Heroes of th Conqntit of the Golden Fleece. From the "H(e and Death of Jason," in press by Roberts Bros., of Boston. Meanwhile came many heroes to the town: Asterion, dweller on the wind down Below riillfrns, far up iu the north; Flow-footed Polyphemus, late borne forth In chariot from Lariasa, that beholds flreen-windlng Peneus cleaving fertile wolds; Krglnus, son of Neptune, nigh the sea His father sent him, where the laden bee Flies low across the Miuander, and falls down Against the white walla of a merchant town lien call Miletus. Behind him there oame, The winter of a great and dreaded name, Theseus, the slayer of the fearful beast, Who soon in winding halls should make his feast On youths and maidens; and with him there rode The King, ririthous, who his loved abode Amid the shady trees had left that tide Where fly the Centaurs' arrows far and wide. Black-haired was Theseus, slim, and still his cheek lacked all but down, for yet he had to seek The twisted ways of Diedalus the old; But long and twining locks of ruddy gold Blew round the face of the huge forest king, As carelessly he rode and feared nothing. Great joy had Jason, gazing on the twain, Young though they were, and thought that not in vain His quest should be, if such as these had will The hollow of his great black ship to fill. Next, threading Argive ways and woody lanes, Came Nauplius, son of Neptune, to those plain Crossing Anaurus dryshod, for his sire With threats and blowa drove up the land stream higher, And sucked the sea-waves back across the sands; With him came Idmon, mighty of his hands, But mightier than he was skilled to know The counsels of the god who bears the bow, His very father; who bore not to see Unloved Cyrene wandering carelessly Beside the Peneus: Iolaus came From ATgos, too, to win a deathless name; And if henceforth came any heroes more I know not, and their names have died of yore. A GOSSIPY ARTICLE FOR LADIES. Modern Style lu Drear From Belgravia for July. Never before, during the memory of woman, and, searching back still further among the archives of costume of past ages, have such advantages been enjoyed with respect to dress as are now in full force in the zenith of the date of 18G7. Plunge back suddenly fifteen years, and make a rapid rCsumi of dress as it was, taking cognizance of the disadvantages under which our mammas and elder sisters suffered. Skirts equal at waist and hem, drawn up round the figure on the principle of a curtain round a shower-bath making an awkward bulk about the hips, and wagging uncomfortably against the heels with every movement of the body; too long to disclose the dainty foot or reveal the graceful tournure of tiio ankle; too short to flow into the stately folds of the train. The bodice, long, straight, and stiff, was distorted as certain Indians depress and elongate the heads of their infants, and "a shape" only achieved at the expense of tight lacing, the injury of the wearer's health, aud what, perhaps, she prized far more, her complexion. Mantles were drawn Tip at the neck, pulled over the arms, and cut ehort and square behind, rendering the shoul ders high in aspect, the back broad, and the whole figure as angular as artificial means permitted, exhibiting at the same time to the greatest advantage, or disadvantage, the bun dles of gathers at the waist, rendered still more ridiculous through extension by means of a huge pad placed beneath, and technically known as a "bustle." The cunning intention of this strange ornament was, by its size and the force of contrast, to give apparent small ness to the waist; and the larger the bustle the more stylish the wearer was considered. Bonnets three times the dimensions of the head, to the shape of which they bore no sort of resemblance, swung behind, half on the crown, half off. The hair was arranged some times with a certain amount of taste, because the outline of the head was preserved; but a prevailing tendency existed to bind it too lose, and flatten it down with bandolines aud hard pomatum. As for our poor grandmammas, their scanty skirts and low bodices very low bodices and bare arms and operatio ankles infringed sadly on propriety. We are quite sure we should blush to see one of them now, and hastily throw a shawl or cloak about her till something more could be done. People did cot regard such a scantiness of habiliments with any uneasiness when it was the fashion; but the disadvantages personally were terrible. It might be all very well for sweet sixteen to cut her dress tres dt'colletee, but when any one was a little past fortv, the matter was different. It might be equally suitable for beautifully moulded arms to have no covering but twenty Luttoned gloves (a style likely to appear once more); but the little