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The Beginning of Evil.
it was buch a little thing—
One slight twist of crimson string;
But ’twas stealing all the same ;
And the child who took it knew
That she told wliat was not true.
Just to screen herself from blame.
First a theft and then a lie
Both recorded u\» on high.
Jt was but a little slip,
Just a taste upon the lip ;
But It left a longing there ;
Then the measure larger grew,
And the.habit strengthened too,
Till it would no curbing bear.
So the demon Drink decoys;
Soul and body both destroys.
It was but one little word,
Softly spoken, scarcely heard.
Uttered by a single breath ;
But it dared to take in vain
God’s most high and holy name,
So provoking wrath and death.
Soon the lips, once fresh and fair,
Opened but to curse and swear.
11 was but one little blow,
Passion’s sudden ovetttow.
Scarcely heeded in its fall:
Bat, once loosed, the fiery soul
Would no longer brook control;
haws it spurned, delicd them all.
Till the hands, love-clasped in vain,
Wore the murderer’s crimson stain.
All! it is the foxes small,
Slyly climbing o’er the wall,
That destroy the tender vines;
And It is the spark of lire,
Brightening, growing, curling higher,
Xiio t across the forest shines.
J ust so, stT-p by step, does sin,
if unchecked, a triumph win.
gtkellann.
Wonderful Calculator*.
On the 3tl of July, 18:59, some of the emi
nent members of the Academy of Science, at
Paris, including AIM. Arago, Lacroix, X.ibra
and Sturm, met to examine a remarkable
boy, whose powers of mental calculation were
deemed quite inexplicable.
The boy, named Vito Mangiamele, a Sicil
ian, was the son of a shepherd, and was about
eleven years old.
The examiners asked him several questions
which they knew, under ordinary circum
stances. to* !ic tedious of solution -such as
the cube root of 8,790.416, and the tenth
root of 282,475,249. The iirst of these lie
answered in half a minute, the second in
three minutes. One question was of the fol
lowing complicated character: Wliat num
ber complies with the following propositions,
that if its cube be added to live times its
square, and then 42 times the number, and
the number 42 be subtracted from the result,
t he number is equal to 0 or zero?
M. Arago repeated this question the
second time, but while he was finishing the
last word, the boy replied, “The number is
live.”
Sueii cases greatly puzzle ordinary mathe
maticians. Buxton, Colburn and Bidder have
at different times exhibited this unaccounta
ble power of accounting. Jedediali Buxton,
although his grandfather was a clergyman,
and his father a school master, was so neg
lected in his education that he could not
even write; his mental faculties were slow,
with the one wonderful exception of his
j lower of mental arithmetic.
After hearing a sermon, he remembered
and cared for nothing concerning it except
the number of words which he had counted
during their delivery. If a period of time,
or size of an object were mentioned in his
hearing, he almost unconsciously began to
count how many seconds, or how many
hair’s breadths there were in it. He walked
from Chesterfield to London on purpose to
have the gratification of seeing George 11,
and while in the metropolis lie was taken
much notice of by members of the l.oyal
Society. On one occasion he went to see
Garrick in Richard III; but instead of at
tending to the performance iu the usual way,
he found occupation in counting the num
ber of words uttered by each performer.
After striding over a field in two or three
directions, be would tell the number of square
inches it contained. lie could number all
the pints of beer he had drank at all the
houses he had visited during half a century.
He once set himself to reckon how much a
farthing would amount, to if doubled one
hundred and forty times; the result came out
in such stupendous number of pounds sterl
ing as required thirty-nine places for figures
to represent it.
In 1750, this problem was put, to him: to
find out how many cubical eighths of an inch
there arc in a quadrangular mass which
measured 231,145,789 yards long, 5,042,732
yards wide and 54,005 yards thick; he an
swered ibis, as all the rest, mentally. On
one occasion he made himself what he called
“drunk with reckoning” the following: “In
200,00!) million cnbie miles bow many grains
of eight different kinds of corn and pulse,
and how many hairs an inch long ?” He
ascertained by actual counting how many of
each kind of grain and how many hairs an
inch long, would go to an inch cube, and
then set himself about his enormous, self
imposed task. Ue could suspend any of his
problems for any length of time, and resume
at the point where he left off; and could con
verse on other subjects while thus employed.
He could never give any account of the way
in which he worked out his problems; nor
did his singular but exceptional faculty bring
him any other advantage than that of being
invited into the houses of the gentry as a
kind of show.
lie rah Colburn, who excited much interest
in London in 1812. was a native of Vermont.
At six years old lie showed extraordinary
powers of mental calculation. By processes
which seemed to be almost unconscious to
himself, and wore wholly so to others, lie
answered arithmetical questions of consider
able difficulty.
When eight years old lie was taken to
London, where lie astonished many learned
auditors and spectators by giving correct so
lutions to such problems its the following:
liaise 8 up to the sixteenth power; give the
square root of 100,929; give the cube root of
208,330,125; how many seconds are there
in 48 years? The answers were always given
in a few minutes—sometimes in a few seconds.
He was ignorant of the ordinary rules of
arithmetic, and did not know liow or why
particular modes of process came into his
mind. On one occasion the Duke of Glou
cester asked him to multiply 21,734 by 543;
something in the boy’s manner induced the
duke to ask how he did it, from which it
appeared that the boy arrived at the result
by multiplying 65,202 by 181, an equivalent
process; but why he made this change in
the factors neither lie nor any one else could
tell.
Zerali Colburn was unlike other boys also
in this, that lie had more than the usual
number of toes and fingers; a peculiarity
observable also in his father and some of liis
brothers.
An exceptional instance is presented in the
case of Air. Bidder of this faculty cultivated
to a highly useful purpose. George Parker
Bidder, when six years old, used to amuse
himself by counting up to 100, then to 1,000,
then to 1,000,000; by degrees lie accustomed
himself to contemplate the relations of high
numbers, and used to build up peas, marbles
and shot into squares, cubes and other reg
ular figures. He invented processes of his
own, distinct from those given in books on
arithmetic, and could solve all the usual
questions mentally more rapidly than other
boys with the aid of pen and paper. When
he became eminent as a civil engineer he
was wont to embarrass the parliamentary
council on contested railway bills by confut
ing their statements of figures almost before
the words were out of their mouths. In
1850 lie gave to the Institution of Civil En
gineers an interesting account of this singu
lar arithmetical faculty—so far, at least, as
to show that memory liad less to do with it
than is generally supposed; the processes are
actually worked out serittlim , but with a
rapidity almost inconceivable. —The Manu
facturer and Builder.
Among the Tomato Vine—Caution— We
find in the Syracuse Daily Standard some
unpleasant statements concerning the “to
mato worm,” a very common and trouble
some presence in many localities. The Stan
dard says that a physician in that city lias
in his office one of these worms, measuring
about five inches in length, and weighing
about an ounce. It was taken from a tomato
vine in liis garden, and is now securely
inclosed in a glass bottle. It eats and digests
daily about twenty times its own weight in
tomatoes and tomato leaves. It eats con
stantly, except resting occasionally from one
to two minutes at a time. The same paper
adds: This worm was first discovered this
season, and is as poisonous as the bite of a
rattlesnake. It poisons by throwing spittle,
which it can throw from one to tw’o feet.
This spittle striking the skin, the parts com
mence at once to swell, anti in a few hours
death ends the agonies of the patient. Three
cases of death in consequence of this poison
have recently been reported. The medical
profession is much excited over this new
enemy to human existence. It is advisable
for persons picking tomatoes to wear gloves,
i The question arises, whether or not a tomato
j partly devoured by one of these vermin, and
| then afterward eaten by a person, may not
have sufficient virus left upon it to poison
the one who eats it.
