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Bertha, Greek, bright or famous.

Blanche, French, fair.

Bridget, Irish, shining bright.

Bona, Latin, good.

Cassandra, Greek, a reformer of men.

Catharine Greek, pure or clean.
Charity, Greek, love, bounty.

Charlotte, French, all noble.

Margaret, German, a pearl.

Martha, Hebrew, bitterness.

Mary, Hebrew, bitter.

Maud, Matilda, Greek, a lady of honor,
Mercy, English, compassion.
Mildred, Saxon, speaking mild.
Nest, British, the same as Agnes.
Nicola, Greek, feminine of Nicolas.

Caroline, feminine of Carolus; the Latin of Olympia, Greek, heavenly.

Charles, noble-spirited.

Chloe, Greek, a green herb.

Christiana, Greek, belonging to Christ.

Cecilia, Latin, from Cecil.

Cicely, a corruption of Cecilia.

Clara, Latin, clear or bright.
Constance, Latin, constant.
Deborah, Hebrew, a bee.

Diana, Greek, Jupiter's daughter.
Porcas, Greek, a wild roe.
Dorothy, Greek, the gift of God.
Cadith Saxon, happiness.
Eleanor, Saxon, all fruitful.

Eliza, Elizabeth, Hebrew, the oath of God.

Emily, corrupted from Amelia.

Emma, German, a nurse.

Esther, Hesther, Hebrew, secret.
Eve, Hebrew, causing life.

Eunice, Greek, fair victory.

Eudoia, Greek, prospering in the way.
Frances, German, free.

Gertrude, German, all truth.

Grace, Latin, favor.

Hagar, Hebrew, a stranger.

Helena, Greek, alluring.

Isabella, Spanish, fair Eliza.

Jane, softened from Joan; or,
Janne, the feminine of John.
Janet, Jeannette, little Jane.
Joyce, French, pleasant.

Judith, Hebrew, praising.
Julia, Juliana, feminine of Julius.
Letitia, Latin, joy or gladness.
Lois. Greek, better.

Lucretia, Latin, a chaste Roman lady.
Lucy, Latin, feminine of Lucius.
Lydia, Greek, descended from Lud.
Mabel, Latin, lovely.

Magdalene, Maudlin, Syriac, magnificent.

Orabilis, Latin, to be entreated.
Parnell, or Petronilla, little Peter.
Patience, Latin, bearing patiently.
Paulina, Latin, feminine of Paulinus.
Penelope, Greek, a turkey.
Persis, Greek, destroying.
Philadelphia, Greek, brotherly love.
Philippa, Greek, feminine of Philip.
Phoebe, Greek, the light of life.
Phyllis, Greek, a green bough.
Priscilla, Latin, somewhat old.
Prudence, Latin, discretion.
Psyche, Greek, the soul.
Rachel, Hebrew, a lamb.

Rebecca, Hebrew, fat or plump.
Rhode, Greek, a rose.

Rosamund, Saxon, rose of peace.

Rosa, Latin, a rose.

Rosecleer, English, a fair rose.
Rosabella, Italian, a fair rose.

Ruth, Hebrew, trembling.

Sabina, Latin, sprung from the Sabine

Salome, Hebrew, perfect.

Sapphira, Greek, like a sapphire stone,

Sarah, Hebrew, a princess.

Sibylla, Greek, the counsel of God.

Sophia, Greek, wisdom.
Sophronia, Greek, of a sound mind.
Susan, Susanna, Hebrew, a lily.
Tabitha, Syriac, a roe.
Temperance, Latin, moderation.
Theodosia, Greek, given by God.
Tryphosa, Greek, delicious.
Tryphena, Greek, delicate.
Vida, Erse, feminine of David.
Ursula, Latin, a female bear.
Walburg, Saxon, gracious.
Winifred, Saxon, winning peace.
Zenobia, Greek, the life of Jupiter.

Table-Showing the Quantity of Garden Seeds required to plant a given space.

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Table-Showing the Price per cwt. of Hay, at given Prices per Ton.

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Table-Showing the Number of Rails, Stakes, and Riders required for each

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This operation may be repeated in this country by applying all the above estimates to pigweed, burdock, fox-tail, chick-weed, and purslane.

Table-Showing the Number of Loads of Manure and the Number of Heaps to each Load required to each Acre, the Heaps at Given Distances Apart.

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Table-Showing the Number of Rails and Posts required for each 10 Rods of

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FOREIGN GOLD AND SILVER COINS.-Prepared by the Director of the Mint at Philadelphia.

An the third column the weight is given in fractions of a Troy ounce, carried to thousandths, and in a few cases to ten thousandths of an ounce. The fifth column expresses the value of the coins as compared with our gold coin. At the mint there is a uniform deduction of one-half of one per cent. on the gold coin. The value of silver depends on the condition of demand and supply; the values given are calculated at 122 cents per ounce for standard silver. GOLD COINS.

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Fremont's Peak, Rocky Mountains..
Long's Peak, Rocky Mountains.

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How to Make a Barometer, or Weather-Glass.

Take a long narrow bottle, such as an oldfashioned Eau-de-Cologne bottle, and put into at two and a-half drachms of camphor, and eleven drachms of spirits of wine; when the camphor is dissolved, which it will readily do by slight agitation, add the following mixture:--Take water, nine drachms: nitrate of Dotash (saltpetre), thirty-eight grains; muriate

of ammonia (sal ammoniac) thirty-eight grains, Dissolve these salts in the water prior to mixing with the camphorated spirit; then shake the whole well together. Cork the bottle well, and wax the top, but afterwards make a very small aperture in the cork with a redhot needle. The bottle may then be hung up, or placed in any stationary position.

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