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6 He A CHRISTMAS MEDITATION. “When they ha<T oamed th<r trc&Mirfs, llii-y pre sented until him gifts: gold and frankincense, and mjr*rh.' J What were those offered ? Frankincense, andund myrrh i Sometimes it if hard to listen To a word unwind or cold, And to smil/ft loving answer I>o it, arnkfou give Him gold. Thoughts of Ilim, In world or pleasure, Thotuv*mal) gra> of incense rare, < aatopon a burning censer, libyAu perfumed clouds of prayer. The •re are sometimes bitter fancies, Little murmurs that will stir Even a loving heart.; but crush them, And you give to Jesus myrrh. Or resign some little pleasure Give it to Him instead, to win Help for some jxxir soul In peril, Grace to some poor heart in sin. Mercy for poor sinners pleading For their souls as for y*ur own ; Bo you make a crown of Jewels Fit to lay before his throne. Give Him now', to-day, forever, One great gift, the first, the best; Give yonrheart to Him, and ask Him How to give Him all the rest. —Hose Tor ter 1 UK INFINITB LOVK. It is astonishing how many theologians there are who would count it atheism to deny the Infinite power or wisdom of God, but who countit heterodoxy to affirm his infinite mer ry. It is yet more astonishing how many good Christians there are who would he shocked at John Stuart Mill’s declaration that God is not all powerful, hut who practically believe his other declaration, that God is not •11-loving. The Bible declarations on this subject are certainly sufficiently explicit. God is love. That is, it is his love which makes him divine. It is his love which, so to speak, entitles him to love, worship, adoration. Power is not worshipful; wisdom is not ador able; for power and wisdom, if they are selfish, ore execrable. Love alone deserves love. If it were possible to conceive of God’s ceasing to love he would cease to be God. If sin could exhaust his love it would exhaust his divinity. Ilis mercy is from everlasting to everlasting. The demandsof ceaseless gen erations cannot dry up the fountain. It cn dureth forever. Time cannot enfeeble it. It is Jesus Christ—Jesus the Saviour, Christ the Anointed High Priest, who is declared to be the same yesterday, to day and forever. He Is the saruo to-day in tire ministry of iris pa tient love that lie was when on earth he showed himself a friend of publicans and sinners; ho will io the same in tire eternal future that Ire was and is in tire ministry of his grace among men. He is God manifest in the flesh ; not a single attribute or quality of the Divine Bciug ; certainly not a transient, accidental, temporary quality, assumed for a purpose, and laid reside when that purpose is accomplished. VVliat Christ was in his deal ing with Judas Iscariot, and l'eter, and the woman tlrat was a sinner, that God is in his everlasting feeling, lie is great in mercy; He delights lo forgive. He punishes only be cause punishment is the necessary instrument of the wisest, strongest love. Whom He lovetlr he chasteneth ; whom He chasteneth He loveth. With Him forbearance never coases to ho a virtue. His patience is deeper than the scit aud higher than the heavens. There Is joy in Heaven beenuse tlruro is joy in the Father’* heart over one sinner that rejrenteth. To refuse to repent and return to Hrm is to deny Him the only joy that a sinful and erring son can give Him. Tho argument is a brief one : My sins are finite ; Ilis love is infinite; therefore iny sins cannot have ex hausted iris love. FAITH. My lump of liopo lias grown so feebly dim. 1 gniiK 1 and fuel my way like one tlint V blind ; I hock In vain with trembling heart to (lint A better way that lendetli unto Him. 1 Hard, my lamp is tilled with heavenly oil. So bright It burn.id. and then the narrow way Seeini and broad enough and easy ; but to-day I find wluit then was pleasure now is toil. I'll rise and take my feeble light again— Although 1 know that pilgrims on the way, lu pausing me, triumphantly will say. An untrimuied lamp bath caused him all his jiain— Assorts! at length if 1 sincerely pray. That when ruy lumpgoes out it will he day. — II. C, Ilat/dm Walking by Faith, and not by Sight. Every Christian of