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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15
4 SONG OF SEASONS.
ELEANOR x1RK.

"Ohl what q wretched world ~
The robin sang, one day,
As the dead leaves were hurled
In 1itfdl gusts away.
And then beneath his wing
He tucked his dainty head
He'd try no more to sing,
But wished that he was dead.
"Ohl life, how poor thou art
To compensate for pain r.
Cried one with breaking heart,
And tears that fell like rain.
The world had all turned brown
The sky was black and lead;
And so, with soul cast down,
She wished that she was dead.
o robin on the bough,
Why wilt thou thus complain
No better time than now
Can open for thy strain +:
And when thou canst act sing,
Because Of stormy blast,
Don't be silly thing,
And think twill always last.
o tortured ssul, look there
Behind the lsaden pail,
A face divinely fair,
Locks on and sees 1t all;
And when, thro' grief and pain.
That face thou canst descry,
Thou wilt not feel the rain,
Or see the clouded sky.
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PrOcrastinatiOn.


Delays are dangerous, says tn
old proverb. and it is very true one
II is net always best to act upon th,
moments impulse, especially if it il
an angry one but in the norma
state Of the mind, the impulses OF ~
honest heart are worth hearing. And
when ones conscience says sudden
ly: This is best-do it," ten tc
one conscience is right.
''Strike while the iron is hot" il
borrowed frem the blacksmith's ex.
perience. and he knows how neces.
sary it 10 to carry it out. So, in
many things Of this lise, the moment
at which hearts are melted aud soft.
ened is the time for action. Wait.
and those hearts grow cold, and 9th.
er interests stir them. and It is all
too late.
Better too rash than slow. It
takes an immense capital 10 be slow
upon q little one will sometimes do.
II used on the spot. In business
this is certainly so. In almost all
affairs of life at least une takes the
chances Of ruin or success. and that
is better than to creep slowly to dis
appointment.
Life is not long enough for pro
crastination. Youth is not long
enough; hope and energy leave US
too soon 10 be trifed with. AS for
love, how many man has lost the
woman he wanted just because he
did not ask her in time. How many
a woman has trified with an homes,
love, and feared and trembled, until
the hope deferred which makes the
heart sick has turned it from her.
If you have thing 10 do, do it
do it now if you can. Better fall
with a crash than have the moss
grow over you. and stand desolAte,
useless ruin. We ell know how q
chasm, which slow, methodical, pains.
taking considerations would prove
to us could not be cleared at all,
may be crossed by a sudden run aud
leap We all know how 3 moment of
excitement We have Strength which
surprises ourselves. and which We
could not coolly summon. So with
mental action. The quicker the bet.
ter, as q general thing. At least do
not procrastinate do not pass hours
that should be spent in action in idle
dreaming. Take life in your hands,
and, for veal or for woe. go on With
it, fearing nothing, hoping every
thing, leading even its forlorn hopes
with soldiers spirit to the very
end. And you shall have a brighter
present, and richer draughts as you
so on, and fewer dregs when the
cup Is emptied.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15
How MilliOnaires Invest their
Money.
PhiIsdelphia Record

Money.
New York Cor Of the Rochester Democrat
1t is surprising that money lend.
aFs are SO Indisposed to accept out
of'town securities. Such, however,
Is the case, aud hence, while millions
are waiting investment. lenders will
not notice applications from the
country. One journal advertisea
nearly s9,000,000, but city security
is wanted. Nearly one-baIf of the
above sum is offered by one broker,
who represents several large estates.
Heavy loans on the very best prop
srty can be had at 8 per cent, but
on second rate property, such as
tenement houses, livery stables.
ETC., 6 per cent, is demanded. The
AstOrs do not lend on mortgage. but
prefer governments. The reason is
found in their objection to appearing
IN the puDllc prints as parties to
fore. closure suits. Other prominent
capitalists, such as James Lenox,
Peter Goblet and Robert L. Stuart,
adopt q similar policy, they pur.
chase arst-class railway bonds in
large sums also city bonds, the
issue of which amounts TO $l2O,00O,-
900. This personal property is very
carefully kept. The Aslors have q
large safe. which is always guarded.
It probably contains $4,000, 600 Of
such securities. The Safe Security
Company probably has 500, ,OO0,.
600 In its care' and here no robbery
or detaleatlop has ever been known,
There ia probably $500. .O00, 900 OF
PERSONAL property held in this city,
almost all OF which escapes taxation.
This estimate does not include mer-
chandise. but simply capital. 80
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15
Is 1T HERESY9

