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VEGETINE
fctrifccS the root of disease l,y fmrifying the
Mood, restoring the liver and kidneys to heal
thy action, invigorating the nervous system.
VEUKTINE
Is not a vile, nauseous compound, which sim
ply purges the bowels, hut a safe, pleasant
remedy which in sure to purify the blood and
thereby reslore the health.
VEGETINE
Is now prescribed in ciutofl of Scrofula and oth
er diseases of the blood, by many of the best
j hysicians, owing to the great success in sor
ing oil diseases of this nature,
VEGETINE
Does not deceive invalids into false hopes by
purging and creating a fictitious appetite, but
assists nature in clearing and purifying the
whole system, leading the patient gradually to
perfect health.
VEGETINE
Was looked upon as an experiment for some
time by some of our best physicians, but these
most incredulous in regard to its merit are
now its most ardent friends and supporters.
VEGETINE
Instead of being a puffed-up medicine lias
worked its way up to its- present astonishing
success hy actual merit in curing all diseases
of the blood, of whatever nature.
VEGETINE
Says a Boston physician ‘‘has no equal as a
blood purifier. Hearing of its mam wonder
ful cures, after all other remedies hail failed, I
visited the laboratory and convinced myself of
its genuine merit. It is prepared from barks,
roots and herbs, each of which is highly effect
ive, and they are compounded in such a man
ner as to produce astonishing results.”
VEGETINE
Is acknowledged and recommended by physi
cians and apothecaries to be the best purifier
and cieonser of the blood yet discovered, and
thousands speak in its praise who have been
restored to health.
PROOIPa
WHAT IS NEEDED
Boston, Feb. 13, 1871.
Mr. II- B, Stevens: —Dear Sir —About one
year since I found myself in a feeble condition
from general debility. Vegetine was strongly
recommended to me by a friend who had been
much benefltted by its use. I procured the
article and after using several bottles, was re
stored to health and discontinued its use. I
feel quite confident that there is no medicine
superior to it for those complaints for which it
is especially prepared, and would cheerfully
recommend it to those who feel that they need
something to restore them to perfect health.
Respectfully yours,
U. L. PETTINGIL.
Finn of 8. M. Fettingill <fc Cos., State St. Boston
Cincinnati, Nov. 2t>, 1873.
Mr. H. R. S+evkns : — Dear Sir—The two
bottles of Vegitine furnished me by your agent,
my w ife has used with great benefit.
For a long time she has been troubled with
dizziness and costiveness; these troubles are
now entirely removed by the use of Vegetine.
She was also troubled with Dyspepsia aud
General Debility : and has oeen greatly mie
fitted. THOS. GILMORE, 220} Walnut St,
FEEL MYSELF A NEW MAN.
Natick, Mass, June 1, 1872.
Mr. H. R. Stevens: - Dear Sir—Through
the advice and earnest persuasion of Rev. E.
S' Best, of this place. 1 have been taking Veg
etine for Dyspepsia, of which I have suffered
lor years.
I have used only two bottles and already
feel myself anew man. Respectfully,
Dr. J. W. CARTER.
r.EI'Or.T FROM A IKACTICAT. CHEMIST AND
APOTHECARY.
Boston, Jan. 1, 1871,
Dear Sir—This is to certify that 1 have sold
at retail 154} dozen (15.‘,2 bottles) of your
Vegetine since April 12 1870, and can truly
say that it has given the best satisfaction of
any remedy for the complaints for which it is
recommended, that I ever sold. Scarcely a
day passes without some of my customers tes
tifying to its merits on themselves or their
friends. lam perfectly cognizant of sevcial
cases of Scrofulous Tumors being cured by
Vegetine alone in this vicinity.
Very respectfully yours.
AI GILMAN, 4GB Bioadway.
To 11. R. Stevens, Esq. jul27-lm
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Vol. 3.
The Pulpit.
I hold that Christian grace abounds
B here charity is seen ; that when
Wo olimb to heaven, ’tis on the rounds
Of love’to men.
