THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 18C9.
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MATERIALS FOE A HISTORY OF
OIL FAINTING. ; : ;
ThoJnrion Saturday Rr.nmo p;We the 161-
lowing notico t the, Hocoud volume of Sir
Cbarlcn ERUtlake's work:
By thin volume ttlc labor of lovo which the Into
lamented President of the Academy undertook,
tore than twenty years ago, for the emme bl his
art, ie completed. : It l poKslble thnt the title of
she book nmylve an imyjrrcct idouof its object
to k hanty reader leading him to export h work
" ( the biographteiU order, like Clint which In old
v 4Uys we owe to Vamirl, mid In our own time to
, Uaralcaaolle. Bnt what 8lr Charles Eastlake has
kre modestly named "materials" are, lu truth,
the history of oil-painting as an art, from the
earliest period to the days of Reynolds and
Gainsborough, lie Is not ostennilily engaged
with the biography of artlnts, nor with the na
tional influences which -formed their style and
proscribed their subjects, nor with their indi
vidual powers of treating them. His aim is
' throughout to trace ' the gradual steps
tjr which oil-colors superseded colors of
i a more perishable or less effective no
lore, and were then elaborated Into
the magnificent art of ' whioh the lords para
mount were Van Kyck and Hellini, Titian and
. Veronese, Correggio and Ruben. Rembrandt
t and VehvsqucK. We might easily lengthen this
imperial list, but what a purple splendor there is
about it as it stauds! Like an enumeration of
famous landscapes, what visions of glow and
f lory docs It call np! But we have given it, not
with any -wish to dwell upon these alluring
topics, but simply to convey to our readers a
true impression of the importance and interest
of tho subject dealt witkin these volumes. For,
by virtue of the unity which always exists, not
only between the nature and character of -the
artist and his work, but also between tho execu
tive and the mental elements of it, the leading
pictorial qualities of the great oil-painters are
involved in the history which professes, ns its
dominant idea, to record their technical pro
cesses. This is especially true of the volume
before ns, which turns much less than did the
Jirst volume in the rudimentary efforts and old
traditionary methods of the early; oil
painters. As tho color system of
each leading artist in his tarn is described,
we have with it a description of his style and
r place in the world of art the force and purity
. of the Van Eycks, and of Bellini and his con-
temporaries; tho glowing tenderness of Peru
gino; the intensity and more than microscopic
refinement of Leonardo da Vinci; tho calm range
and equable senatorial splendor of Titian; the
mysterious imagination of Rembrandt; the cor-
, reggieecity of Corrcgifio. Thus what at first
I sight seems a rather limited subject turns out,
i when duly handled, to be ono of the highest in
terest to all who have any real care lor art.' And
it does not appear an exaggerated statement if
we say that Sir Charles has here given us a
legacy hardly inferior In value to that which
England owes to his untiring exertions in the
National Collection. ,
There is something, it seems to us. eminently
characteristic of Englishmen (and eminently
characteristic, it may be added, of the distin
guished author), in the scheme of the book, as
here set forth. We often hear now, with nn
iteration which would be tedious were it not so
graceful, so lively, and so discursive, of tho
Englishman's practical helplessness and theo
retical incapacity when compared with the style
in which people mannge things in Franco or
Germany. And certainly the scheme of this book
does appear small in eomparison with tho vast
pretensions of such a writer us M. Taine, in his
recent essays on the Italian and Flemish schools.
