THE DA1L3T EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1870
A 3 JtS AM OF (MliMll) AND ITS CON
SEQUENCES. Stephen Guard was one of the most re
nmrkftble men who ever lived. Philadelphia,
the city where be amassed his great fortnae
in business, was the recipient of his ninnifl
rent bounty at hia death, and his name and
memory are well preserved in the Qirard
College, Girard How, Girard avenue, Girard
Bank, Girard Insurance Company, Girard
House, etc. At Girard College, where the
support and education of some five hundred
orphan and half-orphan boys are provided
for, there is .a marble statue of Mr. Girard,
which represents him with exact fidelity to
his appearance in life. He was of short sta
ture, a benevolent smile, and had a shrewd
face. lie wore a large, peculiar coat, and his
hair was tied in a queue. His whole life was
marked by eccentricities, which, in no par
ticular, were more observable than in his oc
casional acts of benevolence.
In his office was a young man as clerk, who
attended to his duties very intelligently
and faithfully. This had attracted the atten
tion of Mr. Girard, for nothing escaped him.
One morning ho came into the ofttae, an 3,
calling the clerk, remarked:
"Young man, I dreamed about you last
night."
"Dreamed of me!" returned the clerk, in
surprise
"Yes; I Baw a form and heard a voice. The
form was your own, and the voice said:
'This man is yonr best clerk, but he should
be a cooper. Merchants fail, but coopers are
always sure of a living by their trade.' 80
you must leave me and learn to be a first
rate cooper. I never go contrary to my
dreams. They often tell me how to pro
ceed. I trust them as I do my own judg
ment, and obey them conscientiously. Go
and get a place to learn the trade of a cooper,
and when you can make a barrel come and see
me again.
The clerk was, of course, greatly astonished.
But he had no fear of toil, and he knew that
he would lose nothing, in any event, by fall
ing in with the directions of Mr. Girard. Ac
cordingly he settled up his affairs at the
office, and in a few days engaged with Mr.
Girard's cooper to learn the trade. Daring a
long period ho kept steadily at work, and
made excellent progress.
Meanwhile Mr. Girard had not forgotten
him. He often saw the young man in his
overalls on the wharves at work, and he al
ways spoke encouragingly to him. lie had
not made up his mind as to what ho would
do for him, but he was groatly pleased at the
successful carrying out of his dream. On
one occasion, a he came from the wharf, he
muttered:
"My young cooper is doing well. He is a
man every inch of him. I must give him a
helping hand."
A few nights subsequently the good old man
was sleeping calmly in his humble-looking
Apartment. His real wealth did not show
itself in anything about him. The furniture
was old fashioned, and all the surroundings
were strictly after the plain taste of the
owner. As he slumbered his countenance
was calm, and without the trace of a single
care. At times a Blight smile flitted over his
face, and he seemed to be in a pleasant dream.
His slumbers continued for a considerable
time, when he suddenly awoke. He rubbed
his eyes and then Bpoke.
"Ah, hal" he said, "I've had a dream again
about my young cooper. I thought that I'd
hear something about him again. There is a
good spirit looking after his welfare, surely.
'When he finishes his apprentisesuip, and is
a good couptr, give him twenty thousand dol
lars to start in business,' whispered the voice
in my ear. Of course I will. He is worthy
of encouragement. The money will go into
good hands. Of course I'll give it to him,
but in my own way. Ha! ha! I've a plan for
that."
Soon the old man dropped into slumber
again. He had the same calm countenance,
and the same serene smile. His life was de
void of all evil, and his dreams were of good
deeds in store for the future.
Time passed on. One day the young man
came into Mr. Girard's office. He was in the
garb of a mechanic, and he looked healthful
and sinewy from manual labor.
"Good day, Mr. Girard," he said, as the
old gentleman turned to him with a warm
greeting. "I have come to tell you that I
am a good cooper now. I've served my en
tire time."
"Can you make a good barrel?"
"As gsod as any cooper in Philadelphia."
"Make me twenty, and bring them here
yourEfclf."
The young man went off, and in an hour
was heard at work at the barrels. He was
really a superior workman, and when the
twenty barrels were completed they were the
admiration of all in the shop. When they
had been placed in Mr. Girard's store he ex
amined every one of them with the closest
scrutiny. He looked at the staves, the hoops,
the heads, the shape, the catting, and the
driving, and in the end remarked to the
young cooper, who was anxiously waiting for
his verdict:
"They are good barrels. I never saw bet
ter. You have learned your trade and done
your part faithfully. Come into the counting-room,
and I'll now do mine."
The couple went into the office. The old
man's face was beaming with pleasure and
eatisfaction, and the young man s was fiVmed
and pale by turns from the peculiar ci ream
stances of the moment. Mr. Girard took
down his check book and wrote a check. This
he cut out, and then, turning to the young
man, said:
"My young friend, listen to me. Your
fidelity, promptness, and energy early at
tracted my attention. Then I had the dream
about you I mentioned to you a long time
ago. Yon acted with alacrity upon the sug
gestion made in consequence of that dream,
and to-day you stand before me skilled in a
trade. I have dreamed of you in the mean
time. A good Bpirit whispered into my ear
to give you twenty thousand dollars. Yoa
Lave made for me twenty superior barrels,
for which I will now pay you one thousand
each, making twenty thousand in all."
