'gurat
MUSIC OF LABOR.
The banging of the hammer,
The whirring of the plane.
The crashing of the busy saw,
The creaking ofthe crane,
The ringing of the anvil,
The grating of the drill.
The clattering of the turning lathe,
The whirling of the mill,
The buzzing of the spindle,
The rattling of the loom,
The puffing ofthe engine,
The fan's continual boom.
The clipping of the tailor's shears,
The driving of the awl—
These sounds of busy industry
I love—l love them all.
The clicking Of the magic typ e,
The earnest talk of men.
The toiling of the giant press,
The scratching of the pen t
The tappings of the yardstick,
The tmckling of the scales,
The whistling of the needle,
(When no bright cheek it pales,)
The humming of the cooking stove,
The surging of the broom,
The pattering feet of childhood,
The housewife's busy hum,
The buzzing of the scholars,
The teacher's kindly call—
These sounds of active industry
I love=1" love them all.
I love the ploughthan's whistle,
The reaper's cheerful song,
The drover's oft-repeated shout,
Spurring his stock along,
The bustling of the market man
As he hies him to the town,
The halo from the tree-top
As the ripened fruit comes down,
The busy sound of threshers
As they clean the ripened grain,
The husker's joke and catch of glee
'Neath the moonlight on the plain,
The kind voice i pf the dairyman,
The shepherd's gentle call—
These sounds of pleasant industry
I love—l love them all.
THE CARE OF HOUSE PLANTS.
The change from the open air to quarters
within the house is often fatal to the health
of Plants, and although the owner gives
them, as he thinks every care, their foliage
takes on a sickly look or droops. This
especially is the case when plants are re
moved late in the season, to save them from
an apprehended frost, and taken to a close,
and it may be heated, room. The change
from free air to the house should be gradual,
and plants will do much better if 'they are
at first removed to a room without a fire,
to which air can be freely admitted on
every mild day, and thus gradually accus
tomed to the new . condition . of things.
Those plants which are merely brought in
doors for protection, and are not expected
to grow and bloom, will do well in a room
without a fire, except in very severe weather.
The best place for such plants, however, is
a light and dry cellar protected from the
frost. In either place, the plants need but
little water. Plants in sitting rooms need
to have plenty of light; ventilation whin
ever the external temperature renders it
practicable; water according to the needs
of the particular kinds of plants; and par
ticularly, what is so often neglected, they
should have a frequent washing of the
foliage to free it of dust and insects.-,-Am.
Agriculturist.
NAILS, NUTS, SCREWS AND BOLTS.
One of the component parts of a good
farmer is mechanical ingenuity. Some lose
half a day's time, for want of knowing how
to repair a breakage, which an ingenious
person could do in five minutes. A• team
and two or three men are sometimes stopped
a whole day, at a critical season, for want
of a little mechanical skill.
It is well for . every farmgr to have at
hand the facilities for repairing. In ad
dition to the more common tools, he should
keep a supply of nails of different sizes,
screws, bolts and nuts. Common cut-nails
gre too brittle for repelling implements, or
for other similar purposes. Buy only the
very best and anneal them, and they will
answer all the ordinary purposes of the
best *rought nails. To anneal them, all
that is necessary is to heat them red hot in
a common fire, and cool gradually. Let
them cool, for „instance, by remaining in
the fire while it burns down and goes out.
One such nail, well clinched, will be worth
half a dozen unannealed.
Nothing is more common than for a
farmer to visit the blacksmith shop to get
a broken or lost bolt or rivet inserted, and
Often a single nut on a bolt. This must be
paid for, and much time is lost. By pro-
Viding a supply of bolts, nuts and rivets,
much time and trouble may be saved.
They may be purchased wholesale at a low
rate.
These should all be k:ept, in shallow boxes,
with compartments made' tor the purpose,
Airnished with a bowlandle for convenience
in carrying them. One box, with half a
dozen divisions, may be appropriated to
nails of different sizes; and another, with
as many compartments, to screws, bolts,
rivets, etc.
