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wiped off with filter-paper dippeil in dilute liydrollu- 

 oric acid. The irlasB, of course, sliould be carefully 

 warmed before applying tlie eolderinsr irou. The 

 platinum coatinir is said to adhere to the plass bo 

 flrmlv tl'at a well soldered piece of metal cannot be 

 removed witliout injurinc; the surface of the glass. 



Poi.isniKO-Ci.oTii Fou BiiAsa : A sort of linen 

 was exhibited at the Vienna Exposition, which served 

 the purposes of cleanini; and polishing' brass very 

 well and was at the same time cheap enouirb for 

 general use. Invcsliirations by Dr. Itcicbardt indi- 

 cate that the etVeet is due to tlie presence of silicic 

 acid and an alkali, and that the article may be pre- 

 pared by imprecnatini; some loose fabric, such as 

 fustian, with a weak solution of water- jrlass, and 

 then washini; it tborouirhly. A not inconsiderable 

 amount of silicic acid will be retained, in a manner 

 analogous to alumina in dyeing. 



LITERARY RECORD. 



Thomas Mekhan's WnoT.nsAi.K PnicF, T.ist for 

 the Autumn of l.STti. (ieru\antown Nurseries, Cier- 

 manlown, Philadelphia, Pa. An octavo pamphlet of 

 eighteen patres. This is especially a tree-seed eata- 

 loffue, includins rare ornamental trees, fruits and 

 flowers; wholesale and retail prices appended to 

 each, and their comnuiu and seientilie iianies t'iven. 

 Those desirins deciduous trees and shrubs, weeping 

 trees, everirrcens, vines and climbers, as well as 

 hardy lierbaceous (danls, fruit trees, etc., will do 

 well bv orderinu; from so experienced and intelligent 

 a source as Mr. Mcehan. We commend these men 

 and their stock to the consideration of our readers, 

 not only on account of their reliability of character, 

 but because the citizens of this county every season 

 become more or less the victims of irrespunhible 

 etraneers, who exhibit books and portfolios of illus- 

 trated fruits, [ilaiits and flowers, that very frequently 

 turn out inferior or worthless in the end, subjecting 

 their patrons to a loss of time and money. 



Dreer's Desckiptive Catai.ooue of Bdlbs, 

 Plants, &c., with Directions for the Culture and 

 Management of Bulbous Roots, for lS7(i and 1877. 

 Henry A. Dreer, Seedsman and Florist, No. 714 

 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



A deini octavo pamphlet of 48 pages, on good pa- 

 per and a clear mecbanit'al print, and forty illustra- 

 tions of the most attractive plants, rustic work, and 

 implements. In this little work (little only by com- 

 parison with some of the large catalouaies) are 

 brought together all the surest, best tested and most 

 enduring and beautiful of llowering and other planls, 

 with the specific treatment of a larae number of 

 them, together with choice lists of fiower and stand- 

 ard vegetable seeds. Mr. Dreer is an old and ex- 

 perienced tlovver and plant dealer and seedsman, and 

 offers great inducements to dealers and amateurs, by 

 making liberal discimnts to those purchasinir in 

 quantity, and his §!.00, §5.00 and ^.^..^O collections 

 are particularly attractive. Our readers might do a 

 good deal worse by purchasing elsewhere. 



Mineral Map and General Statistics of New 

 South Wales, Australia. Thomas Richards, London, 

 187(1 ; finely colored and notated. It is very probable 

 that before the Ides of Novend)er, a very large num- 

 ber of our citizens may manifest a desire to emi^i-ate 

 to some other region, and as the classic ground of 

 "Salt River" may be over populated, nothing could 

 be more desirable than New South Wales. 



Just look at it. 24,810 square miles of coal lands, 

 and 12, 187, 27!! tons raised in one year. .500 square 

 miles of diamond lands; .SOO of silver; fiOO of coal oil; 

 l,400of irou ore; 6,2.50 of tin; ."JOO of lead; i:i,B.50 of 

 gold; and :5, "00 of copper. The products of the coal 

 oil, tin, gold, and copper lands in 1875 was :i2,(i!tl,-597 

 pounds sterling. The live stock of the same year, 

 consistinir of sheep, horned cattle, horses and pigs, 

 was 2(i,29:!,2'U head, and the produce of wool was 

 62,!I00,425 pounds; besides 684,2.58 gallons wine, :!8,- 

 5t')4 tons potatoes, 15, ".55,648 pounds suaar, and 6,12il,- 

 018 bushels of wheat, corn, barley and oats. Surely 

 such a country is preferable to the barren wastes of 

 Salt Kiver. 



The National Live-Stock Journal for October 

 is at hand, and is truly a magnificent numlier. It 

 contains twenty-six elegant illustrations, drawn on 

 ftone, expressly fortliis number, by the distinguished 

 animal artist, E. H. Dewey, which are intended as 

 representatives of all the leading breeds of domestic 

 animals as bred in America, in this our centeiuiial 

 year. The horse pictures ate faithful likenesses of 

 Lexington, tiov.Si)rague, Donald Dinnie, and Apollo. 

 Then follows a male and lemalc of each of the lead- 

 ing breeds of cattle, making in all twelve cattle por- 

 traits. Then we have Colswold, Leicester, South- 

 down and Mcrinoshcep; Berkshire, Yorkshire, Essex, 

 Chester White, Sullolk, aud Poland-China swine; 

 making in all a series of illustrations that have never 

 been approached by any other journal of the kind in 

 the world. In its entire mechanical execution, Tlie 

 Journal is a model of neatness and taste; » hile the 

 character of its contents has uniformly been such as 

 to have placed it, long aKO.atlhe head of all journals 

 of Its class, in Europe or America. It is published 

 by the Stoik Journal Company, Lakeside Building, 

 Chicago, Ills., at J2.15 per year. 



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Col. Watson, proprietor of the Hknry Housk, Cincl.iuati, 

 for Ihe past twenty yeHra, and pieHiuit proprietor, hns leused 

 tho hons« for n term of ycHis, and his newly furnished nnd 

 titled It throughout. He will keep a striclly first -cluss house, 

 and bus uccommodutiou for 3U0 guests. Terms, only $3 

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