Mr. Girard at this juncture placed in the
hand of the agitated young man the check he
had prepared.
"Now," he continued, "you have a capital
to commence business as a merchant, if yoa
see fit. Bhould disaster overtake you go to
your trade again."
The young man broke forth in a torrent of
thanks, but Mr. Girard abruptly stopped him,
saying:
"Yon lose interest on your money while
yon talk. I have fulfilled my dreams, and
clone justice by you. Good morning."
Here this strange interview ended. The
young man went away with the deepest grati
tude in his heart, and a resolution to make a
ame in business worthy of the respect of his
generous benefactor. lie subsequently be
came one of the first merchants of Philadel
phia. This incident is one 0 he most sin-
Jjnlar in the history of Mr. GirMd, and do
ess in the annals of dreams.
TEE LOST ARTS.
Ymu (At l.mnariil Ctmr itr-Juur nal.
A correspondent who writes ns from Lex
ington under the name of "A Young Stu
dent," says he has seen it mentioned in one
of the newspapers that Wendell Phillips re
cently delivered a lecture on the subject of
the lost arts, and requests us to tell him what
the lost arts are. We'll do it. At least we'll
tell him what some of them are, but we write
lata at night, oa the eve of an important
election, and must necessarily be brief. We
are not quite sure that we know what all the
lost arts are, as we had nothing to do with
losing them, and, indeed, were unavoidably
absent when it was done. What little we
know about the matter, though, is heartily at
the service of "A Y'oung Student," whose
inquiring turn of mind ought to be en
couraged. The Egyptians those antiquated cusses
who carved the Sphjnx, erected the Pyra
mids and built the splendid temples of Kar
nao and Memphis and Luxor possessed the
art of hardening copper until it would cut
stone quite as well as steel does in our day.
The Egyptians, some of whom may have been
introduced to "A Young Student" in the
unique though rather unanimated character
of mummies, bad no steel. And this is equal
to saying that they had no radical administra
tion, for with such an administration they
would have had scarcely anything else but
steel. The art of hardening copper to that
extent is not known now, and is, therefore,
one of the lost arts.
The "heathen Chinee," who, as Truthful
James tells us, "for ways that are dark and
for tricks that are vain is peculiar," could
once turn out a porcelain tea-cup which when
empty was white and clear, without a sign of
coloring, but which when filled with tea ex
hibited a number of pictures very prettily
colored. This was many years ago. The
last Chinaman who understood this beautiful
business happened to have no children to in
herit it, and he was mean enough and we say
it in no spirit of unkindness to the Oriental
departed to go up the spout and take the
secret along with him. Both his surviving
countrymen and the Trench have spent many
a precious hour and many a valuable dab of
porcelain clay in attempts to rediscover the
art, but in vain. That elegant trick, too, is
among the lost arts.
Damascus is the oldest city in the world.
"A Y'oung Student" will find it laid down on
any authentio map of Central New York,
where nothing in the way of names of towns
and cities is anything at all unless it is
classic. They have a lprge manufacturing
establishment there, employing nine hundred
able-bodied hands, which does nothing but
snatch classic names from ancient history and
bestow them upon towns and villages.
This, however, by the way. The sword
blades that were once made by the artisans of
Damascus were the most curious things of
the sort that can well bo imagined. Yoa
could take one of them and tie it in a knot,
or hammer it all day over a slump, and when
yon got done you would find the blade just as
good as new, and some say a little better.
The manufacturers of these swords, whi
were few in number, were very careful not to
let outsiders know how the thing was done,
and when the last one of them was gathered
to bis fathers the exportation of Damascus
blades gradually ceased. They were no
longer worthexporting. The art of making
them was lost.
"A Y'oung Student," of course, knows the
history of the Tyrian purple, and how it was
made and what it 'was like, and all that sort
of thing. At least we hope bo, for we don't
know anybody else that does. All the leading
dyers of the world have been sighing for the
rediscovery of that royal color for centuries,
but it is generally understood that they have
sighed in vain. We think, though, that
although the art is lost, we have lost little
of nothing besides the art. The chances are
that the two colors, Solferino and Magenta,
which Mr. Perkins, of London, produced
from coal-tar, after two years of constant ex
periment, are either quite as beautiful as
anything that Tyre could boast in her most
purple dayB.
The Tots or the Past A Record of De
parted Joys. In an interesting article in All
the Year Jiotmd on the toys of the pa9t half
century occur these remarks:
"Itinerant toymen seem always to nave
dealt in a class of ware different from that
sold in shops. Early in this century a China-
man w ho Bold a small drum, which, with peas
inside, answered the purpose of a rattle, and
a fish suspended at the end of a line, was as
well-known a' figure as the Turk who sold
rhubarb in Chelipside. There was another
drum which was hong from a stick by a piece
of horsehair, and when this was whirled
round a rattling sound was produced, not by
the drum itself, which was merely a weight,
but by the friction of the horsehair against
the stick. A modern and very attractive
street toy was an ingenious machine, the mere
movement of which causes a large flock of
clay birds to flutter down a number of wires.
