TOE LIFE IN INDIA. Jtcm Me CtmhiU Magazine. "Any we from India t" mlj another row.11 "Wkftt about f A woman in tbc caae V "Mot tkia time i something about oilman's torea and mutton." tacb, with Incidental variation., is too often tat etjle of conversation beard after the arrival fan Indian mail. The great sensation of the Month is some new "scandal." The Indian jenraals Indeed are seldom without an excite went of an intensel personal character. Some body's reputation is being tried in the balance. Ae soon as the country ceases to be convulsed "with war, the conflicts of peace commence. A drowsy cantonment, or bustling bill station, jaay be the scene of strife. The contention nay be purely among the men j or a woman, if the eauta teterrlmti belli, may be mixed up with it, and "more embroil the affray." In some .eaeee, perhaps, there may be grave infractions f tbe moral law ; bat in others the story Is en crusted with the pettiest personalities, which, jMwever exciting they may be on the spot, are regarded at a distance simply with contempt: and. the pity of it is, that too often great and feonorable names are associated with these small and discreditable "scandals." The general inference then is, that there is something in an Indian snn that "breeds maggots," not only in ."dead dogs," but also in "il?5 lions," A diatin- Knisnea general, who is supposed to knonr as much at least of the theory of war as any man in the British army, and who is said to be .Ds!ly sagacious in councll.ls suddenly paraded Jbefore the public in connection with an un seemly dispute with one of his aides-de-camp. IUwonld be foreign to our purpose to enter into the merits of the last "scandal," even if the fact that it was. at the dato ol our last advices from India, still under investigation by a judt- Tial tnouuai, u- uuv lorwiu any mo-jumSm..u. of the case. Nor shall we analyse any of its rredecessors. But the natural history of these ''scandals" is not unworthy of examination. We hear much about the "demoralizing effects ot the Indian climate." It is said that these things would not have happened anywhere else. Is it to.? We will endeavor to show how far the conditions of Anglo-Indian society contribute to the growth of the evil. We are unwilling to accept those sweeping statements so often made to the effect that Anglo-Indian morality is on a very low scale in comparison with that which is maintained among Englishmen at home. There are, deubt less, some special circumstances which must be admitted to have a deteriorating effect upon so ciety in India circumstances of which we shall presently speak in detail but there are others the tendency ot which is towards the maintenance of sound morality. Foremobt among these is the fact that there can be no ecresy; nothing can be done in the darkness. The Englishman in India is a marked man. He is never lost in a crowd. All his habits and ways of life are well known. He cannot go bitber and thither without being watched. Privacy is impossible to him. Literally and figuratively, be lives with his doors and win dows open towards every point of the compass. His countrymen are able to take his exact measure. He cannot lead a disreputable life and bear a respectable character. There is no ench thing as "keeping up appearances." In England you may live next doer to a man, or even lodge In tne mm o wuk Kim and vet take no account of his name, mucn ft- of bis doings. In our large towns, we are mostly too busy to concern ourselves about the affairs of our neighbors; the multitude of those neighbors is detracting; and individual recognitions, except on a very limited scale, are impossible. Mr. Brown in Belgravia may be "Mr. Jones" in SU John's Wood; yet no account may be taken of bis duality. Nay, even noble lords may slip their peerage in the "shady groves of the Evangelist," and bring no scandal upon their names. But in India, our country men for the most part live In a state of society resembling that which exists, not in a large town, but in a small village at home. And in our small villages scandals abound, although they seldom obtain more than a limited local notoriety. Even in the case of such residence, in the midst of small rural societies, men prone to irregularity of life may "run up to London business," and commit manifold transgressions, ' without any oneot their neighbors, or even the members of their own household, knowing any thing about it. But in India a man can do nothing "on the sly." Even the place where he dines is matter of notoriety. He lives, as' it were, in a glass-house, surrounded by servants, who follow him everywhere. Morew, be