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THE SEMI-WEEKLY SUMTER REPUBLICAN. ESTABLISHED IN 1854, ) By CHAS. W. HANCOCK- ( VOL. 18. The Sumter Republican. Semi-Weekly, One Year - - - fl 00 Weely, One Year - - - - - 2.00 in Advance_lEJ AH advertisements eminating from public offices will be charged for in accordance with an act passed by the late General Assembly of Georgia—7s cents per hundred words for each of the first four insertions, and 35 cents for each subsequent insertion. Fractional parts of one hundred aro considered one hundred words; each figure and initial, with date and signature, is counted as a word. The cash must accompany the copy of each advertisement, unless different arrange ments have been made. Advertising Rates. One Square first insertion, - - - - ?1.00 Each subsequent insertion, - - - - .50 139" Ten Lines of Minion, type solid con stitute a square. All advertisements not contracted for will be charged above rates. Advertisements not specifying the length of time for which they are to be inserted will be continued uutil ordered out aud charged for accordingly. Advertisements tooccupy fixed places will be charged 25 per cent, above regular rates Notices in local column inserted for ten cent per line each insertion. Mrs. HE. RAINES IA.SJU3T \ NEW LINE OF MILLINERY CONSISTING OF Lace Straw Bonnets. Leghorn Flats, Round Hats, kg Pta is all Cslors, LACES AND FLOWERS. Those who have not yet purchased their Spring Bonnets will find it to their interest to examine her new goods. She has also FRENCH CHIP HATS IN WHITE AND BLACK. mayl7tf Miss KATE KING Invites the attention of the Ladie^tolier SELECT STOCK OF Misery eel Fsaey Ms NOTIONS, Etc., ALL OF TIIE LATEST STYLES. Which she keeps on hand at all times, and at the LOWEST GASS PRICES! NEW GOODS ARRIVING DAILY. j-gTDon’t fail to Gall and Examine her toek before purchasing elsewhere. Miss KATE KING, PUBLIC SQUARE AMERICUS, U'3ltf fc M. T. Elam Is Now in New York Buying her goods for the Fall and Winter. She will have a full line of Mi&ery and Fancy Seeds IN THE LATEST STYLES. They will soon be corning in, and she will be at home by the Ist of October. Americus, Ga, Sept. 5, 1882. septGtf New Cotton Winks! I HAVE RENTED THE Sirrine Brick Building, ON EAST SIDE OF PUBLIC SQUA|E, AMERICUS, GA., Which I will repair and have ready to s*>re cotton in during the coming season. My friends and the public are asked to patron ize me. All produce left in my care by friends and others, will receive prompt 4t tentton and sold at best prices offered. J. L. PRICE.] Americus, Ga., May 19, 1882. tt TO RENT] Dwelling House to rent on Lamar Strei ’ erterms apply to niayl2tf. Mrs. A.“SIMMONS DON’T BUY Groceries BEFORE EXAMINING WERd PERRY’S LARGE STOCK! —AS THEY— WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD ! On any article in their line, hut propose to UNDERSELL! WILL PAY HIGHEST PRICE FOR Georgia Seed Rye ! COUNTRY MERCHANTS Will find that they can buy of us Kerosene Oil, Gun Powder, Shot and Matches ! ! For less money than they can order. GLOVER & PERRY, ssp9tf Americus. Ga. OLD BUGG COMES TO THE FRONT THIS SEASON WITH DRINKS, FIXED UP IN ANY STYLE FOE TEN CENTS. OYSTERS, FISH AND GAME ON HAND AT ALL TIMES. MEALS FIXED UP IN ANY STYLE AND AT ALL TIMES-DAY AND NIGIIT. BILLIARDS 5c per game two games for 25cts—cash. POOL 2'4 CENTS PER CUE—ALL CASH. Come one, come all, and see if you don’tget the best—nothing charged at these rates. Best Cigars and Tobacco Always on Hand! BOTTLED LIQUORS ALWAYS ON HAND IN FRONT ROOM. ,J. P. CHAPMAN. Americus, Ga., Sept. sth, 1882. 6.1 m if The Agonies of Bilious Colic, tho in diseribable pangs of Chronic Indigestion, tlie debility and mental stupor resulting from a costive habit, may be certainly avoid ed by regulating the system witli that agree able and refresliing Standard Preparation, Tarrant’s Seltrer Aperient. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS DR. STRONG S PILLS! Tba-Old, Well-Tried. Wouderful Health renewing Remedies. Strong’s Pectoral Pills insure hearty appetite, good digestion, regularity of the bowels. A sure remedy for Colds and Rheu matism. A precious boon to delicate females, soothing and bracing the nervous system, and giving vigor ana health in every fibre of the body. Strong’s Sanative Pills for the Liver. A speedy cure for the Liver Complaint, Regulating the Bowels, Purifying the Blood, Cleansing from Malarial Taint. A perfect cure for Sick Headache, Constipation and Dyspepsia. Sold by leading druggists. For circulars and almanacs, witli full par ticulars, address Box 650, New York City. $lO to swo In legitimate judicious speculation