c THE DAILY Byfifl-fNG TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 18G8. NO TA BLE R UNKARD S. We pve the folio jrinff extracts from Mr. James l'nrtori's article In tho Atlantic Uon'hUj, entitled "Inebriate Acjlunis, and a Vibil to One:" Kterv Wfdneodar eTftiln?, after prayers, a kind of temperance meeting is held in the rhnprl. It Is the intention of the superintend-' eiit tb at every inmate of the asjlum shall bocoroe arquuititrd wt'h the natare of alcohol, and with the prede effects of alcoholic drink upon the human system. ll menu that they shall comprehend the absurdity of drinking ai clearly as thej know its ruinous consequences. He accordingly opens this mettinn with a s hort locture upon some- one branch ot the subject, and then incites the patients to illustrate the roint Irom their own experience. At the meeting which 1 haopened 10 attend, the sub ject of Mr. Daj's remarks was suestcd (ss it olten is) by an occurrence which had just taken place at tho institution, and had bsen the leading topic of conversation all that day. At the last meeting a yon us man from a distant tit ate, who had been in tho Asylum for some roon'hs, anvl was about to return home, de livered ttu eloquent furewell address to his com panions, nreing them to adhere to their ro-olu-tion, and protesting his unalterable Tciolve never, never, never aeain to yield to their alluring and treacherous foe. He spoke with uuusual animation and in a very loud Toice. lie took his departure in the morning by the trie Road, atid twelve hours alter he was broueht bask to the Asvltm drunk. Upon his recovery he related to the superintendent and to bis friend s tho story of his lamentable fall. When the train had p ono tbrco hours on its way, there was a detention of three hours at a station that offered little entertainment to inpatient travellers. The returning prodigal paced the platlorm; found it dull work: heard at a dUtanco the sound of billiard balls; went and played two games, losing both; returned to the platform and resumed his walk; and there fell into tho train of thought that led to tun catastrophe. Ilia reflections were like these: ' How perfect Is my cure! 1 have not once thought ot taking a drink. Not even when I saw men drinking at the bar did it cross my mind to follow their example. I have not the least desiro for whisky, and I have no doubt 1 could take that 'one Rlitss' which Dr. Day keeps talking about, without a wish ior a second. In fact, no iuau is perfectly cured till he can do that. 1 have a great mind to put it to the test. It almost sems as if this opportunity of trying mjself had beea created on purpose. Here goes, then, for the last phi's or whl-ky I snail take as long as 1 live, and I take it purely as a scieutiac experiment." Odo hour attcr his friei d, who was uccompauylnt him hone, found him lyins; hi a corner of a bar-roo u, dead druuk. Ho had him picked up, and placed in the next train bound for Bingbamton, This was the text of Dr. Day's discourse, and lie employed it in enforcing anew his three car dinal points: 1. Notu petorau inebriate until Le thoroughly distrusts the strength of his own resolution. 2. Sj hope for au inebriate except in total abstinence 63 long as he Jives, both Id sickniss and in health. 3. Little hope for nn inebiiutc unices be avoids, on system aud 611 principle, I'ue wC?'-0 Ot tmp'atiou, the places where liquor is sold, an 1 the persoil? w" will nrse it upon him. Physician?, he said, were the inobi iale's worst enemies; and he advised his hearers to avoid the tinctures prepared with alcohol, which had often awakened the long-dormant appetite. During my stay at Blnghnmton, a clergyman resident in the town, and recently an inmate of the Asylum, had a flight indisposition rsault'mg from riding home from a meeting ten miles in the rain, tine of the physicians of the place, Who knew his history, knew that he bad been an Inebriate of the mo t pronounced type (quart of liquor a day), prescribed a powerful dose of branuy and laudanum. "I dare not take it, doctor," he said, and put the damnable temptation behind him. "If I had takeu it," said he to me, "I should Lave been drunk to-day." The case, too, re ' qaired nothing but rest, rice, and an easy book. No medicine was necessary. Dr. Day has had under bis care a man wno, after being a con firmed drunkard, had been a teetotaler tor eigh teen years, and had then been advised to take wine for the purpose ot hastening a slow conva lescence. His appetite resumed its old ascend ancy, and, alter drinklbg furiously for a year, he was brought to the A9ylurn in delirium tre mens. Dr. Day expressed a strong hope and belief that the returned inmate mentioned above bad now actually taken his last glass of whisky; for he had discovered bis weakness, and was in a much more hopeful condition than he had been before his lapse. The Doctor scouted the idea that a man who has thi misfortune to break his rejolutiou should give up the struggle. Some men, he said, must lull, at least oticc, before the last rag of self conudence is torn from them; and he had had patients who, alter coming buck to him in Boston four timea, had conquered, and lial bvefl sobeily lor years, and wero ttlil living