10 THE DAHJ. y,rENIN(y TELEGRAPH TRIPLE SHEET PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 18G8. PARISIAN "ZIFJS." Hi Clonerte Ml TU Can-can ".Sardine." J'artmifov. 23) cor. of the Continental Gazette, The terrestrial paradlae of the medical stu dents la the celebrated ball-room called by the polite world the Clesrie des Lilas, bat known to its hahitui'i as tb.6 Bullier of 1'ra lo. aooorJ Ing to the season of the year. It la called Iiullier (which la the name of the proprietor) In the snmmer, and fn the winter the Pralo, which is, I believe, a Spanifh word, signifying each places of entertainment. The bull-room is the moat elaborate In the city, aud Is per haps one of the greatest curiosities. It ia here that the peouliar dance called the "Can-can" is performed in all its extravagance and wihl ness. The establishment Is situated in the left of the Boulevard Saint Michel, aud just tayond the garden of the Luxembourg. Tuese Lalls are given each week, with somot'.mea, par extraordinaire, a fourth. On ball nighta the entire boulevard ia encumbered Kith the stream of men and - women on )heir way to indulge in wild revelry and airu3enient. The gaily-painted facade, of the Luildiug is illuminated in gorgeous style, and an immense crowd of les miserable, gather in front to admire the toilets of the gay women an they enter and feast themselves upon the strains of lively music. In all their poverty and wretchedness their hearts are doubtless tilled with envious longings at the sight of the gay and laughing women who flatter in and out like bright colored butterflies. Little do they dream that beneath all the splendid ex terior which dazzles their eyes there lies more xaUery than beneath their own rags and pov erty. Entrance to the saloon Is gained by a flight of steps, some ten or fifteen feet in depth, conducting to a large and brilliantly illuminated ball-room, half fiubterranean, and capable of containing several thousand people. The saloon is entirely roofed over in the winter, but during the summer one-half is left uncovered, forming quite a handsome garden, ornamented With fountains, statues, and charming little alcoves, where the enamored swain may enjoy Eome degree of seclusion with his fair partner. Upon first entrance, especially during the Winter, the smoke is so dense that the eye can distinguish nothing but a confused mass of human beings heaving to and fro like an ooean, and the ears are assailed by a din of human voices which confuses the sense and beggars description. I doubt if such a noise as goes np from a crowded Bullier ever went up from any other assemblage in the world. The orowd at the Bullier is not like any other, except that it is composed of human beings; indeed, it can hardly be eaid to bear that resemblance, since it is a 'question whether medical students and cocoltes are human beings or not. If they are, they certainly form a distinct speoies pe culiar to Paris, and to the Latin quarter par ticularly. . This horrible noise, if noise is not too musioal a word to give to the terrific dis coid whioh bursts through the smoke like thunder through the clouds, is a oompound of all the sounds which the organs of man, by distortion or other means, are capable of pro ducing. Terrifio yelb of the men Frenoh yells, which are not like any other yells, aud what is more, students' yells mingle with the ecreams of women, and rise musically up to the gay and lively accompaniment of the clinking of glasses and the shullling of feet. Thia magnificent and harmonious Hood of sus tained muaio has for tonique, or fundamental note, the continuous droning buzz of more moderate talk aud laughter, from whioh musical basis the more terrible effects swell from time to time in magnificent crescendo. Wagner might introduce the Prado, one of its nighta, to add to the effect of some of his forte movements, and thereby economize the wind of his