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OLD DR. JACOB TOWNSEND,
THE ORIGINAL DISCOVERER OF THE
Genuine Townsend Sarsaparilla.
OLD DR. TOWNSEND is now about7o years of
age, and has long been known as the author
and discoverer of the Genuine Original Townsend
Sarsaparilla. Being poor, he was compelled to
limit its manufacture, by which means it has been
kept out of market, and the sales circumscribed to
those only who had proved its worth, and known
• its,value. It had reached the ears of many, never
theless, as those persons who had been healed o
sore diseases, and sayed from death, proclaimed
its excellence and wonderful HEALING POWER.
• Knowing, many years ago, that he had, by his
skill, science and experience,' devised an article
which would be of incalculable advantage to man
kind when the means would be furnished to bring
it into universal notice, when its inestimable virtues
would be known•and appreciated. This time, has
come, the means are supplied ; this Grand and
' Unequalled Preparation is manufactured on the Jar
- gest scale, and is called for throughout the length
'and breadth of the land, especially as it is found
incapable of degeneration or deterioration.
Unlike young S. P. Townsend's, it improves with
age, and never changes, but for the better; because
it is prepared on scientific principles by a scientific
man. The highest knowledge of Chemistry, and
the latest discoveries of the art, have all been
brought - into requisition in the manufacture of the
old Dr's Sarsaparilla. The Sarsaparilla Root, is
well known to medical men contains many medical
properties and some properties which are inert or
-useless, and others which it retained in preparing
it for use, produce fermentation and acid, which is
injurious to the system. Some of the properties of
Sarsaparilla are so volatile, that they entirely evap
orate and are lost in the preparation, if they are nut
preserved by a scientific progress, known only to
- those experienced in its manufacture. Moreover,
these volatile principles, which fly off in vapor, or
as an exhalation, under heat, are the very essential
medical properties of the root, which give to it all
its value.
Any person can boil or stew the root till they get
a dark colored liquid, which is more from the col
oring matter in the root than from anything else;
they can then strain tins insipid or vapid liquid,
sweeten with sour molasses, and then call it Sar
saparilla Extract or Syrup." But such is not the
article known as the
• GENUINE OLD DR. JACOB TOWNSEND'S
SARSAPARILLA.
This is so prepared, that all the inert properties
of the Sarsaparilla root are first removed, every
thing capable of becoming acid or of fermentation,
is extracted '6 rejected; then ,every particle or
medical virtue is secured in a pure and concentra
ted form; and thus it is rendered incapable of los
ing any of its, valuable and healing properties. Pre
pared in this way, it is made the most powerful
agent in the
CURE OF INNUNIERABLE DISEASES.
Hence the reason why we hear commendations
on every side in its favor by men, women, and
children. We find it doing wonders in the cure of
Consumption, Dyspepsia, and Liver Complaint, and
in Rheumatism, Scrofula, Piles, Costiveness, all
Cutaneous Eruptions, Pimples, Blotches, and all
affections arising from
IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD.
It possesses a marvelous efficacy in all complaints
• arising from Indigestion, from Acidity of the Stom
ach, from unequal circulation, determination of
blood to the head, palpitation of the heart, cold
feet and hands, cold chills and hot flashes over the
body. It has not its equal in Colds and Coughs ;
and promotes easy expectoration and gentle perspi
ration, relaxing strictures of the lungs,\throat, and
every other part. But in nothing is its excellence
more manifestly seen and acknowledged than in
all kinds and stages of
FEMALE COMPLAINTS.
It works wonders in cases of Flour Albus or
Whites, Falling of the Womb, Obstructed, Suppres
sed, or Painful Menses, Irregularity of the mens
trual periods, and the like, and it is effectual in
curing all the forms of Kidney Disease.
By removing obstructions, and regulating the
general system, it gives tone and strength to the
whole body, and thus cures all forms of Nervous
Diseases and Debility, and thus prevents or relieves
a great variety of other maladies, as Spinal. Irrita
tion, Neuralgia, St. Vitus' Dance, Swooning, Ep
ileptic Fits, Convulsions, Bw.
It cleanses the blood, excites the liver to healthy
action; tones the stomach, and gives good diges
tion, relieves the bowels of torpor and constipation,
allays inflammation, purifies the skin, equalizes the
circulation of the blood, producing gentle warmth
equally over all parts of the body, and the insensi
ble perspiration; relaxes all strictures and tight
ness, removes all obstructions, and invigorates the
entire nervous system. Is not this then the medi
cine you pre-eminently need ?
But can any of these things be said of S. P:Town -
send's inferior article ? This young man's liquid
is not to be
COMPARED WITH THE OLD DR'S,
because of one Grand Fact, that the one is incapa
ble of Deterioration, and
NEVER SPOILS,
while the other does ; souring, fermenting, and
blowing the bottles containing it into fragments;
the sour, acid liquid exploding, and damaging other
goods ! Must not this horrible compound be pois
onous to the system ? What! put acid into a sys
tem already diseased with acid ? What causes
Dyspepsia but acid? Do we not all know thy
when food sours in our stomachs, what mischief
produces? flatulence, heart-burn, palpitation of the
heart, liver complaint, diarrhea, dysentery; colic,
and corruption of the blood ? 'What is Scrofula
but an acid humor in the body ? What produces
all the humors which bring on Eruptions of the
Skin,Scald Head, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, White
Swellings, FeVer Sores, and all ulcerations internal '
and external 1 It is nothing under heaven but an
acid substance, which sours, and thus spoils all the
fluids of the body, more or less. What causes
Rheumatism but a sour or acid fluid, which insinu
ates itself between the joints and elsewhere, irrita
ting and inflaming the delicate tissues upon which
it acts t So of nervous diseases, of impurity of the
blood, of deranged circulations, and nearly all the
ailments which affect human nature.
Now is it not horrible to make and sell, and infi
tritely worse to use this
Souring, Fermenting, Acid Compound of S. P.
Townsend,
and yet he would fain have it understood that Old
Dr. Jacob Townsend's Genuine Original Sarsapa
rilla, is an imitation of his inferior preparation.
Heaven forbid that we should deal in an article
which would bear the' least resemblance to S. P.
Townsend's article; and which should bring down
upon the old Dr. such a mountain thad of complain
and criminations from Agents who have sold, anc
purchasers who have used S. P. Townsend's Fer
menting Compound.
We wish it understood because it is the absolute
truth, that S. P. Townsend's article and old Dr.