Eoneriy. Wheu the superintendent had finished his remarks, he called upon his hearers to speak. Several of them did po. One young gentleman, an officer of the army during tho war, made bis farewell speech. He thanked his companions for the iorbaarance they had shown him during the first weeks of his residence among them, when he was peevish, discontented, rebellious, and had no hope of ever being able to couquer his pro pensity, so olleu had he tried and failed. He would have left the asylum in those days, if he had had the money to pay his tare on the cirs. Ho felt the importance of what Dr. Day had al vanced retpecling the occasions of temptation, and especially what he had said about physi cians' prescriptions, which he knew had led men to drink. "'If," he added, "I can not live without alcohol, I would rather die. For my part, I expect to hae a struggle all my life; I don't think the time will ever come when it will bs safe for me to dally with temptation, and I teel tho neces sity of following Dr. Day's advice on this point." He spoke iu a sisjple, earnest, and manly m Mi ner. He was followed by another inmate, a robust, capable-looking man of thirty-five, who also spoke with directness and simplicity. He hoped that fear would help him to abstain. If he couid only keep sober, he had the best possible prospects; but if he again gave way, he saw nothing betore him but infamy and de struction. He spoke uiode.tly aud anxiously, evidently feeliug that it was more than a matter of life and death with him. Wheu he had con cluded, a young gertleman rose and delivered a flotnt, flowery address upon temperance iutt such a uiscouise as might precede a lapse into diinkinp. On Monday evening of every week the Lite rary Society of the lnstitutiou holds its meeting, when essays are read aud lectures delivered. The course of lectures delivered last winter are highly epoken of by those who heard them, and they were all written by inmates of the Asylum. Among the subjects treated were: Columbus, a fetua.y of Character- Goldsmith; The Tele graph, by an Operator; Hesource of Missouri; Jfiarly Unglith Novelists; The Age, and the Meu for the Aee; (Jeology; The Pae'ions, with Poetical Illustrations; The Inebriate Asy lum under the lt-glme of Coerclou. It occasionally happens thit distinguished visitors contribute something to the pleasure of me evening. Airs. B owe, the newspapers lutorm us, was kind crouch some time since to clve them a reading from "Uncle loin's Cabiu;" and tne copy 01 me oook irom which she read wa a chean double-columned Dsmuhlet broueht from the South by a lreedman, now the porter ot the Asvluro. Be bought it and read it while ha waa still a (-lave, little thinking when be scrawled his name across the diuary title-page thit he should ever have the honor of lending it to the authcre-s. Nearly twelve years have now elapsed since Dr. Day began to accumulate experience in tho treutintnt 01 lucDriuxes, aunng wuicu time ne has had nearly lour thousund patients under his care. What nronortion of thee were perina- iinuly cured it is impossible to say, because Dothing is heard of muiiy pationls after they leave; bat it is reasonably coujocturtd that two thirds of the whole number were restored. It is a custom with many of tbem to write an annual letter to Dr. Day on the anniversary of their entering the Home umler his ninnaiieuicnt, and the reading of such letters is a n'gblr iutc mtiug and beneficial feature of the Wednesday evening temperance meeting. The leoboli;, mania is no rsspecter of persons. Dr. Day has had under treatment twenty-one clerej men, one ot whom was a Catholic priest (wh6 had delirium tremens) and one a Jewish Itsb'ol; He has bad one old man past seventy, and ooe boy of sixteen. He bas had a Philadelphia "Killer" and a Judgeof Supreme Court. II Las had steady two-quarts-a-day anen, and u)u who weie subject only la ssuii-aunual debaucua. He has had men whose "tears" lasted but forly-eicht hours, and one man who ctue in vf his own accoid after hat he styled "a e'uenl spree" of three months' contiuatuco. He has had druakards of two years' standing, and tbo who have been slaves of strong drink for thirty years. Some of his success's have been striking aad memorable. There wa Dr. X , of Xenuctee, at thirty-live a 1 hjsieun of larpe practice, pro fessor in a medical collcse, happy in an excel lent wife and raven children. Falling into drink, lie lost at leneth his practice, bis professorship, his propertv, bis borne; his family aban ioued him to hit. fate, and went to his wile's father in another Stuie: and he became at last a helpless gutter sot. His brother, who heard by chance of the Home tu. Boston, picked htm up one day from the street, wheie he lay insensible, and got him upon tho train for the East. Before he roused from bis drunken stupor he was half-way across Virginia. "Where am If" he asked. "In Virginia, on your way to Boston." "All right," said he, in a drunkard's Oiimkerest manner; "all right I give me some Wbifky." He was carried Into the Homo in the arms of men, and lay for some weeks miserably sick. His heal h improved, aad the man revived. Ho clutched at this unexpected chance of escape, ai d co-op' rated with all