THE CIDER Mat.
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.
Under the blue New England skies,
Flooded with sunabine avalleyTies,
The mountains clasp it,warm and sweet,
Lie a sunny child to their rooky feet. ;
Three pearly lakes and a hundred
Bike on its quiet heart of dreams.
Its meadows are greenest ever Seen,
Its harvest fields have the brightest sheem.
> Through its trees the softest sunlight shakes
And the whitest lilies gem its lakes.-,
I love, oh! better than words can tell, >
Its every rook and grove, and dell;
Bat most Hove the gorge where the rill
Comes down by the old brown cider mill.
Above the clear spring gurgle out,
And the upper meadows wind about;
Then join, and under willows flow
Bound knolls where blue-beech whip-stocks
grow.
To rest in a shaded pool that keeps .
The oak trees clasped in crystal deeps.
Sheer twenty feet the water falls
Down the Old dam’s broken walls.
Spatters the knobby bowlders gray,
And laughing, hies in the shade away,
Under great roots, though trout pools still,
With many a tumble down to the mill,
All the way down the nut-trees gro%
And squirrels hide above and below.
Acorns, beachnuts, chestnuts there
Drop all the fall through the hazy air;
And burrs rojj down with curled-up leaves,
In the mellow light of harvest eves.
Forever there the still, old trees
Drink a wine of peace that has no lees.
By the roadside stands the cider mill,
Where alowland slumber waits the rul;
A great, brown bnilding, two-stories high,
On the western hill face, warm and dry;
And odorous piles of apples there
Fill with incense the golden air;
And heaps of pumice, mixed with straw,
To their amber sweets the late flies draw.
The carts back up to the upper door,
And spill their treasures on the floor;
Down through the toothed wheels they go
To the wide, deep cider press below,
And the screws are turned by slow degrees
Down on the straw-laid cider cheese.
Aqd with each turn a fuller stream
Bursts from beneath the groaning beam.
An amber stream the gods might sip,
And fear no sorrow’s parchedlip.
Bat wherefore gods? Those ideal toys
soulless to real New England boys.
What classic goblet ever felt
Such thrilling touches through it melt,
As throb electric along a straw
When boyish lips the cider draw?
The years are heavy with weary sounds,
And their discord life’s sweet music drowns:
But yet hear, oh! sweet oh! sweet,
The m! that bathed my bare, brown feet;
And yet the cider drips and falls
On my inward ear at intervals;
And I lead at times in a sad, sweet dream,
To the babbling of that little stream;
And sit in a visioned antumn still,
In the suhny door of the cider mill.
Semantic History o t an Oil Prince How
Jobnny Steele Became a MilUonaireand
a Beggar.
The Meadville Journal publishes the
following sketch of the career of Johnny
Steele, “the young oil prince of Venango
county," whose farm—the Steele farm
on Oil Creek was recently sold for taxes
due the Government:
This farm, more generally known, “on
the Creek,” as the Widow McClintock
farm, is immediately opposite the flour
ishing little town of Rouseville,and was
amongst the first of the oil-producing
farms of the valley. Early in 1863 the
Van Slyke- well, pn this farm, was
struck, and flowed for some time at the
rate of 2,500 barrels per day, and several
wells yielding from 200 to 800 barrels were
struck at later periods. Besides these,
there were ‘ many smaller wells, and
the territory, though sadly mismanaged
is still regarded, as the best in the oil
region. In 1864 Widow McClintock
died from the effects of hums received
while kindling a fire with crude oil. At
this time,the average daily, income from
the landed interest of the farm was
552,000, and by her will the property,
with all her possession in money, was
left, without reservation, to her adopted
son, John W. Steele, then about twenty
y, e ? rs ago. In the iron safe where the
old lady kept her money, was found
$150,000, two-thirds of the amount in
greenbacks', and the balance in gold.