uiatute age can recall instances where the providence of God lias led hint in a path tint, at the time, was irk some and disagreeable, and was directly op jiosed to all previously formed purposes aud aims. All ot us like to have oflr own way, and the pang of sorrow that comes with this thwarting of our cherished plans is severe iu proportion to the devotion with which we have pursued them. Our eyes are blinded with tears at the time. Wo may even feel rebel lious in our agony of grief. Aud yet it is frequently the case that, even to our imper fect vision, the purposes of God gather bright ness as we recede from the pang that came with the crisis of disappointment. We find that tire thorny path develops unexpected treasures of verdure ami sweetness. There is safety where we expected only sorrow, rest where we looked for ruin, a higher vision mid a clearer atmosphere, even though it be pur chased at the cost of severe toil and weary feet. “ I could write down twenty cases in my life,” once observed an eminent divine, “where I wished God had done otherwise than he did, and which 1 now see, had 1 had my own way, would have led to extensive mischief.” It is so with every believer. Our vision is imperfect. Wo see oulv in part and we know oniv in part. The v<-ry plans which we most tenderly cherish— to which we give the energies of our whole lives—are often those which, if successful, would prove our ruin. God has promised that “ all things shall work together for good ” for His dear children. Fidelity to this promise often com pels our heavenly Father to thwart onr ill advised plans, to iireak our idols, and to stop us in the dangerous roads we are persistently traveling, lie sees perils where our dim vision discerns only safety and joy. We “ fret because of him who proposeth in the way” from which we are compelled to turn aside. We act like spoiled children when we are led hack from the path we are eager to tread. But often, in the calmer vision of after times, we can see the peril that we have escaped, and bless the hand that mercifully led us in '• a way that we knew not,” and in which our rebellious feet at first stubbornly refused to tread.— Western lleeorder. Jesus Christ finished the work. He came into the world to perform. On the cross 11* declared : “It is finished.” There was no failure, no flaw, no iinperfectnew in the great transaction. What if Christ’s humanity had failed Him in the teet? What, if, in the crucible of temptation, He had yielded? What, if, when in the Oarden Uethsemnne, THE QHRISTIAJS INDEX AND SOTJTH-WESTERN BAPTIST - December 26. with forehead dewed in blood, He bad. refused to drink the bitter cup, and pushed it impa tiently from Ilis lips? What, if, when beaten and spit upon and abused, He had called down the legions of angels who awaited His word, and swept His torturers from the earth t Blessed be his name! His patience was equal to the dreadful work of that awful day. He finished the work. —Methodist Recorder. “ PE AY UITIIMIT CKASWG.” One thing we know and feel to be true— man was made to pray. As in a gloomy cave the eye turns eagerly toward the light which enters, so in this gloomy world turns the soul to the great-source of light. In man there is a sense of weakness, and a feeling that there is a strong One on whom he can lean. Let but the soul lie free from the fetters of sin, and it will rise in prayer as the lark in the morning light mounts upward with joyful notes to the sky. Even when in sin, the soul when conscious of danger will cry to God for help. Tire profane and reckless sailor, when the storm sweeps over the vessel and threatens to break it in pieces, will begin with white lips and faltering acSents to cry, “ Lord, save, or I perish.” The presence of great danger and of death will make men feel that they are as helpless as a feather in a gale, and they will try to pray. The soul of the bravest warrior in life’s battle-fields is at times but a weak and troubled child which cries, and cannot help crying, to a Heavenly Father for strength and comfort. So “ pray without ceasing.” Every day and every hour you need the divine presence. “ Come boldly,” for so you are told to come “to the throne