TPS
THE LOTUS PLANTER.
A Brahmin on a lottu pod
One wrote the hoj name of God.
n.
Then planting it, he asked in prayer
for tome new fruit, unknown and fair.
in.
A slave near ry, who hore a load,
yell fainting on the dusty road.
The Brahmin, pitying, straightway ran
And lifted up the fallen man.
v.
The deed scarce done, he looked aghaist
At touching ene beneath hla caste.
VI.
'Behold I" he cried, "I stand unclean:
Yj hands have clasped the Tile and mean 1"
VII.
God Baw the shadow on his face,
JLsd wrought a miracle of grace.
VIII.
The buried seed arose from death,
And bloomed and fruited at Ilia breath.
IX.
The stalk bore up a leaf of green,
Whereon these mystio worda were seen:
tlrst couht kfit all of xqt7al casts;
Tbkk cocht thyself tub least and last.
The Brahmin, with bewildered brain,
Upheld the will of God writ plain 1
XII.
Transfigured in a sudden light,
The slave stood sacred in his sight.
XIII.
Thenceforth within the Brahmin's mini
Abode good-will for all mankind.
ITALIAN A CADE MIES AND UNIVER
SITIES. Sicily claims the palm for having the first
nlversHj in Italy. To Frederick the Second,
Zing of Sicily, is the honor due of Introducing
the Italian language at hie court (A. D. 1218).
HU courti at Naples and Palermo were the
rendezvous of men of talent and of genius. In
1224 he founded the University of Naples,
Which soon flourished in that populous city;
tie opened various schools at Palermo and in
other cities of Sicily; he reorganised the Aca
demy of Salerno an academy of medicine
founded, it Is supposed, by the Moors iu the
tenth century.
The crusades, which threw open the Bast to
the populations of the West, unfolding to the
mdminng gaze of the less cultivated Europeans'
the treasures and the masterpieces of Creek
literature and art, a school ol jurleprudence
established at Bologna, in which Irnerlo (or
Guarnerio) expounded the Roman law, and
Guklo Amino a new system of music, led to the
establishment of academies and universities In
ether cities ot Italy. From 1314 to 13J4 we
Hud Cino di Pistoja lecturing at tho universi
ties of Perugia and Floreoce, and afterwards at
Bologna, where Petrarch and Boccacio were
among his pupils. Giovanni Andrea, who, ac
cording to Tiraboschl, is the greatest lawyer that
ever lived, was holding a course ot lectures.
His daughter Novella was so well instructed by
her lather that at times she used to lecture In
liia stead. On these occasions she tat behind a
small curtain, that the attention of the students
might not be distracted by her great beauty.
In April, 1361, Boccacio was sent on a special
mission to l etrarch by the republic of Florence,
offering htm the chancellorship of the university
there. The Greek professorship at Florence
was in 13C3 con erred upon a Greek, on the re.
commendation of Boccacio. Leonzio Pilato was
a man, according to Boccaclo'g description, of
xepugnant aspect and horrible features. lie
-wore a long tangled beard, matted, as was his
black, uncombed hair; he shunned all society:
ho possessed, however, a perfect knowledge or
the language and literature of the Greeks, and
was a pupil of the celebrated Barlaam. For
two years he expounded the works of Homer,
nd translated the "Odyssey" and "Iliad" into
Latin. The revival of Greek literature is owlDg
In a great measure to him and to the encourage
ment he received from his two patrons, Boccac;o
and Petrarch. This was the first cbair of Greek
aueraiure esianugnea 10 Italy. At
great
T U iwii 1 -u9 Greek manu
scripts -fJ year 0f and for three years
- . 1 ! 1 1 J . T" ' . 1 T I - 1 I .
luuieu assiduously uuutsr rnuio. xu sreirarca s
letters to Boccacio there are many passages
which throw considerable light upon this lute
letting subject. In a letter, dated 6th March,
1364, he thus describes to Boccacio the departure
ILeonrio. "This Leonzio, notwithstanding my
entreaties, more obdurate than the rocks he is
about to encounter, left me shortly after your
departure, Fearing lest, from continual in
tercourse wiih bim, I should catch his ill
humor for the Intimities of the mind are as
contagious as those of the body 1 let him go,
and gave him a Terence to beguile htm on the
way, a book of which he seemed especially
loud, though I cannot explain what this most
melancholy Greek has in common with that
moat lively African ; so true it Is that tiere
are no dissimilarities that have not some point
of resemblance, lie embarked, uttering in my
presence a thousand Imprecations against Italy
and the Latin name, lie could scarcely have
landed in Greece when I received a letter
-from him more ragged and ot greater
length than his beard, in which he lauds Italy
above the skies, utters maledictions against
Constantinople, and entreats me to Invite him
back, in terms ot supplication such as Peter
used when he found he was sinking." Leonzio
perished on his way back.
