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A Mother’s Thoughts.
HY FRANCIS D. CAOB
Silent and lone, silent and lone!
Where, tell me where, are my little ones gone,
That used to be playing about my knee,
With their noisy mirth and boisterous glee ?
Who littered the carpets and misplaced the chairs,
And scattered their playthings all unawares;
Who called for their supper with eager shout,
And while they were getting, ran in and out?
Who kept all the apples and nuts from spoiling,
And never saved jackets and pants from soiling,
Had evera want and ever a will,
That added a care to my heart, until
I sometimes sighed for the time to come
When they’d all be big enough to go out from home.
Silent and lone, silent and lone!
Where, tell me where arc my little onesgone.
There are no little faces to wash to night,
No little troubles for mother to right,
No little blue eyes to be sung to sleep,
No little playthings to put up to keep,
No little garments to be hung on the rack,
No little talcs to tell, no nuts to crack,
No little trnndle-bed, brimful of rolic.
Calling for mamma to settle the frolic.
No little soft lips to press me with kisses—
(Oh, snch a sad, lonely evening as this is!)
No little voices to shout with delight,
•‘Good night, dear mamma good night, good
nujht !’•
Silent the house is, no littlj ones here,
To startle a smile, or chase back a tear.
Silent and lone, silent and lone!
Where, tell we where, arc my little ones gone !
It seemeth but yesterday since they were young;
Now, they are scattered the world’s path among.
Out where new firesides with love-lights are glow-
Out where the graves of their life hopes are sleep
ing,
Not to be comforted—weeping still weeping;
Out where the high hills of science are blending
Up ’mid the cloud-rifts, up, up still ascending,
Seeking the sunshine that rests on the mountain,
Drinking and thirsting still, Btill at the fountain;
Out in life’s thoroughfare all of them moiling; •
Out in the wide, wide world striving and toiling:
Little ones, loving ones, playful ones, all
That when I bade, came at my call,
Have ye deserted me V Will ye not come
Hack to your mother’s arms—back to you home ?
Silent and lone, silent and lone
Where, tell me where are my little ones gone ?
Useless my cry is. Why do I complain ?
They’ll be my little ones never again.
Can the great oaks to the acorns return V
The broad, rolling stream flow back to the byrne?
The mother call childhood again to her knee.
That in manhood went forth the strong and the
free?
Nay, nay—no true mother would ask for them
back;
Her work nobly done, their firm tramp, on life s
track,
Will come like an organ-note lofty and clear,
To lilt up her soul and her spirits to cheer;
And though the tears fall when she’s silent and
lone,
She’ll know it is best they are scattered and gone.
Silent and lone, silent aud lone!
Thy will, O Father, thy will be done!
Histtllang.
Sorrow for the Dead.
Tho sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow
from which we refuse to be divorced, Every
other wound we seek to heal, every other
allliction to forget; but this wound we con
sider it a duty to keep open; this affliction
we cherish and brood over in solitude.
Where is the mother who would willingly
forget the infant that perished like a blos
som from her arms; though every recollec
tion is a pang? Where is tho child that
would willingly forget the most tender of
parents, though to remember bo but to la
ment? Who, oven in the hour of agony,
would forget tho friend over whom he
mourns? Who, even when the tomb is
closing upon the remains of her he most
loved, when ho feels his heart, as it were,
crushed in the closing of its portal, would
accept of consolation that must bo bought
by forgetfulness?
No; the love which survives the tomb is
one of tho noblestjattributes'of the soul. If it
has its woes, it has likewise its delights; and
when the overwhelming burst of grief is
calmed into tho gentle tear of recollection,
when the sudden anguish and the convul
sive agony over the present ruins of all that
wo most loved is softened away into pensive
meditation on all that it was in the days of
its loveliness, who would root out such a
sorrow from the heart?
Though it may sometimes throw a passing
cloud over the bright hour of gayety, or
spread a deeper sadness over the hour of
gloom, yet who would exchange it even for
the song of pleasure or tho burst of revelry?
No; there is a voice from the tomb sweeter
than song. There is a remembrance of the
dead to" which we turn even from the
charms of tho living.
Oh, tho gravel tho grave! It buries every
error, covers every defect, extinguishes every
resentment. From its peaceful bosom springs
none but fond regrets* and tender recollec
tions. Who can look upon the grave even
of an enemy, and not feel a compunctious
throb that he should ever have warred with
the poor handful of earth that lies moulder
ing before him?
But the grave of thosa we loved, what a
place for meditation! There is it that we
call up iu long review the whole history of
virtue and gentleness, and the thousand en
dearments lavished upon us almost unheed
ed in the daily intercourse of intimacy.
There it is that we dwell upon the tender
ness, tho solemn, awful tenderness of tho
parting scene.
The bed of death, with all its stifled griefs,
its noiseless attendants, its mute, watchful as
siduities. The last testimonies of expiring
love, tho feeble, fluttering, thrilling, oh,
how thrilling! pressure of the hand. The
last food look of tho glazing oye, turning
upon us even from the threshold of exis
tence. The faint, faltering accents strug
gling iu death to givo one more assurance
of affection.
Ay, go to the grave ©f buried love, and
meditate! There settle the account with
thy conscience for every past benefit unre
quited, every past endearment unregarded,
of that departed being who can never—never
—never return to be soothed by thy con
trition!
If thou art a child, and hast over added a
sorrow' to the soul or a furrow to the silver
brow of an affectionate parent; if thou art a
husband, and hast ever caused the fond
bosom that ventured its whole happiness in
thy arms, to doubt one moment of thy kind
dess or thv truth; if thou art a friend, and
hast ever wronged, in thought, or word, or
deed, the spirit that generously confided in
thee; if thou art a lover, and hast given one
unmerited pang to that true heart which
now lies cold and still beneath thy feet; then
be sure that ever unkind look, every un
gracious word, every ungentle action, will
come thronging back upon thy memory,
and knocking dolefully at thy soul; then be
sure that thou wilt lie down sorrowing and
repentant on the grave, and utter the un
heard groan, and pour the unavailing tear,
more deep, more bitter, because unheard
and unavailing.
Then weave thy chaplet of flowers and
strew the beauties of naiure about the grave;
console thy broken spirit, if thou canst,
with these tender, yet futile tributes of re
gret; but take warning by the bitterness of
this thy contrite affliction over the dead,
and henceforth be more faithful and affec
tionate in the discharge of thy duties to the
living.— Washington Irving.
Fashionable Lise. —ls there is any en
vironment which can degrade a human being
or harden a young heart, it is the atmos
phere of merely fashionable life. You may
take the tenderest and most beautiful and
lovely girl, the one that is kindest at home,
and loves her father and mother best, and
put her into the highest circle of fashionable
life, with plenty of money and plenty of
scope to do as she pleases; let her dress her
self as she will; cover herself with diamonds
and pearls, costly silks and laces; let the
love of admiration become the controlling
passion; and by-and-by all the tenderness
of that young nature passes away; her
thoughts concentrate upon herself, what
figure she is cutting; who her admirers are,
what conquests she can make; and by-and
by the youthful, beautiful modesty is gone,
and the way is open for vice that, in the be
ginning, would not have been dreamed of,
or, if thought of, put away as utterly impos
sible. — Dr. McClintock.
