p , Volume XVlI-Xe. 81. LANCASTER PA., SATURDAY. DECEMBER 4, 188U Price Tw Onte. JOHX WAX'AMAKER'S STORE. THE HOLIDAYS AT JOHN WANAMAKER'S, CHESTNUT, T1URTEENTH AND MARKET STREETS, AND ITY HALL SQUARE, PHILADELPHIA. 1'HE HOLIDAYS. .Thcrcisuewhcrciii I'hil.adclpliiase varicda collection e! ricli Reeds as lierc such as lath ers, moll i or., brothers, sisters levers, leek for a little later. There is an end even of GUIs. Our collection is large enough and rich enough, one would t.uppese, even for a lc;-s frugal city than Philadelphia. These goods are are new at tiie hcightel theirglery. Thecholccstef thcnMire here; ethers will cyme of course ; but the choicest are going. What is equally te ti purpose, buyers aie new about as many as can be comfortably seivcd, and the throng will be denser every fair day till Christmas. JOHN' WAXAXIAKElt. HKHLET FURNISHING. JL Sachets, tidies, lamp-sluules pin-cushions, boxes, in atin and plush, embroidered and painted. JOHN WANAMAKER. First circle. -nuthwest from the centre. JACKS. J Duchesne vest with Point medallions, $50; the same may he '.ecu ekotvlicre at $70. JOIIX WANAMAKER. Xine counters, southwest from the centre. Ct LOCKS. SI .Si teI.-0.CU, nil guaranteed. JOHX WAXAMAKEU City-hall squaie entrance. rpOYS. A Xew loom, new te. JOHX WAXAMAKEU. Outer circle, v. est of the Cbetiiut street en trance. IIOOKS. X) A catalogue et books may be had at the book counter. We want every reader te have it. The list of cliildien's holiday books is : iievially complete, .lOIIX WAXAMAKEK. Second counter, neitheiist fiem the centre. Iadils' ulsters. j There arc two genera! styles, one closed at the back, the of her open : the hitler is known aseoacliinan'sMyie. 1" dctailbl trimming there isgreal variety though there is also marked MiupllciU. Great variety in cloths tee. $ij.50 te $25. ' Cloaks, foreign and home-made. Our collec tion is unprecedented, whether you regard va riety, quantity or value. A lady who buys a cloak of any sort in Philadelphia without looking these ever misses the bestassertment, perhaps in the whole country. $8.50 te $V). JOHX WAXAMAKEK. Southeast corner of the building. MISSES' COATS. MIssi".' coats in mere than 70 cloths, shapes and decoration beyond counting. Sizes ' te HI years. Ulslcretti's in ." cloths ulsters in 8 cloths and havclecks in cloths. Sizes C le Hi. JOHX WAXAMAKEK. .Southwest coiner et the building. UNDERWEAR AX1 HOSIER"!. We have the best goods the world affords, and the next best, and the next, and te en. There is no place anywhere, where j'eu can sec &e large a collection of the dill'ertui. grades of goods, all passing for what they are, anil nothing for what it is net, cotton for cotton, mixed ler mixed, wool for wool, silk ter silk. JOHX WAXAMAKEK. Outer circle, Clicstiiiilstrct. entrance te Thirteenth street entrance. E 1 fiti kl Ikl.MM tru Our stock is new in the condition you expect te find it in at Xciv Veal's i, c. the spring novel ties are here. JOHN WAXAMAKEK. Thinl circle, Miuthwcst from the centre. CAUPETS. The choicest luxuiieus carpets; the most substantial carpets; the lowest prices; punc tual service. JOHX WAXAMAKEK. Mjirkct street front, up stairs. ILKS. Evening silks in the Arcade, cast side. The same and many ether patterns are wit Iiin. AOUX WAXAMAKEU. Next eutcj- circle, southeast from the centre. 17MitiieiiKiui-:s. SZI Our next spring's novelties in embroi deries are just new received; tbey usually come at Xew Year's. JOHN WAXAMAKEK. Xexteiitcr circle, southwest from the centre. ACES. Luces change daily. Our sales are large, our varies v always large, and but little of uuy one.serl. 'Compare prices. A quarter below the market is net uncommon. JOHX WAXAMAKEK. Xine counters, southwest from the centre. liritAl'S, &c. W Such a stock of foreign cloaks as Phila delphia has net before seen, $10 te $250: shawls near by ; dresses up stairs. 3 JOHX WAXAMAKEK. Southeast corner ei the building. FUIIS. Furs of all sorts are going fast. They went fast last year and advanced in price as the sca sca Hen advanced. They are going up again. We shall net raise prices till we have te buy. Ex pect te find heie whatever you want, from a bit of trimming up. JOHX WAXAMAKEK. Thirteenth street entrance. lOATS AXD ULSTERS FOU CHILDREN. y Xet se great variety as for ladies; but much larger than anywhere else here. Coats. 