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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-03-08
A Large Work.

:. James Harper, of the firm Of Har-
per & Brothers, was a man ofTim-
mense vitality. of gay spirits, elias.
tic with an unfailing good humor,
and the shrewdest good sense. Those
who recall his serious aspects with
the hair brushed back from his brow,
and the spectactes pushed up, can
imagine the profound gravity with
which he regarded the questioner.
who had been sitting long, to very
little purpose. andsWho finally said.
s'WeH, Mr.. Harper, can understand
that your brother John takes care
of the accounts, and yonr brother
Joseph snperintends the oorrespon-
dence, and your brother Fletcher
keeps the business moving but /
don see what is left for you. What
do yon do ?: -. i ~ ~
5 "Oh, they leave me an enormous
work. | have more to do than all
of them. ''a3fasa e.esae. ssas.fa a. e. i 80
..Indeed! That's very curious.
What do you do?' aasT .sigiyaaag.
why, my deaFasiF. they leave me
to entertain the boresi
The bother is that these men who
are bores do not know il. They rob
You of your time with q delicious
unconcern, and Withdraw with a
complacency that you cannot be 50
cruel as to disturb.-S. s. 1eacler.4s
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Aphortsns of Horace Mann.

= Sonndness Of health is prelim.
mary to the highest pursuit.
- Conceptions are neither true
nor false, but judgments are.
- It was the sin Of Pharoah to
make the children of Israel write
compositions without ideas--that is,
to make bricks without straw.
- Mahomet said, "the learned
mans INK, and the martyrs blood.
are equally valuable in the sight of
God"
There is a great deal of cant
on the subject of education" said
Mr.. Eyes, there may be a great
deal of can't" was the reply, "but
there IS much more want"
- The rich and the poor are but
different ventricles of the same heart
of humanity.
A teacher who is attempting
to teach without inspiring the pupil
a desire to learn, is hammering on
cold iron.
- If you can express yourself so
as to be perfectly understood in ten
words. never use a dozen.
= You need not tell all the truth,
but let all you tell lie truth.
- A man OF worth is like gold !;
never out of passion.
= AS an apple is not, in any prop
er sense, an apple until it il ripe,
so human being is not, in any
proper sense. a human being, until
he is educated.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-03-08
Fiction.
From the College Echo for March.
Affirmative.

Is the reading Of fictitious writ
ings beneficial?
Shall we refuse TO read a book be-
cause it is fictitious. when its foun-
tain-head is the bible when the au-
thor is using this means of instruct
ing the young, when by his magma
ton, his writings flew smoothly on.
breathing a sweet fragrance TO all
around, pouring forth knowledge.
yet interesting. teaching lessons
that will do good through life, yet
fictitious. impressing that which will
elevate the feelings, give new and
eloquent phrases, sublime sentences,
which thrill US and fill us with active
feelings! Many great, good and
generous men devote their lives and
talents TO this kind of writing.
Shall we throw away the works of
these good men and declare them
unclean because they are fictitious?
This clearly should not he done.
But. do you say that you find some
parts that are not commendable?
Granting that, did you ever read
book in which you never found an
Our best books are thus.
A great part of those treating of the
Christian Religion, have serious OBJ
jections. Shall we reject them on
that grounds Shall we abandon
the use of railroads because grave
accidents occur? .'t-s
There is nothing that the youth
delight to read more than fiction.
and while reading, the mind is who'll
ly absorbed in the writer's meaning.
Then, ola then, would that we had
more Bunyans, more Millions, who
might plant seed that would grow
and bring forth much fruit long after
they pass through the dark valley of
the shadow of death. Shall our
good men, who have a talent for
this kind of writing, cease to feed to
The young. through this grand and
much loved medium, and let them
pine away by reading something not
4 whit commendable? Since the
mind of the one reading fiction is
fastened on what he is
reading, there cannot be a more
favorable time to make good and
lasting Impressions; Impressions
that will be carried and acted from
through life.
AS TO the language, generally, it
cannot be surpassed in style, in
beauty and choice Of words and ex-
pressions.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-03-08
Courage and Fortitude.
From the College Echo for March.

