Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-05-27
cold Sands of Life. ,,

DR.. Hall, Of the Journal of health, who
has investigated the matter, and analysed
the drugs, finds that the mixture for which
"Old Sands of Life" charges two dollafs,
when made from the very purest and most
expensive materials used, cost exactly six
teen cents, bottle and all! And he further
more charges, as do many others, that it is
a deleterious article at best. The follow
ing, from The Cleaner, is a severe rap:
s'Messrs. Editors Permit me, through
your columns, to bear testimony to valua-
bic medicine. My great aunt has been striv-
ing to reach heaven for twenty years =
Having a cough, she finally fell into tho
hands of the retired clergyman whose
sands of life have nearly run out She
purchased bottle of his Cdnnabis lndica,
from which she gained strength. judging
from the violence other cough. On taking
the second bottle her strength SO increased
that she was able to cough all day and night.
without interruption The third bottle
landed her in heaven. Thus, in a brief
space of time, the fond hopes and anticipa-
tions of more than quarter of a centuary
are realized for the sum of seven dollars
twelve and a half cents. In view of this
and other facts that are almost daily coming
to light, it is no more than an act Of justice
to that pious, conscientious, old retired
clergyman whose sands of life continue
to run from him, to recommend his wonder
full medicines to all who are afflicted with
coughs, colds, asthma. brown creatures,
loneliness, inflammation Of the forax, refusal
of the kidneys to respond to the jerks efthe
mucous membrane, vacant feelings ID the
head, such as lack of brains, etc. To those
persons who are desirous of changing worlds,
or changing husbands and wives. and all
who are anxious to visit t'other side Of Jor-
dan, this medicine is confidently recon-
mended To those persons who take live
ly interest in natural history, I would ad-
wise, them to throw themselves into the arms
of the retired clergymen,' and they may be
assured they will soon see the elephant and
the rhinoceros too.
BEAUTIFUL The following lines are from
the pen Of George D. Prentice:
"Why is it that the rainbow and the cloud
come over us with beauty that is not of
earth and then pass away, and leave us to
muse on faded loveliness? Why is it that
the stars that hold their nightly festival a.
round the midnight throne, are placed a.
bove the reach of our limited faculties, for
ever mocking us with their unapproachable
glory? s.....s m
...And why is it that the bright forms Of
human beauty are presented to our view and
then taken from us, leaving the thousand
streams of affection to flow back in almighty
torrents upon the human heart? We are
born of larger destiny than that Of earth,
There is a land where the stars will be set
before us like islands that slumber in the
ocean, and where the beautiful beings that
pass before us like meteors, will stay in our
presence forever.
H"You have considerable floating po-
pulation in this village, havn't your asked
a stranger of one of the citizens Of village
on the Mississippi.
''Wen, yes. rather, was the reply, 'about
half the year the water is up to the second
windows" .fr.
Lw A bucket Of water from ''Alrs Well"
and piece of soap with which man was
washed overheard, might be used with adj
vantage in cleansing the broad face of day.