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Editorial Opinion of the lrtdlneT Journal
lpon Current Toplco Compiled Every
liar for the livening Trlcuraph.
THE TFXEGIIAPIIIO CIUCUIT OF THE
GLOBE.
from tht H. Y. Triton.
We hove bad a number of cable dospntches
within the Inst few days, from which we may
lorivo BHHuranoe that before a very grfat
jrhile we will be in telegraphic) coinninnica
Jion with China and Japan, as well as the Ea-st
Indies and other parts of the Oriental world.
Our readers are aware that the Oreat Eastern
Is at this time engaged in the work of laying
a cable along the bed of the Arabian Sea ana
the lied Sea, between JJombay and Suez, a
distance which will require a cable line of the
length of 4X)0 statute miles, or as great a
length as the cable between France and this
country. This line, in connection with the
Alexandria and Malta line, already in exist
n will brinar India into immediate com
munication with Europe while we in this
country w ill also, of course, bo able to re
cofvo our daily despatches of East India
affairs. .
Already preparations have been made for
the extension of this line to China. We had
a London despatch last week announcing the
formation of a company there to lay a sub
marine cable between Bombay and Hong
Kong, and we know that this is but the carry
ing out of a project for which preparations
were niado some time ago. There is now no
difficulty abojit obtaining capital for cable
companies in London; and the English facili
ties for cable-making and cable-laying have
become so great that we may reasonably ex
pect to see the Bombay and Hong Kong line
in full operation before the close of the com
ing year. When, by this means, London
is enabled to hold daily communication
with the Chinese Empire, New York will
of course enjoy the same privilege; and
Xoopmanschap in San Francisco will be
able to telegraph to China for emigrants, not
in a westerly direction, as ought to be the
ease, but by long easterly lines of wires and
cables, via New York, London, Malta, Suez,
and Bombay to Hong Kong. The English
have undoubtedly got the start of us, as well
as of the rest of the world, in this matter of
telographio communication with China and
the countries of the Orient; and the English
will undoubtedly derive the greater part of
the advantages from tho connection thus
established. But we do not propose to worry
over the matter. We ourselves will use the
lines as much as we may need them in tho
meantimo; and wo are quite sure in time to
have our own cables across tho Pacific, as the
precursors of a commerce certain yet to attain
stupendous proportions.
We have, moreover, had the assurance,
within the last few days, of the establishment
of another cable line in another part of the
world, that may also bring us into telographio
communication with the Chinese Empire.
Our St. Petersburg despatch of the 8th
announced that the Czar of llussia had
granted the authorization to a company to
fay a submarine cable connecting some point
on tho coast of Asiatic llussia with China and
Japan touching the Chinese territory, we
suppose, at Shanghai, whence connections
with the other Chinese ports will be formed
by the linos of the American Company which
baa already received the necessary concessions
from the Pekin Government. The Eusso
Chinese cable will connect with St. Peters
burg by the great overland Russian lines
(not yet completed), and it will be quite pos
sible for us to establish a connection be
tween it and our American telegraph system.
We are now engaged in extending our wires
in a northerly direction along the Pacific
coast, and there is not the slightest doubt
I &at they will advance till they have stretched
J cross British Columbia and reached Alaska.
5 from our telegraph stations there, it will
J lot be a very difficult matter to lay a cable
j cross the straits which separate our territory
I rom that of Asiatio Russia, thus forming a
jonneotion with the Kusso-Chinese line and
establishing telographio communication round
the globe.
To observe that this will be the case when
the projects now being prosecuted are com
plcted, let us commence at any point of the
circle. Say we begin at New York, from
which we may move in either direction; but
let us pass westwardly to San Francisco,
northwardly to Alaska, across Behring's
; fttraits to the Kusso-Asiatio cable, which car
i lies us to China; thence to Bombay by the
projected English line; from there to Suez,
1 Malta, and London, and onward to our point
of departure at New York by the Atlantic
cable. Or suppose we take another point at
the opposite side of the world let it be Hong
Kong, for example. The merohant or corre
spondent there can telegraph to New York by
two lines running in opposite directions. He
can send his despatch to us by way of Bom
bay, Suez, London, and the Atlantic cable; or
he can send it to us by way of tb,e Kusso
Asiatio line, Alaska, San Francisco, and the
overland wires. We trust that this ltusso
Asiutio line, as well as the British Bombay
line tChina, will be constructed and brought
into HucVassful oporation. llussia has great
interests in China and a vast commerce with
China. The establishment of this line of
telegraphic communication would be of in
calculable advantage to llussia. That it would
also be of great advantage to us is unques
tionable. SINISTER INFLUENCES AT WASHING
TON MR.-- TRUMBULL'S REMEDY.
