TEE DAILY EVENING , TELEGRArn PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1809. wiring ckpift rulUSHED ElERf AFTERNOON (8UHDAY8 KXCBPTKD), AT TI1E EVENING TELK1RAPII BUILDING, NO. 1S B. TII1SD STSSET. PHILADKLPH I A, The Prtct U three cents per copy (double sheet); Or eighteen cents per week, payable to the carrier by whom served. 27m subscription price by mail is STine Dollars per annum,' or One Dollar and Fifty cents for two month; invariably in advance for the time ordered. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1889. Tbe New Ofliccra of the Mute Loj(U. future Thb lower branoli of the State Legislature passed a resolution on the 18th lnat. author izlDg the Speaker and Clerk to appoint twenty Seven additional officers of the Honso. A few members had the candor and boldness to oppose this motion, on the ground that the additional officers were entirely unnecessary, and that the proposition was "simply intended to enable the party to take care of its friends!" The force of this objeotion will be made appa rent by the faot that 'the expenses of the House of Representatives at the last session embraoed the following items: Clerks and Transcribing Clerks tl.Stl 80 Transcribing; Clerks 7,(WU0 Sergeant-ai-Arms, uoorsceptrs, anti Messengers 27,21 00 Pasters and Folders 37,2tU) Amount paid I'agea S.2S8 ou Foelmasler 9i)0 09 Assistant Postmaster Oct 00 Chaplain 3000 Forwarding documents aud "Luglsla- tlve Record". 1,300 00 Transcribing ......... 30 00 Revising "Legislative Handbook" 800 00 .Making index to do do 60 00 Librarian 1,000 00 Marshal of Kotanda 80110 Three Firemen 2,121 00 Extra services 765 50 ,. t Total.... MS4HJ $89,420-30 Here la a total of nearly ninety thousand dollars paid for the personal aerrioea of the attendants of our sapient legislators during a short session of three months, or at the rate of $360,000 per annum. All the labor these ffloera performed that la useful or essential to the State would be riohly paid for by one fourth the sum now expended. The members of the last Legislature seem to hare felt that the limit of extravagance in this direction had been reaohed, bnt the restrictions they sought to Impose were overruled on Monday by the Speaker, and the appointment of twenty -seven sew offioers was authorized. Kings anl queens who wish to fasten new ex penses upon the nations they mis govern, for the enrichment of favorites, at least take pains to assign nominal duties of some kind to their new functionaries; and they beoome masters of the buckhounds, or lords or ladies of the bedchamber, or makers of leather breeohes, or ushers in waiting, or offioials of some other description, who may, in certain contingencies, prove ornamental, if pot useful. We can understand that the new offloials may be industriously employed dur ing the coming summer in drumming up dele gates to support their patrons, or that they arojolamoring for the rewards of "dirty work" (If we may be permitted to use one of the legislative phrases employed during the ses sion on Monday) performed last fall; but what real service they are to render to the tax-payera of Pennsylvania, whose money they are to reoelve, Is beyond our comprehension. If each member belonging to the dominant party is to have personal attendants and followers supported at the expense of the State, let that faot be blazoned upon the publio reoords; but let us have no more shamB, and no-- more paltry pretenses that there is a real necessity for in creasing the number of the officials of the House. Let the new leeches on the treasury be described and paid as gentlemen-in-waiting on the respective members who secure this luxurious attendance, and not be smuggled through appropriation bills and auditors' re ports as doorkeepers and messengers, or pasters and folders. If they are to be sticks, let them be labelled before the world, after the Spanish fashion, as gold and silver sticks in waiting. ' If a correct classification is adopted( the fallaoy of the Idea that "the party can be taken care of" by unnecessary grants of pub lio money to a few of its members will speedily be exposed. The time is coming rapidly when no party of extravagance can be maintained In this country, and when legislators who squander the treasures of their constituents with a lavish hand will go down like reeds before a whirlwind. Onerous taxation is im pressing all thinking men with the necessity of reduolng publio expenditures, aud no more inopportune moment than the present could have been chosen for the creation of twenty