m DAtLl EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 18G7. G ... i - " 0 NUMBER CXIVIM. A DIET TOR MENTAL DYSPEPTICS. AND A CURB yOR HT-rOCnoKDMA, UY-POCRIBV, OB ANY COlf TLAIKT OF A HY ORDEB. ZTTMriLED BY OUR SERIES EDITOR. Aniwtri to Correspondents 'W. can't write for publication, but says he Is fruitful In supplying subjects for others He wants to know what we are paying for sub jects. Ans. If you have not any "subjects," better take tbem to the medical college. TUey Are In demand there, and bring good pay; "X." Is a young man nineteen years of age. lie Is courting a young womau whom he Is de sirous of marrying, lie went to Bee bertbe other night, and she emptied a washbowl full of water upon his head from a chamber win dow. Ue wants to know If he wouldn't be Jus tified, under the circumstances, In discontinu ing his visits. Ans. Dou't do anything xash. It might have been nothing but playful ness on the part of the young woman. "A. I W." wants to bo on the stage. Better go on the ears. You will get there sooner, "P. G." Is a young lady. She Is In love with a poor young man who wants to marry her. Her parents oppose the match, but the only thing they ean say against him Is that he squints. She wants to know If it isn't bis poverty rather than his squinting that hurls him, Ads. It squints that way. "O." wants to go for a sailor, but is afraid or being sea-sick. He desires to know what to take for It. Ans. Take your hat and go ashore. "TJ. B." asks to know under what reign um brellas were first used in Dvgland. Ans. Under the rain of the clouds. Ask us Bom 3 more bard questions. "N. B." takes notice that men who are oftenest "dry" have an appearance of being .perpetually 'soaked." They get very low when "high," and art) fearfully loose when "tight." The Scupper Hog Letters From the Na. ' tlonal Capital An Interview with General Grant. BY MARK TWAIN. "Washington, Thursday. Nov. 2812 M. I have not observed the announcement by any of the "Specials" of my arrival in this poli tical metropolis (which to my mind Is rather a drlnk-opolis)as your occasional correspondent. Of course, I do not employ "occasional" In the Forney sense, which Is daily, and not unfre que ally twice a day, but In the regular diction ary sense of now and then. But though un" heralded, like many greater men, I did arrive on time and on the train early Wednesday morn ing last, which faot In Itself would be neither nere nor there, were It not for wnat is to follow. Having tend the papers pretty generally, con sidering my limited Opporlualliea among your exchanges, I of course had learned enough to know that the first duty of any Washington correspondent, of whatever grade or rank, Is to ascertain the views of the General of our armies on political matters. It was rather arly In the morning, It Is true, for a formal call, but business Is ever before pleasure. And as the train whirled Into the Baltimore depot at 6 o'clock, I made ready for my descent upon the General. The Douglas row, where he re sides, is, as you know, nearly directly north of the depot and the Capitol, cornering upon New Jersey avenue. Hastening out of the depot I started on a fast walk, with satchel In hand, disguised In a patent paper shirt-bosom and cuff, dlreotly towards the General's house, which I suppose I ought to call a mansion. What was my sur prise to discover six other correspondent-looking Individuals like myself, bound la the same direction. They walked fast, but I walked faster. It was evident that we Instinctively understood each other. Dlreotly we all broke Into a run, and, being somewhat given to run ning, I am free to say that your correspondent fairly distanced the others and made the first and only quarter In very fair time. The man servant stood on the steps with broom In Hand. I was the first to break the silence before the others were In hearing, and hurriedly asked for General Grant. "He Is just waking him self," was the reply, "with his second cigar and by looking to see what the Chronicle found out about him yesterday." "Tell him," said I, assuming a Senatorial as pect, "that a gentleman, who has always been a friend of his and of his father's first cousin, desires to see him on very special busl nen." Tue major-domo, I suppose ue was, in stantly disappeared, alter showing me into a private room on the left, whlcn was guarded by a miniature cannon in eacli corner, probably captured at Donelsou. I onuakled to myself at hearing, soon alter, the gentlemen, who had meanwhile arrived, ushered into a larger room together in iront. it seemed a full half hour, and It doubtless was that long, before UieUaue ral appeared. He was clad in full uniform, and had buckled ou his lust sword from the saut tary fairs, to do houor ti the occasion. As he entered 1 arose and Introduced myself as Hon. buapper Wong, lute of New York, presenting xny crt dent litis from your olllce. lie bowed in e to a seat very