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JOIIX WAXAMAKER'S STORE.
THE HOLIDAYS AT
JOHN WANAMAKER'S,
CHESTNUT, THIRTEENTH AND MARKET STREETS,
AND CITY HALL SQUARE, PHILADELPHIA.
1UIE HOLIDAYS.
. There Is nowhere in Philadelphia se varled a
collection et rich goods as here such ns fath
er, mothers, brothers, sisters levers, leek for
alltuclater. .. ..
There Is an end even of Gilts. Our collection
te large enough and rich enough, one would
suppose, even for a less frugal city than
Philadelphia.- These goods arc are new at the
helghtofthclrglery. The choicest of them arc
here ; ethers will come of course ; but the
choicest are going.
Wliat Is equally te the purpose, buyers are
new nbeut as many as can be comlertably
served, and the throng will be denser every
fair day till Christmas.
JOHN' WANAMAKER.
rpeiLET FURNISHING.
X Sachets, tldlcs'lamp-shartcs, pin-cushions,
boxes. In utlu and plush, cmbrolderod and
painted. jQHjf WAXAMAKEU.
First circle, southwest from the centre.
T ACKS
I i Duch'cfise vest with Point nicilalliens, $50 ;
the aame may be seen elscwlicre at $70.
JOHN WANAMAKEIt.
Nine counters southwest from the centre.
LOCKS.
$1.35 te $130.00, ull guaranteed.
JOHN WAXAMAKEU.
City-ball square entrance.
Ys
New room, new ley;.
JOHN WAXAMAKEU.
Outer circle, west or the Crcstiiut street en
trance. BOOKS.
A catalogue et hoeka may. be had at the
book counter. We want every reader te have
It. The list of children's holiday books Is es
pecially complete,
JOIIX WAXAMAKEU.
Second counter, northeast from the centre.
LADIES' ULSTEUS.
There are two general styles, one closed
at theback, the ether epen: the latter Is known
as coachman's style. In detail et trimming there
te great variety though there is also marked
simplicity. Great variety hi cloths tee. 93..V)
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 or any sort in Philadelphia without
looking these ever misses the bc-t assortment,
perhaps, in the whole country. $0.50 te $i"0.
1 JOIIX WAXAMAKEU.
Southeast corner of the building.
MISSES' COATS.
Misses' coats In mere than 70 cloths,
akapes and decoration beyond counting.
8Ues 2 te 1C years.
Ulstercttcs in 5 cloth, ulsters In S cloths anil
haveiecks in cloths. Sizes 6 te Ifi.
JOUX WAXAMAKEU.
Southwest corner et the building.
UNDERWEAR AND HOSIER! .
We have the best goods the world affords,
and the next best, and the next, niul seen.
There Is no place anywhere, where you can
ee se large a collection et t he different grades
et goods, all passing for what they are, and
nothing ler what it Is net. cotton ler cotton,
mixed ler mixed, wool for wool, silk ler silk.
JOIIX WAXAMAKEU.
Onter clrele, Chcbtnut street, entrance te
Thirteenth street entrance.
MUROIDEUIES.
Xcw Embroideries tire already in. Our
stock is new in the condition you expect te
find It in at Xew Year's, f, c. the spring novel
ties arc here.
JOIIX WAXAMAKEU.
Third circle, southwest irem the centre.
CARPETS.
The choicest luxurious carpets ; the rnes-t
substantial carpets; the lowest prices: punc
tual service. JOHN WANAMAKEIt.
Market street front, up stairs.
SILKS.
Evening silks in the Arcade, east side.
The same and many ether patterns arc within.
JOHN WAXAMAKEU.
Xext outer circle, southeast from the centre
EMBROIDERIES. .
Onr next spring's novelties In embroi
deries are Just new received; they usually
come at Xew Year's. , . .. ....
JOIIX WAXAMAKEU.
Next outer circle, ieut Invest lrem theccutre.
LACES.
Laces change daily. Our sales arc large.
our variety always large, and but little of any
one sort. "Compare prices. A quarter below
the market Is net uncommon.
JOHN WAXAMAKEU.
Nine counters, southwest from the centre.
WRAPS, &c. ,
Such a stock or foreign cloaks as Phila
delphia has net iKstere seen, $10 te $i: nhawls
near by ; dresses up stairs. ..:,,.
3 JOUX WAXAMAKEU.
Southeast corner et the building.
X Furs erall sorts are going msL They went
fast last year and advanced in price as the sea
son advanced. They are going np again. wc
sluiU net raise prices till we have te buy. Ex
pect te find here whatever you want, lrem a
bit et trimming up. ,.,,.,..,,.
JOIIX WAN AM Ah, LU.
Thirteenth street entrance.
OATS AXD ULSJERS FOR CHILD REX.
Net se great variety us for ladies: but
much larger than anywhere else here.
Coats, 2 te years: In thirty different mate
rials, drab, blue and brown cords with lleccy
black; cellar and cuffs el plush ; also in ten
camel's hair cloth, trimmed with seal-cloth.
Coats, 4 te 16 years ; in thirty cleth.s, trim trim
med with plain stitching, plush, seal cloth,
chinchilla fur ami velvet. te $10.