bis heart with the system. Dr. Day wrote a hopeful letter to his wife. "Speak not to mo ot a butband," she replied; "I have no husband; I burled my huubai.d lou? ago." After four mouths stay In the Institution, the patient returned home, and resumed his practice. A year after, his tamily rejoined bun. He recovered all his former standing, wbicti to this day, after nine years of sobne y, he rttaias. His ninth annual letler to his deliverer I have lead. "By the way," he fays, iu a postscript, "did you receive my letters each year of the war?" Yes, thty reached Dr. Day mouths after they were written; bat they sUajs reached him. The secret of this cure, as the patient bus often asserted, was total abstinence. He had attempted to reduce his daily quantity a hundred times; but never, until he entered the Home, was be aware of the physical impossibility of a drunkard' becoming a moderate drinker. From the moment when he had a clear, intellectual comprehension of that truth, the spell was broken: abstinence waa easy; he was hira-eif again. Then there was V , a Philadelphia street savage- one of thoe firemen who used to sleep in the ergice house, and lie in wait for rival companies, and make night and day hideous with slaughter. Fi-arlul beings were those Philadelphia firemen of twenty years ano! Some of them made a neaier approach to total depravity than Buy matures that I have ever seen that wore the lorm of man revel liog in blood, exulting in murder, aud glorying in hellish blows with iron implements, given and received. It was difficult to say whether it save' them keener delight to wound or to bo woundrd. In all com munities where external observances and deco rums becom 'vranbioal, and where the inno cent pleasures of joJa hre, P'aced under a ban, there is sure 10 bo u C.,Hes hicl1 revolts against the invisible despot, anu 0C8 jj a horrid extreme of violence and vice. Tq'3 Y was one of the revolters. Once in many weeks he would return to hia decent home, ragged and penniless, to be reclothed. It is only alcohol that supports men in a life of wsnton violence like this; and he, accordingly, was a deep snd reckless drinker. His sister pre vailed upon him, a ter many months of persua sion, to go to the Home in Boston, aud he pretented himself there one mornincr, black a'l over with coal-dust. He explained his appear ance by saving that be came from Philadelphia in a coal vesel. Dr. Day, who had been notlhed of bis coming, received him with that emphatic politeness which produces such magical effects upon men who have long been accustomed to see an enemy in everyone who behaves decently and uses the English language iu its simplicity. He was exceedingly astonished to be treated with consideration, and to discover that he was not to be subjected to any disagreeable process. He proved to be n jjood, simple soul, very igno rant, not Laturally intelligent, and more capa ble, therefore, of faiih than of knowledge. The Doctor won his confidence; then his good will; then his affection. Something that was read in the Bible attracted his attention one day, and he asked to be shown the passage; and Ibis was the begiunmg of his reading the Bible regulnrly. It was all new to him; he found it highly interesting; aud, this dally read ing being associated in his mind with his reform, the book became a kind of talisman to him, aud he felt safe as long as he continued tho practice. After a six months' residence he went to work in Bostou, but always returned to spend the evening at the Home. At tbo beginning of tho war he enlisted. He was in Colonel Baker's regiment 011 the bloody day of Ball's Bluff, aud was cue of the gallaut handful of men who res cued from the enemy the body of their slain commander. He was one of the multitude who swam the Potomac nmid a pattering rain of bullets, tud waikea oareioot seven miles to camp. The first man that met Dim there onerc J mm wniEKy. uisiaxen Kinanessi senseless otltr! A man who is sinking with fatigue wants rest, not stimulation; sleep, not excitement. Don t oiler me that " he gasped, shuddering. "1 dread that more than bullets." Instead ot the whiekv. he took twelve hours' sleep, and consequently awoke refreshed, and ready for another aaj's nara service, ai Anuetam ne bad the glory and high privilege of giving his life for n.ankiud. A builat through the brain sent him to heaven, and stretched his body on the field in painless and eternal sleep. It lies now in a cemetery near his native city; a monument covers it; aud all who were connected with him are proud to point to hit grave and claim him for their own. What a contract bclweea dyinir so and being killed in a motiveless street-tight by a savage blow on the head with a spcaking-tiumpet 1 Ono Sunday morning a loud ringing of the fiobt-door bell of the Homo in Boston induced Dr. Duy himself to answer the summons. He found a man at the door who was in the most complete slate of dilapidation that can be imagined ragged, dirty, his hat awry, torn and bent, spectacles with one eye gone and the other cocked out of place, the perfect picture of a druuken sot who had slept among the barrels and cotton-bales for six months. He was such a person as we thought less fools roar at iu