1 Courage is q virtue, and consists
in q firm and unyieIding determine.
| ton. 1t Involves steadiness OF pur-
pose amidst all the perplexities.
turmoils and dangers which beset
the path Of duty in this life. To
speak of boldness and courageous
ness in one engaged in wrong
course of conduct is a missioner. 1t
is neither courage nor fortitnde, lit
is foolhardiness and recklessness in
crime. To be a courageous man,
one must believe himself to be in
the right The wicked flee when no
one pursueth, but the righteous are
as bold asa lion.n There must be
honest convictions of the truth of
the cause, which he is pursuing.
The whole heart, with its affections,
desires and emotions must be en-
gagged in it. Thus panoplied. the
man is nerved for the conflicts, of
life. Thus he fears neither reproach
nor SANDER. tits this virtue that
has enabled men to contend for truth
in all ages. 1t was this that enabled
Paul to contend, heroically. for the
truth in opposition to the hostility
Of earthly potentates and powers.
1t was this, that enabled john the
Baptist to reprove Kings for their
crimes. By this. Greece, more than
once, has been delivered from the
thralldom of her enemies. and to
this virtue, America is inbebted for
her national independence and con-
sequently her present greatness. So,
in world like this in which we live.
where truth and morality has so
much to contend with, without this
virtue, man would be poor pitiable
thing. 2
Fortitude differs from courage, in
this; that while courage must be
actively engaged to win the race
must contend and struggle in all of
the conflicts Of life, fortitude re-
quires calm and patient suffering
and endurance. Perhaps men pos
sess the former in greater degree
the latter. Yet we often
find both of these virtues combined
in the same person; in fact, one i'm !
plies the other to a greater or less
extent. The bible furnishes such
characters in the persons |
Of Daniel and Paul. Courage and |
fortitude are the out-growth of in I
begrity Of heart. Therefore if any |
desire these virtues he should live
30 as to have a conscience void of /
offence, both to God and man.
w. c..
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-03-08

HaStan SLOWLY

IL. AkAA From the College Echn.S rs Rl1Aa
This captioa.is a Rfst4ate motto
for everyAoneain airy liad of bu i.
pess. s TheIpupileneeds inst such a
rule to moderate his Roadway and
Thirst, ainclining him TO go too rapid
/ ly,1and thus do his work ftnpe rfectly
Study will soon become frksone II
less done we'll 81 It1cannot1 be done
well fwithontlpatient9 toiR.g Yet the
pupil must llastensdT The task lrftst
sbebbeguHs no matter how anweIcothe
may bessESoa heaneeds the pres
sure of this nottoato 1trgesllim on t o
duty in his studies Doubtlessfathe
most hurtful effects of haste eaTea to
be seen in the choice of our calliIlgs
and prOfessionssofa life. aalWe make
here a sad mistake often, both in
the time and the kind Of business
We expect to tfollow.zMany persons,
# they do not miss their calling,
enter upon its duties before they are
ready. They think the profession
will sour if they do not enter. it i'm
mediately. Cultivate the mind and
heart wei, and the calling will hnnt
49, faaesraPiE vafssxF ega sgf8ata0.
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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-03-08

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No one Lives for Himself A lone.
aEs d. s. From the College Eeho.lI -ezS
a. Man WAS created to- care, and to
be cared for; to provide. AM. to be
provided for; to, think, and to be
thought of; to help, and to he help
ed. He was not created TO live alone,
in any respect. God, seeing that's
was not good for man to live alone.
provided for him a help-mate, that
he mightoliyea with her in happiness,
instead of living SO lonely As the
rose and thorn were created to live
together in harmony and die in :he
same. even so were woman and man
created neither one or the other TO
live alone but as social beings, to
live for each other, and seek each
Others. happiness. God has SO
created all Objects, both animal and
inanimal,a thate they terd towards
those OF their kind, and dislike a
separate and solitary existence. In
animal objects, by the well known
laws of chemical attraction tend to-
ward those objects for which. they
have an affinity. Thus il is wish the
human family. They are not ex
emps from this same general law of
attractions but have a natural affinf-
ty for their fellows. There can be
but little doubt, that the desire of
society is one Of the original princi-
plies of our nature. 1t Shows itself
at very early period Of. life, and
under all the diverse conditions of
existence. f1zfaga s4al Esa1staa 6na
i 1t is an implanted principle havs
ing its seat in the constitution of the
mind. + The child rejoices in the
company Of its associates. The
lower animals manifest the same re-
gard for each Others society, and
are unhappy when separated. Man
is 50. constituted, that what he finds
ont or knows, headoes not want to
keepait,p but wants to communicate
it to others, that they may be
benefited by it also. God, seeing
this, fixed in constitution de-
sire for society, That we might help
each other in this way, and not live
for self alone. A desire for esteem
is a priiiefple founded iii the consti-
tuition ofsthei mind : and since this is
so, we mustsnot be selfish, must not
live for ourselves alone. bat must
promote the happiness and contrib
ute to the comfort of others, if we
would have their esteem. E-f65JY
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-03-08
Crumbs.

