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E. P HOLLIS
Attorney at Law*
AMEUICUS, GA.
Office, Forsyth Stree't, in National Bank
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•!It tome if at Law,
AMERICUS GA.,
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Lamar Street, in the old office of Fort&
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J. A. ANBLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND SOLICITOR IN EQUITY,
Office on Public Square, Over Gyles’
Clothing Stoiik, Amebicus, Ga.
After a brief respite 1 return again to the
practice of law. As in the past it will he
my earnest purpose to represent my clients
faithfully and look to their interests. The
commercial practice will receive close atten
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land and real estate are my favorites. Will
practice in the Courts of Southwest Georgia,
the Supreme Court and the United States
Courts. Thankful to my friends for their
patronage. Fees moderate. novlltf
“CABD.
I offer my professional services again to the
good people of Americus. After thirtyyears’
of medical service, I have found it difficult
to withdraw entirely. Office next door to
Dr. Eldridge's drugstore, on the Square
janl7tf It. C. BLACK, M.
DR. BACLEY’S
INDIAN VEGETABLE LIVER AND
KIDNEY PILLS.
For sale by all Druggists in Americus.
Price 25 cents per box. jan26wly
MTH. O’DANIEL. O
Americus, Ga.
Office and Residence, No. 21 Barlow
House.
All calls promptly attended, day or night.
Calls left at Eldridge’s Drug Store.
feb7-3m
Dr. J. F. Stapleton
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of Americus and surrounding couutry. lie
will practice medicine, surgery, obstetrics,
and all other matters pertaining to his pro
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will guarantee to him success. Calls left at
the residence of Mrs. Mary Jossey, at Dr.
Eldridge's Drug Store, and at the office of
Drs. Head & Black, will receive prompt
attention. janl9-3m
“OrToTi*: HOLLOWAY,
DentisT,
Americas, - - - Georgia
Treatssnccessfully all diseascsof the Den
tal organs. Fills teeth by the improved
method, and inserts artificial teeth on the
best material known to the profession.
HfOFFIOE over Davenport and Sou’s
Drug Store. marllt
DR. D. BAGLEY,
P. O. Americus, Ga.
Respectfully solicits the patronage of those
vffllcted with Chronic diseases; diseases of
women and children made a specialty. The
Doctor has had thirty-five years’ experience
In the Eclectic system of practice, eight years
of the time he has traveled and treated ex
clusively diseases of the above character.
Terms, Five Dollars, in advance, for each
months prescription and medicine. Medicine
sent by mail or express. Examinationsgratis;
also the visiting of parties by rail at a dis
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full statement of their symptoms. Cancers
cured without the use of the knife, exceptln
advanced stages. oct27-ly
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Have permanently established the wonder
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treatment rationally combined to meet all
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life, by Imparting a pleasant and vitalizing
sensation to the patient without the shock of
the old manipulations of electricity. It im
proves the complexion, renews the blood,
promotes nutrition and digestion, removes
constipation, and while removing all op
pression of the system overcomes depression
and exhaustion, removes malaria and pre
vents Typhoid condition. It is tonic, cleans
ing the system internally and externally.
Dr. Block continues to make the treatment
of CANCERS a specialty, lie guarantees a
cure of all cases under his treatment.
Qffice rooms over Mrs. Raines’ millinery
store. Office hours from 8 a. K. to 12 u ,
and from 2t05 p. tt. Consultation free,
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Us Goois i
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I I || EPILEPTIC FITS.
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1883.
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Tangemont of Liver, Bowels and Kidneys.
BYMFTOM3 OF A DISEASED LIVER.
Bad Breath; Pain in the Side, sometimes the
pain is felt under the Shoulder-blade, mistaken for
Rheumatism; general loss of appetite; Bowels
generally costive, sometimes alternating with lax;
the head is troubled with pain, is dull and heavy,
with considerable loss of memory, accompanied
with a painful sensation of leaving undone something
which ought to have been done; a slight, dry cough
and flushed face is sometimes an attendant, often
mistaken for consumption; the patient coifiplains
of weariness and debility; nervous, easily startled;
feet cold or burning, sometimes a prickly sensation
of the skin exists; spirits are low and despondent,
and, although satisfied that exercise would he bene
ficial, yet one can hardly summon up fortitude to
try it—in fact, distrusts every remedy. Several
of the above symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred wnen but few of them existed, yet
examination after death has shown the Liver to
have been extensively deranged.
