THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, MON DAY, FEBRUARY 7; 1870, A PASTORAL. SHU. "Gentle shepherds, tell me, pray, Has my Colin come this way ? lie chant a r iiHtio ritornella, And beam a crook on his nmbrelia. Ray, then, gentle shepherds. Bay, lias iny Colin passed thiB way ? "White bin shirt front as new milk, Soft his whiskers are as silk. He drives no flock, the darling man, But wears a Test of Astrahan. Pay then, gentle shepherds, say, lias my Colin passed this way ? "Every morning forth he hies, While the milkmaid rubs her eyes, With hasty steps he eastward goes, Upon a Bank to seek repose. Then, gentle shepherds, tell me, pray, lias my Colin passed this way ? rOLICEMAN. "If the party as you mean Which 'ib name is Peter Green Ib a clork with Cash and Co., Then I Bee him thither go (Bnt don't henceforth address me thus I ain't no shepherd) on a 'bus. His pipe I do not mean a floot Appeared to be of brier-root, Where yonder boy'B a-blacking shoes, lie stopped and bought a Daily New, Then mounted (I'm no sheriherdcuss !) Upon the knifeboardof the bus." London Fun. JL TEEP BEIIOD THE SCREEN. from th Tall Matt OazttU. It is an old saying that half the world does not know how the other half lives. Between iia and our neighbors a great social gulf is fixed, or a cold and impenetrable mist of an tipathy hangs, or a screen of some kind in tervenes. But occasionally there is vouch safed to ms a hurried peep behind that screen; and then, in a twinkling of an eye, there are revealed to our astonished senses cu rious phases of existence and satisfactory explanations of puzzling phenomena. For instance, men who had no fear of forty shillings damages before their eyes, met toge ther lately for the publioly avowed purpose of committing 4 'a combined assault upon Satan." The reason of so violent a proceeding at the particular juncture was to seek; and it has been found. Whoever would peep behind the screen must keep his eye upon the adver tisement sheets of newspaper!. Now the assaulting party above mentioned, being com posed for the most part of clergymen, would naturally be well up in the contents of all the sporting papers. They would, therefore, un doubtedly have seen the following announce ment: "Dls 6atanlc Majesty purposes holding a series of tianquets, levees, and drawing-rooms at Pandemo nium during the ensuing autumn, to which about 10,008 of Ms faithful disciples will be Invited. II. 8. if. will, at those drawlnir-rooms and receptions. number a lot of beauts, and dlHtrlbate a series of rewards, varying in value from 100 to 10s. of her Britannic Majesty's money. "Tickets one shilling each, application for which must be made by letter to II. 8. M.'s Chamberlain, jlr. w. 8 , n street, C . No personal application must be made, and no notice will be taken of those which do not contain a directed and tamped envelope for reply. The last drawing-room Held a few days before the Feast of the Croydon ttteep!echascs, tickets of admission to which must te applied for before November 20." From which it would appear that the enemy is bodily amongst us, and has taken up his quarters, as might have been expected, with the sporting fraternity. It is hardly necessary to draw attention to the happy manner in which the announcement suggests that pro- fan it v is inseparable from steeple chasing, Another reeD behind the scenes of clerical life is afforded in the following advertise ment: 'Will the Rev. T. R. A., who forwarded his carte. fle-vlstte to the editor of the London Journal for Myrtle,' some time since, send another to Miss B t. Post Ofnce. Hastings, as she has not re ceived it." The next peep afforded will explain in more or less satisfactory manner a phenome non which must have attracted some notice. For it will be generally allowed that a gentle. man cannot have his whiskers burned or in anv way injured without attracting the atten tion of his family and intimate friends, at any rate as many of them as happen to be of the feminine genaer. -iney wouia not, per haps, like to question him upon the subject, and they may, therefore, find their minds re lieved (or very much the contrary) by the singular request hereto annexed: "Woald Mr. A. M. kindly call upon the lady who burned his whiskers by accident, as she has some thing of importance to communicate to him t" The important communication had reference, of course, to some kind of "hair restorer;" but why was it necessary to advertise ? It is, so doubt, possible that a lady might acci dentally burn a gentleman's whiskers even in the best society; but one would suppose that, if he waa too niuoh overcome at the time to impart to him the important secret of restora tive remedies, she might have afterwards managed to reach him by some more private . means than the advertising columns of a newspaper. Here is another case: The two ladles who met a gentleman between the Minorlei and Klackwall Hallway .station on Tuesday last, about one, dressed Toilette de Prome nade, are earnestly requested to meet him at the Charing-cross Btatlon, on Tuesday afternoon, from . three to four." . There is a striking vagueness of descrip tion; for it would have beeu more remarkable had the ladies, under the circumstances, been dressed in dishabille or in evening costume, and "a gentleman" might be considered almost useless for purposes of identification. Borne idea, also, is given of the nomadic life which must be led by certain people who earn to be able to find no other trysting places than the various railway stations. However, ladies are notoriously very quick of apprehension, and it is not so surprising, therefore, as some miracles are, to find that the advertisement was answered as follows: "The Two Ladles (Toilette de Promenade) will be at the Charing cross ouiuon ou i uesuaj. Here is another case: Thn T jirtv who was at Baker Street Station at hair past seven on Monday evening, 18th, and who took a iraln proceeding west, travelling tlrst-cluas, la ear nestlv requested by the (ientleman on opposite plat- . i ... ... . V. Ii lot a ititMua U1 V) ATA 10 TO 10 COmniUIIHJaiO nilU 111U1. Auuivoa Ci street. E. C." Opinions will probably differ as to the par ticular phase of life therein revealed; but it is most romantic to believe that, as a Knight of the Hound Table waa wont to conoeive never-dvino passion from one clanoe of fair stranger's eves, so the gentleman and the lady interchanged one meaning look over the rails, which might sot be crossed, and that he forthwith set out to woo and win her, not with Bword and lance, but with advertisement and the Daily Tdegranh. It it quite touch ing to observe how that for him, poor man, iVowi woa lint. nrta lftilv vAiAn flia ifariAV-fratft" uimv - rf, j - - bystander would probably have seen a dozen ladies. Here is another case Ths YODTfl Lady at the Upper Refreshment Rooms, Agricultural Show, for whom a trumpet was bought. Is requested to send her Address tt A. Z., eauox, Post omoe, O " . ; . . Burely a tale hangs thereby. Surely it tells how a rustic swain came up to London for the cattle show, received a philtre in his refresh ments, drank in sweet poison with his bitter ale, and thought to terminate ma nirtation with a flourinh of trumpets, but, on return ing to his lonely grazing-gronnds, found that be had miscalculated the hardness of bin heart, and that be could not live without the Hebe who bad put a charm into his beer. Apropos of refreshments and the inveiglement of rustic swains may be quoted an advertisement which shows that intelligent purveyors do not depend for catronaee entirely upon the soundness and excellence of their wines: Wanted, a Youko Lapy. of prepossessing ap pearance, lor a retail wine establishment In London. Apply by letter, enclosing carte-de-vlslte and stating particulars el last .situation and salary required, to A.B..M, B ,K.C." Two or three peeps may now be afforded to prove that unconventional methods of pro- ceedine:. where the two sexes are concerned. appear sometimes to entail trouble and dis appointment, and possibly considerable dis advantage. For instance: 'H"o Should this meet the eyejof the gentleman of the above name, he Is requested by the Young J .any ne leu in cnariotte street, ritzroy square, on Sunday morning. Oct. 81. to meet her at the corner of Oxford street and Great Portland street, on Wed nesday or Thursday next, at eight P. M." It looks very much as if the gentleman and lady had separated to attend their respective parish churches and bad never met again; nor does the wording of the advertisement suggest the picture of a true knight searching diligently for the lady of bis love. Here again: If this should meet the eye of the party who met a lady on the 21m tof November, between seven and nair-past eight (caned nimseir a gentleman), ne is earnestly