2 tot! years: in thirty dillercnt mate rial?, drab, blue and brown cords with fleecy black : cellar and cutis et plush ; also in ten camel's hair cloth, trimmed with seal-clot h. Coats, 4 te 1 vears ; in thirty cloths, trim med with plain stitching, plush, seal cloth, chinchilla fur and velvet, $2 te $l(i. Ulstcrcttcs, (i te 10 years ; in five cloths, with seal cloth cellar and culls. Ulsters, ( te 1(5 vears; in eight cloths, trim med with plush stitching, heed and plush. Haveleeks. i te 10 years ; two styles. JOHX WAXAMAKEK. BOYS' CLOT1I1XG. Our trade is just what it ought te be for the lacilitiesand' advantages wc enjoy. JOHX WAXAMAKEK. East el central aisle, near Market street. C1IIXA AXD GLASSWARE. Taekloengpreelain, plates only, for din ner or dessert, live patterns, $25 te $30 per dozen. Havila-.ul dinner sets ; Camille pattern, $140 ; elsewhere. $KM. Tressed, $140; elsewhere, $200. Tressed with Moresque border ana uccoratien of grasses and yutteril $275. The lattr is in street entrain- te-day. itittcrillcs, - $su : ciscwncre. the Arcade, Chestnut T:ilil rrniRware. Ennlisli. Strawberry-dia mend cut ; every article required for the table useful or ernamenial. JOHX WAXAMAKEU. Xerthwest corner et the building. PLUSH HAND-BAGS. And a great variety of ether kinds. Alse pocket books, embroidered leather card eases, cigar cases, and everything in leather goods. JOHX WAXAMAKEK. Third circle northwest from centre. Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market streets, and City Hall square. JOHN WANAMAKER, ' Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market Streets, And City Hall Square, Philadelphia. JIAJIIJL. irQRKS. WE P. FRAILBY'S MONUMENTAL MARBLE WORKS 758 Nerm yueen Street, Lancaster, Pa. MONUMENTS. HEAD AND FOOT STONES, GARDEN STATUARY, CEMETERY LOTS ENCLOSED, rtc All work guaranteed and satisfaction g en in every particular. N. B. Remember, works si the extreme end el North Qaeen Rtreflt twse GUFTS. T Te buy Holiday GilU early is geel ad vice: The best trade is early; anil the best trade carries oil- tile best things. JOHN WAXAMAKEK. ALFRED WRIGHT'S l'ERFUMKS. HIS Alary Stuart is probably the meat lasting ei all the agreeable perfumes; none of the foreign ones approach it- It is very rich, strong anil full of life; it isagieeablc te mere persons," prebablv, than any ether perfume. Wild Olive is next in popularity : this also is bingularly powerful and lasting. White Re-; Is delicate and lasting. Wc keen the nrctcrred odors of all the flrst- I class pertiiuicrs, such as Lubin. ISailey, Atkin- son ami Coudray ; but of Alfuei W right's we Keep an. Bring an iiii:crfuuied handkerchief; and you shall li ivc a sample of any odor you wish. JOHN WANAMAKER. First circle, northwest from the center. - ClOLORKD DRESS GOODS. .' The following, just received, are. away down in prices : French Camel's hair, 47 inch, $').75and .85; French cheviot suiting, silk and wool, -15 inch, $0.75; French feule, all wool, 28 inch, $0.JS. By looking out for such opportunities a lady may elten save half. JOHN WAXAMAKEU. Xiue counters. Thirteenth street entrance. BLACK GOODS. A lady wanting any et the following will be obliged ler the mention of them ; Silk and wool feat in dc Lyen, S3 . cents ; silk laced veleurs, $1 : meuiic cloth, 75 cents ; damassc drap tl ete, $1.50 ; damasse cashmere, $1.23. All the prices except the Ilrst are probably below the coil of manufacture, and even the llrst may be. JOHX WAXAMAKEK. Xe.it outer circle, fcouthwest-lreni the center. ri'RIMMING FOR DUESSES AXD CLOAKS. JL On r 1 radc req Hires the lnrgestaud freshest stock of these goods, fringcs.pas&enicntcrie or naments, girdles, tassels, spiked, rings, balls, buttons We have novelties net te be found anywhere cite. i JOHX WAXAMAKEK. Xexteutereiicle, northwest from the center. OH AWLS, Ac. O A few uliawN are shown in the Arcade ; gentlemen's dressing gowns and smoking jackets in the same case. Mere are within. JOHX WAXAMAKEK. East et the Chestnut street entrance. 1 7UKS Our work-room is full et preparation, se mutual wc cannot crowd it lasicr. we nave ready, also, alarge stock of lluished garments, I'm-ami lurlincd. We have sacques and dolmans in sealskin dyed in Londen we have none but London Lendon Londen dyed seal. Wc have them in great numbers, and, of ceur-e, in all sizes including extremes. Prices, from $125 te $250. Londen controls the seal market of the world There have been two advances In price since our furs were bought. We shall net advance till we have te buy again ; we have net advanced at all, as yet, Wc have, at $105, seal saccules such as you will leek in vain ter elsewhere at the price. Fur lined circulars and dolmans in very gieat varicry. We use mostly Satin dc Lyen, gres-grain, artuure and brocade silk and Sicil ienne ; for mourning, Henrietta and Drap d'Ete. The latter are made le order only. We have everything worth having in sets, trimmings, robes gloves, caps and the thou-saixl-and-eiic little tilings that are kept in the euiiiplefcst lists. JOHN WAXAMAKEK. Tliiitccntli street entrance. SKIRTS. Felt, all colere and variety el styles, 30e te $t.25 : flannel, black, blue, gray, brown aud scarlet, $2.5) te $5.75; satin, black, $1.75 te $10.50 ; satin, blue, scarlet, brown and black. $12.50 te $20: Italian cloth, black, $1.25 te $5. The variety is very great. JOHX WAXAMAKEK. Southwest cornet of the building. 