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8 INDEX AND BAPTIST. pORRESPONDENCE, Wot the Index and Baptist.] PASTORAL SUPPORT. We art In fitvor of these surprise and supply tUu paid to some of onr pastors in the com- Wttti cement of the year. We wish that the cus tom would become general, and that every Bap tist minister in Georgia would, on the Ist of January, be routed from his wintry nest to re turn and find it full featheied. It is to be feared, liowever, that some of them have been dis turbed, at this season, only by anxious reflec tions about the uncertainty of their livelihood. This is not as it should be. We believe that the Great Shepherd will take care of his ser- still He has made his churches responsi ble for their support. The preacher is the chosen laborer of the church, and “the laborer is worthy of his hire.” The preacher is the Soldier called by the Church to stand in the foreffront, and “who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges?” The teachings of the Bible on this subject are plain. But aside from the express command of God, it would be well for us to cons.der the injury which an insufficient pastoral support inflicts upon our selves and our ministers. In this country the preacher is the greatest of educators. He is the first public speaker to whom children listen, and through a long course of years lie is the only public speaker whom many of them hear. His thoughts, his manner, his tones of voice, begin to exert an influence upon them from early childhood, and the impress made at this period can never be lost. If the discourses to which the child listens are marked by thought and cultivation, then the germs of thoughtfulness and refine ment will be excited in the minds of the youthfui listeners. But it the preaching con sists of crude reflections urged with noisy, empty declaration, perhaps some spiritual good— not much —may be done, but certainly no intellectual impulse will he given to the hearers. Now, there is much piety and abili ty in the Baptist pulpit of Georgia. But any preacher, even the most gifted, will be forced into vapid declaration if he has to re sort to a number of expedients, apart from his calling, to gain a livelihood. And parents are depriving their children of one of the best means of education when they so stint their preacher as to interfere with his studies. If this was the only evil resulting from a ministry inadequately supported, t we might afford to bear it, A more serious injury is to he seen in the inefficency of such a ministry to retain the attention and instruct the minds of the Christian hearers. Preaching, as it is the most important, so it is the most difficult of all work. Week by week to search out carefully, from given portions of Scripture, the mind of the Spirit, and to present to others the views thus gained with clearness and force, is no holiday pastime. Year after year to Keep alive the interest of an audience in truths to which they have listened from childhood, re quires, not only the freshness of heart derived from communion with God, hut, also, that freshness of treatment which can only he gain ed from study. We have no sympathy with the hardshell Baptist, who, when his preach er, pointing to the Bible, said, “ I mean to preach to you from this same old hook,” whis pered to the friend beside him, “ Yes, and he means to preach the same old sermon.” What other sermon had (he hardshell a right to expect? Christiana who pay their minister nothing, are doing all in their power to pre vent his pulpit preparation, and so.to render unattractive aid irksome the services of the Sabbath—services which, under different cir cumstances, would he a source of the highest profit and pleasure. Nor should we overlook the damage to which the pastor’s character is sometimes sub jected in consequence of an insufficient liveli hood. Different nations have formed different tests of excellence. Among the old Romans, who gloried in martial prowess, the word virtue meant courage. With our Saxon forefathers, who believed in brawn and sinew, the word worth was synonymous with strength. But, nhw-a-days, and in our country, when we speak of a man’s worth, we calculate his value in dollars and cents, and say that lie is worth so much money. However false a standard of true merit this may be, still it is practically the standard which has been accepted by our people at large. There are few things which affect our character more injuriously than unreliableness in our moneyed engagements. Nor can anything more impair one’s own self respect than the shills to which preachers are sometimes compelled to resort to escape the punctual payment of their pecuniary obliga tions. In times like these, then, a