Every Day.— l pray you with all earnest
ness to, prove, and know within yonr hearts,
that all things lovely and righteons are pos
sible for those who believe in their possibil
ity, and who determine that, for their part,
they will make every day’s work contribute
to thm. Let every dawn of morning be to
yon as the beginning of life, and every set
ting of the sun be to you as its close; then
let every one of these short lives leave its
sure record of some kindly thing done for
others, some goodly strength or knowledge
gained for yourselves; so, from day to day,
and strength to strength, you shall bnild up
indeed by art, thought, and by just will, an
edifice of which it shall not be said: “See
What manner of stones are here,” but “See
what manner of men.”— Buskin.
Work.
“Work well done is twice done.” Never
mix up things; do one thing at a time; be
gin one thing and finish one thing—make
clean work as you go. Have order, system,
regularity; a place for everything, aud every
thing in its place. Whatever yon do, do it
well. A job slighted, because it is apparently
unimportant, leads to habitual neglect, so
that men degenerate, insensibly, into bad
workmen.
Training the hands and the eyes to ao
work well leads individuals to form correct
liabitc in other respects, and a good work
man is, in most cases, a good citizen.. No
one need hope to rise above his present situa
tion, who suffers small things to pass by un
improved, or who neglects, metaphorically
speaking, to pick up a cent because it is not
a dollar.
A rival of a certain great lawyer sought to
humiliate him publicly by saying, “You
blacked my father’s hoots once.”
“Yes,” replied the lawyer, unabashed,
“and I did it well.”
Everything in nature and grace are active,
full of life and motion, on the wing. The
sun, the moon, the sparkling heavens, the
floods, the rippling brooks and flowing
founts; the birds warble on every tree inec
stacy of joy; the tiny flower, hidden from all
eyes, sends forth its fragrance of full happi
ness; and the mountain stream dashes along
with a sparkle and murmur of pure delight.
The object of their creation is accomplished,
and their life gushes forth in harmonic work.
Ob, plant! oh, stream ! worthy of admira
tion to the wretched idler !
Idleness is the bane, the moth, the gan
grene, the curse of life.
• Dream not, but work! Be bold, be brave!
Let not a coward spirit crave
Escape from tasks allotted !
Thankful for toil and danger be;
Duty’s high call will make thee Uec
The vicipus—the besotted.”
Legislative Fame.
An amusing incident occurred, recently,
of which a State Senator from tho interior
was the hero—much against his will, no
doubt. In company with some friends, he
was purchasing some holiday presents for
the “little ones” and, in the course of his
peregrinations, sapped at a stand for the
sale of whistling China birds, presided over
by a yonng American. Our senatorial friend
exercised his well-known conversational
powers for some time upon tho youthful
vender, in the meantime testing his wares,
and, finding some difficulty in getting suit
ed, said—
“My little friend, this won’t whistle.”
The juvenile merchant casting a knowing
glance at the Senator, very quietly replied:
“Well, sir, may be not; but the one you
have got in your pocket will
This remark startled the honest Senator,
and after fumbling in his pockets for some
time, to satisfy himself that he “hadn’t”
stolen one, he rejoined, indignantly:
“Young roan, how dare yon insult a gen
tleman in that manner?”
Tho boy’s eyes at this moment luckily
alighted upon the missing toy, and looking
up at the astonished Senator, again in a
sort of apologetic way, replied:
“Well, sir, I happened to hear one of
those gentleman say that you were a mem
ber of tho Legislature, and that’s why I
thought it, sir. I’m glad to see that, you
ain’t, sir. Here’s tho bird, sir. Ten cents.
Thank you. Good-day V
Plain Talk to Girls.— Your everyday
toilet is a part of your character. A girl
who looks like a “fury” or “sloven” iu tho
morning is not to bo trusted, however finely
she may look in the evening. No matter
how humble your room may be, there are
eight things it should contain, namely: a
mirror, washstand, soap, towel, comb, hair,
nail aud tooth-brushes. Those are just as
essential as your breakfast, before which you
should make good uso of them. Parents
who fail to provide most of their children
with such appliances, not only make a great
mistake, but commit a sin of omission.
Look tidy in tho morning, and after the
dinner-work is over improve your toilet.
Make it a rule of your daily life to “dress
up” for tho afternoon. Your dress may or
need not be any thing better than calico; but
with a ribbon or flower, or some bit of orna
ment, you can liavo an air of self respect
and satisfaction that invariably comes with
being well-dressed. A girl with fine sensi
bilities cannot help feeling embarrassed and
awkward in a ragged and dirty dress, with
her hair unkempt, should a stranger or a
neighbor come in. Moreover, your self
respect should demand tho decent appareling
of yonr body. You should make it a point
to look as well as you can, even if you know
nobody will seo you but yourself.—House
hold.
Fat Men. —lt is a striking fact that most
persons want to weigli moro than they' do,
and measure their health by their weight, as
if man were a pig, valuable in proportion to
his heaviness. The racer is not fat, a good
plough horse has but a moderate amount of
flesh. Heavy men are not those which ex
perienced contractors employ to build rail
roads and dig ditches. Thin men, the world
over, are tho men for endurance; are the
wiry and hardy; thin people live the longest.
The truth is, fat is a disease, and as a proof,
fat people are never well a day at a time—
are not suited for hard work. Still, there is
a medium between as fat as a butter-ball
and as thin and juiceless as a fence-rail. For
more looks, moderate rotundity is most
desirable, to have enough flesh to cover all
angularities. To accomplish this in the
shortest time, a man should work but little,
sleep a great part of the time, allow nothing
to worry him, keep always in a joyous,
laughing mood, and live chiefly on albumi
nates, such as boiled cracked wheat, and rye,
and oats, and corn, and barley, with sweet
milk, and buttermilk, and fat meats. Sugar
is the best fattener known. —Trade Journal.
How to Spell.— Often, in writing, a sim
ple word is required of tho orthography of
which the writer is not sure. The dictionary
may be referred to, but it is not always con
venient. An easy mode is to write the word
on a piece of waste paper, in two or three
ways of which you are iu doubt. Nine
times in ten, tho mode which looks right is
right. Spelling, particularly English spell
ing, is so completely a work of the eye, that
the eye alone should be trusted. There is
no reason why ‘receive’ and ‘believe’ should
be spelled differently, yet sounded alike in
their second syllables, yet write them ‘re
cievc’ and ‘beleive,’ and the eye shows you
the mistake at once. Tho best way for
young people, and, indeed, people of any
age, to learn to spell is to practice writing.
