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“The Prayer of the Destitute*”
« He will regard the prayer ot the destitute, and not
detpise iheir prayers — Ptfxlr* cu.l7.
Give me a song, *nd I will sing it!
Giv« me an offering; I wl, A^ r, J* '** .
Give me Thyself, and I w-ll take thee .
Withdraw Tnyself, and I forsake thee !
Mr land li-s fallow : Master, till me !
My heart lies empty : Master, fill me .
It plays the traitor; Master, win me!
It faints; it dies! Pat. new life in me !
It goes astray: Hood Shepherd, lead me .
It sighs for hunger : Gome and feed me !
It is so poor! Gire riches to me!
It is corrupt: O Lord, renew me!
Mo ignorant. O! wilt thou teach me 1
Has wandered tar! But thou canst reach me.
Is sore diseased : Physici n. heal me 1
Kipped to danger: O conceal me!
It tremble*! In tmne arms, O fold me !
Beg.ns to sink ! O Saviour, hold me!
Is sinking f*st! Lord, look upon me!
So cold and dark ! O shine ujion me!
A poor lost ■ inner ! Come and find me!
A rebel! May thy lo*e now bind me!
Apr.,digs!! Wilt thou receive me?
Ab, ggar! O wilt i hour lieveme?
A backslider! Wilt thou re.tor- me?
Unholy ! May thy presence aw^me!
Unfit to die! 0 God, prepare me!
Ho weak! On eag.e’s wings, O bear me!
So coin'd tiess! Lord Jesus, cheer me !
Ho lonely! God of love,draw near me!
By sin accursed! Good Lord, acquit me!
Unfit for heaven’s pure service! Pit me!
Unfit for work on earth ! Bui U e me!
a suppliant! Do not thou refuse me !
Jesua! to thee I call !
Jesus! be thou my all!
Thine opportunity
Is my extremity !
c O come and fill the hungry with good things.
* For thou hast all I need, thou King of kings !
gtiscellans*
Joseph, the Can-Maker.
now HF, SUDDENLY BECAME A NOBLE.
Two attempts have been made to as
sassinate Alexander 11., the present
Emperor of Russia. The first at St.
Petersburg, April 4tli, 1866, and the
second in Paris, May 25th, 1867. The
story of the first attempt is well told
by Madame Romanoff, in her lively and
instructive volume of ‘•Sketches of the
Rites and customs of the Greeo-Russian
church.” We can only give an abridg
ment of her spirited narrative. Osip
Ivanovich Komisaroff, a young jour
neyman cap and hat maker, was enjoy
ing a holiday; for it was his name's day ,
that is, the day dedicated to the honor
of St. Joseph, called in Russ, Osip. As
he was strolling near the gate of the
Summer Garden, a favorite place of re
ndft in spring, he saw one of the Impe
rial carriages standing there, and right
ly guessing that the Emperor was
walking in the garden, waited that he
might get a glimpse of him as he came
out. It was about four o’clock in the
afternoon. In the little crowd that
gathered for the same purpose, there
was one young man who particulaly
annoyed the young cap-maker by push
ing and crowding him. His dress and
bearing bespoke the “rowdy,” and Osip
noticed that he kept his right hand in
tho front pocket of his coat. Soon the
Emperor appeared, accompanied by his
nephew and niece. Ho stood for a
momont at the steps of the carriage to
put on an overcoat, and just then a
shriek was heard, followed instantane
ously by the report of a pistol. The
young rowdy had shot at tho Emperor;
and Osip had knocked up his arm at
the instant of his pulling tho trigger,
so that tho ball was discharged harm
lessly in the air. The assassin attempt
ed to run, but was immediately caught,
and tho crowd fell upon him with sucli
fury that they would soon have fore
stalled the sentence of justice, had not
the Emperor come forward, and said
with calm dignity, “Let him alone,
children.” At that word every hand
raised against him fell, and he was left
to the police, who were already at hand
to secure him. Tho Emperor immedi
ately went to the principal church, to
return thanks for his preservation ; and
on his return to the palace, there was
un impromptu reception of his civil
and military officers. After acknowl
edging their demonstrations of grati
tude and loyalty, his first inquiry was.
who was his preserver. General Tod
tlebon, the Sebastopol hero, who was
in tho garden with tho Emperor, had
taken the cap-maker into his carriage,
and brought him to the palace ; and he
now presented tho bewildered hut de
lighted young man .to his ' sovereign.
The Emperor embraced and kissed him
three times, thanking him for his good
service ; and then turning to the com
pany, ho said, “Gentlemen, I cannot
hut make the preserver of my life a
noble. What do you say ?
They all, of course, assented and ap
plauded. An hour or two after, he was
sent, with two aids-de-camp, for his
wife, in one of the imperial carriages.
Osip, with ono of the officers, remained
in the corridor, while the other enter
ed the lodgings. The workmen were
not a little startled at the appearance
of an imperial aid-de-camp among them.
“Does Osip lvanowitch live here ?”
asked the aid-de-camp. “Yes, your
High .Nobility,” answered one of the
men ; “but he is not at home.” “I am
sorry to hear it, because I want to see
him very much. Where is his wife?”
“She’s gone to bed.” “May I trouble
vou to wake her ?” “Directly, your
High Nobility.” Mrs. Korn in*. . soon
appeared, troubled at the sight of such
a guest, and supposing that something
dreadful must have happened, particu
larly as her husband had been so long
from home. The aid-de-camp asked
her several questions, the last of which
was, “Do you love your husband ?”
“Os course I do, your High Nobility,”
she replied, sincerely and simply, “he
is my husband, and wo live very com
fortably together.” “Well, if you love
him so much, go and open the door for
him.” She obeyed instantly, and Osip
and the other aid-de-camp entered the
room. Seeing him in such company,
slie supposed he must be under arrest
for some great crime. “What have
you done.” she exclaimed, with af
fright. “Nothing, nothing, Sisa,” he
tiaid, soothingly; “but dress yourself
and come with us.”
They were soon at the place, where
they were led into a room far more
spleudid than the astonished Sisa had
ever before seen. Soon folding doors
opened, and the Emperor and Empress
entered, and without noticing others
present, walked straight up °to them.