is peneraily tied down to a particular locality by official or other engagements. He cannot play the truant It he would. There are better by which we mean more honorable reasons than this "hazard of con cealment" for not "tempting the illicit rove." We are disposed to think that the sanctity of domestic lite is less frequently violated in India than in England, chiefly becanse husband and wife are "thrown upon each other" more, are more mutually dependent, in the former coun try than in the latter. This sense of reciprocal reliance, doubtless, rivets the chains of conjugal love and fidelity. Neither men nor women have the same external resources, the same means of obtaining excitement and variety abroad, as In European countries; and. therefore, they are the more ready to reconcile themselves to the dulness and monotony ot home, to take Interest in small things, and to cultivate tne domestic charities. There is, indeed, no state of society in the world in which the blessing of a good wife is moie thoroughly appreciated than it is among Englishmen in India. .But It must be admitted, on the other hand, that there are some adverse circumstances which may tend in some measure to counterbal ance these advantages. It is true that women marry very young in India, and that marnages re formed alter very short acquaintance and with very slight mutual knowledge of character. A morning call or two, a little conversational the band, a dinner-party, a ball, and the thing is done. U is said, too. that what is trrcverenllv called the "marriage market" in India is not supplied with produce of the best kind; that at an early age girls are deprived of parental care, are imperfectly educated in England, under the supervision of strangers, and return, whilst yet in their teens, to the care of parents in India of whom they know little or nothing. But this evil has been in recent years very much modifled by the extersion of steam communication and by the more, liberal char acter of the furlough regulations. in 0ld times, a child was often sent to England, and ten or twelve years afterwards returned a grown " ?an t0 tather and a mother whom Junne all that time she had never seen. But, In these "A rare,I haPPens that a separation of this kind endures during many years. Thn separation is or another kind-the separation of husband and w te. And this is another of the detenorating circumstances to which we have referred. The domestic "scandals." of which, unhappily, we have too many instances on the records of the divorce court, are mosilv the growth of these enforced separations. The wife goes home to see her children or to rnornii her Esalth, and either on the voyage toS land, or during her residence tbere, mavha xptwedto grievous temptation. This, doubt less, is a peculiarity of Indian life, though the mitcbief occurs out of lud'a. There is rrne thing, however. of tbe same kind in the coun try Itself. "Scandals'' do arise, at the hill sta &. where women temporarily separated from their husbands "grass widows" en jo v themselves ta. tbe invigorating mountain air whilst their huabandg are tolling on tbe plains. P'! "P08"1 to tbe flatteries and sedtic tMns of idle men. who have nothing to do but to make themselves agieeable to others mu8 tl"n selves. It would be strange f there were 0t some shipwrecks of t.? ?,RlMM! B? domestic happinesi 11 !?uwJi im"'l V of theciv.lized , WOfW. We do not claim lor Amrlo-Indinn octty any immunity troi those affi , and which dtlace social ie in Erow Tbut we r. taw tv UufcA tiat, If TV oi 12 DAILY EVENING TELEGHAFII TRIPLE SHEET. morality of our conntrymrn in the East is sub stantially on a higher scale than in other parts of the world, where men are less easily found out. Why then do we bear so much of these Indian scsndalsf The question almost answers itself. De non apparent ilws et non txlrtentibut eastern est ratio. In England a vast deal exists that does not appear. In India everything that exists In tbe lives of English residents does appear, and with an ostentations appearance. We bear ot more "scandals" in India in proportion to the extent ot European society, but It does not follow, therefore, that more scanJnlous things are done. The magnitude of tbe evil consists mainly in our bearing ot it. That which ex cites much interest in India would excite little or none in England. Petty personal matters loom large in a country where, In times or peace, there are no great questions to dwarf them. An Indian newspaper, day after day, or week alter week, devotes whole pages to a Mhow scandal or a Bimlah scandal; and its readers find the record of these