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There ia in the minds of many persons, and
of nearly all philanthropies, a strong desire
that what they do in the nature of good
works shall be permanent and stable in its
hind, so that it may endure after they are
dead and be remembered in their favor for
r1 time to come. In the lists of benefactors
which so often adorn the walls of our old
churches, it in almost touching to read how
'John Bo-and-so hath loft so much to be dis
tributed in doles to the poor of the parish
forovcr;" how so many "needy men and wo
men are, under the will of Thomas So-and-so,
to receivo on a certain day in the year coals,
bread, etc., forever." In old testaments and
benofactions to colleges or schools the same
ppirit is visiblo, the same phraso constantly
forever. llie loundcrs km, or
eometimcs thoso of tho samo name,
or boys from a coitnin county or
parish, are to have the preferoneo
'for ever;" in the caso of a hospital a now
ward or wing is to receive tho name of tho
benefactor, so that his memory m;iy enduro
"for ever." Tho motive for this is of ton of a
very mixed nature. It is commonly a com
bination of selfishness, pride, benevolence,
love of God, fear of tho devil, tho wish to bo
remembered as a good man, and a streimom
desire to legislate for posterity and to exerei.so
power even after death. Elo pcrpttun. Hut
in these days wo legislate for time, not for
eternity. Iu tho present state of things, tho
wisdom of devising this kind of benefac
tions is something more than doubtful. It is
a method which, from various causes, has
ceased to answer any good purpose; it seems
sagacious and prudent, while in reality it is
Bhort-sighted in the extreme; nnd tho convic
tion is gradually forcing itself on all who ro
iloct much that it is vain to attempt dolinito
legislation for posterity, since it is certain that
posterity will refuse to bo legislated for except
according to its own necessities and require
ments as they ariso. The progress of science,
tho rapidity with which information is ob
tained and digested, and the habit of organized
combination, are three forces which act in
the same direction. And the result is that
eld theories and institutions are tried and
sifted, and, if found to bo harmful, unsuit
able, or unworkable, the verdict is given;
they are forthwith scattered, broken np, and
the funds transferred to other hands for dif
ferent purposes. And, according to Mr. Mill,
there is not a more accurate test of the pro
gress of civilization than the progress of tho
power of co-operation. In old times a man
would build his castle in a fashion which
would last for hundreds of years. In these
days no one does so, for he knows that his
Bon or his son's wife may not like it, and that
be will pull it down, send for a London con
tractor, and build one according to his
fancy. To give one or two illustrations of
what we mean. Our endowed schools
liave been tried, and so far as regards their
ration d'etre they have been found want
ing. The Banie with our universities. Most
cf these were founded by benefactors who
bave derived thence a long lease of glory, but
it has been apparent to the nation that a
change is imperative, and all the special bene
fits, reservations, and preferences which have
heretofore existed are doomed to extinction.
With national institutions the same. Take
the Irish Church Establishment or Greenwich
Hospital as examples. Tho vast hospitals
which have been established in London,
.Paris, and elsewhere for the gratuitous relief
nd treatment of disease, and for the promo
tion of medical science, havo been, are still,
a source of honest pride. Theso institutions
have vied with each other in importance and
excellent management; thoy were, in fact, a
testimony to the progress, humanity, and
civilization of nations. Recent investiga
tions have discovered evils lying at tho very
root of the system, the existence of which
were unsuspected, but tho magnitude and
extent of which can hardly be regarded too
Seriously.
If further research proves the statements
made by Sir J. Simpson to bo correct, it
points to a great revolution which will most
certainly have to be carried out in our hospi
tal system, and it will embrace nothing less
than the destruction or abandonment of all
our large hospitals, and the superseding of
them by cottage hospitals, temporary infir
maries, dispensary treatment, and the modi- ,
col treatment of the sick poor at their own
Louies. The schools of surgery and medicine
will be obliged to adapt themselves in some
way or other to the change. It is not our
intention to dwell on this, matter. We only ad
duce it as an illustration of what we mean when
we say that progress is so rapid and changes
Come so fast that it is clearly inexpedient that
money bequeathed for charitable purposes
Bhonld be restricted to any one method or
purpose beyond the life of the donor and one
generation beyond. It is a curious fact that
even when a benefactor leaves his money
in general terms for the benefit of
& hospital, asylum, or school, the governors
and managers almost invariably hasten to do
what he has loft undone, and to tie up the
money or invest it at three per cent., so as to
add to the permanent income of the institu
tion rather than extend its present usefulness.