Miscellaneous Hints.
Colds are more frequently caught by a
sudden transition from a moist and cold at
mospliere to one that is hot and dry, tiian a
transition from the latter to the former at
mosphere.
“Organic” baldness is when the defect of
nutriment arises from the destruction of the
apparatus which made it; there is no machine
there. Under such circumstances nothing
short of the power which made man first can
make that hair grow again. When the scalp
is in any part bare of hair, and shiny or glis
tening, that is organic baldness.
Among the ancient Germans it was death
for any woman to marry before she was
twenty years old. By the laws of Lycnrgns
the most special attention was paid to the
physical education, and no delicate or sickly
women were allowed to marry.
Apples, if eaten at breakfast with coarse
bread and butter, without meat or flesh, re
move constipation, correct acidities, and cool
off febrile conditions more effectually than
t lie most approved medicines. They prevent
debility, strengthen digestion, correct the
putrefactive tendencies of nitrogenous food,
avert scurvy, and strengthen the power of
productive labor.
While sleeping with the head raised or
bolstered up, the vessels through which the
blood passes from the heart to the head are
lessened in their cavities; therefore in all
diseases attended with fever, the head should
be nearly level with the body.
An Eight Years’ Pestilence. —The Friend
of India, says; It is almost impossible to
conceive any thing more deplorable than the
state of the fever-stricken villages of Hoogli
ly and Burdwau. The magnitude of the
calamity anil the utter helplessness of the
people, while they excite our pity, almost
lead us to despair. In the short space of
eight years the fever has, it is calculated,
swept away two-thirds of the inhabitants of
the deserted villages. In some places the
mortality has been far greater. When the
East Indian Railway was opened, Pandooah
was a flourishing town, numbering 0,971
souls. In 1802 the fever appeared, and since
that time 5,222 persons have fallen victims
to its attacks; and the miserable remnant
wander like spectres round their malaria
stricken home, diseased in every limb, and
bearing on their pinched and saddened faces
the unmistakable marks of a lingering, but
early death. The state of the children, who
have a lifetime of work before them, is even
more deplorable than that of the grown up
men. “I do not think,” writes the Sanitary
Commissioner, after visiting these villages,
“that I exaggerate when I say that five
sixths of the children under eight years of
age have spleens four times as large as natu
ral. Infants are to be seen like famished
objects, bearing the expression of pinched
and ghastly old age, their ribs starting out
wards, and the usual tumid spleen bulging
forward with ominous convexity. They
more resemble the monstrosities one sees pre
served in pathological museums than any
thing else. An atmosphere of silent des
pair seems to hang over the worst villages;
and no wonder, for everything is rotting, the
air, tlio ground, the vital organs of the peo
ple. Those who are not destroyed by ma
laria are disabled, industry is cramped; agri
cultural operations are impeded; misfortune
and misery make their appearance; the peo
ple lose heart, and become the prey of bodily
and mental distress, such as would overcome
the strongest. Defective drainage and im
pure drinking water are the two chief sources
of the disease.”
Don’t he Laughed out op your Money ob
youu Prayers. — The late Admiral Colpoys,
who rose to that high station as the effects
of his meritorious exertions, used to he fond
of relating, that on tirst leaving an humble
lodging to join liis ship, as a midshipman,
liis landlady presented him with a Bible and
a guinea, saying, “God bless you, and pros
per you, my lad; and ns long as you live,
never suffer yourself to he laughed out of your
money or your prayers.” The voung sailor
carefully followed this advice through life,
and had reason to rejoice that lie did so;
while thousands have unavailingly regretted
that they have pursued a different course.
Se.uti.ET Fever. —Dr. Charles T. Thomp
son reports in the Lancet his method of
treating scarlet fever. In the early stage
of the disease the patient is immersed in a
warm bath, and this is repeated frequently,
as often ns the strength of the patient will
allow. This has at tirst a soothing effect,
but is followed soon after by such an erup
tion—upon the surface—of so vivid a color,
ns greatly to astonish those who have never
seen it before. After the first or second hath
the appetite begins to return, and nutritious
food is given. Dr. T. states that he has used
this treatment now for fifteen years, and has
not lost a single patient by scarlet fever.
M»|.
The bate Bishop Broomfield used to tell
a story of his having been once, late in life,
at the University Clnireh at Cambridge, aud
of having seen a verger there whom lie re
membered when lie was himself an under
graduate. The bishop said he was glad to
see him looking so well at such a great age.
“Oh yes, my lord,” said the fellow, “I have
much to lie grateful for. I have heard every
sermon which has been preached in this
church for fifty years, and thank God I am
a Christian still.”
Mis. Brown, in a railway carnage the other
day, going for Ooleuso, hit upon the case of
Nebuchadnezzar, urged that it was utterly
absurd and impossible for a man so to forget
bis human instincts as to eat grass like a
beast, and asked the opinion of liis fellow
travelers. “Verily, friend,” quoth a Quaker,
“I see no great improbability in the story, if
he was as great an ass as thou!”
An English emigrant family in our West
ern country were always grumbling at the
ignorance of tbe American people, fine
day, said the little girl, “O, mamma, is that
a ’en.”
Mamma—“No, my child, that is a howl.”
Father—“No, my wife and daughter, that
is neither a ’en nor a howl, but it is a heagle,
the hemblem of this benighted country.”
CJjilbrcn.
“Keep Away from the Edge 5”
Olt WILLIE SANFORD.
Just beyond Mr. Sanford’s grounds there
lay a beautiful poml in which were large
numbers of fish, both perch and pickerel,
while on the top of the water, near to the
edge, were growing those flowers that re
mind us of holiness and heaven —white lilies.
On one side of the pond there was a high
bank covered with beautiful flowers. Re
peatedly Mr. Sanford had warned his chil
dren against going down to this bank, lest
some of them should failover into the pond,
where the water was deep enough to drown
the biggest of them.
On the bust Fourth of July Willie Sanford
and his sisters and little brother had gone
out to gather wild flowers, to make some
bouquets to give to little friends who liad
come from the city to spend the Fourth
with them.
Seeing some very beautiful flowers on the
bank, Willie thought that for this once he
might go, even though his father had pro
hibited him, and on reaching out his hand
to pluck some, slipped, and fell over into the
water. With the exception of the little
brothers all the children ran to get help.
Mary ran back to the house for ma, anoth
er went to the barn for a ladder, and another
for ropes, while little Jamie, only four years
old. stood and cried.
Mr. Sanford, who was at work a little way
off beard the cries, and hastened to the spot
just in time to save Willie.
The other children did the best they could,
but little Jamie did more than all; his cries
brought the father in time. By the time
the mother reached the place, and the rope
and ladder had been brought, it would have
been too late.
1. Learn from this, little readers, that the
youngest among you can do something, even
if it should be to ask your father and mother
to sign the pledge—if they have not—or
your companions to sign it, and come with
you to Sabbatli-school and temperance meet
ings.
2. Learn never to disobey your parents.
3. Keep away from the edge of the pool of
drunkenness. The edge may be very pleas
ant and fascinating to look at. The flowers
of pleasure may grow there. You may see
others drink now and again, and appear as
if they enjoyed it, and yet never fall into
the pool of drunkenness.
! Willie Sanford told us he had seen others
gather flowers on that bank and not fall in,
j and he thought he could. But he fell.
! So you may think there is no danger in
i your taking just a few flowers this once —in
I drinking a very little just this once. Take
heed, children, “keep away from the edge.’
Do not touch a drop.— Youth’s Temperance
Banner.
Gough’s Apostrophe to Water.
