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THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAm miLADELPlIIA, TUESDAY, . JUNE 13, 1807.
A SUBIMEH. 'f Rip ACROSS THE ALTfiNTIC
A RKMINIBCKNCH
BT OKK WHO HKIiPBW TO LAY THB CAI1LB.
Dfar Makcdb You, who have liHtenod
With crednlit to the whisperings of wise
acres, and have followed with eagerness the
foreboding phantoms of mock wisdom who
kare expected that time would fulfil the
despairing prophecies of the newspapers, and
that the disasters of last year would be re
peated in this, attend to the tale of the suc
cessful laying of the Atlantic cable.
I dare say, now that you have read so far,
your wonder at receiving bo big a parcel by
the post is a little allayed. I presume yon do
not forget the promise you exacted from me
in June last, when you bade me good-by ou
fcoard the Great Kasteru. As you were leav
ing the ship, with a certain Bweet thing (who
Bhall be nameless) upon your arm, you said,
Uood-by, old Mlow, mind you drop us a
line when you get back, and tell us all
about it." Now do you remember f
To tell you all about it would be simply
ridiculous. I am well aware that, in common
with all other Christian gentlemen, you see
the Timet daily, and that you have read the
accounts forwarded to that paper from time
to time by our historian, Mr. Deane. I shall,
therefore, confine myself to such matters
as have not been narrated in the
daily papers, and will endeavor to amuse you
tor a few minutes with a little "Great East
ern" gossip, and try to give you some insight,
however slight, into the daily life on board the
great ship.
A small paper packet accompanies this let
ter. Do not throw it away. It is of exceed
ing value, a pearl of great price. It is not one
of Dr. Gregory's far-famed powders, nor la it
a portion of sand scraped from the road
side. It is something far more precious,
though it may not appear so to the naked
eye. It is ooze from the bed of the
Atlantic Ocean, that came up on one of the
grappling-ropes, and which I picked out from
the interstices of the same, by means of great
patience, an old penknife, and the point of a
breastpin. If you do not appreciate it your
self, make a handsome present to some of
your scientific friends, and they will love you
and venerate your name forever after. I will
give you, however, one word of advice. Do
not let the world in general know that
you are the possessor of such an invaluable
treasure, or you will be tormented out
of your life. Every post will bring
letters in strange handwritings, that
v? ill worry a man of your nervous tempera
ment into a fever. There comes a rat-tat at
the door, and in a minute a budget of letters
is handed in, in all kinds of envelopes and
external coverings, and directed in every
species of caligraphic character, with none of
which you are acquainted. You have a vague
idea that the big blue letter is a gentle re
minder from Mr. Snippit, "that you would
greatly oblige him by settling his little
account;" but on opening it you find, to your
delight and amazement, that it is only from
little Mudlark, the amateur geologist, whom
yon once met for five minutes during a morn
ing call, and who, strange to say, has taken
npon himself to write to you. Through
four sides of a sheet of note-paper he goes on
to say that, "through the medium of the daily
press he has watched the progress of the truly
national work with great interest; that he is
sure that your untiring zeal and energy have
mainly contributed towards the glorious sno
cess; and that when a grateful government
raises you to the peerage, no one will rejoice
more sincerely than Theophilus Mudlark, and
and could you oblige me with a small quan
tity only a few grains of ooze f" This is
a fair sample of the curiosity-begging let
ter, but they are numerous in number, and
diverse in seniiment. One correspondent (of
course a lady) ventures to ask "if she may
enrich her photographio album with the coun
terfeit presentment of so distinguished a char
acter as yourself;" another would feel more
than grateful if you would give him a short
piece of the "magic rope" for the Snoozleum
Museum; and a third requests a small present
of some kind, say "a model of the paying-out
gear," "the grapnel," or "a yard of the grappling-rope."
Take warning, therefore, ami
keep a discreet silence on the subject of
the ooze.
The trip round the Channel, from Sheernoss
to Beerhaven, was a lark; in fact, it was four
days' yachting in the finest yacht that ever
floated. The weather was glorious; the
spirits of all on board were at the
highest point; a generous board of
directors had looked nobly after our creature
comforts, and, in addition to all this, there
" were some twelve or fourteen ladies on board,
who added materially to the elegance, the
comforts, and the pleasures of this part of our
voyage. Perhaps the best fun we had going
round was the performance of the "l'ield
Glass," a burlesque, in fact, by Messrs.