Every farmer should keep on hand a
supply of copper wire; and small pieces of
sheet copper or copper straps. Copper
wire is better than annealed iron wire; it
is• almost as flexible as twine, and may be
bent and twisted' as desired; and it will not
rust. Copper straps nailed across or around
a fracture or split in any woinien article,
will strengthen it in a thorough manner.—
Rural Affairs.
POTATOES PLANTED_ UNDER STRAW,
We condense some statements made to
the American Agriculturist by Mr. Isidor
la q uet, of Illinois, about raising potatoes
,finder straw :
'° 4. For the past three years he has grown
itatoes only under straw, end with great
ccess. Part of his potatoes he plants late
the autumn, and the rest in the spring.
'hose planted in autumn are covered from
o to four inches with dirt, and two feet
straw placed thereon, and well trodden
own. The straw is better if moist and
partly decayed. In the spring the potatoes
Are covered only one inch, and one foot of
gilaw put on. He plants in beds only
Am or four yards wide, separated suffici—
iantly to low a cart to pase between. The
cut& is well worked, and' furrows plowed
Nig close as possible'and not interfere. The
'potatoes are dropped six inches apart in
the furrow. In harvesting the straw is
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1865.
lifted with a fork, and the potatoes picked
into baskets.
The advantages of this method of plant
ing are a greater yield, and the certainty
of - a crop, in case of a drouth. There is
no labor of cultivating , and but• little in
digging. Those planted in the fall are
liable to freeze if not covered deep with
straw, but they generally yield more than
spring p l a nted.—Rural New Yorker.
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NEW THEORY IN VEGETABLE PHYSI-
OLOGY.
A beautiful theory has recently been
established in vegetable physiology, which
illustrates in a most striking manner the
nature of the union between Christ and be
lievers, as symbolized by a vine and its
branches. This theory proceeds on the
assumption that all plants, without excep
tion, are strictly annual; the only differ
ence between the more fugitive and the
more permanent species being that the one
kind is propagated , exclusively by seeds,
while the other is propagated by both buds
and seeds. This notion is opposed to the
popular belief, and to.the apparent evidence
of our senses. A tree, under which class
the vine of course is included, is generally
supposed to be a single plant, like a prim
rose or a lily, only that it does not fade in
autumn, and is possessed of perennial
growth. The common idea is that it is an
individual having the same kind of indi
viduality or personality that a man has;
the root, trunk, branches, leaves, and blos
soms being component parts of one and
the self-same single plant, just as .the body,
limbs, and various organs are component
parts of one and the self-same human
being. And this certainly is the impres
sion which at first sight,it produces.
Recent scientific researches, however,
have proved this belief to be erroneous. A
tree is now found to be not a single indi
vidual, a single plant, but, on the contrary,
an aggreg,ate,of individuals, a body corpo
rate. The idua involved in a genealogical
tree, is exactly that which is involved in a
natural tree; the former consisting of liv
ing and dead persons, as the latter consists
of living and dead plants. In :its full
wealth of summer foliage and vigor, a tree
is literally a vegetable colony, propagating
its individual plants vertically in the air,
instead of spreading them ott horizontally
over the earth's surface, like herbaceous
plants. "It is neither more nor less," to.
use
,the language of one who has, written a
special treatise upon the subject, " than a
collection of living and growing, but sepa
rate and distinct plants—the production of
the current year and likewise of the dead
remains of a still larger number of indi
vidual plants of the same kind or speCies,
the production of a series of bygone years."
Each season new shoots or annual plants
spring up from the buds which crown the
old ones; and' these are the only living
parts of the tree. Each season, at thb close
of the year, these shoots or anneal plants,
having fulfilled the purposes of their exist
'enee, die completely—there being no pro
vision in vegetable, as in animal economy,
to repair wasted tissues; but though dead
and composed of very perishable materiak,
they escape decomposition, to which all
dead organic matter is liable when exposed
to the action of the elements, by the roots
of the new buds with which they are tip
ped' growing over them, enclosing them on
every side and throughout their entire
length. They are thus hermetically en
cased in the tree, and serve to increase its
size, affording to the new plants that are to
spring from them a temporary soil and a
permanent mechanical support. A tree is
thus like a cluster of coral—each new gen
eration of living organism's developing
parasitically upon the remains of a past
generation, living and dead being built up
into' one compact corporate organization.
