; COME 
I FIRST 
PERSONAL ITEMS. 
JTfir ,2*ulilication 
3fmplrmftttj9! and Padtiacry 
Olk uVLh is o^noortlzlng In small cities in 
Norway. 
Ciiaiu.es Sprague, the banker poet, is S3 
years old. 
The Count of Chumbord has an annual in¬ 
come of £100,000. 
Dox Ca hi, og has issued postage stamps bear¬ 
ing his own portrait. 
\ rtr.NTK Ream lias a bust of Thaddeiis Stevens 
on exhibition at Lancaster, Pa. 
Mr. Pokf.ii, our representative in Turkey, has 
returned to Constantinopie fer the winter. 
Mrs. n. II. Stowe has boon reading in public 
from “ T ncie Tom’s Oobln ” in Cincinnati. 
Joaqut.v Mu.i,Kit Ik at i>resont one of the 
loungers on the Houlevard ( j, ?8 Italiens, Paris. 
Powell’s painting of “ Perry's Victory," now 
in the Senate wing of the National Capitol, Is 
finished at last. 
Mrs. Stowe has burnt up the manuscript of 
a book she has been busy a year in writing. 
She don't, like it. 
l)u. Percy of the Royal School of Mines of 
London begins this month a course of fifty lec¬ 
tures on metallurgy. 
lUv. Mark Hopkins’s recent work, “An Out¬ 
line Study of May," Is to be reprinted in .En¬ 
gland by i[odder & Stoughton. 
The first stone of a national school for music 
l’or England will be laid in November by the 
Duke of Edinburgh, ai, Kensington. 
The well-known Austrian painter, Angellni, 
lias Just received a call to Berlin to paint the 
portrait of the Crown Princess Victoria. 
M, RotJZATTD, the husband of Mine. Nilsson, 
has just returned from a trip to the Western 
plains, where lie has been shooting the hullalo. 
Besides the two thousand ilorlna which Vic¬ 
tor Email in-1 gave to the poor of Vienna, ho also 
left one thousand florins for the Italian chapel 
Immense f*nceef>s of Ditson A: Co.’s New Col' 
lection of Organ .Manic, entitled 
00 fleid of labor that offers eren terra. 
\i”I'v. rBt on ike sale of the FaniU r Knlttwwl 
omf.hlPir’ ?j? d thc T? , ls 00 much Inc that* possesses 
necessary for family use as the uvo *’ 
Bickford’s Improved 
*5^ eareot management, together 
for *<*5 * thc IH-vat rnnee oAvork 
anil its trifling cost, make* It s matt*, or ecomm » 
hrin^it m/**® 11 - 1, lo faave 0,1an<1 "id ultimately 
Prtnp It Into 1W flpmvrwl n Cat II I. Ilm .. I 
popular music of the day, well arranged for the 
Heed, Parlor or Pipe Organ. Contains everything 
wltleii liwKutM " popular'*—mcl,,dleK of the dav, 
mnrehes. wultrei. roluntarlcs, vnrlntloi «, trsnscrip- 
i e him of the t.. st 'acted air*. «ems of flanin 1. Mozart, 
Schumann, Ac.; In fact, the t>e-t c>r all music from 
Beethoven's Adagios to Strati."** Danube Waltz. 
KlHsrwJItli'n sold in two weeks after implication, 
nnn FOURTH now ready I Price, f .* V) Hoards; £3 
Cloth. 
I nparullelod Hnwess oi Dlisos A Co.'s 
which contains literally the gems of Strauss' Waltzes, 
Mazurka*. Ac., and is to-dny the most popular music 
book lu America—over Y9M/I c .pies having been sold 
in 1J months. Price. §3,50; lu Cloth. *-(. 
^ -Lhe ffrvatest success. Mer¬ 
chants, finding In Dunn Bickford's Invention a 
i, simple and practical Knitting Machine. 
•mrcliusn and keen sale. 
vni.i,r, ivT..'o'r JHen , 0fl .°, r 1 competition does 
m.VLAIAI. ets i-n.ii vigilance ' to sell this 
u . a ?Tr n tho < ?*v, e uf sowing machines. 
" “ yxvliere. Good,Smart 
WhkK AND IiXP .NSE3. 
— Puce isi j 
BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE CO. 
DANA BICKFORD, President. 
Office and Salesroom, 089 Broadway, N. Y 
THE STANDARD 
find It pmvtable to p 
The almost entire abi 
not,-- • • •' 
UincL,__... ... 
Agent* Warn 
Men cun make . .... 
» «£,‘ or instruction* and Circulars. 
