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Taking a Situation.

"Well, girls. said Uncle Barnabas,
"and now what do you propose to do
about it?'
We sat around the fire in disconso-
late semi-circle, that dreary, drizzling
May night, when the rain pattered
against the window panes, and poor little
daffodils in the borders shook and shiv-
cred as if they would fain hide their
golden heads once more in the mother
soil, my mother, Eleanor and /. The
first, pale, pretty and silver haired, with
the widows cap, and her dress of black
bombazine and Grape; the sweetest look
ing old lady, | think, that 1 ever saw.
Eleanor sat beside her. looking as she
always did, like princess, with large,
dark eyes, Dianna-like features, and hair
twisted in a sort of coronal around her
queenly head. While /, plain, home
spun Susannah--common called, "for
short" Susy-crouched upon footstool
in the corner, my elbows on my knees,
and my chin in my hands.
Uncle Barnabas Berkelin sat in the
middle of the circle, erect, stiff and rath-
er grim. He was stout and short, with
a grizzled mustache, a little round bald
spot on the crown of his head, and two
glittering black eyes, that were always
sending their dusky. lightnings n the
direction least expected. Uncle Barna-
bas was rich and we were poor. Uncle
Barnabas was wise i'll the ways of
the world and we were inexperi-
enced. Uncle Barnabas was prosperous
in all he did; while, if there was bad
bargain to be made, we were pretty sure
to be the ones to make it. Consequently,
as matter of course, we looked up to
Uncle Barnabas, and reyerenced his opin-
ions.
"What do we propose to do about it p
Eleanor slowly repeated, lifting her beau
tiful, jetty brows.
"Yes, that's exactly it, said my moth
er, nervously; because, Brother Barna-
bas, we don't pretend to be busin ss wo-
men, and it's certain that we cannot live
comfortably on our present income.
Something has got to be done"
And then my mother leaned back in
her chair with troubled face. a.
"Yes,' said Uncle Barnabas some.
thing has got to be done But who's to
do it p i.tf....r
And another dead silence succeeded.
II suppose your girls are educated p
enough old school bills when / Was look.
ing over my brothers papers
"Of course" said my mother, with evil
dent pride; 18th cir education has been
most expensive. Music, drawing, use ol
globes" t-9 cir s-
"Yes, yes, of course interrupted I'm
Gle Barnabas, "But is it practical Can
they teach p
Eleanor looked dubious. was quite
certain that I-could not Madame lie
noir, among all her list of accomplish
ments, had not included the art of prac
tical tuition. %
"Humphl" grunted Uncle Barnabas
"a queer thing, this modern idea of edu
cation. Well, if you can teach. you cal
surely do something What do you say
eleanor, to a situation 2
"a situation p
The esIor futtered in Eleanor'a cheek
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Sunset on the Bearcamp.

