t'alatf. . SMITH. A Summer in Skye. By Alexander Smith, author of " Alfred Hagart's House hold," " A Life Drama." Boston : Tick nor & Fields. 16m0., pp. 422. For sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co. A most entertaining book. Vitried in contents, fresh, bright and graceful in style, and treating or a primitive society and a rugged nature, but a few hours' sail from the centres of the world's enterprise and intelligence, it has peculiar charms to the lover of novelty in the animate and in animate world alike. The writer reminds us that he has not altogether forsaken the poetic muse; by a number of g raceful poems in the body of the work. But we doubt whether the author Of the "Life Drama" has abandoned the highest walks of litera ture, and w e half suspect that these more recent productions are but the results or lighter moods, in the midst of which some serious and worthy undertaking is secretly going forward, for the surprise and benefit of a later era. We should be surf to be lieve, that one so gifted had determined to confine his literary activity to a sphere so limited, as that of the writer of novellettes or of the summer tourist. FERGUSON. Life Struggles in Rebel Prif k ons. A , Record of the Sufferings, Escapes,. and Starvation of the Union Pris oners. By Joseph Ferguson, late Captain First New Jersey Volunteers. With an introduction by Rev. J T. Cooper, D.D. Philadelphia: James M. Ferguson. 18 mo., pp. 230. Illustrated. Price $l. One of the best books of its class brought out by the. war. The author was a Chris tian soldier and a man of intelligence and culture, a noble specimen of myriads of Northern youth, who, from devotion to the great principles of liberty, humanity and patriotism, gave themselves up to the call of their country. A merciful Providence preserved him amid the dangers of the field, and the more fatal influences of cap tivity under cruel and- murderous jailers, and he has done but another part, of his duty, as the foe of secession and wrong, in telling us, in a grap)49 manner. the story of his own and his comrade's sufferings. We deplore the necessity of such a - record, but it is a necessity, and we hope every proper effort will be made to exhibit the judgment of the national heart and con science upon such outrageous wrong and cruelty. Mr. J. M. Ferguson has done his work well. The illustrations are quite good. Bxbaarr. Song of the Rivers. By Emily T. B. Bennett. New York: Dexter & Co. 16m0., pp. 262. ~ An utter waste of time and materials. There is nothing either in sentiment or versification worth even the poor type or paper of the volume. PERIODICALS AND PAMPHLETS. LITTELL'S LIVING AGE, No. 1122. De cember 2, 1865.—Contents : Physical Theory of Another Life; The Belton Es tate, Part 11. ; Recent Poetry, American and English; Lyra Americana; Napoleon Quiescent, etc. ANCIENT CIVILIZATION ON THE NILE.— An Address delivered before the Franklin and Washington Literary Societies of Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, during the Exercises of the Thirtieth Com mencement, July 25th, 1865. By Rev. J. W. Wood, A. M., of the Class of 1837, and pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Allen town, Pennsylvania. THE ASHLAND CEMETERY of the borough of Carlisle, Pa.: Its Origin and Character; with the Address delivered by Rev. C. P. Wing, D.D., on the Occasion of the Dedi cation of the Cemetery, October 8, 1865. THE PHILADELPHIA MONTHLIES.— Arthur's Home Magazine, Peterson's Lady's Friend, and Godey's Ladies' Book for December are out promptly and in holi day attire. Godey has a capital Christmas story, taking the part of the children against those who would pass the day` in Puritan disregard of its genial associations. OUR YOUNG FOLKS, and THE STUDENT AND SCHOOLMATE for December, both illus trate the wonderful skill of our Boston friends in interesting and profiting the young. -- THE EDINBURGH REVIEW for October, American Edition. Re-publication of the London, Edinburgh, North British and Westminster Quarterly Reviews.