7firtigimiz kuttitironft, P RESBYTERIAN. REFOR MED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. — The General Synod of this branch of the Presby terian family in the United States was this year held in New Castle, Pa., commencing May 17. Rev. David Herron was elected Moderator. Among the items of business, was one growing out of a law of this church, brought down from its Scotch ancestry, making membership in a secret society, like that of the Free Masons or Odd Fellows,. a . disciplinable offence. It appears that cerom persons had been arraigned before the 'West ern Presbytery for connecting theXselves with the National Union League. The Pres bytery acquitted them, and the prosecutors thereupon appealed to the General Synod. , The latter subtained the action of the Presby tery, adding to its decision the following ex planatory proviso : " Provided always that it be distinctly un derstood by all whom it may concern, that Synod, in giving this deliverance, acts upon the ground that she has no evidence that the Union League belongs to the category of those secret societies which the Reformed Presbyterian Church has so emphatically con demned." Rev. N. K. Crow, Superintendent of the Freedmen's Schools in Alexandria, Va., un der the patronage of the Synod, was present, and gave so satisfactory an account ot the re sults of labors on that field, that measures were adopted . for enlarging the work. Our " Reformed," like our "United" brethren are remarkably tenacious in disal lowing the use of "Hymns" in public wor ship, or any other than the " allowed" versi fication of the Hebrew Psalms. At this meeting a resolution permitting the members of Synod, when worshipping in other churches, or promiscuous assemblies, to use other ver sions in accordance with Scripture, failed to pass. A substitute was adopted, leaving each individual case of breach of rule on the subject to be decided according to the discre tion of Synod, should it come up from the lower judicatories. The Theological Seminary is in a hopeful condition, a fresh addition of $20,000 having been made to the endowment. The sessions of the Synod were pleasant, and came to a termination on the 25th. NEW CHURCH. IN SAN FRANCISCO. —A new Presbyterian. Ohuch, in the 0. S. connection, has recently been organized in the city of San Francisco. It is under the care of Rev. J. G. Fackler. TEE PRESBYTERY OF MAUMEE, 0. S., at a late meeting, adopted a resolution " that members of the Church who have the ability, and yet refuse to aid in the support of the Gospel, thereby lay themselves liable to the discipline of the Church, and Sessions should, call them to account." THE FritST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN Prrrssuaolf was recently surprised and af flicted by a notice from its beloved and success ful Pastor, Rev. Dr. Paxton, announcing his intended resignation of the pastorate. The reason for the proposed step is the illness of a dear son from an affection which seems to require a removal from the climate of Pitts burgh, and also his own delicate state of health. The Banner still hopes for some ar rangement which may yet obviate the neces sity for his resignation. RELIGIOUS INTEREST.—The Presbyterian Banner speaks of a very encouraging state of religion as having, for some time, existed in Pine Creek Church, in the region of - itts burgh. Fourteen have recently united with the church on profession, and others appear to be subjects of the Spirit's work. The church has doubled in numbers within the last eighteen months. DEATH OF A PASTOR.—Rev. J. W. Collins, of the United Presbyterian Church, and pas tor of the Neshatmock Church, in the Pres bytery of Chicago 'departed this life on the 20th ult. The Christian instructor says of him, that "he was in the midst of his days, a good preacher, a faithful and affectionate pastor, a warm-hearted and sympathizing friend, an estimable mart, and, as those who were brought into near and estimable relations with him testify, an humble and devoted Christian." CONGREGATIONAL. THE NEW NATIONAL COUNCIL—This first assemblage of Congregationalists, with a view to a National organization, commenced its sessions in Boston, on the 14th inst. The Boston papers belonging to the denomination, oflast week, were issued too early to contain any intelligence even of its organization. There were present delegations from twenty States, making in he aggregate a large num ber, but chiefly 1; R New England, New York, and the Non u.vestern States. From Pennsylvania., the Recorder has the names of but three. It however regarded its roll as necessarily imperfect until the Council should have been two or three days in session. We suppose that, before this time, the Council has solved the knottiest problem which was to come before it—how to form a great de nominationalplan of concert, with sufficient consistency of organization