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COTTON'S
SOUTHERN STAR
STOMACH BlTTERS.

THESE BITrERs ARE OFFERED TO THE
Public not IS beverage, but a. arst-cIass medi-
cine for thecure Of Dyspepsia, Liver Conn.,
plaint, Hntermittent Fewer, Indiges-
tion, Fever and Ague, COstiveness,
and all periodical Diseases; an active REouPER-
ANT, good TONIC, and mild PURszTTvE They
have been tested for several years and the follow
ing are afev Of the many certificates Of their vir-
tue and efficacy, coming from vell-known citizens
in our midst.
READ THE TESTIMONY:
NASHVILLE, Feb. /, 1s7o.-M. @. Ootton-sir: In
running As Engineer on the Nashville and Deca-
tur Road, and in tho South during the late war,
was much exposed to malaria, and my health be-
came very bad. About eighteen months ago had
to stop work. commenced taking your "South-
ern Star Stomach Bitters, " from which found
almost immediate relief. resumed work, con-
tinued to take your Bitters and have been In per-
feet health for more than twelve months, while
many OF the employees have lost time from having
chfIls and fever. 1 recommend these Bitters as q
preventive Of fever and ague, and the best stomach
81. BRAoKRN,
Engineer Y. & d. r. z.
NASHVILLE, Jan. %, 1870.--I have used 'sCot-
toms Southern Star Stomach Bitters, and have no
hesitancy in saying that Il Il the best Tonic ever
used. My business IL such that am exposed
great deal, and have tried various bitters tonics
etc, but this q the best sppetizer and strength
ener have ever found; and to my friends and the
public generally, 1 most cheerfuIy recommend
the use Of this preparation, honestly believing
they will he greatly benefited thereby.
J. Il. HAMMERLY.
NASHVILLE, Feb. 2, ls70-I certify that have
used various stomach and tonic bitters, but none
have given so sure and speedy relief a. "Cottons
Southern Star Stomach Bitters." As tonic and
gentle purgstive nGhing ever gave me much
relief in 50 short time. The bitters cured me Of
q very violent cold in twenty.four hours.
". z. MoALIsTER
NASHVILLE, Jan Is, ls7O.-I have used "Oot-
toms Southern Star Stomach Bitters, !" and 20 q
tonic and gentle purgatiVe, hsye never found
anything better. W. R DALE,
Capt. Fire 90. No. 3.
NASHVILLE Feb. Z, ls70.-I had been suffering
severely for about week, with painters cholic,
when got bottle Of "Cottons Southern Star
Stomach Bitters," which entirely relieved me-
unhe itatnRly pronounce the bitters the best med
icine for the stomach and bowels That have ever
taken. WM- 7. AUTEN, Painter.
NASHVILLE, Feb. Is, 1S70.-We have used "Cot-
toms Southern 5tar Stomach Btters," and recon-
burn or indigestion, Q sure and speedy cure;
and Is . gentle pufgztive nothing we have ever
used is better. J H FERGUSON,
A. d. CREIGHTON,
Props South Nashville Planning Mills.
For sale by druggists generally.
Wholesale by EWIN, PENDLET0N & co., and
LITTERER CABLER.
Principal depot and mandatory, 292 South
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GOLD opened in New York yesterday
at lf0l and closed at 1I0s.a ,Ea-saa 4,
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Furniture! Furniture!
ELEGANT AND DURABLE.
BRADFORD NICHOL,
Nos. % and 27 North College ST.,
SEWANEE BLOCK,

MOULD CALL ATTENTION TO THEIR
w large and elegant stock Of Furniture Chairs
etc, just received, and which is the finest and
most desirable assortment of Parlor and Bed room
Furniture ever brought to this market.
Call and examine for yourselves.
SSto7. 2T1a
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For sale by druggists generally.
Wholesale by EWIN, PEEDLET0H & co., and
LITTERER CABLER.
Principal depot and mandatory, 292 South
Cherry street, Nashville, Tenn.
II. O. COTTON,
feb20eodtf Sole Proprietor.
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TENNESSEE BONDS were quoted in New
York yesterday at 80! for the old issue
and IS for the new.
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You Want It Everybody Wants IT.
THE MAMMOTH WEEKLY
Union and American.
Tine Largest, the Cheapest, and the
Best Paper in the south,
A SeVentY-TwO Column Paper for
only Two Dollars q Year.