Mrs. McClintock was hardly cold in her
coffin before young Steele, who appears
to have had nothing naturally vicious in
nis composition, was surrounded by a set
of vampyres, who clung to him as long
as He had a dollar remaining. The
millionaire’s head was evidently turned
®y ffood fortune, as has been
that of many : an older man who
made his “pile in oil,” and he was
of the impression that his money
Would accumulate too rapidly unless it
was actually thrown away, and throw it
away he did. Many the stories con
ceminghis career in New York and
Philadelphia savor strongly of fiction
and would not be credited, were they
not so well authenticated. Wine, wo
men, horses, faro and general debauchery
soon made a wreck of that princely for
tune, and in twenty months Johnny
Steele squandered two millions of dol
lars. Hon. John Morrissey, M. C.,“went
through” him at faro, to the amount of
§lOO,OOO in two nights; he bought high
priced turn-outs, and after driving
around ah hour or two, gave them away;
equipped a large minstrel troupe and
presented each member with a diamond
pm and ring, and kept about him beside
two or three men who were robbing him
day by day. He is now filling the hon-
P°, 81t !? n of dcor keeper for Skiff.
Gayiord’s mmistrels, the company
he organized, and is, to use a very fex
* kutnot strictly classical phrase,
~C o“ Pl ete,y played out.” '
(Stained by those who
oalrorked so assiduously to effect Steele’s 1
gave little permanent benefit to its
person most brazen and
atbuiefly instrumental in bringing about
r £be present condition of affair was the
8 fEffIN&BgIiEgIfSATURDAY, DECEMBER 22.1866 —TRIPLE SHEET.
notorious Sethßlocum, who hung around
this city several- weeks last summer.
He was worth at one time over $lOO,OOO,
which he had “captured” from Steele,
and laid aside for a rainy day, but when
the latter’s money vanished, this
amount soon took unto itself wings, ibid
he is at present known among his 'old
associates as a “dead-beat.” At last
accounts Slocum was incarcerated in the
jail of a neighboring county, for various
breaches of the peace, and wasunable
to obtain bflii in the sum of $5OO.
Exemplifications these of the old adage,
“easy come, easy go,” or that other,
“fools and their money are soon parted.’
The Bell Bird.
Wandering in a tropic forest amidst
the gorgeous growths and wild garlands
of climbing vine and brilliant blossoms,
in the etaty morning, one’s ears arelite
,raUy pained with .the mingled din that
comes from everywhere; above, below,
behind, before, right and left; curious
cries, jubilant songs, angry discussions,
growls,.snarls, croaks, and hisses, from
bird, beast, insect, and reptile, make the
jungle a Very Babel of unintelligible
sounds. Then as the scorching sun-rays
pierce the clustering tangle of vegetable
life, one by one the sounds die away, the
flowers close their petals, the leaves droop
languidly from every branch andspray;
not a breath of air stirs even the delicate
treeferns; the stillness is that of death,
as if the world of things had ceased'to be.
As you crouch under the , wide leaves
of th& plantain, seeking-shelter from'
the burning heat, suddenly a loud sound
is heard, like a deep, full-toned bell; a
short time elapses, and again it sounds,
and so on at intervals of three or four
minutes; often other singers join in the
peal, ana then the “forest chimes” toil
their mournful music from fair and near.
You cautiously qreep out, and peer cii
riously in the direction of the noise, to
discover what living creature could
produce a sound so exactly like a bell.
At last you spy him out, and catch him
in the very act, seated on the top of a
dead palm—his belfry- By travelers he
is aptly named the 1 ‘ bell-bird. ’ ’
On the top of the head there is some*
thing like the horn of the fabled unicorn.
This tube of flesh is hollow, and com
municates with the palate. When the
“bell bird” is silent, this strange spire
like affair hangs down over the beak,
just as the red fleshy wattle dangles on
the front of a turkeycock’s head; but
when sounding his bell-like voice, it is
filled tightly with air and stands erect
and stiff as a horn.