1 OYS' OVERCOATS. X Xetice these two sau pies; i'lne chinchilla sack, velvet cellar ami de tachable cape, lined with Farmer's satin, horn buttons. $0.50, Is there another such coat for $;.50? We have sold hundreds of them. I'.rown-red-and-eld-gold diagonal ultlerettu soft wool lining, sleeves lined with a durable, silk-strapcd fabric, horn buttons, $8.3J. These are but but specimens of many. It thev seem inviting, ethers mav be mere se. See them. JOHX WAXAMAKEU. Central aisle, next te the outer circle, Mar ket street side. 1flTlTe"xsAXl3irLl,IXERY. V Ribbons and Millinery, you knew, we have much mere of than an v ether house. JOIIX WAXAMAKEK. Xerlh of Thirteenth street entrance. IIXEXS. j A very great variety of the finest linens, a very great variety of staple linens, and the lowest- prices in Philadelphia. JOHX WAXAMAKEK. Outer circle. City Hall Square entrance. IIXKX HANDKERCHIEFS. j Xew goody Just received Vrein abroad. We have, without doubt, the richest and fullest stock en this side of the Atlantic. We buy fiem makers, direct, knew the quality-of our linen beyond question, and keep below the market besides. JOIIX WAXAMAKEK. Scseml circle, southwest from the centre. SILK HANDKERCHIEFS. "- The very linest. English and French hand kerchiefs ami Mufllers; handkerchiefs $1.25 te $2.50; mufllcrs, $1.50 te $1.50. Elsewhere they arc sold for a quarter mere, at least. JOHX WAXAMAKEK. Second circle, southwest from the centre. XTXDERWEAR. j Every- individual article or Merine or Silk Underwear that wc buy wc examine te see whether the buttons are. sewed en securely and whether the scams arc right and properly fastened. If anything is wrong, back the gar ment gees te the maker, or we right it at his expense. Such has been our practice for a year and a half. Is there another merchant in Philadel phia who docs the fame, or who watches the interests el his customers in any similar way ? Defects may escape us. lieverthlcss. Yeu de us a favor, if you bring back the least imper- iceiien te uc niaue goon. JOHX WAXAMAKEU. Outer circle. Thirteenth street entrance. MUSLIN UNDERWEAR. Our assortment of all muslin undergar ments is as full as at any time of the year : and when the demand for such is net generally strong we are often able te buy at unusual ad vantage. We have very nearly the same goods the year 'round ; but prices vary mere or less. New, for example, probably, there is net te be found in this city or in Xew Yerk muslin un dergarments equal te our regular stock except at. higher prices. Wc knew of no exception whatever. JOHN WANAMAKER. Southwest corner of the building. JURBER OVERGARMENTS. , De you knew, many arc net or Rubber,at all, and are net waterproof " We sell ns mani as all Philadelphia besides ; real articles enly: and guarantee them. JOHN WANAMAKER. Central aisle, near Market street entrance. TINWARE, CC- OTOVES. STOVES. J'riek-Set and Portable HEATERS and RANGES Shnrtzer, Hamphreville & Kieffcr's 40 EAST KING STREET. .TElfELBT. J. E. CALDWELL & CO. 902 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA J JEWELERS, SILVERSMITHS, AND IMPORTER5 OF EDROPEAN NOVELTIES, BRONZES, CLOCKS AND PORCJELAINS, .. ask particular attention te their su perb stock of goods, especially adapted for HOLIDAY GIFTS! The assortment- in every Depart ment is unequaled, and the prices (always the lew-t) will be found most acceptabl" COrders c i ' inquiries by mail will receive prompt attention. MW&F LOUIS WKIIEK, WATCHMAKER. Ne.l59: NORTH QUEEX STREET, ileal l'.R. It. Depot, Lancaster, l'a. Geld, Silver and Nickel-cael Watcher, Chains, Clocks, &e. Agent ler the celebrated Pantoscepic Specta cles and Eyc-GIa-Sscs. Repairing a specialty, anrl-lj-d A Full Line el A Full Line el A Full Line el All Grade el All Grades et All Grade. el WATCHES, CLOCKS, WATCHES, CLOCKS, CHAINS. LOCKETS. CHAINS, LOCKETS, GUARDS, SPECTACLES, GUARDS. SPECTACLES, THKRMOMETER.s, c. THERMOMETERS, &e., at l.mv I'liccs. Whelepnle inn! Retail. ifSi"iiui Watch Repairing. K. F. BOWMAN, E. F. HOW MAX, Uti Ka.st Kin;; St. 10; East King St. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. DIAMONDS. A large stock et splendid Seli tairc Ear-Rings with Lace l'liis te mutch. 'CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. WATCHES. The great lcaturcet this sea-son is flic introduction of Ihesfuudatd Watch. Greatest valnn for its price. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. PORCELAINS. Elegant assortment of varied and novel styles. Vases, Cups, Saucers, Plates, Cabinet Decorations, &c. "CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. SILVER AXD PLATED WAKE. An immense variety of articles orerigiual design and faultless tasfc. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. .JEWELRY. A Krcsit stock of all varieties et Jewelry for ladies and gentlemen. Lace I'lns. Sleeve Ifuttens, Uracelcts Scarf Pins, Rings, Ear-Kings. Every article is marked at its lowest price, which will netlie changed. BAILEY, BANKS k BIDDLE, 12TH AND CHESTNUT STS., PHILADELPHIA. sep'.M-3nidT T&S GROCERIES. w nOtSAU" AND EKTAIL. LEVAN'S FLOUli AT Ne. "227 ORTH PRINCE STREET. dlT-iy.l EST is the place for the cheapest and the bctl WINES, LIQUORS, A2JU GROCERIES. Ne. 2M WEST KIXG STREET. VOW BEAUT. HOLIDAY GROCERIES ! FOREIGN FRUITS, viz.: Raisins. Prune?. Currants, Citren, Prunellcs, Dates, Figs, Oranges, Lemens, White Grapes, &c. DOMESTIC FRUITS Evaporated Tenches and Apples, Cranberries, &c. NUTS New Princess Paper Shell Almonds. Rrazil Nuts. English Walnuts. Filberts, Pecan Nuts, New Shell-barks, &c. PURE SPICES We guarantee our spices strictly pure aud fresh ground. FLAVORING EXTRACTS Burnett's, Kcl Kcl legg'3 and Royal Flavoring Extracts, Rese antfOrange Waters. NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES new in stock. TABLE fcYRUP A great bargain in Table Syrup ; only 12Jc a quart. CONFECTIONS We are adding le our stock a large supply of Pure Candies, tine mix tures ; the celebrated Chicago Caramels at 30c a pound : try them. SPECIAL BARGAINS new offering. Denlt fall te call and sec. BURSE'S, NO. 17 KAST KING STREET. nevJtt-lyd GRAIN tunSCULAXlOM In lante or small amounts. 125 or 2n ena. LWrltfl W.T.SOULE A CO.. Commission Mer cnamg, km la sane street, cuicage, in., ier cir eiars. -. w . m28-iya Hawastcr- Intelligencer. SATURDAY EVENING, DEC. 4, 1880. BUCHANAN AT ST. JAM MIS FIRST I3IPRESSIONS OF THE ESC LISH pOUKT. llie X'cir Minister's Secial Position Per plexity Concerning His Apparel An Ambassador iu Plain Dress. . GRAVE AND GAY. Timely Reading ter Saturday Niglit Inci dents and Anecdotes of Notable feople. lJucii;i!:aii at Hi. James. Ills Firt Ii:iprcsiei:K el the English Court. Ferney's Progress. Here ate letter from thousands of con cen con suiuueus men timing tlic last forty years. I see their faces as 1 lead their letters, and almost hear their accents as I ponder ever then- familiar calligraphy, ruatiirally enough, the first is the voluminous cor respondence of James Buchanan. There is mere than fifteen yca'rs of it, beginning almost with his aspirations for the presi dency, and closing vhen lie grasped the golden prize ; and yet new, as in the past, no line of his has ever been disclosed or will ever be disclosed by myself te his discredit. There is se much te his honor that may safely sea the light new, that 1 am sure such extracts as the following will be read with pleasure. I shall have further occassien te refer te this fountain of history, and I am sure a first glimpse into diplomatic society in England yi!l whet the general appetite for what is te come : Umtkii States l.iyi.vnex, Londen, t December 13, lSW. ' My Deak Sik : " Leng looked ler conic at last.' I have received your welcome letter en the 28th ultimo, and new feel the greatest anxiety le learn that you have been re-elected cieil:. I trust and believe we shall receive this gratifying intelli gence with the president's message en Monday next. My social position here will be, in fact is, all that I would have desired twenty years age when I was a younger man. Al though they say nobody is in town, I may dine out as often as I please at 8 o'clock iu the evening. Although they are jealous of us and experience a sort of undefined uneasiness at our rapid growth in com merce aud manufactures, yet, when an American minister mingle.'- among them, with any degree of tact and talent for con cen con 'versatieM, he cannot fail te find himself much at home. Ver my own part, I luive talked right out, with prudence but with freedom, as 1 would de at home. What is remarkable, 1 have net met any ether for eign minister at their tables, with tee ex ception of a dinner at Lord Palmerston's. When they speak te me of their friendship for our country, as they often de, and re fer te the mother and the daughter, I answer that their public journals, aud es pecially the Tiiiics,' never fail te give us "a rap ever the knuckles " when the occa sion offers, and that this is a strong evi dence of public opinion. On mere than one occasion Mrs. Stewc and her book en American Slttcry have become topics of conversation, and I find them mere reason able en this subject than Iliad anticipated. I have net yet met the Ditches.? of Suther land. They speak of the scven in Louden as wc speak of the season at Saratoga. TJiis , usually commences about "vaster, and ter inmates en the adjournment of Parliament in August. All the rest of the year it is net fashionable te be iu town, except for the members of thn cabinet and the ether officials. My Pecial relations may, and probably will, undergo a great change after the cmccn holds her first drawing room. They have talked se much about my costume, that I de no see hew it is possible for me te put en geld lace and embroidery. A court ratly asked me the ether day if our president (General Pierce) had net been a general'.' I replied certainly ; he had been a geed and brave general. "Well, then, said she, did he net wear the uniform at tached te his rank, and te distinguish him from ether inferior eiliecrs and privates. I answered of course he did. Well, then, she answered, why should net a foreign minister from your country de the same thing ; I gave her the reasons, which it is net necessary te repeat. I would send for Harriet (Miss Lane, new Mrs. Johnsten, of Baltimore) at once if I could feic-sec the issue of this affair. I would net care a button abiut being os tracized myself iu the immediate court cir cle, but should be very unwilling le place her iu this position. If I should pass through the mill unscathed in plain clothes I shall have te prcseut Americans at court in full court dress, because for them it is certain they will net relax the rule. James Buchanan. Mere than ouee I saw Mr. Buchanan's con it dress, which brcame his line form and striking face as if he had been born te the purple, The American ainiustcr al ways appears in an evening costume unless when the queen holds her court, when he dens the black silk stockings, low shoes with black buckles, an embroidered dress coat, a chapcau, and a black sword, the same that was worn by Mr. Buchanan. lliscnssiug the Paster. 