THE UNIVERSITY

OF TEXAS

Advertisements. On misleading, 235.

Adversity blessed, 350.

Aerolite discovered in Washington Co., Pa. Account

of, 382.

Africa. Account of the establishment of the "Free

State of Congo" in, 73. 81. 89. 97. 105.

Notice of Bishop Taylor's missionary efforts in

110.

The unhealthiness of the climate of, experienced

by Europeans engaged in a mission in, 182.

Agents for "The Friend." List of, 38. 55. 62. 71. 149.

279. 416.

Agriculture. Observations on deep and shallow sowing

of wheat, 69.

in California. Notice of, 316. 324.

On the beneficial effects of tillage in drought, 407.

Alarm sounded in time of danger, 346.

Alaska. Notice of explorations in, in 1883, by F.

Schwatka, 355. 363.

Notice of a recent expedition to, under Lieut.

Schwatka, 407.

Aluminum. On a new process for obtaining, 109. 270.

Amusement when it becomes the business of life, utterly

wearisome, 134.

Aqueducts. Notice of three Roman, near Lyons, 46.

Are you a stranger." Incident entitled, 349.

Arctic animals subsist. The means by which, 109.

climate. On characteristics of the, 182.

explorations. Notice of, proposed by Germany,

37.

cold. On the endurance of, by Luman beings, 37.
regions. On the Eskimo caches in the, zob.
Arsenic eating. On the effects of, 78.

Assyrians. Notice of the carying of prisoners into cap-
tivity by the, 285.

Assyrian inscriptions. Account of slabs containing,
sent to Philadelphia, 3.

Illustrations of the historical accuracy of the
Scriptures from, 12. 285.

Autumn walk. An, 122.

Babel. A recent visit to the tower of, 155.

Balata. Account of the use of, as gutta percha, 54.

"Balm from Gilead." Religious counsel and exhorta-

tion entitled, 206.

14.

Bank notes. On the paper and printing of, 86.

Baptism. The doctrine of Friends respecting, 325. 330.

An advocate of water, answered, 405.

Baptists. A woman ordained as a pastor by,

Barbecue method of cooking described, 394.

Barclay's Apology. Testimony of a military officer

concerning, 149.

Notice of a new edition of, published in Scotland,
214. 246. 255.

Barclay John. Remarks of, on obedience to appre

vation of, 302.

Notice of the death of large numbers of, by elec-
tric lights in Chicago, 375.

Protest against trapping, for "Easter" observ-

ances, 383.

Birds' nests. Notice of edible, 230.

Birdsall Richard. Anecdote of, 171.

Book notices, &c. Sixteenth Annual Report of the

"Associated Executive Committee of Friends

on Indian affairs," 46.

2

"Light and Life," published by R. Barclay Mur-

doch, Glasgow, 46.

Military Manners and Customs, by J. A. Farrer,

58.

Acts relating to marriage in force in Penna., 87.

The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, 95.

Poems by Mary M. Miller, 95. 135.

The Antidote, 119.

Letters from a mother to a mother on childrens'

teeth, 119.

Pocket almanac for 1886, 175.

The Tract Repository, 190.

Early Friends and outward ordinances, by

Thomas Kimber, 191.

A Brief Exposition and Vindication of some of

the most important of the original Doctrines,

Principles, and Practices of the Religious So-

ciety of Friends. By Charles Perry, 191.

A new edition of Barclay's Apology, published

in Scotland, 214. 246. 255.

Religious Tests in Provincial Pennsylvania, by

C. J. Stillé, 215.

Selections from the writings of William Penn,

215.

The Position of London and Dublin Yearly!

meetings, by Geo. A. Milne, (3rd edition), 215.

Vicks' Floral Guide, for 1886, 215.

Two years in the jungle, 234.

The Confession of Non-belief, &c., by Charles

Elcock, 239.

Report of the Penna. Society for prevention of

cruelty to animals, 254.

The Baptism and the Supper of our Lord, 263.

Early Physicians of Philadelphia and its vicinity,

by Dr. J. J. Levick, 271.

Memoir of Mary Anna Longstreth, 279.

