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CHE5TEEFIEL3 JUNIOR.
A BON'S ADV1CB Tf niS PATH SR. .
' Mr. Cuestcrfleld, eon., fcpfra to lorward to tho
editor certain letter v-hich ho ha. lately re
eclved from his bod. Mr. C. docs so, beoauss he
thinks it desirable that it should be made Icqowu
what a pass thins ate raptalj couilncr. to la this
country. These lcltcrs, let It b3 diHtlnctly ua
derstood, are from Mr. ChotcrHeM's ton his
own sou whom Mr. C. daudbd la bis arras a
core of years airo, when tlits .vounil K'Titlemaii's
costume connlsted of a w hi to rooi cUboratel
worked about the brou't, aud nearly a yard
longer in the skirts than the exlgeucica ol tha
infant's stature dcmaudel. The tellers foilo:
My Dear Father: It has bocu the custom,
lime out of mind, as 3 011 arc probably a vare,
tor tliohe who have lived a erratmanv years In
the no Id porents, Eiiardlan-", uncle, auJ
cldTly persons goiicnill.y to (five the res'ilt of
thfir experience of human life, their advice, in
short, to such yount; inou bo they the sons,
wards, nephews, or even the )uuiors only of
the above as came In their way. Tho advici"
given by Polonius to Laertes not bad in it
wav and tLe letters of our distinguished
namesake to his son. are both pretty well
known, and may be taken aa specimens of
what I mean. This custom, then, is an old on .
Sir, it is an old 0110, and like a great many
o'her old thlnjre. it needs to be reiormcd. It
ahouH be obsolete. It won't do. It was all
very well once, but times are altered. Things
have changed so much during ths lasi lew years,
that vour experience of a state of affairs, re
member, auleient iroin tho present is really
of no use whatever. All our theories are based,
or should be, upon tacts. When the facts are
altered, whit becumcJ ol the theories?
but 1 will po a step further than this, .and
venture to propound Bomothiny which at first
sieut may seem a UUlo star. hug, but which, on
reflection, will, I believe, appear ratinutii. 1
make so bold as to assert that not only are you
the elders genera'ly in no position to offrr
advice to us the juniors, but that you yourselves
actually require now and then a word of counsel
Irora us, to guide you through the dangers and
difficulties oi modern lite.
Why, alter all, how snould it be otherwise ?
Look, as I said beiore, how everything has
altered within the lajt few years. We have
turned all thincs topsy-turvy. Oi what use i
jour experience to j ouf You have to unlearn,
lor the most part, what you toruierl.y took great
pains to learn. You hare to remodel almost all
your ideas. And then I speak with the utmost
moect you learned so little 111 what you are
pleased to call the good old times.
There were no examinations in those days. A
man, for Instance, who happened to have the
instincts of a sailor, could, preposterous as it
seems, ect into the navy without being able to
spell with certainty, or might hold a commission
111 the army with but an indifferent knowledge
of the solar system. Why, even the Times news
paper Informed us not long ago that society had
no rigat to expect persons over thirty years of
age to know anything, for the simple reason
that the education of all such individuals termi
nated before the period of competitive examina
tions had arrived.
Under these circumstances, worthy sir, I
think your common sense with which, 1 confers,
that you appear to me to be very well endowed
will show you that among the many changes
which n, ark' this great and glorious age must be
ranked a considerable alteration in tne relative
positions of father and son of senior and junior.
Consider how splendidly wo have been educated.
Consider how glibly we could answer all sorts
of questions on scientific and other subjects, by
which I firmly believe that you and your con
temporaries would be instantly gravelled. Try
us with anything joulisre; the distance between
the planet Mercury and the moon; the manner
of the formation ol' the old red sandstone; dodge
us about with any number of teazers of this sort,
and sec if w e are not ready wuh answers. I am
atraid, sir, that you are but poorly informed on
such matters; indeed, I was not a little shocked
to hear your expressions of opinion the other
day when wo were down at tho sea-side to
gether, and when. you llutly contradicted Pro
lessor Barnacles, simply because he asserted
that the clirl on which you were standing was
entirely composed of the remains of minute
creatures.
But it is not only In matters of learning, scien
tific or otherwise, that I feel convinced thai we
ot the new generation are In a position to give
some valuable information to you of the old.
' This is only a very small matter. It it ou social
questions, dear sir. that you want advice most.
Hints as to how you can best adapt yourself to
tup unanireu position in wnicn you now una
yourself, how you may escape from the social
how youjr.ay meet the difficulties which will
spring: up in your way wheu advancing along
a road of which you know nothing how. in
short, you are to get through that portion
ot nie wntcn lemains Detore you, creditably,
sagaciously, securely.