Now in this we think the governors may take
mistaken view of their office, as well as of
the. best interests of their charge. It is their
duty not to save but to spend; not to exceed
their income on the one hand, not to hold it
on the other. Tho result of their method is
to render the institution more or less inde
pendent of publio opinion and support, a
condition always detrimental to good manage
ment and real progress. Of the many chari
ties now doomed to extinction which
would have been better done away
with long since, not one would bu
jn existence at this moment had they
depended on publio sympathy and aid, except
on condition of a thorough and satisfactory
reform. We do not, of course, advocate the
hand-to-mouth system, for every-day house
holds, but, as things are, the most healthy
and natural condition for a publio charity is
to be absolutely dependent on the recogni
tion of its usefulness and merit. We remember
the case of a hospital in the north of England
which Bupplied a very creditable school of
medicine tor students. But there was a rule
that all donations of, we believe, upwards of
20 Bhould be not spent, but invested; and
When the act was passed requiring one bun
dred beds as the minimum for a hospital
fichool of medicine, tho annual subscriptions
and cifU of 20 did not suihee for the pur
cose. 80 the school was given up, and yet
meanwhile from time to time hundreds of
pounds were bequeathed to this same institu
tion, and were, according to rule and prece
dent, carefully invested on mortgage or in the
funds. Now this is in reality the way to create
abases of & permanent kind, the end of which,
according to the present tendency of thought,
it is not difficult to foresee. They will be
dealt with by Parliament, and the money will
le either confiscated, or the system will be
reiormea and placed under the control of the
fctate. It is not desirable for any charity of
this description to keep more than a year or two
years' income in hand, to be regarded as a
reserve fund against an accidental monetary
depression. If the asylum, hospital, or school
is established for a purpose not originally
good, but adapted to the wants of the present
day, and if it is managed properly and on just
and liberal principles, it will always rocoive a
correspondingly ample support. If it does
not answer this description, the sooner it
comes to an end the bettor for all parties. If
1000 is left to an orphanago, it is wiser to
admit at once as many children as that sum
will provide for and educate than to invest it
and add ono more to the sum total of
orphans.
If 1000 is bequeathed to some hospital, it
is better to fit up as many more 1edn rs the
money will pay for within the year, provided
there are patients ready to occupy them, than
to buy a field and with tho rent paid for it
support one solitary bed in addition. Tho
conviction is already widely cntortainod that
nil charity, as such, is a mistake; wo will not
undertake to decide this question at presont,
but at any rate it is an error to make it fixed,
rigid, and perpetual in its nature It has
been said that by a beneficent law of Provi
dence every theatre is doomed to b burned
down once in seventy years, and it may bo
that our endowed charities would do their
work better if their lease of life were short
ened. If tho change we have referred to be
comes inevitable, tho governors of hospitals
may adopt tho epitaph which, slightly altered,
wo suggest for their consideration:
What we spout that we hint,
What wo pave Hint we have,
What we saved that we've lo.it.
ICaifti:ni i'rovor!.
A correspondent of the London Atlicimuni
writes as follows:
Moscow, Juno 21, 18C.!). Tho Scotch and
the Spaniards have hitherto divided the credit
of possessing tho largest storo of proverbial
wisdom; but were tho literature of Russia
more widely known, sho might prove a for
midable rival either to the land of oatmoal
or to that of oranges. We havo often re
gretted that none of the great native authors
should ever have thought it worth their
while to make a systematic collection of tho
pithy sayings which are so familiar in the
mouths of their countrymen; but, fortunately,
the writings of Gogol, who excellod all his
contemporaries as much in knowledge of na
tional life and manners . as in humor and
imagination, form almost as comprehensive
a dictionary of liUHsiau proverbs as Cervantes'
great work of those of Spain. A large
proportion of those maxims are couched in
rhyming couplets, in order, doubtless, to en
grave them more easily and indelibly on tho
popular memory; but their pointed torseness,
their quaint,, homely vigor, and dry Sancho
Panza satire, scarcely need the aid of rhyme
to recommend them. They are, indeed, more
fully than words can express, the faithful
mirror of tho shrewd, simple, dogged, humor
ous Russian mind, ever veiling its natural
keenness under a mask of habitual and im
penetrable stolidity.