Filippo Villani, who wrote the "Lives of Illus
trious Florentine."," was in 1404 appointed public
ncium u 1uaie, hi riorence.
The student of Italian literature will bo as
tonished to find that the Italian language,
which, in the fourteenth century, as poets,
Dante and Petrarch had cultivated with so
much elegance, and which Boccacio had raied
almost to periectiou by his tales in prose, should
have become suddenly neglected and have fallen
almost into decay. For nearly one hundred
Sears after the death of Boccacio, which took
place on the 21st of December, 1375. no author
r any min,nce wrote iu the Italian dialect.
ik.4 v.u ePlll,nd by the memorable events
?V.occreJ la lhe fir8t P"t of the fifteenth
f re tchiBm ia the Church of
nHrtu ui,ho Information, the art of
&K5i2 EST''? m manv, and almost Im
mediately transplanted t0 u j . Qerea8in(,
the study of Greek llteratiT be discoveries
r Vasco di Gams, of a new wort? bv Columbus
144), attracted the attention or ul leorned I to
clentiflo investigations. Libraries
tolUhed I for public use, universities touuuod, pro
1 fessorehlps Instituted, '
But it must not be supposed that the Italian
' language was entirely forgotten. Ir men of
' learning unu cciuuce preierreu iuc ivuuin or the
Creeks and Latins, the people lesrned by heart
the verses of the Divine Comedy and the sonnets
of Petrarch. Whilst this stately sage or assi
duous student pored over Greek and Latin
manuscripts, the light hearted gondolier, on the
ther band, hummed the ditties of Petrarch as
he plied bis oar. or sang them under the balcony
Ot bis mistress; and the muleteer, as be led bis
Irlig of moles vp the steep ascent of the Alien
aiaes. pondered over the nmtertea of II Libro;
whlUt the Uundxed Tales elicited many an up
roarious burst of laughter from the av and
Ucughilew bachelor.
DAILY EVENING TEaYEGRAPH TRIPLE SHEET
The works of Aristotle, Plato, Ilomer, Demos
thenes, etc., bcame universally .studied in the
schools. Debating club, such as exist at Oxford
and Cambridge, were established at the univer
sities for the discussion of controversial points.
Medals, inscriptions, statues, antiques of every
description, were eagerly sought for. The
foundation was thus laid for valuable museums
and rare collection, private as well as public.
Great progress in mathematics and astronomy
was followed by the introduction ol algebra and
of the mariner's compass.
A point which cannot fail to strike the obser
vant reader is tho protection which the princes
of Italy accorded to men of letters. Popes, em
perors, kings, and princes eagerly sought the
society of, and awarded the place of honor to,
men ol genius, whose frlondshlp they courted.
The (ovetelgn power of intellect was acknow
ledged, and the hereditary nobility of rank held
out a Iraternal hand to the self-created nobility
ot talent. Amongst the princes of the fourteenth
century who distinguished themselves ai
patrons of literature, Kobert, King of Na
ples, holds a prominent place. His court
(from 13C9 to 1343) was not only oue of
the most brilliant, but one of tho moit learned,
of the age; ha was the Mecoenas of tho four
teenth century. Two of the noblest patrons of
literature that Italy ever possessed were Popo
Nicholas the Filth and Pope Leo the Tenth.
The post of apostolic secretary, looked upon as
the highest noncr, was repeatedly conferred
upon men of letters.
The Roman University had fallen Into decay.
The primary cause of this was the long eojouru
of the popes at Avignon. Innocent the Seventh
conceived the idea ot re-establishing it. In the
midst of the turmoils of the great schism. Inno
cent Issued a bull, in which, alter stating that In
consequence of tho unsettled times the schools
of learning at Borne had become neglected,
he announced that he had appointed learned
professors In all the branches of the sciences
and in the Greek tongue. His praiseworthy en
deavors did not, however, succeed in re-csta-blithin?
it on a permanent footing. The merit
for achieving so dcMrablo an end was reserved
to Pope P.ugenius the Fourth; but the univer
sity especially flourished under Nicholas the
Filth.