Jacob Townsend , ii Sarsaparilla are heaven-wide
apart, and infinitely dissimilar; that•they are unlike
in every particular having not one single thing in
common.
As S. P. Townsend is no doctor, and never was,
is no chemist, no pharmaceutist—knows no more
of medicine or disease than any other common,
unscientific, unprofessional man, what guarantee
can the, public have that they are receiving a genu
.ine scientific medicine, containing all the virtues
of the'articles used in preparing it, and which are
incapable of changes which might 'render them the
AGENTS of Disease instead of health.
But what else should be expected from one who
knows nothing comparatively of medicine or dis
ease ! It requires a person of some experience to
cook and serve up even a common decent meal.
-How much more important left that the persons •
who manufacture medicines designed for
Weak Stomachs and Enfeebled Systems
should know well the medical properties of plants,
the best manner of securing and concentrating their
virtues, also an extensive system, and how
to adapt remedies to these diseases!
It is:horrible to think and to know how cruelly
the meted are imposed upon by presumptuous men
for the.sake of money ! Fortunes made out of the
ageplieti of tbe . sickl and no equivalent rendered
"Be despairing sufferers I For sale by
GISH & BRO., Agent,.
.lext 049 ly-50
Littz Hole
THE Moravian Society have re-built and en
larged the Hotel, at the delightful village of
Litiz, and the undersigned haviugleased the same,
beg leave, respectfully, to call the attention of those
who ate desirous of seeking a calm and quiet re
treat during the summer months, to the advantages
of this place.
The village of Linz is situated in the midst of a
most delightful region of count, eight miles dis
tant from the city of Lancaster, with which place it
has a ready and regular DAILY communication, by
means of Stages over a good turnpike road. Per
sons leaving Washington City, Baltimore or Phila
delphia, in the morning reach here the same day,
as an Accommodation Coach leaves Lancaster for
Litiz, at 4 o'clock P. M., upon the arrival of the
Cars.
The Female Seminary, so long and justly cele
brated abroad, and now under the charge of the
Rev. E. FRZAtTFF, as also the Boys , Academy, under .
the charge of Mr. JOHN BECK, so long and favora
bly known throughout the United States, give this
place a degree of peculiar interest.
The Hotel occupied by us, has been entirely and
newly furnished, and is sufficiently capacious to
accommodate a large number of visitors, with pri
vate parlors and all the comforts of home. The
walks and scenery about the village are delightful.
ini" Our Terms are moderate.
SHRODER & BARR.
June 26, 1899
London Mustard, Pickles & Sauces
Mushroom and Walnut ICetchep.
Prepared Salad Dressing for Lobsters, Chick
ens,&c.
Eglish Mustard in pound andhalf pound bottles
Dunn's Chemically Prepaed Chocolate for Inva
lids.
Spanish and French Olives, Capers, & Sweet Oil.
Currie Powder, Indian Soy, and Cayenne Pepper.
Anchovy, Shrimp, Bloater and Cavier Pastes.
RICH SAUCES of every variety imported, such
as Reading, Harvey, John Bull, Worcester, Camp,
&c. &c. &c.
Preserved English Fruits and Provisions.
Jellies, Jams, Marmalades, and Preserved Jamai
ca Ginger.
Real Gorgona Anchovies.
Stoughton Bitters.
Syrups of every sort.
Liqueres of the choicest kinds.
London Pickles, Chow Chow, Piccalli, Gherkins,
Onions, &c.
PAUL DE WERE & CO.'S flavoring extracts for
Confectionary, Ice Creams, Jellies, &c., viz:
Lemon, Mace, Nutmeg, Peach,
Vanilla, Celery, Rose, Orange Peel'
Ginger, Clove, Almond, Nectarine &c
The aove articles, and many others of the choir
test kind, are imported from the principal hotises
in England. For sale louver than any house in the
United States, by GEORGE RAPHAEL,
262 Pearl Street, U. S. Hotel, N. Y.
Perfumery in every variety, Imported & Domestic.
New York, Sept. 4 6m-32
Marbe Yard.
rir HE undersigned adopt this method of inform
ing their friends and the public in general,
that they have taken the Marble Yard, formerly
conducted by Daniel Fagan, situated in North
Queen Street, in the city of Lancaster, a few doors
north of Van Kanan's (formerly Scholfield's) tavern,
whew they are prepared to execute all orders in
their line, in the neatest manner, at the most liberal
prices, and with every possible expedition.
William Leonard acquired a thorough knowiolge
of the business.in the most celebrated Marti! t es
tablishments in Philadelphia and New Yora.
Abner S. Bear was an apprentice to Daniel Fagan,
and has had many years experience. As their
work is all to be finished by themselves, they feel
assured, that they can afford entire satisfaction to
their customers.
i):)" They exhibit John Beard's celebrated BOOK
OF DESIGNS, embracing a large and attractive
variety, from which their patrons can scarcely fail
to make satisfactory selections.
WILLIAM LEONARD,
June 19-6m-21] ABNER S. BEAR.
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Strasburg and Lancaster Stage.
Fr HE undersigned, thankful for the encourage
ment received since the establishment of this
line, begs leave to inform his friends and the public
generally, that he continues running a Stage daily
between Strasburg and Lancaster.
Leaving Miller's, Strasburg, at 7 o'clock A. M.
Shertz's, Lancaster, at 4 P. M.
FARE—Each way, 37-1- cts. Children under 10
years of age, half price. Each passenger will be
entitled to 50 pounds baggage.
The cars from Philadelphia and from the West
arrive in time for this stage.
The subscriber has purchased the interest of the
firm in the Stage, and intends to drive and manage
it personally.
Passengers will be called for when requested.—
Also taken up at any place along the road.
The borough of Strasburg is situated in the most
beautiful and fertile section of Lancaster county,
about 7 miles from the city of Lancaster, and is a
most delightful place of resort for the summer
season. To the citizens of Philadelphia, who are
desirous of securing a quiet and pleasant retreat
from the pestilential atmosphere by which they are
surrounded, the Borough of Strasburg is recom
mended as possessing' many advantages over other
places. It is but a few hours ride from the city,
and board may be obtained of,an excellent charac
ter upon the most reasonable terms.
July 31-27] C. EDWARDS, Proprietor.
Sprecher Sr- Rohrer's - Cheap Hard
Ware Store.
HARDWARE, Glass, Paints, Oils, and Varnishes
at that long established stand, East King st
Lancaster, formerly occupied by Howett & Krieder,
a few doors east of the Court House, next door to
the Drug Store of James Smith, and opposite Geo.
