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An Edition of a Book.

When publisher announces that
book has reached its third, fourth,
or even tenth edition" as the
case may be, the public has a
vague idea that the work has been
successful, but aonly a vague one.
How many volumes an edition
represents has been a mystery, but,
according to a Boston publisher,
there is something like a rule in the
matter. He says that book of
400 pages is considered an edition
at 1000, and this is a basis from
which all editions are estimated.
The publisher ggives additional in
formation, which may be of interest,
that for 400 page book, the total
cost, including advertising, copy
right, books to the press for re-
views, and all iDcidentals, is about
$1,250. This first edition, if all
sold, will bring a net return of
$575, leaving $3.50 unaccounted for.
A second edition will cost only
$3.50, as the plates are on hand,
and there is no expense on that
score, and on this edition the net
return will again be $675, leaving
still 1925 of the original expendi-
ture to be COTTON out of the work.
On the next edition, if one can be
disposed of, this shortage will be
cleared up and very small profit
remains. So thai it can be seen
that to be slightly profitable in
vestment there must be at least
three editions of of 200 copies OF
every book published.
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BEING a Great Man.

There is not a man in the land
that cannot be great man if he
only tries. To be a great man it is
not necessary 10 have 'title'' or
''handle" to your name. Why, do
you know, boys, there are more col
onels and professors in this country
at the present day than ever before.
can point out in the town 1 live in
no less than q dozen colonies who
never saw a battlefield and profess
sors who cannot master an infant
class in q Sunday school. Some
fellow one time called them by
those "handles," and they have kept
them ever since. But these titles
do not make one great. TO be
great is to be good, to be honest, to
be respected. A great man in my
eyes is one who possesses those
qualities.
We speak of the president, the
vice president, the congressman, the
senators, the representatives, as
great men, and so they are, in one
sense of the word, but if they do
not possess the traits aforesaid,
they are not strictly great.
So, now let every boy and girl
endeavor to be great; to build up
an irreproachable character, and
when you grow up TO manhood and
womanhood you will fnd it to be a
great friend and guide to you.
Wild boys sometimes make good
men, but not always. Their wild
ness generally sticks to them. To
be a good and great man or woman
it is necessary to commence Alright
while yet young. Gas the twig
is bent the tree is inclined"
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A Wonderful Pond.

One and a half miles east of Ok
ford, Ala, near Choccolocco creek,
is a rem markable curiosity in the
shape of q pond. About it cling
several mysterious traditions. Its
margin forms a perfect circle, whose
diameter will measure 80 yards or
more. Its depth no man knows, as
it has defied all sounding. Its wa
ter is as clear as crystal, and the
heaviest rainfall can not muddy it,
save for a brief space around its
edges. 1t never rises nor falls, but
in flood and drouth, winter and
summer always remains the same
1t has ever been a favorite resort
for bathing purposes, its surface
water being at this season very ge
nial, but a few feet down it is al
most ice cold. 1t is full of fish, but
they cannot be induced to notice a
bait, however enticing. l have been
told by parties that they had seen a
peculiar kind of spotted fish in this
pond that were as large as a grown
person, and apparently without
scales. About twenty yards from
the southeastern shore stands the
remnant of the trunk of huge pine
tree. 1t is only few feet out OF
the water and stands almost perpen
dicular, like fisherman's cork.
Often while in swimming l have
seen a crowd of boys get on this
trunk and sink it entirely out oi
sight, the tree always remaining
perpendicular. The tree, from the
force required to sink it, must be "a
or 100 feet in length.
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THE DEVIL.


