'famitg ®mlr.
A SICK BED.
BV WILLIAM collect BEY AWT.
Long hast thou watched my bed,
And smoothed the pillow oft
For this poor aching head,
With touches hind and soft.
Oh i smooth it yet again,
As softly as before;
Once—only once, and then
I need thy hand no more.
Yet here I may not stay,
Where I so long have lain,
Through many a restless day
And many a night of pain.
But hear me gently forth
Beneath the open shy,
Where on the pleasant earth,
Till night the sunbeams lie.
There, through the coming days,
I shall not look to thee
My weary side to raise
And shift it tenderly.
There sweetly shall I sleep,
Nor. wilt thou need to bring
And put to my hot lip
Cold water from the spring;
Nor wet the kerchief laid
Upon iny burning brow;
Nor from my eyelids shade
The light that wounds them now;
Nor watch that none shall tread,
With noisy foptsteps, nigh ;
Nor listen by my bed
To hear the faintest sigh ;
And feign a look of cheer,
And words of comfort speak;
Yet turn to hide the tear
That gathers on tby cheek.
Beside me where I rest, .f.
Thy loving hsuids will set
The flowers 1 love the best:
Moss-rose and violet.
Then to the sleep I crave .<■
Resign me, till I sec ... t ’ s ,,.
The face of Him who gave ..
His life for thee and me.jfc' 1
Yet, with the setting
Come, now and lhen, at'eve,
And think of me as one •
For whom thou should’stnot grieve;
Who, when the kind release
FroniiSlh anil suffering came,
Passed to the appointed place
In murmuring, thy name.
Leave, at tby side, a space,
Where thou shall come, at last,
To find a resting-place,
When many years are past.
AFRAID TO 00 BACK.
There was to bea’tri'p by the steamboat at
eleven o’clock, and many were going. There was
to be a band of music and a flag flying, and Robert
thought he would like to bee them start. So when
it was almost time, he went up to the master’s
desk, and obtained permission to go out. He ran
all the way to the river, but he had to wait longer
than he expected, before he saw them off. He
was making haste on his way back, when he met
the minister —a venerable and very kind gentle
man, who seeing Robert without his cap, knew at
once that something was wrong.
“ How is this, Master Robert, that you are out
so far away from school this morning ? 1 fear you
have been trespassing: have you not?”
“ Master gave me leave to go out, sir.”
“ I suspect he did. But bow is it you have
come so far without your cap? Master did not
send you on an errand, did he, without your cap?”
“ No,-sir, but he gave me leave to come out.”
“You told me so before, Robert. Now, tell me
the truth; have you not been running away to see
the steamboat go off?”
“Yes, sir.”
“There is a good boy. You should always
speak the truth. And how long have you been
away?’'
“ Half an hour, sir ?”
“ Perhaps more, Robert; for the time goes very
fast When you are looking at any thing that pleases
you. And so you have been running until you
are out of breath, to make up, have you not?”
, “ Yes, sir, I have. And lam almost afraid to
go In now.”
“ Ah, my hoy! So it is. When we do wrong,
we always feel unhappy. Don’t you wish now
that you had Mot gone ?”
“1 am sure I do, sir.”
' “ Well, then, as you have told me the truth and
as you seem to be sofry for what you have done,
I will go with you to the school, and tell the mas
ter all about it. Perhaps i can persuade him not
to punish you this rime.”
•‘ Thank you, sir; that will be very kind in
you.”
“I shall only expect you, Robert, to make one
promise both to your master and to me, and that
is, that you will never run away again in this way,
without his permission.”
“l am sure I will not, sir. lam afraid master
will keep me in for this.”
• “Gome, We Will go this time, and see what can
be done.”
So, taking him by the hand, Mr. Fairburn, the
minister, conducted Robert to his school, who felt
, very queer, when the boys who had missed him,
turned and saw the old gentleman leading him by
the hand; and he scarcely dared lift up bis eyes to
look at tne master, who, he felt sure, must have
been asking for him. But the kind-hearted old
'geyttenflaif managed the matter so well, that the
master, though generally severe in punishing those
who played truant, or stopped out too long, agreed
to forgive Robert on condition' that he repeated an
extra lesson next morning.
Robert was an open-hearted lad, and he Was so
glad that Mr. Pairburn, the good old minister of
the place of worship that his father and mother
attended; had acted so kindlylfb him, that he could
not help telling his mother about it that evening.
He had been getting his extra lesson, and having
done, he shat the book, and lifting up his eyes
and looking full in his mother’s face as she sat at
her needle, said in a trembling tone—
“ Mother, I want to tell you something."
“ What is it, Robert?" said his mother, looking
at him from her work, and seeing that he looked
as if something was the matter.
Robert told his mother all about it.
“ Ah 1 my dear boy, and so Mr. Pairburn acted
as yonr mediator?"
“.My mediator, mother, what is that?”