I hold all e}se, named piety,
A selfish scheme, a vniu pretense ;
Whore fcontre is not, can there be
Citcumferenoo f
Tills I moraver hold, and daro
Affirm where’er my rhyme may go,
Whatever things be sweet or fair,
Love makes them so.
Whether it be the lullabies
That charm to rest the nursling bird,
Or that sweet confidence of sighs
And blushes, made without a word.
Whether the dazzling and the flush
Of softly sumptuous garden bowers.
Or by some cabin door or bush,
Of ragged flowers.
’Tis not the wide phylactery,
Nor stubborn fast, or stated prayers,
That makes us saints; wo judge tho tree
By what it bears.
And when man can live apart
From wo’-ks of theologic trust,
I know the blood about his heart
Is dry as dust.
SILVER IS LAWFUL MONEY,
A LETTER PROM THUItLOW WEED.
[From the New York Tribune’]
I have been a ‘looker on’ for several
months during the discussiou in Con
gress, and in the'press, of the silver ques
tion. My merely superficial knowledge
of finances leads to so much distrust
that I approach the subject with much
hesitation. Yet so strong are my intu
itions that leading journalist*are mislead
irig their readeis, that I have determined
to break silence. The persistent effort
to reject silver as an element seems to
me so manifestly unwise that I desire to
call attention to the fact which fnost of
those who speak or write of the ques
tion-have forgotten or choose to ignore.
The Constitution of the United States
confers on Congress the right to ‘coin
money.’ and in a subsequent section pro
hibits the States from coining money, or
from making ‘anything but gold and sil
ver coin a tender inpayment of debts.’
Gold ami stive; com is (ice men, met v
toro, by the lundamental law a legal ten
der in the payments of debts, and hence
gold and silver become the specie cur.
rency ot our country. -Every law of
Congress anthoiiz.es the issue of bonds
and notes, the proceeds from the sales
of which were used to preserve the gov
ernment and Union, provided that both
the interest and principal of those obliga
tions (amounting in the aggregate to
nearly three thousand millions) should
be paid ‘in coin,’ and fiinally on the 18th
of March, 1869, when it was deemed
important to solemnly assure the public
creditots of the good faith of the govern
ineut Congress passed a declaratory law,
say-ing that.
‘The faith of the United States is sol
oraly pledged to the payment in coin or
its equivelant of all the obligations of
the United States notes, and of all the
interest-bearing obligations, except in
cases where the law authorizing the isue
of any such obligation has expiessly pro*
vided that the same may be paid in law
ful money, or in other currency than
gold and silver. * * * And the
United States also solemnly [ ledges its
faith to make provision at the earliest
practicable period for a redemption of
the United States notes in coin.’
The Court of Appeals of the Slate
of New York having decided that a con
tract made before the passage of the le
gal-tender act. payable expressly in ‘gold
and silver coin, lawful liuouey of the
United States,’ might be paid and saiise
tied by a tender of United States note
the case was taken to the Supreme Court
of the TJ. S. at Washington, by whom
the decision was reversed. Chief Justice
Chase, in announcing the decision of the
oourt, in February, 1869, said, ‘The ooin
ed dollar was a pieoe of gold or silver
of a certain degree of purity and weight.
The note dollar was a promise to pay a
coined dollar.’ By the Constitution of
the United States, by the laws of Con
gress authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to borrow three thousand mil
lions, and by the language of the Su
preme Court of the United States, ‘silver
and go'd’ have been solemnly declared
and affirmed to be the legal tender in the
payment or debts. The distinction,
therefore, between the values of silver
and gold which has recently obtained is
in (liiicgard of the conslitrtioual, legis
lative and judicial authorities, and in
view of the fact that throughout the
commercial worid, silver has been for
centuries, and is now more largely nsed
than gold, this new revelation rests upon
CONYERB, QA. t ATJGFkLST LO. iS76.