The one starts from oils and resins; the other
from the conformation of the country, the races
who have inhabited it from primeval" times, and
the whole course of its subsequent history. Sir
Charles alms at showing the little steps by which
the employment of certain vehicles" led the
, artists on to form their style; M. Taine professes
to account for the genius and works of
Hcmliug or Rubens by laws which com
pelled their appearance, and governed their
hands by an irresistible fatality. And M. Tainc's
book leaves one with the impression of a clever
writer who has never once had it glimpse of his
subject, and in whose essay it is the least por
tion which bears reference cither to what the
painters aimed at or to the merit of their work
. . art, in his history, being truly minima pars
whilst in the other, beside tho exhaustive
treatment of the technicalities which the author
undertakes to investigate, nil that he has in
cluded, in his progress, upon the style and value
of the artists has that peculiar authority which
belongs to the careful judgments of a painter
upon his own profession. The same contrast
holds good in respect to the style of the two
writers Taine sparkling, cold, too clever for
confidence, untouched by the soul of his subject,
aud hence never touching the reader's; Enstlake
temperate, chaste, keeping always within the
phrase rather than exceeding measure, yet rising
with the occasion to a certain sedate and impres
sive eloquence when he describes those works of
which no one but the artist himself can ade
quately feel the amazing and unapproachable
excellences.
The volume opens with a name which, even
after the lapse of six centuries, no one who has
loved and felt with the greatest of the Italian
poets can write without a" certain emotion. The
Impel in S. Maria Nuovn at Florence, founded
by Folco Portinari, father to Dante's "Beatrice,"
was the place which the taste of a descendant
' and namesake of Folco, some hundred and fifty
years afterwards, converted into what one may
call the first collection of oil-paintings seen in
Italy. Sir Charles traces this innovation to tho
' commercial connections which the Portinari
, family had with Northwestern Europe. Besides
. importing Flemish pictures, they appear to have
shown attention to Antoncllo of Messina, the
painter who still preserves the traditional credit
of Introducing the new process into the South.
Italy, probably for nearly two thousand years
(if the Etruscan tomb-pictures date so far back),
had been satisfied with methods in painting
which generally employed water as the diluent
of the eolors. And the climate of the sub-Apcu-nine
districts was, in truth, just sntlielently free
from dampness aud liberal in light to render
"fresco" and "tempera," in their many varieties,
possible. Yet, even there, no one who now
, ; visits the country can fail to observe that an
exceptionally favorable building and rarely
found conditions of careful guardianship are
t essential to prolong the life of a fresco for any
period which a serious artist might rationally
.' desire. At we read that England is within, but
' only just within, the "wheat-growing circle,"
so we may say of Italy and her famous
frescoes. One must descend to Sicily, or
Greece, or Egypt to find a climate genuinely
propitious to "that delicate but delightful art.
Only here and there a Giotto's chapel at Padua,
a Monasterio Maggiore for Lulni, perhaps a
Vatican celling for Michael Angelo makes one
feel, by the contrast of its accidental preserva
' tlon, how precarious was that method to which
so much of genius and so much of history was
entrusted lleueo (Irrespectively of the peculiar
technical merits possessed by oil color in depth
1 and fusion of tint, truth united with force of
tone, and facility in correction and finish), there
Is no cause for wonder that the Italians, although
a race singularly conservative by instinct, rapidly
adopted the novel and more durable method,
boon, say Vasari, "people crowded with enthu
masm to see this new aud more real perfection,
deeming that nothing could ever surpass it.
And surpassed it certainly has not been; though
the enthusiasm might have been abated had the
ills that oil painting, in its turn, is heir to the
cracked surface, the fugitive tint, the rich brown
rustiness, dear to the connoisseur, tho ravages
of the sun and the cleaner been foreseen by
the eyes which looked on Franela and Pernglno
in the glory of their first freshness.