“Why, have you not heard him on Sunday,
talk about Jesus Cfhrist as the Mediator between
us and 1 God?” 1
“Yfay mother, but I did not know what it
meant."
“ Afid, perhaps, if I had tried to tell you, I
could not have made you understand it. Now I
think you will.”
“I will try, mother.”
“Well: hsieh. JeSus Christ is our Mediator
in this way. We had all gone away from God,
and were wandei'ing from him in ways that were
not good. Jeiqs Christ came from heaven to seek
US and bring God. In doing this he
did more. than Mr. Pamrarn did. Now reach the
Bible, ahd reW the fiftje*bi*d. chapter of Isaiah.”
Robert riSau it through.
‘‘There, now; you see JesulfGhrist waswounded
and bruised for us. Just as if M r, ! Pairburn, when
he took you back, had said to your master, ‘This
boy has done wrong. You may beat me instead
of him.’-"
“ But Mr. Pairburn did hot, mother."
“ I know that. I was only showing that Jesus
Christ has done more for us than Mr. Pairburn
did for you. Then, after he had died for us on
the cross, Jesus Christ rdße again from the dead,
and went back to heaven, and has been ever since,
andajs novr pjeadingforjus with God to forgive ns,
just as Mr. Pairburn pleaded with yonr master to
forgive you."
“ Thank you, mother; I shall always know now
what a mediator is.”
“I hope you will, my dear; and now, Robert,
I hope you will listen better to Mr. Fairburn, who
was your mediator, and especially when he is talk
ing about Jesus Christ, the great mediator between
God and man.”
“ I hope I shall, mother.”
“ Don’t you feel as if you loved Mr. Fairburn
for bis kindness in taking you back, and making
all right between you and your master?”
“I am sure I do, mother. I feel as if I shall
always love him for it.
“ That will be right, Robert. How much more,
then, ought you to love the Lord Jesus; for, as
the hymn wo smg says: —
‘ It cost Him cnes and tears,
„.To bring us-back to God;
'Great was our debt, but He appears
To make theiSmsom good.’
4a ''
“So it does, mother. I remember it. Pray
foriiue, mother; tMfShe Lord may teach me to
know all about things.”
“I will, my d§jBte But I want to ask you one
more question.: ®rd you feel afraid when Mr.
Fairburn took ydS-by the band to lead you to your
master'”’ -■* , ■
“No, mother, I did not. I knew that he was
a good man, abd ! believed he would do all he
could to get master not to punish me.”
“ Well,'"'Robert, when you have, done wrong
sometimes - , have you not been afraid of coming
to God for fear he should punish you for your
sins?”
“Yes, mother, I am sure I have.”
“Well, Jesus Christ is* even more kind than
Mr. Fairburn. You believe in Mr. Fairburn,iyon
must also believe that Jesus will take you. by the
hand and lead you back to God, who, for Jesus
Ohrist’s sake, will forgive all your sins. Do you
'see; Robert?”
“I do, mother, I do. That is good!”
English Magazine.
HOOD. MOTHERS.
I was once on a visit at S'gentleman’s house,
in the town of Huntington, and my atteutionwas
arrested by a-pieture that hung-in,the dining-room.
It represented an aged woman in a homely dress.
It was not a fine work of art, and it boasted no
decoration of peculiarity, but that of extreme sim
plicity of delineation, yet my eye rested compla
cently on that good, calm face, with its thoughtful
eyes, and'kind mouth, that one almost expected
to break into a smile.' I looked at my host, he
had similar bright dark eyes and open brow, and
without asking I was assured the picture, with the
plain close cap and neat apron, represented his
mother. Seeing my eyes fixed on the painting,
my host came to my side as I stood gazing, and
after a little pause, while a slight mist —it might
be a gathering- his eyes, said- half
abstractedly, as though he was thinking aloud, “I
know she was a sinner, because the Bible says all
have sinned, so of course she like the rest of us
must have been a sinner, but I cannot call to mind
a word or deed she ever said or did that was sinful.”
I turned to him as he was speaking, and bis eye
caught the inquiring look ot mine. He smiled,
and repeated, “ Yes, it’s true, my only knowledge
that she was a sinner is, that the Bible says,
1 There is none righteous, no not one.’ ” What
a testimony! I exclaimed, “0, tbat my children
could say the same of me!"
These words of my friend, a man not given to
strong, still less to exaggerated expressions, sunk
deep into my heart, and led me to think a great
deal more about mothers than I had ever pre
viously done.
Reader, the best earthly blessing is a good mo
ther, and the greatest earthly curse is a bad one.
Children may overcome the misery of a bad fa
ther, but rare indeed, are the instances where they
have escaped ruin when they have had a bad mo
ther. But I have not the heart to write about
bad mothers; it’s Satan’s worst mischief-—the
mystery of iniquity. Let us comfort our souls as
we travel life’s journey by thinking over some
good mothers, * '
George Stephenson, the great railway engineer,
had a good mother. In all her poverty, and it was
bitter, she was spoken of as “a raal canny body,”
the highest praise her neighbors knew how to give.