Ulstercttcs, C te 16 years ; in five cloths, with
seal cloth cellar and cuffs. .....
Ulsters, 6 te 16 years; in eight cloths, trim
med with plush stitching, heed and plush.
Haveiecks. 4 te 16 years ; two styles.
JOHN WAXAMAKER.
BOYS' CLOTHING. , , ,
Onrtrailcisjnstwhatit ought te be for
the facilities and advantages we enjoy.
JOIIX WAXAMAKEU. .
East el central aisle, near Market street.
-1HINA AND GLASSWARE.
j Tackloeng preelaln, plates only, for din
ner or dessert, five patterns, $25 te $30 per
dozen.
Havlland dinner sets ; Camillepattcrn, $110 ;
elsewhere, $200. Tressed, 140: Use where. $3)0.
Tressed with Moresque bonier and decoration
or grasses and butterflies. $225 : elsewhere,
$27 The latter Is in the Arcade, Chestnut
street entrance, te-day.
Table glassware, English, Srtrnwberry-dla-mend
cut ; every article required for the table
useful or ornamcnlal.enNT WA s AMAK:n.
Northwest corner et the building.
PLUSII HAND-BAGS. . m ,
And a great variety or ether kinds. Alse
pocket books, embroidered leather card case-',
cigar cases, and everything in leithcr goods.
JOIIX WAXAMAKEU.
Third circle northwest from centre.
Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market sticcts,
and City Hall square.
JOHN WANAMAKER,
Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market Streets,
And City Hall Square, Philadelphia.
MRS. C. LIL.LEK,
LADIES' HAIRDRESSER
Menufacturcrand Dealer In Hair Werk, Ijulius
and Gents' Wigs. Combings straightened and
mode te order. Hair Jewelry of all kinds made
PAINTING.
AU kinds otfleuse Painting and Graining
done at the shortest notice and in the best po pe
elble style. We have reduced our pricey te
$1.75 per day. shop en Charlette street.
Ctla-3md ALLEN GJJTHU1E & SONS.
"iIFTS. , .
VJT Te buy Holiday Ollts early Is geed ad
vice : The best trade l cany ; ana yie nest
tiuile carries elf the best things.
JOHN WANAMAKEIt.
4 LFKED WRIGHt'S PERFUMES.
A HIS Marv Stuart is probably the most
lasting ei all the agreeable perfumes; none or
the lereign ones approach It. It Is very rich,
strong ami full of lire; It lsagiceable te mere
peivens, probably, than any ether perfume.
Wild Olive Is next In popularity ; this also
is singularly powerful and lasting. White
Roe is delicate and lasting.
We keep the prelerred odors of all the flrst
class perfumers, such as Lubin, Bailey, Atkin
son and Condray ; but of Alykee Wright's we
keep all. . .
tiring an unnerfumed handkerchief; and
veu shall have a sample of any odor you wish.
JOHN WANAMAKEIt.
First eircle, northwest from the center.
COLORED DRESS GOODS.
The following. Just received, are away
down in prices : French Camel's hair, 47 Inch,
$J.75and.85; French Cheviot suiting, silk and
wool, 45 inch, $0.75; French foule, all wool, 28
inch, $0.28.
Ry looking out for such opportunities a lady
may often save hall.
JOHN WANAMAKEIt.
Nine counters, Thirteenth street entrance.
BLACK GOODS.
A lady wanting any of the following will
be obliged for the mention or them ; Silk and
voei.;satIn de Lyen, 85 cents; bilk laced
veleurs, $1 ; lnemlc cloth, 75 cents ; damasse
drap d' etc, $1.50 ; daBiassc cashmere, $1.25.
All the prices except the first are probably
below t he cost or manufacture, and even the
first may be.
JOIIX WANAMAKEIt.
Next outer circle, southwest from the center.
T Mil MM1XG FOR DRESSES AND CLOAKS.
L Our trade requires the largcstand freshest
stock of these goods, fringcs.passcmcntcrie or
naments, girdles, tassels, spikes, rings, balls,
buttons. We liava noveltles net te be found
anywhere else.
JOHN WAXAMAKER.
Xextouterclrcle.nerthwestfrom the center.
OHAWLS, &c.
O A few shawl are shown In the Arcade ;
gentlemen's dressing gowns and smoking
jackets in thesame case. Mere are within.
JOHN WAXAMAKEU.
IV. U of the Chestnut street entrance.
I
-SITI.C
Our work-room is roll or preparation, se
lull that we cannot crowd it taster, we nave
ready, also, a large stock of lluUkud garments,
fur and fur lined.
We have sacqucs and ilelmant in sealskin
dyed in Londen we have none but London Lendon Londen
dyed seal. We have them In great numbers,
and, el ceur.-e. In ull sizes including extremes.
Prices, from $125 te $250.
Londen controls the fccal market et the
world Theio have been two udvunces in
price since our furs were bought. We shall
net advance till we have te buy again ; we
have net advanced lit all, as yet.
We have, at $165, seal sacqucs such ea you
will leek in vain ter eUcwhere at the price.
Fur lined circulars and dolmans in very
great varierv. We use mostly Satin de Lyen,
gres-graln, arinurc and brocade silk and bicil
iennu ; for mourning, Henrietta and Drep
d'Ute. The latter are made te order only.
