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THE DAILY EVcmNG TELEGRAPH rHILADERIIlA, SATURDAY, JUNE ,10, 1871.
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LOTTERY TICKET No. 3060.
We were a party of sir a West African
CJoversor and his wife, a Commissary-General
a4 kia wife, a Chief Justice, and your hnm
tle eervant. A fever-Btrieken lot we were,
and had jnst escaped with oar lives from an
epidemic, ' recrnit health and strength in
the salubrious climate of Teneriffe that
beautiful island province of Old Spain.
We had money to spend; as why should we
not, coming from the Gold and Ivory Coast?
and only required the health to enjoy it. We
bad great animal spirits, too, notwithstand
ing a manifest attenuation of our material
persons, and were thoroughly determined,
earpere diem, not a day should pass without
its excitement some excursion, or picnic, or
supper party, or something.
We waited oa the Governor-General, and
were received with a flourish of trumpets,
rather inconsistent with his Exoellenoy's oc
cupation, as we came npon him, coat off,
lopping the dead leaves of his favorite tree
camelia. Then his Excellency and suite re
turned our call, when we happened to be out, 1
which was better luok, I inust say, than a
repetition of the painful interview that had
taken place in the saloon of Government
House, where broken .English and worse
attempts at Spanish had almost confounded
and angered us into something desperate.
' Still this was insufficient excitement for
emancipated coast officials. We required a
fresh stimulant something novel and start
ling and extravagant.
"I have it!" said the Governor ono morn
ing, to o.u great relief, as we sat at break
fast, silent and moody, around the table
d'hote of the one English hotel in Santa
Cruz, "just the very thing! What can be
more wildly, intensely delightful than than
gambling?"
The ladies shuddered and looked dis
mayed. "I don't mean that we should drop into the
casino next door and stake our sovereigns on
the monte-table; but why should we not go in
for the lottery?"
"What lottery?" we all asked in a breath.
"Why, the Madrid great prize lottery; see,
here is all about it."
And then he read aloud an English transla
tion of a circular setting forth the advantages
and inducements of a ticket in the great
lottery of the year; highest prize "20,000
sterling, and 150 other prizes, ranging down
wards so low as 10, but nothing short of
that amount; the ticket itself costing the
moderate sum of 7. ., , .
"Now there are. six of. us," he went on;
. "and if I can induce Mr. Robinson, our land
lord, to take the seventh share, it will only
come to a pound each not much to lose and
so much to gain. What say yon all?"
Of course we agreed; and forthwith our
chief sallied forth to confer with our host and
to purchase the tizket.
. "It's all right, I have it very well I went
in time, for it was the very last left; how
lucky we are!" exclaimed the Governor on his
return a few hours later; and he flourished
, the lottery ticket before our eyes.
"I hope it will stick to us," remarked the
Jndge, donbtingly.
"It is sure to be a prize," prophesied our
sanguine Irish friend, the Commissary-General.
"At all events, 'never venture, never have,' "
I added hopefully; but the ladies remained
silent.
"And now," continued the Governor,
"since we cannot possibly learn the result
for some weeks, suppose we pass the time
i elsewhere than in this hot city. We have
' seen all that is to be seen; and, for my part,
. 1 am Bick of the cathedral, and the crowded
.plaza, and the mole, and Nelson's wound.
We want rest and refreshing breezes in the
highlands; let ns betako ourselves to the
i mountain brow, to Oratava, the villa of the
Peak."
The proposition was hailed with the de
light of people who had nothing better to
suggest; but a difficulty presented itself at
the outset in the fact that none of us, ex
cept the Chief Justice, understood a word of
, the language, , and in a (Spanish hotel we
should be all adrift.
However, in our distress and psrplexity a
- deus exmachina presented himself in the per
son of an English-speaking Spanish gentle-
, man who came to call npon us; and, on the
case being stated to him, he informed us
'. that be was himself desirous of visiting Ora
tava, and would gladly do so in our company.
Accordingly, next day saw us all wending
our way across the island in an omnibus
drawn by a triangular arrangement, of first a
mule, as leader, then two mules, and then
two horses in the shafts. The day was bright,
warm, and exhilarating, the pace rapid, and
the scenery exquisite and sublime; more espe
cially when we , reached an elevated plateau
that commanded a full view of the far-famed
peak, and the iron-bound coast-line far as the
eye could reach washed by mightiest breakers.
But I have no intention of being descriptive;
abler pens than mine have failed in the at
temot to word-rtaint this garden of the lies-
Derides; I am only lingering en, route in a'
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regards "No. 30C0." . .
Our davs Dassed nleasantlv at Oratava.
There were gardens to visit, ferns to collect,'
and an antediluvian tree to gaze wonder-
ingly at in its grand decay. We took long
rides, too, in the neighborhood; and ao-
tuaiiy Handled the lava that, in days of yore, !
had Bwept down the sides of the great moun-!
tain. - We descended into the sultry low-j
lands, and we climbed the snow-capped Peak,
thus diversifying our temperature within the
hour'- ;
'For there may be anow on the mountain-top,
While there's heat In the valley below."