of heavenly grace,” and be assured you will not come in vain. “STRIVE, WAIT AND TRAY.” Strive : yet I do not promise The prize you dream of to-day Will not fade when you think lo grasp it, Ami melt in your hand away ; Hut another and holier treasure, You would now perchance disdain, Will come when your toil is over, And pay you for all your pain. Wait; yet Ido not tell you The honor you long for now Will not come with its radiance vanished. And a shadowßupon its brow ; Yet far through the misty future. With a crown of starry light. An hour of joy vou know not I- winging her silent flight. Pray ; though the gift yon ask for May never comfort your fears, May never repay your pleading, Yet, pray, with hopeful tears. An answer, not that you long for, But diviner, will come one day ; Your eves are too dim to see it, Yet stove and wait and pray. Dr. Cullis tells, in one ot iris reports of an aged Christian who, lying on his deatli-hed in the Consumptives’ Home, was asked the cause of his perfect pence, in a slale of stroll extreme weakness that he was often entirely uncon scious of all around hint. He replied," When I am able to think, I iliiitk of Jtsirs; and when I am unable to think of Him I know he is thinking of me.” And lo how many of the Lord’s dear suffering children have the words of the Psalmist come with sweet consolation, “ I am poor and needy ; yet the Lord thinketh upon nre,” There are depths of love in Christ beyond all that wo have seen. Therefore dig deep, and labor, and take pains for Him, and set by ns much lime for Him as you can. He will be won by labor.— Rutherford. WATCHWORDS OF LIFE. Hope, While there’* n hand to ©trike ! l>nr<\ While there'* a young heart brave! Toil, While there's a task umvrouglit! Trust., While there's n God to save! Learn, That there’s arwork for each! Feel, That there’s strength in God! Know, Thut there's a crown reserved! Wait, Though neath cloud aud sod! Love, When there's a foe that wrong*! Help. When thm 's a brother's noed! Watch, When there's a tempter near! Pray, Hotli In word and deed! Blessed is the man who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness. Know thy work, and do it; and work at it like Hercules. One monster there is in the world, the idle man.— Carlyle. Trials and sorrows make us feel our depen dence, and work in us tenderness of spirit and humble submission to the will of God. They are the medicines that God sees we need, and that with liis own baud he weighs out to us; and they are for the healing of the soul. —•— ■ Oh! how many precious momcots arc wasted iu softness and self-indulgence, in frivolous pursuits, iu idle conversation, and in vague and useless reverie, which, if rightly improved, might tell upon the world’s destiny and the Redeemer’s glory ! —Wat ke. Accustom your children to a s'riot attention to truth, even in the most minute particulars. If a thing happened at one window, and they, when relating it, say that it happened at an other, do not let it pass, but instantly cheek them ; you do not know where deviation from truth will end. Look out for a people entirely void of re ligion ; and if you find them at ail, be assured they are but a lew degrees removed from the brutes.—flume. stats aud lUripcis, Washing Silk Handkerchiefs.—To wash a white silk handkerchief so that it will not be stiff, mske suds of tepid water and plain white soap, adding a tablespoon ftil of magical mixture, and lay the hand kerchief to soak twenty minutes, covering it up so that it will steam ; then wash with the hands and rinse, putting a little blueing in the water which should be a little warm. To Freshen Black Lace.—Lay it on a clean table ; sponge it all over with a weak solution of borax, about an eveu teaspoon tul or less, to a pint of warm water; use a piece of old black silk, or black kid glove is better, to sponge with; while damp", cover with a piece of black silk or cloth, then iron. Take sufficient flour of sulphur to give a golden tinge to a pint of water, and in this boil three or four bruised onions ; strain off the liquid, and with it when cold, wash with a suit brush any gilt frames which re quiro restoriug. _ A Cottage "WAter Filter.