THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPII PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1808. PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON (SUKDaTS IXOBPTBD), AT THE EVENING TELEGRAPH BUILDING, 0. 10 & THIRD BTRKKT. rno Three cents per Copy (Doable Sheet), or Eighteen (touts per Wk, payable to tbe Carrier, and Mailed to Subscribers oat of tbe city at Nine Dollars per Annam. One Dollar and Fifty Cent for Two Months, Invariably In advanoe for tbe period ordered. MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1868. The Aldermen of Philadelphia. Some time sinoe we expressed our belief tha all offices of a judicial or semi judicial charac ter should be mad appointive and not elective, and that tbe public interests would be greatly improved if they were removed entirely from the arena of politics. The fact that in our own city circumstances have prevented our feeling in full foroe the evil edicts of this mistaken plan of making every offioe a partisan straggle, does not alter the fact that when the favorable circumstances do not exist, the evil is appa rent, and that it is only a fortunate coinci dence that prevents in every case our feeling the ill effects. For offices of great moment, such as the Judges of our Courts, the wide Spread conservative feeling in the mass of both parties in our city, acts as a check on both to make them avoid unworthy nominations. The character of. every man who aspires to the offioe of Judge undergoes a strict publio scrutiny, and if any Haw is de. tected, the people do not hesitate to break loose from all party ties and oppose the nominee. This excellent preventive examina tion, however, is only given to the candidates for the highest offices, while the minor posi. tions, also of great power, are entirely slighted. This is peculiarly true in the case of the alder men of the different wards. This offioe is one of no small authority. Before the Alderman come all criminal cases. Offenses against the peace and even felonies are within his original jurisdiction. He must decide on the presump tive evidence, and act according to a sound and unbiassed discretion. Iu addition to these, all landlord and tenant cases are his, and if he be not a man of intelligence great wrong may be done. . Again, all civil suits involving less than $100 are his. When it is remembered that by far the greatest number of suits are for suoh a sum, and by parties who are not willing to undergo the expenses of a regular suit before the Common Pleas, it is easily seen that stupidity or partiality can do injus tice to an immense number of citizens. And as a rule the Aldermen of Philadelphia are both stupid and partial. We know there are many honorable exceptions. The reporters for the daily papers can in the discharge of their duties bear testimony to the ability and integrity of many of our minor judiciary. But the fact is unaltered that a large majority of our Aldermen are neither sufficiently intelli gent nor sufficiently high-toned to properly dis charge the duties of their position. The reis iu this no cause for the least sur prise. These officers are nominated by ward conventions; bodies invariably composed of looal politicians, and influenced by personal feelings. They give the office to one of their .fellows, not because he is fitted for it, not be cause he knows anything about law for, as a rule, he don't but because ef his servioes as a ward politician, that he may have some office that will pay. It is the same with them as it was with the Bshool Controllers, with th Board of Guardians, and many other looal posi tions. The consequence is that the holders of these positions are men fre. qaently of the lowest stamp, igno rant, and partial. They fear to punish the rascals of the ward, either because they are their political friends, or because, if they do, the "hose house" will "go against" them when they come up for re-election. By our system we put these men directly under the influence of the very class of the commu nity which it is their sworn duty to keep iu order and watch for their misdeeds. We