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BT GLENN' HERBERT. 
Flora. Botany. 
THE LATEST, BEST, MOST POPULAR 
BOTANICAL TEXT BOOKS. 
By ASA GRAY, IVZ. D., 
Fisher Pro fetter cf Satnral Science in Harvard 
University. 
A LTTTLE maid xnt with her fa«. to tho gun,— 
Bat on the door-*tep olden 
A-weary, and giving her fancies' fro. run, 
And toyed with her ringlet, golden. 
1 O San that !■ shining so bright,” she said, 
“ Tou must be tired of shining; 
For It must b. hard to go round overhead 
With never an end divining.” 
Her pretty head drooped on her shoulder then; 
J.ong did she sit tber. sleeping. 
When she awakened from sleep again 
The sun was Its watch st ill keeping. 
O Sun that Is never a-woary !" she said, 
“ O Sun that Is bright and glowing. 
I’m glad that you always go round overhead, 
With never a resting knowing. 
For, Sun, you will gladden my whole life long, 
Joyously bright and gleaming 
And then she caroled a blithesome song, 
Of cheeriest morrows dreaming. 
The Sun goes on.^and the maid hag grown 
Womanlike now. and fancies 
That gladdest of sunlight she has known 
In true eyes' tenderost glances; 
And sunlight blesses her life, and yet 
Though the old sun is shining 
Forever and ever, she sees It set 
As If at the ond’s divining; 
And nights come down with their stars shut out, 
Gloomy, and dark, und chilling; 
But the sun rounds hack in its lengthened bout, 
Her being with now warmth thrilling! 
Rend the following: 
New York, Dec. 3,1S63. 
Mr. CI7AS. Pratt, 108 Fulton St., New York: 
Hear Sir: 1 wish to add mv testimony to the good 
qualities of the " Astral " OU. us seen fn the follow¬ 
ing. A few nights ago at my residence In Clifton, 
N. J., the servant girl accidentally knocked over a 
lighted lamp rilled with four • Astr.il” Oil. The 
lamp fell t<* the floor and was instantly broken, scat¬ 
tering the contents over the carpet. The wick, which 
was still burning, fell Into the oil, but did not Ignite 
It, und was picked tip and blown out. without causing 
any damage, further liutti the loss of the lump. 1 
hare been burning your " Astral ” Oil for a number 
ut months, and am highly pleased with It. I consider 
it perfectly niff, and would use no other. 
Yours, very truly, Charles II. Spencer. 
II. 13. Claflin & Co., Itl) Church St., New York, 
Ask your dealer for It, and if he does not have it, 
send your order to the 
OH. HOUSE OF CUAS. PRATT. 
108 Fulton Si., New York. 
THEY HAVE NO EQUAI.S IN ANY RESPECT. 
Gray’s “How Plants Grow.”.Si.‘20 
A Botany for Young People. Handsomely 
Illustrated. 
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Grnv’sSchool & Field Hook of Botniir.2.50 
This Is a new hook i a complete key to the vegota- 
able and floral Physiology, l-umily and Genera of all 
common Plants, native or exotic, found east, of the 
Mississippi, in gardens. tleM», forests, or in ordinary 
conservatories; giving thelroonntion. English names; 
whence they eume. how they imv he recognised,and 
for what they are. or may be used. 
Gray’s Mntiunl of Ilotuuy. #2.30 
Gray’s Lennon* und Mnnnnl, One vol_.'{.00 
Gray’ll Manual, with Mosses, etc. lllus.2.30 
Grnv’s Stractnral and Systematic Bot¬ 
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Flora of llie Southern United Stntce. Bv 
A. W. Chapman, M. D. 1 vol. 3.30 
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ANTI-TOBACCO BOYS 
Years ago we hoard a man in middle life 
declare,—“ I would give a thousand dollars 
to he free from this vile tobacco habit,” and 
we have thought of him often when seeing 
young men, even mere lads, chewing or 
smoking. The use of tobacco in any form 
cannot be afforded by any person. It were 
better for thousands of men that they pay 
larger sums than that mentioned, nnd cast 
the weed aside altogether. In the end they 
would bo great gainers. 