The celebrated apostrophe to water given
in one of Gough’s temperance lectures, is a
gem. It will make a capital little speech for
some little boy, at a Sunday-school celebra
tion—particularly if he will “suit the action
to the word. ” Pouring a glass of water and
advancing toward liis audience, and lifting
it above his head :
“Look at this, ye thirsty sons of earth!
Behold it! See its* purity! It is a beverage
that was brewed by the hands of the Al
mighty Himself! Not in a simmering still of
smoking fires, choked with poisonous gases,
and surrounded by the stench of sickening
odors and rank corruption, does our Father
in heaven prepare the precious essence of
life, the pure cold water, but in the green
glade, and glassy dell, where the deer wan
ders and the child loves to play; there God
brews it, and down in the deep valley, where
the fountains murmur and the rills sing, and
high upon the tall mountain tops, where the
storm clouds brood and the thunders crash,
and away far out on the wide sea, where the
hurricane howls music and the big waves
roll, the chorus sweeping the march of God,
there he brews it—that beverage of health
giving water. And every where it is a thing
of beauty; glimmering in the summer rain,
shining in the ice gem, till the trees all seem
turned into living jewels; spreading a gol
den veil over the setting sun, or a white
gauze around the midnight moon: sporting
in the cataract, sleeping in the glaciers, danc
ing in the hail showers; folding its soft
curtain softly around the windy world and
weaving the many colored iris—whose warp
is in the rain drops of the earth whose woof
is the sunbeams of heaven; all checkered
over with celestial flowers by the mystic
hand of reflection, still always it is beautiful
—that blessed life-water! No poison bubbles
on the brink; its foam brings no sadness or
murder.
#bituarjj.
Robert Bowm an, died suddenly in Bibb
co., on Friday night, Nov. sth, 1809, in the
57th year of his age. He was born in Rock
ingham eo., N. C., and emigrated with his
father to Ga., in early life. Blessed with
a fine physical constitution, he seemed to lie
in the enjoyment of vigorous manhood,
with the exception of slight attacks of verti
go which he had recently experienced. Fa
tigued by a day of active employment, he
had retired to bed at an earlier hour than
usual, but finding it necessary to walk out
upon the verandah, adjoining his bed room,
it is supposed that he may have been seized
with vertigo, and falling over the railing,
through a space of ten feet, his neck was
broken, and before his family could reach
him life was extinct.
These are the painful details which marked
the end of one of the best men whose loss
the church has ever been called upon to
mourn. For thirty years he adorned the
profession of religion by a blameless life
and godly conversation, and evinced in his
daily conduct the excellence and power of
Christianity. He was a Christian of the
highest style, and never deviated from the
path of religious duty. His religion was
based upon the broad foundation of princi
ple, and pervaded his entire life. In public
and private, in the church and in the fami
ly, his piety was exemplified bv the most
beautiful consistency. His faith was well
instructed and intelligent, and what he be
lieved to be the teachings of God’s word he
faithfully sought- to carry out in practice.
For many years a steward and official mem
ber in the Methodist Church, he was always
at his post, and faithfully met the obliga
tions of his sacred trust. Os large-hearted
hospitality the stranger always found shelter
under his friendly roof, and the minister of
Christ a pleasant resting place and homo.
Wise in judgment and prudent in counsel
no man was more competent and willing to
aid his pastor in the execution of plans for
the good of the church. The death of this
good man has made a vacuum in the church
in liis neighborhood which no other can sup
ply. He was instant in season and out of
season, abounding in every good word and
work, and now that he is gone, our hearts
cry out in anguish—“ Help Ford for the
godly man eeaseth the faithful fail from
among the children of men.” The example
of his pure life exerted a wholesome influ
ence on the community in which lie lived,
and the irreligious never had reason to doubt
his piety. Unobtrusive and modest, he
never assailed the opinions of others, but
by the silent power of a consistent piety, he
convinced them of the truth of religion.
To such a man, death at any time and in
any way was no surprise. He sought to be al
ways ready. His lamp was trimmed and
burning ; and though the bridegroom came
suddenly, he at once arose and “entered in
with him to the marriage.” God, in mer
cy, spared him the pain of long sickness,
and the anguish of a sad parting with his
beloved family. They cau cherish the prec
ious memory of having heard his voice for
the last time in earnest prayer around the
family altar, a few moments before his death.
That was his habit morning and evening for
thirty years, and as he lived so he died.
Wife and children leaned upon him as a
strong friend and counselor, and his death
has filled their hearts with unalterable an
guish. His domestic relations were of the
most happy character, and his home, per
vaded by the rich fragrance of piety, was all
that an earthly paradise could be. To a
friend, a short time before his death, he
remarked that the greatest care he felt was
to get safely out of this world. And God,
who “has a thousand ways to bring believ
ers home,” saw fit to snatch this faithful
servant from the dangers of earth, without
allowing him to feel the pangs of death.
Like Enoch, he “walked with God and was
not, for God took him. ” In all the relations
which he sustained to society, as husband,
father, friend and neighbor, he was a model
of excellence, and his name and virtues are
as “ointment poured forth.” The death of
such a man is a public calamity. The com
munity in which lie lived may well mourn
their loss, and the church be clothed in sack
cloth. Such men are rare and their value
above price. While our hearts mourn we
would seek to submit to the sovereign will
of Him who is “too wise to err and too good
to be unkind.” May God in mercy sanctify
this sad bereavement to the good of the liv
ing, and lead us to obey the solemn man
date : “Be ye also ready, for such ail hour
as ye think not the Son of man cometh.”
W. C. Bass.
Mas. Elizabeth Sc jtt, was born in Liberty co.,
(la., between 70 anil 75 years ago. She united with
the M. E. Church in girlhood, and lived so far as
the writer lias been informed, an exemplary mem
ber, until her death in Newnausville, East Fla.,
Sept, aotlj, 1869.
Truly she was “an example of sutlering afUie -
tion, anil patience.” For several years she was
debarred by affliction from waiting upon God in
His sanctuary—a privilege she highly appreciated
as her seat was never vacant, when she could be
there. She was excluded from mingling in so
ciety, liaviug lost an eye by a neuralgic stroke,
and the sight of the other very badly impaired.
She was affected with asthma, and dropsy of the
chest, which prevented any exercise. Therefore,
to know and appreciate her, was in a private rela
tion. Her last illness Was extremely severe. But
the mind was free, and radiant to the last. She
recognized all her friends who came to her bed
side. The writer was frequently with her, and she
appeared to enjoy and appreciate prayer to the last.
Her voice failed her so much, that several days
before she died, it was with peat diffleulty she
could talk. Therefore, her last words were few.
SOUTHERN OHRIBTI A-N ADVOCATE.
Her last word to the writer, was in answer to the
question, “Do you enjoy more spiritual peace and
comfort now ?” “Oyes.” She said to one of her
special lady friends, “I do wish my children would
stop giving me medicine, and stimulants to patch
up my old body. For I want to go to rest.” Her
husband died, leaving her a widow 18 years ago.
She was blest with a ripe oid age, and permitted to
see all her children grown, whose devotion to a
parent could not be surpassed. Her only son,
Col. W. W. Scott, said to the writer, “Mah&s left
for her children a good example.” It is very
probable that his life was preserved, while engaged
in the late war by the importunate prayers of his
devoted mother, though his escape was narrow, as
lie lost an arm. Though corruption has claimed
her mortal part, her immortal deeds are for her
son and daughters—theirs to cherish and imitate.
O, wliat a ricli legacy do pious parents bequeath
iu a dying hour to their children! Their warm af
fection, their prayers, their kind words of admoni
tion, speak consolation to us in onr tears. And
may the voice of mother S. speak to her weeping
eiiiidren from her heavenly abode, and tell them of
the bright temple in which she dwells, and if united
to Christ in life, in a little time, they are to become
occupants and so be ever with the Lord.