church should be especially careful to save their pastor from the humiliation, the apparent dishonesty, and the privations consequent upon a meagre salary. If they would have him fitted for the proper discharge of his duties; if they would have him retain ilie integrity of his character, untarnished before the world; if they would have him enter his pulpit, not bringing along with him the dark shadows of domestic suf fering or personal humiliation, let them secure to him an income which will save him from these embarrassments that have blasted the happiness and usefulness of many a minister. Where Does it all Come From. Tints and quarts of filthy Catarrhal discharges. Where does it all oome from ? The mucous mem brane which lines the chambers of the nose, and its little glands, are diseased, so that they draw from the blood its liquid, and exposure to the air changes it into corruption. This life-liqnid is needed to build up the system, but it is extract ed, and the system is weakened by the loss. To cur®, gain flesh and strength by using Dr. Tierce s Golden Medical Discovery, which also act s directly upon these glands, correcting them, and ajiplv Dr. Sage’s (.'atarih Remedy with Dr. Tierce s Naaal Douche, the only method of reacli ."P per cavities, where the discharge ao comes from. The instiument and medichi ClU ' f * *°* d by dfcpK'ets and dealers in For the Index and Baptist.] MISTLETOE ON GOO’S TREES. “We sometimes see trees which, by the pecu liarity of their appearance, attract our atten tion. They may be the stateliest oaks of the forest, but upon their giant limbs there is only a thin foiiage, and the leaves, scattered here and there, are pale and sickly. We wonder why the tree, apparently formed to be a king among its brothers, is so bare and crownless; and it is almost with a feeling of pain, we find, on nearer approach, that, clinging close to trunk and branch, the mistletoe is doing its deadly work. Now, in the garden of the Lord, there are sights akin to this. There are trees there, seem ingly fitted for great usefulness, but they are comparatively useless and almost lifeless. The mistletoe is on them. There are men in our churches who are overrun with the cares of business. Of course diligence in our various pursuits is a religious duty. No amount of necessary work needs to injure spirituality of mind. In Doddridge’s memoirs of Col. Gardner we see how the most intense application to business can consist with devoted piety. There were times in the life of this Christian soldier when he was compelled to begin his work at four o’clock in the morn ing. But before he commenced the days work two hours were given to religious meditation and prayer; and thus, through all the trials of a military career, and until his death, he retained the devotional spirit. But it is notso witli the Christians of whom we now write. We call them Christians because they seem to possess a few signs of spiritual life. There are a few leaves upon these trees. They are liber al in the support of their pastor ; generous in their donations to religious enterprises ; pain fully conscious of their failings; and not with out a feeble trust in Christ. But their business liauntH them like a spectre. They awake with it in the morning. They watch it at their meals, and hastily bolting their food, rush away after it in hot haste. They pursue it all day long. When they return home in the eve ning they follow it to the fireside, and become absorbed in conversation with it; the wife’s voice is almost unheard, and they often forget that they have children. On the Sabbath it sits down with them in the church ; and, some times, amid the services, they, almost uncon sciously, whisper to it about their plans and prospects for the morrow. When they retire at night, worn out by their tormenting genius, they try, perhaps, on their beds, to utter the words of prayer; but they find this kind of prayer about as effective as that of the Spouse in Solomon’s sgng, who tellH us, “ By night, on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loveth. I sought him, but I found him not. There are, in our churches, some cumbered Marthas, too. Each of them knows that a por tion of time spent each day at the feet of Jesus would bring to her that quietness of heart which she needs. But she lias so little time. No one knowß how much she has to do. Ser vants aro bo unreliable now-a-days you cannot trust them out of your sight. Then, her boy s are harder on clothes than any boys that ever did live. They seem to have been born with an eye to sewing machines. No day seems to close on them satisfactorily in which they ltave not worn holes in their knees or elbows. Her daughters, too, who ought to know better, do not