Time passed unnoticed by all except by
two of us, myself and our worthy friend aud
interpreter, the Spaniard. Properly speak-'
ing, this gentleman was not a Spaniard, j
although he wished to be considered one, nor
even was he a native of Teneriffe. He was a,
settler from Gibraltar, and, as all the initiate.!
.know, such individuals are yclept ''lt9ok-j
Scorpions;" as a Kook-Soorpion, therefore, I
shall speak of him henceforth. . . ,
With him I eonooeted-' an . abominable
scheme. It was the day that the ne, of tue
lottery might arrive from Madrid, and why
should we not anticipate it ?
It was a vile, unfeeling, (Ungraceful uadr
tftkint? as vou shall see; but once'th
devil took possession of ua (r.nd in no "; other
way can 1 account lor u;, we euterea uer
and soul into carrying out the dataila of the
plot aa completely as our means would per-
Jmpiimis, we required official paper, and
in the ill-supplied shops of Oratava none
was to be bad; no paper was, ia fact, pro
curable except "gold-edged post," quite un
fitted for our purpose. However, we made
the beht of it. I snipped the edges with a
pair of scissors, and when folded lengthwise
the document assumed a formidable shape.
But even this fictitious resemblance to "an
official" was denied us, as the largest enve
lope in the stationery establishment was not
so large as some I bad myself, and they were
small enorgh. On the subject-matter and
style of composition we were, therefore, com
pelled to rely, and in this respect we were
not mistaken. i
. I was aware that it had been arranged by
the Governor with Mr. ltobinuon, of the
Englinh hotel in Santa Cruz, that should the
steamer arrive at any unusual hour so as to
prevent him sending the news by the ordinary
post, and our ticket, No. 30(50, be the winner
of a price, a special messenger should be
despatched with the happy intelligence.
Accordingly the ltock-doorpion and I In
vested in a small boy mounted on a mule, and
we instructed the imp in hat manner he was
to act.
These preparations made to our entire
satisfaction, we joined our party, and sat
down composedly to the olla podrida 'Bet
before us.
"Good gracious! this is actually the 1st of
April!" exclaimed the Governor, as he helped
the dish, "the day the steamer from Lisbon
is due; I wonder shall we hear anything ? I
den't think llobinson will disappoint us if we
have had any luck."
"Yon are too sanguine, dear; do be less
hopeful, and we may win something," said
his wife. '
"For my part, I have never given the
thing a second thought," boasted the Chief
Justice; "the chances are a thousand to one
against us. Besides, put little faith in these
Government-managed lotteries. Indeed, I
disapprove of such gambling sources of
revenue for any respectable country."
"Thank you for your opinion of us,"' re
turned the Rock-Scorpion sarcastically; "but
still I don't suppose you would objeot to win
a prize from us, would you?"
"I shouldn't, at any rate," put in the Com
missary General.
"Nor I, dear," whispered his better half;
"for I should know what to do with such a
god-send."
"Oh! don't deseorate the name; remember,
this is a gambling transaction," cried the
Governor's wife, who caught the expression.
"I really believe I should tremble to touch
money won so easily. I agree with the Judge,
it cannot be right orprop-sr it's nae canny."
"Halloa! what's the row below?" I cried, on
recognizing the clatter of the mule's hoofs
entering the paved path of the establishment.
An unintelligible shout now resounded in the
quadrangular conrt-yard, and Involuntarily
we all started to our feet, then, impelled by
irresistible curiosity, rushed to the gallery
overlooking the yard, and craned our nooks
to catch sight .of the indubitable "speoial
messenger." Ea. almost immediately dignity
and decorum returned to us, and we resumed
our seats silently at the table.
I noticed that we all closed our lips very
closely (I did so, I suppose, from sympathy),
and then a pallid hue seemed to pervade our
faces, -
It certainly seemed an age until our lugu
brious waiter slowly entered the room and
banded a broadly-sealed letter to the Gover
nor.
"El Gobernador de r , y los estrangeros
Ingleses," he read aloud. "Yes, there is no
mistaking the Pillars of Hercules," bis Ex
cellency went on, glancing at the dollar
impressed seal; and here in the corner is a
memo, from Komnson: 'rieaae pay tne mes
senger a dollar and a half.' Certainly cer
tainly. Here, Juan, money for the messen
her; feed him, too;" and he placed a handful
of silver in the waiter s hand. "And now I
think I have earned the right to open this
official from the lottery office at Santa Cruz;
but I am sorry to say that I cannot read it.
However, it is certain that we nave won a
prize, and, great .or small, it is entirely my
doiBg. I snail, therefore, claim you all as
my guests for another month, and we Bhall
spend it in Madeira. Do you consent ?"
"Uh, yes, yes: we ail cried; "Dut ao open
the letter."
He broke, the seal rudely, abstracted the
document within, and flung the envelope
under the table. Our exoitement became in
tense. "Well, what is it ?" asked one of the ladies
impatiently. t
"I cannot make it out; the figures are
many, but the amount is stated in fuertes
dqllars; do you read the letter, Judge," and
his Excellency handed the missive across to the
imperturbable Chief Justice, who translated
it blowly, with all its circumlocution, pausing
for a moment as he came to the figures. It
was merely a stiff and formal announcement
from the Secretary to inform his Excellency
and the other English strangers sojourning
in the island that their ticket in the Madrid
lottery, No. SOtiO, was the successful holder
of a prize which, reduced to English cur
rency, amounted to the round sum of 9000
sterling.
