THE WATER SUPPLY OF OUR GREAT
CITIES. IV.
As the Schuylkill river is growing
more and more corrupt, and as either
the Schuylkill or the Delaware water
would have to be pumped by expensive
machinery to make it available for dis
tribution, the citizens of Philadelphia
have no alternative in securing an
abundant, pure, and cheap water supply
for the future, but to abandon both these
rivers, and look for a, source as near at
hand as practicable, from which, by
gravitation, the needed amount may be
procured.
Now, Philadelphia is highly favored
in being almost entirely surrounded with
a well-watered, rolling country, rising,
in some directions into heights far above
the level of its built up portions.
Streams of considerable volume rise in
these high regions,. and fertilize and
give beauty to the picturesque valleys
between. A dozen or more of these
rivulets—they would be dignified as
rivers, and their banks would be adorned
by the castles of the nobility, and -all
the charms of poeticand classic ithagery
would be connected with them, if they
were in England,—a dozen or more of
them, tributaries of the Delaware and the
Schuylkill,rise and flow in a course suffici
ently near to the city to attract thieye
of an engineer charged with the pro
blem of supplying its pepulation with
water. Let us glance, at these streams
and test their capacities.
The chief engineer charges himself in
his preliminary survey with the exami
nation of all of these streams, which
seemed to promise any important results.
Commencing with tributaries of the'Dela
ware, his report' embraces remarks and
suggestions upon the head waters of the
five familiar streams, whose mouths L are
successively passed as we descend, from
the mouth of the' Schuylkilito the mouth
of the Brandywine, viz. : Cobb's, Darby,
Crum, Ridley, and Chester creeks. They.
may all be classed together as of the
same general 'character. 'With them,
too, might be joined the 'classic waters
of the Brandywine, which he does not
mention. This stream, though further
off in its general coarse than the others,
yet stretches with its head waters far
toward Valley Forge.
It is a stream naturally of remarkable
purity and sweetness, whose qualities
are well knoWn and esteemed among the
people and the manufacturers of Wil
mington. Its waters might be reached
and stored for the uses of our city at or
near Downingtown. A stream so large
and so available has obviously been
left unmentioned by the engineer, on ac
count of the vast manufacturing interests
which would be destroyed by seriously
diminishing the flow of its waters. But
there is one objection alike applicable to
the Brandywine and the five other tri
butaries of the Delaware, which have
been mentioned ; they all take their rise
in Chester county, and from their sources
to the points suitable for collecting their
waters, they flow through some of the
most highly cultivated and populous
regions in the State or the country.
Thus, one of the branches of Chester
creek rises in the borough of West Ches
ter, and receives all the drainage of that
large and well-cleansed town ; and all
of them must more and more assume
the characters of sewers of the populous
and fertile districts through which they
flow. The insignificance of these streams,
too, is seen from the fact, that if the
head waters of all of them, except the
Brandywine, were united in one engi
neering scheme, mentioned as practica
ble, bat not recommended by Mr. Bir
kinbine, the resulting supply,wonld be
but one hundred million gallons per day
—an amount for gathering which we
should hardly he justified in the great
outlay required. •If possible, we must
build works which shall be sufficient for
a generation or 'two to come ; ,and it
appears that if the demands of our city
population for water increase for the
next twenty-five years, at the rate they
are now doing, we shall need at the'ex
piration of that time, one hundred and
fifty million gallons a day.
Passing now to the tributaries of the
Schuylkill, and omitting the inconsider
able streams upon the western side, we
come first to the romantic Wissahickon.
This stream rises in Montgomery county,
and after running a most picturesque
course of nineteen miles southwardly,
it enters the Schuylkill, four miles and
a half above Fairmount dam. The
capacity of this stream alone is but little
over one-fifth of that of the five united
tributaries of the Delaware already de
scribed. There is little danger, there
fore, that its attractions as a resort for
pleasure-seekers, or .as a seat of nu
merous mills and factories, will be inter
fered with. Three other streams inter
vene before we reach the largest tribuJ
tary received by the Schuylkill in all its
course ; a stream larger than all of the
five tributaries of the Delaware com
bined. This is the Perkiomen, which
takes its rise far away in the hill court,
try of Bergs county, among the wild
and romantic glens of South Mountain.