A late traveler says: “At a distance of
three miles you may hear this snow
white bird tolling every four or five
minutes like a distanteonvent bell.”
A Hazardous Adventure! —Our
readers will remember the report pub
lished a few days ago, that a vessel was
in distress off Point an Pellee. The De
troit •JPree Press relates the following of
thq, vessel, and the manner in which she
was relieved:
On Tuesday evening intelligence was
received in this city by the director of
the tug aesociation that a large sized
vessel was lying in Lake Erie, some
twelve miles below the Clay Banks, and
six miles distant from shore, sur
rounded by ice, with a flag of distress
flying from her mast-head. As it
was generally presumed that all the
vessels had arrived in port and had
gone into winter quarters’ the event
was entirely unlooked for, and the cir
cumstances by which it was surrounded
were of the most hopeless character. The
association tugs had nearly all iaid up,
and even were it otherwise, it would
require a man of stout heart and strong
nerve to venture on so hazardous an ex
pedition. The feat, however, was un
dertaken by the tug Satellite, one of the
most powerful on the river, and com
manded by Cap. Hiram Eames, who was
never known to falter in thehour of peril.
The steamer reached the distressed vessel
at about daylight on iWedpesday morn
ing, when she was found to be the schr.
Jane Balaton,of Gibraltar, in a helpless
condition, with her crew unable to re
lieve themselves from their ice bound
situation, and nearly disheartened from
making any further attempts to that
end. Captain Eames, with his crew
immediately set to word in getting the
vessel’s anchor up, the chains leading
to which have become frozen in the
horsepipes, and completely hidden from
view by the ice. After some two or
three hours’ vigorous labor,and notwith
standing the extreme cold and a pierc
ing wind, the task was accomplished
and the vessel taken in despite of the
immense quantities of ice. Captain E.
gained access to the port of Gibraltar
With* his charge, to the great joy of her
almost famished crew and their friends
on sljore. Praise is justly due to Captain
E. and his men, for so determinedly
braving the elements on so perilous an
occasion.
A Bit of A Sliver.— Before Justice
F—— at San Juhn, Nevada county,
California, was brought a Hibernian,
charged with assault and battery, on a
fellow countryman. Many witnesses
were examined: and, finally, Jimmy
C was called to the stand.
”‘Mr. C —-, state what yon know
about this case.”
‘‘Well, your Hftnor, Barney and Pat
riefe had a bit of a -quarrel about some
wood they had been cutting. They were
standing near the, woodpile in front, of
the house, and after jawing, a little
Barney picked up a bit of a sliver,
and gave Patrick a little tap on the head,
and he went over on to the woodpile—
and that was all there was about it.”
“You say Barney hit Patrick on the
head with a bit of sliver. What kihdof
a sliver was that?”
“Well, your Honor, ’twas a small
thing—a bit of a chip.”
“But we want to know how big it was;
give us your idea of how big it wSs.”
“Well, your honor (after some hesi
tation), I think it was about two feet
long, and about as big round as my
wrist:” J
SEOEGE PLOWMAIj
6ARPENTER AND BUILDER.
832 OARTBB STBEIE'a
„ . • - _ab« in nook otbh'vt.
Mar.hln. Wert m: Mmwritlng promptly attend,!
--j ~ ■ - lylf-tpl ■>
HOBKI
GOODYEAB’S,
; SoBChestnutstreet,
„N. B.—vr. have * NEW ana CHEAP ABTIGLaoi
GARDEN: and. PAVEMENT HOSE, vary cheap, tt
Which the attention of the tmblla Is caua«? ;
WJWW 'TOBKET ■ PETTNES, OUKBANTa, ■ *O.-
JLI Hew Turkey Prunes, quality very fine: New Crop
Currants, Orange ana Lemon Peel, New Malaga Le
mons, landing and Sir. sale by ;JOS, 'B; BUSSIEB A
CO., ICS South Delaware avenuo, w
6CTTB!FPBHISEISG SOOBt
HOLIDAY GIFTS
■ FOR .