It is said you can break a boy from
taking on about o girl By making
him write her name one. hundred
times, batswe thinkethey arerDften
no BETTER after they have written
their names five hundred times -
Agcoupfeg of neighbors became so
hostile that they would not speal1stol
each other !: but one Of them, having
been converted. at q camp meeting,
on seeing his former eperpys held
out his hand. saying $50 = -
srs.IIow adye do, Kempgh T. am
humble enough 10 shake hands with.
a dog
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-03-08

Brigham Young has sent word to
the faithful at Ogden to stop bapti-
zing into the Order of Enoch, say
ing that he would never have organ
lied it If he had known how much
opposition it would have excited.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-03-08
Industry the secret Of Success.

- AHIG51 From the College Echo. tafsss8 ts-l
"A person must use indu stry before
he can Succeed in any business of
life. This is confirmed by the his
| tory ofpast nations, by past expe-
rience. and by the observation of
the present, No one. ever rose to a
placesof eminence, in the world. no
one has ever had his nane1nsorfbed
in golden letters upon the pages of
history. without industry. Go search
history, and you viii find there many
examples of great men. which prove
that Industry is the secret fasne-
cess. Letzus note q few who by III !
dustry have made for themselves
names honorable IT is mainly ow-
ing to this that Christopher Colum-
bus, the celebrated navigator, sailed
across the majestic ocean, and dis
covered America the home Of tie
brave, By itJBeniamiq Franklin be-
came one Of the greatest philoso
pliers ofahis=aee.@Byaif Homer, IIor-
ace. VirgilaRIiltons and many others
won nndying fame. A student can
not succeed without it. He. may at
tend College for months, and even
years, Without accomplishing any
thing, unless he be Industrious. Our
motto is Industry" and Try
and we feel sure that success will be
ours. ao.es = &. -. IS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-18
THE METHODIST CONGRESS.
The Election Of Editors and Of Agents of the
Book Concerns.

book CONCERNS.
BALTIMORE, May 17.-At the session to-
dav, after the adoption and reference Of several
resolutions OF minor interest, the Conference
proceeded to the election of editors and other
ofiic ~.
Dr. d. d. whedon was unanimously elected
editor of the Quarterly RerieC. DR.. j. H. Vim
cent was unanimously elected editor OF the
Sunday school papers and tracts.
The election for editors Of the Christian Apollo
gist and German Magazine was postponed until
1890 A. NJ. tomorrow.
Messrs. Nelson and Phillips were renominated
for agents Of the New York Concern, and were
res ected by acclau alton. Messrs. Hitchcock
aud w .luen were the only nominations for
agents Of the Western Book Concern, and were
also r. elected by reclamation.
motion to postpone tue election OF editor OF
the New York Christfdn Advocate WIS lost, and
DIR. ID. Curry If E stern New YORK, c. II. Fowler
OF Rock River. aud l.. o Haven OF Central New
Nois. were tnen pat In Domin ton. A ballot
was had. WITH the following result: " hole mum
b-r ~ ties, 81 essary to choice, l6l. e. H..
Fpwlcr receiv Ia; u. Curry. l43 Z. .. Haven,
10; scattering, @. DIR. Fowler was then declared
elected.
Tue election Of editors II the Western. North
western. Pittsnutgr. ana Genital Christian A drO.
Gates aud atlanta Methodist was postponed du-
TIE Rev. Ii. c. Benson Il California was the
only ulinee Tor editor of the Calf 5rnia CHRIS.
tan IdcOcdte, nd w4s elected unanimously.
Christian Advocate. Pacific Christian AdrOcute,
ana Ldd.es Repository was os,oohed.
The rem inner of the DAYS ses-i n was con-
sumed IN cousidelni the report of the Commit
tee on MISSIONS, - tOtne number OF corrcs pond.
ing secretaries To be employed bv the 30 nd II
andg Is Of The Missions, ana after pfotracted
| discussion M report OF the committee fixing
the numte at NV WAS adopted, md the Con-
ference then Adjourned until tomorrow.
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IL Is interesting to read the ultra Repub-
lican journals on the resent House OF Repre-
sentatives and Its investigations. The mildest
thing they oan do is to denounce the House as a
body OF Confederates, set of impertinent. slam
derous wretcbes, and their investg ltions as
mere irresponsible calumnles. This is all right (;
there is just cause for such condemnation. but
the Republicans put II altogether too mildly.
The Confederates were gentlemen, while the
maj Of the House are low-bred rascals, who
should be treated accordingly. Think what
they h We done to that hieh-toped Republican,
BELKsAP, to Boss GRANT and Brother ORvIL.
to SEcOR RoBBERsoa and his de r friend CAT
TELL TO Indian Commissioner SMITH. to that
lovely being MoREy OF Louisiana, to POKER
sCHENCK, ana to so many other Republican
oniceholdersi Confederates indeed Such a
House ought TO be taken In hand by Phil
SHERIDAN aud nnisned no he proposed to
nnish the Loui lana bandtt. Meanwhile, let
our distinguished contemporaries rail- on. IL
hurts nobody, and we trust it affords them some
relief.
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GEN SHERMAN Az a POLITICIAN.
lie was Once Elected President and Declined
the Once Grants Mistake.