personal con flicts, very entertaining matter. In dull times such Incidents as these are god-sends to hungry Journalists. It Is very much the same all over the journallstio world. During the past month our own papers have been dealing largely In "scandals, which at a busier season of the year would necessarily have been overlaid by more important intelligence. To the question, "Why do we hear so much of these election scandals T" we might answer, "Because we hear ot them," Whether it be a matter ot buying votes or selling mutton. It is all the same. We should have heard little or nothing of all these minute details of bribery and corruption if the committees oi investigation and the two fA..aa r n 1 ; - . . .. .1 1 r . . I ... jiuudco vi i aiiinuirub uiwi ueen suwntr at tne i earna lima T in . 1 i"";v v. jm me long vacation we are glad of such little excitements. They are to us , very much what the scandals of which we are writing are to the Anglo-Indian community in times of peace. Election scandals . are large matters in proportion to those which obtain such painful prominence In India: but so is the community that takes account ot them a large community in proportion to that which gloats over the personal contentions of Simian or Mhow. Except in times of war Ot revolution. M-eal Questions rise up in India ti' interest the great mass of the Anglo-Indian community. Of course there are great questions perhaps, the greatest in the world continually pressing forward for solution; but though they are deeply interesting to a lew thinking minds, to the ma jority of our countrymen In India they are essen tially dull. Who doubts that nine out of ten readers of an Indian newspaper, seeing in con tiguous columns "The Simian Scandal" and the "Famine in Orissa," incontinently address themselves first to all the details of the former? It comes to this, that tbe conditions of Anglo Indian society render it necessary that the petty personal conflicts, from whatever source they may arise, which for convenience we deslenato by the generic name of "scandals," should ob tain extraordinary prominence in India. It may be an affair of love or an affair of money; but when it may be lalrly surmised that a very large majority of the readers of a newspaper know something about the parties concerned in tho case, it is, of course, published with minuteness of detail. In England not a thousandth per haps not a ten thousandth-part of the readers of a newspaper know or care anything about any particular "case" reported in its columns. Half-a-dozen divorce suits are disposed of by tbe judge ordinary in the course of a day. and the whole are reported, except on very special occasions, In half-a column of our daily papers; and, perhaps, among them is an "In dian case," which would have afforded column after column of sensation matter to an Indian journal, if it had been investigated in one of IT ""T cnims. w have, at times, too, our military icunomv u. ments stationed at borne; but, except in rare instances, as, lor example, that of tne famous "black bottle" affair, the Interest which they excite is very limited, and, therefore, the space devoted to them in our journals is the same. Now, all this is very intelligible; bat when due allowance is made lor it, is it sufficient to ac count wholly for tho apparent frequency of these Indian "scandals;" or Are there other con ditions ot Anglo-Indian seciety affecting not merely the apparent, but also the existent! We cannot answer this question altogether in the negative. We believe that the comparative fre quency of these Indian scandals has been very much exaggerated, because they have been ob truded more prominently upon public notice; but we do not deny that tne comparison is, to some extent, to the disadvantage of India, There are circumstances, doubtless, which favor the Growth of the evil in that country. It re mains then lor us to consider what they are. The "scandals" of which we write are mostly military "scandals," and they are developed in time of peace. When India is convulsed with war, foreign or domestic, we seldom hear any thing of these things, and it maybe presumed that they do not exist. When men have a com mon enemy to (tux, they are little minded to quarrel among themselves. They have too much to do aud too much to think of, to vex them selves or othors about trifles. Moreover, a feel ing of comradeship is engendered by the sense ot a common danger, and the qnest of a com mon object; petty animosities and irritations subside under the excitement ot strenuous action; and are knit to each other in bonds of brotherhood at such a