GEMLEIIEN,
IN GREAT VARIETY, AT >
Amer’s.
• ; : ; _{■ \ • V,-.- *' *
(late of Q.A« Hoffman’s.) . ■
'KCEIE BHXBT’MAISnjPApTOBY*
No 101 NORTH NiiflTH STREET;
Alargeassortment of
SCARFS. TIES, GLOVES. <6O.
de2G-12tl BUITABLB FOB FHE3ENTB.
OLIVER PRESS,
No. 44 N, Sixth Street,
Between Market and Arch streets", Philadelphia,
£ as a lull assortment of
g:
SHIRTS,
OOLLABS,
GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS.
YOBK Haw*™*,,
o'WAMSUTTA MHSlin, only (3 h.
BOY'S *HXBTS on hand sindmadeto order.
A Überal reduction made to wholesale buyers.
_A foU stock of Welsh; Shaker and Canton Flannel
Undershirts and Drawers.. Also; Scarft, -NeSSf*
Cloves; Suspenders, etc.; In great variety.- " ecKße ”-
T. L.JACOBB. ■
no6-2mJ No. 1226 CHESTNUT Btreeit; Phllada.
R 1 OH A B n B A Y B B .
TKKTCABS WITH X EPBB MOOES & JOHN Q.
Has opened at
■ 80. 58 North SIXTH Rtreet.
.Below Arch street, Philadelphia.
And to manufacture .
The Improved
_ ~ SHOULDER SEAM SHIRT,
Invented by J. Burr Moore, which for ease arid com
fort carrot be surpassed. dell-lm}
OIOTHISe.
HALLOWELL ft BON.
534 Market Street
Hallowell ft Son, 534 Market Street
Hallowell ft too, 534 Market Street.
BOYS’ OOTHIKG.
BOYS’ CLOTHING.
BOYS’ CLOTHING.
Splendid Assortment.
Splendid Assortment.
Splendid Assortment,
Reduced Prices.
Bednced Prices.
Ball before pnrchaUng elsewhere.
Great inducements!
YOUTHS' and BOYS’ CLOTHING
BKIiMISG OFF AT A QBE AT SACRIFICE,
Of the Lease-expiring by tbs Ut of Jannary.
•W e otier alarge and fine assortment of Tooths' and
Boys wear, made of the beat materials and latest
styles, at very low prices. „
Call and examine tire goods a£
-Aglfclg No. 921 CHlKl'NUTstreet
REMOVAL.
REMOVAL.
THE GIRARD FIRE AND MARINE IN
SURANCE COMPANY
HAVE BEMOVED TO THEIB
NEW OFFICE
N. E. cor. Chestnut and Seventh Sts,
PHILADELPHIA. . del3tf
: BROWN’S
* s TRUNK STORE
||removed
from 708 Chestnut street, to
S. E. CORNER OP
FOURTH AND OHEBTJSUT STS.
Large Btock, and assortment of
THUNKS, VALISES, HAGS, RETICULES.
POCKET-BOOKS, FLASKS,
dressing-cases.
delS-ICtJ
T. S. BROWN,
8. E. Corner Fourth and Chestnut Bt*.
FRAMES, «tC
GEORGE O. BEUKAUEff,
„ , Manufacturer of
°G^pH^PLCToklpß^^! , G: U° TO '
MOULDINGS and CORNICES,
No. 329 ARCH Street, Philadelphia.
Chromo-Lithographs, Paintings, and. a great va
riety of Engravings on hand.
WHOLEHAM ANpffijeTATT.
LOOKING GLASSES.
J. OOWPLAND;
63 South fourth Street, near Oheitnut
se7-4m{
Look i look « look ih-t. elwood Walton
Ho; 46 N. SECOND atreet, sells Looking Glasses
Picture Frames, Photograph Frames ana Albums
cheaper than any_store m the Union. Call and see
a i f ? con J > Etreet ] above Christ Church,
Fhilada. P, S.—The trade supplied. del9 4tJ
MIIIIISERY.