Jnllucnced, then, entirely by a desire for yonr
weltare, my good sir, it is my Intention to send
you from tin. e to time a few words of counsel
and direction on such matters as appear to me
likely to prove difficulties and ntumbling-blo-ks
in your way; lor you must remember, sir, that
this period which is such a puzzle to you, who
hava formed jour ideas under circumttancet so
different, is not a puzzle to us iuniors. for the
simple reason that we are used to it anl have
kDown no omer.
I am sometimes, dear but inexperienced sir,
extremely uneasy about you. xou cause me
a vofct deal of very anxious thought. I have
observed you much of late more probably than
you imapine and it seems to me that you are
at times disponed to tight against the inevitable
march of modern events, and to set yourself la
1 opt osuion 10 tne irresisuuie tiae ot Drocrrsss,
Sometimes when listening to what I will veu'
ture to call the conversation of tho period, you
appear almost bewildereu. The sentiments
expressed seem to be too much tor your powers
ot endurance. The instance I have already
quoted or jour reception ot the remarks ot Pro
lessor Barnacles ou the formation of certain cliffs.
is a case in point; and I now remember that on
nothT occasion when the same gentleman was
di&courslng on the Darwinian theory of develop
ment, 3 ou enciaiinea, "VYny, oiess my nts and
boui, aoes tne man mean to tea me that my
mtnuiamer was a mousey !
Do not think, however, lor a moment that I
want you to attempt too much with vour enthu
elastic temperament and vour vers strong views:
It would never do for you to attempt to live in
au mines tne me 01 iue a ay. te natisuea. re
spected sir, with a negative course. Do not by
nDy means distress your anxious ton by outrag
ing in word or In deed the feeliner of the neriod.
but, on the other hand, do not attempt to keep
pace wun tne loremosi punor'aerfl in the race
which we are all more or less engaged in
running.
One of the first great chances ot modern
times, hv which one csnuot laut.i ho ati-nnir
and of which I am reminded by my last sentence.
is the change of our pace. Within the memory
of a nerson of vour respectable see. this has
passed from a steady trot, which nrght be long
ana tnnoeuiout-iy suistairjea, 10 a tearine eauoo.
wuch as tew of us can ker-p np for any length ot
time. Don't you attempt it, sir, whatever you
do. it Is this, viewinc tnr subject largely,
whicn is tne princioai ana enter or ail our
chances, aud His to this that most of our new
developments, of personal character, and the
variations ol our bodily and mental health, are
inaiidy traceable. Complaint Is made in theae
days and. Heaven knows, not without cause
of the sad increase of nervous disease! and brain
, . affections. We find men enquired in scientific
pursuits or great commercial and flnauclal under
takings; occupations of which it is a leadiuor
characterlutic that be who engages In thern
most work atratnst time, must come to as manv
important decisions in any one of which a false
move wouia be lutai in the course of a day. as
needed a tew years since to be arrived at in a
month. We note of such men when we meet
them socially, that they are sett tne dull, absent.
wanting in perception. In some rare moment
of his leisure we hold converse with a man of
this sort. We walk about his garden with him
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAfttrniLADELrinA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 18C6.
for the ten minutes he has to spare before
he starts, by train, for the city. By and-by he
leaves us, as e suppose to make ready for his
Journey. But he docs nothing ef the kind. He
steals a ay to his dresig-rcom and blows his
brains out. And why does bedotbinf It Is not,
as would once have been the cae, because he is
in pecuniary diiticultlei, or that he dreads some
threatening exposure. It Is because artd here
is the modern peculiarity of tho thing the man
is so desperately perplexed, his Ideas are so In
volved and knotted and tantlei together, that
he crn bear it no longer, and to he cuts the knot
and pe's awav.
Upon men of a tliffcrent temperament, troubles
of the same sort will have a diBcrent effect.
No need for them to accelerate the end with
their own violent hands. It comes to them of
Itself. "So-and-so is In a very bad way,"
his friends pay. "lie complains very much; his
woik is intolerable to him; ho is evidently in
capable of enioyiuent of any kind, social or
otherwise; his spirits are wretched; what can
be the matter with him ?" The matter Is, that
he is dvwe. He is dying slowly, by inches.
Dying because he has tried to keep up with the
pace at which his competitors run, and he has
not been able. It is the strain, the anxiety,
the excitement that kills, even more than the
mcie labor. The fate of this man and of the
other Is told in a word; but what words can
describe the agony that each of them has en-
a tire a in the yetirs, ana montnj, ana aays
whirh have preceded and ushered In the end f
What sort ot a tinio was that, when the suffer
ing Vi retch first rxvan to icel the approach of
what was to follow r A central loss ot percep
tion, perhaps, would be one of his first symp
turns, the imaces of tilings not biting so dis
tinctly on his faculiies as before; his irteas less
clear, lts numerous, his sensibilities less acute.