A majority of youth are compelled to 
make their own tvay in the world. To do 
this successfully they should press into ser¬ 
vice every honorable means. To render 
success most easy and certain they should 
put away from them each impediment,— 
tlirust each obstacle behind them, and walk 
lYce ami unhindered. Tobacco is a great 
obstacle. It impedes in many ways. Used 
in its most popular form it imposes a bur¬ 
densome tax upon the purse,—a tax no 
young man can afford to pay. Cigars are 
excessively expensive. Speaking after the 
manner of smokers, anything short of a ten- 
cent cigar is not lit. to smoke; and at a very 
moderate estimate the outgo for such is half 
a dollar a day. Three dollars and fifty cents 
per week is a sore drain upon the income. 
It amounts in the year to one hundred and 
eighty-two dollars,—and all for the fleeting 
pleasure of burning five cigars in the course 
of the day. 
Two years of self-denial, in this respect, 
would he equivalent to the purchase of a very 
handsome library, and the pleasure derived 
from the possession of that would he not on¬ 
ly a pleasure but a profit. Better are books, 
always, than cigars; better is nothing, al¬ 
ways, than any style of the smoke-weed. If 
one does not use cigars, but prefers a pipe, it. 
must be a meerschaum, at a cost of from five 
to a hundred dollars; and the expense is 
really much the same. And, putting the 
question of expense out of the question, the 
best physicians prove that smoking is ex¬ 
tremely hurtful,especially for youth, and that 
the practice tells fearfully against even 
mature systems and works wide-spread 
harm. 
We are glad to sec, therefore, that an 
earnest feeling is being awakened among the 
youth of our country upon this subject. We 
take peculiar pleasure in giving countenance 
to a movement which boys are making in 
various localities to outwit one of their 
greatest enemies — Tobacco. They have 
formed a regular League, against him, we 
are informed by a late number of the 
Youth’s Temperance Banner, and this 
League now numbers about forty-five socie¬ 
ties, enrolling some six hundred members. 
Here is their pledge: 
“ Believing the use of tobacco to be hurt¬ 
ful to the body, mind and morals, I hereby 
solemnly pledge myself never to smoke, 
chew or snuff it, nor partake of it in any 
form, and I will use my host endeavors to 
induce others to abstain from it also.” 
It is certainly excellent, covering the 
whole ground. The societies are officered 
and conducted entirely by the boys, or, in 
some cases, by boys and girh. They have 
a constitution and by-laws, with fees, and 
dues, and names, and mottoes, and badges, 
and all things necessary for a successful en¬ 
terprise. They hold regular meetings, speak 
. pieces, correspond with other societies, and 
sometimes get up exhibitions and fairs, with 
the proceeds of which they purchase libra- 
5 ries, take papers, distribute boys’ anti-tobac* 
^ co tracts, and fight that filthy weed generally. 
^ Pleasant employment is furnished in such 
L manner, nnd much amusement may be nf- 
, forded during the long evenings, while at 
and be sure you got the genuine. 
£S/“ Always to be I) d Of 
WARD. SUTHERLAND <fc CO., 
Wholetuile Druggists. 
130 William St., New York. 
An assortment of tho other brands that are best 
known, always on band. 
To Have No Valentine, or a Valentine Too NIviclv P 
M I I, I. AR’S PATENT CHEESE VATS nml 
lleuter*. for Knotnrles or I’rlvntr Dairies. Port- 
tivrly Ihe best in net. A Iso other gl oat Improvements 
In factory und dairy articles. bond lor an 1 Itustruted 
Circular. CHAS«. MILLAR A HON, Utica, N. Y. 
tho same time good is being done. Miss 
Julia C'olman, 98 Park Avenue, Brook¬ 
lyn, N. Y., is Secretary of the League, and 
by sending ten cents to her any of our young 
friends can get a copy of the constitution 
and by-laws, with complete instructions for 
organizing a society. Will not our young 
friends of the Rural circle think of this 
matter, and see what they can accomplish? 
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ILLUSTRATED REBUS.-No. 5 
In consequence of a CHANGE in OUR FHIM, nnd 
Removal In April to 685 Broadway, 
Our entire stock of 
$500,000 worth, of 
CHINA, GLASS, SILVER, and ELATED WARE, 
CHANDELIERS. GAS FIXTURES. CLOCKS, 
BRONZES, CUTLERY, &c„ 
Will be disposed of, and we offer it at and 
2SEIZ.OW COST. 