We have everything wertli having In sets,
liiniiiiiiigs, robe j, gloves, caps and the thou-saiul-uiitl-enc
little things that arc kept In the
completed! lists.
JOHN WAXAMAKEU.
Thirteenth street entrance.
OK I UTS.
O Felt, all colors and variety or styles, 30c te
$1.25 ; flannel, black, blue, gray, brown and
scarlet, $2.5) te $5.75; satin, black, $4.75 te
$10.50 ; satin, blue, scarlet, brown and black,
$12.50 te $20 ; Italian cloth, black, $1.23 te $5.
The variety Is very great.
JOIIX WAXAMAKER.
Southwest corner of the building.
1OYS' OVERCOATS.
Xetlce these two samples :
Blue chinchilla sack, velvet cellar and de
tachable cape, lined with Farmer's satin, born
buttons, $6.50, Is there another snch coal for
$6.50 ? Wc have sold hundreds ul them.
llrown-rcd-nnd-elil-gold diagonal ulstorette
soft wool lining, sleeves lined with a durable,
filk-strapcd fabric, born buttons, $8.5U.
These are but but specimens of many. II
they seem inviting, ethers may be mere se.
See them. JOIIX WANAMAKEIt.
Central able, next te the outer circle, Mar
ket street side.
RIUUOXS AXD MILL1XKUY.
Ribbons and Milliner', you knew, we
have much mere of than nny ether house.
JOIIX WAXAMAKEU.
North of Thirteenth street entrance.
I1XEXS.
j A very great varietv et the finest linens,
a very great varietvet staple liuens, and the
lowest prices in Philadelphia.
JOIIX WAXAMAKEU.
Outer circle. City Hall Square entrance.
1IXKXHAXDKEUCHIEFS.
j Xew goods j ust received from abroad. e
have, without doubt, the rlchest and fullest
stock en this side of the Atlantic. We buy
from makers, direct, knew the quality of our
linen beyond question, anil keep below the
market besides.
JOHN WAXAMAKER.
Second circle, southwest from the centre.
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS.
The very finest English and French hand
kerchiefs and Mufflers; handkerchiefs $1.25 te
$2.50; mufflers, $1.50 te $1.50. Elsewhere they
are sold for a qrarter mere, at least,
JOIIX WAXAMAKER.
Second circle, southwest from the centre.
UNDERWEAR.
Every individual article et Merine or
Silk Underwear that wc buy we examine te
sec whether the buttons are sewed en securely
and whether the scams arc right and properly
lastcm-d. If anythimg Is wrong, back the gar
ment gees te the nraker, or we right it at his
expense.
Such has been our practice for a year and a
half. Is there another merchant InJ Fhlladcl-
fihla who ilees the nunc, or who watches the
n teres t et his customers in any similar way T
Defects may escape us, neverthleas. Yeu de
us a layer. If you bring back the least lmper-
rcctien te be made geed.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
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.
Xew, for exnmple, probably, there is net te be
leund In this city or in New Yerk muslin un
ilcrgarmentH equal te our regular stock except
at higher prices. We knew et no exception
whatever.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Southwest corner of the buUdlng.
J)Ui:BEU OYEIIGARMEXTS.
X De you knew, many are net or Rnbbcr.ut
all, and arc net waterproof? Wc sell as many
us nil Philadelphia besides ; real articles only ;
and guarantee them.
JOIIX WAXAMAKER.
Central aisle, near Marketstreet entrance.
T)E5lOVAL.
t MRS. M. A. EDWARDS ltei 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, &c., will Ins sold
cheaper than ever befere. Call and see.
nevSO-lmd
17 A O V "OOTS. SHOES AND LAST
XJXX.KJ JL made
en a new nrincinle. ins r
ing comfort for the feet.
Lasts made te order.
MILLER,
133 E.ist King street
BOOTS
leblt-tfd
.TEWEIJtT.
LOUIS WEBKK,
WATCnMAKEK.
Ne. 159 NORTH QUEEX STREET, near P. K.
K. Depot, Lancaster, Pa. Geld, Silver and
Nickel-cased Watches, Chains, Clocks, Ac.
Agent ter the celebrated Pantoscepic Specta
cles and Eye-Glosses. Repairing a specialty.
aprj-iya
A Fall Line or
A Fall Line et
A Full Line et
All Grades or
All Grades et
All Grades et
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
WATCHES, CLOCK.
CHAINS. LOCKETS.
CHAIXS, LOCKETS.
GUARDS, SPECTACLES,
GUARDS, SPECTACLES,
THERMOMETERS, Ac.,
THERMOMETERS, 4c,
at Lew Prices, Wholesale and Retail. JWFIne
Watch Repairing.
E. F. BOWMAN,
E. F. BOWMAN.
105 East King St.
10C East King St.
TOU THE HOLIDAYS.
An entire change lrem the Old Way et Doing
Business.
OX AMD AJTEE
DECEMBER 7th, 1880,
All et my goods will be
MAKKED DOWN
AXD IX PLAIN FIGURES.