Stunned we were at first and utterly con
founded; then, as the Irish Commissary-General
found bin voice and uttered a war whoop
of joy, we all joined in a jubilant shout, and
madness ruled the hour.
Of course I was bound to be especially ex
travagant, and I must Bay my joy was ex
travagant. "Well, say wbwt you will, the love of pelf
is only human nature after all," remarked
the Chief Justioe, sententiously. "I must
congratulite you, my dear friends, on our ex
ceeding great good fortune." And the Judge
gravely stretched forth his hand to grasp
us all in turn. "It isn't every day thet you
and I (addressing m) come in for 1280
14s. J5Jd.; (for he had made a rapid mental
calculation while some of us were going
throueh the slow process of peucil aud
paper). "Of course you married folks are eu
titled to double shares."
"What!" exclaimed Mrs. to her hus
band, the Commissary-General, "can it in
deed be possible that we are actually in pos
session of of. let me see (aud pencil and
paper), of oh, delightful! 2571 8s. 7d.i
Now, John, you must promise me one thing
at once," and she drew his head down lov
in civ. so as to impart her proposition whis
Eeringly "you must put one thousand in the
auk of England for Tommy, and let the
interest accumulate until he comes of age.
Won't yon promise, dear?" -
The words reached me, aud for the first
time, strange as it may appear, the villany of
the trick I was playing struck me as with its
open palm on the eheek, and I felt the very
roots of uy bair grow red. Tommy was their
little boy, eight years ol d, at school J in Eng
land. " '
But the ball bad been set a-rolling down
hill now, and for the life of me I could not
fctop it.; I could not find words to tell theia
it was all a cruel, wretched, merciless impos
ture. I became for the nomoe a speechless
hypocrite, and kept up the farce with a
nervous eagerness that aaast have been
quickly detected had they been in their sober
senses. !
All I could do was to jump about and clap
my hands like a drivelling idiot, but in their
present state of delirium . any passionate
excess was unheeded.
It was soon felt by all that the dinner
table wbb no place to disouss private inten
tions, and aa, of course, no one could eat, we
separated into natural grenps. The Governor
and bis wife entered the big sitting room
and seated themselves in close conference on
a sofa in a remote corner. The Commissary
General and bis spouse retired to their rooms
to talk fo little Tommy and that bargain
about the thousand pounds; while the Chief
Justice, who at length eaught the prevailing
enthusiasm, seized me closely by the arm and
muttered gutturally:
"Come out and walk I want air! Hang it,
man!" he went on as we gained the street, "I
despise wealth, and only regard money for the
comforts it brings; but to give away a pound
haphazard and get back 1285 14s. Sd. all
for nothing! -f-come, step out!"
He was tall, and I am short, and his strides
were long. I tell you I had to keep at a run
by his side during that six mile walk up hill
and down dale. ,
He spoke not again until we reaohed the
hotel; no doubt his thoughts were given up
to the contemplation of our wonderful luck,
and he was mentally reviewing the scene at
the table.
Suddenly we encountered the waiter.
"I wish I had seen that messenger where
is he? Did you give him the money?" asked
the Judge, in Spanish.
"No, eenor," was Juan's reply: the muclia.
clw had disappeared, he (Juan) had returned
the dinero to his Excellency, and the latter
had allowed him to keep so much and the
lugubrious creature displayed to our view five
bright shillings.
"Very extraordinary 1" murmured the J udge
appealingly to me, and his face fell in a fear
fully portentous manner. I felt a cold shiver
run down my back, and a strange huskinesa
in my throat, but I was not obliged to say
anything, so we burned up stairs.
"The messenger has gone back to Santa
Cruz withont his douceur," said the Governor
in a reassuring tone, advanoing to us. "Poor
boy! he could not, of course, read Robinson's
memo., and perhaps thought that he was not
to be paid until his return; it don't matter
much, but let me tell you what does. I have
just been relating to my wife a ciroumstanoe
that happened to me in Spain years ago. This
is not the first time, I should tell you, that I
nave dabbled In lotteries, and on one occa
sion, when my brother and I were staying in
Madrid, we took a ticket in a smaJ lottery.
The ticket was only a couple of dollars, and the
highest prize was one hundred pounds. We
wen it! This is, perhaps, why my ambitious
thoughts made me imagine mat we Had a
chance or tne twenty thousand pounds now.
But we have done very well, and I should not
grumble. When we went to the offioe next
day to be paid, what do you think they offered
us? Coppers, sir, coppers! "Uold and sil
ver have we none," they told us, "take the
coppers or leave them." They were piled up:
in bags in a corner ready counted ior ns, and
what were we to do? Of. course we took
them; but, gracious! what a job it was. I
had first to go to the alcalde and obtain
from him a guard of soldiers; then we hired
men and wheelbarrows, and in this way con
veyed one hundred pound of coppers to our
hotel. Now think of it for a moment, if they
n1aTrA1 na tViA soma triAlrViAraninAf.ilinRanrl
pounds in coppers uoia, as you are aware,
is at a high premium, so are bills of ex
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change; no chance of our being paid by
either medium. My belief, then, is that they ,
will pay us in silver, and my idea is this
as the Secretary direots us to attend at the,
office to-morrow to present our ticket and '
receive our prize, I purpose that you and I
(addressing me) ride down, to-night, to Manta
Cruz by moonlight. It is only twenty-seven
miles, and we'll take our time and be ready
after breakfast to attend when the lottery
offioe opens at ten o'clook. Then when we
ascertain their method of
paying us, we can
make our arrangements, l shall asK. my
friend, the Governor, for a military guard,
and we can cart the bags of silver up here for
distribution. Now go out and hire two
strong and sure-footed ponies, aud direct
them to be sent here for us after supper."