This groat Church Music Hook by L. O. Emerson 
and H. It. Palmer lias double t.ho merit, anil Is HkeJy 
to have double the sale, ol common books by one 
composer. The work* oi either gentleman nave soid 
by the JJundn-U Thousand, amt the Hi AMlABD will 
enmiaue to tic culled for until every Choir. Singing 
Ci««» and Convention are supplied. Price, (Ui. 
Published by 
OLIVER DITTOS & CO., Boston. 
C. H. DlTdON A CO.. 711 Broadway. New York. 
THE NEW ULrlfiS: 
AMERICAN 8 
SEWING 
machine m | ilon/on ally shut t 
SELF-THREADING, 
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Chiuauo. I lx... •• 7fi State St. 
St. Louirt, Mo„ ** t>()8 N. 4 th St 
The Celebrated Bone Fertilizers, 
GROUND BONE, 
BONE MEAL, 
BONE FLOCK. 
Pn 0e Wuperphosphiue of Lime, or 
Dissolved Bone. Send for Circular. 
_LISTER BROS., Newark, N. J. 
KIDDER’S PASTILLES. LT.‘,££:' 
Price 40c. by mall. Stowkll A Co.. Charlestown*. Muss! 
The Aldine Almanac 
Brochure of American Art, 
TTUh IUustrations by the Best American Ar- 
ttrts, Designed and Engraved exj>re*sly 
fgr (Ms writ. 
Will BE HEADY OCTOBER 15th. 
The alihnk Almanac ha* boon gotten up re- 
gardlcKaot expense, with tlm pnrjatseol tuukiug it, 
beyond cvruiiMititlon. the most beautiful publication 
of the kind over attempted in this country. Unlike 
other almanacs, it is not filled witu socood-band 
cuts, but is purely original. Ueerti dtx'ujn ku been 
iHuti. mill ni jravt a by hut net art tels eu-preeelu for its 
(duet ration. 
Thk AiJdNC AUMaNAC Is truly national in con¬ 
ception,and will bo at uuuo accepted a» the ttandurd 
lor taste and accuracy In ovury section of thu li nllcd 
ritaio*. 
Mineral Roofing 
Cheapest and Most Durable! 
fj. i ?J'i? OTntntnlng 100 (net) snuare 
Ipped In rolls ready to bo laid. It 
k * Inexperienced men, la not Injuriously 
Fw£artF/uhS£Sdffi.""' 1 m “ y bc 
H - H o.V^ ^ ' At TUBINt. t o., 
ffio Uroailwity, N»m York City. 
man of America, has contributed llnerully to thu 
ombplltahnjentaof this jU.ma.vac. Uiaeetof twelve 
oulenuar bordew tu «* ii< 1 uiu* 2 il>le. und cutirely udIuijc 
In thwlr wuy. 
The Schuylkill 
is repreHentod by n splendid full-page ent, from a , , , - ,- -. v 
drawing of Thonuu» Momn, tlitt htrongcBt landHCHDe I OQCtiWdrfl <LU(t fitrwo\d. 
artist tu Ainnini, 1 ". 1 
The Outcasts of Poker Flat. 
A synopsis of Bret Harte'a Inimitable Western 
sketeu acoumpunies three ))ln«trailoii6 by Mr. Davis. 
A Tropical Scene. 
One of the most exquisite pictures which it Is pos¬ 
sible to concern* Is contributed by Mary Nemo, to 
niotthruio linos from Joaquin Miller. 
Rip Van Winkle. 
A disquisition on till* popular American legend Is 
Ulustruted by four designs by Mr. Davis. 
Evening on the Delaware 
U a mont perfect picture, by Thomas Moran. It 
showy tliUt AtnorlG&D pa<torul S 08 ii©ry Uur< uoipifi 
charnis for poethuil iilnstiMmon, and neoil.^ only to ho 
properly treated to huve ibla fuel fully reoognized. 
The Melancholy Days. 
This picture Is strong am) full of poetto feeling, 
nuil Is u very lino Illustration of Bryant's well-known 
lLXlttti. 
Olden Time Southern Life 
.Mr. Sheppard, a Vtrg nian ariisi, gives ns n glimpse 
of the patriarahaJ phase of American slavery, lie 
hufl ohorten u Cbristxu^h hccuti whon the “ 
ondxriU hrryofUr w5 their $hT> Machine for (45. 
and otJier rtute* in projmrtlun. 
fs/hr o.\ lA Scu'tng Machine that lthe vsrrli 
backward and forward. <*r to rigid and left , as 
r«ri3i»A™n r ^KJ >r< 7 i r - If to* b<*n greatly 
PfEl t ?J E1> A -\i‘ ^Ml‘UFlED, and far 
Mttrr_t hg h g n i/ other much hie in the market. 