—Con tents : Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry; Life in the Criminal Class; The Rook-cut Temples of India • Life of Carl Maria von Weber ; Campbell's Frost and Fire ; Posthumous Writings of Alexis de Tocqueville ; Palgrave's Arabia; The Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland; Sir Thomas Wyse's Peloponnesus ; American Psychomancy. New York : Leonard Scott & Co. Phladelphia : W. B. Zieber. THE BROKEN BUCKLE. You have read in history of that hero who, when an overwhelming force was in full pursuit; and all his followers were urging him to a more rapid flight, coolly dismounted to repair a flaw in his horse's harness. While busied with the broken buckle, the distant cloud was swept down in nearer thunder; but just as the prancing hoofs and eager spears were ready to dash upon him the flaw was mended, and like a swooping falcon he had vanished from their view. The broken buckle would have left him on the field, a dismounted and in glorious prisoner; the timely delay sent him in safety back to his comrades. There is in daily life the same luckless precipi tancy, and the same profitable delay. The man who, from his prayerless awakening, bounces into the business of the day, how ever good his talents and great his dili gence, is only galloping upon a steed harnessed with a broken buckle, and must not marvel if, in his hottest haste or most hazardous leap, he be left ingloriously in the dust; and though it may occasion some little delay beforehand, his neighbor is wiser who sets out all in order before the manh begins.—Rev. J. Hamiledn. Dag Nunitintg. WHERE FAT AND FLESH COME FROM, They come from the earth and the at mosphere, collected by vegetation. Grass contains flesh ; so does grain. The animal system puts it on from these. Vegetation, then, is the medium through which the animal world exists; it can exist in no other way. When grass or grain is eaten, the fleshy constituents are retained in the s ystem : so also the fatty substance, the starch and sugar, from which fat is made. Some grains have more flesh than others ; so of the qualities that make fat. In a hundred parts of wheat, according to Piesse, are ten pounds of flesh ; in a hundred parts of oat-meal, nearly .double that amount. Hence oats are better for horses, on account of their flesh-forming principle, rather than fat, as muscle is what a horse wants. For fattening purposes, however, corn and other grains are better. When the flesh itself is eaten, the sys tem but appropriates what is already formed, but would as readily take it from vegeta bles as from flour. The flesh-making prin ciple—or.the flesh itself, in its constituents —goes to form cheese in the dairy ; the starch, &c., butter. Hence it is that some people assert that cream has little influence in cheese, farther than to enrich it; for cheese and butter are entirely distinct. The same kind of food is-equally good for the production of either. This is a point of considerable interest, and is not yet fully explained—indeed, is yet in its infancy. And a plant in its different stages of growth has a different effect. The fat of the plant is held in reserve for the seed; nothing is wasted in leaves, wood, &c.; the precious seed must have it. Hence when this takes place, the stalk is comparatively worthless to what it is prior to the change. And the fat cannot be appropriated so well in the seed as when it is diffused through the stalk. Tender herbage, therefore, is the best; and when secured before the direc tion of the oil takes place, so much the better will be the hay.—Colman's Rural World. MUTTON THE MEAT FOR FARMERS. The cheapest meat for farmers is mut ton. It may safely be said it costs nothing. The wool that is annually sheared from the body of every sheep, richly pays for its keeping. In this climate it costs less to keep sheep than at the North, on account of the shortness of our winters. Then there is the increase—an item of great im portance. The increase is so much clear profit. From this increase the farmer can get all his meat for the year if he likes. Or he may save the lambs and take some of the older sheep in their places. The pelt of the sheep, if killed for mut