frmn the N. Y. I'imnt.
If Senator Trumbull really desires to pro
mote the efficiency of the civil service, main
tain the dignity of Representatives and Sena
tors in Congress, ana restore integrity in
legislation, he could, one would suppose, find
ample opportunity for tho furtherance of his
purposes without making it a crime for a Re
presentative to give the Executive correct
information touching the fitnen of applicants
for office. To give such information, whether
at is required or not, is not only the right but
the duty of every member of Congress; and
the fact that .we may occasionally have an
Executive who docs not seek such informa
tion, or who disregards it when given, only
Tenders the performance of the duty on the
part of the Representative still more impera
tive, lie wno gives mis uiioriuauon iroia
sense of public duty is a public benefactor
and not a criminal. It is the abuse of
the privilege wnicn Tneir position gives
to members of iJongreua that needs to
be oorrected. , Hud. Senator Trumbull pro
Tided acainst the abuse of the system, and,
while preserving the right of recommenda
tion, only sought to regulate tho manner
of its exercisej had. he provided in his bill
that all recommendations should be in writinor.
and be plaoed on file; that any Representative
who should endorse more than one person for
the same office, or who . should, after having
recommended pne .for an office seoretly op.
pose hifl appointment without withdrawing
j'ia rooomineadtttiott. Ott file; and had he
THE DAILY" EVENING
further declared that any membor of Oon-'
grem who ahonld support an applicant for i
office for a pecuniary consideration, or in
pursuance of any corrupt agreement or un
derstanding or that any Sonator or ltopre
sentative who should receive any money or
other valuable consideration from an ofuae
holdcr whose appointment ho had roaom
mended, should be guilty of a niujdomoanor
bo would have struck at a growing evil, oon
vinoed the people of the sincerity of his effort
to effect a reform in the abuses oonnected
with the administration of the Government,
and commended his proposition to the fa
vorable consideration of the people. But
when he attempts to convert an act of duty
into a misdemeanor, it will bo diffloult for
him to convince the peoplo that his measure
is not absurd as well as unjust.
The Senator having undertaken, however,
to regulate the abuses arising out of the in
tercourse between members of Congress and
Uio Executive Department, and to read a lec
ture on Congressional dignity and depart
mental independence all of which we admit
was much needed his attention may be
callod to one or two additional abuses in. this
connection which seem to us worthy his at
tention. First in order, then, is the practice of mem
bers mixing in the controversies which arise
between the departments and the taxpayer.
In 1H5:( an act of Congress was passed which
prohibited any Senator or Ilepresentative in
CongTess from acting, "for any compensation
paid or agreed to be paid, as agent or attorney
in prosecuting any claim against the United
States." The letter of this aot, strictly con
strued, docs not, perhaps, prevent mombors
of Congress from acting as claim agents,
provided their compensation is political
support, given or to be given, rather than
"a compensation paid or to be paid." And
possibly it cannot be said to prohibit them
from defending claims which the Govern
ment may make against the citizen. But
it is very clear that the evil which Congress
sought to remedy was the exercise of Con
gressional influence upon clerks and the sub
ordinates of departments before whom these
claims were pending. The spirit of this
statute, if not its letter, is habitually violated.
Go into the Intornel ltevenue Department
any morning between the hours of 'J and 12,
and you willsee Representatives waiting in
the ante-room to obtain an interview with
the head of the department respecting some
controversy involving money, which has
arisen between a constituent and the Govern
ment. In important controversies between
the department and great whisky or tobacco
thieves, you may be sure that in a majority
of cases the thief will either directly or in
directly be represented before the department
by his member of Congress.