{Rfo MBS. B. DIIL9S, Nos. 323 and 331
SOUTH street, has a handsome assortment of
MILLINERY ‘.for the HOLIDAYS, Also," SILKS,
VELVETS, BIBBONS, FEATHERS,FLOWERS and
FRAMES, Ladles who make their own Bonnets Bnp
delBl2l}
plied with dll the materials.
M’OOLLIN & RHOADS.
PLTJMBEBS,
Steam and Gas Fitters,
NO. ISSI MARKET STREET,
■ ; PHILADELPHIA. -
: Special attention given to supplying Country Beats
with Portable water Works and Gas Works,
dew-stuthtatf ‘ .
Preston Steam Laundry.
WASHING, STARCHING, SCOURING
AND CLEANSING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES
Best work at lowest prices.
Office, 1309 Chestnut St.
’S WRAPPBBS,
STOCKS, 4c.
hots’ riimnxG,
HOTS’ CLOTHING,
HOTS’ CLOTHING.
ae22-«m*
IJie attention or Shippers to South American Porta
and the Trade gemgaUylla called to thefqOowlm? Oe
lebrated Bruidsof FLOURmade from NKW WHEAT
and ef which they are the sole reoelyera In this city.
IVOBYSHEAF,
BT. LOUIS,
LANGLEY'S CHOICE,
NED'S MTT.Tft,
BUBAL, ,
PASCAGOULA,
i ANTI-PANIC,
f r GKANITE,
Thla Flour fc put op In the very beat roend hoop
packages and win be sold In lota to salt. v
R J. RIDDELL& CJO,
S. W. corner Broad and Vino itreeU,
gfi22-tf
&& SIMON QARTLAND,
UNDERTAKER,
So. 35 Sontb Thirteenth Street.
Int ermente made in allthe CJemeterieg
deuami
GOODS FOR LADIES.
LADIES' CLOAKS,
Now Open,
A PINE
TERIAIB AND NEWEST DESIGNS, AT
AGNEWft ENGLISH’S,
JSSLS? 11131 Ninth Street.
A NO. ONE
W I G- A. IN' S
FOR SKIRT FACINGS.
I Invite the attention of the WHOLESALE TRADE
to my| Btock of SILESIA S, COLORED and TANDY
SLEEVE LININGS, CORSET JEANS, PRINTED
CLOAKINGS, VEST PADDINGS, 4c., on hand and
receiving from Philadelphia and Pastern Tn.nnfm-.
turers*
THOMAS R. GILL,
nol2-mwa3m{ 6 STRAWBERRY Street.
FURS. FURS.
JOSEPH ROSENBAUM ftCO.
offer their splendid assortment of fresh and well made
Pnra at the most reasonable prices. Also carriage
BobesilMnfflera, Gloves, Ladles’ Hoods, etc. Please
give ns a can. Store, die ARCH Street, above Fourth,
aonth side \
P* B.—Just finished another lot of these very, fine de-
Eo™:, also, best Siberian Squirrel,
Chinchilla, Royal Ermine, choicest GermucPltch,
Children a Furs, Trimmings, etc.
*S»No business tranaac tod ou Saturdays. del3-lm*
FBIMnLTBBE ASU
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year.
GOULD 4 00.,
UNION FUBNITUBB DEPOTS, Oaroer NINTH
and MARKET Streets, and Not. 27 and 29 North
second street,
Invite all their cld customeraand as many new ones
aa will come to see their elegant and large assortment
of FURNITURE, suitable for Presents or otherwise.
RLCffPS ASP SHADES.