—Those who cannot afford to buy a filter may easily make one. Stuff a piece of sponge in th hole of a flower pot, place above tills a layer of pebbles, then a layer cf coarse sand, and above this a layer of pounded charcoal three or four inches in depth Another layer of pebbles should be placed above the charcoal to prevent it from being stirred up when the water is poured in. The contents of the flower-pot should be oc casionally renewed. But by a small addi tion to this a cottage filter may be made, which for practical use, is quite equal to the most expensive filter of corresponding size. It consists of two flower pots, one above the other, the lower one fitted with a sponge and filtering layers, above described, and the upper one with a sponge only. The upper pot should be the largest, the lower one is strong the upper one may stand on it, or a piece of wood with a hole to receive the upper pot may rest on the brim of the lower one. The two pots thus arranged are placed upon a three legged stool with a hole in it, through which the projecting part of the lower sponge passes, and the water drops into a jug placed below. The upper pot serves as a reservoir, and the sponge stops the courser impurities, and thus the filtering layers of the lower one may be used for two or three years without being renew ed, if the upper sponge be occasionally cleaned. Care must be taken to wedge in the upper sponge tightly enough to prevent the water passing through the upper pot more rapidly than it can filter through the lower one. Oranges filled with jelly make a pretty appearance on a supper table, and are ac ceptable when much variety i*- desired. Take somo very flue oranges, and with the point of a small knife cut from the top ot each a round hole about the size of a shill ing; then, with the small end of a tea or egg spoon, empty them entirely, taking care not to break the rinds. Throw these into cold water, and make jelly of the juice, which must he well pressed from the pulp, and strained as clear as possible. Color one-half a fine rose color, with prepared cochineal, and leave the other very pale; when it is nearly cold, drain and wipe the orange rinds, and fill them with alternate stripes of the two jellies. When they are perfectly cold cut them into quarters, and dispose them tastefully In a dish, with a few light branches of myrtle between them. Call’s feet, or any other variety of jelly, or different blatic manges, may be used at choice to till the rinds ; the colors, however, should contrast as much as possible. Ammonia in thk lloi'sEiioi.r> ‘’The pantry shelves are getting grimy, ptf-unger marks around the door-latches and knobs are looking dark and unsightly. For lack of time llioy are left day utter day, for it is hard work to scour all the time, and it wears off the paint too. Now suppose the wife has her bottle of spirits of ammonia to use ; she takes a basin ot water and a clean cloth, just puts on a few drops of the fluid and wipes off all the dirt ; it is worth more than a half day’s labor, and does not hurt the paiut either. She could put a few drops in her dish-water and see liow easily the dishes could be cleaned ; a few drops on a sponge would clean all the windows in the sitting-room, making them shine like crys tal. It will take ah the stains off the tea spoons, and a tcaspoonful in the mop-pail would do more in washing up the kitchen floor than ten pounds of elbow grease ap plied to the mop-handle. Borax For Colds.— A writer in the Medical Record cites a number of casta iu which borax Iras proved a most r ffectual remedy in certain forms of colds. He slates that in sudden hoarseness, or loss of vU sin public speakers twsingjH? from for an hour (Tr s* as if try magic, may be often obtained by slowly dissolving, partial ly swallowing, a lump of borax the size of a garden pea, or about three or four grains, held in the mouth for ten minutes before speaking or singing. This produces a pro fuse secretion or saliva, or "watering” of the mouth and throat—probably restoring the voice or tone to the dried vocal cords, just as “wetting” brings back the missing notes to a flute, when it is too dry. Milk as a Vehicle for Quinine —Mr. 