byterian Church, Movement
/ Started to Brand as Heretics
all who believe in Christ's Sec.
Ond Coming to Reign on Earth.
Philadelphia Record.
Trouble is brewing in the PrSsby-
terian Church of the United States.
1t has its origin in q question Of
doctrine. OF recent years what is
known as the Pre-milIiennarisn be-
lief-that Christ, on his second CON-
ing. will reign on this earth for 3
thsusand years before the final judg.
ment-has been steadily growing
among the Presbyteriaus. This fact
was strikingly demonstrated at the
recent prophetic conference held in
Ne~ York, when papers sustaining
the fall position Of the Second Ad-
ventists were read by prominent
Presbyterian Clergyman. The wide.
spread discuaSion which has follow.
ed the conference has also afforded
many other csergymen - the same
faith an opportunity Of expressing
their opinions. AS . result of this
action q strong feeling is being gen.
Grated in the church. A still larger
following hold to the opinion that
the teaching Of such doctrines by
Presbyterians is nothing short Of
beresy. They declare that, although
the highest body in the church has
never yet made any direct deliver
ance on the subject, yet it has al.
ways been recognized as the stand
ard of the church, based upon the
general belief of Christendom, that
the second coming of Christ will be
the final judgment. The Post-Mil-
lennarians, or those who hold to this
opinion, have an able champion in
Prof Biggs, of the New York Theo
logical Seminary, who is writing .
series OF vehement attacks on the
Pre-Millennarisns, under the pseud.
onym Of "Westminster," in the
Although the struggle is yet in its
infancy, Prof. Biggs and his follow
era very plainly Intimate that the
Pre-Millennarians should not be tol. |
Grated in the Presbyterian church.
and threats have already been made |
that offending" preachers will be
indicted as heretics before the next
general assembly, which meets in
in May, 1879.
In this city the question is excl.
ting much interest among the PreA.
byteriaDs although 1t has not yet
been carried to the pulpits. Yester-
day it Was debated at meeting OF
the Presbyterian Ministerial Asso.
Rev, Or, Breed speaking
against the Pre-millennarian theory,
and Rev. DR.. Baker. OF Camden, |
taking the other side. The debate
was considered of so much interest
that, contrary to ths general rule of
the association, it Was decided to
carry 1t to another meeting, and the
argument will consequently be re.
sumsd a fortnight hence.
Expressions of opinion from |
numher of leading Presbyterian di-
vines of Philadelphia tend to chow
that, while they hold that the differ.
ence of doctrine is of vital impor.
tSnce TO the church. they are not
yet prepared to declare that those
who are dSViatin2 from the ole and |
strict construction Of the standards
should be branded and punished as
heretics. Most of them, however.
agree that the belief OF the church |
On this point should be definitely re. |
corded, and that action in the mat.
ter should certainly be taken at The
forthcoming meeting of the general |
asSemblv.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15
An Author in the Bud.