formally, aud took my papers, say lug nut a word. I tuought be did not seem very Tiappy, nor as cordial as an old friend could buve win lied. But I attributed it to the early hour, aud the possible lack of hlsmomlug coltte. After glancing at my papers, be sal down and looked al me as if to say, "Well, wuaido you wanl?" though he actually said noiuiug. Whereupon I spoke, "it Is a Hue morning' said I. Ue merely glanced out of tue ?rn5!frWi,oi?iwa.l.p'-''lvs,y B"ent- He did not f PS i fci?m S.h.U u"UHl communicative mood, f Ud f r?or rttllltr dampened Think ing the shorten way to be tbe dulckest afLer predion, I earns sideways lo the Dof, ? ex- Grant," said J. "the vvhJ e couuUry Indeed i may ay tue world, is very au OUs to .know jusl what you think on tue reoouBiruoiiou mi! tlou ana on politics generally. Tne uuUouTh breathlessly wailing lo hear you upeak Now 1 am a friend of yours; I have uo personal ends in View. I have always beeu a Irieud of your family, inn may speak to m lu perfect confidence. Lei me humbly ih0ru laid my band on mv paper dicky, i. advertenlly soiling aud displacing it) lei me, humbly suggest thut you say soinethiug to re lieve this immense pressure ou the minds of men lu general aud of myself la particular. Just say one word, a single word. Do you sus tain the President or do you staud by Con- J'rtufcf" I thought it was time for me to pause or a reply, ile twitched nervously lu his chair for a minute, pushed his hands down deep into bis pockets, aud looked as if he was abborbtd lu thought. After silling a few moments be Wx.ked up al his dealt still uu opened befote him, and said. "Have you seen the Jen". Davis pony? I captured it at Vicks buiK." I wus dlhuppoluied, and looking blra full in the fa!e, said. "Uenerul Giant, you needn't thiuk to put off an old friend, who bin certlv dealres your welfie, with llklug horse. 1 know nothing of hordes. I have ouly my co intr (rolling my eyes lovingly lo au Ameri can flag which hung over me mantel), my dear country In view I may tay I love 1U I would hae willingly died for H, only I had a small or tract for fumUblug blankets In tbe army .. l-h, ; ! i.i v y 1 1 1 lnJ', '"1 wop1-! nil my spare time during the lute temporary alienation among Dreiiuen." reeing i woum not be rot off, be reached out his band to a ikle drawer and took out a couple of very promi sing IlnvanxH. I surely thought he Would have given nieone; oui putting one in eaon corner m nig expressive month, he proceeded to Jig hi. lioili at once with n sltmle mulch, and to pull" away H if be loved to smoke. Then my spirit wi.BBi.nrea wiiniu me, nnd t returned to tue attack. 'General," nld I, "will you not answer me explicitly?" Then he knew his man, and turning around and looking at me as if I were General Lee, aud we were settling the terms of nmlcnbleaiMustment, heTesponded M follow: "Have ynT bad your breakfast?" I may say thai I win Mmewhat discouraged. But knowing that he nlm.ired pluck, ami re membering what ho once Mid (though I sup pete ethers may not have beRrd of ll) about fighting it out ou that line, I re solvid to die there on that upot before I would glvell up. Ko I merely replied: ' Won't you trust me, Genernl? Can't you confide in a friend who would fun be your Oosnrn com panion? I'll tell you nil I know, if you'll only fu-k me. Then answer my question." He "ferried to be moved. Indeed.be inovei him self rather uneasily upon bis cimir, smoking still more vigorous l; and alter a painful silence of ten minutes he spoke again: "Have you seen Mr. I'orney?" said he. "No," I re idled. "Nor Mr. Bluir?" "No." "Nor the Editor from down Houlh?" "Wo." "Then I would ndvlse you to see them." "But they know nothing," I answered. "Neither do I," said ho, and liesmilea until his left cigar Ml, and be cauebt it, only Hpllling t he ashes over bis vest. I lei t badly. My confidence had beeu misplaced. My feeliug were wounded in the house of a friend. I was going to tell him so. But on second thought I determined not, and came anew fresh lo the attaok. "General Grant," said I, "do you not mean to tell me what you think? Belled upon the wants of the people. They are all looking to you. The nation is walling for your nod. Won't you speak? sp.ak ance; speik for s 11." I was corn-clou of speaking In an Imploring manner. I waited for a momrni-for five minutes. Then I said, rlsine: "Ui in ral Grant, this is the lust cull, positively third and last call; won't you ppenk ?" "No," he said, very emphatically, iw If lie was geltlngangry. Then be rang the bell, and said to the Hervunt, ".Show tbe other anxioiiR inquirers in." It was too muoh for me. Hastily taking my hut to leave, I lurned to make one lant appeal. But he smiled on me to blandly, without ever removing either of the cigars, aud said between his teeth as he bowed rather coldly and triumphantly, "Won't you stop to break fuHt, Mr. Kciplo" (naturally mis taking my name), that I could not staud It any longer, and was about lo decline when the door opened, and the others came pouring in. nearly puKhina me over. I may say I left rather hur. rlerily, and wentto my room on the eighth floor of Wlllard's, a better if not a wiser man. After reflecting upon the subject of my interview, I felt warranted in saying, and saying truth fully, that General Grunt knows what he is about. And, I think, I may add, that if any body else knows what be knows, I don't see how they found it out. 1 may call again, but, perhaps, It would be as well not. And so I leave it. 1'. 8 After closing up this letter I have been down on the avenue and met tbe other six, who have Just teturned from tbe Interview. All I could get from them was to this effect, that General Grant has gone to breakfast. I asked them what General Grant thought on the re construction question. But a heavy draft of air patising tbat way lust then fell upon them, as tbey seerosd rather warm, and they all simul taneously sneezed, and I passed on. In conclu sion, tbe more I think of it the more I am con vinced that General Grant's opinions are all rigid, aud you may so announce to the country upon my authority. Audyou niay say that I tm fresh from sn interview with him. N. Y. Times. Hccpfeb Nono. THE SOCIAL CALDRON. Double, double Toll and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble." 1 would tbat my love were a Illy fair, And I wouiu mat l were a sunbeam bold, gtlli to be dressing her flowery hair All dsy long wlib my airy gold. Or would she were tbe dew that lies In the roue, and 1 the rose tree were, To fold my reJ leaves over her eye. And make my sweetness a part oi ner. Would I were a breeze that Is where it will, And she a leaf in some lo iely place; How I would cling to her, sing to her, till She gathered me up la nor green embrace. Why is kissing a girl like eating soup with a fork ? Because you can't get enough. A pretty female artist can draw the men equally'with a brash and a blusli. The "Sugar Wedding," thirty days after marriage, ia the latest fashion. W. M. Tritchard married Ms fifth wife in La Tate, Md., last week, though he has only reached his thirty-fourth year. Some fifty ladies in Linn county, Kansas, have adopted short skirts, which fall about to the knee. The song of the repentant husband after knocking his wife down "Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer." A young Neapolitan Princess, whose bridal toilet is just completed, has sixteen lace dresses, finest quality. A young lady in England found papa, had put a check for $50,000 under her wedding breakfast plate. Dear papa 1 A man who has a wife or sweetheart named Lize is not to be believed in anything, for he's always telling Lize about everything. An exchange wants to know if, when young women blush and weep, they can be taid to raise a hue and cry. A young man, who is desperately in love, says that he has been electrified with a gal vanic battery. "I hope this hand is not counterfeit," said a lover a3 he was toying with his sweet heart's fingers. "The best way to find oat is to ring it," was the neat reply. Twelve young men have been severally fined $5 and costs for riding one Joseph Martin of Colchester, Va., on a rail, for marrying his cousin, a girl of twelve years of age. The JSorth American Review is trying to convince all young men who are ambitions of literary fame, that marriage is unfavorable, while celibacy ia favorable, to success in letters. A boy remarked t his mother, the other day, that he never knew before that Mr. was a milliner. "Woll, he isn't," said his mother. "Yes, he is," said the boy, "for father went in there lttht night to get a night trap." "Wife," said a broker, a few days since, "do you thiuk I shall ever be worth fifty thou sand dollars ?" "Ain't I worth that to you ?" said the con fiding spouse. "Y-e-s," hesitatingly replied the other half, ' but I can't put you out at interest." "I saw a lady wrapped up in a shawl that she would not take six hundred dollars for," said Smith to Jones. i oan tbat au hollow," retorted Jouen, "for I saw a lady that waswrapped up in her baby, aud she wouldn't have taken bis hum! red thousand dollars for it." Chignons are rising in Taris. The French "capillary artistB' now iell annuttfly 140,000 pounds of hair, and when I'ri'.dcd, curled, and cork-screwed, it brings in a revenue of more than fl 5,000,000 ! There is a horrible suspi cion that dead females are scalped in order to supply the demand. The custom prevails in Russia of cutting off the hair of a widow and burying it with the body of her husband. Should this custom ever be introduced in this country, the Ameri can tvithhri would get around it by burying their waterfalh, and then get a new one for the next husband, and so on. When you see a young man and woman walking down the street, leaning against each other like a pair of badly matched oxen, it is a pretty good sign that they are bent on consoli dation. The sum of all enjoyment, By two just multiply it; Well worth a life's employment To reckon up go try it. Ab, youth Is always pretty, W herever il is seeu; And here I close my ditty; One kiss to sweet sixteen! A man in New Jersey advertises to repair broken pledges; hollow hearts filled on the premises by competent hands, and marble halls furnished on the shortest notice; fond memories taken in exchange. Also, heart strings furnished at short notice, hard hearts melted down, black hearu regilt, brilliant eyes set, old Roman nofies new vamped, krey hair curled and dyed, parched lips made mby, and wrinkles pressed out, all on the most rea sonable terms. PIQUANT PELLETS. A capital caricature suddenly made its appearance on the wall of the Paris Bourse the other day. It was drawn in chalk, and repre sented Napoleon III as Blondin on the tight rope, with Bismark on one end of his balance pole and Garibaldi on the other, while the Empress stood underneath, wringixg her hands and crying, "Mon Duu,il a tomberi" (My God, he is going to tumble I) The police found out the author. Dean Swift could not have concocted a more bitter joke than that of the testator who, after reciting the obligations he was under to a particular friend, bequeathed to him, at the bottom of the first page of his will, ten thou sandpounds, of course, thought the delighted legatee; but, on turning the leaf, the bequest was discovered to be ten thousand "thanks." Drink for a gardener, rum shrub; drink for an undertaker, beer; drink for a Bailor, port; drink for a railway traveller, porter; drink for a bird-catcher, gfn; drink for a prize fighter, punch; drink for a deserter, brandy; drink for a doctor, champagne. We commend to notice the following clever definition, recently given by a youthful scholar in a Western university: One morning Dr. S put this question to young W : "How is a verb affected by add ing a preposition f" As the answer was not promptly given, the Doctor said: "I will tell you it renders it more emphatic. Now, Mr. W , take your verb cavo to excavate, to hollow out; add the proposition ex. to it, making it excavo, and how does it affect its meaning ?" "Just as you say, Doctor," replied W ; "it makes it more emphatic, sir that is, sir, to holler out louder!" A down East paper, in puffing off a cer tain soap, says it is the "best ever used for cleaning a dirty man's faoe. We have tried it, and therefore we know." Why is a person asking a question the strangest of individuals t Because he is the querist. An unfortunate man, who had never drunk water enough to warrant disease, was reduced to such a state of dropsy that a consultation of physicians was held upon his case. They agreed tapping was necessary, and the poor patient was invited to submit to the operation, which he seemed inclined to do, in spite of the entreaties of his son, a boy of seven years old. "0 father I father! do not let them tap you," said the young hopeful. "Do anything, but do not let them tap you." "Why, my dear, it will do me good, and I shall live long in health to make you happy." "No, father, no, you will not. There never was anything tapped in our house that lasted longer than a week." INSTRUCTION. gTEVEHSDALE INSTITUTE. HOARDING SCnoOlTfOR VOTjrJ LADIES. Terms Board, Tuition, etc. per scholastic year,5oo NO EXTRAS. Circulars at Messrs. Fairbanks & Ewlou'a, No. 711 C'U K6NTJT Ntreet; aluo at Messrn. T. B. tersoo Brothers', No. 306 C1IESNUT fstreeu Address, personally or by note, N rOSTEB BROWNE, Principal, 10 S thmtf Bomb Aruboy, N. J. COAL. BMIDDI.KTON & CO., DEALERS . llAHi.l-lUH LEHIGH aud KAULK VKISs I'OA T., Kepi dry tinder cover, f reimred einr""l for family bhb. Yard, No. 12!5 VVAHH-LNGTOr Avenim. Ollii-w. No. M4 W A LN UT Ptroet. lit WJ ILLIAM STILL'S COAL DEPOT, Koe. ft mm. urn, sua ran wamunuton Avenue. Tbe beul qmilllieH ol Coal, fur domestic or steam use lumlthed lo auy purl of Jtie city; n 2 am OIRABI) ROW. E. M. NEEDLES & -CO., Si. XV. Eleventh and Cbssnut Strests, Have opened large lot of very superior TA13L12 DAMASKS Which tbey offer at 11-28 and f60 per yard. These goods are from forced sales by tbe Imnnrten. and Will be found SU Dei lor in niiallr. J 'and style to the sains dsns ol good unualiy old in auction. Also, a very cbesp lot of LINKN BHIKf IfsOB, reduced I rem (2 lo fl'26, aud from 12-26 to frM per yard. Aluo, 40 and 45-lnch PILLOW LINEN, re duced from 1 to 76 ceum, snd from fl'16 lo 87H cents. Aluo, a lot of ALL LINEN HUCKABACK, reduced lrom so cents to 2l:-k cents. mou navaio CARPETINGS. 519 aimiT street. 519 FINE CARPETINGS AT BEDUOED PRICES. V?JC WILl 6 ILL OXJR AxnisiTEn, BOTiL WIIVTOMS, , VXVET4 ENOUSn BRUSSELS,) TiPIMIBT BB17KSEXA, TflBEEPLTS, MJFEH IMCIBAIMS, VENETIANS, BBrSSELM AND DAMASK HALL AND STAIR CARPETS, WITH EXTBA BOBDEBf, ENGLISH OIL CLOTHS, IN fcHORT, EVERY BESCBIPTIOlf OF DESIRABLE CARPETINCS. At Greatly Reduced Pricos, W ltn a view to BELLING OFF OTJR ENTIRE 8T0CK, AT OTJR RETAIL, WAREROOMS. No. 519 CHESNUT Street, Prior to Removal on first ol January next, MCCALLUM, CREASE & SLOAN, 10 1 tuths2mrp NO. 519 CIIEMNVT ST. TOBACCO. C KNTURY TOBACCO. IN ORDER TO SATISFY THE DKNAIIU Ofr TUB '0Wli.M ' IIKIlir TIIA''0, Wtc A ue NSIIIUTIIi:u('K THKY" t'KltM M:liK4'TIOMM OF THE 'H01"KVJT IIKIIilllT EE A E. AMI ARE IAlil.NJ THE NAMli IN FOIL AH IK K III'l.K lN, NAKIKU, WITHOUT I.M I:PTIO,TIIK ItFNT FIIVK FT F.VEK I4IE. TKV1TI TKYIT! 'KIT in fVE WISH IT mSTINC'TI.Y 1! NOERMTOOI THAT WE rOKIINEE TO PACK MONEY TO THE AMol'NT OF ON'F II ENURED DOEEARM IIAIM IN THE "CENTURY TO MACCO." The Quality Improved. Try Our New BllKllt Western "C'tuiury.", Greenbacks Packed lu Kve ry Day. IOC. 100. f S THE OROWINO DEW AN FOR IIKIVIir, WFV1FH.N 1HEW1NU TORAFCO IN l 4 EM INTO IA4 It IN All DITIttN 'SO OI K KEUIJEAK BKANli OFDARK CFINTEK Y Foil. OF It IIKlUIIT.UOIillKN EE A I" "CENT 11 BY." TO CON MHUF.1t OF THE UMIIT OH AD FN TOKACCO, ONE TKIAE WIEEATISFYTIIF.M THAT IT IS THE IIET MAN E FACT I' RED. Our Bright and Dark "Century" bold Everywhere, and Uaed by Everybody. W. 8. Barges. Norrlstnwn.1100. Ueorne Parker, PnitNvllle, o. W. H. Nay lor, Burlington, N. J. Jacob Keyser, No. Mi Buuta street, Philadelphia. iieome H. fiutlor. No. 11M PiMvnnt Psrtles who have found Honey in. Century Tobacco. (road. a. v. liiAKe, rnuadelphia. Ue W. v. Wiggins, Eleventh and Christian streets. T. 1. iiom, Uixlh nnd Germantown road. 6. L. Ward, Philadelphia. Mondays, tlou. (100. 100. ( K. W i Char (. John W. FogK.Ne. 1711 Thompson St. les liecmei. Trenton. N. J. csiarr. jr., uauadun, N. J. Tueadnys. ( C. II, Kre'rhinnr. Juniper street. Two Ioijb. - Kich'd i). Wright, Wecond aud Dock, ill Two 30. (. J.L, A Hits, Uerruautowa road. 5U 2ua, S 20. i H. Lucius, Burlington, N. J E. A. DeUaven, Ninth and Race sts. U. Lucius, Burlington, N. J. Theo. ilaiker, No. 21 .Dickinson St. S 2US. I Oarden fet Poplar street. Hixtn HI. Police Dial. f 8amue McBrlde, Seventeenth and i FrldayB. W alnut streets sireeiH, Chlpman, Fifth and Chesnut 6s. 20 6s. i K. H. C. Kit Kki Ku Ku I st funla VB VU 4W woa I 0lAC1HO I Win. Bennett, 1876 Warnock street. Batnrdays siys. f A v 2s, -( stn 2. 2, I J A. Elwood, Chesntt and Thirteenth reels. Is, F1XT 2. 2. 2. onas Knox. Roxboro. Pa. JO v try Pay, n e packed lu "iJentury Tobacco" Jivery uay Every Lay One Hundred Hollars In Llulted butes notes. We would be glad to recvive the names of the tind ers of all or any of these notes, and present them with the Tobacco which accompanies the amuuut found not so lunch fur the purpose of publishing their names, but to satisfy ourselves tbat the wjney has lu all cases reached the consumers. P. A . LORILLARD, E. A. VANHOHAIl'K. eOLB AGKNT. 11 21 thsSlI No. 16 B. FRONT Street, Phllada., Pa. TIIK CONFELDT PATENT LOWWATEtt DETECTOR COM PAN V, Of PENNSYLVANIA. . CAPITAL, r,oo,ixo. OFFICE. No. 132 b. THIRD bT PHILADELPHIA. J'HKHI 1KNT, THK.AStlKKlt, WM. A. bTEPKENS. I A. MERINO. PIHKCTOKB, WM. A. STFPHKNB, I b. J. ROLMS, WM. C. IIOUbTON, I A. MERINO. Hie Company Is now prepared to apply lis i.ow water Detector to boilers. Tins Detector, me ordinal iuveulluii of John Cosleldt, patented June 13, 18iij, is l oi ceil d lo he the m"i reliable one yet invented, and has been lu succtoslul operation In various boners lu Hits city lor some years. bleain holler makers, dealers, and owners or boilers bre iciuBied toCHll at the olllce and examine It, or mi kgent will call upon thetu If requested by address ing lie Couirany H 21 tiiu6l COMMONWEALTH VS. THRKE BAIUIKLS of V biHky. Domestic Distilled H!rlls, lately lu nosseislon ot CABMAN A ItMKTKONU.. Court oL l (million Pleas, Jum T., I't7, No 27o. Hamevs Three Iturrels of Whisk v, Domestic Dis tilled Hplrits. lately lu possession of MIUKUIllll'iN, alias Leuuia Call. Couimuu Pleas, Juue T., Iu7, No. ""iNot're Is hereby given that under certain orders nd decrees of Hie Court of Common Pleas, fur ttie city aud county of Philadelphia, a public auction of Hie six barrels or Whisky, domestic distilled spirits, duly seized In above- entitled cases (being three bar rels in each easel, will be made by mu to the liiglieat olfliler. at the Inspectors Orttce, No. 2.10 h, W 11 A RVEH, In tbe city of l'blladeliihla, on WED NEKUAY. the 3d day of December, PUS7. at in o'clock A.M. WILLIAM I. KHANKH. Inspector of DomtfttiC tlslUid feplrlt Ivr the city oi i'bUadtifhia, a 27 t Thursdays, f Cuas. y eager. No. i817 ten I John McQuillan, 016 s, iue, rati junus nniitn, jmo. via a s, ltM, lus I J.tSargenl Iavls, blxth FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOFSAFES THE GREAT SAFE TEST. A SHORT HISTOllY OF PROFESSIONAL SAFE-BURNING In Connection with the BOSTON STEAM PATENT. The Little Game Laid Bare. Till'. TANKEKTBKK KXPOKF.D, The Nigger In tbe Fence Smoked Out, A Short History cf Professional Safe-burning, as Praitistd by the Boston Steam Patent Com pany and their Agents in the Vicinity of Phila dtlyihia. The movement began first by conspiring with the Been tary of the Agricultural Fair at Norrlstowa lo burn Safes at the Pair. They flrsl prepared two Bates eipressly for the test, one made by Kvans A Watson and oce furnished by tbe Boston Company, made with six-Inch composition walls, Ino'.udtuK the paten1, with iuner wood doors, end everything done for pro. teciion. Tbe very first notice other Bare-makers had or the burning, Mr. Longacre, Secretary, sends other makers a written notice that Safe" of ditferent raanu" Inclurtrs were to be tested on the Fairground on the following Saturday, and tbat If each maker did not have nls Safe on the ground by Wednesday morning, from fr'afes then made, other parties would furnish tbem. These notices were received on Monday pre vious, thus preventing other parlies from preparing any t-ale for a test bul themselves. It was next ad vertised In tbe papers tbat the different makers were to bum fiafes on Saturday at Norristowo, and il was understood on tbe Fair ground that the different makers were parties to the burning, when tbs fact ws that berore any notice was given tbey surreptitiously bought a safe from each maker fir the express purpose, and bad them on the ground berore tbe notice was given on V onday, knowing, of course; that to Sate maker wonld accept such a one-sided preposition to test Safes. I arrived at Norrlstown soon after 12 M. on Saturday. Tbe burning was over. I learned Ibe Safes were mostly burned la the night, and I was told that Ltllie's Safe door was fastened back by a wooden wedge after the fire was over.lt being neither latched not locked. I noticed that the Safes on either side of tbe Steam Patent Sates were much harder burned than tbey were, the iron being warped. IwlBted, and burnt very muoh more than the steam ssfe. I noticed also a good number or bricks thrown under tbe Boston steam sate, no doubt to pre vent the beat acting on the bottom. I came at once to the conclusion that there was a "nigger la the fence'' little game a Yankee trick, wi.lch should be ex posed. I noticed, alto, that the composition walls to the steam safe, Including water cans, were about six Inches, with an Inner wood door attached to book cate, etc. I decided to have one of Utile's safes got np with six-Inch composition walls and the same innt r door, and to test it with the steam patent equally and fairly, both principles being equally protected, and soon after announced to tbe publlo that I pro posed to test, on the 22d or October, LUllo's safe, with six-Inch composition walls, with tbe Boston Steam Patent, with walls tbe same thickness, and to test them thoroughly and fairly. I thou gave Meesre, Evans A Watson notice that they could furnish (he best safe they could make on their principle, and that a committee could be appointed in tbe UBiial way (to see that the test was fairly made of course). Evans fe Watson announced their accept ance, but upon conditions which I wonld not accept as I would not allow the placing of tbe safes to butu In their hands, or thatoi an Inexperienced committee, as my whole object might be lost, that Is, to smoke out the nigger. I found j could not be ready on the 22d oroctober, on account of the burglar test. I some days before the 22d postponed tbe test to take place on tbe 6th of November, and then stated publicly tbat tbe safes would be burned In a furnace, thoroughly aud fairly. Evans & Watson, knowing that I would burn In a furnace, and would not leave that point to a committee, again announced their acceptance. I had the furnace prepared at my own expense. On tbe 5th I sent a polite note to E. & W. that It was desirable to have tbe safe placed that afternoon in the furnace, to be able to finish IL Tbe verbal reply was. I could mind my business and tbey would theirs. The fur nace remained open for tbem until A. M. the next morning. They wonld not put their safe lathe fur nace upon any term whatever, but came there pre pared to bnrn safes In tbelr usual way that Is, pro fessionally. Burn their safe, prepared expressly for a test, with six-Inch composition walls, and all tbe ex tras, with Llllle's Sate (having a Ihrea-lnch composi tion wall), with their dij-lnterested committee, and, though last, not least, their Boston Company's pro ftssional sale-burner, who travels the country, and D employed expressly for tbat purpose and I admit be is a master In his prolesslon. He manipulates' to great advantage, lie Is a magician. Blitz could net match lilm In his line. Why, hecan burn i he Steam patent t-ale for live bonrs, and not even snorah tine Kbavlngs under Its bottom I it Is clear Bills Is nun plusfced. The professional sale-burner Is ahead. Ri.lll it 18 all Mniple to the piofeaslonal, aud to others. wEou the secret le out. Now lor tbe secret: 1. Tbe wind being strong northwest, the two safes are sol on a line near east and west, Liliie's Sale west, the strong wind striking on the north and west side, thus shielding the Steam Patent Sale. 2. A large quantity ol tine shavings are packed under the bteam Sale, and the fire Is started, aud as socn as kindled a lerKe quantity of wood is pluced erect on I lie north side of the steam Safe (the only tide the wind could reach It at the bottom), and packed so clone as lo slop Ibe draft, or action of the lire along tbe bottom. While tbe wood was all ou fire on the two aides and the front of Llllle's aud with the strong dralt, i he heat was tremendous. 1. When the wood was removed there was a very large bed cf live coals plied up around and under Liliie's and a small quantity around tbe Steam r-nle, and w hen tbe water was thrown from the huse-plpe uu tbe north side aud as the stream struck under tlie btesni Patent bale, a mimUlty or sliaviUKS came nut unrrorchedon the south side. Whut Is tne explana tion? Simply Ibis hbaviiiKS packed full under the boltoni.kiid wood packed so close and so much of il ou the uorlh or wlbd ward aide, tlietlrafi was ouokea and i lie tire could mil bum at the bottom. I think, with this exoosllion every cunnld man pre sebt will underxtaiid why the shavings were not Hcorcbed, and will see tbe Importance of having a pro finlonal sale-burner to those who make sute-nuruiug a buslners. "Put "says Ibe professional, "did I not put under thet-leani Patent Sale the largest quautlty of sha vings, and did I not put around It the large, quantity ol wood? lil" I not try my best lo get thd largasl amount of beat upon It fete. All lair upon Its laoe. but Hie small amount ol coal and especially the un corcbed shavings rise up Use Jlamiuo'i pho t, or the Olooily hnml. and he may wel tuy, " Avauut, quit my sly hi; let tbe Kir It. bide U.ee; never shake tuy fiaiy links at nie: out, ilnnin'il spot out I say I'" But the u;i tconhiU ihuviuus are there still, aud there tbey will be jort ver. I now Introduce tbe certificate of a respectable young man, a llreuiau employed ly Messrs. Eviins WatKOii, as such, lo watch the die. lo protect the bulldintiH near by. and to put out I lie tire and cool the Hales. This cerllllcate, 1 think, not only fully sustains my previous slulemems, bin shows the 1 nmeiise ad vantage lu having a proltbbiouul sufe-buruer lo make the business a success: FlltEMAN'S CERTIFICATE. I hereby certify that I was emptored by Evans Vt atson as liren uu, witu the netn ssary apparatus tut polling out lire at the l-aie burning on the iu ol No veu her: iliul 1 v. as (in sent during the burning of the Sal-s, and wulclied the progress of the lira very pr ticuiariy. and Ibe result I noticed wbeu the wod wss removed from the Sahs, i hat there was a very large an. ouul or due crala ail arnumi and under Mil lie's Sale, a very mall q.iaii'liy annul Hie eiteani Patenl afw. and that there were shavlnKS not burned Shout l he Sale. 1 noticed, also, tnat ilie wind blew siroug from the northwest, and tliai Lliue s Mate naa a shook (trail upon it rrom Ihe north arid west slue; that Hie dralt could not sinke the Hteam hale only on ihe north side. I I mued. also that Hie man who at ended Ibe lire was very particular to keep, during Ihe tire, a lara-e quantity ol wood oil the uorlh side or the Kaie.siairillng up endwise, very c imoaot, wbich evidently choked up Ihe draft and preveuted Ibe sctlon of Ibe lir near and a ong the bnuom of Ibe hale It Is my candid opinion-from the local Ion of Ihe -Sates In refi rt uce 10 ibe Ind, Irum the way and inai'iii r tl. lire was managed, from the appearance of the wood abrn removed from the Sates, aud the mount or heal and coals around each i-afw at the time, also from a close ohtervallou of Ihe appearauue iif the Ore cluilog Ihe burning that Llllle's Safe was exposed to at Itast twice the amount of as u Steam Patent Pafe. I held the bos pipe when tb- III was put out, WILLIAM n. DONALDSON. ., N5. Ji kaiOM Street, Phlla., Pa. Philadelphia, Nov. to, 1HA7, CWNCLTKIotf. (nWeare taught In this i,hori history tbe following First. A conspiracy between Kvans A Watson and others lo deceive, canning peooln to believe there was a test in the Fairground between the dlltereot Sale makers, and the Boston steam Patent, when it waa not trite. Sectmd. Tbey prepare Safes for a test with six-Inch composition walls, and other extras made exnressly for a test, and burn them with kfes not made tor a lent, wttb three to loor-lorh composition walls, and give the Steam Patenl tbe credit or success, when It is only the tblrkntss ol walls, as the real tmtlu tbe fiirniirn has luily shown, aud this is their "little gome." Third. Tbeyplsc the Blesm Patent Safe near the ground, and ehnke up the bottom with brick or shavings (I wonder If tbey soak them with alum waiei), to pr. vent draft or action. This Is very Im portant, as they have a reservoir under the cans lo cstoli the surplus water, and the bent at the bottom a ould use up tbe reservoir too rapidly. This Is the renon tbey would not pm the Safe In the furuace, ai d Ihh Is He ''Yankee trick." Eon lb. They have a prolesslnnal Baf' burner who snows Just how to place the Sales In relation, to the wind: lust bow to Increake the draft or lessen ft ondnr each Sar", bow to pack the shavings aud the wood, also, without either scorching or burning; how to pro duce the least heal with the greatmi quautlty of wood. In fact, how to burn one Sale hard, and the next one to II lipht, and Evans , Watson's disinterested com initieehave such imliounilrit cuillileiico In him lis la lowed lo manipulate the fire to bis liking. This is the ntiy(r imoked out, INFKHENCK, If LIUU's Safe, with a-inch composition walls and with more than twice (tie beat upon It, more than half burns Up ihe Steam I'aieni Hafe, with 6-lnoh walla made on purncse. with Inner doors etc.. where wonld the hteam S' he .with rqunl hent and equal walls? The reader should understand that a Safe with (Much, walls - ill stand lire twice as lng as tbe same Site wiih 4-Inch wall; and to lest thetsteam Patent fairly me composition walls must be equal In thickness la both baLs. M. (J. SADLER. Ascent, , . No. H A KCH Street. r. R -T shall tn my next article take up the 'fit Interested Committee's report, and the false charges corns lned therein. M. C. ti. THE GKEAT SAFE TEST. Statement! I'ntler Oath Proved False, THE FOLLOWING AFFIDAVITS SPEAK FOR TIIEM.SELVFJS: We, tbe undersigned citizens of Philadelphia, doth depose and say that we were present and saw Wil liam 11. Donaldson sign the certificate headed "Fire men' Certificate," In the advertisement of M. O. Sadler, as to safe-burning. We have compared tba published statement with tbe original, and find them tbe same. Be voluntarily stated tbe facta therein before the paper was drawn up. The paper was then read loblm alter being drawn up, and be said It was all right, and would make oath to It if required, and signed It, also attaching to his name bis residence. No. 1734 Sansom stre. We know him to be Evans t Watson's fireman at tbe safe-barulng on the 6th of November. Philadelphia. Nov. 27, 1867. ROBERT WETHERILL, HKNRi PYLE. tworn and subscribed bsfore me, this 27th day ol November, 16C7. W. P. 1IIBBKR.D, - Alderman. I notice In the papers of to-day, under tbe head of "A Fraud Exposed," a statement which purports to be made and sworn to by William H. Doualdion, Evans & Watsou's firemen. Tbe above affidavits, made by two well-known and reliable cltlneua, and sworn to, show most conclusively he baa sworn to a statement absolutely false. What Is the conclusion t That be has been bribed, of course, It can't be sup posed that .parties who buy safes clandestinely, and bnrn them In the night, and burn tbem by a prolea slonai safe-burner, and make safe-burning a business, would be guilty of bribery I No, no. M. C. SADLER. Agent, No. 639 ARCH Street. Philadelphia, Nov. 27. 18C7. it C. L. MAISER. WANUFACrUKEB Of riBB AMU BlBVLAB-PKOOr 8APE8, tVOCBSHITII, UKLLrllAHtjIEB, AJtxs DKALUl IM BUI1IIN HABDWABB, 66, WO. 484 RACK MTKEKT. A LARGE ASSOBTMKNT OF HE3 and BnrElar-Droof SAFES on hand, with InaMa doora, Dwelling-house Safes, free from dampness. rnceaiow. ViuassiisruKiiisH, 1 j No. 423 VINE Street INTERNAL REVENUE PRINCIPAL AGENCY FOB THE SHE OF UNITED IB TATE 9 BEVF.NCE STAMPS. All kinds of Revenue Stsmps kept constantly on hand, and for sale In all amounts. Stamps forwarded to all parts of tbe United States by Mall or Express, with the greatest despa'cb. The following discount allowed; On 2f. ....... 1 WO PER CENT 20 to 1C0...... .......FOUR PER CENT. tuoand upwards.. FOUR AND A HALF PKRCT. The United States Revenue Stamp printed on Checks, Drafts, Receipts, Bill Heads, etc. Ordeis solicited frcm Printers, Engraven, Bta ticnere, Banks, Bankers, and others. The following discount allowed on tbe Stamped Paper: Urder 100. .TWO AND A HALF PER CENT, fit 0 to 3C0 ... THREE PER CENT 1300 and over..... -...FOUR PER CENT. JACOB E. RIDOWAY, mo. 57 sonn TIIIBD kTBGET, J 1 Wit PHILADELPHIA. BOOTS AND SHOES. f J O W READY, Gentlemen's and Youths DOOTS AND GAITERS FOB FALL, AND WINTEB WKAB. FRENCH PATENT LEATHER BOOTS. FINE FRENCH CALF BOOTH for Balls and Par ties. BINOLE-POLED BOOT3 for Fall Wear. LIGHT DOUBLE-HOLED BOOTa for Fall Wear. FRFNCH CORK-HOLED BOOTS, very easy for tender feet. QUILTED HOLED BOOTS made by baud. GUM BO LED BOOTS, very durable, and guaranteed to keep tbe teet dry. Having fitted tbe second story of my store for some of my workmen, I am able to make any sort of Boote to order, at very short notice. Fair dealing and a moderate price is my motto. A trial Is all I desire. WM. H. HELYVEC, WO. S83 AU4JII ajTUEET, 26smwarrrp One door below Rlxth. JHE LATEST STYLES IN 1 1. ATOM-MADE UOOTS AND SHOES, FOB OENTLFMEar A NO UVW. CALL AND EBB TUB NEW 150 TO i: S. l'BKlf FIXED AT M.OW FlttUltEM. BARTLETT, MO. 83 fcOlTII MXTII MTItEEr, 11 28 tf ABOVE CHESNUT..
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