Oobbett taught his children grammar by re
quiring that they should copy their lessons
two or three times. These lessons ho him
self gave them in the form of letters; and
his French and English grammars are two
of the most amusing books iu the English
language. Os course ‘learning to spell’
came in incidently.
In the Philadelphia Ledger appeared an
advertisement: “Wanted, ten good Point
ers.” By breakfast-time the advertiser was
run down by dog merchants, with all sorts
of specimens of “pointers. ” As he desired
ten of that class of bricklayers known as
“pointers,” his surprise may be imagined.
This was a generous poor man in San
Jose, Cal., who, learning accidentally that a
family in San Francisco was destitute, sent
them two bits, saying in a note he intended
should be private: “This is all I can spare.
I am poor, a working man, when I can get
work.”
djulktit.
Trials of the Youngest Boy of the
Family.
“He’s only a boy, he can go, or he can do,
or he can wait,” was always the award of my
sisters. My individual pursuits and my
own little stock of interests was of course
of no account. I was required to be in a
perfectly free, disengaged state of mind, and
ready to drop everything at a moment’s
warning from any of my half-dozen seniors.
“Here, Hal, run down cellar and get me a
dozen of apples,” my brother would say
just as I had half built a block house.
“Harry, run up stairs and get the book I
left on the bed—Harry, run out to the barn
and get the rake I left there —here, Harry,
carry this up garret—Harry run out to the
tool shop and get that” —were sounds con
stantly occurring—breaking up my private
cherished little enterprise of building cob
houses, making mill-dams and bridges, or
loading carriages, or driving horses. Where
is the mature Christian who could bearwith
patience the interruptions and crosses in his
daily schemes that beset a boy? Then there
were for me dire mortifications and bitter
disappointments. If any company came, and
the family board was filled, and the cakes and
preserves brought out, and gay conversation
made my heart bound with special longings
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
to be in at the fun, I heard them say: “No
need to set a plate for Harry—he can just
as well wait till after.” I can recollect many
a serious deprivation of mature life, that did
not bring such bitterness of soul ns that
sentence of exclusion. Then, when my sis
ter’s admirer, Jim Fellows, was expected,
and the best parlor fire lighted, and the
hearth swept, how I longed to sit up and
hear his funny stories; how I hid in dark
corners, and lay off in shadowy place),
hoping to escape notice and so avoid tho ac
tivity of the domestic police. But no.
“Mamma, musn’t Harry go to bed?” was the
busy outcry of my sisters, desirous to have
the deck cleared for action, and tho super
fluous members finally disposed of. —My
Wife and I, by Mrs. Stowe.
A Hint to Meddlers.
A FABLE.
A little white rose bloomed all by herself
in a nook in the hedge.
“Ah !” cried the wind in passing, “what
a pity you should be suffocated there ! I
will blow a hole iu the hedge, and the breeze
shall iind you through it.”
“I pray, sir, you will leave me as I am, I
breathe well enough,” said the rose.
“I know better,” said the wiud, and rent
the hedge as lie passed on, and the boys
rushed through aud made her tremble with
fear.
“You are not well placed there, ’ he said,
as he came by again ; “I will give you a bet
ter berth than that.”
“I beg you will leave me asj am, I like
my place well enough if it were not for the
gap you made,” said the rose.
But the wind would not listen ; lie broke
her stem, and she fell to the ground.
Oh, you mustn’t lie there !” he cried ; “I
will carry you to the spot that will suit you
exactly."
“Nay, I entreat you to let me lie and fade
in this pleasant grass,” said the rose, be
seechingly ; but he caught her up aud
whirled her on a few yards when petals were
scattered, and her leafless stem was cast on
the hedge.
“How is this ?” exclaimed the wind.
“How is it ? this is how it is,” replied the
hedge; “there are some folks that are never
satisfied but when they are meddling in
other folks’ affairs; they think nobody can
be happy except in their way; aud you are
one of them, and this bare stem is a speci
men of your work.”
Tlic Little* Singer.
The other evening, as I was returning
home, quite late, I heard a child’s voice sing
ing that beautiful song, “Homo, Sweet
Home.”
Looking around the corner, I saw a little
girl and boy, about the ages of five and seven
years. The little fellow had fallen asleep at
his sister’s side, worn out by the day’s walk
aud the carrying a heavy tambourine.
The sad, weary look on the child’s face
made my heart ache. “Child,” said I, “are
you not going home soon? you must be very
tired.”
Yes, ma’am, I am so very tired; but I have
no home.”
“No home! have yon no father or moth
er?”
“No, ma’am, they have both gone to
heaven. Willie and I are going soon.
Mother said so,” replied the child, patting
the head of her little brother. “And mother
said when we got there we would be so hap
py, and never have to go round the streets
singing, or have bad boys run after Willie’s
tambourine to take it away from him. O,
we will be. so happy!” and the child clasped
her hands in bright anticipation.
Hinging “Home, SweetHome,”l thought,
and still have no remembrance of one!
My heart went np in prayer to the God of
the fatherless, that he would raise up kind
friends for the little oues, to lead them in
pleasanter paths than they now were tread
ing, and to teach their young hearts to
praise him on earth, and at last to sing in
that sweet home above.
Dear little reader, if you have a good
homo and kind friends to lovo and care for
you, how grateful you should bo to your
heavenly Father! Aud if you seo any little
girl or boy less favored than yourself, give
them at least a kind word of lovo and sym
pathy, that will make their hearts less lonely
and sad.— Child’s World.
No Household God.
A little boy three years old, whoso father
was irreligious, spent several months in a
dwelling of a godly family, where lie was
taught the simple elements of divine truth.
The good seed fell into good and tender
soil, and the child learned to note tho differ
ence between a prayerless and a Christian
dwelling. One day, as someone was con
versing with the little fellow about the great
and good God, the child said, —
“We haven’t got any God at my papa’s
house. ”
Alas! how many such houses there are in
our world and land—houses where there
is no prayer, no praise, no worship, no God!
And what homes are they for children; ay,
and for men and women too! How much
better is the pure atmosphere of Christian
love than the cold, selfish worldliness of a
godless home!
Said an ungodly man, “I never was so
near heaven, and probably never shall be
again, as when I spent a day in the house of
Ebeuezer Brown,”—a godly Scotchman, who
guided his household in the fear of the
Lord.
Would that there were moro such homes,
the memory of which might shed a holy
savor over many a wanderer’s heart, and
lead the sad and lonely sous of sorrow and
of tears to look forward to the gladness of
the eternal gathering beyond tho toils and
tears and trials of this weary pilgrimage.
To such homes the weary come for rest,
and the troubled for consolation. The Son
of Peace is there. Blessed be suoh homes!
and may ours ever be of this number!
[British Workman.