seven new unnecessary officials. The Merchants' Fun.l, The Mercantile Library, and I be Itonrd of Trade. Yhtkbday afternoon and evening the annual meetings .of the Merchants' Fund Association the Mercantile Library Company, and the monthly meeting of the Board of Trade, were held, and reports of proceedings for the past year were submitted. The Merchants' Fund Association is designed for the relief of indigent merchants. Tue objeot is a most worthy one, aud It is gratify ing to know that the association has been able to afford such assistance to deserving bnt im poverished merchants as will serve to smooth their deolining years. The President of the association, John M. Atwood, Esq., stated In his report that the oases whioh had been brought to the notice of the committee, and which were felt to be en titled to aid, were in excess of any previous year. The Merchants' Fund does its work so 'quietly and unostentatiously that the publio are not aware of the extent of its charities; and in the words of Mr. Atwood: "The amount of the appropriations for the year ($51)05) but poorly expresses what these worth to the recipients, conveyed at they were la the strictest confidence and re spectful sympathy. It is this whioh, in a world where misfortune is so generally treated as a crime, gives them their peouliar value, and calls forth the most grateful acknowledg ments." . The annual report of the Mercantile Library Company indicates that the institution is in a gratifying state of prosperity. The projeot o( removing the library to a more suitable build ing has been so far advanoed that it may now be considered as sure of completion. The list of Members and subscribers has largely increased during the past year, and a corresponding lnorease in the purchase of books and periodicals has been made. The work on the new library build ing, on Tenth street, between Market and Chesnut, is progressing as rapidly as possible, and when it is ocoupled, Philadelphia will have a cheap, popular library, that will be a oredit to the city. At the Board of Trade meeting the subject of securing relief for seamen from the oppres sions of runners of boarding-house keepers was introduced, and the Seaman's Friend Society asked the co-operation of the board in securing national legislation' to protect the seamen from the "land-sharks" who devour their substance. Numerous other matters 0( importance to the mercantile interests of the city were discussed. I'm ny It an In and New York Finance Thb report of the Comptroller of New York State Finances presents a marked contrast to the report of the Auditor-General ot Pennsyl vania, illustrative of the difference in the methods of administering the flnanoial affairs of the "Empire" and the "KeyBtone." For one thing, at least, we may be devoutly thankful. No sweeping State tax is imposed, and the only approach to it is a tax oa perso nal property so inslgnifioant that it yielded last year only $277,337-66. In New York a State tax of 7 3 5 mills wasjevied for the fiscal year ending September 3(7, 18G8, produoing a revenue of $12,647,218. During the present fiscal year the rate of taxation was 5 4 5 mills, and during the next fiscal year this rate is to be reduced to 4 mills. But while New York subjects her citizens to direct taxes not im posed in Pennsylvania, she releases, them from various forms of indirect taxation freely resorted to here, and she also expends the revenues of the State Treasury with a liberal hand for the general welfare. Pennsylvania did little or nothing, as a State, to relieve the looal gov ernments of the burden Imposed during the war by bounties paid to raise troops. Ia New York, on the contrary, the chief portion of her present debt is classified as a "bounty" debt, this sum amounting in September, 1867, to $26,862,000, and in September, 1863, after applying sinking funds, to $24,024,591. The New York State Treasury also contributes to the Bupport and extension of the Erie Canal and other publio improvements the "oanal" tax levied during the last fiscal year exceed ing $1,000,000 wblle.in Pennsylvania publio works are regarded as a souroe of revenue rather than of expenditure. The New York Htate tax for the support of sohoola also ex. ceeds two millions of dollars, while Pennsyl vania contributes from the State Treasury to the common schools the meagre allowanoe of $343,866 99, Philadelphia receiving the mag nificent sum of $12,637-78 ! l'oiuilnr Education It is easy to theorize upon the theme of gene ral education. The subject is always attrac