oompel them to go into temptation, and then are surprised at our own fault bearing its natural fruit. The mistake is iu the system, and it can only be removed when the system is remedied. Let us look at some of the results. Most o thete offices are political. Wherever either party has so overwhelming an asoendanoy as to make them feel sure of an election, they do not hesitate to give the offioe to men of the baser sort, and against them the respectable portion of the community have rarely any re dress. Let us cite an instance: in the Fourth Ward, where the Democratic majority is 1300, William McMullin has been Alderman for years. The result is that all election trou bles, and, in faot, all kinds and classes of minor misdemeanors go before a mau whose 'asso ciations are utterly partisan, and who is a friend and associate of the "roughs" who compose the greater portion of the population of that Ward. In the Seventh Ward, within a year or two, a nomination so distasteful to the respeotable portion of the Republican party was made, that an independent nomi nee was put up, and supported by sufficient Republicans to give the Demoorat a plurality. These are some of the fruits; but in a great majority of the cases, the people care ; so little that whoever is nominated is elected. Secondly. It is a well-known principle that in all civil suits the Aldermen give judgment for the plaintiff". It matters very little as to the merits of the case. Evidence, as a rule, goes for nothing. The question, in the aldermanio mind, Is argued very simply: "The plaintiff may have nothing to pay the costs with, the defendant in all probability his, or else the plaintiff would not have sued him. Then, again, the plaintiff selected me as the Alder man before whom he brought the suit. There fore, judgment for the plaintiff." By thi3 liirtann the grossest inju-tics is frequently done, suit the uoieiiuaiit, not wiauiug to obliged to run the risk of a higher. Court and fie ex pense of an appeal, pays a debt which, in all Justice, he does not owe. V 1 We could multiply reasons to show how pernicious the present system of electing Aldermen is, but we think the experience of most of our readers will save na the necessity. The remedy is to have these officials appointed by the Court of Common Pleas. They are a sort of sub-officers of that Court any how. All appeals from them come before its Judges, and it seems only proper that they should be selected by that Bench. By it they would be removed from all local fear or patronage, and men be selected who are qualified by learning and experience for the offioe not by looal service as active politicians. An Interesting Library. Conhidrhablb interest being now awakened to the subject of libraries, we have thought that a brief account of one of the most famous in the world might be useful just no sr. The traveller in England, in visiting that most deeply interesting city of Oxford, would scarcely lose the opportunity ef visiting one of the most interesting of libraries belonging to that city. Over five hundred years ago, a single small room sufficed for all the books iu the town; to this was added a collection by an earnest lover and preserver of books, Piiilip of Bury, he who apostrophized books as the masters who teach without flogging, or fleec ing, punishment, or payment. About the year 1550, this nice little oolleotion was destroyed. The Commissioners deputed by Edward VI, for tbe reformation of the Uni versity, destroyed all the illuminated manu scripts, and left the rest exposed to any ohance of injury. Four years after this destruction, an undergraduate, animated with a sinoere love for books, gave his money, his aid, and his influence, to the re-establishment of an institution which seems likely to oonnect his name imperishably with the library in which he took so lively an interest. Sir Thomas Bodley was the name of this student. When Kirjg James I saw Bodley's bust, on extending the library, be emitted the somewhat ques tionable pun, that the founder should rather be called Sir Pitt's Godly, than Bodley, and in a