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: uur researches we have found but
,.w trails of .Masonry, from i the erection
cf the Sanctuary to the buiLiinir of the
Temple. But, as tha footprints of the
animal enabled the great naturalist to
construct the perfect body, so we have
looturints on the erauite rocks of time.
t'nuy which we can reconstruct the An
cient Masonic system. The bended
Hade of arass aud broken twig are tuf
Gcient to v.lace the experienced scout up
on the trail- bo a word or custom.
gathered here and there, are a sign and
token to the instructed Mason.
At the building of tho great Temple
the eionea of Masonry culminated m
Wisdom, Strength and Beauty, cs rep
resented by the Grand Masters; that
wisdom which develops faith firm and
nhiflincr- looking bevond the veil to
things unseen ; that strength which sus
1 - l 1 1 :MnlA.tnl!(iT '
tin noie in a uieas-cu luiiuuntiuiy ,
thit Leant y whih it displayed in the
graces and influences which true Charity
Tho course of Masonry has been ns
the flow of a peutte stream now spark
ling in the sunlight, now hidden by the
liiTri.uiff nf tlie herbage which her own
waters have nurtured. If we lost for
a mnmpiit. tlirt danciDir of the sunbeam
on the ripple, the bending fo'.iags tells b
" the secret cf the stream
t and unobtrusive has been the
-o qui
influence of Masonry, that she has scare-.
lv been recognized as one, ot tne great
ration of tatioas.
.Yet Mich the is f not by active interftx
r onw in t,-ilitifal nr relisious agitations ;
from tJiia .h Kf.rietlv debarred by her
' landmarks and discipline- But, gently
instilling into the minds of her children
those great and broad principles of jus
tice and charity, a. strict regard to the
riahts of oil, and a pure, unselfish love
of the whole,' she trains them to become
useful members of eociety, and, through
ths individual, operates upon humanity.
Upon this broad foundation it may be
emphaticaUy sail, rests the only plat
form on winch all can meet, divested of
political animoities and sectarian preju
dices. This constituent feature of the
Masonic system should ever be kept
Headily in"viev. The rough ashlar be
comes a perfect one ; and how? The
barih edges of thought and will; the
bitter feeling and hasty action arc
smoothed away in the Lo-Jge-room, by
the softening infiuences of courtesy and
kindness forbearance .and encourage-
uient. This is the lever with which she
works. Wo can scarcely estimately too
highly the rare value of these virtues,
when faithfully -inculcated and habitu
ally - practiced. It would b9 folly : to
claim that Masonry is the only necessary
human institution, inasmuch as she com
bines the excellency of all, although the
claim has been at times indiscreetly ad
vanced. But we can, with truth, assert
' that 6he is the only association, the off-
snrinz of human mind, which combines
perfect unity of sentiment with unity of
action. .
What, then, is the minion cf Mason
ry? Her wonderful preservation amid
the vicissitudes of ages is a striking
' iroof that sha was destined for some
great and useful end. Institutions which
claimed kindred with her, have sprung
up in dusters around her ; but, like the
insect of tha hour, they have sunk into
oblivion. She ha3 overcome tue oppo
sition of the powerful : she has foiled
the asU of the crafty ; and unscathed
though Durificvl by the fires of persecu-
- tion, she exhibits in her age the vigor of
youth .the surges ot popular tanati
eisui have swnyed against her temple ;
not a stone in her foundation is loosenoi.
The preen foliage which time has planted,
winds around her columns . it has but
civen strength to the slender shaft, and
tb.3 column stands firm and unshaken.
What. then, is the mission of Mason
ry? Are we, as some would willingly
believe, merely asocial baud of broihers,
with free hearts but light heads ; fond
of the glass and jest ; desirous only to
forget the troubles and cares of Iue m
the passing cup and the revelry of the
hour: productive ot more harm to our
stives tbnn to the wiser multitude with
out? Why, the lesson which runs like
a golden thread through all our ceremo
nies and ritual impressed on the candi
date when he enlers our portals, and
till liogericg on his ears S3 he departs,
to moderate his desires and observe
b trict sobriety, to weigh well each word,
and to be prudent in action, is en un
swarable reiutatio.i of so foul a charge.
Some, it is true, have fallen by the way
side. We do not excue the erring, for
they sinned in the full light or moral
suasion and teaching. Uut we would say
to the censorious cavalier : "First cast
the beam out of thine own eye, and
thou shilt see clearly to cast the moat
out of thy brother's eye."
