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6 ®ur |hilpit. THE SOUL. Extract from a Sermon by Dr. Wm. Davidson, D.D Jki Will I What i- it? At what shall we value it? (tod has given us no data from which, nor rale by which, to estimate its value. But He haa not left tis altogether without a witness. From what He has done for it, and will do, we can see something of the the price He fixed on it. When He created it, He formed it in His own image. He made it not after the likeness of angels that excel in strength, nor of any of the thrones, or dominions, or powers of the world On High—none of these, in His repute, were fit to be the father of the human soul. But Himself was the grand model after which He fashioned it. His own ineffable essence was the form alter which He created it; His own marvelous attributes the form after which He fashioned its attributes. Now consider what it is for a being to he created, in essence and excellencies, after the image of the Great God—of Him who fills immensity and inhab its eternity, who stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangelh the earth upon nothing ; whose glory no eye can nee ami live; from the insupportable splendor of whose Epiphany, when He shall come forth, the Heavens and the earth shall dissipate into smoke, shall vanish into nothing, shall flee away and “no place shall be found for them.” Consider, I say, what it is to he created in the image of this great God, and remember that, great as God is, infinitely great, past finding out, still the hmnah stml, in its pristine lustre, was the perfect picture, the daguerreotype likeness of its great Maker. His own uncrea ted excellencies were the mold in which He formed and fashioned the attributes of the hu man spirit, and the dye He used to stamp it with. But as if He had not yet given sufficient emphasis t/j the testimony which He bore to its value; as if He could never weary of working for His last and dearest of the works of His hand, see what a glorious world He has built to accommodate it, in this, its first and humblest state of being, for hut a day—a great, green, goodly world, a world of hills and valleys, and plains, of mountains and riv ers, and floods, of minerals and vegetables and animals; a vorld of singing birds and waving fields, and lowing herds and nibbling flocks, and verdant vales and babbling brooks, and roaring, plunging waterfalls; a world of oil, of olive, and honey, of figs and dates, and pome granates; a world whose stones are iron, and out of whose mountains one may dig brass, where one may eat bread without scarceness, and. not lack anything in it, and where the outgoings Of the morning and the evening re joice over us with an uninterrupted ami sem piternal joy; and all this us the birthplace and cradle Of the nascent soul, and just for a day; all this munificence and splendor and beauty! piled up, heap oo heap, as with the gorgeous and prodigal hand of the Eternal, in order that man might be accommodated for an hour, a short hohr, as befits him who wears the high image of his God. AuU then look, too, at the casket which He has formed to hold the jewel—these bodies of ours, fearfully and wonderfully made. Look at that knowledge of wise invention, whereby He has formed and fitted together these vessels and viscera and visicles, these sinews and limbs, and ligaments, these muscles and tissues, ind teigdons, these ganglions and glands and granulations, these—but there is no exhaustion to this argument; there can lie no utterance /ven by human tongue, to the fullness of the Vstimony which God has borne to the value of lie soul? But why do we sneak of value set upon the soul in its primeval and unfallen ex- cellcnl'y;’ Look at the goodly price fixed on it now, even in its ruin. It has fallen far and foully from the high glories of its Eden home. It is ;i>nlv the mere wreck of what it was, a splendid temple fallen into utter decay. Hut even in its fall, it is a great price at which He estimates it. I cannot understand, and, there fore, I cannot declare the value He fixes on it even now. lam most entirely unable to com prehend the length, and the breadth, and the height, and the depth, of His love for it; but I know that it is a love stronger than death, that it is a jealousy crueller than the grave, that the coals of it are coals of fire that hath a most vehement flame; I do not know what tli's love is, but 1 know that it is a fire of ardor, which