for efficiency, and yet steer clear of the dreaded shoal of Pres byterianism—in other words, how to secure working power without compromising indi vidual ch.urch independency. We shall look with some interest for the solution. Since writing the above, we have seen the notice of the organization of the Council with the following officers:— Moderator—Gov. Wm. A. Buckingham, Conn. ; Ist Assist. Moderator—Hon. Chas. G. Hammond, Illinois ; 2d Assist. Modera tor—Rev. J. P. Thompson, D.D., New York. Scribes—Rev. H. M. Dexter, Mass. ; Dea con Samuel Holmes, New York ; Rev. A. H. Quint, Mass. • Rev. Philo R. Hurd, Michigan; Caleb Atkins, Esq., lowa. Also, that one of the first acts of the body was the adoption of an address to the body, of such admirable propriety and brevity that we copy it entire:— " The National Congregational Council, now in session in Boston, representing nearly 3,000 churches in all sections of the country, desire to present you their Christian saluta tions, to - assure you of their profound synopa thy in your great and trying labors, to prom ise you their loyal support and their prayers, and express their solemn convictrm that the hundreds of thousands embraced as worship pers in our churches, will most heartily co operate with you in extending the institutions of civil and religious liberty throughout the land." NEW ENGLAND. - At the late meeting of the Windham County, Connecticut Associa tion, the narrative of the state of religion was made specially interesting by the reports from the churches at North Woodstock, East Woodstock, South Woodstock, Putnam, and Thompson, which have enjoyed seasons of re vival during the year past. Rev. 0. Parker has labored successfully as . an evangelist with the last three named, which have received accessions of more than one hundred to their number. The state of the churches in general is encouraging.--The account of the meet ing of the R. I. Conferenee says that on Thursday morning, after a prayer-meeting . of deep and solemn interest, the Convention listened to reports from the churches, which indicated a good degree of prosperity.—ln the Andover, Massachusetts, Conference, the narratives of the state of religion, though giving no report of revivals except in t l - 4 church with which we met, were of a "aat hopeful and encouraging tenor, sheng a general and marked increase of att'duance on the means of grace. The co,,nbutions of besides $36,- the nineteen churches for 18''* , 800 for parish expenses, mere $50,377,42, in cluding $30,000 to thP x heological Seminary. KANSAS.—The ~:ports sent up to the Gen eral Associatior which was recently in session in Topeka, snow twenty-one ministers in active ser rice, thirty-two churches, sixteen hogses or - worship, and seven hundred and RfAety-four members. Fourteen churches report ten hundred and forty Sabbeth-school scholars. The aggregate of moneys raised by eighteen churches, for all objects of home and foreign labor and benevolence, was $13,- 684 48, against $7,356 -71 last year. REFORMED DUTCH. MEETING OF THE GENERAL SYNOD.—This supreme judicatory of the Reformed Dutch Church has just held its annual meeting in New Brunswick,. N. J., commencing on the 7th inst. We give the following statistical view of its missionary and educational opera tions, which are in a decidedly thrifty condi tion. The Board of Domestic Missions . received more than $24,000, enabling them to pay their missonaries promptly $5OO each, and leaving a balance of nearly $5OOO in the trea sury. ' The claims of the South and West were strongly urged, and the society has an active and efficient missionary now preaching to large congregations of whites and blacks in the churches in Charleston, S. C. The Board of Foreign Missions received, during the year, about $BO,OOO, instead of 1'35,000 the previous year, thus more than doubling their income, while there was an increase of sixty per centum in the liberal contributions of the mission churches in India and China. Their churches in China have from eighty to one hundred and forty members each. The Foreign and Domestic Boards have been in operation thirty-three years. In Japan the means of access to the natives, and prospects for the future, are peculiarly encouraging. The thirty-third report of the Board of Education stated, that forty-seven beneficia ries were supported, twenty-nine of whom were in the Theological Seminary, fourteen were just graduated, all but two of whom had calls for settlement ; about one-third had been added to the amount allowed to benefi ciaries, and all suitable applications fbr aid were received. The amount needed to se cure a charter for a Western college, itu Michigan ($30,000), has been secured, with a good prospect of reaching $BO,OOO, the amount needed for successful there.' The sum of $40,000 has recently been sub scribed for the Theologicial Seminary, thus securing