Touching upon portions of Lehigh and
Bucks counties, and traversing the
northern portion of Montgomery county
in its course, it empties into the Schuyl
kill, three miles below Phoenixville.`
This is a stream 'of the most inte,rest
ing character. Its course is mainly
through a rough, unproductive countryl
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until, within, six or ,seven miles of its
mouth. The rocky character of its
banks protects it from the diatnibink
effect's of Ireshets. It was after a.sea
son of protracted, heavy rain, that we
first visited this stream. A most excel-,
lent opportunity was afforded us of: cori-'
treating the ,widely-diffrent effects of
the freshet npoh two streams in Close
proxiinity, but,of widely different drain
age. Our road, lay across the Skippacli,-
a large and sluggish tributary, which
enters, the. Perkiomen near its mouth.
This stream we, found nearly the color
of chocolate. In a few moments, we
were crossing the. main stream, on one
of those magnificent stone bridges which,
after nearly, a hundred years, remain
the delight of the traveller and the engi
neer alike. The contrast in the appear
ance of the stream was really astonish
ing. There it flowed, comparatively
bright and pure, innocent of all signs of
freshet, save in the fullness and rapidity
of its waters, limpid as those of a
mountain torrent. The reason for the
difference is obovious... The Skippack
flows through a cultivated region, the!
geological character of which is the
presence of red shale, while the water
shed of the main stream and higher
tributaries of the Perkiomen is little
cultivated, and is marked by hard sand
stone and_; still harder trap-formation,
the best guarantee in 'the world for the
crystal purity of the water it retains.
It is, of course, above the mouth of
this turbid tributary,—to which -we owe
much of the discoloration of the Schuyl
kill during a freshet,—that the works
'for the supply of the city are contim ,
plated. The area of surface drainage=
uponwhich we should thus depend, and .
from which the creek arid its tributaries-
would gather tip the' raiii-fall; would be
no less than two hundred and twenty
square miles Plant one limb of the
dividers at , the Point ,of junction of
Bucks, : Lehigh and Montgomery coun
ties ; extend the other 'blab , westward,
so as nearly to reach`Boy erstown ; with
this radius of about eight miles, the
circle drawn arounitt the poiht-of
dm of the counties aimed, will indicate,
with tolerable accuracy, the section of
country, includingthe corners of 'Berks,
Montgomery,'Lehigh and Bucks counz'
ties, from which our city - will draw the
vital element so necessary to the wealth
and prosperity of the prospective Mil
' lions of its population. Compare these
remote corners of territory with the dis
tricts through which-:flow the tributaries
of the Delaware, already considered. A
glance at the map will, show that they
' are widely different in the single item of
roads, being almost devoid of these
means 'of communication ; on the other
hand, a perfect net-work of roads covers
, Chester county, in which all those' six
streams take their rise. Barren, rocky
and 'broken, these but-of-theLway sections ,
are avoided by the great currents of pop
ulation, and seemed formed and locaied
by the hand of Providence, so 'close to
**our doois, for the very purpose of treasur
ing up the dews and the rains, in dia
mond purity and healthfulness, for our
Now.let .a line be drawn from the
centre .of our imaginary circle, out
toward> the ocean,—it will be seen that
it may be extended due east, with room
fora northward sweep, until it reaches
the coast, without meeting any elevated
land. Carry the outer end of the line'
4#nward, through ninett , 'llegrees of
compass, and you will find it still
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passing successively over tracteof
and fiat country,' over which the winds
from , the rainiest quarters, .northeait
and southeast, can blow withciut ;inter
ruption,. and retain a large part ofitheir
stores of . moisture, until.. theY.treach the
hillsides ! and ravines of the South M.otin
tain :range, 900 feet above the tide.
