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A GENTS wANrED-FOR CITY AND COUNTRY: EN-
n crretic men with small capital can find steady en-
ployment at n large profit.
MAGIIEE MYERS, 70 Murray st
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-22

After a great snow storm, a little
fellow began TO shovel q path thro'
large snOw-bank before his grand
mothers door. lie had nothing
but small shovel TO work with.
How do you expect to get thro'
that drift" asked n man passing
along.
''By keeping at it." said the boy
cheerfully. That's how"
This is the secret OF mastering al
most every difficulty under the sun.
If hard task is before YOU, stick
to it. Do not keep thinking how
large or how hard IL is; but 20 at il.
and little by little IL will grow small
er untit il is done. II hard lesson
Is TO be learned, do not spend a mo-
ment in fretting; do not lose breath
IN saying, Il can't" or Il don't see
how" but 90 at it, and keep at it
study That Is the only way TO con-
quer it.
If fault Is cured, or a bad habit
broken up, it cannot be done by
merely being sorry, or only CRYING
a little. You must keen lighting un-
til il Is got rid OF.
If you have entered your Masters
service, and are trying to do good,
you viii sometimes find hills OF dim.
Guilty IN the way. Things viii often
look discouragiRg, and you will not
seem TO make any progress at all,
but keep at it. Never forget "that's
how"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-22
DON'T CALL a NAN A LIAR.

Never tell man that he is a liar.
unless you are certain that you can
lick him; for as a general rule. when
you say that, it means fight.
have arrived At this conclusion
through sad experience. l know
that il Is not safe 10 give the lie TO
q muscular Christian.
Ibid once. / am sorry for il now
as ] never grieved for anything else
in the whole course of my life.
We were standing on the sidewalk
in front of the club-rOom when |
made the statement. We had been
talking politics; and men who talk
politics, and who get over il are-to
put it mildly-lunatics or else want
an Office. This man made an asser-
ton touching the fame OF my favor
ite candidate, which l believed to
be untrue. 1t is probable that if il
had been as true rs it was false, l
should have taken the same course,
because you understand how l got
my ornamental eve.
l mildly suggested that u man
who would make such a statement
as that was lost to ali sense Of shame
aud would be guilty of any base
crime.
He disagreed with me upon that
point.
As for himself he never made a
statement except upon the most
ample proof. Ny candidate was
the mcanest man that ever went uI-
hung.
told him he lied.
/ have been kicked by a mule;
d FaN1nrs Of
window on a hard pavement; eaten
green psrsimmOns; heard Miss
Blow read poetry for two hours and
a half; skated; hunted; rode
sharp backed horse of mustang pa
rentage, an adept in the art OF
''bucking;;" suffered grief of various
kinds, still clung to life-but ali
these are feathers in the balance, as
compared with that little word,
liarl
Immediately after saying It | sat
down-not in the way people usual
ly sit down.
sat on the rim of my right ear
about ten feet from the spot where
had been standing when I made
use Of the expression quoted above.
am not used to sitting in that po-
sitiOn, and do not think il agrees
with me.
1 1 have heard of people who got
up on their "ear," and walked Off
I wish 1 knew how to do ii, would
have propelled myself away from
that spot Immediately if l had pos
sessed that happy faculty. l pro-
ceeded to bring myself to a perpen-
dicular, fully intending to use the
means of locomotion nature had
given me; but when / came right
side up, something heavy run
against my nose, and as l felt rather
tired sat down on my other ear. l
like q change-it is too monotonous
doing the same thing over and over
again.
Somebody took my large friend
away and l was quite pleased when
he was gone. L have concluded to
look twice at a man before 1 give
the lie again. My eye is in mourn
ing, my nose sWelled to the size of
citron with the color of a blush rose,
and my store clothes look like they
had been run through a patent sau-
sage machine. / would not have
that mans temper for anything in
the world.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-22
a WEAKNESS.

Life is weariness to many. Sim
ners seek relief in dissipation, and
aggravate their trouble. Even Chris
tians are often disconsolate and COM
FORTRESS. They barely endure reli-
gion, are under the lash of con-
science, assailed by fear, annoyed
by duties for which they have no
relish, discontented with their lot,
soHl-sick and fretted by surround
ings. ''They live at poor, dying
rate" with more clouds than sun
shine, more fear than hope, more
grief than gladness.
There is remedy; CArist can
cure. He invites the "Weary and
heavy laden" to come to Him for
rest. ''He that believeth entereth
into rest" Weary soul, you trust
Him to pardon your sins; trust Him
also to direct your ways, to keep
you, and fix your lot. Trust and be
patient; accept your present posi-
tion, and the work in hand, hOwey-
er humble, as appointed by the
Lord; do it for the Lord, show how
a Christian can do little and un-
pleasant things for Christ and be
happy. Jesus wants you to do it,
He will be hOnOred by your doing
it, and viii bless and comfort YOU
in doing it.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-22
where John o. adams Diea.