Sir Humphrey Davy had a good mother, one
who encouraged him to study; one who during
her widowhood devoted herself to her children,
and taught them perseverance by her good example.
Joseph Hume, M. P., the celebrated statesman,
had a good mother. She was a widow in.poor cir
cumstapces-and kept a small pottery shop in Mon
trose, (Scotland.) She resolved her diligent boy
should have a good education, and labored hard
to give him every advantage when he started in
life. Whatever be learned in public life, he learned
economy in private life, at bis mother’s lowly home.
In specially religious biography what a great
nutnbecof good mothers come to our remembrance.
Mrs.’Susannah Wesley bad a family of nineteen
children. Her husband’s income was very limited,
but her wisdom in managing her small means and
large family, made the rectory of Epworth a me
mofablc duelling. Here grew-Up John and Charles
Wesley and many pious, gifted daughters. Elo
quence, genius and spirituality flourished in that
borne, and ultimately spread from thence oyer the
length and breadth of the land. Great .as were
the gifts of nature bestowed on that family, the
best gift was the good mother.'
Dr. Isaac Watts had a good mother. When he
was a little child his pious father was'a prisoner
at Southampton, for conscience sake, and he re
membered his mother carrying him in her arms to
the gate of the prison, and weeping over him as
she thought of her husband’s affliction. Those
dark days of religious persecution passed away,
and her son grew up,- not only to bless and com
fort his mother, but to write sweet and holy strains
for old and young.
Dr. Doddridge had- a good mother. He was
the youngest, child of a large family. Death had
so often entered the dwelling and gathered the in
fant flowerets, that Mrs. Doddridge rejoiced with
trembling over her youngest treasure. While she
cared for his body she did not neglect his soul.
The old Dutch tiles round -the fire-place had
Scripture stories painted on them, and the child,
as he sat on her lap in the evening, used to listen
to his mother’s voice, telling him - the customs of
the holy men of old, and 6 ds dealing: with his
ancient people. The buy grew to manhood, the
mother went to her heavenly rest, Rut those eve
ning hours were never fcrgotteif. When Philip
Doddridge became a teacher oi truth and right
eousness,, his mother’s voice lingered in his ears,
her words dwelt in bis memory, her pious teach
ings throbbed in his heart, and made him in his
turn zealous for the truth, and peculiarly forcible
and tender in writing for the young. Thank God
for good mothers, may their number be ever in
creasing.
Domestic Life.— He cannot be a bappy man
who has not the love and smile of woman to ac
company him in every department of life. The
world may look dark and cheerless Without—ene
mies may gather in his path, but when he returns
to the fireside, and feels the tender love of woman,
he forgets his cares and troubles, and is a com
paratively happy man. He is bnt half prepared
for the journey of life who takes not with him
that friend who will forsake him in no emergency
—who will divide his sorrows—increase his.joys —
lift the veil from his heart, and throw sunshine
amid the darkest scenes.
MAHOGANY.
Sir Walter Raleigh i 3 said to have been the
first person who used this wood, and he employed
it to repair his ships at Trinidad. The captain
of a West Indiaiuun afterward brought some of
it over as a preseut to his brother, who tried to
use it in building, but the workmen grumbling
that it was too hard, ho had some made into a
candle-box, which was so much admired for the
beauty of its marking and colour, that one or two
articles of fancy furniture were made of it for
persons of distinction, and thus it became fashion
able at first; more was imported, and it has of
later years been very common.
In Parker’s Reminiscences of Mr. Choate, just
published, his manner of keeping accounts .and
collecting bills is thus described:
“I never remember seeing him collect any
money, or make any charges in any books. Indeed,
I never saw any account books in his office. He
himself never seemed to have any money. If he
wanted any, he would get me to draw a check for
him, even for five dollars, and he signed it. If
he drew the cheek himself, he made sad work of
it. It used to be said round the entry, that when
he had to go to Washington to argue cases, or to
Congress, he often was obliged to ransack tbe
entry to find some one with money to lend him to
go on with- Unlike some others of the fraternity
of great men, however, lie very often paid what
he borrowed.
His accounts of who owed him, and how much,
he must have chiefly carried in his head. His
office partner could not have known .them, and
there was not. seen any book of original entries.
One of his old students of former years, however,
used to come to us atid tell us of a traditionary set
of books, which Choate commenced with the in
tention of keeping them by double entry.