There they must yield up 11 •• portion cif
their treasures, and therel the head wa
ters‘of the perktemen are nestled; ready
to receive their contents. The most sat
isfactory way to ascertain the amount
of water which the Perkiomen could be
relied on to supply, would he to mea
sure the stream ,at the point where it is
proposed to gather its waters. But this
is an expensive undertaking, requiring
the construction of a dam, for which the
funds had not been appropriated by the
Councils, and, years of observation.
Recourse must, therefore, be had to a
syElbem of calculations based upon the
average annual rain -fall, over the region
drained by the stream.
;The rain-fall of this 'comparatively
uninhabited region is unascertained, but
we have every -reason to suppose it,
much larger than in the level regions to
the east and the south. However, Mr.
Birkinbine, to be 'on the safe side, has
taken the average. - ascertained fall in
this city, for the past thirteen years,
about 45 inches per annum, as the. 'basis
of his calculations for the Perkiomen
region. The next step in the process is
to estimate the proportion of the rain
fall which actually pasdes into the chan
nels of a stream , in a given territory.
This is a very difficult point to settle.
There are losses by evaporation and ;
absorptioninto the soil and the vegeta
don of the country. The watershed of
the Perkiomen is well-Wooded and the
'evaporationAs comparatively light; the
banks are steep and the flow 'of water
into , the channels is rapid ;and large;
'the character of the underlying; rock,
retentive; so that a large partof the rein-
fall is 'doubtless utilized and brought into
the stieam. Taking the average of a'
.number of observations made in,connee
tion with...the .•water ,Supply of twelve,
cities of • Great Britain, as a certainty
safe guide, Mr. Birkinbine allows for,
the loss of half of the rain-fall in the re
gion' by evaporation, &e. ; the remaining,
half leaves'us a' body of water .nearly
two feet in'deptir, spread over the 220
square miles of'country drained by the.
head, waters of the •Perkiomen. A very
simple' calaulation, then, brings us to the
gratifying conclusion that there will be
a daily average supply of 240 millions
of gallons,,which can be made• available
for the wants of" the city; an amount
sufficient to supply four • millions , of in
habitants with an average „of sixty
gallons of water each per day.
How, now, shall' we - gather -• up •and
pat into available form thisi body' of
water, which, at the depth of two feet,
and covering,over two hundred squao
miles of territory; is of no possible use
to us? Here again Providence has
been at work to aid us, in the configura
tion of the surface and the -geological
character of the region. If we take a
position on the' banks.of the stream, at a
point 261 miles northwest of the corner
of Broad and -Market streets, we shall
notice that •directly across •the path
of the , creek, enormous masses of
trap rock• have been forced up through'
the surrounding• , strata of sandstone,
forming a' range of hills four to five hun-'
dred feet tabovelide, and three hundred'
and. fifty feet)above the bed of the creek.
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Through a gate or gap in the these rug
ged hills, the Perkiomen has found its
way into the more levet country below.
A survey of the region shows that these
bills, stretching nearly due east and
west; form t h he southern boundary of
the aVailable'wstershed of the "
stream;
all the 'territory above them is of the
'geological character required for yield
ing pure ; below them' an anti/von.
able change at once - begins. - In old
coppermine,, opened during - the - days of
BritisW rule; - presents - its Month within a
few rods' of the Southdrn face of the
ridge, airecq 'Upon the 'bank - of the
`Creek Above the ridge; nothing more -
injurionnthan a small "quantity 'of lime
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stone Mid iron ore can be :found. The
'SkipppCk creek, the first one below the
trap, already farnishea a mach deterior
ated quality of water. '‘
' • Now, `when we retheinber that- trap
rock is one of the 'Most impervious of all
geological formations tn. water, we see
that both .in location and texture, this
ridge 0 trap •is s natural' , dike, >behind
which the waters 1:4•1 the Perkiomen -may
be gathered; it being•necessary for us only
to supplement- 'nature's , work, by -build
jag dam of suffieientleight across the
,gap, through which the stream now
flo Had' nature , chosenl' to continue
her trapdike, without a break,: across' the
country}, weShcluld have - 3had`; ready
made Loch- Katrinea body , of
in fact - ;- of 'nearly the same dimensione
withira twenty, miles of the 'city limits.