assist her as they should ; and her hus band does not sufficiently sympathize with her in her trials. Poor Martha ! she is overrun with the mistletoe. We might mention some other trees in God’s garden who seem to boa prey to this insidious foe; but, less we should raise too loud a clam or of voices, saying “Physician, heal thyself,” we close with the candid confession that we have found a few sprigs of the mistletoe upon ourselves. For the Index and Baptist.] Ihe lien, (lurinattus Peeples. Judge of the At lanta Circuit. The elevation of this distinguished jurist and advocate, to the beueh of the most important judicial circuit of this State, is a fitting climax to a singular ly honored and useful career. This most timely appointment by his Excel lency, the Governor, was not unexpect ed, for, though the names of several eminent lawyers, notable among them, that of Marshall J. Clarke, Esq., were urged by their friends, it became quite evident that the sentiment of the bar, and tlie community,was well nigh unan imous in the desire for Col. Peeples* appointment. It has become a maxim with some economists, that when a sterling man is needed for any great emergency then that man will be found. The duties and responsibilities of an extensive judicial circuit are such as to demand the highest talent, the most ingenuous heart, and an extraordinary amount of administrative ability. A learned lawyer of this bar has remark ed, that no autocrat of Europe has more sway over the property and per sons of his subjects, tbau has a Super •or Couit Judge under the practice of the State of Georgia. Those who are familiar with the courts can best ap preciate this somewhat extravagant as sertion. Judge Peeples assumed the duties of his office on Friday morning, January 21st, and it was our pleasure to be in the court-roopi, in this city, and listen to his few chaste and impressive re marks on ascending the bench. The new incumbent looked every inch a judge. It is in no fulsome spiriq THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST. that we say, that no occupant of Eng land’s famous “woolsack”overbore on his face stronger evidences of devotion to principle, or a higher comprehension of the ethics of an ancient and honor able profession. Judge Peeples is naturally a lawyer; this was first evi denced when, but a boy, he sought the society of the learned, and with indom. itahle energy gained access to their ranks, and compelled a recognition of his extraordinary legal powers. His history is well known. Reared in a rugged portion of the State he blaz ed his own way, and, the hardy son of hardy ancestry, soon took his place among the men who have adorned the jurisprudence of his State. His early life is the old story of pluck, integrity and common sense, pitted against early poverty, and the disadvantages of a pioneer country. But the victory is al ways to the former, and these three re quisites Judge Peeples posseses to a re markable degree. Perhaps no public man in Georgia can boast of a wider and more valuable acquaintance than the subject of this notice. Called by an extensive practice to all the impor tant circuits of Upper and Middle Georgia, Judge Peeples has made friends wherever he has been, and there is no doubt he could have rallied a for midable constituency for any office that he might have asked. But office seek ing has never been his forte. Magnetic and powerful on the hustings, he lias asked few political fav< rs and has, con sequently, always been allied with the conservative and thinking public men of the State. The friends of the new Judge may well anticipate for him a brilliant judicial career. To use a common phrase, we may say that in honoring Cineinnatuß Peeples the Governor of Georgia has honored himself, and con fidentally do we say, that in this case the incumbent will honor the office. Judge Peeples is a pious and faithful member of the First Baptist church of this city, and in common, therefore, with the denomination, we congratulate our distinguished friend and brother, and feel grateful to his Excellency, the Governor, that he has placed in this high office a Judge who knows that he is hut a man, and who, himself, bows reverently before that great God who shall one day be the Judge of all the earth, both great and small. J. R. K. Atlanta, January 1876. PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. OCR REQUEST. due New Subscriber From Each, We have earnestly endeavored to bring The Index to a standard of excellence in all itß departments, which would commend it as worthy the esteem and support of Baptists of Georgia, and the entire country. Daily assur ances of success in this effort are coming from every direction, and these assurances are