Mon don't believe in devil noS, as their ia
theirs used to do;
TheJ've forced the door of the broRdest creed
to let his majesty through;
There isn't print of his cloven f OF, or
fiery dart from his bow,
70 be found in earth or air to-day, for thC
world has voted SO.
But who is mixing the fatal draught thai
palsies heart and brain,
And loads the earth of each passing yeal
with ten hundred thousand slam?
Who blights the bloom of the land to-day
with the fiery breath of hell,
If the devil isn't and never wass Wont
somebody rise and tell?
Who dogs the steps of the toll ng saint. and
digs the pits for his feet?
Who sOws the tsres in the field of time
wherever God sows His wheat?
The Devil IS voted not to be, and of course
the thing is true;
But who is doing the kind of work the Devil
alone should do!
We are told he does not go about as a roar
But whom shall we hold responsible for the
everlasting row
To be heard in home, in church and state, to
the eaTth's remotest bound,
If the devil, by a unanimous vote, is no.
where to be founds
Won't somebody stop to the front forthwith,
and make his bow and show
aoW the frauds and the crimes of the day
spring up-for surely We want to know.
The devil was fairly voted out, and of course
the devil is gone;
But simple people would like to know who
carries his business on.
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The Voters DUTY,


Next to the obligation to pro
vide food and clothing for those de
pendent upon him by nature, the
highest duty OF every citizen is tc
qualify himself for the intelligent
exercise of that privilege and debt
of citizenship, the elective fran
chise. Through this franchise we
give expression to that complete
manhood, of which intellectual
force, morality and religion are CO
ordinate factors; by it we affect not
our Individual destiny only, but
that of humanity as well; therefore,
we need, for its proper exercise, all
the help that the highest cultiva-
tinn of all our faculties can give US.
No greater mistake can be made
than to assume that this franchise
is merely 4 privilege. Il is one OF
the most solemn duties which the
citizen is called upon to perform,
and he who casts his ballot, with
out having exhausted every means
in his power for ascertaining the
probable effect of that ballot upon
the destinies of his country, com
mits crime agaist humanity.
1t will not do to plead ignorance
in extenuatiOn of careless voting.
For him who transgresses a law of
his physical being, punishment in
the shape of pain or disease is Ger
tain; and the laws which govern
the physical relations of men are
no less fixed and immutable Ihan
those controlling their physical or
ganisms. In both cases our knowl
edge has been blindly wrought out
through the painful results of err
ror; but in both cases a great fund
of truth has been accumulated,
from which we may obtain light to
guide our actions.
Neither can honest men evade
the responsibilities of the franchise
by refraining from voting; in cases
where error prevails, their votes if
not cast are counted for error, since
they add to the plurality of the vic
tors by reducing the vote of the
minority, if they do not absolutely
give that plurality; while in cases
where truth prevails these silent
votes still count for error, since they
reduce the majority give to truth
and thereby weaken its prestige.
The truth begins always in minori-
ties, and he who is not for it is al
ways against it.
1t will not do to excuse ourselves
from voting because of the rotten
ness of politics. This reason should
the more strongly urge pure minded
men to band together for the re-
generation of our political methods.
The cause is not hopeless. The
cause of truth never was hopeless,
and never will be, while God lives.
Let US, therefore, open our minds
to the truth, and be willing to re-
ceive it, though it come from unex-
pected sources; and let us fearless
ly vote with our convictions, re-
gardless of the vltuperatlon and
calumny which such a course may
bring upon US from the party dem
agogues who would keep US in par
tisan blindness, in order that they
may con tinue to eat in the sweat of
our brOws.
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Resting Hours for Hard ToiIers.

II see a good deal being said just
now about early closing for the ben
eft oEclerks," says a mechanic in
the Pittsburg Dispatch. "That is
right. They have long hours and
hard work, and the stores will lose
nothing in the long run by it. But
l see nothing in favor of the work
ingman-I mean the manual la
borer, skilled and unskilled They,
too, have exceedingly long hours,
and get but small pay. The hours
which they can spend with their
families or in recreation are few,
and their comforts in life are few.
Wouldn't al hour or two on Satur-
day afternoon be a mutual advan-
tage to both employer and employer
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The jackson Blade gives this lu-
cid solution of a very perplexing
question: "What the negro re
quires most now is instruction in
the great principles of physics and
metaphysics" a. He needs to
know the inhering and original
forces of the apprehensible qualities
of subject matters that produce or
gonoleptic impressions on the mind.
~ He needs to be familiar with
the odic forces and teiluric energy
of these professions which influence
the bias characters. (3.) He
needs to be acquainted with mind
as it is conceived to exist at the
date when it emerges from it pre-
natal stage of life, innowed with
those lnh9ritances which the deft
hand of nature selected to implant
in the soul while she was fastening
the form of marvellous beauty. g..
He needs to know the heirship OF
innate appetences which are to
enucleate into the prepondetory
mental forces. When these prov
inces are explored they will be able
to deal priori with the great prob
lem of social equality and social re-
lation.
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Washington's Mother.