trombones and the muscle of his grosse caisSe. It is here, in the midst of this etorm of revelry and excitement, that the French student may be seen in- all his glory; here he lays aside all restraint and gives his Whole soul up to enjoyment. It is here, too, that the women, sharing by force of associa tion the utter abandon of ,the students, lay aside all the magnificent and stately airs whioh they wear elsewhere, and throw them Belves wildly into the vortex of dissipation. As a general thing, the womon who frequent this ball are women of the quarter their name is legion and who, by constant association with the students, have acquired a character almost identical with theirs. There are, however, many of the "upper-ten" of the demi-monde who are frequent visitors to the students' paradise; and the same cocotte who steps to-night in stately dignity and queenlike robes through the fairy walks of Wabille may be seen to morrow at Bullier, in her short skirt, flinging her heels wildly in the air, and takiDg excruciating pastures worthy of the finest contortionist in the Cirque de l'luiperu trice. The peculiar Parisian dance baptized by the name of can-can, is perhaps the most exciting of all such species of amuse ment, both for the spectator and the dancer. It has but little regularity about it, and to the spectator who fees it for the first time it has apparently none. It has, however, its small amount of system, but the prinoipal merit of the dancer is within two given point?, the beginning and the end of a strain to commit as many extrava gancies as possible, and to throw his body into as many unnatural aud bizarre position as the structure of the human frame will per mit of. A very fine accomplishment, for in stance, is to be ablo to throw a back somer sault in the face of your fair partner, while Bhd elevates her leg in the air until the tin of her toe and the crown of her head nre upon the same horizontal line. It is not at all in artistic to be ablt) to double yonself up into a knot and roll nyou the floor, while the beauteous daughters of Terpsichore dance around In a circle. n(W the manner of the savages in the Sindwioh Islands. It ia a good thing, also, to be able to agitate your legs, arms, aud head with such" rapidity aa to present the appear.mte of a ulijty ehndow. This aocomplishuitnt, however, I am told, is rarely met with. In short, the more horrible or impossible the positions, the more artistio the dunces. The province of the fair sex lies principally in the legs, though a few unnatural and comio contortions of the body are considered no nienn addition to the talent of "elevation." The fair one who lifts her lfga highest and with the moat rapidity aud frequency isoon sideied the moat artistic, aud a favorite and charming amusement of le beau se.ee Is to send some open-mouthed greenhorn's hat flying with the tip of her toes. During all this time the most infernal yelling must be kopt up the true spioinnas of this exqui; ite danoe con sists in that harmonious adjunct. The most celebrated dauoer in the Latin quarter is a young man, or rather a pair of long legs sur mounted by enough body to keep them together ana reoeiye their sustenance, who re joices in the pleasant soubriquet of Sardine, although in no respect does he resemble that "brief" aquatio anunal. Sardine leaps higher than any one else, anddanoes around among the women, who pass between his lega with perfect faoility.with all the airof the great artist he is generally esteemed to be. Ho ia the euvy of all the students and the despair of all the women. Now he throws one leg ten feet in the air now he leaps clear over the head of ertne aidontahed woman, and throwing a I graceful somersault, twists himself like a corkscrew back to hU partner, whom he . - 1 . 1. . 4 1 M.t,lrt VI.