requested to appoint another meetiuK, and explain why he did not meet the lady on the xotu. Still yours, A. G." It is not often thnt any one has the oppor tunity of "calling himself a gentleman, but, when such an opportunity has offered itself, it must be doubly galling to be described as a party; no other words could so fully tes tify to the bitterness of the fair advertiser indignation. Yet she puts "still yours;" she does not dismiss the "party, but snows now eauv am on PR t, advertisinc lovers is the Drover- bial "redintegratio amoris." The next peep Bets before the mind s eye a picture oi nie not dissimilar, one would say, to that dis closed in the two preceding oases; but every thing about it is misty and indistinct, al though there appears to be in the background the dim outline of a horrible scene, repre senting how two sisters, over-affable and over-confiding, found a common miserable fate. There is a dreadful significance in the brief notioe: "B. B . Fear you have shared the fate of your sister. Write if sale. M. A. B " It is now time te take a peep at the singu lar case of "the man with the shabby hat." That must be a curious social circle which admits the possibility of fixing a truant member's identity by mentioning merely the shabbiness of his hat; general observation would justify a particular individual in re fusing to understand that the description ap plied to him. However, it seems to be taken for granted that "the man with the shabby hat has a conscience which will tell him un mistakably who is meant; and a complete melodrama might be constructed upon the basis of the following materials. First we have a simple entreaty: "The man with the shabby bat Is requested to re turn to his Martha. M. B." Then peremptory command: "The man with the shabby hat must return to his Martha immediately, to prevent unpleasant conse quences. M. B." Then remonstrance: "The man with the shabby hat was seen in Oxford stret, therefore cannot have any excuse for such conduct M. B." Then a threat: To the Man with the Shabby Hat Yonr beha viour shall be exposed unless you return. M. 13." Then the first faint sign of the threatened exposure: "To the Man with the Shabby Hat. Martha has called attention to yonr bat, thinking it would re mind you of the tickets under the leather. Be wise in time, and return before It is too late, too late 1 M. B. And what is the end ? Does remorse or fear drive the shabby one back to his Martha's arms ? Or does the advertiser, being a hatter, think that the unpleasant suspicions excited against the wearers of shabby hats will have the desired effect upon his more sensitive or conscience-stricken customers ? It would be rash to answer positively; but there is no one, it is well known, so mad as a hatter. According to after-dinner and similar speeches, life and property are so secure in this happy land that a peep at a different state of things may have the charm oi novelty. Here is a revelation: "One Thousand Pounds Reward Whereas, It Is believed that attempts have for some time past been made to poison a laay in Lancasnire, a reward oi 1000 is hereby offered te any one who may turn Queen's evidence, or who may give such informa tion as may lead to the conviction of the guilty party. Address to the laay nerseif, as well as to toe con stabulary of the county, and to the police stations of jaancnester or .Liverpool." It appears that the lady is so well known as to require no particular address beyond "The lady who is being poisoned, .Lancashire; that the attempts at poisoning are no secret; and that, nevertheless, the constabulary of the county and the police of Manchester and Liverpool, with all their united wits, cannot get on the trail of the guilty "party." But, perhaps, the strangest peep behind the scene is this last: "An Old Obligation Mr. O. again begs to know whom be may thank for a further payment of jGIOS, and on account of what 'obligation' It has been paid." It would seem as if there were somewhere in this country a race of men whose gratitude actually takes the form of repayment. Discovery of a I'cw Manuscript oi the l'eatateucli- Most of our readers are aware that the originals of the Books of Scripture are not now in existence. Copies in manuscript, technically termed codicet, are all that we have now to depend on. The earliest codices of the Old Testament extant are the Spanish. They may be attributed to