the theatre sometimes, about 10 30 P. M., and who makes the lives of sundry children and one woman a long and hopeless tragedy up in some dismal garret, or down in sonie pestilential cellar. "What can 1 do for you ?" iuquired the Super intendent. "My name Is A. B ; will you take me In?" "Have jou u letter ol iu'.roductiou from any one" "No." "We must have sti ethiug of the kiud; do you know any one in Bo?t' n ?" "Yes; there U Ur. Kirk; I've preached in his chiiTch; ha ought to know me; I'll seo if he does." In a fewm'nuteg he returned, bearing a note from that uistingui.iln-d clorfijnuo, faying that l e thought be knew the man; and upon this he whs admitted. He was as cotnplctn though not as hopeless a wreck as he appeared. He had been a clergy man iu good siauumn and of ability respectable, but had liiktnsibly I iilun under the dominion of a niauia for drink. I cr ten years he had been a downipjht tot. lie had not seen his luiiiily lu that tune. A benevolent man who chanced to meet h'm in New Yerk de-enbed to bim the Wat-hVnrtonian Hoti-c, made him promlHe to go to it, and cave him mouey for the purpose. He immediately spent tbc money for drink: but yet, in tome foigottcu ny, he smuggled himself to Boston, and made h's appeurunce at tbo Home on that hunday nioruin!. Such cases as this, hopeless as they seem, are among the easiest to cure, because there are knowledge, conscience, and pr'do Intent in the man, which begin to a-.f rt themselves as soon as the system is freed fiom the pieseuce of alcohol. This jiuu wus easily made to see the truth respecting Lis case. He soon came to uudtraluml alcohol; and thU alone Is a surprising assistance to a man st the Instant of temptation. He remained at th! Hone six months, always lmprovmg in health, and recoil ing bis Jormercharacter. He lett It 39 ton twenty two months ago, and has since lived with perlrst sobriety, and has been restored to hit tamlly aui to his profession. . I once heard Dr. Day relate the occurrence which pioduced in his mind the conviction that drunkards could bs rescue 1 Irom the domina tion of their morbid apaetite. One evening, when he came home from bis work, he liiird that a certain Jtck Watts, the sot ot his neighborhood, was staivitig with bis wi e and three joaug children. Alter tea be went to eo bim. la treating this first patient, Albert Day hit upon tbe very method be has ever since pursued, and so I beg the reader will note the manner iu which he proceeded. On entering his cottago he was ss polite to him, as considerate t.f his dionlty as bead ot a household, as he could hsve been to the first man of the village. "Ur. Walts," said he, a'ter the ueanl salutations, "1 bear you are in straitened ctr cuuutuDcrs." The man, who was then quite sober, replied: "I am; my two youDgett chil dren went to bed crying for food, and I had none to give them. I spent my lat tbrce cents over there," pointing to a grog shop opposite, "and the barkeeper said to me, at he took the moLey, sajs he, 'Jack Watts, you are a fool,' aud so I am." Here was a chuncc (or a line moral lectare. Albert Day indulged In nothing of the kind. He said, "Mr. Watts, excase me lor a few minutes;" and he went out, retnrnlng soon with a basket containing some Hoar, pork, and other materials for a supper. "Now, Mrs. Watts, cook something and wake jour children up, and eivethem something to eat. I'll call again early in tbe mornine. Good night." Perfect civility no reproaches no lecture practical help ot the kind needed and at tbe time needed. Observe, too, that the man was in the condition of mind in which patients usually are when they make the confession im plied in enterine an asylum. He was at the end of his tetht r. He was to use the language ol tbc bar-room "dead beat." When Mr. Day called the Cost morning tbe family had bad thtir break fait, and Jack Watts smiled bem dictions on the man whom he htd been wort to regard as his cnemv. because he was the declared enemy of Jack Watts' enemy. Now the time had come for a little talk. Jack Watts explained his circumstances; he had been out of work for a long time, and he bad con sumed all bit substance iu drink. Mr. Day listened with respecttul attention, spoke to bim of various plans fur the future, and said that for that day he could give bim a dollar's worth of wood-chopping to do. Then they got opou the liquor question. In the softened, receptive mind of Jack Watts Albcsjt Day deposited the sub stance of a rational temperance lecture. He spoke to him kindly, respectfully, hopefully, strongly: Jack Watts' miad was convinced; he said he had done with diiuk for ever. He meant it, too; and so was brought to the second stage on the road to deliverance. In this particular case, resting from labor was out of the question and unnecessary, for the man had been resting too long already, and must needs go to work. The wood was chopped. The dollar to be paid for the work at ,ihe close of the day was a fear ful ordeal for poor Jack, lning fifteen yards from a bar-room. Mr. Day called round in the evening, paid him the dollar without remark, fell into ordinary conversation with the family, Bnd took leave. John stood the test; not a cent of the money found its way into the till of the barkeeper. Kext morning Mr. Day was there again, and. seeinir that the oatient was crohn? on well. SDoke to blra further about the future, nmi glided again into the main topic, dwelling much upon the aoeoiute necessity of total and eternal abstinence. He got the man a place, visited him, held him up, foitified his mind, and bo helped him to complete and lastinsr recoverv. Jack Watts never drank again, He died a year or two ago in Maine at a good age, having brought up his family respectubly. 