The Fbateb in the Night. —One dark,
stormy night, mother woke up. Hark! who
is talking? The wind is blowing. Is it not
that. Who is talking? Mother did not
speak; she kept still to hear what her little
girl said. Alice was not fretting; she was
not worrying. She was not afraid of the
dark or the w’ind. How do you know? I
will tell you what she was saying—saying all
to herself in her snug little bed by mother’s
bed, “God, take care papa, mamma, I.
Good God, take care papa, mamma, I. Dear,
grand God, take care papa, mamma, I.
God, take care birdies. Dear God up in
the sky, I love you, I do, do;” and with
that her little voice died away, and she fell
asleep again.
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Charles Samuel Oliver, was horn in Notting
hamshire, England, July 14, ISOS, and died iu
Athens, Ga., April 20th, 1871, having emigrated to
this country in 1833 aud settled in Athens, abont
the close of 1838.
My father was a noble though not a faultless
man. Os his early history I don’t know much. I
think he was wayward and headstrong, unaccus
tomed to the discipline of his mind or the control
of his passions; doubtless, had it been otherwise,
he might have exercised his fine natural talents
more to the good of man and glory of God. He
knew Methodists in his early life only as “ran
ters,” and I have heard him say that, seeing two
men, who had been popular among them as lay
preachers, conveyed through the streets of Cov
entry, as convicted felons, served further to preju
dice him against the sect. Soon after his coming
to Athens, probably about 1841 or 1842, he was
awakened, under circumstances with which I am
not acquainted, from the condition of a nominal
member of the Anglican Church to the light and
liberty of a new-horn soul. From my Imperfect
recollection and what I have heard my mother say,
I knew that he was Inspired with a fervent, zealous
spirit when this great change was wrought in him,
and he sought to imitate Him who went about
doing good, and threw himself earnestly Into the
evangelical work of the Chnrcli. I have a dis
tinct recollection of his zeal in prayer-meetings,
class-meetings, etc. But though my father’s was
not a pecnliar case, it certainly was a significant
one. He fonnd that some of those with whom he
set ont in good faith did not walk consistently—
it was his nature to view things clearly and speak
plainly—he called it by another name and drew off
in disgust. From this lime he never did anything
actively for God, and the comparative blankness of
all those years must ever remain a source of regret
to those who revere his raenfbry. There was, how
ever, for a period of years in my father’s practice, a
marked consistency in one duty—the effect of
which was most salutary and the memory of which
is most gratefnl, forming the surest foundation of
our hope that our father was accepted of God—
domestic worship. Though his faith was always
weak, and he seemed often to run into free think
ing and border on skepticism, yet the family altar
was never forsaken, never forgotten, aud his
prayers were marked by pecnliar fervor and com
prehensiveness, even iu his last days." He often
fell on the floor in his attemps to prostrate him
self at that altar, aud he reverently engaged in this
worship when he had to be lifted at its close. He
was a man of pure conversation. My father never
made me blush. I never heard him use any ex
pression in his own family that he conid not with
propriety use in any other family. He was censo
rious to a fault, but the reflection of his sterling
principle and his severe animadversions.on “what
soever inaketh a lie,” have left impressions on my
mind I would not sell for gold.
He was of a literary turn of mind and edited,
for some time, a paper devoted to the interests of
the working men of the South, with acknowledged
ability. His patriotic love of country was entirely
transferred to his adopted land, and he brought
with him those liberal aud democratic sentiments
which, doubtless, exiled him from the land of
his birth. His humanity was large and largely
cultivated. Conviviality, the easily besetting sin
of his early life, was the perverted offshoot of fine
qualities, aud his ouly refuge from a natural tim
idity that was oppressive. O, the dangerous lure!
paralysis, which was hereditary, and which may
have been produced in part by his profession,
house painting, seized him about three years ago.
His physical strength rapidly declined, and for six
months or more bis mental powers equally,
bringing him to a state of helplessness, which
made his oft repeated wish to die more saddening
than surprising—doutitle,s the expression was
unsanctified, hut the excusable results of great
infirmity. On the night of April 26th, he had a
second paroxysm whicli seemed to be occasioned
by a spasm of the windpipe and as the first had
ended harmlessly, we did not feel alarmed. At
12 o’clock it appeared to be over, and lie to fall into
a deep sleep, and we left him to repose. Between
that time and daylight, I returned to his room and
found that; without the movement of a muscle, he
had fallen asleep, we trust, “in Jesus”—and will
reverently add, “Blessed are the dead that die in
the Lord.” C. J. O.
Rev. lleniiv Davis Green, was born in George
town Dist., S. C., Oct. 5, 1191, and died in Sumter
county, April 19, 1871, in the HOlh year of his age.
Iu youth lie gave his heart to God, joined the
M. E. Church, and was called to the ministry. He
joined the South Carolina Conference in 1810, and
was an able minister of the gospel sixty one years.
He remained in the itinerancy but five years, when
for some cause he located, and turned his attention
to planting. Under the blessings of a munificent
providence he became wealthy. He was also
wonderfully preserved from affliction—for more
than thirty years there was not a death in his large
family. He evinced iu the highest degree a love
for honesty aud fair dealing. It was not for him
to take any advantage of his neighbor or to secure
his property against his creditors. In intellect he
was richly endowed—qualified to have filled with
honor and distinction any position in Church or
State. His sermons were terse, exegetical, prac
tical, and eloquent. But few could equal him in
the pulpit. He preferred the class of texts used
by the fathers. He thought the pastor should go
forth on his pastoral duties in the same dignified
dress and manner in which he filled the pulpit on
Sunday. He regarded class-meeting a great bles
sing to the Church, and thought the General Con
ference erred when It changed the law making at
tendance upon them a test of membership. All
who were ever thrown with him were attracted by
his rare conversational powers. His sayings were
all weighty, we never heard him make one light or
trifling remark. For several years past he has
looked upon the world from the stand point of de
parture, where he beheld everything in the light
of eternity—the utter vanity of all ’things below
the sun were felt by him and expressed as we
never heard it before. If his thoughts had been
committed to paper and preserved in permanent
form, they would huve’made one of the richest
books ever published, but he was too modest,
seemed never to have thought they were worth
anything. The afflictions from which he had been
exempt in the days of his strong manhood were
reserved for his old age. Four years ago he was
overwhelmed with affliction in the loss of his de
voted wife. The blow came just atj that pe
riod wheu more than ever in his life he felt the
need of one to take care of him and smooth his
pathway down to the tomb, but God took her
away that He might give him more of Himself.
The affliction was sanctified to the extinction of
worldly-mindcdness and the maturity of those
graces which prepared him for the service of the
upper sanctuary. Often would he exclaim:
“Whom have I in heaven but thee, and there is
none upon earth that I desire besides thee.” His
bodily sufferings for some months were of a most
distressing character—causing him often to “sigh
for wings to fly away and be at rest.” For him
self he cared not for a funeral discourse, but for the
benefit of the living lie consented and selected for
a text twenty-sixth verse of the seventy-third
psalm : “My flesh and my heart failcth, but God is
the strength of my heart aud my portion forever.