A very small boy writes the fol.
lowingl
Will you please publishs this it is
tho 8rst story l ever rote l am elev.
eu years old.
Chapter |. Once there was q man
who was walking the at, who q police
caught sight of. He grabbed the
man by the collar and took him to
the station. When he got their
they asked him what he had stole,
ne said nothing they looked in bis
pockets and found seven hundred
dollars, and q ladies gold watch then
they put him lookup and left him
their.
Chapter III. he looked around and
soon caught sight of q brocken win.
dow which he escaped from.
Chapter III. be ran for the woods
and 40 Was going he met a friend
OF bis named John Flint.
"Hsllo, john" said he.
"Hallor'
"Whsir are you goingT
Running away"
"Wheir fromT'
jail"
"Well, you had better hurry up
because their comes the police"
"Wheir will go?"
"For the river"
''Is there any boat their?"
Yes"
Goodbye"
and away he ran for the river. the
police behind-he soon reached the
river and sprang into boat.
Chapter Nv. AS he was crossing
the river he saw a steamer after him.
He roed with all bis might but the
steamer gained more and more until
they caught him be killed the police
but before be had time to kill anOth-
or they had hand-cuffs on him and
took him to the Penitentiary aud
hung him. q
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

Il
The expectation of future lnppi-
pess is the best belief of anxious
thoughts. the most perfect cure OF
melancholy, the guide of life, and
the comfort Of death.
'What shall | get for baby p
sings Marion Harlaud. in an ex.
change, fit is like most babies
that have come under our notice,
Marion, you'd better get it a wig
ROckIdnd Courier.
II Col. Ingersoll or anybody. else
proposes to undertake an improve
ment on the work ofthe Creator, we
wish they would figure out some
way for q man to dispose OF his un-
derneath arm when he lies down..
A marvellous change came over the
feelings Of the sneak. who quietly
accepted ave quarters for a dollar.
and when a safe distance from the
store discovered to his disgust that
they were ali iwenty-cent pieces
~ Y. Meas.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

Harper's Weekly insists that TildeR Is
not dead, but on the contrary, he is in .
Sair way to be the Democratic candi-
date in 1880. All q mistake, says the
Nashville Banner, as fer RS the latter
part of the sentence is concerned, II
Tilden is not virtually out of the Prssi.
dental race, as coming events will
show. then we will confess to having
been badly mistaken
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

The Rev. DR.. Tucker, OF New York,
reesntly said that before opium became
a trade Of export, the Chinese consum-
cd 200 chests annually. Now they de-
moralize themselves by the use Of SO,-
600 chests year. In Africa, the ma
Gives now prefer rum TO cannibalism.
4 Scotchman recently sent to Africa
eO0, 600 gallons of rum in the same ship
with q missionary.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15
THE CARPENTERS WO0ING.

THE CARPENTER'S WOOLNG,
80 beam my life, my Awl to mOf'
He cried his fame addressing
eff / 'adze such love rs yours,
I'd ask no other blessing T.
II am rejoist to hear you speak"
The maiden said, with laughter
"For tho l hammer guileless girl,
It's plane what you are rafter.
Now, if file love you just bit,
What further will you ak meP
CRp-will you be content with that,
Or will you further tacks me"
He looked handsaw her words were
square
"NS rival can displace me-
Yes, one more favor implOre,
And that is, dear EN-, brace me T.
ST LOrtis InsS-JoWrn0l.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

Eureka Leader On the 4th of July,
1853, at the battle of Gettysburg, Albert
jackson was shot in the right lung.
The bullet was not extracted. Mr..
Jackson recovered and removed to this
coast. Yesterday he was taken with q
violent ft OF coughing, something OBJ
structing his windpipe, and in the par
oxysm the bullet was cOughed up.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

Ac art critic, going into a gallery
in o State Of mild inebriatioD, to
criticise some pictures. sees himself
in a glass, and. taking out his note
book. writes as foIlowsi First
room. head of = drunkard. no sigma.
lures has o great deal of character T,
red nose remarkably truthful. Must
be portrait from life; think I've
seen that fsce somewhere.-A!f
Journal.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

The wise msn on going to bed on
cold night plunges his feet to the
bottom and has but one spot to
warm. The foolish man draws bis
knees up to his chin and extends bis
feet gradually, feeling all night as If
he had taken contract to melt
down the corner OF an iceberg.-C Gin.
Commercial.
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AS your curiosity has led you to
read this, If you are reading borrowed
GAZETTE, stop it at once and subscribe
for a copy for yourself; or If you owe
the printer anything pay him, be happy
and receive his respect.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15
WIEN SIDEWALKS ARE so SLIP
Perry.