muscular exercise taken by the fair belles m society leaves a great many with slender arms, Hat wrists, and pointed elbows, passable enough in hanging- sleeves, or coat-sleeves, or princess sleeves, nay very graceful and proper in any sleeves, are unlit to meet tne glare or tne day un shrouded. No doubt the youngest daughter tripped gracefully enough in her scanty petti coat it might even have been pretty to see lier twinKhng leet in tiny silk shoes with only brown paper soles, though she was going into consumption in consequence of wearing that bewildering cnaussure, ana her disease was ac celerated during the January snows and March winds and chilly autumn evenings by the bare neck and arms that, nevertheless, were so cretty; but to her dear mamma, who was lust sixty and weighed three stone, it could by no means be considered so suitable a mode of dressing. Bo at last we return to the fact we have sought to establish that never before had ladies bo many advantages in uress, or bo many varieties of fashion whence to suit them selves. There are still abuses; there are those who have had the bad taste to cut their cor sages too low and we really pity them, since an arrangement of a little elegant lace would look much more pretty and modest. We have discarded the large crinoline that confounded grace and deformity; aud we still rejoioe in an English (joitre on the head known as a chignon; a great beauty, namely, a well 4a .nd. is as much obscured by the faahinn. aa eraoe of motion, that ex tta ,.i.nrm. was by the former. But there is the gored skirt flowing into such in comparable elegance ana a gun; . irJL i,rs been kind'may drape forms r i-antr in strictly plaitless garments : v..i. i, vrv uerfection of style; and those too stout or too thin, by fold, are at liberty to aaopuug - . defloUmo of flrr "rrriw th character of the THE DAILY' EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, gored skirt. . We have jaunty little Jackets for outdoors, for petite figures; the tight fitting mantle for the tall, perfect form; and the demi oWeforan elegant but less strictly turned figure; to say nothing of ample cloaks of mingled silk and lace or velvet for less youth ful forms. As for bonnets, they are pretty enough, and we could only wish them larger, because they necessitate much wearing of talse hair, less on account of natural deficiency than for warmth. The beautiful outline of the bust Is preserved in the plain bodice with the low darts; the short waist adds to its apparent fullness, and has abolished tight-lacing. Only fifteen years ago tight-lacing was an absolute necessity to stout or square figures. A thick waist was such a crime that a young lady would rather have been dead than eyed as she would have been eyed in society by other ladies, and sneered at at home. And so she screw td herBelf in, and suffered, and some times died. A thick waist in those days was as great a fault as a penchant for a younger son, or penniless but charming barrister or artist, with their career yet before them. OLD AM) NEW JOKES. 'A Chapter of Fncetlnp. A writer in the North Driiixh Review, dis coursing of "Faeetia'," brings together some coiiical stories, old and new. An example of the blunders or absurdities which excite laughter, arising rather from a confusion of words than of ideas, is afforded by the paragraph in the Irish newspapers an- nouncing, "with much pleasure," that on such a day "Lady had publicly re nounced the errors of the Church of Home for those of the Church of England." The penny-a-liner had merely forgotten that his ante cedent to those was "errors" and not "doc trines." A ludicrous claps of failures are those of which "Mrs. Slipslop," in "Joseph Adrews," and "Mrs. Malaprop," in The Rivals, supply us with the richest or most finished examples. The attempts of ignorant persons to use fine or peculiar words, and their unconscious sub stitution of others having quite a different meaning or character, never fail to amuse. Take as specimens the old lady who in windy weather observed that the ante-nuptial gales seemed to be coming earlier thau usual; the would-be connoisseur who spoke of a picture of the Venus Anno Domini; the military vete ran who was for always taking time by the jirclock; and the nabob who told a ragged school the fable of the hare and the tortoise, and exhorted them thence to perseverauce, as the likeliest means of bringing them first to the gaol. AN OLD JOKE IN A NKW PRESS. Some readers may remember the amuse ment afforded by the late Sir William Allan's story of the minister and the cuddie, which most of us, in the days when he told it, be lieved to be of Scotch extraction. It happens, however, to be a very old joke, not traceable, perhaps, to classical times, but