Naturally, I had to comply, but my heart
misgave me as 1 passed out, to notice that the
ladies were in close consultation, and that the
becretary s letter was in one of their hands.
All this while the Rock-Soorpion was dis
regarded and forgotten by everybody. He
had felt himself de trop, and had betaken
himself to his .chamber, but I now passed
him in the verandah, on his way to the sit
ting-room, as I Bnrried out.
I hurried out, indeed, but not upon the
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think think. My head ached with the
thoughts of the wrong I was inflicting with
the miserable dread of discovery before I
could explain matters, and with the innume
rable plans that I bad formed and rejected to
break the killing, unpardonable news that No.
o0(0 was a delusion and a snare.
When I returned to the Bitting-room I
found i our party in confusion and a very
Babel of voices in hot dispute concerning the
letter.
"1 say that goid-eaged paper was never
used in an official form before. Look at that
It is plain that the vile wretch, whoever he
is, that has played us this dastardly tries.
tried to clip off all the gold, but left so much
to tell the tale ! and the Governor s wife,
who was the speaker, held up to view the
tinieBt bit of gold edge at a corner of the
abominable production.
'That, coupled with the disappearance of
the messenger, is oonolusive evidence, in my
opinion, assented the (Jhief Justice.
"Oh! I have explained his absence, I
thought," said the Governor, who still hoped
against hope,
"If I thought it was a trick played us by
any garlio-eating Spaniard," growled the Irish
Commissary-General, looking ominously
across at the Rock-Soorpion, and elevating
his voice as he went aleng, "I would grip my
blackthorn by this" and he grasped it in the
middle "and I would clutoh the fellow tight
around the throat, so and be performed the
mumo gestare ' and I would thrash him
within an inch of his miserable life. I
would, by heavens !"
His wife meantime had disappeared from
the room, and returned, as he finished
with that fierce tow of vengeanoe
Irrepressible tears counted down her cheeks
as she advanced to the group, with an enve
lope in her hand.
"A Manchester envelope never cams out
of a Spanish lottery-offioe," she sobbed forth.
"See, there there u the trade-mark! Uh:
poor little Tommy; how hard it is to bear
this cruel disappointment!" and she leaned
against her big aegry husband. "
"Why don't you suggest something?
akked the Judge, suddenly turning aharp
round toward poor silent shivering me. "Do
you think it a hoax, a oontamptible, uaf eel-
log, practical joke at our expense, or what do
you thinkf
"IcanH think," I returned, nadlv audit I
was certainly the best answer I could have
made, for we were evidently suspected, un
der the circumstaDoes. i
Shortly afterwards the Rock-Soerpion and
I left the room, and I made him, oa pain of
an immediate sound beating from that awful
blackthorn, indite another letter setting
forth that the secretary was sorry to inform
the English strangers that 80G0 was not the
number of the winning ticket; that the right
figure was 3061. ' It was a poor, lame attempt
at getting out of the scrape, a sort ef hyste
rical won't-you-forgtve-me style of thing, and
I was thoroughly ashamed or it. Bat it was
transmitted to the Governor in due course,
and when he opened it the farce was at an
end,1 the tragedy commenoed.
eome people never credit a thine entirely
until they see it in blaok and white; and there
it was in black and white, in mean, base,
deceitful words that seemed to shrink from
showing themselves in patent black and
while. It was the straw that broke the camel's
back.
"I wouldn't have played such a trick on a
cat." sighed the Governor, as the flush of
incipient fever mounted to his brow, and he
retired to his room followed silently by bis
wife. . . 1
The Commissary-General advanoed a step
and clutched bis blackthorn menaoingly, but
yielding to his gentle wife he, too, quietly
withdrew.
For an instant the Chief Justioe hesitated,
and glared with'frenzied eye at the two mis
erable culprits on the sofa, then seizing his
bat he planted it firmly on the back of , his
head and stalked out of the house into the
noiseless street and on, on, on, over-moun
tain and plain seven-and-twenty miles down
into Kanta Cruz.
How I passed that night I cannot tell; it
was not in bed; a stupor overcame me, and I
suppose I remained on that bard horse-hair
sofa. The sight of the Rock-Scorpion 1
loathed, and I told him so. As, therefore, he
bad no friend left among us, he departed at
daylight; and I have not since set eyes upon
bim.
A physician was summoned next morning
re aneno ine uovernor, ana ne recommended
change' to the mild warmth of Santa Cruz
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so soon as his Excellency could be safely
moved.