When John Quincy Adams, then
representative from Massachu-
setts, fell at his desk in the Capitol,
he was carried into what was then
the Speakers room, where he
breathed his last. A marble bust of
him was purchased by Congress and
placed in the room; but when the
new hall of the House was finished
and the Speaker moved into his new
apartment the bust was carried
there, with the portraits of ex-
Speakers. The old hall has since
then been dedicated to the reception
of statues of our prominent men,
two from each State, and the old
room of the Speaker is now occu-
pied by the House Committee of
banking currency, of which Hon.
Samuel Hooper is chairman. Mr..
Hooper, thinking that the spot
where John Quincy Adams died
should be appropriately marked,
has had the bust of the "Old Man
Eloquent" brought back and placed
on a bracket over the spot where he
gave up the ghost, with the follow
ing inscription:
John Quincy Adams, after fifty
years of public service, the last six
teen in yOnder hall, was summoned
thence to die in this room 22d Feb
ruary, 1S4S."
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-22
ChiIarcn ns CrItIc..

Mothers, you have little critics
around you. They pass inst judg-
ment on your actions, and their re-
spect for you is increased or lessen
ed by this reading of your character;
but the influence controls them all
the same as If they did not read the
signs so clearly, and thus you make
them very much such as you are
yourself.
The children know very well for
whom you bring out your best
things, TO whom you speak in your
blandest tones, and on whom you
b stow your sweetest smiles. See
to il that your best efforts are made
for those you are in the habit of
speaking well of, no matter how
poor and obscure they may be. Be
very cautious how you receive that
individual of whom your children
have heard you speak disrespectful
words.
The children know when they arc
Justly punished, and ia what spirit.
The evil caused by a hasty blow and
unjust decree may never be eradi-
Gated.
Parents should be especially care
full not to do anything themselves
that they teach their children TO be
wrong. / remember, when child,
surprising a beloved aunt on a Sun
day afternoon making n cap. She
called me to her and said: Don't
tell your uncle, and l will give you
a penny" Her influence over me
for good was lost forever.-HeGrth
and Home.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-22
PumctuaIity.

\ mercantile friend proposes the
following question:
a merchant advertised for two
boys, whom he wished to employ in
his business. Applications were
duly made by two bright looking
specimens of Young America. He
examined them closely as to their
requirements, &c, and then made
an appointment with one to come 10
his place OF business at 9 O'Clock,
precisely, and the other at 90, pre-
clsely; at the same time emphatically
asserting that PUHctuality was the
first requisite in all business affairs.
Well, the boys were On hand at
the appointed time, to minute, but
the employer, the stickler for pune
tHdlity, did not get to his office IN
til III O'Clock! In the meantime the
boys had left in disgust at his want
of punctuality.
The question to be solved is,
where ought the punctuality to com
mence,-With the employer or en-
plOyee?
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-22

Go ON.-A man must not yield to
despondency, nor sit down inactive,
despairing because he is in dark
ness. Sometimes a few steps on
ward or upward are all that are
needed, and he, for want even of
that activity, may remain all his
life beneath the cloud. Perhaps you
have been ascending q mountain
with the mist SO thick before you
that at a few feet from you not an
object was visible, and so wet that
IL was like q dripping rain. Timid-
ity and dependency say in such
case, you had better turn back, at
any rate lie by in the first shelter.
But perhaps you will find clear
sky with a little more travel up
ward. Courage and hope say, Go
onl Faith says, Go on! Higher up
you will find light. So you go on,
and at length, Unexpectedly, at one
single step, you emerge into cleal
sunshine. Then all your trouble is
forgotten. How glad YOU are that
you persevered, that you did not
turn back; you would have lost this
glorious sight, this magnificent pros
pect, this peculiarly OF glory,
which you could have enjoyed only
under these very circumstances Of
preceding mist and gloom. You
would have lost the sight Of the
clouds under you, and the atmos-
phere resting upon them as on a sea
of chalcedony, smooth, soft undula-
ting, and the SUBMITS of the noun
tains all around, glittering with ice
and snow. And you would have
lost the glory of the breaking up
and trooping away of these cloud
congregations, as the departure OF
an army with banners, and the rev.
ell tiOn of the unveiled world as a
new creation"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-22
Tall Men.

