BLufitaitonts.
WESTERN ASIA BEFORE THE BABY
LONIAN CONQUEST.
In order to bring the catastrophe or
the conquest of Western Asia by the
Babylonians more vividly before the
mind, it is requisite to throw ourselVes
back in imagination so as to take a sur
vey of the world as it existed just before
the revolt of Nabopolassar from the domin•
ion of Assyria, 8.0. 625, the thirteenth
year of JOsiah's reign—the year in which
Jeremiah was "set over the kingdoms,"
and called to the prophetic office. (Jer. i.)
For this purpose, let us conceive ourselves
to have planted our st'spii. on the summits of
Lebanon, and to be ' endowed with the
power of seeing two or three hundired
miles in every direction. , We should ,then
have found ourselves, under
. .that.glping
shy, staieding on a crest Of eternal:snow u hmt
beneath us , would , Jiave extended on es,rorrir
side, no', as, now, file diary ivAderness,of
barren Turkish proNtinces; btifthe 'dazzling
scene of the old civilized` wOrld-- , -4 scene
of surpassing spleitdoi, of ceaseless aetiii
ty among the countless millions - Who riople
the great cities of the seaboard, swarth
through the Syrian wilderness' with their
winding caravans, cover the river-banks on
all sides with their merchandise, and
plough the Mediterranean with their innu
merable ships, from Phosnicia at 'our feet
to the gates of the Atlantic ) arid the gloom
of the Northern seas.
First, let me turn toward the'setting sun.
There, immediately-below us, we see stretch
ing along the shore of the dark blue sea a
very narrow strip of country, not more than
twenty miles broad, since the mountains
run parallel with the Mediterranean and
inclose Phoenicia., Its length is about one
hundred and twenty , miles. This short
line of territory, rich in bays and harbors,
is covered with lofty` hills, many of which
run out into the sea and form bpla,prom
ontories. - The Sea, which breaks with fury
upon the rooky coast, has separated some
of these promontories from the mainland,
and formed.little islands at &small distance
from the shore, which are not. less worthy
of note than the mainland itself, being
everywhere covered withextensiye colonies
and other cities: Thus' Aradus Was built
on one of these Islands, and on the shote
opposite, Antaradus. Eighteen milei
south stands Tripolis; at a like distance
Byblus,'with the temple Of AdoniEl; and
further south Berytus, w no'w, Beyrout.
Keeping along the coast, we come to Sidon,
_the most ancient of these maritime settle
ments, so called after the first-born of Ca
naan; and finally, fourteen ,miles lower
down, at the extreme south, where Phoeni
cia joins Palestine, stands the stately Tyre,
the Queen of 'the Mediterranean. The
spaces between these cities are filled with
smaller towns and inland settlements,
forming, as it were, one unbroken city,
whose lights flashed, when seen by night
from the mOuntains, almost in one continu
ous blaze, extending over the whole coast
and the islands. Iu the background the
beautiful range of Lebanon is overgrown
with forests, and at the base the hills are
excavated in numberless quarries.
The strip of country before us is the
busiest scene on the face of the earth. It
swarms like a great beehive—in the'aities,
in the villages, in the quarries, irithe for
ests on the mountain-sides, in the harbors
—with one of the most remarkable and
powerful races of the ancient world. These
Phoenicians are the Englishmen of antiqui
tY. They speak a language not unlike the
Hebrew, and they have an Asiatic aspect.
But, inclosed and overcrowded in their
narrow territory, which supplies them with
scarcely any corn, partly by natural genius
and partly by necessity, they have become
great manufacturers,' dyers in purple, mer
chant princes, shipbuilders, great workers
in trinketry, great cultivators of the fine
and of the useful arts, and above all, great
colonizers and brokers; for they command
and transact the commerce, of . Europe and
Asia., For a thousand years these skilful,
enterprising peeple have been building up
the fabric of their marvellous poirer, wealth,
and grandeur. Tyre and Sid 4 'are their
London and Liverpool Thedn'cities are
filled with stately'edifices; marble palaces of
their kings, coiled with cedar, temples of
their gods, plated with gold=—one far-re
nowned temple of Hercules, at Tyre, 'being
a, miracle of splendor and magnificence—
mansions of their merchant ,princes, and
the crowded homes of a flourishing popu
lation.' Ali that the , world could furnish
of riches and beauty in the arts of produc
tion is to be found along that brilliant
shore. Three great lines of inland traffic
—one northward to Asia Minor and Arme
nia ; one eastward to the Tigris and- En
- phrates, and one southward to Edom and
Abrabia—conducted by multitudes of cara 7
wans, bring the wealth of zAsia to a focus
in Tyre, tor export to Europe and Africa,.