Ten years have now elapsed since this inge
nious toy was at the height of its popularity,
but we do not often see it now.
"The flat wooden snake, with joints of cat
gut, which, held by the tip of the tail, waves
backwards and forwards to the terror of timid
urchins, has still its place in some toy-shops;
bo also has the toad whose tail, turned round,
is fastened under the throat with cobbler's
wax, and who leaps when the wax becomes
less adhesive, though this rude method of pro
ducing spontaneous motion is driven into the
shade by the more perfect clockwork. Bat a
snake made of a single spiral shaving of horn,
with a solid head of the same material, which
was capable of being extended to a con
siderable length, and which, when pressed to
gether, was packed into a small cylindrical box,
has fled beyond the limits of my observation.
A fault in the. mimio reptile was the ridicu
lously extreme delicacy of its constitution.
The vertebral column, of which alone its
body was composed, was always getting some
unfortunate twist, and an attempt to repair
the misfortune was generally followed by a
compound fracture. Equally fragile were
those little hollow wax dolls which are now
furnished by shops of the humblest kind,
where the bottle which contains them is
ranged with other bottles, scantily stocked
with sugar-plums, brandy-balls and other old
fashioned dainties. Like many specimens of
the great toy, man, the little hollow doll had
its social status once, though it is now in
lowly places. I recollect very well the at
tempt of a young lady in her teens to dreas
such a doll. She worked with fairy
fingers, but the attempt to put a sash
round the waist had a result like that whioh
is said to arise from the bite of a husre shark.
and which is described in the pathetic ballad
"Brvan and Pirene." Destined to perpetual
destruction, the little wax doll had its avenger
in the sturdy Dutch mannikin, which is ut
terly iadestructible, save in its hair, and
which, seated on a table, had a knack of bob.
bing forward and assailing its proprietor with
its hard, sharply-pointed nose. The hollow
doll's successor is the little china doll of the
present day, which, always connected with a
bath, seems to have been created for the pur
pose of perpetual ablation. Be it borne in
mind that, In thm olden times, every doll was
a miniature of a grown-up person. The doll
representing infancy is a modern invention,
and in the French vocabulary has a name to
itself, being called a "bebe," whereas the
other doll takes the generio name "poupee."
INSURANOE..
INSURANCE COMPANY
or
NORTH AMERiJA
JANUARY I, 1870.
Incorporated 1791 Charter Perpetual.
Capital $500,003
Assets 82,783,53 1
Losses Paid since organiza
tion 823,000,000
Eeceipts of Premiums,'69, $1,991,837"45
Interest from Invest'
meats, 1869 114,69674
$2,106,53419
Losses paid, 1869 $1,035,386 84
STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS.
First Mortgages on City Property f 768,450
United States Government and other
Loan Bonds. 1,122,646
Railroad, Bank, and Canal Stocks . . 55, 70S
Cash In Bank and Office 847,620
Loans on Collateral Security 82,658
Notes Receivable, mostly Marine Pre
miums... 321,944
Accrued Interest 20,357
Premiums in course of transmission. . . 85,11)8
LTnsettlcd Marine Premiums 101,900
Real Estate, Office of Company, Phila
delphia 30,00t
Total Assets Jan. 1, IS7O tf,7N.l,3Sl
' DIRECTORS.
ARTHUR G. COFFIN,
SAMUEL W. JONES,
JOHN A. BROWN,
CHARLES TAYLOR,
AMBROSE WHITE,
WILLIAM WELSH,
FRANCIS R. COPE,
EDW. H. TROTTER,
EDW. a CLARKE,
T. CUARLTON HENRY,
ALFRED D. JESS UP,
LOUIS C. MADEIRA,
CnAS. W. CUSnMAN,
CLEMENT A. GRISCOM
WILLIAM BROCKIE.
S. MORRIS WALN,
JOHN MASON,
GEORGE L. HARRISON,
ARTHUR . COFFIN,
PBESIDENT.
C1IARL.12S PLATT,
VICE-PRESIDENT.
MATTHIAS MARIS, Secretary, (fell) Urn
C. II. REEVEH, Assistant Nerretarr.
LUMUtRi
1870 i
PRUCR JOIST.
PRUCE JOIST.
1870
HEM LOOK.
HEMLOCK.
1870
SEASONED CLEAR FINK. -t QwA
SEASONED CLEAR PINE. lO I U
CHOICE PATTERN PINK.
BPAN1SU CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS.
RED CEDAR.
1870
FLORIDA FLOORING.
FLORIDA FLOORING.
CAROLINA FLOORING,
VIRGINIA FLOORING.
DELAWARE FLOORING.
ASH FLOORING.
WALNUT FLOORING.
FLORIDA STEP BOARDS.
KAIL PLANK.
1870
"I Qfi WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. 1 Qrrfi
10 I V WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. 10 4 U
WALJNUT I3UAKDO.