And just as there is no limit to the growth
and increase of coral structures, except the
strength of the waves and the absence of
secreting materials in the sea, so there can
be no limit, on account of this peculiarity
of its construction, to the size and age of a
tree, except the limit imposed by soil and
external ci.roumstances.
Now, viewed in this light, what a beauti
ful and appropriate type does the vine afford
of the mystical body of Christ—that sacred
and spiritual corporation composed of
Christ, and of all who have been united to
Him by a living faith as the living head—
belonging to every age and country, belong
ing to every class and denomination, living
and dead This spiritual body is one or
ganization; but, like a coral cluster, it is
composed of uumbeiless distinct and sepa
rate individuals. This sacred vine is a
unity; but, like a natural tree, it is made
up of eountless separate plants. The union
between Christ and His people, and between
each of themselves, is of the closest and
most vital description. Each member has
his own personality, his own individual ex
istence; and yet, living or dgad, he is re
garded as a scion, or branch, of one common
stock—a component and integral part of
one tree.- The same bond u,pites each to
all; the same sap pervades all; the same
life animates them all. Christ is not the
trunk, nor the branches, but the whole
vine; they are members of His body, of
His flesh, and of His bones. They are
His fulness, in the same sense that all the
separate plants grewing on a tree, and the
remains of those that are dead, make up
the outline, and form, and substance of
that friend.--Guthrie's Sunday _Magazine.
SCOTCH PREACHERS.
Rev. Dr. Hamilton thus humorously, yet
truthfully, describes • the preaching of his
fellow-countrymen as compared with that
of. English divines :
It is difficult to divest us of early habitq
and instincts. It is the instinct of a beaver
to construct a dam; and if you were to
take him out of his ancestral river and shut
him up at the greatest distance from water
—in the topmost garret of Edinburgh—he
would still be for building his dam. And
to a Dutchman, so natural is it, when erect
ing a house, to drive piles, that if you were
to transfer him from the swamps of Hol
land to the metropolis, before laying' his
foundation he would try to sink his 'piles
into the very rock of the Caltorthill: So
1 ong has it been the maxim of Scotland,
Prove all things," that he will take noth
ing for granted, and with our inveterate
pile-driving, or dyke-building, we are con
stantly demonstrating matters which the
English never deny. Nor is it only our
ceaseless argumentation which tires them.
" 0, yes, I did hear you in your own church
von day," as a French visitor once said to
me; "or rather I did see you, when you
were making the Gospel offer with clenched
fists." And although the fist was clenched
to enforce the truth, it sometimes surprises
a meek and gentle hearer. This is our
way; their' way is different.' Where an
Englishman is content to knock at the door,
a Scotchman blows it in with a howitzer.
LOUIS HARMS,
Louis Harms, a genuine apostle, a true
Christian hero, is a plain Lutheran clergy
man. In 1848 he was installed as pastor
of the parish of Hermansburg, on the Lune
burger Heath, in the kingdom of Hanover.
He is a man, according to the reports, of
simple, direct nature, full of faith and the
Holy Ghost. His parish, in which his
father had been pastor before him, is made
up of simple country people; and among
them, as in most other parts of Germany,
a dead orthodoxy had for the most part held
sway. Under the new pastor, and his earn
est and faithful labors, the parish 'soon be
gan to assume a new aspect. The Christian
life began to quicken, and in a short - time
the refortriatioli became thorough to a
degree unknown, perhaps, in' any other
similar population in the world. In Her
mansburg there are now no beggars, no
rough street-loungers, no drunkards, no
ragged, straggling children, and no paupers
In every house in , the village there is fami,
ly prayer, morning and evening; no one is
absent from church except in case of sick
ness • the services in the week are as well
attended as those of the Sabbath; the work
men have praters in the fields, and through
out the parish- the songs heard are not the
common country ditties, but sweet, sacred
melodies, which joyfully exinss its Chris
tian life. During the year there are eleven
thousand communicants, which must em
brace nearly the whole of the adult popula
tion. The people live in great harmony,
and are good farmers and good laborers.