HOLDING BACK ON THE CUBAN QUES
TION WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
From the If. T. Berald.
Every one asks with some surprise what the
apparently pro-Spanish policy of the adminis
tration and the seemingly studied reticence of
Congress on the Cuban question mean. Even
those members of Congress who are most
pronounced and advanced in favor of Cuban
independence or annexation are holding baok.
Monster petitions to Congress, with seventy
thousand signatures, for the recognition of
Cuban belligerency or independence are laid
aside for the present, and that upon the mo
tion of members who have been the warm
friends of Cuba. Months ago the President
did not hesitate to express opinions highly
favorable to the Cubans. The Secretary of
State was scarcely less sympathetic and hope
ful for Cuba than his chief. All this is on
record. Our Mini.si.or r. Madrid was in
structed to tell tho Spuui.ih Government,
nearly nine months ago, that publio opinion
in the United States was so strongly in favor
of the Cubans that the administration and
Congress would bo compelled at no distant
day to recognize them. At the end of the
session of Congress last spring, the House of
Representatives passed a resolution unani
mously expressing sympathy with the Cubans
in then: struggle for freedom and authorizing
the President to recognize thorn. It is known,
too, that our Government made an effort,
about the same time, to negotiate with Spain
for the independence of Cuba.
Nor should it be forgotten that the seizure
and detention of the Spanish gunboats for a
time naa no real relation to 1'eru. Ho, one
had any idea that these gunboats would or
could be used against Peru. The Govern
ment knew this, and, therefore, usinar the
Peruvian Minister or the pretended quant
war with Peru in the matter was mere pre
text. There is no doubt that the object at
the time was to serve the Cubans in an in
direct way. Everything tended to show that
the Government and people of the United
States were steadily advancing to a point
when this country would interpose in some
way or other in favor of Cuban independence.
Everybody expected it, the press anticipated
it, and the poor Cubans were inspired with
hope by it. That was the Btate of the ques
tion up to two weeks ago, and a great deal
was expected from the President and Con
gress, or from Congross, at least, as soon as
the session commenced. General Grant sail
even to one of the Cuban Junta, in an inter
view ten days since, that Congress would
take prompt action on the subject of Culm.
But we aro not willing to believe the ad
ministration is aiming to assist the Spaniards
and to crush the Cubans, notwithstanding the
language of the President's message and the
release of the Spanish gunboats. SVe are dis
posed to believe there may be some over
tures from Spain some professed disposition
on the part of that power to opou negotia
tions for the sale or cession of Cuba, and that
our Government is desirous to conciliate the
Spaniards and to save their pride from being
wounded, so that the object may bo accom
plished under the form of friendship. The
extraordinary attentions to General Sickles,
our Minister at Madrid, lately, give color to
this opinion. We cannot believe that the
Government, and least of all that General
Grant, would take the back track in the
Cuban question for fear of war with
Spain. Such a bngboar would not
disturb the , most nervous old fogy if he
had any sense. But if the seeming pro
Spanish and anti-Cuban policy of the admin
istration arises from any new movement on
the part of Spain to negotiate for the sale or
independence of Cuba, it may bej vell to warn
the Government against any possible Spanish
treachery, so that it may not aid tho Spaniards
in their atrocious system of 'war on Cuba for
the sake of a remote contingency. If our
Government be too yielding and tender in its
friendship for Spain on such a prospect, it may
bo cheated and be laughed at by the wholo
world for its simplicity and folly! The only
way to treat Spain and this Cuban question is
in the boldest manner and on the principle of
a broad American policy, independent of what
the rest of the world may think or say.
PCTULA1UTY ' Or GENERAL GRANT'S
MESSAGE IN CONGRESS.
from the N. T. World.