-. I,, In htad. To sum up, the students' ball la un doubtedly the greatest curiosity in the Latin qoaiter. if not in all Paris. It was created by the students, and Las always bnn sustained by them. The effect of the pecnllar chara -Xct of the students is here more plainly viable than anywhere else. The utter abandon of their natures, and their entire disregard for all conventionalities, have here thlr full eway. The terrible inlluoncAS whioh liwn tiousness and too muoh freed ut of thought 1 ave produced upon the unhappy fomale por tion of the quarter is here presented to view iu its most glaring colors. Drjdon's Heroic Plays. During the Cummonwealth, as evorvboly knows, the playhouses wern shut up, and Uvj rare of nrtors which had born encoura'd by tliu r.uu. irons theatres of Louuon found tluir occupation gone. But on the return of Chivies the becoiid.'witli his foreign tatei and educated appreciation ot dramatic wit. the utasre revived. The M'lrtl of Khakfpraro and Jonson, it li true, bud flo-AU. Ttjero was no resurrection ot t lie true JSiizabethuu penlus for rtrairitic compo ii tioTj. But plajs wcie in request; aud thr William Pavcnant, who had emplojed hi leisure hours duiirg tho winter of Puritanical BUBpen Ficn in wilting operas of atomaulic cast, betiu. to furbish them up for representation on tho pun licetnpo. These plnja were written iu rhyin', and, cither on this account or for the mere take ot pulling hn performances, Daveimnt hit uron the lucky idea of calling theru "heroic." Prjcieu was then an aspirant alter literary lame, and the way to win laurels was to write lor the theatre. lie therefore turned his hand to the composition of heroic plays. Tne seed scattered by Sir William Davenant had (alien upon fruitful greunrt. Tho very name heroic re jested nil manner of thiuga to Dryden. While reflecting on the faults ol Davenant, he aajn: "I opened the next book that lay by me, which wns 'Ano3to,' in Italian; and the very first two linen of that poem gave me light to all I could doslre: 'lie dame 1 caviller, I'arme.gli amorl, Le cortesle, l'audacl Improve lo canto;' for the very next reflection which I made wai thip, that en heroic play ought to be an imita tion, in little, of au heroic poem." Let us puuse tor a moment to wonder at the miruclcs of chance and genius in conjuction. Davenant calls his pseudo-operas heroic; Dryden puzzles how he Is to improve upon them; the first lines ot the first book he takes up suggest the necessary hint. The public has a taste for herolo plays. Heroic plays must follow the model of heroic poems. Love and valor are the main matters to heroic poeais. Therefore, the more love and valor 1 crowd into my playc, the more heroic will they he, tho more money shall i make, the more laurels will they crown me with. !hut up Ariosto, and begin to scribble. This was a very common mode of reasoning with Prydcn. anil nothing is more charming than the na ivrte with which he exposes in hi prefaces these secret workings ot his mind. But stop a moment all is not yet finished: if everything about mj play must be heroic, I cannot put up with common prose or pedestrian blauK vere: "The plot, tho char acters, the wit, the passion?, the descriptions, are all exalted above the level of common con verse, aa hiuh as the imagination of the poet cum carry them, with proporiion to verisimilitude. Blmk verse is acknowledged to be too low for a poem ray, mor, lor a paper of verces; but it to low for an ordinary sonnet, how much more lor tragedy," etc. Alas I poor Miltrn I This is the heroic poet who asked permission to vetsily your "Paradise," and who pot the answer from you, "Let the young man tag his rhymes 1" Moreover, reasons Dryden, we must not only soar to the height of extraor dinary characters and passions, but also indulge ourselves in portentous changes of fortune. In supernatural machinery, in rave and wonderful combinations ot events: If any tunn object the improbabilities of a spirit appearing or of a palace raided