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Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-12-03
VSUWp YEON.

EAR. ALIENS BALsAM OF HOARHOUND,
q y LIVERWORT, and pLEURlSY ROOF,
for Consumption and Liver complaint, colds, coughs,
splitting of blood, caarrh. .4sihma, difficulty OF
breathing ain i'll the side, palpitaon oil the teart'
oppression and soreness of the chest, p'enrsy,
hectic fever, night sweats difficult and proinse ex,
pecuraon, and all affections Of the chest, lungs ana
liver.
The Hoarhound. Iverwort, and Pleurisy Root
have for centuries been celebrated IN Inc cure Oh
dis asses oc the Lungs and Liver.
DR. 3 ID Alen, after Il series oil experiments, mas
been able TO extract from these medical heros' u
balsam, which exe.ts a most wondefini erect III
curing The c. assumption and Liver Complaint and
all other diseases Of the Lungs and Chest 60
great has become the reputation Of " AMEN pal
sam that il is now used in the New York, fhladel-
pha and baltimore Hospitals and in the private
practice Of our most eminent medical men.
For children !aborng under inflammation of the
Lungs Colds, Coughs. Group, Clumsy. and Sore
Throat this Balsam is Of great importance. The
number of deaths among CHI dren from these dlseas-
es is t-uly alarming If parents wish 10 save the
lives Of their Children and themselves much iroub'e
anxiety and expense, let them procure Or u ID
Aliens Balsan and whenevera child has taken
co d. has any fever cough, hoarseness, give a
teaspoonGu This medicine and repeat II II necossa-
nv even teaspooniul will often effect an entire
cure During the winter of 1899, rising OF one
thousand families employed ths remedy IN The CITY
Of New York. The consequence was, that the
number of dea.hs among children was reduced to
less than one half the usual number, rs may be
seen by the city Inspectors report of deaths.
In order 10 give the reader some idea OF the eth
cacv of this Balsam. and how extensively it is used
we here introduce the monthly report of the cures
performed in The month OF May. $780, furnished
US by The agent, and published in the New York
Sun
"Mon,hly Report of the cures performed by DR.
z D Aliens Basam of iloarhound Liverwort, and
Peurisy Root, during the monh Of May. II has
cured and completed The cure Of
Consumption IN ll2l cases,
Liver complaint l02 9
Dyspepsia l9o
! Asthma vi
Papitation Of the Heart ST
Raising blood DO
Total 1852
"Tho number of colds and coughs cured by this
medicine are too numerous 10 report.'
fCP CAUTION-Purchase none unless it has
the certificate of ''Copyright'' on the wrapper and
label, and the written signature o:
BID ALLEN, NJ d.
General Depot aid Wholesale Office, SO Barclay
street, New York Sod in Boston by ANDREW
GEYER, l04 Hanover street, general Agent tor the
New England States
For sale in Bath by J WILKINSON
Oct e 1870 1y2S
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-12-03
Philadelphia, 9Th June, 1893,


The Rev. c. c. p Grossly, late Editor # tie
.inerican Bap,i,' wr!!''s--
..Iirr YORK, june 10, 1879.
To Df Tuync.-Dcar Sir have made use #
your Expeciorau,, personally and in my family.
for tn last six years, with great benefit. Indeed,
may consider my life prolonged by the use ~
tins valuable medicine. under the blessing Of God
for several years. | may say almost az much N
the case # my WIFI, and also uf tilc Key. Mr..
Tinsnl Of the Island Of Jalnaca. For all eases y
cough, inflammation Of the chest, lungs. and throat,
do most uulesilalingly recommend this as The
best medicine have ever tried My earnest wish
Is that others afflicted as | have been, may eXprris
ence the relief, winch ! am persuaded they
Ger. CROSBY.
Extract efa certificate from the Rev Mr. Bradford.
DR.. Jyne-Dcar Str--Aly child, owing 10 exs
poSeu;e, wien recently coming up the Ohio, was
attacked by that horribly nniady, GROUP. We
landed in the night at Beaver Ponl, aud when our
cough WAS the torernnmero Of deah, we gave him a
tea spoonful Of the "EXPECToRANT' Ga bottle Of
which was presented me with when in Phlladelphla)
and applied some lnment to the throat aud breast :;
and b, fore many minutes the huarsentss was gone,
the chd brcalcd freely aud slept sweelly. Owing
TO these circumstances ii cannot be wondered ut
why have so high an oplnioo Of Dr. Jayne's
medicine, aud why advise every family to keep
ii ON hand, ready for any emergency
Respectfully yours,
ARTHUR b. BRADFORD.
Pastor Of the Presbyterian Church, Darlington, Pa.
June 9lh, 1889.
Numerous other certificates might be added, but
the above are considered sufficient evidence of its
great usefulness.
Prepared only by DR.. D. Jayne, No. 20 South
Third street PnadrpI Price ST.
Where also may he had Jayne's Carmlnativo
BaIsam. for the cure Of Bowel Complaints, &c.
Tonic yrrm!fnge for the removal Of Worms, &c.
Snna,ive Pills. for Dyspepsia, Liver complaints, and
female Diseases, &C. Also .Alibert's Hair Tonic,
for The removal IF Badness and preser, alton "
the Hair 80.
H. HYDE, Front Street, Bath Me 81.
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-12-03