After noticing the beginnings of the art in
' Italy, Sir Charles recapitulates the practice of
the Flemings, aud then proceeds to notice its
gradual development at the hands of Lorenzo iH
C'rcdi, Leonardo da Vinci, Perugino, Fruncla,
Riiffuelle, tho Prate, Andrea del Sarto, and other
Florentines. He then treats on CorregglQ in a
very fuU and interesting chapter, concluding the
. treatise with a general sketch of those famous
''Venetian methods'1 which have been the do
light and wonder of all subsequent oil pulutrs,
ytd the igni$futuut to mujjy, We my conjee
turc that, hud lifo been ppurcd, the author wonld
have also examined the chief ycnetlnn painters:
nor in there; any subject on wliieli Ins patient
observation and exquisite tonte would have
been more profitably r pleasantly rm-
kikiyed. U is to be hoped ihut Mime
Of me notes on iii:iruic uunui vvu
during Easthike's Journeys may supply
this niatus. should 'the affectionate care
which; has given n's this volumo judge it proper
to publish them. A short series 'of ' essays,
mostly directed to technical details, closes the
' volume. They contain tho fruits of a singularly
precise and varied experience, and would, wo
should think, if illustrated by practical evperi
ments, form an admirable basis for a course of
lectures to the stndents of the- Academy. Sneh
lessons of practice are particularly desirable In
England, whoso artists aro in no danger of suf
fering by nn excess of that formal routine teach
ing which has elsewhere brought schools of art
to a dead level of academic monotony.
With one extract, which we choose because
it involves few technical details, wo close our
notice of the most impdrtant-csmy on art which
the English press has given us for many years:
"In the application of frcseo-palntlng to architec
ture, the practice of CotTeiorlo dlil'ered widely from
that or preceding masters; tils Innovations In this
department may bo exemplified by comparing his
cupolas, with the ceiling of the sistlne chapel? by
Michael Angelo. That great painter, though a master
of foreshortening, has not, In the Instance referred
to, supposed his figures to In; above the eye, but oio
sile to It, so that they are still Intelligible when seen In
any other situation, us, lor example, In an engraving;
C'orregglo, on the ot her hand, In his cupolas, always
aimed at producing the perspective appearance of
figures nlMivethe eye; ami the violent foreshortening
which Is the consequence renders his figures unsatis
factory except In their .original situation, and when
seen from .lielow. where their cll'eet must at llrst
have iH'en marvellous. Hut, after all, If the object
of art be to meet tho Impressions of nature by cor
responding representation, It is evident that fore
shortening on ceilings or cupolas, as It necessarily
presents the human figure and all objects In a mode
absolutely foreign to our experience, must, more or
less, depart from the plain end of Imitation, and can
only excite wonder at tho artist's skill. H remains
to observe that the foreshortenlngs which Corregglo
has Introduced In his cupolas arc, in most cases, In
compatible with all but a general expression In the
features, as the heads are almost always represented
ns if seen from below. All nobler objects were thus
overlooked In the pursuit of a favorite excellence,
and Corregglo ever sought the' attributes of per
spective opposed to 'qualities of the mere surface ;
to pierce In uppcarance the surface of a
cupola with ascending figures, notwithstanding the
amazing difficulty of the undertaking, was au enter
prise quite to his taste." - ,
Aboriginal ICelicM. j
DISCOVERIES AT THE IUG MOUND IN ST. LOUIS.
"The St. Louis Democrat says: "Some very
rare relics, interesting to the antiquarians, and
which may serve to throw light on tho origin of
the unknown race entombed iu the Big Mound,
have been discovered by the workmen now en
gaged in levelling that ancient landmark with
the grade of Broadway. On Thursday a skele
ton wns exhumed, which, from the ornaments
found in connection, must have been that of a
former chief of considerable distinction. Two
large conch shells, which most probably came
from the gulf, and an innumerable lot of beads
and discs, formed out of shells, were found be
side tho skeleton. But most nteresting of all.
were two plates of copper, exactly similar iu
design, and which were carved out by some an
cient artisan to represent the face of "an animal
or man. The nose is grently prolonged, and
more nearly resembles the beak of a bird than
the proboscis of a man or animal. Tho eyes
aud mouth nro distinctly observable, but with
the extraordinary beak the clllgy has the appear
ance of a caricature. Tho carving, though rude
in design, is expressive. The length of the
masque from the top of the forehead to the chin
Is about two inches, while the breadth across the
region of the eyes is one inch and a half.