a like amount from Rev. Dr. N. E. Smith, of Brooklyn, to complete the endow ment of the existing professorships, and to add another to their number. Rev. J. Elmendorf, delegate to the late meeting of the General Assembly in Brooklyn, reported his attendance, and that he "was received by that body which marked cordiality and kindness. A glowing patriotism and an earnest Christian love gave a peculiar interest to the proceedings, which throughout were characterized by unity of feeling and harmony of action. The response of the moderator to the salutations of the Synod were so *Ay and tender, that your delegate felt that I was good to be there." METHODIST. EAST TENNESSEE. —Bishop Clark has visit ed this field, and set the wheels of the Hol• ston Conference in motion. The meeting was held at Athens, commencing June Ist. A letter from the Bishop, published in the Advocate ma -Journal, says The move ment here is a grand success. We have fifty pr eachers, forty-two of them having come to us from the Church South. The member ship, including probationers, is six thousand one •hundred and seven. Local preachers, fifty-five; Sabbath-schools, forty-nine - : officers and teachers' of Sabbath-schools three hun dred and thirty-six ; ; Sabbath-school scholars, two thousand four hundred and twenty-five. The country, preachers and people, are im poverished to a degree almost incredible. The Missionary Society must help them large ly for a year, and then they will begin to take care of themselves." • BIBLE CHRISTIANS. —We have recently, through their official organ, fallen upon the following statistical account of this little known branch of the Methodist family. It originated in Cornwall, and flourished chiefly in the southern and southwestern parts of England. There are now in their connection 25,819 members; 6,600 have died during the past forty-nine years, and 5,000 more have, from time to time, emigrated to various parts of the world, one half of whom are supposed not to have again identified themselves with the society, or had the opportunity of doing so. There are now 119 circuits in three dis tinct quarters of the globe, with 720 chapels and 320 other preaching-places, providing ac commodation for about 140,000 persons, sup plied by 220 itinerant ministers and 1,612 local preachers, who conduct upward of 1,500 public preaching services every Lord's day In their Sabbath-school 36,000 scholars ar: being trained by 8,000 teachers. MISSIONS IN NEW YORK CITY.—The Methodists have four missions now in opera tion in New York, two of them German, and all are-reported as highly efficient. BAPTIST. EAST NEW JERSEY—STATE OP THE CHURCHES.—The meeting of the East New Jersey Association was held in Newark, June 6th and 7th. The letters from most of the churches reported a healthy spiritual condi tion. Four hundred and thirty-two baptisms were reported, by thirty-one churches. In Paterson a revival began at a mission station of the church, and resulted in the addition to the church of thirty-four; twenty-two of the number being heads of families. A new self sustainitg church has been organized in Pas saic. The most numerous additions to the churches by baptism were as follows: Hud son city 53, North Newark 42, Keyport 31, Middletown 2d, 32, South Newark 30, Middle town Ist, 28, German Newark 24, Union, Jersey City, 24. The churches which alluded to their financial condition, reported pros perity. PENNSYLVANIA.—At a meeting of the Central Union Association, at Norristown, June 7th, nine churches reported the baptism of 94 persons. The churches further report 36 received by.letter, and 36 by experience. So says the National Baptist. We had sup posed that, among our Baptist brethren, bap tism introduces the subject of it, by profes sion,-into church membership, and therefore we do not understand what is meant by 94 baptisms with only 36 accessions, by experi ence, to the churches. There is probably some point of polity in which we are not booked up. In the seventeen churches of' the Association, there is now an aggregate membership of 2,372—a slight diminution during the year.--A Baptist church is about to be organized is Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County.—Several baptisms have recently taken place in the 12th Church, Philadelphia, Rev. W. D. Siegfried's. WORTHY OF RECORD.—The National Baptist, speaking'of a small Baptist church at Somers' Point, N. J., says :—"Dr. J. B. Somers, the only male member of the church on'the ground, in addition to his professional THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1865. duties as a physician, acts as sexton, choris ter, treasurer, superintendent of Sabbath school, deacon, and preacher, and performs these multiform duties well. He has been licensed by the church, and God has crowned his labours with success." VIRGINIA.