An examinat ion of our FRICKS, whleli are SHOWN 
In PLAIN FIGURES on the goods, WILL SATISFY 
buyers that WE ARE IN EARNEST. EVERY ONE 
IS INVITED TO CALL. 
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V.' Allium, bolding 20 fuli-’lze picture*, mulled, post¬ 
paid. for 38 Cl*.: •> for 41: #2.23 per do*. Circular* free. 
Address C. SEYMOUR, Holland. Erie Co.. N. V. 
I WISH I WERE RICH. 
“ I wish I were rich, I would buy every - 
thing” cried Charlie. 
“The sun, moon, and stars?" inquired 
William. 
“No; everything that can be had for 
money.” 
“ That's not happiness” said William. 
“ Get your hat, Charlie, and come with 
me to Mr. Morrison’s,” said his father. 
“O! please not, papa, he is such a disa¬ 
greeable, miserable old man, with his cross 
looks and gouty foot, hobbling about and 
groaning." 
“1 think you would like to live with 
him!" said his father. 
“ 7 , papa? I Avould rather live down a 
coal-pit.” 
“ With him you would have all that can be 
bought with money.” 
“ I recant. 1 see it won’t do,” said Charlie. 
“ Health cannot be bought with money.” 
“ Nor good temper, nor friendship, nor 
lift),” said William. 
“Above all,” added their papa, “ the favor 
of God cannot he bought with money. Be 
content with as much of it as God gives, 
and seek to use it aright..” 
“The fear of Goil and swodt content 
Yield riches that will ne’er be spent.” 
WE ARE MANUFACTURING 
After the first, of May the business will be con¬ 
tinued by our successors, Messrs. N1COL A DAVID¬ 
SON, rU 1180 BROADWAY. 
On Mr. K. V. & E. E. Huughwout retiring from tho 
business, either party will sign the name of the pres¬ 
ent arm in liquidation. K. V. I1AUG11WOUT & CO., 
488, 190. 492 BROADWAY, Corner Broooic Street, 
New York. 
N. B.—ORDERS RECEIVED BY MAIL WILL BE 
FILLED ON THE VERY BEST TERMS. 
for rowEn on hand use, 
ranging In Price from 815 to |175, and in capacity 
from one to thirty bushels per hour. 
These mills m e very Strong and Durable—require 
but little power to run them, and will grind either Fine 
Family Meal or Stock Food without rhangeof Plates. 
Each mill is fully wurrunted, and will more than save 
Its price every year. 
NO FARMER OB STOCK FEEDER 
W ANTED—AGENTS—$75 to *200 per 
month,everywhere, male nod female.to intro¬ 
duce the G ESI I IN 1C IMPROVED COMMON SENSE 
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. This Machine will 
stitch, hem, fell, luck. Oil ill, cord, lilmll.rnld nnd em¬ 
broider In u most superior manner. l’rico only 118. 
Fully warranted for live years. We will puy 11,000 
for arty machine that will sew a stronger, more beau¬ 
tiful or more olu -ilo scam than ours, It makes the 
“ Elastic Lock Stitch.” Every second slitcli cun be 
out. and *t!ll the cloth cannot be pulled apart with¬ 
out tearing it. We pay Agents from $75 t<i f200 per 
month and expenses, or a commission from which 
twice mat amount can be made. Address SECOMB 
A co„ FITTSBI KG, PA.; BOSTON, MASS., or ST. 
LOUIS, MO. 
C a UTJON.—Bewar e of all Agents selling Machines 
under Hie same name us our*, unless they can show 
a certificate of Agency xigiled by us. Wb shall not 
hold ourselves responsible for worthless Machines 
sold by other parties, and .shall prosecute nil parties 
cither selling or using Machines under this name to 
tho full extent of tho law, unless such .Machines wore 
obtained Mom us m our Agents. Do not he Imposed 
upon by parties who copy our advertisement and cir¬ 
culars and offer worthless Machines ut a less price. 
should fall to write for our Descriptive Circular and 
Price List. Address 
THE DIAMOND MILL MAF’G CO. 
Cor. Front and Pike Sts. Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Answer in two weeks. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA—NO. 6 
I am composed of twenty-two letters. 
My 13, 2, is, 6, 5 is an article of clothing. 
My 10,1, 20, 15,10, 19.12 is a weed. 
My 11,18, 3, ». 7 is what most people like, 
My 10, 22, 17.14 is of dally use. 