Fen
CHRISTMAS GOODS
CALL AT
AUGUSTUS RHOADS'S,
JEWELER,
Ne. SO East King Street, Lancaster, Pu.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
DIAMOXDS. A large stock et splendid Seil
taire Ear-Rings with Lace Pius te mutch.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
WATCHES. The great team re of this season
Is the Introduction of the standard Watch.
Greatest value for its price.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
PORCELAINS. Elegant assortment of varied
and novel styles. Vases, Cups, Sunccrs,
Plates, Cabinet Decorations, &c.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
SILVER AND PLATED WARE. An immense
variety el articles or original dcalgu and
faultless taste.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
JEWELRY. A great stock or nil varieties et
Jewelry for ladies and gentlemen. Lace
Pins, Sleeve Buttens, Bracelets, Scarf
Pins, Rings, Ear-Ring.
Every article is marked lit Its lowest price,
which will net be changed.
BAMY, BAIS & BIDDLE,
12TH AND CHESTNUT STS.,
PHIIADELPHIA.
sepSKImilT T&:j
CIIlffA AND OZASSWAltE.
I!
CHINA HALL.
GOBLETS AT 4 CTS. EACH.
A 5 0T- COUNTER.
HIGH & MARTIN,
16 BAST KING STREET.
r a if Jilt itASOixea, -.
w
K HAVE A LOT OF
LIGHT COLOR
WINDOW SHADES,
Geed Patterns, that will be closed out at the
low price et fifty cents. These are a decided
bargain, us some have been reduced from one
dollar te llfty cents apiece.
IM.AIX WIXDOW SHADING bv the yard.
I lllue. Garnet. Brown, Old Geld. Lavender,
J Stene, Ac.
Cardinal, Urewn, Ecru, Green and White
SCOTCH HOLLANDS.
PAPER CURTAINS,
Spring Fixtures, Fringes, Leeps, Tassels, &c.
Opening almostdelly New Designs of
WALL PAPER.
Our stock Is Large and Attractive, of the
Newest Fashions.
me,
The Rest, Simplest and Chetpcst made.
PHARES W. FRY,
Ne. 57 NORTH QUEEN ST.
Haiuastrr Intelligencer.
THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 0, 1880.
SENIOR ORATION.
"HAVE WE REASON' TO BE PROUD
ur OUR COONTRV?"
By V. It. Heller. Class of ISS1, Franklin
and Marshall College,
Nations, like individual lyive their
faults, their fellie3 and their vices. Oars
is no exception. Though net burdened
with the evils which attend the govern
ments of the old world it nevertheless has
forms of error peculiar te itself, which,
unless checked, bid fair te undermine the
liberties it secures te us, and te sap the
vital energies of our national life.
Though the history of America as com
pared with that of ether nations, past and
present, is one of which her sons may just
ly be proud, yet in the brief period which
it covers, time and time agaiu things have
occurred which have neither wen respect
abroad nor tended te our improvement and
prosperity at home.
The pride andboastfulnessef Americans
in regard te their country have be
come proverbial. Orators and poets,
public and private citizens, all have united
in publishing her merits and sound iug her
praises, her virtues have been lauded te
the skies, her shortcomings have been ig
nored. But it is net well te beast until all diffi
culties have been surmounted and the van
tage ground assured, and te count nothing
a success until success shall have been
wen. Nene but he of keen foresight and a
clear understanding of the springs of hu
man thought and action can predicate
with any degree of certainty the successful
issue of human projects and undertakings.
Fourth of July orations te the contrary,
our government has net endured the test
of bulflcient experiment. Unless all
things earthly are shortly te come te au
end, the results of the last hundred years
are net a sufficient guarantee of the per
manency of our republican institutions.
AVe are yet in the formative period of our
cxistance. Much remains te be accom
plished, many trials and difficulties te be
overcome, social problems te be solved be
fore wc can safely say that we are estab
lished upon a sure basis.
Our country is great in the possession
of the bountiful gifts of nature, great in
the extent of its territory and great in the
number of its citizens. It is without a
peer in the achievements of inventive
skill aud the results of scientific discovery.
It is the greatest contributor te the prac
tical agriculture of the world ; the great
est promoter of commerce and civilization;
the greatest improver of personal, na
tional and international communication.
This and much mere has been done and
done within the short period of one htm
drcd years. If in se sheit a space of
time se much has been accomplished
are wc net justified in calling our
county great, and in regarding her future
prosperity and success as certain? Wc
answer that material resources, material
progress and intellectual advancement are
only conditions of a nation's greatness and
perpetuity ; they are te a people what heat
and moisture arc te a plant. As the
glory and perpetuity of a plant depend
net se much upon the outward inorganic
conditions as upon the quickening force
of the plastic power, the germinating prin
ciple, se the test of a nation's greatness
or the guarantee of its stability is net its
intellectual and material wealth, but
rather the degree in which the life and
spirit of Christianity become the ruling
and directing power in its national life.
Let us see whether America is en safe
ground in this respect.
"We have developed fast in the few years
that have been ours as a nation, but it
has been a one-sided development. If we
have gained much that our forefathers
never enjoyed wc have also lest much
which they deemed indispensable te true
national greatness and character. We
have lest these stern and rugged virtues
for which our ancestors were distinguish
ed. There is no mere that easy grace and
dignity of bearing, that simplicity of man
ner, that childlike faith, that firm trust
and reliance upon an all-wise Creater,
whose evcr-iuling providence guides and
controls the affairs of nations aDd of men.