I infinsic,J artificial, and arbitrary idea*,
and acta. It might with tar better rea
son, be claimed that gold should not be
a legal lender, because unlike silver, it
has never had an international circula
tion. Even in England and France, di
vided only by a narrow channel, tho
English sovereign, with the Queen’s
head on it, nud fho Napoleon, with the
Emperor’s profile, circulate principally in
their dominions, while the Spanish mill,
ed dollar, the Mexican dollar, the French
tranc and the English shilling hive a
world-wide circulation* Nor has silver
been the cuircncy ot modern fivi.izatiou
ouly. It was a ‘legal tender, when ‘fine
gold like ‘rubies' were only precious for
a moment. The Jewish shekel was ot
silver. Joseph was sold by bis brethren
for twenty pieces of silver, and Judas,
for the betrayal of ous Saviour, received
thirty pioces of silver. As early as we
have any knowledge of curreucy, silver
was ils basis, aud was the medium of ex
ebang for all commodities.
It is claimed that the largely increased
supply of silver from the American mines
is affecting its value throughout the
world. This resuj| when we were aug*
meeting our public debt,was anticipated
Our ability to pay both the principal and
interest was based in part upon the vaL
ue of mines then being developed in the
Far West. And now that thest hopes
are realized, shall wo voluntarily deprivo
ourselves of a resource wln^willessen
tially aid in re-establishing/and restoring
the credit and prosperity cl the country?
Congress, under authority derived from
the constitution, inaugurated the coinage
of silver and gold, fiixifig the value ot
each. That authority remains. Con
gress has the power, to day, as they had
the day after the Cor stituliou of the
United States was adopted to coin silver
into meney, to fix its ■ alfcc, and todi
clare it a legal tender. In this view of
the question the discovery and develop
ment of rich silver mines was providen
tial. \\ hy, then, if Europeans depre
ciale the abundance of American silver,
shou'd we readily join in a temporalily
popular cry against it? If it be just or
wise or patriotic to unite in the effort to
depreciate the imlue ct silve\ because our
mines are too prolific, would, it not be
HU IV Ullbt mill it/iuigll UUUI|UU‘B ill CT J
down the price of our agricitlural pro
ducts when our bountiful baVvesl en
able us to export largely to Eftrope? I
have insisted in former communications
that a return to specie payments,'o de
sirable in all respects, did not necessari
ly require ‘contraction’ oi suffering. lie
sumption is not cruel or relentless. It
could have been made not only easy, but'.
benefioient. This however required
statesman ship. It was in the power of
the administration and Congress, had
they got themselves to the task dilgently
and wisely ten years ago, to have accom
plished resumption, without deranging,
depressing, or disturbing any section,
any class, or any interest. Bui, most
unhappily, the statesmanship which the
emergency demanded was locking. The
administration and Congress have only
been distinguished as ‘circumlocutionists. ’
The efforts at resumption, far, hove
have been in the direction of ‘how not
to do it,’ and finally when the proposed
action of Congress on the silver question
evinces a disposition to learn how to do
it resistance comes from leading and in
fluential journals.
Silver has quietly taken the place of
fiatft cnal currency. Our eyes and ears
are again gladdened by the sight and
chink of bright silver dimß, quarter and
half-dollars. Had the advent of this
precious currency been cheerfully accept
ed by capitalists, bankers and journalists,
resumption would have been more than
half accomplished, while what remained
to bo done would have been much more
easily aohieved. But to return for a mo-,
ment to the legal view of the question.
The government agreed to pay its credit
ors “in coin," i. e. silver or gold. The
creditor lent his money upon thi? condi
tion. Has either party a right |b impair
lhe contract? If silver instead, of gold
had appreciated, could the government
for that reason have refused to pay its
creditors in silver ? And is tb4 creditor,
because we have more silver than was
expected either by him or the' govern
ment, at liberty refuse it? The govern
ment should be held strictly to its obli
gation, as ‘nominated in the bond.' But
the creditor in demanding his ‘pound of
flesh,’ may not, at bis peril, draw ’one
drop of blood.’ Let the government pay
all it owes, and all it agreed to pay to its
creditors. I cannot, however, sympa
thize with those who are so fastidiously
watchful of the interests of the bond
holders, for I have failed to in
that c’asa of creditors, either at home or
abroad, anything that entitles them to
more consideration tint ths other and
uxqcb larger class* who receive fm then
labor depreciated paper. Tho torinei,
by the forces which capital knows so
well now to utilize, have been greatly
favored. Tho large bondholders, for.
eign aud domestic, paid less than par foi
securities which now bear n high prem
ium. This was ther privilige, but it
does not give them, in justice or equity,
thef,right to refuse silver and demand
gold, because since the oontraot was en
tered into tho manipulations }ot capital
have depressed the former and apprecia
ted the latter.