tive to those who are qualified to julioiously consider it, and it has also bo many claims to popular regard that it receives the attention of a multitude of benevolent leisurely people who try their prentioe hands upon the work. Wide differences of opinion still prevail. The time-honored belief that all minds should be trained in exactly the same fashion has been supplanted, o a large extent, by the dootrlne that the best results would be attained by a training peculiar to each pupil; but the prac tical application of this theory is so inoonve nient and difficult, that it con only be'seoured by a generation of parents and teachers muoh nearer to a millennial condition than those now npon the stage of action. The real question just now is how the mil lions are to be taught to read and write, and not how the model manikin can best become master of mathematics. Unfortunately the world at present has a great deal of business upon its hands; and, while it is bound to give the best opportunity in Its power to the youth ful Newton, it must also, and in the first place, do as well by the lowest and most stupid ignoramus. The magnitude of the subject is really appalling, and, in our present condition, the most practical scheme is to exert ourselves to the utmost in working for the greatest good of the greatest number. The common school system offers a very fair and practical solution for the prominent difficulties of the question, and it would be wise to accept the scheme in the form now in successful operation, and vigorously develop It to its utmost capaoity. The faults at pre sent do not arise from any inherent evil in the system itself, but are due to the Incomplete manner ia whioh it is executed. Even in the most negleoted country district all that is needed is better schools, better teaohers, and a lengthened period of tuition. It is not any thing different that is required, but greater perfection in the details now- in common prao. tice. In our own State the last annual report oalls for better school-houueB, longer sessions, and T higher salaries In many of the rural districts. These are practical wants, for whioh remedies can readily be found, and we cannot plead Ig norance of duty as a reason for Its non-performance. A comfortable edifice, with ample accom modations, easily aooeBslble, and well taturht, within the limited range of the "grammar school," may be with juitloe considered as the minimum amount that should be guaranteed by the State to every ohild, but as yet even so much is far from being perfectly performed, and the complete fulfilment of this duty is 0 paramount importance. The higher and nor. ma grades, although apparently less essen tial, are found to be necessary to the complete accomplishment of the lower department of the work, from the faat that they furnish teachers direotly fitted for and oonversant with, the requirements of the situation. The anoient pedagogue and withered dame belong, luckily, to the past, and we have learned that young men and women fresh from the course are more alive to the needs and sympathetic to the struggles of the younger pupils than the daminie, estranged from them by the oblivious effect of a half century of experience. 1 The competency of the teacher is of such paramount importance that before it every other consideration beoomes comparatively valueless. A hedge-school, illuminated by a farthing candle, may produce a riper scholar than the most completely endowed "institu tion" Inefficiently oonduoted. We have our selves known a teacher "unknown to fame," who habitually closed the text-book, and plunged into such an able examination of the pupils and such a complete exposition of the subject, that the various members of the class were dismissed with a real grasp of the subject, as their interest had been excited and their minds directed into a useful train of thought; while, on the contrary, a man of great learning aud reputation taught his pupils from a valuable work of his own com pilation, by using the questions at the foot of the page, and his pupils suffered seriously from this indolence. The power of acquiring knowledge and imparting it are so totally distinct, that the world has lost much by the belief that the possession of the one faculty implies the other. So far from this being the case, there are erudite students who cannot impart a tithe of their information or excite an interest in their topio, even in intelligent listeners, while, paradoxioal as it may seem, many others can really teach more than they themselves