E. S. T.
Mrs. Leer Harris, wife of John P. Harris,
died in Covington, Ga., Oct. 26th, of congestion of
the brain, aged 27 years.
Blessed with advantages for intellectual, moral
and social culture, she improved them, and was
thus qualified to assume the responsibilities of life,
and to adorn its relations. Her spirit was of the
most delicate and sensitive texture, yielding readi
ly to impressions of joy or sorrow. To this, a be
neficent Providence tempered her surroundings,
protecting her against many of those severe vicis
situdes, which are a common heritage, and which
demand courageous endurance. Ilcr connections
with life, were so many sources of happiness, and
as blessings were received, so were they imparted..
No one made home a sweeter retreat, and beyond
its hallowed limit, a large circle of friends was
charmed and cheered by her genial influence. On
the fly-leaf of her Bible, written with her own
hand, stands the following record—“ Joined the
Methodist Church, on probation, 14th of June
1857, Kev. E. W. Speer, pastor. Received into
full connection, by Rev. H. J. Adams, at the first
quarterly meeting for 1858. Born again April 15th,
186.7. I know it now—no doubt or fears on the
subject; for I have ttie witness of the Spirit, that I
am a child of God. I love the brethren, and have
the peace that passeth understanding.” Having
thus enjoyed the assurance of faith, the Apostolic
evidence of regeneration, in seasons of less mani
fest acceptance, she became .the subject of most
distressing doubt; but the general tenor of her
Christian experience harmonized with this memo
rial— she prized religion, us a present, practical
good, adapted to the exigencies of time, as well as
furnishing its higher developments, and richer re
wards in eternity. lienee she was not satisfied
merely with its proprieties, but sought its helps
and enjoyment. Iter benevolence needed not ap
peals to arouse it, but was vigilant, and active,
seeking opportunity for its exercise—not confined
to the common-places of chureli and society, it re
sponded wherever there was need. Her name is
found upon that honored list of contributors, wlto
are educating at Emory College, a worthy young
man for the ministry. This was oue of those op
portunities to do good sought ont by her Chris
tian love. Death came to her as a “thief in the
night ” The attack was sudden, violent and of
such a character as to produce unconsciousness;
hence the gloom of the dying hour was cheered by
no word of tender affection or Christian triumph;
hut her tirief life is a well-spring of consolation
and glorious promise. With all the pious dead
she sleeps in Jesus. P. A. Heard.
Brother Georoe Overstreet, was born in 8.
C\, and when about twelve years old his father
moved to Tatnall co., Ga. There he grew up to
manhood and there lie embraced religion and mar
ried, and afterward moved to Florida, where lie
was among the first settlers and made many nar
row escapes from the Indians. He lived out of the
church here for many years because he was con
siderably .in advance of the pioneer preachers. He,
however, embraced tlic first opportunity of reunit
ing with the church and lived a consistent mem
ber the rest of his time in the flesh.
He was evidently lioru from above—made a “new
creature in Christ Jesus.” He exemplified relig
ion in liis every-day life, and possessed in a high
degree “a meek and quiet spirit,” “an upright
walk and a godly conversation.” One tiling char
acterized this servant of God in a remarkable de
gree—something that should be found in every
Christian. It was a consistent spirit, and a cheer
ful appearance. I have known him several years
und have seen him mjpiy times very differently sit
uated and I do not remember ever to have heard
him murmur at his lot in life, and have never seen
him bathe was ready to smile, and talk cheerfully
and hopefully. His last sickness evinced most
clearly the power of religion to comfort and sus
tain. He was confined to his bed for about four
months, during which time I visited him frequent
ly. He expressed himself from first to last as
“willing to live and ready to die.” Many times
he would get happy and praise God, and I never
found him under a cloud the whole time. Though
lie did not quote the following scripture yet my
interview with him confirmed my tielief that lie
was ever ready to say “I know whom I have be
lieved and am persuaded, that he is able to keep
that which I have committed unto him against
that day.” Ever confessing himself unworthy
and yet ever claiming through the merits of Christ
a title to eternal life, death had no terrors to
him for lie seemed to feel that to die would be
gain. Finally death came a welcome messenger
and sundered the brittle thread of life. Brother
Overstreet died hut lie shall live again, and his, no
doubt, will be “the resurrection of the just.” May
his children meet him again on that shining shore
to part no more and live forever.
Robert L. Wiggins.
Mrs. Mart A. Dyf.b, wife of Mr. Otis Dyer of
New York, and daughter of Samuel and Rebecca
Goodalt, died in Fort Valley, on 15th October,
1869.
She was remarkable from childhood for her love
of the pure, good and truthful. Her unselfish re
gard for others imparted a peculiar charm and
happiness in the social circle. In early life she
became a member of the M. E. Church. Its in
terest and usages were dear to her heart. Shun
ning the vanities of life, she sought to walk in the
path of duty which to her was made bright and
joyous by the reflected light from hearts which
she had made happy. Asa wife she was devoted,
as a sister uone were more,’faithful and loving-
With great patience and fortitude she bore her
sufferings which were protracted and severe.
Some time previous to her death, the Saviour
revealed His love in a most remarkable manner.
To use her own expression, "His countenance
beamed with inexpressible tenderness and His
love was not as human love, but sweeter far than I
can express.” During her protracted illness, she
often spoke calmly of death which she longed for
as the “sleep” which He “giveth His beloved.”
A few days before her death, she expressed anxie
ty to enter upon the new life iu heaven, and re
marked to a friend “eye hath not seen, nor ear
heard what God hath prepared for them tiiat love
Him.” Those who attended her in her last hours
felt, that it was a privilege to watch around the
couch of a dying Christian so ready to meet the
summons. In connection with her messages of
endearment to absent loved ones, she said “tell
them to meet me in heaven and that the only way
is through the blood of Jesus.” Suffering from
pulmonary consumption, she had left her home in
New York to spend the winter in a more genial
climate of her native South, but the Saviour lias
called her to go beyond the “Beautiful River,”
there to spend, not a winter iu soft and balmy at
mosphere, but an eternity.
Mb. James Henry Buff, was boru 24th April,
1827. He professed faith in Christ, in April 1851,
and joined the M. E. Church, South ; was married
to Miss Susanna Newton Dunwody, April Bth,
1853, and died 21st Oct., 1869, after.an illness of
nine days, in Calhoun co., Ga.
Entering life with no patrimony, save indomi
table energy, and preserving in all his transac
tions with the world, strict integrity, by skillful
mauagement and judicious economy, he succeeded
in gathering enough of this world’s goods, to live
in ease and comfort In him the needy always
found a friend, and no one was turned from his
hospitable door without a blessing. Pursuing an
honest, undeviating path, he made friends with all
whom he met. His sudden death has spread the pall
of sadness over all the community iu which he re
sided, and brought grief and wailing to his stricken
family. Asa member of the Methodist Church, he
was a prop and stay in the society, to which lie
belonged, and a devout follower of his Master.
The community has lost an estimable citizen, the
chureli a useful member, and his family a kind and
indulgent husband and father. I visited him in
August and when I parted with him at Dawson, he
said as he took my hand, “ifwe neverjmeet in this
world again, I hope we will meet in'a better oue,
never to part again.” Yes, he has fled to that
blissful port, while we, with his wife, and eight
little fatherless children are left to mourn his ir
reparable loss. May heaven’s best blessings at- j
tend the afflleted family, as over his grave we drop I
the silent tear. 8. N. Dunwody
Mbs. Charii.i.a J. Kemme, died in Louisville,
Ga., on 18th Oct. 1869, in the 26th year of her age.