'All this has come of the blessing of God ill
spiring and giving fruit to the labors of a
single man.
As was natural, when the parish of Her
mansburg was brought to such a state of
Christian, completeness and efficiency,—
when it seemed by its character to invite
the Divine Hand to use it for the benefit of
the world,—it came into the mind of the
peopls L to do something for others. A mis.,
sion fir the heathen was suggested. The
simple people wanted to be missionaries
themselves; and the suggestion at
,once
took , the form of a solemn purpose, and
speedily grew into a plan. Twelve persons
offered themselves as candidates fox. the
missionary work, and were accepted. A
separate house was assigned l them as a
Missionary Institute, and. Harms prescribed.
a course of training whiCh Was to occupy
four years. This course embraced much
hard work, especially for peasants without
any previous preparation. Besides study
ing exegesis, dogmatics, history of doctrines,
and church history, history of missions,
homiletics and catechetics, they were' re
quired to perform a daily task of manual
labor. This work'with their hands, as'
Harms told them, was to keep them
healthy; to enable them, in part, to earn
their bread; and to keep them humble,
that they might never be ashamed of their
work, any more than Peter was of hid fish
ing, or Paul of his tent-making."
Like true Christian knights, they chose
the hardest field they could think of. They
selected the tribes of the Gallas, on the east
coast of Africa, who were said to be " men,
without beinc , human." True, they have
not yet reached these people; but still they
are among the heathen doing `a good and
great work. When the pupils in the In
stitute were nearly through with 'their pre
paratory training, the question necessarily
arose' as to how they were to be sent out.
Where was the money to come from ?
Harms " knocked," as he said, " diligently
On the dear Lord in prayer." But he well
understood that the map who prays dares
not stand still. Hence he wrote to this and
the other great man, but nothing Came of
it. At last it was said, Build a ship ! Good,
thought Harms ; but the money ? He
prayed on. He remembered that when
Duke George, on his deathbed, doubted
whether he should go directly to Jesus
Christ with His dear meriti, or to the Pope
with his good works, a trusty courtier said,
"Your Grace, straight forward makes the
best runner." The word stuck fast in his
soul. He arose at midnight and said, " For
ward now, in God's name !" He was assured.
The brig was built and paid for ; shewas
supplied for the long voyage with all the
needful provisions and comforts from. Her
mansburcr, and lifted her anchor and floated
away on her holy, unselfish errand, amid
exulting songs and earnest, loving prayers.
And what now ? Tell us of thr i . fruit.
Thd results are as wonderful as the means.
Harms, it fieems, is not a dreamer. His,
life and his faith are both real. The brig
still continues, her voyage back and forth
between Hamburg and Africa. A hun
dred candidates are knocking for admissien
into the Institute ; a new Institute building
is about to be erected, which will accommo
date forty-eight persons; more than a hun
dred missionaries are already in thefield;
nine stations have , been established; and
the results, in the way of conferee among
the heathen; are larger than usual for the
time devoted to the work. And all this,
humanly speaking, is the work of one man ;
one man without money, without earthly
power; of one man quickening, not a great
city, but only an inconsiderable village,
and animating its simple population with
his own unwavering and all-conquering
faith. But we have not yet answered the
question as to where the money came from.
The answer is a purely spiritual one ; he
asked God for the money, and God gave it.
He asked no one but God. He would
neither beg himself, nor allow his people to
do: it. His sole resort was to " the dear
Lord." He prayed to God, and men sent
him the money. It came from Australia,
America, England, and many parts of Ger
many; it came, in many cases, in the very
nick of time, but never came too late.—
Missionary Advocate.