wonderful fit of liberality he offered to present, from the libraries of the royal palaces whatever precious books Sir Thomas Bodley, on examination, might choose to carry away. One of the many services rendered by Bodley was an agreement made by him with the Stationers' Company, by whioh the Com pany were to give a perfect copy of every book printed by them to the library. lie left nearly all his money for the purchase of books, so that there was afterwards an application made to the library by some distant relatives for relief. Since his death the library has in creased yearly by additions to its books, busts, pictures, numismatical collections, and above all, by the almost matchless and priceless treasures of rare and valuable works, of which space alone prevents our giving, what we should take pleasure in doing, the names of many of these gems. We can only find room for a few. Of bhakeepeare it has the editions of 1601, 1617, and 1623. To give our readers some idea of the value of these editions in 17(8, Stevens, one of the commentators, valued the first edition at seven or eight guineas. At a sale some years ago it pro duced X'100. In 1864, Miss Burdett Coutts gave for a very fine oopy 716. It has a copy of the Koran which had been in the library of Tippo Sahib, a rare gem, the interior ornaments of which are quite sur prising; the binding is also curious and beau tiful. Then there is the first book printed from moveable type, being a fine copy of the grand old Latin Bible, printed by Guttenburg at Mentz about 1455. A oopy of this was sold in 1818 for 506. A copy of the first complete English Bible translated by Myles Coverdale. But we must stop, for the number of rare works is delightful reading, even in their titles I By the statutes of the library, the Librarian, or one of the sub-Librarians must be present when any ooins are exhibited; nor may they be shown to more than two persons at a time, unless two officers of the library, or a Curator are present. No examination of coins for the purpose of comparison with other specimens is permitted. Although the French Imperial Library is said to contain over a million of volumes, and the British Museum over 600,000, yet the Bodleian ranks very high, even in mere num bers, for it at present contains abeut 350,000 volumes, with about 30,000 manuscripts. It has surpassed in fame and usefulness some of its contemporaries, for instance that of Angelo Rocca at Rome, opened in 1604; the Ambro sian, at Milan in 1609. The fourth public library was that of Cardinal Mazarin, opened in 1643. A few years ago a reading-room was added to the Bodleian; this, together with the anoient cosyappearanoe of the different rooms, elaborated with rich stained glass, magnifi cent pictures and statues, must always cause the Bodleian Library to be regarded as one of the most interesting of venerable piles, as it is one of the choioest and most interesting of libraries. Evenings at Home. From time immemorial an immense amount of admiration has been lavished upon the woman whose heart is bound up in home, and who has no interests or duties beyond it. Of course there is truth in this prevailing opinion a woman's first duty is the fulfilment of her domestio relations. The administration of the household depend upon her, and with it the comfort of its inmates; the moral status of the little community is created by her influence almost entirely, and the intellectual to a great degree. This being undeniable, whatever makes her competent for these labors ought to be assured to her, and she should be wisely assisted and supported under this constant strain of anxiety. 