'famitg ®mlr. A SICK BED. BV WILLIAM collect BEY AWT. Long hast thou watched my bed, And smoothed the pillow oft For this poor aching head, With touches hind and soft. Oh i smooth it yet again, As softly as before; Once—only once, and then I need thy hand no more. Yet here I may not stay, Where I so long have lain, Through many a restless day And many a night of pain. But hear me gently forth Beneath the open shy, Where on the pleasant earth, Till night the sunbeams lie. There, through the coming days, I shall not look to thee My weary side to raise And shift it tenderly. There sweetly shall I sleep, Nor. wilt thou need to bring And put to my hot lip Cold water from the spring; Nor wet the kerchief laid Upon iny burning brow; Nor from my eyelids shade The light that wounds them now; Nor watch that none shall tread, With noisy foptsteps, nigh ; Nor listen by my bed To hear the faintest sigh ; And feign a look of cheer, And words of comfort speak; Yet turn to hide the tear That gathers on tby cheek. Beside me where I rest, .f. Thy loving hsuids will set The flowers 1 love the best: Moss-rose and violet. Then to the sleep I crave .<■ Resign me, till I sec ... t ’ s ,,. The face of Him who gave .. His life for thee and me.jfc' 1 Yet, with the setting Come, now and lhen, at'eve, And think of me as one • For whom thou should’stnot grieve; Who, when the kind release FroniiSlh anil suffering came, Passed to the appointed place In murmuring, thy name. Leave, at tby side, a space, Where thou shall come, at last, To find a resting-place, When many years are past. AFRAID TO 00 BACK. There was to bea’tri'p by the steamboat at eleven o’clock, and many were going. There was to be a band of music and a flag flying, and Robert thought he would like to bee them start. So when it was almost time, he went up to the master’s desk, and obtained permission to go out. He ran all the way to the river, but he had to wait longer than he expected, before he saw them off. He was making haste on his way back, when he met the minister —a venerable and very kind gentle man, who seeing Robert without his cap, knew at once that something was wrong. “ How is this, Master Robert, that you are out so far away from school this morning ? 1 fear you have been trespassing: have you not?” “ Master gave me leave to go out, sir.” “ I suspect he did. But bow is it you have come so far without your cap? Master did not send you on an errand, did he, without your cap?” “ No,-sir, but he gave me leave to come out.” “You told me so before, Robert. Now, tell me the truth; have you not been running away to see the steamboat go off?” “Yes, sir.” “There is a good boy. You should always speak the truth. And how long have you been away?’' “ Half an hour, sir ?” “ Perhaps more, Robert; for the time goes very fast When you are looking at any thing that pleases you. And so you have been running until you are out of breath, to make up, have you not?” , “ Yes, sir, I have. And lam almost afraid to go In now.” “ Ah, my hoy! So it is. When we do wrong, we always feel unhappy. Don’t you wish now that you had Mot gone ?” “1 am sure I do, sir.” ' “ Well, then, as you have told me the truth and as you seem to be sofry for what you have done, I will go with you to the school, and tell the mas ter all about it. Perhaps i can persuade him not to punish you this rime.” •‘ Thank you, sir; that will be very kind in you.” “I shall only expect you, Robert, to make one promise both to your master and to me, and that is, that you will never run away again in this way, without his permission.” “l am sure I will not, sir. lam afraid master will keep me in for this.” • “Gome, We Will go this time, and see what can be done.” So, taking him by the hand, Mr. Fairburn, the minister, conducted Robert to his school, who felt , very queer, when the boys who had missed him, turned and saw the old gentleman leading him by the hand; and he scarcely dared lift up bis eyes to look at tne master, who, he felt sure, must have been asking for him. But the kind-hearted old 'geyttenflaif managed the matter so well, that the master, though generally severe in punishing those who played truant, or stopped out too long, agreed to forgive Robert on condition' that he repeated an extra lesson next morning. Robert was an open-hearted lad, and he Was so glad that Mr. Pairburn, the good old minister of the place of worship that his father and mother attended; had acted so kindlylfb him, that he could not help telling his mother about it that evening. He had been getting his extra lesson, and having done, he shat the book, and lifting up his eyes and looking full in his mother’s face as she sat at her needle, said in a trembling tone— “ Mother, I want to tell you something." “ What is it, Robert?" said his mother, looking at him from her work, and seeing that he looked as if something was the matter. Robert told his mother all about it. “ Ah 1 my dear boy, and so Mr. Pairburn acted as yonr mediator?" “.My mediator, mother, what is that?” “Why, have you not heard him on Sunday, talk about Jesus Cfhrist as the Mediator between us and 1 God?” 1 “Yfay mother, but I did not know what it meant." “ Afid, perhaps, if I had tried to tell you, I could not have made you understand it. Now I think you will.” “I will try, mother.” “Well: hsieh. JeSus Christ is our Mediator in this way. We had all gone away from God, and were wandei'ing from him in ways that were not good. Jeiqs Christ came from heaven to seek US and bring God. In doing this he did more. than Mr. Pamrarn did. Now reach the Bible, ahd reW the fiftje*bi*d. chapter of Isaiah.” Robert riSau it through. ‘‘There, now; you see JesulfGhrist waswounded and bruised for us. Just as if M r, ! Pairburn, when he took you back, had said to your master, ‘This boy has done wrong. You may beat me instead of him.’