His last words were, “I die sweetly'.” Thus passed
away one of the great men of South Carolina, and
one of the strong pillars of the Curch.
8. J. Hill.
Rev. Seaborn 11ick90N, was born in Columbia
co., Ga., in the mouth of June, 1799, and died in
Schley co., Ga., Mayfith, 1871.
We feel authorized to indulge iu highest expres
sions of commendation of the life and virtues of
this venerable man of God. He joined the M. E.
Church in early manhood, and continued through
a series of years to walk in all the ordinances of
God blameless as an official member of the church.
In the year 1850, he was licensed to preach. In
this important and responsible position, lie walked
worthy of his high vocation, and illustrated the
beauty and power of religion in the relations of
husband, father, citizen, Christian. Father Hick
son was a man of strong prejudices, it is true, but
all who knew him will testify that those prejudices
were sanctified “through the truth,” and they
served only to fire his heart with a holier zeal and
to nerve his arm for every conflict, in the defence
of truth and right. As might be expected, he
fought with all his might, in his local sphere,
against, what he considered to be, hurtful inno
vations in the church that he loved, and with the
same characteristic zeal, contended for and ad
hered to the institutions of early Methodism and
the good old paths of our fathers. About one
week before his decease he was stricken with pa
ralysis in the left side. His sufferings were in
tense, but not a word of murmuring ever escaped
his lips. I asked him abont his future hope. He
answered: “All is well, not a cloud intervenes be
tween me and heaven.” Said he: “I can say with
Paul, ‘I have fought a good fight, I have kept the
faith.’ ” On the morning of the Cth May, without
a jar or a commotion, the wheels of life stood still.
No donbt remains, that when the eclipse of death
shut out from his mortal vision the light of time,
he awoke to see the light and feel the joys of ever
lasting day, while his rapt spirit caught the glad
sound of, “well done, thon good and faithful ser
vant.” Georges. Johnston.
Mrs. Henrietta Whitaker was a daughter of
Col. Van Leonard, of Columbns, Ga. She was
born near Madison, Ga., September 9, 1827. Very
early in her childhood her father moved to Colum
bus, and there she spent all her youthful days.
When just 18 years old ohe joined the Methodist
Church, and from that day forth she did “cleave
unto God with full purpose of heart.”
Iu 18E2, she was married to Mr. Samnel E.
Whitaker of Baldwin county. For 19 years she
has lived among ns, an earnest, gentle, devoted
Christian. She died in Millcdgevillc, May 22d, in
perfect peace and joyful hope. Her last articulate
words were: “Heaven—mine;” and we all be
lieved her; for we had seen her path shine “more
and more unto the perfect day”—and the last faint
glimmer that reached ns across the waters was the
brightest of ail; we felt perfectly assured Heaven
was hers. The chicfcst of all her virtues was her
ntter unselfishness, her perfect devotion to the
good of others. How strongly her life reminded
us of Him, who lived for others—suffered for others
—died for others. We know she had her Master’s
spirit. Other virtues of rare beauty she Illustrated,
bnt this was the brightest of all—for they all
sprung from this one, the entire consecration of
soul and body to the service of God and the good
of man. Such an one will God honor.
A. J. Jarreli,
FREE TO BOOK AGENTS.
We will send a handsome prospectus of our New
Illustrated Family Bible, containing over 200 fiDe
Scripture Illustrations, to any Book Agent free of
charge. Address National Publishing Cos., Mem
phis, Tenn. may 10-Bm|
Extra Inducements!
A premium HORSE and WAGON for Agents.
J\. Wb desire to employ agents for a term of
seven years, to sell the Buckeye $20.00 Shuttle Sew
ing Machines. It makes a stitch alike on Both sides,
and is the best low priced, licensed machine in the
world. W. A. HENDERSON & CO., Cleveland,
Ohio, or St. Louis, Mo. mar 20-1 y
TROY BELLS.
OLD ESTABLISHED TROY BELL FOUNDRY,
TROY, N. Y.—(established 1852 ) a large assort
ment of Church, Academy, Fire Alarm, and
other Bells, constantly on hand and made to or
der. Made of geunine Bell Metal (Copper aud
Tin.) Hung with Rotary Mountings, the best
and most durable ever used. All I’ei.i.s War
ranter Satisfactory.
CSfLarge Illustrated Catalogue sent free upon
application to JONES & CO., 2 roy, N. V.
or, 109 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois,
may 21 -ly| __
ME NEELY’S BELLS.
Foundry at West Troy, N. Y.
ESTABLISHED BY ANDREW ME NEELY 1 ,
in 1826
ELLS FOR CHURCHES, ACADEMIES, FAC
tories, etc., of whieh more have been made at
this establishment than at all other foundries iu the
country combined. One hundreds nd fifty unsolici
ted commendatory letters rcceivedduring the past
year. Written warranty given with every bell.
Mounted witli Conical Rotary Yoke (patented 1860
aud 1868), the most recent and desirable hell
fixture iu use. An illustrated catalogue sent free
up* application R MENERLY,
oct 21 tyt West Troy, N. Y.
Agents! Read This!
WE WILL PAY AGENTS A SALARY OF SBO
per week aud expenses, or allow a large
commission, to sell our new and wonderful inven
tions. Address M. WAGNER & CO., Marshlla,
Mich, fell 22-OmJ
COLLINSWORTH INSTITUTE'
Talbotton, Georgia.
SPRING TERM CLOSES UULY 19th, 1871.
Students received at any time, and charged
from time of entering until the close of the Term.
or Price of Board & Tuition for one year
only SIBO.OO paid in advance.
J. T. McLAUGHLIN, a. M , Prin. A Pro.
J. W. LEE, M. D., Assistant.
dee2B-ly|
mmTANTED—AGENTS—S2O per day—to sell
■ ■ the celebrated Home Shuttle Sewing Ma
ll chine. Has the under-feed, making the
■ ■ “lock stitch” [alike on both sides,] and is
HII fully licensed. The best and cheapest fami-
II lv Sewing Machine in the market. Address
| I JOHNSON, CLARK & CO., Boston, Mass.,
Pittsburgh, Pa., Chicago, 111., or St. Louis, Mo.
Sept 6-1 vt
wm
“ WATERWHEEL^
Mil
PO6U& Baltimorejvi?
' Send for a Circular.
apl26-ly
WANTED AGENTS.
Seventy-five to two hundred dollars per month
every-where, male and female, to introduce the
Genuine Improved Common Sense Family Sewing
Machine. This machine will stitch, hem, full,
tnek, hind, braid, cord, quilt and embroider in a
most superior manner. Price only sls. Fully
warranted for five years. We will pay SI,OOO for
any machine that will sew a stronger, more beau
tiful or more elastic seam than ours. It makes the
“Elastic Rock Stitch.” Every second stitch can
be cut, and still the cloth cannot be pulled apart
without tearing it. We pay agents $75 to 300 per
month and expenses, or a commission from which
twice that amount can be mado.
