rA
otirg:
PIP go to , the Prayer-Mooting ,
love the place of social , prayer;
I loVe its hallowed shriner:
Pll go'to meet - the Savionr them
And claim his-promise mine.
I'll go to strengthen those with whom
I am iu covenant bound;
I Would not till their hearts with pain
That •INn unfaithful found.
I'll go because I feel I need
Its influence on my heart,
'To strengthen every grace and lead
My mind'with earth to part.
91'11 go because my vows are there—
I would not them ems;
Zion frets' me demands a mare' "
Vh'at'Will hex 'strength increase.
golo tell fo - einnere round
I prize the place of prayer;
And if they scoff I will be found
Where God appeinte to hear.
go to cheer and animate
My pastor's anxious heart,;
'This is the place where he expaets
The Church to bear her part.
I'll go bemuse - 'tie there I find
The manna of God's love ;
His presence doth refresh my mind,
And raise my joys above.
NI go because I would not tire,
Nor leave those sacred ways,
Till all may join the heavenly choir
Where prayer shall all be praise.
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far te gong.
The Home Across the River.
" Mamma, won't you please tell us. a
story,just one," pleaded little Harry Sey. 7
mour, one Sunday evening.
" Yes, mamma, please do—just' one,"
echoed another voice..,
"It is too dark to read, and not quite
time to light the gas ; " and little Clara,
climbing up to her favorite seat on mamma's
lap, sealed her petition with a kiss.
Unable to resist the earnest pleaders,
Mrs. Seymour commenced the following
story, which she called " The Home Across
the River : "
"Once, on the bank of a broad river, there
lived two children, a little girl and a boy.
Neither of them had ever seen their father,
who dwelt on the other side, but they
knew he loved them dearly,,for`:_a long let
ter sent from him had described the beau
tiful home he was preparing for them in a
bright city across the .river;. whose streets
were gold, whose gates were pearl, a city
where their Father reigned as k King: Now,
although the children had not done any..
thing nor could do anything to deserve so
glorious a kingdom, there was something
for them to do before they could live in
that beautiful home: The letter which
their Father had sent, must be answered.
They must thank him for the home he was
preparing—ask that it might be given to'
them, and then strive to increase in love
toward their Father, and each other day
by day. Moredver, the letter told them
that, in a little while, perhaps before
another - sunset, a messenger would cross
the river to take one of the children
home. Happy would be the little one
whom the ' messenger should summon,
if he or she had fulfilled that Father's
wishes, for the dark river would soon be
crossed, and the Father would joyfully
welcome his child to the beautiful home on
the other side. Before the sun set, a snow
white dove might have been seen winging
his flight across the river, bearing an an
swer from the little girl. In it she .thank
ed -her Father for the beautiful home so
freely offered, begged that it might be
hers, promising to strive more earnestly,
day by day, to grow in love, and every
morning the dove would be sent by the
child, bearing words of grateful love to
that Father who had been so very kind.
The little boy, however,
delayed answer
ing the letter, and when his sister begged
him not to wait•• any longer, for fear he
might be summoned home,
his reply would
be, 'Not to-day, wait till to-morrow, the
messenger will not come for us so soon.
" One evening, just as the sun was set
ting, a boat was seen approaching the
shore. The children knew that it came
from the land across the rifer, and joy
beamed in the little girl's eyes as the mes
senger turning toward her, said :
' I have come for you. Are you
ready?'
, Oh, yes; I have been waiting. lam
ready to go home,' was her reply.
"But tears stood in the eyes of the oth
er child, for he knew that everything would
seem so very desolate without his darling
sister, and then the thought flashed to his
mind : if the messenger had come for me,
my reply could not have been like hers :
"Kiss me, good-by, darling brother,'
said the child; am going home to my
Father, so do not cry; but, oh ! remember
before another sunset the messenger may
come for you.'
" Thus saying, the child entered the
boat, and watched it glide from the shore.