"Woods and Parkinson. This was a good
humored skit on the whole of the undertak
ing, and occasioned not a little laughter and
merriment, more especially as no ono who
was at all prominently connected with the en
terprise escaped the good-natured lash of
the satirist. The performance was most
grand. By means of union jacks and en
Bigns we rigged up a first-rate theatre in the
grand saloon, with a row of footlights, and an
orchestra, quite like the genuine article. The
gentlemen of the press occupied several of the
iront seats, and when the curtain rose and
discovered two lovely mermaids and a Triton
enjoying a siesta, there was quite a burst of
applause, that reminded one of Boxing-night,
lfow those sweet mermaids got dressed will
always remain to me a mystery. They were
a sort of composition ladies, half ballet-girls,
and half John Bright to look at, but lovely
withal. If their waists were a t rifle bigger than
would be admitted as "correct" in the pages of
the Toilet," why let us say that it was the
fault of the dress; and if tha size of their shoes
was something over "six and a half ladies," let
us put down the fact to the score of the
maker. Whatever individual faults carping
critics may have detected. I am positively
certain that the tout ensemble was perfect; and
even at this distance of time my pen trembles
aa I write on the subject of those truly elegant
"critturs."
The tranquillity of the opening scene wis
soon disturbed by Neptune, got up in the
mythological style, who entered, quickly
followed by Mr. Dubley, arrayed exactly like
Mr. Glass. The entrance of this last gentle
man was the signal for frehh applause. Tha
resemblance, in dress, manner, and make-up,
to the person he was supposed to represent
was so extraordinary, that the audience oould
scarcely believe their eyes, and as they looked
from the original, who sat in the front room
of the stalls, to the actor on the stage, the
laughter rang out in louder peals than ever.
It was quite like a scene from the Comedy of
Errort. Which Dromio was which f No one
seemed to enjoy the joke more than Mr.
Glass himself, who applauded and laughed
with the loudest. That he may rise from hi
sick Led, and live many years to laugh again,
U, lun sure, the sincere prayer T all von-
nncted in any way with the Atlantic telegraph.
Feeiris it not sad, on the completion of a
grat work, the dream of yearH, that the
prime mover of the whole affair should be un
able to participate in the rejoicings around
him, but should be obliged to send his con
gratulations and receive his well-merited
honors on a bed of sickness, prepared for him
by over work and over auxiety for a great
cause f When we got to Beerhaven, all our
fair fellow-travellers took their leave, and left
us alone. This was sad indeed; but one can
not be dull on board a ship like the Great
Uaslern, where so much of interest is daily
going on.
Thero were now several arrangements
to be mnde before we started on the real
business of the expedition. Some thousands
of tons of coal had to be taken on board, and
for this purpose nearly a hundred of the native
peasantry had been engaged. Their paywas
to be fin. a day and their rations, and yet,
notwithstanding the munificence of the stipend,
devil a bit would they work. No, they were
full of excuses. "Oh, bedad, your honor, I'll
do as much work as ony man, barring it's not
in a caul hole." "Put me in the open fields,
your honor, to hay-mowing or cow-milking,
and I'm the boy that will tire out the
parish; but, by jabers I 'twould tear the soul
out of ony wan to work all day with his meuth
so full of cinders that he can't spit." And so
on, through fifty or sixty. The end of it was,
that they all had permission to go, and the
6s. per diem was given to the ship's men, who
were glad enough to get it, and willing to
work.
The Great Eastern is a wonderful ship, but
not until you have lived on board her for at
least a week are you fully aware of her size.
Every day one comes across something new
that strikes with amazement. As an instance
of this, let mo mention the shorings of the
tanks. It is exceedingly unpleasant to have
to perform the journey necessary to see them,
but in the end the adventurous traveller is
well repaid. You cannot see much after all,
except what is revealed by the light of an oil
lamp, for in these regions darkness reigns
supreme.