My H, s. 21.20.19, 7 is an Island. 
My whole is an old but worthy adage. 
Beamsville, Ont. I 
C3?" Answer in two weeks. 
f\PALINE 
" / for the Teeth, 
Gums and Breath. 
OPALINE 
i is reliable, efficient 
tii.il t - , i rt vnn ini'il 
and convenient. 
OPALINE 
is sold by Drug¬ 
gist* and dealers 
i lirnu g h ou t, the 
United Slates and 
Europe. 
OPALINE 
is recommended 
by physicians and 
dentist*. Use ny 
other dentrlflee, 
li.venturand pro¬ 
prietor. CHAS. K. 
PKV1CV, Dentist, 
Worceete r, Mae*. 
CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.-No. 4, 
My Hist is in excellent, not in good, 
My second's In tree but not in wood; 
My third Is in born but not in birth. 
My fourth is in Joy but not in mirth; 
My fifth is in speak but not in »uy. 
My sixth Is in hour but not in tiny; 
My sevenIh's in love but not In like, 
My eighth is in pound but not in strike. 
My whole is the name of a distinguished histo¬ 
rian. *• M - 
J5S i "Answer In two weeks. 
INTo more * Kerosene Horrors.” 
GLASS LAMPS 15 KEAK AND EXPLODE, CAUSING 
jtmor. 
OBTABLE, AGRICTLTITRAL and 
STATIONARY 
GLIMPSES OF GENIUS, 
What is the best stimulantfor the hare? Tho 
greyhound. 
When a draft passes through a hank, does it 
give the clerks colds. 
Why is the letter G like matrimony? Because 
it. is ut the end of courting. 
What is llic difference between a pill and a 
hill ? One is hard to get up and the other is hard 
to got dowu. 
“ What is it that etickoth closer than a broth¬ 
er?” said a Sunday school teacher to one of his 
class. “ A post-office stamp—by yum J ’’ said the 
incorrigible, 
An Irishman went to live in Scotland for a 
short lime, but didn't. Hite tho country. ” l was 
sick all the time I was there," said he, “and if I 
had lived there till this time I'd been dead a 
year ago.” 
A little four-yenr-old child told his father lie 
was a fool. On being reprimanded by his moth¬ 
er, and required to suy ha was sorry, he toddled 
up to the insulted parent and exclaimed, "Papa, 
I'm sorry you's a fool." 
Mrs. Partington says flint Ike, having be¬ 
come enamored of a s.vren in Boston, has led her 
to tho menial altar. He didn't appear the least 
decomposed. On the buck of his wedding cards 
were little cubits with wings. 
A Scotch nobleman one day visited a lawyer 
at his office* In which, at the same time, there 
was a blazing fire, which led him to exclaim: 
Mr.-, your office is hot as art oven 1 ” “ So it 
should be. my lord." replied tho lawyer,"as it is 
here that 1 make my bread." 
Prof. B.. tho eminent electrician, was travel¬ 
ing lately in the ears, when a man came up aud 
asked him for hi- faro. “ Who are you?' said 
B. “ 1 ? mv mime i- Wood; I am a conductor." 
“O,” said the professor, very quietly, ’•that 
can't be, for wood is a noo-conduetor.”* 
A YOUNG fellow, eating some Cheshire cheese 
full of skippers ut u t«\ ern one night-, exclaim¬ 
ed: “Now I have done a- much as Samson, for 
I have slain my thousands aud tens of thou¬ 
sands." “ Yes,” retorted another, “ and with the 
same weapon—the jawbone of an ass.” 
Excelled by none —equaled by few in merits of 
efficiency, economy and perfection. 
Onr PORTABLE ENGINE, mounted on Locomotive 
Boiler, having flre-bux tuid ash-pit entirely surround- 
ed by witter «pui'c, inset upon leg*and timbers; occu¬ 
pies uuio room ■ needs no brick work ; i> suitable for 
use in any place where a pow er is required—in Mill*, 
Shop*, FoiiniU iee or Printing lloottt*, or In Stock Burn*, 
for grinding, cutting and steaming food for htock. 
The AGRICULTURAL ENGINE, supplied with 
Loeonwtivc Boiler, Is mounted on wheels, with pole 
for attaching horsos for moving from place to place; 
is suitable for Grain Tberthing, (kirn Shelling, Bead 
und Shingle M wing, Ac. 