1 Mpii picturing the di lights of home invaria- family oirole after the olose of a day of weari some conflict with the outer world, and finding their chief bliss In the feeling that la this haven they are perfectly seoure from all Intru sion. All this is very well, . but it needs certain unfulfilled conditions to make it perfeotly right on all sides. Suppose the wife, in her zealous pursuance of the generally reoognlzed "whole duty of woman," has been closely housed all day with a group of noisy ohildren, whose incessant and petty demands are ex hausting to both mind and body, causing a sense of overwhelming weariness and mental dullness, which is rather from rust than wear Is it to be supposed that the woman can find supreme happiness and the highest spiritual and mental refreshment from sitting at her sewing, and dutifully admiring her husband abstractedly reading the newspaper to himself f But such has been really the theory of the world, and it is no wonder that a reaotion is crowding the streets with overdressed women, with no apparent motive to hasten their saun tering steps. This promenade Is not the worthiest investment of time, though we really do not see that there must necessarily be more moral depravity in a "ten-minute call" between ladies, or a chat as they paoe down the sidewalk than in that half-hour lounge at a street-corner, whioh seems to vary with surprising frequency the much talkei-of incessant toil of many business men. We have occasionally heard married people, who have not learned the wise maxim: Wash your soiled linen at home confess a stauding disagreement about the employment of their evenings, the wife wanting to go out, the hus band desirous ot staying at home. The man forgets the delicious moments passed in mas culine gossip time whioh has been passed by the wife in a wearisome routine of uninte resting labor. We do not mean to say that the labors of the household are neoessarily so, but that they must inevitably become so when endlessly repeated without any interval of relaxation. The only way to make these muoh-praised evenings at home a pleasant reality to both parties, is to encourage the wife to find some mental refreshment from the outdoor world every day, and then she too can turn to a quiet evening as a time of happy rest, bring ing with her some fresh contribution to the amusement of the home circle. Much nervous depression, dissatisfied temper, and general discomfort could be prevented by this simple remedy, and a little wholesome care in this direction would prevent our matrons from growing old so early. Any employment possible to a married woman, which will not oontlict with her home duties, should be assiduously cultivated. Her time would then be held by herself as too valuable to be lavished upon flounces and fur belows, and another most necessary improve ment might beoome possible the government of society might be wrested from the weak hands of mere girls, ready for any lavish ex travagance or reckless folly, and plaoed in the worthier grasp of mature women. From this silly maladministration of a power, which closely affects the daily comfort of every in dividual, all our absurdities of fashion arise, and the women who should rule, and are com petent to do so, are thrust aside as "too old for company" by the preoooious damsels in their teens. This philosophy of "an evening at home'' must of course only apply to suoh individuals as can be really benefited by the change. Many persons of both sexes are like the Frenchman who objected to marrying a lady whom he had been visiting incessantly for years, by the unanswerable plea, "If I marry her, where can I spend my evenings ?" Suoh people must seek a crowd in erder to shift the responsibility of their own entertainment upon somebody else. They are poor company for themselves, and generally, too, very poor com pany for other people. Suoh persons oannot be considered in any rule intended to apply to people of sense. RELIGIOUS NOTICES. -K-T-c HALL YOVNU MEW'N C1IK1NTIAN JWStf AbaoiHATiON, Mo. I21u CHESS UT Street. Hegulav monthly meeting Monday evening. Auiriin Sub, at 8 o'clock. Essay by J. HENRY SUtTU, Hq. Subject "Facts about life." Subject for Dis cussion'' v bleb is tbe mrouize-t element In (ormlai cbaraoier. Education or Constitution T" Vocal and Instrumental music. The public are Invited. 