know by -the happy faculty of presenting the subject forcibly and logi cally, and thus stimulating the student to pursue the same range of thought. The tohool-days form so small a portion of human life that tuition should be directed not so muoh to the acquirement of faots as to the acquirement of the habit of study: it is not what the pupil learns,but that he be taught to learn; not what he reads, but that he mas ters that rare art the power of reading. The teacher who gives the pupil the impulse in the right direction, and stimulates the desire of proceeding therein, is alone competent to the office. In Pennsylvania, the State Treasury, which is burdened with comparatively few necessary expenses, continues to absorb the revenues accruing from tavern licenses. The total amount accruing from this source during the fiscal year ending on the 30th of November, 1868, was $279,532-72, of whioh Philadelphia paid $162,476 06, all other portions of the Commonwealth contributing only $117,056-66. This system of taxation is radically unjust. Since the city Is burdened by the pauperism and crime produced by intemperance, the least that be done for her relief is to grant her the moneys paid for tavern licenses. The Philadelphia members of the Legislature should insist upon a transfer of the receipts from the source designated to the City Trea sury. They can advocate this measure not only on the score of its inherent justice, but on account of the example of other States. In New York, for instance, none of the reve nues from tavern licenses are paid into the general fund of the State Treasury; they are appropriated for the immediate relief of the overburdened city tax-payers and for the re clamation of the vlotims of intemperanoe. The Board of Exoiee reports that It reoeived last year in the Metropolitan District from tavern licenses $l,431,172,of whioh sum $1, 102,271 was collected in New York and $288,433-50 in Brooklyn. In distributing this revenue, $904,877-07 was paid to the Sinking Fund of New York city; $59,883-37 to the Sinking Fund of Brooklyn; $86,560-08 to the Commis sioners of Charities and Correction; $201,961-22 to the Inebriates' Home for Kings oounty; aud $73,202-10 to the New York State Inebriate Asylum. These statistics are sufficient to show that under proper legislation tavern licences can be made an Important source of municipal revenue, and Philadelphia needs all the aid she can derive from this quarter. CUBA. OiHtiirknnof-a In Havana rupture of Anus ly tlie Authorities. Havana, Jan. 13. There wo a sorious dis turbance lust cveuiLR ou Carmen street. A jounmnn by t lie name of Leon had la'ely returned from ttiu Mutes. It seem that he and come two hundred o hers bad stored In a house on the aforementioned street about three hun dred arms ot various cluscp, uod that lttnit;ut they were to have proceeded to Candeluria in the West where an insurrection was to have been raised. The police found out all. Proceed ing to iho suspected house, two of the satta quardiaa entered, and, at the momcut, I.eon seized a revolver, and killed one ot them instantly. He shot, also, the other, who Is reported by come as (load, by others an mori bund. The Cniador cumo up aud was likewise 'Lot. In the mean time some troops cane up. Li on was seized and carried to the btrrack. The Government cot rofiesilon of the arm. Afterward Leon's frieuds went to tho barraeks, and were about umkioK an attempt to rescue him, but they were outnumbered by the Gov ern ment foice. and desisted from the under IrMi k. Ihe Biiiccloiift and Montezuma, two Sputiish steamer, sailed Fridav niuht with 2'200 men for the seat of war. Nearly 1)00 other troops arrived yesterday per. the Canaries. TEXT OF TUB PUBSS LAW. Government Superior Political of tho Ever Faithful Isle of Cuoa: . , , 1'sir.jr the (acuities which have been conceded to me bv the Provisional Government of tho nation, t decree tue following: Aiticlel. All th citizens of the Provinces or Cuba bate the rlebt to emit freely their thoueht by means of the press, without beint; subjected to a cenboiuhlp, neither to auy other previous requisite. Article 2. The ordinary faults committed by the preM will b subjected to the general law and ibe reeolar tribnnsis. Article 3. In that which Is comprehended in the Brut aiticip. so far as periodical are coo. corned, nr-t the author of the article is r sponsible, snd afterward (or In tho next place) the director ot the juurnnl. In the n atter ol book', fo'lftint and single sheets, the nu hnr. find not betnir known, the edi'or aud the prmtrr at the orders ot the lormcr. To carry out the f fl'"c- ol the decree, all p'-rio-rilrals winch havcnodltector will be considered as s ngli' fhert-. Postmir establishments will hand In to this Government Superior Political a communication, in which they will givo the numoot the director 01 the tourunl. Article 4. NelthT the Ca'holin reVnlon in Its dot'rra nor Havt ry, nniil the Cor ca (Joustitu- ntes fhhll have resolved thce qaeitious, cau be the object ot dlscu Mon. Domi.noo Duloe. Uavara, Jocunry 9. 