II was the month of October, if remem-
ton 1t was proposed that IN election for ~ esi-
dent of tie United states should be held on
board the Baltic. and tine tea was NJ once en-
tnuslastIcalN adopted. Ihe polls Were opened
in the smoking room. Catholic priest and "A
jull fellow. " no pi wed uokvr all The way over.
were appointed inspectors OF election, and
Judges aud cdnvassers were selected in the same
imp RIAL spirit. \ paner coiar bux, with a hole
Ia tue cover, I'd -ervic- rs b tliuL box. Only
citizens Of the United states were all wed to
vote. the result WAS as lOlkws. II | lemember
arignt: Greeley, -; Grant, "a scattering, I.
T. WAS FAR nom satl-tuCtO to the voters,
ana II was suddenly femeu Tered that sherman
had not voted. IL WAS generally suppOst Il that
he would vote Tor Grant, which would maze a
tie. IN len event II was proposed to throw the
e.ecuon into our House Of Representatives, AS
We rallan.iy ueslsnatcd the lacy tasseug rs
Inc General was brought To the oils. but he de-
cined To vote. lie saih that he III voted but
tWlcc In ms NE, nd begged to be excused, We
released him, m he had irft the room, when
tn- Rev. Henry VI. q "ilaghrr, the wel-hn 'wn
Is ptist preacher, proi O-ed the II animation ~
Gen Sherman Tor President. Inc suggestion
WIS adopted oy tcclena'ion, aud few minutes
later he WIS elected resident q the United
States ny the I'm innOus voice OF the niti-siX
legdl voters on he bll ic.
n committee MAS pointed to wait on him
ana monty hlm of his eiecuon. lhey soon re-
turned with hin To the smoking room. Inc
deafenIng shouts with which h. was greeted
were taken up Nv the uflce : a q the crew, aud
the l.dies Ined IA the oval Il. clapplug their
Lt,lr mas nj waving their pocket htudker-
Culrfs. When the cheering was over, the Cen
eral made one of he lithies. l,te speeches |
ever he rd. lie began " humuTously declining
the dice To whicn we had elected MIN. linen
setting into "A serious Neil, ne assured us that
notuin- could posi- ,ly ever induce hun To ac-
cept clvll ON 20 OF any kind, ana he more than
MIN ed tnat Grant, IA hdNin- resigned his nigh
position III the army To cc-pt tne Presidency
had committed tie great mistake oil his lie
time, aud anew II.
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The French people are Signalling our
Centennial In sundry ways calculated to Increase
the friendship Of the two countries. In the
first place, the statue Of LAFAYETTE, a Gift Of
the French Government, will be erected In Cen
trai Park this year. In the second place, BAR
THoLDfs Immense statue Of Liberty, a eift from
Frenchmen In honor Of Americln indcpen-
deDce, ia ~ be erected in our harbor after its
completion. 10 the third place, contributions
are being taken up IN France to send large dele
gatioDs Of workingnen to the Exhibition at
Philadelphia, All these things are tributes Of
resuect from the French people, out we see no.
thing like them from the British nation. II the
Queen OF Great Britain and EmI re.s Of India
were to seize this occasion to make a visit to
these colonies of her ancestors, the visitor and
the visited would be alike pratined.
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Yesterdays Conventions.