And this combined incongruously enough with
an excessive irrilubility and intolerance ot exter
nal sources ot annoyance, so that littlo daily
troubles, which in u healthy condition would not
have rlihtiessed hui, become now terrible sources
of diF.comlort, while small responsibilities weigh
upon him intolerably, with a bugbear terror In
their aspect which their intrinsic importance In
no way itiEiincs. Ana then bis memory ocgins
to play him tricks. He is unable to keep his en
gagements in n iud;he carries a letter in his
pocket which should cave beea in the post three
days apo; he has some circumstance to relate, or
some story to tell, and is brought up suddenly
bv find in 2 that some important incident con
nected with the statement, some name, some
date, some number, is gone.
inis man's condition is in all respects incon
gruous, lie is retstlc-8, though tired: and though
he yearns for quiet, he is yet, wnenhe obtains it,
unable to lace its concomitant mune-w. Heaven
help such a one 1 He is a had case, but by no
means an uncommon one. And it is not mere
work that has reduced this man to so desperate
a condition. .Nine times out of ten it will be
lound that he has been engaged in some branch
of labor, which had made great demands upon
nis readincFB. lie is pledged to do a certain
thinR in a certain time. To be ready wilh
certain results by a particular hour. He is a
niuu eiiHueu in M'trmiuu pwipiuw, uuu every
day his meteorological predictions must be
ready. Or maybe he has to provide amusement
tor the public, and must be tunny every wecK
to order. This is the . kind of work that kills.
Or, if it does not kill a man at once, it knocks
him up, reduces hi to into what is called "a low
bad stute" a state which consigns him to the
hands of the physician an invalided state, to
last, more or less, always. Then is he bidden
though there are mouths to be filled which can
only be filled by his professional exertions to
leave off. He njti't abandon work for a time;
and though this may mean abandoning income
too, he is strictly forbidden to be anxious, or to
have "anything on his mind."
nut supposing an invalid to be able to discon
tinue his work for a time; supposing that he
seeks relaxation by travelling, and in some sort
finds it; bow often it happens that the improve
ment which takes place in nis condition turns
out to be temporary I While he makes holiday,
while he runs away from his cares and responsi
bilities, he does better; but when he returns to
these, as no must do. sooner or later, aoes ne
not often find that the old symptoms gradually
reappear, and do not his friend hear, after a
while, that "Sd-and-so is in a bad way again?"
Jvor do the better classes, as they are caiiea,
stand alone In feeling the strain which is en
countered by those who take part in such forms
of labor as may be called specialties of the
day. My respected father remembers, perhaps,
the case of a certain signal-man at one of our
most frequented junctions, whose d-itles were)
so m anil old and bewildering, and involved such
intricate calculations ot time and place a nan
second wrong here, or a half inch wrong there,
being sure to bring about the most dreadful
consequences that the man at last fell into a
morbia condition about his work, ana, oeing
strained and bewildered to a degree far beyond
his rowers ot endurance, remarked at last, witn
terrible calmness, to one ot nis comrades, "lie
knew the dav would come when he must make
a mistake, and that when tbatcay came be
should most surelv be killed?" This is ouite a
modern instance, and is no doubt fresh In your
ntemorv. as is also the end ot tne poor wretcn
v. ho tad at last make a mistake, ana tens at last
killed.
Does not every one know of similar instances ?
But w hat does all this come to ? Are we to
give un the "glorious gains" ot modern times ?
Are we to cut down our telegraph-posts and coil
away the raagio wires? Are we to pull up the
roilu tmnn tlin irATi lnnd and malro A lirnnllrn"
ot it again f Shall we send our merchandise by
the road-wagon and the barge, and our letters by
the old mail-coach r Such questions are ridicu
lous. There is no going back in this world; no
standing still even, with impunity.
The lact is that these painiui results or modern
practices are in some sort inevitable. In
every age tne weak have gone to tne wau.
Once, m the old time long past, the Dbvsicallv
weak sunered. Might was right then, ana brute
force carried the day. The strongest men in
bodv were capable of dealing with the in
stitutions ot those days, jnst aa the strongest
men in mind can grapple with tne institutions
of tftefe days. Force of body tnen, force of
mind and character now. Swilt gaze, strong
arm, nimble feet in the one age. yuick percep
tion, brm nerve, versatile brain in the otner age.