As a country becomes settled, and
especially in cities where great
numbers of human beings are crowd
ed into comparatively small place,
men degenerate in height, and the
women are prOverbially shorter than
in the country, but they are less
muscular. As there are thought to
be exceptions to all rules, there are
both tall gentlemen and tall ladies
in old cities. a majority of them,
however. If traced TO their birth
place, viii be fOnnd 10 have come
from the country. Kentucky and
Tennessee produce the tallest men
in this country. y young boy taken
from the city, whose parents are be-
low the usual height, and reared in
either of those States, would prob
ably quite OvertOp any of his fami-
". The material abOuuds in the
grains and meats of those splendid
reo1ons for developing the bones.
The Patagonians have long been
celebrated for being the tallest race
of men in existence. Magellan's as
sociates give their average statue at
seven feet four inches. Commodore
Byron's officers seldom saw one be-
low seven feet, and some exceeded
that measure. At the polar circles,
especially north, the Esquimau rare
" towers above four feet and q half
to five feet. As whole, the English
are finely developed, tall and ener-
getic. Americans are a compound
of all the nations on the globe, vary
ing in size, strength, height, weight,
mental capaity, and energy accord
ing to the predOminance of blood
from any particular source. y milk
diet, of ali food, Is most favorable
fer q large, tall frame in early life.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-22

with you. As long as Won viii
keep your things in theirplaces I,u
do the same with mine. and when
ever you don't"
"Oh. l will" interrupted Tom.
"Come, Nellie, I'll confess like a
man-you'Ve beat me this time
Only just put things right in this
awful room, and III never throw
anything down again. There, now,
let's kiss and make II up, as the
children say"
Nellie rose, aud laughingly held
uD her sweet mouth for the kiss OF
peace. And then, under the magic
influence Of her def fingers, confu-
sion was suddenly banished, and
when Mr.. Granger came round to
spend the evening, he decided that
nobody had q prettier wife or p
tidier home than his friend Tom
Carter.
Wise little Nellie having posses
sion of the matrimonial field, took
good care TO keep il until Tom was
quite cured Of his careless habits.
Sometimes he seemed threatened
with a relapse; but Nellie, instead
of scolding, only had quietly 10
bring something Of her own and lay
il beside whatever he had tossed
down, and il was sure TO be put
away Immediately, for Tom seldom
failed to take the hint.
And il some other little woman,
as tidy and wise as Nellie, takes a
hint also, this little story will have
served its purpose.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-22
s'DIed PoOr.''

1T was a sad funeral 10 me" said
the speaker. ''the saddest have at
tended for many years"
That of Edmendson.'
Yes"
GLOW did he dief"
"Poor-pOor as poverty. His
life was one long struggle with the
world, and at every disadvantage.
Fortune mOcked him all the while
with golden promises that were
destined TO never know fulGlment.'
''Yet he was patient and endur-
ing" remarked one OF the company
''Patient as a Christiun; enduring
as a martyr" was answered. Poor
mani He was worthy Of q better
fate. lie ought 10 have succeeded,
for he deserved success"
"Did he not suceeedl" questioned
the one who had spoken Of his pa
thence and endurance.
mo, sir. lie died poor just as l
have stated. Nothing that he put
his hand 10 ever succeeded. a
strange fatality seemed 10 attend
every enterprise"
"I was with him in his last mo-
ments, /" said the other, ''and thought
he died rich"
ssNo, he left nothing behind, !" was
replied. "The heirs will have no
concern as TO the administration of
his estate"
"He left a good name" said one
and that is something"
And a legacy Of noble deeds that
were done in the name OF humani-
ty," remarked another
"And precious examples" said a
third.
Lessons of patience in suffering,
of hope i'm adversity, of heavenly
confidence when no sunbeams fell
upon his bewildered paths' was the
testimony of another.
"And high truth, manly cour-
age, heroic fOrtitude."
"Then he died rich" was the en-
phatic declaration. "Richer than
millionaire, who went TO his long
home on the same day, miserable in
all but gold. A sad funeral, did you
say? No, my friend, it was u tri-
umphal procession Not the burial
of human clOd, but the ceremonies
attendant upon the translation of
an angel. Did not succeed! Why,
his whole life was a series Of sue
cesses. In every conflict he came
on the victor, and now the victor's
crown is on his brow. Any grasp
ing, soulless, selfish man, with
moderate share Of brain, may gath
er money, and learn the art Of Keep
ing IL: but not one in hundred can
conquer braVely in the battle Of
/ life, rs Edmonds0n has conquered,
and step forth from the ranks OF
men a Christian hero. No, no, he
did not die poor, but rich-rich in
neighborly love and rich in celestial
affections And his heirs have an
interest in the administration of his
affairs. A large property has been
left, and let them see 10 il that they
lose not precious things through
false estimates and ignorant depre-
citations. There are higher things
TO gain in this world than wealth
than perishos. He dies rich who
can take his treasure with him to
the new land, where he is able TO
abide forever; but he who has 20
leave all behind, on which he has
placed his affections, dies poor in
deed - The ChrfsfiqN Sun
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-22
4 Daughter OF Zachary Taylor
in want.