Xfc should be used by all persons, old and
young, whenever any of the above
symptoms appear.
Persons Traveling or Living in Un
healthy Localities, by taking a dose occasion
ally to keep the Liver in hcqittiiy action, will avoid
all Malaria, Bilious attacks, Dizziness, Nau
sea, Drowsiness, Depression of Spirits, etc. It
will invigorate like a glass of wine, but is no in
toxicating beverage.
If You have eaten anything? hard of
digestion, or feel heavy after meals, or sleep
less at night, take a dose and you will be relieved.
Time and Doctors* Bills will ho saved
by always keeping the Regulator
t in the House!
For, whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly
safe purgative, alterative and tonic can
never be out of place. The remedy J , harmless
ami does not interfere with business or
pleasure.
IT IS PURELY VEGETABLE,
And has all the power and efficacy of Calomel or
Quinine, without any of the injurious after effects.
A Governor's Testimony.
Simmons Liver Regulator has been in use in my
family for some time, and I am satisfied it is a
valuable addition to the medical science.
J. Gill Shorter, Governor of Ala.
lion. Alexander H. Stephens, of fia.,
says; Have derived some benefit from the use of
Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish to give it a
further trial.
“The only Thing that never fails to
Relieve.”—l have used many remedies for Dys
pepsia, Liver Affection and Debility, but never
nave found anything to benefit r.:e to the extent
Simmons Liver Regulator Iras. 1 sent from Min
nesota to Georgia for it, and would send further for
such a medicine, and would advise ali who ,o. sim
ilarly affected to give it a trial as it seems lire only
thing that never fails to relieve.
P. M. Janney, Minneapolis, Minn.
Dr. T. W. Mason says: From actual ex
perience in the use of Simmons Liver Regulator in
my practice I have been and am satisfied to use
and prescribe it as a purgative medicine.
JB@°'Tak: only the Genuine, which always
has on the Wrapper the red 7, Trade-Mark
and Signature of J. 11. Z22.1t. IN & ro.
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A DISORDERED LIVER
IS THE DANE
Cure of this disease and its attend ant
feICK-HEADACHE, BILIOUSNESS, DYE
FEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, FILES, etc., that
fPTT'B PILLS have gained n world-wido
reputation. No Remedy has ever been
discovered that acta bo "gently ou the
digestive organs, giving them vigor to as
similate food. As a natural result,, thq
Kervous Syetem is Braced - , the Muscles
ere Developed, and the Body Robust. ,
Ob-iHs and. Po'sror,
E. RIVAL, a Planter at Bayou Sara, La., eaya
My plantation la la a malarial district. For
several years I could not malio half a crop on
account of bilious diseases and chijln. I was
nearly discouraged when I began the uce of
TUTT’S PILLS. Tho result was marvelous:
my laborers soon became hearty and robust,
and 1 have had no further trouble.
They relieve tho enscorcred c" ?snra
t.he Blood from poisonous hu!>,ari, and
cause the bowels to aet naturally, nilh
out which no one can feel well.
Try this remedy fairly, ami you will train
a healthy Digestion, Vigorous Body. iuro
Blood, Sir-insr Nerves, and a ftound Livor.
Price, 25€enu. Office, 35 Murray Sit., Uf. If.
TUTT’S HAIR DYE.
Gray Hair or Whiskers changed to a Glossy
Black by a single application of this Dye. It
Imparts a natural color, ami acts Instantaneously.
Sold by Druggists, or sent by express ou receipt
of One Dollar.
Office, 35 Murray Street, New York.
(Dr. ore ITT*S MANUAL of Valuable
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Sitters
Invalids who are recovering vital stamina,
declare in grateful terms their appreciation
of the merits as a tonic of Hostetter’s Stom
ach Bitters. None only does it impart
strength to the weak, but also corrects an
irregular acid state of the stomach, makes
the qowels act at proper intervals, gives ease
to those who suffer from rheumatic and kid
ney troubles, and conquers as well as pre
vents fever and ague.
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Foutz's Powders will cure And prevent lion CHOLERA.
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Foutz's Powders will cure or prevent almost every
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MEMORIAL SERVICES.
Addresses Delivered iu Americus
011 the Death of Hon. A. H.
Stephens.
ADDRESS OF HON. B. B. HINTON.
Mr. President,Ladies and Gentlemen:
The occasion which assembled us
to-day is truly one of sorrow.
Death tho great enemy of mankind
has found its way into the mansion of
the chief magistracy of our much loved
state, and, with an unpitying hand has
seized upon the vitals of him whom
the people had chosen to the highest
office within their gift.