41 It seems te me," the fat passenger re marked, "that the pastor had a great deal te de with business and politics in these days. It was the pastor who marshalled the men of Banford and their families, and settled Newark ; it was the pastor who drove the sharp bargains with the Indians and bought the land for a little money ; a few old clothes at ether times, and in some instances for the rum that cheers, but in toxicates. Xew-a-days the pastor doesn't interfere with these matters se much." "Ne," said the cress passenger, "he hasn't time. The church keeps him se busy he can't direct his Heck in their political and mercantile affairs. Twe ser mons every Sttuday, a lecture Wednesday evening, a prayer meeting Thursday even ing, church or covenant meeting Friday, missionary trustees, ceinmittec, aid so ciety, social circle, home mission, temper ance and ether meetings en the ether af ternoons and evenings of the week, pastor's meeting Monday morning, and then the Sunday school; and pastoral visits; and association work ; politics? If an active pastor gets time te find out who's nomin ated and when the election is, he thinks he has learned a great deal. "I knew a preacher," said the man en the weed box, "who is busier than that. He hardly gets home from his summer vacation before his fall and winter lecture season opens and he docs net have time even te attend te these ether things you enumerated." "Well," said the passenger with the sandy goatee, "why shouldn't the pastor take his old place as the political leader of his Heck? Didn't Moses lead his peo ple" " Yes," the tall, thin passenger said, but somehow history failed te assign Moses and Dc La Matyr seats iu the same row. Moses didn't stump the state for his positieni lie didn't seem te want it. Aud the preacher who gees te Congress new never seems te lead anybody. lie generally creeps upon the Greenback ticket and is led by the party that manipulates him mestwisely. It is true that De La Matyr isn't a fair sample of American pastors, because the best preachers in the country wouldn't leave their pulpits te be elected president and haven't the lightest ambi tion of stepping down into Congress. If the '-' Just then the brakemau came in and said Colonel Iugcrsell was en the train, and the subject of theology was hastily dropped, all the passengers pretending te be asleep. Reaming Rebert in Uaichejc. The Billing Passion. It was in 1842 a week-day appoint ment for a Methodist meeting at Autho Authe ny's Creek, Greenbrier county, Virginia. Urether J was te pi each. The larger game, bear, wolf, and even panther, were net uncommon thereabouts, auddcer were abundant. The preacher had some pulpit ability, and at times was impassion ed and eloquent. Though net young, he was unmarried, peculiar, aud seldom smiled. The congregation were mainly rude hunters and their rustic families; and the trusty rille, the faithful deg, tha picturesque limiting shirt, with ' brain tanned" moccasin, aud belt, and gleaming knife, were as sure te put iu their appear ance at "week day meeting" as the hun ter himself. The place of worship was at Father Perkins's double cabin, which had been built with as much reference te wor ship as te the comfort of his own family. This notable man of fourscore was quite distinguished for piety and his gifts both in prayer and as class leader, but net mere se than he had been for his supeiierity as a hunter. With him the ardor of the pas sien for the chase was unabated, though he was entirely disabled by the infirmities of age. The writer has, at the same sit ting, been entranced at narrations of the hazards of his hunter's life, and cditied by his deep, undoubted, child-like piety. It was a grand occasion for Brether J . With a crowded house, and Father P. in the Amen corner, and nothing te divert attention, unless it were the large number of rillcsaud guns, which as usual, were placed conveniently near against the fence of the yard, and outside the wall of the house itself. The opening service gave great premise of a ' geed meeting." Beth Brether J and Father Perkins were quite demonstrative iu their devotions. The congregation be came deeply inteicstcd. The preacher wanned with his subject, argument cul minated into poetic imagery, and the pathos and power of unstudied