What this part of the ship was used for be
fore the tanks were erected I have not an
idea, but now it presents the appearance of a
dead forest, all the trees of which have been
roughly trimmed. The amount of timber used
for supporting the tanks is simply appalling,
and must be reckoned by shiploads. Huge
beams stretch in all directions, vertical, hori
zontal, and diagonal, tiring the eye by their
similarity and numbers, and giving an idea of
almost unnecessary strength. This may be so
as long as the ship is at rest, but when she be
gins to roll, as she alone knows how, it must
be work of extraordinary solidity, and put to
gether with great engineering skill, that will
bear up against a dead weight of 2000 tons
pressing upon it in all directions. Another
remarkable spot is the ship's ice-house, where
were stored some 100 tons of ice and nearly
20,000 pounds of dead meat. Another spot
worthy of notice was the farm-yard in the bow
of the ship. Here was a flock of 114 sheep,
a herd of 10 oxen, a milch cow, and 36 pigs,
besides 300 head of poultry. By closing the
eyes, and simply listening to the eliorus of
bleating, lowing, cackling, and erowing, one
imagined oneself in a large farmyard in the
depths of Hampshire rather than on board
the Great Eastern. On July 12 we sailed
from Beechaven, and by 3 P. M. on the
following day we had effected the Bplice with
the shore end oil' Valentia, and had fairly
started on our journey across the Atlantic.
The voyage, as of course you know, was one
of uninterrupted prosperity. We steamed
slowly but surely ahead, and the cable passed
noiselessly and continuously over the wheel
in the stern for fourteen long days and as
many nights. The insulation was always per
fect, ditto the continuity. In fact, everything
was managed so well, and all possible acci
dents were so wonderfully guarded against,
that had it not been for one little incident that
rather woke us up, I am afraid we should
have regarded the laying of an Atlantio cable
as one of the simplest operations possible,
and nothing to make a fuss about. The
night of July 17th will always be
easily remembered by all who sailed in the
Great Eastern on that occasion. This was
the night on which the "foul flake" occurred.
I dare say you are rather wondering what a
"foul flake" is. I wilL try and tell you. As
the cable was leaving the tank, and as one of
the coils nearest to the circumference was
sweeping inwards towards the "eye," passing,
iii its course, over the flake of cable next
beneath it, a rough piece of yarn or a project
ing wire, I don't know which, caught in four or
five of the coils below it, and dragging them out
of their normal positions, took them bodily into
the "eye" of the coil, and so on out of the tank
and into the trough along which the cable
travels to reach the paying-out gear. The
mischief was done in a minute, in far less time
than it takes to describe, and it was a marvel
to all on board that bo complicated a knot
could be tied in so short a time. It oould
hardly be called a knot; it was a wondrous en
tanglement; what would be called in the west
of England a "tenibleharl." You remember
last year, when you were sitting in the sum
mer house (you know where I mean), holding
a skein of silk, while a certain "sweet young
thing," to whom I have alluded before, was
trying to wind the aforesaid silk on to a
reel, that either owing to your unsteadi
ness or clumsiness (of course yours) the silk
got into a regular mess, which took the lady
and yourself the whole of that afternoon to
unravel. If you recollect the above fact (as
of course you do not), and if you can call to
your mind's eye the appearance presented by
that skein of silk, then, and only then, you
will have some idea of the "foul flake," only
you must imagine each thread of silk to be
more than an inch in diameter, and nearly as
stiff as the kitchen poker.
The instant the mischief ocourred the ship
was stopped, and the engine was reversed.
Mr. Canning and the other chiefs were at the
scene of accident in a moment. The case looked
hopeless, and the first determination was to
cut the cable and buoy it till daylight, for to
add to the misfortune, the night was as
dark as pit. h, and the rain was descending in
torrents. I wish we had had one of the
Davenport brothers on board to help us out of
the dilhculty. It was certainly such a knot
asno human hands could have tied in so
short a time, and it seemed highly probable
that no human hands, however dexterous,
oould have untied it. No one shall ever per
suade ine that the far-famed "Gordian" waa
a "patch" upon our friend of July 17. How
ever black our prospects may have looked at
one time, they all cleared up after a
bit, ami thU extremely knotty point waa
solved to the Hatisfaotion and dolight of
all. I feel inclined to take liberties with the
poet, and say
"Of A If xaniVr, now no more, let poets tell,
To our 8lr s..uit'l greater praise 1 due,
For v JiIIp wli li patience lie untied them well,
The ImUy irctiiu out his knots lu two (pro
nouueou lue)."
After about half an hour's puizling and
humoring, the mess was kind enough to yield
to persuanion, combined with not a little force,
nd we were enabled, to the unspeakable joj
of all, to proceed on our journey as if nothing
had happened.