In the United States House of
Representatives on the 4th 'nst., the
following transpired:
Speaker Blaine having called Mr..
Dawes to occupy the chair, appear
ed on the floor, saving that a few
minutes ago he had an interview in
the Speakers room which deeplv
touched him. 1t was with the wild
ow Of Robert &. Wood, late Assist
ant Surgeon, IN the United States
army, and daughter of Zachary
Taylor, late President of the United
States. She had presented q petit
tiOn which he would not have read.
as 1t presented q state of facts that
ought not to be expected, viz: that
a daughter of Zachary TAYLOR was
in need of assistance. He had as
sured her he did not believe there
would be one vote against the bill
which he now introduced, granting
TO Mrs. Wood a pension of fifty
dollars per month 10 date from the
death OF her husband, March %.
1869, and it was passed unani-
mOusly.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-22
TINE VS.. IEmORx.


It's said that Times an arrant thici.
Who steals away our treasures,
Making our happiest moments brief,
And leaving pains for pleasures. -rri b.
That though We strive, AID weep aud sisb
And beg them not 10 leave US,
'Tis useless, and the more We cry,
The more Old Time viii grieye u.
! think there's some mistake m this,
For. spi,eof cyBie laughter,
1, know, II I've enjoyed bliss,
It's mine for eyor after.
Thc flower that blossoms FOR the morn
Must wither with the morning.
And should il leave IA all foTloTn,
All other newers seorning!
There Is bud, some xhere about,
Will ope Tor as tomorrow,
II We don't crush It's brightness
BY useless. pining sorrow.
Who cares FOR Times swift-golng wings.
While Memory has the power
To gather mp all pleasant things,
And bring them back each hour.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-22
An AngsIin the IIouse.

How sweet it were, II without feeble fright,
or dying OF the dreadful, beauteous sight,
An angel came 10 Us, and we could bear
To see him issue from the silent air
At teyening ia our room, and bend on ours
His divine eyes, and bring Us from his
bowers
News Of dear friends, aud children who
have never
Been dead iEdeed-as we shall know for
ever
Alas. we think sOt what we daily see
About our hearths-ansels that are TO be,
or may be if they viii, and we prepsre
Their souls and ours to meet in happy air
a child, friend, L wife whose son heart
sings
In unison with our, breeding its future
wings. Leigh HINT.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-22

ANOTHER BUSINESS FOR THE
SOUTH.-We copy the following
from the New York Herald:
Land of the best quality for the
manufacture of glass exists in abun-
dance in the Gulf States, and sever
al preliminary steps have been made
to start glass factories, particularly
in the Southern part of Mississippi,
but these efforts have proved abOr-
tive for the want of capital. 1t will
be a good thing for the South 10
manufacture glass and glassware.
The culture of fruit is becoming so
general in some sections that the
use of glass jars for its expectation
in a preserved form in large quanti-
ties has become necessity. HaV-
ing the fruits and the sugar, the
South only needs her own glass
ware to obtain q monopoly of the
trade in preserved fruits. Besides,
she will then be able to erect her
own glass houses, and be in a condi-
ton TO appreciate the political situ-
alton when she begins to throw
stones
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-22
BAarria Ses