in Giain, Provisions and Stocks on our perfected pian, yields sure monthly profits to large and small investors. Address, for full particulars, R. E. KENDALL*CO., Commission Mer chants, 177 & 179 La Salle St., Chicago, 111. MEDICAL STUDENTS. For announcements and full information, address the Dean of the American Medical College, St. Louis. Geo. C. Pitzer, M. D., 1110 Chambers Street, St. Louis, Mo. Kenmore University High School. H. A. STRODE (Math. Medalist U. V.), Principal. Preparatory to University of Va. Charges moderate. Session begins Sept. 7. For particulars address Principal, Amherst, Virginia. ADVERTISERS ! Send for our Select List of Local Newspa pers, Geo. P. RoiVell & Cos.. 10 Spruce St., New York. A GOOD CHANCE. One hundred acres good land for sale, five miles north of Americus; seventy-fivo acres cleared and twenty-five in original forest, good dwelling house with four rooms, two good wells of water, one servant house, good cotton house, stables, barns, etc., all built inside of three years. A good orchard on the place. The laud is level red land—have raised eleven bales of cotton to the mule, plenty corn, peas, cane, potatoes and oats. Terms low and for cash. For particulars apply at this office or to aug23tf L. T. EDWARDS. INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS, AND DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND GENERAL PROGRESS AMERICUS, GEORGIA; WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1882. DARBYS PROPHYLACTIC FLUID. A Household Article for Universal Family Use. For Scarlet and I Eradicates I Tyl ‘ hoill l eveTH m Jhraaicgries ■ Diphtheria, saii- MALABIA. l! atio "’ | Sore Throat, Small Fox, Measles, and all Contagious Diseases. Persons waiting on the Sick should use it freely. • Scarlet Fever has never been known to spread where the Fluid was used. Yellow Fever has been cured with it after black vomit had taken place. The worst cases of Diphtheria yield to it. Feveredand Sick Per. SMALL-POX sons refreshed and and Bed Sores prevent- PITTING of Small ed by bathing with p o x PREVENTED Injure “vir made A member of ray fern harmless and purified. £y was Ulrn mh For Sore Throat it is a Suia -PO*. 1 used the sure cure. Flu “' ■,.? P a em was Contagion destroyed. n ?' dehnous, was not For Frosted Fiet, P‘ t, ? d < lnd “ £° ut Chilblains, Piles the house again in three dialings, etc. “ k ?. n ? oilers Rheumatism cured. IV-.:,/ 1 ' piA Y\ tc ARK '* Soft White Complex- thSON^jhiladelphia^ ions secured by its use. Ship Fever prevented. ■ T d P eanfUthe ß wi;: I it can't be surpassed. I , • I Catarrh relieved and ■ i rSVSIItSCI. M cured. Erysipelas cured. Burns relieved instantly. The physicians here Scars prevented. K Darbys Fluid very Dysentery cured. successfully in the treat- Wounds heakd rapidly. men t of Diphtheria, heurvy cured. A. Stollenwerck, An Antidote for An.mal Greensboro, Ala. or Vegetable Poisons, Stings, etc. Tetter dried up. 1 used the Fluid during Cholera prevented, our present affliction with Ulcers purified and Scarlet Fever with de- healed, cided advantage. It is In cases of Death it indispensable to the sick- should be used about room. Wm. F. Sand* the corpse —it wiU ford. Eyrie *la. prevent any unpleas- The eminent Phy- I Scarlet Fever I S ■ York, says: “I am Cnrefl ■ convinced Prof. Darbys ' I Prophylactic Fluid is a ff-Hr.mHßm-ilVmi valual *c disinfectant.” Yanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. I testify to the most excellent qualities of Prof. Darbys Prophylactic Fluid. Asa disinfectant and detergent it is both theoretically and practically superior to any preparation with which I am ac quainted.—N. T. Lupton, Prof. Chemistry. Darbys Fluid is Recommended by Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia • Rev. Chas. F. Deems, D.D., Church of the Strangers, N. Y.; ios. LbContb,Columbia, Prof.,University,S.C. Lev. A. J. Battle, Prof., Mercer University; Rev. Geo. F. Pierce, Bishop M. E. Church. INDISPENSABLE TO EVERY HOME. Perfectly harmless. Used internally or externally for Man or Beast. The Fluid has been, thoroughly tested, and we have abundant evidcnc! that it has done everything here claimed. For fuller information get of your Druggist a pamphlet or send to the proprietors, J. H. ZEI LIN & CO., Manufacturing Chemists, PHILADELPHIA. TUTT*S PILLS A DISORDERED LIVER IS THE BANE of the preßent generation. It ia for the Sure of this disease and its BICK-HEADACHE, BILIOUSNESS, DY£ PEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, PILES, etc., that ftTTTS PILLS have gained a w.orld-wida reputation. No Remedy^ baa ever been diacovcred that acta so jfEntly on