ton, is also saved and sold, which is worth nearly as much as the sheep would sell for. It is also the most convenient meat to have on hand. In the warmest weather a farmer can take care of one sheep after being killed, without letting it spoil. With beef this is not so easy. One hand can kill and dress a sheep in an hour. It takes but little time or trouble to kill a sheep, not near so much as to kill and dress a hog or a beef. On account of convenience and . economy, we say keep sheep and live upon mutton. We have said nothing about its being the healthiest food. This is admitted. It needs no arguments or facts to prove it. It is true that pork is the chief meat of farm ers. It is the unhealthiest of all, whether fresh or saturated with salt to preserve it sound. Let every farmer keep sheep. They are the most profitable stock on the farm. The hog's back only yields bristles, while the sheep's yields downy wool. All that you feed to the hog is gone, unless you kill it, while the sheep will pay you for its keep with its fleece yearly. The hog is a filthy, voracious animal—the sheep, gentle as a dove and neat and cleanly.—Rural World. USEFULNESS OF THE OWL. The food of owls consists almost entirely of rats, mice, and field mice. Many of the smaller species destroy multitudes of noc turnal insects, and but few of the birds are destroyed, comparatively, by any of the species. Those that are most diurnal in habits partake somewhat of the nature of the hawks, and kill birds, which they pur sue and capture while on the wing. But the little injury done by these is but trifling when compared with the benefits they are constantly doing by destroying the noxious animals, which, as we have already said, constitute the greater portion of their food. We all know that mice do infinite mischief during the winter season in gird ling trees, hedges, etc., and numerous in ventions and appliances have been recom mended for the protection of trees against their ravages, nearly all of which are found to be impracticable. A writer in a recent number of the Canada Farmer states that a gentleman who had several hundred pear trees, just coming into bearing, had them nearly all destroyed by Now, should not the owl, which assists the .farmer in his labors by destroying animals which are destructive to his interests, be protected and regard as a friend ? Western Ritral.. COST OF BREAD. A barrel of flour will yield 300 pounds of bread; 343 pounds can .be obtained by judicious management. The writer has proved this by experiment repeatedly. As it is notorious that the dearest flour is not used by bakers, but what is called "baker's flour" and "strong" and "weak" flour, it is plain they can afford to give more than 7 to 8-ounce loaves for five cents. The price paid for bread now is about ten cents the pound. A barrel of flour even costing $l5 will yield therefore at this rate, $l5 profit. How much more does it yield, then, when it costs but $B, or even $lO. Is not the profit then made large enough to allow 12 ounces, at the least, for a five-cent loaf? will any baker say why not ?—Boston Transcript. THE professional opposition to others' sin does not release a minister from the struggle with his own.7,—Robertson. " THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER ri, 1865. Adams, J. Bailie, Pres. 0. S.—Ordained and installed at Hamilton Union, N. Y., Oct. 25. Baird, Samuel J. D.D., Pres. 0. S.—Ap pointed agent of the Am. Bible Soc., tor Virginia. Barber, Daniel AL, Pres. 0. S.—Died in Milton, Pa., Oct. 30, aged sixty-five. BeaA, David E., Pres. N. S.—lnstalled at Granville, Ohio, Nov. 14. Beadle, E. R., Pres. 0. S.—lnstalled over Second Church, Philadelphia, Nov. 12. Beckley, G. H., Luth.—Transferred . from Woodsboro, Md., to Shippensburg, Pa. Branch, _Henry, Pres. 0. S.—Ordained and installed at Port Deposit, Md., Nov. 7. Bridge, Daniel J., Pres. 0. S.—Ordained and installed at Sidney, Ohio, Oct. 31. Brooks, A. L., Pres. N. S.—lnstalled at Peoria 111., Oct. 25. Brown, frrn. R., Pres. 0. S.—Ordained and installed at Georgetown, Ky., Sept. 26. Campbell, W. W., Pres. 0. S.