There are men whose minds are exactly fitted by
nature to carry awav the prizes ot these times.
as there were men with bodies which enabled
them to win those of a less refined period. The
vigorous aggressive man ot the leudai time made
his wav aud gained his object with spear and
battle-axe. The same thing happens now, only
we go to work with weapons drawn ironi a less
material armory.
What is to become, then, ot tnoee who cannot
be reckoned among tho strongest of the
strong. ? Are they fo strain and tear their facul
ties to snreas, until such saa results are Drougnt
about as we have glanced at above? ur are
they to drop, thouldered out of the contest
altogether? Thev are to do neither the one
thine nor the other. They should remain aud
try to do what they can, but by no means what
they can't, now many achievements may now
le crammed into the space of a single day!
What iourneyiugs, what multiplicity or inccn
rruous business transactions, what breakfasts
in nnn nart of the world, what stttoers in an
other I 1 remember to have Heard it said, by
one who was a special worker ia the most mo
dern ot all our fields of labor, that one of the
commonest mistakes or tbe day Is to snppoe
that, because in tlirse times you can do things
so much more quictiy than they could oe aone
tormerlv. tueretcre you can do so many more
things, there is n.uch truth in these words.
Yon'r mental acts, vour decisions laboriously
anived at. ate curried out with incredible
swiftness: but can vou multiply such acts and
such decinious with equal rapidity, and not sutler
for It? Why should our brains work more
closely and quickly than they used, because our
machinery does ? .
For tins verv rea-on, that work is done mora
anicklv than was once the case, men might tuke
more rest now thuu they did formerly, were it
not lor the existence of a cei tain great element
in our social lite, with the mention of which 1
propose to brine this letter o an end I mean
the luxurv of the unc with which, it seems that
i'. heoooves evtrv n to. to keep pace. HereU the
real dithcnltr. He c is the explanation ot the
prevalence fctiioiif . s of Ihose disorder which
arite from au ovtr.fcxuig of the powers. lor
how can a man be moderate In his 1 short when
his expenditure !s immoderate; or how ran he
reduce the number of bonrs to be detfttedto
money-making, when all the time he can by
possioillty give to that laborious occupation fa
barely enough to meet the requirements ot the
Yt'is neressary. dear sir, that I sVould bring
this letter, already a long one, to a oose. Beiore
doing so, however, I would ask yo to observe,
that in every case wh.ch has beea cited, those
hn uffer bv the Introduction ot xhodorn Insti
tutions are the middle-aged and th elderly, who
have not grown up along with these Institution!,
but who have, so to speak, bee surprised and
overtaken by them. Have a care then, my
worthy sir, have a care, I entreat you, and leave
tha sanerintendence of all the more rapid trans
actions which belong to tbe boelaebS operations
of the day to ns 01 the new generation. We
take things much more coolly than you can, we
are less excitable, and much loss Is taken out of
ns than would be the case if we got Into a state of
fuss about everj thing, as some ot our elders do.
I have not vet exhausted all that I have to
say to you, but will reserve the reat lor one or
two future letters. Meanwhile I am, with the
warmest desire for yonr well-being, which, be
lieve me, 1 win spare no pains 10 secure,
lour auectionate won,
P. Chesterfield, Junl or.
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use of Intoxicating liquors. This he declined to
do, and the parties went home unmarried.
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TEVENDE STAMPS, REVENDE STAMrS,
Ot all description,
Ol.ll description. Alwsy. on hand.
lva on baud.
At EVANS, Wo. m CIIEfWTJT street,
i At t VANS'. Vo. 30:HK8SUT Street,
One door below Seventh atreet,
One df or below Beventh street.
"1 he mot liberal dlaoount allowed.
The molt liberal diaeount allowed, 2 6
rTHE BTAMP AGENCY, NO. S04 CHEflNCT
J BTKEKI-. ABOVE TH1BD WILL BK CONTlNUtD
A STAMPS of FVrRT DFSCBIPTION CONSTANTLY
ON BAND, IN A! AMIMINT It
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
QIRA11D FIKE
AND MARINE
COMPANY.
INSURANCE
OFFICE, Ko 415 W ALK CT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
CAPITAL PAID IN, IN CASH, S100,i00.
This company contlnoes to write on fm R tki cnlp
Ita capital, with a good inrploi. Ii aaiely Invested.
TOl
Loitea by fire have been prompt'y paid, and more than
$500,000
Dlaboned on thla account within the past few years.
For the proeent tbe effee of this company will
remain at
No. 415 WALNUT RTIIEET,
But within a few months wtll remove to its UWfl
HUltDlNQ
N. E. CORNER SEVENTH AUD CUEHNtfT STREETS.
Then si now, we (hall be happy to Insure oar patrons at
men isles as are conslatcnt with safely.
DIRECTORS.
IRS.