by mugic, i boldly answer him that an heroic poet is not tied to a baro representation of what 1s true or exceeding probable; but that he may let himself loose to visionary objects, and to the representation of such things as, depending not on sense, and therelorc not to be comprehended by knowledge, may give mm a freer scope tor imagination." Thus Dryden pieced together hid tneory of the heroic drama, in which ilerod was out-llerodcd by the meanest hostler, aud the very pages swagtreied in Ktug Cam byses' vein. The critics of trie day, laughing at these preten sions of the heroic poet, described him as the "man nature seemed to make choice of to en large the poet's empire, aud to conplete those discoveries others had begun to shadow. That Shakespeare aud Fletcher (as some think) erected the pillars of poetry is a gross error: this zany of Columbus has discovered a poetical world of greater extent thau the natural, peopled with Atlantic colonies of notional creatures, antral spirits, ghosts, and idols, more various thau ever the Indians worshipped, and heroes more Jawles3 than their savages," (Cen sure of the Itota.) If it were worth while to criticize the theory seriously, we might point out that Dryden's first mistake arote from confounding the style proper to the Italian narrative romance with that which suits the fctaee. We tolerate a great deal of impro bability and extiavagance of fancy ia reading a semi-serious poem like the "Orlando," which seems ridiculous when acted in a would-be tragedy like the liidian h'.mperor. His next and fatal blunder was to suppose that he pos sessed tho imagination tit lor iuventlug super natural machinery or for portrayiuz characters raised above the human stature. The farrago of nonsense which he produced is the b?st pos sibly commentary on this criticism. With all his vigcr of intellect av.d fierv genius. Drvden could not tour above the earth. The style with which, he sought to diguity his matter was In flated overloaded with bombastical apostrophes and similes ridiculous tor iluir pro tic magnilo quence. He mistook "souud aud furv" for poetic rupture, and thought to scale the heavens by piling mountains upon mountains of mere verbihge. Suppot-ing Ms nastily and incon gruously lorined ideal ot the heioic drama to have been capable of realization, Dryden wa the last man to have attempted it. His heroic plays, however, secPoded for a few esrs with the public. The enthusiasm lor tnefcc extravuur.'.nt iiu.t turgia cramas, wnicu "were called lieroio because they were wiitteu in a language elevated above nnture. and exhibit pasMi n in a etute of i.ii.uiacal ecita-i.y," ro3-! to tl.e hiiih wuter-msrk ou ilic appearance of tho "Conquest of (jliauad.i." Oryden's anogaut ep logiie. to tui piece e'ned like a glo,ve thr wn down to chulleiiir" men ot common seuM Thia glove a takiu up 1t nruiy, but none of Diyc'eri'o au'.agonht'i achieved o niirual u suc cess as the authors ol 'lite llslimrsal for noni it remained o Snrt the bobbin o; bpn lo pts, tjnrt lo obJUeiatu them for ever. fall JjQd Gazette. The Indians caught a New Mexican mil lionaire on tho plains, robbed Liui of $!)0,UU0, and gent Lira home on foot without food, but with a uiuektt ball in hi body. Did he drop it intentionally or lose it accMentally? 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ROOD. NEW V Oil K. J A MI'S M. MORRI'ON.Presldeat Manhattan Bank JOSEPH bTUART, ot J. J. btuart & Co., Uaukeru. BOSXON. HON. E. b. TOBEV, late President Board of Trade. CINCINNATI. A. E. CHAMBERLAIN. of Chamberlain & Co. CHICAGO. L. 7.. LFITER. of Field, Loiter A Co. C- li. bMl'lil, ol Geo. u bmlth l Brothers, Bankers. LOUISVILLE, KT, WILLIAM GARVIN, of Garvin, Bell 4 Co. 8T. LOU1H. I JAMES E. TEATMAN, Cashier Merchants' National Dank. n kw ha vi'anrRK. HON. 3. W PAlTERaON. V. ti. Senator. 