Although the chronicler on board the Great
Eastern had nothing to do save to write "suo
cet s" day after day; and although, with the
single exception mentioned above, nothing in
the shape of inbihap occurred, yet you can
have a very faint idea of the mental strain
entailed on those whose lot it is to lay an At
lantic cable. Morn, noon, and night, without
a moment's interruption, the drum keeps on
revolving, and the noise of the cable is heard
rushing along the trough on its way from the
tank to the bed of the Atlantio Ocean. It is
not pleasant to be aware that any trilling acci
dent might serve to cut the rope in two, and
that the failure of any portion of the machi
nery, or a moment's inattention on the part
of any one on duty, might cause a solution of
continuity in that "little bit of string" (as the
cable has been facetiously called) which (to
put it low) is worth something more than half
a million of money.
Everybody who did duty in the tank was
compelled, by the rules of the Telegraph Com
pany, to wear a particular dress. This dress
was made of canvas, and comprised trousers
and jacket in one piece, the whole being made
to lace up the back. No pockets were allowed,
so that no evil-disposed person or persons
could possible secrete any instruments calcu
lated to do damage to the cable. To this gar
ment there was only one entrance, through
the back, and when once the wearer was in
side, he found it difficult to get outside again
without the assistance of a friend. As these
clothes were made rather full round the
waist, "to allow for the stoop," they gave a
unique, not to say improving, aspect to the
figure; and, to add to all, the company pro
vided a pair of boots, not of the most improved
shape, made without any nails in the soles,
so that the "shoe-nail" theory of the cause of
accidents would be no longer tenable.
There was one personage of note on board,
who, by some mishap, has escaped notice in
all previous accounts. This was the ship's
laureate, a poet of the most refined thought,
a perfect Tennyson in his way, who always
commemmorated the little events of the
voyage in a few short lines of poetry,
which I should think, for rhythmical ele
gance, beauty of expression, and regularity
of metre, are without a parallel in the whole
range of British literature. I will give you a
few samples. For instance, when we had
passed the spot where the cable parted last
year, the poet sang thus:
"The spot Is passed, and we are good speed
making,
Where we lulled last yoar in our undertaking;
Heaven seems smilintc on us, the weather Is
fair and bright,
There Is no defect yet, bas the telegram shows
any night:
Kind pplrit watch over us. and spread your
wIuks has far has you are able.
And grant us to lay our communication cable."
Again, after the raising of the cable of 18G5,
he says:
"In the annals of history we all do know
Napoleon and llannlbul led armies through
snow;
But show me your records and I will yield,
Snob men as Mr.Samuel Canning and Mr.cyrus
Field.
Who, with willing hearts and minds, and heads
and bands was able,
With the help ot all on board, to rise, splice,
and proceed with the long-lost Atlantic
cable."
These are merely two samples chosen from
among nearly fifty specimens. You will kindly
observe, as the showman says, that the two
last lines of both these stanzas (and this re
mark holds good for all the others) end re
spectively in able and cable, and that as he
nears the end of the verse, his Pegasus puts
on a spurt and runs clean away with the bit,
composed of the rules of prosody, between his
teeth.
On Friday, July 27th, wo landed the shore
end of the cable in Heart's Content harbor,
amidst salvos (whatever they may be) and
vivas, British cheers, and the firing of cannon.
If you will kindly imagine the excitement, it
will save the trouble of a description. Thus
one of the most successful voyages on record
was begun and ended on a Friday.
Alter a fortnight's sojourn at Heart's Con
tent, during which the intervals of work were
filled up by innocent amusement, and after we
had been visited by governors, bishops, and
high potentates of every degree, and had given
one or two state feastings, at which everybody
congratulated everybody else, and each of the
swells of the expedition declared thar. there
never were such nico men in the world as
his colleagues, we set sail once more for the
Furpose of grappling for the lost cable of 186'5.
don't suppose there were ten men in the
whole of England and America who really
were perfectly sanguine as to the ultimate
success of this experiment, and of these ten
men Mr. Canning and Professor Thomson
would form one-fifth. Of course, on board
the bhip we till' said "that the thing was a
certainty," but I don't believe that there
were many who, in the private recesses of
their own cabins, did not shake their heads
and look a little doubtful. Of course, never
did such a thing; but then, you know, the
e xception proves the rule.