B. J. WILLIAMS,
STo, 16 NOBTH SIXTH BTBESI
manufacturer of
VENETIAN BLINDS
AND
WLNDOW SHADES.
ih
Store Shades mads and lettered, est-tf
LIQUORS,
' Bwttnci to Gee. V. Gray, 9
BREWER,
24,26, 23 and SO Boath Sixth St, PhOad’a
v-sv FrntOU Stock A Sst-BnraAla, 8 ;
iwnr MwStglrto^Sy
HER MAJESTY!
CHAMPAGNE, !
J*. S’. DUNTQhr,
tet soars ms? «?.. «em tetm. ■
\lfrNEH.—The attention of the trade la solicited Ic
following very choice Wines, 4c., for sale by
JOSEPH F. DUNTON, No. 161 South FRONT street
above vvAlnut:
hIADELRAS—OId Inland, 8 jean old.
H.HRRlEB—Campbell <fc 0e.,. single, double and
triple Grape, £, Crusoe* Sons, Budolpn. To pax. Riet
b Danish, Crown And P. Valletta.
VeUlo Be»L Hanlon ane
BebeUo Valente 4 Co., Vintages 1536 to isss.
CLARETS—Cross Fils Freres and St. Eatepha Cha
teanLnmlny.
VERMOUTH—G. Jonrdan, Brive 4 Co.
MUSCAT—de Fron ttgnan,
CHAMPAGNEB—Ernest Irrony, “Golden Star.*
Majesty andßoyal Cabinet and otho
UIHAMPAGNK.—Booche, Fils * Co Star Green
v> SeaL Just received, afresh Invoice of the above
now is store, and for sale by Js. P. MLDDLETjN, No
shorth Front street, sole Agents for the United
Stases. de2l-St}
fW) WHiSKlha,—coo um. rare oiu Wtieu, Ry,
UF Bourbon and Monongahela Whiskies, fbr sale by
B. P. MIDDLETON,
's North Front strati
CLOTHS, CASSIMERE3, <ftO.
ni£CTS, OUSntBKEB AJN'D VEHTINGb.
JAMPB & USE Invite the attention otthelr Mends
and others to their large and well assorted stock os
Goods, adapted to men’s and hoys’ wear, compnslm
la part
Slack French Cloths,
Bice French Cloths,
Colored French Cloths,
__ . OVERCOAT CLOTHS,
Black French Beavers,
Colored French Beavers,
Black Esquimaux Beavers,
Colored Esquimaux Beav&s,
Bice and Black Pilots,
Black French Casslmeres,
Black French Doeskins.
Fancy Gasalmeree,
Mixed and striped Cssaimeres,
Plaid and silk Mixed Casslmerei
Satinets, all quail ties.
Cords, Beavrrteena, <&&,
vestl tuts, all vradM
At wholesale and retail, by JamSalkk. m
__go I llNorthSecondat.. Sign of the QoM«mTaw\
HOOP hKIBTS.
fiOQ HOOP SKIRTS. . rtQQ
040. LATEST STYLE, JUST OUT. 040.
ATL,fbr the Promenade, 2>* yds.round,
THE CHAMPION TRAIL, for the Drawing-Room
• . 8 yards round.
These Skirts are In every way the most dolrable that
wehaye hereto tore offered to the public; also, com
plete Ikies of ladles’, Misses’ and Childrens’ Plain and
Trail Hoop Skirts, from 23* to 4 yards in circmnfer
ence.of every length,all of "our own make.” wholesale
and retail, and warranted to give satisfaction.
Constantly on Jiand, low-priced INew *ork made
Skirts. Plain and Trail. 2» springs. 90cents: 25 serines,
fl; so springs, $l lO, and 40 springs, sh 25. f gs-
Skirts made to order, altered and repaired.
Call or send for Circular of **tyles, sizes and prices.
Manufactory and Batesiooms,
No. 628 Arcb Street.
WM. T. HOPKINa
E L
noM-smj
OU E .
IN ALL THE BEST MA-
J. W. PROCTOR & C 0„
INAUGURATION
-v OF
A CHEAP DEPARTMENT
LADIES’ CIOAKS.