ABOUT ORDER.
Put things right back in their place
when done with them. Never leave them
all about hater skelter, topsy-turvy. When
you use any article, hoe, shovel, rake, pitch
fork, axe, hammer, tongs, boots or shoes,
books, slates, pencils, writing apparatus,
pins, thimbles; pincushions, needles, work
baskets, kitchen ,furniture, every article of
housewifery or husbandry, no matter what
it is, the very moment you have done, using
it, return it to its proper place. Be sure to
have a special place for everything, arid
everythinc , in its place. Order, order,
perfect' order is the watchword, heaven's
First law. How mpch precious time is
saved (aside from vexation) by observinc ,
order, systematic regularity And little
folks should begin early to preserve order
in everything. Form habits of order.
These loose, slipshod, slatternly habits are
formed in childhood, and - nabits once
formed are apt to cling for life.
Young friends, begin early to keep
things in their proper places; study neat
ness, order, economy, sobriety ; in every
thing. be just, honest, pure, lovely., and you
will have a good report.
gsourattr enzpanit.
AMERICAN
IFE IMRE AR MST COMPANY
Walnut Street, S. E. care of Fourth.
• .
INCOME FOR THE YEAR 1864,
$357,800.
LOSSES PAID DURING THE YEAR
AMOUNTING TO
$85,000.
Insurances made upon the Total Abstinence Rates,
the lowest in the world. Also upon JOINT STOCK
Rates which are over 20 per cent. lower than Mutual
Ratei. Or MUTUAL RATES upon which. a Dm
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BEND has been made of
FIFTY RER CENT.,
on Policies in force January Ist. 1865. -
THE TEN-yEAR NON-FORFEITURE PLAN, by
which a persOn insured can make all his payment
in ten years, and does not forfeit, and can at anytime
cease Paying and obtain a paid up policy for twice
thrice the amount paid to the company.
ASSETS
$lOO,OOO U. S. 5.20 bonds,
40,000 City of Philadelphia 6s. new,
30,000 U. S. Certificate of indebteness,
25,000 Allegheny County bonds,
15,000 U.S. Loan. of 1881,
10,000 Wyoming Valley Canal bonds,
10,000 State of Tennessee bonds,
10,000 Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
bonds,
10,000 Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chi
cago bonds.
9,000 Reading Railroad Ist mortgage
bonds,
6,500 City of Pittsburg and other
bonds,
• 1,000 shares Pennsylvania Railroad
stocks,
450 shares Corn Exchange National
Bank,
22 shares Consolidation National
Bank.
107 shafts Farmers' National Bank
of Reading,
142sharee Williamsport Water Com
pany,
192 shart American Life Insurance
an Treat Company,
Mortgages, cal Estate, Ground Rent..
&o ' 207.278 86
Loans on collateral amply secured 112.755 73
Premium notes secured by Policies 114.899 62
Cash in hands ofagents secured by bonds. 26,604 70
Cash on deposit with U. S. Treasurer, at 6
per cent 50,000 00.
Cash on hand and in banks• ;50,331 67
Accrued interest and rants due. Tan. I ,
10.454 71
$966,i61 79
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Its - TRUSTEES are J well known citizens in our
midst, entitling it to more consideration than those
whose managers residein di4tant cities.
Alexander Whilldin, 1 William J. Howard,
J. Edgar Thomson, Samuel T. Bodine,
George Nugent. John Aikman,
Hon. James Pollock; ' Henry K. Bennett,
Albert C. Roberts, ' Hon. Joseph'Allison.
P. B. Mingle, Isaac Hazlehurst,
Samuel Work.
ALEX. WHJLLDIN, President.
SAMUEL WORII,IVice-IPresident.
JOHN S. WILSON, Secretary and Treasurer.
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Ticket Office, insurance Tic kets for one or -thirty days'
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Ticket Polices may be had for 3,6, or 12 months, in
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_ .
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RODNEY DENNIS, Secretary.
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tional Chain."
