6 THE DAILY BfiNWG TELEGRAPH PHIL AD ELPHI A, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 18C8. THE OOTOBER MAGAZINES. In tho Ootober number of Harper's Maga zine Mra. Cralk's Btorv of "The Woman'a King, dom" ia continued, J. Ross Browne has the first paper about his l,Kxperlenaes In Lower California," which is followed by an aooount of the Chinese Embassy. An artlole on George and Robert Stephenson Is illustrated with outs of the first steam engines. Short stories, essays, eto , mak up the balance of the maga sine. As usual, the "Easy Chair" gossip has some of the most interesting Items, and from this department we extraot the following about the misapplication of the prinoiple De mortuis nil nisi bonum: The pleaant story of Dr. Franklin's life aai been oiton told. Mi. Bitrelow, our laie Minister to France, a we were recently saying, bus ni mlrabl? edited a new edition of the Autoblogra- fihy. Mr. Parton also has written a delightful lie of the shrewd old gentleman for such he seems always to have bren, and Mr. Sparks col lected and edited bit various works. As a con spicuou. and influential pernon In our revolu tionary hietury, the Doctor Is, of course, Inces santly mentioned. The wisdom of Poor Kicuard decorates certain nurcery fire-boards still ex tdDt, nor have its echoes wholly ceased in the mouths of shrewd Yankees. Hogarth suoald nave painted his portrait, for he Is like one o:' Hogarth's saluU. lie is the (rood apprentice in the highest staee of development; and not the lees eo that in his case, as in that of all good apprentices, there Is a very strong desire to be hold him when he is not, as It were, sluginir hymns la chnrch out of the same bo.k wltti hid mas'er's daughter. For notwithstanding all the stories of his life and the popular familiarity with it, it is still questionable whether there are not lucts in it which are not generally known, but a knowledee of which is essential to the fall truth of history. When you look at Vandyck's portraits of Charles I, the romuutio melancholy of the expression -with the charm of certain cavalier ballads that it sends ringing through your mind, ft lead very hard apatud Oliver Cromwell with his wart, and Praise God Bareboues with his snuffle. The monarchy, we leel very sure, must, alter all, have been a very good thing; and we will try not to forget morning prayers ipon the anniversary of Charles toe Martyr. If tbat flue portrait were all; yes. ajd it It were even history ? Do we see on it that the royal cavalier was an unconscionable liar? if not, we do not see the truth. And it is with the memoirs of . other historical per sonaees as with this portrait. We see a certain conception of the man, a certain attitude, a certain costume, but we do not see the man. There is a little supplement to the life of the J:ood Doctor, qui eripuU, which shows certain acts not to be lound in the published memoirs, but which are essential to an accurate estimate Of his character. Bo In the neat dining-room of the excellent "Worth House, lu Uudson, there is a full-length portrait of a former Governor of New York. Looking at it and speaking of the magistrate, a companion of tbe Easy Chair said: "What a pity I You know about his habits ?" 