the digestive organs, giving tEem vigor to as similate food, Aa a natural result, the NervouiTSystein is Braced, qro Developed, and the Body Robust. drills and Poxrer, E. RIVAL, a Plantar at Bayou Sara, La., says: My plantation Is In a malarial district. For aeveral years I could not make half a orop on account of bilious diseases and ohllls. I was nearly discouraged when I began the use of TUTT'S PILLS. The result was marvelous: my laborers soon became hearty and robust, and I have had no further trouble. They relieve Uao engorged Liver, cleanse the Blood flrom poisonous humors, aud cause the bowels to act naturally, with* out which no one can feel well. Try this remedy thirty, aud you will gain a healthy Digestion, Vigorous Body, Pure Blood, Strong Nerves, aud a Sound Liver. Price, 25 Cents. Offloe, 85 Murray St., N. T. TUTT’S HAIR DYE. Gray Hair or Whibkkbs changed to a Glossy Black by a Bingle application of this Dye. It Imparts a natural color, and acts Instantaneously. Sold by Druggists, or sent by express on receipt of One Dollar. Office, 38 Murray Street, New York. (Dr. TUTT’S MA.NUA.Ij of Information and Useful Receiptm I will be mailed r&EE on application* J Rosser & Gunnels. SALOON. Messrs. G. S. ROSSER and P. W. GUN NELS have opened a Bar and Billiard Sa loon in the new building of Hamtl Bros., on Cotton Avenue, where they have a fine stock of pure Brandies, Wines and Whiskies ! Also the National Drink, ANHUESER BEER, the best in the land. The best Cigars and Tobacco always on hand. Our Billiard Saloon is one of the best in the city—everything new and good. We in vite the public generally to give us a trial. In a few days our RESTAURANT will be opened, and we promise that it shall com pare with the best and besurpassedlbynone. ROSSER & GUNNELS, septatf Americus, Ga. JOHN A. MctILROY, NOTARY PUBLIC, AMERICUS, GA. Having nothing else to do, 1 will devote my time to the making out of annual returns of administrators, guardians, etc., etc. I will also draw deeds to land, bonds for titles, etc.. etc. Orders left at the store of Burkhalter & Hooks the Republican or Recorder offices, will receive prompt atten tion. CHARGES REASONABLE. maylStf J. A. McELROY. Fresh Spice, Pepper, Ginger, Mace, Cloves Cinnamon and Nutmegs, ground and un ground, at Dr. Eldrldge's Drug Store A full assortment of Toilet Articles, Ter fumery, Soaps, Etc., Etc., at Dr. Eldrldge’s Drug Store. •ywKT. Tv Oue Who Asked me “What is (he Saddest Thing?” BY GOOSEBEBRY GREENE. First, to be a woman—then to love With all a woman's heart, Some creature who ’neath form divine, Still hides the basest art. Go give the heart’s first trust and faith, The grace and bloom of early years, To one fond hope, then find its end In blackest night and bitter tears. Go know the lips whose lightest touch Brought dreams of heavens own bliss, Were only pressed to ours like those That gave a Judas-kiss. To meet the cold averted eyes Where once but love-liglit shone, To beg a crust for starving heart. And like a dog be fi'Jn , a .tone. Go find the best of life and youth In wrong and sorrow slip away, To pass the night in sad heart-throes, In gloom our fairest day. And thus to drag through years and years Of grievous woe aud blight, No hand to guide the weary way, No star of love or hope to light. And still to love though faith be gone, And to the author of this ruin cling, Who walks the earth in careless mirth— Ah! this I think the “saddest thing.” August 19, 1875. “The Course of True Love.” BY ANTHONY E. ANDERSON. Miss Majendie stares thoughtfully beneath her broad-brimmed summer hat. She is sitting on the beach, and every little while she makes a sweeping little curve in the wet sand with her parasol, scarcely aware ot the fact herself, she is thinking so deeply. It is not at all Miss Majendie’s usual custom to be sitting so very quietly by herself, so let us take advantage of the opportunity, and find out what she is like. In the first place, she is tall and graceful; we are quite sure of that, even though she is sitting on the ground. Just now you may declare her a very sober and thoughtful young lady, though you may change your mind, perhaps, half an hour from now. The face is straight and fair, and delicately cut. The eyes are a deep winebrown; the dark-fringed lids have a way of drooping over them every few moments, which is very bewildering. The mouth is small and rose-red, half inclined to be always smiling, half in clined to take a haughty curve. Alto gether, there is an air about Miss (Cecillia Majendie which is very be witching. At last Miss Majendie wakes to a realization of the facts that the bathers are