many waters cannot quench, nor the floods drown ; that it far transcends the love of a mother for the darling idol babe she dotes on; and transcends the uncalculating, the all confiding, and the wonderful love of woman for the arm she leans on ; that earth has notli ing equal or like it at all, that it is an infinite, eternal and unchangeable love. I do trot know, and I am sure I shall never be able to know, how much He loves; but this 1 know, that he grudges not the choicest treas ure in the Universe to save it. The Father so loves it as to give His own, His only, His well-beloved Son to 'humiliation and shame, and pain and death, to deliver it; the Son so ! loves it that He is willing to breast and brave the whole blunt and burden of Almighty wrath, that it might be spared ; the llolv Spirit so loves it that He is willing to take up His abode in it, and put up with many a wrong, and many a sore indignity, that He may save it from sin and woe, and win it back again to holi ness and God; the angels so love it, that thrill after thrill of holy joy flashes, like the electrie pulses, through ail their shining ranks, as the news is born home in Heaven that another and another soul is saved. i I cannot tell aright the worth of the soul, I am not able to grapple with this great idea; it is too high for me. But I know its value to be each that all Heaven, on the one hand, and all hell, on the other, are stirred ami ex cited, and there is carrying on between them a keen and deadly contest for who shall have the prized possession. I know that the devil and all his legions have been watching and work ing and warring, by day and night, for these six thousand years, that they may wrest it away, everlastingly, from its "allegiance to its God. 1 know that God the Father, and Christ the Saviour, and the Holy Spirit, the Sancti fier—the Triune Jehovoh Sabbaoth—does, from His high Throne, make bear His arm of salva tion ; that He musters His angels and mar shals His cherubim, and yokes His chariots, and bids them forth to watch over the heirs of salvation, to defend them from the wiles of the devil, to lead them in the good and right way, to’ minister to their necessities, to console them in their sorrows, to help them on in their journeys to their heavenly home. Said I not well that it is a goodly value at which the soul is valued? From the Southern (Miss.) Baptist.] The Southern Convention aud the Centennial. Bro. Grctsctt: I don’t know what action the dif ferent District Associations have taken in rela tion to securing at least a good if not full represen tation in the next General Convention; nor do I know whether, as a general thing, have they taken any action at all; hut Ido know that it is a question on which prompt, energetic, and THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST. iiameSiate action ought to be taken. It is a fact, too potent for us to ignore, that for years there has been a falling off of interest in the Southern Convention, among leading brethren along the Northern border, and at the same time there have been at least indications of a disposition to encroach, by such slow, tut certain inroads, upon the Southern Conven tion, as to render its existence unnecessary, and this, manifestly, with a view to consolida tion with Northern organizations. Now I, for one, would regard such a con summation a calamity, for which I can con ceive of nothing that would, or could, be an adequate compensation ; and, yet, I greatly fear there will be just such an attempt, at the next meeting, at Richmond. In order to pre vent the success of such an attempt, every As sociation in the State, and in the South, ought to be represented. But to go from Mississippi to Bichmond, will be an expensive matter —so expensive, that few can meet it alone. Let every Asso ciation, therefore, take immediate measures, in the first place, to select at lead one good, reliable man for the purpose, and then let every mem ber of every church contribute to the raising of a fund, to defray the traveling exjienses of a delegate to the Convention ; and let a suita ble man be selected in some central part of each Association as treasurer, and hold such funds at all times in readiness, when ailed for. By this means the South can be well represent ed, and in no other way that I can think of. B. E. Melvin. Select flltsccllami. SABBATH DESECRATION. A writer in the Bainbridge Democrat, signing himself Bonos Moros mates the