We reached our destination (lat. something
and long, something else) on the 12th of
August, and on the 13th our grappling-rope
was paid out for the first time. There was
naturally a good deal of excitement during
this first attempt, and a small crowd of people
might be seen watching the dynamometer
during the whole day. The excitement rather
fell when we learnt that we were drifting
wrongly, and there was no hope this time.
There was a little excitement, however, as the
grappling-rope came up. Now was the time to
secure the precious ooze of which so much had
been heard; and as the last few fathoms of the
rope came over the bows, a small band of
naturalists were busy assailing it on all sides.
Borne were content with merely picking at the
rope with a sharp instrument, while the more
cunning collected the drippings in basins,
with an eye to the preservation of the sedi
ment. This last soon became the popular
"dodge," and the one moBt generally adopted
on subsequent occasions. It takes about an
hour and a half to pay out the two thousand
fathoms of grappling rope, and a similar time
to pick it up again w hen there is nothing on
the end. When we had a prize on the grap
nel, the latter operation was performed more
slowly, and occupied five, six, or even seven
hours. Both manoeuvres are enacted by means
of colossal machinery worked by a 70-horse
power engine.
I am not going to describe every separate
attempt at grappling at length, as this
would only tire without interesting you; nor
shall I try to describe the alternations of ex
citement and despair which at times prevailed
on board the ship. That these alternations
existed must be evident to all, and I should
only fail were I to attempt a description.
Home gentleman who was on board last year
likened the rise and fall of spirits to the mer
cury in a barometer, and with his permission
(I don't know who it was) I will "cotton" to
the idea. On August 15 we grappled again,
and to our great joy the dynanometer told us
we had hooked the cable; barometer very
high, and continued to rise as the rope was
hauled up. While attempting to buoy tike
cable, after raising it one thousand fathoius
from the bottom, a splice "drew" and we kt
it sgain: barometer very low. On the 17th
we actually saw the cable. We began to pick
up early in the morning, and by 10 30 the
grapnel was above water with the cable of
18G0 hanging over its flukes. The strain on
the cable was very great, and the enthusiasm
on board the ship was tremendous. 1 never
did before, and never expect again, to hear
such a cheer as that with which the appearance
of our lost friend was greeted. Almost before
the cheering had died away, and before the
cable could bo secured, it parted and returned
again to its ocean bed: barometer very low.
We had now learned two things; first, that
the cable could be raised to the surface, and
secondly, that the strain on it was too great
whtn raised in a single bight. It must evi
dently be raided, we now knew, in at least
two, or, still bettor, in three bights. The
plan was to get two bights partially raised
from the bottom, and then the Great Eastern
could grapple between these two and bring it
to the surface.
On the 19th we grappled, and succeeded in
raising a bight one thousand fathoms from
the bottom, and buoying it successfully.
We grappled on the 22d, and twice on the
25th, but without success on either occasion:
barometer awfully low. People began openly
to shake their heads and look very wise.
This was cheerful. On the 27th the Albany
(one of our consort ships) told us that she
had brought a bight of the cable to the sur
face and had buoyed it there. Of course we
had nothing to do but to pick up the buoy,
splice the cable, and set sail for Heart's Con
tent. WTe first noticed that this buoy had
shifted in the night thirteen miles away from
its former position something "fishy" evi
dently. On picking up the cable which it
held, we found it to be only a loose picee, two
miles in length, and, to crown all, we found
that the bight buoy placed on the 19th had
broken adrift. The barometer fell With a
crash; in fact, I wonder the glass was
not broken. On the 28th we grappled
and failed. On the 29th we shifted our
position and went eighty miles to the east
ward, where the ground was clear and the
water shallower (1900 fathoms).
On the 31st we hooked cable, raised it a
thousand fathoms from bottom, and buoyed
it. On September 1st the weather was lovely,
sky blue, sea calm. By 7-30 P. M.. having
hooked the cable (about three miles west of
bight buoy) we began to haul up.
By 8 the "Medway" (which had been grap
pling three miles to west of "Great Eastern")
signalled that she "had hooked cable." We
now had the cable in three places, each three
miles from the other, exactly what we wanted.
Mr. Canning ordered the Medway to "haul
up quick and break cable," so as to leave us
a free end. This order was obeyed and accom
plished within a couple of hours, and then the
Great Eastern began to pick up her grappling-rope
for the last time. By 12-45 the
cable appeared above the water, and bv 3 A.