181)9. tenors Johe do Arm-i, Yomayo, and Oorrco bare pone down to c, niter with the liiMireents as to what sort ot pettlemcnt they wish, and learn whether there bentiy prosnectof stopping thewar. It is rumored that, the.v 50 wl.li liio conseDt of General Du'ce, and that "they hnve been instructed to advise tho Kob"ls. In his nnme, as to how fur be, (he Gupiatn-GeLerul, may be willing to go. V. 1'. Tribune. The people of Rock Island county, Illinois, are putting up a monument in memory of her deceased soldiers. The new Lord Chancellor of Kngland ha3 been for thirty years "a devoted and success ful Sunday school teacher." Nearly 17,000 bushels of coal are mined daily in Rock Island county, Illinois, and over three hundred miners are employed. " General Henry K. Oliver is on a tour of inspection of the faotory schools of Massachu setts, lie met the agents of several of the mills at New Bedford, on Tuesday, and the present plan for the eduoation of factory children was fully discussed. A report on the subject is preparing for the Legislature. SPECIAL NOTICES. W GTtAND RALLY FOR TOE TfiM- OREAT RV 6H AT JIOLRTON'8 TEMPERANCE mNINU f AL'JON, No 18 P. SIXTH Htrsrt, corner of MINOR. ON ACCOUNT OF THK KOIjIAJWINCi BILL OF KAliK. ALL OF THIS B B'.bT, AND AT KKMAKKABLY LOW P4ICES RoBHt Heef. lAo. Kouat Mutton tic, Roast Turkey !6c. Kresb btiad .Wc, Roast Chlckvo.... V5cil!tt bleslc 10c. ojuuou uuop c.j Ham una t-ttt Mriolu ioa Venison Bleak 2oc. (Jurueu Beef aud Cab bage m20o O. sier I' in. ....20c nauiago i'c Broiled FIhQ He. Chit-ken Potpie.... -inc. Veal Potol.... iuc. Kclisand Butler- 60, Mllktoer k1) .50. Buckwheat Oakex 10c. Vegetables (nacu kind;. 6c, Apule Durupllng4 V10. Cranberry, Annie, and Cherry saiin (esch) . Be, Fried Oy iters 6 for Ale. Ktc etc. eto. ttttwed Chicken.. ,..iw. ... 6''. ... Jo ...lOc. ...100 I. iiee(jercupw Tea ' Celery.. Home-made Pie. t-udillng Btewed Ovsiis lis and 2.'.c BioHcd " 13 and 2V. JAilEH HOLKTON, Proprietor. Temperance Dining i-aloon, It4p Mo, I5B.81XTH Street. IRT KENSINGTON NATIONAL BANK. . rHILADKLrHU, Jan. 18, 14iti, At an Election held on the 12ili lnnta.it. tha follow. Ing-Dnmed gentlemen were duly elected Director of ih s Bank, to aerve the enxuing year: t'HAH. T. YEBKKS, ROi! l M. COMEVlN. IfAAO K. LAN DELL, KWaKD MURRAY. JOHN MCANLIN. CHAS. II. R TKIWBKLS hTWPHKN RUBBINS, KBWARt) W OOiWAS. BKNJ. V. NAGLKK. JOHN MARTIN, JOB. B. KEEN, BKNJ, H. BROWN. I. ir. WAlNWRlOHT. Ar d at ampetiDKjof the Boaid of Director! held this ttorulug, CHARLBX "I. YiURKKS, E(i., wai uaunl id oils' y re-elected Pmldent, aud 1 1 8t WILLIAM McCONNKLL, Cashier. JJCgp CORN EXCHANGE NATIONAL PHit.ADRr.PHiA. January i, 13119 At the Annual Eleutlou held on the liili Iniinrir the foiiowinc-naoifd gentlemen were elected Dircc' A T BY .J I'AT'DIi-l r IBV .A . . A T'B li' f f t A I I.' X- llr'.il A LK. WHtr.r.nrv JOHN W. TORREY, llL'OH CRAlC CHRlf. J. HOFFMAN, WILLIAM P. COX. JOHN F GROSS, PHILIP U MINGLK, -AMUKL T. CANHY KDWARD C. KiMIOIT. WAV. AJ.1Ayi.-l I uauu iiuoiill, J H. And at meniDg of the Hoard held this day, Hon A G. CATTKLL was iiuanlmoiiHly re-electei Presi dent. J. W. TORRKY Vice-President aud 1 li Hi P. fciUUETKY Cashier. ayVBAimXAL BANK F THE KE- . . PHtr.AItDKPHIA. .Tan. 12. 1KB"). At an rlectlon for Slrectora held Tins DAY the lollowliig u-nied KcuUeiuen were duly elected u, aerve lor the ensuing year:- 'vu " WILLIAM. H. BHAWN, BENJAMIN ROWLAND. Jr bMUEL A. BlHfllAM, I REDERIU A. HUVT, JOHN PEA ROE. ALFRKD DAY, HOWARD H1NCHMAN. WILLIAM U. bEYKh.RT. CUARLKH RICHARlKSUN. J. BARLOW MOOUKKAD, WILLIAM HAt'KKK. CHAKLfcS L BHAUPr.ESH, . WILLIAM B. BEMENT. And at a meeting of the Board held THI8 DAY WILLIAM H.RHAWl was elected President. 118wliat JObEPH P MLMl'ObtD, Outlier. KST- TI1R FARMERS' AND MECHANICS NATIONAL BANK. ... Puii.akki.fhia. Jannary is. U)G9. 0 "lection on tue utoday ol January, IBiik, loe lolloping named Stockboldera were elected Directors o:thls bank: . kl WlN M. LEWId. J. B LtPPINOOTr, JOHN AellHUUKT. J. EDWARD FARNOM, AN1HONY J.ANTELO, GRORUE W. FAKR, Jm, BErvj. A. FAKWHAM. WM. H. WOODWARD. FRAIVCIM TUT'. O. 