The University of Bologna had gradually
fallen off in the middle of the fourteenth cen
tury, but, towards the close of the century, was
resuming its pristine high reputation. At the
commencement of the filteenth century it was
in high repute, numbering among Hi professors
some of the most learned scholars In Italy, as
Gutrino, Fllclto, and Aurispa. Filelfo relates
that when he went there to assume his duties as
professor, In 1428, such a large number of pro
fessors came to welcome him that nothing more
honorable can be imagined. The Cardinal of
Aries, the legate at Bologna, sent for him imme
diately on his arrival, and received him with
every mark of distinction. He was allowed a
(alary of lour hundred and fifty scudi, namely,
three hundred from the city, and one hundred,
and fifty from the private purse of the legate,
who, moreover, presented bim with a purse of
fifty scudi and other valuable presents. In the
tame year a revolutionary movement tODk
place at Bologna, and for the three iollowing
years the university was deserted. In 1450 the
university was rebuilt by Cardinal Beesarione.
He offered high salaries, to the most learned pro
fessors, and aroused the emalation lor study
amcng the youth of Bologna by prizes aud
rewards. Nicholas the Filth conferred various
privileges unon the university. Students from
all parts of Europe flocked to Bologna. Chris
tian, King of Denmark, visited it In 1474, De
sirous that two of his courtiers should receive
diplomas one of law, the other ot medicine
the ceremony took place in the church of San
I'ietro. Elevated seats having been prepared
for the professors who had to confer the diplo
mas, a more elevated seat was raised for the
king, who, out ol respect for the university,
declined taking possession of It, declaring that
he should deem It the highest honor to be
seated side by side with men whom nil the
world held in such high esteem.
Whilst under the rule of the lords of Carrara,
the University of Padua was in a flourishing
condition. Having fallen to Venice, in 1400,
the Venetians voted the sum of four thousand
ducats ior the ben tit of the University a sum
Which was annually voted in subsequent years.
A papal bull, issued by Pope Eugenius tua
Fourth, m 1439, conferred various privileges
upon the University. Tho Venetian Senate, in
its desire to render the University as flourishing
as poesible, prohibited the establishment of
public schools In other cities of tho republic
an impolitic and arbitrary act, which led to the
emigration of many of her sons. Venice, the
capital, wa6 an exception to the act. The Uni
versity of Venice was in such high repute that
it did not lear a rival. The Senate decreed
however, that the degrees of philosophy and
medicine only should be conferred at Venice,
whilst Padua nad the exclusive right of confer
ring those of divinity and law.
At lhe commencement of the fifteenth cen
tury, the University of Pisa has greatly fallen
off. The city was annexed to the Florentine
republic in 1406. XhA s,,,Sw.rsll iift t.parl
been swanin by tbat of Florence. The Flo
rtuVinrs, aware of the advantages which Pisa
oilered as a place of study, and well under
standing that two universities could not co-exist
eo near each other iu the same state, turned all
their attention to Pisa. The University of
Florence bad gone through many changes; at
one time well attended, at another deserted,
supported or neglected by turns by tha autho
rities. Guarluo and Aurispo gave lectures there
in 1428. Filello went there from Bologna, and
his lectures seem to have been well attended.
Under Lorenzo dl Medici the University of
Florence reached the height of its prosperity.
In 147a, a decree of the Seu ate transferred the
University of Florence to Pisa. A papal brief
of Pope Sixtus the Fourth, Usued.iu 1475, em
powered the Florentines to levy a tax of five
thousand ducats tor five years upon the church,
property tor the benefit ot the new university.
In 1479,12 consequence of the devastations of
the plague, the university was transferred to
Pistoja, but only for one year. The plague
having again made its appearance at l'Uaiu
1481. the classes migrated to Prato, but after
three months the lectures were resumed at
Pisa. In 1485, from a similar cause, the classes
were again opened for a time at Prato.
Florence and Plea were not the only cities ot
Tuscany that boasted universities. The Uni
versity of Siena stood In high repute In th fif
teenth century. Filelto, who appears to have
been ubiquitous, held a course ol lectures tbcro
when compelled to leave Florence in 1435. For
two years he received the annual salary of two
bunured ami ntty norms.
The University ot Arezzo had fallen into
decay, and wbeu " the city was annexed to Flo
rence, the students all lelt for Pisa.
