Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-01

GtIudA W Iu9 buCCC5blul
OF a family.-Burnap.
If there BIO a crime of deeper dye
than oil the guilty train of human
vices, it is ingratitude.-H. Brooke.
"Honesty 10 tho beet policy, uu-
less you can get about $4,000, and
effect a settlement at fifty per cent.
Let your motto be, "Liberty or
DEATH" and il it comes to the pinch
take the most of it in liberty.
Poesy is so subtle a spirit that in
pouring out of one language into
another it will evaporate.-Den.
ham.
1t is not in mortals to command
success, but we will do more, Sem.
pronius; we will deserve it.-Addi
son.
Take care to be an economist in
prosperity, In ere is no fear of your
being ope in AZ 'versity.--zlmmer.
mah.
Honor thy father am - -
particularly about circusl ''n?, " sr'tl
you don't know where to n '7o my
cents.
This is what Plato said TO h.
lady loves
Thou gaLest ON the stars
Oh, would I were the skies,
That might gaze on the
With all my thousand eyes
Mover run in debt VIXEN you can
avoid it. 1t is much better to 90
stubbing around in a brOadcloth
coat than to be in debt for suit of
Scotch mixed.
Her closed lips were delicate as
the tinted pencilings of veins upon
flower; and on her cheek the
Jimid blood had family melted
through, like something that was
half afraid of light.-Willis.
Love thy neighbor as myself
Borrow his pillow, hoe, or harness
whenever you can, but if he wants
to borrow yours tell him that you
are very sorry bat you were just
going to use them yourself.
Be guarded in your CONVERSE
ton. There are times when you
may freely express your opinion OF
political candidate, but you had
better wait until his friends are
over in the next county visiting.
Responsibility educates, and pol
itics is but another name for Gods
way of teaching the masses ethics,
under the responsibility of great
present interssts.-Wendell Phil.
lips.
A mans opinion of danger varies
at different times in conseq uenee
of an irregular tide of animal spir-
its; and he is aetuated by consider
atoms which he dares not avow.-
Smollett.
When the cup of any sensua
pleasure is drained to the bottom
thore is always poison in the dregs
Anacreon himself declares that 9Th,
flowers swim at the top of the bowl
Jane Porter.
The wild bird that flies sc lon
and far has somewhere its nest AM
brood. A little futtering heart c
love impels its wings and points it
course. There is nothing so soil
tary as a solitary man.-Chapin.
Respect old age. Ii you have
maiden aunt forty years old, an
she is passing herself off for a gil
of twenty-three, there is no call fC
you to expose her. The more 20
respect her age and keep still abor
it, the moro she will respect you.
Give me the boy who rouse
when he is praised, who prof
when he is encouraged, and VIII
cries when he is defeated. Such
boy will be fired by ambition;
will be stung by reproach, and al
mated by preference; never sha
[ apprehend any bad consequence
from idleness in such boy.-Qui
lillian.
Remember the poor. If yC
know of n family who are out
provisions and fuel, keep them
your thoughts until you meet Smi
or Brown, and then tell them tn
they'd better make donation.
they hold off, tell them that al
who giveth to the poor lendeth
the Lord 1t is very easy to I
member the poor. l can rememb
cases twenty years ago.
Remember that appearances a
often decelving. Many pale, tn
Young lady will eat more corn
beef than carpenter. Becau
You find her playing the piano
the parlor, it is no sign that b
mother is not at the corner groce
running in debt for a peek of pot
toes.
Restrain your temper, parti(
larly if policeman is in sight,
Fits of anger hasten death. If
man should call you a horse-th
and you should get highly ind
nant, it would cut your life shC
by several days; and if it was
Texas, aud there was vigilaI
committee handy, it might cut
short altogether.
Rise with the lark. That is, {
ring cold weather, as soon as
lark rises, waken your wife and t
her that it is time to build the d
If she makes any objections, y
can refer her to dozen works
the benefit of early rising. A
man who cares q cent for his wifi
health viii take pride in heari
her around the house at daylight
winters morning, getting a !
hot stove and warming his soc
and boots.
The Western Reserve Chroni
saws: III. D. Perkins, of Kinsm;
Ohio, has a little daughter, abe
nine years of age, who exhlb
mysterious powers division, such
being able to read, distinguish C
ors, describe pictures, &C., with
eyes closely bandaged. Mr.. P
kins and his daughter Jessie Wis
ed the editorial rooms of the ChrC
icle on Monday of last week, whc
the latter underwent q thorou
test, in the presence of a numb
of our leading physicians a
prominent citizens