Two great lines of navigation and sea-trade
along the northern , and !southern shores of
the Mediterranean,conduo,. ,by, their in
comparable fleets of merchatitn:ien, bring
the riches of Europe, from as far as Corn
wall and Gibraltar to the Isle of Cyprus,
and the wealth of Africa front Morocco to '
the coast of Egypt, to the same vast 'empo
rium, in order to its subsequent tranport
into the interior of Asia.
The pages of Ezekiel supply an imper
ishable picture of this wonderful Tyrian
commerce. The hoarse songs of their
multitudinous caravan drivers, the "cries"
of their sailors as they heaved the anchor or
spread the sail, the music and the thunder
ing traffic of their great cities, the' hum of
their bazaars, filled with the radiant wealth
of all nations, still echo in our ears. Here,
inland, along the northern track, come
gangs of slaves from. Georgia and'the Can
cams; for the reckless traffiickers are great
slave-dealers. " Tubal and Meshcch send
slaves and vessels of brass, and Togarmah
gave thee horses and mules for thy wares."
Along the middle track comes corn,from
Palestine, with honey. oil, and balm.* " -De
mascus trades fur thy great riches in wine
from Chablisn, " and in wool from 'the
flocks of the desert Halfway between the
KM and the Euphrates stands 'Tadmor in
the Wilderness, a halting-place for the
thirsty caravans. King Solomon built it.
From the. south, through Idumea „Siad Pe
tra, comes all the loth of Arabia.,and of
the distant East; frankincense, myrrh,
cinnamon, cassia, spices, for sacred rites ;
gold and precious stones, the rubies and
onyxes of Cefylon, carbuncles, agates, and
corals ; the diamonds of India, the horns,
the ebony, the ivory of Ethiopia, the em
broidered robes of Babylon, the sword
blades of Yemen, and blue mantles from
the looms of Kedar and Dedan.
These lines of inland traffic form, how
ever but one-half of the Phoeniciannier
chandize; for, see , the miles ,of wharfage
along this wealthy.shore are covered,with
chests bound with cords, and "made of
cedar," ready for export to a thousand sta
tions around the Mediterranean Sea. The
well-built harbors are crowded 'with ship
ping. Fore%tt of masts are seen close at
band, :and others dimly fading' into the
horizon:''Many of those vessels are,master
pieces ..o.t.shipbuilding. Benches, of box
inlaid pith ivory, flags of Ete.e..lineft em=
broidered in scarlet 90 ripe,
ihite sailS
of bright Egyptian canvas, and awnings• of
purple, made them "very glorious, in the
midst of the seas " "The Mediteiraneitt is
Ciiiefedirith their" lOfiTslii - i4. Threehtni
dred-Plicenician colonies along ; the Atrican
coast,'Carthage at their head,‘depend *- for
their supplies upon commerce with their
,mother,, country. Asia ..Miirtor, the ~.Lrclaip
elago, the Peloporinesus, and Northern
Greece,
,open their piratical ports to the
Tyrian adventurers, who'sometimes, like
Cadmus, settle in Hellas, and bring arts
and letters with their trade. They have
rich settlements in Sicily, and a° thriving
trade with Italy; they have found their
way to Southern Spain, where gold was
then as plentiful as it is in Mexico; they
have planted a distant colony where the
wild, citron blooms in Grenada, and the
wondrous moonlight smiles over the val
leys of Seville. And, having passed Gib
raltar, they founded Cadiz, where the At
lantic breaks in thunder on the western
shores of Europe, and' pushed their adven
turoue prows in the' latitudes of
. Madeira ;
and Penzance.