8212t SPECIAL NOTICES. WRIGHTS ALCONA TED GLYCERIN Tablet of Solidified Olvcerln tends to ureaerve tbe skin tronjdrynees and wrinkles, imparts won derful degree of softness and delicacy to tbe com plexion, and whiteness to tbe skin; Is an excellent dentifrice, gratelul to the taste and tonlo to the mouib and gums ; Imparts sweetness to tbe breath, and renders tbe teeth beautifully white. For sale by all drugglsta. K, fc G. A. WRIGHT, No. 624 CHESNUT Street. 4 frgp HEADQUARTERS REPUBLICAN INVINCIBLE8. ORDER NO. 1. Tbe members will assemble WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 28, 1888, At7 o'o.oclc P. M sharp, for parade. In tbe First and Second Congressional Districts, and to receive our new aland of colon, II. Captains of companies will please report to the Chief Marshal for orders, on MONDAY EVENING, at o'clock. By order of BEN J. L. TAYLOR, Chief Marshal. EZRA IUK EN 8, HARRY TODD, Assistant Marshals. 8 24 mw 2t 3j5p UNION LEAGUE HOUSE. Philadelphia. August 19, 1888. BPEOI 4 L MEETING OF THE UNION LEAGUE of Philadelphia will be held at tbe LEAGUE HOUSE, ON WEDNESDAY, August 26, At S o'clock F. M., to take such action as raay be neoessary In view o the approaching elections. By order of the Board of Directors, GEORGE H. BOEER, 8 ID 7t Secretary. UNITED STATES TBEASUBY. PujLAlCM'HIa,i-UgUSt 20. 18l)J. Holders of not lens than tinny coupons United StulHH Bonus, due lxt proximo, can now present them at thlb OIltdA for m am litailikii and count. ir louuu correct, they will be paid when ('. M(lK I llMA 8 '11 it Assistant Treasurer U. S. frrST CHEMISTS STATE THAT THE PRO m-x-s reai wuloli Kle iu sponge us superior elat city Is liH Himli e ol injurlug the snneiga. but oa the i ontrnry protects fom dr-ay Tills Is theuudli Mi'ed 'iMlincnu t ! 1 ' U II ,t r?'ll ot mo'l'""H ""'V using the twtMUU opuuge, M-u1! SPECIAL NOTICES. THE SWEETEST MOUTH IN 'THE World. II I ha laalaa 1 I na.ri.in na In. aavina so. Is the month 01 a Dottle of rnaioo's new perlatne, "FI.OH Dg M1VO," from wbion the stopper has been ren oved. As the gentiese prlnme tnelr dres. their hair, and their bandkeronler. w.tn this deli rious extrart, f-ey may e said, la fact, to breathe It. Hoio by all druggets It KB?" PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILROAD COMPANY. Office No. 227 B. FOURTH Btreet. Philadelphia, May tt. 1868. NOTICE To the holders of bonds of the PHILA DELPHIA AND READING RAILROAD COM PANY due April 1, 1870. The Company offer to exchange any of these bonds, of HOW) each, at any time before tbe (lat) first ear of October next at par for a new mortgage bond of equal amount bearing seven per cent. Interest, clear of United States and Bute taxes, having twenty-five Tears to run. Tbe bonds not surrendered on or before the 1st of October next will be paid at maturity, In accordance with their tenor. B. BRADFORD, 28tol Treasurer. tSyr PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILROAD COMPANY. Philadelphia, Jane 28, 1868, DIVIDEND NOTICE. The Transfer Books of h Is Company will be closed on TDWsDAY, June 80, and be reopened onTHUJA DAY, July 16, 1H(,H. A dividend of IVE PER CENT, has been declared on the Prtterred and OomrLOn Stock", clvar of national end State tax rs; parable on Common Stock on aud alter JULY 15 to the holders thereof, as they shall stand registered on tbe books ot the Company on the ftb Instant, All payable at this otllce, ?2ro B. BRADFORD. Treasurer. BATCHfcLOR'S HAIR DYE, THIS xy spleudid llalr Dve Is the nest In the wo . Id; the only true aud perfect Wye: barmlees, reliable. It stantaneous; no disappointment: no ridiculous tint; remedies the 111 effects of bad dyes; Invigorates and leaves tbe Halrsott and beautiful, black or brown, fcoio by all Drntglts and Per Iu mem; and properly applied at Bachelor's Wig Factory. Mo. 16 KO.nD btreet. New York. 4 27nwf EXCURSIONS. fl U N D Y'8 ELEVENTH A'NUAL MOONLIGHT EXCURSION TO ATLANTIC CITY, ON SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2!). Last boat leaves VINE BTREET FERRY at 8 o'clock P. M. Returning, leaves ATLANTIC CITY at 4 A. M Monday morning, arriving at Philadelphia at 7. TICKET 8 fl-60 To be bad at tbe ferry one hour before starting, 8 24 6trp D. H. MUNDf. WANTS. F OK COTTON-SPINNING FACTORIES. Tbe subscriber desires to obtain a position as M anager or