ALFRED S. filLLETT.
TTTOVAR CRAVEN.
1UKMAN MM'l'liU.
V. h. LAWRtNCK,
t HAKLEH I. DUVOST,
m i r wx tr v t vt L V
1 Ot. VAt K r I.LA11,
JOIIJH MJPPLI-E,
JOHN W. t'LOHORN,
1,11 AH VFUkkh.Ja..
ALFRED H. GIILF1T. V. 1 retlilent aud TreA-urer.
IMUIUflB I KAV&n. I'TTHlllPIIW
JAMLB II. ALVOBU, 6ecreurj. 1 ID ly
K E INSURANCE,
THE DOJ - ijim names. vvsifAMI
VM I'UILAUI-r.1 tit A,
Kot lWiB. fvjUKTH street
Char er PerpetuaL Aothorlzed Capital, 5( 000
r.lri-nn Canlial. SlOS.IHin.
Inaniea acalnat lu or liatnase bv KIRK on ballillntm.
eltber pcrnmnent vor tor Ll.VIITKD period. Ainu on
i v Bt H a MilhK generally anil Household irumlture,
Jamea Brown.
DUtKlIUXB.
'j homsa Klmber. Jr..
( liarlea A. Day,
W m. 1. I tw,
William B. Bullock,
V m. . hwdira,
John D. Tavlor.
lemtiel Collin,
J. liillborn Junes,
John VV oodmde.
Wm. C. LonKitreth,
J. N Hutdilmon,
BKOWli. Proildent.
JAMES
C1IAS
A DliY. Vlr Pn-aldent
TIiOW a8 KE1LBON. Seers
SHIPPING.
NOTICE TO NEW YORK 8IIIP-
FEBH. FXPKKHS MKAM91IIP COM-
1AM The steamship WASniNGTOU la receiving
lrel(iht at flrat wban below Market atreet, and will aau
on paiukoai, i.ta. rv i . r. cciwu eo..
10 iH 0. 11 O. WUABVE.3.
THE OLD-ESTABLISHED INDK-
.PENDENT OUTSIDE LIMS FOB EW
iUKK.
Is reclvlng Freights dall at low rate,
MLkUAU WdAUr iil-.LUVY M UUUE BIJittT,
and will Insure at low rtea.
P. R ( l.AKIL A cent.
2 5 lm Kos. S14 snd S16 8. DELVWAKE Avenue.
HAMILL'8 PASSAGE OFFICE.
"ANCHOR LINE OF BIEAM FR8,"
falHEItNIA." "COLUMBIA."
"CALEDONIA." "OAMBKli
"BKlTAKsIIA," "INDIA.'
fiteam to
i
UVABl'OOL LONDONDEBBT, BELFAST. DUBLIS,
bate." of pa8ae.
PATaBLK 111 l'Al'K.H CUMBFNCV.
CABINS (00, S80, and 70
tiU KAjhE S.1U
Hieaniahlp "H1BLBNJA" leaves 8ATUBDAY,
lanuaryltl.
!ncd for brlnelmr out naaaenirers liom tne above
mr, i aim L',nurii;Air.i
point st
i.onrii kmu AiiAoi Am vxixtu iA.an.
Alro. to and lrom
ALL KTATIGNH ON THE IBISH ATLWAT9.
SPECIAL KOflCE. Paasensera will take particular
no1 Ice tbat the "Anchor Line" la the only line minting
tutoufh tickets st tbe above rates, front Philadelphia to
tne point named above, ana mat tne unaerautuea is tne
oojy at iv autnoruea Agent m r nuaaeipuia.
Apply to W. A IUMILL,
Iflole AKerjt for "ANCHOH LINK.'
1 15 No. 811 WALNUT Street.
STP.AM Tfl I.lVKllPlinr.
2 Calllnc atJQTJ EENSTOWN. The Inman Line.
Kuuuig tis.AlI-WELa.Li , carrying tne United btates
Alans.
CITY OF CORK, Wednesday, February 14.
CITT OF WAbHINOTUN, Saturday. February 17.
CITY OF L1MKB1CK. Wednesday. February il.
CITY OF LONDON, Saturday, Febraaiy 24.
At noon, Uom 1'le 44 North Blver.
KA1EU OF PAHSAOE,
PATABLC IS GOLD.
First Cabin S'Nl-OO Sieeru. SfflWHI
Firat Cabm to London. H5-t0 Steeraue to London... 34 00
mm Lauin to rarm. . . iua w Ht erae to Pari 44i uu
Paaaengers also forwanled to Usvro,Uamburg, Bremen,
viu. etu., utouiTuiQ mieB.
l'as- age by the W etlnenday stosmer : Cabin too 00;
Hteeraite. SM Out p&vable In United btates currency.