'No; what about his habits V "Oh, dear me I no ma-ter. If yoa don't know I won't aebtroy any illusions; not at all, not at all." Gracious hsavens I was he a cannibal? Did ho eat youner children ou -Saturdays? Destroy illusions I Why, the insinuation filled the mind with horrible fancies. Tue Easy Chair rushed to the town library and read all the memoirs. Nothing but greatness and goodness was to be foand upon every page. Meeting his companion again the Easy Chair besought an explanation. There was only u sad smile, a serene waving of the hand, a pitying tone: "De mortuis, you know." Was the Governor, then, really a cau nibal, or did he sacrifice oxen to Jupiter in his nacK panorr rue fcasy Jbair was not long a rey to doubt. A fellow-citizen less mindful of he duty of throwlncr unpleasant truths into tha uuuow saw, wnen toe qucetton wao aalcort- -"Habits 1- why the Goyeruor used to fuddle himself witn liquor, that's all." That might be all, but it was a very importaut fact. If it were true. And If It were true, why did all the biog raphies omit it? Tne Kasy Chair remembers with mingled feelings the occa.-dons upon which it saw Dauiel Webster. One, but not the cad lest, was when he stood in the sunset at Dunkirk, and made a speech at the opening of the Erie Kailroad. It i was his own sunset also; and the tragical weari ness of the hollow eyes, and the air of absence, as It, while solemnly unimportant words were Jalliug from his mouth, his mind were utterly unconscious of the eceue and far away, were pituul. Then there was the Cooper Commemo ration; or the oration before the Historical Eociety of Mew York, and the visit, later in the eveningr, to a club. The rooms were hospitably opened, eo that the company was much more than the club: it was really a kind of public meeting. No oue who remembers that scene can recall It without the most mournful reflections. Mr. Webster attempted to make a speech aut ha could not do it. He was overcome witn wtue. Such scenes were not uncommon towards the clj.-e of his career. But when Mr. Parton wrote au article upon Mr. Webster, in which he gave a most lelicitous aud sympathetic portraiture of the man, he was bitterly assailed for alluding to such incidents, as if he had, in some lncoiu prehenfcible but flagrant manner, betrayed private confidence, or had, at least, violated the acred principle de mortuis. What is tbe explanation of this disposition to tamper with the truth? How hollow and ghastly funeral orations sound when they care luily omit to mention what Is most prominent in every mind! Old Grab dies, the notorious miser. He is ;known lor nothing else. His name is a synonym of selti6h grasping, of ' morbid niggardliness. He went to bed at dark to save canules. He perjured himself awlully to save taxes. He was as squalid ia his method of life as a Digger indiuu, and would not pare his nails to avoid waste. A disgrace to hmmanity and a cumbercr of tbe ground, he dies and lo 1 we commit our deceased brother to tbe earth, and the Bevereud eulogist begs us to take warning by his death, lor in a moment we may be eua'ched away, and in an hour when we know not the Bon of Mau cotufcth. Warned by bis death 1 Why, it is his lite that Is the most portentous warning; and not a word did we hear upon that warning in the dismal tone of the preacher. It is very well if he did not choose to say over Grab's coffin tbat he had set an example which all honorable men would caretully avoid; but why, then, did he call attention to bin death? To die was the beet thing Grab could do. And If warnings are to be urged at all, let them be founded upon the example that is to be avoided, not upon an event common to all men. . As for the principle de mortuis. the only criti cism which it is worth while to make upon it is, "that if we are not to hear the whole truth about famous people, there is really no use in hearing - of them at all. If a biographer may omit, in order to produce an effect, he may also a id. If it be lust and proper not to state in a memoir of Mr. Webster that he was very fond of wine, and - t . . 