M. on beptember 2 it was firmly secured and
the end Had been taken to the testing-house.
By 330 a loud, prolonged, and universal cheer
announced that satisfactory signals had been
sent to and received from Valentia, and by
630 the splice had been made, and we were
steaming once more towards Heart's Contest:
barometer high, and continued so until the
end of joyage. It is currently reported I
don t know with how much truth that when
the gentleman on duty at Valentia saw the
light on the slide of the galvanometer begin
to move, he was so astonished (I suppose that
he was not even thinking of the cable) that
he ran from the room a one possessed, and
shouting the "The ship I the ship!" roused
the whole house.
We reached Heart's Content on September
8th, and landed the shore end amidst universal
enthusiasm. The cheering was immense, and
Messrs. Canning, Clifford, and Cyrus Field had
to submit to the uncomfortable process of
chairing. I never want to be chaired. I don't
think that a man shows off to advantage under
the circumstances. He looks rather like a
two-year old in a "baby jumper," and is sure
to struggle with his arms and legs in an ex
ceedingly undignified manner. Your knees
get close up to your chin, your head falls
between the shoulders, the "fall" of your
back becomes "bowed," while the parts
beneath the waistaoat assume unto themselves
a "fall." One hint. If ever you expect to be
chaired, have your hair cut, don't wear specta
cles, and be sure not to put on a long mackin
tosh and a white wideawake. Such a combi
nation looks comio.
W7e sailed from Heart's Content for England
en the 9th. All the work was done, and we
had now only te pass the time as pleasantly
as we could. Captain Anderson displayed his
skill as a conjnror and necromancer on one
evening, and delighted his audience. For an
amateur he is wonderfully clever, and does all
the ordinary "sleight of hand" with oards
quite like a professional. Mr. Oliver Smith,
the brother of the chief eleotrioian, showed us
his power as an electrobiologist, and compelled
several of the ship's crew to perform extra
ordinary feats, making them fight, sing, play
at snowballing, or follow him about like cocks
and hens at pleasure.
As we were going up the Channel we betook
ourselves to our old amusement, the drama.
A play was written expressly for the occasion
by Messrs. Deane and Poore, entitled Conten
tina; or, the Rope, the Grapnel, and the Yankee
Doodle I which, I need hardly say, consisted
of a series of songs and hits at the successful
voyage. Everything was done in correot style,
including the advertising, and we had a regu
lar "sandwich" parading the deck, carrying a
famous sensation poster, concocted by Mr.
Dudley. The performance went off with great
iclat, and applause wa3 liberally awarded.
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Invtledtovu.it the lns'ltutlon and Judge or them
elves ol lis superior appolutuienia. Circulars ou ap
pnciTtlon. L. PAlKBANKb, M.. Preeldeuu
T. V.. W en a n T Bf cr tary . M
REMOVAL.
R
E M O V A L.
X. & II.LEJAMBRE,
Late No. 1012 Cbesuut street, have removed their
URKITURE AND UPHOLSTER i WAREROOMS
Va .1103 CI1RSMCT STIIKKT,
Vf BTA1RS.
MILLINERY, TRIMMINGS. ETC.
SPRING AND SUMMER
FASHIONS
OF
BOHKE1S
MATS,
BIBBONS,
BRIIAL WHEATHS,
LACK),
BNANKNTM,
FRAME
ETC. ETC. ETC
O W O P E I
THE ABOTE SPLEKBIB STOCK
OF
MILLINERY GOODS
AT THE ESTABLISHMENT OP
MAD'LLE KEOGH,
ISTo. OO-JL WALISUT St.,
WIIOEE ELEGANT SHOW BOOMS have already
been visited by numerous purchasers: and the respect
fully announces that she U constantly receiving NEW
STYLES, and selling always at LOW PRICES.
MOlItmG MILLIXERl
BECElYEj AT ITER ESTABLISHMENT
DIOKT SPECIAL ATTENTION, AND
T1IEBEFOBE HUB OH HUH TUB BEST
STOCK OF
MOURNING BONNETS
IN THE CITT.
MAD'LLE KEOGH,
4 11 thBtu8m NO. 904 WALNUT STBEET.
ftfJO URNINC MILLINERY.
ALWAYS ON HAND A LARGS ASSORTMENT OF
MOURNING BONNETS,
AT NO. 904 WALNUT STBEET.