eloquence melted and overwhelmed the rude audi ence. But between the eloquent strains of the impassioned pi-nicher the trained cars of the- congregation detected the peculiar yelp of a well-known old hound. The sagacious brute was understood and. believed, and the congregation was electrified. Thia manifestation of intense interest invaded the rude pulpic aud reused Brether J te still higher strains, which were present ly interrupted by the thunder of the ap proach of a herd of deer closely pursued by the licet and faithful dogs. Simultan eously with the climax of the last burst of eloquence the entire congregation, pcll incll, broke for the deer. As the earnest preacher dropped his hands te the rude desk, with a comical tone of sadness and disappointment en his lips, and holy horror depicted en his face, with bitterness ofteiil he exclaimed : " Ii is no use '. It is no use '." Te which the piping voice of the iufinn and rheumatic old hunter and class leader responded, with great cariicstncss, "Yes, it is, Brether ,1 ; they'll catch 'cm certain sure." Editor's Bracer, in Harp ers Magazine for Becemher. Kxpulsieu from the Harden of JMcn. Old Judge Ciiistavus Swan, of Colum bus, Ohie, was a "character" of his day. One day a missionary called en him for a contribution. " New," said the judge, Til tell you what I'll de ; I will ask you a simple question in scripture, and if you will answer it correctly i will jrivc you twenty-five dollars ; if net, nothing." The clergyman brightened up at once and agreed te the preposition. "Well, new," said the judge, "can you tell mc why Ged drove Adam and Eve out of Paradise ?" "Certainly," said the clergyman, " that is a very simple question ; it was because they ate the forbidden fruit contrary te the command of Ged." "There," said the judge, "it is as I sup posed ; I have asked the question of a hundred dilfeicnt clergymen and never yet get the correct answer. I see you ai c no wiser than the rest. Yeu ought te give mc twenty-five dollars for being se ignor igner aut of the most important facts iu connec tion with the fall of man. But I will send you away with my simple blessing and the true answer te the question. If you will leek into your Bible, which you sccin te have read se carefully, you will sec it written : 'And the Lord Ged said, Beheld the man has become as one of us, te knew geed and evil ; and new, lest he put his hand and take also of the tree of life aud live forever, therefore the Lord Ged sent him forth from the garden of Eden te till tnc ground from which he was taken.' Think," added the judge, with a sly "twinkle iu his eye, " what a great mercy it was te drive them out, for suppose they had by some chance get held of the tree of life, and thus the race had been perpetu ated forever en this'carlh. Why, by this time we would have been piled mountains high upon each ether, and what an awful struggle there would have been for life and happiness." The clergyman departed a wiser if net a happier man. When I Titusvillc Herald, Hep, What has become of the premised biography of Thad. Stevens which Edward Mcl'lierseu was te write. The Old Com Com eoner's body has been meuldering iu the grave these many years ; Sumner, Chase and Seward have followed him te the tomb, and their memoirs were given te the coun try longajre. Stevens was equally illus trious. He was identified with public questions iu this commonwealth ; he was great in the forum; he was an Ajaxin' debate ; in Congress he had no peer for pitiless logic, dry humor and scathing sar casm. He had just the elements of life and the eccentricities that go te malec a character. Like Byren and Scott, he was deformed. He was a cynical old bachelor ; he had a colored woman for a housekeeper, if, indeed, she was nefcliis mistress ; he loved cards, and adored liberty. He be lieved iu hell, yet swore like a pirate. Uc was a champion of popular education, if net the father of the common school 'sys tem iu the commonwealth. He -was stern a- Cromwell, aud born ler revolutionary times. He was a geed Greek scholar : his nephew Thad was his darling, and much like him, but he was rusticated at Dart mouth .-college, which was the old man's almar mater, nis'last will showed net only his love, but his prudence also. If Thad would leave liquor alone, he was te inherit a fortune ; if net, net. The younger Thad made shipwreck f his life, aud the cstate gees te public charities. The old man's bones were laid in a cemetery, which is no respecter of persons, and where the slave could lie down with the master, the black with the white. Thad was one of the prophets of the Republican dispensa tien. The Uiraffe, as Seen bj Its Hunter. . " A little before the sun went down my driver remarked te me, ' I was just going te say, sir, that that old tree was a camcl camcl epard.' On looking where h pointed, I saw that the old tree was indeed a camelo camele pard, aud, en casting my eyes a little te thcri.