Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-04-18

SZOOOO breach OF promise suit by
accepting So and a new chignon.
Women arc too presumptuous-
they beg for lock of hair frem
lovers, then help themselves to
handfuls after marriage.
Ladies think very little of the
close Of sermons-thoy arc think
ing too much of the clothes of the
congregation.
A Louisiana Justice sentenced a
man to pay fine of fifteen days in
jail or to go to ten dollars, and then
promptly licked q man who said he
was drunk.
TO be silent is sometime an art,
yet not so great an one as certain
people would have us believe, who
are wisest when they are most ST.
lcnt.-W ieland.
The greatest ornament of an H.
lustriOus life is modcsty and human
ity, which go great way in the
character of the most exalted prin.
ccs.-Napoleon.
An obituary notice of a much
respected lady concludes with: In
her life she was pattern worthy
to be followed; and her dcath-ohl
how consoling to her hricndsl
In a natural state, tears and laugh
ter go hand in hand; for they are
twln-born. Like two children sleep
ing in ono cradle; when one stirs
and walks, the other wakes also.
The Cincinnati Times says Nebu-
chadnezar was not the first Gran
GER Eve made quito a reputation
in the apple business, and broke up
A dam monopoly, and was the very
first to patronizc husbandry.
An Irishman who had Just land
ed said: The first bit of mate ] ever
ate in this country was q roasted
potato, boiled yesterday. And if
you don't believe me | can show it
to you, for | have it in my pocket.
The Duchess of Edinburg, is pro-
nounccd very plain, pale and pasty
looking by the English people,
Her manner is embarrassed, and the
comparison instituted between her
and the Princess of Wales arc not
favorable to the bride.
a writer in tho Boston Globe
says that true gentleman would
as soon assist cross-eyed old maid
over tho crossing as a handsome
girl, but we'd like to bet him an
African diamond mine against
clothes-pin on that.
Senator Sumner has Como where
proof readers are not known. His
friends congratulate themselves
that he did not see the issue of the
Cave Echo, which punctuatcd his
last words: take caro- of my Civil
Rights, Bill.
The North Adams Transcript
tells of II young lady there who
was troubled with a sore tongue,
and consulted physician, who at
once pronounced it case of sun
burn. The volublc lady was cha
grinod, and thoro were evident and
immediate symptoms that the
tongue was growing worse.
A wealthy gentlemen, who owns
a country seat, nearly lost his wife,
who fell into river which runs
through the estate. He announced
the narraw escape to his friends, cx-
pecting their congratulations. One
of them-an old bacholor-wrotc as
follows: Il always told you that riv-
or was too shallow
Tcndorly stroking the soft, silk
en- curls OF his innocent boy, and
gazing into the liquid depths of his
blue, upturned Dyes with a glance
that told what fountains OF paren-
tai love were running over in his
breast, Mr.. Marrowfat affectionate-
ly murmured: NO, Artaxcrxes, you
can't learn to chaw tobacker as long
rs your dad is boss of this ranch.'-
Brooklyn Argus.
Our lady friends will read this
clipping with interest: All lovers
of flowers should remember that
one blossom allowed to mature or
ego to Seed Injuries the plant more
than a dozen new buds. Cut your
flowers, all of them, before they
fade. Adorn your rooms with
them; put them on your tables;
send boquots to your friends who
have no flowers, or exchange tavors
with those who have. All roses,
after they have ceased blooming,
should be cut back that the strength
of tho root should go to forming
new roots for next. year, and on
these bushes not a seed should be
allowed to mature.
When Napoleon the Great died
at st. Helena, an English physician
took charge of his heart depos-
ting it in Il silver basin filed
with water. Two tapers burned
near it, but the custodian felt ner-
vously anxious while watching it
through the night, and did not
sleep. In the silence of midnight
he heard n rustling sound, then a
plunge into the water, and Il re-
bound on the floor-all occurring
with the quickncss of thought. He
sprang from his bed to see an onor-
nous rat dragging tho precious rel
ic to his holcl A moment more
and the heart which had been too
vast in its ambition to be satisfied
with tho sovereignty of continen-
tai Europe would have been more
degraded than the dust of Imperial
Caesar.
There is nothing so remarkable
IN man as his power of concealing
mental torture. What is unsaid is
ever nearest and greatest. The soul
is bcsct by some hideous remorse-
consuming carc-warnings of dis
case-fear of death-rejected love
vile pccuniary distress-or the
anguish of anticipated shame The
dark thing is not merely in tho
background; its presence never
withdrawn, its grasp never wholly
ID it occupies the citadel of
hts and feelings; and all that
ond its sway is but outlying
4nconsidercd precincts. Mean
ie, the man plays his part in So
.'y as other men do; is polite,
~, affable; and, if he is really a
rong and able person, is as much
;e his ordinary self; himself be-
re this dark thing had any hold
non him, as il is possible TO he