Tbe Time, which devoted a long editorial
on Hobday to asporuiona of the Demooratio
TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, SVEDNE3DAY, bflCEMBER 15, 18G9.
party, had, in the same number, tho follow
ing servile and syoophantio tribute to Presi
dent Grant, tolegraphed from its regular
Washington correspondent: ,
"Wariiinoton, Doo. 11. It Is strictly anotirftte to
nay that the reception of tho president's niesfMirn Iijr
CotiRrcHg has been marked tT a spirit of hi-arty con
currence bdiI general satisfaction such as naa not
beon exhibited since tho last tnesHiigo of Mr. Lin
coln. It has broiiRht back tno days of nappy accord
and complete harmony between Congress and the
administration, which result must Inevitably bo felt
throughout tho country. There aro portions of tho
inensHKe, of oourse, whloh do not meet with unani
mous approval.; hut these exceptions disappear In
the heurty approval of the tone of tho messiio and
the general arlmimtton f tho terse and perspicuous
manner In which tun President states his arguments,
facts, ami suggestions when he gets fairly beyond
his introduction. There aro even somo soncenccs
whloh are models of condonscd thought and coin
pact expression. Directness of statement was
always a charactctlstlo of Woneral Grant's orders,
letters, and reports; and that part of the message
devoted to direct statements which la tho larger
part fully sustains his reputation in this respect."
This fulsome praise of a weak President
betokens as little judgment or discrimination
as tho Times' tirade against the Democratic
party. President Grant has convinced Con
gress that he is so little formidable, either by
his own sagacity or by the talents and influ
ence of his Cabinet, that there is no neces
sity for making any laborious attempt to
thwart him. The ascendancy which Congress
has arrogated for the last four or five years is
in so little danger from so feoble a President
that its members feel that there would be
more scandal and damage to their party in a
quarrel than gain from openly bridling an
officer who is such a cipher in politics.
If, as General Grant's sycophant asserts,
his recent message brings him a rich harvest
of Congressional popularity, tho natural con
sequence would be the adoption of all his
leading recommendations. But there are, as
yet, no symptoms that any of (hem will be
successful. In what he said about Cuba he
did not propose any action by Congress, but
only explained his own position on a subject
which is outside the legislative province.
There is no unanimous acquiescence by Con
gress in that part of his message. On Mon
day, Mr. Carpenter, the popular Republican
Senator from Wisconsin, offered a bill to
prevent the departure of the Spanish gun
boats; and Mr. Davis, the ablest Republican
Representative from this State, proposod
tnat tno i'resident should be asked if he
desired now legislation to enable him to
take sides with the Cubans. This topic
excites more popular feeling than any other
touched in the message; and although the
President's position on it is correct, it is
certain that it does not meet the general ap
probation of the Republican membors. His
past action on this subject, and his sudden
change of front, have placod the Republican
press, and most of the Republican members,
in a false position. His seizure and detention
of the gunboats, and the sympathy he has in
various ways manifested for the insurgents,
gave a cue which his party was too eager to
follow; and now, after they have boon com
mitting themselves for so many months to
the cause of the insurgents, it is very awk
ward for them to be required to "turn
their backs upon themselves," and support
the President in frowning down a movement
which he and they have so long abetted. On
this question, surely, the message is not re
sponded to with unanimous plaudits, and it
has brought him no increase of popularity.
LAXITY OF DIVORCE.
From the Chicago Republican.
It i a painful fact iu tho very painful cose
now so prominently before the publio that
the more one scrutinizes it the more
offensive grow its details. Tho Indiana
divorce of Mrs. McFarland seoins indeed to
have been one of the cruelest of burlesques
onhonorablo legislation. Induced to leave
her husband without a single warning note,
Mrs. McFarland appears to have settled in In
dianapolis for nothing else than to bridge
over, as slightly as possible, the gulf fixed be
tween Richardson and herself. She first files
a petition for divoroe before Judge Woolen
(it is well that we have his name) on the
ground of her husband's intemperate habits
and ill-treatment of herself. Not a word in
it, however, about the crime with which
Mr. Beecher did not scruple to charge
him. Affidavit is made that the unsus
pecting McFarland is not a resident
of tne btate, ana men ne is
notified by "the Morgan County Gazette, a
weekly newspaper of general circulation," ac
cording to its proprietor, that the suit is pro
ceeding. Probably not being a subscriber
and regular reader of this "weekly newspaper
of general circulation," McFarland does not
reply, and the trial goes forward. The wit
nesses are Mrs. McFarland'a father, and one
Mrs. Lucia Gilbert Calhoun, who, by the way,
will have to be exonerated by forthcoming
testimony of a great deal of present suspicion
if she cares to stand well with publio opinion.