8276m MAD'LLE KEOCH.
MBS. K. DILLON,
NOS. MS AND SSI SOUTH STBEET,
Has a handsome assortment of SPRING MILLI
NER. ladles', Misses', and Children's Straw and Fancy
Bonnets and Huts of the latest styles.
Also, bilks. Velvets, Ribbons, drapes, Feathers,
glowers, trainee, etc 7 is
9 07 -ladies about leaving the
d-tJ I city lor the bummer cau hud a large aud
lianuBorue ausortment ol Velvet and Cord Edge Dress
Trimming Ribbons, lu all tbe desirable sbadrs lor
Bummer Dress Trimming. We sell these ribbons by
the piece at less than Jobbers' prices.
6lbsiul2t IdAKKLAM).N 0.237 BOUTHSU
9 QI7 SIRAW GOODS! STRAW GOODS1
JuKJ I We have received lrom tecent auction
sales a large and line assortment of Huts and Bou
nets, lor .Ladies, Wlbtes, and Children, which we are
selling at a greater reduction than ever beiore
olleied, wholesale and retail.
6 8 tbstu 121 MARKLAND. Nq237 SOUTH St
FURNISHING GOODS, SHIRTS.&C.
Ja VV M. H OF MANN,
NO. NOBTTI EI6WTH STBEET.
HOSIERY GOODS.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF HOSIERY OT
ENGLISH AND GERMAN MANUFACTURES,
For Ladles', Gents', and Children's Wear,
LADIES' MERINO AND UEBINO0AUZB
TEMTS.
MIKttES' HEBIKO AND MEBINO A(TXE
UFATS'SIEBINO, 9IEBINO GAUZE, COT'
TON, AND HEAVY ALL-WOOL SU1BTS
AND DHAWEHM.
Y OUT11N' MKItINO COTTON. AND ME
BQ tlAi an SHIBTS t tutus
Jt W. BOOTT & CO.,
SHIRT MANUFACTURERS,
MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
He. 814 C'HFttltUT STBEET,
FOUR DOORS BELOW THE "CONT1N KINTAL,
PATENT SnOULDEErSEAM
SHIRT MANUFACTORY,
AND GENTLEMEN'S riTBNANUINttSTOBB
PERFECT FITTING BU1RTB AND DRAWERS
made lrom measurement at very short notice.
All other articles ol GENTLEMEN') CRIBS
GOODS in full variety.
WINCHEMTEB CO.,
1111 No. 70S CHKHNPT Street,
GROCERIES, ETC.
T
O FAMILIES RESIDING IN TUB RURAL
DISTRICTS.
We are prepared, as heretofore, to supply, Families
at their Country Residences with every description ol
FINE OBOCEBIES, TEAS, ETC. ETC.
ALBEBT C. BOBEBTS,
U7rp Comer ELEVENTH and VINE Bta.
Q.AR FIELD'S
SUPERIOR CIDER VINEGAR
Warranted tree from all POISONOUS ACIDS.
For sals by all Grocers, and by the Bole Ageuta,
PAUL & FERGUSON,
198m NO. IS NORTH WATF.K ST.
gPANISH
OLIVES.
THREE HUNDRED GALLONS OF
ITino f3panijli Olives,
For sale by the gallon.' much below the cost 0
mpoitatlon, by
JAHES B. WEBB
1 1 Corner WALNUT and JUGHTH fits.
WA f C;fcS JEWELRY, ETC.
LEWIS LA DOM US & CO.,
Diamond Dealers and Jeweller,
NO. 80S (I1FKNVT fcT riULADKLPUU
Would Invite tbe atlvutlon of Diirhum . .1,.,.
large and handsome assortment oi
DIAMONDS,
WATIIE,
JI.WELRT,
SILVER-WARE,
ETC. ETC.
ICE PITCHERS In groat vnrlety.
A large assortment ot small BTUD8, for eyelet
holes. Just received.
.rtn,8 IePalf8d 'n mnT;,r
FRENCH CLOCKS.
. BFSftEEL A CO..