Four State Conventions assembled yes
tertlay-two Of the Republican party i'll
New Jersey aud Alabama, and two OF the
Democratic party in Iowa and Ohio.
The Ohio Convention is of especial in
terest 10 the country Mt large, by reason
OF the fact that the financial ques-
ton has acquired peculiar prominence in
that State, and is a bone of contention In
the Democratic party there. 1t appeared
In the Convention yesterday Immediately
after its assemblage. and even before the
election of GEORGE III. PENDLEToN as its
Presidents and though majority OF
the Com mittee on Resolutions were hard
money men, the other side seems to
have got the advantage OF them. The Ohio
lesson of last year has evidently been
wasted upon some Of these people. They
learned then that the State could not be
carried by infationism, and that the party
lost its most effective support through the
initiation heresy; but yet they bring
out their folly again, MS though
they had already forgotten its fate.
The sound currency men, however,
were strong in the Convention; and
the financial resolution that was adopt
ed can carry no weight against the
voice Of the party in the great States
where the Democracy are in power. An
other interesting feature of the Ohio De-
mocracy that appeared in the Convention,
and is related TO the financial issue, was
the contest between ex Gov. ALLEN and
his nephew, Senator THURMAN. ALLEN
gained in so far rs to secure recon-
mendation as Presidential candidate.
The most interesting of yesterdays Re
publican Conventions was that of the
Btate OF New Jersey. Ii was managed, as
far as possible, in the interest OF BLAINE,
candidate, by JOIN Y. FOSTER, the man
who. some months ago, wrote the anti
Catholic private letter to BLAINE, which
somehow got into print, and which adj
vised BLAINE TO join the secret anti-Catho-
lie society, .. u. A, as q means Of reach
ing the Presidency. A strong anti-Catho-
lie sentiment pervaded the Trenton Con-
vention of yesterday, and any allusion TO
the subject, or anything that could
be so construed, was responded TO in
way that showed the tendency of
Repubicanism in that quarter. The
resolution against sectarian schools
was the only outcome OF the feeling
through the platform. An attempt that
was made to secure consideration for q
resolution that virtually pledged the party
In the interests of reform, was quickly
fquelched in way that prevented any
further efforts in that direction.
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-, y story TO be told,
49,, -, 49,. A., -, \ the public mind
-, 49, .,..aa.-a,, -, a.. conviction that
JOSIAH CALDWELL was the ,, -
through whom JAMES q. BLAIN -'.,'
bonds, and that he pocketed the ,,a,,,
which Col. ScoTT swore he paid 1, >, 49,
No more personal explanations .naI
needed. Mr.. BLAINE has driven the las, 90,
into his political coffin. The best thing !.
him to do is to follow the example OF h
predece. sor, SCHUYLER CoLFAx, and set up
MS "A lecturer in the rural districts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-18

More OF the gross and corrupt jobbery OF
SEcoR RoBBERsoS with the CATTELIs IL brought
out IN the testimony OF one OF these CATTELLs
before the House Naval Committee. Such a
series OF transactions as those carried on by
ROBnEEsoN, according to this evidence from
one Of the parties to them, show a state OF rot
tenness in the Navy Department worse than that
Of the rottenest snip tie oneing to 1t.
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And yet we believe BLAINE had the

The Springfield Republican repo rts that,
at the age OF seventy-three, the venerable Gov.
ALLEN Of Ohio kept a reporter no talking until
o'clock In the morning upon science, htera-
ture. war; philosophy, love. and mules. THIS 10
varied programme OF conversation for So old a
fellow as the Governor; bat as long as he sticks
TO 1t he Is safe against the panes OF disappointed
ambition. 10 a ulan 30 advanced as he. It must
be very painful not to he nominated Tor Presi-
dent In the present year; and We advise the
Governor to avoid that toric altogether.