She was a most consistent member of the Meth
odist Church, and a zealous eo-worker in’the
Sabbath-school. In our little circle the “dark
angel” has folded liis sable wings and bade cross
the “mystic sea,” one most beloved for her gen
tleness, pHirreAUhristian character and chaste life.
Sorrow, deep and true, fills our hearts, as we see
her vacant know that she will never more
mingle her soft sweet voice with ours again. Yet
we sorrow not as those that have no hope, for we
feel confident that beyond the “beautiful river”
with the angelic choir, our beloved friend stands
with the glittering diadem won by her owu sweet
Christian walk, freed from every breath of sorrow,
every pang of pain, every defeat that we meet
with in the great battle of life, happy oh, 60 happy
in the mansions not made with hands, eternal in
the skies. Though sweetly sleeping in her sileut
home beneath the swaying pines where the twi
light breezes whisper a requiem and the twinkling
stars keep watch over the early dead, shells not
forgotten. When we meet in the Sunday-school,
we feel her spirit is with us—we imagine
“There’s a beautiful face in the silent air
Which follows us ever and near
With smiling eyes and raven hair,
With voiceless lips, yet with breath of prayer.
That we feel and cannot hear.”
Yet we should not mourn forthe young. Better
that the light cloud should fade away in the morn
ing breath than travel through the weary day, to
gather in darkness and in storm. In the depth of
bereavement it may be well to ponder and to say
“Onr beloved sleeps; she has been taken from
the evils to come and though gone from us, she is
not dead but lias only crossed over the ‘mystic
stream’ before u?. E . . .
it—»■.-*■>« •
Sister Judith Mitchell, died Oct. 17,1869,
near Greenville, Merriwether co., Ga, in the 94th
year of her age. For a number of years she lived
in the family of her nephew, Rev. J. M- C. Robert
son, and was kindly eared for.
For more than 40 years she Had been a piousjand
consistent member of the Methodist Church. When
in the enjoyment of health, she delighted to attend
the house of God. For some time, on account of
the infirmities of age, she could not wait upon the
Lord in the use of the means of grace; the word of
God was tier companion, and its exceeding great
aud precious promises afforded her an inexhausti
tible source of comfort. She was particularly fond
of the sweet songs of Zion, and frequently re
quested persons to slug for her. Our aged sister
had a kind and tender heart for all, especially for
those who were in any distress. For many years
her mind as well as her body, bad been quite weak.
She often expressed the desire to depart and be
w ith Christ, but she was resigned to the will of
God. She died unexpectedly, and had no oppor
tunity, in her last moments, of stating her future
prospects, hut her life is the best evidence we have
to entertain the hope tiiat she lias entered that rest
which reriiaiueth to the people of God. I heard a
voice from heaven, saying nnto me, Write, from
henceforth blessed are the dead who die iu the
Lord: even so, saith the Spirit; for they rest from
their laUurs. V. M. Rybubn.
Mrs. Hnuu Cato, wife of Mr. Tamerlane H.
Cato, and of Jacob aud Eliza Bugg, died
at Newaiinav'iUe, East Florida, Nov. 3d, 1869. She
was marridd to Mr. Cato, on sth March, 1867, and
liad been a member of the M. E. Church, South,
about fifteen years.
Her affectionate husband, not a member of the
church, often felt the gentle reproof of her pious
devotion, nightly at tlieir bedside; loved to see
her there, laments his own neglect, aud now prays
to meet her in heaven, cheered by the sweet hope,
that she waits and rests and watches a happy re
union. May the God of love and grace grant to him
the fruition of this holy desire. During her ill
ness, being in attendance on a quarterly meeting
near her, I called in company with a pastor of a
neighboring charge and conversed briefly with her
on Christian confidence and experience. We found
her mild and pleasant in spirit, prayed with and
left her calm and trustful—to meet no more this
side the eternal day. This youthful Christian had
ofteu expressed fearlessness of death in private con
verse with her husband; to this precious recollec
tion his heart now sweetly clings amid its withered
joys. May like Christian triumph cheer liis heart
and eacli bereaved one who now mourns her de
parture when their own hour of conflict comes,
for come it will. Itiscomiug.
I.em’l G. It. Wiggins.
AGRICULTURAL PAPER.
The Southern Farm and Home.
We propose to issue on the
1 Allt of November,
and on the 15th of every month thereafter a paper
of
Thirty-iwo Pages,
to be devoted exclusively to
Agriculture, Horticulture aud Mailers Relating Iu
(lie Field and Fireside.
While we do not desire to disparage any of the
agricultural publications which are now receiving
public patronage, we do not believe that any of
them exactly covers the ground which we propose
to occupy.
YVe intend to issue a first-class paper, both
as to Matter and Execution. We shall employ
Tlie Best Talent
which the country affords in every department, and
we intend to spare no pains to make the paper
A Reliable Authority
to all seeking information on everything relating to
The Farm and the Household.
Eminent practical agriculturists will contribute
articles concerning
1 he Preparation and ( Hillin' of the Soil.
Skilled Horticulturists and fruitgrowers witlkecp
our readers posted iu regard to
The Garden and Orchard.
Persons of acknowledged experience and skill
in the raising and care of stock will devote their
attention to this important subject.
The Domestic Department or the Household.
The kitchen, the larder, the store room, and the
fowl yard—with approved recipes in all branches
of housewifery, shall be attended to carefully.
We have made arrangements to illustrate the
text with appropriate
Wood Engravings.
and while tlie greater portion of the paper will be
devoted to the instruction and benefit of tlie heads
of the house, the amusement of
Tho Young People
shall not be neglected.
The covers and a few pages at the end of each
number of the
SOITIIF.H.Y FARM AND HOME
will be reserved for advertisements, and will be a
most valuable medium for business men to com
municate with the public.
As we propose to issue a large edition of the first
number, which will he published the day previous
to the commencement of the State Fair, we would
invite our friends and patrons to make early appli
cation for the limited space which we can set apart
for advertisements.
We have resolved to offer the following list of
premiums to those who will take the trouble to
get up clubs and send us tlie names of tbe sub
scribers, accompanied by tlie money.
OUR PREMIUM LIST.
To any person sending us Three Subscribers and
Six Dollars, we will send any oue of Bulwer’s
Seott’s or Dickens’ Novels, or any other book iu
our Catalogue, worth $1 50
To any person sending Eight Subscribers and
Sixteen Dollars, a highly finished Picture, (Chro
mo) worth $7 00, or books of that amount selected
from our Catalogue.
To any person sending Fifteen Subscribers and
Thirty Dollars, one or more Chromos, worth
815,00, or books to that amount.
To any person sending Thirty Subscribers and
Sixty Dollars, Books of the value of $35 00.
To any person sending Seventv-five Subscribers
and One Hundred and Fifty Dollars, a Parlor
Organ, or a Sewing Machine, worth S6O 00.
To any person sending One Hundred and Fifty
Subscribers and Three Hundred Dollars, an Organ
worth S(3O, or a Library, selected from our Cata
logue, worth $l5O 00.
Our Catalogue includes all the best Standard
Books, Agricultural, Historical, Miscellaneous and
Juvenile, Bibles, Hymn and Prayer Books, in all
styles of binding, Photograph Albums, etc., etc!
This Catalogue will be sent, postage free, on appli
cation to the Publishers.
TERMS:
Single copy 1 year .$2.00
Three copies 1 year 5.00
Five copies 1 year. 7.50
Single copy, six months 1.00
Invariably in advance.
HATES OF ADVERTISING.
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half year 100 00
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Less than X column, 20 cents a line each inser
tion.
Bills of regular advertisers payable quarterly in
advance. Transient advertisers always in advance.