1 . I 1 . . . . wan uiu u iuumereu o.y it, men it is equally lust to say that he was a Islr-uaired man of angelic aspect, who sang sweetly to the guitar. What we want is not ou ideal Mr. Webster, but the truth. Daniel Webster was never more truly portrayed, nor with higher appreciation of bis esBeniial greatness and generosity of nature, than by a man who made his career the text of a niont thrilling warning to his countrymen. The Webster that was, tbe man of euormous power aiid influence and ambition, who was one of the most conspicuous aud memorable American fiauies of his time, but whose face, known of all men, was at last hazard with dis appointment, and whose death, was a traedv because of his life, Is not so laltbtully depicted in all the magnificent and passionate rhetoric of the idolatrous Kuius Choate, who carried the tie mortuis to a romantic exceHs, as in th equally fervid and tender, but terrible and complete, truth-teiliug 0r Theodore Parker. Mr. Parton, writing la a calmri time, adjusts the lights and shades ot his poitrait with great plcturesqueness, and Vitb evident profound admiration; but he also tells the truth. Yet he does not do it ofl'.'u. fiyoly; and when the friends of Mr, Waster complained tbat be should mention what was really no secret, they demanded .that he should be false to his duty. - ' "Where bo the bad people burled?" Leave Mr. Webster, and see where this absurd De or tttis brlnps us. Everybody knows Tom Llttlei and one day he dies. What eulngies do we not hear over Tom's grave 1 No If a clever, good natured man, whose conviviality lea Is to habits of dissipation that rain him, is to be celebrate I as a great and renowned person, it Is foolish to suppose that young men will not believe the conviviality to be the sign of the genius, and the dissipation the road to renown. The mot Immoral performance that we have lately read was not a circus song from the "Flying Trapeze" cong- book, nor a chanson from the Grande Ductiesse, nor a French novel, nor the last lavorite of the 'London cider cellars, but it was a funeral discourse. It was a onlr.no anil n wdnilntr: the eulocrv of a life that should not be imitated, and the warning from a death that was inevitable. The life, accord inir to the well-meaning clergyman, was brilliant, succes.-ful, renowned ; but oh, brethren 1 death is a very sudden mystery. In a moment, in a twinkling of the eye, and you are gone. So said the speaker. But It seems reasonable that if you have led a truly brilliant, and successful, and worthily renowned lite, dear brethren, you need cot fear to die. If death has terrors. It is a successful lite which destroys them. Therefore, good preacher, Instead of pointing us to the death, point us, It you please, to the Hie, and let your lesson be, 'Sly friends, this was a life to be avoided as an cxtmplo;" or, "Here was a man who used his talents well, who had love and honor, be cause he deserved them, whose lite was successful becnuse he feared God and served . his brothers. To him, tberelore, death was as he gentle opening of a gate beyond which are light and muitic. It you would die as he died, live as he lived." Now tbe immorality of the sermon was, that it called a lile brilliant and successful which was not so. It erected a false standard of character and effort, and it did not tell the truth even in what it stated. It was a perfunctory ealogy, a ceremonial eerniou. But if any young person, with similar tastes and tendencies, bad known the person and had heard the sermon, ho must have said to himself at once: "Dear old belly (or whatever