A History of Education in Pennsylvania, by

James P. Wickersham, 303.

Annual Report of Friends' Free Library at Ger-

mantown, 319.

Treatise on oaths, 319.

Sixty-ninth Annual Report of the Frankford

Asylum, 351.

"The Old Testament Student," 368.

"Printed Poison," by J. W. Leeds, in French,|

375.

218.

Bermudas. Notice of the great numbers of rats in the,
about 1616, 134.

Bible Association of Friends. Circular of, 93. 100.

Society. Notice of the proceedings of the Ameri-

can, 367.

Billy Bray. Anecdote of, 413.

Biographical Notes and Anecdotes of Valentine Mea-

der, 2.

Bird. A canary, dying of remorse, 94.

Birds. On the business in the feathers and skins of,

158.

as ornaments. On the impropriety of the fashion

of wearing, 246.

Notice of our winter songsters, 194. 213. 219.

in, for preaching, 343.

Botanical excursion to an upland swamp, 332.

Botanizing among the Pine-barrens and Cranberry

bogs, 66.

Botanist. A shoemaker in Vermont becomes a learned,

by improving leisure hours, 398.

Boy. Anecdote of a truthful, 283.

The best recommendation of a, 309.

A talk with, 291.

Boys and girls in their teens.

Boys. Incident showing the kindness of the Earl of

Shaftesbury for poor, 237.

Bowly Daniel Jr. Advices of, on a preparation for

death, 268.

Brahmin lady. Notice of Pundita Ramabai a distin-

guished, 262.

Brantingham Mary. Incident connected with the min-

istry of, 43.

Brave little girl. A, 99.

Bromine as a disinfectant and insecticide, 54.

Brown Moses of Providence, R. I., liberates his slaves

under a feeling of religious duty, 163.

Burials. On the impropriety of flowers as adornments

at, 253.

Business. Notice of honesty in, 255.

Business habits. Illustration of the importance of

forming good, 404.

California. Notice of the export of fruit from, to China

and Australia, 37.

Notice of the production of raisins in, 134.

Observations on the climate, &c., of Santa Bar-

bara, 203.

Notice of certain trees and shrubs of Southern,

222.

Reminiscences of postal arrangements in San

Francisco 20 years ago, 397.

Notice of large farming operations in, 310. 324.

Card playing very dangerous to good morals, 29.

Camel.

Experience of a woman in mounting and dis-

mounting from a, 285.

Candle of the Lord. What is it? Essay entitled, The
364.

Capital punishment in Switzerland. Notice of recent
action respecting, 143.

Capper Mary. Remarks of, on her exercise on behalf

of the Society of Friends, 123.

Captive birds. Extract entitled, The, 260.
Carbonic acid gas. Notice of the manufacture of liqui-
fied, as a business, 262.

Cathedral at Rome. Account of the hooping of the

great, 21.

Celluloid. On the composition and uses of, 126.
Charity balls. Remarks on ungodly character of,

Address to parents on the training and proper

restraint of, 139.

On the importance of a steady, circumspect ex-

ample of parents in the training of, 146.

On the necessity of a proper restraint of, 146.

On the importance of the supervision of, after

dark in cities, by parents, 162.

should be taught to avoid sin because it is dis-

pleasing to God, 163.

Why parents so often fail in the management of,

165.

Be careful to keep a promise to, 317.

On the duty of, to acknowledge their obligation
to the mother, 357.

On the practical benevolence of giving to city,
the enjoyments of country air, &c., 407.

Childrens' Aid Society of New York. Notice of the

work of, 182.

China. Notice of remonstrance of missionaries against
the opium traffic in, 54.

Account of the work performed by W. Gamble

in, 365.

Chinese. Observations of George Pitt on the, in Hong
Kong and San Francisco, 100.

Account of the recent massacre of, in Wyoming,
and comments, 108.

The identification of individuals among, by
thumb markings proposed, 110.
Notice of Presbyterians among the, 198.
Observations on the hostility against the, by
other foreigners on the Pacific slope, 203. 286.
hospital patients in China. Notice of the grati-
tude of, 204.

Remarks on the unreasoning violence lately
manifested against the, in this country, 247.