Kteeiage paraaxe lrom Liverpool or oueeuntown, S30
gold, or tu equivalent Tlcketa can be bought hereby
Demons sendms tor their triends.
For lurther uilormation apply st the Company's
unices. 0(ltr u. AiAi.r., Afieni.
1 U Ko. Ill WALNUT Street, 1'hlladoipUiu.
FOR NEW YORK. DESPATCH
and bwlltsnre Lines, via Delaware and
lutiiiun 1 anal, i be steamers or tbeie lines are leaving
daily at 12 0 clock St., and 6 o clock P.Al., lrom third
pier above walnut atreet
For lrelght, which will be taken on ar tommodatlna
tetms, apply to W1LLIAU U. BAikD A C,No. litS
LIQUORS.
J.
w.
II A M M A R,
Importer snd Wholesale Dealer In Forelga
BRANDIES, WINES,
AND
FIffE OLD WHISKIES,
No.
IS 3m
G20 MAItKET S'JREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
M.
NATHANS
& SONS,
IMPORTERS
OF
OF
BRANDIES, WINES, GINS, Etc.
Ko. 19 N. FRONT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
JU VTSJT w XI A A A A' Oa
HORACE A. NATHANS,
OKLANUO D.NATHANS.
UACVO VT A TT3 A ii O
II 9m
FLAGS, FIREWORKS, &o.
T J. McGUlGAN,
Importer and Wbolersle Dealer In
. FAUCI GOODS, NOTIOM8, ETC,
FIREWORKS. FLAGS. Etc
MATCHES AMD BLACKING,
NO. Q RTHAWltEUltY tSTllEKT.
Firat bueet above tscond between Marketand Cheanut
3 4 rHii.Ansi.raiA.
fJIIEAP-ONLY TEN CENTS FOR
ONE OF J. b. CAPE WELL A CO.'S
CELEBRATED WIND-GUARD AND AIR-HEATERS
FOR COAL OIL LAMPS,
Pstcnteo October 25 1B65.
CAPe WELL CO. '8 w ind Guard and Air-Heater for
la'els' Patent wind-Guard and Alr-Uester for Oil
"tSVisTS oslv Fob CAPEWELL A CO '8 PAxawt
'Wiud-Uuard aud Ak heater lor OH Lump.
It to warn to ve oil use the l atent Wind Gusid
and Air Beater, lor on Lamp.
i r.., ..vino- In Ulan Cblinneva. Ha CAPEWELL
A CU.'o laraiit winu Uuuid and Air-Heater, as It keeps
them tTom brisk lug . ...
lAPLWILL A CO. 'a Patent Wlnd-Ouard and Air.
Heator saves one-ihlrd more oil than any otiiot lamp.
lr one tbey com but ten centa
Great irduwmeiil ofleied to agentf
bo,d whoUUetnly by CAP,WELL A CO..
flint mu Manufacturers. Weatville. N. J.
Offlre, northwest cower of SLCOKD and BACK
Street, PhUadeiphla.
CAi'EWELLS PATENT WIND-GUARD AND
AIR II RATER KOH COAL OIL LAMPS
Sent to any part of ths United States, post paid, on the
IfCflptol 'iwVnlv five centa. Ibey use one-tiilrd lea
oil tban anv otber Lamp now In nae 'I bev prevent the
Mian lrom bioaalns o' the imp iroin amoatng.
v . M A f I 1 111 C . I Mm lit L a A
l- CATLII liUU CSV V vs. , A SI 1 17 1 1 ISVB,
UJ lm
. V At ACE Street. Phlisd's,
rrHE
BTAMP AGENCY, NO. 804 CHKSVCI
A i
lvhi L 4 HflVit T111K1). W Il.I. RH. I (1NT1NUKI
STAMPS Ol LVE Y DFSCRIPTIOM CON8TANTL1
OslHAkD.AN SHI ASJOU . till
INSURANCE COMPANIES
1 iKLAWARK MUTUAIj oA h,Ti 1N8LUANC3
l COMPANY. j
IKCOIirORATr D T THK LF(lI8LATtR
1.1. uvt. VI.VANIA. 1KW.
OFFICE S. K. tOKNFR 1IITBI) AWD W ALU FT
BiHKr.in. 1 in la ma.
MARINE JKMJBA1,C10 -ON
VFBfil,LS,)
Cafoo. i To atl parts of the w
UWNniN-TTRANCFS
OnOoodaby Rlvi r renal, Lake, and Land Carriage to
111 pirn c in imiuifc
FlftK IJKSUHAHCJyJ
On Verrhanrtlne tenerallv.