The Emperor again kissed Osip, and
the Empress kissed Sisa, in the most
affectionate manner. “Thou savedst
my life, said the Emperor, “and for
that I make the a noble. I think, gen
tlemen, that he deserves it.” And all
present loudly applauded. A few days
afterwards they were again summoned
to the palace ; and this time Sisa was
dressed in the costume of a lady of
rank. The Empress granted her a
pension for life. Louis Napoleon sent
to Osip the Cross of the Legion of
Honor, and other European sovereigns
conferred marks of distinction on him
.A fund was raised by subscription to
enable him to live according to h'is new
rank. A large landed proprietor gave
Lim an estate of nearly 20,000 acres.
He was consigned to the care of Gen
eral Todtleben, who undertook to teach
him how to be a gentleman; and he
was ultimately made an ensign in his
Imperial Majesty’s regiment of Shoot
ers.
The miserable assassin was executed
on the 4th of September, and ten or
eleven accomplices were sentenced to
various degrees of punishment.—Na
tional Baptist.
. D y T « L 8 Bee .°} great or small accord
ing to the spirit and way in which they
A mean > i S n °ble mind
tosses off with a sneer a deed which. a
magnanimous soul would perform so
sweetly an 1 so nobly as to charm who
ever saw it done, and leave the recol
lection of it as a precious possession
forever. A cold, selfish nature gives a
guinea in a spirit so petty, and a way
so cruel, that its value shrinks to a far
thing, while a generous one gives a far
thing so that it is felt to he worth a
guinea.
How Some People Make a Living.
In Paris not only are there breeders of
“clean beasts and of beasts that are not
clean, and fowls and other things that creep
upon the earth/’ but there are educators of
squirrels, instructors of owls and canaries,
professors of language for parrots, magpies
and starliogs, acd of singing for chaffinches,
goldfinches and nightingales. Moreover,
all these people manage to live by the sin
gular profession they have chosen. Take
the case of the birds’ singing-master, who
earns quite as much as many professionals
who leach singing to unfeathered bipeds.
A bird that costs a few francs has its value
more than quintupled after a course of les
sors from one of these professors, who re
ceive singing birds of every description as
boarders, and superintend their musical
education, or provide tutors for them at
their own homes in the shape of perfectly
trained warblers, which are shut up Dight
and day with the pupil, whose vocal attain
ments are of an inferior order. Intelligent
birds, after about six weeks’ instruction, are
able to sing two or three airs correctly, and
in due course will become more or less ac-
complished tenors and sopranos. These
feathered Marios and Pattis are produced
by oontract for from five to ten francs e- o 1,
according to the completeness of the musi
cal education stipulated for. The terms for
professors of their own species to instruct
them at their own homes is generally six
pence per week, with board in addition.
A few years ago, the inhabitants of a
particular street in Paris were attacked
with an unaccountable irritation of the epi
dermis, which compelled them to scratch
themselves from morn till night, no con
s derate duke of Argyle being there to
taka cjmpassion on them. The result was
that they scarified themselves bit by Lit,
and any one seeing them would have
thought that leprosy at least had fallen od
the quarter. An inquiry was instituted by
the authorities, when it was discovered that
the proximity of a certain Mademoiselle
Rose, breeder of ants, for the sake of their
eggs for faltening young pheasants, was
the cause of the calamity. On the police
visiting her establishment, they encounter
ed a woman between forty and fifty years of
age, and of a terrible aspect, her face and
hands being as completely tanned as though
they had undergone dressing at the haods
of a skillfil currier. This was the result
of continuous attacks on the part of her
ungrateful pupils, whose inroads upon her
person had forced her to encase the rest of
her body in bull leather. Thus protected,
she slept at night surrounded by sacks full
of her vivacious merchandise in perfect se
curity, and seemed much astonished at the
police visiting her establishment.
“How can any one venture to complain
of these little insects ?” remarked she:
“Why, I live in the very midst of them,
and do not feel any the worse. Someone
must have a spite against me, I am certain
—the world is so wicked ’’ Dispite, how
ever, of all she could urge, Mademoiselle
Rose was obliged to transport her strange
hoarding establishment to a perfectly iso
lated building beyond the barrier, and in
due course the cutaneous irritation expe
rienced by her late neighbors was allayed.
Mademoiselle Rose had her correspond
ents in many of the departments of France,
more especially in those where very large
forests exist, and paid them at the rate of
a couple of francs a day. Her aggregate
daily consignments were about half a score
of large sacks, her profits on which amount
ed to thirty francs. She was proud of her
trade, and maintained that she was the only
person who thoroughly understood the fe
cundation of emmets, having long since
made it her business to study the manners
and customs of these insects. “I can make
them,’’ she used to say, “lay eggs at will,
and produce ten times as many as they do
in a wild state. To accomplish this I place
them in a room where there is an iron stove
kept heated red hot. I allow them to make
their ne-ts where they please, as it never
does to interfere with them. They require
great care, and the more attention you be
stow upon them the more money they will
bring you in. I sell their eggs to the
chemists, and supply the Jardin des Plantes
and most of the breeders of pheasants in
the neighborhood of Paris with them. The
young birds have a particular liking for this
kind of foi d.”
Not only has Paris its breeders of ants,
but its breeders of “gentles’’ as well. The
more than two thousand enthusiastio an
glers, men and boys, which the city num
bers, need a good deal of bait for their lines,
aud au old man, known as Pere Salin,
found a way to supply it. Tbe calling is
anything but a clean one, although the
manufacture was, so to say, self working.
All that was requisite, was to obtain a good
supply of defunct domestie animals and
store them away in an old loft until they
were in a state of putrescence, when the
gentles were collcoted and packed in tin
cases, known as “culottes ” for vhich a
couple of francs each were charged, and
by the sale of which our gentle met chan c
realised a profit of about fifteen francs a
day iu the height of the seasoD. In the
winter he turned his attention to rearing
worms for nightingales—a first-rate busi
ness in its way, yielding an ample return
on an insignificant capital; the Parisians
who keep nightingales heiDg mostly rich
old women and quiet tradesmen, who pay
well for the favorite food of their pets.—
AU the Year Hound.