The University of Pavia stood In good repute
in the nlteeutu century, both as regards the
eminence of the professors and number of
btudents. In the chronicles of Piacenza, men
tion is made of a Cardinal Branda Castigliane,
a Milanese, aud bishop of that city, who at the
commencement of the fifteenth century founded
a college at Pavia, at which twenty-five young
men ot Piaceuzi, selected bv the bishop of that
city, were to be educated. The University was
ninnt frpnnented bv the Milanese. On the
death of Philip Maria Visconti in 1447, Pavia
having thrown ou allegiance 10 oiimu, me
xoiiih of Milan were nrohibited studying there.
Tho rnmeouence was. that, thoueh embroiled
in war, the Milanese established a university of
their own. Wuea Morza was prociaimea uuae
of Milan, the University ot Pavia was again fre
quented by the Milanese. The Slorza proved
themselves pood patrons. Louis, suruamed the
Moor, erected a university at Pavia. A poet of
that day, Laucluo Corte, has recorded In doeererel
Latin versa the ttttne o this university. Duke
Louis did not, however, neglect th schools of
Milan. In addition to the profes-torship of
Greek and elocution, he established proiessor
ehlps of hi'tory and Of music. Two noble
Milanese, Tonimaso Grassl, and Tommaso
Piatti, bequeathed large sums to the schools of
their native citv (1470).
Universities bIko existed at Piacenza, Nowea
and Ptrrara. The latter was opened with aeWM
?SQimuil7 by th Marquis Albeit of Kite, in
. i . lftter Period, Ousrlno aud Aurispa
gave Wtnrea ihere.
Pe,J?tT,Uy 01 NftPle nourished in the
fifteenth century.
The University of Turitt as founded In the
jear 1405, by Louis, ifinc or fcavoy. Hi
was an adherent of the Anti-Pope Benedict the
Thirteenth, who Issued a bull conferring various
privileges upon the new university. Thco pri
vileges v. ere confirmed by the Emperor Sigis
mund in 1412, and also by Pope John the
Twenty-third. Amadrous the Eiirhth, first
Duke of Savoy, who succeeded Prince Louis,
added new privileges to it in 1424. The plague
having committed great ravages at Turin, the
university was transferred to Cbiesi, from
whence apain, in crnfequence of the pestilence,
It was removed to Savigliano, from which town,
in 1437, it was transferred back to Turin. Addi
tional privileges were granted by Loulu, the
son of Amadwus, and by Pope Eugenius tho
Fourth. For a short prnod the classes were
transferred to Moucalieii, but back again to
Turin in 1469.
The University of Tarmawas also founded in
the fifttenth century (1412). It owes Its origin
to Nicholas the Third. Marquis of Ferrara, to
whom the eity belonged.
As already observed, it was Pope Eugenius
the Fourth who carried out the plan of Inno
cent the Seventh with regard to the University
of Borne; but the protection afforded bythoso
Popes to education and literature sinks into
comparative insignificance by the side ot the
noble patronago of Popo Nicholas the Fifth,
who, in the eight years of hi pontificate, did
more for literature in Italy than all his prede
cessors. It is golden page we read in the history of
Italy, when we end that, even in the midst of
dire leads and civil war, a neutral ground was
allowed for science, litcratuie, and the lino arts.
The lords of Montterrat. the Dukes of Urbino,
the lonlH of Klmini, the Gonzaga, the Este,
vied with royal bouses in furthering education
and In their patronage to literature. The Mar
quis of Mantua ordered a seminary to be built
for the education oi bis children, to which other
children were admitted. It was a noble man
sion, jvlth balls and galleries; on the walls were
depicted the joyous sports of children, whence
It acquired the name of'Casa giocosa." This
academy, for it soon rose to such, became fre-
Sucnted by yoHng men from France, from
crmany, and from Greece, and achieved a
celebrity not inferior to that of the first univer
sities. The Medici, with whose name that of Nicho
las the Filth is intimately connected, did good
service in the establishment of libraries and
academics. When only a young clerical stu
dent, Tommaso dl Hajzana (afterwards Pope
Nicholas the Fifth) was engaged by Cosmo di
Medici to assist him in arranging the library of
fan Marco, the foundation ot the celebrated
library In Florenco, known as the "Biblioteca
Marciana." It was Nicholas the Fifth who
laid the foundation of the Vatican library.
Clement the Filth, when he transferred the
Papal See to Avignon, carried along with him
the manuscripts wnlch then formed the Pon
tifical library. There they remained till the
year 1417. when Martin the Fifth took them
Back to Borne. Under the pontificate of Eu
genius the Fourth, the library was very scanty.