Until this morning I have soon noth
ing in our journals expressive of the
views on this Subject which I have en
tertained. The oommunieicatiou in to
day’s Tribune over tho signature of *G.’
compresses the argument to a Uriel space
Hut there is so truth and suoh
clear and strong common sinso ccnr
mending it to nttenlk r, that I hope it
will be exteusively read. And what is
still mhic enconragnrg, yonr own edito
rial of today seems to authorize a hope
that at leisl one loading journal may
come to roe that there is two sides Aq the
silver question. T. W.
Nov Tohk, July 25.
“How Does the Printer Live ?”
The following is from an old number
of the Utica Intelligencer, published
September Ist, 1829. Hy beginning at
the II in the center of the table given
below, the works, “How does the Prin
ter live?" (about the course he lias to
look tor a living,', may bo read two thou
sand ways:
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Delinquent subscribers can give ns the
answer. .
Careless Hauidling of Children.
I wish to enter a protest in tlitf name
of all nervous persons and of the injured
little ones against the reckless way in
which many heedless persons express
Rieir love for children, such as lifting
thfin up by their heads, tossing and
eatchiitgrthem in the air, carrying infiyiK
on their hanfla-without suppiiUr-tt) tlieir
hacks, and other wise endangering their
limbs or senses. I have now in my mind
the case of a man who was tendered a
cripple tor life through his father‘B care
lessness in lifting him by the ankles,
while he was a small child, he (the lath
er) having unfortunately lost his balance
and turned the child's ankles in such a
way that he was lame afterward. 'I wo
different persons have told me that they
knew, when too late, by their thoughtless
play with them, they had seriously in
jured infants intrusted lo their care, one
case resulting in spinal disease and the
other in fits. And yet it is a sight daily
to be seen, that of . people doing these
things. Do give the little, folks tender
handling. —Rural New Yorker.
Shook‘s boy heard him say ihe other
day that there was money in hens, and
he] proceeded to investigate the old
man's noultry yard. He had opened a
dozen fine specimens without finding
any, when the old mau descended upon
him and the boy now winders if there
is balm m Gilead.
‘Look here, squire, where was you
born?’ taid a persistent Yankee to a five
minutes acquaintance. ‘1 was born,’
said the victim, ‘in Boston, Tremont
street, No. 44, left-hand side, on the first
day of August, 1820, at five o’clock in
the afternoon ; physician, Dr. Wrenn ;
nurse, Sally Benjamin.’ Yankee was
answered completely. For a moment
he was struck. Soon, however, his face
brightened, and lie said : ‘Yeas ; waal,
I calculate you don't recollect whether
it was a trame or briok building, do ye ?‘
No Eye fob Colob.— ‘Ruskin observes
that as a rule women have no eye for
oqlor. This explains why a women is
obliged to spend three quarters of a day
in getting the. exact shade of Tibbon to
trim a dress, while, when it comes to
mending her husbands pantaloons she
seems to think that yellow patches is
just the thing to match black broad
cloth*
Emory College Commencement.
The commencement exercises of
this favorite instilnlion were, as usual,
brilliant and highly interesting. Aliirm
concourse of visitors was present, and
the various classes acquitcd themselves
with great honor The sermons, orations,
and essays, were of a marked high
standard. The al'inini oration, delivered
by Kev. John W. Ileidt, was a model
ot grace and eloquence. It was listened
to with clliiisiaatio favor by an immense
audience, nud ri elite deserves the high
■ ncomiums it has received.