The last sun-ray had vanished, and the lit
tle one trembled as she looked upon the
water. It was very deep, so dark, and
seemed so cold; but suddenly the river
seemed glorious with light, and looking up,
the child saw it was radiance reflected
from the brightness of that , -home on the
other side. Sean the little one was wel
comed by that Father whom she already
loved so well. Soon a bright crown shone
on her brow, and in that glorious kingdom
she reigned forever."
After Mrs. Seymour ceased speaking,
there was silence for some time, and then
Harry exclaimed:
" You did not end about the little boy,
mamma; did he never reach home?"
"The Messenger came soon after, and
found him also ready," was the reply.
" I know the beautiful home across the
river is heaven," said Clara; " and God
was the little children's Father; but what
was the letter and who was the messenger,
mamma•?"
" The messenger was Death, and their
Father's letter was the Bible. Am I not
right, mamma ?" asked little Harry.
"Yes, darling," replied his mother,
"and the letters sent every night and
morning were prayers, while the stream
that had to be crossed „Was the river of
death."
" And the letter that I wrote, was not
that a prayer to God from Heaven?" asked
glare, timidly.
" My little daughter is right," said Mrs.
Seymour, "and I only trust that my children
will be always ready to go home.'
Have you answered the loving letter
written - you in the Bible? Do not say "I
will to-morrow." The messenger may
come for you before another sunset. Go
to that loving - SatriOur now. Ask him to
take away your sinful heart, to prepare you
for that bright home in heaven, then strive
more earnestly each day to be like him.
Then, whenever God's messenger shall
come, he will find you ready. Ready to
go home.—New-York Observer.
Shiette and Julie.
These two French girls had been -neigh
bors and companions from Childhood. As
they grew .up they became more closely
attached to each other. They were like
twin sisters, for they were born-in the same
month of the same year; and their tastes
were so alike that they pould easily agree
to dress in the same manner. Only in one'
thing did they differ---Susette wore some
thing round her neck which Julie did not.
What was it ? It was a string of black jet
beads with a cross at the end of it.
The parents of these girls were honest
and industrious people living next door to
each other; - but-the2sients of Buie* were
Papis't's;(ftbitaireatraliOTarkdirerparrenti
PRESBYTERIAN BA' N E U .RD AY, AUGUST 16, 1862.
of Julio were Protestants. But they were
good-natured people, and did not vex each
other about religious matters as' some peo
ple are fond of doing. One family went
to the great church where the priest per
formed ceremonies which they could not
understand, but in which they believed,•
and the other went to a plain little church
where the pastor prayed' and talked about
things which .they could both understand
and believe.
Susette and Julie did not often talk
about the things they saw or heard at their
places of worship; but one day after they
had gone together, each with a basket of
clothes, and spread them to dry on, the
green grass of the church-yard, Susette,
who was full of admiration of what she - had
seen and heard, said, " Oh, Julie dear, you
should have been at our festiial yesterday
and haVe seen and heard whit I did. You
would, have been delighted." .
" Indeed I" replied Julie, " Why what
did yon see and hear? Tell m e:' And - so
the conversation went on in this way:"`
Susette.—Why ,we had . a grand proces
sion, and grand singing, and priests in
grand dresses, and grand candles, which
made the grand pictures in the windows
look grander still. It was altogether
grand
Julie.—l know your religion is a very
grand religion, Susette, for you have told
me so befbre.
S.—Yes, it is. I wish youhad been with
me yesterday. I wanted you to be there,
but I did • not like to ask you; and yet I
am sorry you did not see such grand'
sights. You have nothing like them in
your religion.
J.—l know we have not. But we have
what I like as well.
S.—Have you ? What is it?
J.—Oh I nothing grand-to look at, at all.
S.—Well, if there is nothing grand to
look at, I think it must be a poor, dull re
ligion. What do you do ?