Curious Experiment.— A medical
gentleman recently amused a party of
1 riends in an experiment which could
be made very interesting at an evening
party by one that understood it. He
not only lighted candles with bis breath
as fast as they were put out, but a
cigar, which was nearly out, being pre
sented to him, he breathed upon it, and
it flared up into a flame. He subse
quently let out his secret, which was,
that a short time before he had been
inhaling oxygon gas. This substance
maj' he absorbed in considerable quan
tities by the respiratory organs; and,
when this lias been done, one continues
to exhale the gas, though in an impure
state, for some time after. Now, if
there remains the slightest point of ig
nition on tho wick of a candle after it
lias been blown out, that is quite suf
ficient to make it light lip again if it
comes in contact with oxygen.
Oroide. —“Oroide” the now alloy re
sembling gold, is a French discovery,
and consists of pure copper, 100 parts;
zinc or—preferably tin, 17 parts;
magnesia, 6 parts; sal ammoniac, 3.6
parts; quicklime, 1-8 part; tartar of
commerce, 9 parts. The copper is first
melted, then tho magnesia, sal ammo
niac, lime, and tartar iu powder are ad
ded little by little, Jiriskly stirring for
about half an hour, so as to mix thor
oughly ; after which zinc is thrown on
the surface in small grains, stirring it
until entirely fused. The crucible is
then covered, and the fusion main
tained about thirty-five minutes, when
the dross is skimmed off, and the alloy
is ready for use. It can be cast, rolled
drawn, stamped, chased, beaten into a
powder or leaves.
Respect for the law; that is the Eng
lish motto. In England the laws are
so much venerated, that they are never
abolished. The escape from the conse
quences of this veneration is the not
executing them. An old law fallen, into
disuse is like an old woman; but it is
not necessary to kill either of the ven
erable ladies; you merely let them
alone. They have the right to think
themselves perpetually young and
beautiful. They are allowed to dream
that they still live. This politeness is
called respect.
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For the Southern Christian Advocate.
The Orphan.
Some years ago, there lived in a city on
the western bank of the Mississippi; a poor,
but bright and happy couple, who had
agreed to share each othei’s joys, and sail
together on life’s stormy main.
They were young, more than ordinarily
intelligent, and devotedly pious. The re
sult of this union was an only child, a sweet
and noble boy, the express image of his
pure minded, acd generous father, and from
this fact, his Christian mother loved him
with a strong, undying affection. The flow
ers of but seven springs had bloomed, and
shed their sweet fragrance along the path
of our little hero, when death, insatiate
archer, sent a barbed arrow into the heart
of his fond father, stopping, at once, its
beating and immolating its hopes. Wil
liam, for that was our hero’s name, was too
young to understand fully his loss, but he
has long since learned, that death never
stilled a nobler heart, nor blasted brighter
he pcs.
How crushingly this blow fell on the
| young heart of tbe devoted wife and moth
i er, language is quite too meager to tell
i For months, she seemed almost indifferent
I to life, but as she looked on the face of her
j son, and saw the image of the father re
flected, 3he began to feel, notwithstanding
j the poignancy of her grief, that she had
an object tor which to live—the training
and proper development of this young im
mortal.
Rut how uncertain is life! how very
soon may all our hopes be blasted ! The
; rose faded from her cheek, the luster from
her eye, and five years had scarce passed
away, before the pride of his mother was
called to hear her dying counsel, and have
the last kiss of affection impressed on his
cherry lips. “My son,” said the dying
mother, “be honest, be truthful, fear God,
i and pray to Him, and He will take care of
| you.” These words of parting, were scarce
! more than whispered, and the boy was
a homeless, almost friendless orphan. At
the time of which we write, the Mississippi
was being ploughed by steamers, sometimes
styled floating palaces, in allusion, we sup
pose, to the beauty and gorgeousoess of its
furniture, and richness and variety cl their
provi.-ion. One morning, shortly after the
death of his mother, William was standing
on one of the wharfs of his native city,
waiting the approach of one of these mam
moth steamboats. On the arrival, all was
bustle and noise, for she was laden with
passengers, some greeting friends that had
been long absent, and others bidding adieu
to loved ones, never to meet again. As
the boy looked on the living mass, at the
same time eyeing the beautiful boat, the
thought occurred that on reaching manhood
he would like to be the master of one of
these magnificent packets. Waiting ashort
time till the Captain was at leisure, he ap
proachcd him, asking if'he could give him
a place on the boat, if it were only that of
a cabin boy. He answered gruffly, “I can
if you are any account.’’ The boy modest
ly replied, “I am youDg, and willing to
learn, and if you can bear with me, I will
try some day to be a man.’’ Negotiations
being settled, the nixt time the boat passed
William, with his trunk packed with the
clothes his dear mother had made with fin
gers now still iu death, entered on his new
vocation.
Os course, he knew nothing of the duties
of his office, and, like all land.*men, was for
some time awkwaid iu their performance,
which led the Captain to speak very rough
ly to him, insomuch that he often, when
alone, wept and felt sorry, that he had
agreed to live with so rough and unfeeling
a man.
Rut his word was his bond, and he de
termined to bear and suffer on, animated
by tbe hope that sooner or later, he would
strike the time, which, taken at the flood,
would lead him on to fortune. It was at
this juncture, that the boat, iu the gray
light of the early morning, was seen rock
ing to and fro while the dense cloud that
issued from her smoke-stack indicated, that
she was getting in a state of readiness to
leave the port at New Orleans for her dis
tant trip up the river. All on board was
noise and seeming confusion; the boat
bauds were moving hurriedly here and
there, while the stentorian voice of the
Captain, rising above the din, could be
heard iu every direction ; a moment or two
more and the signal was given, and the
passengers were ail on board and the boat,
like a thing of life, was moving on the
bosom of tho father of waters. The master,
in the meantime, in a rage because a little
behind time, wa3 cursing and scolding,
lore and aft, at every ono coming in his
way. Wiliiam bewildered and frightened
till his wits were gone, was trying to do
his best, but seemed that morning to be
more awkward than ever, which the com
mander seeing, gave him a blow on the
side of the hind; at the same time send
ing a storm of oaths into the very aonl of
the child, causing it t> quiver, as he went
rolliog along full length on the deck
stuuned by the blow, and mangled by the
fall; the blood, meantime, flowing from a
wound he received in his leg. The heart
less officer, lion-like, seeming to become
more enraged at the sight or scent of blood,
harshly ordered him to go into the hold,
and not to make his appearance on deck
again during the trip. The orphan, with
crushed heart, hastened, as best he could,
to obey the order of this iistid in human
form. There stood, witnessing this scene
of suffering, a tall, well-dressed gentleman
with benignant face; and while he contem
plated it, the tear came unbidden to his
eyes, and hastenting to his state room,
drew from his well-arranged trunk some
soothing lotion and bandages, and went to
the relief of the little sufferer below.