he tumbled fair and square, he did,
Upon the pavement slippery,
And bruised his bones and badly soiled
His gsy and gorgeous foppery.
And she, sweet iass, went down with
In all her stylish fripperys Thin,
Such tragic incidents take place
When sidewalks are 80 slippery.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

Our Wheeling inventor is getting
up new patent chair for dentists.
A concealed spring in it runs . tack
up through the seat, and while the
patient is bowling and his attention
is dirveted by the attack below. the
tooth Is yanked. out Wheeling
Leader.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

Texas has 100 convicts, Of whom
acme 800 are kept In prison, and the rest
aQe hired out to work on railroads and
farms. One, undergoing life sentence,
ia hired by his wife, and lives comfsrta'
blv at houaR
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

They even go so far now rs to say that
Gen. Grant is, and always has been, q
rigid total abstinence man. Doubt truth
TO be q liar, but never doubt Ulysses
ability TO stand fiat-footed and gulP
down more of the ardent than any man
either in Europe or America.
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THE MORRISTOWN GAZETTE
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TO our friends and patrons, but casn
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We hope you will comprehend and ap-
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1 QUO
Two men destroyed themselves
because their wives we're too fast.
The remainder of the thirty three
cases, under the head Of miscellane-
ous we attribute to various causes,
the most OF which are positively tri-
vial, and some Of q ridiculous ma.
turS, They are ssverally attributed
as follsws: One each to trouble in
deciding how to make hiS will to
over-devotion to study; home-sick-
ness sympathy for = suicide dream
ing OF being arrested for burglary
being sued for his church SubscrIp-
tion q desire to 60 TO Germany; to
having q horses bride cut at a par
ty; disappointment or desire to go
to schools unwillingnsss to go to
school; to having bad daughter
to q newspaper article rejecting
upon his family; to having Opposi-
ton in the livery stable business to
being told by "the spirits" to kill
himself; to being sent to Jail for
selling liquor to minors. One man
committed suicide because the crops
were bad and his aunt had died Of
the fever and another took his own
life by jumping from q very high
tree, because of the bad crops and
the death of his son. One husband
killed himself becSuse hiS wife had
locked the door on him at 2 O'Clock
in the morning and another because
his wife scOlded him for coming
home late TO dinner. One man pub.
licly took his life 10 order to make a
sensation and to hOast of bis Feligi.
Gus infdeIity doctor OF medicine
did the same because he had no
practice. Only one person commit
ted suicide in the spirit Of self.saeri.
aCing love, in order to save the life
Of q friend; and In illustration OF
the truth that there is bat q single
step from the sublime to the ridicu-
lOus, another man preferred to die
and did 40, by his RWa hand, ''rRtA,
or than haul tan.bank in the Big
Sandy region r. The reader will ob.
serve from the preceding statement;
that in the majority of casea, where
the cause is known. the suicides
were the consequences of ungoVerns
ed passion and appetite; that relig.
ion has been slight inducing cause
that education has been equally in.
efficient in the way-only one per.
sons death being oauAed by over.
study, and but one school teacher
put an end TO himself because he
was ''tired of life.'' Moral: It is
wise for one to keep bis animal MS
tprs in subieOtion, to cultivate his
mind, to keep a good conscience, To
be contented, not to think OF him.
self more highly thaA be ought to
think, and at the same tiMe to be-
lieve that he is of enough imaortance
in the world ta live and he useful
to serve God faithfully aud be hapny,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

There will be no Mardi Gras displays
I'm Memphis this year.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

The best illustrated paper out - q
bank-note.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

The Jackson, Tenn, Tribune and 81"
mildly puts it: damn Blaine anyhow"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

job printing dispatched neatly and
ehespIy at the GAZETTE job Once.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

Business is suffering severely in Ken
tucy and Tennessee, Fifty more Vlld,
cat dIstiIleries bare been aelzed.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

