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Httsmss sen tWiiiiii |5otfri], HUiMCLE WORTH. 'fell me not that he’s a poor man, That his dress is coarso and bare ! Tell me not his daily pittance Is a workman’s scanty faro. Tell mo not his birth is humble, That his parentage is low ; ho honest' in his actions ? That is all I want to kh6\V. Is his word to be relied on / Has his character no blame ! Then I care liot if he’s low bornâ€"- Thon I ask not whonce liis name. Would lie from an unjust action Turn away with scornful eyo ? Would he than defraud another, Sooner on the scaffold die. Would he spend his hard-gained earnings On a brother in distress ! Would he succour the afllicted, And the weak one’s wrongs redress ? Then he is a man doserving Of my love and my esteem . And I care not what liis birth-place In the eye of man may seem. Let it be a low thatched hovel; Let it bd a clay-built cot ; Let it bo a parish workhouseâ€" In my eye it matters nots And, if others will disown him As inferior to their caste, Let them do itâ€"I befriend him As a brother to the last. Jin lib urn Heuitingfi. Jones says he hates to see women buy- ing furniture at auction. The prettiest then look uglyâ€"their countenances are so for-bidding. 1 Shall I have your hand V saiil an ex- quisite to a belle, as the dance was about to commence. ‘ With all my heart,’ was the soft response. * Ah, is it possible you are still alive V said a fellow, on meeting unexpectedly one whom he had grossly injured. ‘ Yes, â- and kickingreplied the other, fitting the action to the word. An Irish girl, on hearing her mistress read a large number of cases of cholera occurring in a town of Austria, very in- nocently asked: ‘ IIow many, d’ye think, -was put into a case, ’mum V A Cincinnati gentleman last week drove from Ins parlor a youth who was courting his daughter, and the young fel- low took his revenge the same night by firing the premises. The old gentleman should have remembered that a spark may set a house on fire. A wag was travelling while afllicted with a very bad cough. He annoyed his fellow-travellers till one of them remarked in a tone of displeasure : ‘ Sir, that is a very bad cough of yours !’ ‘ True, sir,’ replied our friend, ‘ bvtyou will excuse meâ€"it's the best Pve got /’ A young wife remonstrated with her husband, a dissipated spendthrift, on his conduct. ‘ My love,’ satd he, ‘ I am like the pro- digal sonâ€"I shall reform by-and-by. 4 And I will be like the prodigal son,too,’ *he replied, ‘ for I will arise and go to my father j’ and accordingly oIT she went. A stuttering man at a public table, had â- occasion to use a pepper box. After •shaking it with all due ve geance, and turning it in various ways, he found that sthe pepper was in no wise inclined to come forth. ‘ T-th-this p-pep per box,” he exclaimed with a sagacious grin, • is sc- something like myself.’ 1 Why V asked a neighbor. * P-poo*poor delivery, he replied. At a cattle show recently, a fellow who was making himself rediculously conspi- cuous, at last broke forth : 1 Call these ’ere prize catlle 1 Why, they ain’t nothin’ to what our folks raised. My father raised the biggest calf of any man ’round our parts.’ ‘ I don’t doubt it,’ replied a by-stander, and the noisiest.’ A butcher, who was afllicted with that obliquity of vision known as strabismus, was about slaughtering a bullock, and he employed a little negro to stand by the bull’s neck, grasp his horns, and hold his bead steady, so that lie (Ilie butchcr) would have a certainty of knocking him down. As the butcher poised his aze in the air he seemed to be looking directly at the negro instead of at the bullock. ‘ Look here, look nere, bossy,’ exclaimed the darkey with a great deal of nervous trepidation,1 is you gwine to strike where you is lookin’]’ * Of course I am, you black scoundred,’ was the reply, ‘ Den you git somebody else to hold de bullock,’ ejaculated the negro ;(you isn’t gwine to knock dis chile’s brains out.’ Obeying Orders.â€"‘ Edward,’ said his mother to a boy of eight, who was trundling a hoop in the front yard) ‘ Ed- ward, yod mustn’t go out of that gate into the street.’ ‘ No, ma, I won’t,’ was the reply. A few minutes afterwards his mother had occasion to go to the window. To her surprise she saw Edward in the street, en- gaged in the very edifying employment of manufacturing diit pies. ‘ Didn’t J. tell you,’ she said angrily, ‘ not to go through the gate V 1 Well, I didn’t, mother,’ was the satis- factory reply. 1 I climbed over the fence.’ A dandy with more beauty than brains, married an heiress, who, although, very accomplished, was by no means handsome, ©ne day he said to her : ‘ My dear, as ugly as you are, I love you as well jts though you were pretty.’ ‘'Thank you, love,’ was the reply ; I can return the compliment, for, fool as you a^e,.I love you as well as though you had wit.’ THE HABIT OF SPITTING. Will the time ever come when the spittoon, that disgusting remind- er that people spit, will be removed from our parlors, steamers and cars'? Those who chew tobacco should feel a delicacy in having this one of the lowest vices made appar- ent by the use of le case de tabac, as few others rarely avail them- selves of this convenience. The habit of spitting is, probably, one reason why the Americans are so meagre in person. They spit themselves to death, and then talk wonderfully about our climateâ€" swell the numbers of those who die of consumption, and look like scare- crows during the period of their natural life.- Women and girls rarely spit, from an instinctive sense of its indelicacy ; but men Iook solemn, talk grave, and spil. They finish a sentence by a spit, just as we close a para- graph in our editorial with a period. Boys, as soon as they are installed into a broad collar, spit. They practice in order to do this wellâ€" shooting forward the body, and the under bp till they become masters of the art, and able to hit a spittoon at the greatest possible distance. If spitting must be done, the pock- et hankerchief is the only legitimate medium, and this can be used in a manner as little obvious to the spec- tator as possible. Those who have this habit inveterately established, should carry an extra handkerchief, that the one “wisely kept for showy’ may be as little objectionable as possible. Seriously,our secretions, if health- ful, are never offensive and never in undue quantitiesâ€"the habit of casting the saliva from the mouth- causes an extra secretion, which must, in its turn be ejected, and thus nature is severely taxed to supply the wasteâ€"the gums shrinkâ€"the the teeth failâ€"the throat is parched â€"bronchitis, first, and finally con- sumption, or some other decay of a weak organ, comes in to close the scene. An Arab would run a man through who should presume to spit in his presence. The bird never spits, the toad squats to the earth, and the serpent secretes saliva of a dead- ly poison. If we weep passionately, the saliva is bitterâ€"it is puugent and scanty in the action of the baser emotions, while love renders it sweet and abundant. The saliva is associated with our whole animal economy, and follows closely upon the action of our minds, systematic- ally intimately with all its moods. Semativeness inclines us to swal- low down our saliva, while disgust disposes us to spit it out. The scent of roses moisten the lips more than the tongue, lemons cause the mouth to be filled with saliva. The sight of one hateful to us dries the mouth, while on the contrary, one who is agreeable moistens it. Hence those who weep have dry lips, while those who suffer without tears have not only dry lips but an acrid mouth. There is a beautiful philosophy in all this, and those who waste the secretion by spitting, lose not only the action of those glands, but unquestionably weaken the first sensibilities connected with them. Show us the man who spits, and you show us a man of uncertain characteristics, and one whose sen- sibilities arc not to be trusted. Do away with spittoons, and nature will do her work more genially for man, she will beautify him ; where- as n<>w she is obliged to be continu- ally patching him up. ssary expenses, had, on a Friday, made shift to have a halfpenny in reserve, which I had destined for the purchase of a red herring in the morning but, when I pulled off my clothes at night, so hungry then as to be hardly able to endure life, 1 found that I had lost my halfpenny ! I buried my head under the misera- ble sheet and rug, and cried like a child. And, again I say, if I under eircumstances like these, could en- counter and overcome this task, is there? can there be, in the whole world, a 3'outh to find an excuse for the non-performance 1 What youth â€"who shall read this, and will not be ashamed to say, that he is not able to find time and opportunity for this most essential of all the branch- es of book learning ]â€"Cobbctt. The St. Lawrence has risen fully twelve feet since Christmas Day. As far as the eye can see from the Bonsecours Market, Montreal, the river, in the dir- ection of Varene«, is bridged with appar- ent solid ice. It was slated on Monday that several arm had crossed over to this city on foot from Longueuil. YORK COMMONWEALTH. I learned grammar when I was a private soldier on the pay of six- pence a day. The edge of my berth, or that of the guard-bed, was my seat to study in ; my knapsack was my bookcase ; a bit of board lying on my lap was my writ*ng table ; and the task did not demand anything like a year of my life. I had no money to purchase candle or oil; in winter time it was rarely that I could get any evening light