Messenkop's Hotel, which they have recently taken
and where they will carry on the business.
They most respectfully beg leave to invite the
attention of their friends and acquaintances to their
stock of Hardware, which they have just opened
and will sell at the most reasonable prices, includ
ing every variety of Iron and Steel, Latches, Locks,
Bolts, Hinges, Screws, and all kinds of building
materials, every description of Files, Blacksmith's
Bellows, Saddlery, best warranted Edge Tools,
Planes, and Veneers. Also a complete assortment
of CEDAR WARE, such as tubs, buckets, butter
churns, together with every article in their line.
They will keep constantly on hand every variety of
Coal and Wood Stoves; also a highly approved
COOKING STOVE.
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The attention of young beginners is particularly
called to their full and complete assortment of
household utensils.
Determined to spare no pains to accommodate
purchasers, and by steady adheience to business,
they expect to merit a continuance of the liberal
patronage thus far bestowed upon them.
GEORGE D. SPRECHER,
REUBEN S. ROHRER.
Old Metal and Flaxseed taken in exchange for
goods. jan F.-50
TUMOR MACHINE AND IRON FOUNDRY.
rriHE Subscriber continues to manufacture at his
shop near the Railroad, Lancaster, Pa., the
various patterns of Cog-wheel Horse Power and
Threshing Machines for 1, 2 and 4 horses. Endless
Chian Threshing Machines of 1 and 2 horses; • Corn
Sheliars for hand and horse power. A variety of
pa terns for Straw and Corn Folder Cutters, in
cluding Royer'a Patent. Also, Hay and Grain
Horse Rakes, and Wheat Drills.
CASTINGS for Railroad Cars,Threshing Ma
chines, Steam Engines, Mills, orges, Furnaces,
Houses, and in short, all kinds of Casting done,
we trust, in a manner satisfactory to our customers.
Skillful pattern makers ready at all times to make,
alter and repair patterns for castings of all des
criptions.
All kinds of Turning, Boring, Lathe work and
fitting done to meet the approval of our employers.
We respectfully invite all wanting anything in our
line to give us a call.
WM. KIRKPATRICK
int" CASH paid for old Castings, or exchanger
for new.
[May 22 , '49-6m-18
JOHN A. HIESTAND, -
ATTORNEY AT LA.W,
Office in West King Street, fourth door West of
Peter Reed's Hotel, rani:aster.' •
ioartateter,liday 1508496m 5 -15. ;
CITY OF LANCASTER, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1849.
DR. WILLIAM STEELLINGS
PULMONARY OR COUGH SYRUP,
Superior to any Medicine in the World, for Coughs,
Colds, Consumption, Illeasels, Scarlet Fever, Asth
ma., Whooping Coudt, Bronchitis, Throat Dis-
ease, and all Complaints of the Breast and
Lungs. Only FIPTY CENTS a Bottle!
While far inferior; articles are selling for
One Dollar a Bottle !
T R. ROHRER, a v!`pry highly esteemed Mer
chant of Lancaster city, writes as follows :
Luic.tisr.nn, Pa., June 9, 1848.
Doctor William Steelling :—lt affords me great
pleasure to state to yott that I have used your Pul
monary Syrup with great benefit for Coughs, Pain
in the breast, and Bronchitis. It is about one year
since I begun the use of it. I consider it the best
article I know of for those complaints, having de
rived great benefit myself from it in those affections,
I have no hesitation in recommending it to all who
labor under similar disenses. I have also given
to my little son with great advantage.
REUBEN S. ROHRER.
Mr. Harman, a respethable Teacher of Lancas
ter, speaks thus :
LANCASTE. CITY, Pa., Oct. 2, 1848.
Dr. Wm. Steelling :—I take pleasure in inform
ing you that I have heed greatly benefitted by the
use of your Pulmonary Syrup. I had contracted a
very severe cold, and !with it a violent cough, so
that I would sometimes Spit blood; in this condition
you found me when you gave me a bottle of your
Syrup, I had not taken half a bottle before I found
in)self much relieved, asd in fact felt like a new
man. I would recommend your Pulmonary Syrup
to all who may be afflicted with colds or any other
diseases of the lungs. .
R. T. HARMAN.
Testimony of a well known Merchant of Williams
:own, Lancaster county,4 3 a. :
Dr. Wm. Steelling ~ D ear Sir :—lt affords me
much pleasure to informs-you of the great benefit I
have received and also in my family, from the use
of your Pulmonary Syrup. I have used it for Ca
taarrh on the Breast, ae.d from a very few doses
have been relieved. I have also found it a certain
remedy for the Croup ald all common colds. I
have sold it at my store far four years and could
give a great many instances of its success in all
diseases of the Lungs and Throat.
Respectfully yours,: R. M. JONES.
Sept. 30, 1848.
Read the following ExOact from a full Certificate
dated August 13, 1846, from a. Partner of the very
respectable and extensively known firm of Caleb
Cope & C0.,:N0. 165 Marzet street, Philadelphia.
" Having used ye -. I Pulmonary Syrup individu
ally, and in my family ;for the last four years, it
affords me great pleasure; to inform you, that I have
in every instance found It highly efficacious in cur
ing Coughs, Colds, &c. Indeed lam so well satis
fied of the good resultingfrom the use of it in such
cases, that I keep at all times three or four bottles
on hand. W. B. JOHNSTON."
Rev. William Heilig, of Abbottsville, Pa., writes
thus, June 10, 1842:
Dr. William Steelling-4 take great pleasure in
informing you that I have;been much benefitted by
the use of your Pulmonary Syrup; my throat which
has been sore for better than two years, has been
greatly improved think,by using a few more bot
tles a radical cure may be affected.
WILLIAMJIEILIG.
Rev. 0. Douglass, Pastor of the Mariners Church,
Philadelphia, writes thus:
I feel much gratified ilOming able to say to you
that the Pulmonary Syruprlyou sent, has been used
by several persons with great success. I can truly
say 'that almost every one who has taken it has
been more or less benefitted. I cordially recom
mend it to all who are afflicted with a cough.
July 101843.0. DOUGLASS.
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Rev. H. Miller, Pastor hf the Lutheran Church,
Trappe, Montgomery county, Pa., writes thus un
der date April 29, 1843.
Dr. William Steelling - , -My throat having been
sore for some time, by using three bottles of your
Syrup, I found it an excellent expectorant, and
have been much beneffitte6. H. S. MILLER.
Mark this from the Pas - tor of the Presbyterian
Church, in Deerfield, N. Ji
DEERFIELD, January 25th, 1845.
Dr. Steelling—Dear Sir f—Thereare some things
that impress us very favorably at first, but further
acquaintance convinces us that our impressions
were too exalted. There are other things of which
we think more highly as our acquaintance becomes
more intimate. In this class I rank your Pulmonary
Syrup, and Vegetable ASti-Billous Pills; which
have been kind friends to me and which I take
great pleasure in introducing to the acquaintance
of others. Yours 'very respectfully,
J. W. E. KERR.
The following testimonial is from the Rev. Mr.
Raybold, of the Methodist Church, N. J.
CEDARVILLE, N: J., January 20, 1846.
Dr. Steelling—Dear Sir:—The two bottles of
Pulmonary medicine of yours, which you did me
the honor to send, I have used according to direc
tion and have the pleasure.to inform you that the
medicine removed my severe cold, pain in the
breast, and violent cough Most effectually. I feel
no hesitancy in recommending the article to those
who may be afflicted with Pulmonary affection.
Very respectfully yours, G.A. RAYBOLD,
Minister of the Gospel.
This very excellent SyruOis for sale in Lancaster
city by JAMES:SMITH, Druggist,
JOHN GISH & BRO.,
JACOB "LONG.
Jan . 9 49
Iy-50
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, MEDICINES.
CHARLES A. ILkINITSH,
East King Street, Lancaster, Pa.,
Dr AS just received and is now opening a large
111 assortment of fresh DAUGS, CHEMICALS,
MEDICINES, Medicinal Extracts, Shop Furniture,
Dye Stuffs, Vials, Oils,Glass, Varnishes, Colors,
Corks, Surgical and Dntai Instruments, Ground
Spices, Gold Foil and Leaf. Teeth, Perfumery, &c.
Physicians, Merchants, Fqllers, Hatters, Dyers,
and others, supplied on favoprable terms,
August 21
Unionville Boarding School
FOR GIRLS.
THIS Seminary is handsoiiely situated in Union
vale, Chester county, Pehnsylvania, nine miles
southwest of West Chester. The course of instruc
tion comprises all the usual.r ! branches of a liberal
English education, together 'With the French Lan
guage, and Drawing, and will be under the care of
competent female teachers.
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The School will commence on the first second
day, in the ninth month of each year, and continue
in session forty-four weeks.? Pupils who do not
wish to remain the whole time, will be admitted
for one half the session, with' liberty to commence
at any time during the session.
TERMS: For Boarding, Washing, and Tuition,
at the rate of One Hundred t)ollars per session of
forty-four weeks, one half pay4ble at the commence
ment, and the remainder at the close of the time.
Letters addressed to the Principal, through the
Post Office, at Unionville, will be attended to.
July 24-4m-26j CHAS. BUFFINGTON.
Richard's himirhr again
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends
and the public generally, that he has taken the
establishment formerly occupied by M. Huber, on
the Railroad, back of the "Fulton House," where
he intends carrying, on the
Silver Plating and Briiss Founding,
in all its branChem--Door Knobs, Bell Pulls, Hub
Bands, Bits, Stirrups, Miller 2 S.Brands, Letters and
Figures, &c., &c., manufactured and plated. Brass
Locks repaired. Also, GAS FITTING. Gold
melted and refined, and rolled to any size for Den
tists. McDONALD.
6m-26
Lancaster, July 24, 1849
\ Geo. W. Hunter,
ATTO.RNEY 4T LAW.
OFFIC,E--North Queen StOeet, first door to the
righl'ofJohn F. Longs Drug Store.
All kinds'of Conveyancing r writing Wills, Deeds,
Mortgages, counts, szc., will be attended to
with correctnes and despatch
April 3, ,49
AITDIS & BLACK,
J ATTORNIES :AT LAW:
COce—Three doors below tle Lancaster Bank,
South Queen Street, Lancaster, Penn'a.
ilitr All kinds of Scrivening, such as writing Wills,
Deeds, Mortgages, Accounts, ikc., will. be attended,
to with Correctness and despatch.
January 16, 1849
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New York Dry Good Store.
LORD, TAYLOR & CO.,
No. .208 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia,
RAVE now on hand, just received direct from
the manufacturers, a full assortment of
SILKS CASHMERES,
MERINOES, DE LALNES,
SHAWLS, &c., &c.
The colors and designs being of their own se
lecting, and entirely theirs.
, LINENS, HOSIERY, HABERDASHERY,
and all the different makes of Domestic Goods
constantly on hand, wholesale and retail.
L. T. & Co. never deviate from first price.
" We are daily receiving goods from the New
York Auctions.
September 25,349 (Palmer, agt.). 2m-35
Pure GI
CHARLES A. HEI.
et., Lancaster, Pa.
ding
Allspice,
Cloves,
Cinnamon,
Mace,
Nutmegs,
Ginger,
Pepper,'
Mustard, brown and
yellow,
Cayenne Pepper,
African Pepper,
The .above Ground
and clean, being alwa
ties before grinding.
Grocers, Merchants and others supplied at lowest
prices. [sept 25 -Im-35
ound Spices.
NITSH, Druggist, East King
. has on hand and is now grin-
Spices are warranted pure
ys cleansed from all impuri-
HORACE F. ASH. ISAAC R. DILLER
Land and Genera Agency Office,
AT THE CAPITAL OF ILLINOIS,
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.
To non-residents owners of Illinois Lands—Holders
of Illinois Indebtedness, and all persons desirous
of purchasing State lands with Illinois scrip or
bonds.
THE undersigned would respectfully inform the
public, that they have established in this City
—the capital of the state of Illinois—a Land and
General Agency Office for the transaction of all
business appertaining thereto, within the limits of
the State.
All transactions relative to the purchase and sale
of lands, examining lands and reporting their loca
tion, anvantages and value, paying taxes, redeem
ing land sold for taxes, investigating titles, &c.,
buying and selling all descriptions of state indebt
edness, this and every other description of business
attached to a General Land Agency on the most
extended scale, will be promptly and faithfully
attended to,
ASH & DILLER
SPRINGFIELD, March 14,'49,
REFERENCES.
Hon. James Buchanan, Lancaster, Penn's.
" Benj. Champneys, cc cc
Reah Frazer, Esq., cc • cc
Wm. Al athiot, Esq., cc cc
Roland Diller, Esq., New Holland, Penn s a
Gabriel Davie, Esq., cc CI .tt
me
Hon. Daniel Sturgeon, U. S. Senate.
Jas. Cooper,cc ~.• c‘
James Fos, Esq., Harrisburg, Penn , a
Gen. Robert Patterson, Philadelphia, '
" Adam Diller,
Jos. L. Chester, Esq.,
Col. S. W. Black,
His EVI A. C. French,
Hon. Thos. H. Campbell,
" John Moore,
" S. H. Treat,
" Lyman Trumbull,
" J. Dean Caton,
April 17, 1849
v,..
Lancaster Blind Manufactory.
VENITIAN BLIND of the most beautiful pat
terns and finish, are now manufactured by
the undersigned at his manufactory in the rear of
Vankanan , s (late Scholfield , s) Hotel, and at his
Venitian Blind Warehouse, in West King Street,
half a square west of the jail, where a variety of
Blinds of the latest styles, both Broad and Narrow
Slat, can be inspected.
These Blinds are made of wood of the smoothest
and most durable quality, and at short order and
moderate prices. The subscriber having had con
siderable experience in the manufacture of Venitian
Blinds, the people of this city and county can de,
pend upon having any work that they may order,
executed with despatch and in a workmanlike'
manner. GEORGE FLICK.
iKrOld Blinds repaired—trimmed and painted to
look equal to new. All Orders from the country
promptly attended to.
July 31, 1849. 27
Schoeneck Coach Manufactory.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends
and customers, that he has now on hand a
large stock of CARRIAGES,
BUGGYS and ROCKAWAYS, Pe
of the most approved Eastern patterns, trimmed in
the neatest and newest style, and of workmanship
that will be sure to recommend itself. Orders for
carriages will, be punctually attended to, and de
livered at any place that may be requested. The
subscriber is resolved to do his utmost to please his
customers, and -in regard to cheapness he is re
solved not to be undersold by any shop in the state.
He invites his friends to call and examine his work
before purchasing elsewhere. He also returns
thanks to his customers in different counties, who
have so well supported him, thus far.
Old carriages and produce taken in exchange for
new ones,—and all kinds of iepairs executed with
cheapness and expedition—such as, painting and
trimming old carriages. All kinds of Blacksmith
and Wood work, belonging to my business, will
be executed. Letters must be addressed to
JESSE REINHOLD,
Schceneck P. 0., Lancaster County.
May 1, 1849. 6m-I4
RIEIL Sr MAYHEW'S
Daguerreotype Rooms;
Over J. F. LONG'S DRUG STORE, Lancaster.
THE subscribers have opened a Room at the
above place, and are now prepared to take
Portraits of all sizes, ranging in price from $1 00 to
$lO 00. Visitors are informed that no portrait will
be alloWed to leave which is not satisfactary to the
sitter. Perfect Pictures guaranteed.
If you wish a family group, a portrait of children
—if you wish a copy of a Daguerreotype, of a
painting or engraving, a portrait of a deceased per
son, a view of a public or private building, a por
trait set in a breast-pin, bracelet, locket or ring,
call upon us.
Hours from 8 until sunset. For children from
10 to 3 o'clock. Pictures taken in all weathers.
Instructions given and all articles used in the
business furnished at reasonable prices.
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I Bronzes. Gold Leaf and Dutch Metal. Prus
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with a large assortment of fine Colors, just received
and for sale at CHAS. A. HEINITSIPS
Medicinal, Drug and Chemical Store, East King st.
sept 25 4t-35
DENTISTRY.
TORN MTALLA, D. D. S.,
T..!
Continues to pert, - dt -
to perform all operations coming
within the province of the Dental Surgeon, at his
Office, in East King Street, fifth door from the
Court House, Lancaster. (Aug 21,249-Iy-30
WASHINGTON BAKER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OFFERS his professional services to the public,
Office in Centre Square, next door to Thomas
Baumgardner & Co.'s Store,
Nov 21
ALEXANDER L. HAYES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW:
Office—West King Street, next door below C. Hager
& Son's Store.
January 9,249
W. Whiteside,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAS removed to the office formerly occupied
by E. C. Reigart, Esq., in West King street,
3d house below Mr. Reed's Tavern.
April 10
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WARRANTED PURE
"Here, here, yet stay; do not say that „it came
from me. I gave it her, but yet I curse her."
And with this speech was flung to, with pas
sionate vehemence, the parlor door of one of the
noblest mansions in London. The individual who
stood without, was a short set man about forty
years of age, of a dark complexion, and shabbily
clothed. He gazed about him in the splendid hall
as though he had dropped into some enchanted tem
ple; and was only awakened from his stupor by the
liveried menial politely requestin4 him to "clear."
The poor man left the house, but tightly clutched
his treasure, till the light falling from a neighboring
gas lamp, allowed him to count the amount.
"I wronged him," said he, "I wronged him."
Five guineas! 'twill last a long time, if the re
lief be not too late; if that po tr sufferers spirit
has not winged its flight to heaven, 'twill make her
passage easier, though never bring her back to life.
So on he strode through the streets Of the me
tropolis. He passed up the Strand and - Fleet street.
There was the busy thron , the living tide of
human life pressing on, thoughtless and careless.
There was business in'all its activity, every thing
to attract or delay, but the wayfarer thought of but
one, and that was
In the eastern suburbs of the city, in an upper
room of one of the meanest huts of that neigh
borhood, on an humble yet heat bed, lay a young and
beautiful female. She could scarcely be twenty-two
years of age, yet death had pressed a clear stamp
upon her lovely features. She lay apparently near
expiration, while every thing around the room gave
the appearance of desolate poverty.
There was an apology for a fire on a cheerless
hearth, where a Few sticks of wood sent forth at
once light and slight warmth. An old lady was
kneeling by the bed, anti her eyes never wandered
from the pale ,eatures of the dying girl. Every
motion of the patient's lip was noticed, with an
anxietyand care that aught human could do it would
have blunted to the dying one the sharp sorrows of
that hour.
"Is he returned ?" she asked, in a faint tremulous
voice.
Pittsburg,
Governor Illinois.
Auditor "
Treasurer "
Judge Supreme Court
"Not yet, - was the reply.
"God forgive me," said the patient, "for wishing
to linger in this cold and cruel world; but, oh! if
I could bear with me his forgiveness. 'Tis hard
to die estranged from those we love; but," she ad
ded, and a soft smile stole over her face, "there is
no sorrow there."
At this moment the sound of ascending footsteps
were heard, and presently the stranger we have
noticed in the commencement of our tale, entered.
Now life seemed to have entered the heart of the
sick girl, for she started from the couch and gazed
fixedly and wildly at the stranger whom .the old
lady welcomed as Robert.
"You have seen him—you have shrieked she.
"For the great God's sake, tell me, have you
seen him'?"
Both entreated her to be calm, and from his
pocket Robert drew the money he had received.
"I have seen him," said. he, "and here are the
fruits."
"He bade me not to let you know that it came
from him."
"Kind! kind!" said the poor girl, weeping; "he
would not let me feel the favor. My poor father,
and I shall bear thy blessing and thy pardon to the
grave."
But, beholding the serious aspect of Robert, she
still pressed him for the story of the interview,
"Go on! he gave it to you, told you to keep the
author unknown, and sent me—his blessing!"
"His curses!" said Robert, and he burst into
tears.
A. wild and almost superhuman shriek rang
through that shattered dwelling, and that humble
bed bore a corpse!—that last cruelty had broken
the feeble threads of lile !
Yes, died!--died as thousands die, unnoticed, we
had almost said unknown; thousands, whose life's
morning dawned amid smiles and caresses, and the
bright fairy dreams of life, 'mid the joyous wel
come of relatives and the fond flattery of the inter.
ested. Who shall envy the high estate of the rich?
it is a lofty precipice, and the fall will be more
deadly and dangerous.
The name of the girl who thus closed a bitter
life of destitution and sorrow, was Lucy, once the
admired and almost idolized daughter of Sir Ralph
Fisher. When the bud of lovely youth burst into
womanhood, she was "the admired of all admirers."
Thousands knelt- at the shrine of her beauty.—
Among them was one unknown to the princely
throng. He had met her at the ball , he won her
attention; and for weeks he visited her, not indeed
in his own, but an assumed character. She dared
to love him, and knowing her father's disposition
— l —to marry him.
After their union, Sir Ralph Fisher was made
acquainted with the circumstances. His pride was
roused—his proud ambitious schemes were levelled
to the dust, and in the bitterness of his heart,
Lear-like, he breathed out curses on his daughter.
"Sooner would I cast her fortune to the beggar,
or bury it in the ocean, than one farthing should
grace that girl!" said he, and he shut his heart up
from all compassion.
The result was as might be expected. The hus
band of Lucy was a man who "lived by his wits;
a heartless, soulless villain, who was content to live
on the sufferings and losses of others." The gam
ing table and every haunt of vice was his favorite
resort, and there he revelled and sported in the pol
lution of his soul. Oh ! then did the delusive hopes,
that had buoyed up that young girl's mind, fade
away one by one! Her husband left her—and then,
desolate and broken-hearted, she turned her footsteps
to her father's house, only to be repulsed with scorn
and hatred; and then bitter want and disease gnaw
ed at her heartstrings, and a wild blast swept over
the summer of her hopes!
There is but one person to whom she dared ap
ply; it was an old inmate of her father's family
and nurse. She found her in the humble dwelling
we have described, but not till the bloom had faded
from her cheek, the lustre from her eye, and the.
canker worm was busy with her heartstrings. The
cause of her distress; when all hopes of enriching'
himself were fled, had forsaken her—he was gone
none knew whither—and the eyes of the poor girl
were closed by the very hands iwhich first bore her
infant weight. -
•
Imagination can create no sorrows which touch
the human heart like those of real lift,.
3nielligencer & 3ournal.
THE SEASONS
HT THOMAS HOOD
Summer's gone and over !
Fogs are falling down,
And with the russet tinges,
Autumn's doing brown.
Boughs are daily rifled
By the busy thieves,
And the Book of Nature
Geteth short of leaves.
Round - the tops of houses,
Swallows as they flit,
Give, like yearly tenants,
Notices to quit.
Skies of fickle temper,
Weep by turns and laugh—
Night and day together,
Taking half-and-half.
So September endeth—
Cold and most perverse--
But the months that follow,
Sure will pinch us worse!
The Wife's Fate.
Cold Slaw.
"The sovereignest cure for an inward bruise is
p arr oacetti."—SELAXSPEARE.
"The voice of the people is the voice of God,
when they halloo right."—Memstru.Y.
" Bang !—Bem I !—Bum! I !—Piscextrwrrovi.
The celebrated Canute, when' he was told by his
courtiers that the waves of the Northern ocean
would roll back at his bidding, "pricked the boil'
by putting their assertions to the test of experi
ment, and thus caused them, with shame and con
fusion, to hide their diminished heads. The Second
Washington also, when told by his satellites that a
tour through Pennsylvania would make the people
rise as one man to do him reverence and secure
the election of a whig Canal Commissioner by
many thousands majority, tested their assertions
by experiment, and, like Canute, proved to the
satisfaction of the world—we, of course, mean
western New York—that all was vanity--or, to
change the figure, in the classic language of Mrs.
Partington, "that all was not gold that glistered."
That tour was a terrible failure; and the neglected
coal interest of Pennsylvania begins now to ad
what Benedict Arnold found when he went to the
British' court with the swallow-tailed coat of a major
general on, viz: that men "love the treason while
they hate, the traitor." - Who elected the Second
Washington? The coal interest of Pennsylvania.
Who was neglected by the Second Washington?
The coal interest of Pennsylvania. Well, well,
this is as it should be. If men go a crabbing in a
tub without a bottom, they must expect to get a
fisherman's luck, and repent at leisure when they
get dry. We venture the assertion that Schuylkill
and Lehigh will "do better" hereafter, without
waiting for the advice of Thaddeus Stevens; if they
don't, may the Lord help them and their interest.
Entering the iron city in a barouche,
with a wreath
of roses,. lightning-bugs and Cape May diamonds
sparkling profusely together around ones body, and
even taking a horn, in addition, with an iron -master,
is not going to help the coal interest much. Oh
Lackawanna, how we pity you! You sold your
democracy, for military glory, and are now waiting
for a sign; but there shall be no sign given you
but that of Jonah, who left the right path and fell
into a whale's belly, where he cried for three days
and nights, and undoubtedly, by his whimpering,
gave the name of blubber to two-thirds of the body
of that vast animal.
The'time, too, when this grand tour 'was com
menced was so propitious, the whole country was
so healthy, everybody ate simlins, and kercumbers,
and bacon and collards couldn't do any harm pro
vided the inner man was qualified with the essence
of rye. The company, too, that went along were
so agreeable and select, and so well known to the
world at large as very loud readers of the journal,
and fine writers upon cataracts and other muddy
water-falls! The course pursued was so novel, and
the scenery so picturesque. Oh! it was enough to
have called Alexander away from a beseiged city.
Mark Antony from the conquest of Egypt, or a
republican President from the White House while
it was in the arms of fresh paint! We wonder
why the conservators of the Republic were not
carried along with the organ-Maker, to tell posterity
which were his speeches and which the substitutes.
Their touching eulogy upon the death of Tiger, a
celebrated double-nosed, yellow-patched ' Boston
bloodhound of the first family, a few days since,
and their frank acknowledgements of their amiable
weakness for Washington pork, circumcised or'
uncircumcised, surely entitled them to a right to
visit the Syracuse cattle show with Uncle Zacha
riali and the rest of the brethren.
The illustrious successor of Col. Stun, who im
mortalized Red Jacket in two volumes octavo, a
few years since, forgetting the good sense of his
former partner, has come down upon us, like a
thousand tom-cats, in a grave editorial, for laughing
at the whigs when they are so, sick. "Kurnel,
kurnel," as the Irishman said to his'commanding
officer at Waterloo, "take another haul at the. ould
black bottle, and maybe yell be after finding your
taste again." We wish the beautiful boy would
try his alien and sedition laws again. Wouldn't he
fare in this vicinity like the melodious urchin who
boarded with the rattlesnake's family to learn music
and lived upon the sound of the rattles? AS Mrs.
Partington justly observed, upon reading the edi
torial in question, "Unparalelled innocent, pink of
primrosed and clear-starched simplicity, those who•
wash the old federalism out of you will need no
blueing bag; and those who don't do it will be
blessed. You prate of indictments—tell it not in
Gathaway, nor publish it in Absalom's bosom."
The present age is the age of juleps at the seat
of the general government 'More "grass toddies,"
as the Irishman called the tumblers of aromatic
mint-drops, are drank off here in a day, than were
absorbed by officials in the days of the earlier
Presidents in a twelvemonth. The odor of nation.
ality, in the shape of essence of spearmint, is about
us with a vengeance, and is vastly pleasant to the
oilfactmies, as Mrs. P. has it in her notes upon Job.
But we have digressed from our intended line of
reflection, and must now return to the main ques
tion, to wit: the Second Washington and his
almighty cabinet.
Well, the old thunder-splitter in brimstone-color
ed inexpressibles and green shoes has returned from
his grand tour, and strange to say, his disorder,
though abating, still continues, notwithstanding on
his way home he ate at a meal, twelve ears of
green corn, and a pound of bacon and collards, be
sides moistening the whole with a little 31 cent
whiskey. The cabinet, though naturally weakly
and inclined to swell, are as comfortable as they
expected to be when they accepted the regency and
acted alone.
They made the most of the CUBA affair; and in
their hot haste to keep the honor of th United
States bright, have interfered with the liberty and
property of freemen, and laid the ground-work for
numerous actions for false imprisonment. We say
the laws of the United States have been violated by
the authorities in their attempt to keep a secret
expedition from sailing from the ports of the United
States ; besides, it is a breach of confidence, and the
violators have incurred the scorn and contempt of
the liberal men of the civilized world, and may
have to pay for heating the poke.; in the end, provid
ed SOLITUDE does not remove the judges of the
Supreme Court in his eagerness to reform abuses.
This is the age of proclamations, recommendations,
rebutters, surrebutters, and the whole family of
butters, from a battering-ram to a. billy-goat.—
Every captain of a pink -stern fulminates a ukase,
or ejaculates a bull. The universal world is under
blockade. The great commerce of our country is
placed under surveillance, not by the water police
or the revenue cutters, but by the navy. What is
the navy for?—to defend our commerce. Was it
right or expedient, then, to set that navy to watch
ing that commerce—to interfering with that com
merce—to threatening that commerce in time of
peace? We consider the navy has other and higher
duties to perform; and that when a prison ship is
wanted by the United States marshal as a sailing
posse to aid him, he will take some other craft
than a United States ship-of-war, bound on a cruise.
No man likes to have an illegal writ served upon
him under a battery of 44 32-pounders by a cocked
hat and epaulets, with a boatswain's mate on one
side, with the cat-o'-nine tails and a master-at-arms
on the other, with a set of double irons ready to
pickle and jewel him if he dares to enter a protest
against the proceedings or speak in defence of his
acts. We consider that the navy has been unfairly
and injudiciously treated in this matter—that it
has been ordered to play the part of a spy on com
ma-ce—and the sooner a new regency takes the
places of the preient lame ducks, and corrects the
errors of their predecessors made in the first six
months of the heroic age, the better for them and
for the country.
If upon bare suspicion a ship can be forbidden
by the Executive to enter or leave a port in the
United States in time of peace, what is to hinder
the regency from embargoing — the port of New
York, if the elections don't go to suit their majestic
stomachs?
The Cabana may have had friends in this coun-.
try, as Ireland had here at the last outbreak; but
because such is the case, are our citizens to be;
searched, and our vessels stopped after clearing ac-,
cording to law, by the military power of the Ex
ecntive? Let him try it on a wagon or carton'
land, by the army, and a revolution would bud and
blossom in an hwur. Who searched ships going to;
Ireland? Who stopped Hungarians and patriots
armed from going to Hungary? Who stopped the;
supplies and frigates for Greece!—the supplies and;
the standards for noble though ill•fated Polando
From the ThabiozMu
Well, we have arrived at a pretty path in the heroic
age, when our country is to be blockaded by onr
own ships because somebody else is at war:
Cuba will come to' us soon.enough without fight
ing, and those who go there with arms will. go
out of the pale of the republic, and be individually
responsible to the government that they assault for
their acts. It is not our business as ' nation to do
the fighting for tyrants, or to help them keep their
naughty boys in order. It is the business or this
country to make money out of all the old iingo
cracies of the world, and it is the business of the
navy to protect and respect our flag-on every sea.
The dismissal of Mr. Clover from the New York
custom house was an act worthy of the prillent
day and. the men .in power. How nobly it will
read in history, taken in connexion with the cruel
ties practised on board the Jersey priSon-Ship and
the author of those cruelties. It will be .a green
spot in the midst of this green age, and will make
a grand burial ground for self-murdered reputations.
The next' Congress, we understand, are to be
called upon to appoint a new officer at the seat of
the United States government, to be styled the
fence-viewer. Those long fences of Commissioner
Mudd, which run like the telegrapic wires, without
stopping, in every direction, are objects of great
solicitude at the present moment, inasmuch as it
has been asserted, that there is a picket there for
every administration man who has forsaken the
sinking ship in the first quarter of the green old
days.
The present dynasty, we are told, have 'established
a national bank at the capital. They appoint
clerks to office where there are no offices for them
to fill, and pay them in promises to pay when
Congress meets. This bastard scrip is now hawked
about among the brokers , and shaved at a heavy
tune, and will circulate like money when enough
of it is issued. We understand that several thou
sand dollars per month is sent out in this manner;
and if it is in the power of the xegency to issue
scrip for clerk hire, can't they issue it instead of
gold Bentons for the railroad to California, in the
same way, and soon run us $100,000,000 in debt?
Where, then, is the power of Congress to borrow
money? where is the security of law? where is the
sub-treasury? and who are the usurpers of consti
tutional rights and powers?
We feel in these matters like the boy at the play
house, who said he should like to look at the soups
all night, if his sister Peggy had not sewed a nest
of yellow wasps in the foundation of his trowsers,
that pegged away, when the horn blew, a little the
darndest. It is a virtue for a freeman to speak out
when he does or sees anything wrong. All you,
therefore ; who are cheating Uncle Sam—all you
who are endeavoring to cheat your Maker—and all
you who would cheat the devil if you could—
answer to your names as you are called; and, as
Mrs. Parting - ton has it, "Speak, Benjamin Zone,
speak or die!" "HEROIC AGE."
•
Christ shall give thee light,—EmayszeNs. ,
The prayer for more light is continually ascend
ing from countless longing souls. The dispensa
tions of Providence, by which pestilence sweeps
the fairest regions of the earth, carrying away. with
the neglected and unworthy, the virtuous and fondly
cherished ; by which famine slays its tens of thou
sands, and water, bursting its ancient bounds, de
stroys the labors and holies of man, are hidden in
obscurity; and concerning these, we may well ask
light, the better to protect our lives and fortunes.
We can see but a little way, let us turn as we
will. There are so many paths luring the feet, that
the straight and narrow one sometimes escapes our
observation; and when at length we see more clear
ly, it is difficult to retrace our steps; we therefore
require a guide who cannot err, since earthly ones
often lead our feet astray. The tangled web of life
needs light to unravel its mysteries; and many dis
contents are. hushed ac we see how "good from
seeming evil is educed ;" and as we meditate on the
inequalities of human condition, much that seems
dark becomes luminous with light born no. of sun
or stars. Distresses which. the poor man never
knows, haunt the nightly pillows of the rich and
chase the "sweet restorer" from aching lids. Death'
has its missions alike to every household, a%I gold
has no chain wherewith to detain the spirit sum ,
mooed from the bonds of flesh; the rich m ap's
heart is as deeply wounded it the ingratitude of a
thankless child as though he wept away his hours
in the hut of poverty, rather than in the gilded
saloon whose very splendor seems to mock his
anguish.
We see some whose wants are all anticipated,
from the cradle to the grave; and others, accus•
tomed to privations of every kind, from the dawn
of being; some are endowed with imagination that
heightens every joy, and others have no thought
beyond the toil with every morning's light ; some
move before us, beings of strength and beauty,
while others have no loveliness whereby tawin the
heart before reason pronounces judgment. There
are modifications in all these "accrilents of fortune,"
as they are sometimes denominated, though unaided
reason cannot reconcile them all to its intuitive
sense of justice.
Where shall we look for light?—not alone to
read the mysteries of life, but to enable us to see
clearly the path of duty appointed for our feet.
"Christ shall give it," says the great apostle, and
who can doubt that he is both able and willing.—
He has been called the "Sun of Righteousness,'
the "Light of the World;" but for our individual
selves do we feel that these epithets are just, has
he been to us the "Sun" whose beams descend into
the dark places of our hearts and betrayed then*
the hidden things of sin? In his strength, wisdom
and judgment, has He been the light of our little
world of joy and care and grief? If not, we me
yet in darkness, in the shadow of, death, he hath
not shed upon us the light of His countenance nor
have we partaken of his peace.
If in any spirit there exists the desire to be ho
lier in the days that are to come; if prayers, un
spoken though sincere, ever warm the heart; if
unsatisfied with perishing things, the soul demands
other and:, worthier objects of interest,; inay the
blessed promise be fulfilled that "Christ shall give
light," and it will prove all that is needed to guide
and control passion, to strengthen the heart and the
hands for duty, and soothe the 'sorrow for those
whom the grave embraces. -
The blessed words he uttered in Judea, preserved
to us through the lapse of centuries, have lost
nothing of their power and beauty. The persuasive
accents in which they were spoken are lost to us,
while the words themselves are imperishable, and
.more precious than all the lore of the sages, for
"never man spake as this man." •
As one temptation after another is overcome, the
mental vision becomes clearer, and though we still
see "through a glass," it is less darkly than before.
The light which illumines the soul breaks upon it
slowly as.it gains strength to bear, and as it draws
nearer to God through Christ. The religious life
is the mountain pathway, revealing newer beauties
and serener heights at every step, until at last the
desires of life no longer disturb the ear, and its
mists are below the feet, obscuring the way no
longer. Ask in sincerity and "Christ shall give
thee light" H. J. L.
The greatest plague in life is a bad temper. It
is a great waste of time to complain of other peo
ples', the best thing is to amend our own; and the
next best quality is to learn to bear with what we
meet in others. A bad temper will always tire
itself out, if it find no one to resent it; and. this
very knowledge is worth a trifle. Irascibility is
very. injurious to health, and SO, in fact, is every
morbid indulgence of our inferior nature. Low
spirits, melancholy, diffidence, disinclination for or
dinary datift, discontent, fretfulness, even . down to
mental lassitude, indolence or despair—are very in
imical to enjoyment in life, and every possible effort
should be made to cast them all to the winds, and
look unblushingly into the truth of the fact. It is
astonishing what a .little reflection will• do. The
fears are mostly:imaginary, and with one dash of
resolution maybe
.41 overcome.
llTArus of old supported the world on his
shoulder: but the. Boston Atlas must find the - -Past
sometimes too heavy for it. The latter thus hits
the mark; - • „
"The editor of the : Atlas says he 'a i l x is t ra,A
fool according to his folly.' It must be • al to
hear him soliloquise? a
NO. 37
From the lostoollimabler.
Bad Temper.