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BKHIUNG'tt SAFES preserve their contents wiitre Bale of oibermaaera Ill I . V ABQUKTTJd, Michigan, July 20, 18SS. ilftsrt. Jltrriny fc CI). CkMLhMKN: Uu thellth nit., the entire business portion 01 our lovtn waa destroyed by lira. Oui-mio, which was oneot your nionuluciure, wi subject to au lntei)b heat, but proved liaeif adequate to the severe tebt. it lay in ruim ourtetn days, aud when taken out from its apuekraace ((be uutside covering being burned Ihrouu lu niauy plMceuj, aud lu view ol the laot mat several oilier safes previously taken out were entirely deatroyed, 11 wus a gret aurprlBe 10 ua to find the contents legible tuid lu good condition. . , . Several orders lor new rates have already beon seut you, wuicn In the bt-ul prool ol tnia uiohi Butlni4 Uiry lent, aud ol the ountldence ot this community in your sales. 'WlkWos & SMITH. nETlBING'9 PATENT HANKERS' CHAMPION BA k Kei, mttde i t wroiifcut irou ttud steel, and itie latent i rauklinlto, or "eMilegel Kieeu," tue host ru slstuut to burglars' drills or cutting Instruments vvTlTi'UOUSE SAFES, for silver plate, valuable papers, laoleb' Jewelry, elo eto., both plalu and In iuiiluilun ot hHiidsoo-e p.ews of lurulture. HKKMIiSU'tt l'ATKKiT teAi i-sl, the l hsuiplon Pale lor the past TWKNTY-savitN vsiakh; Hie victor at Uiekoni.iBj)'.AiB, i,tiUouj the Worlds ib, Kew York: tue Jixfohition ONivEKHk.nr.ai, Puna, and wiknkh or Tit a waoku Or W.oi0 jthamcs at iiie rect-ui Inlet national con tut lu fajH. ere made aud told only by the uudersigued and our auiuoristKl k,Ml' FARREL, HERRING & CO., ' PHILADELPHIA. EEBBINU. FAUHAL. fe BUKHM AN. New Yorfc. ' HKBRINQ A OO , Chicago. . HEBIUNa, VAlMtiL fc bHKlUAN, 9 2wfm3mrp Maw Oiluaus. L . M A I S E B , MANurAcrimKR or JjIRE AND BURGLAIM'ROOP SAFES, JjOCKftMlTH, KKLL-HANUICll. AND DEALBB IN liUiLJjiiNU ilAKDWAHK, M K 0, BACK btreot. GOVERNMENT SALES.. I V . SALS OF CONDEMNED ORDNANCE AND UKU AKCh. 0 roKtU. Otrn k or V. h. (ibphntii Aarewcr, 1 Cor. IIotisioN a MasBNBHui ifiiiraiiceoiiiirHeiie), V sw Vohk i m. Sen. U4, l;s (P. o. JU'.1Z IHIl.) J Maled Proposals. In diiiJlft. will bi reoi Ived at thiaollice until haTUHLiaY, oitubi-r 24, ihhs, at li M., fur the pun-Inning uf condemned cannon, shot, Shell, Rcrap. wrought and Cant liou. riraw, and other ordnance nores, i. eaud at 1 lie lol.olnif points ou Hie Atlantic coHBt, 10 wlt:-Kort II kmlituti and 11 Or nbt iorw V a.lHworih, I.sfayetle, Columbus, snd; HchuvW, mt (JaMle WIlllHtu., in New YorK Harbors tort Trumbull, New .London llarixir. Conn.: Port Adams ami Vaicott. Newport Harbor. K. I.: Port "JolinlltlHU D, rorlniuoiillt Haibnr, N. H.s Port Kfiox. jiuckspoit, and Form l'reol and Mcmrui, Portland Jtarhur, We.; Fori Plcenaud lUrraucas, Peniaoola llar-bor. i m.; Mobile; and Pons Ualnes sad Morgau. ItohlUi Harm r, Ala ' 1 bin salfl contemplates Its disposition of T9 cannon lu New York Harbor, estimated as weigh ing 437, IMS puuiiilit; 28 ctuuon lu P,rl,,aiid Haroor, eailiuaud as weighing los.boo peui d ; 4'2canuoo In Nea poi t Harbor VMttuiated aa wemhl. g 2ii 6(10 pouudi; JV canncu In New London Harbor. e.iitinaled aa weighing M 648 pound; III cannon lu Pennacola Har bor, Mi ma led aa weighing HI 1.BS7 p mndr, W cannon In Mobile Harbor, emulated as weighm Pis 4uu pouadn: to cnur.on In Portsmouth Harbor, N, il tstlrnatfd as weighing 1 1 '!,! 1 pounds. Also mal er lots at Port Niagara, Yonngstown, S i."' ii'tv.Ontrl0, Oswego, . Y., aud toaukdtta The condemned shot and shell, a'.iniiDtlng In the Itgregule to 1.MR.4.M pounds, are In quantity at each of ihe aOove nieuuoned Ions; also, scran wrougut Iron, amounting lu tue aggreia.e to 4t),;wi pounds. Pull aid tcmpleie catalogues of the property ollered can b uad on application to mis olllce, the Old 11.. nee I'Uloe at Wabliingtou, and in tbe co n mar.dln nlUcer of .he dlileieut 1 iris. Teruin, c r leu per cent, on the1 dy if sale, aud the remainder wbeu the property Is delivered. Tulrty day will be aiiowrd for the removal 01 heavy ordnance; all other stone will be required lu be removed wlthlu ten days from elite ot sale. 1 be Ordnance Department reserves the right to reject all b ds not deemed satinfactory. Prior to the acceptance of any bid, it will have to be approved by the War Department. Bidders will state explicitly the fort or forts where tt ey will accept more", and the number and kinds they propo,e to purchase. Deliveries will only be made at the forts. Proposals w ill b addreneed to Brevet-Colonel P. CrlKplu, Mijorot Ordi nnre, U e A., Indorsed "Pro posals lor purchasing condemned ordnance aud ord nance stores." B. ClllSPiN, Bievet-Colouel. U K. A. 8 24 4w Altijor of Ordnance. PUBLIC SALB OF CONDEMNED ORD nance and Ordnance blore. A large amount ol condemned Ordnance and Ord nance (stores will be ollered lor sale, at Public Auc tion, at the Hock island Arseuni, llll iols. ou WKU MthliAY, tbe 14. h day of October, lMx,al 11) o'ciocc, A. M, The loilowh g list cjmprUca some Of the principal articles to be sold viz.; 2 Iron guus, various calibres. 