following elegant protest against the desecration of the Sabbath : “ The moral sense of this community has been outraged so long a time, that our people have patiently submitted to the apparently inevitable with the best grace possible under the circumstances, hoping that some means would be set on foot to cure the godless tendency of trade and traffic. But the time has come for a determined protest against the violation of the holy Sabbath. According to mv understanding of the law of the land, all works, except deeds of charity and mercy, are inhib ited, under penalty. Yet often during the hours set apart for the solemn wor ship of Almighty God, the hoarse scream of the steam-whistle, and the rolling of drays and trucks through the streets may be heard, startling the quiet worshippers, and confusing the sound of prayer and praise in the sanctuary. Added to this, we have borne the hoot ing and yelling of the cattle-drovers, until forbearance has ceased to be a virtue. Is there no remedy for this stato of things ? Is the thirst for mon ey so potential that we are to be turned into a community of Sabbath break ers ? For one, I do most earnestly protest against this desecration of God’s holy day. But to continue the subject, wearies indignation and fa tigues contempt! Let the law on this subject be put in operation. ALWAYS. Always the day with God begin, The Father's smile seek first to win, Confessed and pardoned every sin, Always. Thy hand within the Father's place, Thy heart dependent on His grace, Striving through all His love to trace, Always. The Saviour's love thy chief delight, His cross before thee, day aud night. His words thy solace and delight. Always. The Holy Spirit for thy guest. Thy heart surrendered to his rest, With His sweet peace forever blest. Always. For sorrow evet keep a tear, Something for Christ to do or bear, Quickened by love and holy fear, Always. Beyond time's baubles, froth and foam, The eye fixed on the Master's home, Watching aud working till He come, Always. F.nionrugenient for Winkers in Missions. Anew Baptist church has just been dedicated in Louisville, Kj. The mis sion, which has resulted in a successful church, was begun under the pastoral supervision of Rev. Dr. Spalding, of this city. A paper published in Louis ville, speaking of the new enterprise, has the following: It commenced in a little store-room, 12 x 45 feet, with about twenty scholars and four teach ers, and it was difficult to accommodate even these. A few chairs were begged here, a few benches there, some old singing books and testaments were obtained from the home church (the Walnut street Baptist church) and thus the school commenced. By and by, a good brother donated an organ, the same which we have to-day. This little room gradually filled until the average attendance reached one hundred, and many earnest pravers were now ottered that the Lord would help the school to a better place. Efforts were made at this time by brother A. T. Spalding, then pastor of the Walnut -treet church, to purchase a lot and build a house for the school, but it was finally decided not to he practicable at that period. In November, 1871, the room on the southwest corner of Jefferson and Eighteenth streets, over , a shoe store, was secured, and the school re moved to the new quarters. Since the first effort of Bro. Spalding to erect the house to meet the requirements of the school, there has been a constant and persist ent effort to attain the end which, thanks to God, and some of our good brethren of the Wal nut street and Broadway ehnrches, has been reached to-day. To brother Spalding’s min istry, under God, should be attributed much of the credit of success. He, in April, 1871, or ganized, in the Walnut street church, a “ Young People’s Missionary Society” whose work was to be “the promotion of the Saviour's interest in tlnis city, devoting special atten tion to that portion of the field in which we already have a foothold,” viz: the Jefferson street Mission. In July, 18(2, this Society, by the permis sion of the church, assumed the entire support of the mission, paying its rent, buying papers, patting in new seats, etc., and has continued its support ever since. Several attempts were made by the Society to raise funds for building a house of worship, but with no substantial promise of success, un til April, 1874, when Dr. J. Lawrence Smith and Sister sarah J. Smith, hi; wife, donated a lot 60 by 200 