IT IS NO W THE CHEAPEST. 
t lo) cnee. M iss,, Xov, 1, ‘73. Agent* Wanted: 
Dunham & Sons, Manufacturers, 
Warcrooms, 18 tost !4th Street, 
[established 1834.1 N&W YORK. 
The only Reliable Gift Diatz ibutioii iu 
the Country. 
Ti .rou Brie Tvn Y wi> ran eril 
f l'd '‘laa, 7 Octavp I'hiuos for 
f rT,„"7 V*-'S —t-vU. S290 7 M'c aimwvr—It oc-u 
ui .n $300 lo niults xny 
*!^***S*«.«!!S S G O O I’uiiiw sold ihrougs 
FT.AIC. n bBAN'-W^sII uf whom make loo 
I tiy V *|p« r at, profll. W* have no 
I | sUT I j ifi Agents, luu ship direct to fsimi- 
lie- nl Factory prlrr, and wurm.it 
o I cars. f*pnd for illiistn.i(*<l circular, In which wc refer 
to over 000 Hankers, Mrrcliunt,. Ac, fsuuic tif whom 
yon i,nv kunwi. using e,,r llano*. l„ 44 States aud 
Tfcirlloiies. ri,".'»P .l:,,e v licrp v..n mw tip poticp 
U. S. Plan i C \, C I Crondway, N.Y. 
IN VALUABLE GIFTS! 
TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN 
J MhiUl Kite. PU1NTKKS, AC.-l.nrge stock 
well Heiixoned and prepared Boxwood, Mahog- 
Mapieanil Pkm. n an dthbuik. n. Wei.i,m A Uo.. 
o. ( iibinct A l*re.*e VVnrnhouec. IB Dutch bt. N. Y. 
agr. Premium Farm (irisl Mill, 
, •’’“buule. cheap and durable, und grinds 
i VLr «H K»nd* of grain rapidly, it in adapted 
JJ^>\ Lo all kinds of horse powers. 
n bKVD VO It IZBHClUl'TlVt ClItCULAlt, 
11^ WM. L. BOTBR i BUO., 
Philadelphia. Pa. 
1041A «/,’ HV t,.l ll MUJS'TU/. 
To be drawn .Honday, N ov . IH73. 
ONE GRAND CASK PRIZE OF 
$5,000 m GOLD l 
ONE GRAND CASH PRIZE OF 
$5,000 IN SILVER ! 
Two Prizes ijl.000 each ixi Greenbacks. 
Six Prizes S500 each in Greenbacks. 
Ten Prizes $100 each iu Greenbacks. 
1,000 (iotd and Silver IsUI Hunting Watches iin 
atl), teertk from, 420 tn tSOO tec), ' 
Colo Silver Vest ChuinH, Solid and Doubkvplatod 
Silver-ware, Jewelry, Ac., &<•. 
Number of Gifts 10,000, Tickts limited lo 75 0001 
AOENTSWANTKD TO SELL TICKETS, 
4« w hum Liberal Premiums will he paid. 
Single Tickets SI ; Six Tickets $5: 
Twelve $ I O ; Twenty-five S20. 
♦tiSfSI&E fl,)nUl,0l ',Ktt lull llrt Of urucs, a dnsorip- 
• Lb® manner of drawing. „nd oturr liUorma- 
tlon lo referenoe to the IMotrlbutioo, will heBm.tto 
ed to** 6 " rt,l * r ns Lbem. All letters mu-.t be a>zdrosi>- 
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5, plants, &r 
HAS NEVER BEEN EQUALED. 
^prMHicul piayo pl*Y|nt 
him! iiHyvuiicai utiiMc LLu>rvujrLly. 
I lurkv’a New Method 
tIhd J’iavo-Portf ran kb (He 
It y r«»y Knulal lt,f»# tu *1* 
pr»tri!cAl YY*ulie. 
_ fUn 11 hr T>f a! 1» l^rl^e Sa 75 
A W A L K i: K , Philadelphia. 
iewmethdd! 
BEAUTIFUL EVER-BLOOMING 
u l whon the ’* siTviiirv" 
pn^ont tiioznseJve* tor thu iatu.il presentH, und uood 
'vlfho8 und MiifJlv /ooliugrule lu »+vt*ry brrust, 
A 'Coon Hunt 
Ih tt soeoncl cTintributiou nt Mr. Sheppard V, and one 
of the most striking in the work. 
The New England Schoolmaster, 
another of Mr. Davis’s designs, represems the old- 
time l ankec school-house, with the muster " so kind 
and so true." 
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specimen of the uiedimval style of Illumination ever 
produced in America, 
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«>0 cfHi?-. 
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