• She lam-cometsb near:this beintiful - and
desirable . ..result, ,as tniniriteins- , ,t0 com
plete her work, and;ir Birkinbine pro
poses to the city to accept her - invitition.
Running a dam across ithe.gorge r say
eleven -hundred feet-long, about the
length of that at Faiimount,'and--. sixty-
'five feet high from the slowest point, or I
• bed of -the stream, we:shouidi soon , collect .I
a body ,of 'water covering, an area of:= fif
'teMrhundred acres. e This /lake -would
perform the,part of ,an-immensesnbsid
ing reservoir y-'only they; upper stratum'
of its:.waters, say twelve feet , in depth,.
Would - , be drawn , off into the aqueduct.
This-twelve foot stratum; over- an an area
of , fifteen r hundred acres ; contains five
thousand , :millions of - gallons.; a supply
sufficient to last the city,- - at its present
rate,of demand, for two hundred days.
Once-full,;-there might be - a drought-ex
tending-through two thirds of the year,
before. the supply - from this upper and
purenstratnm of the •lake alone was ex
hausted. To-day we, have room for.
storing a two days' supply in
_our exist
ing reserioirs.
Herewith we give a map, prepared
by the department, of the proposed
lake and immediately snrrounding 'coun
try. In its largest dimensions, the lake
will be nearly sii`miles long and over
one mile broad: `The gorge in the trap
-dike is•at the point where the waters of
the like are represented as entering the
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main stream; flowing southward. The
turnpike road, on the right bank, passes
through the gorge, crosses what would
be the bed of the lake at its'deepest part,
and rises to the level of the notthern
shore, at Zieglersville. The narrow arms
of
, the lake would be navigable to a dis
tance of over three miles from the dam
on the western, and over eight miles on
the eastern arm. If a small steamer
Were allowed 'to ply on its - surface, as
we believe, under proper'restrictions, it
might be, excursionists might enjoy the
novelty of a trip of the Most romantic
charicter for over twelve mile s, upon an
inland lake, witlnn thirty miles of their
doori.' Huge strata of trap and sand
stone would' frown from the hillsides and
'through ' the wild foreste lining its shores.
A single wooded ' island would rise
gently ' npon its bosom, and palisade
rocks, one hundred feet high, would lobm
np at different points' on the long and
narrow eastern aria of the lake.
suitable distances from the edge of the
Tikters, summer regidences of most desir
'Side character might be built, and Per
kiPnen Lake might this present'a
hination of useful _ and beautiful qualities,
scarcely rivalled by any like :body of
water in the 'world.
And then, in years to come, When
four "of five times as great a population
,
is comprised within our ample limits as
at present ; 'when Philadelphia has
grown to the proportions which her
favorable position, her manufacturing
facilities, her healthfulness, good order
and unyielding_ loyalty promise,,to give
her, and'toward Which she is moving
with increasing' energy and rapidity,
PerkioreenLake Will be pouring through
the nroposed aqueduct a daily supply of
pure, nndiscolored mountain_ water at
the rate of sixty gallons for every man;
woman and child of the millions of in
habitants, every day of theirlives ; and
the city will gather into the treasury,
after interest and all expenses are met,
and at rates not at all burdensome to the
,
consumer, the, enormona ,
net revenue of
over ten thougand dollars per day, or four
million dollars per annum. The time
might come when, with republican mnni
ficence, she could make her water supply
almost as free to her citizens as the light
- or the air of heaven.
There was a •discoyery•made and con;
siderably noised abroad; some years ago,
that Philadelphia is built upon gold.