'H. It UTUll I NSON, LJNDLKY SMYTH, ilKSHY P. BLOAN. RK HaBD V. DA LB, And at a meeting ol tue Directors thla day, ED WIN M. LEW IB, i waa onanliuoudy re-elected President, 1 16 lot W. KCSHTON, J Cashier. trST0 NATIONAL BANK OP COMMERCE, w-x-? Philadelphia. January lu, ltnt. At an election held on the 14th instant, the follow ing named Blockhotders were elected Directors of this bank: GEOtiGK K ZKIGLKK, ITHOMA8 H. KlltTLEY JOHN A. BROWN, UKOltdiCTROrr, A. K. UORIK. OKORGK V. PAQK. . W. CANNELL. I.IOIIN THOMPSON, JOHN RODMAN if A UL. M. D And at a nieellcg ot the Dlruc.ors this day, George K Zlegler, Efcq., was unaulnioiiily re-elected Presi dent. JOHN A. Ll-.Wia, I im mwsat t.'xihier. ' OFFICE OF THE NORill l'ENNSYL- VANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, PniLADBiirBiA, No. 4U7 Walnut atrett, Jau, 6, 1SC9, DIVIDEND NOTICE. The Transfer Books of this Company will be cloned on SATURDAY, the th Inst., at 3 a'olock P. M and be reopened oa BATURDAY, the Kiln Inst. A dividend htA this day been declared of FIVE PER CENT., clear ot taxes, payable la scrip, bearing no lnttrtet, and convertible Into Beven Per Cent. Mortgage Bonds of the Company, In sums of not les.i than five bundled dollars, on and after May 1st next. The said dividend will be credited to the stock boldeiB as they shall stand registered on the books of the Company on BATURDAY, the nth lnat. lBlmwlm WILLIAM Wlai'EH. Treasurer. K5)3- ATLANTIC AND GREAT WELTERS a3 RAILWAY COMPANY. bicascTAkY'H Officii, No. 40 Broadway,) Nkw Yiikk, 2tib Decemoer, 18wi. Notice Is bereDy glveu IhattsIHpeclal meeting of the tMbckbolders ol the AtlmiUqauU Ureat Wusieru Rail way Company will beheld at the Oeueral OlUcea ot the Couii'uny, No, 40 Brosdway, In the City and Htate 01 New York, at i o'clock noon, on nATlfltUA V, the tinh duy 01 Jauuury next. ti consider aud ap prove of, or reject, certain cousracu entered Into with the Krlo Railway Company, and the Columbus, rbictgo, aud Indiana Central Railway 1 ompany, and for oloer purposes. The traiiaier books wiU rewalu cktt'd uuill alter the meellug. W. AUt'UDALL O'DOHKtlTY, I I Iw Haoreiary, trfl" PIHLAUKLl'III A AND READING V RAlLHOAD CO it PAN V Utiles No. 227 b. yOUJVlxi fclruet. Pnir.Apm.PHf a. December to, 18ti8, I VI LEND NOTICE. The Transfer Rooks of this Company will be closi'd on Ihe 4lb ol January next, aud be reopeued Oh TUESDAY, January 12. A Dividend of FIVE PER CENT, has beon de clared on the Preferred and Common. Block, i-luar of National aud tstaie Tuish, payable la common slock on and alter Jauuary 2, 1;B, to the bolder tharoof, as tht-y shall staud registered on the books ol the Company on the 4tu of Jauuary next. All payable at this oiboe, . . All orders for Dividends niiibt be wlluessed and stamped. it m lui 8, BRA D FORD, Treasurer. SPECIAL NOTICES. IKPp COLD WEATHER DOfcS MOT OHAP or roiiKlen tiesklu after using WRIGHT'S ALCONA ' KDGLYARIN TABLKT OHOLIUI fIF.D t-LYCEKIN. Ita dally line make the skin dell clel soft and brautHul. It Is aeilghtruily frgrnl, irsrspsrent, and luoomparabl at a loilt Anno. For Sle by all Druggists, h A , A WRIGHT, t4 No. 824 CIIKSNUT Street, CONCERT HAL UN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. A CJDRSK 0 SCIENTIFIC LKUTCRKS BY DR. J. F. BOYNTON. BEAUTIFUL BTERKOPTICON VrrcWS. INTERiSTINtf EXPERIMENTS. I. J. F. BOYNTON, the cetr brat d and p inular l ecturer on eulogy ai.d the Natural rtclnnnei, win jive, hy invitation, a conre 01 blX 1 LHJwTtl TKO JEClt'IiKt" I t'ON OhOMiGY AKJl TUE NA1U. HAL HIlS'lORY OF IREATION, s lollows:- ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. January 20, WORLD-MAKING. ON THURSDAY EVENING. January 41. 'IHE EAR111 AND MOuM. ON FMDAY EVENING, January K. INTFODUjiON OF ANIMAL LIFjfi VtOX OUR PLANE!'. . ON VONDA Y EVENING. January 25, COAL BEDS AMD OIL BKVi. OU WEDNESDAY EVENING, January n7. THE AGE Olf ltKPTlLE.t, ON FRIDAY EVENING. January W, 1BK MA.VIODON AND atAAlMOl'U 1'ERIOD The above series of lrcturs were recently given In New York city, at THB COOP K INrtTITUTK, ti audiences lining every seat, and ocoupylng every available Inch of II SIBI Hiding room. c ADMISSION, FTKTY OKSTS. RESERVED SEATS, fcEVJINTY-FtVK CENTS. Tickets for the course, six in number, with reserved seats, A.t. The opening sale ol llcke's will commence on Mon day morning. Joiuaiy 10, at Uouid's Piano K Km, no,M Chesniu etrect. 1 lo tf rt" KOTicB.