As he neared him, the tears were stream
\ ing from his eyes, and he seemed as if he had
buried his last friend, and was a stranger,
and alone in the world. The truly Chris
tian gentleman, however, spoke kindly and
encouragingly to him, at the same time
binding up his wounds, and as he did so a
ray of sunshine played over tbe pale face
that a moment or two before, was so sad.
The dajs moved slowly along, but the suf
ferings of our young friend were greatly re
lieved by the frequent visits of his stranger
friend. At the appointed time, the boat
reached her destination, and he descended
for the last time, to see his little patient,
and bid him a final farewell.
This last interview was a most melting
scene. They held each other by the hand,
while the tears flowed freely from the eyes
of both. It may seem a little strange, but
up to this time, Wiliiam had not learned
the name of the reliever of his woes, and
asked now to be informed, saying, that that
precious Dame he wanted to embalm in his
memory and call it in all his approaches to
God in prayer, at the same time, invoking
the blessings of his Heavenly Father on
the heart and head of him, who had acted
bo well the part of the good Samaritin. He
added, “I am poor and unable to compen
sate you for your kindness, but while this
heart throbs, and memory holds her aoeua
tomed sway, I shall keep in grateful remem
brance your kindness and sympathy.”
The good man no doubt felt that this was
the proudest, happiest day of his life, and
since then must have felt more sure of get
ting to heaven, not because he did his duty
in administering to that noble boy, bat be
eaase he knows that the God of the Orphan
oaanot fail to hear the prayer of so true
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
acd noble a youth. It is needless to add,
that William now commands one of the
finest Steamers that floats on American
waters, and beautifully illustrates the vir
tues and graces cf that religion taught him
by his pious, but non sainted parents.
“Magnolia ”
For the Southern Chri tian Advocate
In Trouble.
Did you ever become badly frightened,
and not think of pm y ivy ? I suppose not.
This is one of the first thoughts that occur
to most people when a ! armcd.
1 know a little boy who was always fright
ened in a thunder-storm. So scon as he
heard the muffled muttering of tbe far off
storm, he would grow quiet and thoughtful;
and remembering his prayers, repeat again
and again the Litany “From lightning and
tempest, good Lord deliver us !’’
I knew a man who would thank Gcd for
the thunder-storms, because they arrested
his thoughts and made him think of God
and judgment—drove him to his prayers.
When your mother was sick acd you were
told she was dying, your trouble made you
pray.
Well, all this is very right. God says,
“call upon me in trouble, I will deliver thee
and thou shall glorify me.” It is a blessed
theory that the young of our land are
taught where to go in time of trouble ; so
that in youth and old age they may say
with David, ‘ From the ends of the earth
when my heart is overwhelmed I will cry
unto thee ’’
Just as you do in trouble, people who
were properly instructed, did thousands of
years ia the past, when trouble came upon
them. Turn to the twenty-first chap to i; of
Genesis and read the story of Ishmael. He
was, at the time mentioned in this chapter,
perhaps seventeen years old, and no doubt,
a wild, bad boy. His mother was an Egyp
tian, and when it became neo issary in order
to preserve the peace and quiet of his home
that he should be sent away, Abraham pre
pared him with his mother for their jour
ney. He gave them provisions and water
to last them till they should find another
supply, and doubtless furnished them with
money for their future support, aud started
them for Egypt. They lost their way and
“wandered iu the wilderness” until their
“bottle’’ or skin of water was gone, and
they were almost famished for drink. I>h
mael gave out, and his mother “cist,” or
helped him along, into the shale of a bush
or shrub, where she left him, aud went and
sat down at a distance from him and wept
Poor mother ! she did not wish to witness
the agonizing death of her boy. She
might have prayed. Certainly Ishmael did
for “God heard the voice of the lad ”
Then he called to Ishmael’s mother and
bade her go to the lad and help him. She
did so, and God shoved her a Well of
water, and she brought water for him, and
he revived. Afterwards he became a great
nation.
Those who knew God’s will have always
done just so in time of trouble; and God
will hear and deliver those that Dust in
Him. Go to Him then, and let afflictions
and dangers make you prayerful, and God’s
grace will make you holy in life. How
blessed to have a God to go to in time of
trouble! The poet sings:
“Who usk thine »I<l with heart sincera
Sha'l find thy floors ever n*ar:
To the* tlieir prayer in each and stre.«.«.
Thy MiflvrinK servants, Lord, address.
And prove thee, verg'D* on the grave,
N«r slow to hear, nor weak to save.
G. 11. Wells.
Mrs. Ann E. Daniel, was born Oct,
2d, 1807, married to the late Capt, E
Daniel of Liberty co., Ga., May, 18th,
1826, and calmly fell asleep in Jesus
April 29th, 1809.
Having served as her pastor for five
years, and visiting her frequently, the
writer thinks that he was prepared to
form a correct opinion of her true char
acter. From a child she was taught
the truths of Christianity. Brought
up in the midst of the most refined in
fluences, in early life she consecrated
her all to the blessed Saviour. Then
being married to one of the noble men
of earth, and blessed with all necessary
temporal good, she was prepared for
the duties and responsibilities of life.
And well did she meet them, at home,
at church, in the neighborhood—every
where. Seldom do so many virtues
shine and meet in the person of wo
man. Her mind was more than ordi
nary ; disposition amiable, with refined
manners, cheerful spirit, warm, generous
feelings, kind to all, very conscientious.
Piety deep, without the semblance of osten
tation, she was the light and life of her
household. The joy of friends, a pi'lar in
the church, and her presence a tower of
strength to the pulpit. It would be diffi
cult to speak of all the excellences in the
character of one so pure and lovely, so
meek, so resigned to the will of God. Rut
alas ! she is gone. Her last sickness was
protracted, for months she gradually ap
proached the stream of death. Such was
the nature of her disease that she was sure
she would die, and a few days before the
final moment came, only expressed her wil
lingness to go. Very precious to us are
the last words that fall from the lips of
dying saints. Rut why be anxious ? A
quiet, usetul life like hers, is worth them
all, and breathes consolation upon many
bereaved hearts. “She yet speaks, yet
works.’’ W. M. Watts.