Papers containing tlie first issue of each adver
tisement, always mailed to the advertiser free.
All advertisements should be received here by
tlie 15th of the month previous to that in which
they are expected to appear, in order to insure their
insertion.
Parties who send us letters or circulars, enclosing
advertisements, if they wish them inserted, will do
well to look at our published rates. These are
fixed and open for inspection, and we have not
time for correspondence w ith those seeking a re
laxation of our terms, which, considering the wide
circulation we shall have, are liberal enough.
Address, J. W. BURKE & CO.
Macon, Ga.
Our exchanges are respectfully requested to pub
lish or notice the above Prospectus.
ATLANTA.
ATLANTA. NURSERIES,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
HARDEN, COLE & CO,, Fiopiletors.
WE OFFER TO THE PUBLIC
this season, a Superior Stock of
FRUIT TREKS.
GRAPE VINKS,
SM.t f.i, FRUITS,
KOSUs and Ornamental
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Especially adapted to tbeSoutbern Climate.
Catalogues sent free to at l applicants.
Address IIARDEN, COLE <S CO.,
novo—3m Atlanta. Ga.
OF JXTE'W YORK.
SOUTHERN BRANCH OFFICE,
Atlanta. Ga.,
J. W. SHACKLEFORD, Manager.
TO CLERGYMEN AND TEACHERS
AN EMINENT CLERGYMAN, once said: “Were
I to leave th« ministry, 1 should take an Agency foi
Life Assurance. Next to religious efforts, 1 conside;
that it is doing most to benefit-society.” Another noi
less disiinguiidifcd authority has lately declared : “Eve
ry reason which makes it u man’s duty to provide foi
his family while he is living, acts with yet greater force
to secure to them a comfortable sub-lettuce af er he
shall have been removed from them. * * Once the
question was, C'au a Christian man rightfully seek As
surance*” Now the question is, -‘Can u Christian mar
justify himself in neglecting such duty
The beneficence of Life Assurance being thus ac
knowledged und 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 Lite Assurance.aud the peculiar
claims of their several associations, with such‘diligent
application aud stubborn pertinacity, that the whole
surface of society has become irritated and painfully
sensitive. How to approach citizens,amidst their busy
occupations, without aiarming or offending them.is a
question that has occupied the attention of the officers
of this Company fromitsearlieetiuccption. Religious
truth is tauglvt from the pulpit, and ociety yields its
ministers a generous and cheerful support. Ethics
and wholesome doctrines of domestic and political
dutv. have become subjects of pouu.ar entertainment,
for which large masses almost daily pay u liberal and
voluntary tax; while the principles aucMmportanoe ot
Life Assurance are limited to the arguments in eireu
lars and annual reports, occasional newspaper puffs ol
a partisan character, und tiie buttonholing imperti
nence of ha«ty aud unadroit agents and canvassers,
who.iftheysometnr.es succeed in obtaining the im
patient attention of the busy citizens, most frequently
annoy those whom they address, and are disgusted
and discouraged themaelvts.
To avoid these difficulties, and to at’ain to public
confidence aud 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 beuevo cnee and
Christian obligation of the citizen, may well be advo
cated by tho teachers of religious duty, and explained
oy professors of popular education with singular pro
priety. H »w more aptly may the language of the fol
lowing touefiag passage be employed than in advo
cating the beneficence of Lite Assurance?
‘‘When the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and
when the eve saw me it witness to me; because I
delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless and
him that had none to help him. The blessing of him
that was ready to perish catne upon me, and I caused
the wid ws to sing for joy.”
We must respectfully, and earnestly solicit the co
operation of clergymen throughout the country, in
presenting to the people the necessity and the advan
tages of Life Assurance.
To teachers genera ly, we offer terms which will
mak- it an object for them to canvass for our Compa
ny, in such manner as they may, without infringing
upon their other duties. It is believed that teachers
poMsess superior opportunities ot gain mg the attention,
and reaching the understanding of tlio people and
may canvAss with success. To such as may desire
thus to engage, we will pay the most liberal commis
sions.
The undersigned, will promptly attend to all who
apply, and will give unusually liberal terms to those
desiring to insure, or become Agents for the Company.
Clergymen and Teachers are cordially requested to
correspond with us with reference to acting in our be
half.
Address all communications to
J W. SHACKLEFORD, Manager,
Junel2,lß*>B. Atlanta, Ga.
J. W. BUKKE, Agent for Macon and Southwestern
Georgia.
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A. S. BARNES & CO.,
PUBLISHERS, BOOK-SELLERS,
AND
STATIONERS,
111 & 113 William Street. New York
PUBLISH THF. FOLLOWING VALUABLE SERIES
of School aud College T«xt Hook* :
Andrews* Latin Series,
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Brooks* Classics,
Chambers* Scientific Course,
Church’s Higher Mathematics,
Clarke’s Grammars,
Darby’s Chemistry ;tnd Botany,
Davies’ Course of Mathematic-s
Parker & Watson’s Series of Spellers and Renders
Willard’s Histories
Monteith’s Series of Geographies,
Wood’s Botanies,
Besides other School and Miscellaneous Books in great
variety.
These books can be had of Messrs. J. W BURKE &
CO. at wholesale aud retail at our prices. For further
particulars and full lists of books and prices, address
ehtm or ourselves, as above.
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This is the most popular JSew iug Machine of tlie
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QUALITY, STt-LE, FIT AND DURABILITY,
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Instructions for self-measurement sent by mail
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volume.
QTEVENS’ HISTORY OF THE M.
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Sent post paid to any address upon recoip* of price—
Any »olume for sale singly, ana where ihe who’oset is
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To Teacliers* irferctiants and Parents
SCHOOL BOOKS AND STATION
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by J. W, MJfitKK A CO . Macon, Ga.
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ESTABLISHED BY ANDREW MKNEELY
IN 18 26.
Bel ls for ch u rches, acad
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TO TUK WO UK INU DuASS —We ure now pre
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ployment at home, the whole of the time or forthe
spare moment*-*. business new, light and profit
able. Persons ol either sex easily earn from 60tj.
to s"> per evening, and a proportional sum by de
voting their wh »te time to the badness, Bovs
and gills earn nearly us much uh men. That, all
who m e this notice may send their addn as. ami
test the business, we make this unparalleled of
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Fruit Trees
CULTIVATED AND FOR SALE
at snapping Shoals, Newton co., Ga.,
BY WM. MOBLEY.
Grafted on Seedling Stocks from the best Vari
eties in cultivation. Fifty Varieties of Peaches;
ripening from June 10th lo Nov., at $2 25 per
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Apples $2 25 per Dcz ,or sls 00 per 100. Pears 50
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old 15 to 25 cents each. Isabella Grape Vines 3
years old 25Cents eacU Trees packed amide
ivored at Covington Depot free ot charge. Orders
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novs -8t
«1000 to 32000 a. Year
And expenses for agents
every where, both Male aud Female, loiu
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It will si itch, hern. fell, tuck, bind, braid, and
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and, whether high or low priced. It will per*
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Beaver cloth to fine Hwlmh, and can he procured
upon at families. For circulars and terms
to Agents, aaatem*
*■*. JVI XVIBtQI.V,
Manufacturers Agent ftoutli,
uovs-3”.i Montgomery. Ala.
THE
MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO.,
WINNERS OF THE
PASIIS 13XPOSIX ION jJIKOAL*
WHO HAVE, UNIFORMLY BEEN AWARD! D
HIGHEST HONORS AT
Industrial Exhibitions In this Country,
QO THAT THEIR WORK 18 THE
acknowledged standard of excellence in i;>
department, respect fully announce that, with
extended aud pe; lee ted facilities, and by ibe ex
clusive use of recent, improvements, they are
now producing yet. more perfect organs than ever
before, in great variety'as to style aud rrlc», ad
apted to all public and private uses: for Drawing
K .oins, Libraries, Mus-ic Rooms, Concert Hailk,
fudges. Churches,Schools, etc., in plain aud ele
gant cases, all ot wdiich thev are enabled by their
iinequuled facilities for m iuufAcutio to seii at
prices ot Inferior work.