a great favorite and standing jest against the clergy from the middle ages downwards. The general idea, or as we may call it, the algebraio expression Of the inciuent, seems to be this: "Vanity when liehing for praise, catches nothing but mortification." A monk, chanter, or preacher, while exercising his function with a stentorian power of voice, is flattered to see m the church an elderly female in tears, and apparently much affected by his performance. On afterwards asking the cause of her emotion, he finds it arises from the likeness between his voice and that of an ass or "cuddie" which she or her husband had lately lost. We meet with this story in Bonerius, a German writer of metrical fables in the fourteenth century, in whose collection it occurs as No. i'2, under the titIe,"von einem 1'iaiten una von eineta tsel." We meet with it again in Toggle's "Facetine" in the fifteenth century, under the title, "Concionatoiis asinina vox." But we may notice, as proving the superior art with which Poggio tells a story, that in Bonerius we are lnloimed from the first of the reason of the woman's demeanor, while in Poggio the explanation is reserved to be equally a sur prise to the reader as it is a disappointment to the inquirer. It is to be found repeated in half-a-dozen other writers, in all forms in Latin and in French verse, as well as in French and Italian prose. TUB WISDOM OF FOOLS. The enjoyment that proceeds from the ab surdities of weaklings and fools has always had a recognized place, though not one of a very high order, in the range of merriment. J he sight of those who have the beard and body of a man with the intellect of a baby, produces great mirth and satisfaction to the vulgar mind. Clowns and court-fools and slow-coaches of all kinds, and still more, per haps, absent men, please us by the absurd dis crepany between what they do and what they ought to do, ana perhaps think they are doing. It is in this department of the comic that there seems most foundation for the theory of Hobbes, "that the passion of laugh ter is nothing else but sudden glory arising irom some sudden conception oi some emi nency in ourselves by comparison with the infirmity of others; or with our own formerly: lor men laugh at the lollies of themselves past where they come suddenly to remembrance, except they bring with thorn any present dis honor." We always thought that of the in numerable Londoners w ho laughed at "Lord Dundreary," a large proportion did so with increased heartiness from the comfortable conviction that hero was at least one "fellow" to whom they were intellectually superior. lint there is another and better way in which fools and simpletons become a source of amusement, and that is by the unexpected displays which they sometimes make of wit, spirits, or ingenuity lor which one gave them no credit, and, in particular, by their success ful retorts upon assailants who had looked upon them as an easy prey. This latent and fitful power of turning round upon a too confi dent adversary was a weu-Known character istic and essential ingredient in the character of the court jester, who, amid the eccentrici ties of an unsettled and Hi-regulated intellect. was often more knave than fool. The flashes of sense and cleverness that thus came out were all the more striking from the general darkness ana dullness wnicu mey ennvenea, and they always command that sympathy which we bo readily bestow upon the weak, when they get the better of the strong or insolent. Some of the savings or answers asoribed to fools are very good. We think it was Will Somers, Henry the Eighth's jester, who said of voiney, against whom he haa a gruage, that if he was made Pope it would be a great boon; "ior mat mer. the first rope, being a nsuer man, liad ordered people to eat fish in Lent for the good of the trade, but that Wolsey, being abutcher's son, wouldbe all for butcher meat." We know well the revenge that poor Archie Armstrong took upon Archbishop Laud, who had forbidden him to speak of such magnates, but could not prevent him from Baying, as his grace before meat, "Great praise to God, and little Laud to the devil." It is reported of more than one court fool, and among others of Tribouiet, tne iooi or Francis I, that when told by his sovereign that if a certain courtier beat him to death, as he threatened, ha would Jiang him the hour after, his request was that his Majesty would rather do so the hour before. The earliest French fool on record seems to have been one named Jean, at the court of Charles the Simple, of whom Dr. Dorau tells us some anecdotes. "This good fellow's in fluence was so great, that Charles once re maikedto him he thought they had better change places. As Jean did not look well pleased at the proposal. Charles asked him if he were not content at the idea of being a king. 