—lnstalled over Seventh Street Church, Washington, D. C. Nov. 4. Case, dalvin, Ref. Dutch.—Resigned pastor ate at West Hurley, N. Y. Clements, Alexander, Pres. 0. S.—lnstalled at Port Washington. N. J., Nov. 17. Dnffield, George, Jr., Pres. N. S.—lnstalled over Second Church, Galesburg, El., Oct. 24. Dunlap, C. H, Pres. 0. S.—Resigned pas torate of North Pres. Church, Allegheny City, Pa. Falconer, Wm. C., Pres.. 0. S—Ordained and installed over Palestine and Columbia- na Churches, in Ohio,_ Oct. 11. Eerier, Edsall, Pres. O. S.—Elected Prof. EPa.ng. Lit. and Hist. in Washington College, Fillmore, J. 0., Pres. N. S.—Resigned pas torate of Park Church, Syracuse, N. Y. Findley, Samuel, Pres. 0. S.—lnstalled pastor at Miami City, Ohio, Nov. 3. Fleming, W. A., Pres. 0. S.—lnstalled at Marietta, Pa., Nov. 7. Franklin, W. S., Pres. N. S.—lnstalled at Camden, N. Y., Oct. 31. Frissell, A. C., Pres. N. S.—Taken *charge of N. Y. Depository of Am. Tract Soc. of Boston. Fullerton, .1. H, Pres. N. S.—lnstalled at Sandusky, Ohio, Oct. 31. Gerhart, E V, D.D., Ger. Ref.—lnstalled pastor of College Church, Lancaster, r a. Gesner, Oscar, Ref. Dutch.—Ordained and installed at Rocky Hill, N. J.,_ Nov. 9. Goodenough, •Arthur, Pres. N. S.—Ordained evangelist, by the Presb. of Delaware, N. Y., Oct. 31. Handy, Wm. C., Pres. 0. S.—Resigned pas torate of Buckingham and Eden, Md. Harkness, George, Pres. 0. S.—Ordained and installed at Princeton, N. Y., Oct. 26. Hazard, 0. H, Pres. 0. S.—lnstalled over Second Church, New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 26. Heberton, Alexander, Pres. 0. S.Resigned pastorate at Ridley, Pa. Herron Samuel P., Pres. N. S.—lnstalled at - Warrior Run, Pa., Nov. 24. Horton. Francis ./1., Ref. Dutch.—Ordained and installed at Glenham. N. Y., Oct. 30. Kimball, .1., Ref. Dutch.—Resigned pastor ate at Fishkill Landing, N. Y. Krum, Josephus b., Pres. N. S.—lnstalled at Seneca Falls, N. Y., Nov. 14. Kugler, J. 8., Pres. O. S.—Transferred from Strasburg, Pa., to Musconeteong Valley, N. J. Lowrie, S. T. Pres. 0. S.—lnstalled over Bethany Mission Church, Philadelphia, Nov. 12. Luce, Abraham; Pres. N. S.Died head, L. I. Oct. 23. Lynch, W. F. B. , Pres. N. S.—Ordained evangelist at Oakland, Cal., Oct. 8. Merrill, J. L., Pres. O. S.—Resigned pas torate at New Harmony, Pa. Montgomery, Andrew, Pres. N. S.—Ordained evangelist by Presb. of Delaware, N. Y., Oct. 31. _Morehead, D. J., Pres. 0. S.—Ordained and installed at Plum Creek, Nov. 2. IVriblock, J. H, Un. Pres.—Ordained and in stalled pastor at Oshkosh, Wis., Oct. 12. Plumer, W. S., D.D., Pres. 0. S.—lnstalled over Second Church, Pottsville, Pa., Nov. 19. Pomeroy, John J, Pres. 0. S.—lnstalled over Upper Octorara Church, Chester Co., Pa., Nov. 14. Preston, J. B.,Pres. N. S.—Taken charge of church in Cape Vincent, N. Y. Read, Edward G., Pres. 0. S.—Ordained and installed at Madison, Wis., Nov. 11. Reed, A. 6 1 ., Pres. NA.—Resigned pastor ate at Elbridge, N. Y . Reigart, Samuel W., Pres. 0. S.—Ordained and installed at Sunbury, Pa.,Oct. 17. Schaff, Philip, D.D., Ger. Rf.—Resigned professorship in Theo. Seminary, Gettys burg. Schlieder, _Fred. E., Ref. Dutch.—Ordained and installed at West Leyden, N. Y., Oct. 13. Scofield, W. C., Pres. N. S.—lnstalled over Central Church, Newark N. J., Nov. 1. Strong, Selah 8., Ref. butch.—Ordained and installed at Rochester, Ulster CO., N. Y. Oct. 26. lhorburn, A. M., Pres. N. S.—lnstalled at Ogden, N. Y., Nov. 21.. Van Allen, Charles E, Pres. 0. S.—Ordained and installed at Middle Smithfield, Pa., Oct. 31. Wilson, R. W Pres. 0. S.—Died in Bloom ingburg. Ohio, Oct. 31. McINTIRE - & BROTHER, 1035 Chestnut Street, Would call attention to their large assortment of very choice Silk Scarfs, Neck Ties, Scarf Pins, Sleeve Buttons, and Studs. Also, to a stock of UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS FOR Fall and Winter Wear, Consisting of Extra Heavy Merino, Saxony Wool, Shetland, Shaker Flannel, Red Flannel, Canton Flannel (very heavy). Also, to their 11103:6mx. "SHOULDER SEAM SHIRTS,” Guaranteed in every case to give entire satisfaction. WENDEROTH, TAYLOR & BROWN'S FINE ART GALLERY, 212 and 914 CHESTNUT STREET, PHIL &1 ELPIIIA. 