time, and know none but honorable rivalries. But in the dieary stagna tion of caiitonment life in Indl i, our officers have too much time upon tbeir hands, if idle ness be not the mother of all tbe vices, she is assuredly the mother of strile. But it may be said that there la plenty of idleness in our Eng lish gairieon towns. Doubtless, and our English garrison towns are sometimes hotbeds of scan dal. But there are many circumstances which mitigate the evils of the fatniente in England. Tbe climate of India during a great part of the year compels inaction. Military life, in time of Eeace, at home may not be burdened with very eavy duties; but there is much more social occupation than in the East. Existence may not be very profitable, but it is not a dreary blank. The curse of ennui does not sit upon our officers In such places as Maidstone and Canterbury, Dublin and Brighton. -One station may be more or less lively than another; but on the whole there Is no lack of amusement. Idle men ot good address are always in requisition in our provin cial towns. There are picnics, and croquet par tie?, and cricket matches in tbe summer; shoot ing and hunting and steeple chasing in the autumn aud winter; and balU and dinner-panics at all season?. - In such circumstances officers diffuse themeerves more than they can at an Indian ttation, where the society is so much more limited. What is the effect of a handful of people being, as it were, shut up together, with no possibility of escape, is especially oboervable In life on board ship. In the . old times not so very long ago alter all when the voyage to and from India occupied four or five months, it was seldom ac complished without a " scandal." People became very intimate and familiar with ach other; and it often happened that tbe closest mends at the beginning of a V03 age were tbe bitterest enemies at the end. It there were no quarrels before the ship entered the Hooghly or tue Channel, it was a bier sing lor which the passengers bad good cause devoutly to be thank ful. Now, the society ol a military cantonment in India my much resembles that of a large passenger vessel. People become very intlmute and familiar with each other, and out of this intimacy and familial Hy come contempt and In tbe absence of all larger objects and Inn-rest, little things become great. Petty grievances and causes of offense are exaggerated. The apple of contention gtows in time to the 6ize ot an immense aouro. It is watered and nonrlvhed on either aide by the partisanship of lookers-on, who, in the general dearth of ex citement, find a stimulating occupation in watching tbe affray. We do not mean to say that military societv in India is necessarily distinguished by tbe fre quency of its scandals and contention. We he known large stations, the residents of which have dwelt together for years in the utmost harmony; where the married families lived In affectionate intercourse with each other, and their houses were continually open to th onnper officers of tbe cantonment. But a the stations which, we have In mind wre Dell j, in the vicinity ,i the great presldeocj ton", tbe fact of which we speak rather strenethens than Impairs oar argument. In the vicinity of the presidency an officer has a larger circle of triends and acquaintances, and a greater diversity of objects of interest. Every thing is on a larger scale. He dors not see eternally the same faces, or from week's end to week's end hear tbe same style of conversation. But in an "op-country" station, it a man is, bored, mere is no escape: U he Is ennuye, there is no relief. An absorbing occupation is an antidote against the poison ot petty provo cations. But there is seldom any such safe- feard In the accompaniments of military ife in a MofusMl station. We all know what are the jealousies and animosities the rivalries and mallenltles the scandals and backbitings the "evil tongues and rash Judg ments" which often make society in remote rural districts as unlovely and uncharitable a the snnta nn whlfh thnv HwaII a - .... .1 . , ' " - j "' iwfrij nuu Denis n. But in the metropolis people have little time to quarrel, and they are case hard ened against small aggravations. The attrition of the world soon rub off the mark left by pal try annoyances. But in small communities and In remote places these annoyances stick to men like burrs, because they have seldom 'sufficient occupation to wear them off. So it is in our more remote Indian military stations. Idleness begets and nourishes strife. Another illustration of this may be discerned In the fact that we seldom hear anything of these "scandals" among