-WI-ST JEREYT RAILROAD sy COMPANY. OprioR OF THK Trkakdrrb,) . . Cam di. n, N. J, Jai uary IB, tsuv. The Board or DliecUi-s have this d y dlarna a Semi annual Dividend ol FIVE PKK CENT., dear ol nation ..1 lax, payable to the Stockholders of this date on and alter WEDNhSUAY the 8d day of Fen rnary, 19, at the I reasurer' Oftlce In Camden. The Stock Trans ler Booas will be nosed from the date horeoi, until the4ih Jay ol February, 1H,:. bKOBUK J. ROKBIN3 ' 1" 14 Treasurer W. J. R, K. Co. IKjST THE bFCOND ANNUAL BANQUET tKrcr , tl the YALE ALUMNI ASGCl ATIO..S will ''P'jweat Ausiistln'H.N . lioi WAtiNUT Street, on THCltSDAY EVENING NKX.I", Jan. 21, tR69 at o cl' ti. AU Yale Kmdtia ei who may rtetira to attend will please make the tart known si Robert N Illsi n.Kec Hx. foo-., Nh, 7i7 Walnut street, 11 1 ey have not already done so. 11 flS COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE OF PHILADELPHIA. The auuuul meeting of therotrmerclal ,-;:liauge will be bed ou TUES DAY, Jauuary 2C, 18hi. 'l ne annual report ol the Board of Manager! will be read at u'' o'clock A. M. The polls will beepcu from 11 A. M. until P. M. for the election ot olliceis lo serve for the earning er. u. R. TlSLiALL, 1 20 ot secretaiy. ff0 THE PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DKA F AM) DUMB The annual meeslng ol the Comrllmiors ui the PiN SSY LV AN 1 A INSTJ'lUl'lON tOR THE DEAF AND DUM B will be beld at ibo lustl.ntion. c rner of PINE and BROAD Street on WEDNESDAY, the 20th Inst., at 4 o'clock P. M. 'I be annual report of tbe Directors wUl be submit ted, and an Heciiou held tor oulcem to servo lor the eaisnti g ear. JAMES J. BARCLAY, I fw4t Secretary. rp tONTINKXI'AL HOTEL COMPANY. I Tlie Annuui Meeting 01 the eti ckooiders of the CnntlLenlal Hotei Company, for tbe eiec.lou o( Fve Manaiieis and the transaction of other business, will be held on (SATURDAY, January 23, law, at 12 o'clock M., at tbe Hotel. J. fcER'JEANT PRICE. . 1 16 7t Secretary. trZSf OFFICE IN8. CO. NORTH AMERIcT, -s-' l'mi.ADKLi'HiA Januaiy 11 im: The Dlrtctf M have this day declared a S 'm.nuul Dividend of bl PER CENT , payable on demand, freeot all taxes. CHARLES PLAIT, 1 11 lt Secretary. r35T' AMATEUR'S DliAWING-ROOM, fcV--y PEVKNTK NTH Street, above ChSHiiuu Mtbs PAULINE BKEWSTKK SMYHTK will deliver a lecture l the above named place, WEDNESDAY, January 20. Buhject -AN AI'Pk.AL TO WOMAN." htbkRVKM SKATS, ONE DOLLAR. To he had at IRUMPLER'S No. 28 Cbesnut street; COVERT'S NEWS STAN I), Continental Hotel: aud at the door between 10 and 2 o'clock. 1 1 1 Hi frtT CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY. TH5 - Anubal Meeting of the Stockholders of the Cutabrla Iron Company will be held at their ofllce. No. uh CBESNUT street, Philadelphia, on TUES DAY, the Ituh da? of JANUARY next, at 4 o'clock P. M., when an election will be held for seveu Direc tors to serve for the eusulBi year. Philadelphia. Dec. 17. 1868. juun 1. jlillis, Becretary. 121sdU18 SHAM OK IN COAL COMPANY. Philadelphia. Jn. 1. mm. The Annual Meeting of the stockholders ot the above-named Company will be held at their Ollice, No. 216 WALNUT Street, on WEDNESDAY, the 2oth instant, at 12 o'clock, when an Election will be beld for fceveu Directors lu serve lor the eusulng year. The iraiiHle- books will be closed on the 10th and opened on the 21st iukiaut 1 Umwttt C. R. LINDSAY. Secretary. frSy" OFhICE OF TUB ST. NICHOLAS COAL COM PAN Y , No. 2'.S WAI.N UT M I'KKBT. PHii.AjiKi.t-ui a, Jauuary 10, ism. Ihe Annual Meeting ot the stockholders will be beld at the oflice ol the Company on MONDAY. Kibruary l. 8ti. at 12 o'clock M., when an election will be held for seven Directors to serve tbe ensuing r- K. JOilK.sroN, 1 18 lit secretary, 8" OFtiCK OF THE DIAMOND COAL COMPANY, No. SOS) WALNUT Street. Tbe Directors, on the 0th mnt.. declared a Dividend ol KlKl Y CEATS PER SHARU, payable on ora.ter tula date. v B. ALTER, Secretary. January 16. 18s. i m u BATC'HELOR'S HAIR DYE. THIS splendid Hair Dye la the eest In the world; the only trne and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, lostan taueona; no disappointment; no ridiculous tints; remedies the 111 eltecis of bad dyes; Invigorates nd leaves the Hair soft and beautiful, blnrk or tn-own, bold by all Drat gists and Perfumers; and properly applied at Bachelor's Wig Factory, No. 1 BO SO bireet. Mew York. 427mwft trf ONE POUND OF ELASTIC SPONGE " will go ns far as one and half pounds of curled hair. The latter alter short uiage becomes tnatied aud hard, while the former always retains Ita elasticity and can be used agaiaalter havtug been In use lor years. 