Leigh Hunt concludes an essay on
marriage as follows:
''There is no one thing more we
ly in this life, more fun of the di-
vine courage, than when a young
maiden, from her past life, from her
happy childhood; when she rambled
over every field and moor around
her home; when a mother anticipa-
ted her wants and soothed her little
cares, when her brothers and sisters
grew from merry playmates to low
ing, trustful friends; from Christ
mas gatherings and romps, the sum
mer festivals in bower or garden;
from the rooms sanctified by the
death of relatives; from the secure
backgrounds of her childhood and
girlhood, and maidenhood, looks out
into the dark and unilluminated fu-
ture away from all that, and vet un-
terrified, undaunted, leans her fair
cheek upon her lovers breast, and
whispers. "Dear heartl L cannot
see, but l believe. The past was
beautiful, but the future l can trust
with thee !"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-22
Chanecry Sale of Real Estate.
In the Chaneery Court of BIadi-
son County, Tenn.
icorgp w. Sykes and wife. Martha, and
others. Ext uricr Petition.

others, EX-i nrtcc Petition.
E9I virtue Of an intrrlocuiory decree for
ID sale entered in The above rHu.e. ON
lr nIriion. 10 he highest bidder. in front
Of thi. Courthouse door in Jackson, Ten
nssscr, on
SATURDAY, MARCH 2aI. 1873.
within legal hours, the following described
prop rty, to-wit:
situated in Madison County, Tennessee,
and bounded a. follows: Beginning at
stake. the East boundary line Of a 1000
fcrc tract of land, i'm the name Of James
ByeTs of which this part, and desisnat-
ed in the division of said 1000 acre tract,
as lot No. :, allotted to Amelia Nhite) and
the North. east corner OF lot No. q; runs
West with Thomas Bonds line 200 poles to
q stake; thence North with the lines of VIM.
Walker and Hugh Clark's estate, 3l6 poles
to a stake; thence East with w. Y. New
bern's line, 200 poles TO n stake; thence
South with the lines of Lewis Bond and
John Bond. 3l6 poles to the beginniug-
containing so acres.
The above tract will be sold for partition a.
mong The petitioners in the above cause. viz:
George W. Sykes and vile. Martha. (fJrm-
erly Martha Bond, John J. Hawkins and
vile. Eliza r.. formerly Eliza q. Bond.)
Leila Bond, Edward G.. Morris and wife,
Stllie, formerly SsllIe BOnd.)
TERMS OF SALE.-One third cash. bal
ance in two equal instalments, due at one
and two years from day of sale. Good
curity required and lein retained.
ID. NJ. WISDOM, c. & NJ.
Tomlin S Tomlin, Sols.
febl5-it.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-22
Lii rIIDNIemT TRAIN.
rY REV. I. X. TAKBox.


AsI lay awake in the night,
And beard the pattering rain,
Family caught the rumbling sound
or the coming midnight train.
The world was mUrky and still,
The air was loaded with damp,
And on the folds of the mist it came,
The noise Of the iron tramp.
Plunglng through darkness and fog;
Screaming its signal before;
Searching the night with ITS eye Of flame
And filling the earth with its roar.
| knew all the track, and could tell,
By the sinking and swell of the sound
when it durtcd throug woods or toilled
up grade,
or lcaped O'cr bridge at a bound.
Now the sound lioated free on the air;
Now it died round the curve Of hill;
Now lost to the air in 4 deep rocky pass
But the mad thing was rushing on still.
plunging through blackness and mist;
Sending wild 'larums before;
ilowling like Il demon of darkness let
loose
From Acheron's fiery shore.
And now all the windings are pa, scd,
And out it comes on the plain,
shaking the earth as it tears along
Through the midnight blackness and
rain.
Oh, that some forest chief,
From his ancient woodland nest,
Might peer through the night, and catch
the wild sight,
OF this mCnstsr troubling his rest.
Nearer and ncarcrit comes,
Louder the crash and the roar,
Bearing its precious load of life,
Two hundred souls and more.
Many their errands he,
some jsurney for traffic and gain,
Some so 10 the gloomy chambers Ofdcath,
And some TO the bridal train.
Here are eyes heavy with sleep,
Here bright with the light OF levc,
In Joy and in tears, with hopes and with
fears,
On through the darkness they move.
And now it goes by at a leap,
Wild the weird flashes it throws!
out OF thick darkness il comes in its flight
And into thick darkness it goes.
Plunging through blackncss and log,
Sending loud signals before,
Searching the night with its eye Of flame,
And filling the earth with its roar.