feet on Magazine street, be tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, to be used for the benefit of the mission. The lot was encumbered with a lease, running eleven years, and the way to make it available did not at once appear; but the Society went to work more earnestly, feeling that the Lord, having thus manifestly begun His work, would not leave it incomplete. Subscriptions were solicited to the amount of about SBOO. In March, 1875, a festival was given, which yielded S6OO, and in the same month an arrangement was completed for sell ing the Magazine street lot to the Board of Public Schools, for erecting a colored school house. The net proceeds of this cash sale was $1,701 30. In July the lot on the southwest corner of Walnut and Twenty-second streets, 60 by 161 feet, was purchased tty the trustees of the Walnut street church, for the sum of $2,400, of which SBOO was paid cash, S9OO in four mrfnths, and the remainder in two equal annual payments, with six per cent, interest. In August, 1875, the contract was given for building a chapel, which is nowVeady for oc cupancy. The cost of the house has been about $1,700. Of this $1,400 has been raised, leaving between S6OO and 700 yet to be secured, to meet the deficiency and purchase such arti cles of furniture, etc., as are essentially neces sary for the school. The Norse Legends. —The legends of the Norse have a power and beauty quite their own. There is a strength and majesty in them that one hardly finds in the graceful myth of the Greeks, or the subtle fancies of Hindoo mythology. A powerful and vigorous imagination shines through them, with a rugged beauty, born rather of force than of delicacy. The wild, roving life of the Viking, sword always in hand, storms above and arouud, ami the rest less, wandering sea surging beneath ; a perpetual struggle of conflict and tem pest developed a deep, stern poetry in him, and touched his troubled life with “ the light that never was on sea or land.” The Norse had grand elements of character* with all their rapacity and cruelty. They stormed through life, scorning ease and luxury, and lov ing nothing so much as the surge of of the sea and the fierce excitement of battle. Sometimes one finds in these legends and stories, a profound poetic meaning expressed with the most per fect beauty and grace. An old Norse king sat in his great hall, one night, when the tempest was roaring and whirling without. The great fire threw its glow far out into the dark recesses of the hall, all the brighter for the storm and darkness around. While the king talked with his counsellors before the (ire, a bird flew in and pass ed over them, and out again at the great open window. “ Such,”gsai(Lthe king, “ is, the life of 'tnai ; out of tlyj darkness into the light, and, then lost, in the blackness and storm again.” “Yes, sire,” answered an old courtier; “but the bird has its nest beyond.” Could a great truth be moie beautifully or tenderly told f It has a pathos and sweetness as delicate as any fancy born under a Grecian or Italian skv. THE POWER OF K.YIUI SIASM. “ There was an old man I wanted to see when I first went to Europe in 1867. I was told not to fail to go to Edinburgh and see Dr. Duff at the As sembly. I stayed in Edinburgh a week to get a little of the old man’s fire. He made an appeal for India. He pleaded for an hour and a half for India, and at the end of the hour and a half fainted away. They took him up and carried hint to the vestibule. he re vived he said: ‘ I didn’t quite get through ; let me go back and finish.’ They said ; ‘if you go back it will cost you your life.’ ‘ Well,’ he said, ‘ I shall die if I don’t.’ So they carried him back. As they passed up the aisle the people rose, and tears flowed down every cheek at the sight of the old veteran. He said to them: ‘Fathers and mothers of Scotland, is it true that you have no more sous to give to India ? I have spent twenty-five years of my life there, and I have come*back to die; there is plenty of money in the bank, but your sons are not willing to go. If a call comes from the Queen to go there in the army, they are ready. Is it come to this, that the Lord calls for recruits for His Kingdom and they will not go ?’ And turning to the Moderator, he said: ‘lf there is no one to go to India, I will return to them, and will let them know there is one old Scotchman that can die for them if he can’t live for them.’ My friends, that is what I call enthusiasm.”