11. L. Battcrbury, M.D. London, Berkltsm stead, England, writing to the ISriti* A Med ical Journal, observes : “It is not, 1 believe, generally known that milk is an elegant and convenient solvent for quinine, and that it disguises to a great extent its bitternase. If one graiu of sulphate ot quinine be dis solved in an ounce of milk, we shall find that the bitterness of the draught is hardly pir ceptible; with two grains there is rather more bitterness, but it is not all marked. A dose of five grains may be taken in two ounces of milk -without an unpleasantly bitter taste; and if the same quantity be put into a tumbler of milk, the bitterness is i>U but lost. This method of adrohiisteting quinine must, in some cases, be preferable to the ordinary way of dissolving it in acid or spirit, especially where the bitter taste is ob jected' to—as in the case of children—or where the required dose is large; aud doubt less it will be found tc possess other ad vantages.” To Preserve Potatoes from the Rot. —Dust over the floor of the bin with lime, then put in a few layers of potatoes, and dust the whole once more with lime, adopt ing the same plan over again. Use one bushel of lime to fifty of potatoes. The lime kills the fungi which causes the rot. Onions a Cure foe Croup.—A lady who speaks from experience says that probably nine children out of ten who die of croup might be saved by the timely application of roast onions, mashed, laid upon a folded nap. km, and goose oil, sweet oil, cr even lard, poured on and applied as warm as can be borne comfortably to the throat and upper part of the chest, and to the feet and hands. Poisonous Vinegar.—The Scientific Amer ican announces that half the vinegar now sold is rank poison, and a Massachusetts chemist states that out of twelve jars of pickles, pint up by different wholesale dealers, he build copper in ten of them. JEI.LY.—Beat white of the egg saved from the cake to a froth ; add the grated rind and juice of one lemon,and stir iu powdered sugar until stiff enough to spread. •iris the best place to have your pictures made. Give ns a trial and be convinced. dec26-lt CHAMBERLIN, BOYNTON & CO., 66 and 68 WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. DRY GOODS STORE. We have this Fall made nnnsnal efforts to place before the public in our several stores good and desirable goods from first bands, and in ad dition to a great many imported especially for us one of our firm sp<nt several weeks attending Auction Salts, visiting Manufacturing, Import ing and Commission houses, to that every ad vantage that cash can command baa been ap propriated. The result is no such stock ot goods can be shown in this oonntrv. We call atten tion to a few of our leading departments. DRESS GOODS.—We have everything new in this department. Colored Silks all sbadea and qualities, Camels Hair, Debages, Lusters. Baitings, Mohairs, Bonrettes, Brocades, French Novelties, etc. No home is this city can show as large a stock of dress goods. BLACK SILKB ! —We make a specialty of, and will in every in stance sell as low as the lowest New York retail prices. HOSIERY’!—The largest stock of Ho siery in the State, great many new styles of re cent importation just received. GENTS AND BOYS CASBIMEBES.—More than double onr usual stock of these goods and all at lowest prices AUCTION BARGAINS !-lu Table Linens, BIiACIA CAR KINI Mil* ! We lave anargedwith in Jmjciti rto rue Hack Carl meres in large quantities, and it will pay t och and every one in want of tfc< ee goods, loth wholesale and retail, to examine these goods Lticre ptrcLatiig shew here. No New York JcL tor will do bet ter on them than we will CHAMBERLIIT, ZBOYTsTTOTsT Ss CO., sept!9-tf 66 and 68 WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA. GA. MISCELLANEOUS. PLEIS’ FIT POWDERS. These jrowders have been tested by over FORTY THOUSAND CASES, for the cure of FIT’S. EPILEPSY. SPASMS. CONVULSIONS. ST. VITUS’ DANCE. NEURALGIA. And All NERVOUS AFFECTIONS. Some of over fifty years standing. They have cured children as young as three months old and adnlts over seventy-five years, some being inmates of Asylums. They have cured cases were the patient had to be tied down, and