There was, therefore, good excuse for them
to remain in their rooms: but so also did the
Commissary-General and his wife, without
excuse. It was evident I was to be "cut,
and I sat down to a sorrowful meal all alone
and choking with mingled remorse and pain.'
bo passed that day and another. - On ' the
third, the Governor was to leave, and he was
resting in the big sitting-room awaiting his
convey anee when I chanced tb enter. -
The sight of him as he lay there pale and
dejected oppressed me greatly; I think tears
filled my eyes, for, noticing my emotion, he
held out his hand and pardoned me. I
'I feel sure you bad no idea of the length
you were going to," he said, simply; ''but,
my boy, remember that auri sacra fames is
universal, and that you hurt a man to the
quick when you touch bis pocket. That mo
ney was ours to all intents and purposes; we
had already determined what to do with it,!
and you have deprived us of that pleasure.;
It was the most dangerous of practical
jokes." '
lie spoke truly, but reproof was unneeded; 1
the crime carried its own punishment. t
.Little further passed at our interview, and
he left shortly after for Santa Cruz, while I,
relieved beyond measure by our reconcilia
tion, sallied out for a day s exoursion.
I returned late in the evening, and was en
gaged in my solitary supper, when suddenly
my Irish ftiend opened his door and came for
ward. 'The Governor baa made up with you. I
understand, ne said, almost gruffly; "and
so shall I. Tip us your fist, old bov. I can't
bear to see you all alone, and yet I hate you,
for you have nearly killed me and my poor
wife;" and he squeezed my hand unmerci
fully "but you are not out of the wood yet,'
let me tell you; you forget that the judge
wasn't such aa old friend of yours, and he is
not so weaK as to make up0 in a hurry, not
without satisfaction, you nnderstand? Re
member, you are in a foreign country; and, I
am sorry to Bay, he has written to me to the
effect that he will have you out."
It was not a comforting reflection that in-
Btantly occurred to my mind: "Have you
escaped the perils of pestilential Africa
to fall now by the bullet of a judioious
duellist?"
"I am fully aware of the consequences of
my unwarrantable liberty," I replied, "and
am bound to give him the satisfaction he
requires; arrange it when and where you
like."
"I'll see what I can do," he returned,
carelessly; "meantime we will remain on
here quietly. And now come and make your
peace with my wife.
It was fully a week after this that I ar
ranged to return to Santa Cruz, with the idea
of having the duel over at once, one way or
the other, and I rode across country all alone,
arriving as night fell at th6 hotel.
Ihe English mail steamer had come into
port, and, anxious for letters, I went at once
to Mr. Robinson's office.
"You are still in time for dinner, if you
hurry," he said: "a large number of passen
gers came ashore to dine here, aud you may
know some of them.
I hastened to the table-d'hote, but as I ad
vanced along the corridor to the door of the
dining-room, I was arrested by hearing my
own name mingled with shouts of laughter
from the company, and one voice clear above
the others, as though causing the mirth by
some recital.
It was the Governor's, and he was in the
act of narrating, with all embellishment and
in his own quaint irresistible manner, the
lottery trick and its consequences.
I stood in the doorway.
"And there he is, the villain !" cried his
Excellency, pointing at me with a theatrical
flourish. "There. stands the horrid contriver
of this detestable practical joke gave us
nine thousand pounds, gentlemen, and then
'robbed ns of that which not euriohes him,
and makes us poor indeed.' "
I was received with cheers long and loud;
and. amid it all, the Chief J nstiee, wno was
present, held out the hand of good-fellow-
fchip, and there was peace once more in the
land. Tabula tUititur risu. Londm So
ciety. ;i
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re the beat and most reliable. HLLMBOLU'S EX
TRACT BAR8APAK1LLA create new, fresh, and
healthy blood, beau titles the Complexion, and tin
part a youthful apoearance, dmpeliiug lV-UplwH,
blotches, Moth Patoitca, and all eruption of tu
klu. wtUsIwr
ly THURSTON'S IVORY PEARL TOOTH
poWDfclt la the beat article for cleanalng au4
preserving the teeth. For aale by all DraKKiata.
rnce w and M cents per bottle. 11 M stauov
I
tejT HKA.PQTJARTER8 ONION RKPUBLIOU
CITY. BilXIUTIVJt COMMITTER,
PHmiDBLPHiA, Jane 18T1. 1
Tee rrpniT city Oonvenileas will meet at the
followtn places, to wit:
Judiciary oid ceart House, a X. corner Blxth
and CtMMiDat ttreea.
District Attorney New Court House, Slxtu street,
below Chewwt street.
Mayor National Hall, Market street, west of
Twelfth street. ' . .
Vitj BoUcitor-JCourt of Common Tlcas room,
State House
City Treasnrer Concert Hall, Cheanut Street,
west of Twelfth street.
City Controller Assnmbly Buildings, southwest
corner Tenth and Chcmnt streets.
City Commissioner Concordia Hall, Callowhll
street, west of Fourth street. ,
Protnonotary Court of Oommon Pleas Arnold'il
Hall, Coates street, west ot Second street, north
Bide. ,
Coroner Athletic Hall, Thirteenth street, above
j vuerBon street
SENATORIAL CONVENTIONS.
(second District Northeast corner Broad and
Race Btreets.
Fourth District Northeast corner Glrard avenue
and Alder street.