The Western reader would doubtless be sur
prised to find how many eld friends have
taken rank, either by coincidence or by actual
borrowing, among the popular maxims of our
Eastern brethren. "Strike the iron while it is
hot," "All is not gold that glitters," "Fair and
softly goes far," "As a man sows, so will he
reap," and many more such, are recognizable
at a glance; but besides these unmistaka
ble importations, there are numerous
others so slightly disguised as to be known at
a glance. No connoisseur in proverbs could
remain long in doubt about the identity of
the following saws: "Mind is good, but two
are better;" "Every fox prait.es his own
tail;"' "Stretch your feet according to the
length of your robe;" "One cannot make a
priest out of an unltforned man;" "Go after
two wolves, and you will not catch even one;"
"A good beginning is half the work," etc.
Among a race so proverbially shrewd and
saving as the Russians, there is, as may be
imagined, no lack of maxims recommending
prudence and economy, from which it is woll
worth while to select a few examples. "Mea
sure seven times and cut once" might
bo written above tho doorway of
every tradesman at the Nijni Fair, and would
almost seem to have been suggested by the
celebrated Irish peddler, famous for giving
short measure, who, when asked the prioo of
a yard of ribbon, replied "Well, yer honnor,
that depinds upon the length of tho yard."
"Do not go into the water without inquiring
for the ford," is a picturesque version of our
"Look before you leap," calculated to bo
sufficiently popular in this land of sudden
thawo and violent freshets. "Trust in God,
but not stumble yourself," admirably exem
plifies that extraordinary mixture of simple
piety and hard-headed shrewdness which
forms the basis 01 too Muscovite cnaracter.
A more unmixed devotion is expressed by
another proverb very popular among the
peasantry: "With God, even across the sea;
witliout mm, not even 10 me inreanoid.
The half-kopeck saves the rouble will
easily be recognizod as the kinsman of our
familiar saying, "Take care of tho ponce, and
tho pounds will take care of themselves."
There m much irutn in tne following: "lo
trade without sense is only throwing money
away; but it is unnappuy supple
mented by tho "wickod wisdom" of a
companion maxim, which expresses with in
comparable frankness and simplicity the first
nnd great commandment of Russian traffio:
lthomt cheating, no trading: There is a
similar flavor of sly attention to the main
chance in another very favorite saying:
"Money is not God, but it shows great
mercy!"' Any native diplomatist might ap
propriately quote "The deeper you hide a
thing the sooner you find it," which appears
to be the great fundamental rule of conduct
with a race whoso invariable habit it is to
mask their real purpose, and who (as one of
their greatest writers caustically remarked in
his last work) "always introduce casually, at
the end of a conversation, as a thing of no
moment whatever, tho very matter which is
the solo object of their visit."
Some of the most characteristic and pictur
esque of Russian proverbs are to be found
among the rhyminc saws above referred to.
the uncle of which is naturally calculated to
please the simple taste of an unlettered pea
santry. The popular saying, "Truth is
severe, but to Uod tis dear, is, we suspect,
more quoted than followed by the barcrain-
loving children of the Czar; but it is precisely
the kind of maxim which looks well at the
head of a chapter or in the peroration of a
moral treatise, where it accordingly figures
very irequeniiy. They who wear wide
sleeves, in their heart are thieves," is a bitter
and not wholly unmerited hit at the provin
cial clergy, recently quoted in erim irony by
the members of the Celibate Brotherhood
of Morshansk, when questioned upon thoir
religious opinions by the judges who tried
them. We may further notice, "When life
is not bright, death does not fright," "A
tongue tnat is port is its wn sure hurt,
"Sneak out with micht when vour cause is
right," and, quaintest of all, "If God don't
forsake us, the pips will not take us." which
has been tho "Nil dosperandum" of many a
Muscovite Teuccr in hw extremest need.