The father's story is go vague that one shivers
to think of the dangers that environ the hap
piest couples in the world. lie "specifies
abuse and violence" by testifying that his son-in-law
used to rave when intoxicated, and
break the plates and dishes. Suddenly looms
up tho Hon. A. G. Porter, who vouohes for
Mrs. McFarland's respectability, having
been introduced to her by the "most
resectable people iu New York;" and
modestly requests the divorce as a personal
fuvor. Then we have Mrs. Lucia Gilbert
Calhoun, who gives hearsay evidence that
McFarland used to get drunk, and alleges
mat sue once naw mm iu a stute ot intoxica
tion. As to the abuse and ill-treatment, she
only knows what Mrs. McFarland told her.
If Mrs. McFarland had had no interest in the
result, this kind of testimony would have
been execrable in itself; but as she was in
tensely concerned, her diluted and distorted
assertions were terribly out of place. Yet,
on the strength of this flimsy evidence, Judge
wooieu iirestno train wnicn nas expioUod so
disnstrouhly, by handing over Mrs. McFarland
to the arms of Richardson and the sympathy
of "the Gilbert girls." Surely this Judge
Woolen could never have contemplated such an
awful comment on his loose ruling. He could
never have reflected on the woes and the
misery and the scandal which were latent in
his decree of divorce. Rut the lesson has
been read, and the community still rings
with its dismal echoes. The scandalous
laxity of law and the parody of justice have
for once been brought face to face with the
fate that sbould always attend them.
Whether the effect will be lasting; whether
its solemn protest wi!l be always quick and
vital, we do not know, and cannot assume.
Rut we trust the notoriety and inquiry
"the case bus excited may result beneficially
to publio morals and the means of get
ting us back nearer to the ancient
landmarks, when marriHgo was a sacred
bond, entered into for this life and the one
beyond, and not to be loosely severed by
human agencies.
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the Legislature of Pennsylvania for the incorporation of a
nans, iu accoruance wiin ine laws ot me uommonweaiiu.
to be entitled "THK MAKKKT BANK," to be located
at Philadelphia, with a cauital stock of one hundred
thousand dollars, with a right to increase the same to
pve uunoreo tnounaim aoiiars. 0 3U WW lu
t(3r NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
an application wiU be made at the next meeting of
the Legislature of Pennsylvania for the incorporation of a
Bank, in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth,
to be entitled THE BUTCHERS AND DUO VERS
BANK, to be located at Philadelphia, with a capital of
two uuuureu ana nity tnousana aoiiurs, wiui a rigut. to
increase wie same to a million or dollars. o au wi jiu
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN
application will be made at the next meeting of the
legislature of Pennsylvania for the incorporation of a
Bank, in accordance with tbe laws of the nmnonweallh,
to be entitlod "TUK BANK OF AMERICA." to be
located at PbiladelitliiK. wit.h a anital of five hundred
thouiutn d dollars, with a rig hi to increase the same to two
uimiuuB ,,i uuiiars. v ou itio v
W COLD WEATHER DOES NOT CHAP
m or roughen the skin after using WRIGHT'S Kir
DONATED ULTCKHINK TAKI.KT OF SOLIDIFIED
GLYCERINE. Its dailv use makua the akin delicately
suit ana beautiful, bold by all druggists.
R A Yi. A. WRIOHT.
844 No. B24 CHESNUT Street
CTr DK. F. R. THOMAS. THE LATE OPE-
rator nf the Colton Dental Association, ia now the
only oon ia Philadelphia who devotee his entire time and
practice to extracting teeth, absolutely without pain, by
frem nitrous oxide gas. Otnoe, 911 WALNUT at. 1
r COLTON DENTAL ASSOCIATION
And devote tlieir whole timas and practice to extracting
Pil l KtJCB OXIDE. OR LAUUHINUUAS.
twin witnmit nam
Ortioe. KlGHiH and WALNUT Rtreeta.