WALNUT PLANK.
1870
UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER, -f QWA
UNDERTAKERS LUMBER. lOlU
Kb.U (JUDAIC
WALNUT AND PINE.
1870
SEASONED POPLAR.
SEASONED CHERRY.
1870
ASH.
WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS,
HICKORY.
1870
CIGAR BOX MLKER8' -t qwa
CIGAR BOX M & KICKS' ioiX)
FOR SALE LOW.
1 Q5 fi CAROLINA SCANTLING. Qrj
10 I V CAROLINA H. T. SILLS. 10 I U
NORWAY SCANTLING.
107 A CEDAR SHINGLES. 1 OTA
10 IV CYPRESS SHINGLES. 10 I U
HAULK, JJKUTllttK & (X.,
115 No. 8500 SOUTH Street.
PANEL PLANK. ALL THICKNESSES.
x. uunmuN ruAcsn, all tihi;knksnk.i
1 COMMON BOARDS.
1 and I SIDE FENCE BOARDS.
WHITE PINE FLOORING UOAKWS.
YELLOW AND SAP PINE FLOORINGS, IV and
11 kPiirri1 iiiwp iri uivl'u
HEMLOCK JOIST, ALL 8IZE&
PLASTERING LATH A HPKlMALTY.
Together with a general assortment of Building
Luiuuei iur bbio low I Or caso. T. W.
6816m No. 1718 RIDGE Avenue, north of Poplar St.
United States Builders' Mill,
FIFTEENTH Street, Below Market
EOLER & BROTHER,
PROPRIETORS.
Wood Mouldlnaa. Brackets and General T-n minor
Work, Hand-rail Balusters and Newel Posts. t 1 8m
A LARGE ASSORTMENT ALWAYS ON HAN A,
BUILDING MATERIALS.
XI. R. THOMAS & CO.,
DIALBBS IM
Doors, Blinds, Sash, Shutters
WINDOW FRAMES, ETC,
M. W. OOBKBB Of
EIGHTEENTH and MARKET Street!
WHISKY, WINE, ETQ.
(QARGTAiRS & MoCALL.
Ko. 126 Walnut and 21 Granite Cti
IMPORTERS Of
Brandies, Winet, Gin, Olin Oil, Eta.
. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
PURE RYE WHISKIES
IH BOJfD AH0 TAX PAID. MM
INSURANCE.
JNSUEANO COMPANY
vr
NORTH AMERICA.
JAHCABY 1. 1870.
Incorporated 1794. Charter Perpetual.
CAriTAL tnoo.ooo
ASSftTB fi, 783,061
Losses paid since organization, 123,000,000
Receipts of Premiums, 1809 l,Ml,W7H5
interest from investments, 19gs Ii4,9ei4
Losses paid, 1869.
.11,036,886 -94
STATEMENT OP THE ASSETS,
First Mortices on City Property.
United States Government and other .Loan
tT66,4S0
1,123,946
68,708
947,620
8'i,W8
831,944
80,Sfi7
85,198
100,900
80,000
Bonds
1U1II1 WUi JUlh . II ' . uauH DUVKD .........
Cash in Bank and Offlce
lnllr.,nJ ll.nk n n A f'nnnl a.rwttrn
Loans on Collateral Security
Notes Receivable, mostly Marine Premiums
Accmed Interest
iTeuiitims in course of transmission... ...
TjDBtttled Marine Premiums
Real Estate, onlce of Company, Phllatlel-
pnia
t2,7S3,BSl
DIRECTORS.
Arthur . Coffin,
Bamuel W. Jones,
John A. Brown,
Charles Tsvlor,
Ambrose White,
V. tlliam Welsh,
8. Motrin Wain,
John Mason.
Francis R. Cope,
Flward U. Trotter,
Kdward 8. Clarke,
T. Charlton Henry,
Alfred D. Jessup,
Louis C. Madeira,
Charles W. Cuahman,
Clement A. Gnscom,
William Brook ie.
George L. Harrison
ARTHUR G. COFFIN. President.
CHARLES PLATT, Vice-President.
Matthtab Mabis, Becretary.
C. 11. Reeves, Assistant Sccietary. 3 4
1829. C1IAKTER PERPETUAL.
Franklin Fire Insurance Coipanj
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Office, Nos. 435 and 437 CHESNTJT St.
Assets Aug. I ,,70$3l009i888,24
CAPITAL 1400,000-00
ACCRUED SURPLUS AND PREMIUMS. 8,609,888-84
INCOME FOR 1870, LOSSES PAID IN 1869,
Ioases paid since 1849 over
$5.500,000.
Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Libera;
Terms.
The Company also Issues policies npon the Rerf
or ail unas oi uuuuiDgs, urouna Kents, and Moi
gages.
The "FRANKLIN" has no DISPUTED CLAIM.
DIRECTORS.
Alfred G. Baker,
Alfred Finer,
Thomas Hparks,
William b. Grant,
Thomas 8. Ellis,
Gnstavus S. Benson.
fcaruuel Grant,
George W. Richards,
Isaac Lea,
George Fales,
ALFRED G. BAKER. President
GEORGB FALKS, Vice-President
JAMES W. MCALLISTER, Secretary. a 19
THEODORE M. REGER. Assistant Secretary.