The latest News by Telegraph-Fun details Of
the stirring events in Europe-a carefully pre-
pared resume of the home and foreign markets
complete Agricultural Department, invaluable 70
the Farmer and the Housewife; and delightful
miscellaneous melange. The Paper for the House.
hold the Business Man and the LAbering Man.
Price. ONLY Two Dollars a Year
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2 WILSON President N WIZ DuEoAE, Cashier
2 Mechanics Bank Of Nashville. {
|. 80 NORTH COLLEGE STREET,

so North COLLEGE NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
p.
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The New York World Of the 2Sth
ult publishes the official returns of the
vote in that State at the November cleo
ton. The following is the result:
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ECUNOHEN SAE Ell
WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM THE
w public that we are manufacturing OOAI
HEATING STOVES (three sizes) which possess
Advantages not embraced in any Stove heretofore
offered to the public Radiates more heat with
less fuel, and the construction of which prevents
sparks and cinders from falling cut. Call and see
them before purchasing.
ENQUIRE for the crock City,
For sale by Buck. Barnes 4 90 Mcclure. Buck
4 Co, J. D. 5trader. Murray & Regain, Moore,
Collins Co., and at our>;aiosroom, 30 South Col
laoe street d. GILES co.
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In ChancerY at NashVilIe.-No. 6,Gll.
= TATE OF TENNESSEE, Office Clerk and Mas
- ter, Chsncery Court a. Nashville, November the
29th, 1870. Bridgeford h Co., COmplanants, VS.
VIVA. II. Harris and others, Defendants.
1t appearing from affidavit filed in this
cause that defendant, VIM. II. Harris, is u nom
residents of the State of Tennessee; and 1t further
appearing that an attachment has issued in this
case, and has been returned levied upon the fol-
lowing property, viz: The estate of VIM. H Har-
rs and particularly the interest of said Harris in
the real and personal property of John 2. Sledge,
deceased, and any other property and effects in
the hands Of A. q. White, Administrator, etc, of
Sledge.
1t is therefore ordered that the said defendant
snter his appearance herein before or within the
rs: three days of the next term Of said Court, to
be held on the first Monday in April next,
1S7l), and plead, answer or demur to CON-
plsinants' bin, or the same will be taken for
confessed as to him, and set for hearing exparte,
and that copy of this order be published for four
consecutive weeks in the Nashville Union and
American. A copy-attest:
NATHANIEL BAXTER, JR.,
Clerk and Master.
Smith Baxter, Solicitor for Complainants.
novl0-l w4t Wed
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FOR RENT,

+ ARGE TWO-STORY BRICK DWELLING, 10
/ A rooms. lot lI5 by I65 feet, 122 Demonbreun
street, corner Of Vine, for the balance of this and
next year Immediate possession given.
Apply to Dr.. G. W. OURREY,
noy1O-tf Cor. Church and Spruce streets.
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1t cleans windows without vater): remoy.
ing stains from Marble and Paints polish
ing Knives, (no scrstchingl washing Dishes:
scrubbing Floors, Floor cloth, Tables, Bath
tubs, etc. polishing Tin, Brass, Iron, Copper and
Steel Wares; removing Gums, Oh, Rust and Dirt
from Machinery. Indispensable for House Clean.
ing and all uses Except washing cIothes) It costs
but few cents, and is sold by ali good GrOcarY.
Drug and Notion Stores.
Sold Wholesale ct al Washington street, New
ork, and 80 Oxford street, London. aug7eodly
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IA Great Bargain.
j. B. HEISKELL

WILL PRACTICE IN THE SUPREME COURT
AT NASHVILLE.
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NASHVILLE, TENN, NOV. 10, 1870.

NASHVILLE, TENN, NOV. 10, 1870.
A LII PERSONS HOLDING CLAIMS AGAINST
~ the City of Nashville, whether in the form Of
Checks. Matured Bonds snd Coupons, Judgments,
Audited Accounts, or otherwise, will please hle
minutes Of the same, at as early date as practi-
cable, with the Finance Committee, which viii be
In session on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
from 10 O'Clock A. N. until II NJ, at the Mayors
Once. Filed statements Of debt viii be taken up
for consideration, in the order IN which they are
recorded
By order Of the Finance COMMITTEES.
n0v27-2w d. F. CARTER, Chairman.
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Southern Pump Warehouse
ESTABLIsHED IN 1859.
Chandeliers! Chandeliers

WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED THE LARGEST
w and most elegant stock Of Chandeliers that
has ever arrived in the Nashville market, COM
prising the latest productions Of the best manu-
fact1rers IA the East In Chandeliers, Hall Lights
Toilet Lights, Drop Lights, Portable Gas Stands,
Pendants, Brackets, etc, etc. and parties furnish
ing would do well to cali snd inspect before pur-
chasing, as We ere Offering them at prices which
cannot be beat.
List Of Leading Articles Kept in Stock.
PIPES, ETC.-Iron Pipes, all sizes, for ga,
steam and water; Galvanized Pipe Light Oast-irou
Pipe, Lead Pipe, Vitrihed Clay Pipe, and fittings
for An the above kinds; shee. Lead, Pig Lead,
Block Tin, Sheet Zinc, Bath Tubs, Wssh Stands,
Water Closets, Hot Water Boilers, Iron Sinks, Hose
With couplings; Basin Cocks, shampooing Cocks,
Beer Cocks, etc,
PUMPS, ETC.-ArtesiAn Pumps, Deep We'll
Pumps, Lift Pumps, Oistern Pumps, Force Pumps,
Wooden Pumps, Chain Pumps, Ale Pumps, Hydrsul.
ic Rams, HyirAnts, Steam 6asges, Steam whistles,
Steam Traps, Globe Valves, Stop Cocks, Oh Globes
and Cups, Cylinder Cocks, etc
HENDERSON BROS,
Nos n & Is N. Cherry 1T, Nazhviils, Tenn,
nOyll tillmay26 Near New Postoface.
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NASHVILLE, Feb. Z, l870.-I had been suffering
severely for about q week, with painters cholic,
when got bottle Of "Cotton's Southern Star
Stomach Bitters," which entirely relieved me.
icine for the stomach and bowels That have ever
taken. WI. T. AUTEN, Painter.
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Fl "A Ell N 8

M "A N u f a @ II o II y,
No. 81 North Cherry ssrees,
A few Doors North Of the Maxwell House
ORGANS OF ANY DESCRIPTION MADE 70
" order, at New York prices, a. only hrst-olaas
work Is done, which Is warranted for Eve years
special attention is paid to repairing Pianos Or
gans and all other musical Instruments.
orders for tuning Pianos promptly attended 70.
Send your tuning order by mail nov6-Im
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Merchants Exchange
- RESTAURANT. o.

WE RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE TO OUR
w friends and patrons that our Restaurant is
open for the fall season, and will be constantly
supplied with Fish, Game and all the delicacies
OF the season.
We are prepared, as usual, 70 accommodate q
large number of day boarders, and have q num-
Der of furnished rooms for the accommodation of
transient visitors.
Persons visiting the Fair and the Races can find
excellent accommodations at the Merchants Ex-
change.
The best Baltimore Oysters always on hand,
and families supplied with any quantity on short
notice
The Bar of the Merchants Exchange Is supplied
with the best OF Wines and Liquors, and is open al
all hours day or night.
sep24-Sm JoNHARD BROTHERS.
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NASHVILLE, Feb. Is, 1s7o-We have used "oot-
toms Southern .5tar Stomach Bitters,r and recon-
mend them to all afflicted with dyspepsia, heart
burn or indigestion, ~ Q sure and speedy cure;
and as . gentle pufgztive nothing VS. have ever
used is better. II. FERGUSON,
A. d. CREIGHTON,
Propis South Nashville Planning Mills.
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I'm Chancery at NashyIIIe.-No. G,61O.
- TATE OF TENNESSEE, Office Clerk and Mas
- ter, Chancery Court at Nashville, November
the 29th, 1870. Sparks Il Case Compliments, vs.
VIM. II. Harris and others, Defendants.
II appearing from AFFIDAVIT filed in this cause,
that defendant, Vim. II. Harris, is a nonresident
Of the State of Tennessee; and 1t further ap-
pearng that an attachment has issued in this case
and has been returned levied upon the following
property, viz: The estate of VIM. II. Harris, and
particularly the interest OF said VIM II. Harris in
the real aud personsl property of Jno. p Sledge,
deceased, and any property and effects in
the hands Of A. q. White, Administrator of
Sledge.
1t is therefore ordered that said defendant
enter his appearance herein before or within the
first three days of the next term of said Court, to
be held on the first Monday in April next, ue7l),
and plead, answer or demur to complainants' bill,
or the same will be taken for confessed as TO him
and set for hearing exparte, and that copy of this
order be published for four consecutive weeks in
the Nashville Union and American.
cOpy-attest:
NATHANIEL BAXTER, JR.,
Clerk and Master
= MI a
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SHINGLES!!! SHINGLES!!!