Ambrogio Camoldese, who visited Rome in
1432, published an account of tho libraries of
the Holy City. Amongst others, he mentions
that of Cardinal Orsini, a great poition of which
had been sent to Perugia, where the cardinal
had been appointed legate; another, especially
attached to the Church of St. Cecilia, espe
cially mentioning a codex of twenty-nine homi
lies; another library, which he styles "Biblio
teca del Papa," distinguishing it from the
"Biblioteca dl San Pletro," the latter being
probably the pro pel ty of that church. He says
tbat he found tow manuscripts of value in
either. Nicholas the Fifth undertook the task
of collecting a library on a targe scale in Rome.
He sent emissaries to all parts to collect Latin
and Greek manuscripts, without regard to ex
pense. He engaged the most eminent men to
copy them, and paid them handsomely. In
this manner he collected five thousand volumes.
Death prevented him carrying out hia design of
throwing open a public library for the use ot
the Romans. Pope Calixtua the Third, who
succeeded Nicholas tbe Fifth, spent foity
thousand scudi in adding manuscript to the
collection commenced by Nicholas, It was not
till the pontificate ot Sixtus the Fourth that the
Vatican library was thrown open to the public.
When exiled from Florence, Cosmo dl Medici
founded a library In tbe monastery oi St. George,
which he left as a donation to Venice, as
a mark of his gratitude tor tho hospitality he
received when he sought refuge thero. On his
rciriitalmcnt to power, Cosmo founded tbe cele
brated Laurentian Library at Florence, called
after his son Lorenzo, who greatly enriched it.
Another Florentine of large fortune, Niccolo
Niccoll, devoted his wealth to a similar purpose.
He collected a library of eight hundred volumes
iu the Greek, Latin, and Oriental languages;
but his liberality exceeded his means. He died
poor in 1436. Coemo was appointed one of six
teen trustees, and he undertook to pay all Nic
cole's debts, it allowed eolo disposal of the
library. This was agreed to, aud the books were
placed for public use in the Biblioteca Mar
ciana. A building was erected by Cosmo,
divided into seoarate compartments or cham
bers devoted respective W manuscripts in dif
ferent languages.
The Academy of Platonic Philosophy, founded
by Cosmo, is the first institution that assumed
the name of "Academy" In Italy. The acade
mic'ans were divided into three categories the
patrons (roeccnati), the hearers (ascoltatori),
and the novices or oiscipiea, consisting oi young
aspirants to philosophy. Their great festival
was held on the thirteenth of November, the
anniversary of the birth and death of Plato.
The superintendence of the academy was en
trusted to Marsilio Ficlno, the son of Cosmo's
private physician.
in a Vliiaovernaugiug me towers ui r luicuur,
on the sleep slope of that lofty hill, crowned by
the mother city, the ancient Fiesole, in gardens
which Tully might have envied, wilh Ficiuo,
Landino, and Polltiao by his side, Lorenzo de
lighted his hours of leisure with the beautiful
visions of Plutonic philosophy, for which tbe
summer stillneis of an Italian sky appears the
mobt congenial accompaniment. Never could
tbe sympathies of the soul with outer nature
be more finely touched; never could more
striking suggestions be presented to the philoso
pher and the statesman. Florence lay beneath
them; not with all the magnificence which the
later Medici have given her. but, thanks to the
piety of lormer times, presenting almost as
varied an outline to the sky. One man, the won
der ot Cosmo's age, Brunelleschi, had crowned
the beautiful city with the vast dome of lta cathe
drala structure unthought ot In Italy before,
end rarely since surpassed. It seemed, amidst
the clustering towers ot inferior churches, an
emblem of the Catholic hierarchy under, its
supreme head; like Rome Itself, imposing,
unbroken, unchangeable, radiating to every
part of the earth, and directing Its convergent
curves to heaven. Round this were numbered,
at unequal heights, the Baptistery, with its
gates, as Michael Angelo called them, worthy
of paradise; the tall and richly decorated bel
fry of Giotto; the church pf the Carmine, with
the fiefco of Masaccio; those of Santa
Maria Novella (in the language of the same
crcat mau) as beautiful as a bride; of Santa
Croco, secondonly tothe Cathedral of St. Mark;
and ot San Spirtto, another great monument of
the genius ot Brunellcschi the numerous con
vents that rose wlihin tbe walls of Florence, or
were scattered immediately about them. From
tbct-e the eye might turn to the trophies of a
republicau poverument that was rapidly giving
vht betoiethe citizen nnnce who now surveyed
them; the Palazzo Vecchlo, in which the big
nory ot Florence held their councils, raised by
tbe Guelt aristocracy, the exclusive but not
tyrannous faction tbat long swayed the ciiy ; or
tho new and unfinished palace which Bru-
nelleFChi had designed for one of the Pittl
family before they tell, as others had already
In the fruitless struuele against the
house of Medici; itself destined to become
tbe abode of the victorious race, and to perpetu
ate, by retaining its name, the revolutions that
had raited them to power. Tbe prospect, from
an elevation of a great city, is oue of tbe most
impressive as well as beautiful we ever beheld.