A golden fringe on the purpIing hem
OF the hills the river runs,
AS down its long, green valleys falls
Ihe last OF summers suns.
Along its tawney gravel-bed
Broad-howing, swift, and still,
AS II its mellow levels felt
The hurry of the hill.
Soiseless between its banks of green
or From curve TO curve II slips;
The drowsy mapie-ShadoYVS rest
Like fingers on its lips
A waif from Carroll's widest hills,
Unstoried and unknown;
The ursine legend of its name
Prowls on ifs banks alone.
Yet flowers as fair its slopes adorn
or, under rainy Irish Skies,
BY spencer's Mulla grew
And I. through the gaps OF leaning trees
The gold against the amethyst,
The green against the rose.
Touched by light that hath no name,
A glory never sung,
AIoft on sky and mountain wall
Are Gods great pictures hung.
How changed the summits vast and Old!
No longer granite-browed,
They melt in rosy mist; the rock cd
Is softer than the cloud;
The valley. holds its breath no leaf
OF all its elms is twirled;
The silence of eternity
Seems falling on the world.
The pause before the breaking seals ..s
OF mystery in this;
Yon miracle-play of night and day
Makes dumb lis witnesses.
What unseen altar crowns the hills
What eyes look through, what white wings fan
These purple veils of air? sd
What Presence from the heavenly heights
To those of earth stoops down? -
Not Vainiy Hellas dreamed of gods
On Ida's snowy crowni
Slow fades the vision of the sky
The golden water pales, .1.-f -ll
And over all the valley-land
A gray-winged vapor sails. a
go the common way of all; .
The sunset fires will burn, -.
The flowers will blow, the river flow,
When l no more return.
No whisper from the mountain pine 10.
Nor lapSing stream shall tell
The stranger, treading where tread,
OF him who loved, them well. t..a.- ..'
But beauty seen is never lost, .7 .., ~,
Gods colors all are fast;
The glory of this sunset heaven 7s ~1ir II
Into my soul has passed
A sense of gadneSs uneOnfihed ,- -
To mortal date cline;
AS the soul lfveth, it shall live
:. Beyond the years of time. 7si I
Beside the mystic asphodels
+ Shall bloom the home-born flowers, 100
And new horizons flush and glow
With sunset hues of ours. 74f II a--a-
FarewellI those smiling Hills must wear '-''
q Too soon their wintry frOwn, .--.3-u ts -.
And snow-cold winds from of them shake
The naples red leaves down. tC
But 1 shall see a summer sun
= Still setting broad and low; ---+ -s
The mountain slopes shall blush and bloom,
The golden water flow.
A lovers claim is mine on all f. - 4.'i g..
see to have and hold
The rose-lfght of perpetual hills, 1885 % b.
And sunsets never cold
-[John G. Whittier, in Atlantic for January.
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WHOLE NO. 1893.

halfsuppressedv voice out of the darkness
"Why, John, what is the matter with
yon ??
"What did you come up them steps
for p he demanded in intense passion.
"Why, you told me to-
What if / did p cried the unhappy
man Didn't you know any better than
to stand there p q
Concluded by this direct question she
could make no answer, and with GER
tain feeling of triumph he stalked up
stairs and thence to bed
There is a nice little cottage on Schuy
Ter street to rent. Mr. and Mrs. Busby
are boarding again r7f-t
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oHAR1Esrox. March 1s, 1869.

CHARLESTON, March 19, 1859.
Mr.. H. R. Stevens:-
Dear Sir-This is to certify that L have used
your "Blood Preparation" in my family for
several years, and think that, for Scrofula or
Cankerous humors, or Rheumatic Affections, it
cannot be excelled; and, as blood purifier
and spring medicine, it is the best thing have
ever used and have used almost everything.
can cheerfully recommend it to any one in
need of such medicine.
Yours respectfully,
MRS. A. A. DINSMORE,
IS Russell Street
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Translated from the German I
The Graves Voices.


Sunk in dreams, and Iostin anxious thought,
My footsteps brought me to this lonely spot.
To whom belongs the field? this 1owery bed
15e ''The dead" IL.
Enter thou in my soul; why shoulds thou fear
Aought but sweet buds and Howers are bloom
ing heIe. +e -l3 90 '--
Whence comes the essence of these sweet per-
III 81. From tombs."
See here, o man where all thy paths shall end,
How varied be the way they wend.
Listen the ad leaves speak; aye. hear thou
"To DUST
Trembled in pain or beat so high in mirth?
Those in whose breasts the flame of hatred
smoidered? I'D"
"Moldered.'
Where are the mighty who take life by storm
What croaR the ravens on yon moss-grown
Buried ALL"
Where are the dear ones in Deaths cold sleep
To Whom Love swore a memory undying?
What wall yon cypress treesF Oh! hearst
"Forgot."
To see those dear ones passed, did no eye oraye2
May no wild longing pierce beyond the grave?
The fir-trees shake their wierd heads, one by
one:
"None, none.'
The evening wind amid the trees is signing,
Fettered in dreams my saddened soul is lying
The twilight falls, the red glow paleth last
H TiS past"
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JACKSON @. H.. OHIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30 1875

luxurious home. Eleanor in the country
cottage envies me bitterly, for she has
all the tastes which wealth and metro
politan home can crafty. But Uncle
Barnabas will not hear of my exchanging
with her
No, no = says he. The girl I've got
is the girl mean to keep. Miss Eleanor
is too fine lady to suit me. a
But he let's me send them liberal pres
ents every month, and so am happy.
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WHAT is NEEDED.