AS BURY
LIFE INSURANCE CO.
23TE W IT OR II.
LEMUEL BANGS. President.
GEORGE ELLIOTT. Vice-Pres't and Sec'y.
jsaiukx JMCUAjiJNXtmJi, Actuary.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE AGENCY,
JAMES M. LONGACRE. Manager.
H. O. WOOD, JR., M. D., Medical Examiner.
Office, 302 WALNUT St., Philadelphia
REV. 8. POWERS, Special Agent
JAMES M. LONGACRS, General Agent,
6 S3 mwfly No. 808 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia
P 1 B J ASSOCIATION
INCORPORATED MARCH 17, 1S20.
OFFICE,
NO. 84 NORTH FIFTH STREET,
INSURE
BUILDINGS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, ANE
MERCHANDISE GENERALLY
Frem Loss by fire (in the City of Philadelphia only)
AHWKTS,. JANUARY 1, 170, Cl,3?,73i
TRUSTEES.
William H. Hamilton,
John Carrow,
George I. Young,
Jos. R. Lyndall,
Levi P. Coats.
Charles P. Bower,
Jesse Liightfoot,
Robert Shoemaker,
Peter Armbruster,
M. H. Dickinson.
Samuel Sparhawk,
Peter Williamson,
Joseph E. Schell.
WM. H. HAMILTON, President
SAMUEL SPARHAWK, Vice-President
WILLIAM F. BUTLER,
Secretary
npHE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
X jujirAtNX.
Incorporated 182 Charter PernetnaL
No. CIO WALNUT street, opposite independence
square.
This Company, favorably known to the comma.
nlty for over forty years, continues to Insure against
loss or damage Dy Ore on Public or Private Build
ings, either permanently or for a limited time. Also
on Furniture, Stocks of Goods, and Merchandise
generally, on noerai lerms.
rphoi. f.ni(al i a with A 1 a flnrnlnfl tPi.n..
is Invested In the most careful maimer, which ena
bles them to otrer to the insured an onaouoted seca
rity m the case of loss.
Daniel Smith, Jr.,
Isaac Uazlehurst,
Thomas Robins,
John Devereuz.
Thomas Smith,
ueury iewis,
J. Gllllnghatn Fell,
Daniel Haddock,
Conily.
iran Klin a
DANIEL SMITH. JB.. President
Wli. G. Ckowkll, Secrwtary 8 80
F
AME INSURANCE COMPANY
No. 809 CHESNUT Street
rUCOBFOlUTKD 1866. CHARTER NKPITUAI.
CAPITAL f200,000.
FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
Insurance against Lobs or Damage by (fire either by
rerpe.ua. or i euipuriuj ruucius.
PIHKCTOKa.
Charles Richardson,
William IL Rhawn,
William M. Beyfert
John F, Smith,
Nathan Hilles.
Robert Pearce.
John Kessler, Jr.,
Edward B. Orne,
Charles Stokes.
John W. Everman,
Mordecal Buzby.
George A. West,
CHARLES RICHARDSON. President
WILLIAM H. RHAWN, Vice-President
Williams L Blanchard Secretary. 7 238
rpHB ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. OF
JL PUILADBLPUIA.
Office 8. W. cor. FOURTH and WALNUT Street.
HUE 1NSURANUK JllCLl'Sl V Ijux.
PERPETUAL, AND TERM POLICIES ISSUED.
CAHH Capital (paid np In full) t'JOO.OOO-OO
CASH Assets, Octolter, 1870 681,13913
F. Ratchford 8tarr, i J. Livingston Errlnger,
Naibro Frazler, James L. Claghoro,
John M. Atwood, i Win. G. Boulton,
BnJ. T. Tredick, Charles Wheeler,
George II. Stuart, Thomas U. Montgomer
John H. Brown, James M. Aertaen.
F. RATCHFORD STARR, President
THOMA U. MONTGOMERY, Vice-President
ALEX. W. WISTKK, Secretary.
JACOB E. PETERSON. Assistant Secretary.
I All i.XtLAAJ VltUk IKOUtuinviii w(
IWTAI1LJMHKD ISO.
Puid-up OkpiUl And AoommaUUd Foods.
68,000,000 IN GOLD.
PREVOST A HERRING, Agents,
49 Ho. Uff B. THIRD BtrMt PbiUdalphis.
OUAB. M. PRVOST OUA8. P. HBR&IIie
COTTON SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, OF ALI
numbers and brands. Tent, Awning, Trunk
and Wagon-coyer Duck. Also, Paper Unai
turers Drier Fulls, from thirty to eeveuty-el.
inches, wiu Psnllus,
He. 10 CHURCH itreet (Oltf Sural
WATOMEt, JEWELRY, ETO.
TtVVlS LADOMUS & qf
St WATvHKS, KW KliH 1 aBllj.BH WAHK.
VATOKES and JEWELEI REPAIRED.
802 Chestnnt gt.Phl
BAND BRACELETS.