have restored tiro minds of others who became imbecile or demented by spasms. Send for circular. When you order slate age. Prioe 80 cents per box. Or sent to any part ot the United Stales for 85 cents, and Canada for One Dollar per box. These powders are pro-" pared and enld only by the proprietor, to whom all orders must be addressed. JOHN M. PLEIS, Jr., SCO North Third Street, Philadelphia, I’a. It. Vitalized Phosphates. A brain and nerve food, differs from all other tonics, as it is composod of the vital or nerve giving principles of the ox brain and wheat germ, being similar to that which sustains tlie human brain and nerves. They restore all weaknesses of mind or body ; relievo debility and nervousness ; give vitality in the insufficient growth ot childreu ; strengthen digestion ; enre neuralgia and prevent consumption. Physicians have prescribed 100,000 packages, F. CROSBY, 606 Sixth Ave., N. Y. For sale by Druggists. It. B I /T. L e J| v n NEAR ST. CHARLES. E (lINIONpTm^ Jlon Moans £a. dec'26.lt ONLY 25 CENTS For a 16 pipe 64 oolumn Weekly Family Paper, tlireo niontlia on trial. To any one sending us fonr trial subscribers as above, with ®l, wo will send a Tockot Dictionary, bound in cloth, 80.000 definitions, and 230 Illustrations. The best offer ever made. Don't mijs this chanoe. This National W feklt , Washington, D. 0. dec26.lt. Doyles, Towels, Irish Linens, Bed Spreads, ate BLEACHED AND BROWN DOMESTICS.—As low and in many instances lower than maenfao tnrers Agents price by bale. BLANKETS! BLANKETS ! —Having had the advantage of the immenee mid summer sale of Blankets in New Y’ork, we are prepared to eell them as low as they usually cost at the manufactory. Bar gains in Flannels, Gents, Ladies and Misses Un derwear, etc., etc. Samples of Dry Goods sent on ajiplication. CARPET STORE! CARPET STORE! Oar Carpet Store is equal in rise to onr Dry Goods Store, and contains more than doable the quantity of Csrpets to he fonnd in any other Carpet Store in the State. Having determined to avoid the middle profit of the Jobbers, we have bought onr Carpets this Fall direct from the manufacturer. We have bought in tuch quantities as to get bottom prices and biggest discounts. We now have in store the larg est stock of Velvet, Administer, Body Brussels, Tapestry Brussels. S-plys, Ingrains, ibplys, and cheapest Carpets ever exhibited in one home in the State. Oil Cloths for floors from 3 to 18 | sl2 WATCHES I I For Only $3 Each.! m A BANKRUPT STOCK OF WATCHES, § kSS e( ft Warranted for One Year. MpmZS mi Tills bankrupt stork of Watches must be rloser? ont 1n 90 day it. Tlio lorinfi* iri*o f tlirbi* lVub’hft S him <*12.00 cnch. They *re silvered case and open Brrff W&m tnce, u!l one style, and of French manufacture, the Btwra movemeutfi of which being well know n the world over ■fpw—L-jg for their lina flni vh. Thpy are used on railroads uml ffnfl ~ _^-rrss, hi v:\juboatw. whore uccnmtr time is required, and givo g*od satisfaction. Think of it, a f!2.GO Watch for /' Jr v' s\ ijl only 62.00, aud ;>rni<d cue year for time. /> ft* /// ]r*-/ The Walters Importing Cos. is an old established and / / L v y "a very reliable bouse, unci v.e cheerfully recommend ffigSjgg n)J [ * ew them. Cincinnati Post. gSg BfiJH ' 1 y}\ After the closure of sale of this bankrupt stock of feofl jmff pv/ tf' 1 W-s&pf Watches, which will continue flO darn from date of ihis BagSR B|m| [£%! jm __ J m\ r’jiij piper, no order will be filled at less than £12.00 each ;so Hcmt] /!(] P**' ,s '* ©**nd your order at once. With each Watch we Spi&j iva-to wvrrii nvki i ■.irons: v. • ~,.i |..,rn. ,r dec2B It ESTABLISHED 1854. Thos. M. Clarke & Cos., HARDWARE DEALERS.