A man may be ruler Of men,
but he remains boy to his mother.
When Lafayette, on the eve of his
departure for Europe, paid his part
ing respects to the mother of Wash
ington, he spoke warmly of his ad-
miration for her illustrious son. 81
am not surprised at what George
has done," she replied, "for he was
always a good boy.'
After that son had become presi-
dent of the United States, she often
spoke of him as my good boy, and
would discourse OF his early life
wherein he was always dutiful and
lovable. But not a word did she
speak of the general who delivered
his country, nor of the chief magis-
istrate of the nation. The moth
er's heart knew only the boy whom
she had trained to be good. That
he had become great seemed to her
simple faith a matter of course, and
was, in comparison with his good
ness, a matter of indifference.
Washington's crossing the Della
ware restored the hope of the al
most despairing people. When the
courier arrived at Fredericksburg
with the comfortable news, the
neighbors called upon the mother to
congratulate her.
Yes, it is Egood news" she an
swered, with her usual calmness
sand George seems to deserve the
thanks of his country for what he
has done"
The excited neighbors, annoyed
by the mothers reticense, read tc
her extracts from letters which eX
tolled her sons signal service.
'But, my good sirs," said she, iD
terrupting the reading, "here is toe
much fiattery; still George will not
forget himself, though he is the
subject of so much praise"
The anecdote shows whence
"George" derived that moral equa
nimity which suffered neither The
elation of victory nor the depression
of defeat to keep him from pressing
his work.
The ancient Persians taught theil
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MAN

Man that is bora of woman is
small potatoes and few in a hill.
He riseth up to-day and flourish
eth like rag-weed, and tomorrow
or the day after the undertaken has
him in the Ice-bOx.
He goeth forth in the morning
warbling like lark, and is knock7
ed out in one round and two sec
onds.
In the midst Of life he is in debt.
and the tax collector pursueth him
wherever he goeth.
The banister of life is full of
spllnters and he slideth down it
with considerable rapidity.
lie walketh forth ia the bright
sunlight to absorb ozone, and meet
eth the bank teller with a sioht
draft for 1857.
He cometh home at eventide and
meeteth the wheelbarrow in his
path, and the wheelbarrow riseth up
and smiteth him to the earth. and
talleth upon him and runneth one
OF it's legs into his ear.
In the gentle springtime he put
teth on his summer clothes. and n
blizzard striketh him far away from
home, and filleth him with woe and
rheumatism.
lie layeth up riches in the bank.
and the president speculateth in
margins and then goeth to Canada
for his health.
In autumn he putteth on his win
ter trousers, and a wasp that abid-
eth in them Glleth him full OF in
tense excitement.
He starteth down cellar with an
oleander, and goeth first hastily,and
the oleander cometh after him and
sitteth upon him.
He sitteth up all night to get the
returns from Ohio, and in the end
learneth that the other fellows have
carried it.
He buyeth a watch dog, and when
he cometh home late from the
lodge the watchdog treeth him
and sitteth beneath him until rosy
morn.
He goeth to the horse trot and
betteth his money on the brown
mare, and the bay gelding with a
blaze face winneth.
He marrieth red-headed heiress
with a war; on her nose, and next
day her parental ancestor goeth un-
der, with few assets and great liza
bilities, and cometh home 20 live
with his beloved son in in-law.-Puck.
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PULASKI. TENN. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1885.

the way home
Say anything you please to me,
father" said Hugh, in the voice Of
a thoroughly humbled spirit as he
saw the marks of the nights suffer
ing on his mothers gentle face. 81
deserve more than any words can
give me-"
"If you realize that, my boy, l
need not say much; you have pun
ished yourself more severely than
any one else conld punish you.
Only try to bear in mind, Hugh,
that one of the crying sins of this
age is the lack of reverence to pa
rents, which the great Lord so sol
emnly lays down in His law. His
greatest threats are uttered against
the children of disobedience, and
His choicest promises are to those
who honor alike their earthly and
their heavenly parents.-Forward.
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Punishment hv the Nurse.