the appetite may have been), take your easel You, It seems, are no impediment. You may master a man, and lead him through private shame and sorrow, and fimtlly tumblo bim into the grave, and not a word shall be breathf d to hint tbat vou were the difficulty. Until I heard this excellent sermon I really supposed that I must master my appetites and subdue my passions; but this good clencus teaches me that, despite the belly, a life may bo brilliant and successful; aud It the bully ends It at last, only the brilliancy and success shall be commemorated in funeral number', and not tbe oilending member. Mother Church absolves me. 'Who lovfs not wlnn, woman, and song, He is a fool his whole lite lo ng.' Amenl" That was a funeral sermon from the text de morluis, and its inevitable improvement. Why should people be licensed or ordained or author ized to preach who misuse worus so sadly, and talk of greatness without knowing what it means? There was poor Bheriduu; did the funeral preacher call that a brilliant and successful life? The Duke of York, the King's son, came to the funeral. Three noble lords, friends of the august Prince Regent also a brilliant and successful being sent from Carlton House to ask to attend the obsequies. The Prince himself, a few days before, sent two hundred pounds to Mr. Sheridan starving, which Mrs. Sheridan promptly sent back to him. Brilliant why, the Lords ad journed alter his speech upon Hastings, becuuse their minds were too mueti dazzled to adge fairly. Successful! why, Edmund Burke said tbat his eloquence had something not prose nor poetry, but better than either. History has not hidden Sheridan's bablts, nor failed to say that they ruined him. History has blown to the winds the de mortuis over Kichard Brlusley Sheridan. Did ihe preacher do likewise, or did he praise tbe brilliant life and beg his hearers to be warned how to die ? We may read any day In the papers that drunkenness is pecoming a common viae among our public men. It is so well understood that one of tbe favorite weapons of party warfare is the charge oi intsmperaace against an opponent. But it the papers tell the truth when they make the general statement, whit o frightful Immunity public onlo on awards to such a vice if it assures the offender that his evil habits shall not obscure bis fame, and if he should happen to die of delirium tremens, the bewail ing elcrlcue will only remember to praise him tor bis Eobcr acts and lor get to waru us of his fall! The "Editor's Drawer" has this story about the late Peter Cagger and Dean Richmond: The recent decease of Peter Cagger, of Al bany, who, with the late Dean Richmond, cou tiolied lor mauy years the nominations et' the Democratic party of New York, will remind those who have had much to do with State Con ventions how those two astute managers com bined to bring forward the men 'Whose names were to be put upon the "slate" for nomination. The writer recalls an incident that occurred at a Democratic State Convention held at Syracuse In 1857, which nominated the ticket that was elected in November of tbat year. Mr. Rich mond and Mr. Cagger were iu consultation at the Syracuse House, on the evening before the assembling of the convention, as to who would be likely to impart roost strength to the ticket. "Well, Cagger, about the Secretary of State What do you say 1" "The newspaper men," replied Mr. Cagger, "seem to have taken up Gid Tucker; what do yon think about it?" "Dou't know much about him; smart chap, they say; writes well, aud knows the boys. Best to go bim ?" .