1139
tSy QUEKN FIHE INSURANCE COMPANY,
8ABINK. Al I.Vn'a lillLI.KR. Ace
fu Di'r a r j.) mill in tfi
FIKTU and WALNUT Btreeta.
Kjy- BATCIIELOR'8 HAIR DYE. TIU8
splendid Hair Dim is tbe best in tbe world 1 the enly
tme and perfect lye j harmless, reliable, instantaneous i no
disapuoiutnient 1 no ridiculous tints; remedies the ill
elluctsof tad dyes; inriRorates and learea the Hair soft
and neentuni, blacH vr brown.
Sold by all
TimffirisLa and
perfumers; iind properly applied at batohalor'
ed at a
r York.
or'a W'K ruc-
ton, no. IB nunii olreet, Now Y
4 win ana
PAPER HANGINGS.
T OOK I LOOK 1 1 LOOK ! 1 1 WALL PAPERS
I J and Linen Window Kh.rln. Minnfaotured. the
obeupetit In tbe city, at JOHNBTON'a Depot, No.
t,i n i "oiikwi oireei, oeiow tiievenui. jiranoi
girt K1)KBAL (Street. Camden. New Jersey. I
c
O R N' EXOIIANGB
MANUFACTORY,
tM'iin r. HAU.B.K,
N. E. corner of MARKET and WATER Btreeta,
. Ptlilidelphis.
DKALKR IN bAUti AMD BAGGING
Of everv dHHriniinn. for
Grain, Flour, , bait. Haper-i'bospbaU i Lima, Boa
l'UHt, Kto.
Large and small GUNNY It AOS conatantly 00 band.
liB . lo. TlVrUJU BAUHJJ.
HOLIDAY GOODS.!
33XOIVZ;XiS!
J. E. CALDWELL & CO.,
JSWZSLLZZLS,
No. 902 CHESNUT STREET,
nfVE IMrOKTKD TRIS SEASON TIIE LARGEST
VAKIETY OF CHOICE
WORKS OF ART IN BRONZE
EVER OFFERED FOR BALE IN THIS COUNTRY,
EMBRACING
Statuettes, Groups, Animals, and
Birds,
SELECTED A3 THE BE3T FROM AMONG THE
WORKS OF
EMILE HERBERT,
MOIGNIEZ,
A. CARIER,
PAUTROT,
E. DKLABRI ERRE,
COUSTOU,
E. CAN A,
riLET,
DUCHOISELI.E,
BOURET,
J. QREGOIRE,
E. CARLIER,
HUZEL,
PEIFFER,
P. .T. MENE,
DUMAIGE,
BULLO.
Candelabra, Vase, Card-Stands,
Inkstandg, and 1'ancy Articles
Generally.
Paris Mantel Clocks and Side Pieces,
IN BRONZE AND GILT, BRONZE AND MARBLE,
FLORENTINE. ROMAN, GOLDEN, ANTIQUE,
GREEN AND GILT, AND OXYDIZED
SILVER BRONZES,
ANY OF WHICH WILL FORM AN
ENDURING
AND TASTEFUL
12 3 uivrf
Holiday Iiesont.
1004
AllCII STREET.
1004
GRIFFITH & PAGE.
HOLIDAY LIST.
CAKVED WOOD,
BRONZES,
PLATED WAKE
TEA TRAYS,
CUTLERY,
French and German Fancy Goods.
EB & C. A. WRIGHT,
No. C24 CHESNUT STREET,
nave Just received a large assortment Of
NEW, AND ELEGANT J
Fancy Articles,
Selected In Europe this season for their
NOVELTY AND BEAUTY, ESPECIALLY FOR
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
Also, a large and beautiful assortment of genuine
MEERSCHAUM PIPES,
Which they offer for sale 12 14 14t
AT VERY REDUCED PRICES.
A.