Whit, then, is the mission of 31a -only?
Tha answer may bo gathered from
the tenor of what wa have written.
There is a day coming, the time and
hour bo man knoweth, when "every val
ley shall bo exalted, and every mountain
and hill shall be ma le low ;" when every
lofty aspiration shall be satisfied, every
sordid desire forever cease ; when holi
ness shall be inscribed on the brid!e3 of
the horses; every thought and action in
the humblest as well as in the most ele
vated walks of life, being brought to the
unerring test of divine truth. For the
advent of the glorious day, Masonry is
working ; making straight in the descent
a highway for the Most High God, the
Great Architect of the Universe ; pre
paring the ground for the sowing of the
seed, which shall bring forth golden and
immortal fruit. Her voico is hfard,
clear as the voice of a trumpet, giving
no uncertain sound : "Lift up your
eyes on high, and behold who hath ere
otod these things, that bringeth out
their host by number ; he calleth them
all by their names, by tha greatness of
hU might, for thai he is strong in power,
not one faileth." "Thcythat wait upon
the Lord shall renew their strength ;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run and not be weary ; they
fcball walk and not faint."
What, then, is the Mission of Mason
ry ? Genius and eloquence have lavished
their wealth on this fruitful theme, nor
with wasteful prodigality, if rightfully
Bdcrstood and explained. Even her
Charity is but ope of the many brilliant
gems whieh encircle her brow. It is an
incidental, not a constituent part of her
system the result of that devoted
friend.ship which kindred feelings and
habitual associations naturally engender ;
the overflow of that -tender sympathy,
is ever welling up from the deep foan-
- tain of the heart.
Should not the thought that we are
- co-workers with God incite to renewed
exertion in his glorious cauie? Should
it not awaken lo full life and activity
every power which the Almighty has!
-.bestowed iue Olasoo s field ic the
wsrld ; wherever the white sails of com
mercG are spread to the winds wherever
the indomitable energy of man has dis-
covered a new pathwav to wealth and
fa.2ie. M-iSonrv is found the gentle min-
i-tor of r-ood. Thcrslbru, brethren of
he Mv!io Tie, of tli&t : great and gl
03 wbos.? !ji)ri'.vr tLe sua
never sot, let na be npanl doing while
he day laeteth, for the night soon coicctb
in which no man can work. This is the
tnisMoa of M.sonry.
A ca-e eras tiled before a Presbytery,
not icn azo. when the counsel for the
dtfendaut: urged the .plea of moral in
haniiy. A venerable ' Presbyter said ::
'Mr. Moderator, th s disease of a moral
insanity seems to me to be identical with
what the older theologians, in their un
scientific wayt call Vtotal depravity."
A Kansas City mm who blew out the
gas leioro retiring, paved his lite by
ittfhm oown to the office or tht hotel
and inquiring if there was "a glue fac
tory next door.
The local reporter of the Lawrence
Tii une is in a bad way. He has been
recently crnTcrte 1, and in consequence
w obliged to notice amusements very
mildly. In announcing the appearance
of a minstrel trcune he says: "For
those who do not consider it a tin to
witness minstrel chows th;s entertain
ment will furnif-h a pleasant relaxation
from the revival meetings."
A countrvinan in Savannah observe J
a gang of negroes at work in the street?,
each wearing a ball and chain, lie
asked one wby that ball was chained to
his leg- To keep people Iroui stealing
it," said the darkey; ''heap of thieves
about here." '
A punning correspondent of the New
York jS'." recently visited a female sem
inary, and here is his account fit:
Tlie boss school-master showed me
around, and the sweetest lotoflas-eal
ever saw were those lases. They beat
lasses candy. -It was like looking at a
great big patch of ripe strawberries, all
of 'era sweet, but here and there one of
'em a little bigger than the rest, and
somehow I liked the biggest oncB best.
I told the boss that I didn't think this
could be a good school. .
Says he: -'why?"
- Said I: "There are too many muses
here for correct lessons." i
: Then he called up a lovely girl in green
merino, with a yellow ssik string rcuou
her neck, and she stepped up to a nice
clean blackboard and took a peice of chalk
and daubed it all up. Then the boH
exclaimed: "What do you think of
that?" ,
I told him that any fool coull make
white m irks on to a blackboard with a
peice of cfealk.- "Give her a peice of
charcoal,' says I, "and if she makes
them white marks with" that, then she
will hi smart,"
Then he Baid it was from memory.
"No 1" said I, "you don't say that is
from memory; what in thunder is tne
thing anyhow?" It looked like a speci
men of kniFOminiBg.
Why," said he, "that 13 tbe map 01
Asia."
"Drawn by a minor," said . I; "that
makes it Asia Minor." j.
Then he asked me what I took it tor,
and I told him I took it for a skating
pond. That ended the geography ex-
ercises, and we vreDt to mainemaucs.
The boss told me to give 'em a problem
to solve. I did, and I don t thins they
have solved it yet. I got up and 1
said: '
"My dear young ladies, I propose to
to you the following prob'em, and I'll
give you ten minutes to stick your finger?
ia your cars, and rock to and fro and
solve it: If it takes one hundred years
for a hard shell clam to hop one mile on
one foot, avoirdupois measure, how long
will it take a locomotive going forty miles
an hour to reach its destination, apoth
ecaries weight?"
They couldn't one of 'em do it. One
wanted to know how old the clara was,
another where the destination; in, fact,
they wanted me to do the sum f jr 'em,
and I got disgusted and left.
A Boston girl tried to eomniit suicide
by doseing herself with ''Parr-on's Rat
Exterminator." Tha only efTeclithad
was to deatory her chignon,
An Iowa woman lost her thimble last
November, and on Palm Sunday found
it in her Ftockirig. She would not have
found it then had she not mistaken the
d.iv. and. under tha impression it wa3
Easter, made her annual ohange of hose.
A western woman, aged 29, hn.9 been
sued for reducing a boy of 1G. The par
ents of the unhappy youth brought the
suit, and claimed $1,000 damage5, but,
as tho lady offered to repair tha wrons
by ciarying the seduced one, they were
n3.i-suit3d.
One who assumes to know, says that
wommly despair for the los3 of a lover
euduros three iiiounths in the winter
aad two in the summer; the second
month, a lady become interested in
the new style of hair dressing; the third,
tha burns her love-letters. Twelva
months afterward sh3 hears of her for
mer lover's marriage, and wonders ''how
the could have loved a man with a red
mustache." -
The Executive Department of Iowa
has had a tender from a lady who says
she is a cousin of Martha Washington,
of a salve that will "kureall kinds of
soars." She kindly offers to let the State
have the receipt for $5,000.
A chanze of bed-linen ia an event of
such rare occurrence in the domestic
economy of a certain hotel :n a i e'gh
boring city, that it is triumphantly her
alded on tho bill of fire: "Clean Bheets
to day." . .
There aro a number of wordi in the
English language each of which contains
ail the five regular vowels, but it would
puzzle almost any one to think of more
than one or two at short notce. The fol
lowing may be given a3 exam pies: Edu
cation, reputation, regulation, emulation,
perturbation, menmation, repudiation.
Uesides these there are Ecveral words
each containing all tho vowels, including
the "y." Of these we may mention rev
olutionary, elocutionary, and unquestion
ably. The word invisibility may bo noted
as a peculiar word for it contains the
letter i" e3x times. Misiscippi and
Tennissee are each spelled with only four
different letters of the alphabet, although
one containes eleven letters and the eth
er nine. Schnapps, a word of one syl
lable and eight letters, contains but one
vowel. There are no words in the Eng
lish language of more than eight syllables
and of those containing that number
may bo mentioned inc:mprchcnsibility.
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Weeping Water, Neb
Ap 14 w4
Notice.
V'OTICS i hereby given.th.it an applioation
will be uia4e to Jhc Civcr.or of the State
ot KiraJk. at 10 o'clat a m., April 15th.
1S72. for the p-r.ion of Jsinw Barnes, convicted
of the listriot Oiurt cf Chss county. Nebraska.
-witj on thoUth Oy of ove-nbrar1(r2
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BtlLLIOKS Bear Tettlmenr o melt
Wonder rat Cat-alive Effects.
They are not a vile Fancy Drink, Made ol Po
Rom, Whiskey, Prosf Spirits ana uense
LdQuers doctored, splcea ana sweoienoa w pwj mw
Uistc called "Tonics," "Arpierf " Bestorers,.jc,
ht lad thetlmilor on to drnnkenness and ruln,but are
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ol California, free frsm s.il Alcohoiio umu-
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FIERund A LIFE OIVIKG FRINCIPI.E,
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Carrying off all poisonous mawei m """'"--to
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u.rnrAtnff to directions and remain long unwell,
nroTidod tnelr bones are not aesiroyea vj unuaw
poison or other means, ana uio iuu ""o -
imiAiiit tKa noint of ronair.
They ore a Gentle rnrgauveaiwcii ass
Tonic, possessing, also, the peculiar merit of acting
as a Doworful occnt In relieving Congestion or Inflam,
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POIl FEMALE C03IIl.AIJiT, inyonngw
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Uio turn of lire, those Tonic uutcrs nave no wjum. ,
- ftnr Tnflamnmtorr and Chronic Rhenma'
it.m nnd Goat. Dyspepsia or Indigestion,
Bilious, Remittent nnd Intermittent Fe
vers, Diseases of tho Blood, Liver, Kid
neys and Bladder, these Bitters hove been most
tnnvuhiL Much Diseases are eaused by Vitiated
Blood, which is generally produced by derangement
ot the Digestive Organs. (
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Bead
io P.lnln the Shoulders. Coughs, Tightness of the
m -rii-nina. finnp Riurtatlons of the Stomach,
bad Taste in the Mouth. Bilious Attacks, Palpitation ol
lh. ne&rt. Inflammation of the Lungs, Fain in tne re
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torn a, are the oUsprlngs of Drspepsia.
They Invigorate the Stomach and stimulate the torpM
Urer and Bowels, which render them or uneauaiiea
tfficaey in-cloansing the blood of all impurities, and im
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p-flT? SKIS DISEASES, Era ptions, Tetter, EaU
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buncles. Ring-Worms. 8csld Head, Sore Eyes , Eryslpe
L. itAh fti-nrfa. DIsEolorations of the bkin. Humors and
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vim. Tau. and ether Worms, lurking in the
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nrnnvMl. Save a distinguished physiologist.
at itidtviiiiia riTW-in inn njcjm 01 iue
' -r ' i i : i i .. r..A t
oiirth vhoee body Is exempt from the Pwn w
wrormR. It i" not upon tha healthy elements of the
l.j- iv.i - Knw vi rwvn tlin illflPOJUHl II tl 171018
and slimy deposiu that breed these livin monsters of
!P" .m f Kfull-ino. nn vonnifuffM. no
aithelminUcs WiU free the system from worms like
these Bitters.
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Druggists and Gen. Agents. San Francisco. California,
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And
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Is at Clark & Plummer's
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IT
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.'''.'..'.'."..MVIDEXDS;
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OFFICERS.
H D Mackay, President,
D M Swan. Vice-Prsidont,
firJL Wever, Med. D'tor,
George A Moore, Secretary,
J Jones. Ass't Secretary.
II L Newman, Treasurer
DIRECTORS.
D Sh're. Leavenworth
, Ean,
II D Meek ay, Leavenworth Kan.
D M Swan, " "
W ti Coffin. . . " "
Geo A Moore,
DW Powers.
Geo L Davis, St. Louis. Mo
J Merritt.
E Hastings.
J V Richards.
II R Hammond
H Edeerton.
Thos Carney,
S M Sirickler. Junction City
Chas Robinson. La wrance.
W, lladley.
MRMortran "
Gen. Ageislfor
GOOD TRAVEL
W. MARSHALL, Agent,
S LIVINGSTON, lied Examine
6 xmwnvm'xvp mmwwmm m
Conliwnial nilbing, Uos.
. ; JUSTUS LAWRENCE, President J. P. ROGERS, Secretary.
Enter prising Economical,
aiul Safe.
Number Policies issued to Jan. 1, 1872..
Number Policies issued and revived in
ASSETT5, Jan. 1, 1S72................
This Company is Purely Mutual in its operations, dividingits entire surplus among its Poli
iiolders. annuallv on the "Contribution Plan." and has a larger business and a lower ratio of
expense to income, than have ever been attained
PriItj total AssetIyaro sufficient to discharge
its stock capital, and leave as ft balance more
Tliiss Company Issued BSorc Policies
" '" I2ST1871' TH-A-IST
ilny Otlici? Company in tlic Worl
S. A. TAYLOR & CO.,
janiodiwtf General Agents, for Nebraska.
tSTOpposite the Platte Valley House, in Schlater's Jewelry Store, -J
. Main Street, Plattsmouth, Nebraska
ST. LOUIS,
DECKER BROS.,
G. A. MILLER & CO'S
PIANOS. ;
Ofttr Jfirst-tKss
WbolesUe ani ReUU;Dealer in Strines, Shoet
-ej-MUSlCAL IN3TRU!v1ENT9 Tue4
too. are going to
their
IHB
most complete
at greatly roauced prices.
Ws call particular
styles of
COTTON YAtHS, BOOTS AND SHOE
K0JNT FORFEITING
Coiilril jiI ion lan,
Advantage to the Policy Holders
by Western men, whose known finanancial charac
tor its careral ana succesiul management.
and trives none. Policy holders have no interest
their pohcie3,
largest dividends. Eastern companies invest their
years at
interest, is z j,4ji.io
" " 46,901.64
" li7,:w).8r
' 318.0fi8.00
financial advantages and indaoemcnts to the
II A Calkins, General Agent.
W E JIarvey, Con. Actuary,
T A liurd. Attorney.
II L Newman LoaTe. worthK
W E Chemberlain.
TAlJurd. I"
EB Allen. " . "
C A Perry. Weston, Mo,
G W Veal, Topcka, Kansas.
J M Price Atchison, Kan.
W R Stebbins. "
Nebraska aud KortnernuE4.anEa
ITORS WANTED.
PLATTSMOUTH
24, 26 S8.Htassnt Si B g
SAheral,
15,000
13.537
1871
.87,503,233,50
by any
Otuer company si a Lrrwiouuis
all liabilities, including re-insurance, pay back all
than a MILLION of earned surplus.
BURDETT,
SMITH'S AM'N,
'AND BOSTON,
OBQ a:us.
anV Drg;ms.
Whites
Music, ana jui K.nas
em Xcpwea-v j
A Hook Tor the Jlillioii
MARRIAGEI
I A private counselor to tho
farrivl or those about to mar-
UUIDfc.
Iry on the physiological inyster-
ij nnd rv-latiii)H oi' thn sexual system, the
latest dlesoveries in producing and nreventing
offspring, how to preserve the complexion &.a.
This is an interesting worn ot two nunareu
and twenty-four pages, with numerous engrav
ings, and contains valuable informntiou lor
those who are marned, or eontcinplato mar
riage. Still, it is a book that ougnt to oe kepi
under iocK nna Key. &nu not mm crvicesiy
about the house. "
Sent to any one (Iree ot postage; lorw cents.
Address Dr. Butts' Dispensary. No. 12 N-
Eighth street, St. Louis, lio.
Notice to the Afflicted and Unfortunate.
TtAfore annlvinir to tha notorious ouacks who
advertise in publio papers, or using any quack
remedies, peruse Dr. Butts' work no matter
what your descase is or how deplorable your
condition. ... ...
Dr. iiuttscan be consulted, personally or oy
mail, on the disenses mentioned in his works.
Office. No. 12 N. Eighth street, between Market
nd Chcsnut. St. Louis, iU dec2dwly
SIXTY FIVE 1st PRIZE MEDALS AWARDED
THE GREAT
Ealtimo e Piano
FACTORY. '
WSVL KM ABE &CO.
Manufacturers of
GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
jgiatto M wit
Baltimokk Maryland.
These Inst-uments have been befo he lub-
lic for nearly thirty years, and upon their ex
cellence alone attained an ufipurciuttra
eminence, which pronounces tuem unequaieu
in Tone, Touch,
H orkmonAip and Jjiirabtiiri.
-All nr fin urn Pianos have our Now Tin-
proved Overstrung acaie ana iue .n grime
tle. . . .
3"We would call special attention to our
lato Patented Improvement in Grand Punot
and Square Urands tound in no otuer i ianii,
which bring the piano nearer perfection than
has yet been attained.
Evert PIANO fully Warranted for ce rar
Tllnstraled Catalogues and price lists prompt
ly furnishedon application to
WM. KNABE & CO., Baltimore. Md.
Or any of our regular established agencies.
iHOVdowtimo. "
IsTIDW STOEE
Weeping Water, Nebraska.
FA&. CISriUE CO
BCC0ES3EB8 V
HtKT0N &. JEXK&
DBALEB3 IN
General Merchandise,
BUCH A8
DRY GOODS.
UliULr.ir.,
HARDWARE,
QUEENSWARE.
HATS. CAPS BOOTS.
SHOES, NOTIONS. &o
"HTe ore Agents for
Willcox & Gibha Sewing Machine
TIig Good Intent !
Grocerios and Provlssions
CALL AT
AUCTION AND
Commission Rooms
UAjy ST
Where you can buy almost every ihing
eatatile, including
tresis, JPattit,
At the lowest Prices for casli. II ghest
price paid lor Country Produo. ,
Iiutter, Chickens, fcc. &a
Goods Delivered in the
Free of Charge.
Citv
8. DUKR
jyl7d&wtl.
IOTICE
TO BUILDERS OTHERS
THE PLATTSMOUTH STONE
AND
L1SY2E COPPAiyY,
Are prepared to supply the public with liu.e of
the best quality, at their works, at tne rate of
(JjpThirty cent per Bush
And when barrelled ' twenty-live cenU
will be charged per barrel.
Orders can be left with J. W. Shannon,
mouth. Nebraska, or addressed to the sa
ber Box 610. Plattsmouth Neb.
J. Ij. Zb&MI. Tres't.
Plattsmoutli Etone and Lime O
sepl3f1t. TTctt York G33e, 27 TIT'TTTT A TT ST.
CITY Mt AT MARKET,
BY
GS-co -PicXilei?,
' MAIiV STREET,
Plattsmouth; - IVebraska.
The best of Fresh Meats always oo bond Ir
their season.
Highest Price Paid for Fat Cattlo
-Kfliighest Cash Price'raid for green Ili-fo!".
i j
I - rr
G BEST IM THE HOUlD.ti)!
GIIAL1PI0I3 nACIIEE
FATEHTKD OCTODEB I7 1871.
'i7liao acd ij nerv, r.d lUe FatU
liny this Wanher and yon Insnrp a Smiling "Wife. "
i tbs best Marbino ever ;inveutd. -
1 as p.rf t for a yl.rr a n iT-Saet
wrimrer. Ibetinlwrsal testimony 1st "T'' VV5?
U tH-,rl,-t In conception, and hnm T'y.&tffWffJm
EST I' BliK A MOlS r Of WAGING Bl UK At-
in the LEAST I'OSSI IJL1I (XUl A.ASow tlStft
Light. Kasily HHivll.-daud V; to,vi,!L,4
will do the work wih .v. Economy and :toecTi"
Those wlio ouco tl.l. iihloe work, tlirow . wide
the lumbering, unwieldy, rxt ""Ji
have signally U!lei to accoinnlmh t he object rrottisea
n prominent and loud V',,Jiu r'rebrt-lia.
The price-nnothcr iiiluceni.-nt to P"",'?I?"
nir wliicli
Annul
Uotr.roia ";.!.-"A17 v:.-.:ririMau.
aiv B. lADUl
ESoncjr Saved
Buying Your Green-house and
beaaing nanis.
AM US
JPicnic Gardens
TVOXT
send East for Plants when yvn Sk
1 J set lust as good for lea money rjeai
l,nin Tnmr numerous friunds and nalrona J
would say that 1 nnve tno largest ana uu
stock of plants ever offered for sale in toe wert
and propose to sell tuem at rcusouaoie prwea
Be sure and send for my
New Descriptive Catalocaa
which will be sent free to all who apply for tP
Then give we your orders, andjl fool oonflioat
I can satisfy you.
Address. IT. J. IIESSKR.
Feb. 13 dAwtf I'latUmouth. Nky
THE GKEAT
OP
CAUSU
HUMAN MISERY !
Just Published, in a sealed envelope. Price Oct.,
A Lecture on the Nature, Treatment, and
Radical cure of fcperraRtorrhnea, or Hcminal
Weakness, Involuntary EmiHsions, Bezuui De
bility, and Impediments to iNInrriage generally;
Nervousness, Consumption, Epilepsy, and J"'itaj
Mental and Phisical Incnpcity, resulting fnua
self-abuse, ic. By Robert J. Culvcrwell, il.
Dr. author of the Gron Book,' ko.
The world-renouncd author, in this admira
ble Lecturo, clearly proves from bis own exper
ience that the awful consciiuence of self-abuse
mny be effectually removed without medicines,
and without dangerous surgical operations, boa
gies, instruments, rings or oordn-.ls. pointing
ont a mode of cure at once certain and effectual
by which every sufferer, no mutter what bis con
dition may be, may cure himself cheaply, pri
vately, and radically. Tbi lecture will prove
boon to thousands and thousands.