So, on the first day he opened them,-he had<oo
casion to send out for a gallon of. oil —it was be
fore gas days; accordingly be entered in the bulky
volume; “Office debtor one gallon of oil”—so
much. A few days after, an old client came in
and 1 asked for bis-bill. Choate told him lie really
was very busy, and, if he’d eall again in a week,
he’d have it ready for him. In a week he called
again and demanded his bill. “Oh, yes,” said
Choate, “Ireally—you must pardon me—but I’ve
not had time to draw it off; but you may pay what
ever you think right.” This did not suit the
client, who said he’d call once more; and so he
did in a fortnight after. This time Choate was in
despair. “ Well there," said he, “ take the books
and just draw off a minute of the account your
self.” The worthy man took the book, despairing
of any other information, opened it, and there at
the top of the page; in staring characters of vast
size, to make them legible, was the entry, “Office
debtor one gallon of oil,” standing as lonely on its
page as its author in his life. He never asked
•for his bill again, but paid what he thought fair,
and asked for a receipt in full, winch Mr. Choate
promised to have ready for him next tune he
called.
Mr. Choate very often, however, made a sudden
foray and raid upon his clients as he happened to
recollect them, if he found himself unexpectedly
in want of money.- And wo to any unfortunate
man then, who had a heavy ease actually on trial.
He had to pay for all the sins oi omission of his
predecessors’ clients for many weeks.
A shrewd writer, who is in the habit of telling
home truths which go direct to the heart of the
popular follies of the day, has the following m re
lation to the pernicious system oi doinebtu, educa
tion, so fatally prevalent at the present time:
In the town of Somewhere lives Mr. Manygirls,
He is a toilsome merchant, his wife a hard-work
ing housekeeper. Once they were poor, now they
are ruinously rich. They have seven daughters,
whom they train up in utter idleness. They spend
much money, but not in works of humanity, not
even in elegant accomplishments, in : painting,
dancing, music, and the like, and so paying in
spiritual beauty what they take in material means.
They never read nor sing; they are know-nothings,
and, only in vain show, as useless as a ghost, and
as ignorant as the blocks on which their bonnets
are made. Now, these seven ‘ ladies,’ as the news
papers call the poor things, so ignorant and help
less, are not only idle, can earn nothing, but con
sume much. What a load of finery is on their
shoulders, and heads, and necks 1 Mr. Manygnls
hires manymen and women to wait onhisd-tugh
ters’ idleness, and these servants are withdrawn
from productive work in nursing these seven
grown-up babies. ;
On the other side of .the way, the Hon. Mr.
Manysohs has seven sons, who are the exact match
for the merchant’s daughters; rich; idle, some of
them dissolute; debauchery coming before their
beard; all useless, earning nothing, spending much,
wasting more. The only labor is to kill rime;
and in summer they emigrate from pond to pond,
from lake to lake, having a fishing line with a
worm at one end and a fool at the other. These
are fast families in Somewhere. Their idleness is
counted pleasure. Six of: these sons will marry,
and five perhaps of Manygirls’ daughters, and
what families they will have, will be found to live
on the oil of their, grandfather’s bones; till a com
mercial 'crisis, and the wear and tear of time has
dissipated their fortunes, and they are forced re
luctantly to toil.
Besides, there is an enormous waste of food,
fuel, cloth in g, of every thing. We are the least
economical civilized people on earth. Of course
the poor are wasteful eyery-where,tbey do not
know how to economize, and they have not the
means. They must live from hand to mouth, and
half. that.'is put into-the; hand -perishes before it
reacbes the mouth. So likewise are the rich waste
ful, who, haye inherited- money, almost; never such
who have earned it. The great mass of the people,
are not economical, but wasteful. It is the habit
of the whole country.
Hall’s Journal of Health gives the following
sensible advice:
“Like the gnarled oak that has withstood the
storms and thunderbolts of centuries, man him
self begins to die at the extremities. Keep the
feet dry add warm, and we may snap our fingers
in joyous triumph at disease and the doctors.
Put on two pairs of thick woollen stockings, but
keep this to yourself; go to some honest son of
St. Crispin, and have yoUr -measure taken for a
stout pair of winter boots or shoes; shoes are bet
ter for ordinary every-day use, as they allow the
ready escape of the odours, while they strengthen
the ankles, accustoming them to depend on them
selves. A very slight accident is sufficient to
cause a sprained ankle to an haßTfiial boot-wearer.
Besides, a shoe compresses less, and hence admits
of a more vigorous circulation of blood. But
wear boots when you ride or travel. Give direc
tions also to have no cork or India-rubbers about
the shoes, but to place between the layers of the
soles, from out to out, a piece of stout hemp or
tow-linen, which has been dipped in melted pitch.
This is absolutely impervious to water—does not
absorb a particle, while we know that cork does,
and after'a while becomes ‘soggy ’ and damp fori
a week. When you put them on for the first
time, they will fern as ‘easy as an old shoe,’ and
you may stand on damp places for hours with im
punity."
British Workman.
There is a curious traditionary story current in
some families, regarding a celebrated Scottish
nobleman, which, 1 am assured, is true, and fur
ther, that it has never appeared in print. The
story is therefore, a Scottish reminiscence, and as
such, deserves a place here. The Earl of Lau
derdale was so ill as to cause great alarm to his
friends, and .perplexity to his physicians. One
distressing symptom was a total absence of sleep,
and the medical men declared their opinion, that
without sleep being induced he could not recover.