but that of the fire, and only my turn even of that. And if I, under suck circumstances, and without parent or friend to advise or en- courage me accomplished this un- dertaking, what excuso can there be for any youth, however poor, however pressed with business, or however circumstanced as to room or other conveniences } To buy a pen or sheet ot paper I was com- pelled to forego some portion of food, though in a state of half star- vation ; 1 had no moment of time that 1 could call my own ; and I had to read and to write amidst the talking, laughing, singing, whistling, and brawling of at least half a score of the most thoughtless of menâ€" and that too, in the hours of their freedom from all control. Think not lightly of the farthing that I had to give, now and then, for ink, pen, or paper ! That tarthing was alas ! a great sum to me. I was as tall as 1 am now ; I had great health and great exercise. The whole of the money not expended for us at market, was twopence a week for each man. I remember, and well I may, that upon one oc casion Iâ€" after all absolutely nece- The proprietors have commenced the publication of the York Common- wealth, a family newspaper, devot- ed to Politics, Literature, Agricul- ture and Commerce. The intelli- gent yeomanry, merchants and me- chanics of York will hail with plea- sure the publication of a paper in the very heart of this wealthy and important county, that will be a faithful sentinel and advocate of their rights ; a fearless and impar- tial expositor of public wrongs, and a reliable medium of the general news of the week, both foreign and domestic. The greatness of any people may be measured by their intelligence, and in proportion to their mental and moral acquirements will be their position among the nations of the earth- The channels, therefore, for conveying to the public cheap and useful information, can never be too numerous, nor the streams of knowledge too widely diffused. With a view then of promoting per- severingly and effectively the moral, social and political condition of the country, the Commonwealth has been issued and placed under the editor- ial management of a gentleman whose intimate acquaintance with the country and its politics qualify him for the efficient discharge of the duties ol his position. No pains will be spared to render it one of the very best papers in the Province. In politics the Commonwealth will be thoroughly liberal, and will not fail to advocate such reforms in the constitution as are essential to good and economical government. The recklessness and extrava- gance of our statesmen have emptied the public chest, saddled the coun- try with an enormous debt, and brought it to the very brink of na- tional bankruptcy. The extensive patronage of the executive together with the abuse of that patronage are evils of long standing, and the time has now arrived when the powers of ministers should be circumscrib- ed by a constitutional check. Representation in Parliament, proportioned to numbers, is a mea- sure of so just and equitable a na- ture, that if not conceded to Upper Canada consequences must follow most disastrous, not only to these Provinces but to the whole of British North America. A national system of education, free from all sectarianism, is best adapted to the wants of the people. We regard such a system as one of the greatest blessings a nation can possibly enjoy. The acquisition of the Hudson Bay Territory is a question of much significance to Canada. It would be another link towards the establish- ment of that mighty empire, whose dominions, population and enterprise shall one day extend from the lakes on the south to the Artie ocean on the north, and from the Pacific on the west, to the Atlantic on the east. British North America at no distant day will be traversed by a railway, which shall extend from ocean to ocean, and afford a chan- nel through which the immense wealth of the east will find its way to other parts of the wurld,â€"thus making Canada the first commercial country on the earth. The Hud- son Bay Territory belongs to Cana- dians by birth-right, and should, without delay, become part and parcel of Canada. The county of York should be separated from the City for judicial purposes, and builu'ings erccled at some suitable place, to afford the necessary accommodation. 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It presents a weekly re- cord of all events of interest occurring in Scot- land, and its subscribers are in tiiis way as fully informed of what is transpiring at home as if they were in regular receipt of an old-country newspaper. Scottish questions will be discussed with intelligence and impartiality in the editor- ial columns, and the sentiments of the leading parties on these subjects will be fairly repre- sented and commented upon. in the literary and miscellaneous department of the paper, while merit and talent will be ap- preciated from whatever country they emanate, the Scottish element will preponderate. Tales, sketches, and poetry, illustrative of the Scottish character, and of a nature fitted to call forth the sympathies of Scotchmen both at home and abroad, will occupy a conspicuous placo. 