—The Baptist State Convention has recently held its meeting in Richmond. It adopted a series of resolutions, bitter in spirit towards Northern brethren particu larly the the American Baptist Pi:nue Mis sionary Society, for obtaining, through the Federal Government, possession of their churches, and appointing ministers to officiate in them. It declares that the missionaries of that society "strive to create and foster jeal ousy i and disunion between the classes resid ing n these States, and especially between the colored people and those who have so long and so faithfully and so successfully la bored for this class of people." It recog nizes the "change in the civil relations of the colored people of the Southern. States," but proposes to continue its evangelizing ef forts among them as us-dal. We see that the First Colored Baptist Church in Rich mond has 'renounced its submission to this body, and declared itself independent of the connection. PROTESTANT CHURCH FELLOWSHIP.—Rev. Rufus W. Clarke, of Albany, N. Y., through the .N. Y. Observer, proposes a kind of non ecclesiastical organization for the promotion of Christian unity and the strengthening and extending of Protestant Christianity. He suggests that it be composed of clerical and lay delegates from every evangelical: denomi nation that is 'willing to enter into the move ment, and from PrAestant bodies in foreign countries; the delegates to be appointed by the highest ecclesiastical body representing the denomination, and that the objects of the organization be 1. The official and public recognition of the unity of the Protestant Church. 2. The cultivation o aternal feeling, and Christian co-operation, throughout-all evan gelical denominations. 3. The extension of Protestant education; and religion, in the destitute portions of our land. 4. The publication of an Annual Report, that will present an accurate statement of the numerical strength of each denomination in our land ; the condition and strength of Pro testantism in Great Britain, France, and other European countries, and a view of all Protes tant missions throughout the world. Other objects may be added to these as Di vine Providence may indicate. BIBLE DISTRIBUTION IN THE SOUTH—At the June meeting of the Managets of the American Bible Society, very important state ments were made by the Rev. Dr. Hall, tem porary agent at New Orleans and Mobile, as to the reopening of the work of this society in the Southern States. This work has al ready commenced, and will be prosecuted as rapidly as circumstances permit. But it is apparent that only a limited amount of aid or ' co-operation is to be expected from the old leaders in society, or the organizations they control. They are too much bound by ancient usages to take hold of the work of supplying the Scriptures at Once to the whole people, blacks included, until time shall have assuag ed the violence of their prejudices. The Bible Society will have .to do its own work, by its own machinery and agencies. CONGREGATIONAL METHODISTS. —Three non-Episcopal bodies of Methodists are hold ing a convention the present week, in Cleve land, 0., with a view to organize union. They are the "Independent,' the " Wes leyan," and the "Protestant." The Congre gationalist calls the attention of the National Council of Congregationalists to this cir cumstance, and urges it to take some step towards securing their fusion with its own denomination. It finds recognized in at least one branch of these Methodist bodies, the principle that each individual church is an ecclesiastical sovereignty, and also that the association of churches is only for counsel and concert of action. " With these two princi ples of church policy," says the Congrega tionalist, "with a permanent pastorate, and with deacons, and stewards as the only other officers in the church, these churches are, to all intents, Congregational." The matter of doctrine is easily disposed of. "Their doc .trinal basis is largely that of the Church of England, and presents nothing objectionable in one who is willing to accept the Wegtmin ster Confession." The Methodistic usages are disposed of as being " as allowable under the Congregational polity, as are the liturgi cal forms that have been adopted by some of our own churches." Mrs. Sigourney, the recently deceased poet ess, made it a point to give at least one-tenth ot her income to charitable objects. As her pub lished works numbered nearly fifty volumes, and were generally in good demand, her bene factions must have been of considerable amount.—The meeting of the Presbyterian " General Assembly of the C. S. A.," at Macon, Ga., appointed for May last, was an utter failure. Many of the Presbyteries -failed also to hold their spring meetings.— The chaplains in and around Washington held a social meeting on the 30th ult., with the particular object of forming an associa tion to perpetuate the memory of their Chris tian fellowships in their fields of labor. Gene rals Howard and Gregory attended t by invi tation, and:made remarks.