- "I reckon so." "Put bim down." Tbe "slate" was commenced with the name of Mr. Tucker. "What about Comptroller ?" "Obi Church, of course; there isn't anybody but him we can trust." "Fact!" And Mr. Church's name was inscribed. "Who for Treasurer?" "Dou't kPow,"eays Mr. Cagger: "someof your boys talk about Vanaeipoel, and nobody else seems to be pushUg for it." "Van's a good fellow ; knows aboutlager. talks Dutch, and is a favorite with the women." Down went the name of tho stalwart and hand some Isaac J. "Anybody want to be Attorney-General ?" "Iremulu's got It pretty bad," said Mr. C; "how'll that do weBt?" "Oh, we go anything; but don't some of those New York cbtps want it?" "No; they're In a lilUe fight about the State Engineer, and are not pressing any one. Trt maw'B 'with us;' guess we'd better go him." "All right; scratch him down." "What about State Engineer?" "Well, on the whole," replied Mr. C, "Van Eichmond's our best mau, but the New Yorkers are in a row about it. Sickles aud bam Butter worth are strong for Charley Graham (General C. K. Graham); but Feruaudi and John Kelley are against it. If we go Grabum, who is a nice fellow, there'll be a slit, and that won't do." "Oh, no no splits I Give them Jlichmoud; the j '11 swallow It they must !" He was swallowed, 'though Graham made a bold dash. "Well, Mr. Richmond, about Canal Commis sioner? Important that; must have a good mau." "That's bo; there's been too much btealiug there, and It ought to be stopped. Uow'llJay cox answer?" "Javcox Is pushed by Jcbn A. Green and the Onondaga fellowt; ht's smart aud souud; thiuk it's bear" "On the whole, yes." "Put bim down." "And now this Prison Inspectorship what r-hnll we do with It? Kilty are alter it, from all over the State, and every mau that don't get it will be as mud as a fcoruet." "Fact; ii's a regular nuisance! I've been button-boled four hundred times about It Iu the lat two Lours. I'll tell you what, Peter; sup pose you and I don't bother ourselves about it, but just l, t the eonveuiiun nominate that chup."' "Airreed." And they did. The "slate," as agreed upon tJ tluse two aUute old heads, was regularly put tb rough : but when it catre to f title Prison In spector, Dean and Pfter quietly loty the bjll, went over to the Syracuse House, entered a private aaartment, proceeded to place them selves outside of coodoir Holds, and chuckled Jast a little. The convention nominated William C. Rhodes, and that is about all the convention did do. . ' , The October number of the Nursery it illustrated with a number of pretty piotures, and these, with the entertaining stories and verses, will make it attractive to the young. Bters. The School-day Visitor for October has a continuation of the adventures of Tom Roper among the Arabs. The story of "Ruthar'a Boat" is oonoluded. 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Loan......... 427000 0,t-w,8W anam stock" or Merman town Gas Company (principal and Interest BD.rantnMl bT tha . ... . cuy ot Philadelphia...... 15,00000 TJtOO 160 Shares block ot Pennavlva. . . nla Kailroad Company T.800-00 (.000 100 Htl.raa Htrmlr nf Nnrth Psnn. an sylvanla Kailroad Company. 8,00000 w,uvu ou snares H toe ft Philadelphia Anrl Mi.1lfh.rn Kfr.ll Utu.rn.hlr, m onn TonafBny - M,00009 zvj,yw .LrOAna nn RnndM and first llena on CHy Property S01.9OCD0 11,101,400 par. Market value. Bills KecivarnfoVlnBarince made... U,1357 Bal.ni ea due at Agencies Pre miums on Marine Policies Accrued inu-iest aud other debts due the Con pany 3,884'8 blocx and f-crlp of sundry Insa- trance and other Companies TO7-00i estimated value 8.017 00 : inn ni7io wuia Wlw..ZZZ:" 898 52 1,102,808 '(0 LIFE INSURANCE. 