It was true, only the minute4proportion
of the precious metal in the soil would'
not.. pay the expense of extraction.=
Here we ' have a plan which is equal
in money value,- and Infinitely superior-
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in moral value, to the discovery of a
real vein. of gold running through the
heart of the city; one which would
contribute, if carried out, far more to
the real prosperity of the city, and
one, for the execution of which, posteri
ty will be far more grateful to US of the
present gene - ration, than if we should
transport a section of Montana territory
to their doors,—a plan for furnishing an
unfailing supply of , pure water 'at a
trifling cost to the people. The general
supply of the cities of Christendom with
abundant and , gooil water might almost
be accepted,•espedially in the • light of
Ezekiel's vision of the waters, (Chap
ter xlvii.,) as a • millenial trait. At any
rate, we may fairly quote and apply the
final clause of the ninth verse:" " Eiery
thing shall. live whither the river
cometh." - • • .
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PRESBYTERIAN: ,
Accessions.—Nine persons were received
on examination into the Twelfth - Qhtirch,
Baltimore, Karyland, on Sabbath Week, two
of whom were men of an advanced age.
This makes twenty-one persons received into
this conamunion by profession of faith since
last April.---Presbyterian.
Liognsnres in Heathen Lands.---The
Home aqLoll,Z,ecc - ) M 4Fi ttLe . following
item
" At 'a` litetineeting /of the' Pre . sliyte" i/Y
Saharunpir, three young, meri, after cone
pleting •their RN:scribed trials, were, licensed ,
to preach the Gospel. The repeatedlicensure
and ordination of native - brethren in India
that: have been mentioned of late, is iritke
ducing a new powerinto our foreign work;. for ,
which,the Church sould be prepared. It is
an ,increasing call upon-her sympathy, , her
,piaYers, and her liberality. May she meet" it
in the spirit of the Master." 4/
Greenville, OhiO:-aThe inet Prei3b3rteriarc
Church in this plaice= is's:fusion. --of =the: two,
Old and Now I School, not long since existing.
The, editor of the , .oes/rater, who aided .at
their
comm
their Ju ly 1, says that
52 Perkins Were announced' as added 'to the
church - oh:leo the last , Communion, most of
them on 'examination. Several -others have_
been before the session as applicants or in
quirers. . •
Great Britian: ` The' ProCiedings of the
Spring meetings of the PresbYteries of the two
,Presbytexian Synods in England; (the English
and the. United ) ) ,are largely, reported in the
Wieldy Reyi6w. Among the items of gener
al intereAt; we notice 'arraniemenps - for the
ordination - by the London Preabytery; (E. P.')
of Mr. I). Manon, who is about.to proceed
to Swatow, as one of .the missionaries ofpthe
E. P. Church. In the U. P. Presbytery of
Lancashire, a favorable report was pre
sented of the prospects for a`church edifice in
Derby. Subscriptions to the amount of £3OO,
have been obtained,-and, for the encourage-_
ment of the enterprise, a friend has ,made a
conditional offer of £25 toward congregational'
expenses. The Moderator reported . that, by'
order of Presbytery, he had visited. Barrow,
and declared the congregation there a congre
gation of' the. U. Y. Church. Vo erect a*
church in Smethwick, the estimated cost of
which is £3OOO, a grant of £5OO and a loan of
£lOOO was made from the Church Extension •
Fund. The minister of the church stated
that £l.OOO had been subscribed on the ground,
that their weekly offerings had been of late
largely increased„ their lecture
,hall filled,
and that everything was ripe for the pro
posed enterprise.
In Scotland, a conference of Ministers and
Elders of the U. P. Church in and around
Glasgow has recently been held, .to devise
means toward raising the stipends of minis
ters of the churches of the Glasgow Presby
tery to a minimum of- £l5O with a manse.
,The fact was revealed that the compensation
of twenty-three ministers of its churches falls
below that MM.