the members ot the Indian Civil service, who for the most part are occupied from morning till night in the per formance of Important duties. Take such a pic ture asthis and it Is not an exaggerated one of the daily life of a revenue officer In India- We see him exerting dally, and with no vain or fruitless result, all his faculties of observa tion, of research, of penetration, of judgment. It Is a strange sight a wonderful proof of the power of Intellectual and moral education to watch the respect and confidence evinced by gres-headed men towards that beardless youth. We-ree him, in the early morning mist, stretch ing! at an inspiring gallop over the dewy fields. Not unmlndlul is he of the hare, which scuds awaj Ifpp bis horse's feet; oi the call of the partridge from the brake; 6r of the wild fowl on the marsli. The well-earned holiday will turive, when hewili.be able to follow these, or perhaps nobler same; but at present he has other work on band. He . is on his way to some distant point, where measurements are to be tested, doubts resolvedor objections investigated. This done, he returns 'to his solitary breakfast, cheered by the companionship ot a book, or Serhaps by letters from a far-distant land oubly welcome under such circumstances. The lorenoon is spent in receiving reports from tbe native officers employed under him; in directing their operations; in examining, comparing, aiial.vzing, and.arranglngthe various information which comes in irom alltquarters. As the day ad vances, the wlde-tpread shade begins to be peopled with living figures. Group after group of villagers arrive in their best and whitest dresses; and a hum of voices succeeds to the stlllnesi, before only broken by the cooing ot the dove and the cream ot the parrcquet. The carpet Is then spread in the open air; the chair is set; litigants and spectators take their seats on the ground in orderly rat.ks; silence is proclaimed, and the rural court is opened. As case after case Is brought forward, tne very demeanor of tbe parties, and of the crowJs around, seems to point out on which side justice lies. No need here of et parte decisions, or claims lost through default. All are free to come and go, with little trouble, and at no expense. . No need ot lengthened pleadings. A few simple questions bring out tbe matter of the suit and the grounds on which it rests. No need of lists of witnesses. Scores of witnesses are ready on the spot, alike nnsummoned and untutored. No need of the -T"-r."r-- u.rv,'a. i"y of truth Is " "f-j i iu on mum vieoBb, wuuu preaei'veu from counteracting Influences; still more so, then, when the sanction of public opinion as sists and protects the rightful cause. In such a couit Abraham sat, when arbitrating among his simple-minded herdsmen. In such a court was Iustice everywhere administered iuthe child lood of the human race; before wealth In creased, and with wealth complicated interests, and law became a science requiring a life's study to understand. Strange must that man's character be, and dull hla sympathies, who, in the midst ot occupations like these, does not find his heart accompanying and lightening his labor s. This is a t-Vetch of civil work written by a distinguished civilian, and the truth of it 'has been amply confinned.by other writers of the same profusion. In Mr. Charles Baikes' en tertaining and Instructive volume entitled "Notes on the North-Western Provinces," and in Mr. Edwards' mere recently published work, "Reminiscences of a Bengal Civilian," we see distinct) v the character ot civil work in India how varied and important, and, above all, how deeply interesting it is. As the extract which we nave given represents this work on the rev enue side, so Mr.t Ratkes' book chiefly treats ot tbe judicial, and Mr. Edwards' of its political aspects. Men who spend their lives in this way are not likely to be mixed up with petty "scandals." But very different is the existence of a military officer at an up-country station. During tbe greater pait of the year, the heat of the climate foibids regimental exerciser ot any kind whatever, except in the morning and the evening, and even in the cold weather they occupy only a few hours of the day. There is a book-club and a band and a billiard-table (perhaps not all ot these), and little or nothing beyond to occupy and amuse the mind. There is a good soil, theretore, for the growth of strile. The beginning may be very small; but it grows apace, and soon as sumes portentous dimensions. And tbe worst of it is that in this view of the ease, looking upon idleness as the root of the evil, there is every