— Moody, the Evangelist, . PIT TilV TRISMN THE LORD. In one of oUr Eastern cities lived soluo time ii poor wommx with ;i number of children, who was so en tirely destitute, that she had no fur ther means of supplying herself or her family with bread. To such a state of inisei\ and destitution was she driven, that she was oue Sabbath dav severely tempted to take her own life. "She over came the temptation sufficiently to at tend divine worship in the house of God. It so happened, providentially i that the subject of the minister that I afternoon, was the unfailing providence ! of God. It was a word in season, j Every sentence of it reached the heart of the poor, despairing woman. She resolved still to put her trust in that God who notices the sparrows and numbers our hairs; and that verv after noon, help came from au unexpected quarter. Her little girl attended the Sundav school, and while reciting her lesson, this particular Sunday, her teacher noticed that her arm was badly burned. Finding that it needed attention, and learning from her where her mother lived, she went to the house at the close of the services. There she learned their dreadful destitution, and was looked upon indeed as an angel of mercy, directly sent from God, while she relieved their present necessities, and promised to see them provided for in future. “ The birds without barn or storehouse are fed, From them let us learn to trust for our bread; His saints what is fitting shall ne’er he denied, So long as ’tis written, ‘The Lord will provide.’ ’’ “ TILL UE COME. ” Only a few more burdens must we carry, In heat and toil, beneath the scorching sun ; Only a little longer must we tarry, Only a little longer, “till He come.” Only a little more of life’B long journey, Through the world’s desert, till the day is done, Only a few more desert scenes of conflict, Only a few more Marahs, “(ill He come." Only a little longer, thinking gladly Of the uprising of the brighter Him ; Only a little longer, waiting sadly, In the fast falling twilight, “tiU'He come.” Only a few more billows wildly tossing. Beating us backward from the longed-for shore; Only a few more snares our pathway crossing. Then all the trials of the day are o’er. So let our eyes be on Him in His gladness Seeking to serve Him in this day of grace, W hile the thought cheers us in our constant sadness, Soon He will come to meet ns face to face. ONE OF 3100Ilf’S ILLUSTRATIVE STORIES. A few years ago, a young French man came from Paris “to London, to consult the celebrated physician, Dr. Forbes Winslow; he was a nobleman in France, and he had letters of intro duction from the French Emperor, re questing special attention to the study of the case. They were afraid he was going out of his mind, that his reason was disturbed, and the Emperor want ed the doctor to save him. The doc tor examined him and found there was something preying on his mind, and he said to him : “Have you lost any friend ; is that what troubles you ?” “No, sir,” be answered. “Have you lost any wealth ; any pro perty ?” • 1 “No, sir.” “Have you lost any position in your country ?” “No, sir.” A knowledge of his trouble being necessary to proper treatment, the doctor said : “Be honest with rue and tell me what troubles you.” The young nobteman said there was nothing, but finally, after much per suasion and hesitation on his part, as .if ha was ashamed to tell, he said “My fathef was ah iufidol, my grandfather was an infidel; and I was brought up an infidel, but for the past two years, one thought has haunted me night and day—Eternitv and bow shall I spend it.”' “Ah,” said the doctor, “I can’t help you,” and the young nobleman sprang wildly to iiis feet, exclaiming: “Is there uo help forme? Am I to be haunted with this spectral thought day after day, and night after night?” And the doctor said, “No, you came to the . wrong physician.” He was a Christian doctor, and he told him of Christ crucified, and he pointed him to the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah ; he told him how Christ was wounded for our transgressions ; how he was bruised for our iniquities, and the chastise uient of our peace was laid upon Him. He held him up as the sinner’s substi tute, and now, said the doctor, “I l was an infidel like yourself, but I learned to believe in the Lord Jesus, and found peace to my aching heart; and now,” he said, “it is all Tight be’ vond the grave." And the young