It is somewhat remarkable that no country
Eossorhos a larger store of maxims inculcating
oncsty and fair play than crafty, sharp
dealing Russia. A few examplos are well
worth selecting. Conscientiousness in trade
is recommended by "Pledge not thy word
rashly, but hold to it when pledged, "A
debt is adorned by payment," "Roguery is
the last of trades," "Sell yourgoods profitably,
but do not fleece your customers," and many
others of the same kind rules, it is to be
feared, honored more frequently in the
breach than in tho observance. Of a Rimilar
character aro "An honest man is worth more
than a stone walk' ' "All things pass, but truth
remains," "Him who lives by guilo will God
slay," "Never take the crooked path while
you can see a straight ouo." "Dig not a pit
for others, let thou full therein tliysolf."
The proverb attributed to tho monk Sylves
ter, "Fear not tho threats of tho groat, but
rather tho tears of the poor," is a very noblo
one, nnd would have made an appropriate
text for an oration of Burke or a sermon
by Latimer. There is not a little sly
humor in "A good name lies in tho meadow,
but a bad niimo runs along tho road'' a
maxim which would have sounded well in tho
mouth of an old reprobate of our acquaintance
in one of tho Western count ies of England, who
walked erect under a load of obloquy that
might have crushed Atlas, and who once ob
served to us, in nllusion to his own evil cele
brity, "Yo see, zur, a bad knractcr bo a deal
better nor a good knracter; for a good karuc
tor takes a power o' maintainin'; but a bad
korncter, he maintains hisscl' !''
The satirical proverbs of llussia arc very
numerous, and remarkable for thoir bitter
truthfulness. From the mass we may select
almost at a venture: "Tho dog barks, but
tho wind carries it away," as s palpable and
cutting sneer at the impotence of popular
slanders, and might serve as a motto for any
ono of the pugnacious native authors who
are at present waging war with public opi
nion. "When thunder does not roll tho pea
sant does not cross himself," conveys, in a new
and more picturesque form, the idea expressed
by tho old English rhymo of "The dovil
was sick, tho dovil a monk would bo,"
etc. Of equal truth, and even greater
quaintness, are tho following sayings,
levelled against gossips and scandal
mongers: "The tongue reaches as far as
Kiev," "Tell a thing to a hen (a woman), and
the whole street will know it:" "Through
heedless words the head falls off," "Public
rumor is like a wave of the sea," "A word is
not a sparrow, for when it once flies away you
can never catch it again." Tho same bitter
flavor is perceptiblo in "Bad words come
from bad birds, ' "Ask a pig to dinner, and
he will put his feet on the table," "Disease
comes in by hundredweights, and goos out by
ounces," "Every little frog is great in his
own bog," "An old friend is worth
two new ones," etc. "Water runs not
beneath a resting stone" is the exact
converse of our "A rolling stone gathers no
moss," and equally appropriate to the nation
which produced it. "Be praised not for your
ancestors, but for your virtues," sounds like
an echo of the surly independence expressed
in the motto formerly assumed by a self-made
mill onaire "Lordsare proud of their descent;
I am proud of my ascent." But more quaintly
humorous, as well as more thoroughly na
tional than all, is a saying popular among the
peasantry, which shows that they are not
wholly ignorant of thoir own strength:
"When hsh are rare, even a crab is a ftsh; and
when men are scarce, even Thomas (4. c. the
peasant) is a gentleman.
uur notice 01 tnese proverus would be in
complete without some mention of the most
touching and beautiful of all those relating
to parental and domestic affection, strikingly
illustrative of the primitive, patriarchal,
almost fatherly character of the ancient
Slavonic rule, traces of which still re
main in the title popularly given to the Czar
of "Our father the Emperor. Among the
best of these latter are the following: "A
father s blessing cannot be drowned in water,
nor consumed by fire," "He who honors his
parents shall endure forever," "A mother's
prayer will draw one up lrom tho depths 01
the sea, "A brother is a great treasure,
which thou wilt not speedily exhaust."