-" “ But Mr. Pairburn did hot, mother." “ I know that. I was only showing that Jesus Christ has done more for us than Mr. Pairburn did for you. Then, after he had died for us on the cross, Jesus Christ rdße again from the dead, and went back to heaven, and has been ever since, andajs novr pjeadingforjus with God to forgive ns, just as Mr. Pairburn pleaded with yonr master to forgive you." “ Thank you, mother; I shall always know now what a mediator is.” “I hope you will, my dear; and now, Robert, I hope you will listen better to Mr. Fairburn, who was your mediator, and especially when he is talk ing about Jesus Christ, the great mediator between God and man.” “ I hope I shall, mother.” “ Don’t you feel as if you loved Mr. Fairburn for bis kindness in taking you back, and making all right between you and your master?” “I am sure I do, mother. I feel as if I shall always love him for it. “ That will be right, Robert. How much more, then, ought you to love the Lord Jesus; for, as the hymn wo smg says: — ‘ It cost Him cnes and tears, „.To bring us-back to God; 'Great was our debt, but He appears To make theiSmsom good.’ 4a '' “So it does, mother. I remember it. Pray foriiue, mother; tMfShe Lord may teach me to know all about things.” “I will, my d§jBte But I want to ask you one more question.: ®rd you feel afraid when Mr. Fairburn took ydS-by the band to lead you to your master'”’ -■* , ■ “No, mother, I did not. I knew that he was a good man, abd ! believed he would do all he could to get master not to punish me.” “ Well,'"'Robert, when you have, done wrong sometimes - , have you not been afraid of coming to God for fear he should punish you for your sins?” “Yes, mother, I am sure I have.” “Well, Jesus Christ is* even more kind than Mr. Fairburn. You believe in Mr. Fairburn,iyon must also believe that Jesus will take you. by the hand and lead you back to God, who, for Jesus Ohrist’s sake, will forgive all your sins. Do you 'see; Robert?” “I do, mother, I do. That is good!” English Magazine. HOOD. MOTHERS. I was once on a visit at S'gentleman’s house, in the town of Huntington, and my atteutionwas arrested by a-pieture that hung-in,the dining-room. It represented an aged woman in a homely dress. It was not a fine work of art, and it boasted no decoration of peculiarity, but that of extreme sim plicity of delineation, yet my eye rested compla cently on that good, calm face, with its thoughtful eyes, and'kind mouth, that one almost expected to break into a smile.' I looked at my host, he had similar bright dark eyes and open brow, and without asking I was assured the picture, with the plain close cap and neat apron, represented his mother. Seeing my eyes fixed on the painting, my host came to my side as I stood gazing, and after a little pause, while a slight mist —it might be a gathering- his eyes, said- half abstractedly, as though he was thinking aloud, “I know she was a sinner, because the Bible says all have sinned, so of course she like the rest of us must have been a sinner, but I cannot call to mind a word or deed she ever said or did that was sinful.” I turned to him as he was speaking, and bis eye caught the inquiring look ot mine. He smiled, and repeated, “ Yes, it’s true, my only knowledge that she was a sinner is, that the Bible says, 1 There is none righteous, no not one.’ ” What a testimony! I exclaimed, “0, tbat my children could say the same of me!" These words of my friend, a man not given to strong, still less to exaggerated expressions, sunk deep into my heart, and led me to think a great deal more about mothers than I had ever pre viously done. Reader, the best earthly blessing is a good mo ther, and the greatest earthly curse is a bad one. Children may overcome the misery of a bad fa ther, but rare indeed, are the instances where they have escaped ruin when they have had a bad mo ther. But I have not the heart to write about bad mothers; it’s Satan’s worst mischief-—the mystery of iniquity. Let us comfort our souls as we travel life’s journey by thinking over some good mothers, * ' George Stephenson, the great railway engineer, had a good mother. In all her poverty, and it was bitter, she was spoken of as “a raal canny body,” the highest praise her neighbors knew how to give. Sir Humphrey Davy had a good mother, one who encouraged him to study; one who during her widowhood devoted herself to her children, and taught them perseverance by her good example. Joseph Hume, M. P., the celebrated statesman, had a good mother. She was a widow in.poor cir cumstapces-and kept a small pottery shop in Mon trose, (Scotland.) She resolved her diligent boy should have a good education, and labored hard to give him every advantage when he started in life. Whatever be learned in public life, he learned economy in private life, at bis mother’s