man said : “Doctor, you don’t believe that, do you ? You don’t believe that Christ left his place at the right hand of God, and came down to this world, and suffered and died in the place of sinners?’, “Yes,” said the doctor, “and I got peace by believing ; and now your reason won’t let vou believe it.” J They got down on their knees to pray, and the doctor being a godlv, praying man, poured out his heart in supplication to God for the poor French infidel, and on its conclusion, he bid him good day, telling him to call again. The young man visited him daily, and they prayed together, and finally, one day, a flood of light burst upon‘his soul, and he went back to Paris a child of God, healed of his afflictions, and having no trouble about the uncertainty of eternity. He is in peace and harmony with the Sou of God. ~ A Slight Exposure ix Bad Weather, when the system is out of order, often brings on a stubborn cold; the attending cough irritates the Lungs, and if not properly treated, fre quently develops a tendency to’ a tuberculous condition. To avoid this danger those troubled with colds should resort at ouce to Dr. Javne's Expectorant, which soon loosens and eradicates coughs, soothes and heals inflamed parts, and removes all anxiety by setting the patient on the way to good health ouce more. To Ministers, Lawyers and Old Men, TTI have a weak voice, subject to boarse- Ili uess, and a throat often sore—if you have I p weak lungs—if you have a weak‘back—if A X yon arc troubled with constipation or piles, or prolapsus uteri, or hernia—if continued speak ing, (tinging, ndiug, or ip walking fatigues or ex hausts you, vour abdomal muscles have relaxed, and you,nyed upholding. ?If you will enclose to me a threo cent stamp, the ettoctual remedv will be pointed out. aud information how to obtain it with or without money. Address J R. GRAVES. Editor ./?;' 1 Baptist, Memphis, Tenn, Having Suffered I Compassionate the Suffering augo-26t A Sharp Retort.— A minister, who was grea; Iv troubled to get his quar terly installments of a very small sala ry, at last said to one of the deacons, “ I must have my money, for my family are suffering for it.” “ Money !” said the deacon ; “ I thought you preached for souls !” “ Souls !” said the minister; “we can’t live on souls, and if we could, it would take a thousand such souls as yours to make a meal.” Cljilirreits’ Corner. “I WANT IT.” “I want it.” “You shan’t have it.” “I want it, and I will have it.” “I want it myself, and I am going to keep it.” That’s just the way the trouble be gins. It is in a mild way at first, and even tolerably pleasant; not scratch ing, biting, nor pounding, nor tearing, nor saying very ugly words, nor doubling up of little fists. “I want it,” has caused more quar rels than almost anything'else in the world. Often a quarrel has begun with a very little want, almost as small as a child’s doll. One side want ed it as much as the other side did. The question got to be which was the strongest ? It generally turned out that the strongest wanted it the most, aud got it if it was worth having. If what was wanted turned out not to be worth having, the stronger one would generally let the little one have it. To fight for a holy principle is no ble. To quarrel and snatch, and try 1 to get every good thing we see, that | belongs to other people, is not lovely, j If you want people to love you and j treat you kindly, begin early to treat, everybody else kindly.— Good Cheer. THE TWO QUA YES. “It’s only a little grave,” they said, “Only just a child that’s dead.” Aud so the? carelessly turned away From the mound the spade had made that day. All! they did not know how deep a shade That little grave in our hiine had made. I know that the coffin was narrow and small. One yard would have served for an ample pall; And one man in Lie arms could have borne away The rosewood and its freight of clay. But 1 know that darling hopes were hid Beneath that little coffin-lid. I know that a mother stood that day With folded hands by that form of'clay; I know that burning teai-s were hid ’Neath that drooping lash and aching lid ; And 1 know her lip, and cheek, and brow, Were almost as white as her baby’s now. I know that some things were hid away, The crimson frock, and wrappings gay, The little sock, and the half-worn shoe, The cap with its plumes and tassels blue : Aud the empty crib, with its covers spread, As 'Vturs- as the face of the sinless dead. ’Tis a little grave ; but oh ! have eare^ For world-wide hopes are buried there ; And ye, perhaps, in coming years. May see like her through blinding tears, How much of light, how much of joy, Is buried up with an only boy ! The Franklin Printing House ) 2 BOOK BINDERY \\ %' an< * Broad st. ATLANTA. GA. 