In speaking of the heroes otllic Cross,
the speaker alluded to onr own sainted
Jesse Mercer, in the following beautiful
tribute:
What Georgian is not proud of Jesse 1
Mercer? His name is not only’ dear to
baptist, but also dear to Georgia An
able minister of the gospel for fifty
years, his loot were swift to bear glad
tidings-of great joy to city and country.
He was the star ot his belov'ed church,
and while he borrowed brightness from
her radient face, ho gavcit back again
withj-icber glow. Tho dosing act of
his Useful lilo was the endowment ot mi
institution ot learning bears his
name, and its splendid character and
equipments rival the beat in tiie land
An illustrious example worthy of imi
tation. J know 1 would be justly open
ed to yorlr .censure on this question, iii
this presence, and in this liouso should I
place no on our Zion’s alter.
My heart, gVshes to tell of Jesso Lee,
ami Hope li\ll, and others, dauntless pi
oneers—ot (Jafwrs the ‘beloved deciple,’
aud Andrew full of grace, and conntless
heroes of the rifle, ax and saddle bagr
men without superiors in any clime, who
have fallen in sleep aud been gathered
to their fathers. But how can I.pass the
honored veteran! who, though lingering
on the shore of lime, stands like, a ma
jestic tree on asntooth plain, alone, grand
in soiitude subliikiu in pre eminence:
Who is like unto him ? Nearly equal in
age with the Republic, he is himself a
long linked chain ®f memories. Who
shall recount his labors ? No minister
of Christ. Las ever worked so lone/ and
well. What pen can, portray his pulpit
powers? Of commanding’form, graceful
speaks all a t ten <£“ Wyn and in exegesis
accurate |in exposition, profound in
thought, fertile in striking
metaphor, glorious iu pathos, in simplic
ity as a child.
His theme divine.
His office sacred, his credentials dear.
By him the violated laws speak out in thun
doyt.
And by hi m in tones as sweet as angels use.
The gospel whispors peace.
Lovick Pierce; Thou art
'ours, hut thy great name belongs lo all
the world. Christian conqueror! thy
victories a'roady number| thousands.
Really in thy triumphant life thou hast
fought thy last fight. Death will have
no terror for the. Its very sting will con
tain a honeyed antidote. Then enjoy
thy evening. Cau’st thou see the gor
geous sunset? Wo are tinted with its
splendor, and will catch its ever mellow
ray. And when thou dost sink toglo
l’ious rest, we will follow on to join thee
in the land where no death shall ever tn
ter.— Christian Index.
A Powerful Magnet.
Professor Smith was lecturing in Ossi
pee on natural philosophy, and in the
course of his experiments ho introduced
one of Carrington's most powerful mag
nets, with which he attracted a block of
iron from a distance of two feet.
‘Can any of you conceive of a greater
attractive power?’ the lecturer demand
ed.
‘I ken,’ answered a voice from the au
dience.
.(Not a natural terrestrial object, I
opine ?’
Taste, sir!’
The professor had challenged the man
who had spoken to name the thing.
Then up rose old Seth Wimlet. lie
was a genuius in his way, and original,
at that. Said he:
‘I ken give ye the facts, ’Squire, an’
you ken judge for verself. When I
were a young man, tbar wire a little,
piece of Lateral magnet, done up
in kaliker, an’ dimnity, as was called
Betsy Jane. She could draw mo four
teen milcjl every Sunday. Sakts alive !
it were jest as nateral as slidin down
hill. Tbar wa‘nt no resistin’ her. That
ero magnet o’ yourn is pooty good, but
’taint a circumstance to the one 'at draw
ed me. No, sir !’
The audience sympathizing with Seth,
as was manifested in the uproarious ap
plause.
Women who work find no taskmasters
so bitterly harsh, so uncharitable, as
those of their owy. sex.
the REGISTER.
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Tributes of Respect. Obituaries ctr., finh-i
Announcements. |6, in Bdvanoß
N~o. 5
Newspaper Dot-rowers.
“Time: Saturday morning, 8 o’c’ock.