The tears of loved ones, the sympa
thies of the people, the science of medi
cine and the prayers ot the righteous
were alike, unavailing and imffotent.
The bow was bent, the a;row diiec ed
the fatal blow was stricken and all that
was left of that great and good man
was a lump of inanimate clay. The
soul, the mind and all that once made
him the dreaded of his adversary, and,
the beloved of his friends had gone to
that boon from whence no traveler ev
er returneth.
The death of our lamented Governor
is indeed a severe blow, an anguish felt
by every heart within the grand old
commonwealth of Georgia. Yea, even
far beyond tho imaginary lines that di
vides this from other states will his
death he lamented and his memory
cheiished. Death sometimes falls
where only a fe.v surviving friends
weep at its calamity and regrets its
work of destruction. Not so in this in
stance, the quivering lip the moistened
eye, and the throbbing heart may be
found in every home for the name of
Alexander Stephens, like the name of
the illustrious father of his country
was a household word, none so high
but did him reverence, none so low that
did not feel that in him they had a
friend.
The subject of this address was tru
ly a wonderful man. Born of humble
parentage and surrounded by a want of
those luxuries wealth affords, he was
cast upon tho world the architect of
his own fortune.
How well he mastered difficulties let
his long and useful and glorious life at
test. No man during the period
through which he lived has taken a
more active part in the government
and no one has won a more enduring
and incorruptible fame. Indeed it may
he said of him: “Heneeds no monu
mental pile, no stately dome to rear
their lofty heads to heaven to tell pos
terity his fame. His deeds, his worthy
deeds, have rendered him immortal.”
Mr. Stephens was born in that grand
old county that has given birth to ma
ny distinguished men, prominent
among whom may be mentioned: Rev.
Jessie Mercer, the founder of Mercer
University, and Gen. Robert Tombs,
whoso towering intellect and brilliant
speeches have given him a name and a
place in history that shall live long af
ter he shall sleep the eternal sleep of
death.
He was horn on the 11th day of
February 181 11, at the age of twenty he
graduated at the University of Geor
gia, engaging after leaving college in
teaching which profession he followed
eighteen months, and was admitted to
plead and practice law at Crawford
ville in 1834.
His career as an attorney was that
of success, in him evil doers were sure
to find a stubborn foe, the poor and
just a faithful friend. To him the
mission of a lawyer was to protect
the right and condemn tho wrong.
He was proud of his profession and did
much to disabuse the mind of those
who ever want to believe the profes
sion of law to bo one of doubtful pro
priety and questionable morals.
Grand as was his success in this
field of usefulness his purity of life
and his broad views of statesmanship
would not suffer him to pursue it un
mixed with other cares.
At the early ago of twenty four he
was elected to the House of Represen
tatives of the Legislature of Georgia
and occupied a seat in that body from
1836 to IS4I inclusive. His ability
as a legislator soon won for him a state
reputation and marked him as the com
ing man destined to reach higher hon
ors and greater usefulness. Iu 1542
ho was elected to the state Senate, and,
afterwards to the 28th Congress of the
United States, which honorable posi
tion he filled with marked distinction
until the close of the thirty-fifth con
gress. Thus step by step in
gradual ascension the man of humble
birth grew in greatness and renown
until his reputation had assumed na
tional proportions and his name asso
ciated with all the stirring and excit
ing events of national legislation. Ills
career as a congressman before the late
unpleasantness between the states em
braced a period marked for sectional
predujices and party laicor, but amid
it all he bore himself like a man never
once faltering in his devotion to the
whole country. Mr. Stephens com
menced political life a Whig and con
tinued'a leader of that grand old or
ganization until the year 1855, when it
virtually merged into what was known
asf the American or know nothing par
ty. It must have caused him many
a hard pang to sever his connection
with a party to which lie had been ro
long attached, but as there were fea
tures in tho new organization prescrip
tive in their character his love of con
stitutional liberty and his recognition o
those broad fundamental principles so
For Dyspepsia,
C o stive no s s,
I Sick Headache,
Chronic Diar
rhoea, Jaundice,
Jjnpurity of tho
Blood, Fever and
(Ague, Malaria,
and all Diseases
caused by Do-
grandly proclaimed in the declaration
of our independence that all men are
and of right ought to be free and equal he
severed his alliance and joined the great
Democratic party and from that period
until death occupied a proud and
distinguished place as a leader and
counselor. This is only one of the
many evidences that wherever duty di
rected he was shre to go.
