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PERSONAL ITEMS, 
Prof. Huxley is engaged in lecturing in En¬ 
gland, and attracts large audiences. 
Dr. Beccari, the Italian botanist, is making 
a collection of plants In New Guinea. 
Mr. Thurlow Weed has the first volume of 
Ids autobiography ready for the press. 
The Paris newspapers announce the death of 
Mme. Felix, the mother of the great Barbel. 
Mrs. H. TV. ITallkck, widow of the late 
Major-General Jiailcck, is in Paris with her son. 
The King of Italy lias presented to the Em¬ 
press of Austria a costly sot. of jewelry made in 
Rome. 
Mr. Barney Willi VMS lias recovered the 
use of his eye—which was recently affected hy 
paralysis. 
The Emperor of Austria will visit the Czar at 
St. Petersburg during the holidays of the Rus¬ 
sian Christmas. 
Mr. Dp Chaillu haa returned from Norway, 
and made his appearance again at the up-town 
clubs, New York. 
Theodosia Brown of Whitehall, weighs 400 
pounds, and lives on a daily allowance of one 
egg and one prune. 
M, Francois-Victor Hugo, the only sou of 
the poet,, whose illness was expected to end 
fatally, is recovering. 
Prof. J. H. Seelyk, D. D., of Amherst, is to 
deliver a course of lectures at Andover Sem¬ 
inary the coming season. 
Mr. Wm. Everett, son of Edward Everett, 
has commenced preaching, and Is spoken of as 
possessing much talent and earnestness. 
Of the live prime donne in Italian opera in 
the world—Adelina Patti, Lucca, Nilsson, lima 
di Murska and Tietjens-three are in the United 
States. 
It is stated that Gen. McClellan’s visit to 
Europe is to secure $500,000 reported due from 
the Atlantic and Great Western Road to the 
United States Rolling Stock Company. 
Immense Success of Ditson & Co.’s New Col 
leclien of Organ Music, entitled 
There is no field of labor that offers greater re¬ 
muneration than the sale of the Family Knitting 
Machine, nnd there is no machine that possesses 
one-half the qunlitlies which are so absolutely 
necessary for family use as the 
Bickford’s Improved 
lt£ simplicity and ea&eol management, togetltfSf 
\rith it& capacity for doing the grriit range or work, 
bixu its trilling coat, make* tt a matter or economy 
for every family to have one, nnd will ultimately 
brim? it Into an general tbe Sewing Machine. 
J ho practical utility of the machine only needs to 
be deipojiHirated to the people to produce an un¬ 
limited demand. 
Many Sowing Machine Agents. tindiriK the In¬ 
crease of competition nnd inn dlfllcuitv of selling 
high-priced machine*; to militate against a flour¬ 
ishing business, ure biking hold of the 
BICKFORD 
which contains literally the gems Of Strauss' Waltzes, 
Mazurkas, &e., and is to-day the most popular music 
hook in America—over 20,(XM copies having been sold 
in 10 months. Price, $2,50; in Cloth, $3. 
Great Sale of 
and molding with the greatest success. Mer¬ 
chants, finding tn Dana Bickford’s Invention a 
cheap, simple and practical Knitting Machine, 
find it prowtable to purchase and keep om sale. 
The almost entire absence of competition docs 
not require the *■ eternal vigilanceto sell this 
machine as in the case of sewing machines. 
Agents Wanted Even where. Good, Smart 
Men can make $30 per week and expenses. 
Send for Instructions and Circulars, f’nce *30 
to *50. 
BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE CO. 
DANA BICKFORD, President. 
Office and Salesroom, 689 Broadway, N. Y 
THE STANDARD 
This great Church Music Book hy L. O, EMERSON 
and H. It. Palmer has double, the merit, and is likely 
to have double the sale, of common books by one 
composer. The works of either gentleman have sold 
by the Hundred Thousand,and U10 STANDARD will 
continue to bo called for until every Choir, Singing 
Class and Convention are supplied. Price, $1.50. 
Published by 
OLIVER IIITSON iY CO., Boston. 
C. H. D1TSON & CO., Til Broadway. New York. 
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for this u'ork. 
WILL UK READY OCTOBER I5lli. 
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or the kind ever attempted in this country. Lnlike 
other almanacs, it Is not filled with second-hand 
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made mid ewjntvcd I/O the ht.it artiyt. crjiieesly for tf« 
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 
The Calendars. 
Mr. John S. Davis, a young and rising artist, who is 
beginning to he recognized a* the coming draughts¬ 
man of America, has contributed liberally to the 
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in their way. 
The Schuylkill 
is represented hy a splendid fuff-pug o cut, from a 
drawing of Thomas Moran, the strongest landscape 
artist lu America. 
The Outcasts of Poker Flat. 
A synopsis of Bret Harte’s inimitable Western 
sketch accompanies throe illustrations by Mr. Iiavis. 
A Tropical Scene. 
One of the most exquisite pictures which it is pos¬ 
sible to conceive is contributed by Mary Nemo, to 
illustrate lines from Joaquin Miller. 
Rip Van Winkle. 
A disquisition on this popular American legend is 
Illustrated by four designs by Mr. Davis. 
Evening on the Delaware 
is a most per foot picture, by Thomas Moran. It 
shows that American pastoral scenery lias ample 
charms for poetical illustration, and needs only to be 
properly treated to have* this fact fully recognized. 
The Melancholy Days. 
This picture Is strong and full of poetic feeling, 
and is a very tine Illustration of Bryant’s well-known 
lines. 
Olden Time Southern Life 
Mr, Sheppard.a Virginian artist, gives us u glimpse 
of the patriarchal phase of American slavery. He 
has chosen a Christmas scene when the “ servants ” 
present themselves for the. usual presents, and good 
wishes ami kindly i.-eilng rule tn every breast. 
A ’Coon Hunt 
lsaseoond contribution of Mr. Sheppard’s, and one 
of the most striking in the work 
The New England Schoolmaster, 
another of Mr. Davis’s designs, represents the old- 
time Yankee school-house, with the master “ so kind 
ami so true.” 
The Illuminated Cover. 
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specimen or the mediaeval style of Illumination ever 
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