On Stores, Dwe.ling Ilonaea, etc
ASSETS OF THE COMPANT ' '
KftmlVf 1 1ft Jl.
a lf AM) Untied Klitm 6 nr cant. Ian. 7!....BtVflVHIf
guo.ouo
1
-10 per eent. loan,
Tressnry Voir..
1 104 ITS to
100 COO Stat ot i ennaylvanla Five Pet lent
t,oan yv.ass-
S4.0C0 Stale or PennnyiTanla blx Per Cent.
' Loan 83 190
TMfofl Clf, of PblladelDhla Six Per Cent.
20,000 Tenofyivanfa Baliroad Flnt Wort- i
gate Sla Percent. Honda 20,100-SO,
26,000 rennavlvanla Railroad Second Mort- f
gaKO Klx Per ( ant. Knnila 2J,750i
15 OCO w ratnni Pennayivanla Rat road Mort J
Loan UAB1X
ense sis rer ent. itonn KJ.iotv,
a Shares Stork (iennanlewn Cms I
16.CC0
ccmpanv. principal ana internal
cnaranlead bv til Cltv 01 1'hlbt-
5eipiii : M.5arn
1,le0 Its hbares ftocs 1'ennavivai.u Hall
roFdvomrny 8,se0"t
H (!C0 Iri) Kharra stuck North PennavlVAnta
Railroad Cotnpanv (,250m
SuACfi Deno.lt wi'h United SUt Oovarn- i
ment, iiibjrct to ten day-' call 40,(KNHKt
SA.rcA RtfitA n TAitneaneA Flv Per Cant. I
Loan 18,tW0-0G
liV7PHLoana on Honda ana At ortsaxs. mat . .
liens on City Troperty, 70.70O't
l.OSU.cSO Tut. Market vluo m KO fXK
fit HI CPTHTV...... B,I WVj
Mills reeeiviible lor in- nrances made. 1.1.613 t-i
Uaiiincesduent AKncleavPrentlnms I
on Marine Policies Aoorued lnte- F
VfWt. and other debt duA th Pom. I
pany 40,8114
ncrip ann mocs ot runary jnaarance
and other i !mtinAnia. a. las. I.h11.
mated valne 1,910 C
i ann in Bank tf.B.'W K
Cash In Drawer SIA-Afl
80,038-1
01.263 JSO'li
rUSKCTOBfl.
Thomas COiai
John C. Davla.
iiniund A. Sonder,
1 lieopbCu Pauldios,
John K. l'enroaa.
riamuei H. ntotes.
J. K. Penlatan.
Henry Moan.
William O. Iloolton,
Kdward Darlinirton,
H. Jpnca brook,
Fdwartl Laiouroads.
Jimee Trayuatr,
Henry C. lia lelt, Jr.,
lame C. Hand
Jacob P. June.
James B. ilcFarUnd,
Joabus P. Kyre,
n n mm C. Ludwlg,
Joacpa 11. Seal, '
ueorte C. Lelper,
Hush Cralir.
Spencer Mcllvaln,
J. B. Scmnla, PittMbars,
Poaert purtnn.
JobnD Tavlor.
it. f.eriier, j"tMDum.
D. T. Morgan, Plttaburg.
H V. HAKD, Prlent,
j ntiii
JOHN C. DA VIS, Vice-President.
Hirst Lubchs, tecretarv. . 1213
1529CIIAIlTEI1 rERPETUALl
FRANKLIN
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
y
OF
1'IIILADELPHIaI
Assets on January 1, 180C
$2,50G,85rOG.
Capital... ; 3400 00(1'
Duijiiua W4 M.1 1
(uiuuui l,l2,Se
I HSEITLEO CLAIMS,
INCOME FOS 181
11.467 63.
310 000.
LOSSES PAID SINCE 18SO OVK
5,000,000.
Perpetnal and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms.
DIBiCTOHS.
Charles 17. B'ncker.
1- dward C. Dale.
Tobias tv ainer,
Samuel Grunt.
OeorKe W. Kic hards,
George Falea,
Alfred Fitter.
Francis W. Lewis, U. D.
Aiwa v Aira,
CHARLES N. msf'KkH PmiM.nl
.fuirAKu t; jjaljs. Vlos-Preaident
JAB. w. AtcALLIS'lXB, Secretary protein. 2 1 U23
VORTH AMERICAN TRANSI
INSURANCE COMPANY,
No. 133 S. FOURTH Street
PHILADELPHIA.