The King of Tyre sits aloft, enthroned
in his palace, in the centre of this scene of
splendor and power, m. like, a ,god in the
midst of the sea." ,'‘ By the, neatness of
his wisdom," and the ~Ivisdom ofhis ances l
tors for centuries, he has ''multiplied his
wealth," and thinks' himself as glorious : as
an angel,. while his diadem and royal
robes shine with the topaz, the beryl, and
the jasper, "like the anointed covering
cherub.' But he has corrupted his wis
dom by reason of his brightness. Through
the multitude of his iniquities, and the'in
finite villanies of his traffic, and the op=
pressions of .his government, he has in
curred the wrath of the King of kings.
And the hour has come when that stupen
dons fabric of Phoenician power is .to fall
to the. ground, when Tyre is to burn like• a
mountain of cedars in the midst of the
waters, and when the sceptre of the Medi
terranean is to pass away to another race
of men. The catastrophe is impending;
but there are no signs of ruin as we look
down now upon the Phoenician shore. All
are blind to their doom —Evangelical
Christendom.
A METHODIST LOVE FEAST.
The Love Feast is in institution peculiar
to the Methodist body. Its name, however,
scarcely•conveys a correct idea of its ohar
aeter. The love that is spoken of is the
enjoyment which the brethren and sisters
experience in the love, of
.God; and the
" Feast", is the narration of experiences
by communicants of both sexes, who, in
short, emphatic remarks, give expression to
their feelings. Ordinarily, in a Love Feast
of two hours' du-ation, as many as fifty or
sixty stand up for Jesus and bear their tes
timony. -, These brief speeches are inter
stiersed with frequent singing. Some re
mark,dropped by a speaker will suggest a
verse in a particular hymn ; and as he- or
she sits down, the,verse will flow out from
one voice, pitched to a familiar tune, arid
the whole assemtly join their voices, until
the,house resounds , with the sacred song.
When a brother is bearing his testimony,
espeSially if he is very fervent and anii
mated; the brethren diecoMe jubilant; and
shouts. of " Glory to- God," " Hallelujahif
''Amen, " "Bless 'the Lord," etc., a'r
heard all through the meeting. .
The, effect produced by these , Love
Feasts : is in the highest degree dramatici
we, nsethe word in no offensive sense. , The
feelings and the sympathy of lookers-on are
awakened, arid many, are drawn into the
fold of. :church through such,meetings.
The grandeet and most effective . Meeting
we ever attended was of this kind. It WO
held on a Stieday afternoon, early in May
of the present year, in 'the Foundry
Church," at 'Washington. Rev. 'Jesse T:
Peck, of California, who: is now in this
city, a Boanerges of the church, preside&
It was a' Union Love Feast, and drew to:
gather all the old . Methodists of the Dis
triet. After an opening prayer and hymn,
and a brief exhortation from the pastor, the
true feast began.
One old lady, bent with yeara,,her voice
weak and tremulous, 'arose. She pro
claimedthat she had been a follovier of
the Lamb seventy years, and' that 'She
found religion as precious to-day as it. was
when she first gave her young' heart -tO
God, and learned to walk , in His ways.
She was now going home to glory, and she
expected, in , a few days, to be with her
Saviour, to join in the songs of redeeming
love throughout the endless ages of eterni-,
ty. Oh what a shout went up while this
aged Christian, standing upon the verge of
the grave, spoke the joy and confidence
that filled her soul. And as she sat down,
the simple and touching hymn, " I'm going
home, I'm going home," never sounded so
cheerfully sweet as it did when sang by
that congregation.
Immediately a brother 'rose and said he
had been in this good way sixty years, and,
blessed be God, he loved it more and More
every day: Another brother had given
hie heart to Christ forty-nine years ago;
and he had' taken sweet converse in the
'days and years that are gone, with the
brother who bad just spoken: He con
eluded by Baying her . hoped to meet all
with whom he had Walked, pleasantly, on
the, shores of time, in; the blessed land Where they would shout,and Bing and praise
God more. The`verse---7
" Now here's, my , heart, aad heres 3 ray WO,
To niietir ji4 o t hat better land,"7
was sung
-s
th great eff e c t .
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1866.
One of the speakers had experienced joy
in believing fifty-three years before, but
his love, atter a •time, grew cold, and be
fell into a state of unconcern. But he was
mercifully awakened to.a sense of his true
condition before it was everlastingly too
late, and he now, had a joy in believing.
Christ was his stay and staff, and the promi
ses of the Gospel were his comfort day and
night. The verse—
" My. God is reconciled—
His pardoning voice I hear;
He owns me for his child,
I shall no longer fear,"
was sung 'as the speaker took hls seat.