8 8 niwf ) f-jT DR- NEILL HAS REMOVED FifOM Tt-oml aud Spruce streets lo No. tit South EIGHTEENTH Street. (i li ttavr 3l "Kcadj-Mtttle" or "Made to Order." The publio used to he afraid To lureua.e clothing; "ready made;" For "custom goods" outlast, said they, Tti "ready-made" garments many a day. Ti custom they had, in times of old, lo pay Hard cash, either sliver or gold, Any exorbitant sort of a price, tor clothes that looked decent and fit them nice. But when KOCKHILL A WILSON'S Hall so lirown, Tbe bandsomest hall in all the town, Megan to sell clntltluc ready made, The public, somehow, slopped beint; Afraid. For they kuow they can purchase clothing which Is honestly made In every stltxu; Finished with care, as eucti man know, Ate KOC.'KHILL & WII-'iON s ready-made clothes. Bat If you piefer.lt will give tis pleasure, lu making your clothes, to take your measure; For piece goods, such as tbe goods we keep, Were never better, nor ever so cheap. Of every description and every grado, made to order or ready-made, HOUKU1LL & W1L IsON would have you to know that the best of all places In town to go, for a smt of eloi lies for ynur manly frame, as we've often told you, it's still the same. Better hurry along aud call and look at the goods of (ne GREAT BROWN HALL, ROCKHILL ft WIL80N, No. 603 and 0i C11ESMJT HTltKKT, PHILADELPHIA, IN URANCE COMPANIES. FAME INSURANCE COMPANY, K.'40t CHISKUT SI BEET. Pnil.ADHi.rHrA, January 18, ISH9. This Compauy, Incorporated lu 18-6, and doing a FIKK INSI KANCE BUSINESS EX OLUIVELY, lu order to enabln It to accept a large amount or business constantly declined for want of adequate capital, will. In accord ance with a supplement lo Its charter, lu. crease lis CAPITAL STOCK FfiOrt $10u00tt, Its prcwut amount, to 2 0 0,0 0 0, In Shares of Fifty Dollars Each, And for wbloii subsoiiptlou books are now open at this oflice. i By order of the Board or Directors. CHAF.LES RICH ARD80SM, PHKSI1ENT WILLIAM H. RHAWN7 VICE-PKEBIUENT. WILLIAMS I. BLANCH ARDV l)4ptf SECltETAUV. JEWELRY. SILVERWARE, ETC. J. E. CALDWELL & CO. miL RESUME BUSINESS On Monday, January 18, AT Tllh" 8TOHH No. 819 CHESNUT Street, lBtf PHILADELPHIA. FLOUR. HOLIDAY PRESENTS. The beat and moat suitable Present for a friend or' tbe needy Is a barrel ot our "J. B. WELCH" PIHST PRHMIUM FLOUR and a bag or hall barrel BTSS LIJSO'o "MODJSTA1N" BUCKWHEAT &LEAL, war. ranted snperior to any In the market. Constantly on hand the beet assortment ot differ en or an da of FLOCR, 1KDLAN. and KYK 1LEAJL HOPS, etc. aKOHOB F. ZEHNDBR, 1184 2m rp roi'BTII AKIl VIWK WHS. QHOICE FAMILY FLOUR, - For the Trade or at Eetall. EVfRV BABBEL WABBAH1ED, KEYSTONE FLOUR MILLS, KO. 19 AN1 1 OIB4BD AVKPK, 1 19imrp Bast of Front street. GROCERIES, ETC. "y U1TI3 CLOVER LIONET, BETHLEHEM ItCCKV'HEAT. KX1UA MKSS MACKEBBI AL1IEBTC. BOBEBTS, Dealer In Pine Groceries, II TJrp for. ELEVENTH and VINE Streets. COAL. ILLIAM W. ALTER. LEHIGH COAL, Also, Lorberrj and Locust Mountain. Ik-pot, Ko. 9o7.KoiLh KIJiTU Street, Below Glrard Avenue U5 4ptf Ofllce, Cor. S1X111 and Sl'KL(j Hlituny. PIANOS. STEIJi WAY SONS' fJHivn I sqnare and upright Plauos, at blahi ith o. 1UW C11KHN D'f Htreet. ur" "u nick E. K 1 H Q Grand, botiare and Upright lASua. 11 JU DTJTTON'8, NealiCHjfic)NUT Street HATS AND CAPS. JON EH, TEMl'LB A CO.. FASlilONAni! HATTERa First door above Cheanut t reet. 401 , WARBDKTO.N'd IMPROVED VEVT? vr-r. ixuJruea raunions Of th season I ' i f V NUTblreetnext doorjejheffl0?f0,,h all the ton-4si ETonl t STZEWMS COPARTNERSHIPS. O0.Fil5,TERSII,P NWT1CE.-THB UNDER. slutd have this day toruied a cnartnrni.. BurvlvlDg partner of the late firm or latear.. r WILLIAM M.WAr or ,irm ot Sutton t Stewart. Bankers, -' - I'tP Indiana, ia. WANTS. WANTED TO R r m t On or betore th 10th of March. A MnnvuiTn SIZED HOCSE ru nil contain all the modern oonYe nienoes. and be In good order, for which a good rent will b paid, andrtne best or care taken or It, A property with COACH HOUSE attached rre rerred situated belMeeii TENTH BUdTWErPlKTir aiid CHtHJN UT and VlNK HirietS. iAKXU nation0- ' U'' f h"ae'". tlB terms TPOR SALE LA RUB WHARF, NOUTU SIDE A ot CHERKY Hi reel, fccliujUlll. with lossa ot Vlm'ttUM''lh .' "WHKKLKltf l 1 lBmwfat No. 113 f. FIFTH Btree'. r! FOR 8ALK Oil TO RENT DESIRABLE ..... . WAONKR, Ja., 11961 No. 13 B. THIRD Street. T30ARD1N0.-KIRST.CLAS3 BOARDING M PI RE SLATE MANTEL WORKS, J. B LU KlMES.No.ttaiiCHKaNUl'Ktreet. lUwltaj ' GARTLAND, UNDERTAKER, . aouut thikT Smu sireev m u m ititOa.' N
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