J.—As you wish to know, I will tell
you. We all go quietly to the little old
church .and sit down. Then we all join to
sing a hymn of prase to God. Then our
pastor gives thanks 'and prays for us, all,
and then he reads from the Bible, ana then
he preaches about Jesus, who died to save
us from our sins; and then we sing a song
of praise to the Saviour; and come away.
S.—And is that all ?
J.—:Yes, that is all the, way we have.
But the singing, and reading, and praying,
are not always alike. They are different
every time; but the preaching is always
about Jesus.
S.—And nothing about . the blessediVir
gin ? We always pray to her to save us.
J.—l know you do. But we do not:
We pray to God,. through Jesus 'Christ.
The Testament says that the mother of our
Lord was " blessed and highly ;favored," but
it .nowhere tells us to pray to her. ,
S.—How do you know, Julie ?
J.—Because t have read it all through,
and I am sure it_does not say, that .we are;
and more thin that. it does not say that
any one ever di e d pray to her.
S.—Perhaps not in your'Testament.
J.—Nor in your's, either.
S.—Well, that E don't know; for the
priest says , that I am not to have a. Testa- .
ment yet, because there• are in 'it soine'
things hard to be understood.
5.—1 don't know what he means, for I
never read a more easy book in my life. It,
is much easier than that book you lent me
about Abelard and Heloise:
8.--But does it make you wonder as
ranch ? I like a book that makes me won
der.
S.—Then let me tell you, SuSette, that
the most wonderful things that the world
has ever known are in the• Testament; and
what is better still, they are all true.
don't think you can say that of the strange
tales told in that book of the loves of Abe,
lard and Heloise. I think they are a
couple of very silly people.
S.—Oh, Julie, for shame;! you 'should
not say so. Don't you know they were
saints ?
J.—l know you call them saints; but I
think they were sinners, and very silly sin
ners. The saints of the Testament were
not like Abelard and. Heloise.
S.—You tiresome little Huguenot! You
would make me belieVe that you know
more about such thing than our learned
priests and doctors. Take up your basket
and let us go. 1. If I hear you .talk much
longer, you will make me a Huguenot 'too.
J.—You began the talk, Susette, by_tell
ing me of your grand doings at your grand
church. But if you are afraid ofAllr„ing
any longer; I an" willing to give over. - I.
only wish my dear Susette would read her
own Testament for herself, and then she
would know that all I have told her is true.
Come, one, kiss before we go, for we must
yet be as good friends as ever.
S.—With all my , heart, Julie 7 for I love
you though you are such a heretic!
The King's HearVs-Ease.
A FABLE.
There was once a king who.haxl a very
beautiful 'garden, with grounds arranged
with taste, to please the eye, to afford re
freshing shade, retired walks, commanding
views,-and thelielightfaHruits
that could be procured. There was one
superb old oak, so high and grand, that it
could be seen for miles around. There
Were roses and lilies, and flowering shrubs
of every kind; in short, nothing was want
ing to make it a most perfect spot: One
day the king's head gardener came and ex
claimed
" 0 king, pray come and see what is the
matter with your gardpn—eVerYthing is
wilting, drooping' and'dying I" While he
spoke, the other 'gardeners came running
in, and all had the same story to tell. So
the king wenrout, and there found all as
they had said. He went up to the first
grand old oak tree, :his pride and admira
'
tion and said :
"Why oak, what is' the matter with-you,
that you are withering and dying away ?"
0 !" said the 0ak,."1. do n't think I
am of any use, .I am so large and cumber
some; I bear no fruit or flowers, and I take,
up so much room ; and besides, my
branches spread so wide and thick, that it
is all dark and shadow under them, and no
flowers or fruit can grow there. Now, if
I were' a rose.busli; it would be worth
while 'for I shouhrbeir Sleet flowers • or
if I were a peach or a•peai tree, or 'even
like' the grape=vine, I could bear you ,
fruit." ,
The king next went to - hit3'favorite`tose
bush and said:
":.Well, rose-bush, =what is :the matter
with ,you P Why are you so drooping ?"