'Oh, content enough,' was the reply, 'but I should be exceedingly ashamed at having such a tool.' It was this fool that once tried his master's nerves by rushing into his room one morning, with the exclama'.ion, 'Oh, sire, such news I lour thousand men have risen in the city. 'What!' cried the startled king, 'with what intention have they risen V 'Well,' said Jean, placing his linger on his nose, 'probably with the intention of lying down again at bed time.' " One of the best examples of this kind of un looked-for sagacity occurs in the story in Rabelais, where a cook, seeking to charge a porter for eating a crust of bread to the ac companiment of the savor that came from his kitchen, the dispute is referred to a poor fool who is passing, and who, after gravely hear ing the parties, decided that the cook shall be paid for the smell of his shop with the chink of the porter's money. Scene In Trnlj- Ilural Retreat. Dramatis Persona: Gentleman from Ne.io York and Local Inhabitant. Scene Piazza of the Mountain House, lime 11 A. J.1 Local Inhabitant, advancing Fine day, sir. New York Gent Very. L. J. Beautiful prospect from here. N. I'. (.Charming. I. I. Look this way I There ! Isn't that fine view over the river f A'. Y. G. Magnificent 1 L. 1. Twenty-five cents, if you please, for the view. Quarter paid in a moment of stupe faction. L. 1. fhank you, eir. Perhaps you would like to see the falls f N. Y. G.l think I should. L. 1. Step down this way. f The. charac ters move down the road. There you are, sir. A. 1 . U. is that the falls 1 L. .Them's them. N. Y. G. Where is the water ? L. 1, Water ? Would you like to have the water turned on ? Certainly 1 The water makes a very fine effect. One dollar, if you please, to have the water let on. Jy. 1. u. vorks over the stamps and awaits the dampening of the cataract, I say, sir, what is that cannon planted there for ? L. 1. lhat cannon over yonder! Why, that is fired sometimes to start the repeating echoes among the mountains. Would you like to have it fired ? Only one dollar a pop. f Visitor invests one hundred dollars, and the bom bardment begins. Lxexint crimes. Lurtain falls. The Oldest Relic of Humanity. The oldest remnant of mortality extant i3 the skeleton ot one of the earlier Pharaohs, in cased in its original burial robes, and wonder fully perfect, considering its age, which was deposited about eighteen or twenty months ago in the British Museum, and is justly con sidered the most valuable of its archaeological treasures, ihe lid ot the comn which con tained the royal mummy was inscribed with the name of its occupant, Pharaoh Mykerimus, who succeeded the heir of the builder of the great pyramid about two centuries before Christ. Only think of it, the monarch whose crumbling bones and leathery integuments are now exciting the wonder of numerous gazers in London reigned in Egypt before Abraham was born, and only about two centuries or bo after Misraim, the grandson of old father Noah and the first of the Pharaohs, had been gathered to his fathers. A smash-up on the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, a few days since, which cost the Company $30,000, was caused by a drunken engineer. Senator Ferry talks about "Eyetalyun" liberty. PROPOSALS. ENGINEER OFFICE HAKUOll DEEEMSK-, No. 66 SECOND Btreet, U'lilid Biory, HAL- A 1 MOKE, MU. Healed Proposal, in duplicate, will be received at this otllce unul 12 M. of FRIDAY, the "Hi day or AUGUST, 1807, for the Timber aud Em- nurig requneu ior tne coiiBirucuuu ui mri-e id; Cribs In the Susquehanna river, below Havre-de-Gruce, Md. Proposals must be separate for Timber and Framing, and In duplicate for each rropoBuis ior iimuer" win emorace ru me timber, beat) Miner, and piles required. Proposals ior "Framing" will embrace driving the piles, naming and putting touetlier lu place the timber or Cribs, including all boltlnsr. hpI kiDg, and bracing required to complete the BtruclureB. For particulars as to payments, time or De glnnlnK, and completion of work, etc., apply at this Oilice, where plans aud specifications can be teen. Contractors furnlnhing"Timber" areexpected to hold it without expense to the United States until required ior use by the engineer iu tumno of i he work. No bids will be considered except sucn as are made after forms to be obtained from this Ofllce by letter or personal application. BiclHWill be opened at 12 P. M.on FRIDAY, the inn day of August, 18u7, in presence of such uiuueis as may ueMre to be present. The right Is reserved to reject all or any of the bids lor any cause deemed bufllcient by the un dersigned. W JLiIjI AM l . UKAmniLOJ, Bvt. Et.