"The copper plates are about the thickness of
a tablespoon. The metal was corroded with
rust and verdigris. On the upper portion of both
specimens are two ear-shaped notches, resem
bling those on arrow-heads; and in the centre,
between tho notches, a slit was cut about half an
inch in length, evidently intended for tho pur
poses of attachment, as ornamental appendages.
They may have been used as ear jewels, which
supposition is confirmed from the fact that they
were found lying on both sides of it skull, and
underneath each was found a large sized stone
head, perforated through tho longer axis. ' Tho
graves iu which the copper ornaments ,wero
found were about twctity-flvo feet below the
original surface of the mound, and from the dis
coveries already made there appears to have
been a large number buried in a line running
north and south, and extending across the east
ern slope of the mound. i
"The question arises, To what race did these
remains belong ? Did they belong to the age of
bronze, or to that undefined period of time as
signed to the ancient mound builders '( They had
the same customs as the modern Indian tribes of
burying their dead in certain general localities. It
is to be regretted that the skulls have not been
taken out more perfect, so as to ascertain their
cranial developments. According to Dr. Morton,
the mean internal capacity of the skulls of the
mound-builders is eighty-live cubic inches, while
thnt of the American Indian is eighty-two. Ac
cordingly, a few average skulls put to the above
test ought to settle the point whether they be
longed to the modern Indian tvpc or those jolly
old prehistoric occupants of this country known
as the mound-builders."
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Linen Table Covers,
Linen Napkins,
Liuen Handkerchiefs,
Woollen Table Covers,
Notions, etc. etc.
MONEY SAVED BY PURCHASING YOUR GOODS
OP
421 wfm2mrp CLARK & EVANS.
DRUGS, PAINTS, ETO.
JOBERT SHOEMAKER & CO.,
N. E. Corner FOURTH and RACE Sts.
PHILADELPHIA.
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS.
Importers and Manufacturers of
White Lead and Colored Faints, Putty,
Varnishes, Etc.
AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED
FRENOH ZINO PAINTS.
Dealers and consumers supplia lowest prices
for cash. ' 1245
CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS.
VT. R. FRAZIER, JOHN W. FRAZIER,
Residence, 16 Dean st. Residuiioe, 413 Christian st.
T7 R A Z I E R & BROTHER,
X: (Huccessors to WILLIAM B. SLOAN),
GARPKNTKkS AND BUILDERS,
bhop, No. all ORlbOOM htroet.
South of bpruve, between i'uurth aud 1 ULh streets.
PHILADELPHIA.
All orders by Mail promptly attended to.
BUILDING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES DONK.
Store I' runt put in, Ollices fitted up, New Hoofs put on.
and immediate aud special attention given to all kinda of
dobbmi;. -
Uentiemen having country seats requiring new work, or
repairing: done, will, by giving- us a call, or sending a nule,
receive prompt couaiuoiation. A trial is solicited.
4 14 lm VUAZlEit BKUTHKB.
QEORCE PLOWMAN,
CARPENTER AND BUILDER,
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No. 134 DOCK Street, Philadelphia.
VV ANTST" 1 .
"yy ANTED CO HOARDERS AT TIIH
STETSON HOUSE,
No. 445 N. TIIIUD Street.
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$5 per Week, and a PlrHt-rlaii Table. 4 17 lm
ANTED LOCAL AND TRAVELLING
TV Agents in every eity and town in the United States.
Great inducements ottered to active men. Call, or ahlress
with stump, W OOD A CO., Room 111, No. 400 OHKSNUT
treat. Phil i)S Km
YjOPOKKS' AND WOSTEN HOLM'S POCKET
J KNIVES, Pearl and Stag Handles of beautiful finish.