BOSTON, Feb l3, 1871.
Henry r. Stevens, Esq.:- se=
Dear Sir-About one year since found my
self in feeble condition from gen eral debility.
Vegetine was strongly recommended to me by
a friend who had been much benefited by its
use. / procured the article, and, after using
several bottles, was restored to health, and dis
continued its use. l feel quite confident that
there Is no medicine superior to it tor those
complaints of which it is especially prepared !;
and would cheerfnlly recommend it to those
who feel that they need something to restore
them to perfect health. e.
Respectfully yours,
u. L. PETTENGIIL, t-4
.e-F- =. Firm offs. NJ. Pettengill & Co.,
No. 10 State ST, Boston.
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A lady applying for admission to the
Junior class of an Eastern seminary, be-
ing questioned by the President as to
her qualifications replied. Il amt much
of an arithmeticksr, but am an excel
lent grammarist." sd ..5v4 a. llzsq
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Over the porch of the old South Church
at Boston is chiselled: Behold have
set before you an open door" and under,
on the door, is printed in emphatic let
ters, Positively no admittance3'xa&
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GIVES HEALTH, STRENGTH
' AMI APPETITE.

My daughter has received great benefit from
the use of the Negetine. Her declining health
was n source of great anxiety to all of her
friends. A few bottles of the Vegetine restored
her health, strength and appetite.
f' -t1 n. H. TILDEN,
. Insurance aud Real Estate Agent
@a II Nc. 49 Sears Building, Boston, Mass.
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GAINED FIFTEEN POUNDS. OF
EEESH

,sl SoUTH BERWICK, ME Jan. ", 1872
Mr.. Ii. r. Stevens FIJI. t sa
Dear Sir-I have had Dyspepsia In Its worst
form for the last ten years, and have taken
hundreds of dollars worth of medicine without
obtaining any relief In September last COM
menced taking the Negetine, since which time
my health has steadily improved. My food
digests well and have gained fifteen pounds
of flesh. There are several Others in this place
taking Vegetine; and all have obtained re-
lief. Yours truly, Si-iLi
THOMAS +. MOORE,
Overseer of Card Room, Portsmouth Co.'s Mills.
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NoTICE.

To Stockholders of Springfield, jackson ana
Pomeroy Railroad Company. That there Will
be due on the second instailment OF Ter Ten per per
date which is required to be paid TO the 1ollow-
ing parties. who will give recelpts on pay yinehl.
John Foos Springfield, Clark county
]: F. Ely, Washington c. III tayelte county
Wv: Bell, Greenfield, Highland county,
r. B. Seymour, cambridge. Ross county
James Emmitt, Waverly, Pike county
d. L. Chapman, Jackson county. e.,,
Charleston, Clark county, Ohio and Soutn 30
Ion, Madison county, Ohio.
By order of the board. -
%avsrlyJ o., Nov. %, 1873.
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A bachelor returning from hall in
crowded coach, declared with a groan
that he had not Sthes slightest objection
to rings on his fingers but he had a
most unequivecal aversion to "belles on
his toes"
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1t is impolite to say man has .'cheek;
say facial area, -. .-,.-q ~.
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keeper.
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The evening wind amid the trees is signing,
Fettered in dreams my saddened soul is lyin:
The twilight falls, the red glow paleth last =
t' 'Tis past"
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VECETINE.
THE GREAT REPUTATION.
Great and Good Medicine,

Which vegetine has attained in all parts OF the
pOuntrV n
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"None, none. -

To see those dear ones passed, did no eye oraTe9
May no wild longing pierce beyond the grave?
The fir-trees shake their wierd heads, one by
one:
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Buried all