His son, a queer, eccentrie-looking boy, who was
considered a kind of daft, and had little attention
pail to his education, was sitting under the table,
and cried out, “Send for that preaching man frae
Livingstone, for he (the Earl) aye sleeps in the
kirk.” One of- the doctors thought this hint
worth attending to. The experiment of “getting
a minister till him” succeeded, and sleep coming
on he recovered. The Earl, out of gratitude for
this benefit, took more notice of bis so n > P a >d
attention to his .education, and. that boy became
the Dike of Lauderdale, afterwards so famous
or infamous in his country’s history, ' ;
ff ujifcgtmiin and (Setuim dvattpliisl.
fjpSfdlaMM®.
RUFUS CHOATE.
EXTRAVAGANCE OF THE AGE
WINTER SHOES:
curious Recipe for sleep.
BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.
You cannot go into the meadow and pluck up
a .single daisy by the roots, without breaking up
a society of nice relations and detecting a princi
ple more extensive and refined than mere gravita
tion. The hahdfUl of earth that follows the finny
roots of the little flower is replete with social ele
ments. A little social circle has been formed
around that germinating daisy. The sun-beam
and the dew-drtfgs-Hekihere; and the soft summer
breeze came -whispering through the tall grass to
join the silent cbneert. The earth took them to'
the daisy gem; jand all went to work to show that
flower to the Sub, Bach mingled in the honey of
its influence,, and'they nursed the “wee canny
thing” with an sjilment that made it grow. And
when it lifted ife eyes toward the sky they wove
a soft carpet of grass for its feet; And the sun
saw it through tfe green leaives and smiled as he
passed on; and, by starlight,and the. moonlight,
they worked, on. 'And the daisy lifted up its head,
and one morning while the sun was looking, it
put on its silver-dimmed' diadem, and showed its
yellow petals to pie stars.
There are in the United States forty-eight Roman
Catholic Archbiskops and Bishops, two mitred Ab
bots, and two thotiknd two hundred andtwenty-three
secular and religious priests.
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TERMS.
TERMS.
JONAS WHITCOMB'S
REMEDY FOR
ASTHMA,
Is worthy the attention of all Sttpomb* of
Pressing complaint. The late JONAS ’«»
Boston, visited Europe a few years since, for the oeneui
of his health, which was much impaired by frequent at
tacks of
SPASMODIC ASTHMA.
While In Germany, an eminent physician becamefa
te rested in his case, and promised him relief. He >olr
lowed.the treatment ordered, and,' to his surprise and
joy, his asthma almost entirely disappeared. He pro
cured the recipe which had accomplished so much for
him, brought it with him to this country; and it became
the property of the present proprietors. It contains no
poisonous or injurious properties, whatever; and an in
fant may take it with perfect safety.
[Letter ftom a distinguished Lawyer in Newburyport,
. -. Mass.]
• , . ■ - ASTHMA.
Newbubvpoet, Feb. 25,.1856.
. Messrs. Joseph Burnett & Co.: —It is now nearly
twelve months since I received the first bottle of your
valuable'medicine for the cure of the Asthma.
1 am now satisfied that my relief, from one of the most
aggravating, most distressing, and nibst unrelenting dis
orders that ever afflicted a human being, is to be attri
buted wholly to this Remedy. For thirteen years I suf
fered with the asthma, and it grew upon me fn severity,
until in'lBs3 ahd 18541 was'obliged; for months together,
to sleep in my chair; and the least active exercise would
bring oh a' paroxysm, oftentimes so severe, that I could
not move an inch for hours.
From the time I took the first dose of your, “ Remedy,”
to the present hour, I have not had a bad attack, and
now my system is so free.from it, that the most active
exercise and exposure seldom has any other effect than
to slightly restrict the lungs. Your medicine soon dis
pels that sensation, and I can safely claim a general re
lcasefrom the tormentor.
With great respect, your obedient servant,
J.,H. BRAGDON.
[Extract from a letter written by a distinguished Law
yer In Maine.]
ASTHMA.
Messrs. Joseph Burnett & Co.:—Gentlemen —l tried
more than thirty different specifics for the Asthma; until
I had become worn down by disease, and almost dis
couraged. When 1 commenced faking your medicine,
I had been afflicted with the disease about twenty years.
It is of the spasmodic kind; and in a bad attack I bare
frequently sat up sixteen nights-in succession; Soon
after taking.your medicine, I foundan unaccustomed re
lief. My heal.th and strength began to improve. Ihave
gained about twenty pounds in weight, and have, com
paratively, no Asthma. 'When I feel the symptoms re
turning, a few teaspoonfuls of the medicine is sufficient
to remove it..,
It seems to me that-the-very-foundation of my disease
has been broken up, and that it will soon entirely leave
me. At any rate, no one that has suffered what I have,
heretofore, and enjoyed the health that I have enjoyed
since last fall,: can-hesitate to believe that there is a
wonderful power in Jonas Whitcomb’s Remedy for the
Asthma.