Mrs. Martha Williams, was born in
Washington no., Ga., and died in Macon,
Ga , July 21st, 1809, in her 77th year.
For more than sixty-two years she lived
an acceptable member of the Methodist
Church, and though uoable to speak of her
feelings, in her last days, she left the
brightest evidence of her preparation for
her home in heaven. For her “to live
was Christ” and “to die was gain.” When
she was able to attend church her aea f was
seldom vacant, and when she could no
longer visit the house of God she delighted
to see and converse with the children of
her father. She rejoiced in the prosperity
of the church and mourned over the wick
edness of the world. Her affections were
set on Gcd and she knew Him as her Sa
viour, therefore when she called upon Him
He answered' her. He was with her in
trouble and honored her with his presence
in her long life, and did not forsake her
when she passed through the valley and
shadow of death. She remarked to the
writer, a few months ago, tha; she had
never grown weary in the service of God,
and if her life was as much longer she
would try to spend it in His service. She
rests from her labor and her works do fol
low her. May her three living children,
and her many grand children follow her as
she followed Christ. J. B. S.
A venerable and lovely Christian woman,
whose long life of usefulness was crowned
by a beautiful oid age, has entered intolier
eternal rest. Mrs. Susan L. Biqby relict
of Rev. John Bigby, died at the residence
her son, in Newnan, Ga., ou the 15th of
May, in her b9th year.
To her many friends throughout the
State this will be indeed a sad announce
ment, and many who have shared her gen
erous hospitality will drop a tear to her
memory. Her house was the preacher's
home, and the young itinerant on the Cow
eta cirouit always felt that he had in moth
er Bigby a praying friend. For more than
forty years a member of the church, she
loved its privileges, its services and its
triumphs. Her religious life was a beauti
ful type of Christian consistency. At her
funeral, her venerable friend and former
pastor, Rev. William Steagall, remarked,
that to human perception her Christian
charaoter seemed faultless. She was a wo
man of marked traits of character, and few
if lies - X ever exerted a more elevating
and salutary iifiaenco upon the society wbh
wluch she was surrounded Intelligent,
cu t voted and refined she combined with a
masterly intellect tbe holy qualities aud
virtues of the Christian lady. Gactlc and
unobtrusive in h:r manners, a casual ac
quaintance would give but an imperfect
idea of tho rich stores of her well cultiva
ted miud, treasures garnered from long
years of reading and study. In the Provi
dence of God, she was called to suffer se
vere and peculiar trials, yet she bore them
all with the most perfect Christian resigna
tion, her faith never seeming to falter,
nor her confidence to be shaken. “Tbe
Lord is good, a strorghold in the day of
trouble,” was a favorite passage of Scripture
with her, and one iu which she always
found consolation. Truly God giveth graoe
to the humble, for humility was one of her
distinguishing virtues. In all the relations
of life she was a model woman, devoted as
a wife, affectionate and loving as a mother,
indulgent and kind as a mistress, constant
as a iriend. Her children’s love and ad
miration for hrr knew no bounds. Death
had no terrors for her. She spoke calmly
ana placidly of the change that awaited her
almost every day. For four months pre
vious to her demise sue suffered most in
tensely, and ye: while in the very valley of
death she sat in sunshine. At last she
sweetly fell asleep in Jesus, and resting
from her labors her works do fol ow her.
M. C. B.
Mrs. Martha Ann Fergusson, (Maid
en name Stouuoo) was born in Chester
Dis?, S. C , June 3d 1845, joined the M.
K. Church, South, iu Hamilton co, Fla.,
at the age of twelve years She was mar
ried at about the age of 16 years to Thos.
Forsusson, and died June 25th, 1869,
aged 24 years
She was one of those rare spirits whose
entire demeanor betokened resignation and
consecration, whose light was on a hill,
whose lamp was filled and trimmed and
burning. To be with her was to feel that
you were iu the presence of one in whose
sou! the seed of Christianity had found a
fruitful soil, had taken deep root, and was
yielding a rich harvest to our Master’s glo
rv. From childhood, she possessed an
obedient, forgmog, self-renouncing and
se!f--acrifiaing disposition ; but as a wife, a
mother and a Christian, she stood, though
young, yet by merit, a mother in Israel.
Her sickness although protracted, was
borne with a high degree of Christian for
titude. She was resigned to all but one
thing, viz, the leaving of three little babes,
thi youngest of whom is about three months
old. May God in his mercy fill her place
towards her little ones, who of late were so
rich but are now become very poor by her
loss, and the aching void in her husband's
breast fill with the oil and wine of grace.
W. S. R.
John W. Weldon, was born in Colum
bia co., Ga., May 13th, 1810. When three
years old, his parents moved to Jasper co.,
where he spent most of his life and in
which county he was married, in 1834. to
Miss Jano C Phillips. In the fall of 1858
he came to Mason, and diel in this city,
July 18th, 1869.
Brother Weldon embraced religion and
joined the Methodist Church in 1835 For
many years he was an official member of
the church and remained faithful to the
last moment. lie was a Christian when
many of his neighbors, at one time, almost
scoffed at religion but in him there was no
waving and as a consequence of such a life,
when the suaimons came he was “ready.”
His death was very sudden and when told
by his physician that he was dying he re
marked that this information did not alarm
him, that he had been getting ready for
this hour for many years and was not
alruid to die, Ho was “a good man’’ and
one who loved, devotedly the church of his
choice. His end was peacp and hjs spirit
doubtless rests and rejoices with God, His
widow, I trust, will have the sympathies
and prayers of the church. J. B. 8.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Frith, daughter
of Wallen and Martha Stone, was born
in April 27, 1791, and died in Autauga
co , Ala., April 22, 1809, aged nearly 78
years.
She was twice married, and outlived, by
a few years, both of her husbands. She
moved to Alabama in 1818, with her first
husband, Colonel Hester, who died in
1832, and she married Dr. Frith in 1834.