Tho STATIONARY ENGINE is complete, with 
Ooneinor Pwmv and llenter, with Connections filled. 
Circular*, with description unit price*, furnished 
on application to A. N. WOOD & CO., 
Eaton. Aladison Co., N. Y. 
CHARADE.-No. 4, 
AND 
Canvassing Agents 
CANNOT l'lNl) A MORE 
Pleasant and. l*ro<ilal»Ie 
WINTER EMPLOYMENT 
THAN TO SELL 
PERKINS & HOUSE PATENT 
WiTn gun upon my shoulder laid, 
I sallied forth beneath tho shade 
Of autumn woods in search of game. 
By chance I met a lass whose name 
Was e'eu my Rruf; under a tree 
She sat and sang my third, as free 
As the wild crows that without dread 
Called mj second, above her head. 
Anon she turned, with a lust look 
Above, below, unto her book - 
My whole the author,—and I, afraid 
To mar the picture that she made, 
Retreated to the deeper gleu 
And dreamed of maids won by brave men 
S2f”Answer In two weeks. Denio. 
Constructed on Sir Humphrey Davy’s Plan, 
MUCH IMPROVED AND AT GREATLY 
THE MOST EMINENT SCIENTIFIC MEN 
SAY THAT IT IS 
1. Absolutely Safe under all Circumstances, 
both from Breaking and Explosion. 
2. It gives twice us much light from surue sued wick. 
3. H uses 38 per cent, less oil. 
1. It Is ornamental nod durable—lusts a lifetime. 
5. it gives no nil or in burning. Turned never tu low. 
(!. The steadiness of Llic flume is especially wonderful. 
7. It is u successful rlvul of gn* at u trifling expense. 
Wo win refund the money on receipt of the lamp, 
if any of these claims prove Incorrect 
One canvassing agent sold 185 Lamps tlie 
first tiny in going from house to house; another 
21; another20. &e. one agent sold 4fi in one hotel; 
one agent sold IU.3 lamps in a tow n containing only 
11') families. Good agents average 412 per day. 
Spnciul attention given to supplying Churches, 
Hotels, Hulls, &c., at reduced rates. 
Sold only by cannnettlng agents. Exclusive Sale guar¬ 
anteed. For descriptive circulur and term*, address 
VOTAW, MONTGOMER Y & CO., 
GENERAL AGENTS FOR THE U. S., 
103 Itrnadwny, Cleveland, Ohio, 
19 Cortlamlt Street, New York. 
Send references with your letter. 
PATENTED JUNE 1, I860. 
Superior to nny yet invented, combining all the 
advantages of the French patents. With wonderful 
SIMPLICITY, 
DllSAKILITY, 
and CHEAPNESS. 
Lovers of Good Coffee are unanimous in its praise, 
r 3T FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS. 
SIMPSON, HALL, MILLER&C0., 
SOLE MAA I l id l KEUS, 
lYalliii^iord, Conn. 
SAMPLE AND SALESROOM, 
ID -Bohn St., I>'ew York. 
ANAGRAM.-No. 4, 
Nimedretde rofeobdaoh ew pylrova netderp 
Ot sak elit pooiinn dan tughhots fo a drienf; 
Double ish ffderi morf suro, on yart srepeetn, 
Ew tipy slii awtn fo thqb mugdnjct nda eens 
Tub fi eh lalsf tonl uad tufretse rou lunp 
Hyw, allerv, ew hitkn iinh a blisseen amn 1 
£3^" Answer in two weeks. 
PUZZLER ANSWERS, 
Miscellaneous Enioma No. 4.—Chapped hands. 
Illustrated Charade No. 1.—Hemlock. 
Biblical Ertoma NO. 2.—Righteousness exnlteth 
a notion ; but sin Is * reproach to any people. 
Anagram No. 3,— 
Ye mourners who in silent gloom 
Bear your dear kindred to the tomb 
Grudge not. when Christians go to rest; 
They sleep la Jesus, and are blest. 
HOW MADE FROM 
V I INI r I lAK CIDER, WINE, MO- 
w ■ I li 1 ■ lasses, or sor¬ 
ghum, in Ten Hours, without using drugs. 
For Circulars, address F. I. SAGE, Vinegar Maker, 
Cromwell, Conn. 