.. I AN I Hit, JR.,
Mo. 1303 CHESNUT STREET,
Also, No. 100 FULTON AVENUE,
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
HOLIDAY UOOD8,
Such aa all the
NEW STYLES OF EMBROIDERIES,
CHAIRS.
TOWEL-RACKS.
FOOT-RESTS.
Also, a full line of
PAPER-EMBROIDERED PATTERNS,
WOR8TED BILK. BEADS, ETC.
MONOGRAMS DRAWN TO ORDER. 13 1 thamwlm
JJSEFCL AND ELEGANT FANCY ARTICLES,
ROSEWOOD DESKS, RUSSIA AND TURKEY
WmTlNU-CAMES,
foreign and domestic
VIENNA, PARIS, AND LONDON FINE
In Russia, Turkey, and Calf.
MASON A CO.,
11 2Cfmwtd28 No. 90T CHESNUT Street
"V" YLOPLASTIQUB IN KSTANDS.TR AYS.PAPER
WEIGHTS, and MATCH BOXES, SCOTCH
GOODS A large assortment
"WeddlnK mid Ylgltlns Cards),
Elegantly engraved.
N. B. Our patrons will oblige us by giving tuoir
orders for engraving Intended for Holiday Presents,
at an early date. MASON & CO.,
11 SCfmwtdiMS' No. 901 CHESNUT Street
"OOGERS. WOSTENHOLM AND OTHER FINE
English makes,
lock?tIiniveii ami feclMMorg.
BRONZE AND CARVED WOOD
lrVUMTAXOS
In great variety.
CARVED PAPER KNIVES, BOOK-MAKliKllS,
FEN-HOLDERS, TRAYS, MATCH and STAMP
BOXES, In Wood and Ivory. '
MASON & CO.,
11 !0frawtd28 No. 90T CHESNUT Street.
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.
lVlsL.TJUUlUF.K'H
FLAVORING EXTRACTS
Are warranted equal te any mad.
VANILLA. OR A NOR,
Lit MOW, LOVKNJ
PINHAPPLK, BlTl'llt ALMOND8,
CINNAMON.
Prepared at
A. WIltbr.rer, or,B
N n su North BKOOND Btreet.
Depot for BA BLOW'S INDIGO BLUH, the beat artiolf
maae lor uiueiag eiotaaa. , "
PIANOS.
GREAT SALE
OK
First-Class Rosewood Pianos,
AT PRICES BELOW THE ACTUAL
COST TO MANUFACTURE.
HaTlnr determined to offer onr extensive stock nf im
al prices below tlie actnai oosi to manmaciure, wa will
sell during the month oi December, at ratea
Lower than we ever Offered Heretofore,
In order to close out our surplus stock by the and of tha
year.
T he reputation nf onr Instrument makes it nnneneasar
T a '
1 boy are aoknowieilged
to be eiiual. If
not superior, to any instrument mado la
We worm.
1'ereona winning to purchase, or amirtng to make
CHUISTMAS PUESKNrS,
Will And that the snocial and extraordinary redactions at
our pnoea will ennble tnem to ohuin
A FIK8T-OLA8S INSTUUMRNT
At a price even less than they would otherwise bar to
pny tor a aeoond-rate or inferior one.
i nose wauling bargains suouia not iau to oau eariy at
our
WARRROOMS.
No. 1103 CHESNUT STREET,
And examine our sto'fc. iw' they caa readily be con
vinced of the superiority of our instruments and Uie sacri
fices at wbich we are offering them.
SCHOfflACItlllK At CO.,
WARF ROOMS. No. 1103 CHESNUT 8TRKET.
N. B. Sole Agents for the oelebrated
HUKDKTT OKUAN.
A special discount of 30 per cent, during tho month oi
December. II 1 tnwfloa
8TEINWAY & SONS'"
Grand Square and Upright Pianos,
With their newly patented RESONATOR, by w bloat
the erigioal volume of sound can always be retained, Ua
earn aa la a Violin.
BLASIUS BItOS.,
No. 100G CHESNUT STREET,
J7watt PHILADELPHIA.
ALBHECHT,
RIKKK3 A 80HMIDT,
MANlTKACTTTUrHB OF
FIRST-CLASS PIANO-FORTES.