When but a girl she j fined the Metho
dist Church, and was nottd for piety du
ring her single life, It was a long time
ago since her girlhood, and Methodism
was then in its pristine state. Class meet
ings were attended well and regularly, and
class leaders were Bub-pastors. It was at
class meetings and class leaders’ prayer
meetings, that .-he fir-t exhibited that deep
piety that marked her whole life. She
was for more than rixiy years a member of
the chuich. She L;d means, and was lib
eral in the sopport of nil ohurch enterprises,
and at all times a true friend of the minis
try. Her house was known as their home.
God blessed her and ehc blessed the church.
She died as she had lived—a Christian
trusting in her Saviour. She told tbe
writer, a short while before her death, that
she was in readiness for the summons.
May her large family and circle of friends,
meet her in heaven.
Wm. A Edwards.
Bro. Jesse Stephens, was born in S.
C., April llch, 1802, Jand died in Walker
co., Ga., April 16th 1869.
He bad bpen a professor of religion and
member of the Methodist Chjircb for
about thirty years. Duiing this time he
had served the church acceptably, a class
leader and steward. He was a man of deep
and constant piety, and exemplified Chris
tiaoity in bis daily walk and conversation.
Possessing a meek and quiet spirit, he was
not only lcved by his class, bat by all who
knew him. He had a kind word for all.
He spoke evil of none, and therefore had
no enemies, lie would often say, that if
he had an enemy in the wotld, he knew it
not and that he had no enmity against any
one. He suffered much for seven weeks
before his death. He bore his affliction
without a murmur. He spoke of his pros
pects as being bright and longed to depart
and be with Christ, His death was trium
phant. He shouted victory while wad
ing the cold waters of Jordan, Thus passed
away this good maD. A great loss to his
wife and six children and to theohuicb.
Their loss no doubt was his gain. Blessed
are the dead who die in the Lord.
Pastor.
Arabella Wiqhtman, youngest daugh
ter of O P. and E. A Fannin, died July
18th, 1869, at West Wynnton, Florida.
We have the exalted consolation of hav
ing given one pure undying spirit to the
innumerable multitude who encircle tue
Srviour in his glory. Parents.
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STHIS STERLING COMPANY HAS
we understand. MORE THAN TR'PI ED ITS
SINESS SINCE THE NEW YEAR CAME IN. The
entire surplus earnings ARE DIVI 'ED AMONG THE
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RESTRICTIONS on travel, occupation or residence
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Applications received by
HENRY L JEWETT. Agent,
Great Western Mutual Lifj Ins. Cos. cf N. Y.
Macon, Ga., May 10th, 1869.
Henry L. Jewett. Esq., Agent Great Western Mutual Lift
Insurance Company of Htw York.
Dear Sir : I have received your kind note of this
morning, endorsing a check in futl payment of th*
clam of Ten Thousand Dollars, insured by the Geat
Western Mutual Lite Insurance Company of New
York, on the life «»f my huiband. lately ueceised
For t‘>e prompt settlement of ihe claim bv the compa
ny you have the honor to r©p-esent,.as well a9 for your
p--rsoaal interest in the same, as the medium of com
munication,allow me to express my warmest acknowl
edgments.
Very respectfully yours,
Eliza R. Snider.
May 21st, 1869*3ir.*.
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TO CLERGYMEN AND TEACHERS.
AN EMINENT CLERGYMAN, once said : <• Were
I to leave the ministry, I should take an Agency for
Life Assurance. Next to religiuus efforts, I onsider
that it is doing most to benefit society.” Another not
less distinguished authority has lately declared: “Eve
ry reason which makes it a man’s duty to provide for
his family while heis living, acts with yetgreater force
to secure to them a comfortable subsistence af er he
shall have been removed from them. * * Once the
question was, “ Can a Christian man rightfully seek As
surance?’* Now the.questiou is, ‘Can a Christian man
justify mmseif in neglectißg such duty ?’*
Tne beneficence or Life As-urance being thus ac
knowledged and thus taught, the question should be,
how best to present it to the attention of the masses.
Rival companies ambitious of success, have lately em
ployed agents and canvassers, who have advocated the
general importance of Life Assurance,and he peculiar
claims of theirseveral associations, with such diligent
application and stubborn pertinacity, that the whole
surface of so iety has become irritated and painfully
sensitive Howtoapproaoh citizens.amidstiheir busy
occupations, without alarming or offending them, i- a
question that has occupied the altention of the officers
of this Company from ltsearliest inception. Religious
truth is taught from the pulpit, and ooietv yields its
ministers a generous and cheerful support. Ethics
and wholesome doctrines of domestic and political
duty, have become subjects of popular entertainment,
Tor which large masses almost daily pay a liberal and
voluntary tax; while the principles ami importance of
Life Assurance are limited to the arguments in circu
lars and annual reports, occasional newspaper pull's of
a partisan character, and the buttonholing imperti
nence of hasty and unadroit agents and canvassers,
who. if they sometimes succeed in obtaining the im
patient attention of the busy eitisens. mostfr* fluently
annoy those whom they address,and are disgusted
and discouraged them.sclves.
To avoid these difficulties, and to at'ain to public
confidence and more liberal patronage, by more grace
ful and proper means, we decide to appeal to the
clergymen and the teachers of the country for their
countenance and support Surely that which has
already become so essential a feature in the social
fabric, which addresses itself to the benevolence and
Christian obligation of the citizen, may well be advo
cated by the teachers of religious duty and explained
oy professors of popular education with singular pro
priety. How more aptly may the language of the fol
lowing touching passage be employed than in advo
cating the beneficence of Jjile Assurance?
“When the ear heard me, then it we. and
when the eye saw me it gave fitness to me; because I
delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless and
him that hau uone to help him. The blessing of him
that was ready to perish came upon mo, and I caused
the w and >w« to sing for joy.’’
Wemustrcsp ctfully, and earnestly solicit the co
operation of clergymen throughout the country, in
presenting to the people the necessity and the advan
tages o' Life Assurance.
To teachers genera ly, we off r terms which will
mak<- it an object for them to canvass for our Compa
ny, in such m inner as they may, without infringing
upon their other duties. Jt is belayed that teaphers
posses* superior opportunities ot gaining theattention,
and reaching the understanding of the people and
may canvass with success. To such as may desire
thus to engage, we will pay the most liberal pommis
dons.