One peculiarity of this age and of our
country, especially, is the sudden acquisi
tion of much physical knowledge ; and
with it a growing disregard for things sa
cred and divine. Infidelity and skepticism
are rife en every hand ; there seems, prae
tically, te be no recognition of the all-wisa
power of a Supreme licing who is ever
present and active in and through all His
works. The truths of revelation are ig
nored, and reason is made the arbiter of
human destiny.
The world was made for man and net
man for the world ; but Americans prac
tically declare that man was made for the
world. The things of time and sense are
sought for as an end in themselves,
stead of being used as means for the
velepment of the inner manhood,
1U-
de
the soul.
Wc lay much sticss upon the fact that
we are a nation of Christians, that our
land is a land of churches and gospel priv
ileges, and that it is distinguished for its
philanthropic spirit and opened-handed lib
erality. The greater part of our Christi
anity our philanthropy aud our liberality,
is such only in name. Hew small a portion
of the people attend places of worship,
and of that number hew many are, in a
great measure, indifferent ! By many re
ligion has been made dead, dry, mechani
cal and formal. Thcre is tee much that is
purely intellectual and theological in our
pulpit ministrations, tee much that is cold
and lifeless, aud net enough that is electri
fied by the warming, life-giving influence of
the Hely Spirit. Professing te be the fol
lowers of him who went about doing geed,
wc fail te fellow his example, and here, in
America, wc find that the peer de net have
the gospel preached te them. Slowly, but
surely a barrier is growing up between the
peer and the rich in the matter of religion.
In the house of Ged, where, if anywhere,
the peer should meet the rich upon a com
mon level, wc find them net.
The peer feel themselves slighted by the
fashionable church-going people. There
is a want of sympathy between the two
classes which is utterly at variance with
the spirit of true Christianity. Is it tnen
for the best interests of the country that
such a state of affairs should exist ?
Religion has vanished from our conver
sation, it is net carried into our daily life
and busincs concerns. And though we
profess allejriance te one that is purer and
mere ennobling than ever ancient Greece
or Reme possessed, we fail in giving te
ours that prominence which they accorded
te theirs. With them them religion was
primary in importance, and the acts afd
duties of life had force and meaning in te
far only as they were in accordance with
the divine decrces-Shall we then " in these
the world's riper yefcra, " with all the ac
cumulated wisdom, be put te shame by
Pagan nations of antiquity ? Recognizing
the truth that the history of the world
is the history of the church, de we as a na
tion work with an eye single for the wel
fare of the church and the final triumph
of the Redeemer's kingdom? If se, what
means this dearth of religious home train
ing, these hundreds and thousands spirit
ually destitute and uncared for; what
means this growing indifference te holy
things, this spirit of skepticism and infi
delity with which our land is filled? It
means that we make the world and its in
terests our first care, that we are bound
down by the things of time and sense.
As a result of this, indifferentisra te
wards the great things of heaven and
earth is fearfully prevalent, and net only
that, but positive atheism, as a natural
outcome, fellows in its wake. And this is
the case, net only among the masses, but
among men whose stores of knowledge
are rich and varied. On many heights of
learning arc altars lighted by strange fires
and the incense of adoring thousands rises
te mingle with their flames.
We beast of a free press and free
speech. The one fills the land with tens
of debasing and corrupting literature;
the ether permits a blatant, impudent
atheist frce scope te pervert youthful
minds by his blasphemous sophistries.
Wc speak of our public school system
as a model worthy of imitation, and of our
schools as the bulwark of American
liberty ; and yet, amidst the great variety
of intellectual pabulum upon which our
children daily feed, de wc find there the
moralities, the virtues and graces, which
arc the true pillars of a nation's strength?
It is te be feared that our schools in
their zeal te make intellects keen and vig
oreus, have permitted the moral aud rclig rclig
eus natures of their pupils te become dull
and weak. Listen te the utilitarian spirit
of the age. What is man unless he is well
versed in the affairs of this world, unless
he is sharp at driving a bargain, and skill
ed in all the details of business. What is
he unless he is thoroughly and decidedly
practical, unless he is able te estimate the
worth of every thing by its value in dol
lars and cents? In short, what is he unless
he can make money and plenty of it, for
the chief article in the creed of this age
runs thus : Meney is the principal thing ;
therefore, get money. Theoretically it is
net se, but practically it is se.
This utilitarian spirit has crept into our
schools, and our text books, aud the tone
of our teaching, and they all seem te tend
te the practical and intellectual. The head
is educated while the heart is neglected.
Mere intellectual enlightenment is the cry,
and evils will cease in proportion as the
light of intellect shines abroad. That en
lightenment has been and is new being af
forded, and yet we see no abatement of
evils, but increase rather. In halls of
legislation, in courts and tribunals, in state
and society, fraud and corruption, crime
and infidelity held rule with powerful
hand,
Loek at the picture of our social life as
it is presented te us daily. There ate blots
black as night in that picture ; there are
forms mere fiend-like than human ; crimes
of worse than brutal violence or savage
cruelty; crimes of treachery, cowardly
cunning and conspiracy ; breach of trust,
tyrannical extortion, groveling intemper
ance, sensuality gross and shameless.