The General Assembly Of the Irish Pres
byterian Church was muck occupied with the
subject of national education, which : is et
present the exciting tonic,.made such.* the
schedie of the Romanists to obtain from the
Government exclusively Roniish schools for
their own children. The Church Extension
Committee reported the formation of several
new stations, and that others are in, prooess
of fOimation. 'There are proapecti ornew
openings in the counties of TipperaTy, Kil
kenny and Wexford. Efforts are recommend
ed, and indeed going forward-with some sue
cess, to induce the emigration.of Presbyterian
farmers` from the North of Ireland and from
, . ,
Scotland, to the 'Southern counties, wh ere .
farms are cheaper. The , Moderator • was .di
.rected to prepare andissue an address to the
congregationa l drawing special attention to the
question of ministerial support,.showing that
it is the duty' of every commun icant has
a separate meansof livelihood :to contribute
for the support of, the ministry and the ex
tension of the Church.
During the session Rev. Dr. Rich, of
Paris, addressed the AsSeinbly. In relation
to Evangelical progress in - France, he stated
that;Rentues new work on the Apostles was
not selling, and that the ,publisher was in
'despair. Meilen had demolished himself'.
/here were now greater olienings` in France,.
for the spread of the Gospel =than ever there
were before. There wasin the French mind
a change for the better which was indeed
amazing. The French expected them to be
over in Paris next yetir at the great exibition.
The Protestants were to have a portion of the
space set apart for the exhibition of idols and
other objects of interest from among the
heathen. In that exhibition they had per
mission to sell the ,Bible. throughout, the
building, which was, refused at the London
Exhibition, and'that, too, in Protestant Eng-
Thu Welsh body Inown as the Calvinistic
Methodist, is virtually, a member of the
Presbyterian family. Its General Assembly
was held in May. Progress has been made
in Home work and' in Foreig n missions, in
;eluding some improvements in the, working
,of, the latter. The Assembly recognized its
Presbyterian affinity, by appointing delegates
to the English Presbyterian Synod. Letters
'were read from two Associations of Calvinis
tic Methodists in America, one from the‘As
sociation of Ohio, the other from the Associ
ation of Pennsylvania, in which they sent a
cordial greeting to the mother church at
home. The Rev. Thomas 'l'. Evans also ad
dressed the Assembly.. Much interest was
felt in the welfare of their brethren on the
other side of the Atlantic, and all rejoiced to
find that they were sad adhering, in the midst
of the temptations of the new world, to the
, simple faith and religious life; of their fathers.
Congregayona — Winnuatattiet Church,
Chelsea, Niue:, in the , first Sabbath of the
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month received 108 members, 91 by profes
sion,3s of whom were heads of families.
—ln Massachusetts, during the past year,
30 Orthodox Congregationalist ministers
have been dismissed, 15 have died, 21 have
been ordained, and 26 installed as pastors.
Returns from 300 churches show aggregate
contributions amounting to s33o,ooo.—The
church in Claremont,. N. H. has excluded a
female for spiritualism, " which, acting like
leprosy upon the body, had completely sub
verted Christian faith."—Rev. Nathan
Munroe, late editor of-the Boston Recorder,
died at his residence, in Bradford , . Mass., on
the Bth inst., in the 63d year dim age. He
was a good man, able as a writer, and faith
ful as a Christian.—At the recent meeting
of the;DelawareCounty (N. Y.) Association,
reports of :interesting revivals u ere received
- of most of Me churches. The Sabbath-
School was 'gathered in full force, and ad
dressed by several of the ministers and dele
gates present.—Rev. T. J. Duryea, D.D.,
pastor of the Reformed Church in New York,
declines a call from the Park Street Church,
(Conga,) in Boeton. He fears the climate of
the latter city, and also !thinks himself likely
to do the most good-where, he is.--Congre
gational items from the Pacific' coast are to
the effect that Rev. Dr. Stone was installed
over the First Church in San Francisco, on
the.l4th ult.; that a church of 17 members
was organized in Benicia on the 15th ult.,
and that a new church edifice at Copperopo
lis wasdedicated on the 17th ult.
MAARIiGES.
Edwin Auburn, N. Y., PI E RCE.
Rev. Edwin :Ball. D.D.. Prot. JAMES E.
of the Theelbgieal Seminary. to Miss FRANO
BALL. daughter of the offloiating e ergyman.
, SMITH—ANDREWS.—JuIy 11. by Rev. Charles A.