-(Jol., Major of Engineers, 7 27 Gt Post Olhce liox 341, lJaltliuore, Aid. pROIOSALS FOR. CAVALRY HORSES. DEPUTY O.UARTEKMA8TER-GEN.'S UFFICK, I IUltimouk, Md., July 25. 1H07. J sealed Prnnnuniii oru inrii.i nml will be re ceived at this oilice. until MONDAY, at 13 o'clock M.. Auaust 6. 167. for the delivery, la the city of UalUmore. nf twntv (20) uavairy torses. The Horses will be Hiihleete.l to careful in spection befoie being accepted. They must ue sounu in an respects, well brouen, iu iuu flesh and good condition, from fifteen to six teen hands high, from five to nine years old, wen adapted in every way for cavalry pui noses. 'lneaDiniy or tne Didder to fuini nis n""" ment must be guaranteed by two responsible persons, which guarantee must accompany the propositi. The HorBes must be delivered within fifteen (15) days from the dale of acceptance or any iirfiTinuui The Government reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Payment to be made on completion oi con trnet Bids will be endorsed Proposals for Cavalry Horses," and addtessed to the undersigned, i!lu more, Aid, j if . U'i'i'w a k r v a ni viJiui Deputy Quartermaster-General U. S. A. Government 1 PROPERTYAT PRIVATE SAIE LtouKiraco. wi. WAUOH COVEBS. BA, ET it von vrtiit an ft.tM iivnin. vrv nlitp. let om awning mukttre take ilie mewure, and mk ill .from lot Of IMA himnlLiil l.nu luilv nurCIIIMoa Df IU. iny olwulch are entirely uw, end ol the beet li ounce diu-k. Also, Uoveruiueui HaddlMi end lUtrneM VI mil KUMil, VU'-. fll till CK rn'.t tm JNoe.M7Bd NtNorUt JUtOKT BtreeU DRY GOODS. IVL A R K t rr A.NI3 LABI EM BATIIINU ROIIKN, Of good qnallty. at the low price of vt 0. CLOAK BOOM. Water-proof Clonk for tourists. l.lnen Mritip, (Shawls. Ha. tor tonrlnbi. j 0(J bhetlaad Bbuwls, another good lot, BOTH' CLOTHING BOOM. Bnromer Jackets reduced from tVM to 12'Oa l.lnen Gnrlbalals, a Rood a-ortment. Boys' Clothing generally reduced In price. WHITE rittUE. Kxtra Qualities White Ccrd'd, at (100 and l-12. Him d Miow White 1'iiine. ai "S cents. Hue Mock White (ioods, fa tikis,, Hosiery, etc BLACK NILKS. A compMe stock, from trio to 8'00 per yard. ItlHrk A lpacus from 40 to is cents. BlHck UioKHy Muhulr AIohcui. 79 cents to (l'SO. i.ihck Wool Delaines, extra cheap, Ml'SLIXS Of every width and onnlltv. low aown orlppn. Milrtlukh and bheeiinifa. wholeaule urines bv the in tee. DO.-lF.Mlt' CIO DM. TlcklrfrH from cents tip to flDest made. Klanneis, Good White I). .met, Kl cents, Fianuels, Grey twilled extra, for S7X cents. FlnnnelK, the rlvht kinds for nuns, etc Brown liuck uud other Towellings. (1 2 Stuth4p 229 FAF..ES & WARNER. 229 NORTH NINTH STIiKKT, ABOVW BACE, Have Just received Large lot of Hamburg Edgings and Inserting!). Fine Lace IldkTs , from auction, bargain, ' Flue quality Bhlrred Musllus, flu, 75, nfic, fl aud f 1 IB, Flaid Nainsook iluBllns, 26, til, 87i, 45, 50, and 60c, Soft Finish Jaconets and Cambrics. MalDSOok Muslins. Bwlss Mulls, etc. etc. White Piques, 60c. Bhlrtlng Linens, 60, 66, 60, 65, 75, 85 cents, etc Linen Shirt Fronts, 80, 87.', 45, 50, 62X cents. Ladles' and Gents' Linen Hdkls., cheap. Gents' Bummer Undershirts, 75c. Linen Fans below Importers' prices. Table Linens, 40, 50, 65, and 75 cents. Linen Napkins, Towels Doylies, etc. Linen Drills for Pants, 37i, 45, and 50c. Plain Linens, 25 cents. Fine quality JBley Linens, 37, 40, 45, aud 50 cents DOMESTICS DOMESTICS I Bleached Muslins, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20c., etc Pillow Case and Sheeting Muslins. Unbleached Muslins, 12X, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20c etc. Cotton and Wool Bbaker Flannel, 26 cents. Comet FlannelB, 25, 81, and 87J cents. Grey Twilled Flannel for Bathing Robes. Black and White Balmorals, l. Beat Hoop Bklrt In the city, 125. FAMES & WARNER, HO. 9 HOBTII NINTH BTBEET, 29J ABOVE RACK. 0 O O P E R 8. E. Cor. NINTH and ARCH Streete.fi A GENERAL REDUCTION IN PRICES. Linens for Ladles'. Gents', and Boys' Wear. T.lnnn Drills, White aud Colored Bosom Linens, and bhlrt lug Linens. Muslins, Bleached and Unbleached, 10c. per yard and up. w line noons id every variety ana price. Quills in every variety. Calicoes, lu, 12i, 16, and 18c,; best qualities. We now have a comuiele stock ot Ladies' and npniv Hosiery at competition prices. Our block of bhlrt Fronts better than even everv style and pattern, and every price; guaranteed ail iinen, ana ariauitu 10 give saiiuiaouuu. Cheap lot 1 able Liuens, 6-4, 45a: bargains. Bleached. 8-4, iic. per yard. juaoaiiie foy s jorset ana bkiti supporters; every lady should have one. Lawns closing out at 20c. per yard. COOPER'S. NINTH and ARCH Streots. 6 15 Ftutb4p. No. 1101 CHKHNUT btreel. TO THE LADIES. LINES CA31BKICM, PRINTED FOR DRESfcES, WHITE FOR BODIES. These goods are essential for BUMMER WEAR, and we are now selling the balance ot our Importation at a GREAT SACRIFICE. E. IV1. NEEDLES & CO., ft'.W. Corner Eleventh m.n& Chesnut. TWJIHinNHflHf) ion -OM 608. REMOVAL. 