM
ing guests by some day allowing
them to discover their iniatils neat
ly printed on a pear peach or apple
as il hangs on it branches, this is the
way to carry out your plan:
Jnst before the fruit ripens, cut
the desired letters from a sheet OF
thin, tough paper; then past them on
-tleSi OF the fruit most exposed
to the sun, and when, IN the course
OF time you remove the paper from
thet4pe surface, yoH VIII hnd the
letter distinctly marked upon II.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19
Evansville Advertisements.
From Practioing Physicians.

From Practicing Physicians.
EVANSVILLE IND, Feb. II, 1871.
MEssRs. LILLY & PHELAN, Manufacturing
Chemists and Pharmacists;
GENTLENEN:-we, the undersigned, res.
ident physicians OF Evansville, having
THOROUGHLY TESTED, In our REGULAR
PRACTICE, your FLUID EXTRACTS AMI
STANDARD PHARMACEUTICAL AND
CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS, and hay-
ing found them perfectly reliable, take
pleasure in recommending them TO the
medical profession everywhere, feeling as
sured that they can be prescribed with the
utmost confidence.
In presenting these preparations. you
are filing a great wast long felt by the
profession: that of PURE REMEDIES of d
liked standard Of strength, and as nearly
FREE from NAUsKOUS QUALITIES as pos
sible.
We wish you great success Ia your ca
deavors TO raise the art of pit aI macy 10 q
higher standard OF perfection.
s. w. Thompson, M. -
W. r. Davidson, NJ. ID.
NJ. J. Bray, NJ. ID.
y. ]. Day, nj. ID.
Geo. w. Yates, NJ. ID.
II. T. Runcie, Nj. ID.
j. Il. Hilliard, M. ID
John Mageniss, NJ. ID.
1. Casselberry, NJ. ID.
]. Z. DeBrufer,sM. ID.
M. G. Barkwell, NJ. ID.
Oscar Kress, Nj. ID.
John Pirnat, NJ. u.
NJ. MuhlhaHsen, n. -.
w. II. A. Lewis, Nj. ID.
A. NJ. owen, NJ. ID.
T. q. Van Nuys, NJ ID.
w. NJ. Newell, NJ. ID.
VIM. Dunham, NJ. ID.
J. W. Compton, NJ. II.
]. G.. Hendrick, NJ. ID.
II. q. Jones, NJ. ID.
Rich. Hart Ioh, NJ. ID.
A. WulkOp, NJ. ID.
III. NJ. Harvey, NJ. ID.
q. G. Tyrrell, M. ID.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19
AROMATIC LIQUID PEPOIN

Is a CERTAIN REMEDY for DYSPEP-
STA, INDIGESTION, sc. 1t is PLEASANT
TO TAKE and CONTAINS NO ALCOHOL.
II not TO be had of your druggist, we
win send one pint bottle free on receipt OF
S1.50.
Prompt and careful attention given to
druggists and physicians orders.
We guarantee satisfaction. Small bills
always shipped G. D. ID. Liberal discounts
made TO the trade. Send for price list.
''The Pocket Companion"
receipt of price Paper cover, 25c; Cloth
bound, SOC. Invaluable TO the profession
april I2-6m
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19

The Macon Telegraph gives this
awning conversations" "Wel, Jim,
the world owes me a living, any-
how" To which Jim replied,
ssWeII, George, perhaps it does, but
Pll be blessed If you ain't too lazy
| to collect itl''
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19

II you are shaking with Ague. or threat
eneJ with Bilious Fever, use ARMS
TEAD'S LIVER PILLS and AGUE TON
IC. You will be cured.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19

Mrs. Manning, of South Carolina,
who recently died, was connected
by blood with four Governors OF
the State. Gov. Jas. b. Richardson
was her uncle, Gov. John p. Rich
ardson her brother, Gov. Richard
L. Manning her husband, and Gov.
John L. Manning her son. This Is
certainly q brilliant record.