CHAIN BRACELETS.
We have Just received large and beautiful as
sortment of
Gold Band and Chain Bracelets,
Enamelled and engraved, of all sIzas, at very low
low prices. New styles constantly received.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY In great variety.
LEWIS LADOMUS A CO.,
B 11 fmwsC No. 803 CHESNUT Street
TOWER CLOCKS.
l?o. 22 NORTO SIXTH STREET,
Agent for SI EVENS' PATENT TOWER CLOCKS,
both Remontolr & Graham Esoapement. stnktna
hour only, or striking quarters, and repeating hour
on full chime.
Estimates furnished on application either person
ally or by mall. b 20
WILLIAM B. WARNE A CO,,
Wholesale Dealers In
8. S. corner SEVENTH and CHESNUT Streets.
i n necona noor, ana iat,e oi no. so s. tiiikli st
EDUCATIONAL.
HALLOWELL SELECT HIGn SCHOOL FOR
Young Men ard Boys, which has been re
moved from No. 110 N. Tenth street, will be opened
on September 13 In the new and more commodious
buildings Nos. 112 and 114 N. NINTH Street Neither
effort nor expense has been spared In Httinir un the
rooms, te make this a flrst-class school of the highest
grade.
A Prepsratory Department Is connected with the
scnouu parents and students are invited to call
end examine the rooms and consult the Principals
irum a. itL, u) i r, in. alter August in.
GEORGE EAhTBURN, A. B.,
JOHN G. MOORE, M. S.,
817tf Principals.
TT Y. liA I71 UU1I AC It '8
XA ACADJSMY, Aonif MISLY UUILDINGS,
No. 108 South TENTH Street
A Primary, Elementary, aud Finishing School for
boys and youug men. Persons interested in educa
tion are Invited to call and witness the method of
teaching and discipline practised. Circulars at Mr.
Warburtons, No. 430 chesnut street, or at the
Acmiemy. upen ior visitors ironi 0 A. m. to 4
I . iu. 8 BO
"JDGEniLL SC HO O L
MERCHANTVILLE, N. J.,
Four Miles from Philadelphia.
Next session begins MONDAY, October 3.
For circulars apply to
8 21 ly Rev. T. W. CATTELL.
pHEGARAY INSTITUTE, Nos. 1527 AND
lbw Bi-HUUK Mtreet, rmi&deipbia, will reopen on
TU SDAY, September 10. French is the Unjru&Ke of the
iBipiir, mis ia vonatuuiy niosen in iDe lnmuuie.
6 U wfm 6ra X. D'UKK V1LLY. Principal
THE FINE ARTS.
pw PICTURES.
"THE SPIRIT OF THE MI9T," by T. Buchanan
itcaa.
"ROME," from the Palatine Hill, by J. O. Montalatt
THE GRAND WOKK,
'The White Mountain Notch,'
BY THOMAS HILL.
New Rogers Group, "Comlne to the Parson."
Exquisite Swiss Carvings from lnterlaken, at all
prices.
New Chremos. Nw Entrravlnes.
"The Changed Cross;" "The Wetterhorn," 30x40, the
largest everinaaa.
EARLES' GALLERIES.
No. 816 OHB8NDT STREET.
ART EXHIBITION.
ON FREE EXHIBITION
AT
CHAS. F. HASELTINE S GALLERy,
No. 1125 CHESNUT STREET,
BRAUNTS FAMOUS PANORAMIC VIBW8 Of
Berlin, Potsdam. Charlottenburg, Coblents, Heldel.
berg, Jena, Weimar, Erfurt, Ems, Baden-Baden,
Welsbaden, Brussels, Amsterdam, Waterloo, Llese
Ypres, Rotterdam, Utrecht etc. etc
A complete set of the Berlin Museums, and interior
views of all the rooms in the various royal palaces
oi iTussia.
Particular attention is drawn to the fact that In
few days 100 views on the Rhine and its fortifica
tions, as never before seen, will be exhibited. 11 10
SHIPPINQ.
g P E C I A L NOTICE TO SIIIPPEKi
VIA 8AVANNAU, GA.
IZZfif FREIGHT WILL BE FORWARDED
arith An liaiml riaanaf-h in all ni(nra
ou the WESTERN AND ATLANTA, MEMPHIS
AND CHARLESTON, ALABAMA AND CHAT
TANOOGA, ROME, 8 ELM A, ROME AND DAL
TON, SELMA AND MERIDIAN, V1CKSBURG
AND MERIDIAN, MOBILE AND OHIO, NSW
ORLEANS. JACKSON AND GREAT NORTH
ERN RAILROADS, all Landings on the CoodA
RIVER.
Through Bills of Lading given, and rates guaran
tied to all points in the South and Southwest.
WILLIAM L. JAMES,
General Agent
10 17 M No. 130 South THIRD Street
LORILLARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY
FOR NI2W YOIIU,
SAILING EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AN1
SATURDAY.
RATES TEN CENTW PKR 100 POUNDS, FOUR
CENT PER OI: BIO KuOT, ONJf CENT PER
GALLON, bill P 8 OPTION.