Respectfully yours, H. R. YOSE.
[Letter from a. Clergyman.J J.
' : : ASTHMA. "
■* Warbsboho’, Vt., May 12,1857.
Messrs. Joseph Burnett & Co.:—l take pleasure in
Stating the wonderful effects of “ Whitcomb’s Remedy
for the Asthma;” on my wife. As often as ten or
twelve times in a year, she was brought to the very
gates of death, requiring two or three watchers, some
times for-several days and nights in succession. At one
time she was so far. gone that her physician could not
count her pulse. I consulted numerous physicians of
the highest celebrity, to little or no purpose. At length
I heard of “ Whitcomb’s Remedy;” it acted like a charm;
it enabled her to sleep quietly in a few minutes, and
nearly broke up the disease. I,am a Methodist clergy
man, stationed here, Ishall be happy to answer any in
quiries respecting her case
* " ■ - . -Tours- truly,
ASTHMA. / '
Sooth Weymouth, Mass., Jan. 28j 1859.
Messrs. Joseph - Burnett &' Co.I saw your notice of
Jonas Whitcomb’s Asthma Remedy, in the Boston Pilot,
and I wish to. tell you of its effect upon me. I have
been troubled very mueh for about .five years, many
nights-losing my sleep. Sometimes I could not move,
and bad to sit in one position for hours.
I began taking ybur medicine last September, I have
not had a bad attaefr— have not lost an hour’s sleep, nor
an hour’s work, since. lam ashoemaker by trade,‘and
live in South Weymouth.
Your obedient servant,
MICHAEL KEARNEY.
Prepared by JO.S&PB.BUJUSUS'.
sold by '- ''i 5 -
5 ' Qn& Doliarper
Burnett’s Cocoaine.
Burnett’s Cocoaine.
Pbematurf. Loss op the Hair, which is so common
now-a-days, may be entirely prevented by the use of
Burnett’s Cocoaine. It has been used in thousands of
cases where the hair was coming out in handfuls, and
■ has never failed to arrest its decay, and to promote a
healthy and vigorous growth. It is, at the same time,
unrivalled as a dressing for the hair. A single applica
tion will render it soft and glossy for several days.
Prepared by JOSEPH BURNETT A CO., Boston, and
for sale by dealers generally at fifty cents a bottle.
JOSEPH BURNETT & CO.,
PROPRIETOR OF
COCOAINE, a compound of Cocoa-Nut Oil, &c., for
the Hair.
FLORIMEL, a new and delightful Perfume for the
Handkerchief.
KALLISTON, a Cosmetic, for removing Freckles,
Taw, Sunburn, &c.
ORIENTAL TOOTH WASH, for the Preservation
and Beanty of the Teeth and Glims.
JONAS WHITCOMB’S REMEDY FOR ASTHMA,
Rose Cold, Hay Fever, He.
BURNETT’S SUPERIOR FLAVORING EX
TRACTS, for Cpoking purposes.
MEEODE O NS,—THE UNDERSIGNED RE
specffully informs the' Public, that he is manu
facturing, these:; delightful Instruments, of every size,
style, and price* -.Having bad a practical experience of
over ten years in 'the construction of them, he feels con
fident of his ability to produce an*article equal to any in
the market. AU Instruments made by him are fully
warranted, and anydefect -in material or workmanship
will be made good at any time.
S3* Tuningand Repairing carefully attended to.
JOSEPH BURNETT & CO., I f .
27 Cektrai. Street, Boston. | * *.-??*
S 3” The above-named articles arc manufactured solely by
the proprietors. The names and titles thereof are adopted as
Trade Marks; to secure the public and the proprietors
against imposition , by the introduction of spurious articles.
All unauthorized use of these trade marks will be promptly
prosecuted.
INE GROCERIES.
JAMES R. WEB BIS
TEA WA BEIT O USE, ■
223, SOUTH EIGHTH ST» 5 ‘ BELOW WALNUT*
Has constantly on hand a large assortment of the
Choicest Teas, Java and Mocha Coffee, and every
description of Fine Groceries, for family use.
83” Orders by mail promptly attended to, anil care
fully packed and forwarded. > jyis-l y
I LUTZ, CABINET WARE ROOMS, AC.,
. . 121 SOUTH ELEVENTH STREET.
Owing to the recent increased facilities Jn the manu
facture of Cabinet wares, I beg leave to ca|l the attention
of my friends and customers to my present stock of Fur
niture, comprising every variety of
PARLOR, LIBRARY, DINING-ROOM & CHAMBER
FURNITURE.
