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6 glisttllang. ” “ PERSEVERE.” BY JOHN BROUGHAM Robert the Bruce in the dungeon stood, Wiiiiing the liour of doom; Behind him, ihe palace of llolyrood— Before him a nameless tomb. And the foam on his lip was flecked with red, As away to the past, his memory sped, Up-calling the day of his great renown Wheu he won, and he wore, tne Scottish crown. Yet come there shadow, or come there shine, The spider is spinning his thread so fine. •*1 have sat on the royal seat of Scone,” He muttered, below his breath. “It’s a luckless change, fro— a kingly throne To a felon’s shameful death ” And he clenched his hands itt his despair. And he st ruck at the shapes that were gathering there. Pacing his cell in impatient rage As a new caught lion paces his cage ; But come there shadow, or come there 6hine, The spider is spiuuing his web so fine. “0, were it my fate to yield up my life At the head of my liegenteu all, In the forem^Dtshock ot the battle-strife Breaking my country’s thrall, I’d welcome death from the fueman’s steel, Bientiling a prayer for old Scotland’s weal; But here, where no pitving heart is nigh, By a loathsome hand, it is hard to d.e ; ’ Yet come there shadow, or come there shine, The spider is spiuuing his thread so flue a Time and again have I fronted the pride Os i lie tyrant s vast array. But only to see. on the crimson tide, My hopes swept far away. Now a land ess chief and a crownless king, On the broad, broad earth in t a living thing To keep me court, save yon insect small Striving to reach front wall to wall For come there shadow, or come there shine, The spider is spiuuing his thread so flue. ‘‘Work ! work like a fool, as I have done, To the loss of your time and pain. The space is too wide to be bridged across, You but wml.« your strength in vain.” And Bruce, for the moment, foigot his grief, llis soul now title 1 with the same belief, That however the issue went. For evil or good was the pmeu sent; And come there shadow, or come there shine, The spider is spinning his thread so flue. Asa gambler watches the turning card On whic t his all is staked ; Asa mother waits for the hopeful word, For which her soul has ached ; It was thus Bruce watched, with every sense Centered alone in that look intense ; All rigid he stood with unuMered breath, Now white, now red, but still as death : Tet come there shadow, or come there shine, The spider is spinning his threap so fine. Six times the creature vainly tried, When at the seventh, ‘-See, lo see ! He has spanned it over,"’ the captive cried, “ Lo t a bridge of hope to me: Thee, God, I thank, for this lesson here Has tutored my soul to persevere And it served him well, for ere iong he wore In freedom the Scottish crown once more: And come there shadow, or come there shine, The spider is spinning his thread so fine. THE WIPE’S ARTIFICE. “You bee,” said Mrs. Oxley, “lie will drink.” Martha Oxley was a tall blooming wo man, with bright b'aek hair, smoothed away like bands of satin from her fair open fore head, and eyes of softest hazel brown. And as she stood there with her pretty baby in her arms, and a scarlet geranium fastened into the coils of her hair, she made a very pretty tableau, all the prettier for being so perfectly unconscious! “That’s a shame!’’ said the minister, tapping his gold-headed cane against his teeth, and looking thoughtfully into the baby’s blue eyes. “ But, you see, Mrs. Oxley, I have reasoned with him again and again, to no purpose. He’s always very penitent, and very conscience stricken, and very willing to promise amendment, but there’s the end of it. The first time tempta tion is thrown in his way, away go all his good resolutions to the four wiuds ’’ “ Yes, sir, that’s just it,” said Martha, brushing a diamond drop off her long lashes with the baby’s little pearly hand. “ He’s the best husband in the world, and the most affectionate father, and the steadiest work man, as long as he keeps away from demon drink But oh, sir! I can’t help seeing that the habit increases on him constantly.” The minister felt very sorry for Mrs. Oxley, who had been nursemaid in his fami ly ten years before she married, but what could he do? So he only walked down the street in the red glare of sunshine, swing ing his gold-headed cane and musing to himself how men could possibly make such fools of themselves, when they had sweet wives, dimpled babies and cosy friends at home. “ You’llstay with me to-night, John,” said Martha, coaxingly, that evening, when the lamps were lighted, and the hearth brushed up, and the baby fast asleep in its wicket nest, dreaming sweet baby dreams ! “I am just ready to sit down to my sewing.’’ “Not to night, wife,” he said, a little un easily. “ I promised to meet some of the boys down at Grady’s, and ” “ Oh, no, John,” pleaded the wife, nest*, ling close up to his side, “ I am so lonely when you ate gone; and you know how you came back from Grady’s the other night! ’ “ Pshaw !’’ said Oxley irritably. “Now Blat, you’re nut going to lecture me in that sort ot way, us it I were a two year old child.’’ “ l don’t mean to lecture you, John • but, oh, if you would only stay at home with me to-night.” “Then I tell you I won’t,’’ said Oxley, giving hie mustache a furious twist.” “ I shall on wl ere I like, and a-k tin Woman's pe*mission either ?” “John,’’ said Martha Oxley, quietly, yet \vi h resolve in the sparkle of Iter hazel brown eyes, “do precise yas you like. 0«i --lv remember that I al>o shall claim the same privilege Drink your-elf into semi idiocy if y u chooge. I shall also try the effect of the same soothing spell. What is right for the husband caunot be wrong for the wife.’’ “ Mar, you don’t mean to say you care for liquor 7” “Why shou’d I not, with the example you have alwaysset me? I tell you. John, [ am tired of this one-sided system of jus tice. If you go out to drink to-night, Igo a> > ’’ “ Nonsense !” John Oxley slammed the door with a difiott I«ut*1 1 as lie went out. “ I’d like to see you try it just onee !” It was nearly twelve o’clock when John Ox ’ey returned, with a beau rather misty, and footsteps not geometrical y accurate, hp staits, for tiie Oxleys were as yet young be ginners in the wot Id, and rented one floor ot au unpretentious house. “I —I vvi mler it Mat’s waiting for me.” stuttered John Oxley, feeling carefully for the bundle of the door. “S s’ pose I’ll get a regular teaiittg of a scolding—don’t care, th ugh. A short life and a merry one — th-that’s my motto !’> Me opened the door, after one or two in effectual efforts, and went in. The candle bad bunted to its vety socket, and thedxing fire sent only now and then a taint flicker ing g'eam into the dusk. The baby was wailing piteou-ly in its cradle, and on a chair before the grate, a mere heap of >iup'd slumber, lie saw a woman with her shawl siained with mud, her bonnet bent into ab surd angles and a b aok buttle grasped in one hand. “ Martha! Bless me! surely, this isn’t my wife ? ’ He caught one limp hand. It repu’sed him with a sleepy mutter, still clinging to the b I'tle. “ Maltha, wake up ! the baby’s crying.” “ l—don t cate lor —the— In by.” John Oxley stood, silent aid disunited, but withal as completely sobered as il It • had never touched a drop of the burning poison in all his life. Sh one, despair, nmr titication, struggled alternately in his b east “She said she and do it,’’ tie mound to him self, “ but I never boliev«d it of her. Oh, Martha! my pretty, blooming Martha! i this what you’ve come to, and all through my fault?” . Somehow, although John Oxley had nev er fully realized ihe degradation of a m<m overcome by ardent spirits, he very cleat ly discerned the disgrace that intoxication eu tails upon a woman. He staggered backward into the hall and knocked at the door of a fellow-crafts man. “ Jones ! let us in, for charity’s sake !” “ What is the matter?” grumbled Jones, “Won’t your wife let you in ? 