REPRESENTATIVE CONVENTIONS.
First District-S. w. corner Sixth and Dlctcersou
Streets.
Second District S. E. corner Moyamcnslng ave
ntie and Prime street.
Third District Odd Fellows' Hall, Tenth and
South streets.
Fourth District O'NcUTs Hall, Broad and Lorn-
ura streets.
Fifth District No. 03 Sansom street.
Sixth District N. W. corner Merrick and Market
of root a
Seventh District No. KIT Race street.
Eighth District N. W. eorner of West and Coates
BtTBfctft.
Ninth District N. W. corner of Franklin and But
tonwood streets.
Tenth District N. W. corner of St. John and Bat
tonwood streets. ,
Eleventh District S. W. corner of Fifteenth and
Thompson streets.
Twelfth District 8. W. corner of Fourth and
Oeoree streets Slner'g Hotel.
Thirteenth District S. E. corner Eleventh and
Olrard avenne.
Fourteenth District S. E. corner Frankford road
and Belerade street.
Fifteenth District Seventh and York streets-
House of Peter B. Enechel.
ClvfAAtilk tMnfvlnr T'om nova n r A T7a11 Ifaneennt
UiAtCCUlll jiDWiir iciujiciouw ca 1 1 j iuauajuuKf
Seventeenth District ti. W. corner of Frankford
road and Unity street.
Eighteenth District S E. corner Lancaster and
liaverfora avenues.
Under the revised rules of the party the Ward Ex
ecutive Committees provide the place of meeting of
tne various ara conventions.
The tollowlnir resolutions were adopted :
Resolved. That Section 4. of Rule VI. be so con
strued that no nerson who is a delegate to any Ward
Convention shall be chosen to organize such Ward
Convention. '
Resolved, That In Ward Conventions the Commit
tee on organization be selected tae same aa on con
tested Beats.
Due notice will be given of the selection of the
Temporary chairmen of tne aoove conventions.
t- - t t lift r i
JOHN MCCULLOUGH,! H , -viuan.K
n unm t oecreiancfc
"3 69 4t
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Citizens and Tax-payers opposed to the surrender
of local self-government are Invited to
ASSEMBLE IN MASS MEETING
, AT THI .....
ACADEMY OF MU8IO
On SATURDAY, June 10, at 8 o'clock P. M.,
to receive the Report of the Committee appointed at
the Mass Meeting of March 84th last to visit Harrls-
burg in support of legislation to
ABOLISH THE PUBLIC BUILDING COMMISSION.
Distinguished Speakers will address the meeting.
Come without distinction of party. Come all who
are opposed to this self-appointed Commission
Come all ffho would protest against the other com
missions with which we have been threatened, and
which have thus far been only postponed. Come all
who are determined that incompetent and corrupt
men shall not be elected to responsible office. Come
all who are willing to sink partisanship In the effort
to obtain honest, efficient, and economical govern
ment or our city. Come, cltlzenB, In your might.
Forget, for the moment, party attachments and
party prejudices. Join In an uprising against the
domination of bad men. Combine to save the city
from misrule and corruption.
Tickets of admission may be had at Needles',
Twelth and Race streets ; at Calender's, Third and
Walnut streets; at Neblnger's, Second and Christian
streets ; at other places to be hereafter designated,
and at the doors of the Academy on the night of
meeting. t T wthsat
miZf IF YOU DESIRE A MILD. PLEASANT.
safe, and agreeable Cathartic, which will cause
neither naoaea or griping pains, use Mature remedy.
HELMBOLD'S GRAPE PILLS. They are purely
vegetable; their component parts being Catawba
"Grape Juice and Fluid Extract Rhubarb," Should
you desire a brilliant complexion, youthful appear
ance, new life, new fresh blood and renewed vigor,
use Hklmbold'b Extract Baksaparilla- B 3 wthsTw
ggr J. & L. L. BARRICK'S LEGITIMATE
Tailoring Establishment, No. 41 S. TENTH
Street, where you can get. the best suit for the least
money. Where, furnishing your own material you
can have It made and trimmed exactly fight. Price,
lit, and workmanship guaranteed. A good stock
always on hand, to show which la no trouble, and
to Bell the aame at rates not to be excelled Is our
highest ambition. 8 a tnth26
t&f THIS IS THE SEASON OF THE YEAR
when the system should be thoroughly purged
of the humors which create disease. There Is no
purgative or cathartic bo mild and efficacious aa
HELMBOLD'S GRAPE PILLS, causing neither
nausea or ertplne pains as 1 the case with the ordi
nary cheap patent pills of the day most of which
are composed of calomel or mercury, and carelessly
prepared by Inexperienced persons. After thor
oughly purging the syntem use HELMBOLD'S EX
TRACT SAKS A PA RILLA, the Great Purlner.and they
win insure new uie, new biooa, ana renewed vigor.