the ninth or tenth centuries, and are held in high esteem by the Jews, as it is asserted that they were corrected by the Codex Hillel, a manuscript supposed to have been of hoar antiquity. Neverthe less, the Hebrew scholar has often wished from the bottom of his heart that a copy of the ancient Scriptures might be found which belonged to the halcyon days of the sacred tongue, when every king waa commanded "to write him a copy of the law in a book." Per haps this wish may be gratified at an early day, so far as regards the Books of Moses. Hebrew was originally written in a differ ent character from the one now in use, though cognate to it. When or why the change was made, is ' an undecided question, Most likely, during the Babyloaian captivity, the children of Israel learned to write .their language, which was like the Chaldaio, She initio, m the Chaldaio character; and con tinued to use that cnaracter alter tueir return to their own country. But scholars are not ultncether agreed upon the matter. The Samaritans a mongrel people who in habitedSamaria after the ten tribes bad been carried away, with very little Israelitish blood in their veins, but who mixed up Judaism and idolatry, worshipped in a temple on Mount GerLriro, which they built in opposi tion to the one on Mount Zion received, It is said, through a Levities! priest, ' sent to them from Babylon, a oopy of the Tentatenoh written in the old Hebrew character. This manner of writing they ever preserved. It appears now on coins, medals, some minor writings, and in the Samaritan Pentateuch in Walton's celebrated Polyglot. The latter, however, is not considered pure. There are also in the British Museum several volumes of Samaritan, that include the Pentateuch and some liturgies and, ceremonials. Ui their age we cannot speak; bnt they are all in . . a A i V IT f 1 the ancient character, wnicn, xiavermoa says, in "identical with the old Hebrew." Owing to the exolusivenesa of the Samari tans, and the jealous spirit with which they have always secluded their writings, until within the last twenty years, it has been a difficult matter to obtain any or their manu scripts. Within the period referred to, how ever, a change has come over, the spirit of the Samaritans; and the volumes, now in the British Museum, have been obtained. Ger many, likewise, has procured some manu scripts through Professor Petterman, of Ber lin. Amons them is a Pentateuch. But, a few years since, a discovery of great impor tance was made. Dr. Basilius Levi- shon. a distinguished member of the llnsnian establishment in Jerusalem, "got bold," we are informed, "of a large-sized vellum Samaritan Pentateuch, defective in a few leaves at the beginning and end, and which be believes to have been written during the days of the first Temple, which was des troyed B. C. 688." The London MMnaum cave the following as the reasons which in duced Dr. Levison to assign so remote a date to this valuable codex: 1. "The extreme reserve with which the priestly family in Kablous have guarded it from the knowledge even of their own sect, and the assertion of the priest from whom it was obtained. 2. "The fact of its not being divided into chapters or sections of any kind, except as books, such as Genesis. Exodus, ete. 3. "The names of several priests found in marginal scraps about the volume, recording occurrences connected with its preservation the names coinciding with the priestly trenealocv in his nossesHion. 4. "The express statement, in a marginal observation, that the volume had escaped i peril of fire during the time of Zerubbabel, b. c. rao .". Dr. Levishon. who. though a member of the Russo-Greek Church, is of Hebrew origin, and familiar with the Samaritan, as well as with the Masoretio Hebrew, aided by a learned assistant, devoted much time to his highly- prized manuscript, and we believe proposed to reproduce it in fao-simile for the benefit of the lendincr European libraries. This work of Dr. Levishon, which should be far advanced now. is of great importance, and cannot fail to awaken the livelier interest amont? those who search the Scriptures in the oricinal. The learned professor avers that he has "neted down ten thousand variations" from the received Hebrew text. He does not inform us in re card to their importance. Will the new readings shed a new light upon the record of creation ? Will they render a new translation of the original imperative ? The age of the manuscripts from which the Samaritan Pentateucn, in the Walton i'oiy. glot. was derived, is quite uncertain. 