Our list of now publications for this month
is a somewhat meagre one, but it contains a
few works of interest. "Russia and the
Russians in 1812," by S. M. Liubetski, is cal
dilated by its very title to attract attention in
a city which witnessed the catastrophe of the
great drama which it describes, and among a
people who are never weary of listening to
the story of. their famous national sacrifice
and its mighty result. "Ihe Russian Mis
sion in the Altai Mountains" gives a very in
teresting account of a comparatively unknown
region. "National Culture and Education,"
by P U , deals very ably with a subject
which is at present exciting universal interest
and which has recently been discussed in a
series of admirable letters by the correspond
ent of one of the leading St. Petersburg
journals. "Nooks and Corners of Kazan," an
anonymous work, is an adventurous but not
very successful imitation of Mr. Vsevolod
Krestovski's famous romance, "The Dark
Places of St. Petersburg." Anothor work of
tho Jack Shoppard school, entitled "Outcasts
and Felons," by M. Livanoff, has just ap
peared, but does not seem likely to attain any
great popularity. Besides these, we may
mention a new edition 01 Nekrasson s works,
a satire entitled "Satan in the Park," two or
three books of Asiatic travel, and translations
of several of the novels of MM. Edmond
About and Ponson du Terrail.
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pOUN EXCHANGE
V- UA( MAflUKAtJTIJHl,
JOHN T. HAILK V.
N. E comer of M AHKKT and WATER Streets,
Phil&delphiu.
DEALER IN UAOH AND BAGGING
Of every deauription, for
t riin, Flour, Suit, hujjer l'liosphate of Iimo, Bon
Dust, Kto.
large nd small GUNNY BAGS conHtantly on band.
2 Almi, WOOL BACKS.
rtOTTON 8AIL DUCK AND CANVAS,
I .11 i ii m tiara mnA riranHi Tant m if
and Wmron-ooTer Puck. AlftO, Paper Manufacturers'
Drier Velte, from thirty to Mventy-KU iucliea wide-
V.lina It t in iv Hftil Twinu mtn.
, , -.-.Fm w EVKHMA
S lU8 0UUmjU Btroet (Pity Stores)
ALEXANDER O. CATTELL& CO.
FRODUOK OOM MISSION MKKOlLAJiXS.
ISO. ISM iOKTH YUAUVm
WO. 87 JTOHTH WATFB BTRKET.
PUILADULPUXA. I m
AX AXStt O OArXKUe JXUAB OAXXKU
INSURANCE.
1829.
O II A 11 T E It rEltPET U ALi.
Franllin Fire Insurance Company
OF PHILADELPHIA
Office, Nos. 435 and 437 CHESXTJT St.
AssetsJan. I, '691$2t677,372l3
CAPITAL 1400,000-00
ACCIU'KD SURPLUS l,0S3,r28-70
PREMIUMS 1,193,848-48
UNSETTLED CLAIMS,
INCOME FOR 1869,
:suu,uuo.
Losses paid since 1829,QYer$5,500,000
Perpetual and Temporary Pollclea on Liberal Terms.
1 be Company also isRiins Policies nn Rents oU BuildiUKS
of all kiniis.Ground Rente, and Mortgage.
DIRKCTOR8.
Alfred (1. Paker, , Alfred MUer,
Hnniuel Crnnt, Thomas Sparks,
Georiro W. Richard W illiam H. Grant,
Ia.iaol.ca, I 1 bnniaa 8. Kills,
Oeorso laics. ' Hwrtnvmi H. Honson.
K ALFRKD G. UA KKI,Pre-.ilnnt.
GKOKGIC FALKS, Vioe-Proaidont
JAR. W. McAT.T.IK I'K.K, ticcrutnry.
T1IKODOKK M. RI'.GKK, Anaitant Foorotary. 89
J N 8 U K E AT II O M L
D TD1
?m LMial Life
Insurance
COMPANY.
NO. 821 CIIESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
ASSETS, 8:1,000,000.
CHARTERED BY GUlt OWN STATE.
OTANACiF.D BY OUll OWN CITIZENS.
I.OSSES PROMPTLY PAID.
OMCIEH ISSUED ON VARIOUS PLANS.
Applications may be made at the llome Offlce, and
at the Agencies throughout the Stat a 3 185
JAMES TUAOUAlIt PRESIDENT
4AIMI ICI. K. NTOKKS VIOK-PRKSIDKNT
JOHN W. IIORNOR A. V. P. and A0TUAR7
HORATIO H. tiiTKPIIKNS BflORgTAKY
j8D URY
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
No. Si'l BROADWAY, corner V KADE Street, New York.