In no circumstances whatsoever
ought your child to be chastised by
his nurse. This outrage may and
does occur sometimes in nurseries
where wise and affectionate espion.
age prevails. The suspicion of the
deed ought to be the signal fol
strict investigation, and, should the
fact be proved, summary dismissal
of the offender. There are women
who wink at such mIsdemeanors, as
others, less culpable, condone dis
honesty in an empfoye who is in
most respects "invaluable." The
mistress retains in her service the
nurse who beats or slaps the baby
she Is hired to keep in safety and
honor, and by so doing sinks below
the level of the ignorant creature
whose own childish peccadilloes
were visited by leather strap OF
broomstick. The stream cannot
rise higher than the fountain; but
the educated woman who, in chris
tian charity and amiable cowardice,
excuses the act on the score of "the
invaluable's' hasty temper, or af-
fects not to be cognizant of it be-
cause cit is not convenient to
change just now," sins against
heart, reason, her conscience-most
deeply of all, against her child
Marion Harland, in Babyhood.
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few. Some say in speaking against
education, that somebody must
farm, and the farmers boy will tell
you when you urge him to study
grammar or history, 81 intend to be
farmer, and my father says if ]
learn TO read, write and calculate,
that is enough" Can even farm
ers not see that education is as
necessary to their success as to al
most any other branch of business.
Could an uneducated man have
written the prize-essay on "Thresh-
ing and Marketing Grain?,' He
may have known how to care for
his grain, but would have been un-
able to express his thoughts in the
proper language. Hence the edu
Gated man wins the prize
s. Mothers, see that your boys have
an education. Do not allow the
pocket-book to grow heavier at the
expense of your boys minds. And
why not give the girls an education2
| have no patience with the man,
or woman either, who sneeringly
says, "what is the use of spending
money for her education? About
the time she graduates she will get
married" Well, what if she does2
Perhaps her geometry aud algebra
will not seem to be of much use,
but by the study of them her mind
has received a discipline impossible
to receive in any other way. And
no one, if they will think, can say
her grammar and rhetoric are of no
use. If you call on an educated
lady, she will entertain you in a
better way than by telling what
Mrs. So-and-so told her, etc. And
perhaps she will not get married
Can you not give the poor girl the
chance of a doubt? She may be
content to wear her life away in the
school room, at $50 per month.
Give the ladies a chance. l do not
ask chance at the polls; 1 sincere
ly hope that the men will keep that
power in their own hands. But II
hope the day will soon come when
all men who go to the polls will
have education enough to think in
telligently for themselves.
MAUDE MOORE.
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THE SOUTHERN GIRL.