HODtilCKS and WADE 4 BU'l'lJH KR'B UAU1W, and
Uie celebrated LKCOLXKE RAZOR BULSSUHa of Uie
finest quality.
ltasors, Knies polranra, , and Table Cutlery (Irnund and
Foliabed, at P. MADURA'S. No. 113 8. TENTU bUo.t
alew (iheanut
EAFNES8. EVERY INSTRUMENT THAT
science and skill have invented to assist tho bearing
in every degree of deafness; also, Respirators; alaq, Cran.
dsll's Potent Crutches, smienor to any others in use, at P.
MADKUiA'S. No. LlS fc. Tilivr hUeot. Wow
theauut.
HOSIERY GOODS.
J Vt I L L 1 A M HOFFMAN,
N. N. riUIITII Ntrrt-t, lhllnlclphla.
Dealer In Hosiery Goods,
Offers for sie a large assortment ot Hosiery, for
Ladles', Cents', an Children wear ; Socks, thrco
.oartcr Sork, and Long Uose, of English and Ger
man manufactare.
UZvTD13B.WZ3AII.
Of Cartwribt A Warner's marmfactnre, aclnow
ledged t be the bes :.nporteL
Also, the Norfolk and New Ttrnnswlck, acknow
ledged to be the bes of American Goods.
These Goods in all sizes, for 4 7 wsij
Spring and Snmmer Wear.
OLOTHINQ.
yy E STON & BROTHER,
MERCHANT TAILORS,
S. W. Corner NINTH and ARCH Sts.,
PHILADELPHIA.
DAILY RECEIVING
SPRING AND SUMMER STYLES OF
THE LATEST IMPORTATIONS.
A Fnperior Garment at a reasonable price.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 8 81 8mrp
LEGAL. NOTIOES. ;
I? STATE OF FRANK DE SILVER,' DE
J CKARK0. The aaditor appointed by the tlrphans'
Court for the City and t nunty of Philadelphia to audit,
settle, and adjust the account of H AKKISON T. IK SI L
V Kit, Kxecutor of the lost Will and Testament of 1" KAN K
DE RILVf.H, deceased, and to report distribution, will
meet the parties interested on TUI'-SDA Y. Mny 4, 1SS9, at
11 o'clock A. M., at his Office, No, 717 WALNUT htreet,
Philadelphia. JOHN CLAYTON,
4 ii3 fuiwfct Auditor.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR
1 THK CITY AND COUNTY OK PHILADKI.PHIA.
WILLIAM 8TOPPKRAN vs. KMMA M. (STOPPKUAN.
8eptetnber Term, 1W. No. 43. In Divorce.
To Kmrua M. Htopperan: Please take notice that the
Conn have granted a rule npon you to show cause why a
divorce a vinculo matrimonii should not be deoree 1 in tnis
a. Returuable on SATURDAY, May 1, lwif, at 11
0 olock A. M. FREDERICK. DITTM ANN,
mwth4t AttorneyforLibellant.
BANK REPORTS.
ABSTRACT OF REPORT OF THE CON
DITION Ob THK NATIONAL HANK OK
'1 HE KKPUBLIC OF PHILADELPHIA, made to tlio
Controller of the Currency, as shown by its books at the
close of business on the 17 th day of April, lHof:
RESOURCES. i
1 oans and Discounts $1,172,888'86
United States Bonds deposited ;
with Treasurer ol United btatee.. SOO.OOu'OO
Tionds on hand WI.OOU'UU
Real Estate (productive) l:U.li!10
, . 1.Wd.5U9-M
iirai'ienaer notes ana uerxin
cate.4 $2,7-O0
National Bank Notes 27,ol;t t)0 ;
Fractional Currency and Stamps.. 5,9W'10
Premiums 9,sfJ6(X) '
Dne tram other Banks
W.4Wii8
Expenses and Taxes 23,8 M il
Totl $2,SW7,tW-7U
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock $l,000,0(KnK)
Circulation , 4l7,fiKHO
Deposits l,4l,12iM
Protit and Loss 77,2&)'04
Total $2,9l7,Sni)
JOSEPH P. MUMFORD, CasliiKr.