The latest style of Imitation EBONY FURNITURE
with gilt ornaments, on hand, and made to order.
702—13.
The first premium for sewing machines,
HAS BEEN AWARDED'TO
LADD, WEBSTER, & CO.,
At the Penn’a. State Fair, for 1859.
These machines make a Tight Lock Stitch, alike on
: both sidesof the work, on a straight.needle and a wheel
feed. They do a greater range of work, and do it bet
ter, than any other sewing machine.' They stitch, hem,
hind, fell, run and gather, without basting. -
. Read the following extracts from letters:
From Lieut. W. S. Maury, U. S. Navy.
“I cheerfully give you my testimonial in its favor,”
From D. H. Cochran, Principal of N. Y. State Normal
School.
“ In ease of management, and in the perfection of its
work, it is, in my opinion, the best of thirteen different
sewing machines which I have been enabled to ex
amine.”
Rev. J. P. Langworthy, Sec’y. American Congregational
Union, to a brother clergyman.
“The gentlemanly and Christian proprietors make
liberal discounts to clergymen, and are worthy the - pa
tronage they seek; not for this reason so much as be
cause they offer for sale the best of those instruments,
which have become an institution for women.” . ■
Send for a circular, with samples of work.
LADD, WEBSTER & CO.,
820 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Oct. 27, 1859. ■ 1
Jj'i’jr-B F A S El 0 N A B L E C LOT H I N S
. E. H. ELDRIDGE’S
CONTINENTAL CLOTHING HOUSE.
N.E. corner of EiffjftOi and Chestnut Streets. f
A SUPERIOR ASSORTMENT OF ...
READY-MADE CLOTHING ALWAYS ON HAND
’ : ' j - : . With a full Stock of
CLOTHS, CASSIMERBS, ; AND : YE STINGS ,
of French, English, and American Manufacture, fro®
■ * which to select. r .
259" - We study to please. , jau 20-1- y
KIMBALL HADLEY.
Jan. 12,1860.
SAYING FUNDS.
rpHE STATE SAYINGS FUND,
No. 83 SOCK STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
HEXT door to the post office.
SUMSLABGE AND SMALL
Are received DAILY, and every MONDAY E YENING,
on deposit.
ANY SUM OF MONEY WANTED ig returned when,
ever .called for.
Many Persons open accounts with this Company, ar d
draw their money by Checks, as in Bank, thus com
bining convenience and profit.
INTEREST IS PAID
-On.all suras of.: Money, amounting to Three Dollars or
more,'at the rate of
FIVE PER CENT. PER ANNUM.
No Notice is required by this Coinpany for the pay
ment of either Principal or Interest.
SUBSTANTIAL SATISFACTION
To Depositors has, without exception, tbs
.operations and efforts of this .. ij.'i
WELL-KNOWN INSTITUTION.
GEO. H. HAKTi’President.
CHARLES G. IMLA.Y, C<tahit>.
3. HENRY HAYES, First Teller.
mar.s-1 yr.
A MERIC AN LIFE INSURANCE AND TRUST
COMPANY.., ;
Company’s Buildings, South-east Corner of WALNUT
and FOURTH Streets.
Open.<rom t 9 a.m. to 5 f.m. : ; . i,
Incorporated 1860 by the Legislature of Pennsylvania.
Capital $500,000. Charter Perpetual.
Insures Lives duringtbe-natural lifeor for short terms,
grants annuities and emiowrnents, and makes contracts
of ailkinds depending on the-!’issues of life. Acting
also as Executors, Trustees, and Guardians.
Policies of Life Insurance issued at the usual mutual
rates of other good Companies—with profits to* the as
sured—at Joint Stoek rates.2o percent, less than.above,
or Total Abstinence rates 40 per cent, less than Mutual
price, .
SAVING FUND.
’ Intbrfest af 5 per cent.allowed for every day the De
posit remains, and paid back on demaiul in Gold and
Silver, and Checks furnished as in a Bank, for use at
Depositors.
This, Company hat FIRST MORTGAGES, REAL
EST ATE, GROUND RENTS, and other first-class In
vestments, as well as the CAPITAL STOCK, for the
security of Depositors in this ojd established Institution
ALEXANDER WHILLDIN, President
. SAMUEL WORK,. Yice President
John C. Sims, Secretary.
John S. Wilsok, Treasurer.
BOARD OF TBD STEFS.
Alexander Whilldin, Hon. Thos. Sargent
Samuel Work, Jonas Bowman, ’
JohnC, Farr, , - f William J. Howard
Louis. A. .Glodey, John C. Sims, ’
John P. Simons r •• ■ George Nugent
T, Esmonde Harper, . Albert C. Roberts
H. H. Eldridge
-1 anaaciu,:xxAiiniEKs.