1019-1 y AGENCY, 353 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. MINISTERIAL RECORD. MONTHLY. gitntrantt nampaitiro. AMERICAN LIFE INIIIIAICE AN MST COMPAII Walnut Street, S. E. cor. 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 Rates. Of MUTUAL R %TES upon which a DIVI DEND has been made of FIFTY RER CENT., on Policies in force January let, 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 any time 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 6 s. new , 30,000 U. 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 Sc Chi cage bonds. 9,000 Rading Railroad Ist mortgage bonds, 6,500 City of Pittsburg and other bonds, 1,000 shares PennsylN , ania Railroad stooks, 450 shares Corn Exchange National Bank, 22 shares Consolidation National Bank. 107 shares Farmers' National Bank of Reading, 142 shares Williamsport Water Com pany, 192 shares American Life Insurance and Trust Company, Mortgages, Rea] Estate, Ground Rent., Arc 207,278 86 Loans on collateral amply secured 112.755 73 Premium notes secured by Policies 114,899 62 Cash in hands of agents 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 rents due, Jan. 1. . 10.45411 THE AMERICAN IS A HOME COMPANY. Its TRUSTEES are well known citizens in our midst, entitling it to more consideration than those whose managers reside in distant cities. Alexander Whilldin,l William J. Howard, J. Edgar Thomson, Samuel T. Bodine, George Nugent. John Aikman, e Hon. Jame. Pollack,l Henry K. Bennett, Albert C. Roberts, lion. Joseph Allison. P. B. Mingle. Isaac Haziehurst, Samuel Work. ALEX..WHILLDIN, President. SAMUEL WORK, Vice-President. JOHN S: WILSON, Secretary and Treasurer. INSURANCE AGAINST • ACCIDENTS EVERY DESCRIPTION, BY THE TRAVELERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, - s -, HARTFORD, CONN. CAPITAL GYM, W. ALLEN, AGENT, 404 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. GENERAL ACCIDENT POLICIES For Five Hundred Dollars, with $3 per week compen sation. can be had for $3 per annum, or any other sum between $5OO and $lO,OOO at proportionate rates. TEN DOLLARS PREMIUM Secures a Policy for $2OOO, or $lO per week compensa tion for all and every description of accident—travel ling or otherwise—under a General Accident Policy, at the Ordinary Rate. THIRTY DOLLARS PREMIUM Secures a full Polioy for $5OOO, or $25 per week com pensation, as above, at the Special Rate. FOREIGN RISKS. Policies issued, for Foreigri, West India, and Cali fornia Travel. Rates can be learned by application to the Office. SHORT TIME TICKETS. Arrangements are in course of completion by which the traveller will be able to purchase, at any Railway Ticket Office. Insurance Tickets for one or thirty days' travel. Ten cents will buy a ticket for one day's travel, insuring $3OOO, or $l5 weekly compensation. Ticket Polices may be had for 3,6, or 12 months, in the same manner. • . . . Hazardous Riskstaken at _Hazardous Rates. Policies issued for 5 years for 4 years premium. INDUCEMENTS. The :aces of premium are less than those of any other Company covering the same risk. No medical examination is required, and thdusands of those who have been rejected by Life Companies, in consequence of hereditary or other diseases, can effect insurance in the TRAVELLERS' at the lowest rates. Life Insurance Companie4 pity no part of the_prin cipal sum until the death ofthe assured. The TIiA VELLERS' pay the loss or damage sustained by per sonal injury whenever it occurs. The feeling of security which such an insurance gives to those dependent upon their own labor for support is worth more than money. No better or more satisfactory use can be made of so small a sum. J. G. BATTERSON, President. RODNEY DENNIS Secretary. G. F. DAVIS, Vice President. HENRY A. DYER, General Agent. Applications received and Policies issued by WILLIAM W. ALLEN, 98.3-6 m No. 404 Walnut Street. SUFFERERS FROM DYSPEPSIA READ! REFLECT!! ACT!!! TABRANT a CO. Gentlemen, I am a resident of Carona, and have often been disposed to write yon concerning the real value of your SELTZER APERIENT as a remedy