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MORSE, tho inventor of Morse’s Indian Root Pills, has spent tho greater portion of his life in travelling, having visited Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as North Americaâ€" has spent three yoars among th ) Indians of our Western countryâ€"it was in this way that the Indian Root Pills were first discovered. Dr. Morse was tho first man to establish tho fact that all diseases arise from IMPURITY OF THE BLOODâ€"that our strength, health and life depended upon this vita! fluid. When tho various passages become clogged, and do not act in perfect harmony with tho dif- ferent functions of the body, the blood loses its action, becomes thick, corrupted and diseased ; thus causing all pains, sickness and distress ol every name ; our strength is exhausted, our health we aro deprived of, and if nature is not assisted in taro wing off’ tho stagnant humors, the blood will become choked and cease to act, and thus our light of lifo will be forever blown out. How important then that we should keep the various passages of the body free and open. And how pleasant to us that we have it in our power to put a medicine in your reach, namely, Morse’s Indian Root Pills, manufactured from plants and roots which grow around tho mou i- atnious cliffs in Nature’s Garden, for the health and recovery of diseased man. Ono of tho roots from which these Pills are made is a Sudorific, which opens the pores of the skin, and assists Nature in throwing out the finer parts of the corruption within. Tho second is a plant which is an Expectorant, that opens and unclogs the passage to tho lungs bv copious spitting. The third is a Diuretic, which gives ease and double strength to the kidneys; thus encouraged, they draw large amounts of im- purity from the blood, which is then thrown out bountifully by the urinary or water passage, and which could not have been discharged in any other way. The fourth is a Cathartic, and accompanies the other properties of the Pills while engaged in purifying the blood ; the coarser particles of impurity which cannot pass by the other outlets, are thus taken up and From tho above, it is shown that Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills not, only enter the stomach, but become united with the blood, for they find their way to every part, and complete- ly rout and release the system from all impui>v, and tho life of the body, which is the blooa, becomes porfectlv healthy; consequently all sickness and pain is driven from the system, for they cannot remain when the body becomes so pure and clear. Tho reason why peoplo are so distressed when sick, and why so many die, is because they do not get a medicine which will pass to tho afllicted parts, and which will open the natural passago for the disease to be cast out ; hence, a largo quantity of food and other matter is lodged, and tho stomach and intestines aro literally overflowing with tho corrupted mass ; thus undergoing disagreeable fermentation, constantly mixing with the blood, which throws tho corrupted matter through every vein and artery, until lifo is taken from tho body by disease. Dr. Morse’s PILLS have added to themselves victory upon victory, by restoring millions of the sick to blooming health and hap- piness. Yes, thousands who have been racked or tormented with sickness, pain and anguish, and whose feeble frames have been scorched by tho burning elements of fever, and who have been brought, as it were, within a step of he silent grave, now stand ready lo testify that they would have been numbered with the dead, had it not been for this great and wonderful medicine, Morse’s Indian Root Pills. After one or two doses had been taken, they wore as tonished, and absolutely surprised, in witnessing their charming effects. Not only do they give immediate ease and strength, and take away all sickness, pain and anguish, but they at once go to work at the foundation of the disease, which is the blood. Therefore, it will be shown, especially by those who use these Pills, that they will so dense and purify, that diseaseâ€" that deadly enemyâ€"will take its flight, and the flush of youth and boauty will again return, and the prospect of a long and happy life will cherish and brighten your days. 