Superintendent rf a Cotton -S, Inning Fao tory in the United Stales. Having been employed as such for tbe last fifteen years la three of the most piomlnent fine and nose-yarn factories In Switzerland BDd Bsxony (one of which be Is at present managing) aud commanding a special routine and experience In this branch of business, beside a thorough know ledge of the construction and latest improvements In the machinery used tberetn, be considers himself capable of conducting suoh a manufactory to the best advantage of tbe owner. His health and age will suit. First-class relerences will be given upon addressing T. HUG, Director of tbe Cotton Spinning Factory, Schoen thal at Witzschdorf l'Waldklrchen (saxony). 8 22 2t PIANOS. rfy?-j 6TECK & CO.'S AND HAINES ITKfJi BROTH KRS' PIANOS, and MASON & liAM.LlM'8 CABINET OKU A IN S. J. K. GOOLD'S New Store, 8 2Hthslu3m No. Qi3 CHKSNCT Street. rjSBjS 8TEINWAY & SONS' GRAND IT I 'square and upright Pianos, at BLASiUS B1MJH.'. No. 1006 CHFJ3NUT Street. 81 tf FOR SALE. MFOR SALE. A VERY DESIRABLE double House, recently put In perfect order, VvaLNUT Street, West Pblludelpnla, Lot 60 feet froLt 8ooo can remain on mortgage. AU drees B, at this pflttce. g 24 61 fm COUNTRY BEAT AND FARM FOR SLA SaLE, 50 orlOO acres, Bristol pike, above 32 7-Uiile atone, and near Tacony. Mansion house, Cuauu shops, and dwellings to let. Apply on tbe premises, or to R. WHIT AKEU, No. 610 LOCUST SU 8 22 21 TO RENT. p O R RENT. rBEMISES, 'o. 808 C11ESNUT St FOB STORE OR OFFICE. ALSO, OFFICES AND LARQB ROOMS Sultabl for a Commercial College. Apjiyat tttf BANK OF THE REPUBLIC. TO BENT.-IO A CAREFDL TEANT, A Jblaa bouse wltb all the modern conveniences and eitaanliy lurnlBhed, situated on uBaKM Btreet, above illttenih street. Apply to FiTLER. WEAVER A CO.. 8 24 81 No. 23 North WATER treet WOOD HANGINGS. rjJHK MAGNIFICENT NEW RjOMS OF THE WOOD MANGINa COMPANY, t No. 1111 CHESNUT STREET) .- i 1 Are now open, where they are prepared to respond to all orders at tbe shortest notice The publio are Invited to call and examine the beautlfal effects of WOOD HANGING la WALL DECORATIONS, And get correct and reliable Information In reference to Us adaptation, cost, and all particulars respecting tbe same. 8 8 mwiamrp LOST. 8 T, On tbe 8 o'clock P. M. train from Cape May, on WEDNESDAY, A LADIES' rOCKET-BOOK, Containing $10 or lis In money, several cards and memorandums, ana a miniature likeness. Tbe lindei will please returu llto the ollleeof "TFTK KVIKlNti 1ELKURAPH," No. 108 South THIRD Street, retaining the money as a reward. 8 18 H HATS AND CAPS. JONES. TEMPLE 4 CQy FASHIONABLE HATTERB, no. zo . n in i n riret, First door above Ohesnot street. 4 H VK WARBURTON'S IMPROVED VENTI 1 lated.and easy-fitting Dress HaU (patented). In all the Improved fashions of the season. CHES NUT Street, next door to the Post Otnoe. U 19 5p PATENTS. TTNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, WA9II- Kj Ington.D U. Aug. 16 UiM CH A It IKS 1'AKUaM, of Philadelphia, Pa., hav ing petitioned fur an extension ot the fatent granted him on the 21st rtay ot November. 1854, and reuaued on the ltd day of Novembei, lbtfl, for an Improvement In Sewing Maohl ts. It Is ordered that said petition be heard at this office on the 2il day ot November next. Any persja may oppose tbla extension. Olijec Ions, nep wilioiis, alU uihi r pai ers should be tiled In this otlUe tweu'v days Imp re 'he duy ol beailug , MI.IH Knoi'K. t-t u-. Cviuiui.( wf f atentc EDUCATIONAL. PENNSYLVANIA . MILITARY ACADEMY, AT CHESTER, (FOR BOARDERS ONLY). The following gentlemen, who devote tbelr time exclusively to the Interest ot the Academy, compose the ACADEMIC STAFF. Colonel THEODORE nYATT. M. A., President, and Professor of Matneuiatlc and Instructor in 1 attics. . l.leutemnt-Colonel JAME9 n. RICE, M. A.. Vice President, and Proiexsor of the Latin Lauguage and Instructor In Rhetoric. t nlonel OKOKUKPaTTKN. gradual United States Military Academy. Professor of Mathematics. lvil and Military Engineering, and Instructor in racllc4. Rev. J. J. KL). Jr., M. A., Proiewer ol tbe Latin and ureek Language, aud