Tho recent improvements in these Organs have
s > increased their useful ness and popularity that
they are unouesUomibiy the most desirable in
HMuments obt-iuable for family us*-, as well« s
lr.ufches.Schools, etc., while the prices utwlih it
they can be afforded (SSO to SIOOO each) adapt them
to ihe menus and r« quiremenfs of all classes.
They are equally adapted to secular and sccred
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space, are not. liable to get out of order, (uot re
quiring 1 lining once where a planoiorte Is tuned
twenty times), are very durable, aud easy to learn
to play upon
The M. A H. Organ are now’selling Font
< >ctavo Organs for 150 each ; Five Octave Organs,
Five stops, with two sets of Vibrators for #125,
and olh*r styles a? proportionate rates.
For testimony t > the superiority ot their Or
gans, the Mason A Hamlin Organ On. respectfully
refer to the musical projesslon generally; a ma
jorlty of the most, prominent musicians in th
country, with many of eminence lti Km one, hav
ing given public testimony that the Mason A
Hamlin Organs excel all others.
A circular containing this testimony in full
will he sent f e > to any «*ne desiring it, aNna des
criptive circular containing fall particulars *eK
j>< ctlug ihexelMsirumentH, with correct drawings
of t.he different styles aud the lowent prices,
which are fixed and invariable. Address
THE MASON A HAMLIN ORGAN CO.,
59<> Broadway, New York ; 154 TremontSl. Boston
Nov 19—:»t
Ileiiral.
Note.— We give insertion to Medical advertisement!*
without thereby giving our endorsement to any’of them
Wo decline to make new contracts forthe inser
tion of advertisements of specifics or medical
specialties. The advertisements of this charac
ter now in the Advocaleare running under max
pired contracts— at the end of which ull will be
excluded,
IYER’S AUIJE CURE
FOR THE SPI3EDY CURE OF
INTERMITTENT FEVER, OR FE
VKU AND AGUE, Hi MITT FAT FEVER,
Utlil.L Kr.Vl.lt, LU.YIB AGUE, I’KKIODIUAL
HEADACHE, OH iiILLTOU.H HK.i DACHK AND
BILIoI.S FEVERS, iu.liH'd for tlie wholevlaas ol
iiMoftaea originating in biliary derangement,
caused by the Malaria of luiaHUiatic couutilee.
No one remedy is louder called for by the ue
eesslties of the American people iban a sure and
s tie cure f r Feve and Ague. Such we aie now
enabled to offer, wild a perfect certainty that It
will eradicate the disease, and with assurance,
founded t il proof, tiiat no harm can arise from
its use in any quantity.
Tuat which protects Irom or prevents tills dis
order must be of immense service iu the com
inunities where its prevails. Prevention is bettei
than cure, for the patient escapes the risk which
he must run in violent attacks ot this baleful
distemper. This “CUKis” e tpela ihe miasmatic
poison of Fkvbr akd Aocb iroin the system and
prevents the development of the disease. If taken
on the first approach of Its premoniiory symp
toms It is not only the best remedy ever yet
discovered for this class of complaints, but also
the cheapest. The la rat quantitv we supply for
a dollar brings it wiiliin the reach of every body;
and in bilious districts, where Fkvkk anu Aguk
prevails, every body should have 11 and use It
ireely hotti tor cure aud protection. It Is hoped
th s price will place it witliiu the reach of Bli
the poor as well as the rich. A great superiority
Ol this remedy over any other ever discovered
lor Ihe speedy «nd certain cure of InteiraittenU
is, that it conta'ns no quinine or mineral, conse
quently It produces no quinism orolher Injuri
ous effects whatever upon the constitution,
't hose . tired by it ore left as healthy as if they
had never liad tlie disease.
Fever and Ague is not alone the consequence
ot Ihe miasmalio p Ison. A great variety ot dis
orders arise from its Irritation, among which are
Neuraltla. Rheumatism, Gout, Headache, Blind
ness, Tootiiache. Earache, Catarrh, Asthma, Pal
pitation, Painful Affection of the Spleen, Hys
teric. Pain iu the Bowels, Colic, Paralysis, and
Derangement of the Stomach, all of which, when
originating In this cause, put on the Intermit
tent type, or beooine periodical. This “Cubb”
expels tlie poison from the blood, and conse
quentiv cares them all alike Itls an invaluable
protection to immigrants and pe:sons traveling
or temporarily residing in tbe malarious dis
tricts. If taken occasionally or dally wild, ex
posed to the infection, that will he excreted from
the svstem, and cannot accumulate in sufficient
quanti .v to ripen luto disease. Hence It Is even
more valuable for protection than cure, and few
wit) ever suffer from Imermltteuts, If they avail
themselves of the protection this remedy aflbrds.
Prepared by Dr. J. C. A.ver A Cos., Lowell, Mass.,
and for sale by all Druggists aud Dealers In Medi
cines. septS-Sin.
Vol. xxxii. No. 48
BRAND NEW LETTERS!!
FRESH TESTIMONIALS!
Darby’s Prophylactic Fluid!
THE ASTONISHING
FA II iMj V in go B)I €lA* R !!!
Saved irons Death—Head !
Montgomery, Ala., Jane 28,1889.
Messrs J. pAirav A Cos. 161 William Street,
; \ ol,rs ’ ,lu -*». is before me
and has atteul inn. I : bum me pleasure to say,
oTi - v ’' l /\ "FiUlo,” under the
supervision m a kind 1 oviueuce. saved the life oj
myyomujed ehdd, some -u j ears ago. Tin. child
2 “keleton, by Uie effectsot Settl
ing', and an alto lion o; the bowels therewith. /
had never.wen any one reduced so low to recover
hy.-ic ’ had been tried m vain, until tin; Phv
to B "’ as OB' n’a-- A friend itcoiii.
mended your Muni, or < zone, vi liieli lieslaltd
wasoiieoi lb,! (■eim.one; 1 part.-, ot it, J did so,
end (he egect utus It he may tv, plainly discei liable
tnoiiehoui', iu us gonu whe;: , producing uulet
and Bleep almcst. i once where llrliatimi ami
sleepless rest es*;* <_ss had i revums.y i
lUo fihild to nearly mil Ire eUmuMK n. 1
1 at first, adint; :>t* n and it In a small way. 2 and
3 drops In a spoonrui of water, and increased it to
o uud 10 drops it completely clucked the bowels,
und had tlio happiest, ll'eet, the child rapidly re
covering. 1 J
I have tried ' otn “Fluid,” on animals, with
Hu* samecilect; both Loises and cows, mingling
moro or less In water, and letting them drink.
I have no limitation hi saying, I believe it a
specific for rhronio i*iatn o>a, orttuv violent nf
lection of the i oueis
I would uot he without. It iu my family, under
any cmisldeiallon.
Yours, truly, WILT.TAM KOWLEK.
Mr. Fowler Ua im inter rs the celebrated Hank
ing House ol Fowlti A Homei vllie. Montgomery.
Alabama.