grati fying. But what we have accomplished has been at great cost of money and labor, render ing it necessary to have very large additions to our patronage in order to escape from pecun iary loss. If our brethren would consider this fact, we cannot believe they would be indifferent to the importance ol co-operating cordially and industriously for the extension of the paper’s circula4f, hut flatter ourselves that each would improve every opportunity to enlarge its list of subscribers. While we ask of every friend of The Index to labor with ns in its behalf, we propose to reward their efforts, substantially, by the allow ance of an equitable percentage of the support each may secure. Our propositions have been presented in detail to every minister ir Georgia, and to many prominent brethren in this and other States. In addition to the cash reward, we have supplied our office with a variety of premiums which are offered on specified terms to individual subscribers, or to ag< nts sending clubs. Among these we may mention, as the least in actual value, a most elegant collection of popular engravings and chromos, most of which are representations of some biblical scene, and possessed of the power of moral impression. Many of these are designed as gifts to single subscribers, and are intrinsically worth the price of the paper. Then we are offering gold premiums, organ, piano, sewing machines, etc. It is our desire to so arrange these gifts, and other rewards, that the friends who labor for the paper shall he materially benefited by their acts of co-operation. If each subscriber would procure one more, The Index would be placed on a footing of independence. To do this.is perfectly practicable, and of easy ac complishment. A few words spoken by each in season, to the proper persons, would achieve the desired result. W ill not our subscribers note this request, individually, and show their appreciation of our paper, and its necessitie, by sending the one nev name desired from each? Any one contesting for the gold, silver, sew ing machine, piano, organ, library, or other pre mi nms offered for r. etc subscribers to The Index must notify us what particular premium they are working for, so that his or her name may be entered upon our list of contestants, COMSEXDATIONS. The following commendatory extracts, are se lected from a large number on our files, to show in what light The Index is regarded by friends and patrons in various portions of the country, hoping that ministers and members of the de nomination will be induced, by these reminders, to co-operate in our effort to extend the circula tion of the paper. We desire that it should pay weekly visits to the home of every Baptist in the South, and if those who really appreciate its merits will work industriously for this result, it may be accomplisned. We have this week mailed a paper and circular letter to every Bap tist nun inter in Georgia, and hope they will re spond promptly and earnestly to our requests ; Jonesboro, Ga., Jan. 21, 1876. I have been a regular subscriber to the dear old Index, as your books will show, since its first publication in Philadelphia, or at least fifty or sixty years, (do not remember the precise time) and it is necessary to my household, and almost iDdißpensible to my happiness and well being. In this long period, I have sent yon many subscribers, and hope to live long enough to send you many more. Seaborn Harris. Ooeeohee, Screven Cos., Ga., Jan. 12, 1876. - : We pray that God may bless your noble'effort in giving us a first-class Baptist paper. H. J. Arnett. Hon Hill, Washington Cos., Ga., Jan. 14,1876. I like The Index so well that I cannot do with out it. Wishing you all the suocess your glo rious work deserves, I am yours truly, A. W. J. Wood. Houston, Heard Cos., Ga., Jan. 6, 1876. I never was better pleased with The Index than now. I have read it nearly consecutively ’for thirty years, and would be glad if every mem ber of the churches I am laboring with would read it. I often think of, anutry to pray for, the success of the paper, for I know these are try ing times on editors and publishers. J. G. Goss. Jefferson, Jackson Cos., Ga., Dec, 27,1875. May God bless you in your work, and I trust it will not be long before The Index will visit every Baptist family in the South. W. F. Stark. • Cartebsville, Ga., Dec. 30, 1875. Your subscribers up here cannot do without the good old Index— especially for the Centenni al year. J. J. Howard. Canton, Ga., Jan. 17, 1876. The Index is a precious visitor to me. I am so glad that it brings such splendid matter for the cause of Christ. lam determined to do all I can for it. W. B. Tugole. Tboy, Ala., Dec. 27, 1875. Tlease continue to send the ever welcome old Index to me, at Troy, Tike county, Alabama. May the good Lord prosper yon, is the earnest prayer of Levi Freeman. Hatcher's Station, S. W. R. R., Dec. 24, 1875. I cannot well do without tho paper, I think I have been taking it nearly all the time since 1833 or 1834, and regard it now as better than it has ever been. 1 have been a worker for it all the time. Ido not see how any Baptist can do without it. My prayer is that your subscription may increase until the paper is read in every Baptist Jy. J. H. Hatcher. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 25, 1875. I am now in my eighty-sixth year, and write this without spectacles. I read The Index in the same way. The paper is a great comfort to me. W. W. Wash. Greensbobo, Ga., Dec. 21, 187 5. Your paper is highly valued by myself and family, and I hope to be always able to enjoy its weekly visits. Wishing you much success and many new subscribers for another year, etc. John E. Jackson. Glenville, Ala., Dec. 18, 1875. Whenever I fail to renew my subscription to The Index, you may know that I have gone from this earth. I would not do without it for five times its price. I love the good sermons it contains, and to hear what my people all over Georgia are doing. Mart Ebrbhabt. Lake Citt, Fia., Dec. 15, 1875. I have been reading some six or eight relig ious papers, and am free to say I would rather read The Index than any three of them. It is sound. I would be glad to have it visit every family in Florida. Rest assured I shall do all I can for it. Dr. Baltic’s articles on the ‘ Tinman Will ’ are richly worth the subscription for a year. G. H. Phillips. Tennille, Ga., Dec. 8, 1875. I do not wish The Index to stop, and send my renewal subscription before my year is out. Ev ery copy contains something new and rich. I would bo glad to have every family in my church take it, and think I will be able to induce many more to subscribe before a great while. J. M. Smith. Lincolnton, Ga., Dec. 14, 1875. I love the dear old Index, and will do all I can to sustain it. I think it is the best paper in the world. p. p. Bdbqsss. Crawford, Ga., Dec. 7, 1875. I began taking The Christian Index while it was called The Columbian Star , and have been taking and reading the same ever since ; and I now think it a better paper than it ever has been since the same was published. Though quite ad vanced in years myself, I go regularly to the post-office, four miles, to got my Index, and ex pect to continue to take it as long as I am per mitted to remain in life. J. W. Johnson, Sr. Washington, Ga., Nov. 5, 1875. I am much pleased with The Index—think it the best paper in the South, and wonder that all Christians do not take it. The reading mat ter in one copy is worth the year's subscription. I hope it’s influence may be extended into ev ery family. N. L. McMeekix. For The Ladies —Our lady readers should go to work at once to get subscribers for The In dex. A splendid Piano, costing S6 U O, will be awarded to the lady friend of The Index who will send in the largest list of new subscribers, over one hundred and fifty, by the first of Janua ary of next year. Who will get the Tiano ? A $325 pipe organ, of the beet manufacture, will be awarded to the first largest dub, over a hundred, of new subscribers to The Index. This odor is open until July Ist of this year. Agents getting new for The In: ex can contend for one premium only. Name the premium you are working for when you forward the first names you have taken. —Eld. J. J. Sledge is to have a debate with Eld. W. Price, Methodist. We Mint All Die. This is a sad fact, and it behooves us to be prepared to die right when the time comes. Few of us expect it until old age overtakes and ad monishes ns with grey hauß that the time has arrived when we must dye. Then we look around to find out the beet wav. We will tell you. Use no other dye than Dr. Tutt’s, and you will dye right. Your grey hairs will disappear like magic, and in their place you will have gloeey, black whißkers, moustache and hair—a perfect imita tion of nature, so natural that it cannot be de tected, and your dyeing expenses will be but one dollar. AW e mean by this notice to draw your at tention to an advertisement in The In dex, showing the merits and advantages of anew invention, for the purpose of keeping Letters, Bills, Receipts and all Business Papers, always in alphabetical order, from A to Z, for ready reference awarded by us for a club of thirty subscri bers. It is now used quite extensively ■•wn in hundreds of business offices and the •I U libraries of professional men, all of whom acknowledge it to be the best in vention for the purpose ever used. They are made of Black Walnut and Cherry, of elegant design and