Mr. Stephens’ was one of the few
great men against whom not even Ins
political enemies ever dared to charge
corruption, so pure was his life so spot
less his reputation that none presumed
to question his motive.
He was throughout his eventful life
an independent thinker, no party lash
could divert him from what he believed
to be right, no public clamor could sever
him from his purpose, no amount of
fiattery could cause him for s moment
to forget the convictions of his own
mind or turn him aside from the duties
set before him. His life was devoted
to his country’s honor and glory.
In the eventful period immediately
proceeding ti e dismemberment of the
government he had the boldness to say
that the general government had given
us no cause to secede. His love of thp
general government was strong, but
when the act was done and Georgia
declared that her allegiance to the
Union had ceased he did not hesitate
but cast his great mind and almost
untrameled influence with the people
of his State, thus showing that patriot
ism was with him stronger than self.
Holding the second place in the new
government he did all in his power to
secure its success.
When the struggle was over and
the people of the South were branded
as rebels and traitors his noble soul
revolted at the idea. It was then he
conceived the idea of placing before the
world that celebrated book. “The War
between the States,” in which he so
clearly demonstrated that our interpre
tation of the constitution was correct;
that the rising generations will be con
strained to say that the Southorn men
who fought for constitutional liberty
were not traitors hut patriots.
He was elected to the Senate of the
United States, but at a time when
prejudice overruled law and he was de
nied the privilege of taking his seat.
By this act of injustice he failed to
reach a position to which he aspired,
and which he was so admirably
qualified to fill. But a life like his
could not be held in privacy. Ilis hold
upon the affection aud confidence of the
people were such that with great una
nimity he was again placed in Con
gress, a position which he continued to
hold until the year 1881, when the peo
ple of his State said to him, come up
higher. It is but just to you as well
as pleasing to us that you should hold
the highest office within our gift. Al
though he was anxious for quiet aud
repase, and had expressed his purpose
of retiring to the shades of private life,
he yielded to the wishes of the people
and was elected to the Chief magistra
cy of this, his mother State, by an
overwhelming majority. During the
brief period he was allowed to fill that
important trust he gave unmistakable
evidence that the confidence was not
misplaced. Had he lived he would
have transmitted to posterity an ad
ministration model in its nature and
Beneficial in its results.
It was predicted by many that he
world not live out his Gubernatorial
term, but none thought his end so
near, and when the wires flashed the
news Stephens is dead'it tell like a
harsh grating thunderbolt, filling the
whole State with sadness and regret.
So often had he Been seriously ill and
as oflen rallied and survived, it was
expected that he would soon again be
at the post of duty. But alas! his race
had been run, his days had ended, and
he that was once the admired of all
classes slept the sleep that knows no
waking.
We have thus far spoken of Gover
nor Stephens as a statesman, scholar
and patriot. Small things often ap
plies a severe test. If he was grand
as a statesman, profound as a scholar
and devoted as a patriot, what might
we not say of his private life? In this
he eclipsed his greatness and magnified
hi.s virtues. His life was in private as
pure and sublime as his public career
was glorious and great.
His heart ever throbbing with emo
tions of sympathy, his purse ever open
for the good of the needy and his home
rhe home of all who came made him
the dispenser of good.
There are many who have lived hon
ered lives that can attribute their suc
cess to his timely assistance. Noth
ing afforded him greater satisfaction
than to lend a helping hand to the
struggling.
Charity in its biblical sense was his,
charity in a pecuniary sense kept him
from making a fortune hut richer far is
that imperishable name which his
worthy deeds have secured him.
What is such a life worth? What
will it accomplish, and when will its
usefulness end are questions eternitj
alone can answer.
His wonderful life is full of instruc
tion and worthy of our highest consid
eration. It will servo to teach the
young and rising generation that the
path of glory may be treaded and fame
may be reached in spite of difficulties
by a proper application of the mind
and a judicious appropriation of our
time and energies.
From it the physical sufferer may
learn that much may be accomplished
even when each returning day shall
prove a recnirence of pain and disease.
The politician may know that a
name aud a plaoe may he won without
resorting to those low and debasing
tricks often the only stock in trade.
And the Christian may see an illus
tration of t hat patience which teaches
that God may be loved and adored
even when physical infirmities are de
stroying the pleasures of life.
Gov. Stephens’ life was not that of
a meteor brief and dazzling, but rather
the steady glow of the God of day, af
fording warmth and light to all with
whom he came in contact.