Elocution, and Instructor in Logic. . Rev. A. ARMAQNAU, M. A., Professor of Chem istry and Naturaiand Eioerlraenlal Philosophy, aud luMrucior In Mathematics. I-ELIX DK LAMNOY. M. A , Pro'essorof French, Oerniau, aud bpaulsb, aud Instructor la English Branches. fclCHARD TRIOQS, Eq Professor of Vocal and Instrumental Mim'c and Instructor la TaaikM. C. H. FAUNKaTOuK, M . B , Protestor of Pen manship. Book keeping, and Drawing, aud Instruc- 11 r In KrigilRh Branches. Mr. WILLIAM J. HARVEY. Instructor In Eng lish Branch... Mr. 1KRRY M. WASUBAUOH, Instructor In English branches j. R, K, CARTR,'C. E Instructor in Mathematics. The Seventh Annual Btsslon of this Academy open. on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. The Buildings, which have been ereoted expressly for the Institution, are located on an eminence one hundred feet above water level. They are new and complete In all tbelr appointments. Facilities un surpassed by those of any other Institution In the country are afforded to Cadets In the prosecution of an English Classical and Scientific Eduoatlon. The dis cipline for which tbe Academy Is distinguished, ii strict and exacting, but not arbitrary. Careful at tention Is given to tbe mo tal aud religious culture of tbe Cadets. Circular maybe obtained of JAMES H. ORNB Esq, NO. 626 CHESNUT Street, Philadelphia; of T.' B. PETEbKON, Ksq., No. 306 CUE3NCT Street Philadelphia; or ot Colonel THEODORE HYATT, CHESTKB, PNNA. Colonel HYATT will be at Parlor C, Continental Hotel, on WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, the 2tith and 27th Instants, between tbe hours of 10 A. M. aud 12 M and will be happy to see patrons of the Aca demy or others on official bnlnm. g 24 jt QRITTKNDIN'S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, No. 637 CHESNUT Street, corner of Seventh. ESTABLISHED 18H. INCORPORATED ls65. THIS INSTITUTION M THE LONt'EsT K-ra. BLlc-HKD AND BEST ORUaNIZ&D OjC aNV Uh' T41E KIND IN THE CI i i . The large number of its .tulenu, and the numer ous applications noelved Iroui business houses tor lie graouatia, attest lis standing among the business communliy. In addition to the many advantages heretofore en Joy ea, several Important improvements have recently oeei. Introduced, making tne coarse of lust' uition the most practical and moronic b tbac can be found, Young Men who desire to quality taemselvea either for conducting business for tnemseives nr for obtain ing lucrative positions, will fit d the facilities ai ml. lubtltuilon of the iilgbeat order. The Inn. 'notion Includes BooK-KEKt INU in ail its branches, aa practiced by the bet business men. PENMANSHIP. Plain and Ornamental. I O M M ERO 1 a L C A l.CU It K IONS, Busl ness Forms , BUSINESS PRACTICE, commercial Law, etc. etc. Diplomas awarded on grauuaiton Students Instructed separately, and received at any time. COLLEGE NOW OPEN. T8 18 wsmOt Circulars sent on application to tbe Principal. J3ARDEE SCIENTIFIC COURSE LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. The next term commences on THURSDAY, Sep tember 10. Candidates for admission may be examined the day before (September 8), or on Tuesday, July 28, the day before the Annual Commencement, For circulars apply to President OATTELL, or to Professor R. B. YOUNG MAN, n. . . . .-.. Clerk of the Jfaculty. Easton, Pa., July, 1868. 7 14 if gTEVENSDALE INSTITUTE. BOARDING SCHOOL FOR YOUNO LAAIES Terms Board, Tuition, etc per scuoIaUlo year, I 00. NO EXTRAS. Circulars at Messrs, Fairbanks & Swing's, No. 715 CHESNUT Street; also at Messrs. T, B. Peterson & Brothers', No. 80S CHESNUT Street, Address, personally or by note, N. FOSTER BROWNE, Principal, 10 8 1 hmt t Sooth Amboy, N. J. EILDON SEMINARY (LATE LINWO0D HALL), opposite the York Road Station, North l'euns)lvanla Railroad, seven miles Iroru Philadel phia. Ibe Fifteenth Session of Miss CARR'S Select Boarding School for Young Ladles will commence at the above beautiful aud healthful' situation, Septem ber 16. 