finish : will last in daily • use fer many years. It is not a ZClip, Clamp, or Bill File, but a LETTER CABINET, with flexible sliding doors to open aud close, keeping contents away from observation of the curious, dust, etc. Send for Price List to JAS. P. | HARRISON A CO., Atlanta, Ga. A Purely vegetable medicine containing all the virtues of calomel without any of the injurious tendencies so justly dreaded by mankind. Sim mons’ Liver Regulator will be found prompt to start the secretions of the liver, and give a healthy tone to the entire system, without sali vation or any injurious effects. When ÜBed as a cathartic, it in no wise disorders the system, nor does it produce any nausea or sick stomach when about to purge. It is so mild in its action as not to int erfere with business or pleasnre. For an Irritated Throat, Couoh or Cold, “ Brawn's Bronchial Troches ” are offered with the fullest confidence in their efficacy. They maintain the good reputation they have justlv acquired. TO AGENTS. ■ V™" —v —fif What Every Man Wants in His Daily Business. A NEW INVENTION.—Meets the wants of Bankers, Lawyers, Physicians, Clergymen, Edi tors, Accountants, Merchants, professional and business men, protecting and keeping in alpha betical order Letters, Bills, Receipts, Contracts, Orders, Invoices, Bills of Lading, Insurance Policies, Briefs, Private Correspondence, and business papers generally, always filed in alpha betical order for ready reference. It is the most compact and convenient series of cases, or Letter File ever invented. No office or desk is complete without this new and useful fixture. In this small cabinet 4.000 letters can be filed and kept always at hand for ready reference. It is made of black walnut, is quite ornamental, and can be used on the desk or hung on the wall. These tiles are rapidly finding their way into the offices of Business Men, and at the houses of Libraries of others desiring to keep their pa pers at homo, always in order, for immediate re ference, free from dust, aud away from the ob servation of the curious. Advantages. It economizes space in every particular. It keeps all papers in perfect alphabetical or der. It will hold four thousand letters or papers. It is to be placed op the desk, always before the writer. It can be hung or attached to the wall, if de sired. It makes every letter of the alphabet accessi ble. It refers to any and all letters on file at once. It is portable, and easy to move in case of fire. It can be put in the vanlt at night if desired. Its Sliding Doors are always out of the way. It keeps the contents clean and free from dust when closed. We have made arrangements that enable us to give one of these “Let ter Cabinets” as a premium to any agent who will send thirty cash subscribers for The Index. Who will be the first to comply with this proposition ? The entire correspondence of The Index —numbering many thous and letters—is kept in one of these. So great is their convenience that we would not be without one for any reasonable sum. FARMERS! PLASTERS! DEALERSJ ATTENTION. Every Farmer and Planter in the conntry. North and South, should raise German Millet! More money and less labor than in Cos! ton or Grain. The yield of hay and seed is immense. Troduoes three to four tons splendid hay. and fifty to eighty bushels of seed per acre. Hay and Seed bring highest prices in market. Heavy crops in almost any soil or climate. Two crops from same ground in one season in the South. Stock can be raised and fattened on this feed alone. This is the only market from which you can obtain this most valuable grass seed, fresh a: and genuine. Send stamp for circular giving full description and particulars of "German Millet,’’ (free.) Wo can furnish any kind of Agricultural Im plements, Farming Machinery and Field Seeds, of best quality, aud at lowest prices. Address all orders to X. 11. Joaes A Cos. Nashville, Tenn. jan22.4m@ For Twenty-Five Cents. I will send a package each of Trough Gourd ; Verbena; Pansy aud Blotched Petnna Seed. The Gourds hold from 3 to 10 gallons each and are curious and valuable. IllustratedlCatalogne free. Address WALDO F. BROWN, Oxford, 0. Bo* 26- jan27-lt Improved Evergreen Broom Corn. Anew variety, the result of five years experi menting, much superior to any other kind both in yield and quality. Seed is equal to com for feeding, and the bush will bring one-third more in the market than the oommon broom corn. Two quarts will plant one acre. Bv mail on re ceipt of price, with full directions how to culti vate. Fifty cents per quart, by express ; four quarts, $1.50 ; one peck,- $2.00; $6.00 per bushel. Address . . SAMUEL WILSON. jau27-tf Mechanicsville, Bucks County. Pa. INDEX AND BAPTIST. A RELIGIOUS and FAMILY JOPBITAL. *3.