--Rev. Rnasoner J. Gyer, of the 0. S. Pres. Church, died on 3d of April, at Lenior Hospital, Kingston, N. C. He was chaplain of the One hundred and Fortieth Indiana Volunteers. Some of his last words were, " Jesus ! Joy 1 Ever lasting Joy !"—Rev. Peter Cartwright, D.D., a Western Methodist minister of much note as a . rough-spoken and hard-working pioneer, recently received at Jacksonville, 111., a complimentary gift of $165, the first public donation, he says, he ever received, and which he accepts, not because he needs it, but as a gratifying token of esteem.— Bishop Janes,. of the M. E. Church, is making an official visit to the Swiss and Ger man missions of that Church.—Mr. James Wycoff, a student in Rutgers College, and a very promising candidate for the min istry, accidentally shot himself with a revol ver, on the 7th inst., and died from the wound the next morning.—A National Temperance Convention is to be held at Saratoga Springs, August 1. All temper ance organizations and Christian churches are invited.to-send delegates. The object, as stated in the call, is "to plan and to pray, that we may go forth to labor not in vain." This very good reason for avoiding con troversy is taken from Dr. Holmes' " Auto crat of the Breakfast Table :"—"lf a fel low attacked my opinions in print, would I reply ? Not I. Do you think I don't un derstand what my friend, the Professor, long ago called the hydrostatic paradox of controversy .? Don't know what that means !? ' Well, tell you. You know if you had a bent tube, one arm of which was the size of a pipe stem, and the other big enough to hold the ocean, water would stand in, the same height in one as the other ? Contro versy equalizes fools and wise men, in the same way, and the fools know it." )11,SCELLA.NEOUS. ITEMS. CONTROVERSY. lurat 'ftJansnrg. PHILADELPHIA BUTTER, The superior quality of the above to the general average, found in other cities and places of resort, is a very common observa tion of travelers. Its excellence has in deed become proverbial, and there may be several reasons given. Ist. The character of the pastures in the dairy districts around Philadelphia com prises a mixture of grasses. We find among these, varying of course, somewhat with the locality, Kentucky blue grass, (Poa pratensis,) . greatly valued by our best dairymen, red clover, white clover, herds grass, timothy, sweet scented vernal and rye grass. The mixed character of this pas turage is probably of some importance. Where the pasture is chiefly red clover, it is a common remark here that the butter is apt to be strong. 2d. Our dairy farmers are very particu lar to take out of their herd every cow whose cream, partaking of an oily charac ter, does not separate freely from the milk and harden readily. ,We once owned a cow of this character; and had to churn every cow's milk separately before we could find which she was. The cream was what is called ropy, and would never harden into any thing but oily butter. It spoiled the butter of twenty cows; when mixed with it. 3d. When milk is allowed to stand too long, as, for instance, in a spring house, below the- . proper temperature, it becomes mouldy, which, of course, hurts the quality of butter. This is obviated by keeping on hand a pan of sour or thickened milk, a table-spoonful or two of which is mixed with every pan of fresh milk, when it is put in the spring house. This hastens the de composition or souring of the milk, which it is believed here is - indispensable to secure the whole quantity of cream from each pan. The rule is generally for pans to stand for three milkings before the cream is-skimmed Off and put into the cream pot. 4th. The care of the cream is considered important. It is put in a tin vessel, about 15 inches deep, by 10-or 12 in diameter. A hole is made below the level brick or plank floor. of the spring house,in which the m pot is plunged up to its 1334 i n water. 'keeps down the tempe ;4 an d itpre vents fermentation. Very .p ecular care is used to stir it well round once or twice daily. - . sth. Churning not less than once a week contributes to make prime butter. Most of our best dairymen churn twice in the week through the summer. 