1 wouldn’t if were she—you’ve disgraced her loug enough.” Oxley made no answer, but crept to the rude sofa in his friend’s room, heedless ol the grudging welcome. “ 1 his shall be the hist of it,’’ he mur mured to himself. *• Fioiii tins hour no drop of liquor shall ever cross my lips, ii this is what it leads to!” The morning sun was shining brightly as he entered his room, dejected. h. art-broken and pale. What was Ins surprise to see Martha busy preparing breakfast, as neat and blooming as ever, with her hair smooth, and her e>es blight and spaikling. “So, John, you’ve piaved truant all nght,” she said, archly. “ But come in— breakfast is nearly ready.’’ “ Martha !” lie gasped, “ where were you last night ?” “ Here!’’ “ Here ?’’ He looked her keenly iu the face. “ Yes, here. Poor Betsy Cliff found her way here somehow, and slept all night on a chair before the fire, so I took refuge in the inner room. Poor thing! I’m a’raid she was intoxicated; but she was very kind to us children once, when we had not many friends.” John drew a long breath of intense re lief. “ Did you hear me come in ?” “ Yes.” John came up to his wife and took both her hands in his. “ Mat, I’ll teil you what. I’ve resolved to myself never to touch another drop of liquor, and after breakfast, I’ll go and sign the pledge !” “ Oh, John ! John !” Martha bursted into tears, with her face on his shoulder. “ Dear, it will makfe mo the happiest wife in the world !” John Oxley was as good as h:s word. From that time henceforward he was a mod el of sobriety and steadiness. And Martha never told him how she herself had gone out and brought poor Betsy Cliff in, and ar ranged the whole scene to give him the im pression that his wife had followed his own example. Her artifice had succeeded, and the shock it had given him was the most salutary event of his life.— Helen Forrest Graves. Travelling as it is in Africa. Mr. Orinsby’s “ Autumn Rambles in North Africa,’’ has the following epitome of the social features of African travelling: If you do not reach your destination to night, you will to morrow, or the day after, or the next week; and you plod on trustful ly, free from all can s about lost time, miss ed trains, and full inns, which belong to travel iu this poor old fussy Europe. The last cluster of tents you come to before nightfall is your inn for the timo being, and SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE your t.'king up your quarters theie is ju-t us much a utatier of course, as if you w.re under the sign of Adler, or Couroune, or Marquis of Oranby. If the accommodation is simple, at any ia*e there is no bill in the morning, for no one with any respect for ex isting institutions, will think ot tampering with the fine old Arab custom of unques tioning hospitality, by offering payment. Os course, one and es not altogether like appropriating the barley, kous-kous, and tent room of a poor ragged Belouin, in this cavalier way; and for this reason l always carried with me a few good serviceable knives, ruZ'irsand scissors, otic of which compensated the master of the tent fourfold for auy loss sustained through the appetite of horse or guide, without the least injuring his fine principles. •Shortly after sunset we were fairly settled fi>r the night in a small camp of some half and zen tents The cattle were driven in, the Camels were hobbled, the horses tethered, and the evening prayer got over; and l had the pleasure of making; tea for a select circle of nomads, so ne of whom showed as strong a partialit) for the beverage as Dr Johnson. With the first gray of daylight the camp was astir again, and the scene, as I saw it ihrough the tent door, was very suggestive of dtsert life. Above the hills to the cast the sky was hi coming tinged with faint yel low, and the light ju-t touched the hacks of the sheep and goats, and the heads and humps of the recumbent camels; and in amoi.o them the white figures of the Ar bs w.