leaving the beach, and that the din ner hour is drawing nigh. As she rises to her feet, preparatory to sauntering toward the Arctic House, she finds that the spot upon which she stands is surrounded with innumerable C’s, which she had traced in the sand with her parasol. Feeling half vexed with herself, Cecilia deliberately steps on them to obliterate all signs of her having been there. The disinterested observer may think the letters were scrawled there because C is the initial letter of Cecilia’s name; but the disinterested observer is apt to be very much mistaken. If Oarrol Whitting had seen those letters, I think ho would have been quite conceited enough to declare that C stood for Carrol, and not for Cecilia. The Arctic House is certainly not a misnomer, for the dining-room of the hotel ia deliciously coo) and breezy, not withstanding the sultriness of the day without. There has been anew arrival—Miss Majendie can see that at a glance as she enters; for the guests of the Arctic have an expectant, wide-awake look generally absent in this dull summer resort, where the greatest sensations looked forward to with boundless joy are weekly picnics and the arrivals of the mail. Carrol Whiting, of all men, hand some careless, distingue as ever! Cecilia bites her rose-red under lip with vexa tion, and wonders what in the world brought him here now, when he knows how much her aunt, Mrs. Carmichael, is set againt him. Carrol makes an involuntary step forward as she comes up; but she sweeps calmly by without so much as looking at him. She wishes to show him that she is very much displeased with him, indeed —to punish him for tagging her here. Besides, Mrs. Carmichael is watching them intently, anything but pleased at seeing Carrol Whiting at the Arctic. Cecilia chats gaily with her neighbor, a vivicious little Frenchman, while Carrol glowers fiercely at them from the other side of the table, to the in tense amusement of Cecilia’s frienls, who know, or think they know, all about this charming little romance from real life being played before them. Mrs. Carmichael is highly delighted to think that C is commencing to show a little sense at last—that she has given that penniless upstart, Carrol Whiting, the cut direct. For Mrs. Carmichael is very rich, and Cecilia Majendie is sole heiress to the boundless Carmichael acres and endless bank account. “The course of true love never did run smooth,’' it is said, and this truth poor Cecilia learns, when Mrs. Car michael discovers her penchant for Carrol Whiting. Mrs. Carmichaol declares, with cold, cutting displeasure on her fair, aristo cratic face, that she will cut Cis off without a shilling, if she marries Carrol Whiting. Then she dismisses the sub- ject without further words, and takes her niece with her to the seaside. I suppose if Cis Majendie had been the heroine of a novel, she would have flown to her lover on the wings of love and married him on the spot, not be stowing one mercenary thought on the cool million of dollars she was leaving behind. But I must be candid, however ashamed I feel of my heroine, and say that she does nothing of the kind. Be ing a modern nineteen century girl, she has a very sensible idea of the value of “filthy lucre.” She loves Carrol dearly,but she loves the good things of this life also. She means to keep her lover, and she means to have the money, too, if that be pos sible. After dinner Mrs. Carmichael retired to her room for her accustomed nap, and Cis goes out for a gams of croquet. She knows that Carrol will follow her, but is apparently deeply absorbed in an interested contemplation of the stripes on her mallet when he comes up. “Miss Majendie,” he says, in a low voice, full of jealous pain and suppress ed displeasure. “Why, Mr. Whiting; is that really yon?” says Cis, lifting her exquisite vivant face, and flashing those bewild ering eyes at him. “This is indeed a surprise!” in an abominally formal tone. “And not an agreeable surprise, eith er, it seems.” says Carrol, furiously gnawing his blonde mustache. As if mentally debating the question, Cis gazes thoughtfully at the dainty boot peeping from beneath the white flounces of her dress, but says nothing. “Who is that impudent fellow over there staring at ns?” says Carrol, irrelevantly, growing more furiously jealous every moment. Cis looks at him surprisedly. “This is Mr. Perry,” she says, sweetly. “He is just too charming for anything. Very rich, too. Don’t you think him handsome? Would you like an introduction?” “No !” bursts forth Carroll to both these questions, conceiving on the spot a deadly hatred for the young man so favored by the