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For proof, address the only ex clusive Piano and Organ dealer in the South G. P. GUILFORD, Manufacturers’ Agent for the South, oct2l No. 52 Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga. PIANOS AM) MILAN'S. Phillips, Crew & Freyer, PROPRIETORS Tie Great Mira Music House, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THE LARGEST and most commodious Music store in the South. Wholesale agents for Win. Knabe A C’o.’s celebrated pianos. < l>f<‘kcrln<r A: Son* world renowned pianos. JDiiiiliam A Sou* best mediurii-pn-ed pianos. Gorlin in Ac Oo’ ‘-Georgia’s Favorite.” Peawe A: Co.9* best low-priced piano. * Prices: 5275, *350, *4OO. *SOO, >6OO to SI,OOO. Illustrated catalogue free oil application. Sole agents for Mason & Hamlin, and George A. Prince A Co.'s Cabinet and Parlor Organs. Prices : $55, SBO, SIOO, $125, $l5O to SSOO. Granges and Sunday-schools furnished atjspe cial rates. Send for Catalogue and terms. Our instruments are'all warranted for five year's. sept23-3m (TATERS* CONCERTO PARLOR ORGANS /flft ore the most beautiful in style and perfect in toue ever made. The CONCERTO BTOP is the best ever placed iu any Or. It is produced It/an ex- £ l/tIt uin<.i ’■ imjT '. ooLbii.”* I piTlITY Se qf VOICING with (Trent volume c/ tone : suitable far PARLOR or CHURCH. WATERS* NEW SCALE PIANOS f ire (treat power and a fine sincicß tone, lcf.'Anll modern improvements, end arc tie BUST PI ANOS MADE. These Orsr.us and Pianos arc warrnnted/or six years. PRICES EXTREME LY I.OW for cash or part cash atul balance in monthly payments. Second-Hand instruments at great bargains. Pianos and Oran ns to rent until paid for ns per contract. AGENTS WAN TED Speeinl indneements to the trnde. A lib mil discount to Teachers. Ministers, Churches,Schools, lodges,etc. ILLVST RA TED CAT A LOGUES MAILED. HORACE WATERS & SONS *Bl Broadway, New York. P, O. Box 3567, nov2o.lv NO MIDDLEMEN! THE IMPROVED U. S. Sewing Machine! BS, A PERFECT WORKING FAMILY MACHINE foiu 910. We claim for this machine, Ist, simplicity com bined with durability. 2d. It will not skip stitches, but is as sure as the high priced machines. 3d. Its great simplicity makes it the cheapegt machine iu the market that will do GOOD work. 4th. The parts are all made by machiaety, and are therefore interchangeable. sth. It makes less noise in running, and works easier than anv machine in the market. 6th. Unlike allother cheap machines the needle enters nearly perpendicular, thus preventing the breaking of needles. 7th. It will work on any material, from the thinest lawn to the thickest cloth. Bth. It has no machinery under the table to need oiling, all the working parts being on top and in sight. 9th. It is a splendid Embroidering maehinq, the peculiar construction of the needle allowing the use of coarse silk for that purpose. Send stamp for Circular. FAIRCHILD A CO.. 376 Bleecker street, Mew York City, F.O. address. box47Ss. uovlS.ly SAVES F'JEL!_SAVES LABOR! gtiE NATIONAL Ml ILK iLEANEIL Carton Is or? of th worst cor. ’ -cto-s c f j,o nt known, a (iepo.lt nr J. 35 .t an i:: ,„ n ,-tr.bel C *tK!- ,T 1 - 5 :>e f' <> fuel. Ibis 1 i-.beC.eaix ris made or.- • •.tee' rut, remnant it of Its,-h a syrinx, and SrlitVa a .wr fect circle sons to press against ;, ; s|.W ,f i), O SJM ail die Carbon r.t.d scale without toe slightest injury to the tub". Ouu. stm ~1 to dean better, last tojircs nr ,,i n . nr i fv jr.'rT v ,h £ ntarket. AdopnnUml j,, nse circular;' *' 2 ' iVJ- lor fa!u ky dealers. Send for THE CHALMERS SPENCE CO., Agents for the Foiled States, Foot of East Or! 1 Xetv York. Nor*.— Sau,;.,* can l- en r.‘. o'.': . * tl*l t&vtr. nov2s.tf / f| A AfVASSEES.rA^^/p 0 .";, 1 -^ | ■ AH HI z* <v,DTlnc * 7 ,,u tth our .uperh Home V _ AM Picture* for Mason*. Odd-Fellows, Knight* A B B l ® AA II A M arg making double thev could anv ether way; W plessanter. J. If ALE POWERS * CO* . , . _ . * raiernlty* Find Art Pub*., Cincinnati, O* - febl2 ~*y T?P "PTr 1 To applicants, ray Wholesale and Bulb -L lwiJiJ Catalogue!?. Four catalogues (the set) post free, 20 cents. F. K. Phcexix, Bloomington Nusery, IU, aug26-llt