183.315 62 To KM 11607,60515 Thomae O. Hand, J uiuu C. Hand, uuu J, A VIS, Kduund a. bonder, Joseph H. beal, Iheopnllus Paulding, Hugh Craig ' Edward LurlingcoD John H. Penrose, H. Jones Brooke, Henry bloao. George U. I I per, William U. Boo i ton, Edward Lafourcade, buiuuei K. biokea, James Traquair, Viilnui u Ludwlg. Jaiut-s B. McJi arland. JOSllUS. P. k.v u Joun D. i'alor,' !ouuer HC ivaine, j w vniia.r,. Ueorae W. Beruardon, y. i. moigau, mcsbuj-g, . J. B. bempie, " -Da AiKtor. HENRV LYLBJiVk V'ce-Preeldent. HEKKY BALL. AsBlHiant becretarv. 12 80 J2j -CIIAIITEB PEKPETUAL. Franklin Fire Insurance Co. OF PmLABAItPIIIA. OFFICE: Kos. 435 and 437 CIlESJiCT STREET, AETS ON JAN U AUT 1. 180S, 003,74001), CAPITAL. ... , t,eO-Mt ACCMVJCD HVlWLVa l.Ot,a-.80 mJCMJVMS 1.18a.4l'.o UNbETTLED CLAIMS. INCOME FOB 1868 ait.o&ii. tau,oo-o. ErOSSEM PAID klNCB IH9 I.VKI 5.QU0,000. Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms. Charles N. Bancker, MiDlaa waguex, batuuel Graut, George W. Kichard.. DIKiCTORb. George PtUtt, &iirvu r uier, irrai.uia w. Lewis, m. D l faomas biarxs, A liliau b. GranL GjtOKoiiS F&Llkb, ViUB-Preuldent. JAB. W. M(jAL.ilsi'nil, booietay pro lem, lucept at Lexiugtuu, Aeniuoy, uUs Comnanr haa no Agencies ttest ol Puutouig. 814 PHCEMX IKhUBAKUJii COMPAiSr OP PAilLALJLlPlilA. tOCOKPOKATKD W04 CHARTER PJtRPKTUAL. No. JU4 Vt A LIN U'l btreet, oppoxie the HJtuhaijir. This Company Insure iruiu iots or damage or JtxKii., on llDeial terms ou Duliugti.merchaudlse.fnrnltnre etc. for limited periuon, aud permaueutly ou build bigs by depouii ot premiums. The Conjjauy has been in active operation for mora than blXTY V Kr K, during whicu ail losses have been promptly adjusted aud paid. ii H.ROTOJW. John L. Hodge, iliavid Lewis, M. li Mahouy John T. Lewis, William b. Grant, Bobert W. Lmlng, D.Clark Wharfu, Lawrenoe Lewis. Jr, Benlauilu siting, Thou.aa H. Power. A. K. McHuury, Edmund 4. amnion, Samuel Wl.uox, Lewis J. Morris. JOHN R. W(JJHk.KJi; R. President. B SJMDK L WILOOX. HvrlMJ' fcfcl FIUB INSURANCE EXCL06IVE.Y-THB lENNSVl-VAMi Flltiti inioUKANOIC COM Ir'AN Y lnciirporated Ibiu Charier Pmpelual 4o Kill WALii UT bir. el, opt oiice luili peud.-nce bquare This Louiuany, favuralj y kuovvn lo lite oouimuuity for over loriy yean, c.;uiluiies to Inm-rtt, ag tinxt ohs or damage ly tire on Publio or Private Buildings. , Ither pt-ru aueully or for a llmled lluie. Also ou Furniture blocks ot Goods, aud Merchaudlse gene rally, ou liberal terms, 1 ht-lr Capital, together wl'h a large Buipln. Fund, la InveHten in the must c.relui mauuer, winch eiibts tiifiu lo offer to the tin-urea au undoubted security lu the case ol ions. mnl.OriiKH. Daniel Hntltn, jr., Juhn Deverenx,' '1'hoiuas i-iutih, Ifori-y lewli, .T Jlili,,,.!...... Ho11. DA Nl KL baJ 1TH. JUMPreslfent WM, 9. OwOWltLL. btcreiary. Alexamler llfi.son, 1-ano rlfl-liurBi, Thomas uoo n, THE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COfM. or TBI United States of America. TTASHIfttiTOir, D. j Chartered by Special let of Gongr Approved July 25, 1868. CASH CAPITAL, CI.OOO.C BRANCH OFFICE: . ! FIKST RATIONAL BASK BUILDIS . PHILADELPHIA, j Where trie bnslne.s ot tbe Compa-oy la tr. acted, and to which all general correspond ahonld be addreatexl. UIKEOTOHS. Cxarhncr H. Clark, JAY lUOKB, F. Katchjtukd Btakb, W. i. &KHIKHEAD, OXORKI F. TYLKK, J. Hiisckley Clark, T.. . rj. a, ivni.i,ir4B, i l-l KM KT U. COOK, i Wh, K. Chanulsk Iohn D. 1JEFHEEB, I KlIWARU IK) DOB, ti.C FAHltBIOCTI OFFIGBEIS. Clakknck H. Clark, Philadelphia, Preeld Jay Coork, Chairman Flnauoo ana Kxoca; Comniluee, Hknky 1. Cookr, Washington, Vloo-Presld Kmekuon W. Pact, F&liat.elpbla, iore and Actuary, j E. B. Tcbmkr, Waahlngton, AsslRlant ee'y i kancih U. Bmitu, M. 1).. Medical Director J. Kwinq Mbars, M. i., A.sUUnt Med Director, a MEDICAL, ADVISORY BOARoj J. K. Barkis, Burgeon-General D. 8. A. Wl ingion. ( P. j. HoRvrrra, Chief Medloal Departm U.S. N., Washington. . , D. W. Bliss. M. D Washington. 