9ALTINOBK. WILLIAM PREBCOTT BMITH, Superintendent Consolidated Railway Line, New York to Washington. P. M. hhokmaKER, of Adams A Co.'s Express, CHRIK1 IAN AX, of G. W. Gall A Ax. FRAN CI b T. KING, President Central Savings Bank. GEORGE H, STUART, President. HENRY E. ROOD, Vice-President. C F. BETTsJ. Secretary. J. L. LUDLOW, Consul! Itig Physician. Jd "FKBaBRPER.. B.. uAlc1 Examiners C. bTCART PATTERttON, ,,,,, RICHARD LUDLOW, 'JCouusel. This Company Issues Policies of Lite Insurance upon all the various plans that have been proved by the experience of European and American Com panies to be safe, sound, and reliable, at ratps as LOW AND UPON TEHMS AS FAVORABLE A9 THOSE OF ANY COMPANY OF EUU AL STA BILITY. All policies are non forfelv ble after the payment of two or mo: e annual premiums. 11 13 lmw3mrp gglJ-.-ClLnOiTEK PERPETUAL. Franklin Fire-insurance Co. OFFICE: Aos, 135 and 433 C1LESXUT STKET. ASSETS OK JAHUABT 1, 1SW, ,00a,74000. (Jiiml........,.I,n.Hm,M.n,n.4OO,M0'O 4SJf,ufKKiAJW i,i,soa-8 I'JiM. it J CiUo.n. I, I S 1,H4040 UN SETTLED CLAIMS. LNCOdlE FOR 1807 S8.S9S-U $8He,OOI00. PAID SINCE 18K0 OViiS tf5 OOO.OOO, Perpoiual and Temporary PoUoies on Liberal Torms DIRECTORS. Charles N. Bancker, George Faiea, Tobiaw Wakner, ban.iii'1 uraiil, ueoif) W Richards, DiaauLea, UHAKLK9 N Francis W. Lewis. M, D Thomas parlcs, ' ' WUllaui S. Graut. BANCEKR. PrtnldHnL nwitui. r Ai.ro, v ice-iresluent, JAB, W. MCALLISTER, Secretary pro torn. Except at Lexington, Kentucky, this Company has no Agencies West of Putsburg. 114 INSURE AT HOME IN THE Fcnn Mutual Life Insurance Co. Ko. 121 CHFSXUT St., riilladelpliia. ASSETS, $2,000,00. CHARTERED BY OUR OWN STATE. MANAGED BY OUR OWN CITIZENS. LOkSfcH PROMPTLY PAID. POLICIES ISSUED ON VARIOUS PLANS. Applications may be made at the Home Omce, and at the Agenoles throughout the State. 2 18 JAMES TltAUUAIB PRESIDENT SAMUEL E. STltES).........VlCE-PREIDENT JNO. W. HOBNEB A. V.P. and ACTUARY JUOBATIO m. 1E1MENM....,W...SECRETAY JNSUEANCE COMPANY NORTE AMER10A No. 232 WALNUT STREET, PHILADA. INCORPORATED 1794. CHARTER PERPJUTUA1 Uarlae, luIuuU, aud Aire Insurance. ASSETS JANUARY 1, 1868, - $2,001,266-72. $20,000,000 Losses Paid in Cash Binoe iu Organisation. Arthur G. Coffin, George L. Harrison. bAiiiuel W. Jouej, Francis R. Cop, ' JCun A. Brown, Eo ward H. Trotter. Charles Taylor, Edward S.Clarke, Amhrose White, T. Charlton Henry, William W elHh. Alfred D. Jessup, Richard D. Wood, John P. White, ' b. Morris Wain, lUui o. Madeira. John Mason. ' ARTHUR G. COFFIN, President, Chaelm Pi,att, Secretary. WiLLIAM BUEaLER, Harrlsbnrc, .Pa-, Centra Agent for the Stale of Pennsylvania. liii TDIKRNIX - 1NSUKAKCE COMPANY OP X PHILADELPHIA. , " INCORPORATED 1HU4 CHARTER PERPKTU!,. o. tu WaL bT Street, opuonlte the Exctiaute. 'I ll li Couipuny insures l roiu iooa or damage by ' Fl R tt. on liberal terms, on bnlldlngs, merchandise, furniture, Inr ilml'.ed perlodB, and permauuutly ou build li, f. h by deposit of premtum I. '1 bo C miany has been Iu active operation for more tliHublXTY YEA lite, durlug whluh all losses have ueiu pruiupuy aujubieu nuu i'";-., DIRECTORS. John L. Hodfre, tl. li. Mrlumy, Joliu T. X iv-m, Wll'itini S. Grant, Robert W. Learning, D. Clark Wbaiiou, Lawrenue Lb wis, Jr. David Lewis. Benjamin El ling. TbouiM li . Powers. A. R. MuHejry, Edu-ULd CaHtlllon, bauiuel Wilcox, lwh j. dorris. ..jr., i i.vwii j. iNurrifl. JOHN R. WUC1IERER. Praaldoni. Sam ukl Wilcox, secretary. ,at QTRICTLY MUTUAL. PROVIDENT L!FE AND TRUST CO. OF PHILADELPHIA. OlUt'E, Mo. Ill H. FOUKTIl STBEET. OrKunlzud 10 promote LIFE INOURANCE awouj mnnibers ol the SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. Good risks ol any class accepted. Policies Issued upon approved plana, at the lowest UWs, President, , SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY, Vloe-Prcsldent WILLIAM C. LONGHTRRTH. Actuary, ROWLAND PABRY, The advantages oUtred by this Ouiupaiiy are ezoclitd fi!7 jJirtRIAL F1EE LVSIJlUACJECOiU'AJIY , . . LONDON. ' , . ' , , KSTAK1.IS1IED 1S03. Paid-up Capital and Accumulated Funds, 3,0 O 0,0 o o In cold. l'WVvoNT szzi,nisa, a gratis, lMlu, Wo, 107 Bouth THIRD Street, Phlla. INSURANCE COMPANIES, j fa 8 a U ft Y LIKE INSURANCE COM PA MY. LEMl'FT- BN . Pimntfii. bLO, 1.1.1 1 1 I i . .