60S. E. S. JAFFRAY & CO. Beg to Inlorm their friend and the public that they have removed their place of business from No. 322 to NO. 608 CHESNUT BTBEET, UP BTAIR9. Having greater facilities, and more room for doing business, their stock will be considerably increased lu the various departments. Represented by B. BTORY. 761m CHEAP DRY GOO IB, CA It PETS, MATTINUb, OIL CLOTUH, AND WINDOW BHADWK Ureal Bargains from Auction.-V. Jfi. A RCH AMBAU LT, N. ib. corner of ELEVENTH aud MAKKi.1 emeu, will open this morning 1000 yards extra quality dou ble imperial White canton Matting. slUhlly stained, will he sold at U7)-,, worth 76c; Red Check Matting, 26, m, aim duu., xnKrain uarpeta.au wwii, few, w uja... uii ViouiB, mm,, mini ...... - eui, 50 to 87c;Wlndow bhadea, II Uih: Plain Shading , fcj.r. . M'..l.l F 1 ... .1 .Kjw T'flu.l.lH. W tit 'Uu UI MUU VM4v., i.ui. uiuviin, OAJ, IU 1 V", ' " Flannel for Bathing Robes, 81c. Muslins, 10 to &c.; (aliuoes, 10 to Ktc.; Law us, 2ic. Wholesale aud Retail Biore, K. JL corner KLKVICNTU aad MAKKfcf btreata. 1MUK J CHAMBERS, NO. HO AKCJI STREET . Novelties Opening Daily, Real Cluuy Lacea. black Uulpure Laes. l'oinU) Applique Lares Point de Oace Larae. Thread Veils troiu fi0. WHITK GOOD& .Marseilles for Dresses Bargains. -French Musllus, I yards wlUo, at SO cents, Bhlrred and Tucked Lace MuhIIubi India Twilled Long Cloth 1 Plaid, btrlpe, aud Plain Nalnaooka; soft nuUb t aiubric, vard wide I Cambric iLUglnics and IitartkMBew Oaalgo. vey cbeew. IlOLm i, fi-ui,l'S7, and fl-6; Ingrain carpem. wooi """' 40,45, bo, and 2c; Three-ply Carpel, ll-ttt; Eugllna Tapestry Brussels Carpet, tl'62 and tl'76; Hemp Car- u ui ,a . ,111 ..,,.- i.u . ... m Hlulr IWr JULY 30, 1867. INSURANCE COMPANIES. rtELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY JNu XJ RANCH COM PAN Y, Incorporated by the Legis lature ol Pennsylvania. Office, B, E. corner of THIRD an d WALNUT Street MARIN k) INbUHANCKH vessels, carKo, and freight, to all parts Ol the world. IN IAN II I KmIIUA Kf'IVM on goods by river, canal, lake, aud land carriage, to all parte 01 tM union, . f F1KK INBURANCKS On merehandlKe general'?- ud tores, xiweuing xiuu,omi A88ET8 OF TUB COMPANY. November 1, ltWtt. UOO.OOt United Btates t Per Cent. Loan, 1H7I 114,00000 120,000 United btalee e Per Ceuk Loan, 1HK1 180000 100,000 United (-tan 7 x-10 Percent. Ixian, Treasury Notes 11,50000 115,00 City of Philadelphia e 1'er Cent. Loan (exempt) 126.562'bO 64,000 BtKt-e of Pennsylvania Per Cent, LoBn (4,70000 M,000 Mate of Pennsylvania 6 Per Cent. Loan 44,62000 60,000 Btate el New Jersey Blx Per Cent. Iian. .... 60.75000 10,000 Pennsylvania Kallroad, 1st Mortgage, Blx Per Cent. bono....... ,60000 tt.OOO Pennsylvania Railroad, 2d . w. JJortKHge, blx Per tent, liontls I4,280-00 "5,000 Western Pennsylvania Hall road blx Per Cent. Bonds tPeunsylvaula Railroad gua- rantees) 10,75000 80,000 Btate 01 Tennessee Five Per E.euu LtHa 18,0000 7,000 btate of Tennessee blx Per Cent. I.oai 4000 15,000 800 bhiires block of Ueriima town Gas Company (principal and interest guarantetd by 7 lw 1 ,V'e. clly of Philadelphia) 15,00001. Hrfbhares block of Penimvlva. j, ,, j11 Rullroad Company..'. 8,25825 0,000 1(4 hh ires block ol North Penn .la ?.yLVu,,ft Knllroad Company. J.OiO'OO ,vo tiinrn muck or fhllailel Phla and bonthern Mall ioiv 1P,e'"Miip Company 10.00000 isra.W. .Loans on Bond- and Mortgage, 1st Liens on City Property 195.900-00 tl.HS.OiiOpar. Market value. Cost, ll,030.5WU5. Real Kstate Bills receivable for Insurances made Balance due at attendes. Pre miums or Marine Policies, Accrued Interest, and other debiB due to the Company bcrlp and (Slock nf sundry Insu rance and other Compaules, il:. Kstimated value J anti in Bunk ,ll,litf-8 Cash iu Drawer.......... 447'14 1,070.28075 86,00000 27,63720 88,92390 2,93000 41.540'OU fl,4u7,321M "t nis oeing a new enterprise, the Par la assumed m ,uc uiaiki. value. Thomas c. liaud. Bamuel E. Stokes, villi VI xjavis, Kdmuud A. bouder, Theophllus Paulding, John It. Penrose, James Traquair, Henry C. Iiailelt, Jr., J allies C. Hand, V llliani C, Ludwlg, Joseph U. beal, George O. Leiper, lliinh Craig, John 1. Taylor, Jacob Rlegel, xieury diuhd, wunam u, iiouiton, Edward Darlington. H, Jones Brooke, Kdward Lalourcade. Jacob P. Jones, James U. McFarland, Joshua P. i-yre. apeucer oicilvaine, J. B. bemple, Pittsburg, A. H. Berer. " U. 1. Mortn, " Ueorce W. Bernardou. 1 IHl.HAB u. UAJNU, rreHiueni. JOHN C. DAV1B, Vice-President. Hfnkt Lvi.bi-bn, Secretary. 18 1829-CUARTER PERPETUAL. Franklin Fire Insurance Co. OF PHILADELPHIA, OFFICE! KOS. 439 AND 487 CU1SMI7T BTBEET. AfcKETM ON JANCABT 1, 1167, Capital . 