The Rev Leonard Fletcher, Bastor of the Baptist
Church. at Great Valley, Pa. who had been more
or less bald for many years, used three bottles OF
the HAIR To.ic md has now fne gro"!h 81 new
hair over all that part Of his head where he w
bald, writes
"Aly hair is growing finally, assure YOU,
L. FLETCHER.
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-12-03
No. l72 Chestnut street.

Copy of letter from C. c. Park, Pastor Of the
Baptist Church at Haddonfed n. }.
HApDoNrIELD. ~ J. Feb 70, 1899.
DR.. d. Jayne-Sir, ! take pleasure in informing
Won that the bottle of berts Hair Tonic which
obtained OF you last October, has proved most sat
islactory and successful. My hair had for long
time been exceedingly thin. But for the two or
three years past it had so fallen out, that my head
had become almost entirely bald. was under the
necessity of conccang the badness by combing the
hair on the sides over it, But now after using about
half bottle of the ~ onic,'' have as lnxurlant II
growth of hair as ever had. Z. L. P.1Kk.
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-12-03
TAR. JaYNE's ExpECToRANT.-This in

HhR. JAYNE'S EXPECTORANT.-T This in
EV valuable medicine is daily efEecting some V
the most astonishing and wonderful cures that have
ever been known. All who have ever used 1t Tor
Asthma Cough, Splitting of Blood, Hopping Cough,
Group or Hives Consumption, Chronic Pleursy,
Hoarseness, Pam and Soreness Of the Breast, dli-
cully of Breathing, and every other disease of the
LUNGS and BREAST can and do attest TO its
usefulness BRONCHITIS, u disease which is
annually sweeping thousands TO premature grave,
under the mistaken name Of CONSUMPTION,
is always CURED bv H. The usual symptoms of
this disease (Bronchils) Cough, SORENESS of the
Lungs or Throat Hparscness Difficulty Of Breath
ing Asthma Hectic Fever, Il splitting up o Phegm
or matter and sometimes blood. 1t is an nfam-
n,atiou of the fine skin which lines the inside of
the whole of The wind tubes or AR vessels, which
run through every part of the Lungs. This Ex-
pectorant Immediately suppresses the Cough, Pain,
Inflammation, Fever and Difficulty of Breathing,
and produces free and easy Expectation, and
a care is soon effected
It always cures ASTHMA-two or three large
doses will cure the CROUPo HiV Els of Children,
in from fifteen minutes TO an hours time. 1t I'M
medialey subdues the violence V IOOPlNG
COUGH and effects speedy cure Hundreds
who have bcen given mp hy their physicians as
iucurnbIe with "CONSUNPllON have been
restored 10 perfect health by II.
REV. JONATHAN GOING, ID. ID. Prcsidcn'
of Granville College, Ohio, says-"he was labour-
under severe cold, cough ana hoafseness, aud
that his difficulty rbreathins was so great that he
felt himself in imminent danger Of immediate suto-
cation, but was perfectly cured by using this EX-
pecrorant Mrs. DiIls, Of Salem, n. j was
cured OF Asthma of twenty years standing by using
two bottles of this modcine.-Mrs Ward, also OF
Salem, cured OF the same complaint ny one
houle.-.4 Young lady, also Of Salem, who was
believed by her friends 10 be far gone with Con-
sumption, perfectly restored by three bottles.
DIR. Hamilton, Of ST. james, South Carolina,
was greatly affected by cough, hoarseness and
soreness oftnc lungs, and on using bottle oil tins
medicine, found permancn; relnJ.
The Gllowing certificate is from practising
Physician, and much respected Clergyman OF The
Methodist Society, dated Modest Town, Va August
81 1888.
DR. Jayne.-Dear Sr--l have been using your
Expecorant extensively, in my practice, .tor the
last three months and for all attacks Of colds IN
hamalion OF the lungs. consumption asthma, pains
and weakness of the br asst, it Is decldedy The best
medicine | have tried.
Yer, respectfully. yours,
Il. W. WILLIAMS, NJ. D.
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-09-23