-ht, I beheld a troop of them stand ing looking at us. their heads actually towering above the trees of the forest. "The giraffes steed looking at the wagons until I was within sixty yards of the'm, when, galloping round a thick bushy tree, under cover of which I had ridden, I suddenly beheld a sight, the most astounding that a sportsman's eye can encounter. Before me steed a troop of ten colossal giraffes, the majority of which were from seventeen te eighteen feet high. On beholding mc, they at once made off, twirling their long tails ever their backs, making a loud switching noise with them, and cautcred along at an easy pace. The sensations which I felt en this occasion were different from any thing that I had before experienced dur ing a long sporting career. My senses were se absorbed by the wondrous and beautiful sight before mc, that I rode along like cue entranced, aud felt inclined te dis believe that I was hunting living things of this world. The ground was firm aud fa vorable for riding. At every stride I gaiu cd upon the giraffes, aud after a short buiiit at a swinging gallop, I was iu the middle of them, and turned the finest cow eiil ei mc new "Once mere I brought her te a stand and dismounted from my horse. There we steed together, alone in the wild weed 1 gazed in wonder at her extreme beauty, while her soft, dark eye, with its silky fringe, looked down imploringly at mc, and I really felt a pang of sorrow, in this moment of triumph, for the bleed I was shedding. Ne pcu nor words can convey te a sportsman what it is te ride in the midst of a troop of gigantic giraffes : it must he experienced te be understood. They emitted a powerful perfume, which in the chase het in my face, reminding mc of the smell of a hive of heather honey in September." Five Years in Se. Africa by C'mitiing ! 'el. 1, p. 23. i)r. Cox's Eccentricities. The late Dr. S. II. Cox was world-noted for many eccentricities of matter and man ner. On one occasion, as moderator of a Presbyterian assembly, in the opening prayer he said f " O, Leitl Jescs Christ, Theu art the nc plus ultra of our desire, the sine tjttu non of our faith and the ultima thulc of our hope." In him it was easy, natural language, and excited no special remark. Anether story of him is repeated by Bishop Coxe as having once been told te-iiii!!, and which is se geed and se like his father's wit, that he thinks it is true. Seme one once asked the old doctor hew it happened that, out of his large family, half had left the Presbyterian church. "0!"'he replied, "it is a case of the ,the virgins of Scripture five were wise and iQ were Episcopalians !" If home enterprising fellow would new cor ner the niurkct en Dr. U nil's Cough Syrup he cenlil make his fertune: for there urn then-i- ands who would rntlier pay double the retail price than be without this vuluable remedy. J'Al'EK llAXOlXas, JCe. v. HAVE A LUT Of LIGHT COJ.OU Yi WINDOW SHADES, i.ioeil Pattern, that will he closed out at the low price et tlfty cents. These are u decided bargain, as home have been reduced from ene dollar te Hfty cents apiece. PLAIN WINDOW SIIAIIINU by Hie yard, Lavender, i'.lue, (Jaruet, Ill-own, Old Geld, Monc, (tr. Cardinal, llrewu, Kent, Green and White SCOTCH HOLLANDS. PAPER CURTAINS, spring Fixtures, Fringes. Leeps, Tassels. Ac. Opening almost daily New Designs of WALL PAPER. Our stock i- Larj Nev.-e-jt Fashions. ;e and Attractive, of the ne, The llcst, Simplest and Cheapest made. PHARES W. FRY, Ne. 57 NORTH QUEEN ST. GLFT lilt A trUfGS. 27th Popular Monthly Drawing or tux COMMONWEALTH DISTRIBUTION CO. At Macaalev's Theatre, in the City of Louis ville, en FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1880. These drawings occur monthly (Sundays' excepted) under previsions et an Act et the Uenend Assembly of Kentucky, incorperat ing the Newport Printing and Newspaper Company, approved April a, 187S. "e"TIiis is a special act, and has never been repealed. The United States Circuit Court en March 31, rendered the following decisiens: 1st That the Commonwealth Dfstrlbntlen ! Company Is legal. u its t iran nigs are iair.. N. 15. The Company has new en hand a large reserve fund. Head the list of prizes ler the NOVEMBER DKAW1KG. I p. IZl.. ........................... . ...... Ov,IAAJ i prize... .............................. ... a",iaai 1 prize. ................. e,iMi 10 prizes $l,i)00cach 10,000 -Jii prizcsSOOeach 10,000 lie prizes. $100 each 10,000 iioe prizcsSO each 10,000 (VX) prizes 20 each ....................12,000 10f0 prizes lOeach 10,000 ! prizes 300 each, approximation prizes 2,700 9 prizes 300 each, " 1,800 9prize3l00cach, " "900 l.ytj prizes pi i Aiiv Whole tickets, S3; hair tickets, $1; 27 lickets 130; 53 tickets, $100. J.cmit Meney or Hank Draft In Letter, ei send by Express. DON'T SEND BY REGIS TERED LETTER OR POSTOFFICE ORDER. Orders of $3 and upward, by-Express, can bt sent at our expense. It. M. bOabDHAN, Courier-Journal Building, IealsTlIIe,.Ky., ei 307 and 3G9 Broadway. New '-?rk. mSlTnTlutSAw MISS M. E. GILL, TEACHKK OJT DKAW ing in the Girls' High Scheel, wishes te obtain pupils