40u,(moot l,2oa,482'15 INCOME FOR 1888, 6X,000, Accrued Surplus frenulums...,. UNSETTLED CLAIMS, 627,48118 IMhttEH PAID SINCE 1880 OVB 95.500.VU0. Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Termi DIRECTORS. Cnarles N, Bancker tioorge Kales, Alf red Filler, 1-rancis W. Lewis, m. D. Peter McCall, T homas bparks. Tobias W aguer, bamuel CI runt Oeorge W. Richards Isaac CHARLES N. BANCKER. President. OEORUE FALEb, Vice-President, J. W. McALLlbTER. becretary pro tern. 81 tl231 "JAKE A LIFE POLICY IN THE BROOKLYN LITE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. OFFICE: i. I . Ccr. KiiYfcKTll ana WIESWf. E. B. COLTON, CiENEKAl. AUENT, I28 PLOVIDIAT Lit E AND IftUbT COMPAJSJ1 OF PHILADELPHIA, Ho. Hi buuih i'UUiVl 11 btreet, TK COR OKA '1 ED SU MUMU iM, 1S65. CAPP1AL, BiiiO.UUu, PAID lis. Insurance on Lives, by Yearly Premiums; or by S 10 or lit) j ear Premiums, bou-iurieiluiu. ' Auuuilies granted on luvorahie terms, lei 111 Policies, Children's EuuuwmeuUj, 'Ibis Compauy.Hhlle giving the insured the security ol a paid-up Capital, will divide the eutlra prontsot the Due buslueMt among Its policy holders. Moneys received at luteresl, and oaid on demand. Authorized by charier to execute t rusts, aud to act as Executor or Aumluistraior, Assitiuee orUuardlan, aud in oiber fiduciary capacities, uuder appointment ol any Court ot this Commonwealth, or any person or persous, or bodies politic or corporate. X1 a UCTOKH. BAMUEL R. SHIPLEY, .HENRY HAINES, JObhUA H. MOKKlb, T. WlbTAK KKOVVN. RICH aKD W OOD, W. C. Lota''KE't'H, RICHARD CADU CRT, W 1LLIA M HACEER, CHARLES P. CO FIN. BAMUEL B. SHIPLEY, ROWLAJSD PARRY, Preeulent. Actuary. VM, C, LOKOSTRE'l U, Vice President. 1 HUM AO WlbTAK.M.D,, J. B. TOWNSEND, J i-7 Medical Examiner. Legal Adviser. TTIRE INbUBANCE EXCLCSIVELY. THE Jj PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE COM PANY Incorporated IH16 Charter Perpetual No. 610 WALNUT Street, 0 pouile ludepeudeuce Square. This Company, lavorahly kuowu to tne oouimuully lor over tony years, continues to Insure agaluai, loss or damage by fire on Publlo or Private Buildings, either permanently or for a limited time. Also, on Furullure, blocks of OooUs, and Merchandise gene rally, on liberal terms. their Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund, is Invested lu the most carelul manner, which enables them to otli r to the insured an undoubted security lu the cane of loss. DIBECTOBB Daniel Smith, Jr.. John Deverenx, Thoiuas biuilU, Henry Lewis, J. Uilllnabaui Fell. Alexander Benton, Isaac Harlehurst, 'ilioiua Hobbius, lauiei Haddock, Jr. DANIEL SMITH, J a., President. Witxiait Q. Cbowkix, Secretary. iuuj PHCEN1X INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. INCORPORATED 1B04-CHARTER PERPETUAL. No. WALNUT Street, opposite the Exchange. In addition to MARINE aud INLAND INSUR ANCE, tins Company Insures lrom loss or damage by i IRE tor liberal terms on bulidings, merchandise, furniture, etc , lor limited periods, aud permanently on buildings, by de- osli of premium. 1 be Company has been In active operation for mora than SIXTY YEARS, durlug wbicu all losses Lava been promptly adjusted anil paid. lobn L. Hodge. Lawrence Lewis, Jr. M. is. Mabouy, John T. Lewis, William S. Orant, Robert, W. Learning, I). Clark W barton, Aaviu jjewiB, Benjamin Eltlng, Thoiuas H, Powen. A. R. Mclieiiry, Edmund Castllloil, baiuuel Wilcox, ljuuiB . rt urns. OHN WUU1EKER, PruSkUuL becretary, Bam-; xx WjL INSURANCE COMPANIES. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA. OFFICE, Ko. Haa WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA INCORPORATED 1794. CHARTER PERPETUAL, CAPITAL,, 500,000. AKNETS. JANCABT 8, 1S67, l,7es,a7U INBVBf'H MARINE, INLAND THNgpo TAT ION AM 9 m s S-..EI nt.nt, dibecxob". ArthnrO. Coffin. Ueorce L. ITaiTlsnn. bamuel W, Jones, John A. Brown, Charles Taylor, Ambrose White, Richard D. Wood, William Welsh, S. Morris Wain, Francis R. Coe, Edward IL Trotter. Edwards. Clarke, William CHimmlngs, T. Charlton Henry Alfred D. Jessup, John P. White, John mason, Jjoiiia u. Madeira, ARTHUR O. COFFLN. PresldanL Chablwi Pxatt. secretary. wii i.iaM BUEULKK. Ifarrlnbnrc. Pa.. Oentra Agent lor the btate of Pennsylvania. IW Q.IRARD FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, (No. 630) N. E. COK. CIIESKUT AND SEYENTH BT8. PH1LA IIFI.PB TA. CAPITAL. AKD StUI'Llk UTLlt 3OO,004) INt UItlK IOB 1M6. iioa,a4. Losses Paid and Accrued In lbta. 947,000 Of which amount not tioo remain unpaid a this date Ihii.tHO Ooo 01 property has been successuilly insured by this Company lu thirteen years, and Eight Hun. ared Losses by Fire promptly paid. DIRECTORS. IhoniasCTaveu Silas Yerkea, Jr., Alired b. Uillelt, N. S Lawrence, Charles I. Dupont, Henry F. Keunev. Furman Sheppard Thomas MacEellar, John bin plee, jonn w, laghorn aosepn r lajip, ji. 11. . , THOMAS t RAVEN, President A. B. GILLETT, Vlre-Prealdenu A'2!jl JAM Es B. ALVORD, Becretar- ENGINES. MACHINERY, ETC. ts PENN STEAM ENGINE AND I BOILER WORES.