lowly home. In specially religious biography what a great nutnbecof good mothers come to our remembrance. Mrs.’Susannah Wesley bad a family of nineteen children. Her husband’s income was very limited, but her wisdom in managing her small means and large family, made the rectory of Epworth a me mofablc duelling. Here grew-Up John and Charles Wesley and many pious, gifted daughters. Elo quence, genius and spirituality flourished in that borne, and ultimately spread from thence oyer the length and breadth of the land. Great .as were the gifts of nature bestowed on that family, the best gift was the good mother.' Dr. Isaac Watts had a good mother. When he was a little child his pious father was'a prisoner at Southampton, for conscience sake, and he re membered his mother carrying him in her arms to the gate of the prison, and weeping over him as she thought of her husband’s affliction. Those dark days of religious persecution passed away, and her son grew up,- not only to bless and com fort his mother, but to write sweet and holy strains for old and young. Dr. Doddridge had- a good mother. He was the youngest, child of a large family. Death had so often entered the dwelling and gathered the in fant flowerets, that Mrs. Doddridge rejoiced with trembling over her youngest treasure. While she cared for his body she did not neglect his soul. The old Dutch tiles round -the fire-place had Scripture stories painted on them, and the child, as he sat on her lap in the evening, used to listen to his mother’s voice, telling him - the customs of the holy men of old, and 6 ds dealing: with his ancient people. The buy grew to manhood, the mother went to her heavenly rest, Rut those eve ning hours were never fcrgotteif. When Philip Doddridge became a teacher oi truth and right eousness,, his mother’s voice lingered in his ears, her words dwelt in bis memory, her pious teach ings throbbed in his heart, and made him in his turn zealous for the truth, and peculiarly forcible and tender in writing for the young. Thank God for good mothers, may their number be ever in creasing. Domestic Life.— He cannot be a bappy man who has not the love and smile of woman to ac company him in every department of life. The world may look dark and cheerless Without—ene mies may gather in his path, but when he returns to the fireside, and feels the tender love of woman, he forgets his cares and troubles, and is a com paratively happy man. He is bnt half prepared for the journey of life who takes not with him that friend who will forsake him in no emergency —who will divide his sorrows—increase his.joys — lift the veil from his heart, and throw sunshine amid the darkest scenes. MAHOGANY. Sir Walter Raleigh i 3 said to have been the first person who used this wood, and he employed it to repair his ships at Trinidad. The captain of a West Indiaiuun afterward brought some of it over as a preseut to his brother, who tried to use it in building, but the workmen grumbling that it was too hard, ho had some made into a candle-box, which was so much admired for the beauty of its marking and colour, that one or two articles of fancy furniture were made of it for persons of distinction, and thus it became fashion able at first; more was imported, and it has of later years been very common. In Parker’s Reminiscences of Mr. Choate, just published, his manner of keeping accounts .and collecting bills is thus described: “I never remember seeing him collect any money, or make any charges in any books. Indeed, I never saw any account books in his office. He himself never seemed to have any money. If he wanted any, he would get me to draw a check for him, even for five dollars, and he signed it. If he drew the cheek himself, he made sad work of it. It used to be said round the entry, that when he had to go to Washington to argue cases, or to Congress, he often was obliged to ransack tbe entry to find some one with money to lend him to go on with- Unlike some others of the fraternity of great men, however, lie very often paid what he borrowed. His accounts of who owed him, and how much, he must have chiefly carried in his head. His office partner could not have known .them, and there was not. seen any book of original entries. One of his old students of former years, however, used to come to us atid tell us of a traditionary set of books, which Choate commenced with the in tention of keeping them by double entry. So, on the first day he opened them,-he had<oo casion to send out for a gallon of. oil —it was be fore gas days; accordingly be entered in the bulky volume; “Office debtor one gallon of oil”—so much. A few days after, an old client came in and 1 asked for bis-bill. Choate told him lie really was very busy, and, if he’d eall again in a week, he’d have it ready for him. In a week he called again and demanded his bill. “Oh, yes,” said Choate, “Ireally—you must pardon me—but I’ve not had time to draw it off; but you may pay what ever you think right.” This did not suit the client, who said he’d call once more; and so he did in a fortnight after. This time Choate was in despair. “ Well there," said he, “ take the books and just draw off a minute of the account your self.” The worthy man took the book, despairing of any other information, opened it, and there at the top of the page; in staring characters of vast size, to make them legible, was the entry, “Office debtor one gallon of oil,” standing as lonely on its page as its author in his life. He never asked •for his bill again, but paid what he thought fair, and asked for a receipt in full, winch Mr. Choate promised to have ready for him next tune he called. Mr. Choate very often, however, made a sudden foray and raid upon his clients as he happened to recollect them, if he found himself unexpectedly in want of money.