Full guarantee and moderate prices.
2?
WARKKOOMS, No. 610 AROH Htreet.
z?5A BRADBURY'S AND OTHER
rVTTl n Pianos. If.tOO. Taylor A Farley's, also Oarhart
A Need ham's Orleans, from 450 upwards. WILLIAM G.
FIKOHKR. No. 1018
Street and
No. 81 N.
KLKVKNTH Street.
11 SI Sra
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Ja B. LIPMNCOTT & CO.,
rublishers, BooksMlers, Importers
And Stationers,
Ms. 715 and 717 Market Street,
PHILADELPHIA,
Invite the attention of tbe Publio to their
LARGE ASSORTMENT
or
MISCELLANEOUS AND STANDARD
HOOKS
For Uio IIolitliiyH,
American and English,
Handsomely Illustrated and Bound in a Tariety of beaa
tiful styles, suitable for
Christmas Gifts.
Also a great rarioty of
ILLUSTRATED JUVRNILK AND COLORED TOY
BOOKS,
BY TUB MOST POPULAR AUTHORS.
Together with
AN EXPENSIVE NEW STOCK
or
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
FANCY STATIONEUY.
A. Vjilmililo Girt.
One Year's Subscription to either
LIPPINCOTTS MAGAZINE of Literature, Science,
and Education. Illustrated. $4 00.
THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE. Profusely Illustrated.
43 60 peraonom.
GOOD WORDS FOR THE YOUNG. Profusely Bias.
trated. $2 60 per annum. 13 11 amw 3t
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.,
Nos. 715 and 717 MARKET Street, Philadelphia.
II
uliifAY puesents;
HARDING'S EDITIONS
OF
THE HOLY BIBLE.
Family, Pulpit, and Photograph Bibles,
FOR
CHRISTMAS,
WEDDING AND
BIRTHDAY
PRESENT
Alio, Presentation Bibles for
CHURCHES,
CLERGYMEN,
bOOIETIES AND
TEACHERS. ETf.
New and superb assortment, bound in Rich Levat
Turkey Morocco. Panelitd anil Ornamental Design
equal to tlie London and xlord editions, at less tliav
nail their prices.
W. W. HARDING,
No. 326 CHESTUT STREET,
STRENGTH, BEAUTY, CHEAPNESS
COMBINED I
Harding's Patent Chain-back
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.
For Wedding, Holiday, or Birthday Presents, thew
Albums are particularly adapted.
The book trade and dealers In fancy articles for
holiday sales will 11 nd the most extensive assortment
of Photograph Albums In the country, and superior
to any heretofore made. For great strength, dura
DUlty, and cheapness, Harding's Patent Chain-back
Albums are unrivalled. Purchasers will And It
preatly to their advantage to examine these new
lines of goods before making up their ordurs for
holiday stock.
Also,a large and splendid assortment of new stylea
of Photograph Albums made In tbe usual manner.
V. W. HAUDINGr,
NO. 320 CHESNUT STREET,
11 87 im PHILADELPHIA.
PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE.
A New Course of Leotures, as delWered at the Nan
York Museum of Anatomy, eiubracina; the suhjeota:
ii, .w ts. In. nH ft'i,( .r i for: Youth. Maturity, ana
Old Aire: Manhood Generally Keriewedi The Cause ot
I twiiffuKtinn li I t m !.... . .!
ner
ervous Iiseaaes Aooountad
For: Marriage Puiloemibiosllj Considered, etc eta.
Pocket voluuiea containina these Leotarea will ba for.
warded. Doet Daid. on rtoeipt ot 116 cent, by addressing W.
A. LEAHY. JH.. 6. K. ooru.r- t liTU and Walt
btreeta. I'hlleriolDbla,
88t
OAR PENT EB8 AND BUILDERS.
R. THOMAS & CO.,
paaUBA
Doors, Blinds, Sash, Shutters,
WINDOW FRAMES. ETC..
N. W. OORNHB Of
EIGHTEENTH and MA2KET Street!
8 ID Bin I PHILADELPHIA.