CASH CAPITAL 150.W
tjjL!d,Ul'0 deposited with tbe State of Now York as security
for policy bolriors.
LEMUEL BANGS, l'roaidont.
GEORGE ELLIOTT, Vico-PrcHulont and Secretary.
EMORY McCLlNTOGK, Actuary.
A. E. M. PURDY, M. D., Medical Examiner.
HKFKBENCKB HY PKH.MISHION.
Thomas T. Tanker,; John M. Maria,
fhnrlna Snnncnr. William Divine.
if. f. jiiijmvutl)
.1 It TlnninnAll
John A. Wright, 8. Morris Wain, Ijamos Hunter,
Arthur u. uoinn, jonnu. mcoreary. m. it. vrorne.
In the cbaractor of its Directors, oennomy of manage
munt, reasonableness of rates, PARTNERSHIP PLAN
Ob' DECLARING DIVIDENDS, no restriction in fumalo
lives, and absolute non-lnrfeitare of all policies, and no
restriction of travel alter the rirnt year, the ASISURY pre
sents a combination of advantages olforod by no other
company. Policies issuod in every form, and a luun of one
third made when desired,
hpecial advantages offered to clergymen.
l'or all further information address
JAMES M. LONGACRE,
Manager for Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Office. No. Sua WALNUT Street, Philadelphia.
FORMAN P. IIOLLINSHKAD, Special Agent. 4 lt!
S T R I C T LYM UTU A L.
Provident Life and Trust Co.
OF PHILADELPHIA.
OFFICE, No. Ill S. FOURTH STREET.
Organized to promote LIFE INSURANCE among
members of the Society of Friends.
Good rlBks of any class accepted.
Policies Issued on approved plans, at the lowest
rates.
President, SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY,
Vice-President, WILLIAM C. LONOSTRKTII,
Actuary, ROWLAND PARRY.
The advantages oilerod by this Company are un
excelled, i s5
1 HIE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANx
1 OF PHILADELPHIA.
Cilice S. W. Corner FOURTH and WALNUT Streets.
f IKK lnbUHAnur, nAtijUDivriLi.
PERPETUAL AND TERM POLICIES ISSUED.
Cash Capital 200,UOO-00
Cash Assets, July 1, lUOil.
DIRECTORS.
w.'iii),an as.
F. Ratchford Starr,
J.Livingston Erringer,
James L. Clughnrn,
William G. Boulton,
Charles Wheeler,
Thomas H. Montgomery,
Nulbro Crazier,
John M. Atwood,
Benjamin T. Tredick,
George II. Stuart,
John n. Drown,
This Company insures only first olaaa risks, taking no
u ames Aerisen,
specially hazardous risks whatever, such ut factories,
K.RATCHFORD STARR, President.
THOMAS II. MONTGOMERY, Vioe-Presidont.
Aijcx andeii W. Wihtkk, Boorotary. !i 6i
P1KENIX INSURANCE COMPANY OF
PHILADELPHIA.
INCORPORATED IWI4-CHARTER PERPETUAL.
No. 224 WALNUT Street, opposite the Hxchungo.
This Company inBUres from loss or damage by
FIRE,
on liberal terms, on buildings, merchandise, furniture,
etc., for limited periods, and permanently on building by
deposit of premiums.
The Comnanv has been inactive operation for more than
SIXTY YEARS, during which all losses hare been
promptly adjusted nlf"!;iTnD.
Jobn L. Hodge,
M. K. Mahony,
JdhnT. Lewis,
William S. Grant,
Robert W. I-earning,
D. Clark Wharton.
David Lewis.
Benjamin Etting,
Thomas H. Powers,
A. R. MoIIenry,
Edmund Castillon,
Samuel Wilcox,
Lewis C. Norris.
WUCUERER, Preaident.
JOHN R.
SAMUEL WrLCOX, Secretary.
4 oo
0FFICE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NORTH AMERICA, No. 233 WALNUT Street,
Philadelphia. . , , .
Incorporated $MWglW etuaL
Assets 82,850,000
MARINE, INLAND, AND FIRE INSURANCE.
OVER $30,000,000 LOSSES PAID SINCE ITS ORGAN
" IZATION.