" Why," said the rose-bush, "°I am of
no use ; I can. bear no fruit ; I have,
nothing but flowcys. If ,I ..were an oak,
like that one in the middle of the grounds,
I should be of some Me ; for then I could
shelter you, I could be seen for miles
around, and be an honor to your garden ;
but as it is, 1 might just as well die."
The king then went to a grape-vine, ilo`
longer elinging . to the' trellis and treeti, brit
trailing sadly . OIL the'groAnd. attired
' '
" Grape-vine, what is the matter with
you ? Why are you lying so dolefully on
the ground ?",
" , Ah !" said the vine, "you see what a
poor, weak creature I am. Ido n't even
hold up my own weight, but must cling to
a tree or post. And what can 4 do ?
neither give shade like the oak, nor bear,
flowers like the shrubs. I always must
depend for support upon something else,
and surely I am of no use."
On went the king, quite in despair to
see his place going to destruction; and it
grieved him to think that for all the kind
care and attention he had lavished upon his
garden, he was to be paid by murmuring
and repining. But he -smidenly spied a
little heart's-ease (a small flower,) low down
on the mround, with its face turned up to
him, looking as bright and smiling as pos
sible. He stopped and said :
" You dear little heart's-easel What
makes you look so bright and blooming,
when everYthing around you is withering
away?"
".Why," said thdheart's-ease, "I thought
you wanted me here; if you hall wanted an
oak, you would have, planted an acorn; if
you bad wanted roses, you would have set
out a rose-bush; if you.had wanted grapes,
you would have put in a grape-vine. .But
I knew what you wanted of me was to be
heart's ease; so I thought I would 'try to
be the very best little heart's ease that ever
I . could." - '
The Silly Fly.
0 you little silly f1y,. 0
There's a spider watching nigh ;-
You will scion be in-his snare,
Buzzing without heed or care.
There! the little fly is caught
By the spider; quick as thought:
Lo, he binds and bites the fly;
Silly creature, you must die.
Careless children, like the fly,
Do not think'when dancer's nigh;
Mind not what they do or say,
Thus tecoming .Satan's prey.
Children thus .who learn to sin,
Carelessly atTurst begin ;
By the sin they soon arebdutd,
Satan's prey they.thus are found.
Let us always watchful be;
Pray from sin to be set free :
Then, tho Ugh Satan's snares are near,
God will keep us in' his fear.
4 ‘ I'm too little."
These words reached the ears ofoMrs.
Wilson, as , she came into the, parlor, one
afternoon. She found her three children
seated on the sofa; Anna, the eldest, try
ing to amuse her younger brother and. sis
ter. She had been telling them a story in
her own wise way, of some good little girl,
who was a great help to her mother; and
was showing the exampleuf this excellent
child,, for the benefit of Ella, when their
mother came in.
"Too little for what, Ella ? " asked Mrs.
Wilson, pausing before the children.
" I was telling her," said Anna, " the
story of Katie Lee, and when I said she
must be good, and , do as Katie did, she
told .me she was too little?'
"Little girls of four years are rather
small ) )) said Mrs. Wilson, . 4 nut nip Ella
is n't too little to be goodi'l hope."
" But Katie was older than I, - I.',m mire,"
said Ella; "I can't do such things as she
can." '
1 ,, What things? " asked mamma.
'" Why, bringing in the inilk-pitcherf
I'M afraid I'd spill the. milk and then Su
san would , say, Oh, you are a plague."
Mrs. Wilson smiled, for: poor little Ella
was called a.'" plague" very often.
" If - you couldn't.bring the milk-pitch:
er, darling, you could be useful in other
ways," she said.
Oh, no, I can't, I'm too little," per
sisted Ella.