Annual Policies issued Main at General Accidents
descriptions at exceedingly low rates. . '
Insurance effected for one year. In any sun from S1K
to siu .vus, st a premium or only one-hair per eent. sec
ring tne full amount Insnrsd In eass of death, and a oomf
pensation esch week equal to the whole premium paid. I
Short tlms Tickets for 1, 1, 1, 8. T, or 10 days, or 1. 3. .1
6 months, st 10 eem s a day, Insuring In ths sum of jom
or giving ais per we? k It disabled, to be had at tbe Gent
rsl Oflce, Ko. 133 B. FOCETH Street. Philadelphia, on
thev.trloas Baliroad Ticket office. Be sure to nurchii
the tickets of ths Korth American Transit Insurant
Compsny.
For oltcnlsrs and further information annlv t ,
General Office, or of any of the authorized Agents ol to
uwisii huupt. president,
JAM IS M. CON RAD, Treaeuref.
B'.KBY C liKOWN, hecrt tary.
JOHN C. BULLITT. Solicitor.
DIKEC1 OBS.
L. J: Boupt, late ot Pennsylvania Baliroad Coo-Dan v.
M. Balrd.olM.W. Baldwin 4 Co. 's.
Samuei ('. Palmer. Caablor oi Commercial Bank.
Richard Wood. He. M Market atreet,
Jamea It. Conrao, No. 623 Market atreet.
J. :. KlDHly, Continen at HoteL
II. G. LeiaenrlUKi o. 231 and 2J9 Docs atreet
Samuel work, ot Work. Mocouch A Co.
George Martin Ho. 322 Cheanut stieot 11 8 ly
: : ; : t
jnE rRoviDENa;
Life and Trust Co., f
OH 1-BlLAOlCLPrilA,
Kd, It, llSblkttt UVkS, ALLuW.I,TJCIioXOir
ItVlDi-tLjIrTu ikllk iif. limn a w .
VAIVOXir, XJ VAKHiO ARV U ill KB,
CAPITAL, t10O,OOO.
ni&xoToas.
Ssmuel B. Bhlpley,
Ulchard Cadbury,
unruiinu uw.n,
JoebuaH Moirls. I T Wlamr Brown.
nvurr XT allies.
rvuiv
tucuuu now, i iTiinam c LonirstretB.
Cbarte F. Coflln.
SAMUEL a kUIPLXT, President
Bowlasd Pasbt, Aotuory.
orvica. C7 28 ly
ino. aaa . AwiJAiAil Street.
PHCS-'lt INSURANCE COMPANY 0E
PEiADELPHIA. 1
INCtmi OBATJcD 1HM-CHABTEB PE RPETTTAL, f
iio. I'M WALNUT Street, oppoalte the bxchanc.
In addition to MA HIKE aud INLAND LNteUBANCl!
tbi Company Insure rom loa or dawaa bv FIH w
liLeral teiui. on buudlnu, mercbuullae furniturp. etJ
for ilrulitd period, aud permanently on builUlnjra, u .
depoattot premium. s
Ibe Comnany has been in active onratkin rn.mni.
tbanSIXiT IT Us. durlug UlcU all Ue have bn
kutaoToaa.
Jobs L Hode,
M. B.llahonay,
Job T. Lewi.
William S. Orant.
Hobert W Leaning,
I). Clark W barton,
SMmael WllottX.
Lawrene Lsirto, Jr.
Iavld Lewis,
henlamm kitttofl,
Thouia U. Powers,
A. K. McHeury,
Edmond caatilioa, ,
Loui '. orn.
WUCHEKX1L Frerdeint.
Bamcbl Wilcox, be raUrv.
Ily
7 IRE INSTTRANrR EXCLT7SIVITLT. TTTI
r JSKUbVLVAMa riBJC lNSUHASC'K COsfTAK i
in coruoratad IK26 Chart Peapalual Mo. tlS WAJU
KITS rei-t, erpoatte Independaac Soaare. I
y his Couipanv, lavorabiy known to thaooaomuntty fee
over forty year, oootinae to luaure alnt loa ot)
damsf e ly tire on Puk H or Private Bulolngs, eith
Eeiuianenty or lor a Unified time. Alao on nrnitttw,
tot ks ef Oooda and Merohaadise generally, a bberai,
1 beir Capisw, toirethof with a Isrirs Ssrplnt fund. V
Inverted H (be nut earertu manner, wbicb enabieai
l(ten to oOer ta rue tssarea w ndont4 sesuntyl
ths cW less. 1
Paniel Smith, Jr., John Devereax.
' Alexander benaoei, Th-ma Hnilih,
I.aao Uaxicbunt, . Kyrr UoU,
1 houiss Koblna. . . J. GlUiuihaia FslI,
Daniel Uaddo,., jt.
DAM1KL BMlTii, Js., Pre Went
wuxiam O. Obowull, Secietary. I W ly