DHtECTOH?: .
Arthur O. Coffin.
i' raneis it. oope,
Edward H. Trotter,
Edward S. Clarke,
T. Charlton Henry,
A If red D. Jesauu,
John P. White,
Louis O. Madeira.
(Samuel W. Jones,
John A. Brown,
Charles Taylor,
Ambrose White,
William Welsh,
B. Morris-Wain,
.Inhn Mason.
Charles W. Cushmaa
Ueoree L. Harrison, '
. CHARLES PLATT, vice President.
MATTTfTAH Makih, Secretary.
Char. H. ItKKvr.H, Antit, Secretary. 8 1
TAME INSURANCE COMPANY.
No. 809 CIIESNUT Street.
INCORPORATED 1866. CHARTER PERPETUAL.
CAPITAL, $-XO,0O0.
HRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
Insure! against Loss or Damage by Fire either by Per
petual or Temporary Poliviea.
DIRECTORS:
Charles Richardson,
William II. Rhawn,
William M. Seyfort,
Henry Lewis,
Nathan llillns.
Robert Pearoe,
John Kessler, Jr.,
Fdward li. Orne,
Charles Stokes,
John W. Evennan,
Mordocai Buzby.
George A. West,
CHARLES RICHARDSON, President.
WILLIAM H. RHAWN, Vice-President.
Wn.I.IAMg I. Blakchard, Seoretary. T2
Tll PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
J. COMPANY.
Incorporated 1M26 Charter Perpetual,
No. 610 WALNUT Street, opposite Independence Sqnara,
This Company, favorably known to the community for
over forty yearn, eontinues to insure against loss or dam
age by tire on Publio or Private Buildingseither perma
nently or fur a limited time. Also on furniture, Stocks
Of Goods, and Merchandise generally, on liberal term.
Their Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund, ia
invented in the moat careful manner, which enables them
to offer to the insured an undoubted security in tht oM
of loaa.
Daniel Smith. Jr..
John Derereni,
Thomaa Smith,
Henry Lewis,
.1 iiflii,hm Call.
Alexander Benson,
lsaae liazlehural,
Thomaa Robins,
"""i.-.,-, :aa"l , -
DANIEL SMITH, Ja., President.
WM. O. CROWELL, Seoretary. HOttj
TMFElUAIi FIIIE INSURANCE CO.,
LONDON.
'ESTABLISHED 1S03.
Paid-up Capital and Accumulated Funds,
8,000,000 IN GOLD.
PKEVOST & HERMNG, Agenti,
1 41 No. 107 8. THIRD Street, Philadelphia.
CBAS. M. FREVOBT. CTIA8. P. HERRING.
LUMBER.
18G9
SPRI'CR JOIST.
SPRUCE JOIST.
HEMLOCK.
HEMLOCK.
18G9
1 RftO SEASONED CLEAR PINB. H Off
lOUJ SEASONED CLEAR PINB, lobi)
CHOICE PATTERN PINK.
SPANISH CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS.
RED CEDAR.
18G9
FLORIDA FLOORING.
FLORIDA FLOORING.
CAROLINA FLOORING.
VIRGINIA FLOORING.
DELAWARE FLOORING.
. ASH FLOORING.
WALNUT FLOORING.
FLORIDA STEP HOARDS.
RAIL PLANK.
18G9
1 ft HQ WAI'F1T WAR" AND PLANK icnt
X A r uti tn . t . .
WALNUT PLANK.
1 VNDERTAK ERS' LUMBER. o
lfclM ;akkhs;luaMbS 18GD
WALNUT AND PINK.
18G9
SEASONED roPLAR.
KKiVSONKl) CHERRY.
18G9
W HITE OAK n.ANK AND LOARDS
1 Q('A) CKIAIt BOX MAKKVs -lann.
lQUt7 CIGAR BOX MAKERS' I 8lQ
61-ANIbI I ( K I A U UOX HOARDS 1 0 17
FOR SALE LOW. '
r- rf-v a li, ,t iT t m , . . .
lOUJ CAROLINA II. T. SILLS. 1 Hflfi
NOR W A Y SCANTLlNd".
18G9
CEDAR SHINGLES. Tan7
CVl'ffLsS SH1NGLK 1.009
,,, HALLE, BKOTllIIR ,t CO.,
Nil. gMM) SOUTH Street.