gods. “He looks like a conceited pig, and 1 wouldn’t know him for worlds! Cissy,” less excitedly and very miserably, “you don’t like him so very much, do you?” Cis deliberates, while Carroll stands before her like an anxious culprit, every moment expecting his death warrent. “Well—no,” she says slowly, “I never said I liked him very much, did I?” Then she laughs softly. “Car rol, what a silly goose yon are!” Carrol gazes at her ripturously, and looks as if she had paid him an unparal eled compliment. “And now, please go away,” says Cis, cruelly dashing his sudden happi ness. “If aunty sees us together I’m sure I don’t know what’ll happen. Be sides, every one is looking at us, thinking, no doubt, that you are anew specimen of th 6 genus lunatic. Mr. Berry has heard every word you said. I’m positive.” “Mr. Berry he hanged !” muttered Carrol, striding, disconsolated down toward the beach. “Poor Carrol 1 ” thinks Cis, tenderly. “I can’t imagine what he finds to love in mercenary little me. How impru dent of him to come here ! He may spoil all with his impetuous jealousy. But I won’t marry him without aunty’s consent!” closing her rosy red lips very decidedly. Courage, Carrol ! Mrs. Carmich ael’s consent is to come mnch sooner than you expect, and in a manner you do not dream of. The very next day Carrol is strolling along the beach, feeling very ill used indeed, and thinking it would he a great relief if he could only hate the mercenary girl he loves so much. But somehow he has only loving thoughts of the girl who has stolen his heart, though the knowledge of how almost hopeless his love is makes him very miserable. Mrs. Carmichael’s party are bathing, and as Carrol watches Cis, he thinks she looks like a sea nymph. Poor Carrol is very far gone indeed, and does not see any incongrnily in a sea nymph wearing a baggy bathing suit. Then something happens which might have ended in a sorrowful tragedy. Mrs. Carmichael ventures a trifle too far out alone, and is imme diately thrown off her feet by the cur rent. She utters a low wail of terror, which seems to paralyze the rest of the party. Only Carrol has presence of mind enough to dash into the water, and bring her, almost unconscious, to laud. Of course he is lionized and made much of at the Arctic—thongh driven to desperation by their attentions, he declares again and again that it is only what any one of Mrs. Carmichael’s party would have done the next mo ment, if he had permitted them the op portunity. Bat, though he hates to be praised, he is in the seventh heaven of delight when Cis takes him by the hand, with greatiul tears on her dark lashes. Of course yon can guess the sequel. Mrs. Carmichael summons her niece and Carrol the next day, and declares that if Ois doesn’t, within three months, marry tbo man who saved her life, not a penny of her money shall she have. And our mercenary little heroine tells Carrol that she can’t bear to lose so much money becauso of the slight I incumbrance he will be; and o—she marries him. Written for the Republican. Rcmiuisences of Alabama. IV. In the year 184- there lived in Mont gomery a boot maker whom wo shall call Joe Waxwell, a man of some en dowment, but given to periodical spells of profligacy and when “fighting the Tiger” as he termed his sprees, he would quote poetry, rant dramatically, and personate the deep Tragedian and vent his wit on any one who aspired to poke fun at him. When the Tiger got his last dime he went to work and a more refined and intellectual man never adorned the humble walks of life. His majestic forehead seemed the dwelling place of philosophy but the sparkle of wit and humor in his bluish grey eyes made him the opposite of Diogenes to the beholder. The pungency of his feelings hurried him at times into ex pressions of impudence and ho set at defiance every human^concem. In the same place there lived a man by the name of Tom Rutterwell, a tra der and speculator, who aspired to move in the best society. The expression of his countenance seemed to say “give me money” and he would brood on many a scheme to obtain it, until his face be came haggard. He was a church mem ber, paid his dues promptly which went tar to strengthen the weak points in his character. Ho was unscrupulous, rapacious aud seldom kept his word. Lavater would not have admired his semi pug nose and half pugnacious in quisitive down cast look. He certainly did possess some good qualities but he very seldom exercised them. Waxwell said he had a secret groove in his tongue which would let a lie slip out be fore he was aware of it, He had made a free use of every bankrupt law and more tlianjone