AND VY 03- AIN 1
Head tlic following letter from ,\!r Frank Saun
ders, a well-hnown citizen, and brother-tie law
ofllie beloved Bishop Falbe, of tho .Yie.hodlM
Kpiacopul Church, South:
is# Broadway, New i oiik, July ftl, ls«9,”*
Mkrrks. J. Darry & Cos, iiil Wiilmm Srrtet,
New York— Gents: About the 10th of Juue iaaf
oue of my children west, lu-n with Seuriet lriver,
in its mosl malliguani foini, and as soon as I
could i procured your valuable disinfectant,
“Darby's Prophylactic Flu d.” Although if was
several days after the ; pj.earauce ot tlio disease
betore 1 began Using tlio Kin id, still, by a live Use
of it, (ho disease was nor only confined to the
oue case but the malignity ol tiiat caso some
what mitigated.
During lho use of «lie Fluid asu disinfectant,
in my lumilv it was niso tried in Mease of htud
aciie, and one of toothache, lho rusulls in eaeb
esse being Instantaneous relief, it was after
waids tried iu the case of Frysipeliis, with a!most
equal success.
It is duo to ibe merits of tills compound,, nlso,
to state, tiiat l he case of Krysipolus In question,
being local;d iu the test, the Fluia, to its ap
plication, was brought in frequent contact with
a troublesome.corn, on one ot the feet, lo flic ut
ter discomfiture of said corn; lor, upon sub S
i examination, it h and dlsappeaied. and
though It was sought fur diligently, it could uot
be found.
I hand you tilts, hoping It may l e the means of
Inducing ot lieis of earth’s poor sufferers to test
for tbemsilves, as I did, the great merilsof tins
great remedy.
Very reaped fully, yours,
FRANK HA UNDKRB.
Never was a medicine so universally esteemed
and extolled. It never falls. It may be depend
ed on.
Ever Druggist anil Country Merctu.ut kteya ft.
Manufactured only by . *
JOHN DABBY & (fff).,
181 William St., NiJw York.
Wholesale Agent.
L. W HUN'Y* CO,
TEY -- e
runil’S HEPATIC BITPf
_ Hion of j
THEY CURE DYSPEPSIA,
AND AM. DISEASES OF THR
STOMACH AND LIVER.
THEY Altr. RECOMMENDED l!Y THE
MEDICAL T' yx. OITX, T “V.
IIEGEMAN &- CO.,
AGVXTS, XlilF xonx.
Manufactured by C. F. PANKNIN,
CHEMIST AM APOTEECAEI,
C II A ItI.ES T O NT, S. C.
tjrl'or ante l,y IfruffyUts Everywhere
tjanl
If lit. JU. WOOttttlJfr"*',
COLUMBUS, GA.,
CONTINUES TO TREAT EVERY
description of
niHONIC KHSJEASK,
w ith safe ami p norally * fficscioli* Remedies. Such as
Dyspepsia, Liver CompUiut, Rheumatism, Epileptic
anti Nervous Fits, H rnorrhoids « r Piles, Sun in Ih,
Dropsy Functional L-iseaseH of the Heart, Spinal And
Kidney afif clions, Dysentery, Diarrhoea, etc., etc.
FEMALE DISEASES SPECIALLY TREATED!
He la also prepared to treat, Consumption, Asthma,
Chronic Laryngitis aud Bronchitis, Demon huge from
Lung**, L a.-* < f voice, etc., e»c , in addition to Co*isti
tu ioual Treatment, with inhalation < I medicated va
por, of Nebulized fluids. tlm inot-t practical, aud per
haps the iDuet coinnu u sense trortmout known to the
medical world. In thin way, the rein* dy needed can
be conveyed directly to the Lung*. The testimony of
tna y eminent Medical men, • oth in Europe and
America, is that many oast « of these di-eases may l*«
cured by thi* Treatment.
Dr. W. i*- ah.o prepared t » treat Coryza, Ozena, or
Catarrh, in tho head, and all affections of the Nasal
Pa* wages, Rare a and Frontal Sinuses—the effect cf
cold ,n the head. Scrofula, Mercury, or whatever cause
—wilh anew mailumeut a Nasal Douche, which m
simple, And very effectual* This, in connection with
constitutional treatment, where needed, many of tho
worH cases of Na c al diseases may be cured
He is laboring to cuie obstinate cases of Disease of
lone standing, and ha > succeeded in many apparently
h«*peless cases.
He has made this practice in a largo degree, for
many year* u specialty.
He would not attempt, in the slightest degree, to re
flect upon the Medical Profession, of which he is a
humble member—or depreciate the skill and ability
of any Physician.
He doubts not that many may be found, who possess
ureaier capacity aid in* Jhhl at ility in M ine
than himst If, but in this particular branch of Medical
Practice he professes to be able to do more in winy
such cases than the most ot his medical Brethren, for
the reasons given above, and evidence produced from
Ext, acts from letters'received.
PULMONARY AFFECTION.
Wanbksg'b I.akk, Fla., Nov. 3, lAirttf.
1. Dr M. Woodruff—Dear Sir—l «m at home and
using remedies? I am pretty Welland Improving daily
undt r your treatment. V;*ry respectfully.
W. F. Leitnkr.
CATARRHAL ASTHMA.
Micanopt, Fla., Jan. C, 1867.
2. Dr Woodruff—Dear Sir—My health is better than
when I wrote you. I did not have an attack of Asth
ma while takiug your medicine lain quit* hopeful
of being entirely restored.
Very respicifully, M. L. P.
ASTITMA.
Skippkrvii.i.e, Ala., Aug. 10, *OB.
3. Dr. M Woodrutf—Dear Sir—l have great faith in
your medicine, It has afforded mo so much iclief. I
have enjoyed be ter health vince I have been taking
it than 1 have for many years past. I feel most thank
tul for the benefit you have afforded mo.
Yours respectfully, R J. Riaciwpll
SCROFULA.
PiTTeiioßo, Mississippi, Feb. 24, 38C8.
4. Dr Woodruff—l received the package of medicine
and am hapry to sny it has tad a ohurnnhg effect on
my wife. I have the greatest opinion of your remedy
for Scrofula. Very respectfully, W. T. SMITH'
DROPSY OF THREE YEARS STANDING.
Palate a, E Florida, May S, 1869.
5. Dear Doctor—l am happy to inform you that my
wife is, I might say, weil of Dropsy. 1 consider it one
of the worlu’s wonders, her cure. She was certainly
most like a person struggling for life. th»t I ever saw
or heard of, to survive. 1 feel myself under many
obligations to you for your t-klll and m< dicine. I ah:
sure buts ir that my wife would luve been long since
iu the grave. I «ni thank ul that I ever saw your card*
Yours truly, 8 hteanux.
EPILEPSY.
Atlanta, June 27,1867.
6. Dr. Woodruff—My Dear Sir—A friend of mine is
afflicted with Epilep. y, and frem your having cured
Mrs. Dr. Ector’s daughter Eleanor of that disease, he
wishes you to treat ins case. Please send remedies.
A. B. R.
- Dr. W. does not profess to heah!e to cure all rases,
but will certainly he candid in giving his opinion in
every case that may apply to hurt, and exert himself
to the utmost of his skill, to cure all who may place
themselves under his treatment.
Persons at a distance, by sending symptoms, etc.,
etc., can have medicine suited to their cases sent by
mail or express. Direct to No 658r0»d Street, Colum
bus, Georgia M. WOODRUFF, M. D.
REFERENCES:
Bishop J O Andrew, Bishop G F Pierce, Kev Dr L
Plerc«, Rev A Wright, Rev J 8 Key, Kev C k Jewett,
Rev Sami Anthony, Rev R 14 Lestc r, Rev A H Bedford,
Book Agent, Rev A M Wynn, Rev W M Crumley, Rev
Walter Knox, Rev L G R Wiggins, Rev John
Rev W H Branham, Rev Mark Andrews, Rev J P Dick•
inton, Rev J B Cottrell.
June 26