INSURANCE BY THIS LINE ONE-EIGHTH OF
ONE PKR CENT.
Extra rtites on small packages iron, metals, eto.
No receipt or bill of lading signed for less than
fifty ceDts.
Goods forwarded to all points free of commissions.
Through bills of lading given to Wilmington, N. O.,
oy the steamers of this lme leaving New York tri
weekly. For farther particulars appi y to
john p. onrs
PIER UNOrtTH WHARVES.
N. B The regular shippers by this line will be
charged the above rates all winter.
Winter rates commence December IB. 391
0m . FOR NEW YORK, VIA DELAWAR1
I and Harttan Canal.
AfZ siM.A s VV I FT SURE TRANSPORTATIOK
COMPANY.
DESPATCH AND BWIFTSURB LINES,
Leaving dally at 13 M. and 5 P.M.
The steam propellers of this company will com
meut-e loading on the 8th of March.
Through in twenty-four hours.
Goods lorwarded to any point free of commission
Freights taken on accommodating terms.
Apply to
vv ' WILLIAM M. BAIRD h CO., Agents,
4) No. 133 South DELAWARE Avenue.
-mm DELAWARE AND CUESAPEAKB
iJwftSTKAM TOWBOAT COMPANY
j ---"" towed between Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Uavre-de-Grace, Delaware City, and In
termedlate points.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE k CO., A rents.
Captain JOHN LA UGH LIN, tiuperlutendenk
OHlce, No. 13 South Aisic VlUdeIlhlAi 4U
SHIPPINU.
FrXL. FOR LIVERPOOL
ARD QUEENS,
of Royal Mall
y.g,f.lgT(iwn Inman Line
Steamers are appointed to sail as follows:
City of pans, t-awraav, jnov. la, at 8 A, M.
City of Cork, via Halifax. Tuesday, Nov. IB. at 10
A.M. .
City or London, atnrnay, nov. ir. at s p. m.
City of Brooklyn, Saturday, Nov. 80. at 8 A. M.
and aeh succeeding Saturday and alternate Tues
day, from pier No. 4 North river.
Payable In gold. PayAbte in currency.
First Cabin 7B 8tecraire 19
To London 80 To London 85
To Par's 90 To Paris 89
To Halifax..... sol To Halifax is
Passengers also forwarded to Havre, Hamburg,
Bremen, etc., at reduced rates.
Tickets can e bonght here at moderate rate by
persons wishing to send for their friends.
For further information apply at the company'!
office.
JOHN G. DALR, Agent. No. IB Broadway, N. Y. f
Or to O'DONN ELL & FAULK, Agents.
t B No. 408 CHESNUT Street. Philadelphia.
THE REGULAR BTEAMSHIPS ON THB PHI.
LaDKLPUIA AND CHARLESTON STEAM.
SHIP LIN K are ALONE authorized to lssne through
bills of lodli g to Interior points South and West la
connection with South Carolina Railroad (Company.
ALFRED L. TYLKRr
Vice-President So. a RR. 00.
PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN
MAIL HTKAMSH1P UOMPANVR Uir.arri
1 . U k. VI I IH l I'll 1 V l.lnm rn.-h unw -.
LKAKH. 1
The JUNIATA will sail for New Orloaaf, via HavAns.
OC Tuesday, foember la. t 8 A. M.
The YAZOO will sail from New Orleans, vis Havana
on , hi fining -
tmkoumu miiLsui liiuiuun aa low rate u be
any other route iiren to Mobile. U&lveeton, INDIAN.
OLA, ROOK rOH I', LAVAUU A, and UK ,OS,and to all
rointi on the Mimimippl riei between New Orleans aod
t. Lonia Ked River freihu reahipped at New Orleans
wli boat charge of oemmiaaions.
VvFKKI.Y LINK TO SAVANNAH. GA.
The PANTHKR will aall ior Havannah oa Bator,
day, November 13 at 8 A. M.
TUe TOJNAWANDA will sail from Bavannab on Satot
day, November VI.
TtkKOUGU BILLS OF LADING riven to all thsprln.
el pal towna in Oeora-ia, Alabama, cioruia. MieaMsippt,
Loniniana, Arknaana, and Tennessee in connection with
the Oeatrsl Railroad of Georgia, Atlantic and Onlf Rail,
road, and Florida steamers, at as low rate aa by oompeting
bnea.
SF.MI-MONTHLY LINK TO WILMINGTON, If. O.
The PIONKKK will sail for Wilmiiurvm on Saturday,
November'l-i. at 6 A. M. Retuimuc, will leave Wilmins:
ton Ka order, November 19.
Connects with tbe Oape Fear River Steamboat Oom.
pany, the Wilminiton and Weldon and North Oarolin
Railroads, and the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad
to all interior points.
Freights for Columbia. 8. O., and Anansta, Oa., taken
Via V llmincton, at aalow rates as by any otber route.
Insurance effeoted when requested by shippers. Bills
of lading signed at Queen street wharf on er before da
Of sailing.
WILLIAM Jj. JAMTC8, General Agent.