prospect of an increasing number ol these kcandals. Tbe recent changes in the or ganization ot the Indian Army have necessarily had a great etlect upon military society. The Indian officer, "pure and simple," looking upon India as his home, taking a deep interest in the country and its people, studying the native languages so as to prepare himself for useful and honorable woik, proud of his pro fession and content with bis way of life now giving place to the "general service' officer, the bird of passage, who looks upon his residence in India a a period of hated exile and only cares to kill the time until the happy hour of his release from the bondage which his soul abhors. With sixty or seventy thousand of European soldiers In India, the country must be overrun with officers of this elass-iotor-ab e gentlemen and good military leaders-but with tastes and dispositions utterly untuned to the environments of Indian life. Executions may, doubtless, be found. Among the man v there may be some who, looking soriouslv at their position, begin to discern attainable objtctsnot unworthy of their best endeavor and gradually open their eyes to the tact that au Indian career may not be so bad a thioit after all. But that a very large majority will always be loundwho can by no means recon cile themselves to Indian lite, is unfortunately not to be doubted. A hatred of India is natural to this . lass ot officers. They have not enlisted lor Indian sei vice, and they look upon the ne cessity of taking their turn of dutyin so abo- i .Le J Pun,lrJ M 4.e ,one K"at drawback from tbe advantages or tbeir general poMiion as officers ot her Majesty's army. And we are afraid that thjs is not all. There are many of tbe old race of Company's officers who, having gone out flushed with plea-uraMo anticipations of an Indian career, have been deprived of all heart and hope by the changes incident upon tbe transfer of the Indian Gov ernment to tbe Crown, and have settled dowu lino a state of discontent from which It is carce!y probable that they will ever emerge. Every one now says that "India is not what it wa. Tbe Indian service is not what it was." There is a general hatred of India, of which those who kit the counlry some twelve or ?t H1 ro can form no adequate concep . lb''r e few who are not eager to quit it, but who do not feel at tho same time that, irom the loss of prospects they have sustained, .1 J?'01' difficult to quit it than ever. Thes4 'Indian army grievance" of which we have heard so much words wb'ch, perhaps to the Stncrul public ceavej only a very vagit PHILADELPHIA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, I860. idea have grievously affected that general efficiency which has Its source lu lovaltv end content. We trust that tbe more liberal view, which has bben taken by the preaent Government, ot the equitable claims of the aggrieved officers, may have some effect In allaying the very natural and excusable Irrita tion which for some years has disturbed tbe minds of the officers of the old Company's army; but we are afraid that those miserable words, "too late," are inscribed upon these acts of tardy justice. "The beautiful has vanished, and returns not" "Kolhlng can bring back the boor Of glory to the grass of splendor to the flower" And nothing can bring back tho confidence and affection which has once been banished by tbe ac.s ot grievous injustice and wrong-doing. But even apart Irom this, if the old Indian Army bad been left in its normal state, still society would have been subjected to a baneful chanse by the influences of the Great Rebellion of 1K67-68. This great historical event has doubtless shaken to its very foundation tho secnrlty which Anzlo-Indlan residents once felt, and has engendered a bitter feud between the two races which years of peace will not be potent to allay. The atrocities which were com mitted during the season of convulsion has forced those who before loved.to hate India and her people. Time may mitigate this evil; but until it has brought "healing on Its wings" the wounds will be open wounds, and onr peoplo will writhe and gnash their teeth under the infliction ol these tunning sores. Whilst this feeling exists, even our old Indian officers cannot take the Interest which tbey once took In their WOik. There is, naturally, an Increased tendency to send the family to England; and so there is more and more weariness, and tnsouci once, and Indolence, amongst those who were once interested and active, and who seldom or never hankered after home. Assuming, then, that it Is want ot interest In the environments of Indian life, and general