- And wo to any unfortunate man then, who had a heavy ease actually on trial. He had to pay for all the sins oi omission of his predecessors’ clients for many weeks. A shrewd writer, who is in the habit of telling home truths which go direct to the heart of the popular follies of the day, has the following m re lation to the pernicious system oi doinebtu, educa tion, so fatally prevalent at the present time: In the town of Somewhere lives Mr. Manygirls, He is a toilsome merchant, his wife a hard-work ing housekeeper. Once they were poor, now they are ruinously rich. They have seven daughters, whom they train up in utter idleness. They spend much money, but not in works of humanity, not even in elegant accomplishments, in : painting, dancing, music, and the like, and so paying in spiritual beauty what they take in material means. They never read nor sing; they are know-nothings, and, only in vain show, as useless as a ghost, and as ignorant as the blocks on which their bonnets are made. Now, these seven ‘ ladies,’ as the news papers call the poor things, so ignorant and help less, are not only idle, can earn nothing, but con sume much. What a load of finery is on their shoulders, and heads, and necks 1 Mr. Manygnls hires manymen and women to wait onhisd-tugh ters’ idleness, and these servants are withdrawn from productive work in nursing these seven grown-up babies. ; On the other side of .the way, the Hon. Mr. Manysohs has seven sons, who are the exact match for the merchant’s daughters; rich; idle, some of them dissolute; debauchery coming before their beard; all useless, earning nothing, spending much, wasting more. The only labor is to kill rime; and in summer they emigrate from pond to pond, from lake to lake, having a fishing line with a worm at one end and a fool at the other. These are fast families in Somewhere. Their idleness is counted pleasure. Six of: these sons will marry, and five perhaps of Manygirls’ daughters, and what families they will have, will be found to live on the oil of their, grandfather’s bones; till a com mercial 'crisis, and the wear and tear of time has dissipated their fortunes, and they are forced re luctantly to toil. Besides, there is an enormous waste of food, fuel, cloth in g, of every thing. We are the least economical civilized people on earth. Of course the poor are wasteful eyery-where,tbey do not know how to economize, and they have not the means. They must live from hand to mouth, and half. that.'is put into-the; hand -perishes before it reacbes the mouth. So likewise are the rich waste ful, who, haye inherited- money, almost; never such who have earned it. The great mass of the people, are not economical, but wasteful. It is the habit of the whole country. Hall’s Journal of Health gives the following sensible advice: “Like the gnarled oak that has withstood the storms and thunderbolts of centuries, man him self begins to die at the extremities. Keep the feet dry add warm, and we may snap our fingers in joyous triumph at disease and the doctors. Put on two pairs of thick woollen stockings, but keep this to yourself; go to some honest son of St. Crispin, and have yoUr -measure taken for a stout pair of winter boots or shoes; shoes are bet ter for ordinary every-day use, as they allow the ready escape of the odours, while they strengthen the ankles, accustoming them to depend on them selves. A very slight accident is sufficient to cause a sprained ankle to an haßTfiial boot-wearer. Besides, a shoe compresses less, and hence admits of a more vigorous circulation of blood. But wear boots when you ride or travel. Give direc tions also to have no cork or India-rubbers about the shoes, but to place between the layers of the soles, from out to out, a piece of stout hemp or tow-linen, which has been dipped in melted pitch. This is absolutely impervious to water—does not absorb a particle, while we know that cork does, and after'a while becomes ‘soggy ’ and damp fori a week. When you put them on for the first time, they will fern as ‘easy as an old shoe,’ and you may stand on damp places for hours with im punity." British Workman. There is a curious traditionary story current in some families, regarding a celebrated Scottish nobleman, which, 1 am assured, is true, and fur ther, that it has never appeared in print. The story is therefore, a Scottish reminiscence, and as such, deserves a place here. The Earl of Lau derdale was so ill as to cause great alarm to his friends, and .perplexity to his physicians. One distressing symptom was a total absence of sleep, and the medical men declared their opinion, that without sleep being induced he could not recover. His son, a queer, eccentrie-looking boy, who was considered a kind of daft, and had little attention pail to his education, was sitting under the table, and cried out, “Send for that preaching