A brother now lose and said' he was a
stranger in the city; there was not.proba
bly one in that congregation who knew his
face. Yet he. teit t himself at, home, far he
was, with the J.,ord's people. At his,Ois
taut home, a thousand Miles.p.way, he..had
enjoyed, on the. Sunday prev . oys,pst such
another feast ; They loved the same :
and the shouts, m!)11 the hyrnns, And Om
testimony were the'. eiatbe.. As he con
chided, 'the' ir &se 4sras 'sirliebeginning--"
There was onmsrho bore his ,testimony, a
rude,. nnlettered,than, who remembered the
day, and the hour, and the veu tEippt where
he stood in the old Foundry Church when
the burden of sin rolled off frein him
thirty-two years before. He had new
almost finished his pilgrimage.. He was
approaching the river, and on the other
side he saw the palace of his King, with
angels waiting to conduct him thither. As
he sat down, the brethren shouted in tune
ful chorus the hymn--
.
And now followed, in quick succession,
testimony from brothers and sisters, inter
spersed with. singing and shouting, and the
exercises were 'continued until the waning
sun admonished them that the , meeting
must be brinight to a close. But so many
pressed foiward tb bear testimony, Dr.
Peck could only " - 'accommodate Them, by
giving an invitation to all present] who de
sired it. to stand up and testify to their love
of Christ. Almost every , one in the vast
asseMbly, men, women and children arose,
and while they stood, they s ang—
"Praise God from whom all blessings flow."
During the exercises many were melted to
tears, ,and one, dear old, Christian woman,
almostripe for glory, thrilled thp-hcarts of
all by rising and proclaiming . bhrist pr es
tint with her and heaven begun below.
It was a meeting full of interest and
magnetic power.—Boston Courier.
Amidst a denstpopulation of 200,000,-
000 of heathen, the little flock of 200,000
native Christians may semi like a speck;
but surely it is that "little aloud of the
sea, like a man's hand," which tells that
there is to be" a great rain." =Everyother
faith in India is decaying. Christianity
alone is beginning to run its course. It
has taken long. to, plant, but it has now taken
root, and by God's grace will never be up
rooted. The Christian converts have already
been tested by persecution and martyrdoin,
in 1857, and stood the test without apos
tasy. And r believe that if' the English
were driven out of India to-morrow Chris
tianity would remain and triumph. In con
(anion, I Would, wish to guard all friends
of missions• against, two great error,—the
Scylla and Charybdis of Evangelical work.
1. Expecting too great results. 2. Valu
ing too little the results obtained. On the
one hand, don't expect a inillenimn on
earth before the coming of our Lord him
self. The ,conversion of 200,000 000 of
heathen is not to be done by pulling a bell
at your fireside: It'is the vast inheritance
of the Saviour,and must be gathered in by
toil and waste of human life. But do not,
on the other hand, be discouraged by the
testimony. of those faint-hearted witnesses
who'retiirn'from the promised land with
the report that "the people be strong that
&Veil m the land, and the cities are walled
and Very:o66 ; 4d moreover, we Saw the
children bf Anak . there? l, '' too have gobe
'l.lp and seen iq and have at Your teet
a cluster , of • thethen grapes.'of Ent& It is
but-".a cluster,q-it is truer for -time • and
strength . do not serve to gather inote;.-but
,it testifieth. that the land ~"floweth with
„
milk and honey". of Christian promise;
and I 'N'yOnld. say Caleb,," Let us go pp;
and possess it, for arevie t ll able to oven
come it s " Put confidence; then, in your
missionaries, and stiiitain their hearts.
feel aShamed to offer rny'pOei testimony
in behalf 'Of kith a hand; but the questions
that: have been put to me in England com•I
pel`.me to . say a word: I have been 25
years in the Indian Service, and have been
thrown into contact with many missionaries
of' many Protestant, dencminations, and
from many countries:. I have found no
angel among ,them. " They were all men.
Some were gifted-hy God with very high
'powers indeed, and some with very humble
powers. ' All had smile share• 'of human
`frailty. But I have never seen one who
was notelaboring with a-single eye"for the
conversion of the heathen to the utmost' of
his ability, and setting the example of a
holy,Christian life. - Well would it be_ for
the State, if in any department of its ser
vice, civil or,pilitary, it had such a body
of servants as .the missionaries in India.