The political picture is no less disgrace
ful. Wc beheld the wild and feverish rush
for place and power ; we sec the office
magnifying the man, and net the mau the
office. We leek in vain for statesmen.
We find instead crafty politicians, trick
sters and demagogues, who make the inter
ests of the country subservient te their own.
We see public virtue menaced by great
funds for election purposes, the public
conscience debauched and the tene of
popular morality debased, the nation is
sick from heart te hand, hew can -it be
-cured?
It is evident that an element much mere
powerful than mental culture is required
te cleanse the "Augean stables" of our
political coursers. A thorough moral edu
cation is needed, and the highest form of
that education can be reached only in
obedience te the will of the Creater tcvcal
cd in holy scripture. Wc must turn net
te Plate and Aristotle, but te inspired
prophet and apostle. Wc must open our
hearts te the spirit of the Dccaleunc and
the Sermon en the Mount. We must go
te Sinai and te Calvary and humbly re
ceive the sublime lessens there taught.
Indeed, if we wish for a vigorous, last
ing development of republican institu
tions, wc must unite with these, net only
intellectual teaching, but also a sound
moral education ; and that education has
its proper beginning in the family. "The
home is the cradle of the nation," and
whatever evils exist, they have their foun
dation there. Frem the family springs all
that can make a nation great, or that can
bring upon it ruin and disgrace.
If this government is te be in the true
sense a " government of the people, by the
people, and for the people," if it is te be
continued te grew and prosper, then let the
energies of the wise and geed be directed
te the right ordering of the natiun's homes.
Let them be Christian homes, and civil
service reform will take care of itself.
America enjoys many advantages and
blessings, but she has also great responsi
bilities. She stands te-day in a great de
gree as the interpreter of the past, the
prophet of the future. Te her are confid
ed the truths and principles for which
many of the wise and geed of past ages
have suffered, bled and died ; te her they
leek for recognition aud vindication.
Thespirits of the ages are bending with
anxious solicitude ever her, imploring her
te be faithful te her trust, aud pointing
with warning fingers te the -many wrecks
strewn along the sheics of time.
The muse of history with tearful eyes,
sick at heart ever the sad history of six
thousand years, the painful record of
sword, and fire, aud sorrow, lays by her
pen for awhile, and with inquiring gaze
seeks te picrce the dim vista of futurity.
She longs for the dawn of the gped time
coming, she waits with eager expectancy
for the rise of America's sun. Shall her
record be but a repititien of the past,
shall she become the great free failure of
the modern world, announcing the geed
things that arc te come, but tee weak te
display and enjoy them ? Time alene can
tell, but the decisive hour is at hand.
If the signs of the times are true indica
tors, her future weal or wee will be in
great measure determined by the events
of the next quarter of a century.
There will be strifes and con
flicts, a warfare net of arms, but
of moral forces. There will be
needed stout hearts aud firm faith in the
power of Christianity ; and te the end that
the issue of the contest may be the
strengthening and upbuilding of whatever
is pure and geed in American manhood,
let our youth be taught right habits of
thought, right views of life ; imbue them
with a leve of country, and a spirit of
watchful patriotism.
Dispel the distrust and want of sym
pathy between the rich and peer ; let the
rich and the learned alike threw off
that coldness and reserve which marks
their bearing towards these beneath them.
Let them net in the spirit of selfishness
keep te themselves what is best of thought
and action, but like the sun which daily
sets in motion the busy springs and wheels
of vegetable life, let them come daily and
hourly in vital contact with the lower
classes, raising them te new points of
progress, and starting te new lifc,tbe. bet
ter impulse of their natures. '" H
They are te aid in banishing the mater
ialistics conceptions which fill thetnindsef
that mighty array of toilers, the bone and
siuew of the nation, te teach them nature's
meaning, te help them te high and holy
aspirations, te incite them te a love of the
true, the beautiful, the geed.
If these conditions shall be fulfilled, our
nation's glory and permanance will be as
sured, and with the Bible as our compass
and Christ our leading star, our noble ship
of state will ride in safety ever the troubled
sea of time.
Anti-Flannel.
A Bosten physician, for whose age. ex
perience and standing the Bosten Qlebe
vouches, argues te a reporter of that jour
nal against the popular custom of wearing
flannel in cold weather. Here is a bit of
his experience : " Some years since I was
personally an illustration of the flannel
theory aud felt compelled te de as ethers
did, ever increasing the thickness and
quantity of my clothing, and at that time
wearing flannel next te the skin. I became
mere and mere susceptible te change and
exposure. I could feel an cast wind before
leaving the house. The conclusion was
forced upon me that I must leave this Xew
England climate for seme ether less try
ing te my system, and especially te my
lungs. I found by careful observation of
the tendencies iti my case that there was
an ever-sensitiveness iu the outer skin
from the depressing aud overheating prop
erties iu the flannel worn, while the mu
cous membranes, or internal skins, were
also affected, evidently by the driving
back and inward from the surface much
that .should escape from the system
through external channels. The greatest
medical observer of the nineteenth cen
tury lays stress upeu the necessity of
removing flannel from the skin and
substituting cotton and linen during the
treatment of many chronic diseases.