-...pr. !iiv,i and o. E..I IIV IcL'LlMOCiv, Actual fipfirj Th A'bii'y CT rnr a P.i'.l'-l'-i In all rh la ITW4II U t), Oil lt. llll. rl tV.UJ) Iu Krinu'i r hi f , H viiii u (1 imi i,,, mtru ii'Mt. -o wci.,,nik u i I r- -l, cni,i..ii i.. ;i .i, iv, l.,:.iii mi- ii.i r J , .fll,IIIIM, I Ml 'I.-J,l.a. lU.kHI U IIICtMaiM Ini.DK m-.' S Lusl:it.. .. t.ljr in A pell nl. It ha. bc ii m-il iih in i) i i i r tnht, m aii' oi hh.Kiy hi luiiruu ok . "I.i.ii.uuO, and are r,i!illy u o. 41 't , i., l i , 1 i.iih.i. i 1,1a, I oci lioari: of l.ii. ruiiv In l'u.l..i-,,i,u: M'Uf it n i.iu, J si. M' , w riu ui lnvii " . ii- iry; J. I. L ,. ! uo.lt. Jnui. s tiili'ir, Wm . Hi,i i. ' 1. it. J P Jifiu: in fhivlM H ir,-. r. I -iVlRU INSURAM i; " l.X CLlitTv KL, fT; il X; lLNAbLVAMA Hit.. IN..U ANCK t, ' i'A I JntMriHjr..n.d Iti cSkri. r lH uml- 1. tin WALil'l h,rpi,u',,0. ii In Kpudriice l-ijr 'J ai CoronaD, fnviraii.y ki.on ,o lUfroutiiiuuHi for i'Vm loriv i ..r c md .nrs i ,.h"rt. kkiiii ,i or dnuia by n.v on Pjb'io or prlvai L-lldinn rlllicr permanently f.i a i . ,iulB A, ' f.ilrr.blWir" WerchandW gwJ 'l hf-lr Capital, tiiKivhrr with iargu HM,pial fonil Islnvefcteo in thi mn.ii crini mniiLer, wiimt, tm m lo o(Tcr to the liuuued au uuuoubll 'uru. ii, u run or lm. Dantpl Hmlth, Jr., i J bn Deverrnx. 1 nouias (Mnttu. i Alexander lM'tou, laan uarlelmmt, 1huIUS RoDlllBt llnui v Jliu J.Oiiiinham Fell, liunlal YT t. , A DANIEL "Mi'lrfl J.J(Mieent. i WM, g. CROW ELL, BecreUry. ' ' M J BRANDY, WHISKY, WINE, ETC. CAR STAIRS & f.lcCALL Kos. 126 WALMUT and 21 tiKAMIE IMPORTERS OF Brandies, Ti luos, Bin, OUtc CU, Etc Ete AMD COMMISSION MERCHANTS FOB THE BALE OF PURE OLD KIE, W11EAT, AAD IIODK WUISK1ES. , m QOr.Otf A VJWE COMPANY Established for the sale of Pure California Wines. lis Company oiler for sale pure California Wines. iinri:, - ci.AiiKr, S This A l AUUA, C.J1 1'nKii AAUEI.il; A I'iik r itti'M-,tTr.f.. AND PURE OR APE BRASDY, Wholesale and reiall, all or their own growlne, and warranted to contain nothing tint the Dure Juloe ol ih. grace, lepot. No. 8!) BANK Street, Philadelphia. UAHN QUAIN.Agtnts. " 1J1U OPERA GLASSES. O P ERA CLASS E8. A large and elegant variety. GOLD SPECTACLES, MAGIC LANTERN'S, A very large assortment MICROSCOPES, BTEUEOSCOTE3. and STEUfcoacono views, And alarge variety of Useful and Ornameata articles for CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. William y. McAllister, 12 II 12trp Na 728 CHESNUr Street. OPERA GLASSES. One of the best assortments, Including many new designs, Just received, and for sale at low prices by JAMES VJ. QUEEN & CO., Ko. 92F CUESXUT Street, 12.'4fmwrp PHILADELPHIA, CARRIAGES. Q A R R I ACE S. Notice Is respectfully given to customers and other, deslriug CARRIAGES of the MANUFAOTUUE OP VM. D. ROGERS. OF OHE8NUT STIIKET, To place their orders as eooa as possible, to Insure their domplellon for ihe PltlYlNG SEASON OF 18G9. CA BRTAQES RTPA.lUED in the most neat and ezpi'diilous manir. lARRIAOEt) bioRKD and Insurance effected, VM. D. ROGERS, Aos. 1009 and 1011 CHESSUT Street, 116fmw2ni PHILADELPHIA. BOOTS AND SHOES. IMPORTED DOOTS AND SHOES; - WIN'S LONG-LEO. srOUTINO noow; I10-00. MEN'S CALF DOUBLE EOLE BOOTS, $8 00. MEN'S CALF DOUBLE SOLE OA ITERS, $6 00. BOYS' HIGH LACE BOOTS, 4-00. AIho a largo btock of our own manufacture, at REDUCED PRICKS. 1 ARTI.ETT, Ko. 33 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, lOltXmwl .i ABOVB CHE8NDT, ...... , , , t JOHN CRUMP. CARTENTER AND BUILDER, SbosiBTo. 313 I.OIHJENIreet, and N. 173s ClIKSNVT Street, PUILADKLPHIA.
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