HO. ta NORTH SIXTH STBEET, ,
Have just received per steamship Europe, aa
Invoice of
MANTLE CLOCKS,
Purchased In Paris since the opening of the Exposl.
tlon, vrtilch lor beauty or design and workmanship,
cannot be excelled, ana they are offered at prices
which Invite competition. f ggj
i JOHN BOW M A til
J No. 704 AHO II Btre.ti
rHILiDrXPHIA,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER Hf
EILVEB AND PLATEDWABB.
fcOnr GOODS are decidedly the cheapest in the city
TB1PLE PLATE. A NO. I. q
WATCUES. JEWELltr.
W. W. CASSIDY.
- m
He. IS SOUTH SECOND STBEET
.T 80"" "0 most carefully select
AMERICAN AND GENEVA WACTCHES. "
JEWELRY,
BILVER-WARE, AND FANCY ARTICLES
EVERY DESCRIPTION, suitable for
BBIDAL OB HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
An examination will snow my stock in h
Passed la quality and cheapness. 10 unm'
Particular attention paid to repairing. m
C. & A. PEQUIGNOT,
Manufacturers of 4uuici
Hold and Silver Watch Cases,
And Wholesale Dealers In
AMERICAN WATCH CO.'S,
HOWARD A CO. '8,
And TREMONT
AMEKICAN WATCHES
4t
NO. 1 SOPTH FIFTH STBEET.
HENRY HARPER,
No.
5QO AECH Street.
If aaofacturer end Dealer la '
WATCHES,
FINK JEWELBT,
'MILTEB-PLATED WARE, AND
U SOLID SILVEB-WABB
FURNITURE, BEDDING, ETC.
JOUSE-.FURNlkIIINa GOODS.
EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TOSECTJBJI
BABUA1NS.
To dose the estate ot the late
JOHN A. MTJBPHET,
Imports' and Dealer n "
House-Furnlshlne Goods,
NO. t CUESNVT STBEET,
Between Ninth and Tenth, South Bide, Philadelphia
- His Administrators now offer the whole stock at
prices below the ordinary rates charged. This .toes:
embraces every thing wanted lu a well-ordered house
hold: Plain 'lln Ware, Brushes, Wooden Ware.
Baskets, Plated Ware, Cutlery. Iron Ware, Japanned
Yv are, and Cooking Utensils of every description.
r.PL"' vriely Of bllAKKR OOO JLtt, BIRD.
CAGx.es eto. etc, can be obtained on the most reason,
able terms.
wSMSf10 REFRIGERATORS AND
A flue assortment of PAPIER-MACHE GOODS.
This Is the largest retail establishment in this Use
in Philadelphia, and clticena and strangers will ilnd It
Ut their advantage tg examine our stock before on r-
Chaalng,
NO'l K. Our friends In tbe country may order by
mall, and prompt attention will be given. 11 Una tu
TO HOU SEKEEPERS:
I have a Urge stock of every variety of
FURUITURE,
Which I will sell at reduced prices, consisting of-
PLAIN AND MARBLE TOP COTTAGE BOITS.'
WALNUT CHAMBER bUl 18. '
PABLOR feCl'lW IN VJsXVKT PLUSH.
PARLOH rib'lTS IN HAIRCLOTH.
PARLOR BU1T8 IN REUS.
bldeboards. Extension Tables, Wardrobes, Book
cases, Mattresses, Lounges, etc etc.
P. P. eVSTINB,
1 N. E. corner SECOND and RACE Street,
No. lmi t li KoN UT blrtxn.
E. LI. NEEDLES & CO.,
AT THEIR
NEW STORE,
H.W. Corner Eleventh sued Chesmut
OFFER IN THE
HOUSE-FURMSHIKG DEPARTMENT,
52000
FL00B CLOTHS, ALL tINEX,
AT 9V7S.
1wtH JLQNHMHO Kill "OU
mm simmm
THE GENUINE EAGLE VEIN, TO E CELH
brated PRKBTON , and tbe pure bard GKKKJ
WOOD COAL, Egg and Htove, sent to all parts of tU4
lty at SH'tO per ton; superior LEiilUH at tuli.
ftu h ot the above articles are warranld to give pel
feet satisfaction in every respect. Orders reoeved
No. 1Mb. THIRD Street; Ewutrliun,No.UlWAHj
INGTON Avenue. 4
PRIVY WELLS OWNERS OP PEOPEBTf
Tbe only place to get Privy Wells oleaned aoj
d lalnleoled at very low prices.
A. Pk If RON,
fanturer of Pouilreiu,' , i
iioi couxBMmr all, umjla.hu kuva.
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