-ie hatd at work at the morning prayer, now s'anding with uplifted hands, and faces turned eastward, n \v down on the knees, bowing the forehead to ihe earth. Con vhr s ATI on calls into light what has been lodg-d in all the recesses and secret chambers ot the soul. By occasional hints and incidents, it brings old u-et'ui notions into remembrance; it unfolds and displays the h.dden treasures of knowledge with which reading, obseivation and study have tie ore turn shed the mind. By mutual discourse the soul is awakened and allured to b in» forth its hoards of knowledge, and learns how to render them most useful to mankind. A man of vast reading, without conversation, is like a miser, who lives only to himself. ANDERSON & WOODS, Dealers in staple dry goods, gi;o E IKS, COM ME RCIA L FERTILIZERS, AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Third Street, Macon, Ga. General Partner- : Special Partner OH \S. I> ANDERSON, JOSEPH DAY. WM. D WOODS. junltf. HELPS, J EWE IT & CO., AIANU tactur. r of. a< and Dealers in, CABINET FURNITURE, CHAIRS, DESKS, MATTRESSES, SPRING BEDS, <tc At Wholesale and R 'ail, 264 V 266CvNvl.S REET. (South Side,Near Broadway.) ILLIvM PHELf *. ) NEW YORK CI.EM NI JEWETT. > WILLIAM T DOREMUS. ) Furni'ure and Otiairs for Shipping. Mar2-12m WANTED, ON E II U N DK E D i.OCAL AND pup ram n ted M uistT-te ng .gei ta bu iness o -y and lucrative, and well adap ed to t* eir pos tin . Th >- . m.w o gated are clearing from ioO io $l5O per month. F.u p uticu ars, add.ess JONES BROTHERS & CO.. Cr. 7 1 Ii and .Ua n St-., R eumond, V’a. Oct 12—3;r,t- OIPROVED COTTON GlfrS.j Manufactured by DANIEL PRATT, PRATTVILLE. ALABAMA! I WHO H VS HaD NEvRLY FORTY YEARS exp ri*-nc- in the busine s. Has >ived .ili tie time amongst cotton planters Has vis iie l Gin Houses, put rims in operatem. ann think- he knowsas neara-most any other man wh t constitutes a good ««iu. 1 I have nov ;esum -d the manufacture of Cot t n Gins. Th se planters who desire to get ny make of Gin-, w uld do mo a avor Ry send ing in th-ir ord-rs so I r ay know wh t sizes to maiie. Ifih*y would our ue this course they will not fail to get their Gins in lime. I will deliver at Columbia. S. * ~ Augusta. A‘- anta, Macon. and Columbus, G». an ' Moi t rnme y. Se’ma an I Mobile. A'a. Nate »z Vi -ksburg. Yazoo <'itv, and Columbu-, Miss , .VI -mphis. Tenn , New- Orl* ans, • a., an • Gal veston. Texas, or at any D- pots on the Rail Road where it may be He-ire.i I si-1 1 for ash price- low as tim-s will warrant. Al .< rder- j fir cted to Pr tttville, Ala., wil receive prompt attention Having been appointed Agents for the sale of . i / - iM 1> - J. H. Anderson & Son, Agents, Macon, Ga tue above mined Colton Gins, we would request 1* a 1- ers. who imeiid geitiug his make of (inis, to d< us the f i vnr of sending in their orders, so 'hat we may know w-h »i sizes w have made for th m. All orders directed to G. L. Anderson Ac < (~, Atlanta, Ga. A. H. Coates & Cos., Entonton Ga.; S.T. Walker & Cos.. Hawkmsville, Ga., I). L. Adams & Sons. Augusta, Ga., or to ourselves, will receive prompt attention. J, H. ANDERSON & SON, Agents, ii aeon. Ga. Prattville, Ala..M«rch 20th. 1566 tJan67* MASON & HAMLIN, 1 Manufacturers of CABINET ORGANS, —ALSO— PORTABLE OTIQ-A.ISrS, Adapted to Secular and Sacred Music for Drawing rooms, Churches, Sunday and Day-schools * Lodges <£c. fTNITING TO A CONSIDERABLE U extent the capacity of the Piano-F rte with that of ihe Pipe 0 gan, ahd oosti’g much less than either. They oo upy little spao *; are elegant as furniture; not liab e io get out of order. »nd are securely boxed, to that they can be sent anywhere by ordinary freight route- al! ready for use Foair Styles plain "r elegantcasps; O e to Twelve Sto-s; Prioes, $75, S9O s'lo, 125, $l3O. #l4O. $l5O. $l6O, #l7O, $20)5, $225, $250. $3 #425, #5 0, $55 >. S6OO and up ward-. Circulars, with full particulars, and list with i -of styles aad prices, sent free to any ad dress. Warcrooms: 596 Broadway, New York ; 154 Tremont St., B st 'ii. Nov 2—3teow&3tew i/eblanks. Til E SPECIAL ATTENTION OF LWVYER3, SHERIFFS and CLERKS OF COURTS, is called to the fact that we j rint. and keep ronsinnttv on hand, FORTY KINDS of Legal B auks —pr nted in be-t style on superior paper, atsl 50 per quir*. L sts and specimens si nt on application. Address „„ „ „ „ J. W. BURKE & CO., . Nov 2 Macon, NEW SONGS, Adieu— shndlkr, so cts. Afloa on Die t de— Bidseye 30c. nts. Ah, child <f hop<—Plantade. 30 ceres A lot!© bird flew ’cr the leo—Koca, 45 cts. Ain 0.-t there—J. C. J.. 30 cts. An ta. or the Chieftain’ Wife— Bri ley Richards, 40 cts At the loot of Ve-uviu- (Qu*rte te; —C ucone, 60 cts. Autumn Song—Menuelssohn, 40 cts. Beautiful Lena. Song aid horus—S ibort, 30 cts. Belio'd the -torm (Trio)— So Ci>ne, 40 cts. Be kind to darling t-isier Nell—Danks, 3o et*. Bid me to live—Hatton, 30 c s. Birth of Greeu Erm—Thomas. 30 cts. Bright Hue Eyes and . olden hair—Bell, 35 efs. Bring forth ihe brid-i -Barnett, 40 cts. Brook (The) D aores, 33 cts Carolina, Neapolitan Song—Tentiti 30 cts. C. sties in th« Air t'-'ctch)—Haydn, 30 cts. Cl armm young widow I met on the ,ram—Gove, 40c. Childhood’s Memories—Whitney, 30 cts. Child’s Wi h—Munson. 30 ms Come sing wi h me—Leduc 30 cts. Come w> en you wi 1, I’ve a w elcorne for you, 40 ct. Cos a Dean—Fost r 30 cts. Cuckoo’s Notes —B amphin, 30 rt«. Darling Mary of the Lea—Boetzi r 35 cts. Daughter. I will drii.k no more—Answer to Come home fattier, 30 c s. Don’t let ihe roses listen ( uitar)—Balfe, 30 ets. Don’t shut out the moonlight, moth- r, 30 c.s. breami gos Atigel-—B anp’ in, 40 cts. Eirdi beueath your eet—Dokres, 30 cts. Ell ’ Clay—Moore. 30ct j . Etta Moore—Wilmarth, 30 cts. Evelyn Wre—Webster. 35 cts. Far from home—W ilmartli, 30 cts. Farewell ye shore.- of Tagus, (L’Africaine) 40 cts. Fairest and rartst—Keller. .30 cts. First Pr raro e—Chandler 25 --ts. Fi wer So g. from “ Faust ” for Guitar, 30 cfc?. Gentle Dove— ’ounod. 30 cts. Gentle ladies, fair and gay—Crispjne e la Comare, 60c- Gent e N- Hie, tnou bast left u-—K'ake. 30 cts. Go n<>t I appy day, from -‘Maud’’—Barnett, 40cts. Greeting—'lend l-sohn, 35 ets. Good-bye. Sweet.leart— Ha ton, 40 cts, Good-mornm , Sweet, to iliee—Hatton, 30 ct*. Hast thou sei n the y. ung day blushing—Gounod, 40c Heavenly Sh pherd (Sacr- and Qua. tet;~) Stearns, 30 cts. Hilda—G ’dtrey, 30 ets. I built a bridge ot fancies—Anne Frieker, 30 cts. I < annot bing to-night—Doming, 30 cts. I Ive him 1 dream of i.im—in tier, 8, 30 cts. I love it, that v Hag - so eld—Abt. 3o ets. I open*d ihe eaves ol a honk lasi night,3octs. I 10-e the little rippling siream—Crosby, 38 cts. ' I will be true to thee—Foster, 3 > ts. I’ll meet thee in the lane—B'amphin, 40 els. I’ l -ii g good-night—Wilmanh, 30 ets I’m a py as th d*ysi-log—White, 30cts. In the lam uage of love—from -‘Faust,” 40 cts. In the spring—Franz. So cts. In the VaH y she is seeping—Webster, 35 cts. Irene the little queen—Kelitr, 30cts. Jenny June—Cl ik,3scts. Ka-oozl -nm (com e) —Howard Paul. 30 cts. Iv ssing through the bars—Wood, 35 cts. L’Ksta-i (Ualtz song!—Arditti,7s cts Lighthou e (bar toil' )—Duggan, 50 cts L nr ago, a dream ot b au y—Whipples, 30 cts. Loveija dthebir’—Gitvli lmc,3octs. Loving I think of thpe—Knbs, 35 cts. M.-b I (8 >ng adapted to Godfrey’s celebrated Mabel Wa'tz) 50 cts. Maid of th ns—Ea-tburn. 30 ets. Maids of t e Greenwo id. duett.—Glover, 75 cts. Many years ago—Watson 30cts. Mary Mavourneen—Balfe, 30 c's. Mother, h< me and heaven—Hazelwrod, 30 cts. Mother Kis. ed me in me dreatn —Thomas, 40 ets. th- silent way—Bassford, 30 cts. Paddy Blake’s echo (comic) Lo er, 30 cts. Pieciola—Brinley Ric ard-, 30 cts. Pre’t girl milking her cow, trom “Colleen Bawn,” 80c Pr tty bir ,br de of the morn—Bishop, 35 els. Queer story—M ult n,3ncts. Ruin uprri the roof—Converse. 3) ets. jlob n and d* a r ie— avis, 30 ets. Ro-a'h —air by Beethoven, On cts, Ro-es are bl om ug wh re sw et Nellie sleops, 35 cts. Serenade to Ida—W ingnrd, 3-5 ets. She meets me at the , at< — : ishop. 35 cts. She sang among t efl iw-is—Wrighton, 30 cts. Silvi • Pel ico— Ma-i ni 30 ets. So row Time (l em 1866)—W Ili«, 30cts. Stars of toe night shine <>’ u-—Terzetto, 30 cts. Suiihght < f the h art—Spiller 30 cts. Sweet ad low words by Tennyson—[Hockley, 3) et*. Sweet N r gntingale—Bnscoviteh,4 ctL Take ba' k the h art—' lanbel 30 ets. That shall then see Cri-pino e la Comare, 40 ets. There’s but one svv-*et song—Gabriel. 5J cts. hey -aid my love would change with time, 30 cts. Three fisheries—Kingsley 50 cs. Too late—vords by Tennyson—Lindsey, 30 cte. Too late to Marry—Prat ten, 30 c s. To merry Alpine Maids (duett)—Glover, 50 cts. Viva the laugh—Herdelan, 30 cts. We met heneath an awning— I'owne, 30 cts. What is love—Philp, 0 cts. When .he kye come home—Scotch song, 40 cts. When we went a gleaning—G .nz, 41 c*s. Wherever I wander, I’m never alone—Prosby, 30 eta Why was I looking out?—B umenthah3octs. Winter’s warm hresi le—Wrighton, 30 cts. Your name—Ryan. 30 ets. Catalogues sent on iipidi'-aMcn $6 01 worth of music sent pr--paid for $5 DO. and $12.50 worth f r *IO.OO. eny piece of music not, on hand ordered it short notice. J. W BITKHII & CO., Nov 16 No. 60, Second St.. Maeon. Ga. J. H Anderson & Son, Agents, Macon, Ga * 1 THE INFALLIBLE HAIR RESTORATIVE 11 THIS IS IVO IIAIR DYE. Reasons why the Eureka should he used. IT WILL CLEANSE THE SCALP, and thereby promote the growth of the hair. ' If tin- hair is dry. stiff and lifeless, it will give it asoft nes- and lively and youthful appearance. It the hair is becoming thin, weak and falling off, it will restore itssireng li and beauty. If the hair is gray, or becoming so it will restore it to its original color without staining »calp or hand, it i- free from all impurities or poisonous drugs. It is no hair and e. but an infallible restorative, and will do all that is promised when used by the directions If you need a hair preparation use the Eureka and no other, as ii is the best hair preparation in the market. — Have your dru-jgist order it for you. Manufactured and sold wholesale, by ROBERT FISHER, Sole Agent, No. 25 North Fifth Street, Si. Louis, Mo. For sale by druggists generally. Price one dollar per qottle. May 4—-12 m. “THE CHILD’S DELIGHT.” WITHOUT MISTAKE THE BEST CHILL’S I’APER. Its price lias icon reduced: Single copies 60 cents: Clubs at rate of 25 con's for 10 or mce copied HANDSOMELY ILLUSTRATED: full of PRETTY STORIES, anecdotes, pictorial puz zles, e 0., etc. B<-nd for specimen ropier and beconv need. ENTIRELY NON-DENOMINAIIONAL, and mrf versal'y approved. Ad'll - --.-, CHILD’S DELIGHT, Nov 16 Macon, Ga "VIEW DISCIPLINE, 60 CTS. Xx AH 'lie varieties of Hymns, and any other Boohs of Nashvii'e Catalogue furnished at 20 per cent dis count from Retail Nashville prices to preachers and deale. s Sing'e copies sent post-paid, at Rf»*ai' nr-'oes. Address J. W. BURKE & 00, Special Notice, 17 ROM AND AFTER THIS DATE, ■ur price f r WE iSTER’S ELEMENTARY SPELLER, w il be One Dollar and Fifty Cents pc. dozen O,her School Books-, ot which we k- ep a full -tuck will be sold at a verysma 1 advance on New Yult trade prices. Dea'ersare requested io call and ex-mine otix stocks and prices before purchasing elsewhere. J. W BURKE A CO., Phoenix Printing Hou»e, Macon, Ga. tfilitti mmTi SCHOOL SERIES. COMMON SCHOOL PRIMER, 90 pages, 16 mo., cloth backs. GOODRICH’S NEW SERIES of Readers; by Noule Butler, Louisville, Ky BUTLER’S INTRODUCTORY GRAMMAR BUTLEtfS PRACTICAL GRAMMAR; by No ble Butler. Louisville, Ky. TOWNEii ARITHMETIC, TOWNE’S ALGE BRA and KEY to the ALGEBRA, by Prof. P. A Toavnk. Mobile, Ala. BUTLER’S COMMON SCHOOL SPEAKER. BRONMJN’S ELOCUTION. The above Books are Printed, Bound and Eleetrotyped in Louisville, Ky. The Teachers in Macon, after a ea>efal exam ination, speak in the following flattering terms of their merits: Wesleyan Female Tolleoe,\ x , . „ July 19th. 1806 f Numbers Four. Five and S x of'Go drich’- New Se ries of II aders. edited by Noble buth-r A M. i ave be n in u-e in this Institution since ihe year iMX). It gives us plea ore to testify t hat th* y nave v iven us, not mere y sitisf ct on. but a liign degree <,f ..ei ght, ►o admirably do we find;th- m a.lapteti to ihi- purpose! Keinarkab y eharaotens dby vivacity and variety in the |e turns, and by el arue-s m the directim sand the rules that they contain ; they hav i a q I(>c | t 0 the reading ex rei-es of our masses that imeiesi and de ligui wmch pr periy t.ei<>ng to tiiem amt which we c ’• -ider es.-ei tal t 1 rapid improvement I has been niv | rivilege to examine Futlei’s Gram mar. and lam tree in s ate that I nonsuit r il Oi.e of the very be-t Gr-mim .r* th- twe tiave Foil, wing the same g neial plan a- Budi ns it i-, in main p.,ints, and C‘d> and y superior io that work. I uel assured that af era for trial of Boilei, near y all of those leaohers who are now using Bullinii’s wuui . pcnoanently sut>- stitme Built r. Toe handsome and intelligib’c style in which the hous tf.Jno P. M run A O. tet up thtir Kchoo4 B oks. constitutes no small r commendation to the,r adoption. t JNO.M BONN ELL. I’iesidont. PROP RMITn’S OPINION OF TUP. ARITHMETIC A striking I* ai ure of Towne’s Aiiil.int tic, is that R contains no sup iflui ie-. M -t ■ f die Antt me ic- are cumber and with many thing which the pupii- n* v.-r tar... and a’e m-vei ex pected io t« arm Pr f. Towns has Mu.bd'o d.-n sa il n and r viry in the enuoeiadon <d tulcs d< fii itione and princip e., ad h ha-shown thi-s Itiom if ever, a' the exp use . f clearness. P-rceniage widiit. ap p'icaiions. is p -seated in a manner new am origi nal, but vny clea and satisCi tury Tlie < hapier on Ratio and proportion is an excel ent one. We yen lure tossy dial it is inf rior t • ihe cr < spinning part of no work in u o in this country Upon the »i« owe tiiink that this hook is en ill dto a place in tl.e first rnk of Arithmet < sand we “t all r j ,ice to hear 6f its general.iulrodui tion into <mr .-’ciioofs. C W SMITH. Prof Math. W. F. College. PROF. POLHJLI’s TESTIMONY. Of.ange. Street School, 1 Macon, Ga ,J my 2(Jth. 1866. j It gi vps rre great pie..sine to recommend to all in stru tors of youth the whole Series cf Go-u-roh’s Readers, edited hy Noble But er. A. M. I have usi and all of the in my school sin e it-58. and fi id ih ,j m tet ter adapted >o the u-e of -i -hoots, than a y books 'hat I have used during an experience of fourteen years as a leaener The chief recommmdat.on of these Books, is the easy granation <>l the senes from number one. to six, bv wmch the pupil is led almo-t imperceptib'v. f( r» the simple t lens, to reading from the i e t English Classics. To learn to read tapidly and w< II toe pupil must read unders'andmglv. and for this purpo»e these Books excel all others that I have used. BF.N I M. i OLHILL. rev homer hendeb late president of a -eensboro col lege, ADDS HIS TESTIMONY FOR THESE BOOKS. Y ung Ladiis’ Academy, ) Macon, Ga., July 21st, 1866. / It affords me p'easure to coo mend such l ooks as are adapted to me wants of onr school . at- the res ent time. Asa team er of Young Ladies or twenty years, it wou u nave saved me much labor t > nave liau. what I no v retard its trea-ures, in * the Pr mary an • Praetie and English Gremmar.”and th- s r>es of School It ad rs (Goodrich’s fi st tosixtn) edited by No Ie BuMer. A. M Tnese booksa'e severa Iv suited ;o the pu poss inten-ted Th Grammars fi • a place i. suppl e i I-e-fore. T e Sixth Read r alone, or in con ction with Broi son’s Elocution, eanno l fiil to fa<-i i ate th plans of mstruc.iou in this dt ligl.tful and b aniiiu ait I have just eximined and am delight' and with the Arithmetic and Algebra, bv Pr f.Towne,and shall in troduce ti cm at once into my i-clmol HOMER HE ••DEW. Our 'gent for t l e State rs tie ,|g a. is Rev. A. R. M \ EY who wi I call in p rs n upon the T. a -hers , f tlie y ate a tapidly as possible O rs is ihe only Southern 1 ouse engag-d n the publica ion of- chool Bo Its Thi we exp ct no int- i" g- mm in t > consid er a val and reason f r ad< p ing an inf« ior iiopk ; we nr s.-nt itie-'aiement m, rel as an inducement ior Southern men to examine-our books, which we wish, andexpec to stand on their merits. These hookß are use by the host teachers in Virginia, A'abama, Missi-sipri. Missouri, Louisiana. Tennessee. Georgia, and more recently ad'pied by the State Educati nal Convention i fT.-xas. as the text books, to be used in the schools of the -tate. We fed just, 6ed in pred ct )ng that they will become the ST.iNDaRD SCHOOL BOOKS throughout ihe South 4®=-M ssrs. J. W. Burke & Cos., Macon. G>.. keep constancy on hand, a large supply of our pub ications, for the trade, and will furni-h copies fir »xamination gtatis. upon ap lication from Teacliers. I.etiers to t e General Agent. Rev. A. R. Macey, must be directed to the care of J. W. Burke & Cos.. Macon, Ga. Very RespectfuMy, JNO. P. MORTON A 9 . THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATEI 18©7. THIRTIETH VOLUME. This well known religious family newsprper. commences its THIRTIETH VOLUME in Janu.irv, 1-67. under the > ditorial coc tnlofttie EV E II MYERS, D. D, who has conduc ted it fir the past Uelvo years. Devoted to R li don and the intere‘t- of the Church of Ch t-t—an organ ot the Methodist Episcopa Church South, in the Sonth-Ea-tern States—of high literary c araeter—having amo- g its cont-ibuior c ad cores pondents many of the ino-t eminet t divine- in that Church, and gi'ing due attention to evety qivsti nos nub ic imp. rianc , to facts in Science and Art. to the News, to the Markets, etc. etc.. w - deem it the veiy paper f r the Family, where but one paper i- taken, and worthy a place with the best, where several are taken. Besides, it is emphatically the paper for the poor man, and su< h we all are now) for it is cheaper, style a"d size considered, tt.au any paper In the Southern States. Asa medium of extensive country advertising it Is the best paper ip the South-East, having a wide range of circulation, and a large list of subscribers in Soutli Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama t Any person sending S3O 00. w 11 be entitled to a copy of tho paper for one year, for this service. Those wishing to subscribe may remit by mail, or ai'ply to the nearest i ineraut preacher of the Metho dist Epi-copal church South, all of whom are Ag6„te for e paper. Terms :—Tnree Dolla-s for one year; Two Do’b»r» for eight months; One Dollar for foax mouth's. Invariably. Cash in advance. When the money we* hcUsted. the pa,*! r is uiscoiilinued. J.W. BURKE. *rO. Macon, Wa- RATES OF ADVERTISING. 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