1 SOLICITORS AND ATTORJVEYI Hon. Wh. E. Chardlkr. Washington, D. C tinoKOR Uaksiro, Piiiladelphla, Pa. i THE ADVANTAGE Oflered by this Company are: 1 ytha ty tol b, dar It Is a National Company, chartered bva elal act of Congress, 1W&, , It has a paid-up capital of $1,000,000. , i It oilers low rates of premium. ' j It furnishes larger Insurance than other oc panies for tne same money. It la definite and oertaln In Its terms. It Is a home company in every locality. lis policies are exempt from attachment. There are no nnnecessary restrictions la policies. Every DOlloy Is nonforfeitable. Policies may be taken wblen par to the sured their lull amount and return all the f miumB, so tost tue luaurance ooBia omy vne lerest on tne annual payment.. Policies may be taken that will pay Insured, alter a certalu number of years. life an annual Income of one-tenth the am named In the policy. tio extra rate ia charged for risks noon lives of females. 1.88 wb: xi insureB not, to ray aiviaeuas, dui at so a eost mat, qivioenas win De imposstpie. INSURANCE COMPANIES. INSURANCE .COMPA OF NORTE AMERICA, No. 232 WALNUT BTREET. PHILADa' IK CORPORA TED 1794. CHARTER PERPETul Marine, Inland, and lire Insurance ASSETS JANUARY 1, 1868, - $2,001,266' $20,000,000 Losses Paid in Cash Blaoe Orgamzation. DIRECTORS, Arthnr O. Coffin. fieorse I.. Harrisnn John A. Brown, tharles 'lay lor, Ambrose White, Willlm Welflh, Richard D Wood, B. Morris Wain, John UnAQn. ' ARTBUR G COFFIN, President Chabi.ks Platt Becietary. WILLIAM HUJfiULKK, Harrlsbtur, Pa-, Cent' Agent fur the Biaie of Peuusj lvaota. 1 21 1 Franuls R. Cuue. Ko ward H, Trotter. Kdward B.t'larke, T, Uharlton Henry, Alfred D. JessuD, John P. White, Louis O. Madeira, QTRICTLY MUTUAI PRCVICENT LIFE AND TRUST C OF PHILADKLPHIA. ' , i OFFICE, Ko. Ill S. FOURTH STBEE OrcaDlsed to promote LIFJG INcjURAJSTCB ama members ot the BGCIBTY OF FRIEND8. Good risks of any class accepted. Policies lMand upon approved plans, at the Iow rates, m President, BAMTJEL R. BHIPLKT. Vice-President, WILLIAM O. LOMOSTBBTK. Actuary, ROWULSV PARRY-; The advantages ottered bj this Company are b exoelltd iX7i FURNISHING GOODS, SHIRTS, H. 8. K. C. , Harris' Seamless Kid Glove; ETEBT PAIB WABBAITED, 1 KXCLTJBTVB AQEST8 FOR GENTS' GLOVES. J. W. SCOTT & CO., 1 BZTjrp MO. I4 CUESIIPT MTBECT. "DATENT B H O U L D E K-8 B Al , IRIBT HAJfVFACTOB-r, AND GENTLEMEN'S FU&NISIXINQ BTOBI PFI:UT FITT1AO BH1RT8 AND DRAWER Bikxle t om meaburement at vry .hurt nouce, ; All other articles ol Ui-NTiaUiEiS B DRE4 OOOIB In full variety. , WINCHESTER & CO., S Ua No. 706CHE1-1NUT tSUees.! GAS FIXTURES. GA 8 - V I X T U R a EU MI8KKY, MERRILL A THAflKARA,. No. 718 CHiOiNUT (Street, ' 1 tnannfaottirera of Gas Fixtures, Ijt.ru pa, etc., etc would call the aiientK.n of the public to their large ai eiesaut aasortnieut of Gas Chandeliers, PeuQann Brtuketa, eto. They also lutroduoe ttas-ptpe. luf dwellitiKS aud publio buildings, and atUo4 toexteiM lac, altering, and rwlrlng gas-plpus, I All work warranted. slUI. FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFEC C. L. MAISEB, MANCFAOTUBKa or 1 I1 IRE AND BURGLAU-FKOOP SAFES, LOCICslllTH, BKLHIAKOKK, ASD DEALEI IN BUILUIAU HARDWARE i No. 44 RACK Street. " JOHN C R U M Pi CARPENTER AND BUILDER, . MO, 1788 VUMJiSiVT BTBEKT,
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