6th. The' cream being in proper ordel the churning and working of the butter follows: If butter gathers soft in the churn, no subsequent working or manipula tion will make good butter out or it. It is essential that the butter "come hare," and this is insured by throwing in a lump of ice, and working it around a few times in th_e churn with the butter, &c., when it first begins to break. ARS then transferred to the butter table, and all the water and buttermilk worked out of it in a very few minutes no matter how large the quantity, by one Of our patent butter workers. A sponge enclosed within a soft muslin cloth is used at the same time, and when the process is through, it would be difficult to discover a single .trace of either water or buttermilk. The salt is ap plied at this first working, and thoroughly incorporated, by the fluted rollers of the worker. The use of any water at all in working is generally avoided by our best dairymen. The late D. B. Hinman, President of the Chester County Agricultural Society, often replied to visitors from a distance, who said they could not make such good butter as he gave them, " that they were too am bitious. You try," says he, "to save both the butter and the buttermilk. lam con tent with the pure butter, and allow the other,to drain off." 7th. Entire cleanliness in and around the spring house is scrupulously observed. The milk pans, buckets, strainers, &c., are daily scalded and exposed to the sun, and all noxious odors, which milk and cream ab sorb so quickly and readily, carefully avoided. An old lady on a dairy farm once told us that she fully excused her son for giving her a sudden and violent blow on the mouth. Thoughtlessly she had gone into his spring house, smoking her pipe. A' sudden blow, and stamding under his foot, dashed away pipe, tobacco, and smoke. One minute would have done the business, and damaged the whole quality of his churn ing. He had been obtaining an extra price for a choice article of butter, Ad always in advance, and took the only method to save his reputation, as he thought. Bth. After working, and printing into half pound and pound lumps, each separate piece is wrapped up in a clean white rag, often with the owner's name on it, packed in the tub among ice, and brought into market as fresh an hard as it leaves the spring. Butter made in the above way is now selling (June ls,t,) at forty cents per pound in Philadelphia market, and has brought for many weeks the past winter seventy-five to eighty-five cents per pound. Such butter is one of the luxuries.—Rural Advertiser. FENCES. GATES AND POSTS. When preparing rail fences, keep new rails together. If not peeled, always put the bark side down, as they will last muck longer than with the bark up. A cheap board fence may be made with three boards, six inches wide, a ridge of earth in place of the bottom board. Improve rainy days in making gates. A laborer who receives thirty dollars per month, and board, ought to be able to make a good gate in a day, and set the posts and hang it. It will re quire not more than two hours longer to make a good gate than a pair of bars. By making the gate to turn on the heel stile, instead.of iron hinges, the expense will be only a little more than for a pair of bars. Posts and stakes will last many years longer, if well seasoned. before they are set in the ground. Charred posts will not last as long as those not charred. The black should always be removed, as it hastens their decay. A heavy coat of coal tar ap plied to posts a foot below and a few inches above the surface of the ground, will keep them from rotting longer than anything else, except thorough kyanizing. Posts or stakes made out of the but logs will last much longer than the top logs. But-end or top-end down, will make no difference in durability. WILD PEPPERMINT AS A RAT EX- TERMINATOR. Alex. Robertson writes to the Canada Fanner :—" I have for the last four years proved to my satisfaction that the ' Wild Peppermint' is a sure and reliable exter minator of rats. In proof of the fact, I will state the result it has had with me. Four years ago my barn was regularly in fested with rats; they were so numerous that I had great fears of my whole grain crop being destroyed by them after it was housed; but having about two acres of Wild Pepper mint that grew in a field of wheat, after the wheat was harvested the mint was cut and bound with it, and drove the rats from my premises. I have not been troubled with one since, nor am I at present, while my neighbors -have any quantity of them. I feel confident that any person who is trou bled with these pests, could easily get rid of them by gathering a good supply of the rfiint and placing it around the walls or base of their barns." HOW TO PRESERVE SMOKED MEATS IN SUMMER, A correspondent in the Country Gentle man of March 30th, wishes to know how to keep " beef and hams through the sum mer after they have been smoked." If he will take black pepper and grind it very fine, the finer" the better; then wash the hams -or beef, and rub while damp, thoroughly, with the ground pepper, a suf ficiency will adhere to them to safely pro tect against the depredations of flies and bugs through the summer. In the cure of hams he may omit rubbing the skin side. Two pounds of pepper is sufficient for thirty pounds of meat. It may remain hanging in the smoke-house during sum mer. This will also impart a fine flavor to the meat. 