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M. n the lot ilny of MARCH, 1A70, for furniKhlns all the "SUtnped Envelop""" and "Ncwupnper Wrap per" which this Department may require during it renon oi lour tears, commencing m oi juij. 1870, VIS. ! STA1VTI Ell EN VlEIAirKN. Ho, 1. Note sice. VA by 4V Inches, of whit ro. a, urninnry letter sire, a l-io ny Inches, of white, btiff, canary, or oream roiored paper, or in inch proportion of either as . uiaj uc requuen, ho. 8. Pull letter Blue fnntmmmed on flan, for Circulars). 8V by bX Inc hea, or the name colors afl mo. , aua anuer a like condition as to the propor tion of each. Mo. 4. Full letter sire. SV bv S lnrho. of same colors as No. 2, and under a like condition as to the proportion oi envn. Mo. 5. Extra letter slr.e (nngammed on flap, for Circulars KU h aw llirhfl. nf uma nnlnra a Vn. 8, and ander a like condition as to the proportion of No. 6. Extra letter sire. SW bv V Inches, of aama colors as No. S, and uuaer a like condition as to the proportion of each. No. 7. oniclul Hlr.e, 1 by Inchea, of same colors as No. s, and under a like condition as to the proportion oi eacn. No. 8. Extra oinclal slr.e, 4V by 9?( Inches, of same colors as No. t, and under a like condition as to the proport ion of each. NEWSPAPKK WRArrERS, X by Inches, of burl or mantlla paper. Aii me aoove envelopes ami wrappers to oa era bOFsed with postage stamps of such denominations, styles, and colors, and to bear snch printing on the face, and to be made In the most thorough manner, of paper of approved quali'y, manufactured specially ior ma purpose, wiin Bucn water marks or other de vices to prevent Imitation as the Postmoster-Oeneral tnay direct. Ihe envelopes to be thorouehlv and oerfoctlv gummed, the gumming on the nap of each (except for circulars) to be put ou not less than half an Inch In width the entire leuRth. The wrappers to be gummea not less man tnree-rourths or an inch in wium across (ne end. 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When two thousand or more enve opes are required to till the order of a Dont mauler. the straw or pasteboard boxes containing the same must be packed la strong wooden cases, well strapped with hoop-Iron, and addressed: but when less than two thousand are required, proper labels of direction, to be furnished by an agent of the Department, must be placed upon eacn uBCfcnge vj tu contractor, wootien cases, con taining envelopes or wrappers to be transported by water routes, must be provided with suitable water-prooilng. The whole to be done under tne inspection and direction of an agent of the Department l The envelopes and wrappers must be furnished and delivered with all reasonable despatch, complete in all respects, ready for use, and In such quantities as may be required to nil the dally orders of post, masters; the deliveries to be made either at the Post Oillce Department, Washington, D. C, or at the office of an agent duly authorized to Inspect and re ceive the same ; the place ef delivery to be at the option of the Postmaster-tieneral, and the cost or delivering as well as all expense of packing, ad dressing, labeling, and water-proofing, to be paid bv the contractor. Bidders are notified that the Department will re quire, as a condition of the contract .that the en velopes and wrappers Bhall be manufactured and stored in such manner as to ensure security against loss by lire or theft. The manufactory must at all times be subject to the Inspection of an agent of the Department, who will require the stipulations of th contract to be faithfully observed. The dies for embossing the postage scamps on the envelopes and wrappers are to be executed to the satisfaction of the Postmaster-General, In the best style, and they are to be provided, renewed, and kept in order at the expense of the contractor. The department reserves the right of requiring new dies for any stamps, or denominations of stamps not now nsed, and any changes of dies or colors shall be made without extra charge. Specimens of the stamped envelopes and wrap pers now In use may be seen at any of the principal post offices, but these specimens are not to be re garded as the style and quality nxedbythe depart ment as a standard for the new contract; bidders