For Circulars and Terms, apply to or address,
C. BOWERS A CO.,
4">ti Spruce Street, Philadelphia, l’a.
Caution. —Do not be imposed upon by other
parties palming off worthless east-iron machines
under the same name or otherwise. Ours is the
only genuine and really practical cheap machine
manufactured. mar 29 Sin
Tlxo Oolotorated
Murray
&
Laii man’s
Florida Water.
The most lasting, agree
able, and refreshing of all
perfumes, for use on the
Handkerchief, at the Toilet,
and in the Bath. For sale
by nil Druggists and Per
fumers
sept 9 ly.||
Important Notice
TO
CONSUMERS of DRY GOODS.
ALL RETAIL ORDERS AMOUNTING TO S3O
AND OVER DELIVERED IN ANY PART
OF THE COUNTRY
Free of Express Charges.
HAMILTON EASTER & SONS,
OF BALTIMORE, MIL,
In order the better to meet the wauts of their Re
tail Customers at a distance, have established a
SAMPLE BUREAU,
and will, npon application, promptly mid by mail
full lines of Samples of the Newest and most Faah
ionable Goods, of FRENCH, ENGLISH and DO
MESTIC MANUFACTURE, guaranteeing at ail
times to sell as low, if not at less prices, than any
house in the country.
Buying onr goods from the largest and most
celebrated manufacturers in different parts of Eu
rope, and importing the same by Steamers direet
to Baltimore, onr stock is at all times promptly
supplied with the novelties of the London and
Paris markets.
As we buy and sell only for cash, and makenobad
debts, we are able and willing to sell our goods at
from Ten to Fifteen Per Cent. Less Profit
than if we gave credit.
In sending for samples specify the kind of goods de
sired. We keep the best grades of ever class of
goods, from the lowest to the most costly.
Orders unaccompanied by the cash will be sent
C. O. D.
PROMPT PAYING WHOLESALE BUYERS
are invited to inspect the stock in our Jobbing and
Package Department. Address
HAMILTON EASTER & SONS,
197, 199, 301 and 203 West Baltimore Street,
Novll-lvt Baltimore, Md.
f DOLLAR
ENGINE
That will go, and ear
With Silver Plated
Cylinder taking steam
at both ends, Steam
Chest, Boiler and
All complete by mail
post paid, on receipt
J. W. BURKE <& CO.,
Macon, Ga.
Any person procuring two subscribers to Burke's
Magazine and sends four dollars will receive post
paid, one of these Engines with full directions for
using it. may 10-tf|
HA V ANNAH.
B. 1. DAVANT, JR. W. D. WAFI.es. JULIAN MYERS.
DAVANT, WAPLES & CO.,
FAC L OUS
—AND—
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Aug 19—6 m t
W. H. MCLEOD. C. D. ROGERS.
UIcLEOU & ROGERS,
COTTON FACTORS AND GENERAL COM
MISSION MERCHANTS,
200 BAT STREET, SAVANNAH, OA.
Novl9— tf
“GOLDEN CHORD/'
Tho Celebrated
ESTEY ORGANS,
CONTAINING the Vox Humana and Vox Ju
bilamtb stops. The organs arc the leading
instruments of the country. Adapted to the
Church, Parlor and school. Prices from SSO to
SI,OOO. warranted for six years. Circulars and
price list sent free.
Also—THE BRADBURY PIANO, equal if tot su
perior to any made. Endorsed by the leading ar
tists of the country. Price from $350 upwards.
iIARRY SANDERS & CO.,
General Agts, 79 West Fayette st...
Baltimore, Md.
N. B.—Local agents wanted in every town iu the
South. may 3 6m[
CHARLESTON ADVERTISEMENTS,
c. P. POPPENHEIM,
IURECT IMPORTERS OF
English & American Hardware,
BAR IRON,
Coopers’ and Turpentine Tools,
417 KINO STREET,
Near Calhoun, (sign on side walk.)
Charleston, S. C.
REFERENCES.
Rev. J. T. Wightman, Rev. 11. A. C. Walker,
Rev. A. M. Chreitzberg, G. W. Williams, F. J.
Pelzer, G. H. Gruber. Mar l-6m|
George W. Williams & Cos.,
Me rchants and bankers, hayne
. Street, Charleston, S. C.
Williams, Birnie & Cos.,
C COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 65 BEAVER
J Street, and 20 Exchange Place, N. C.
George W. Williams & Cos.,
CIOTTUN FACTORS, CIIURCII-ST., CnARI.ES
-1 ton, 8. C. OctA-Oiu
J. N. ROBSON.
Commission Merchant,
Nos. 1 and 2 Atlantic Wharf,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Having ample means for advances,
a business experience of twenty years, anil
confining himself strictly to a Commission Busi
ness, without operating on his own account., res
pectfully solicits consignments of Cotton, Flour,
Corn, Wheat, etc. Shippers of Produce to him,
may, at their option, have their consignments sold
either iu Charleston or New York, thus having the
advantage of two markets without extra commis
sion.
ItBFBBBNCKS:
Bishop W. M. Wightman, S. C.; Col. Wm. John
son, Charlotte, N. C.; Rev. T. O. Summers, D. D.
Tenn.; Hon Jjio. P. King, Augusta, Ga.; Messrs.
G. W. Williams & Cos., Charleston, S. C.; Messrs.
Williams, Birnie ifeCo., New York.
AS AGENT FOR THE STATE, OF THIS OLD
and well established brand of GUNPOW
DER, 1 will always keep a large stock at the Maga
zine here, whieh I offer to the trade on favorable
terms. My wagon will deliver to all parts of the
city, and at the different Railroad Depots.
MARYLAND
STEAM SUGAR REFINING
COMPANY.
AS AGENT FOR THE STATE, I WILL KEEP
on hand all grades of SUGARS AND SYRUPS,
whieh I offer from store, or direct from factory, at
manufacturers’ prices, with actual expenses added,
SIIILiJjITO’S
AND WERK’S CANDLES.
AS AGENT FOR THESE OLD AND WELL
established brands of Candles, I offer them to the
trade at lowest market rates, and having always
ample stock on hand, can fill all orders promptly.
FAIR BANK, PEUIi & CO.’S LAIID
AS AGENT FOR THIS WELL KNOWN BRAND
of Lard, put up in 3,5, and 10 lbs. caddies, also in
barrels, I offer it, to the trade witli every confidence,
it having given general satisfaction.
BALINC TWINE.
FACTORS, SHIPPERS AND OTHERS ARE
invited to examine my STOCK OF TWINE, the
quality of wliic-h 1 guarantee. Being on consign
ment direct from the Factory, the price will be
found low.
OR. PRICK’S
CREAM BAKINC POWDER.
HAVING ACCEPTED THE AGENCY FOR
this State, after giving them a full trial, I can con
fidently recommend these POWDERS to those
who wish to have good bread, they having given
general satisfaction to all who have used them
licre. To the trade a liberal discount will he made
in lots.
j.a n fl I) J
ENGLISH SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME.