Philadelphia, April 21, lHi9. 4 iltinwot
VELOCIPEDES.
PE0IALTY OF
Is O IV Y
AND
Velocipedes,
OF THE LATEST STYLES and LOWEST PRICES,
Together with all the NEW SPRING PATTERNS of
first-class PHAETONS AND CARRIAGES, in stock
and llntoU, For sale by
S. W. JACOBS,
4 10 fmw2m No. 61T ARCH STREET.
STOVES, RANCES, ETO.
NOTICE. THE UNDERSIGNED
would call the attention of the public to his
NEW GOLDEN EAGLE rU KNACK.
This is an entirely new heater. It is so oonatrnotad
as to once commend itselt to general favor, being a combi.
nation of wrought and cast iron. It is very simple in us
construction, and is perfectly air-tight , self-cleaning, hav
ing no pipes or drums to be taken out and cleaned. It ia
so arranged with upright flues as to produce a larger
amount ot beat from the same weight of coal than any tur
nace now in use. The liygrometno condition of the air as
produced by my new arrangement of evaporat ion will at
once demonstrate that it is the only Hot Air Furnaoe that
wi'l produce a perfectly healthy atmosphore.
Those iu want of a complete Heating Apparatus would
do well to call and examine the Golden EukIo.
chari.es Williams,
Nos. 1134 and 1134 MARKET Stress,
Philadelphia.
A large assortment of Cooking Ranges, Firo-Board
Stoves, Low Down Urates, Ventilators, etc., always on
bund.
N. B. Jobbing of all kinds promptly done. I lu
THOMPSON'S LONDON KITCHENER
or EUROPEAN RANGE, for families, hotels, or
uniio institutions, in I wiiiYl inr D l.llr.i j
1ZMS. Also. Philadelphia ltamres. Uot.Air bur.
nsces, Portable HcaUirs, Low-down Unites, Firuboard
Stoves, Ratli Boilers, Stew-hole Plates, Boilers, Cooking
btoves, etc., wholesale and retal, by the manufacturers,
SHARl'IC sV THOMPSON,
11 2f.wfmtim No. N. SECOND Street.
HATS AND CAPS.
n WAR BURTON'S IMPROVED VENTI
lalod and easy-fitting Dress Hate(putentod), inall tho
in. . loved faKhions ot the seaaon. CHmN UT Straot, next
door tn tba lost Office. IllSiop
yy IRE GUARDS,
FOR STORE, FRONTS, ASYLUMS, FAC
TORIES, ETC.
i
Patent Wire Hailing, Iron Bedsteads, Ornamental
Wire Work, Paper-makers' Wires, and every varioty
of Wire Work, luanufuotured by
M. WALKER k SONS,
No. 11 N. SIXTH Street
af-nwv
CORN EXCHANGE
BAO MANUFACTORY.
JOHN T. BAILEY,
N. R. corner of MARKET and WATER Streets,
Philadelphia,
DEALERS IN BAUS AND BAGGINO
Of every description, fur
Grain, Flour, Salt, Super-Phosphate of Lime, Bons
Dust. Kto.
Large and sma CUNNY BAUS constantly on hand.
Also. WC
uui,
, SACKS.
ALEXANDER G. CATTELL CO.
PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
No. 24 NORTH WHARVES
AND
No. Ml NORTH WATER STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
AtiliMD CUi-rsxi. KUJXH Oattfix.