8400 pounds khut, shell, eio. Blv held carriages. 2i6 lots of artl lery harness, ewcarblner, various models. 8;7H niuskeu aud rules, various models. 2o8 re volvers, various models. 4",'Mi lots ot infantry accoutrements, SM'U McClellan snddles, 8(HK)curb bridles. WOO watering bridles. . Persons wishing complete lists of the stores to be sold tan obtain tbem by application to ihe Chief of Ordnance, at WeablLgtou, D. U, of Brevet Oulon.l Crispin, United Btntee Army Purchasing OtHcer, cor ner ol Houilon and Oreen aireels, New York city, or by direct application to this Arsenal. Iitentenant-Colonel Ordnance, and -Brevet Brlgadler-Oeneral U. H. A. Couimauding Beck Island Arsenal, fept. 4. lb68 9 S 6w PROPOSALS. DEPARTMENT OP PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, 01hceo. 1W 8. FIFTH Btreet. . Pbh.adki.phia, Oct. 2, 1888, NOTICE TO CONTKACIOIW. Sealed proposals w 111 be received at tbe ofllce of theut lei Commissioner ol High wave until lit o'clock A. M., on MONDAY, 6lh Inst., for the construction of bewer on the.llue ol Abigail street, from lis connec tion with the sewer In Coral street, to a point Sao hundred and seventy feet southeastward from said Coral strtet, with a clear inside diameter of two feet and six luchee, with aucn Iron or stone luleis and man-holes as may be directed by the Chief Engineer and Surveyor. Tbe under Standing to be that the Contractor shall take Dills prepared against the properly fronting .ou said sewer to the amount of oneuollarand twenty five cents lor each lineal fool of front on each side of tbe street as so much cash paid; the balance, as limited byOrdlnai.ce to be paid by the City. Aud the Contractor will be required to keep the street and sewer In good order ior three years alter tbs sewer Is finished. Hie sewers herein advertised are to be completed on or before the 11 rot day ot December, lHua. When the street is occupied by City Passenger Railroad track, the sewer snail be constructed along side of said track In such manner as net to obstruct or Interfere with the sale passage of the cars thereon; and no claim for remuneration shall be paid the Con tractor by the Company using said track, as specllled In Act ot Assembly approved May 8. lsiiti. All bidders are invited to be present at the time and place of opening the said Proposals. Kach pro posal will be accompanied by a certificate that a bond Las oeeo filed In tbe Law Department as directed by ordinance of May 23. istiu. If tue lowest bidder shall 'not execute a contract wlthlu five days after the work Is awarded, he will be deemed as declining, and will be held liable on bis bond for the dlU'erence between bis bid and tbe next highest old: ai d this Department reserves the right to reject all bids uol deemed sailsfaciiry. f-pecllicatlons may be had at the Department of Bur vejs, which wlU be strictly adhered to, MAHION H. DICKINSON', 10 8 St Chief Commissioner of Highways. INSURANCE COMPANIES. ib Indus ) rKitu ahtuu'S ( ? UlBHON, O. N. r August 22, 1BS8. ) OB0P0SALS FOR CORN AND OATS. Headquarters District of ths Indus IfcUiillOltY, l H1KK WUABTKU Pealed Pronorals In dnnllnate will be received at thlsOllice until noon on MONDAY, the 6th day of October, b68, for furnishing the Quartermaster's Department with supplies, to be delivered as fol lows: POBT GIBSON, Cherokee Nation, 10.C0O bushels of Corn. POBT ABBUCKLK, Chickasaw Nation, 20.000 bushels ol Corn. POUT AKBOCKLE. ChickasawNa'lon.5000 bushels ot Oais. . All bids to furnish the above must be for sound merchantable Corn or Oais. subject to the Inspection ol the ollicer or agent of the United Blates receiving the t ame. Proposals must In all csss specify the kind and quan tl' y of Corn or Oats the bidder desires to luruisu, whetner in racks or bulk. ach bid must be accompanied by a good and suffi cient guarantee from two responsible parties setting foith that in tbe event of us acceptance, they will give smple security for the faithful performance of 111 6 BAUif The right to reject any or all bids that may be offered Is t servtd. Proposals must be plainly Indorsed Propornl for Corn," or fr cn.otalt for 0U," as the case may be, and addressed to the undersigned at fort Uibsou, 'Payment to be made In Government funds on de livery ot the Corn or Oats, or aa soon thereafter as fhnds shall have been received tor that purpote. Delivery to commence on or before Nov. 1, 18-w, and to continue at a rate ot not less than auuo bushels per month until the contract la flllee, Ky order of Brevet Major-Oeneral B. H. GBTEBSON. A. F. Boom wsj.l, Brevet Lieut.-Ool., A. ti. M. U. a. A., Cbiel ti. M. District Indian Territory. 