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gmjrUmtnfci amt Par hi it cry 
g}*w publications! 
PERSONAL ITEMS, 
Newest and Best 
MUSIC BOOKS! 
Anna Dickinson Is engaged to lecture every 
□igbt till May next. 
Dr. Holland’s new lecture is called “The 
Elements of Personal Power.” 
M. Godard, the aeronautic Nestor, died re¬ 
cently in France at the age of 71. 
Signor Mario and hla two daughters, Miles, 
de Candta, will pass the winter in Paris. 
Mrs. H. W. Ham.icck, widow of t he late Ma j.- 
Gen. Halloek, has arrived in Paris with her son. 
There is a literary society in the Maryland 
Inebriate Asylum named after Oliver Wendell 
Holmes. 
Count Costi, the Italian Minister, will leave 
Washington this week for Italy, on a leave of 
absence. 
Over 111,000 copies of Miss Alcott’s “Little 
Women" were sold in England during the last 
half of 1873. 
The citizens of Portland, Oregon, have pre¬ 
sented a portrait of the late Gen. E. II. 8. Canby 
to his widow. 
M. Lanhon, the great writer upon the game 
of chess, has died, and left his family in desti¬ 
tute circumstances- 
Count Cavour’s memory is to be preserved 
by a monument in Turin, Italy, which is to be 
inaugurated on November 4. 
Edwin Booth was born in November, 1833. 
He made his first regular appearance at the 
Boston Museum, September 10,1840. 
Mr. Froude writes to a friend that all that 
lie made by his transatlantic lect ures was his 
expenses, his passage home and $500. 
Miss Sarah E. Fui.i.kr of New York has re¬ 
ceived an award of merit from the Vienna Ex¬ 
hibition for excellence in wood engraving. 
According to M. D. Conway, Archbishop 
Manning is at .present the most prominent fig¬ 
ure In the ltomuii Catholic world of Europe. 
M. Edmond Amout's letters from Paris to 
the London Athenaeum are published without 
translation, under the heading Notes dc Paris. 
Dr. Sadr, who died recently, was the last of 
four clergymen who have held successively the 
vicarage of Schoilield, England, during the past 
160 years. 
John Koessle, who established the brewing 
of lager beer in this country, and accumulated 
about $1,000,000 thereby, died recently In liox- 
bury. Mass. 
Rev. Newman Haul preached four sermons 
to very large congregations in Baltimore, on 
one day, two of them in the evening, one being 
to the negroes. 
Rev. Dr. Adams of New York will, it is un¬ 
derstood, accept the professorship of sacred 
rhetoric that lias boon offered him iu the Union 
Theological Seminary. 
Don Antonio Lopez db Santa Anna, the old 
Mexican general, now an exile, is passing a mis¬ 
erable life, having sunk from opulence to the 
most complete poverty. 
The Count de Chambord states, in a letter, 
that ho desires to bring about the union of 
parties In France to Insure prosperity to the 
country, and that lie lias no Intention of attack¬ 
ing Italy. 
There Is no Bold of labor that offers greater re¬ 
muneration than the sale of the Fnmily Knitting 
Machine, and there Is no machine that possesses 
one-half the oimlithes which arc so absolutely 
necessary for family use as the 
Bickford's Improved 
It* simplicity and ease of management, together 
with Its capacity fordoing the great range of work, 
and Us Milling cost, makes It a mutter of economy 
for every family to have one. and will ultimately 
bring Hintons general nseas the So wing Machine. 
The practical utility of the machine Only needs to 
he demonstrated to the people to produce an un¬ 
limited demand. 
Many Sewing Machine Agents, finding the in¬ 
crease of competition and the dtttlculty of soiling 
high-priced machines to militate against a flour¬ 
ishing business,are taking hold of the 
to every taste and every occasion. Descriptive Cata¬ 
log Jes sent free. Among the most recent and best 
are: 
IIOUIl OF SINGING.$1.00 
For High Schools and Seminaries. 
CHOICE TRIOS.. .$1.00 
For High Schools and Seminaries. 
Ill U ST A A HARD. 
The BANNER CHURCH Music Book of the 
Season. 
THU RIVElt OF UFE.35 
Unoqualed In Variety. Unexcelled in Quality. 
A Sabbath School Song Book by 40 composers. 
CIIF I' 1I FI I, VO I < 'ICS.50 
L. o. Emerson’s Latest School Song Book. 
'I'll 1C OKGAN AT IlOilIK.$3.50 
Undeniably the host Collection for Heed Organs. 
1)K VOTION A I. CII I HI'S.75 
Neat, Complete, Perfect. For Social Meetings. 
All are Choice Books. Already in great demand. 
Sent, post-paid, for Retail Price. 
OLIVER D1TSON & CO., Boston. 
C. II. D1TSON & CO., 711 Broadway, New York. 
BICKFORD 
and meeting with the greatest success. Mer¬ 
chants, finding in Dana Bickford's invention a 
rhenp, simple and practical Knitting Machine, 
find It provtahle to purchase end keep ou sale. 
The almost entire absence of competition does 
not require the “eternal vigilance'’ to sell this 
machine as in the case of sew ing machines. 
AgrulK Winiled Everywhere. Good,Smart 
Men 0)111 make $51) I'Ktt WEEU. AND EXP’JNSES. 
Send for Instructions and Circular*. Price $30 
to *50. 
BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE CO. 
DANA BK KT OIM), President. 
Office and Salesroom, 689 Broadway, N. Y 
HALL’S PATENT HUSKING GLOVES 
$iu$ical instrument,# 
The Aldine Almanac 
Brochure of American Art, 
With 1 Uuati'alUmx by the Best American Ar¬ 
tists, Designed and Engraved tuj/i'cssly 
fm this work, 
WILL BK KKAlff OCTOBER 15tll. 
