When the hands of Nature began stripping the foliage from the trees, the hands of man began stripping the decorations from the gay palace-like structures which had been the theatre of the world’s interest for six memorable months. Like the possessions of that happy but mythical “family declining housekeeping,” the hope and mainstay of the cheerful, chirping auctioneer, little by little, piece by piece, the furniture and contents of the great buildings were going--going--gone! The white beard of Winter covers our beautiful Park; he has laid his icy hand upon the quiet stream which dances happily in the Summer days between its green fringed banks; the tall trees stand bare, looking into the gray-faced sky, and the jingle of sleigh-bells dies away in the hollows, and rings out sharply o’er the frozen roads. The busy noise of Machinery Hall is hushed and forgotten; if you wish to hear the humming and the buzzing of a few weeks back, you must e’en apply to a humming-bird or a buzz-saw. The cries of the different animals from the vicinity of Agricultural Hall no longer reach the ear, no matter how long the ear may be, and the scent of a million flowers from Horticultural Hall no longer steals the senses. The stealing is all over; the visitors have all gone home. Our country has had her holiday, and, donning her honest homespun suit, she goes quietly, surely, and confidently to work upon her second century. ’Tis but her babyhood which has passed into years gone, and yet--she has proved herself a man. [FAREWELL.] Let us not endeavor to lift the veil which marks the boundary of the present. Blessed are the eyes which have seen these glories past, for many anticipating eyes grew closed and dulled before the fire blazed. Dear reader, as its smoke is carried upward and beyond, reluctantly we say-- “Farewell!” [Illustration] [Illustration] JOHN STILZ & SON, _THE POPULAR CLOTHIERS_ OF PHILADELPHIA, _S. E. cor. Seventh and Market Sts._, FINEST READY-MADE CLOTHING, CONSISTING OF _Elegant Spring, Fall, and Winter Overcoats_, FINE DRESS SUITS, FINE BUSINESS SUITS, Alpaca and Drap d’Ete Coats, Linen Ulsters and Dusters, _In immense variety, and at the lowest cash prices_. ROBERT A. HANCE’S Granules of Podophyllin Comp. FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE LIVER, HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION OF THE BOWELS, etc., _No. 46 N. Tenth St., Philadelphia_. (Formerly 729 Market Street.) Our GRANULES OF PODOPHYLLIN COMP. have become so popular a remedy, that we are encouraged to bring them more prominently before the public. They are invaluable for Affections of the Liver, CONSTIPATION, DYSPEPSIA, HEADACHE, &c. They are _purely vegetable_, and form a complete substitute for Calomel and Blue Mass, without any of their injurious effects. They make a safe, efficient, and convenient family remedy, and, being small in size, are more readily swallowed than a pill.