The undersigned, will promptly attend to all who
ipply, and will give unusually liberal terms to those
desiring to insure, or become Agents for the Company.
Clergymen and Teaoherp are cordially requested to
;orr 'spond with us with reference to acting tu our be
half.
Address all communications to
J W. SHACKLEFORD, Manager,
June 12.1808. Atlanta, Ga.
J. W. BURKE, Agent for Macon and Southwestern
Georgia.
CALDWELL A BRENIZER, Charlotte, N. C., General
Agents for the Carolina*.
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Letter from Major J. T. Hester, of Ala.
Auburn, Ala., April 4, 1869.
Messrs. John Darby & Cos.,
161 William St., N.Y T .
Gents I have received so much benefit from Dar
by’* Prophylactic Fluid.” thai I frel it my duty to let
you know it I had an attack of Tvphofd Fever, und
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ter exhausting the many prescriptions of my physi
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for diseases and purposes for which it is mad« that is
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son who was severely burnt, and I do assure you that
it was from this medicine alone that I could get ai y
relief irom my distressing attack of Erysipelas
I do not write you this as a certificate for publica
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his invaluable medicine.
I shall nevFr be .without it again if I can by any pos
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I hope you are succeeding, and will make a fortune.
Very truly yours,
J T. HESTER.
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Vol. xxxii. Noi 32
gteiiical.
Noti.—We give insertion to Medical advertisements
without thereby giving our endorsement toany'ol them*
f
Infirmary lor the Blind.
Dr w. a. hooten, has per
manently located in Atlanta, Georgia. He has
opened a large and commodious IlUrinary for the
Biind. He is trr amg diseasesof th«*eve successfully
owing his personal attention to al! ca es presented*
Dr Hooten was b ind three ye irs;himsHf, anu aft r hav
ing exhausied, a* he Umugnfc the skill of tne Medical
Proiession, »*oth North and Sou h. came into prases-
H»on of a system of treatment, by winch he was soon
restored to sight He was a graduated physician and
successful praetioner bn tore he became‘blind He
piactices the same system by which he was restored.
In the past twelve years, he has p-rs oily and perma
nently restored a great many persons from total bltud
ness
To remove from the minds of the most scrupulous
anv doubts or prejudices that may nria**. Dr Hooten
refers the public to the following first class names
’giving the p.st office address of ©a h, and proposes
that ior proof that anv of the certificates herein pub
lished bv him are not genuine, or that these cures
were not effected by him as herein stat and to pay to
the order of the individual producing said prool. the
sum of Five Thousand Dollars.
REFERENCES:
Gen J B Gordon, Atlanta Ga
(’ >1 W h Prndcn, Da ton, Ga
Rev Is' uni J Wood, Homo Ga
Prof 8 G Hdlyer Cartersville (in
Uapt W F Collier. < alh* un Ga
Kev B L Ross, M 1», Fort Ya lev.Ga
G 8 Dasher. Conductor 8 W R U. Ga
Hon «l T Clark. Cuthffi rt,Ga
Hon W H C Davenport, Lone Star, Texas
J F Cox Pres Female Go*lege, LaGrange, Ga
Col B A Trr rnton. Columbus, Ga
Hon C H Wooter, Dawson. Ga
Hon W M Tumlin. < uthbert,Ga
J F Koberson M D Ki.faula. Ala
Hon ( has A Stanton Tusfe* g»e, Ala
W W Ford, M I). 4merlons, Ga
TSVining, Esq Macon, Ga
F F Taber, M D, Agent lour & Mess. Macon, Ga
R G H dloway, Cotion Hill,Ga
Rev J II Hams, Dahlonega, La
CERTIFICATES:
My daughter lost her eye-sight suddenly of Amaiifo*
*is I placed her und r the treatment of Dr. ijooteu.
In a short time she was entirely it).* to red bv him.
WM SMJTHA.
Eukaula, Ala., June Ist, 1867.
After suffering four years withChron c Ii flatnmatoiy
Bu.r Eves, ad after appl mg to a large number of
most t m nent physicia- s witho t any rein f I wa« re
lieved if b in<in*’ss, all soreness of the tyes and en
tirely ctired within two weeks treatment by Dr llno
t«*n, THUS W. JOHNSON,
Proprietor Eating House, Smithville, Ga.,May 31, i867.
I took my wife t » Dr Hooten, entirely blind In a
ahor* time* she returned home entirely restored Nq
traps of disease was left. S S DUNLAP.
Fi m • f Morgan $ Du lap,Macon, Ga., July 25ih, 18t'a.
My daughter was blind,of Grauii ar Conjtinclivin* s,
in one eye, about two years. I« a short time she lias
been entirely rest« icd by Dr. Hoot* n. I myself was
blind lrom the inm« cause, ten years. Oi e• ye burst
ed out. I have tried na ly distinguished Oculists with
outbem tit. I am now u <ler treatment of Dr Hooten.
1 h*.vc improved btyond all expectation of'myst ls
and fricmis. r*an m w see to make my way aipno
coriifor-aldy Since p aeing mys* If under I)r. Ho- ter,
t mv certain knowledge, li« restored anumbbl
of persons from blindness of seynra' years’ stanamg.
Jt’e has a large numb-r of pa'ients >vitli Oie most urn
iigi ant types of Di enaed l’>es. They are making
wonderfu improvement, and are greatly rejoice and at
their success W. J. JAMES.
Atlanta, Ga . July 9, 1860.
Perwons desiring further information will apply to
Dr. Hooten for C'rcular*. failing to receive
answers tolcit rs in.mediately, will pka-e write asec
ond tunc. jul}3o—3n
Olt. 91. WOODIIII FF,
COLUMBUS, GA.,
CONTINUES TO TREAT EVERY
descriptriop of
CHRONIC DISEASE,
with safe and generally rfficacious Rrmedics. Sueli ns
Dyspep-ia. Liver CotnpUint, Rheumatism, Epileptic
hi. 4 Nervous Fits. H iporrboids or Pi'es, S«*r« fula,
Dr- psy Functional i iseases of the Heart, Spinal aLd
Kidney A|F ctions, Dysentery, Djarrha a, eh\, etc.