TnE Aldine ai.manac lias boon gotten up re¬ 
gardless of expense, with the purpose of making it, 
lievoud conopulllloii. the most beautiful publication 
o/ tuu kiwi nvor iitteuuiU'fl in tiiit* country. uuko 
otliur AlniHiuuv, it i* ii"t ttllc<i witli 8^ou<Mcl-nuiui 
cuts, bat I- purely original. era dwiyrt hi* hern 
moilc null > lejrut'tu by far hist aitMs expressly fen its 
'the'A i liiNi: Almanac is truly national iu con¬ 
ception.ami will be at once accepted as tho standard 
for taste and accuracy in every section of tho United 
States. _____ 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 
The Calendars. 
Mr. John 8. Davis, a young and rising artiet, who is 
beginning to he recognized as the coming draughts¬ 
man of America has contributed liberally to the 
embellishments Ol tills AI.MANAC). Ills But or twelve 
calendar border* are admirable, and entirely unique 
in their way. _ , ... 
The Schuylkill 
i» represented by a splendid full-page cut, from a 
drawing of ’Thomas Jloran, the strongest landscape 
artist in America. 
The Outcasts of Poker Flat. 
A synopsis of Bret Harte’s Inimitable Western 
sketch accompanies tliiec illustrations by Mr. Davis. 
Dunham &Sons, Manufacturers, 
Warerooms, 18 East 14th Street, 
[Established 1834.t NEW YQRK 
Greatly Improved this year by small metallic plate 
on the parts most exposed to wear, making them use 
THREE TIMES AS LONG, without Impairing their 
flexibility. These popular t.loves fully protect the 
hands, and do the work much faster and easier than 
any other Hnsker. Made In three sizes, both right 
and left handed. Half Gloves, $1.75 per pair; Full 
Glove*, *2.50 per pair. Sent, pre-patd, on receipt of 
price. Ark your merchant for them, or address 
HALL HUSKING GLOVE COMPANY* 
145 S. Clinton St.. Chicago. 
r HELLS AT SIGHT. 
IJO TWO .MEN’S WORK. 
No s ir or I'uM linger*. Best cast 
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I! —Will send, post-paid, 2 samples for 
75 its,, or s styles for *1, or 1 dozen 
| for *3. S3<1 si On J for Agents. 
Address UNION HI SKKK Uo.. 
U N I 0 N 
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rito ENGRAVERS. PRINTERS, AC.—Large stock 
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X Mow either sex may fascinate and gain the 
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Contents:— Doing his Best, by J. T. Trow¬ 
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Hannah Colby’s Chance, by E. Stuart Phelps j 
The Rat Hunt. Poem by J. T. Trowbridge t Wal¬ 
ter on a Spree, by Ileleu O. Weeks ; Tho Sad Fate 
Of “Polly Cologne,” by Mrs. Vbby Morton Diiizi 
Two Boys' Ascent ol Vesuvius, by Arthur Peui- 
ber; A Protest, by Edgar Fawcetts and other 
nttractlvo Stories, Sketches, Rebuses, Puzz-les, and 
A Skoesicks, by Mrs. Geo. >1. Kellogg. 
The only Reliable Gift Distribution in 
the Country. 
quality. Genuine, 
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‘‘The Best Juvenile Magazine ever published in 
any Land or Language .”—Philadelphia Bess. 
FOR NURSERY PLANTINC. 
FRUIT TUFFS 
IN CREAT VARIETY. 
RARE ORNAMENTALS 
A SPECIALTY. 
The largest assortment in the country. Send for 
TRADE LIST No. S, sixteen closely-printed pages; 
and Nos. 1 and 2, Retail Descriptive and Illustrated 
Catalogues of Frail and Ornamental Trees. 
H DOPES, BI«>. THOMAS, 
Cliorry llill Nurseries, West Chester, Pu. 
1 tilth It IS UU J.Ji ft At O ATT II It T 
20 Cents al Number; $2 la Year 
For Sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers. 
JAS. K. OSGOOD & 00., Publishers, Boston. 
To be drawn Monday, Nov. *3-lth, 1873 
ONE GEAND CASH PRIZE OF 
$5,000 IN GOLD! 
HUNTERS’STRAPPERS'GUIDE 
' ONE GRAND CASH PRIZE OF 
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Two Prizes $1,000 each in Greenbacks. 
Six Prizes $500 each in Greenbacks. 
Ten Prizes $100 each iu Greenbacks. 
1,000 Gold and Stiver Lever ITUnUng Watches (In 
all), worth from, |30 to $300 each I 
Coin Silver Vest Chains, Solid and Double-plated 
Silver-ware, Jewelry, &o., &e. 
Number of Gifts 10,000. Tickes limited to 75,0001 
AGENTS wasted TO 8ell tickets, 
to whom liberal Premium* will be paitl* 
Single Tickets $ I ; Six Tickets $5; 
Twelve $ I O ; Twenty-five $20. 
Circulars containing a lull list of prizes, a descrip¬ 
tion of the manner of drawing, and other Li forma- 
tion in reference to the Distribution, will be sent to 
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main Office, L. 1). SINE,. 
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address It. U. Haines, Maiden-on-the-tludson, N.Y. 
A Work on the Breeding, Rear 
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CTf Stock guaranteed not damaged by the severity 
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11LAI1I. BROS., Proprietors, 
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bound in extra style. Contains 224 large octavo 
pages. Sent, by mail, post-paid, for $1.50. Address 
D. 1). T. MOORE, Publisher, 
3 Beckman St., New York, 
KUAINT, KUEER AND KURIOUS 
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Is the valuable book we give to all. Full of facts, 
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stamps, and address Black.il & CO„ 74C B’way, N. Y. 