^ General Agents for the oelebvated OLIVER CHILLED PLOW Whreh was awarded the First Pi emiiua at Atlanta and Macon Fairs in 1878. ’ Dexter Corn akoUer and Separator, awarded tha Silver madal at the North Georgia Stock and Fair Aeeooration. McNEAL & URBAN’S FIRE-PROOF SAFES, Th© only ineurano© for Book* and Paper*. Foil stock of above always on hand, together with a general etock of Hardware, Swede Iron, riow Steel, Human a Goode, Saddles. Bridles, Collars. Rubber and Leather Belting, Mill Saws, Mining Toole and Blacksmith Tools, etc. Trices guaranteed. Order* Solicited. Cor. Peachtree and Line Streets, : ATLANTA, GA. COMEANDSEE I The largest and best selected Stock of C ookit|g & Heatiqg .Stoves. Ranges, Furnaces, House Furnishing Goods, Stamped an! Plain Tinware, Backets Tubs ii n i Brushes, Blacking, Sad Irons, ’ ’ SLATE AND IRON MANTLEa, Grates, Steam Pipe and Fitting, Steam Whisles, Gangs Cxciu, Pumps, Copper, Sheet Iron, in a complete assortment. All at Gold Prices. Sava time and money by sending vonr orders and calling and making yonr purchases from 6 • Hunnicutt & Bellingraths, Peachtree Stree, : ATLANTA, GEORGIA. ..gents < OWLS'STEAM PUMP. dec26.3m A TORPID LIVER Is the fruitful source of many diseases, promi nent among which are Dyspepsia. Sick-Readache. Costiveness, Dysen tery, Jlilioitt Freer, Ague and Freer, Jaun dice, Pike, Rheumatism, Kilney Con plaint, Colic, etc. etc. SYMPTOMS OP A TORPID LIVER. Lose of Appetite and Nausea, the bowels are oo- Live, but sometime* alternate with looeenese, Pain in the Head, aooompanied witb a dull sen satien in the back part. Pain in the right aide and under the shoulder-blade, fullness after eating, with a disinclination to exertion of body or mind. Irritability of temper, Lowepiri'.s. Los* of memory, with a feeling of haring negleotod some duty, Oeneral weariness, Dizzinese, Flut tering at the Heart. Dots before the eyes. Yel low skin, Headache generally over the right eye, Rcetleeenese at night with fitful dreams, highly colored urine. IF THESE WARNINGS ARE UNHEEDED Serious Diseases will soon be developed. TITT’N PILLS are especially adapted to cinch cases, a single dose effects such a change of feeling as to as tonish the sufferer. A noted Divine says : Dr. Trrr—Dear Sir : For ten years I have been a martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation and Piles. Last spring your Pill# were recommended to me. I need them, but with little faith. lam now a well man, have good appetite, digeetion perfect, regular stool*. pile* gone, and I have gained for ty pounds solid flash. They are worth their weight in gold. Rev R. L. Simpson. Louisville, Ky. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS, 25 c. dec26-lt. feet wide. Lineolum—new patterns. Wall Paper, Window Shades. Lambrequin Material, Lace Curtains, Hair Cloth, Cocoa and Jute Mattings always on band in large quantities. We in vite an inspection of the department, and in form all in advance that we cannot be under sold in the Carpet line. SHOE STORE!SHOE STORE! Our Shoe Store does not consiet of one comer in a Dry Goods room, but is a separate store to itself, and of same size as each of onr other stores oontainiug Dry Goods and Carpets. We have in this store all the leading makes of the best aud most favorably known shoes such as Mile’s, Buit’s, Freeman's Canfield’s, Dunbar's, Boiler's, and numerous other well known makes of Boot* and Shoe#. We can safely ssy that no- Shoe house in Georgia ean show so extensive a stock of Gents, Ladies, Misses, Youths and Children Shoes, as we cow offer in onr Shoe Store. Every pair of Boots and Shoe* we have are made expressly to our order, and of selected material. We feel confident it is to the interest of all in want of good goods to examine our im mense stock before making any purchase. LANDS AND HOMES IN SOUTHWEBT MISSOURI. O Ac re* of well watered tim ber and prairie Lands along the line of the fit. Loni* and San Francisoo Railway for Bale, at from $1,50 to SB,OO per acre on seven years time- Excellent for stock, frnit and agricultural purposes. Best tobacco region in the West, bhott winters, convenient markets, superior schools, low taxes, healthful climate and good society. Free transportation from Bt. Louis#) those who purchase land. Beud for maps and circu its to W. H. COFFIN. , A LaxD Commissioner, d*c2d-lt Temple Building, St. Louis. The moat popular social game ever published, WORDS AND SENTENCES for sll ages—only 26 cent* by mail, stamp* re ceived. Also, the wonderful Toy SHADOW TRANSFORMATIONS, SAME PEICE. Bend three cent stamp for ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, of Games, Toys and Home Amusement.. MILTON, BRADLEY A CO. dec2fi-lt Springfield, Mass.