In the vnriens styles el drawing and painting. Residence Ne. 35 West Orange street. Furs altered and repaired at the same place. ect20-tfd Ti:meval. V, MRS. M. A. EDWARDS has removed her Millinery Stere te Ne. 230 West King street, where she will be pleased te see all her old customers. Bennet. Hats, Ribbons, Satins. Velvets, Feathers, Flowers, &e., will Iks sold cheaper than ever before. Call and se,. nev-K-lmd MEDICAL. GUTICURA Itchiag HHiMrs, Scaly Hm n, Bleed Himers, speedily, perauwtly eatly art BMjsiciaas ecMemicauy carea waea aadall ether metaeis fell. What arc Skin ana Scalp Diseases but the evidence cf internal Humer ten time mere difficult te reach and care, which floats la the bleed and ether fluids, destroying the delicate machinery of life, and Ailing the body with foul corruption, which burst through the skin in loathsome eruptions? CcncrRA RcseLVKST, the new Bleed Fari&cr, internally, CcncrRA. a Medicinal Jelly, assist ed bythoCCTicrRAMEMcnrALASDTeiirrSoAr, externally, have performed the meat miracu lous cures et Itching, Scaly and Scrofulous Humors ever recorded in medical annals. Eczcna Betfeat. Eczema UeuExr. F. H. Drake, esq., agr nt for Harper & lirethers. Detroit, Mich., gives an iistenishinj; account of his case (Eczema Ko Ke dent). which had been treated by a consulta tion of physicians without benefit, and which speedily yielded te the Cuticura Keinedies. Salt Baeaai. Salt Uiieum. Will McDonald, illl Dearborn street. Cliicuse, gratefully acknowledges a cure of Suit Kheuui en head, neck, face, anna and legs, for seventeen years ; net able te walk ex cept en hands and knees for one year; net able te help hiinsclt for eight years ; tried hun dreds of remedies; doctors pronounced his case hopeless : permanently cured by the Cu ticura iiemcuics. Ringworm. Kisowemi. liee. W. Brown. 43 Marshall street. Providence, It. I., cored by Cuticura. Keinedies et a Kingwerui Humer, get at the barber'?, which spread all ever the ears, neck and face and for six years resisted all kinds of treatment. Skin Disease. S. A. Steele, esi., Chicago. III., says : " I will Miy that bctere 1 used the Cuticura Kkmedixs I was in a fearful state, and hud given up all hope of ever liaviug any relief. They have per formed a wendenul cure ler mc.jindef my own free will and accord. I recommend them.1' Cuticcka Kksikdiks are prepared ly WKKKS & 1'OTXKH, Chemists and Druggists, SUO Wash ington street. Uosten, and are for mile by all Druggists. 1'ricc ler Cuticciia, a Medicinal .lelly, small boxes, 50 cents; Iargubexes.fi. Cuticura Kkselvkst, the new Weed I'liriflcr. $1 tier bottle. Cuticura Medicinal Toilet SeAr, 'Si cents. Cuticura Medicinal Smavihe SeAi 13 cents; in bars ler liarbers and large consumers,, 50 cents. fi'.'t' mailed free en receipt of price. SANFOBD'S RADICAL CURE FOR CATARRH. SAXKOUD'B I'ADICAL CURE, CATARRHAL SOL VENT, and IsiraevED Ikualer, wrapped in one package, with tull.directiens. ami sold by all druggists for one dollar. Ask for Satikehd's liADlt'ALCURfc. Frem a simple cold or influenza te the rot ret ting, sloughing and death of the senses et Smell, Taste and Hearing, this great remedy is supreme. I'oismieus mucous accumulation are removed, the entire incuibniire cleansed, disinfected, soetln-d ami heated, constitutional ravages chccked.t lie bleed purified efcutarrbal poison, deepened in color, ami 'strengthened in life-giving properties. Thus, externally and internally, in accordance with reason and common xense, does this great, economical remedy work, .instantly relieving and perma nently curing the most aggravated and dau dau gareits forms et human suilering. General Ants., WKKKS & FOTTKK, Bosten. Cellins' Voltaic Electric Piasters. .Mere continuous and powerful electrical action is obtained from Cellins' Voltaic Elec tric Plasters than any $! battery made. They arc a speedy and certain cure for Fain and Weakness et the Lungs, Liver, Kidneys and Urinary Organs, Kheuiuatism, Neuralgia, Hysteria, Female Weakness. Nervous Pains and Weaknesses. Malaria, and Fever and Ague. Price 25 cts. Sold everywhere. 1UIY GOODS. BLANKETS, QUILTS AUD COMFORTABLES, In gu-in titles at LOU l'J'IL'KS. FAHHESTOCK'S, Next Duer te the Court Hense. WOOL FLANNEL, Cotten Flannels, Linscys, &c, &c. All goods suitable for cold weather at VKUY LOW rKICES. FAHNESTOCK'S, Next Deur te the Court Itenae. DRESS GOODS, CLOAKS, CL.OAKINGS. HAGER & BROTHER rc French, KngllKh and American DRESS GOODS. FRENCH I'LAIDS, HANDKERCHIEFS, SUITINOS.SIDEBANDS, CASHMERE. FOULE, MOMIE CLOTHS, FLAN NEL SUITINGS, Ac, Ac. SILKS, SATJJTS AMD VELVETS. Cloaks! Cloaks! Have Just received from New Yerk Import ers a line of Cloaks, Delmans and Jackets In the Latest Style for Ladles and Misses. CLOAKING CLOTHS, Black and Celers, Plain ajid Fancy, in Large Assortment. y We invite examination. PAINTING. All kinds olHeuse Painting-and Graining done at the shortcut notice and In the best pos sible style. We have reduced our prices te 11.75 per day. 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