assignment, who ever lost his receipt was doomed to pay his bill twice. He knew how to “do” up an administrator de bonus non, for he would leave but little grease in the “cracklin.” Waxwell made him a pair of fine boots per order, and being but slightly acquainted with him gave credit for thirty days. During that time he took an insolvent debtors oath. Waxwell saw him passing his door and kindly invited him in to the shop for the purpose of trying anew boot last which he had purchased,for lie had a pair of boots to make just like his and the old last had split in two. “Certainly” said Rutterwell,he pull ed off the right boot and handed it to the boot maker who proceeded at once to drive in the last and fastened it with a spike in the heel, and set it back of his bench. Then looking him blandly in the face said: “It just lacks ten dollars of being the best fit I ever saw, have you that much money about you?” “What do you mean?” asked Rut terwell, “you know I’m broke and haven’t got a dollar in the world.” Then you can’t get the boot! said Waxwell. “You can go to the devil!” said Rut terwell in a rage. I’d like to break a jug of salvation on your head so that you could go to heaven like a purified scoundrel,” re plied the man of leather with a grin. “Do you attack my character, do you presume to insinuate that I am not a gentlemau!” shaking his fist in great anger. A ten dollar bill on the bank of Montgomery, Caliawba.or Wetumpka, will redeem your boot and I will give your character credit for that amount, It will look bad to see you limping home on one boot and one of your eyes in mourning. Produce or git! I can sell that boot to some honest one leged nigger said Wax well. Here a fight ensued, a genuine old fashioned Alabama bite, kick, knock and gouge began, and in two minutes Rutterwell found himself doubled up in the street gutter with the shop door closed in his face. The boot maker took further ven geance on him in lampoons, and a few days thereafter the following was pasted on the Post office door: EPITAPH OF THOMAS RUTTERWELL. Here lies a compound of treeherous lust Who broke every vow and betray’d every trust In a business like way he had courage to steal And wormed round the truth with the tail of an eel, His word and his bond were worthless, Alas! As the worn out pedigree of a jackass, On bis knees in the church, or the arms of a wench His devotional ardor would always retrench, Crafty and cunning, deceitful and bland He wermed himself in with the best of the land, A bankrupt in morais—a bankrupt in law His small ’possum eyes craved wliat ever they saw On both sides of every question he stood, An abortion of all that was honest and good The devil himself in his slippery way Had to lump him at last and take him for pay, Ah ha! quoth the friend, his soul is so small Through the cross bars of hell lie can easily crawl I’m sick of my bargain, I know very well That Tom will corrupt all the morals of hell. __ H ' Personal To Men Only ! ! The Voltaic Belt Cos., Marshall, Mich., will send Dr. Dye’s Celebrated Electro- Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliances on trial for thirty day 9 to men (young or old) who are. afflicted witli Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality and Manhood, and kindred troubles, guaranteeing speedy and complete destoration of health and manly vigor. Ad dress as above. N. B.—No risk is incurred as thirty da vs’ trial is allowed. “How do You Manage,” said a lady to cr friend, “to appear happy all the time?”, ‘I always have P arker’s Ginger Tonic han dy,” was the reply, and thus keep myself and family in good hoalth. When lam woll I always feel good natured.” Seeothercol umn. | FOUR DOLLARS TER ANNUM. Written for the Republican. The Fathers Looking Glass; Or, Intemperance from a Phy siological Standpoint. Brandy, brandy, bane of life, Spring of tumult, source of strife, If our wives could half tby causes tell, Our wives would wish thee safe in hell. Such is nearly the language of Horry when Marion’s men captured the tories brandy keg and lost the battle. I don’t know that ladies ever curse, at least I never heard one give audable expression to a vulgar or profane thought; but I think that if they knew of all the evils that flow from the use of alcohol in its varied forms, and understood the laws of physiology, and the science of the soul as well as the patriarch Jacob did when he set up his striped poles with their hideous stains and Bplotches at his cattles drinking stalls, they would be provoked when the door latch moved at a late hour of the night to take the advice of Job’s wife and curse a little and sink