indolence and discontent, wnlcb, more tban all eUe, are the provocatives of the "scandals" which have lately obtained such unfortunate notoriety in India, it Is easy to perceive that there Is one remedy, or none. If a man nas work to do, and takes interest in doing it, we may be sure that he will not much concern himself about thoso paltry personalities which fructify into "scandals." Much has been written lately about the character of the Euro pean soldier (especially in India), and of the efforts made to improve it, but as the officer is so will be the soldier. If the officer thinks that his duties are limited to paiade dnties, there Is small hope for the moral character of the men. More tban twenty years ago an affectionate ex hortation on this subject was anonymously ad dressed to the officers of the European army In India. It has since been published in the col lected Essays of Sir Henry Lawrence, than whom no grander example of an Indian officer ot tbe best school has ever shone out from the history of our Indian empire. We need make no apology for quoting them here, for nothing can possibly be more germane to the question under consociation: "It would be a wonder of wonders,lf,neglccted as he is, the European soldier were to occupy a higher place in the scale of Christian morality; but whatever he may have to answer for, it is almost beyond denial that the responsibilities of the officer are far greater than his own. The soldier's sins ol commission are not so heavy as the officer's sins of omission, from which they are the direct emanations. The moral character of a regiment, be it good or bad, fairly reflects the amount of interest taken by the officers In the well-being of their men. Tbe soldier wanders out of garrison or cantonment, and commits ex cesses abroad, because he has no inducements to remain within the piectncts of the bnrrok square. He goes abroad in search of amuse ment aud he finds not amusement but excite 1116111; ue uinkc, hib wny to tho village toddy shop, or to the punch-house; he seeks other haunts of vice; and when both money and credit are gone, perhaps he takes lo the high road. This would not happen if regimental officers really did their duty to their men. It is not merely the duty of an officer to attend parade, to manoeuvre a company or regiment, to mount guard, to sanction promotions, to 6ee the pay issued, to sign monthly returns, and to wear a coat with a standing collar. Tho officer has higher duties to perform a duty to bis sovereign ; a duty to his neighbor; a duty to his God, not to be discharged by the simple observance of these military formalities. He stands in loco parentis; he is the father of his men; bis treat ment ot them should be such as to call forth their reverence and affection, and incite in them a strong feeling of shame on being detected by him in the commission of unworthy actions. J1 ,9A'.8 dut.y t0 Ptudy their .characters; to in terest himself in their pursuits; to enhance their comforts; to assist and to encourage: with counsel and praise, every good effort; to extend his sympathy to them in distress; to console them in affliction to show by every means in his power, that though exiles from home and aliens irom their kindred, they have yet a friend upon earth, who will not desert them. These are the duties of the officer and duties, too, which cannot be performed without an abundant re compense. There are many idle, good hearted, do-nothing officers, who find the day too long, complain of the country and the climate, are devoured with ennui, and living between ex citement and reaction, perhaps in ttme sink into hypochondriasis but who would, if they were to follow our advice, tendered not arro gantly but affectionately, find that they had dis covered a new pleasure; that a glory had sprung up in a shady place; that the day was never too long, the climate never too oppres sive ; that at their up-iislng and thelrjdo wa-sitting serenity and cheerfulness were ever present; thai, in sbort.lthey had begun a new lite, as dif ferent from that out of which tbey had just emerged, as tbe sunshine on tbe hill-top from tbe gloom In the abyss. Some may smile some may sneer some may acknowledge the truth dimly, and forget it. To all we have one answer to give, couched in two very short words Try it" We need add nothing to this. We heartily echo these words, "Jry itln INDIA-RUBBER PAINT. , T RAILROAD COMPANIES AND. SHIPPERS. INDIA-RUBBER PAINT. It Costa no more tban other Paints. Tt Bobber Paint Is a Superior attlole tor a'l exposed uriacaa. laa rubber la flrsi absolved and tbea ground luto tbe paint, tb.ua permeating every pari ol It. It will lesiat even aclda, and dun poena ana changes ol atmos phere have but little edet upon lu THE BEST BRIDGE PAINT Ever made, and Its use will be found a great eoonomy jorallespoaea surfaces, euub as depots, roola, tVeigiic can, etc.leto. It la THE BEST SHIP PAINT. It will resist the action of salt water, and eonseqnently stand muob longer. fulnta o( eveiy color ground In puis Linseed Oil and Indla-hubber. - ALSO, WB1TE LEAD AND ZINC. AMERICAN GUJI PAINT COMPANY. 