aud silver. A Senator from PennsylEania AIr.
BuchanalD says that he is in favor of axed
currency, but asks the Legislatures 81 The
states 10 confer power OF Congress 70 prsaioit
the issue of any notes IN Ter twenty dollars
Another administration partisan IN this Hoee
Mr.. Montgomery proposes to issue ten e0ilsr
Treasury notes as currency, and tins without
one dollar of specie basis Look also, 81, at
the action of the Legislatures under adlnieis-
tration control Pennsylvania, foe instance.
The Legislature meets, (the Van Bareg party
having large majority,) breathing Vengeance
against the bankss nothing will aPpeass Their
wrath but immediate resumption ornstaat de-
siruCtion. They meet, wrangle, scoid, vow
hat the banks are nuisances, and bank paper
worthless rags; and terminate the session. by
borrowing some millions Of bank paper, and
allowing the banks their own time TO resume
specie payment. They then go home and
| hold 'iadignatiol meetings. and denounce one
another as having acted tratorouslyto the par
| ty. And when, sir, ], as a stranger to Penn
ksylvania tactics, have asked some explanation
Of these seeming inconsisten, es, | have been
told oh, never mind US; we wild arrange i
all, we understand the people Of Pennsylyanfa.
| will now take notice of the complaint made
! by the gentleman that the Opposition deal IN.
fairly with tie administration. IN giving thE
pubic partial extracts from effieia' eocuine ts
tbs charge, sir. is urfennded; is unsupported
by any proof; and | defy any gentleman t.
make good the accusation. [ deprecate a,
much as any gentleman can, any such unfair
ness; and | consider any man who woul'
knowingly mslead the public mind, fit ohiec
Of scorn and contempt. will read, SIR, th'
document which has given the administrator
party so much uneaslaess.
Public Expenditures from 1924 to 1890
Letter from the Secretary of the Trea@ur
transmitting a statement of exDenfIfur =, ex
elusive of the Public Debt, for each year
frou 1924 To 1887.
(June 3, Io38-Read and laid on the table.)
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, June y, 1888.
SIR:-Ih obedience 10 the resolution Of III
House OF Representatives Of the 25'h inst,
have the honor to lay before the House state
Inent showing the amount of expenditure, n
cIusiue Of the public deb', for EACH year, fror
1924 10 1888. / am, very respectfully, you
obdt. serv't, LEVI WOODBURY.,
Sec'y Of he Treasury.
, Hon. T. K Polk, Speaker Of the House n Re
t Statement showing the amount Of expeHdliur
f of the United States. exclusive of the rub'
: debt, for each year, from 1874 to 1888, II
/ elusive, sisted in pursuance to a re-aIufic
9 of tie House of Representatives OF the 25i
| F,no
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-09-23
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Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-09-23

This. sir, IS specimen Of the pfces al
,,.b;cb this article was sold, and thousands OF
dollars thrown away in this one article q
corn alone. And this sir, is only fraction OF
tba o9antitv sold, find further. sir, that oats
purchased at double the usual cost, were. sod
al 3-1-2 cents per bushel This corn and oats
wore not damaged for the report states them
to have been sound, and damaged corn
sold separately. could proceed, SIR, 70 emu
naerase hundreds Of cases of the same natafe'
hut time VIII not permit. / willelose by gay-
inq an extract from letter Of the Creek agent
u Fort Gibson, addressed to Conmlssl ilers
4 indian Affairs complaug Of the AdnnnistTa-
t;an. IN forwarding sch immense quan1luaes,
Sc sunolies unnecessarily to that posi- ana
vgAialf also had to be sold at an immense sac
rih se. -, 80
.s3ut whatever be the apology OF the Ileas
,,ra $, .apestion whether il be ignorance OF tn'
resources Of the country, dlstrust OF sRe cap e
bility Of The officers charged win me sups e
fence q the Indians, or a dread OF azure
sbeir efforts infhat respect, one thi2g = de
rnonssrated true, that the greet loss apeach
,,o,g iuerita5ly consequent upon the measure
.n;gIt lape bses, opoidea had timely direction
Nm ,s 0lgen to dispose Of this extraordinary sal
49, rnrov;sion as so0n as i aoas GScertatii'
rot 10 Be needed.
He says: -.
..Instead offllis, cargo after cargo cenflaul
Z r. arrive as the necessity decreased
Again, sir. the same agent says
II Tepeat. sir. Searless Of contradiction, b;
tae agent heke been instructed g sae =
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-30
FEVER AND AGUE
Positively CWfedg!!

ENEVER and Ague is mostobstinate dis
- ease, and in warm and humid climates,
frequently resists every ordinary mode of
cure, 50 as to become very distressing to the
patient; and by the extreme debility which
the disease induces, it often gives rise 10
other chronic complaints. Marsh miasmata
or the effluvia arising from stagnant water,
is the most frequent exciting cause of this
disease; and one Of its great peculiarities is
its susceptibility Of renewal from very
slight causes, such as from the prevalence
of an easterly wind-even without the re-
potion Of the original existing cause. In
this, Fever and Ague differs from most other
fevsrs; as Il Is well known, that after an or
binary fever has once occurred, and been
reuoved, the person affected is not so liable
to fresh attack as one who was not 50 af-
Eected. These circumstances render it ex-
tremely difficult to effect a permanent cure
Of Fever and Ague, though to rcIieDe the pa
tent for the time being is very easy task.
MOFFA1sS LIFE PILLS # PIE
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-30
SCOTS NOVELS FOR IS

$25, par money, free OF postage, will com
mandten subscriptions to the Review for one
year, and the complete set of those excel
lent and all absorbing Novels of Sir Walter
Scott, comprising 80 works in twelve vol
umes! In making this offer we give an op
portunity to persons who may wish to obtain
these works which cannot be equalled.-
The price, at the bookstores and elsewhere
for these novels alone is from $50 to $40,
so that any person by paying the snbscrip.
ton price for ten persons TO the Review car
obtain the whole sci at the very low price Of
foe dollars.
OrNo letters, leIating to the premiums
or on business, will be taken from the Office
unless the postage Is paid.
Editors who will give the above few
insertions, shall receive our paper in ex-
change, or have it sent, for the term of one
year. to any of their friends by sending the
name to our Office; and any similar favor we
are able to bestow.
April ] 1, 1910.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-30
Elizabeth Female Academy.
wAsAIN GroN, MISSISSIPPI.

THE Trustees Of this Institution take
pleasure in informing the public. that il is
now in full operation, under the tuition of
Rev. r. ID. SMITH, President, Miss Lucy
A. STILLMAN, Pprincipal Governess, and
Miss MARY B. CURRIE, Instructeress in Mu-
sic on the Piano Forte
All branches of Female Education usual
ly taught in Seminaries of the the first order
will be taught here.
In consideration of the deranged state of
the Currency, and the great pressure 10 the
money market, the Board have reduced the
price of Board and Tuition, and put it on a
specie basis.
The charges in future will be twenty dol
lars per session of twenty-five weeks in the
Academic Department, fifteen in the Prma-
ry Department, and twenty-five for Music
on the Piano Forte. For Board, including
Washing, Fuel and Lights, sixty dollars per
session.
Very moderate charges will be made for
French and Ornamental Branches
B. M. DRAKE, Prest. Board. -
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-30