Applying this test te myself, I re
solved te try the experiment of a
change of clothing instead of climate.
In doing se I regained my lest vitality and
have new a capacity for endurance and
contempt for exposure few can beast of.
It convinced me of the absolute correctness
of the theory and practice I have ever since
adopted, and most successfully, especially
among children, and making no
exceptions with adults', young and old,
male and female which is, that non-conductors
of heat, of which flannel is the
most common and popular type, should
net be permitted te overdo their work
through excess of enervation or depression
and thus prevent a healthy and natural
action of the skin. This is tee often the
case where flannels are worn in accord
anee with the prevailing custom.
ClIKISTMAM COMING.
What the Shep-keepers are Delus.
Wc are within little mere than two
weeks of the gladsome Christmas time,
and the inllucncc of the season is felt very
sensibly in trade circles. The times are
reasonably geed, if butter is creeping to
ward fifty cents a pound, money is easy,
and the custom of giving Christmas pres
ents has very rapidly grown mere common
iu this community in the past few years.
Appreciating this, our local tradesmen
in every line of business make ample
preparation for the activity which charac
terizes trade about this time, and the re
sult is seen net only in the extensive well
arranged and beautiful displays of
goods which greet the eye and tempt
the appetite en every highway of
trade, but in the large number of
"shoppers," who are already seen en their
way from store te store, inquiring, sampling-,
tasting, Ordering, selecting and buy
ing for the holidays. According te the
means or tastes of the purchasers their at
tention is given te the necessities, luxu
ries or the extravagances which arc speci
alties of the Christmas trade. In dry
goods, notions, books, jewelry, furni
ture, no mere than in clothing,
beet.-i and shoes, groceries and bread
stuffs, unwonted preparation is made
for Christmas and a sensible impulse
te trade is being manifested, Indeed it is
doubtful whether the best appreciated
gifts arc net these which minister most
(liicctiy te the necessities of the recipients.
Manybrightcycsglittcr.it the bestowal
of diamonds, hves and furs, of sumptuous sumptueus
ly bound books and rare bric-a-brac, and
all this is well as indicative and prometive
of the refinements of life. But a ten of
coal dropped en some peer widow's pave
ment, a bag of potatoes, a barrel of apples,
a sack of flour fitly bestowed, will be
ti ensure s deposited where the dividends
arc high and safe.
The present season is i ich in nevcltic,
and whether in search of necessities or
luxuries our renders can all be suited.
Fer young and old ; fashionable and plain ;
for comfeit, use or ornament ; for house
adornment or personal wear ; at low prices
or high, what they want can be found at the
stores and shops, and if they don't knew
what they want the tradesmen who adver
tise in the IxTnM.ienKCEit can speedily
Suggest something te please them if our
readers will give them a call. The
earlier you go the better advantage? of
selections you will have.
AKKKSTKD IN CLKVKCAND.
Charged With Triple Murder.
Tiie Cleveland police have arrested a
creele, who gave his name as Geerge Bout Beut
ell, en suspicion of butchering a family of
three persons, named Gonzalees ncarMan
tanzas, Cuba, about three mouths age.
It is alleged that the crime was a most
horrible ene,::ud that after its perpetration
the triple murderer fled te England closely
followed by a detective. There he managed
however te elude pursuit and took a
steamer for the United States. The per
son arrested had been in Cleveland but a
few days when Walter Milligan, a colored
man employed at the Leader newspaper
ellicc, met him, and, being informed that
the stranger had traveled considerably
and talked several languages, brought
him te the city department rooms for the
rcpeitcrs te interview if desired. Before
the reporters had seen him Milligan read
in an exchange an account of the terrible
Cuban tragedy, and found that Beutell
exactly answered the description given of
the criminal, lie reported the matter te
the .superintendent of police who claims te
believe that Beutell is the murderer
sew-lit. The prisoner says that he escap
ed from slavery iu Cuba about two months
age, and after an exciting voyage across
the gnlf reached the United States. Here
he was given aid which enabled him te
reach Kansas City, and afterward Cleve
land. He professed te be very devout
while in the police station.
A MANIAC'S AXE.
Tallin'; the Uvea et Three Persons A Lu--.latlc'd
Terrible Crime.
Leuis Teckstein, of Chester, 111., was
a'l judged insane and ordered sent te the
Jacksonville asylum. Twe guards kept
him at the hotel. Next morning, when
water wa3 brought him te wash,he dashed
it in the guard's face, broke through the
window of the room and ran away. About
a quarter of a mile from the town is the
house of Themas Ryan, aged 68. With
him lived his widowed daughter, with her
two children-agirlef 12and aboyyeungcr.
Entering this house the naked Teckstein
eidcied the inmates te kneel and pray as
they had but fifteen minutes te live. All
obeyed but the boy who escaped and
alarmed the neighbors. When .they
reached the house they found Ryan and
his daughter with their skulls crushed by
an axe and the headless body of the little
girl lying en the fleer. The maniac rushed
en te the next house, swinging evor his
head the bloody head of the child he had
murdered and findintr enlv a servant trirl
there ordered her te kneel. She screamed
and help arriving he was arrested. He
was brought te East St. Leuis en the way
te Jacksonville.