$4,000 Goose Island Cypress Shin
giles Just received and for sale.
W. R. MCFARLAND,
noy26-6t. No. "a N. College st.
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We leave the Banner to digest the au.
thorities with the patient and perscvering
hope that Bright, GOlladay, WhitthornC
and Caldwell may all get TIER seats, not,
withstanding the fact that neither is "a
test osth man"
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NASHVILLE, Jan. IS, 1S70.-I hsve used " Got
toms Southern Star Stomach Bitters, and e
tonic and gentle purgatiVe, hsye never found
anything better. W. R DALE,
Capt. Fire 90. No. 3.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1870-06-17

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- ~ .CarroiI,, waidron ~ yator.
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,hratan, I;rcolr .ono,ybot in nor.onaI
,.,,,s.,.,,,,o aud ,.or,, ,,,,,h In ,is noI;,;os
,'rl ~ - ,ho I,,o prosido,t,s condros, ,o,
,,I.o Eo, lone, einco thoro ontorod hi.
oe,oo ono or those ynarlv woather-hoaton
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1870-06-17

IN take the responsibility" as Jones
said when he held out his arms for the
baby.
-Four boxes govern the world: the car
fridge box, the ballot box, the jury box,
aud the bandbox.
81 will preach from dat portion Of
Scripture dis ebening," said colored do
mimic, "whar de 'Postle Paul p'ints his
Plstlc at de 'Phesians."
A lady asked pupil at public exam
ination of Sunday school, "What was the
sin of the Pharisees?" Eating camels,
ma'am," quickly replied the child.
A Tilted swain spitefully says: "Eve
did not know as much as her daughters OF
the present day. Had they been in her
place, instead of being deceived, they
would have deceived the devil"
-"Why," asked governess of her little
charge, edo we pray God to give us our
daily bread? Why don't we ask for four
DAYS, or five days, or a week ?" 1--WE want
it freshr replied the ingenious child.
A nugget of pure copper, weighing III
pounds, was discovered in an Iowa field
the other day. 1t had been kicked about
for years, under the supposition that it was
stone. Finally, the tooth Of harrow
scraped against it, making bright streak,
which revealed its true nature. 1t is pure
metal, without the least alloy, stone OF
quartz. The locality where discovered is
in Cedar township, Monroe county, and
hopes are entertained that extensive de-
posits may underlie the whole region.
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with that tried to break it and couldn't;
and ieelin' curious like, put IL on the ta-
bic. II seemed to be real stone. "In the
sugar, likely" says I, and broke the pud-
ding away and there in the midst saw
my breastpinl 1t had dropped in while I
was mixin 1t, and there it was.
About an hour afterward all the servants
down the street had il to tell that Ann
Gerry-thats me-had gone mad and rush
ed off to drown herself. | went with moth
III on my head a-wringn' my hands and
cryln' but where I went was TO the court,
to beg and pray that dear boys pardon of
the magistrate, and ask him to lock me up
IN The precious innocont's place.
That boy l consider my boy now. He
snail have all I've got in the savings bank,
every penny. A better boy never lived ;
and as to his mother, she's better now, and
doin' fine washin' as I can recommend to
suit any lady. That boy loves me. And
this kslway3 say to all 1 know when
hefr 'tm talk of beggars and tramps:
Don't judge EN- because of their poverty.
Do not judge, lest as our parson reads out
Of the bible, you may be judged yourself
by them above you"
Those amt the words, but it's the spirit ;
and 30 hope it's all the same.
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NO. "a.

The efficiency of the horse in battle and
his usefulness in times Of peace, depending
as they do in so great measure upon his
being properly shod, justify the importance
attached to this art in medieval as well as
modern times. The saying of Poor Rich
ard, "For want of n nail the shoe was lost;
for want of a shoe the horse was lost for
want of a horse the rider was lost;" has
been verified in many retreat, and many
a traveller has been exposed to imminent
peril by the loss of a shoe from the foot OF
his horse.
That interest in the further Improvement
of the horseshoe is not yet extinct Is prov
ed by the fact that we have illustrated and
described within the past year or two sew
cral Improvements of this kindi and
glance through the records of the Patent
Onice will show that nearly every year
brings forth something of this sort. 1t is
within the last quarter of a century that the
extensive manufacture of horseshoes by
- lIinery hassbeen originated aud deyel-
oped, and the article has been much cheap
encd thereby. Thus this ancient device
has probably not yet reached point be-
yond the scope of inventive genius and
skill, and the time may even come when
the manufacture OF malleable cast iron may
be so perfected as 10 enable them to be cast
at much less than their present cost, and OF
as good quality as those now made Of
wrought iron by machinery.
Scientific american.
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BRATTLEBORO VT, FRIDAY, JUNE H. 1870