Try mem. o s winsiw
HARPER'S XIQUID HAIIl DYE
Never Fade or Washes Out,
will change gray, red. or frosted hair, whiskers, or
moustache to a beautiful black or brown as soon aa
aDblled. Warranted, or money returned. Only 60
cent a box. Sold by all Druggists. 8 83 tnths6m
CX ALL POWDERS AND OUTWARD APPLI-
cations close ud the pores of the Bkin. render.
lng It harsh, coarse, and flabby, and In a short time
destroy the complexion. If you wonld have a Fresh,
Healthy, and Youthful appearance, purge the system
thoroughly; ose HELMBOLD'S GRAPE PILLS and
HELMBOLD'S SAltSAPARILLA, which beautitte
the com plexlon. Beware of those cheap patent pills,
carelessly , prepared by lnexperlenoed persons
vended in wooden boxes moxt ot which contain
eltner calomel, mercury, or other deleterious
drugs. , 0 8ths7w
gy. PILES. DR. GUNNELL DEVOTES HIS
time to the- treatment of Piles, blind, bleed
ing, or itching. Hundreds of cases deemed Incura
ble without an operation have been permanently
cured. Best city reference riven. Office, No. 81 N.
ELEVENTH Street. 4 15 8m
a- HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT SAR8APARILLA
la the Grtat Blood Purifier ; thoroughly cleanse
and renovates the entire system, and readily enter
Into the circulation of the blood, after purging with
HELMBOLD'S GRAPE PILLS, the foul humor
that have accumulated in the aystem for year.
Both are carefully prepared according to the rule
of Pharmacy and Chemistry, aud are thoroughly
reliable. A teat of 80 year has, proved this. Try
them. . - ft 8 wths7w
Si- DK. F. R. THOMAS. No. U WALNUT ST.,
formerly operator at the Colton Dental Rooms,
devotes hi eut&e practice to extracting teeth with
out pain, with freaa nltroua oxide ga. 11 17t
IFYOrJwOULD HIVE NEW LlPtt, NSW
Blood and renewed vigor, use HELMBOLD'S
GRAPE PILLS. Purify the bWxd and Beutlfy the
Complexion by the ue of UELMBOLU'i KXTKAOi'
8AKSAPAR1LLA. They ara no chep pateut medi
cines, but thorough;? Pharuiacantical, ad are not
equalled by any English or French preparv
U"DL J53 wtn'lw
iu, DISfENHAKT FOR SKIN DISEASES, No.
114 S. ELEVENTH Street.
Patient treaid ,grattilvou:y Mhl Institution
dally at 11 o'clock. 114
WABBtnrTONS IMPROVED VENTILATED
and feaAj-mting DKEaS tiATt (patented), In ail
luo improved fauhioc of the season, (JHEaNUT
fctreei, next door to the font Office. rpt
, SPEOIAL NOTIOE8.
OR SALE.
a FOR BALE VALUABLE FARMS, BITUATJS
IN VONTOOMIRY COUNTY, PA. ., ... M
On ine Bethlehem Pike. 18 miles north frott
Philadelphia, near the North Pennsylvania Railroad,
containing sea acres. . The improvements are large,
consisting ot Stone Mansion, with bath, water
closets, range, ete., two Tenant Houses, two large
Barns,stabUng for 100 horses and eatUend another
necessary outbuildings. The farm la under good,
fence and well watered. The avenues leading to
the mansion are ornamented by two rows of large
shade trees; large shade trees around the'.manaloo.
There are a variety or fruit trees ; about thirty acres
in timber, 80 acres In meadow, the balance all aracie
land. It Is well adapted for grain, breeding, and
grazing purposes, while its situation, fine old trees,
fruits, and modern Improvements, commend It as ft
gentleman's country seat. If desired, can be di
vided Into two farms. There are two set of farm
buildings, R. J. DOBBINS, ;
estuthset "Ledger" Building.
F
it
A L 13
II
SPRING LAKE."
An elegant country seat at Chesnut mil. Philadel
phia, ten minutes walk from depot, and five hundred
yards from Fairmouut Park ; lawn of nearly nine
acres, adorned with choice shrubbery, evergreen,
fruit and shade trees. A most healthy location,
views for 40 miles over a rich country, modern
!
pointed stone house, gas, water, etc, coach, Ice, and
spring houses, never falling spring of purest water,
(lais for boatiku), all stocked with mountain
trout, carp, etc., beautiful cascado, with succession
of rapids through the meadow.
Apply to J. R. PRICK, on the premises. 85
IT O R SALS,
IIARDSOMB RESIDENCE,
WEST PHILADELPHIA. '
No. 8348 CHESNUT Street (Marble Terrace), .
THREE-STORY, WITH MANSARD ROOF, AND
THREJk-STORY DOUBLE BACK
BUILDINGS.
Sixteen rooms, all modern conveniences, gas, b h,
hot and cold water. - ;
tot 18 feet front and 120 feet S Inches deep to a
back street. x
immediate possession. Terms to salt purchaser. ,
M. D. LIVENSETTER, ,
No. m South FOURTH Street.
418
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR
SMALLER PROPERTIES.
No. 191T Chesnut street.
No. 1408 North Broad street.
No. 1418 North Eighteenth street. ''
Lot, Broad and Vine streets, 73 by 800 feet.
Lot, Broad street, above Thompson, 149 by 800 feet
Square of Ground, Broad and Diamond streets. ;
Lot, Broad and LeMgh avenue, Its feet deep.
Lot, Broad and Summerset streets, SCO by 400 feet
deep.
Lot, Broad and Cambria Btreets, 100 by 688 feet
deep. . . ... , , .