188. ' Increased accommodations having been obtained by change ot residence, there are a few vacancies, which may be filled by early application to the Prin cipal, bhoemakerlown P, O., Montgomery County, Circulars, and every Information regarding the school, given at the Office ot JAY COOKE fc CO.. Bankers, No. lit 8. THIRD Street, Philadelphia, or aa above. 8 18 2m ST. FRANCIS' COLLEGE, IN CARE OF Franciscan Brothers. LORKPTO, Cambria County, Pa, four miles from Creason. Chartered la 1868, with privilege of conferring degrees. Location tbe most healthy In the State, the Allegheny Moun tains being proverbial for pure water, braclog air, aud picturesque tcenery. l-cbolaatlo year oommencei lat ot September and ends 2Utu of June. Land Surveying apparatus furnished grails. Students admitted from eight years to manhood. Board and tuition, payable in advance, lioo per session. Classical and modern languages extra tio. Beterenees Right Rev. Bishop Wood, Philadel phia; Right Rev. Bishop Lomeneo, Pittsburg; aud Rev. T. B. Reynolds, Loretto. Music (plauo and una of Instrument), fit. 8 18 2m JJAMILTON INSTITUTE DA AND BOARD-log-School for Youog Ladles, No. 8810 CHESNUT Street, Philadelphia, will reopen on MONDAY, Sep tember 7, 1868. For terms, etc , apply to 8t4tf PHILIP A. CREGAR. A. M., Principal. ACADEMY OF THE PROTESTANT EPIS COPAL CHURCH, LOCUST AND JUNIPER on eels. . The Autumnal Session will open on MONDAY, Bepien-ber 7. Applications for admission may be made during the preceding week, between 10 and 12 o'clock in the morning. , , . JAMES W. ROBINS, M. A., 8 12 wfintw Head Master. CHESNUT 8TREET FEMALE SEMINARY, PHILADELPHIA. Miss BuNNEY and Miss DILLAYB will reopen tbelr Boarding and Day Sohool (Thlriy-seventn Session), September 18, at No. 181 Chesnut street. Particulars from circulars. 10 to 10 1 TnE UNDER8IGNED, ABOUT TO DISCON tlnue tbe duties of hi. School, oilers for rent the desirably located Rooms. N. E. corner Seventeenth and Market streets. Fixtures, etc., for sale on liberal terms. Apply to JOfaN V, HILLARY, on tvie pre miers, or to J OH. DAVISON. Morton Post Onlce, W. C. aud P. Railroad. ' 8 lt HD. GREGORY, A. M.t WILL RE-OPEN his CLAtsMOtL and iCNULlulI UOHOOL, No. 1108 MARKET Street, on TUESDAY, Heptiu. tot 1. a 84 1 ill QIG P. ROXDINELLA, TKACHEB OF SING IkJ piivMie uh'Oiib and damn. Residmioa, C0. toeo, l UiitiiU-iMU-.-nJ-. 6 1J EDUCATIONAL. V.n. H. Y. LAUDE ROACH'S SELECT Classical, Sclcnlliic and Commercial School for Boy. and Young Men, will open on MONDAY. September 14, at the ASSEMULY llTJlLuiNCiS, TENTH and CHESSUT 8 treat. This school will combine tbe thoroughness ami sys tem of a first-class publio school, wftn the peculiar advantages of a WELL-APPOINTED fRIVATE ACADEMY. Applications for admission may be made at Iker rooms oaily. from 8 u. via. M. t 8 21 Ira THE MISSES JOHNSTON'S B0ARDIN3 Day School ior Young Ladle. No ira U W bWeet' W,a re0D,n V.) Sep'timbS "' 1 . HI lis pIANO.-MR. V. 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No. 119 DEVONSHIRE Street, 8 22mwflm4p BOSTON. CLOTHING. T11E OHIO GIRLS' HOARDING-SCHOOL There's a girls' Boardtng-School In the State oi Ohio Where they torture the boarders till each has to err Oh I With a corset so tight, (They don't care how It plnohee), And heela to tbe height Of three or four inchest This horrible corset Woeidn't go on, Excel t that they foroe It And lace It tigbt down. So tightly they lacs Tbat they're black In the face, And then they endeavor to travel with grace; With a gay, stylish air, so j aunty and frolicsome, And the new 'Oreolan Bend," as if they had ooll tome, With squeezed lunge and faces, And cramp in each toe They make painful grimaces Wherever they go. Foor things I If they atay at the sohool in Ohio, It's much to be feared they'll prtsently die, Ohl Not so wl'h oar men and our boys, tor of courie It Never was heard, that man wore a corset t We clothe them with aplendor, and at them with ease,. 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Baa all the strength ot tbe old rosin soap, with the in I Id and latbtrlng qnallues of genuine Castile. Try this aplcudld Hoap. KUi,l BY T UK ALLEN CHEMICAL WORKH. NO. 8 NORTH
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