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. JAS. P. HABBI3ON & CO., Proprietors. Rev. D. E. BUTLER... President. Dr. J. S. LAWTON ......7..7 A. K. BEAGO, Esq ;[ Director*. JAS. P. HARRISON Secretary and Treasurer. Advertising Rates t Space 1 wk. 2wks. Swks.'4wks. Bm. 6m. lyear laq.. $2 00 $3 30 $4 20; $6 10 sl2 60 $2160 $36 00 2 sq.. 860 540 720 8702160 36 00 60 00 8 sq.. 510 78010 20 12 30 30 00 50 00 80 00 4sq.. 660 960 13 20 15 60 88 40 64 80 100 00 5 sq.. 780 12 00 15 60 20 50 46 80 79 20 120 00 6 Bq.. 925 13 75 18 60 *22 80 65 20 93 60 137 50 FIFTY INSERTIONS A YEAR. Eight lines make one square. Large cut* and heavy lettering double price. All transient advertisements must be paid in ad vance; regular advertisers quarterly. Special Notices 80 cents a line; by half year 15cts.; y the year ten cents. Religious Notices relating to local interest 16 cenis per line each insertion. This is the organ of a Baptist constituency of up wards of 250,000. Its advantages as an advertising medium are unquestioned. Only a few columns are allowed to strictly first-class advertisers, and only those willing to pay our rates. Remittances at the risk of party sending the monev. Money-Making;! Labor-Saving f MACHINERY. Farmers and Planters! Your Attention! The greatest Labor-Saving Implement in use is the Celebrated "Jones’ Walking Cnltiyator,” One man (or boy) aud two horses will do the work of four one-horse plows in the cultivation of corn, cotton, cane, etc. With this Cultivator one hand can cultivate from sixty to eighty acres of corn, and do his share of other farm work. It has no equal for cultivating purposes. The “Jones’ Universal Fanning Mill Seed Cleaner, and Smut Mill Combined” will clean wheat and other Grain, from the chaff more rapidly and much better than any other Wheat Fan in the market. It will clean Wheat from smut, cheat, cockle, blighted, broken and shrivelled grains, and other impurities, and save the largest and best grains fer seed. Is will clean Corn, Oats, Rye, Rice, ! arley, Clover. Timothy, Flax Seed, Hemp, Beans, Peas, Millet and Hungarian Grasß Heeds. For rapidity, variety, and perfection of work, it has no equal. I own and control the Patent right to the Uni ted States for this ‘•Cultivator” and “Fanning Mill." and will “lease” or sell State, County or Grange Rights, at such low figures that you cannot help making money. Parties who pur chased County Rights the past year, are buying more territory, and report a handsome profit on their investment the first season. Send Stamp for Illustrated Catalogue—free— with full description of “Walking Cultivator” aqd “ Fan Mill.” German Millet Seed a Specialty. Every farmer and planter should raise it. Send stamp for German Millet Circular containing full particulars—free. We can furnish any kind of Agricultural Im plements, Farming Machinery, or Field Seeds, of best quality, and at lowest prices. Don’t buy until you write to us for anything yon want. Address all orders to X. 11. Jones A Cos. Nashville, Tenn. jau22.4m@ Barnes' Foot-Power Scroll Saws and Lathes. $5 00 to $11.50 averaged per ay with these Machines Ale nik wood workers should use them. Si/T'j BOYS can make $5 per day with them, besides learning ai v Sru MWA PROFITABLE TRADE. For a sample of sawing send 25 cents for THE MYSTIC PUZ- SSJYfc W ZLE, or YANKEE’S DREAM. We send it by mail. If 2“ Say ,/K. MB where vou read this, aud address, for FULL ue scription, W. F. & JOHN BARNES, Rockford. Winnebago Cos., Illinois. Box 2,044. $11.50 IVEK4GEOPER DAY. Fulton. Mo., December 14th, 1874. Messrs. W. F. & John Barnes, Rockford, IU. Gentlemen : I sawed 110 frets for balustrade for portico, and 15 brackets, in first two days run ning. Every one who has witnessed the work ing of tlie Saw lias pronounced it the most use- . ful machine ever invented. I have been work ing from twelve to sixteen men, and have done all my shop work (scroll sawing) on your ma chine, running it daily since I purchased it, and have paid nothing for repairs, except for saws, which amount was comparatively small. Three weeks since, I purchased some imported woods and some nice designs, and tamed my at tention to fret work. I have averaged per day, since that time, $11.50. I know of no occupa tion as pleasant and profitable for a mechanic to spend his winter days at, as the above. Your machine runs so lightly and easily that it will not tire the most delicate man after a little prac tice ; in fact, I consider your Machine indispen sable to any carpenter, however small his busi ness is, as he can introdneo the little marhine to his scrap pile, and make enougli brackets in one week to pay for his machine. 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