for Indigestion and Dyspepsia, I desire to express toyou my sincere gratitude for the great benefit the SELTZER has done my wife. For four or five years my wife has been sadly One ted with Dyspepsia, and after being under the treat ment of several Doctors for two or three years, she was finally induced to seek the advice of a learned Physician, Doctor °oblong, of Venezuela, who imme diately treated her with your EFFERVESCENT SELTZER APERIENT she began to improve at once and is now PERFECTLY WELL. I feel it to be my duty for the good of humanity to make this statement, feeling that a medicine so valua ble should be widely known. Trusting you will give this publicity, and repeating my earnest gratitude and thanks. I am very respectfully yours. - S. D. C. RENRIQUER, Merchant, Curacoa, S. A. NEW YORK, June 28th, 1865, WE ASK The suffering millions in our land to give this reme dy a trial; convinced that by its timelyuse many may be relieved, many cured of Dyspepsia. Heartburn, Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Dizziness, Indigestion, Piles, Costiveness, Bilious Attacks, Liver Complaints, Rheumatic, Affections. &c. Read the Pamphlet, of Testimonials with each bot tle, and do not use the medicine against the advice of your Physician. --- KA.NIIFACTURED ONLY BY TARRANT & CO., 27S GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORE. ViirFOß SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. THOMPSON BLACK & SON, BROAD AND CHESTNUT STREETS, DEALERS IN FINE TEAS, • AND EVERY VARIETY OF CHOICE FAMILY AGROCERIES. Goods delivered in any part of the City, or packed securely for the Country. fpuotkupig Gam FURNITURE. THE PLACE TO BUY YOUR FURNITURE IS 537 MARKET STREET, Where also can be had the celebrated Self-Rocking Cradle, 'Which is a blessing to mothers. • SELF $394,136 50 JOSEPH HAAS, ;! 37 MARKET STREET; Philadelphia. AMOS HILLBORN, BEDDING AND FEATHER No. 44 NORTH TENTH STREET, $966,461 79 EDS, FEATHERS, MATTRESSES, BLANKETS, COMFORTABLES, QUILTS, Etc TUCKER'S CELEBRATED SPRING BED. 1014-3 m STOVE STORE. The subscriber would respectfully inform his friends imd the public, that he keeps a general 'variety of the most approved patterns of GAS BURNER, PARLOR, COOKING, FIREBOARD, CHAMBER AND STORE STOVES AND HEATERS, which he offers at reasonable prices. Amongst numerous patterns of Cooking Stoves kept on hand, he would particularly name the Niagara, Chieftain, Oriental, Wm. Penn, Monitor, Wellington, Waverly, Banner Complete, Challenge Complete, Lehigh, Champion. RANGES: THE NATIONAL RANGE, PHILADELPHIA RANGE, GLOBE RANGE, &c. HEATERS: THE VULCANS. &c. Castings for Repairs. Job work promptly attended to. WM. STILL, 107 North Fifth Street, 1014-2 m PHILADELPHIA. Orders received for Lehigh and Schuylkill Coal. 9500,000 Browne's Metallic Weather Strip AND WINDOW BANDS Totally exclude cold, wind, rain, snow and dust from the crevices of doors and windows, and save one-half the fuel. DAVID H. LOSEY, Sole State Agent, 38 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia. Mr Send for circular. Local agents wanted through out the State. 983-1 y WALTON'S STORE, NO. 4S NORTH SECOND, STREET, Is the Cheapest and best place in the City to buy LOOKING GLASSES, PICTURE FRAMES, PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES, ALBUMS, ENGRAVINGS, LITHOGRAPHS, CARD FRAMES, and CARD PICTURES, In the city. Call and see for yourselves at WALTON'S STORE, No, 4S North Second Street, Above Christ Church, Philadelphia. HOLIDAY GIFTS. SUPERLATIVE CaNFE.CTIONS, IN NEAT BOXES FOR CHOICE PRESEITS. S TEPHEN F. WHITMAN, No. 1210 Market Street, WILLIAM YARNA.LL, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, No. 1232 CHESTNUT ST., S. E. COE. 32TH. SUPERIOR REFRIGERATORS. FINE TABLE CUTLERY, WATER COOLERS. FAMILY HARDWARE, IRONING TABLES, &o. &0., ROCKING CRADLE WAREHOUSE, PHILADELPHIA MANUFACTURER, PHILADELPHIA. Ishnto, tattling, &r. ESTET'S COTTAGE ORGANS Are not only unexcelled, but they are positively unequalled by any reed instrument in the country for SWEETNESS of TONE, POWER and DURABILI TY. 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