One Thousand
GARMENTS
From $5 00 to $25 00,
BESHG or MANY GASES ABOUT
ON2S aaAJjP
XHB CURRENCY VAItUB.
J. W. PROCTOR & CO..
No. 920 Chestnut Street.
aia, our
PARIS CLOAKS,
AS w ici.T. AR
fine garments
OF oua OWN MANUFACTURE,
ABE THIS DAY SEDUCED
25 Per cent, below former prices.
J. W. PBOOTOB & 00.,
HO. 920 CHEBTNUT STHEET.
OUR-STOCK
LADIES’ DRESS EUR
IS THIS BEASOJT
THE LARGEST AJiD CHOICEST
WB WAVE EVER EXHIBITED,
It comprises
RUSSIAN SABLE.
The most valnable of all Pars,
HUDSON BAY SABLE.
Which ranks next In elegance and variety to the Bus-
EASTERN AMERICAN SABLE,
A popular and durable For.
ERMINE,
ASTRAKHAN,
RUSSIAN SIfcCIKKEE,
GREY
PERSIANNE,
FINE CHINCHHXA,
Besides many other varieties,’
Every Garment
Ess been critically examined and none allowed to be
displayed for so le unless perfect to every respect,
All PUBS sold by ns axe warranted NATURAL
COLOR,;
PUBS cleaned; altered and repaired.
SHIPPING PUBS BOUGHT.
No. 920 Chestnut Street
deliwds 6t{
FRtNCHjENGLISHANDAMERICA^
OYEECOATINGS;
OF ALL GBADJBS FEOM LATE AUCTION SALES,..
■ AT ■
Reduced Prices.
HEAVY AND MEDIUM!
: COATINGS
FANCY GOODS, FOB SUITS.
CASSIMERES, FROM 80c. to $150„,
With a fall line of goods for '
MEN" AND BOY’S WEAB.
GUBWEN STODDABT & BEOTHEB c .
Hop. 450, 452 and 454 N. SECOND ST.,
aezi-mi V ABOVE WILLOW.;
JAMES M C MULLAN,
. Successor to John V, Cowell * Son,
S. W, Cor, Seventh &
NOW OFFERS
One of the largest and most varied Stock of
HoHsefomishing Dry Goods
To be found in the city, at greatly reduced 'prices,
Comprising:
SHEETING A\l) SHIRTING LISESS.
TABLE CLOTHS, from 2 to 6 yds loner.
£4^ SK TABLE LINENS by the YqmL.
NAPKINS AND DOYLIES. *
HECK AND DIAPER TOWELINGS.
giGLISHASB AMERICAN BLANKETS.-
MARSEILLES QI'ILTS. fill sizes.
PIANO AND TABLE COVERS.
flannels.
WINE CLOTHS, by the yard.
ca s?s|«v/ACONET and nainsook
JltSilAS.
febnitike CHINTZES. &e.
PIOCE FOR CHILDREN’S DRESSES.
PLAID FLOOR LINEN.
GENTS’ AND LADIES’ HDKFS, Ac., 4c.
In order to reduce tbe stock as much as possible by tbe
Ist oi January, it is bow offered at very
low prices for Cash.
.Housefurnishing Dry Goods Store,
del9 UJ S. W. Cor. SEVENTH & CHESTNUT.
GEEAT FALL IN DEY GOODS*
Having purchased largely at the late sscrtfidns
pSces. WS are prepired u> aeH 25 per cent, below-old.
WilUamsvHle Muslins atSs>aC.
Foitstdale Muslins at sic.
Wamsutta. Muslins at S7j£c.
Brows Sheetings very low.
assortment Flannels from 25 to 372$ cents per*
Beavy Canton Flannels Sc's.
lor -Ladies Cloakings from |175 to JIG, very
Pric^M^wcoSitioi 1 Qoods ta 81834 variety 8t -
McCURDY & DUNKLE,
NORTH EIGHTH STREET.
lQ&4r CHESTNUT STHbEf.