The following is rebel war poem, pull
lished in the Southern papers in 1864.
will be familiar to many of the boys.
AIR--"Bonnie Blue Flag.n
Obi yes, am Southern gIrl,
And glory in the name;
And boast it with far greater pride,
Than glittering wealth or fame.
We envy not the Northern girl,
Ber robes Of beauties rare,
Though diamonds grace her snowy necl
And pearls bedeck her hair.
The homespun dress is plain, know,
My hats Palmetto, too;
But then it shows what Southern girls
For Southern rights will do.
We have sent the bravest of our land
To battle with the foe,
And we have lent helping hand
We love the South, you know
Now, Northern goods are ont of date,
And since the Yank's blockade,
We Southern girls can he content
With goods that's southern made.
We sent orr sweethearts to the war,
But dear girls, never mind,
Your soldier love will ne'er forget
The girl he left behind.
The Southern lands glorious land,
And has glorious cause;
Then three cheers for Southern rights
And for the Southern boys,
We scorn to wear bit of silk,
a bit of Northern lace;
We make our homespun dresses up
And wear tham with such grace.
And now, young man, word to you,
If you would win tho fair,
Go to the field where honor calls,
And win your lady there.
Remember that our brightest smiles
Are for the true and brave,
And that our tears are all for those
Who fill a soldiers grave.
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boys TO ride q morse and tell the
truth Mary Washiugton's boy
was trained to fear no horse, and tC
scorn to tell lie. Ste was Vir-
ginia matron, with an estate, and
therefore owned several blooded
horses.
One, an unbroken sorrel, was so
spirited that no one had ever reined
him, much less mounted his back,
though several horsemen had tried
to subdue his fierce nature. One
morning, young George, aided by
several companions, decoying the
horse into narrow inclosure,
where they first tied and then bit
TED and saddled him..
The daring boy sprang to his
seat, the ropes were removed, and
the indignant horse rushed at full
speed over the field. When the ri
der essayed to direct or check him,
there was a struggle for the mastery.
Then came a terrible conflict, one
that made Georges fear for his life.
The furions horse reared, plunged,
dashed of, and suddenly stopped,
trying his best to throw off the
cool, clinging rider. At last, the
fiery colt stood still, and the
friends fears were relieved. Then,
with one mighty effort the sabdued
animal jumped high in the air and
fell to the ground-dead, the blood
gushing from his distended nostrils.
Whats to be done| asked the
youngsters, as they were summoned
to breakfast.
"Have you seen my colts in your
ramblesY asked Mrs. Washington,
as she took her place at the head OF
the table, 81 am told my young
sorrel is as large as his sire"
"Your favorite sorrel is dead,
madam" answered George.
Dead? Why, how did it hap
pen?" exclaimed the surprised lady.
Il backed him and rode him this
morning and In the struggle burst
a blood vessel and fell down dead"
A flush of irritation was seen on
the nations cheek; then she quiet
ly said, 81 regret the loss of my ia
vorite colt, but rejoice in my son
who always tells the truth"
Washington had a temper, as
Charles Lee discovered at the battle
of Monmouth. That wilful gener-
aPs disobedienee pierced Washing
toms self control in its one vulnera-
bic spot. He himself had heen
trained to obey without question
ing, and he could not tolerate disc
bedience.
Those who remember the Incl
dents of Washington's wrath to-
ward Lee will see from an anecdote !
that he inherited both his temper
and his sensitivenness TO disobedi-
ence.
One day, while Mary Washin G.
ton was driving about her farm,
giving orders, she noticed that her
overseer had not done some work
as she directed him to do it.
TN my judgment, ma'am," said |
he, nettled at the reproof "the
work has been better done than it
would have been done had 1 follow
ed your orders"
In a moment the matron's tenn
per flashed. "And pray, sir, who
gave you any exercise of judgment
in the matter? l command yoa,
sir; you have nothing to do but to
obey me, SIR
"With it,or on itw said the Spar
tan mother, handing his shield to
her son, as he went into battle.
That was the Greeks ideal of home
training. We like better Mary !
Westinghouse: 81 am not surpris-
ed at what George has done, for he
was always a good boy" First
goodness, then greatness.-Youth's
Companion.
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A Plea for Education.

1t is surprising in this enlight.
ened age of schools and books how
many people are yet opposed to q
good education. Almost every day
we hear that too many people are
being educated, and that soon there
will be no one to work. Is it true
then, that education, units men for
labor? How many avenues of bust
ness are open day to uneducated
men? Surely the answer is, very
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Overton, Putnam, Fentress and 9th
er countiss along the upper Cum
oerland will find veins of natural
gas to supply Nashville with the
fuel Of the future and the one that
VIII be necessary TO produce a great
manufacturing center.-Union.
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DURHAM, Iowa, March 2, 1882
Ayers Sarsaparilla has cured me of the
Imfiammatory Rheumatism, after being
troubled with the disease for eight
years. w. NJ. MOORE.
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The time has come when farmers
can no longer afford to raise other
than highbred stock.
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Andrews Hotel,

Market St., End of Union,
NASHVILLE TENN.
GILES county people will find real solid
" com fort, good COOLING suPerintended by
the propriotor's wife, and extra polite ness
there. Right in the middle of business
Find the place and stop there and you viii
not regret takin this advice. mY22tf