J. F. Bird, M.D., J. Newton Walker, M.D,
In attendance at Company’s Office daily from I to 3
o’clock f.m. , feblOly
COMMONWEALTH FIBE INSURANCE COMPA
NY'of the State of Pennsylvania. Office, North
west corner Fourth and Walnut streets, Phfladelphia
SUBSCIUBED CAPITAL, $500,000.
Paid to Capital, $200,000.
DAVID JAYNE, M.D., President.
: ; THOMAS S. STEWART, Vice President.
Samuel S. Moon,. Secretory. ' feb. 26-1 yr.
Quaker city insurance company,
‘ ' Frikklin Buildings, 403 Walnut Street,
. PHILADEM-Hli.
CAP1TAL,........... , lt , .$200,000
SURPLUS,' 150,000
FIRE, MARINE, aniLINLAMD INSURANCE.
FIRE. INSURANCE, LIMITED and PERPETUAL,
ON BUILDINGS AND MERCHANDISE OF ALL
DESCRIPTIONS.
MARINE INSURANCE, INLAND AND OCEAN,
ON VESSELS, FREIGHT, and CARGO, to and front
all parts of the World.
GEO. H. HART, President.
E. P. ROSS, Vice President.
H. R. OOGGSHALL, Secretary.
S. H. BUTLER, Assistant Secretary.
SAVING FUND.
NATIONAL SAFETY TRUST COMPANY,
CHARTERED BY THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
HTJLBS.
1. Money is received eTery day, and in any amount,
large or small.
2., FIVE PER CENT, is paid for money from the day
it is put in.
3. The money is always paid brick in GOLD, "whenever
it Is called for, and without notice.
4. Money is received from Executors, Administrators,
Guardians, and others who desire to hare it in a place
of perfect safety, and where interest can be obtained
for it.
5. The money received from depositors is invested
in REAL ESTATE, MORTGAGES, GROUND RENTS,
and such other ’first-class securities as the Chatter di
rects.
. 6, Office lours—Everyday from 9 till five o’clock,
and- on 'Mondays and Thursdays till 8 o’clock in the
evening: h
A. MACNUTT,
108 NORTH SIXTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA
FABREX, HEARING & CO.,
. 629 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
MAKERS OF HERRING' SPA TENT
CHAMHION SAFES,
The recent great ; fire at Chicago, at which $5OO 000
worth of property was destroyed.
-a:, r tt~ . Chicago,Sept. 16, 1859.
C. L. Harmon, # Ch,, M . 185 South Water Street, Che
Agents Herring's Patent Champion Safe:
, ‘Gentlemen: —Boring the disastrous conflagration of
last mght,my Lead Pipe, Sheetand Bar Lead Manufac
tory, five stories in height, and 55 by 100 feel on the
ground, was completely destroyed, and the walls nearly
all fell- i The Herring’s Patent Champion Safe, sue No.
2, high folding doors, which Collins & Blatehford bought
of you, some three years since, was in my office on the
second floor of the manufactory,and fell some 20 feet
into the basement, where it laid exposed to a very severe
heat for ten hours. ; Upon recovering it from the ruins
to-day, and openingit, found all-my books, papers and
money contained in it in a good state of-preservation—
the only damage to them beinfe .the drawing of the lea
ther binding of the books,'and their‘being Quite'damp
from the Safe s being filled withiateam from the fire
proof-filling. The heat was of the most interne cha
racter, owing to the great height of the building, and
the fact that each story was itoflames at once. Iregard
it as a most satisfactory test of the. perfect fire proof se
curity afforded by Herring’s Patent Champion Safe.
Yours Truly, B. W. BLaTCHFORD.
20,000 Herring's Safes have been sold, audmore than
300 tested in accidental fires.
Safes for Dwelling Houses. Sideboard Safe. Par
lour Safes, &c., &c. September 29,1859.
THE BEST PIANOS
ABE MADEBT
- CHICKERING & SONS,
’f-T* Warerooms, 807 Chestnut Street.
T T Onrs isTthe. Oldest and Largest Manufactory in the
united States; and we have made and sold 22,000 pianos,
since 1823, for the superiorexcellence of which we have
been awarded 39 First Prize Medals, in this conntry,
and the Prize. Medal at the World’s Fair, in London,
over all competition.. A liberal, discount to the clergy,
and Seminaries of Learning. Pianos taken in exchange,
or let, tuned and repaired. oet27—lyr.
CHURCH PSALMIST.
the Psalm and Hymn
Rdopteu.by-the General Assembly, has been intro
<iuced witlun six months into many churches in which
other books had been in use.
: The Eifty-Third Edition,
in 18mo. is ready, and
The Fifty-Fourth Edition,
- in 32m0.
A.copy for examination by Pastors or Churches, sent
for 39 cents. Order from
CHARLES S. LUTHER.
PRESBYTERIAN BOOK STORE,
• ‘ Philadelphia.
JUST OUT. "
Bn. E. HALL’S SHORTER CATECHISM, with full
proofs. In msluin, 25 cents. In Boards, IS cts. 701.