Where are the mighty who take life by storm
Who cen to Heavens nights wild wishes form?
What croak the ravens on yon moss-grown
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fMoldered,'i u

Where are the careless hearts that on the earth
Tremble ed in pain or beat SO high in mirth?
Those in whose breasts the flame of hatred
smoIdered? 10
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WELL / can just tell you, Mary Ann
Brigham, that I know more about chick
ems in one minute than you could ever
find out in a lifetime9 biAnd, further
more, lam going to buy that chicken if
one is bought at all in the house. "dTAnd
he struck the table with his fist.
HAp1 taII xyo,,. Tob Tovoa Dr.; ;otoy, u
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Sunk in dreams, and Iostin anxious thought,
My footsteps brought me to this lonely spot.
To whom belongs the field? this fiowery bed !:
tsThe dead" -
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ISAAC BRowN, t.-ss5.sl T. SUTHERLAND,
President. President.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-04-10
PUBLIC LAWS.
An Act

To increase the revenue ofthe State and to
encourage wool growing.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee, That hereafter the keep
ing of dogs shall be privilege which
shall be taxed as follows Every own
er or harborer of dog or dogs shall
pay one dollar on each dog; for the
privilege of keeping bitch the owner
or harborer of the same shall pay
tax of five dollars for each bitch so
kept, except spayed bitches, which
shall be taxed as other dogs. to be col
lected and paid into the treasury as
other moneys by the Revenue Collec-
tor.
Sec 2. Be it further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the Tax Assess
or to enumerate and assess, as herein
provided, every dog and bitch within
his district, at the time he assesses
other property, and the Revenue Coll
lector shall collect the same. The As
SCISSOR shall cause each person assessed
to state on oath the number and kind
of dogs owned by him.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That
if any person shall keep a dog or bitch,
that has been assessed for taxes under
this act, or shall have failed to pay the
same for ten days after demand ofpay-
ment is made by the Tax Collector, or
his authorized deputy. he or she shall
be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be fined not less than
five dollars and costs. for each dog or
bitch so kept and not paid for; provi-
ded that the owner or person against
whom this tax is assessed may, upon
demand of payment OF said tax. be re-
lieved from payment of the same, if he
or she will then and there Immediately
kill any dog or bitch upon which he or
she fails to pay the tax.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That
it shall be misdemeanor in any per-
son knowingly to keep sheep-killing
dog, or one that has been known by
the owner to wound or chase sheep,
and upon conviction upon presentment
or indictment the guilty person shall
pay fine of twenty-five dollars on
each dog, to be paid into the county
treasury.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That
in payment Of the dog tax wolf scalps
shall be received at two dollars, and
each bear, wild cat and red fox scalp
at one dollar, and each gray fox scalp
at fifty cents; provided, that each ami
NAL shall be captured and killed in this
State.
Passed March 10, 1875.
LEWIS BOND,
Speaker of House of Representatives.
THOMAS II. PAINE,
Speaker of the Senate
Approved March %, 1875.
JAMES ID. PORTER,
Governor.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-04-10

THE THREE SIEVES.-"Oh, man.
ma r. cried little Bella, I've heard
such a story about Edith Howard l
didn't think she would be $50 naughty.
One"
My dear" interrupted Mrs. Phil
lips, before you continue We will see
if your story will pass the three sleeves. !"
What does that mean, mamma Pr
inquired Bella.
Il will explain it. In the first
place-is it true?'
Il suppose so; | got it from Miss
White, and she is a great friend of
Edith's.
And does she show her friendship
by telling tales of her? In the next
place, though you can prove it true, is
it kind ?"
II did not mean it to be unkind.
mamma, hut l am afraid it was. |
should not like Edith to have spoken
of NE as l did of her,"
"And-is it necessary
mo, of course not, mamma: there
was no need for me to mention it at
all.
Then put a bride on your tongue,
dear. If we cannot speak well of our
friends, let us not speak of them at
all"
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DYING REFLECTIONS OF AN INF.
DELI
PROM THE c1NcrNxAT1 GAZETTE, SEPT. 1926.