0500,000
This Institution extends to"the young Men of the
country a combination of facilities and influence.
wholly beyond the means of any other Institu
tion, for a thorough preparation for business. This
fact is already evinced and demonstrated beyond all
contradiction, by the great popularity and unprece
dented patronage which it now enjoys.
Actual Business Practice carried on be
tween the Colleges.
f, Each College is furnished with suitable apartments,
furniture and other accessories for representing the
actual operations of business in all its various chan
nels. Among the several "houses" thoroughly ap
pointed and engaged in practice, are
BANKS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.
_ . .
MERCANTILE HOUSES—Wholesale and Retail,
including Dry Goods, Groceries. Produce, &e.
BANKING AND EXCHANGE,
COMMISSION HOUSES,
TRANSPORTATION OFAICES,
INSURANCE OFFICES
TELEGRAPH OFFICES,
POST OFFICES,
&e.
Each of these has its particular work in the grand
design, and all are arranged with a view to harmony
and efficiency in carrying out the true and practical
idea of
Returned and disabled eoldiers will find the readiest
means of lucrative and honorable employment in a
good Commercial Education.
A suitable reduction will be made in all cases wor
thy of such consideration.
EVENING SESSIONS,
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Affording to young men who are engaged during the
day, an opportunity to obtain a thorough knowledge
of Book-keeping and Business, by attending evenings
only.
1:10.11:"_T-102VIA,
will be awarded each student who, on finishing his
Course, passes a satisfactory examination.
BRYANT, STRATTON & KIMBERLY'S
TELEGRAPH INSTITUTE,
S. E. corner of Seventh and Chestnut Sts.,
-Under the charge of a practical operator of many
years' experience.
The success which has already attended this De
partment in making
THOROUGH AND EXPERT
Operators, has been sufficient to warrant the proprie
tor in the undertaking to make this the first in point
of facilities and instruction of any institution of the
kind in this country.
For further information please call at College
Rooms, or addess .
BRYANT, STRATTON & KIMBERLY,
1017-2 t Philadelphia.
Dyeing and Scouring Establishment.
Mrs.. E. W. SMITH,
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No. 2S N:Fifth St., below Arch, Philada.
Ladies' Dres:s&, Cloaks, Shawls, Ribbons, &c.. dyed
in any color, and finished equal to new.
Gentlemen's Coats, Pants and Vests cleaned, dyed
and repaired. 963-1 y
CLOTHING STORE
CHARLES STOKES,
1 E. T TAYLOR,
W. I. STORES.
9 - 32-tf I
NATIONAL
A SCHOLARSHIP
BUSINESS.
S T E AL
flatalltS, flqtans,
CARHART'S BOUDOIR ORCTANST
CARHART'S CHURCH HARMONIUMS
CARHART'S MELODEONS!
Unequalled by any Reed Instruments in the world
Also Parmelee's Patent Isolated Violin Frame
Pianos, a new and beautiful instrument. Sole agent,
H. M. MORRISS.
728 Market street.
ESTIIY'S COTTAGE ORGANS
Are not only unexcelled, but they are pos !Lively
unequalled by any reed instrument in the country_for
SWEETNESS of TONE. POWER and DURABILI
TY. For sale only by
E. M. BRUCE,
No.lB NOttTH SEVENTH STREET
Also_, constantly on hand, a com p lete assortment
the PERFECT MELODEON
A. Bradbury's first-olass FORTES. Also,
SHEET MUSIC. ocl-ly
THE MASON & HAMLIN
CABINET ORGANS,
Forty Different Styles, Plain and klegant
Cases,
FOR DRAWING-ROOMS CHURCHES,
SCHOOLS, &c
$llO to $6OO Each.
They occupy - little snaee, are elegant as furniture,
and not liable to get out of order; are boxed so. that
they can be sent anywhere by ordinary freight routes.
all ready for use.'
- FIFTY-ONE HIGHEST . PBEMIIIMS
Have been awarded us within a few years, and our
circulars contain printed testimony from
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY OF THE
LEADING , MUSICIANS
of the country that the instruments of our make are
It II : II )iti)fzio 0 I:6 41$ 411A.13:4 A 1
of their class. Circulars with full particulars free.