4103 CLOTHING. rpnE OLDEST ESTABLISHED BOYS' CLOTHING STORE IN THE VJSIOJr. We have now on band a large assortment of very fine Rcndy-Maao Clothing for Boys, 'Which will be sold as cheap as the same style and quality can be purchased elsewhere. An f xtenslve afsurtmeui o' duo CI)TH3, CASSl MPBE3 BiiAV.fc.B3 itc, for gentlemen's order work. T. A. IIOYT & BilO., ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS, 1 1 fBiu2m TRNTH and CHKHNH r Streets A 2 U R E N C, COSCEXTEATED LXDIUO. For tbe Laur dry .Free from Oxitllo Acid, See CnemiBi's CeitltiCRle A Fctent rocket Pincushion cr Kmery Bag In each Twenty Cent Box. f7 27 mwfain Por sale by all respectable Grocers and Df usa!!.; yIRB GUARD 0, rOB 8TOBE FBONTI, AfSTliCMH, FAC tvBies, KTO. ratent Wire Hailing, Iron Bedsteads, OrnamenU Wire Work, Paper Makers Wire and svery tarlely Of Win Work, rajusofactnred by f. WiLKBB UOVm Soawfl X9 U Worm tilXJU btrssl YILLINCHA8T & HILT '.8 INSURANCE 1 Wl 1 No. 409 WALNUT St. ASKNTS AND ATTORN JETS POBJ Home Fire Insurance Companj, NHW UAVBif, CONS Bprlngllcld Fire anil Murine Ins O., RPKINOPIKLD, MABtt. Tonters and Kcw York Insurance Con BXW YOBB Teoplcs' Fire Insurance Companj, WOiMJiESTSB, MASH. Atlantic Fire and Marine Insurance Co., PKOVIDiCNCK, R. I. Gnardlan Fire Insurance Company. Lmulwrmau's Fire Insurance Co., CHICAGO, ILL Insnrance elTected at LOWEtlT BATK8, All losses promptly and liberally adjusted at their Office, Jio. 4GU WALNUT Street, 'H ; PHILADKLPHIA. DELAWAKE 1101UAL riAFliTi' JASUii A ncii. COM Pain i , incorporated ttr ih.wi lure of Pennsylvania, ibs. 7 me Agl OfUce, Boutheast corner THIHD nd wir-mr Hireeis. Phllaneiphla. WAi.iSUT MAkiNJfi XNUBAC1SS On" Vessels, Cargo, aa dPreiht, to all parts ot the INLAND INeUB ANOhVj On Goods, by river, canj lake, and land carriages to all parts of the Union. " w itkk iNHORAJScaa On merchandise generally. On (stores, Dwelling Houses, eto. ASMETS OF Til ffl OTIPAlfX Novemuvr 1, l7. 2CO,C0O rnltl tetates Jflve Per Cent, Loan, 10-408 1201 nnnti 120.000 Cniuid biates Five Per Cent. ' ,wu Loan, 18S1.... iu 4ooo 60,000DnitedHtate7S-10PerCeut.LoBn w Treasury Notes .... 50 w&e KiO.000 Btate of Pennsylvania an Per Cent, Loan UO 07000 128,000 CltyofPblladelphlaHUPerCeut. ' Loan (exempt from tax) 125 625 00 68,000 State of New Jereey Bix Per Cent. Loan a 61,00000 2O 000 Pennsylvania itallroad Pint Mortgage bix Per Cent, Bonds. 19.800DO 2i,00eJPennHy;vauia Ballroad, Heiond Mortgage.blx Percent. Bonds. 23,875-00 ' 95,000 Weetern Pennsvivania KAllroad Blx Percent. Honda (Pqnsyl o."?u1' .ii'll'04kJ gurar.ed)... 20,000 00 80,000 State of Tennasase fruve pet Clent. Loans.... M IS.OOQ'OO 7000 State of Tennessse blx PerOent, 1 Loan... . i270'00 1 (,000,800 shares stock of Germantown Gas Company (principal aud Interest suaranteed by the . . .."Ity of PblladelPhlai.... lS.OOO'OO I 700 15o Hharea Htock of Peunsyiva- ' ,nla Railroad Company ...i 7,800-00 5,000 loo (shares Stock of North Penn on . sylvaula Ballroad Comnanr. 8,00000 sdOOOflO bhares btock Philadelphia 1 and Southern Mail Bieaniahip sm or T -'otnpny. U.OOO'M ivi.vw Aoans ou Bonds and Mortgage, 1 first liens on City Property Ql,90f00 11,11-2,802-fiO M.000'0 218,135 87 11,101,400 far. . ..Market value, IBHIi. IIMI II k I I Bel Estato....". .... ..":.... Bills Beceivable for iuourauce made . , BnU nces due at Agenc e Pre- uiiuma on marine roncies Accrued jnteieet and other , debts due tbe Oorupany 3,334-8 j otock and t-crlpof sundry Insa- 1 ranee and nfiicti. LnnmAniM Ceh in Bant74,8 "H"-tel value..,,...... Cash Li lTw. - S108UI7-1U t-aunin DrawwlMili 298-6J AIVW 183,81583 Thomas C. Hand, DIBEC James C. Hand, Edmund a. Mouder Joseph H. Heal, 1 heophlluB Paulding, tl 607,606-15 bamuel K. blokes. JameM Traquair, W llllttm o. Ludwlg, LlBiu.h L T. ....... James B. McParland, jvyre, ripencer Mc'lvalne, xacuxjt j, Afaiiett, jr., UwArvaW IJ D.T. Moigau.puujburg, J, B. temple, " T.W.zTr.ir r-resiaeni, HENRY LTLBJffi V-Ml. HiiNKY BALL, Assistant HecretarV. 12 SO Edward Darlington juuu n. renroso, H, Joues Brooke, Henry uloan. George G. Lelper, William G. Bouiton, Kdward Laroarcude, jaceo xuegei J29-C1UETEK PEliPETUAL. rrtankliii Fire Insurance Co. OF FUILAUKLrillA, OFFICE: Kos. 435 and 437 ClIESACT STREET, AfSTsJ ON JAM VAST 1. 1888, e.003,74000, CAPITAL ..m. ...M.M,..M.M 9100,00009 ACCB. VKD SlWi US 1.01sV(i FHKbll 1J6',m.,....,. ....,.,...., I , IS S,M 1 UttQ XJNBKTTLSD CLAIMS, INCOMIB FOB 18d as.uoait aa.e.ooo-oo, PAIO fsINCE ISaa OTB $5C00,000, Ptrpetoal and Teiupoiary Policies on Liberal Terms. Clarles N. Bancker, i-Uib w aguer, bauiuel Grant, George W. Kicharda Isaac iak, DIBWJTORf. George Files, ' Atirou ruior, Vrar.cls H, Lewis, M.D.. I'honus Bparss, iVUliamb. Grant, CHARLES 1. BANUii R, President. GHOKiip) t'ALtb, Vlct-Presiaenu JA8, W. McAtUH I'ilt, becielary pro tern. ILxcepl at Lextugton, Heniuc, this Company bas no Agencies V est of Pi.iabuig. aii OllCENIX ISbUBAiiUB X. PulLADEI.PxiIA. COUPANI OF. aJNCUKPUKAIKD isot CHABTEH PERPETOAii. .LIT btretl, oppoiie the iLXuh Aiige, Ko, W ALA I .This Company Insure trum loss 01 damage by on liberal terms ou buildings, merchandise, furniture etc., for limited periods, aud permanently ou build tails by depubit 01 premiums, Tbe Louij.auy has been in active operation for more tban HiX't Y VKaIW, during which aU lanes have been promptly aOJu-aed aud paid. John L. Hodge, jn. r aiBnony, John T. Lewis, William fct. Grant, Hob rt W, Learning, Lawrence Lewis, Jr. David