are therefore Invited to submit rumples of other and different qualities and styles, Including the paper proposed as well as the manufactured en velopes, wrappers, and boxes, and make their bids accordingly. The contract will be awarded to the bidder whose proposal, although it be not the lowest, Is con sidered most advantageous to the Departmeat, taking into account the prices, quality of the sam ples, workmanship, and the sufficiency and ability of the bidder to manufacture and deliver the envelopes and wrappers In accordance with the terms of this advertisement: and no proposal will be considered unless accompanied by a sufficient and satisfactory guarantee. The Postma8ter-Uene- vol .Ion MDaMru. h n iHivh. frrt o(A. onv n ml .11 I 1 .1 1. if In his Judgment the interests of the Government require it Before closing a contract the successful bidder may be required to prepare new dies, and submit Impressions thereof. Tub usb of ths fhbsbmt dibs KAY OK MAT KOT BB CONTINUED. Bonds, with approved and sufficient sureties, In the sum of $200,000, will be required for the faithful performance of the contract, as required by the seventeenth section of the act of Congress, approved the 26th of August, 1648, and payments under said contract will be made quarterly, after proper ad justment of accounts. The Pogtmaster-General reserves to himself the right to annul the contract whenever the same, or any part thereof, is offered for sale for the purpose of speculation ; and under no circumstances will a transfer of the contract be allowed or sanctioned to any party who shall be, In the opinion of ths Postmaster-General, less able to fulilll the condi tions thereof than the original contractor. The right Is also reserved to annul the contract for a failure to perform faithfully any ef Its stipulations. The number of envelopes of different sizes, and of wrappers issued to Postmasters during the fiscal year ended June 80, 1S69, was as follows, viz. : No, 1. Note size 1,114,000. No. Ordinary letter size; (not heretofore nsed). No. I. Full letter size, (ungnmmed, for circulars) -4,160,000. No. 4. Full letter size 67,867,600. No. 6. Extra letter size, (ungummed, for circulars! 343, BOO. No, 6, Extra letter size 4.204,600. No. T. Official size 604,660. No. 8. Extra official size 1700. Wrappers 8,696,60. Bids should be securely enveloped and sealed, marked "Proposals for Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers," and addressed to the Third Assistant Postmaster-General, Post Office Department, Wasb. lDgton, D. C JOHN A. J. CRESWELL, 1 11 eodtHl Postmaster General. ROOFINQ. E A D Y R O O F I N G. This Roofinc la adapted to all boildinn. Itcaaba B applied to gxiSEP OR FLAT ROOF8 at one-half the eipeiue of tin. It U readily pat on old Khinxle Koof. without ramoTinn the ehinglee, ttiu. avoid, ins the damaging of ceilings and furniture while under, going rep.ir.-ti No gravel naed.) plUBkKVK VOCK TIN KOOFS WITH WELTON'S KLABTIO PAINT. I am always prepared to Repair and Paint Roofs at short notice. AUo, PAINT FOB BALE by the barrel or gallon, the beat and cheapest in the market. W. A. W ELTON, 1 175 No. 711 N. NINTH Btreet. above Co. we. rpo OWNERS, ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, X AKD ROOFERS. Roofs! Tee. yea. Every etae and kind, old or new. At No. m N. THIRD Street, the AM B. KIUAN CONCRETE PAINT AND ROUE COM PAN If are eelikic their oelebrated paint for TIN ROOF'S, and ror preeemnc au wooo ana metal. Alao, ueir eoiia 1 plex roof covering', the beet ever offered to the pnblio, with broth ea, not, baokeU, eta., tor the work. Aiitl vermis. Fire, and Water-proof 1 Light, Tight, Durable. No rack. . Dealing, or ehrinkkur. No lunar, gravel, or beat. Uoool work. for all climates. LHrections riven rur work, or rood men gnppued. Care, prompt .km, aertainlffl One 1 nviaat nt .InAu.l Ajenu want for inUH J. T. lASTflW. J. JfMAHO. E AhTOH y ji c in a 11 u nt en 1 win a Ann vommihsjom mmhvbant3. WaS.UOf.niK'. Dwr, now rora. No. 18 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia. No. 46 W. PKATT Street, Baltimore. We are prepared to .hip every deeoriptioa of Freight to Philadelphia, New Tork, Wilmington, and intermediate poiuta with promptness and deepatoh. Canal BuaU and eteaia-tug lurniehed at the ahurtect notioe. OTEYEXSOIV, HBO.. fc CO. OILS Itant JiO. 133 0, BE00JTD BUtflk
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