Mrs. Wilson sat down and took the
child upon her lap. " Now listento me
you can pick up my ball when it rolls on
the carpet, and. get papa's slippers, and
fetch me a book, or m.y work-basket, can't
Oil ?"
" Yes, I can do those'," ' said 'Ella. '
" Well, then, are you= too little to berme
"
" Why, is that being.aseful Lthought
it meant real 'great )things;" said , :Ella;
opening her efeS"very. Wide- in-' aSt.thiiab
ment.
" It means that older girls are to do.great
things, and little girls are to do little
things," said her mother. "You,axe - a
little girt now, and so your' Heavenly
Father only wishes you to do little things;
but then, my darling must try and do them
willingly and pleasantly. You should al-.
ways be .ready to do what mamma' asks;
at once, not say, ' I'm tired;' or'' 1' don't'
want to,' because, though yOu are only'four
years old, your are not too little to be use
ful."-Children's Guest.
jrzt tke acabits.
Words for Wives.'
I believe the influence of ._a. wife to be
always, for-good or for'evil, very decidedly.
There is not a woman living, unless% Slur
has forfeited all claim to her husband's re
spect, but is making her markday by day
upon his character. We men are foolishly
proud, and do not like te.let, the women see
how .they influence us, hilt .we know that
outside of our business—and- sometimes
even in it—all our doings are More or'less
controlled by our wiVes, and, he is
,a knaire
who will net honestl3r own it. Is,it dis
grace to a man , that he is 'kept at home,
away Ifrom bad“coiripany, away-from doubt
ful pleasures and foolish expense, through
his wife's influence? Borne poor, cowardly
souls think se and utter senseless cries
against lier who, as a guardian angel,
stands "between these and-their victim. I
think the wife was given to supply man
with certain things wanting in his own na
ture, and in yielding to her judgment, her
opinion, her desire—where these are on
the side of truth and justice—he only fol
rows out the leading, of Divine will.
But though the s husband hide it or deny
'it, let the 'good wife be of gbod 'cheer.
One thing, however, let her understand—
Worrying, fretting, fault-finding, direct and
freqnent harangues, ill-teMpered slurs,
anything that looks like passion, suspicion,:
or jealeusy, will do no good. These are
things a man cannot bear, and , have driven
many into the things they wereintendecito
prevent. ,. She lacis judgment and pru.
Bence who shall ever indulge in' these.
Let her !Eno* that the strongest influences
are those, which are silent and 'indirect;
that it is impossible for-her to be in the
right, gently, patiently, consistently,.with
out its being:felt. It may not be acknowl
gdged to-day or to-morrow, or eter; - it- may
nee . that'. she
Nunteracting influences may be
for that, but it is felt among the deepest
and last things of life, even when he jeers,
and scoffs, and strikes.—Monthly Religious
Magazine
Wife Lady.
It is ceartainly not in good taste for a
gentleman .to speak of his wife as his
" lady," or to register their names upon
the books of a hotel as "John Smith and
lady," or to ask a friend " How is your
lady ?" This is all fashionable vulgarity,
and invariably betrays a. lack of cultiva
tion. The term wife is far more beautiful
and appropriate and refined, whatever may
be said to the contrary. 'Suppose a lady were
to say, instead of "-my husband, my gentle
man,' or suppose we -were to speak of
Mrs. Fitz Maurice and her gentleman."
The thing would be absolutely - ludicrous,
and its obverse is none the less so, if right
fully considered. A man's wife is his
wife, and not his lady,; and we marvel this
latter term is not: absolutlely- tabooed in
such a connexion, at least by intelligent
and educated people. It ought to be left
for the exclusive use -of the codfish aris
toeracy.—frovidenec Post.
Itliscellautotts.
Arab Polito/ma.