Thus we might prolong our remarks
to an indefinite length, but others we
know more gifted than ourself would
like to speak, our thoughts shall be
hushed that others may sav befitinc
things.
Stephens is dead:
“The star of our state has grown suddenly
dim,
Let us weep in our darkness, but weep not
for him,
Not for him—who departing leaves millions
in tears
Not for him—who has died full of honor
and years,
Not for him—who ascended fame’s ladder
so high,
From the round at the top he has stepped
to the sky.”
ADDRESS OF C. H. WOOTEN.
Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gen
tlemen: It was a matter of no little
surprise tome when notified that I had
been selected to say a word on this me
morial occasion. It is well known
that lam not accustomed to public
speaking, and as hoarse as I am to-day,
I shall certainly comply with the re
quest of the committee and be exceed
ingly brief. I can account for this se
lection only on the ground that the
committee knew of my enthusiastic
admiration of the character of our late
governor, whom in England they were
pleased to designate as “The Great
Commoner.” Great indeed, he was in
all that it takes to constitute a states
man.
“Not great like Ctesar, stained with blood,
But only great as he was good.”
How great, it remains for the fixture
historian to portray. Half a century
hence, when the smoke of the battle,
has entirely cleared away, when the
prejudices and animosities engendered
by heated - political campaigns have
subsided, and sober reason has resumed
its sway, then will it be written of
Alexander H. Stephens that “all things
considered, this age nor any other ever
produced a greater.”
Pardon me if I seem extravagant.
I have, perhaps, always been consid
ered extravagant in my admiration of
the man; but before this audience I feel
that I may say what I believe to he
true, that in far-seeng wisdom, iu in
tegrity of character, in stern, rigid—
nay, I may say inflexible honesty, both
personal and political, all considered
together, he stands peerless, unparall
elled and alone. His was a combina
tion of character of which we know no
counterpart, and which will probably
never be duplicated or reproduced iu
Due individual. As guileless and in
nocent as a child, as tender-hearted and
confiding as a woman, aud, when occa
sion demanded, as bold and fearless as
a lion. Physically, a dwarf with a
frail and suffering frame which he lit
erally dragged through a little more
than three score and ten years, nearly
all of which were devoted to the ser
vice of his country. Intellectually, a
giant of hugest proportions. Reli
giously, a very babe in swaddling
clothes. Much interest has been man
ifested in regard to Mr. Stephens’ reli
gious sentiments.
Ilis religion was peculiarly his own,
and never paraded before the world.
It was not of the pharisaical order so
common at the present day, that flaunts
its pretentions abroad, looks to public
opinion for its reward, and has no well
grounded hope of anything beyond.
His was rather the simple, contrite
faith of tho humble fisherman of Gal
lilee, that looked beyond this vale of
tears, and grappling the eternal “Rock
of Ages,” in that hope felt secure even
amid “The wreck of empires and the
crush of worlds.”
Our first thoughts when we heard of
this sad death were, How much has
Georgia lost! How much has the
nation lost! How much has the world
lost! How infinitely much more
has Mr. Stephens gained!
For the world he was the great ad
vocate of Chatta; for the nation,
the great defender of constitutional
liberty; for ueorgia, the fearless and
unflinching champion of the rights of
individual states. Happy had it been
for Georgia, happy for the nation, had
his wise counsels been followed in tho
past. Happy may it yet be for
us, if we practice his precepts and em
ulate his example in future.
The great life drama of this grand
old Georgian had well nigh closed,
and each act, each scene, so far as con
cerned the immortality of his fame,had
been a complete success. There only
remained the closing scene—“to shuf
fle off this mortal coil,” to separate the
material from the immaterial. Would
that we could have cried,“encore!” Not
so. The scene closes; the great black
curtain falls and leaves the world in
tears.
“Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb;
Take this new treasure to thy trust,
And give these precious relics room,
' To slumber in the dust.”
His spirit has winged its flight to
its eternal rest. His body will be borne
to-day by his sosrowing countrymen
to the silent home of the dead. Let tho
old roller chair be preserved in Geor
gia’s eapitol in memory of her greatest'
and most faithful on. '
| FOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
NO. 49.
“PRUSSIAN LEDDER.’
If there is a merchant in New Or
leans who can sell goods at any price he
chooses to fix on them, Rube Hoffen
stein, who keeps a clothing and shoe
store on Poydras street, is the man.
A few days ago a customer entered
his establishment and inquired:
“Have you got any low-quarter gai
ters?”