, DR7F. GIRARD, VETERINARY BUR-
s -y vv a. kl Jmssshs a IrtMA at Till aUirTlA.
aud all surgical operations, ""kfS'WTl'f
for btireos, at bis funrniarr Jio. 910 MARSHALL SI reel,
above Poplar. '
-PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE-
J. A New Course of Lectures, aa deUvered at the Now
York Museum ofAnstoiny, embracing lUe ubjeotoi
ll?w toll? Tnd Wh. to Live (or; Youih, Maturity, and
lTi.. Mond Oenerally Reviewed ; The Cause ol
I diaeftion-FUtuSnceand Nervous Jhs.u.fea Accounted
i"r Marfago Pu.l.-ophioally (onaiderod. ft?. t
pJaet volumes ooutaiuiiig xtlus8 Lecture will be for
nmrtTpnid. on receipt tof cetils. by addmasin W.
A LEiRV. Ja "fi K.oomer iFfFl'U aud WALWUT
etrooW. Pluladtlpbl
INSURANCE. ,
NATIONAL
T H.E
'LIFE? INSURANCE COMPANY
if
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United States of America,
WASHINGTON, D. C. j
C3IARTKRED BY 8PKUIAL ACT OF CONORKH8 I
, APPROVED JULY to, 1WUJL
CASH CAPITAL, l,O00,O00. j
BRANCH OFFICE t
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, j
PHILADELPHIA, 3
Where the buslncog of tho Company in transacted, I
awl to which all general correspondence should b j
addressed.
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DIRECJTOIIS. ;
CijiRKwrK II. Clark,
Jat Cookk,
Johm W. Ki.t.m,
W. J. M0OKIIKAD,
tlKOKdg K. TVI.KR,
J. HlKCaLBT CLARK,
K. A. ROM.tNg,
1IRNRT D. CKNIRR,
WlIJ IAM R. CHAND1.HB,
jokn d. 1kkkkk! i
Kdwakii Doiwik,
II. C. IfAHNlH-nx'I. f
OFFICERS. ; j
Clarknck II. Clark, Philadelphia, Prwldrnt. s
Jav cookk, Chairman Finance aud Executive Com-1
niltU'e. , j
Urnry D. Cooke, WBRhinjrton, Vice-President.
Kmrrhon W. I'ket. l'hUiidelphla, Secretary and
Avuiiiry. (
R. H. Tuknkr, Washltiirton, Assistant Her retort.
Krakcib O. Smith, M. D., Medical Dln.etor. J
I. Kwiko Mkahs, M. D., AiwUtaut Medical Direc-
J.
tor.
MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD. j
J. K. Barnes, Surgeon-General U. S. A., Wash-!
ington. j
P. J. HoRWiTi, Chief Medical Department, tj. S. N.,
WiiMhintrton. J
D. W. Bliss, M. D., Washington. '
SOLICITORS AND ATTORNEYS.
Hon. William K. Chanolkr, Washlnoon, D. C.
U80H0R Uakdino, PhUadeiphla, Pa.
Offered by this Company are:
It Is a National Company, chartered by special act
of Cointreau, 1868.
It has a paid-up capital of 11,000,000.
It otrcrs low rates of premiatn.
It furnishes larprer insurance than other companies
for the sume money.
' It Is definite and certain in Its terms.
It is a home company In every locality.
It policies are exempt from attachment.
There are no unnecessary restrictions In the poli
cies. x. ci j viu;,t in irun-iurieuRDie. i
Policies may be taken which pay to the Insured 3
their full amount and return alf the premiums, so "
thut the insurance costs only the interest on the an
nual payments. ?
Policies niiiy be tafcen that will pay to the Insured. I
after a certain number of years, during urn, an an- 3
nnal Income of oue-tenth the amount named In the i
policy. j
No extra rate Is charged for risks npon tho lives of I
females. . I
It Insures not to pay dividends, but at so low a cost
that dividends will be lm possible. 18 8 WHrp
BLANK BOOKS.
VyM. ALEXANDER & CO.,
SUCCESSORS TO JOHN ALEXANDER,
CLANK BOOK MAKERS, TRINTERS
AND STATIONERS,
No. 140 South THIRD Street,
4 21 Otrp BELOW CHESNUT, Philadelphia.
REFR IC ERATORS.