Imported direet from Liverpool, and guaranteed
to contain twenty-four per cent, of Soluble Phos
phate of Lime.
GUANO.
DIRECT FROM THE AGENT, WARRANTED
pure. For sale at market rates with a liberal dis
count iu lots of five tons or more.
BAUGH’S
Raw Bone Super-Phosphate,
FLOUR OF RONE, DISSOLVED DONE
PLVSTER OK GYPSUM.
ALWAYS ON HAND, AND AS EVERY SHlP
ment is analysed on arrival, Planters can rely on
getting the same article, aud fully up to standard.
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO.
THE HIGHLY SATISFACTORY AND RE
marknble effects of this Guano, in producing very
largely increased crops ot Cotton, Corn, and other
staple crops has attracted the general attention
of Planters and Farmers.
In order to-confirm public contidencein the con
tinued excellence of this Guauo, and avail itself
of the best scientific ability in the proseeution of
this important business, the Pacific Gnano Com
pany has consummated a professional engagement
with Dr. ST. JULIEN RAVENEL, of Charleston,
S.-C!., as scientific adviser and consulting Chemist
to the Company.
Dr. RAVENEL is conversant with the compo
sition and qualities of the Guano, as well as with
the character, policy and unusual resources of the
Pacific Guano Company, and will communicate
full information on these points to planters who
may call on him, or address him by letter, at
Charleston, S. C.
J. N. ROBSON,
AGENT FOR THE STATE,
Nos. 1 and 3 Atlantic Wharf, Charleston, 8. C.
Jan 18-6m|
CALENDAR FOR 1871.
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MOON’S PHASES. —JUNE.
D. H. M.
« Full Moon 3 1 09 morning.
« Last Quarter 9 6 43 evening.
: New Moon 17 865 evening.
First Quarter 25 520 evening.
EVERY MAN OUGHT TO
INSURE HIS LIFE.
Every Southern Man Ought to In
sure His Life in a
GOOD
SiltaCoiw!
WH Y ?
Fihst. In Case of His Death, lie will Leave His
Family in Comfortable Circumstances, Beyond the
Reacli of Want or the Contingencies of His Busi
ness.
Second. The Money he Pays for Premiums is all
Invested at Home, Instead of Being Sent to the
North to Enrich Stockholders.
THE COTTON STATES
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF—
MACON, GA.
Authorized Capital, - -$2,000,000
Guaranteed Capital, --$ 500,000
Assets, $ 300,000
AND RAPIDLY INCREASING
Deposited with the State of Georgia $160,000
Deposited with the State of So. Carolina.. $ 50,000
For Security of Policy Holders.
These deposits are uot taken from the premium
assets, as many Companies have done, hut were ob
tained by an assessment of 80 per cent upon the
guaranteed capital of the stockholders. These
amounts are deposited entirely beyond lire control
of the Company; do notenter iuto its business,
and cannot be taken up until every policy Issued
by the Company is paid up or cancelled. This
affords security superior to all other Companies.
OFFICERS:
W. B. JOHNSON President
WM. S. HOLT Vice President
GEO. S. OBEAR, Secretary
C. F. McCAY, Actuary
JOHN W. BURKE, General Agent
J. MERCER GREEN Medical Examiner
W. J. MAGILL, Superintendent of Agencies.
The following comprise some of the unanswer
able arguments, why every Planter should imme
diately apply for a l\>licyof Life Insurance :
1. The changes and fluctuations taking plarc and
liable to occur iu commercial affairs.
2. The tfnreliability of labor.
3. The uncertainty of crops and of prices.
4. The absence of requisite capital to meet the
losses and disappointments widen may occur.
5. The certainty of distress which in moßt eases
must follow the loss the. head of the family by
death.
0. The certainty « provision for these contin
gencies, which a Lit* Insurance Policy adonis to
every family, in a good company.
The Cotton States Life Insurance Company is a
good company, therefore a Policy in tho Cotton
States Life Insurance Company is a provision which
will guard your loved ones from want, or pecuniary
distress in the event of your misfortune, or your
death.
DIRECTORS :
WILLIAM J. JOHNSTON, Esq., Macon.
JOHN J. GRESHAM, Esq., Macon.
HENRY L. JEWETT, Merchant, Macon.
VIRGIL POWERS, Gcn’l Sup’t S. W It. It.
GEO. S. OBEAR, Esq , ex-Mayor of Macon, Ga.
R. W. CUBBEDGE, Banker, Macon, Ga.
J. W. BURKE, Bookseller, etc., Macon, Ga.
JOHN S. BAXTER, Merchant, Macon, Ga.
WM. H. ROSS, Esq., Merchaht, Macon, Ga.
GEN. W.B. HOLT, Pres’tS. W. It. R., Macon, Ga.
PETER SOLOMON Esq., Macon, Ga.
C A. NUTTING, Pres’tClty Banking Cos., Macon.
A. L. MAXWELL, Esq., Macon, Ga.
JOHN T. BOIFKU ILI.ET, 8. W. R. R.
E. J JOHNSTON, Jeweler, Macon, Ga.
L. N. WHITTLE, Attorney at Law, Maeon, Ga.
GEN. A. R. LAWTON, Merchant, Savannah, Ga.
ANDREW LOW, Merchant, Savannah, Ga.
JOHN P. KING. Pres’t Ga. R. R. Augusta, Ga.
JOSIAII SIBLEY, Merchant, Augusta, Ga.
RICHARD PETERS, Esq., Atlanta, Ga.
V. R. TOMMEY, Merchant,, Atlanta, Ga.
L. G. BOWERS, Esq., Columbus, Ga.
C. G. HOLMES, Esq,, Columbus, Ga.
T. J. SMITH, Esq., Monticello, Ga.
COL. WM. JOHNSTON, Pres’t Charlotte & C. R. K
COL. C. G. MEMMINGER, Charleston, S. C.
WHO SHOULD INSURE.
ALL CLASSES. The rich, because they can
easily afford it, aud reverses may cornu, or they
may have large estates, but no ready money to
clear off encumbrances; and the result of mal-ad
rainistration may leave but little to the family.
TIIE POOR MAN, because he may never accu
mulate, and because immorality and crime are
close companions of ignorance aud poverty.
OUR PEOPLE, especially, should insure. The
war lias impaired the fortunes of all, and many
have been left penniless. Before the war we did
not so mncli need it. The institution of slavery
made ns independent of this provision. If a man
commenced life with a few slaves, he could rea
sonably expect tliat in a very few years their natu
ral increase would make his family independent.
Bnt this has been swept from us. It has been
truthfully said, that bnt few men, after the age of
forty, have laid the foundation of fortunes. How
many there are who, at that age, and beyond,
have had to begin life anew.