of indignation against tho prosecutors
this also in twenty minutes.
He changed his theme once more. His
voice grew mourful as n funeral dirge and
his eyes filed with tears, as he traced
vivid picture of mans cruelties and wo-
mans wrongs, with special applications in
the case of his client, till half the audience
wept like children.
But it was in the peroration that he
reached the zenith both of terror and sub
Unity. His features were livid rs those of
a corpse ; his very hair seemed TO stand ON
end his nerves shook as with palsy; he
tossed, his hands wildly toward heaven,
each finger spread apart and quivcring like
the flame of candle, as he closed with the
last words of the deceased Hiram Shore
"Tell my mother that l am dead and gone
to hell" His emphasis on the word hell
embodied the elements of all horror. 1t
was wall of immeasurable despair-a
wild howl of infinite torture. No language
can depict its effect on all who heard it.
Men groaned, women shrieked, and one
poor mother was borne away in convul-
sions. The entire speech occupied but an
hour.
The jury rendered verdict OF "not
guilty" without leaving the box, and three
tremendous cheers, like successive roars
of an earthquake, shook the court house
from dome to cornerstone, testifying the
joy OF the people. At the same moment
the beautiful millinor bounded to her feet
and clasprd the triumphant advocate in
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SO.uETIEI.VG .gBOUT HORSE
SHOES.

History does not reach back to a period
when the horse was not companion and
servant of mankind and in the earliest
periods of which we have any reliable rec
ord, the ingenuity of men was taxed to in
vent trappings for the decoration and ar
NOR for the protection of this noble animal,
whose services in war are no less cOnspicu-
ous than his patient labor in peaceful avo-
cations is indispensable alike to civilized
and barbarous races.
Precisely when the foot of the horse be-
gan to be protected by some form of shoe
is unknown, but the necessity for it must
have arisen with artificial roads, or when
il was found necessary to employ the ami
nal in traversing rocky wastes.
The anatomy OF the horse indicates that
his natural haunts are broad and grassy
plains, where his fleet foot may spurn the
yielding turf without injury, and where an
ample supply of his favorite foliage may
be found.
In this state he may be found on the eX-
tensiye table-lands of Texas, and the pam
pas of Mexico, where his feet need not the
assistance of the veterinary art
The Greeks and Egyptians practiced
horse-shoeng in a manner which, so far as
can be ascertained, consisted of applying
kind of sock or sandal, fastened about the
leg with straps, and shod with iron or 9TH
er metal, for strength and extra wear.
These were probably not generally en-
ployed, but were used only in cases of dis
ease or injury. 1t is highly probable that
| the primitive horseshoes were made of raw
hide, stitched or laced upon the foot
The ancient Britons do not seem to have
known the art of horse-shoeing. The first
indications of this practice, so far as arch@-
ologists have been able to discover in Eng
land, belong to what is known as the Ro-
mano- British period. There is, therefore,
| little doubt that horseshoes were intro
duced into England by the Romans.
Specimens of these horseshoes, more or
less preserved, have been unearthed in va
rious localities. They appear to have been
without toe-calks, but have heel-calks like
our modern horseshoes. They have mostly
three nail holes in each branch of the shoe,
and instead of a groove in each branch,
like the shoes of tho present day, have
large oval depressions for the heads of the
nails. These depressions were evidently
stamped in while the iron was hot, which
operation spread the metal so as to form
three distinct scallops on each side of the
shoe.
The Anglo-Saxon horseshoe was in its
earlier forms cumbrous and ill-shaped
flair, not comparable in regularity ofform
to the Roman shoe; hut its outer edge is
not scalloped like the Roman shoe.
The art of horse-shoeing was considered
of the first importance by the Normans,
and those who exceled were employed in
the royal establishment, and endowed with
! landed estates and titles of honor.
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Who dscerns what is infinitely small
only one the Infinitely Great.
If one does not hold still when stung
by bee or by fate, the sting remains be-
hind in the wound.
Men, like their books, at their begin
ming and end have blank leaves-infancy
and grey-haired old age.
old people are long shadows, it is true,
and their evening sun lies coldly on the
earth, but they all point to the morning.
The odor of flowers is never 81 sweet
and strong as before storm. Beautiful
soul when the storm draws nigh thee, be
a flower.
Many flowers open to the sun, but only
one follows him in his course. Heart, DE
thou the suuhower; he not only open to
thy God, but obey him too.
Man cndures opposition and reproof
more readily than we suppose, only he
will not endure them when violent, even
though they are deserved. Our hearts are
flowers; they continue open to the gentle
falling dew, but close against the storm.-
Jean Paul.