Lewis. Uenlamiu Kiting, Thou.as H, Powers, A. H. Mcllenry, Edmund Caaililom, Samuel Wilcox, Lewis C. Norrls. JOHN R. wikihurkk. President. F4A"DELWlLCIOZ.Hwr(-tanM fclisl F1UK INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY THE KNNWYLVANIA PIKe) IJSSU KANOrC COM PANY lncorioraled ls;to Charter Perpetual No 61o WALK UT street, opposite Independence bquare '1 bis Couipkuy, favorably known to the community for over forty years, continues to Insure against Ions or damage oy fire on Publio or Private Buildings, fltlier peru auently or for a limited time. Also on Furniture Blocks of Goods, and Merchandise gene rally, on liberal terms, Their Capital, together with a large Surplus Pond, Is invested In tbe moat ctrelul manner, which enables them to oiler to the Insured aa undoubted security lu the case 01 loss. BIEOrOBB. Daniel BmltU, Jr., I John Deverenr, Alexander Beuson, I Thomas bmnh, Ixaau rtsxlehurst, Henry Lewis, Thtmas Bob ns, I J. GlillDgham Fell, Daniel Haddock, Jr. vanikl MuiTu. Ja.. President. WM. V, CBOWtLL, becreury. M INSURANCE COMPANIES. I JNSUKAJSCE COMPANX NORTH AMERICA, ' ' No. 232 WALNUT BTIIEKT, pniLADA. IFCOBPOsTKD 17IM. CUABTEB PERParrUAL Mnrlne, lulnmf, niHl Urn nrsin,' t ASSETS JANUARY 1, 18G8, 2,001,2Ge-72 $20,000,000 LoBPea Paid in Caah BinoelU Organisation. I au DIRECTORB. ? tH n,.rPfran' 1 George I.. Harrison, E hajnuelW Jotiee, Pran. Is R Cope, ,' , John A. lire wn. mtii r.imu. I John A. Hit wn, 1 riarive 1 ay ior, A mbrcse White, William Welnh, Ichard I) Wood, ta 11. ..1. r' orr ib tv mm. T. i'h Uon Henra . . I. tl 1 . ' Louis U Madeira, John MMon, - I A HT,1 .... r . ivFiria, Praaldent. 1 rrtASLkn Platt secretary. ' "",n, J Agent Vor'th. SV, Pe"n.,y,rv.X'- F"', STRICTLY MUTUAL.) PFXVIDENT UFE"a?;D TfiUST CoJ 07 PHILADELPHIA. I eetJ OFFICE, No. ill N. FOCItTII RTREET Organlcod 10 promote LIFE lNiSURAKCE among members pi the BOCIEPY OP PBIENDA Good risks of any clasi accepied. Policies hvsutd upon approved plans, at the lowest rates. President, BAMTEL K. BUIPLET. Vice-President, W1LL1AM C. IiNQSTRETH. Ao uary, ROWLAND PARRT. The adyentsges cm rcd by mis company are not excelled 27 FURNITURE, ETC. QREAT BARGAINS IN TJltmxtJiT e. We will t ffer lor ths next SIXTY DAYS Our Large, Elcgnnt, and Fashionable Stok of I'UltSITURIi, At soch prices as will lNtUKB SPEEDY BALES to close our copartnership. ATW00D & II01TEK, No. 45 Bonth 8E0JND Street, -9 21 mwflnr.fsp Abov e Cbeannt street, East Hide, JAMES S. EARLE & SONS, No. 816 CHnSNUT Street. Invite attention to their stock of LOOKING-GLASSES. Which they offer at the very LOWEST PRICES ' The best manufacture only. NEW CHROMO-LITHOGRAPHS Of every character. Works of Blrket, Poster, Itlch ' rdton. New Chromo alter Preyer, etc. ' KNGBAVING9 PICTUBE PRAME3, ' WINDOW CJRNICE3, ETO ' ROGERS' WROUl'S, War and Humorous Subjects Bole Agency, Gallery ot Paintings on free txhlbltlon. 9 11 fmwSmSp- ' 1 WATCHES, JEWELRY, ETO. tWlS LADOMUS & Cd; ( DIAMOND SEALERS & JEWELEBS.Y WATCHES, JKWKLKY A HILT Kit WABK. .WATCHES and JEWELRY EEPAISED. . Wotild Invite particniar attention to their large and -elegant assortment of , - LADIES' AND GENTS' WATCHES of American and Foreign Makers of thelttntst quality ' In Gold and Hliver Cases. A variety of Independent X Second, for horse , timing. IjW and Gents' CHAINS of latest styles. U II -and is kU BTTTON AND EYELET BTTJDS In great variety newest patterns. SOLID SILVERWARE iter Bridal presents; Plated-ware, eto. Repairing done In the best manner, and war ' rented. 1 l&itt I WEDDING RINGS. II I We have for a long time made a specialty of Solid 18-Earat Tltio Gold Weddiug aud Engagcincut Kings, Ard In order to supply Immediate wants, we keep A PULL A&bOBTMENT OP SIZES always on hand, FAKR & BUOTHERJ 7 . MAKERS, UUsmtbrp No. 821 CHE9NUT St.. below Fourth. FRENCH CLOCKS. a. w. russell; Ko. 22 KORTII SIXTH ST1U5ET, Has Just received par steamer Tsrlfa, a very large assortment of FRENCH MARBLE CLOwKS, Procnrlng these goods direct from the best maua factnrers, they axe Ollered at tbe LO rYKST POSSU BLEPIUCES. 82t FURNISHING GOODS, SM1RTS,&0 Ha Se Ke Ga Harris Seamless Kid Gloves, EYEBX PAItt WAB81X1ED, EXCLUSIVE AGENTS rOB GENTS' GLOVES. J. W. SCOTT & CO., t2Trp KO. 814 t llfcSUBT fSTttgET. pATENT B U O U L D B K-8 JE A U IDIBT MHCFACTOBT, AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING 8T0ES. PPPFECT PITTING HHIRTS AND DRAWEBti made 110m meaanreoieul at very short uotioe. All other ar.icles ol GUTLJlMEN'S DB-B3S GCOX.S lu lull variety. WINCnESTER & CO., Ui N.josjjHiiaiSCTSUeefcjr DB. KTNKELIN. AFTEB A RESIDENCB and piaolce 01 thirty years at tue Norihweal corner of Thud end tuhr sfeeie, has lately re-movi-d toHt utn F1.kVJi.NTH Slrtwt, between MAtt kPTudCHNUl'. Bis superiority In Hie prompt ard perfect care ol all rctnl, cluonic, local, and coiiBil.u.luual aduo tiers ot aspeclHl panre, is proverbial. Diseases of the skin, appearing lo a hundred dif ferent forms, totally eraolcal. d; mental and physical webk nena. ai d all nervons debilities soleoiinoally and snrcessluUy treatud. Olllce hours Irom A. At, tog P.M. QEORCC PLOWFilATfi CARPENTER AND BUILDM. REMOVED Xo Ko. 134 DOCK Stmt, PHILADELPHIA
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