“Certainly, my frent. I half any
sdyle you wish, und someding dot vas
neat. Now here vas a pair uf gaiteis
that is made nf Prussian ledder, de
pest kind dat vas known, und I dinks
dey vill suit you. Subboso yon dry
dem on.”
“All right,” replied the customer.
“Yait, my frent, und I’ll put a lee
dle bowder in. Now dry dem. Ah!
vat petter shoe you want dan dat. It
vits shuet as if somepody take your
measure.”
“It is too tight across the instep,”
saiii the customer, rubbing the spot
with his fingers.
“It vill sdrech, my dear sir,” re
plied Hofl'ensteiu persuasively, “dat
ledder vas made expressly for stretch
ing.”
“But the shoes pinches my toes al
so.”
“Dot is noding, it vill go vay de
first dime it get vet. Yon don’t want
to buy a pair of shoes more as dree
sizes too big und go around the ladies
mit your feet looking like a gonple uf
railroad scrapers. It vould be a shame
you know.”
“What do you ask for the shoes!”
“Only seex dollars.”
“Jerusalem! that’s too much.”
“Veil, my dear sir, you must regol
lect dat dem shoes was made of Prus
sian ledder, and ledder, dere vas
scarce. My uncle vat lifs over
dere write me last week und said dat
ledder vas so scarce dey don’t make
harness mit it any longer. All de
harness dere is now made of wool.”
“I tell you what I’ll do,” said the
customer, examining the shoe closely,
“I’ll give you four dollars.”
“Mj g-r-r-aciou6l a Prussian ledder
shoe for tour dollars veil it costs me
more as five dollars und fifty cents
laid at the depot down, and de profit
on dem don’t pay lor de gas. My
g-r-r-acious vot’s de matter mid de
people?”
“Well, I’m not going to give six dol
lars for those shoes,” said the customer
moving toward the door “they are not
worth it.”
“Veil, my frent, take them along for
four dollars, und call again some oder
day.”
The customer paid for the shoes and
taking his parcel left the store.
“Herman,” inquired Hoffenstein of
his clerk, “vat vas de cost price uf dem
sblit horse-ledder shoes I shust soldde
shentleman?” *
“Von dollar und a half, sir.”
“My g-r-r-acious, Herman, dink
how small de brofit vas. If pisness,
you know, Herman, don’t get petter it
vill preak all de store up.”
IF WE KNEW.
If we knew that every particle of
stale, musty or adulterated food not
only poisoned but weakened body and
brain.
If we knew that every tight-fitting,
binding and compressing garment was
in the expenditure of strength necessary
in wearing equivalent to the carrying
of pounds of needless weight.
If we knew that the person who can
sit perfectly still and hold his or her
mind directly to the present moment
and the things of the moment, and not
allow it to go straying off in longings
to the place where it most desires its
body tc be, was liarding up strength to
be used as occasion require.
If wo knew that we who despise thus
the day of small things and go on in
all things as we do now, would in a
few years’ time be vainly applying to
some doctor to tinker up our worn out
bodies.
If we knew that every bodily pain,
every feeling of lassitude, weariness,
whether weariness of the spirit or wea
riness of the body, was a reproving and
admonishing sermon against some act
of disobedience either near or remote.,
If we knew the milk of one unhealthy
or feverish cow will infect with its dis
'temper the milk of twenty other cows.
If-we knew liow blindly and stupid
ly we worried at times against our
physical aud mental happiness.
If we knew that the mind, which
schemes, plans, studies, buys, sells,
makes bargains, builds houses, navi
gates ships, gets ns into difficulties,
gets ns out again, paints on the can
vass, cuts out of marble the statue,
thrills from the platform, writes the
story, fights the battle, discovers the
continent, directs the voice in melody,
manages the fingers of the keys of the
piano, is not an unseen myth bnt an
invisible within us, built up out
of our bodies, improving as the body
improves, and influenced for good or ill,
tor quickness or slowness, for keenneßS
or stupidity and purity of what we buy,
by the cleanliness of our bodies, by the
fit and ease of our clothing, by the pres
ence and influence of the people about
us, by our habits of method and precis
ion or the reverse.
If we knew, believed and realized
fully all this, what then?
Farmers and others desiring a gen
teel, lucrative agency business, by
which $5 to S2O a day can be earned,
send address at once, on postal, to H.
0. Williamson & Cos., 195 and 197
Fulton Street, New York. decZO-Sm*