No.JUU tiouto TUlRDjitreei.
PHILADELPHIA. RICHMO ND
THROUGH FREIGHT A1H LINE TO TUB 8 OUT J
INORBASED FACILITIES A TSD REDUCED RATES
FOrt 1H70.
Steamers leave every WKDN KHDAYand SATUHDAT.
at lo'olock noon, from 1IKST WUAKI) above MAR.
KKT Street.
RKTL'RNINO, leave RICHMOND MONDAYS and
THORHDAYS, and NORFOLK TUKSDAYS and SA
TURDAYS. , ,
No Bills of Lading signed after 13 o'clock on sailing
HROUGH RATES to all potnU in North and ooth
Carolina, via Seaboard Air Line Railroad, oonneoting aS
Portsmouth, and to Lynohburg, Va., Tennessee, and the
West, vii Virginia and Tsnnoesee Air Line and Richmond
and Danville Railroad.
Freight HANDLKD BTJTONOB, and taken at IX) WEB
RATF.8 THAN AN? OTHKR LINK.
No charg for 000101188100, drayage, or any upsnae of
yanafer. . ,
Bteamshipa insnre at lowest rates,
Freigbt reoeived daily.
'WILi'M'proTAOO..
No. 13 8. WHARVES and Pier 1 N. WUARVKS.
W. P. FOR 1 FR, Agent at Riohmond and City Point.
T. P. ORO W ELL A CO., Agents at Noriolk. IS
awn Mnnroi.ir KTriuaum vtuu.
0mm FOR NEW YORK.
LaVtt? vla Delaware and Rantan Canal.
str.w.S-ro EXPRESS STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
The Steam Propellers of the line will commenoe
loading on the 8th Instant, leaving dally as usual.
THROUGH IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
Goods forwarded by all the lines going ont of Ne
York, North, East, or West, free of commission.
Freights received at low rates.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO., Agents,
No. H s. DELAWARE Avenue.
JAMES HAND, Agent,
No. m WALL Street, New York. 8 if
NEW EXPRESS LINE TO ALEX AN
idria, Georgetown, and Washington,
D. C. Via Chesapeake and Delaware
Caual, with connections at Alexandria from the
most direct route for Lynchburg, Bristol, Knoxvllle,
Nashville, Dalton, and the Southwest.
Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at noon
Tom the first wharf above Market street.
Freight received dally.
WlfJLIAM P. CLYDE A CO.,
No. 14 North and South WHARVES.
HYDE A TYLER, Agents at Georgetown; M.
ELDR1DOE A CO., Agents at Alexandria. 1
OORDAQE, ETO.
WEAVER & CO.,
AND
chip ciiaiil.i:ks.
No. 89 North WATER Street and
No. 28 North WHARVES, Philadelphia,
ROPE AT LOWEST BOSTON AND NEW YOKS
PRICES.
41
CORDAGE.
Manilla, Siial and Tarred Cordagt
At Lowest New York Prices and Freight.
EDWIN H. FITI.EH ok VO
factory, TKKTH St. sad QKRMANTOWBi Avenns.
Store, No. 83 V. WATER St. and 23 n DELAWAR
Avenna.
il 12ni PHILADELPHIAI
COAL.
COAL PER TON OF 2240 LBS. DELIVERED,
LEIHGH, Furnace, 7-76; Stove, 18-00 : Nut,
17 00; 1st 111 YI.KII.L, Furnace, $ts-7.v, Stove, 17-00;
Nut, J5-75; SHAMOK1N, Grate, 7 !a; Stove, IT-60:
Nut, J6-2&.
EASTWICK A BROTHER,
Yard, No. 2200 WASHINGTON Avenue otnee. No.
gya IXK K Street. 8 itorp tf
JOXllsuU.nUaL. fc MAit.Klrtiw,
LIII(ilIAND SCHUYLKILL. CO. 41
Depot N. K. Corner NINTH and MASTER,
Offices 43 Soutn THIRD Street,
' in SANSOM "
lOiatf
GROCERIES. ETO.
gHOT WELL'S SWEET CIDEK,
Vade expressly for our sales.
The JiiBt Invoice of this CELEBRATED CIDER
just recelvsd.
ALBERT O. KOUKRTS,
Dealer In Fine Groceries,
11 T
truer ELEVENTH aud VINE Sta,
ROOFING.
READY RO OKIN G.
Tina Ruoflng Is adapted to all buildings. It
can be app!i:d to
fTEEP OR FLAT ROOFS
at one-hall the expense of tin. It Is readily pot oa
old bhingie Roofs without removing the shingles,
thus avoiding the damaging of ceilings and furniture,
while undergoing repairs. (No gravel used.)
PRESERVE Yt.UU TIN ROOKS WITH WEI.
TON'S ELASTIC PAINT.
I am always prepared to Repair and Paint Roofs
at short totiue. Also, PAINT FOR SALE by tha
barrel or gallon; the best and cheapest In the
market. .
W. A. W ELTON,
179 No. TT1N. NINTH St. above Coates
SAXON GREEN
NEVER FADE8.
8 16X9