ATIOUSTUS SMITH. to Miss
LOUISA 8., daughter of 4, J. Andrews, all of West
Philadelphia.
-DEATHS.
VADGRAN.7--in Wilmington, Del.. July 15. of in
ilammation the brainy Dr. J. F. V AUGH4N.
&aid Saito.
American Seamen's Friend Society.
The American Seamen's Friend Society provides
for the temporal and spiritual wants of seamen
'through Chiplains, Missionaries. Saildrs' Homes, sail
Sea Libranes, Funds are nricentiysolieited. Dona
'dons "may bd sent to' •
, . L. P. HUBBARD. Financial Agent,
' • SO Wall St„ New York.
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Rev. H. L00M.10,1, Corresponding secretaries.
H HALL. D.D.
S. H. .
TEILITTRODIJOTION OE
PERRY DAVIS'
PAIN BILLER
To the suffering humanity of this age. has relieved
more pain and caused more real joy than any other
one thing that oan be named.
It is a "Balm' tor every Wound."
Our Physiciant use it, and recommend its use; the
Apothecary finds it first among, the medicines called
for, and wholesale Druggists consider it a leading ay
tide of hilitrade. All the dealers in medicine speak
in its favor; and its reputation as a medicine of great
merit and virtue is fully and permanently establish
ed. and it is
the Great Family Medicine' or the Age.
TAKEN INTERNALLY IT CURES
Sore Throat, Sudden Colds, Coughs, etc.. Weak Stom
ach. General Debility, Nursing Sore Mouth. Cankers,
Liver 'Compleint, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Cramp
or Pain in the Stomach, Bowel Complaint, Painter's
Colic, Asiatic Cholera, Diarrhcea, and Dysentery.
APP.T.TED EXTERNALLY IT CURES:
Felons. Biles and Old Sores. Severe Burns and Scalds,
Cuts. Bruises and Sprains. Swelling of the Joints,
Ringworm and Tetter, Broken Breast. Frosted Feet
and Chilblains. Toothsche. Pain in the Face. Nears).-
gia and Rheumatism.
The PAIN „KILLER. taken internally, should be
adulterated with milk or water. and sweetened with
sugar if desired, or made into a syrup with molasses.
For a COMM and BRONCHITIS, a few drops on
sugar, eaten, will be more effective than anything
else. For SORE THROAT, gargle the throat with a
mixture of Pain Killer and water, and the relief is
immediate and cure positive.
It ahotdd not be forgotten that the Pain Killer is
equally as good to take internally as to use externally.
Each bottle is wripped with full directions for its
ad,
AGENTS WANTED!
1; T. HEADLEY'S
HISTORY OF THE WAR,
NOW .11.V.A.121,-Y.
Colossitete la Two . Volumes, also in Oa*.
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It is. admitted 4i r be the most interesting, pop sr
and ag/saide'llistory of the Rebellion, which is fully
attested the enormous sale of 200,000 whose , .
and a largeOportion:of the country still uncanvassed.
We are obliged to min our presses night and day to
enable us to supply our Agents.
' of character and ability, who desires lucrative
employment, will find this a rare opportunity.
the price of. the work in one voiante it go tow, (ools
pared with oilier Histories) as to bring it within the
reach'of all classes.
Forforther particulirs send for circular.
Address.
.AMENICAN pipammuNct COMPANY,
.1.113. Asylum Street,
- , „ HARTFORD, CONN,
SMITH & ASHTON,
DEALERS IN
PIBLE LEHIGH
AND
LOCUST MOUNTAIN
COAL.
COMMUNITY'S COAL DEPOT,
CORNER BROAD AND WOOD STREETS.
1052-ly
FREDERICK FEMALE SEMINARY,
PREDEILICR., MD.,
possessing full Collegiate Power, will commence its
TWENTY-FOURTH SCHOLASTIC YEAR,
THE TIENT MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER.
For Catalogues. lec:. address
Rev. THOMAS M. CANN, A.M.
1052-2 m President.
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