Do not discourage them, then. Do, not dis
.
trust them. Send out more to, help them.
Think'how little can be done by 500 mis:
sionaries among . 200,000;000 of heathen.
I remember the two first Protestant mis
sionaries who ever went-to-India—Zeigen
bally and Plutscho: They were sent by
Frederic IV. of Denmark, great-great-great.
grandfather of our Princess of Wales in
1705.„ ,They found not one Protestant or
Christian in India! Remember Schwarz,
and Rhpnius„and the long line of Eva nge .
lists and martyrs down to Ragland, Dr.
Cander, Jamier, and Robert, Noble. These
man plowed, and sowed, but only reape4
their tens and hundieds. And where are
they now ? Absorbed like the souls of the
Brahmins? or`annihilated like the' souls
of the Buddhists? No ! They are a portion
of the t great cloud of witnesses:" who en
compass you new, as Noah, Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob encompassed the Hebrew Chureg
And they are now thank ng GO, fur the
2 00,060
nu m b er ly o i are mu rm uring withrnlc eo l l
redeq4 l 4APes•P v° T.r ic°° . B 9 ll 4
discontent- Murmur no more, ,10g..140,
• ,
"Jesue, the name high over O."
"Oh Canaan, bright Canaan I"
CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA,
your missionaries to develops and complete
the native churches—to bring forward na
tive pastors for ordination ; and where
these have been secured, with vast congre
gations of native Christians, as at Timid
velly, give no rest to the Bishops of India
till they consecrate a native Bishop, and
leave the native Christian church to walk
alone. Christianity will then be more in
digenous in India than blahommedanism
has become in eleven centuries ; for instead
of being propagated by the • sword of the
stranger, it will be preached and evangeliz
ed by the natives of the siiil. God grant
that we may alllive to see it I—Sir Herbert
Edsbaidei at the Auniverscay of the ehiiith
Missionary Society in London. -
THE MISCHIEF OF SELF-EIWCATIOIN.
Self-Ad - Fielded men, says the Watchman
and Reflector, often wield great, power in
their .generation, for the strength of will
acquired by'surmOnriting fbrinidable dift
cultip.s gives 'them a persistence of pur
pese'whieh naturally commands
But ihey'lare apt adbpt unwise theories,
and to 'forts ' one=tide9l ' , diameters, from
which a liberal culture 'and intimate ac
quaintance with educated men•might have
saved them. Some of the most mischiev
ous errors in Church and State, in litera
ture, and' philosophy, and' science, have
originatell with educated men, who lacired
the broad views and the wise caution in
judgment which a liberal education is de
signed to furnish.
An articje in the. Bibliotheca Sacra for
April, gives a curious confirmation of this
fact in the ease of . Mr. Buckle, the famous
historian; a man whose marvellous erudi
tion was equalled only by his eccentric
opinions and rash judgments. The re
viewer says :
"The story of his life, told in this coin
try, for the first time since his decease,
gives the olue , to the singular defects of
his character and his , History. He was an
insatiable reader from _lts childhood, like
John Milton ; and -like Milton, too, was
blessed with an indulgent father, proud of
his abilities, and willing to release him from
care and toil, and leave him to woo the
muses at`his own sweet will. But, unlike
Milton, he escaped the severe discipline' of
English schools and universities, and was
left, at the early age of fourteen, to dimsult
his own tastes in • study, without the' guid
ance or control of wise teachers. Such a
method of study yielded its natural fruits.
The undisciplined boy grew up to• man
hood with an overweening confidence in
self, and a hearty contempt for men and
institutions beyond the range of his per
sonal sympathies. The intense dogmatism
of his History is a natural sequel to his
distorted education. Two or three years
on - the lower forms of Rugby or Eton, with
a constrained submission to older boys, and
to monitors and teachers, or the experience
of men and life gained by a competition
with equals at Cambridge or Oxford, might
have supplemented original defects, and
made him a wiser man and a more die
'
.criminating historian. r. Coleridge al
ways confessed a great obliptiorr to` one , of
his masters who, had given 'him a sound
flogging in boyhood; for impudence in
broaching skeptical opinions 7 and one has
an instinctive feeling, in reading Cur
author's 'crude theories, that :a similar dis
cipline in his boyhood might have exerted
a wholesome influence.",
TRUST GOB FOR' SMALL THINGS.
We are too much like children, who cry
and make a great; do about sweetmeats and
toys, while they can' trust for clothing,
general care, and a house in which to live.
How many of what maybe called the 'small
things of this life and of religion we are
anxious about,: while the great concerns we
leave with Ailjod4 Now- why, can we - not
commit ourselves into- his hands for the
small as, well .as.the great,?.,, ; Let us not for
get that he rules.,the atom, as well as the
world, that he feeds the hummingbird as
well as the eagle,.that he provides the crust
as well as the feint, that he natribeis the
liaire g ofYonr head'ite'well isihe' stars - of
the firmament .Shall he uphold all things',
and not uphold nrt, ?. clothe Rhea
aoit feed ravens, alit not clothe anaYee4
you,' 0 'Ye &M?? As a`
GOdl has nakle ever 'to- you a crown
that fadeth not'away; and 'ean you.not
trust him for a crumb which perishes ?
Has he clothed you with the garment ',of
salvation, and will you not trust him. for
the clothing of the, body ? Has he pro 7
Vide& a house for you in . ,' the heavens,
which hath foundations, whose Builder
and Maker is. God; and will you not, trust
him for a eabernacle,or a cottage iq the
Wilderness ? His he given: you Himself,
`his Son; hiS Spirit; his Word, `his' grace,
his promises; and can you not trust him to
ii-ve•you bread, friends; 'clothes, habitation,
and all the neoessariegnf this life ? Surely,
if he has given you the..greater, he will
'give. you the less. This: is the very argul
ment of St. Paul : "He that spared, not
his own Son, but delivered, him up for us
all, how shall he not with him also freely
give us all things ?"
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A good tit gua
ranteed. - 4
-.oflioersf:Uniforms. readr-madeialwaYsuir hand.oi
made to order in the best manner and on the mom
reasonable terths. Riving finishe d manr:huntrec
uniforms the , past year for Staff, Field , and Line OE.
cers, as well as for thelv avy, we are Prepared to silk:-
cute orders bithis line with correotness ant i
rob:.
The largest and most desirable stock of R made
Clothing.m.Philadelphiialways on hand. ( e price
marked m plain figures on all of the goods.)
A department for Boys' Clothing is alio maintained
at this establishment, and superintended by experi
enced'hands. Parents and others will' 'find here
most desirable assortment of Boys' Clothing at low
Prices.
Sole Agent fot the "Pamons Bullet.-Proof Vest."'
CHARLES STORES & CO.
CHARLES STORER,
7, TAYLOR,
W. J. STOKES.
CHESTNUT ST.
TEA HONG
WEST & BROWN,
No. 809 CHESTNUT STREET
wmsr (gr, It 0 W -20 T
ARE RETAILING THEIR
LARGE ST9OI OF TEAS
AT , EIRESALB 'HMS.
THE CHOICEST TEAS
ABB ALWAYS TO BE FOUND AT THEIR; HONG
CALL FOR
.A ''PRICE 'LIST.
Ayer's Ague Zure,
FOR THE SPEEDY oinve-6
Intermittent Fever. or Fever
and Ague,' Remittent Fever,
chill Fever; Rama nave, , Per
„ • riodieal Headache or Blitoun
Headache, and Biliou s re.
• • '
were, indeed for, the veliole
clam ,otr diseases orlrinat.
Lon,* biligur37. derangement,
' • ' • " banned 10elbe . Malaria of - MA.
,
somatic noitntries.. - •
Fevei and Autreia +not the only consequence ofthe
z miasmatic . poison: 4,ltreistvertety, tot divrders arise
from its . Arrifittiotion masa-Lotus dtstrtcts, hams
-which arelgeffralgtavßbeinhatisni.Vitriffilleadairite,
,Blindness, . Toothache' , Earaohe,,,Caterrh, Asthma,
Palpitations Affection .of the/5P1een,...,11331t5.
in th e 'riowels', - Colich Paialysis, arid .ueraik ethertt `of
:the Stomach - Vali zollwthioh, Wheri , origin g ins this
,cause,out on the triermittent type or become petieli
cal. " This • cues' e.y.pels the poison from the blood,
and thus. • - mires them all alike. , It' id ;riot only the
most effectual reme,ffy,ever
-discoverted for( this' class
'of complaints, but it is the cheapest, and . , moreover,
is perfectly safe. No harm can arise from its use,
anti!. the ifatient Whloi:ouredis left as healthy as if he
:had neverbad the disease. Can this be said. of any
other mire' for Chills - anti. Fieriti? It is true of this,
and its imPoivtanoe to those afflicted with the , com
plaint cannot, be . over estimated. So sure As it to
cure the Fever and Ague, that it may be trathfullY
said to'be' a` remedy. One Deal& complains
that it is not a• good medicine to sell, because! one
bottle cures a whole ueighborhood. . .
Prepared by DRX. a - AY ER' do CO., Lowell," ?dais.,
and sold by Druggists generally. ' • ,
TARRANT'S
E.FE R I TX .SC.ENT.. SELTZER'. APEK.1118.1517.
Is a gentle; odoling Chthartic or' Purgative medicine,
in the form op a Powder, pleasant to take, and is re
commended' arid used by the best Phssiciani in the
country as a Mart reliible - sind effectual remedy:
EFFERVESCENT
Cares Drperisia.
' Curet Hisartbiirn.
thireirgio4 Headache,
SELTZER
Cuterlndigenoil;*
Cures Costiveness,
Mies Piles, 71 '
r A RE E T
CureS BOur-Stainach.
Cures Nervous Headache,
Cures! Liver Complaint, 'jA
'P E R
Cures Bilious Headache,
. Cures Rheumatic Couiplainis,
Cures Jaiindii* •
It is a most efficient u adenine for Females and Chil
dren whose stomachs frequently reject ordinary pur
gative medicines. Read our pamphlet of testimci
nials, and as YOU value your life and health. lose not
an hour in procuring a bottle of this most wonderfdl
remedy.
4.ANUFACWRED ONLY BY
T.A.,9IIANT & CO. .
27S Greessiiiels'Saeet. New Neltic-.
Sile by Druggists -1011
KOLAPOOR OIVIRCIL
Copies fresn. the • • •
MARNA"? PEPTOGRAPH
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FIigt:.PIESOTEII/1411111CH
Per sae atimi:OgioN for Ow htliudit 4 the/WO
Pzios
• • 110,7.,f; . 4 ,1
Ajnagit a m e d byw Reed.Lietnueouts la the world
Parmelee's Pawl. belated Violin Fromm
Pima, a mew and bosatifainstriuneat. Sole meet.
Azieniniams,
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RESTORE. YOUR SIGHT!
USE
DE. J. STEPHENS do CO.'S PATENT
CORNEA RESTORERS,
OR RESTORERS OF THE EYESIGHT.
They will Restore Impaired Sight and Preserve it to
the Latest Period of Life.
SPECTACLES RENDERED USELESS.
The most eminent Physicians. Oculists. Divines,
and the Most prominent men of our country, recom
mend diens° of the CORNEA RESTORERS for Pres
byopia. or For 'or Long-Sightednws, or every person
who wears gpeettecles from old age; Dimnem of
Vision. or Overworkvd kyes: A-thenoPia.
or Weak Eveillttriphare, or 'Watery eyes: Pain in
the Eyeball; Amaurosis .or Obsenritv of Vision;
Photophobia,-.,0r ::InttAcrgisee' of Light; Weakness
of the Retina and Optic Nerve; Myodesoria. or
Speaks or 'Moving. Bodies, bent the Eyes': Ophthal
mia, or Inflammation of the Eye or Eyelids, and
Imperfect Vision from the effects of Indenamstion.
&c.; Cataract Eyes; Betaionia. or Partial Ilandoea;
Sinking of the Eyeball, Ito.
They can be used by any one with a certainty of sue
and without the least fear of injury to the eye.
More than 5000 certificates of cures are exhibited at,
our office. Cure guaranteed in 4046 , atir.tftw heti applied
according to the directions inclosed in each box„..or
the' money will be refunded. Write for a circa/dr—
sent gratis. Address
DR. J. STEPHENS 3: CO. Oculists, .
CO..
Bx 926.)
For sale at RUSHTON'S Family Drug Store o , No. 10
Astor House, corner of BarcicY Street and Broadway.
New York.
IP-DR. J: STEPHENS & Co. have invented and
Patented a MYOPIA or CORNEA FLATTENER. for
thecure of NEAR-SIGHTEDNESS, which has proved
a great success. Write for a circular. 1048-/r
LAW, V?1111E1101AL, INSURANCE,!
FAN:CY 'PRINTER,
IMPROVED BROWIDiG MACHINES,
ORIGINAL: STYLES OP
PRI*ING
CHAGRINED BUSINESS CARDS,
Wedding and Visiting. Cards Similar to
Engraved Plate. .
BousinestitEnveloper with +Card, $2 50 per
Thousand.
Baying famished a Large Room in
Sansom Street Rail,
with the latest Improved Maehinee and Newl:ipe, I
am enabled to execute the Finest Class of Printing.
OFFICE, FIRST FLOOR.
Ffq-08ANT ~-,x
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- FOR TH E
Riisn the Testimony of a few or the many Eminent
Clergymen and their Families of New York City.
who, having used the Sozodont for a long time past.
are convinced of its excellent and invaluable quali
ties, give it their cordial commendation :
Bev. THOXASDEWITT, Pastor Collegiate
Ref. Dutch Church. Lafayette Place.
Rev. J. W. ALEXANDER, 11. D., Presbyte
rian Church, Filth Avenue.
Rev.J. WAXELEY, D.D., X. E. City Xis
_ sionar-y.
Rev. W. F3IOROAN, D.D., Rector AIL
Thomas' . Church, Broadway.
Rev. E. ff., VFW' IN. MD., Pastor Fourth
Universalist Church, Brent: way.
Rev. SAMUEL COOKE, D. If., Reeler St. Bar
_ • thole men's Church. Lafayette Place.
Rev:SABEL EL OSGOOD.D.D.,Pastor Church
otllessiah. Broadway.
ADAMS. B. E. Church Duane
Street.
Rev. REXAN BANGS, late Pastor Cottle
nary X. E. Church. 'Brookrily.
Rev. W S. XIKELS, Pastor Baptist Church.
Sixteenth Street.
Rev.tGEORGE POTTS, D.P.. Pastor Presby
,tendan Church. University Place.
Bev E. E. RANKIN. Pastor Presbyterian
Clikowb. Feitynecond St 'fort.
Rev. X. B. WERMILYE, D.D. Pastor of Col.
!Batik Reformed. &stayed.. Place. '
)ROY O.' Y. J. COLIURN, DOCTOR DENTAL SURGERY.
' . • INRWARY, N. J.
„
Therbituar Pentan esk nown as VAN BUSEIRI P S
" SOZ DURT," besides being a very pleasant addi
tion to. the toilet. contains ingredients that if used
according to the directions, will prove of the greatest
utility to the health of the month and teeth.
BEWARE OF, POTATIONS I -VI
8014 by all Druggiita and Perfumer s
RAIL & RUCKEL,
NEW CROP
TURNIP SEEDS.
Early White Flat Dutch Strap-leaved.
Purple Top Flat - Strap-leaved.
Purple Top Mate Baga or Swedish.
Yellow ItutUllasa or Swedish.
All irtiwn from Selected and Transplanted. Roots.
Priee.Bo cents per pound, 10 cents per ounce.
*ailed .without additional charge.
HENRY A. DREER.
1048-tf ; Seedman and Florist,
414 CHESTNUT street, Philadelphia.
TRUSSES.
To avoid all cloth, leather. and-rag-covered filthy
Trusses, pith their parboiling, blistermg,rusting and
breaking, go to
J. B. SE
EERY'S
"Bard Rubber Truss" Establishment,
1347 OARSTRUT Street,
Where you will, find the chanted, lightest, easiest,
b.ut and only TRUSS R.3 0. 0WN, tbat will never rust.
limber., break or soil, Wed in batbin.. itted to form ,
requirmgno strap. and made of soy power required.
Constantly on hand, a large assortment of Suppor
ters
Shoulder Braces, Silk Elastic St. , e.kings,
1310115 Urinals. Jte. '
Lady in attendance. Pamphlet free. 1048.30
PAIMART'S BOUDOIR' OREIANSI
CARHART'S CHURCH HARMONIUMS !
CAR ART'S MELODEONS!
NEW YORK.