into eternal oblivion rather than feel the embrace of a habitual drunkard. From a physiological standpoint we see clearly that social reform in the habits and customs of society is an im portant factor in the temperance move ment. The laws governing, cause and effect obtain in the science of physiology and of mind as well as in the natural sciences. An imperfect grain of wheat cannot produce a healthy plant, nor can an iceberg give heat to a freezing body nor stand undiminished under the pene trating rays of the sun in a torrid zone. Cause and effect is the result of a law that pervades the universe of mind aud matter whether on earth or in heaven. Cod so ordained it for a wise and be nevolent purpose. A knowledge of this law directs man in all of his movements through the varied departments of life from the selection of tho tiny mustard seed up to the high and responsible privilege of choosing the wife of his bosom. No woman with a knowledge of the perfect operation of this divine law would ever choose as a companion for life a man characterized by moral deformity or mental imbecility, and yet there is but a single remove in the legiti mate result, whether the condition is from natural causes or habitual drunken ness. Aud here I am impressed to sound the key note of alarm and enun ciate the hible truth that the transcend ant goodness and wisdom of God arose to a climax when he ordained that a perfect shoot should not spring from an imperfect stock. “As we sew so shall we reap.” If we sew to tho whirlwind we shall reap the tornado. Physical imperfection produces its kind aud men tal and moral forces their kind. The laws of cause and effect must obtain or the justice and goodness of Cod sinks from view and man is left upon the sea of life without an incentive to virtue, morality or sobriety. But when wo know that tho offspring is a mirror that reflects the image of the ancester aud shows to the world the secret move ments of the soil, even in the absence of overt action the parent rises to the highest effort of the human will to con trol his wants and keep his passions within due bounds. And here allow me to suggest that God has instituted no law for the government of men that is not universal on earth and obtain in heaven. God himself is not exempt from this wonderful law as was clearly exemplified in the advent and harmo nious characteristics of Christ the Son of God. In Christ we find the humili ty, the tenderness and virtues of the Virgin Mary, while he inherited the brightness of the father’s glory, and the express image of liis person. Oh, grand and sublime truth of heaven! Thou great incentive to parental virtues! Thou protector of childhood from men tal, moral and physical imperfections! Why will not the mothers of future generations not study tho laws of mind and the science of the soul? Why not listen to the voice of nature and weigh well the language of Christ: “He that hath seen me hath seen the father. I and the father are one.” Mark here the identity of the father and the son, aud learn that as Christ is the mirror through which the divine image and the glory of God is reflected and made manifest to the world. So is posterity a true reflector of a mother’s virtues or a father’s sins. How natural then and painful the cry of anguish that rends the chords of sympathy and love when a sinning father looks upon tho face of a drunken son, bereft of honor, morals and reason, struggling to brake the well forged chains that binds him to a drunkard’s fate. How appropriate the language of David, whose thirst for power and dominion were inherited by Absolum, and led him to dishonor and death. “Oh, Abßolum, my son, my son, would to God I had died for thee.” Your innocence and my guilt like Mc- Beth’s ghost ever rise up before me. It was I that engendered the love of do minion that prepared the heart to con ceive the disloyal thought and nerved the arm to strike for power. Through my ignorance I forged the bonds of iniquity. In embryo the mind and heart were plastic, the laws of heredity were potent and the character was form ed for evil. Such is a feeble illustration of the force of habits and culture when under the influence of the laws of heredity. Every act and thought, whether sensual or chaste, is indelibly stamped upon the plastic mind and heart of posterity to be reflected upon the world eitheptiTglo rify or damn the ancester both here and hereafter. The fiat is gone forth that the sins of tho father shall he visited upon the children even to the third and the fourth generation. The law is holy, just and good, and is as unchangeable as Cod himself. Lacox. NO. 1.