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Indigestion, Morbid Inaction of the Bowels and Pain arising therefrom, Flatulency, Loss of Appetite, and all Diseases which require an evacu ant medicine. They also, by purifying the blood and stimulating the system, cure many complaints which it would not be supposed th could reach, such as Deafness, Partial Blindness, Neuralgia, and Nervous Irritability, Derangements of the Liver and Kidneys, Gout, and other kindred complaints arising from a low state of the body, or obstruction of its functions. Do not be put off by unprincipled dealers with other preparations which they make more Drat on. Demand AYER'S and take no othei,. Inc rics, want the best aid there is for them, and they i•h.i.a:d have. it. Prepared by DR J. C. AYER CO., Lowell,Mass., and sold by all Drnggests. Winn', it SPEER'S SAMBURG PORT GRAPE WINE Vineyard, Passaic, New Jersey. Pure and four years old. For the Communion Table, and for Medical purposes. THIS IS AN ARTICLE OF WINE PPSIM THR Pure Port Grape Juice, without the addition of spirits or any liquors whatever. None is disposed of until four years old. The beneficial effect derived from its use cannot be realized from other wine, nor from the = us ands of Patent Bitters now crowding the market. Excellent for Females and Weakly Persons and the consumptive. Be sure the signature of Alfred Speer is over the cork of each bottle. Sold by Druggists. Trade supplied by JOHNSnN, HOLLOWAY READING, No. 73 N. SIXTH Str--1. , , Sbnlesitle Druggists, and by FREDERICK BROW?, in Phila delphia, and by A. SPEER, at hi.. Vir , yarcl. New Jersey. Principal Office, No. 203 BROAD WAY, New York. 3m CHARLES BTIRNHAM MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN FRUIT-PRESERVING CANS AX JARS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. No. H 9 SOUTH TENTH STREET, Arthur's Self-Sealing Tin Cans, Carlisle Serew Top. Glass Jars, Willoughby's Patent Tin enr.. o.ment Top Tin Cans, Glass Jars with Cork 5 , 0pp0r.., , , Ar— thur's Seif-Sealing Glass Jars. Pai.-I,t. Top Glass Jars, Willoughby's Patent Glass Jan., Common Tin Cans, Cement. Tinmen furnished with Tops and. Bottoms. stamped up, for Common, Cement top. and Willoughby Cans. TORREY'S ARCTIC ICE CREAM FREEZER The manufacturers of the ARCTIC cittLZEli claim for it the following points. and arc ns dY to prove them by public exhibition, if disputed. let. That-they will actually freeze cream in four minutes. . . 2d. They will freeze cream in less than half th e time of any other freezer in use. 3d. They require much less ice tnan any other freezer. 4th. They will make cream smoother and lighter than any other freezer. 1 qt. $3 13 qts. $5 1 6 qtses Sll4 qts. $l5 2 " 41 4 " 6 1 ' 6 10 1 2.3 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GAS STOVES, FOR SUMMER USE. BROIL. BOIL, ROAST. BAKE, TOAST, aud B .7, -IT SMOOTHING IRONS. Hundreds of Families use them with perfect satie faction. No. 119 SOUTH TENTH STREET. PAD A. CANVASSERS WANTED. THE PRESBYTERIAN PUBLICATION_ COM MITTEE wish to engage CANVASSERS, tdigtll GILLETT'S HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Both in the large Cities and in Country Congrega tions. Applications should be addressed to the Committee, 1334 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. SPECTACLES. WELLIAIi BARBER, Manufacturer of Gold, Silver,Nickel.and Steel Spec-. tecles, Eye Glasses, &c., has neatly furnished a room in connection with the factory, for RETAIL PUR POSES, wherespectacles Of every description may be obtained, accurately adjusted to the requirements of vision on STRICTLY OPTICAL SCIENCE. Sales room and factory, No. 248 NORTH EIGHTH Street, Second, Floor. 991-ly ONE cox) LIVEN OIL OF PERFECT PURITY EXISTS. It is manufactured by JOHN C. BAKER & -Co., No. 118 MARKET Street, Philadelphia. For eighteen years it has been considered the finest preparation of its kind in the market. Its guaranties are the written testimonials of he most eminent physicians in Amer ica. They are open to the public at the manufactory. Consumptives and all who suffer ft orn Coughs, Cold, Bronchitis, Trachitis, Scrofula, or Liver Disease are invited to try the article. WESTON'S METALLIC ARTIFICIAL LEG The lightest, cheapest, most durable and most natu ral ever invented. Price $75 to $lOO. Send for pamphlet. J. W. WESTON, 956-1 Y 491 Broadwgy, New York. ,re The -e , feer nur- Ltives k.re able produce or which we kink have ever yet been 'a d.:, by any body. Their Teets have abundantly main to the community )er much they excel the -dinars medicine.s.in use. ley are ,4,!f.-nryl. i lessant take, but powerful to ire. Their penetrating !operties stimulate the Ltal activities of the body, move the obstructions ' its orminF, purify the )ed, and expel disease.. key puree out the foul imors which breed and -ow distemper, stimulate
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