Tepnlar discrimination Intavoref Dr. Hull
Couch Syrup has given it u lamer sale than
any ether remedy et Its class. Price 25 cents.
MJtCJtlCAL.
KIDNEY WORT.
THE ONLY MEDICINE
IN EITHER LIQUID OR DKY FOKM
That Acts at the Same Time en
The Liver,
The Bowels,
and the Kidneys.
These great organs are the natural eleanera
Of the system. If they work well, health
will bepertect. If they become- closed dread
till diseases are sure te billow with
TERRIBLE SUFFERING.
Biliousness, Jlemlaehv, Dyspepsia, Jainulietr,
Constipation, 1'iles, Kirfnai Complaints.
Oravel, Diabetes, Jthcuniatic J'aint or Aches,
are developed became the bleed U iioiseiied
with the humors that should be expelled nat
urally. KIDNEY WORT Will Restore
the healthy action and u'.l Uicm; destroying
evils will be banished ; neglect them and you
will live but te sutler.
Tlieu.sanis have been cured, 'fry It and you
will ndd one mere te the number. Take it and
health will once mere gladden your heart.
Why sutler longer lrem the torment et an
aching back?
Why bear such i!Utres- from Constipation
and riles T
Kid-iev-Wert will cure you. Try It at once
anil be satisfied. Your druggist has it. Price
ttl.OO.
49" It is put up in Dry Vegetable Ferm, iu
43-tin cans, one package of which makei sK
49" quarts of medicine.
43 Alse In Liquid Ferni.vcry Cencent rutnt
43 ler the convenience et these who cannot
43-readily prepare It. It aett with equal
4S efficiency in either form.
WELLS, RICHARDSON A; CO., l'rep's,
Iturluigten, Vt.
(Will send the dry pest-paid.)
dccG lyd.twl
SlILLINKllY.
IIOUOIITO.VS
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nuubiiiiM-n
MIM.IXEUY GOODS,
MIM.IXEKY GOODS,
HOUGHTON'S
14 AT
M. A. HOUGHTON'S,
r NOUTH QUEEN STKEET.
FINE HATS,
FINE HATS.
ISOXXETS,
BONNETS.
I.AKGEOSTKICH FU.ATHERS
OTKICH TII'S.
PUJSH AM. SHADES.
S1I.K VEIA'KTS, SILKS.
SATINS, fr'KIXGES. LACKS
KID GLOVES.
CHEAP
CHEAP
CHEAP
CHEAP
CHEAP
CHEAP
STOKE.
STORE.
STOKE.
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FINEST
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CRAPES.
CRAPE VEILS,
CORSETS,
CUFFS,
COLL Airs.
NECKTIES. ASSORTMENT
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nu 47 iiiusi, -uiiu'ijh! aim
;rcutua Variety of
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ASSORTMENT
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Millmery Goods
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MILLINERT
MILLINERY
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GOODS.
COOPS.
GOODS.
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GOODS.
IN THE CITY.
M. A.
25 North Queen St.
URUVEKtJCS.
YirUOLllSAI.K AND KKTAII..
SEVAN'S FLOUK
AT
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Ne. 227 NORTII PRINCE STREET.
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Is the plan: lertlicchcunelandthebeal
WINES, LTQU0RS,
GROCERIES. .
Ne. 203 WEST KING STREET.
-VTOW KEADY.
HOLIDAY GROCERIES !
FOREIGN FRUITS, viz.: Raisins, Prunes.
Currants, Citren, Pruni-lle, Dates, Figs,
Oranges, Lemens, White Grupes, fee.
DOMESTIC FRUITS Evaporated Peaches
and Apples, Cranberries, &c.
NUTS New Princess Pnper fchell Almein!.
Brazil Nuts. Engli-ni Walnuts. Filberts,
Pecan Nuts, New shell-barka, &c.
PURE SPICES We guarantee our splei-s
strictly purcaud fre&b ground.
FLAVORING EXTRACTS Biiinclt's. Kel Kel
lezg'a and Royal Flavoring Extract:), Rese
and Orange atcra.
NEW ORLEANS 3IOLASSES new in Stock.
TABLE JrYRUP A great bargain in Table
fcyrep ; only 12"c a quart.
CONFECTIONS We are adding te our sleck
a large supply of Pure Candies. tine mix
tures ; the ce'lebrated Chisago Caramels at
30c a pound ; try them.
SPECIAL BARGAINS
new offering. Don't fail te call and see.
BURSK'S,
NO. 17 EAST KING STBEET.
!iev2fj-lyd
MABBLju WQ.KKS.
WM. P. PRAHiEY'S
MONUMENT All MARBLE WORKS
758 Nena umen Street, Lancaater, Pa.
MONUMENTS, HEAD AND FOOT STONES,
GARDEN STATUARY.
CEMETERY LOTS ENCLOSED, Ac.
All work guaranteed and satisfaction gh en
I n every partlcnlar.
N.B. Remember, works a, the extreme end
et North Queen rttreet. m
-1RAIH SPECULATION
JT In large or small amount. $25 or $30,00.
Wrlte W. T. SOULB 4 CO.. Commission Mer
chants, ISO La Salle street, CIi!eii). III., fereir
uUra. , nxa-iyd