man frae Livingstone, for he (the Earl) aye sleeps in the kirk.” One of- the doctors thought this hint worth attending to. The experiment of “getting a minister till him” succeeded, and sleep coming on he recovered. The Earl, out of gratitude for this benefit, took more notice of bis so n > P a >d attention to his .education, and. that boy became the Dike of Lauderdale, afterwards so famous or infamous in his country’s history, ' ; ff ujifcgtmiin and (Setuim dvattpliisl. fjpSfdlaMM®. RUFUS CHOATE. EXTRAVAGANCE OF THE AGE WINTER SHOES: curious Recipe for sleep. BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT. You cannot go into the meadow and pluck up a .single daisy by the roots, without breaking up a society of nice relations and detecting a princi ple more extensive and refined than mere gravita tion. The hahdfUl of earth that follows the finny roots of the little flower is replete with social ele ments. A little social circle has been formed around that germinating daisy. The sun-beam and the dew-drtfgs-Hekihere; and the soft summer breeze came -whispering through the tall grass to join the silent cbneert. The earth took them to' the daisy gem; jand all went to work to show that flower to the Sub, Bach mingled in the honey of its influence,, and'they nursed the “wee canny thing” with an sjilment that made it grow. And when it lifted ife eyes toward the sky they wove a soft carpet of grass for its feet; And the sun saw it through tfe green leaives and smiled as he passed on; and, by starlight,and the. moonlight, they worked, on. 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THE NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, a large eight-page paper for the country, is published every Saturday, and contains Editorials on the import ant topics of, the times, the news of the week, interesting correspondence from all parts of the world, the New York Cattle, Horse, and Produce Markets, interesting and reliable Political, Mechanical, and Agricultural .ar ticles, Papers on Cookery, Ac-, &c. We shall, during this year, as hitherto, constantly la bor to improve the quality of the instructive entertain ment afforded by THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE, which, we intend, shall continue to he the best Family Weekly Newspaper published In the World. tVe consider the 1 Cattle Market Reports alone richly worth to cattle raisers a year’s subscription price. One Copy, one year, $2 ( Five Copies, one yearfeltS. 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We also keep on hand an assort ment of SOLID SILVER WARE. warranted full standard: tea-sets,pitchers, cups, spoons, FORKS, NAPKIN IUN<;3, ETC., ETC. .1 Having been long engaged in the manufacture of these Goods, and one of the early originators of Electro-' Silver Plating, we have no hesitation in presenting to the public the Awards of Merit and Commendations of the Pres 3. The increased demand for our Goods proves l their superiority and utility. - BREAKFAST SERVICE. Coffee Urn —Water Kettle—Tea Pot—Sugar Bowl anil Cream Jug. Breakfast Knives —lvory—Pearl—Cameo—Metal and Fancy Handies and Plated Blades. A superior article for family use. Spoons and Forks—Triple plate (3) on the best Nickel Silver, warranted to? give satisfaction. Egg Boilers—Egg Stands with Cups—Egg Spoons— Salt and Pepper Stands—Small round and oval Waiters for the table. Breakfast Castors. Breakfast Castors —Three and four Bottles—lndividual Castor, patented, four Bottles with Salt Stand, complete in three inches, the size of a tumbler, suitable for sick chamber with tete-a-tete set—Cups,Goblets and Pitchers. Entire Dish —Steak Dish—Oyster Dish—Butter Dish— Toast Dish —CakeCovers —Syrup Pitchers—Napkin Kings. ‘ DINNER SERVICE. Soiip Tureen— Dinner Castor—Meat Dishes—-Vegetable Dishes. Sauce Dishes Salad Dishes—Game Dishes—Batter Dishes. Entire Dishes —Side Dishes—Epergae, large and Small. Jelly Sand—Cream Stand —Fruit Stand—Wine Gob lets. • Ice Pitchers—lce Bowls—Cordial Stands—Nut Cracks and Picks. . Cutlery— Fine Steel and Silver Plated Forks and Spoons, triple plate (3)—Carver, Fork and Steel—Knife and Fork Rests. TEA SERVICE. Tea Set (five Pieces) —Plain and Chased on Albata and Nickel Metal, heavy Plate. Tea Urn —Water Kettle and Tea Castor, Albata and Nickel Metal, heavy Plate. . Cake Baskets —Cake Covers—Cake and Cream Stands —Preserve Dishes. Butter Dishes~- Oyster and Terrapin Dishes—Pie, Cake, and Cream Khives. Butter Knives —Tea Knives—lvory, Pearl, Cameo, and Metal Handles—Silver Blades. Spoons and Fortes— Nickel Metal, triple Plate (3) — warranted. Candelabras, Waiters, 8,10,12,14,16,18,20, 24, 28 and 30 inches. COMMUNION SERVICE. Tankard, Bowl, Goblets, Plates, and Patten. BRIDAL PRESENTS. (solid silver and silvee plate.) Tea Set- Urns —Water Kettles—lce and Water Pitch ers—Gob'ets on Waiter —Table, Dessert, Fruit and Tea Knives, with Pearl, Metal, Ivory, richly, carved plain and Grecian handles, in beautiful cases—Sets of twenty nine Pieces! in' cases, complete—Batter Dishes—Castors —Cake Baskets —Sait Stands —Tea Belts—Card Receivers —Napkin Rings—Pie, Cake, Crumb, and Ice Cream Knives, &c.,'Ac. N. B.—Forks, Spoons, Cake Baskets, Waiters, Castors, &c„ re-piated. Articles made to order, at short notice, to match Old Silver. JOHN 0. MEAD & SONS, North-East corner .Ninth and Chestnut Streets. 709—10, . Philadelphia. Boyd & bates, BANKERS AND DEALERS IH BILLS OP EXCHANGE- BANK NOTES AND SPECIE. 18 SOUTH THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA. two noons above mechanics’ bank. Particular attention is given to the collection of Notes anil Drafts; 'Drafts on New York,.Boston, Baltimore, &c., for stile. Stocks and; Bonds bought and sold oi commissipn at the Board of-Brokeis. Business Paper . Loans on Collateral, &c., feb, 10—lyi TERMS. TERMS. JONAS WHITCOMB'S REMEDY FOR ASTHMA, Is worthy the attention of all Sttpomb* of Pressing complaint. The late JONAS ’«» Boston, visited Europe a few years since, for the oeneui of his health, which was much impaired by frequent at tacks of SPASMODIC ASTHMA. While In Germany, an eminent physician becamefa te rested in his case, and promised him relief. He >olr lowed.the treatment ordered, and,' to his surprise and joy, his asthma almost entirely disappeared. He pro cured the recipe which had accomplished so much for him, brought it with him to this country; and it became the property of the present proprietors. It contains no poisonous or injurious properties, whatever; and an in fant may take it with perfect safety. [Letter ftom a distinguished Lawyer in Newburyport, . -. Mass.] • , . ■ - ASTHMA. Newbubvpoet, Feb. 25,.1856. . Messrs. Joseph Burnett & Co.: —It is now nearly twelve months since I received the first bottle of your valuable'medicine for the cure of the Asthma. 1 am now satisfied that my relief, from one of the most aggravating, most distressing, and nibst unrelenting dis orders that ever afflicted a human being, is to be attri buted wholly to this Remedy. For thirteen years I suf fered with the asthma, and it grew upon me fn severity, until in'lBs3 ahd 18541 was'obliged; for months together, to sleep in my chair; and the least active exercise would bring oh a' paroxysm, oftentimes so severe, that I could not move an inch for hours. From the time I took the first dose of your, “ Remedy,” to the present hour, I have not had a bad attack, and now my system is so free.from it, that the most active exercise and exposure seldom has any other effect than to slightly restrict the lungs. Your medicine soon dis pels that sensation, and I can safely claim a general re lcasefrom the tormentor. With great respect, your obedient servant, J.,H. BRAGDON. [Extract from a letter written by a distinguished Law yer In Maine.] ASTHMA. Messrs. Joseph Burnett & Co.:—Gentlemen —l tried more than thirty different specifics for the Asthma; until I had become worn down by disease, and almost dis couraged. When 1 commenced faking your medicine, I had been afflicted with the disease about twenty years. It is of the spasmodic kind; and in a bad attack I bare frequently sat up sixteen nights-in succession; Soon after taking.your medicine, I foundan unaccustomed re lief. My heal.th and strength began to improve. Ihave gained about twenty pounds in weight, and have, com paratively, no Asthma. 'When I feel the symptoms re turning, a few teaspoonfuls of the medicine is sufficient to remove it.., It seems to me that-the-very-foundation of my disease has been broken up, and that it will soon entirely leave me. At any rate, no one that has suffered what I have, heretofore, and enjoyed the health that I have enjoyed since last fall,: can-hesitate to believe that there is a wonderful power in Jonas Whitcomb’s Remedy for the Asthma. Respectfully yours, H. R. YOSE. [Letter from a. Clergyman.J J. ' : : ASTHMA. " ■* Warbsboho’, Vt., May 12,1857. Messrs. Joseph Burnett & Co.:—l take pleasure in Stating the wonderful effects of “ Whitcomb’s Remedy for the Asthma;” on my wife. As often as ten or twelve times in a year, she was brought to the very gates of death, requiring two or three watchers, some times for-several days and nights in succession. At one time she was so far. gone that her physician could not count her pulse. I consulted numerous physicians of the highest celebrity, to little or no purpose. At length I heard of “ Whitcomb’s Remedy;” it acted like a charm; it enabled her to sleep quietly in a few minutes, and nearly broke up the disease. I,am a Methodist clergy man, stationed here, Ishall be happy to answer any in quiries respecting her case * " ■ - . -Tours- truly, ASTHMA. / ' Sooth Weymouth, Mass., Jan. 28j 1859. Messrs. Joseph - Burnett &' Co.I saw your notice of Jonas Whitcomb’s Asthma Remedy, in the Boston Pilot, and I wish to. tell you of its effect upon me. I have been troubled very mueh for about .five years, many nights-losing my sleep. Sometimes I could not move, and bad to sit in one position for hours. I began taking ybur medicine last September, I have not had a bad attaefr— have not lost an hour’s sleep, nor an hour’s work, since. lam ashoemaker by trade,‘and live in South Weymouth. Your obedient servant, MICHAEL KEARNEY. Prepared by JO.S&PB.BUJUSUS'. sold by '- ''i 5 - 5 ' Qn& Doliarper Burnett’s Cocoaine. Burnett’s Cocoaine. Pbematurf. Loss op the Hair, which is so common now-a-days, may be entirely prevented by the use of Burnett’s Cocoaine. It has been used in thousands of cases where the hair was coming out in handfuls, and ■ has never failed to arrest its decay, and to promote a healthy and vigorous growth. It is, at the same time, unrivalled as a dressing for the hair. A single applica tion will render it soft and glossy for several days. Prepared by JOSEPH BURNETT A CO., Boston, and for sale by dealers generally at fifty cents a bottle. JOSEPH BURNETT & CO., PROPRIETOR OF COCOAINE, a compound of Cocoa-Nut Oil, &c., for the Hair. FLORIMEL, a new and delightful Perfume for the Handkerchief. KALLISTON, a Cosmetic, for removing Freckles, Taw, Sunburn, &c. ORIENTAL TOOTH WASH, for the Preservation and Beanty of the Teeth and Glims. JONAS WHITCOMB’S REMEDY FOR ASTHMA, Rose Cold, Hay Fever, He. BURNETT’S SUPERIOR FLAVORING EX TRACTS, for Cpoking purposes. MEEODE O NS,—THE UNDERSIGNED RE specffully informs the' Public, that he is manu facturing, these:; delightful Instruments, of every size, style, and price* -.Having bad a practical experience of over ten years in 'the construction of them, he feels con fident of his ability to produce an*article equal to any in the market. AU Instruments made by him are fully warranted, and anydefect -in material or workmanship will be made good at any time. S3* Tuningand Repairing carefully attended to. JOSEPH BURNETT & CO., I f . 27 Cektrai. Street, Boston. | * *.-??* S 3” The above-named articles arc manufactured solely by the proprietors. The names and titles thereof are adopted as Trade Marks; to secure the public and the proprietors against imposition , by the introduction of spurious articles. All unauthorized use of these trade marks will be promptly prosecuted. INE GROCERIES. JAMES R. WEB BIS TEA WA BEIT O USE, ■ 223, SOUTH EIGHTH ST» 5 ‘ BELOW WALNUT* Has constantly on hand a large assortment of the Choicest Teas, Java and Mocha Coffee, and every description of Fine Groceries, for family use. 83” Orders by mail promptly attended to, anil care fully packed and forwarded. > jyis-l y I LUTZ, CABINET WARE ROOMS, AC., . . 121 SOUTH ELEVENTH STREET. Owing to the recent increased facilities Jn the manu facture of Cabinet wares, I beg leave to ca|l the attention of my friends and customers to my present stock of Fur niture, comprising every variety of PARLOR, LIBRARY, DINING-ROOM & CHAMBER FURNITURE. The latest style of Imitation EBONY FURNITURE with gilt ornaments, on hand, and made to order. 702—13. The first premium for sewing machines, HAS BEEN AWARDED'TO LADD, WEBSTER, & CO., At the Penn’a. State Fair, for 1859. These machines make a Tight Lock Stitch, alike on : both sidesof the work, on a straight.needle and a wheel feed. They do a greater range of work, and do it bet ter, than any other sewing machine.' They stitch, hem, hind, fell, run and gather, without basting. - . Read the following extracts from letters: From Lieut. W. S. Maury, U. S. Navy. “I cheerfully give you my testimonial in its favor,” From D. H. Cochran, Principal of N. Y. State Normal School. “ In ease of management, and in the perfection of its work, it is, in my opinion, the best of thirteen different sewing machines which I have been enabled to ex amine.” Rev. J. P. Langworthy, Sec’y. American Congregational Union, to a brother clergyman. “The gentlemanly and Christian proprietors make liberal discounts to clergymen, and are worthy the - pa tronage they seek; not for this reason so much as be cause they offer for sale the best of those instruments, which have become an institution for women.” . ■ Send for a circular, with samples of work. LADD, WEBSTER & CO., 820 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Oct. 27, 1859. ■ 1 Jj'i’jr-B F A S El 0 N A B L E C LOT H I N S . E. H. ELDRIDGE’S CONTINENTAL CLOTHING HOUSE. N.E. corner of EiffjftOi and Chestnut Streets. f A SUPERIOR ASSORTMENT OF ... READY-MADE CLOTHING ALWAYS ON HAND ’ : ' j - : . With a full Stock of CLOTHS, CASSIMERBS, ; AND : YE STINGS , of French, English, and American Manufacture, fro® ■ * which to select. r . 259" - We study to please. , jau 20-1- y KIMBALL HADLEY. Jan. 12,1860. SAYING FUNDS. rpHE STATE SAYINGS FUND, No. 83 SOCK STREET, PHILADELPHIA, HEXT door to the post office. SUMSLABGE AND SMALL Are received DAILY, and every MONDAY E YENING, on deposit. ANY SUM OF MONEY WANTED ig returned when, ever .called for. Many Persons open accounts with this Company, ar d draw their money by Checks, as in Bank, thus com bining convenience and profit. INTEREST IS PAID -On.all suras of.: Money, amounting to Three Dollars or more,'at the rate of FIVE PER CENT. PER ANNUM. No Notice is required by this Coinpany for the pay ment of either Principal or Interest. SUBSTANTIAL SATISFACTION To Depositors has, without exception, tbs .operations and efforts of this .. ij.'i WELL-KNOWN INSTITUTION. GEO. H. HAKTi’President. CHARLES G. IMLA.Y, C<tahit>. 3. HENRY HAYES, First Teller. mar.s-1 yr. A MERIC AN LIFE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY.., ; Company’s Buildings, South-east Corner of WALNUT and FOURTH Streets. Open.<rom t 9 a.m. to 5 f.m. : ; . i, Incorporated 1860 by the Legislature of Pennsylvania. Capital $500,000. Charter Perpetual. Insures Lives duringtbe-natural lifeor for short terms, grants annuities and emiowrnents, and makes contracts of ailkinds depending on the-!’issues of life. Acting also as Executors, Trustees, and Guardians. Policies of Life Insurance issued at the usual mutual rates of other good Companies—with profits to* the as sured—at Joint Stoek rates.2o percent, less than.above, or Total Abstinence rates 40 per cent, less than Mutual price, . SAVING FUND. ’ Intbrfest af 5 per cent.allowed for every day the De posit remains, and paid back on demaiul in Gold and Silver, and Checks furnished as in a Bank, for use at Depositors. This, Company hat FIRST MORTGAGES, REAL EST ATE, GROUND RENTS, and other first-class In vestments, as well as the CAPITAL STOCK, for the security of Depositors in this ojd established Institution ALEXANDER WHILLDIN, President . SAMUEL WORK,. Yice President John C. Sims, Secretary. John S. Wilsok, Treasurer. BOARD OF TBD STEFS. Alexander Whilldin, Hon. Thos. Sargent Samuel Work, Jonas Bowman, ’ JohnC, Farr, , - f William J. Howard Louis. A. .Glodey, John C. Sims, ’ John P. Simons r •• ■ George Nugent T, Esmonde Harper, . Albert C. Roberts H. H. Eldridge -1 anaaciu,:xxAiiniEKs. J. F. Bird, M.D., J. Newton Walker, M.D, In attendance at Company’s Office daily from I to 3 o’clock f.m. , feblOly COMMONWEALTH FIBE INSURANCE COMPA NY'of the State of Pennsylvania. Office, North west corner Fourth and Walnut streets, Phfladelphia SUBSCIUBED CAPITAL, $500,000. Paid to Capital, $200,000. DAVID JAYNE, M.D., President. : ; THOMAS S. STEWART, Vice President. Samuel S. Moon,. Secretory. ' feb. 26-1 yr. Quaker city insurance company, ‘ ' Frikklin Buildings, 403 Walnut Street, . PHILADEM-Hli. CAP1TAL,........... , lt , .$200,000 SURPLUS,' 150,000 FIRE, MARINE, aniLINLAMD INSURANCE. FIRE. INSURANCE, LIMITED and PERPETUAL, ON BUILDINGS AND MERCHANDISE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. MARINE INSURANCE, INLAND AND OCEAN, ON VESSELS, FREIGHT, and CARGO, to and front all parts of the World. GEO. H. HART, President. E. P. ROSS, Vice President. H. R. OOGGSHALL, Secretary. S. H. BUTLER, Assistant Secretary. SAVING FUND. NATIONAL SAFETY TRUST COMPANY, CHARTERED BY THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. HTJLBS. 1. Money is received eTery day, and in any amount, large or small. 2., FIVE PER CENT, is paid for money from the day it is put in. 3. The money is always paid brick in GOLD, "whenever it Is called for, and without notice. 4. Money is received from Executors, Administrators, Guardians, and others who desire to hare it in a place of perfect safety, and where interest can be obtained for it. 5. The money received from depositors is invested in REAL ESTATE, MORTGAGES, GROUND RENTS, and such other ’first-class securities as the Chatter di rects. . 6, Office lours—Everyday from 9 till five o’clock, and- on 'Mondays and Thursdays till 8 o’clock in the evening: h A. MACNUTT, 108 NORTH SIXTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA FABREX, HEARING & CO., . 629 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. MAKERS OF HERRING' SPA TENT CHAMHION SAFES, The recent great ; fire at Chicago, at which $5OO 000 worth of property was destroyed. -a:, r tt~ . Chicago,Sept. 16, 1859. C. L. Harmon, # Ch,, M . 185 South Water Street, Che Agents Herring's Patent Champion Safe: , ‘Gentlemen: —Boring the disastrous conflagration of last mght,my Lead Pipe, Sheetand Bar Lead Manufac tory, five stories in height, and 55 by 100 feel on the ground, was completely destroyed, and the walls nearly all fell- i The Herring’s Patent Champion Safe, sue No. 2, high folding doors, which Collins & Blatehford bought of you, some three years since, was in my office on the second floor of the manufactory,and fell some 20 feet into the basement, where it laid exposed to a very severe heat for ten hours. ; Upon recovering it from the ruins to-day, and openingit, found all-my books, papers and money contained in it in a good state of-preservation— the only damage to them beinfe .the drawing of the lea ther binding of the books,'and their‘being Quite'damp from the Safe s being filled withiateam from the fire proof-filling. The heat was of the most interne cha racter, owing to the great height of the building, and the fact that each story was itoflames at once. Iregard it as a most satisfactory test of the. perfect fire proof se curity afforded by Herring’s Patent Champion Safe. Yours Truly, B. W. BLaTCHFORD. 20,000 Herring's Safes have been sold, audmore than 300 tested in accidental fires. Safes for Dwelling Houses. Sideboard Safe. Par lour Safes, &c., &c. September 29,1859. THE BEST PIANOS ABE MADEBT - CHICKERING & SONS, ’f-T* Warerooms, 807 Chestnut Street. T T Onrs isTthe. Oldest and Largest Manufactory in the united States; and we have made and sold 22,000 pianos, since 1823, for the superiorexcellence of which we have been awarded 39 First Prize Medals, in this conntry, and the Prize. Medal at the World’s Fair, in London, over all competition.. A liberal, discount to the clergy, and Seminaries of Learning. Pianos taken in exchange, or let, tuned and repaired. oet27—lyr. CHURCH PSALMIST. the Psalm and Hymn Rdopteu.by-the General Assembly, has been intro <iuced witlun six months into many churches in which other books had been in use. : The Eifty-Third Edition, in 18mo. is ready, and The Fifty-Fourth Edition, - in 32m0. A.copy for examination by Pastors or Churches, sent for 39 cents. Order from CHARLES S. LUTHER. PRESBYTERIAN BOOK STORE, • ‘ Philadelphia. JUST OUT. " Bn. E. HALL’S SHORTER CATECHISM, with full proofs. In msluin, 25 cents. In Boards, IS cts. 701.
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