FEMALE DISEASES SPECIALLY TREAT ED I
Fe is also prepared to treat, Consumption. Asthton,
Chioni. l pa yngitis and Brpi*chilis. Hemorrhage from
pungs. L- ss if Voice, etc., e>c ,in ad luion to Consti
tu ional Treatment, with Inhalation * f mediea ed va
por, of Nebul zed fin ds. th« most practical, and per
haps the most, comm n sense treatment known to the
medical world. In this way, the rem* dy needed gub
be poi.yey* 4 directly to the Lungs. The testijnony of
ma y ejpinont Medical men, toth in Europp anq
America, is that many cases of these diseases rpay ho
eu'ed by this Trea rnent.
l>r. W. also prepared tv treat Coryza, Ozena, or
Catarrh, in the head, and all Directions of the Nasal
Passages, Karen aid Frontal Hinuses—the ittectcf
cold in the head Scrofula, Mercury, or whatever chubo
—with a nevy instrument, a Nasal Douche, \yhich is
simple, and very effectual. This, in connection with
emjstjtuM 'nal treatment, where needed, piany of Hm
wor t oases of Nu-al disease- may be cur* .1
He is laboring to cine ob‘tina e cases of Disease of
lone star ding, aud ha) succeeded in many apparently
hopeless cases.
He hus made this practice in a large degree, for
many years asp s cia ty.
He would not attempt, in the zllghteat degree, to re -
fleet upon the Metltcal Profession, oi winch
humble member—or depreciate the skill and ability
of any Physioian.
He doubts not that many may be found, who possess
gr»a cr caiacny aid m» dical »i ili»j in mme re )>• rts
than hirns* If, but in this par, icular 'branch of Medical
Practice he professes to In able to do more io curing
such cases than the most of bis medical Brethren, for
tn»*reasons giv**n above, and evidence produced from
Ext, acts from letters received.
PULMONARY AFFECTION.
VVanllru's Lake, Fla., Nov. 3, 186>.
1. I)r M. Woodruff—Detr Sir—l am at home and
using remedies; lam pretty well ami improving daily
under your treatment. Very respectfully.
W. F. Leitner.
CATARRHAL ASTHMA.
Miuanopy Fla., Jan, 6,1867.
2. Dr Woodruff—Dear Sir—My health is better than
when I wrote you. 1 did not have an attack of Asili
ma while taking your medicine. lam quite hopeful
of being entirely restored.
w Very respectfully, fy. L. p,
ASTHMA.
Skipperville, Ala., Aug. 10, *6B.
3. Dr M Woodruff*—Dear .Sir—l have great faith in
your medicine, it has afforded me so much euef. I
have ei j »yed bo to. health ‘inoe I have been tubing
it than 1 have fur many years past i feel most thank
ful for the benefit you nave afforded m*».
Yours respectlully, It J. Bracf.well.
SCROFULA,
FifTppoßO, Mississippi, Feb. 24,18fQ.
4. Dr Woodruff—l received the package of pic<ljc|no
and arn fiarqy to sny it has tad a charm ng effect op
my wife. I h>ve the greatest opinion of your remedy
for Scrofula. Very respectfully, W. T. SMITfi.
DROPSY OF THREE YEARS STANDING.
' Palatka, K Flobjpa, May 8,186 p.
5 Dear Doctor—l am happy to inform you that my
qnfe i-, f might say, we,l of D.ropsy. 1 consider it onp
oi the wofhi'H wopders, her cure. She was c**rtaifijy
most I ke a person s ruggling lor life, that l eyer sayy
or h ard of to survive. 1 f«*l myself under mapy
obligations to you for your 0011 and m diciue. ]am
sure buts r that my wif * would h »ve be«»n long since
in the grave, fam thank ul that J ever saw your card.
Yours truly, s. Stranpe.
EPILEPSY.
lAtlanta, June 27,1867.
6. Dr. Woodruff—My Dear S r—A friend of mino is
afflicted w r 'th Epilep y, and from your having cured
Mrs. Dr. Ector’s dang titer Eleanor of tha disease, he
Wishes you to treat his case. Please send remedies.
A. B. R.
Dr W. does not, profess io be able to cure all < uses,
but wdl e' Mainly be candid in giving his op nion iu
every case that m.y app y to him, and exert nimself
to the utmost of his skill, to cure ail who may pla. e
them selves u der his re*tment.
Persons at a dls ance. by sending symptoms, etc,
etc., can have m:*.d*cme suited to their cases sent by
mail or express. Direct to No 668r0«d B'reet, Coltiu««
bus, Georgia M. V\ OODIiUl 1 F, M. fb''
REFERENCES :
Bishop J O Andrew. Bishop G F Pierce, Rev Dr L
Pierc*\ Kev A Wright, R* v J S Key, Rev C R JeWett,
R v Sami Aathony, Rev R B Les Ur. Rev A H Bedford,
Book Air n , Rev A M Wynn, Rev W M Crumley, K« v
Walter Ku »x. Rev LG R Wiggins Rev John ivnny,
Rev W H Branham, Kev Mark Anarewa, Rev J P Pick*
iu on, Rev J B Cottrell.
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ft fence cf mankind, as this excellent
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/ l hrouKh a long series of years, and
among most of ihe races of men it has
W risen higher and higher in their esti
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ch»r cler and power to cure the various atlectlor sos
the lung.- and throw, has made 1, known ns a rclikhla
protector agsipst ti,i ,n While sdnpted to puldnV
f rms oi diseases and to young children, it is at I,id
same time the most effectual remedy that can lie given
for incipient consumption, and 11 e cangercus ailto
tions ot the ihroat and longs. A sa provision against
sudden attacks of CKuUP, it shmild be kept on hand
in every farni y, anu indet and as all are son crimes sub
ject to colds aud couvha all should he provided with
this antidote for them
Although settled CONSUMPTION is thought incura
ble, still great numbers of ca-es whtre the c.jsense
seemed settled l ave been completely cured and the
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nate of them yield to it. When nothing esc could
reach them, under the CHERRY PECTORAL they
subside and diiappcsr,
SINGERS ANDPUBLIC SPEAKERS lind great pro
tection ft. m it.
ASTHMA is always relieved and often wholly cured
hy it.
BRONCHITIS is generally cured by taking the
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publish the certiffcates oi them here, or do more than
assure the public that its qualities are fully maintained.
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