8. E. COltNEtt TWENTIETH AND FILBERT STS. lomuthaam . HATS AND CAPS. JAMES C. DENNISON, Fashionable Hatter and Furrier,' No. 720 POPLAR Street, Das coniiantly oa band a large aaaortoent of GEKT8-, YOLTHS', ASD CWLDHES'9 IJAT8 AND CAPS. ALSO. ' " PI.ErJI rVB EAT1U CWB. GLOVES. AND COLL a 8. (XI a:ull)2 PAPER HANGINGS. PAPER HANGINGS. HOWELL & BO Hit EE, CORPUS XI OF FOl'RTn AND MARKET STS. PHILADELPHIA P A P E R M A Sl G I IM G S MANUFACTURERS OF Paper Hangings AND I "Window Shades, Have now in Store for FALL TRADE, A Floe Stock of Goods, the neweit and best styles. . ELEGANT VELVET DECORATIONS Of all grade A N D m J , PARLOR PATERS OF THE RICHEST DESIGNS. D 40-INCH PLAIN PAPERS, ff Of crery shade, with rich GOLD MOULD. unub, an wiatDs, to wtucn we lorlts tbe attention of the Trade. WINDOW SHADES s Mj OP FINE SCOTCH HOLLANDS, AU widths, Wnite',1 Bany Green, Blue, and H" Pearl Color. f' ELEGANT FIGURED SHADES ol the most elaborate designs. PICTURE CORDS, TASSELS, AND SHADE TRnonNGS. u To the WHOLESALE TRADE we offer an Extensive Stock of GREEN AND BROWN GUM CLOTHS, .TABLE OIL CLOTHS, at tne Lowest Net Cash Prices, and work done by competent hands. .-.. ..... k 5 ,4 02 IIOWELL & BODRKE CORNER POVRTB UTOKARXET STS, CLOAKS AND FURS I O 7 O P E N, PARIS CLOAKS, EXCLUSIVE STYLES, (WHICH WILL SOT BE COPIED), W CHEAT VABIXTT Ot MATEFIiL AD PEsiOH ALSO PABIS STYLE 0L0AK8, IB OWH HASTjrACTCREJ IN GREAT ABUNDANCE. NEW CLOAKING CLOTHS JS GREAT VABIXTT. ALSO SUPERIOR BLACK SILKS FOR DRESSES, ETC., FROM THE BEST MANUFACTURERS. AND CUT IN ANY LENGTH. J. W. PROCTOR & CO., ni7imn Ko. 920 CHESNTJT St. IST O W O J? E -3Ve FURS OF ALL NATIONS. RUSSIAN SABLE FURS, HUDSON BAT SABLE FURS, FINE DARK MINK SABLES ROYAL ERMINE AND CHINCHILLA, DARK SIBERIAN SQUIRREL, . PERSIAN LAMB, ASTRACAN, ETC. ETC. For Ladies, Misses, and Children. J. W. PROCTOR & CO., un imrp No. 920 CHKSNUT St. QLOAKB, CLOAKS, CLOAKS, CLOAKS. HEADQUARTERS FOR CLOAKS The cbeaoe.t Cloak Sloie In the eltr. Small profits and quick tales. THE OLD 8TASD, WATKI.V8', . KINTH and CBEBBT Streets. 6JEK) THE PRICES. Waterproof Cloake, only S3. Walerpioof Cloake, only Waterproof Cloak., onl; e&. Ueayy Bearer Stoquee, trimmed, SO. Heavy Bearer Basques, trimmed, 90. Tbt old Ordinal Cheapest Cloak Store in the city. DAVID W ATKINS, " . Ho. 131 N. NINTH Street, S. E. eoiaei NINTH todCBLEBBT. The Bldge Arena and CJnlon line Car. pa, the Store erry two to In a tea jo g tatha3m JICIT, RARE AND RELIABLE PURS. Hadaon'i Bay Eabla Mafli, Collar, and Berthaa. Fin. Sable Attnk M uffa. Collars and Berthas. Siberian Sqolrrel Wufla, Collar, and Berthaa. Ktal Boy al Xrmlne Hulk, Collar, and Berthaa. Children's Bet. to erery variety of Fnra. , An bsmenae saving la price by applying for an early tlectlon at the CLOAK, MANTILLA, AND FUR EKFORIUX,. Ho. U B. SECOND Street, six door, below Market 9 29ttuth8tnl QHA8. L.EWI8SON. EXCELSI0B CLOTHING HALL,. EXCELSIOR CLOTHING HALL, EXCELSIOR CLOTHING HALL. S.E. Cor. SECOND and MARKET, PHILADELPHIA. CLOTHING FOR MEN AND B01S. CLOTHS, CASSMERES, AND VISITS GS. Department Tar Custom YtVki Agents for OUf I Orbing. v- EDWARDS & Uj'i.EKC.' 10 i toths2mtp ; Use starin's cofisiiic.": rc;v:ri FOB . . HORSES AND CATTLH. It enre. Wonna, Botta, and Co'lo. , It core. Colda. Coughs, .DdBIde-Bcoa i It is the best alterative for Bone, and tattle tik, w use. having a reputation of a years' t4a It Is a sure preventive for the much dnHi bud r. t I : o Fanner or Dairyman should be wt 1 i ' . t or sale In rbUadvlphla by DYOTf t v-t Ve North 1 6tCOi.l btieeti JOIINmON. Bt. ' Ovr" lv" C O W DKN. o. I North BIXTU hSUt I a I ? , gist, throughout the country. Addio. u . :t, STABlJf FLOTD.r. r . f. " "' Wo. M DTJANB Street, y.vw . FOR SALE STATE 'AND COTJKTT RT r ' froaa breaking. TMa we will warract Ai. w., third Hi nil fll ... ...,....... " ; ..' So. Mi BACK Street. Phi edelphla. Bamp e - . i : ' S AAIL 1UCK "TO CAV,'A . . . 01 .Mi t here a 0 t uu ant. Imi.. Vmnk. a.n.1 H - . 1. Taper hlaeuiavl'urera' Tatar Ftitn, Itvia oui to cl Wide : i auJiun. Ului. U Twlive. eta. JQUX W. LVKKMAN A Co; K (
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers