i . i THE DAH.1 KVENIKG TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, .DECEMBER 4, 1867. C iflSTCRY CF SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS. i ,,'lUE'MEASUnERS. r' 1 " 1 1H TWO PAETB. rART I. Ttert 18, perbpn, no iub)ect more tf"t ing to human nature than that of Jim.. Like torsltj.it concern! ; Zn Tine oU m well aa demands onr ttonUon. Trae m Blr Walter Scott writes, "It iBbntasnaaowj forVh Vy 'lbt with the clank o a bell by Jay wHh a Bhadow crossing aloDg a dial "one but we cannot Bhut our eves for Yery w V the fact of Its passage. If in our youth 1, 5trive to kiint, bo all the more In our age do re strive to lengthen itB too brief houra out Even the means by which to note ita tou'rse have naturally engaged the minds of men In all ages; they have been very diverse and ingenious, aud a due record of them can not fail to contain many curious particulars. Among the early Komans the day was di vided into twelve hours, from sunrise to Bun set, the lngth of which, therefore, varied with the eeasens. The Egyptians, Mexicans, and Persian! reckoned the day to begin from Bun rise, and divided it into four intervals, deter mined by the rising and setting of the sun, and its two passages over the meridian. Oar own uniform hours of sixty minutes each, eould scarcely have oome into use until some thing like the wheel-clook was invented; the ancient sun-dial represented hours of a length varying with the seasons, and the clepsydra (or water-clock) was adjusted to furnish hours of fifty to seventy minutes each, to suit the ehaoging lengths of day and night. Clooks, even so Tate as the reign of James I, were often called horologes; and up to the fourteenth cen tury the word clock was applied only to the bell whioh raDg out the hours, or certain pe riods determined by the sun-dial or Band glass. To this day the bell of Wells Cathedral is still called the horologe. The clepsydra is said to have been invented by -the censor Bcipio Nasica, 695 13. C. The prinoiple of these early time-measurers was a very simple one. " In those of the common kind, the water issued drop by drop through a small hole in the vessel that contained it, and fell into a reoeiver, in which some light floating body marked the height of the water as it rose, and by these means the time that had elapsed. In a baa relief of the date of the Lower Empire, figuring the Hippodrome in Constantinople, a clepsydra, in the shape of an oviform vase, appears. It is very simply mounted, being traversed by an axis, and turned with a crooked handle. By this contrivance, the in stantaneous inversion of the vase was secured, and the contents esoaping in a certain definite time, showed the number of minutes which were taken up by each missus, or course. Vi trnvius tells us of the construction of a clep sydra which, besides the hours, told the moon's age, the zodiacal sign for the month, and several other things; in fact, it was a regu lar astronomical clock. His details now read somewhat obscure and complicated; but the principle was that a float, as it moved upwards by meanB of a vertical column fixed in it, drove different Bets of cog-wheels, which impelled in their turn other sets, by nieaus of whioh figures were to move, obelisks to twirl round, pebbles to be discharged, trumpets to Bound, and many other tricks to be put into action. ' The admlsslon-plpe for the water was made either of gold or a perforated gem, in order that it might not wear away, or be liable to get feul. The floats -sometimes communi cated with wheels, which worked hands on dials, or supported human figures, which pointed with hands to certain numbers as the water rose-,' and in some ingenious water clocks the fluid flowed as tears from eves of automata; .. but all these clepsydra had two great defects the one being, that the flow varied with the density of the atmosphere; the other,' that the water, flowed quicker at last than at first. They were, however, put to one excellent use, which has, unhappily, fallen into decay they were set up in the law courts to time counsel; 'to prevent bab bling, that such as spoke ought to be brief in their speeches.' For this custom, the world was Indebted to the Romans (especially Pom pey), and from it Martial is supplied with a pleasant' sarcasm: perceiving a dull declaimer moistening his lips with a glass of water, he suggests that it would be a relief to the audi ence as well as to himself if he would take liquor from the clepsydra." A modern story, with reference to another learned profession, but of a somewhat similar character, may be mentioned here.- "Dr. Samuel Parr (who died in 1825) had preaohed the Bpital sermon at Christ Church, on the invitation of the Lord Mayor of London (Har vey Combe), and as they were issuing out of the church together 'Well,' say Parr, 'how did you like the sermon V - " ' Why, Doctor replies his Lordship, there were four things in it that I did not like to hear.' " 'State them.' "To speak frankly, then, they were the quarters of the church clock, which struck four times before you had finished." With ' Borne mechanical additions, the ancient clepsydras were made to do wonderiul things besides stopping lawyers' tongues. Uaroun-al-Raschid sent (in 807), by two monks of Jerusalem, to the Emperor Charle magne a brass water-clock, the dial of which was composed of twelve small doors repre senting the divisions of the hours; each door opened at the hour it was intended to repre sent, and out of it came the same number of little balls, whioh fell one by one, at equal dis tances of time, on a bras3 drum. It might be told by the eye what hour it was by the num ber of doors that were open, and by the ear, by the number of balls that fell. When it was 12 o'clock twelve horsemen in miniature issued forth at the same time, and, marching around the dial, shut all the doors. Hour-gla8sB, called clepsammla, in which Band took the place of water, were modifi cations of the clepsydras. Candle-clocks Were used as time-measurers by some, and especially by our own Alfred the Great. "To rightly divide his time he adopted the following simple expedients he procured AS much wax as weighed ueveuty.two penny weights, whioh he commanded to be made into six candles, each twulve inches in length, With the divisions of inches distinctly mwked Bpon it. These being lighted one after amnw regularly, burned four hours each, at the rate of an inch-for every twenty minutes. Thus the six candles lasted twenty-four hours. The tending of these oandle-clook he confided to one of his domestic chaplains, who constantly from time to time gave him notice of their wasting. But when the winds blew, the air, rushing in through the doors, windows, and crevices of Lis rude habitation, caused his can dles to gutter, and, by fanning the flame, to burn faster. The ingenious king, ia order to remedy this serious inconvenience, caused Bome fine white horn to be scraped so thiu as to be transparent, which he let into close of wood; and in these primitive lan thorns vi, wax-clocks burned steadily in all wektliera." The invention ,f wheel-clocks is attributed by some to Amh'.inedyg so early as liOO B. C.j If Others, to Wallincford. an lata aa the Win. ainf vl Ik 14ih Matury; tat La tL "Souk of Undaff," describing the life of Bt. Teilavus, who made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem at the end of the fifth century, it ia stated that he returned to Britain with three precloUB gifts, and among them "a bell greater in fame than in size, and in value than in beauty. It con victs the perjured, and cures the infirm; and what seems still more wonderful is, that it did sound every hour without being touched, until it was prevented by the sin of men, who rashly handled it with polluted hands, and it ceased from bo delightful an olHee." They looked their gift-clock in the month, and probably dis turbed the works. St. Paul's had a clock of some sort at a very early period; in the year 1286, allowances to "Bartholomo Oroloriatio" Ctha olouk-keeDerl being entered, in its accounts, of so much bread and beer. Iron and steel were used for the wheels and frames until the end of the sixteenth century, and blaoksmiths were the chief clock-makers. Chauoer, who died in 14C0, remarks of a punctual cook of his acquaintance: "Fall Bikerer was his crowing la his Inge Than his a duett or auy abbey orologe;" or: "As certain was his crowing In his roost As any clock or abbey orologe;" whioh might probably have been truthfully said of many a less punctual bird; for to Judge by the old parish account-books, these blacksmiths' clocks were not good goers, and were for ever being rectified. That of St. Alban's Abbey, however, was an exception. It was constructed at a great cost by Richard de Wallingford, son of a blacksmith in the town in question, but afterwards made abbot for his learning (13;'i0), and this clock was "goiDg" in Henry Vlll's reign. It noted the course of the sun and moon, the rising and Betting of the planets and fixed stars, and the ebb and flow of the tide. When the good abbot felt his end drawing nigh, his thoughts being fixed on Time as well as Eternity, he left a book of directions for keeping this piece of mechanism in order. For ingenuity and complication, however, all ancient clocks must hide their dials in the presence of that of the Btras burg Cathedral. "Before this clock stands a globe on the ground, showing the motions of the heavens, stars, and planets. The heavens are carried about by the first mover in twenty-four hours. Saturn, by its proper motion, is carried about in thirty years; Jupi ter, in twelve; Mars, in two; the Sun, Mer cury, and Venus, in one year; and the Moon in one month. In the clock itself are two tables on the right and left hand, showing the eolipses of the sun and moon for the year 1573 to 1024. The third table in the middle is di vided into two parts. In the first part the sta tues of Apollo and Diana show the course of the year and the day thereof, being carried about one year. The seoond part shows the year of our Lord, and the equinoctial days, the hours of each day, and the minutes of each hour, Easter-day, and all the other feasts, and the dominical letter; and the third part hath the geographical description of all Germany, and particularly of Strasburg, and the names of the inventor and the workmen. In the middle frame of the clock is an astrolabe, Bhowing the sign in which each planet is every day; and there are statues of the seven planets upon a circular plate of iron; bo that every day the planet that rules the day oomea forth, the reBt being hid within the frames till they come out of course at their day, as the sun upon Sunday, and bo for all the week. There is a terrestrial globe, which shows the quarter, the half-hour, and the minutes. There is a figure of a human skull, and statues of two boys, whereof one turns the hour-glass when the clock hath struck, and the other puts forth the rod in his hand at each stroke of the clock. Moreover, there are statues of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, and manv observations of the moon. In the upper part of the clock are four old rilen's statues, whicn striKe the quarters or me nour. inq Btatue of Death cornea out at each quarter to Btrike, but is driven back by the statue of Christ, with a spear in his hand, for three-quarters; but in the fourth quarter Death strikes the hour with the bone in his hand, and then the chimes sound. On the top of the clock is the image of a cock, which twice in a day crows aloud and claps his wings. Besides, this clook is decked with roany rare pictures, and being on the inside of the church, carries another frame to the outside of the walls, whereon the hours of the sun, the courses of the moon, the length of the dav. and snoh other thines as are Bet out with much art." But perhaps the most striking part of the history or, this lamous tsirasDurg clock was, that it was 'made, or, at all events, perfected by a blind man. The artisan who contrived it lost his sight, and was super seded; but since nobody else would carry out his ideas, and be reiusea to communicate them, he was reinstated in his work, and actually carried out the affair, in all its intri cate delicacy, to the end. There are several other examples of blind clockmakers, and even watchmakers. The Illustrated London Ntu-s of August 23, 1851, tells us that there was then living; at Holbeach, Lincolnshire, a watchmaker named Rippin, who was com pletely blind. He was a first-rate hand at his business, and it was truly surprising to ob serve with what ease he could taxe to pieces and place together again watches of the most delicate mechanism. Some years previously Rippin was robbed, and the property taken from him consisted of watch-wheels, hair springs, and other tiny things belonging to the trade. The thief was traced, and oouvicted at Spalding Sessions, the blind man having sworn to his property by feeliDg. Those who are accustomed only to eigut-aay clocks will be astonished to learn that some time-pieces have been made to go for a hun dred years I The Marquis of Bute had one at Luton Park; and "in bir John Moore's aocouut of his 'large Bphere-going clockwork' (ila them. Compend.) we road that it made a revolution of once in seventeen thousand one hundred years, by means of six wheels aud five pinions, for the Bun's apogeura." Instead of "it made," one should surely here read "it was made to make," since tha oldest inhabitant could scaicly certify to the fact having been performed. Iu 1859, after years of labor. James White, of Wickham Market, completed a seU-wmamg ciouk, wuicu uetur- miued the time whu uuiaumg accural, iuu tinuing a constant motion by itself, never requiring to be wound up, ana uomg cpuio of perpetuating its movements so long as its component parts should exist. iuiyboahtaof some curious native clock woik. Early in the List century, at the Palazzo di Colonna at Rome, was a portable clock, which was wound up ouly once a year, and showed th heur of the day, the month, and the year; aud the popes possessed for two centuries a horological marvel, which, passing through the bauds of King William I of the Netherlands, was exluMted to our Royal Society bo late as 1848. This was produced solely by manual labor, without any other help than the bench of the turner and the file; yet it shows the date of the month, and all the Catholic feasts and holidays throughout the jear. Seven heathen gods made their ap pearance, each on Lis proper week-day, eiactly in front, and was relieved, after twntv-iour houri' Uuty, by Um . ' the centre of the second division (the clock beinir a tower of three stories) la an image of the Virgin, holding her eon Jesus in her arms; two angels are seen placing erovns and garlands on her bead; and during the performance of the bells, several angels appear making his obeisance before the image of Mary and the Saviour. Within the centre of the third division is a metal bell hanging on a gilt plate of copper, on which is represented the judgment day. Round this metal plate move four silver figures, Bet in motion by mechanism, representing four states of social life. These images point out the quarters of the hour by striking the bell; the first quarter is represented by a youth, the seoond by a grave citizen.'the third by a Roman soldier, and the fourth by a priest. In the fourth division is likewise a metal bell, on the sides of which are chambers; on the left side is the repre sentation of Death, proclaiming the hours of day and night by striking the bell; above it is seen a Latin inscription, from Tlnmanl nanfaii tqha At 4lt& right Bide is the image of the Saviour step ping forward, with the globe in his hand, and above it the cross. This figure proceeds, every two minutes, in a slow manner, and then, for a moment, bides itself from view; above it is a Latin verse from the prophet Ilosea, chapter xul. ihese two ligures are of massive silver. Behind the bell is inscribed the name of the artist, and the date 1589." Many ancient clocks upon the continent exhibit proces sions of saints and various other religious automata; but the most singular of all, per haps, is one in the cathedral of St; John, at Lyon. "On the top of it stands a oock, that every three hours claps his wines and orows thrice. In a gallery underneath a door opens on one side, and out comes the Virgin Mary; and from a door on the other Bide the angel Gabriel, who meets and salutes her. At the same time a door opens in the alcove part, out of whioh the form of a dove, repre senting the Holy Ghost, descends upon the Virgin's head. After this, these figures retire, and from a door In the middle oomes forth the figure of a reverend father, lifting up his hand and giving his benediction to the spectators. The days of the week are repre sented by seven figures, each of whioh takes its place in a niche on the morning of the day that it represents, and continues there until midnight. The greatest curiosity is an oval plate marked with the minutes of an hour, which are exactly pointed out by a hand reaching the circumference, that insensibly dilates and contracts itself during the revolu tion. This curious machine, although not so perfect now in all its movements as when it was originally constructed, has suffered but little injury" during a lone course of years. owing to the care and skill of those who were appointed to look after it. It appears from an inscription on the clock itself that it was repaired and improved by one Morrison in lo'61; but it was contrived long before that time by Nicholas Lipp, a native of Basle; who finished it in 1598, when he was about thirty years of age. The oval minute motion was invented by M. Servier, and is of later date. There is a tradition that the ingenious artist, Lipp, had his eyes put out by order of the magistrates of Lyon, that he might not be able to make another clock like this; but so far from this beine true, the juetices of Lyon engaged him to take care of nis own machine, at a handsome salary. Ingenious, however, aa are the quasi religious automata above mentioned, how inferior are they in human interest when compared with the timepiece possessed by Mrs. f orester at Great Bnckhill. Bucks, " the identical olock whioh was at Whitehall at the time of the exeoution of Charles I, and by which the fatal moment waa regulated." At that period (the seventeenth century), there was a great taste for striking clocks. "Several of them, made by Thomas Tompion, who invented many useful things in clockwork, not only struck the quarters on eight bells, but also the hour after each quarter. At 12 o'clock forty-four blows were struck, and one hundred and thirteen between 12 and 1 o'clock. Failures in the striking mechanism of these clocks were attended with much annoyance to the owners of them, fer they would go on striking without cessation until the weight or spring had gone down, and they were frequently contrived to go. for a month. A clock made by Tompion on this construction caused much annoyanoe to the jjucness oi uioucester soon after her marriage. This machine was fixed in an apartment ad joining ner oedenamber; the laiiure took place at 2 o'clock in the morning, and, as the case could not be opened, the clook continued to Btrike until o'clock a tintinnabulum which, we minx, must nave soared away the hover ing Hymen." Chambers' Journal. (To be continued.) GROCERIES, ETC. gHOTWELL'S SWEET CIDER. Our UBual t apply of this CELEBRATIiD CIDER, JTJ8T RECEIVED. ALLEBT C. ROBERTS, Dealer In Floe Groceries. II 7rp Corner ELEVENTH and VINE Bts. pRESH FRUITS, 1007. rfciAt'lIES, rCABH, PINEAPPLES, PLUDIN, APBICOTS, CHEBBIES, IILACH HERRI EN QUINCES, ETC PBENEUVEU AND I RKKII, IN CANS AND ULAtkM JARS, Put op for our partlcu.ar trade, and for sale by the dozen, or In smaller quantities, by MITCHELL & FLETCHER, 9101m NO. 1804 CIIESNVT STREET. JAMES R. WEBB, TEA DEALER AND GROCER, S. K, COIl. KIGHTII AND WALNUT MTS. 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JXO. u jsa.kc.ua x btreet. .New xork. i umw THE GK EAT EEMEDY.- THE GREAT REMEDY THE UREA!" REMEDY THE GREAT RKMKDY THE OREAT KKMEDY THE GREAT REMEDY Vnr the Cnre of Onuehs. (Vtlrin. i Vinannmttin Asthma, Rroiichltls, BnliiTng of Blood, Hoaneneos or Loss of Voice. Night Bweaia, Bore Throit, Pains In the Hide and Breast, Whooping Cough, Palpitation or Disease oi me ueart, ana ail cvmpialnis ot a 1'ulmo- oary mature. TOAVWW,a ' AYNE'S bw AYNE'd BWAYNBS HWAYND'S BWAYNE'H BWAVN K'S BWAYNE'9 COMPOUND BYRTJP OF COMPOUND BYRCP OF COMPOUND KYRUP OF COMPOUND BYRUP OF COMPOUND BYRUP OF COMPOUND BYRUP OF COMPOUND BYRUP OF COM POUND BYRUP OF WILD CHERRY. WILD CHERRY. AV1LD ( II ERRY. WILD CHBIKRY, WILD CHERRY, WILD CHERRY. WILD CHEBRY. WILD CHERRY. lrinred m.lir l II R HW A YNE A SON. No. Sjo North blXTU Bireet, above Vine, Phlladel. nuia. " " i COAL. RMIDDLFTON & CO., DEALERS IS . H Alii HUH LEHIGH and EAGLE VEIN (XJAL. Kept dry nnder coyer. Prepared expressly for family see. Yard, No. 1KB WABH1NUTON Avenun- up ice, imp, nn wimtii mnwi. m TYT 1I.L1AM STILL'S COAL DEPOT. Nos. W l'2i. 1218. and VJM WASHINGTON Avenue. 1 be nest qualities oi iiai. tor uuuiuouu vl ovrom uao, nn nimeo io any parnu niB uny. ucoiu HARDWARE. CUTLERY, ETC. CUTLERY. A fine assortment of POCKET and TABLE tr 1 'liK.lt x, ka.zi.mui RAZOR STROPS, LADIES' BCI feOKH. PAPER AND TAILOR' 8HEARB. tm. . ya HELMOLD'S Cntlery Btore. No. iws Booth, TENTH Btreet, '1 hree diMirs auove Walnut T. STEWART BROWN, 8.E. Corner of FOUETH and CHESTNUT BT? MANorACTvaiH or XLUMK.8, VALISES, 5,arAGS suitable for Europa (Formarr, at 708 CHSSTNUT 8T.) TXT I L L I A M B. GRANT VV OOWMIHKION MERCHANT, No, S3 B. DELAWARE Avenue, Philadelphia, Dnpont's Gnnpowder, Re lined Nitre, Charcoal, Etc Vrouker Bros. A CO.'s 'aiw Metal thwlblng n..i. ...i iu.il. 1U1 vw, shim inmum S3 INSURANCE COMPANIES. INCORPORATED 1035. OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSURANCE COMPANY. Philadelphia, November 18, 1807. The following statement of the affairs of the Com pany Is published In conformity with a provision ot Its charter: PREMIUMS RECEIVED On Marine and inland illks.'..i.iiin-flo' On ilre Risks 1M.6K6TI fttlS.GSfU Premiums on policies not marked . oil November l, iewi.............. 8.19.30500 i.uo.fnwoi PBEMIl'MS HASHED OFF A a earned from Nov. 1, mi, to Oct. m,lR!7. On Marine and Inland msk8..ft.(W.a-7 On tire Kiik.................. iw.ihz.6i (743,146 30 Interest during the same period, balvaces, etc..M . 105,445'09 t (8,591 'St LOBHT.H, EXPENStlN. ETC., During tbe year, as above. Marine and Inland Navigation Ixises ,...i.isx,4:h-ii Fire Ixihhi-s S&8M 9A Return l'ri'inluu)B.... Reinsurances.. - 40'liM'M Agency Charges, Advertising, Printing, eto.... 40,8072 Taxes U. B. Tax on Premiums, Policy P tamps, etc - ai.oinow Expenses, etc l7,oii4s 1068,515-21 (210,040 18 ANKETN OF THE COMPANY. November 1, 1807. t KtO.OOO United Btatea Five Per Cent P ' , ft'Vll AWWII, lAJHHi ITIU U ..... I . . . .KM ... ...... y wu . VUU w 1120.0C0 'Unlttd Btatea Five Per OeuU fci - Loan, 1881 lai.iuo' ju wm Treasury Notes S2,M2'60 . r.. t I In tai Da Cent. Loan 210,070-00 ' 125,000 City of Philadelphia Biz Per Cent Loan (exempt trom tax)..... 125,823 -00 59,000 Btate of New J ersey Bix Per Cent. Loan .. . 51,00000 20,000 Pennsylvania Railroad First Mortgage Biz Per Cent. Bonds.... 19.800-00 i 9K nnn T-pnnHviviinla Railroad, second l Mortgage Hlz Per Cent. Bonos.... 23, 373 '00 4B.JW w enern rriiunjfivBui jni 1 1 Biz Per JCent. xieads (Pennsyl- al vsnia itanroaa (urnu'i... 20,000-00 18,000 00 4,270 00 15.IW00 7,80000 3.000-00 ;8U,nw e late oi xeonessee ive x-er una. Loan.. l .000 Btate of Tennessee Blx Per Cent, . Loan k .10,000 sun snares ouwk ui uuiuhukiwu it Gas Company (principal ana in terest guaranteed by the city ox iJt s" Philadelphia)...... 7, OWJ inutiDiresDWCK oi reuoBrivuw t- Railroad Company........... toft) 100 Bbares Block of North Pennsylva nia Railroad Company. 10,000 50 Bbares Block: of Philadelphia and Bouthern Mall Bteaxushlp Com- fany .oans on Bonds and Mortgage, 15,000-00 first liens on City Properties..... 201,900 00 (1,101,400 par. Market value (1,102,802-50 rwtll.ClR9.fi7 20. Real Estate S6,000'00 Bills Receivable for Insurance made' 219,135-67 Balances due at Agencies xre- mfhrns on Marine Policies Ao- cruea interest, ana oiner aeou ' due the Company 43,334 '88 block and Bcrlp or Sundry Insu rance and 'other Comnanlea. 16076-00 Estimated value 8,01700 Cash In Bank ....1108.017-10 Cm,!, In Ilrik.Ar - 1US.61 lVS,I10-IXi (l,507,6il'ia Philadelphia, November IS, 187. The Board of Directors have this day declared a CASH DIVIDEND OF TEN PER CENT, on the Capital Stock, and BIX PER CENT. Interest on tbe Bcrlp of tbe Company, payable on and alter th i 1st of December proximo, free of National and Btate tax. Tbe have also declared a BORIP DIVIDEND OF TWENTY-FIVK PER CENT, on the earned pre mloms for the year ending October 81, 1867, certificates of which will be Issued to the parties entitled to the same on and after the 1st December proximo, free of National and Btate taxes. They have ordered, also, that the.SCRIP CEUTIFI GATES OF PROFITS of .the Company, for th ear ending October 81, 1863, be redeemed In CASH, at the office of the Company, on and after 1st December proximo, all Interest thereon to cease en that day. No. certificate of profits Issued under (25. By the act of Incorporation "no certificate shall Issue unless claimed within two years alter the declaration of the Dividend whereof it is evidence. DIRECTORS. Thomas C, Band, John C. Davis, James C. Hand, William U Ludwig, Edmund A. Bonder, Joseph H. Seal, George Q. Lelper, Theophllus Paulding, John R. Penrose, James Traqnalr, Henry C. Dallatt, Jr., Bamnel E. Stokes, Hugh Craig, John D. Taylor, George W. Bernardou, . Jacob P. Jones, Henry Sloan, James B. McFarland, ' William O. Bonlton, Edward Darlington, Joshua P, Eyre, Spencer Mcllvalne, J. B. Bemple, Pittsburg, A.B. Berger, D. T. Morgan, H. Jones Brooke, Edward Lafburcade, Jacob Rlegel. THOMA8 O. HAND, President, JOHN O. DAVIS. Vice-President. HENRY LYLBTJRN, Secretary. 11 IS 1st HENRY BALL, Assistant Secretary. SADDLERY, HARNESS, &c. JBE UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS OP TUB MEW CDr.SiNl'T STREET (NO. 1816), IADDLEBT, DABNEHS, AND IIOBSB IIVBMAIIINU OOI IIOCSR OP LACCY, kVEEKCR & CO.. It attributable to' the following facts: They are very attentive to the wants oftheir cus tomers. They are satisfied wltk a fair bnslness profit. They tell goods only on their own merit. They guarantee every strap In all harness they sell over (40, the lanlt of the purchaser only who does not get what be Is guaranteed and paid lor. Tbelr goods are 25 per cent, cheaper than can b bought elsewhere. They have cheaper and finer goods than can b bought In the city, Tbey bave thel rgest and most complete stock In Philadelphia, , All Urnees over (26 are "band-made." Harness from (it to (ttio. GenU' Baddies from (8 to (75. Ladles' Baddies rrom (0 to (12S. Tbey are the oldest and largest manufacturers the country, LACEY, MEEKER & CO., MO. 181 CIIEJiNrT gTBEtTfi (14 8m JOHN CRUMP, UAlti rj'' i "J" IHOPI. WO. I - 15 TBEET, AUD A 4 mm mymm ' rsmBsLrmt. EiRIVY WELLS-OWNERS OF1 PKOPEttTT q he only pic w el Wells Cleaned aud Uilecfd at rylow price A. PHYBON, Manufacturer of Poudrette, HI) &OUBMITil'BHJUJUJiULAjlY INSURANCE COMPANIES. 1829- 0 DARTER TERrETUAlJ Franklin lire Insurance Co. f rniLADEuniA .... OFFICE! . nom. SS AND t7 CnjGSNOT TBKXrr, AfiftETS OH OCTORGB 1, 17, ftrBSa.lOA, rjanltal. Accrued eurpiua. -I.CW.7At premiums. UNSETTLED CLAIMS, INCOME FOB 1867. SWiM'iS, r V.WHA liOMSES PAID SINCE 1880 OTEB a,Boo,ooo. Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Term DIRECl-ORS. Charles N. Bancker. George Falea, xoDiaa wagner, Samuel Grant, Georse W. Richards. a area K iller, Fraools W. Lewis, X. D Thomas Bparks, Williams. Grant. Isaac A.ea, CHARLES N. BANCKER. Pnahuni OfcOKUK FALEM, Vloe-Presldenl. J. W. MoALLlHTEH. Secretary pro tem. (SltUtH BROOKLYN LIFE INSURANCE Or NEW YORK, MtJTCAL, P0LIC1E8 NON FORFEITABLE. Thirty day grace given in payment oi Premium. No extnt charge for residence or travel ia any portion of the world. Dividends declared annually, end paid la cash. Dividend In 1887,40 per cent, COLTON & SHBLDEN, GENERAL AGENTS, K.E. COKNEB SEVENTH AND CUES NUT, Ageuts and solicitors wanted In all the cities an towns In Pennsylvania and eonthern New Jer- m ' m INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA; OFFICE, No, 132 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. INCORPORATED 17M. CHARTER PERPETUAL, CAPITAL, 9500,000, ASSETS JTAHTJABT 8, 1867.......9I,7I,967S0 INSURES MARINE, INLAND TRANSPORTA TION AND FIRE RISKS. DIRECTORS. Arthur G. Coffin, fciamuel W. Jones, John A. Brown, Charles Taylor, Ambrose White, Richard D. Wood, William Welsh, B. Morris Wain. George L. Harrison, X I WU.U IV. Edward H. Trotter, Edward 8. Clarke, William Oummlngs, T. Chtriton Hemy, Alfred D. Jesup. Jonn P. Whim. Louis O. Madeira. ARTHTJH O. (x.vtri-m k,h.m.,i. Chabi.19 PiiATT, Becretary. ' WIL1-IAM BUEHLER, Ilatrlsbnrg, Pa,, Centra Agent for the Btate of Pennsylvania. 1 25) QIRARD FIRE AND MARINE (No. 639) N. E. COR. CIIE3NUT AND SEVENTH ST3.t PHILADILPHIA. CAPITAL AND ft UK FLITS OTEB 1300,000. INCOME POB 1860, 108,084. Losses Paid and Accrued In leod, 847,000. ' Of which amount not (iXK remain unoald at this date, (lnO.too.ooo ot properly hasibeen succosaiu'ly maured by this tJompany lu thirteen years, and Eight ituo flrtifl I YUIHI41 Kv lflr. nrnmnliv aulil DIRBOTORS. Thomas Graven. Bilai Yerken, Jr., Allred a Uillett, N. B. Lawreuoe, Charlts I, Dupont, Henry F, Kenney, Furman Bheppard, Thi.mas JJ acE.eilar,t John Bupplee, John W. Clan horn. w Joneph Elapo. M. D. . tT HUM AS CRAVEN, PresidoaO A. B. GILLETT, Vice-President. t22fmw JAMES B. ALVORD, Becretary. 7IRE INSURANCE. LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBS IIHkHRANI K innpiitT. ASSETS OTEB 910,000,000 INVLsTED IN TI1E V. S, OVEB-91,800,000 PHILADELPHIA BOARD. Lemuel Coffln, Esq., I Charles B. Smith, Eso., Joseph W. Lewis, Esq., I Henry A. Duhxing, Esq., Edward Biter, Esq. All losses promptly adjusted without reference to England. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, XVo. 6 ilJERCHAKTir EXCI1A NOE, ATWOOD BMITH, 10 17 thstoem General Agent for Pennsylvania, PROVIDENT LIFE AND TRUST COMPANY. OF PHILADELPHIA, No. Ill B. FOURTH Btreft INCORPORATED 8d MONTH 22, 1886. CAPITAL, (160,00', PAID IN. Insurance on Lives, by Yearly Premiums; or by 5, 10, or 20 year Premiums, Non-iorfeliure. Annuities granted on favorable terms. Term Policies, Children's Endowments. This Company, while giving the Insured theseonrlty ot a paid-up Capital, will divide the entire prolits el the Lite business among Its polloy holders. Moneys rtcelved at interest, and paid on demand. Authorized by charter to execute Trusts, aud to act as Executor or Administrator. Assignee, or Guardian, and In other fiduciary capacities, under appointment ot any Court ol mis Commonwealth, or any person or persons, or bodies politic or corporate, DIHKCTORH. SAMUEL V. BHIPLEY, HENRY HAINES, T. WISTAR BKOVvN. W. O. LONUSTKK;TH, WILLIAM HACKER, juhiiiA a, niuimicj, II IV ll n lu ,,MVI1. RICHARD CADiORY. I IUKI.KS K. (X)FFIN. 8AMTJEL R. BHIi'Lx y, ROWLAND PARRY, Prehldent. Actuary, WILLIAM O. LONGBT UE TIT, Vlce-Presldunt. THOMAS WIKTAR. M D., J. B. IflWNSEND, 7 87 Medical Examiner. Legal Adviser. PIICEMX INSTJRANCB OOMPAKY OF PHI. LAIiELPHIA. lNOOKKRA'lED 1P64 CHARTER PERPETUAL, NU.2U4WALKUT htreet. oppuslie the Exchange. T ..... . . . . .iiuivL' .. .. IMI i lull luii. in auuniou iai aiajiii. .nu . . .j . . .noun, ANC'K, thin Company insures Iroin loss or damage by FIRE for liberal terms on bullilluxH. merchandise luriuiure, etc., for llujiied periods, aud oemiauently ou biillcllngs by deposit ol premium. The t ompuny has been in active operation for mora than B1XTY YEARM. dur ng which ail 'osses havo been promptly aujusied and paid. John L. Hodge, M. It. Mabony, Juliu T. Lewis, William B.rant, Rolierl W. Learning, ,. cmrk Wharlou, bmuel Wilcox, Lawrence Lewi, Jr., Duvid Lewis. llenjamin Elttng, Thomas II. Powers. A.R.McUeury, Itduiuud Catillon, Louis C Norriii. I KJ II 1.1 UCliERER, President. . BAMCfcL Wii.cox.Btcretary. FIRE INbTJRANCE EXCLUSIVELY. THS PENNBY LVAN1A FIRE INBC RANOK OOM PANYIncorporatd Wifr Charter Perpelaal No, 610 WALNUT Btreet, 0'HHlte ludependnuoe Bgnare, This Company, favorably known to tlte community tor over forty years, continues to insure against lose or damage by bra on Public or Private JMildlugs, either permanently or for a limited time. Also, oa Furniture, blocks of floods, and Merchandise amie tally, on liberal terms. . , Their Capital, Uigther with large Rnrnlna Fond, luvealed lu the uiost careful manimr. which eiiabl theuit o nr to the insured an undoubted security la the caae of tosa. nruwrrca Daniel Bmlth. Jr.f I Alexander Rowon, VuS Thomas M idflo?k"j,! DANIELBMlTH, WnXIAM O. COaoWJUJo becretarj, Isaac i ayieiiu , i inilin.i,.., Jm., President;
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