In obtaining a Musical Instrument, it is economy
to get the bests Address,
MASON BROTHERS,
596'Bromiway, New York; or
MASON !lc HAMEIN,
274 Washington Street, Boston.
MASON & HAMLIN'S CABINET
ORGANS, in cases — of Rose
wood, plain, or carved and
paneled ; Mottled Walnut;
Jet, or Imitation Ebony, with
gilt engraving; and in Solid
Walnut or Oak, carved or
plain One to twelve stops;
$llO--to $6OO ezu.,b.
M. & H. strive for the very
highest excellence in all their
work. In their factory econ
omy of manufacture is never
consulted at expense in qual
ity It is their ambition to
make, not the lowest priced,
but the best instruments,
which are in the end the
cheapest. The great reputa
tion of their instruments is,
in great measure, the result
of this policy. Circulars
with full particulars free to
any address. Salesrooms,
274 Washington Street, Bos
ton; 7 Mercer Street, New
York.
FIRE AND BURGLAR 'PROOF SAFES.
EURITING OF THE MUSEUM.
LETTER FROM MR. BARNUM.
Naw YORK, July 14,1866.
MESSRS. HERRING & Co.—Gentlemen —Though the
destruction of the American Museum has primed a
serious loss to myself and the public, I am happy to
verify the old adage that " It's an' ill wind that blows
nobody any good," and consequently congratulate
you that your well-known SAFES have again demon
strated their superior fire-proof qualities in an ordeal
of unusual severity. The Safe you made for me some
time ago was in the office of the Museum, on the
second floor, back part of the building, and in the
hottest of the fire. After twenty four' hours of trial
it was found anions the debris, and on openinfrit this
day has yielded' up its contents in very good order.
Books, papers, policies 'of insurance, bank bills are
all in condition for immediate use, and a noble com
mentary on the trustworthiness of HERRING'S Fran
Priam SAFES. Frnly yours,
P. T. BARNUM.
HERRINGS PATENT CHAMPION SAFES, the
most reliable protection from fire now known.
HERRING & CO.'S NEW PATENT BANKERS'
SAFE, with Herring & Floyd's Patent Crystallized
Iron, the best security against a burglar's drill ever
manufactured. HERRING & CO.,
No. 251 BROADWAY, corner Murray Street,
New-York.
FARRELL, HERRING & CO.,
Philadelphia.
HERRING & CO., Chicago.
MPANOTHER TEST
HERRING'S FIRE-PROOF SAFES.
The pierY Ordeal Passed Triumphantly.
The Herring Sae .used in the office of our ware
houses, destroyed by the disastrous fire on the night
of the Bth instant, was subjected to as intense heat as
probably any safe will ever be subjected in any fire—
so intense that the brass knobs and the mountings of
the exterior of same were melted off, and the whole
surface Foaled and blistered as if it had been in a fur
nace, and yet when opened, the contents—books and
papers—were found to be entire and uninjured.
This Safe is now on exhibition'in our warehouse on
Seventh Street, with ,the books and papers still re
maining in it. just as it was when taken from the
ruins. Merchants, Bankers, and others interested in
the protection of their books and papers are invited
to call and examine it,
J. P. EARTMOLOW.
Agent for Herring's Safes;
No. 558 SEVENTH Street, Washington, D. C.
J; & F. CADMUS,
Wo. 736 Market St., S. E. corner of Eighth,
PHILADELPHL4.
Manufacturers and Dealers in
BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, CARPET BAGS'AND
VALISES of every variett and style. lell-1,-
.
A. J. rr.A__VP.l_,..
HOMEOPATHIC .PHARMACY,
No. 48 N. NINTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
Importer of German Homeopathic Ttnotares.
LeLehrman& ..
High Potencies, Sugar of
Milk, and Coiki." Selo Agent for Dr. B. =Finkoa
High Potencies. • ~977-13,`