Mountain, brtffbt with various hues aud clothed
with wood, bounded the horizon, and on most
fides, at no great distance, but embosomed in
these, were other villas and domains. Herds of
buffaloes pastured In the valley down which the
yellow Arno steals silently through the long
reaches to tbe sea." ,
Ficlno held a course of publio lectures on
Platonic philosophy, which were attended by
ths mofct celebrated men ot the day.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1867.
Under Leo X (son of Lorenzo dl Medici), the
University ot Home rose to pre-eminence. The
most learned professors were Induced by liberal
offers to hold lectures; young Greeks of pro
mising talent were invit'd to Rome with a view
to spread among the Roman youth a better
knowledge of, and love for, Greek classic-. The
new Pope appointed as his secretaries Pletro
Bembo and Jacopo Sadoleto, tbe two most ele-
f ant Latin writers of the day. The Vatican
ibrary was entrusted to Beroaldo. There was
not a man of noto, poet, artiit, or orator who
did not turn his looks or wend his steps towards
the holy city, aud every man of merit met with
a hospitable welcome from the magnanimous
pontiff. The published letters of Leo X, chiefly
with Bembo and Erasmus, are so many patent
proofs of his exertions for the promotion of
literature. Aided by tbe genius of Michsel
Angelo and of Raphael, the magnificent Basilica
of the Vatican rose at bis command.
Amonirst the academies of Italy, the Academia
dclla Crupca, or Academy of the Sieve, imply
ing that the good grain alone was taken, held a
prominent position. A violent attack upon
Tas-Ro's "Jerusalem Delivered," In the magazine
issued by the academy In 1578, supposed to have
been written by Salviatl, gave great offense to
tbe poet. This academy counted amongst its
members some of the most learned men of
Italy.
In 1587 tbe University of Genoa was In hleh
repute. It ottered Taeso a salary ot four hun
dred gold crowns for a course ot lectures on
ethics and Aristotle.
Of the ecclesiastical colleges and existing
monasteries at Rome at the piesentdaywe do
not speak. Florence has become the capital of
Italy, and within her classical precincts a great
portion ol the youth of Italy will meet to
pureue their studies, without detriment to the
universities and academies of tbe other great
cities of Italy. AU the Year Round.
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LOW PRICES
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DRY GOODS
. DURING TUE HOLIDAYS.
RPLEKDID CAKIIMEBE ROBES.
10 Uwlmsm KXPtSSIVE BHAWUk
Q L O T H
HOUSE.
JAMES & LEE,
MO. II NORTH SECOND STBEET,
BIUN OF TUB UOJL DEN IAMB,
COMPLETE STOCK OF
Cloths, Coalings, and Casslmercs,
FOB VENTIJCM ENAM AND BOYS' WIiB.1
A LABOB ASSOnraENT OF LADIES'
tLOAHIIUS AND SACIUNMf WHOLE
SALH AND RETAIL. asm
J CHAMBERS, No. 810 ARCIT STREET.
. HOLIDAY riUCbJUSTti.-
Point. Lao. Udkh.
Polut. Lac. Collar, and BetU,
1 broad Lao. Veil.
Km I V.L HdklB. from 2-M,
Kiub'd Hdkfe. bargain..
du' Udkla, fifty cheap.
V.Wncl.nn. BetU, new drslirns.
11MX) Kl Cluuy (xrilara, at W wnt4
mm t'lwiiou luub'd fc.ii, ion 70 cent ahont half
lbs cost et buyoj tatlea, w li iut
DRY GOODS.
piflE DRESS GOODS,
FK0M TUE LATE FORCED SALES.