A poor Arab was travelling in the desert,
:when he wet with a spring of elear,swent,
sparkling water. Accustomed as he was to
brackish wells, to his simple mind it ap
peared that such water—ae—this--was worthy
of a monarch; and filling'his leathern bot
tle from the spring, he 'determined to go
and•pr9sent it to - the•caliph himself.
The , poor man travelled a considerable
distance before he reached the presence of
his sovereign, and laid his humble offering
at his feet. The caliph did not despise the
little gift brought to him with so much
trouble: - Ile ordered.some of the water to
be poured into a cup,'drank it; and thank
ing the Arab with a smile ' ordered him to
be presented with a reward.
The'courtiers around pressed foryvard,
eager to taste of the wonderful water; but
to the- surprise of all, the caliph forbade
them to touch even a single drop-
After the pcior Arab had quitted the
royal presence with a light and joyful
heart, the califitt tturned •to his courtiers,
and thus exp,ain.ed the motives of his
conduct :
"During the travels of the Arab," said
he, " the water in this leathern bottle had
become impure and distasteful. But it was
an offering of loVe, and as such I have re
ceived it with , pleasure. But I well knew
that had I suffered another to partake of it,
he would not have concealed his disgust;
and therefore I'forbade you to touch the
draught, lest the heart of the poor .man
should have been wounded."
The Personal Lead-of Christ,
Here is the beauty and glory of Christ,
as a Redeemer'and &vicar of, lost man,
thathe goes before,• and never behind his ,
flock. He begins with infancy, that he
may show a grace for childhood. He is
made under the law, and carefully fulfills
all righteousness there, that he may sanoz'
tify• the law to us, and make it honorable. ,
He goes before us in the bedring of temp
tations, that we may bear.-them after him,
being tempted, points - :like - as we are,
yet without sin. He taught us forgiveness
by himself forgiving . his enemies. He
went before - us'in - the less• of all things,
that we might be able - to follow, in the re
nouncing of the world and its -• dominion.
The works of love that he requires of us,
in words; are' preceded and illustrated 'by
real deeds of love, to which he gave up all
his mighty powers from day to-day. He
bore the cross himself• that he commanded
us to take: up and bear after him. Re
quiring us to hate' even life for tbe Gos
pel's sake, he went before us in, dying for
the Gospel; suffering a death most bitter
at the hands of hisenemies exasperated
only by his goodness; and that, when at a
word, he might have called to his aid whole,
legions of angels, and driven *them out of
the world. And then he wentbefore us in
the bursting of the gravei and , • the resur
rection• from it ; becoming, in his own
person, the first fruits — of - them that slept.
And finally,he ascended: and passed
in the • veil before. uspus .ours.forerunner.
whom we are to follow' even' there.— In dill
which - he is ouvshepherdi going before us,
and never behind ; calling,-but never driv
ing; bearing all the' losses he calls us to
bear . ; meeting all the dangers, suffering all
the - cruelties and pains which it. is given, us
to suffer, and drawing, us to follow : where
he leads:--Bitskrzelli
The Finale of tlie . Aastern question,--By
recent adviceejfroinTonitant t inople, it ap
pears that the jealousies between the Latin
and Greek churches, about repairing the.
Church of the,goly Sepulchre at Jerusa
lem, the pretext, of the late Crimean war,
have subsided. The 'Porte by right of
jurisdiction, Russia as protector of the
Greek Church, and Fiance of the Latin,
have 'combined their Patronage, and the
works are now 'going forward under - the
supervision of an Arminian architect, not
an American, as heretofore aSserted.
Ferbea.raft.ce to traitors is cruelty to loyal
men. Our Government will be unjust to
itself and faithless to its high ;trust, if it
shall fail to einpfoy and imprOVe all means
at its command; within the fair scope of
the. laws of war, to , overcome and subdue
its implacable •and=unsparing
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able Stock of CLOTHS, CA:SSIMERES, and VESTING'S,-
which we have everhad the pleasure' of °Oiling iii , Pititk
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JOHN A. RENSHAW, -
Family Grocer and Tea Beater,
Takes pleasure in announcing to his friends and custom
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house,
Corner of Liberty and ,Hand Streets,
(A few doors above his old stand,)
And having largely increased his stock by recent purch
now offers to the public the most extensive and complete
sortment to be found in this city, of
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES,
Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Teas, Spices, Pickles and
Sauces, Preserved Fruits in great variety, Pleb. name. Drir.d
Beef, &c., besides an assortment of Domestic Housekespbrn,
articles; thus constituting a Housekeeper's Emporium, wi4
most all articles that are useful or necessary for the keenly
all may be purchased at reasonable prices.
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Catalogues containing an extended list of my stock
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SAPONIFIER, OR CONCENTRATED
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Prices reduced to snit the times. der2l-ly
HARTUPEE & CO.,
CORNER OP FIRST AND SNORT STREETS, PITTSBURG PA
Mannfacturere of
Steam Engines e Machinery, and Castings.
Also, of STILLS, TANKS, and all other apparatus for re
fining Oils. 0ct19.13,
MERCHANTS' HOTEL,
46 North Fourth Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
O. APHIBBEN & SON. Proprietors.
mftrß-1 v
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Hcive for Sale
SPANISH AND GREEN SLAUGHTER HIDES, CALCUT
TA AND PATNA RIPS,VANNERS' OIL, .40., ELT
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Ai?" All kinds of Leather in the rough wanted, for which
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exchange for 13 ..es. Leather stored free of charge, and eels
on commission.
.Ltberal Cash Advances :wade - on , Leather Constgred
to us 1nn25 4 -1,.
JOHN D. M'CORD JAHES S. iti'CORD
41C CIO 311131E110 40F 41C
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS' IN
Hats, Caps, and . Straw Goods,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
131 Wood St'reet, Pittiburgh' l
Have now on hand for Spring lades, as large and complete an
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cities, consisting of
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West of the city. We have treated many hundred cases of
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over the country whom we have restored to health, after
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The following are among the diseases we have treated
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Scrofula, every form of Skin Disease, Dyspepsia, Liver Com
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Iteprodnclive Organs, Diabetes, Dropsy, &c., &c.
TO FEMALES suffering with diseasmi peculiar to their
sex, we appeal with confidence, as we rarely fail to effect
cures in those cas es.
We not only cure you of your disease,:but we entirely re
move from your system the bad areas of the poisonous drugs
you have taken.
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E k
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- KCOND , WANORD PIANOS, AT 624
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royl3-ly
-- .,' ,. ...J0HN IT. MELLOR, 81 Wood Street.
Op A DOUBLE-REED FIVE
onier 7T. Din li y er , e u t= B. Pitn o ?i s.. S:l3 e t MELODEON, in good
JOAN H. MELIOIt. 81 Wood Street.
iptTTS'ISURGH • •
REV. I. C. PERSHING, A.M., President.
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C A R .- B - 0' ffil - 0' L
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F "d,
or Brilliancy :: , an. Economy,
BURPASSECALL OTHER rLLIFMINATI.NO OILS now in
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isnuary arena"- PITTAIIIIRRI{.
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Beal Estate Agents, Notaries Public, and ConVerancerS.
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make,out coeyeyaneee, ex amine
. titles, attend promptly to
the colleetiomcif debts in Wistern Jews and Nenrasta,
mylT-Imis
;NERVOUS DISEASES.
awing retired from general practice, I now give attention
EPILEPSY and other NSRVOIIB Diseases. In these, for
itieuty years, I have had considerable Enccvss, some a which
cases barn heretoforelteen published ire this paper. I shall
be Itapp_y to see and prescribe for any thus amscted, at my
ritheleß4o:44Brfloith'Y'enntquare Philadelphia. Patients
provided with board. WA. M. CORIOLL, p.n.
ntarB-tf