Scene: Tl e breakfast-table. \ r „p j 8
lieard at the door, and the newspaper is
for a lew moments open before the fire.
‘Come, John, it won't do to dry it too
long, for I roc neighbor Snooks is send
ing his son after it.’
Another rap at the door. *
‘Father wants to know if will just lend
him tho newspaper Five minutes; if yor*
ain't done with it ho will send it right
back. lie only wan’fi to see if the brig
‘'’bar lias been lieard from what our Tour
went in.’
‘ 1 ell your lather the brig is not repor
ted.’ i
Home ho trips ar.d speedily he re*
tijrns.’
‘Mother wants to know who was
buried yesterday : can‘t you lend it to
her just two minutes ?’
‘Jell your mother that all tho and satis
this week are Mr. , anil a child of
In a few moments another tap.
‘Sister Susan wants to know if any
body is married this week, and Undo
Josh wants to know what tho news ‘s
from \ irgmia, and aunt Snooks wants to
know if there is any moro pretty stories
about that Jarvis woman ; if you can't
spare the paper, why can't you jest write
down what there is, just cause I don't
want to keep running back and forward
‘Here my lad take this paper to your
father, and around to nil your uncles and
aunts, ami have it back, whatever is left
ot it, next Saturday morning nt eight
o'clock precisely when you come to bor
row the next.’
Ten applications on Saturday by bor
rowers, all scut to nughbor Snooks, with
tho particular attention to return it there
when done with it. Monday morning a
rap nt tho door and the boy with tho
paper was uslisred in.—Mother says it is
too much plague to keep the paper all
the week, people keep oomiug arlor it
so.’ .
A Retainer.
Sometime ago a young agriculturalist
and Ins sweetheart just from the country
awkwardly inquired if the Justice ot tho
peace was at home. The young limbs
fn the s^tuaffir
‘Yes sir ; what can I do for you ?’
‘Well, you see Eineline and me want
to git married, and— ’
‘Ah, I see ; yon wisli to get married,
and you want to bo sure the thing is
done properly, and everything all stright,
eh? Is that light?’
‘Well, I suppose— ’
‘Very well ; $- r ) if you please,’ extend*
ing liis hand ; ‘ss is my usual fee.’
The country boy forked over the V,
and saiil:
‘Now, drive ahead, ’squire.’
The youth fill scion of Blacks! ono ex
cused himself for a few moments, step
ped out and hunted up n Justice of tho
Peace, and taking him one side, said :
‘My cousin is hero from tho country,
and Wats to get married. Come up and
do the job, will you ?’
Together they entered the office, and
while tho ceremony was going forward,
the lawyer applied himself to the work
of transforming a page of legal cap into
manuscript. After tho holy bonds of
wedlock had been properly welded, and
maniage certificate duly signed and wit
nessed, the Justice requested the sum of
§1 o 0 as his fee. fhe Granger was as
tonished. lie said; .
‘Why, I thought— ’
‘Thal‘ all right,’ broke in the altor*
ney, ‘that's all right; pay him.’
‘Why, look here'; I just guv you $.5
to pay for the business, didn't I V
‘That, my dear sir,’ said the youthful
counselor, smiling blandly, and depreca
ting the countryman's ignorance, ‘that
was a retainer; and here, sir, is my
opinion, written out, guaranteeing the
marriage to have been perfectly formal
and legal in all respects?’
The countr) man, in a dazed and be
wildered manner, pocketed fhe opinion,
paid the Justice his fee, and went out,
seeming ashamed to lliink he didn't
know that a marriage would bo utterly
void unless supported by an attorney's
opinion.
A debtor severely questioned as to
the reason of his not paying a just debt,
replied : ‘Solomon was a very wise man,
and Samsou was a very strong one. hut
neither of them could pay his debts
without money.’
An exchange says: {‘Wo are in recept
of two poems, one on the /Throbbing
BraiD,’ and tho oilier on a ‘Bleeding
Heart.' We will wait until we receive
one ou the ‘Stomaelnache,’ and publish
a -l three together.’