There is no other investment which can be
made by small installments; and the very first
jiayment made secures the policy as much as the
FARMERS especially should insure, because it
is the surest way of providing for a family. If
wealthy, they can easily afford to carry a policy,
which in the event of death would be worth more
in ready money than a farm. If their property is
encumbered a Life Policy is peculiarly desirable;
for how often is a farm lost to heirs, or its value
impaired by an encumbrance which has not been
removed before the death of the owner? How
easily, too, in planting, an acre or two can be cul
tivated without extra expense, and the proceeds
set aside for the premium on a Life Policy.
POPULAR ERRORS IN SELECTING A COM
PANY.
Many persons imagine that the older a company
is, and the larger its capital, the safer it must
necessarily he. This is an error; as the assets of
a company increase so do its liabilities. The true
test of its solvency is the proportion of assets to
liabilities. Many younger companies are relatively
stronger than those of greater age and larger
growth. And In young companies the lives hemg
freshly selected, there is manifestly less mortality.
The unprecedented success of this Company is
the best recommendation it can offer, having iasued
over
2,100 POLICIES.
Upon the lives of some of the most prominent
men in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and
Florida.
It issues policies upon all the most popular plans
of Insurance; gives its policy holders every ad
vantage they ten get in any company North or
South.
It is now successfully at work In Georgia, Ala
bama, North and South Caro ina, Florida and Ken
tucky.
GOOD AGENTS WANTED
in every city, town and village In the United States.
For particulars address
GEO. S. OBEAR, Secretary,
Jaull MACON, GA.
VOL. XXXIV., NO. 24.
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of evil tendency, hut the editor and publisher, flk
claim all knowledge of the merits of matters*!
advertised, and will not indorse them j n any man
ner whatever, or be held responsible f or
effects.
Good News For The Afflicted!
HOLTON OR BAILY PILLS.
A CERTAIN CURE for Chills and Fever, Dumb
Chills and Ague, Periodical Headache N> u .
rttliria and all affections of like character.
DR. H. C. BAILY, Airierieus, <; a .
Dll. 11. C. Baii.y: I used the Holton Pills in a
ease of Chills with complete success. My daughter
has had no Chills since taking the l’ills aeeorilin.r
to directions. 8. 8. ANTHONY, Ainerieus, Ga.
Dn. H. C. Baii.y: I nsedthe Holton Pills in sty
oral eases of Chills of nearly a year’s slamlm
and met with complete success iu every ease. ’
W. A. WILSON, Americus, (ia.
Mu. 11. C. Baii.y : I have used the Holton Pin,
iu my family with satisfactory results. If taken
according to directions, they will break up Chills
of longstanding, with an almost certainly of nut
returning T. M. FURLOW, Americus, (ia.
Dn. H.C. Baily: I have used tho Holton Pills
with my plantation hands, with entire satisfactory
results. lam sure they will cure the Chills.
A. 8. CUTTS, Americus, Ga., April 11, Is;j.
We have used the Holton Pills hi our families
for Chills and Fever. They have never failed in ~
single ease to cure. J. V. PRICE (t SON,
Americus, Ga., April 11,1571.
Dii. 11. C. Baily: I had the Chills and Fever
about six months, tried various remedies without
a cure. L took the Holton l’ills as directed and
have had no Chills siuee. I cheerfully recommend
them toall who have Chills. , B. F. TUCKER,
Dawson, October, 1868.
I bail Chills for about two years, and tried nil
the various remedies, hut they failed to cure me.
I took the Holton, as directed, and have had no
Chills since. I rccommeud them to nil afllietcd
with Chills. J. M. CRIM, Dawson, April 3,1871.
The Holton or BallyAijlls can he found in some
of the Drug Stores of this city, and many other
places in this and other States. Always on hand,
to supply the demand in Americus, wholesale by
IT. C BAILY, Americus,
Or E. B. LOYLEBB, Agent, Dawson, (hi.
aprlllO—Bm I
DR.
SIMMONS’ liver llegiilak
MEDICINE, for Dys-
Jaundice, Costiveness, Camp
lyscutcry, Bick Headache, Chronic Diarrhea, At
sections of the Bladder and Kidneys, Fever, Ner
veonsness, Chills, Diseases of the Skin, impurity
of the Blood, Melancholy or Depression of Spe
lts, etc.
Most, of the ailments here enumerated have their
origin in a diseased liver, which is the most preva
lent nlleetion in this country, and as in many eases
the. patient is not within reach of a physician, it
requires that some remedy should ho provided that
would not, in the least impair the constitution, ami
yet be active and safe. That such is the character
of tho SIMMONS’ REGULATOR, there, can In
no doubt, the testimony of hundreds will establish.
SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED
Pain in the side. Sometimes
I j iTTpii B the pain is felt under the shoul
■ IV P i II fl dor blade; is sometimes mis-
I " -aJ l * l H taken for rheumatism in the
arm. The stomach is affected
with tons of appetite and sickness, bowels in gen
eral are costive, sometimes alternating with lax ;
the head is troubled with pain, accompanied ivilh
a dull, heavy sensation. There is generally con
siderable loss of memory, accompanied with a pain
Ini sensation of having left undone something
which ought to have been done. A slight dry
cough is sometimes an attendant. The patient
complains of weariness and debility ; lie is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning, and ho com
plains of a prickly sensation of the skin ; his spir
its are low; and although satisfied that cxercin
would he beneficial to him, yet he can scarcely
summon up fortitude enough to try it.. In fact he
distrusts every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but eases have oc
curred when few of them existed, yet examination
of tho body after death, has shown the, l.irer to
have been extensively deranged.
It should he used by all persons, old and yonng,
whenever any of the foregoing symptoms appear.
It is a purely vegetable compound, is not injurious
to tlie most delicate constitutions, and will keep
the liver in healthy action if used properly.
Persons living in unhealthy localities may avoid
all billlous attacks hv taking a dose occasionally to
keep the liver in healthy action.
■■■■■■■■■■»*■■ For children complain
■ ing of colic, headache, or
nmill ATfID sick stomach, a teaspoon
n I 111 I U|| ft. fill or more will give relief.
IILUULn I Ulll Children,nswcllnsadults,
eat, sometimes too much
supper, or eat something which does not digest
well, producing sour stomach, heart,hnrn, or rest
lessness; a good dose will give relief. This ap
plies to persons of all ages.
Many persons, from eating too much, are rest
less at night, or in day time are figety, wool gath
ering, can’t understand what they read, can’t keep
their thoughts on any one subject, so ns to reason
well, or become fretful. One or two tablespoon
‘fills will give relief.
Jaundice.— I Take enough Regulator after eating
each meal, to produce one full action from the
bowels every day.
Pregnant ladies will find sure relief from their
headache, costiveness, swimming in the head, eol
ic, sour stomach, restlessness, etc., etc.
Prepared only Ily J. 11. ZEILIN & CO„
Druggists, Macon, Ga.
Price, $1; by mail, $1.25. For sale by all Drug
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