12? ANTICIPATIOITOF
REMOVAL TO
N. W, cor, 11th and ShostnutSts,.
LACES AND I ACE GOODS,
HDKFS —Ladtes and e, eots, every variety,
VEILS. SCARPS, S :K Tlas, it, *
WHITE GOODS, LINEN COLLARS AND
CUFFs.
Embracing N.'veiiifs adopted for
HOLIDAY P -£ f.feE - TS, at
REDUCED PRICES,
• So M. NEEDLES.
,i .T-flNJiggHO V*«OI
J CHAMBERS. 810 ARCH STREET.
• HOLIDAY GOODS—BARGAIN
Point© Lac© Handkerchief.
Valenciennes do.
Potato Lace Seta, from $5.
Potato Lace Collars, from II
Valerciennes Collars and Sets.
French -Embrclderea Handkerchief, from Scents;
Gents’French Hem Handkerchiefi. very chean
Thread Veils at {3 60, worth fs. ’’
A choice stock of Trimming Laces, In old Point©,
!? ln lL e rm. Ap 5 li S ae ’ Valenciennes, Gnipnre, and;
Black Thread Laces, in all widths, nnaer recSai
Prtcea. noas-rV^}
J
F. IRKHKLU
No. 147 NORTH EIGHTH STREET.
East Bide, above Cherry street,
oas Dow on hand afol Ulne of PAUL and WINTER.
GOO os, at reduced prices.
Ladies’e Merino Vests and Drawers.
Gents* White, Clouded, Grey and Bed Merino Shlrte*
ana Drawers.
Roys* Merino Shirts and Drawers." s
Hosiery, Gloves, Suspenders, Ties, Scarft, Ac.*
White Shirts on hand and made to order. A perfect;
fit guaranteed. __ x ocis-3in
(CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS!!
j Calicoes and Be Lalnes for Christmas,
Hits and Shawls for Christmas,
Poplins and ilerinces for Christmas,
Hides’and Ladles’Gloves for Christmas.
Gents’ Gloves and for Christmas.
Hemmed and Embroidered HdJtfe.
We will eel. oar entire stock at low fignres, to suit
poichssers making Christmas Presents.
STOKES & WOOD, 702 Arch street.
tJDWIN HALL & CO., 28 SOUTH SECOND Street,
4r 0 e fi?EK o n»M e »sroia:^ port 4
Heavy Black SLlka. -w********
Heavy Colored Silks,
‘•Pirn’s ’ Real Irish Poplins. \
French and German Poplins. .
Black Goods in,great variety,
: Broche Long andSqo&re Shawls,
MH
XF-rtRESni&fcEST' I
;
VAN DEUSEN, BOEHMAN & CO.;
627 Cbestcnt Street,
Agents lbr Philadelphia,
; RpOF/NG
>V\': .yV-.'fTC “-Si-'-.' •" - '-T-'-'-V ••
OLD SHIN Q-LE HOOFS
ELAT OR STEPP, COVERED WITS JOHN'S
ENGLISH' HOOFING CLOTH, mid covered wtth
L■ QUID GUTTA PRBCaA PAINT, making them
p , er^Sfl y X?iSI;?J. ol Jfv„ I^a6 s , i® r avel and Slate Roofs,
alas TIN COPPER. ZINC and IRON ROOPa. coated
?, n , d ™ r , epa L r ?‘L t im LIQUID GUTTA PERCH 4.
PAIN 2-, which becomes hard and Impervloaa. as
these materla's aie warranted ferFIVE YEARS this
.la the hit PLUS ULTRA' of all other preparations,
D°tn One tD teo cents per square loot.
HAVEL HOOFING also done at the Shortest notices
, , , BICKLESS A- EVERETT,
dell 3mJ 302 GREEN STREET,
noTMmJ