OnscaMsnrerb quality GRANITE POPLINS, all
Colors, at 76 cents: arc now selling at 1-2S
One cos. elegant EMPRKSS CLOTH POPLINS, 7f
renU; ar. now aclUcg at IfOO.
On. cast LUFIH'a FRENCH MERIN0E8, very
fin. quality, l a
On CM. FRENCH BILK POPLINS at 115; ar.
now lelllng at 12.
On cas. very heavy FRENCH CORDED POP
LINS, at tl-Slfc worth 2-2S.
FANCY BILKS at great redact Ion.
Elegant heavy BLACK BILKS, S260, 1 Black
Bilks, nest In the city.
FANCY DE LAIN ES, new styles, at 180.
1. C. KTRAWT1RIDOE A CO.,
N. W. corner EIGHTH and MARKET Bts.
LADIES' CLOAKING S.
VELVET BEAVEBS.
CIlINCnilXA BEAVERS.
HOftCOW BEAVEBS.
ASTBACHAN BEAVEBS,
-WHITE AND
SCARLET BEAVEBS.
J. C. STBAWBRID0E Jk CO
17. W. corner EIGHTH and MARKET Sta.
BLANKETS!
BLANKETS !
BLANKETS I
All-wool Blankets. IS per pair.
All-wool Blankets, f4 per pair.
Large size Blankets, S per pair.
Very large Blankets, i7 per pair'.
Elegant Premium Blankets, 13 per pair,
Elegant Gold Medal Blankets, 112 per pair.
ABOUT SAO HAIRS OF FINK LARGE
BLAH BETS, slightly soiled at the mill, wlU b. sold
very low.
W. have nnnsaal facilities ior getting BLANKETS
direct from manufacturers, and can offer them in
larger assortment, and on better terms than any
others In the retail trade.
J. C. STMWBRIDGE & CO.,
NORTHWEST CORNER
EIGHTH AND MARKET STS.,
lUisnrp
p m r. a mr.T.PTTT a ,
LINEN STOKE.
838 ARCH STREET.
HOLIDAY PRESEiMS.
DANDKEBCIIIEFS,
LADIES', CENTS', AND CHILDREN'S.
EMBROIDERED SHIRT B0SO3IS,
FINE TABLE CLOTHS AND NAPKINS.
Immense Redaction in Prices.
V7 ARB U RTON & SON,
No. 1004 CIIKSNTJX (Street.
OFFEB TO LADIES AND TUB TRADE,
CHOICE GOODS,
At Low Pries, to IIe.t the D.pr.sslo
Iu Business.
BONNET VELVETS,
FLUSHES.
BAT1N8,
CORDED BILFS,
POTJLT DE BOIES,
ORO DE NAPLES,
MABCELLINE,
BONNET RIBBONS,
BASH RIBBONS,
TRIMMING RIBBONS.
VELVET RIBBONS,
SATIN RIBBONS,
MANTUA RIBBONS.
ORAPE RIBBONS,
BEBT MAKES OF ENGLISH CRAPES, BLACK
AND COLORED.
A LARGE AND CHOICE 8 TOOK OF SEAL LACI
GOODS, IN
POINT, MALTESE,
BRUSSELS, THREAD,
VALENCIENNES, REAL BLOND,
GUIMPURB, CLUNY,
INSERTINGS TO MATCH.
TABLETANH, ILLUSIONS, AND FINE NETS,
I yards wide, for Evening Dresses.
A BFLKNDID BTOCK OF HAMBURG EDGINGS
AND INSERTINGS. BARGAINS.
THE FINEST AND NEWEST IMITATION LACE
GOODS. U I Ituth
A large discount to the trade.
QHEAP DRY GOODS, CARPETS, OIL
CLOTHS AND WINDOW B HADES;
V. E. AltOHAMBAUIr;
8. K. Cor. Klevemtb nd Market Streets,
Will open this morning, from Auction,'
Yard wide Electrotype Brussels Oar ret only too.
Ingrain CarpeU, wool fiuiiig, 40. ib aud Soo.
ingrain Cat pet, all wool, bu , 75, A7, and $1.
Kugllfch Tapestry Bruwels Carpets, only SI'AS.
tll Cloth Caiptt., yaid and a naif wide, II M,
Hu:p aud Rag Carpet., 1, 87. W. and tta.
Floor OU t'loili., all width., ii. 60. i, aud 760,
W Indow tshadea, gill-boitl.ra, i, fl, and ti.
