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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. "An Island Romance,"
an aooount of a visit to Mount Washington,
and other articles, are interesting.
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practical benefit to the ooaohmakers in all
parts of the country. It is illustrated .with
scale designs of the newest styles of vehioles
with full descriptions. The articles which
treat of the specialties to which the journal
is devoted are well considered, and the writers
explain their meaning in clear and intelligible
language.
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A. rja. uun. rAH a , luuwpox atM b tha .Levi
tuxe of Pennsylvania, ibbb. "
Office, Southeast oorner THIKD and WAI.WTTT
MA KINK iNMUKAJSu'ltM
On Vessels, Cargo, axdlfrhv, to all p,rtaoi the
INLAND INnURANOES
On Goods, by river, ou, Uke, and land carriages to
HUE INa ObaMCES
On merchandise generally.
On b tores, Dwelling Houses, eto.
ASSETS OF TUB COltPAKT
Novemuec 1. lt7.
taoo.000 tmtted btaie. Plve Pex Cent.
Loan, 10-tos., m 1201. 006 "00
120,000 TJnnd btates Five Per Cent. '
Loan, 1HH1 184,40000
(0,000 United Stales 7 8-10 Percent. Loan
Treasury Notes -... (3.669-M
800.000 State of Pennsylvania blx Pec
Cent, Loan .. 810,07000
1Z.,0UU in vi ruiiKut-ipuiuoix rvr uuub,
Loan (exempt from tax )........ 125,625 00
58,000 State of New Jersey Six Per Cent.
Loan 1(1.00000
80 000 Pennsylvania Kailroad First
Mortgage blx Per Ceut, Bouds. 19,80008
15,000. Pennsylvania Railroad, be ond
Mortgage blx Per Cent. Bonds. 18,875' 00
XDtUUU weniern renusyivania jFtuiroaa
Blx Per Cent. Honda ( Pennsyl
vania KailroaJ guaranteed?..... 20,000 00
80,000 State of Tennessee ptre Per
Cent. Loau... ....... 18,00000
7000 State of Tennessee blx Percent.
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,