Poor little Tom Harduppe says he
always gives Mrs. II. her own way
because 1t 10 the only thing he has
70 give her.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15
&67.36S "a

The sum OF 520, 900 has already been
paid out to yeilow-fever benefciaries,
and all the yelIoW,feveF Losses will be
paid within the next sixty days, The
yellow-fever deaths in the Supreme
Lodge jurisdiction were %, in the Ten
nessee Jurisdiction, 40; total, 6s, making
she total losses to the organization by
yellow fever, S136, 0O0
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

We have seen a portrait of the
Amesr of Afghanistan. He parts
his hsiF On the iSothsrmal line. This
is enough; let the war proceed
Mobile REGISTER.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

The record OF suicides 10 the Uni.
ted States during the year 1878. as
prepared and published by the Gin.
einnGti Commercial. furnishes inter
esting material for thoughtful con.
Sideration by social scientists and
moral philosophers. The whole
number of cases is $50, but OF these
there are without known cause, 234,
leaving 322. We have taken the
trouble TO analyEe and classify. 80
far as possible, the causes assign ed
for the commission OF the deed, in
these nearly 900 instances. It is as
follows, viz:
Insanity, generally temporary. p6s
Had committed crime, In most ca
ses had killed O wife or woman. IS
Drunkenness, dissipation, &c. ... 68
nl-health, 1.-TWO on account Of blind1
ness1.... .................. 0T
Domestic troubles, quarrels, &C.. IS
Financial troubles, losses, &c. -. AZ
IN love- 1eSlousys
&C. ............. ...s......s... Al
Poverty, want or loss OF employ
mCnG. %
Melancholy and grief at loss or
disgrace OF relative. Ve.......... 20
1lreQ OF Ire. ....s............... IA
Delirium from fever, &C., (fear OF
FEVER
Accused OF crime.
-. e. "A
Arrested for debt. t................ al
Lll-temper, quarrelsomeness or
wickedness. 81
Dilirium from medicine (mor-
phine, &cl ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81
Politics, including one Of Tweed's
AAAw4u@s 1
Religious weakness ...... Q
-tl
$50 /
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Tramps are leaving Indiana.
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Contributions made to the yellow fe-
yer fund for Tennessee by the Ancient
Order of United WOrkmen during the
,,xsvalence Of the epidemic were as
follows
Tennessee lodges ..........$ 6O6 30
Other Jurisdictions. ....... 1923 so
Contribution for beneficial fund
from the Supreme Lodge.... ], 1,433 "a
Ni ted to pay los losses. " ...."..... - "a, 900 90
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-10-02
The Sam. Cary Greenback
Meeting AT Martins Ferry
On Saturday Might.

Commercial Hall was well filled with
Republicans and Democrats, especially
the latter, but there were only two
GreenbackerS present who were visible
to the naked eye. The Republicans
knew that the Democrats had set the
trap and baited it with this old Demo
cratic stool pigeon" who squalled and
tluttered and Topped and danced and
Squatted. But the old bird is so notori-
Gus and has so repeatedly befouled his
nest that the Republicans had no fears
of getting caught with Democratic chaff
They therefore turned out in numbers
to hear what the 'hOrny-handed man
had to say about dead issue. ThetOp-
les of his speech which he endeavored
specially to impress upon his audience
were: That the Republican party was
responsible for the panic, and that what
we now wanted was more paper money
(greenbacks) issued bv the U. S. Treas
ury alOne-we needed no National
Banks nor any other kind of Banks. His
speech was made up of cOmicalitieS. and
the too common trick of logic to connect
two cOntempOraneOuS phenomena as
cause and effect. He could as well prove
the moon responsible for the hard times,
us the party in power; and as to his in
sane theory of initiating the currency by
an issue of more paper dollars, and
make them as valuable in purchasing
power as our present circulation of pa
per money, is squelched by the history of
our Greenback, viz: When we had issued
$40O,000,000 of GreenbackS their pur-
chasing power was S2,O00,O00 less than
the purchasing power of the first issue
of S15O,OUO,O0O. II.