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The Rural New-Yorker is so widely fchd favorably known in the East and West, North and South, as the most popular Agricultural* Literary and Family Newspaper of the Ag$, that we omit all expletives in announcing the Tenth Volume, Suffice it to say that 110 proper effort or expense will be spared to fully main-* tain and increase its reputation as tho Belt Journal of its Classâ€"rendering it, emphati- cally, tho Standard RURAL AND FAMILY WEEKLY ! “ Excelsior ” its glorious Motto, and " Pro- gress and Improvement” its laudable Objects, the Rural continuously exects in Merit and re-* ports decided progress in Circulation and Use- fulness. As an Agricultural, 1 lorticultural. Li- teral y, Family and News Paper, combined, it has long been unrivalled. Not a monthly of only twelve issues yearly, but a Large and Beautiful Weeklyâ€"which embraces in ohk m greater number of Useful and Timely Topics than several ordinary journals,â€"The Rural is, PAR EXCELLENCE, THE PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE TIMES ! The Tenth Volumo will be Printed and Illus- trated in Superior Style, while its Contents will vie with its improved Appearance. All who desire a paper which ignores trash, humbug and deception, and earnestly seeks to promote the Best Interests and Home Happincts of its myriad of readers in both Town and Country, ate invited to try the Model Farm and fireside Journal. FORM, STYLE AND TERMS. The Rural New-Yorker is published Weekly, each number comprising Eight Double Quarto Pages. An Index, Title t"age, &c., given at the close of each Volume. Termsâ€"In Advanceâ€"Two Dollars a Year ; Three Copies for $5 ; Six, and one free to club agent, for $10 ; Ten, and one free, for $15; Sixteen, and 0110 free, for $22 ; Twenty, and ono free, lor $26 ; Thirty-two, and t*vo free, for $40, [or 30 for $37,50] and any greater number at same rateâ€"only $1.25 per copy !â€" with an extra copy for every 'Pen Subscriber* over Thirty ! Club papers sent to difterenl post-offichs, if desired. As we pre-pay Ame- rican postage, ^I-37 is the lowest club rate for Canada. Now is the time to Subscribe and form Clubs for tho New Year and Volume. Specimen Numbers, Show-Bills, Prospectuses, Jkc, cheerfully furnished [by mail or otherwise, at our expense,] to all disposed to lend a portion of influence in behalf of the Rural and it* Objects. Address D. D. T. MOORE. Rochester, N. Y Tho reputation of the^e very celebrated vege- table remedies is now unequalled by any others in this country or in Europe. They are fully established as tho most universal family medi- cine now in use, and they will maintain their pre-eminent renown by the intrinsic and com* prehensivo virtues which acquired it. The usual modes of puffery would bo unworthy of them and is unnecessary. Thousands.and tens of thousands of persons now living in perfectly restored health, can testify, as thousands liavo testified, to their prompt and decided efficacy notonly in a I ordi- nary derangements of. health, from Impaired Digestive Functions, Costiveness, Bilious aiui Liver Complaints, Rheumatic and Inflamma- tory Colds, Coughs, Nervous Weakness, Loss of Appetite, Failure of Flesh, Headache and Impure State oftlio Blood and other Fluids, but also in Rheumatism, Fever and Ague, other Intermittent Fevers, Asthma, Bronchits, Cho- lic, Pleurisy, Palpitation of the Heart, Rush ol Blood to the Head. Settled Pains in the Joints, Limbs and Organs, Affections of the Bladder and Kidneys, Jaundice, Dropsy, Piles, howovot inveterate, Habitual Costiveness, Serous and Bilious Looseness, Obstinate Headache and Giddiness, and an immense number of other maladies. They require 110 dieting nor confinement,ate perfectly mild and pleasant in their operation, but will powerfu ly restore healthâ€"that greatest of all earthly’' blessingsâ€"to the most exhausted and dilapidated constitutions. Prepared and sold by Dr. WILLIAM B MOFFAT. 335 Broadway, N. Y. 134 Canada Type Foundry Removed to St. Thereek St., in Deberat’s Buildings, Montreal. rpHE Proprietors of this Establishment beg JL to inform the Prin'ers of Canada, that they have now manufactured and ready for delivery, a large quantity of Small Pica, Long Primer, Bourgeotso and Brevier, of Scotch faco, which they will guarantee cannot be surpassed by any Foundry upon this continent for durability and appearance. They have also on hand a choice assortment of various kinds of Ornamental Type. The prices at which these and other types are sold at the Canada Type Foundry, will be found at least 30 per cent less than they could bo pur- chased previous to its establishment. It is therefore hoped that tho Printers of Cana- da will show their appreciation of the advantages it holds out, by bo towing upon it a fair share of their patronage, in return for which the propriet- ors pledge thqmse|ves to leave no means untried to give ample satisfaction. Printers ! mark the reduction in