IJN1TED STATES BUILDERS MILL,
FIFTEENTH STREET, BELOW MARKET,
ESLER & BEOTHER, Proprietors.
WOOD MOULDINGS,
BRACKETS, ETO.
BALUSTERS AND TURNING WORK.
A Large Stock always on hand. 9 it sm
LUMBER UNDER COVER
ALWAYS DRY.
Walnut, White Tine, Yellow Pine, Spruce, Hem.
lock, Shingles, etc., always on hand at low rates.
WATSON A GILLINGIIAM,
8 28 No. 924 RICHMOND Street, 18th ward.
BLANK BOOKS.
BLANK BOOKS.
The Largest Stock and Greatest Variety
or
FULL AXJD HALF-BOUND
BLANK BOOKS,
MEMORANDUM, PASS,
COPY-BOOKS, ETC. ETC,
To be found In this city, la at the
OLD ESTABLISHED
Blank Book Manufactory
or
JAS. B. SMITH & CO.,
No. 27 South SEVENTH St..
9 23 thstusm
PHILADELPHIA.
' OFFICE AND SALESROOM, FIRST FLOOR : WARE.
' OARRIAOES.
jjgggb GABDKEB & FLEMING. '
CAXlXlXAaS EUXLSXSH3,
No. 214 South FIFTH Stroot.
BELOW WALNUT.
A Large Assortment of New and Second-hand
CARRIAGES,
WCLTOIKa
Rockaways, Phaitons, Jenny Linda, Bugglet
Depot Wagons, Etc Eta, 3 83 tuta
For Sale at Reduced Prices,
ROOFINQ.
RE -A D Y ROOFING.
This Roofing ia adapted to all buildinga. It can
auplied to
STEEP OR FLAT ROOFS
at one-half the expense of tin. It ia readily pnt oa
ISninKle Roofs without remoTing the shingles, thus amid,
ins the damaging of ceilings and furniture while under.
f nine repairs. (No gravel used.)
RKSKRVK YOUR TIN ROOFS WITH W ELTON!
ELASTIC PAINT. '
I am always prepared to Repair and Paint Roofs at ihorf
notice. Also, PAINT FOR bALK bj the barrel or gallon
the beet and cheapest in the market.
W. A. WELTON,
817 No. 711 N. N INT 11 Street, abora Oodtea.
aO OWNERS. ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS,
. AND ROOFKRH. Hoofs! Yea, fee. Every size and
kind, old or new. At No. W3 N. Til I lib Street, the AMK.
1UUAN CONCRETE PAINT AND ROOF OOMPANT
are selling their oelebratod paint for TIN ROOFS, and
for preserving all wood and metals. Also, their solid oonu
tilui roof covering, the best ever offered to the publio, wKJj
brashes, cans, buckets, eto., ior the work. Anti vermin,
Fire, and Water-proof ; Light, Tight, Durable. Nooraok
ing, pealing, or shrinking. No paper, gravel, or heat. Good
for all climates. Directions given for work, or good work
men supplied. Oare, promptneaa, certainty! On. prioet
Cull! Lxumine! Judgo! '
Agenta wanted for interior counjiea.
4 &tf JOSKPM LKED8. PrinoipaL
LOOKING CLASSES, ETO.
E
STABIilSIIKD 179 5.
A. S. ROBINSON.
FRENCH PLATE LOOKING-GLASS IaIJ,
ENGRAVINGS,
BEAUTIFUL CHROMOS,
PAINTINGS,
Manufacturer of all kinds of
LOOKING-GLASS,
PORTRAIT, AND PICTURE FRAMES,
KO. 910 CIIESNUT STREET,
1 Fifth door above the Continental, Phlla,
WINDOW CLASS.
"WINDOW GLASS."
EVANS, SHARP & CO..
NO. 613 MARKET STREET,
Are dally receiving shipments of Glass from
Works, where they are now making 10,000 feet .
day.
They are also receiving shipments of
TRENCH WINDOW GLASS.
Rough Date and Ribbed Glass, Enamelled
Stained, Engraved, and Ground Glass, which they
off" 88 8m
LOWEST MARKET RATES.
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