NIX BITTERSh have been thoroughly test
ed, and proved to be POSITIVE AND
RADICAL CURE of Fever and Ague.-
Hundreds of his fellow citizens in the West,
have voluntarily come forward to assure Mr..
MoFFAT that the LIFE MEDICINES are
the only medicines that will I,HOROUGH-
LY effect a removal of this most tedious ard
disagreeable disease.
Others who have emigrated to that rich
and promising portion of our country--men
who went out full of hope, and confident of
winning competence from the luxuriance
of the soil ;or who carried to the outposts of
our settlements the mercantile or mechani-
cal experience won in the crowded cities and
towns of the older States, have either return
ed with shattered constitutions and depress
ed spirits, or they remain in their new homes,
dragging out weary life; at last to sink, I'M
der some disease to which they are predls-
posed by that terror of the West, the FEVER
and AGUE. Their hopes are blasted-their
business energies destroyed-their Ell Dorado
becomes desert, and the word of promise,
made to the ear is broken to the hope.
To these individuals, Mr.. MoFFAT would
say-"Try the Life Medicines, and you viii
yet anticipate your most sanguine expecta-
tons, for they will certainly restore you to
health"
FEVER and AGUE is complaint which re-
quiFes to be met at its first approach, and
combatted at every stage. Seldom fatal of
itself, it reduces the strength, ard impairs
the functions of the organs, so that upon the
manifestation of disease Nature is unable,
unasssted, to resist the inroad. The LIFE
MEDICINES, when taken strictly according to
directions will cure it, and give to the weak
and trembling victim of disease, new health,
life and strength.
For further particulars of the mode of
treatment, the reader is referred to the Coon
SAMARITAN, a copy of which accompanies
the medicine. A copy may be obtained of
the different agents who have the medicine
for sale.
French, German and Spanish directions
can be ohtained3bn application at the of
fee, 375 Broadway, New York.
All post letters will receive immediate at
tention.
Sold wholesale and retail by WILLIAM B.
MoFFrr, 375 Broadway, N. Y. A liberal
deduction made to those who purchase to
sell again.
Agents-The Life Medicines may also be
had of the principal Druggists in every town
throughout the United States and Canadas.
Ask for Moffat's Life Pills and Phenix Bit
tiers; and be sure that fac smile of John
Moffat's signature is upon the label of each
bottle of Bltters, or box of Pills.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-30
THE TYRE AND SWORD.
prJ. q. wmrrTrgR.


The frecman's glittering sword be best
For ever blest the freeman's Tyre
That rings upon the tyrant's crest,
This stirs the heart like living fro.
Well can he WELD tho shining brand,
Who battles for his nativelands.
But when his fingers sweep the chords,
That summon heroes to the fray,
They gather at the feast of swords,
Like mountain eagles to their prey!
And, mid the wales and swelling hills,
That sweetly bloom on freedoms land,
A living spirit breathes and fills
The freeman's heart, and nerves his hand /:
For the bright soil that gave him birth,
The home ofall he loves on earth
For this, when freedoms trumpet calls,
He waves on high his sword offre-
For this, amid his country's halls,
For ever strikes the freemaA's Tyre!
His burning heart he may not lend
To serve dcating despot's sway
A suppliant knee he viii not bend,
Before those things of.'brass and clay;"
When wrong and ruin call to war,
He knows the summons from afar;
On high his glittering sword he waves,
And myriads feel the freeman's FIRE,
While he around their fathers graves
Striks to old strains the freemen's Tyre!
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-30

A country clergyman observed to his
friend that upon the last Sabbath, he was
much disturbed by cow who looked in al
the door, and beloved in his face. "Sir,n
says the other, "the cow saw q calf in the
pulpit"
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-30

REToRT COURTEOUS When an English
lady, at whose house DR.. johnson was din
ing one day, asked him if he did not think
her pudding very good2 'Yes,' growied the
great moraist. sit is very good for hogs.'-
|'Shall / help you to another plateful theng''
said the polite hostess.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-30
BaIsams, Extracts, &c.

BALsAMs-Canada, Copaiva, Peruv, To
lu. EXTRACTS of Butternut, Hy.
osciamus, Stramonium, Colocynth, Gentian,
Bark, Rhubarb, Jalap, Opium, Catechu, CT
cute, Belladonna, and Liquorice; Sw;. Spir-
its of Nitre, Compound Spirits of Lavender.
Spirits of Hartshorn, Spirits of Mindererus-
Spirits Of Wine, Huxham's Tincture of
Bark, Hoffman's Auodyne Liquor, Muriated
Tincture of Iron, Paregoric Elixir, Elixir of
Vitriol, Laudanum, Anti. Wine, Wine of
Ipecac, Sulphuric Ether, Rose Water, Lime
Water, Fowler's Solution, Volatile LIniment,
Aqua Ammonia, Syrup of Squills, Cox's
Hive Syrup, Essence of Peppermint, CHINA
mon. and Lemon.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-30
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The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-30
A CARD.

The Undersigned have associated them
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The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-30

"Why will you do so, my dear9" said
Dick to his lovely wife. 'Why," said she,
"because / please!' Dick was perfectly
satisfied with that explanation.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-30

ga specimen ofthe colored race" as the
fellow said when he saw two negroes run
ming.