P. P. K E A R N S,
REFRIGERATOR MANUFACTURER,
No. 39 N. NINTH St., Philadelphia.
An elegaut assortment of my own make or
Chest and Upright Refrigerators,
Finished iu the best manner and LOWER TUAN
ELSEWHERE.
OLD REFRIGERATORS REPAIRED and made as
good as new, at a small cost, at the factory, ,
NO. 39 NORTH NINTH STREET,
4 13 lmrp BELOW ARCH 8TREET.
AGRICULTURAL.
3 PHILADELPHIA RASPBERRY, JUCUN-
Jt, DA, Agriculturist, and other Strawberry; Lawtoa
blackberry Plants; Hartford. Concord, and other firaM
Vines, tor sale by T. 8. A i). JL 1 1. ETO HE K,
8 8 tf Delaoeo, N. J.
5 SEEDS. GARDENERS. FARSIERSTaND
others vrbo muy wunt pare and reliable Seeds of our
oh u growth, can be supplied at
HACK.r u, WETHERILL CO.'S,
&tMd tiruweia and Dealers.
4 17 smw lmrp Ko. W& il AUKEf (Street.
bend lor descriptive price list.
JJ EXTRA EARLY, CARTER'S "EIRST
Crop, Tom Thumb, Dan O'Kourke, ChamiMon of
runlunrl, Kuirenlo Blue Imperial, ICarly Waabiiiton,
Dwait Marrow, and oil other varietins of Puaa.
HACKKR. V KT1IKRIIX A CO.,
, 4 Ksmwlmrp No. SiHi M AHKi'.T Street.
C3 EARLY VALENTINE, YELLOW SIX
J,-. Weeks, Mohawk. Cldita Red Kye, Oranberry Hush
aisns Also, Ijurgu Lima, Giaut Waa, Dutob Case Knife
lloana, eus. etc.
HACKF.R. WFTIIRRnT. A, nn
417 smw lmrp No. 8L5 MARKET Street.
CSl 1 EARLY YORK, EARLY WINNING-
; T - T. V. . . .1 .. I 1.') . . rt..k v.i
Ki-m D.a.ii, luuilimu, 4.11 11 m, llWD UKIUBn ;
Lung Hcarli't, rarly Ited 'turnip; Fjirly Ohve-sliaped Had
Uh: Long Ururme and Kariy Horn Csrmt, 1'arsnip, Huin
uach. els. HACKKR, WKTH KIII1.L A tJO.,
4 17 smw lmrp No. tiuo MAHKK1' Htreet.
PATENTS.
QFFICE FOR FROCURINO PATENTS,
FORREST RUILDINGS, .
NO. 119 S. FOURTH STREET, PHILA.,
And Marble Kulldinga,
No, 4C0 SEVENTH Htreet, opposite TJ. S. Patent
OIBce, Waidringtnn, D. C
H. HOWSON,
Bolleltor of Patenta.
C. HOWSON,
Attorney at Law.
CiniiiHiir.lcjitlouB to be addressed to the Principal
Oitu-e, l'hlladuiithla. 4 lln
BEDS, MATTRESSES, ETO.
lFi,yfiU yvNL.A DELIGHTFUL SPRING
v., t u uoiuionauie, nsa tba Mali-
iXXFttl'WtfMM atislacu,5lfar.
wiaus
fjOTTON SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, OF
,wDk! ' brand"' 1,eUt, Awnin' ad
iA,Uo' i1'"1 Mnnntaotuivrs' Drier Kelt, from thlrt
fe' ? "t-ut iucbee wide. P.iHj7,Beltii 7tS
lOaOHllKCH Ktrat.CitrKlrM.
o.
L. M A I H K R
atAKCFACTCKRa Or
FIRB AND BUKGLAH-PKOOP SAFES.
LOCKSMITH. r.FJ.L-nANGKH. AND DEALER 1M
illlLDINO IIARDWAUK,
M No. 434 RACK Btreel.