93 acre Farm, Bucks county. " ... (
. 8 Cottages at Cape May. . R.J.DOBBINS, ,
tt "Ledger" Building..
W8ST PHILADELPHIA,
HE NEW, VERY HANDSOME, AND CONVE
NIENT BROWN -STONE RESIDENCES,
With Mansard roof, Nob. 4203, 4204, and 4204 KINO.
KE8SING Avenue, situated among the most costly
Improvements of this beautiful suburb. Horse cars
Sass each way within one square each house con
tins all modern Improvements, bath, hot and celd
water, stationary washstanda,:bell-calls, range, two
1 urn aces, bay windows, etc. etc. and is built upon
a large lot,
more than ITS feet deep; the rear of the houses has
aa unobstructed out-look upon the
WEST PHILADELPHIA PARK. '
ABRAHAM RITTER,
6 Bim No. 629 WALNUT Street.
ffSl FOR SALE HANDSOME BROWNSTONE
XJjjjl Residence, west side of Broad, above Master
street, containing all modern improvements. . Lot
CO by 20C feet to Carlisle street.
Also, a modern three-story brick Dwelling, with
side yard, No. 1418 North Eighteenth street, con
taining ten rooms, with all the conveniences, and
will be Bold a bargain. . .
Also, elegant fonr-Btory brown-stone-Residence.
No. 1917 Chesnut street, built in a very superior and
substantial manner. Lot 44 y by 178 feet.
Also, ninety .three acre Farm, in Richland town
ship, Bucks county, within 8tf miles of North
Pennsylvania Railroad. R. J. DOBBINS,
. 6 8 Btutb et Ledger Building.
ft.
FOR SALE. A BARGAIN VALUABLE
a
I' '.' Varmi in UnntnrorriAii AAiinr 13a -in Ka
Bethlehem pike, 18 miles north of Philadelphia, near
the North Pennsylvania Railroad, containing MS
acres, with handsome Improvements and aU th
modern conveniences. Has two tenant houses and
two large barns (stabling for 190 horses and cattle).
ana ail otner necessary outouuainga. it is wel
watered, and under good fence, etc. There Is a
variety of fruit and about 80 acres of timber. Can
be divided into two farms If desired. It centalna
everything to commend It as a gentleman's country
residence. Apply to R. J. DOBBINS, Ledger Bulld
lng, or P. R. SCHERR, on the premise. 6 8atuth6t
KORTU BROAD SPREET LOTS FOR
1 sale very cheap, west Blue of Broad, above
vine, 78 W by 198 feet: west Bide of Broad, above
Thompaor. 200 feet deep to Carlisle street; east
Bide Broad, corner Cambria, 100 feet front by 623
feet to Thirteenth street R. J. DOBBINS,
6 8 stnthet Ledger Building.
FOR SALE OR RENT BY THE YEAR. OR .
for the summer, a three-story double stone
oTSB. furnished with saa and water and everv
city convenience, situated in Clapter street, near the
Township line, a few minutes' walk from Wayne
station. Apply to RTUUR M. BURTON, .
0i'
6 6tuth2t No. 604 WALNUT Street
cT FOR SALE OR TO RENT HANDSOME
12 Brown-stone Residence, situated S. w. oorser
Broad and Thompson streets, containing all modern
conveniencefl, and newly- frescoed and painted
throughout D. M. FOX t SONS, No. 610 N. FIFTH
btreet 8 SstuthSt
TO KENT.
FOR RENT,
STORE, No. 339 MARKET Street.
' APPLY ON PREMISES. '
; - .
4 88 tf ' ; J. B. ELLISON A 80NS.
FOR RENT A FURNISHED HOUSE AND
Grounds, with Stabling, near the cur. Accesi
by rail. Apply at
0 9 t No. 1818 LOCUST Street
TOADIES' HUMAN HAIR KMPOUIUAJ
No. T S. TENTH Street
Having opened a new and splendid store for the
accommodation of the ladle who desire fine HAItt
WORK, the beat talent tuat can be procured ia ein.
ployed In thl line or business, who have had twelve
years' experience in France and Oermany, making
DP all the various design of HAIR FROM COMB
INGS, which tome have the presumption to claim aa
their Inventions. -
The ability of MISS WESKS In HAIR DHE9SINO
I acknowledged bv ar tints in the business to stand
unrivalled. 14 lswidti O. F. WEEKS.
BARLOW'S INDIGO BLUB IS THE CHEAPEST
and beat article In the market for. f
Mi l HMJ I.Oflltt. , : .
It doeB not contain any acid.
It will not Injure the tlneat fabric ,
It la put np at
U I.TBERJRH DUVO "TOME,
No. 233 N. fittltiND Street, Philadelphia,
And for sale by most of the Grocers au-1 Drugirtsts.
The genuine has both BARLOW'S aud tVILT.
HB.ItoRH'8 name on the label; all other are CO UN
rwurtiT. BAHIowSBM'
will color more water than (our tune the sant
weight of Indigo. 8 i tuthsam
llHNFARNUM"&ca, COMMISSION VKK.
ti chant and Manufacturers of Coneatog Tick
ing, etc, etc., No. a UUttM'T bueet, rhUadol-phia.