-NKAF1K A LEVY 11CAL AND THEORETICAL ENUiNk wuV ft-1 PKAC MACHINlb'lS, BOILER - MAKERS- BLACIfl SMITHS, and FOUNDERS, having lor manyTeare been In successful operation, and been exeiuaivelD engaged in building aud repairing Marine aud River Engines, high and low-pressure, Iron Rollers, Watei Tanks, Propellers, etc. etc, respectfully oiler their services to the public aa being fully prepared to con tract for engluea of all sizes, Marine, River, and Stationary; Caving sets of patterns of alltereut slses. are prepared to execute orders with quick despatch. Every description of pattern-making made at the shortest, notice. High and Low-pressure Fine, Tubular, and Cylinder Boilers, of the best Penusyl. vania charcoal iron. Forgiugs of all sizes and kinds Iron and Brass Castings of all descriptions; Rolf Turning, Screw Cutting, and all other work connected: Willi the above business. Drawings and specifications fur all work dona at the establishment free of charge, and work guar. I an teed. j The subscribers have ample wharf-dock room ft repairs of boats, where they can lie in perfect safety and aie provided with shears, blocks, talis, etc, eta. for raising heavy or light welguia. JACOB O. NEAFIE. JOHN P. I.ltvv. 6211 BEACH and PALMER Streets, J. VAUUUAH MKKalOK, WILLXtJt H. MXSXua JOHN K. OOPH, SOUTHWARK FOUNDRY', FIFTH AM WASB-LNOTON Streets, Philaiikxphia. MERRICK fc SONS. ENGINEERS AND MACHINlb'lS, manufacture High and Low Pressure bteau Engine lor Laud, River, aud Marine Service, Boilers, Uasomelers, Tanks, Iron Boats, eto. Castings of all kinds, either iron or brass. Iron Frame Roofs for Gas Works, Workshops, ant Railroad Stations, etc Retorts aud Gas Machinery, of the latest and most Improved construction. Every description ot Plantation Machinery, and Sugar, Saw, and Grist Mills, Vacuum Pans, Open bu-ain Trains, Defecators, Fillers, Pumping En gines, etc. Sole Agents for N. Bllleux's Patent Sugar Bulling Apparatus, N'esmyth's Patent Steam Hummer, and Aspinwall fc Woolsey's Patent Ceutrliugal Sugar Draining Machine. 6ao BR1DESBURU MACHINE WORKS OFFICE, O No. 6S N. FRONT STREET, PHIIkOKl.PHIA. We are prepared to fill orders to any extent for our well-known MACHINERY FOB COTTON AND WOOLLS3 MILLS, Including all recent Improvements In Carding, Spin ning, end Weaving. W e Invite the attention of manufacturers to oar ex tensive worits, 1 ALFRED JKNKH A BON LUMbhh. i RAT SKLECT WHITE PINE BOARDS -LOU I AND PLANK. 4-4, 6-4, 6-4, 2, 'in, 8, and 4 Inch CHOICE PANEL AND 1st COMMON, 16 feet long. 4-4, 6-4, 6-4, 2. 2,'i, 8, aud 4 Inch WHITE PINE, PANEL PATTERN PLANK. LARUE AND bUPbRlOR SfOCK ON HAND, 1Wrtr7-BUILulN Gl BUILDING J.OD I BUILDING I LUMBER I LUMBER! LUMBER! 4-4 CAROLINA FLOORING. 6-4 CAROLINA FLOORING, 4-4 DELAWAKh. FLOORING, 6-4 DELAWARE LOOKING, WHITE PINE FLOORING. ASH FLOORING. WALNUT FLOORING. SPRUCE FLOORING. STEP BOARDS. RAIL PLANK. PLASTERING LATH. 18b7 CEDAR AJJD CYPRESS , SHINGLES. 1.HMI i:i mar aiirvnr-Ni SHORT CEDAR SHIN ULEdL COOPER bHINULKS. FINE ASSORTMENT POR SALE LOW. NO. 1 CEDAR LOGS AND POSTS, 1867 LUMBER FOR UNDERTAKERS! RED CEDAR, WALNUT. AND PINE. lb67 ALBANY LUMBtROF ALL KIXD9 ALliAN Y LUM HER OK ALL KINDS, DRY POPLAR. CUERiiY, AND ASa. OAK PLANK AND BOARDS. MAHOGANY, ROPEWOOD. AND WALNUT VENEERSt -I UaT7 -CIGAR-BOX M a N 11 p a rrrni pvh. XUU I . Ciu lAR-ttllV M 1 MITI i 1 ri'itu l- u SPANIpH cedar box boards. 1 RK7 -S1JRUCE JOI8TJ SPRUCE JOISfl IOU I . SPRUCE JOlbTt FROM 14 TO Hi FEET LONG. SUPERIOR NORWAY SCANTLING. , MA ULE. BROTHER & CO., 61 rPi No. 260u SOUTH STREET. u S. BUILDERS' MILL. i AND 88 H. FIFTEENTH hTn ESLEH & BHO., Proprietors. ys on hand, made ot the Best Seasoned Lumber, at low prlues, ' WOOD MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, BAXUSTEEa AND NEWELS. Neweis, Balusters, Bracket and Wood Mouldings. WOOD MOULDINGS. BRACKETS, BALUSTEB8. AND NEWELS. Walnut and Ash Hand Railing, 8, 8. and 4 Inches. BUTTERNUT, CHESNUT, and WALNCl MOULDINGS to order. ' tvf J. C. PERKINS, LUMBER MKIIOHANT. Successor oK-niirt 1. NO. 324 CHRISTIAN BTREET. FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOFSAFES J C. L. MAISER. MANCyACTCaita 0 F I U E AMD BlIUULAB-rnuor BAFEB. 1CKMITII, ltELL-IIANUEB, AKD UEALEUIM Ill'ILUUU UABUWABti ,6 MO. 44 BACK KTKEEX. n A LARGE AbiORTMENT OF FIfiE J and Burular-nmnf ha fkh nn h,ni with imlds OOrS. LM-Mllllii.h,-.n f . . nH. Prices low. l.liA.ls:St iHillLH, Na ad ViNUi owesk OUlUUe rtuivu o
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