Sentundcr seal, to any uddrcss, in a plain
sealed envelope, on the receipt of six cents, or
two postage stamps. Also Dr. Culverw l's
'marriage guide,' price 2 cents. Address the
Publishers,
CHAS. J. C- KLIIJE
127 Bowery New York. P. O- Box iSSlV,
Dee 22 wly
rpnno . . .
Simmons
,ipluintare nneaiiims and tiaia
m lijo nun, piuiieiliuei I TM
pain is in the shoulder, and it
mistaken for rheumatism.
The stomach is afl'ected with Ions of appetitt
and sickness, bowels in general costive, soma
times alternating with lax. The head is trou-
bled with pain; nnd dull, heavy sensation, oaa
I
siaerabi; iofs ot memory, atv
f'ompanied with painful sentsv
Uon of havinar left nodnna
LIVER
'omethiiiK which ouirht to hau
'been done. Often coin tlainLn
of weakness, debility and low spirits. Borne
times many of the above symptoms attend th
disease, and at other times very few of thein
but the liver is generally the organ mast fm
ved. Cure the liver with
Dlt- SIMMONS'
LIVER REGULATOR
PBEriBATIOK OP BOOTS AKD BIBBS, WABI
ed to be strictly vegetable, aud ean do do 1t
jury to any one.
At baa neen usea by hundreds, and known lot
the last thirty-five years nsone of the meet re
liable, ellicacious and harmless preparation
ever offered to tho suffering. If taken reguarly
fiTiT ppr!etorit!v, it is sure to cure lD?i)ennia
I 1 '.'lie.idache, iaundi
!n lxi.Iness. sick headac
IKefiTIlIatOli liarrhwaaDeetioi
I " I'ler, camp dyscnu
awHnBMM ol the kidneys, fe
iacbe, chrome
mo) theblad-
Uery. affection
leys, fever, nervoua
ness. chills diseases of the skin, impurity of the
blood, melancholy, or depression of spirit,
heartburn, colio, or pain in the bowels, pain ia
the head, fever and ague; dropry. boils, pain ia
buck and limb", asthma, erysipelas, fciasJa mO
factions, and bilious diseases generally.
Prepared only by J. If. ZEILIN CO.
DruggiMs, Macon, 0t
Send for a Circular! and .'J2'J Arch street.
Price SI; by mail 1.H5J Philadelphia Fa
For Sale by J H BUTTERY,
junlwly. nattsTBOttth, Keb.
DOCTOR WIIITTIER,
CI 7 SL Charles Stre j t.
Longer located in St. Louis than any Chron
io Physician, so aucceiwfuily treats EiuipliH
md Uompucated V enereal uisease as io vtidu
patients from every State. His hospital op
onrtunitiea. n life-time experience, with pur-
Ar-ri m nr.Ti.rlul in thn PHtlllll i.h mCD t. CUTCN
f'-
tenses given np by otuers, no maiicr woo iau
led : tell your private troubles. Consultation
free, fciend two ftamps for medical essays.
Mahhood, WosisHOOD, sent by
mail, 15 cents each, both for Z5cts. 100 pages.
All thiA the c.uriouf, doubtful or inquisitive
wi.sh to know all about Self-pollution Preve
tion. Marriage, iivery young ma uu w
man ought to rend it as a warning. Ine a
vous debilitated or partially impotent
scienti',cally advised. do2dJt
MAC HI E SHOP!
Wayman iy Curtis.
.Flattsmontii, Ieb.,
Eepairers of Steam Engines, Eoilers, baw and
tirist Mills. .
Gas and Pteam Fittings, Wrought Iron Pipe.
Force and Tift Pumps, btcam tlauges. alano.
Valve Governors, and all kinds of
Brass Engine Fittings,
ed on short noUce.
FARMING MACHINERY
Repaiied on short notieo.
wok"
CEDAR CREEK MILLS
Is in running order now.
Wanted 50000
bushels of Wheat. Satisfaction will be given
to customers in grinding and sawing.
Hour, Corn meal, ana Luiuoor, wiu hb boi
Cheap fcr Cash.
ll, and give the Ctd
Crock Jllil a trial.
CHPvIoTIAN ECIILTJKTi
Vn.priet
Oot. 2lh. lf
win repay i"? "" '?7:"Zr.
wanted eVHrrwt-r.. A W-A'0
n nd the trart.. Kr, Unns .A W-f-Mf0
Si'ii"frfr
S
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