the price of type s.nee this Foundry was opened ; and bear in mind that a greater reduction depend upon your- selves. Our motto isâ€"Supply the trade with type of such quantities and at such prices as will pre- vent the necessity of patronising foreign manu- factures. Tho following list of a few of the principal arti- cles required by printers} will give an idea of the great advantages of the Canada Typo Foundry, P R I C E S :------ Nonpariel..............2s 9d per lb. Minion.................2s 3d “ Brevier................2s Id “ Bourgeoise Is lOd “ Long Primer............Is 8d “ Small Pica.............Is 7d “ Pica ^ Is 6d “ IEF All other Book Fonts in proportion. Leadsâ€"6 to Pica and thicker, Is per lb.: Pica, Is 3d; 8 to Pica Is 6d. THOS. J. GUIININ& Co. St. Therese Street Montreal, May 18th, 1857- g3 N.13.â€"Publishers of newspapers giving inser- tion to this advertisment for 2 months* will be allowed their bills upon purchasing five times their amaunt of our manufacture. Editors will confer a favor by directing attention to the announcement. T. J- G. <& Co. Sir. CADWELL OF TORONTO, OCULST & AURIST, Operator on the Eye and Ear. UNIVERSALLY known throughout Cana- da and the United States for his skill and success 111 Restoring Lost Sight & Hearing A nd removing all Diseases of the Eye and Ear generally, begs most respectfully to inform those affiicted in these delicate organs, that I10 has for- warded to the office of this paper a few dozen copies of the 4th edition of his Treatise on Disea- ses of the Eye and Ear, published tit is day, which will bo presented to applicants, FREE OF CHARGE, Ton Thousand Copies are now ready for distri- bution. Thic work contains nearly 2000 pages of reading matter, in which will be found reported a large number of most importantand successful operations on tho Eye, and more than (hie Hundred interesting Casos of every descrip- tion, illustrated with numerous Cuts and Plates. Also, will be seen, Letters and References from highly respectable parties from all parts of Cana- da and tho United States,â€"all of which will be found well worthy tho careful perusal of the afflicted. The Author feels fully assured that every wn- prejudiced reader of this work will be convinced that Diseases of the Eye or Ear in tiny stage short of complete disorganization, can and may he cured : and it must appear evident to every considerate person that the principal causo of failure to obtain relief m these cases throughout the country, is tho result ot improper treatment, and a want of experience, skill, and compk- tency 011 the part of those professing or attempt- ing to cure such diseases. This Work will also be forwarded to indivi- duals free (tf charge) sending their address, post-paid, to th1} Author at Toronto. Toronto, June 8th, 1857. gl3-ly PIIOSPEC’PUS OF The Woman’s Advocate FOR 1858. Fourth Volumn. A. E. M’COWELL, Editor. L. J. PIERSON, Corresponding Editor. The object of tho Woman’s Advocate is the opening out of new spheres of employment for women who have so long suffered the distress attendant upon the insufficient remuneration, and a too limited number of occupations. The paper endeavors to collect all informa- tion that can be important to women, relative to occupations better suited to them, and which will yield a more comfortable subsistence than the few unhealthy trades upon which they have been so far obliged to depend for exis- tence. The Advocate employs, in the various de- partments of the business, many women, who are paid for their labor as high prices as are paid to men for the same amount of work. To tho editor and proprietor the past three years 111 which she has been engaged in this work, have been years of anxiety and toil; but tho enterprize has been carried on with the hope of doing good to others, and finally pushing the business to a successful point, when it may re- munerate all concerned. With this hope she enters the field for another year, trusting to the many assurances of friends in all p*irts of the country, for aid and co-operation. terms of subscription : For One Copy, one year........... ..$2 00 For Five Copies.........................8 00 For Ten Copies.........................15 00 TO postmasters. Postmasters throughout the coun*ry are re- quested to act as agents, and deduct the usual commission. employment for ladies Any lady of good address, and energetic habits", can make from fivo to twenty dollars a week, by canvassing for subscribers for the Advocate. We want such agents in every' ownship and city in the United Sta’^s and tho Canadas. If anyT ono wishes to enter upon a lucrative employment, and will send a recom- mendation for honesty and ability, they will have credentials forwarded to them to act as agents- Address, ANNA E. M’DOWELL, Editor and Ptoprictoi, Philadelphia, Pa.