What shall be? Where shall go?
I'd give a thousand worlds to know,
Shall exist. or shall / not?
Ceasing to bel dread the thought
Does death, in fact, destroy the whole,
And with the body kill the soul?
Reason, L choose thee for my guide,
I'll hear thy voice, and none beside;
Come now, decide the doubtful strife;
'Twixt endless sleep and endless life.
Some, who thy sole dominion own,
Say thou hast taught the soul will live,
And her accountto God must give.
Others deny that this will be,
And both for proof, appeal to thee.
l feel. know that have sin,
And conscience RACES here within.
II there's a God-lI fear tits true)-
Does he thecreatuie's conduct yiewl
And If the soul immortal prove,
Can sinners ever taste his love?
VIII they have nothing else to fear,
Because he governs there ana here2
II he is good, VIII he DESTROY
And kill with evils human joy?
Are parents hurried to the tomb,
Merely TO give successors room?
If we regard our acting here,
Why not revenge the oppressed tear?
And crush the cruel and unjust
With pride and malice in tile dust.
These thoughts an anxious doubt create
That this is not our final state.
If there's God, thei, who can tell,
There may be heaven, there may be he'll. =
The Bible doctrines may be right
II so, l sink 20 endless night
| hate that God which they declare,
His holiness is too severe;
hate his law, which says must
Be holy like him, or be curSt,
Once could laugh at what feel,
And scorn the thought of heaven and hell
But reason shines as clear as dag,
Altho' my outward man decay:
Yea, il may shine and never stop,
And misery fill my future cup.
Draw near my friends-if friends indeed,
1ou Will assist me now in need:
With you / spent the jOvial day,
And cast the thought of death away;
Ispurned at God. and Christ, and hell,
AS names that priests and women tell:
/ gave the rein TO sin and lust.
Which haStened my return to dust.
o, can you screen my soul from harm
Against the power or any arm?
An? wretches. stop-deceiye no more.
l scorned the Christian and his God,
And TRAMP pied on his Saviour's blood;
With him ] now no part can claim,
For still hate the very name.
Yet he must be more safe than l,
And more prepared to live or die
If was right, still he is we'll.
But if he's right. sink to HE'LL.
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viii iOu Try 1t!

a weary ex-Roman writes from CAL
ifornia to his friends in Georgia:
Il have struggled long and hard to
make a support for myself and little
ones. | have done that, but it is
all that | have done | am satisfied
that California is not the country for
Sout hern people Now and then one
NAV do we'll, but large majority of
them sicken and die or contract some
disease that units them for business
or labor especially if they are over the
ace of twenty-five years. Stout, healthy
ymny men stand the climate much
better but ! would never recommend
their coming here-for while We
have some good people here, this
section of the country is really the
asylum for escaped coRyiets AID refu-
gees from all parts Of the. United
States. The climate and society SUIT
the Sharp Yankees best, who are al
,rays ON the lookout for emigrantSS
from the South and when they ind
them generally go for them IN some
~ or another. If | could return L
would gladly do so. Many others
would do the same thing. Stay where
YOU are.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-04-10

The Nashville Union and American
says that roster of each house of the
general Assembly has been prepared,
from which We gather the following
facts: In the senate there are ten far
mers, eleven lawyers, one merchant.
and three physicians. Nine were born
in different States, twenty are married
and five are bachelors. Senators Rag
land and Trotter are the oldest men in
the senate, each being sixty one years
of age. Senator Marchbanks is the
youngest member, being only thirty
one years of age. In the house are
thirty-fve farmers, five who combine
farming with merchandising four mer-
chants, twenty attorneys, five physi-
clans, one that combines farming with
trading, one manufacturer, one me-
chanlc, one artist, one editor, one sales
man and one school teacher. Sixty
four are married and eleven are single
fifteen were born outside ofTennessee.
two ofwhOm are natives of Germany.
Representative Herring is the young
est member, being twenty two, and
Representative Carson. who is record
ed as seventy-three is the Oldest.