Velvet Hug. niitn-p kin and Cocoa Jiuta.
Table and btalr Oil Wlolba.
Blair Drugget, aud 1 loor Cloths.
CHEAP BLANKETS AND COVERLETS.
All-wool Blanket., SS, It, $5, . S7. '"
bilv.r grey aud brown ltlauket., 'i and K,
(katluiira aud batlu.U, W. . 76. aud U
laDual,all color.. u, 40 aud 4fc
Cliluctillla aud WUliu.y t)(Mtkliig. I to
Wlulm.li od ftt.il bior, if. JC extra
eraer XLB
UiUW.lM4.
DRY GOODS.
JJTQDDART & BROTHER,
STORE
KOS.4S0, 45, AHD4M N.SECOND STREET,
PRESENT GREAT ATTRACTIONS THItJ
SEASON TO PERSONS PURCHASIRQ
GIFTS
IN ADDITION TO Til F.I R LABOE AND
WELL BOUeilT STOCK OF
Rich Medium and Low Priced
DRESS GOODS,
Long Broche and Blanket
Shawls,
Scarfs, Embroideries, Gloves,
Etc. Etc.,
TIIEV HAVE A WELL STOCKED DD
PABT9IEXT FILLED WITH
FANCY ARTICLES, VI7..I
LADIES TRAVELLING BAGS,
LADIES WOBK BOXES,
TOILET SETS, VASES,
ALL OF WHICH WILL BE CLOSED AI
LOW PBICES.
CIRWEN ST0DDART & BROTHER,
NOS. 450, 433, AND 494 N. SECOND STREET,
21t ABOVE WILLOW.
SPECIALTIES
IN
LADIES' FINE CLOAKS.
NOW OPEN
Tho handsomest stock wo
have ever exhibited, compris
ing Garments In the most do
slrablo materials, and of tho
most fashionble colors. In
great variety, and which wo
will sell at
POPULAR PRICES.
.j . ww . tKiii: i iiti jo rrra
-j
NO. 0 CUESNUT STBEET.
B S" a a mm m A
IN
RICH BLACK. DRESS SILKS.
W Have Just received a Cage of .
FINE LYONS SILKS,:
Pnrcnased antler advantageous circumstances,"
of qualities varying from
$4 to $550,
To wnlch we respeotfully ask the attention of -
Ladles. Tr.ese goods will be sold for less than
they would cost to Import.
J. W. PROCTOR & CO.,
NO. 00 CUESNUT STBEET.
DRESS MAKING DEPARTMENT.
All the Favorite Colors In
PLAIN COBBED POPLINS,
BEPS,
EPINGLINES.
VELOURS BTJSSB
And other Blob Fabrics fer
WALKING SUITS,
Which we will sell by the yard, or make to
order.
LADIES' DRESSES,
MADE IN T WEN TV-FOUR HOUR&
A large variety of
LADIES' WALKING SUITS
At all times ready-made to put on.
J. V. PROCTOR & CO.,
NO. GSO OHESNUT STltEETJ
TJ
SEFUL AND SERVICEABLE
FOB
CnRISTHAS PRESENTS.
EVANS PHirrs,
TENTH and ARCH Streets,
Have Jnit opened a magniflcent lot of PLAIN ana
FANCY OODS, suitable for
C11B1STJHAS AND NEW TEAR PRE
VENTS. DRESS CiOODS AT PANIC PRICE.
One case all-wool, double-width PLAIDS, J7Xei
Fine and handsome Franco Plaid., extra cheap.
DELAINES, verr pretty styles, Wia.
CALICO K, right good, for 7c. (old times).
FLAN NKLM, food quality, for UKS. '
Ml'LINS,b.t Id tbe market, 8, 10, aDd WJic
CLOAKINU CLOTHS, all style., at low prices.
BALMORAL SKIRTS, elegant Styles, 1 10 fc
CLOTHS AND CASSIHERES.
too pieces Caaalmeres, extra cheap, 780 to f I'M.
BLANKETS. BLANKETS.
At very low prices, from 1'60 to fit per pair.
SHAWLS. ELEUANT SHAWLS.
A magnificent Broch. Btiawl Cor I'M, worth V0.
lars. aa.oriu.ot from 6 i 112. Blanket Shawls at
great bargain., only sa.
lOB CUKISTMAJi PBESENTS.
TimttrUt' PHIPPS,
V. W. corner ef TJtMTU and ARCH Streets,