r tiitittrit art
acetic ,CIIIIISTAIA%
Iliad 4-garden dowri in the Conti], _
bnowt d with myrtle, ro9 , wi vine,
It It hx.l come bg prophet'. mouth,
Tbat.hatd messaye. with power end 'sign,
"Get theeltence, and leave. thy geillen!"
/Etniald h ,Ye /Mid ' , lot:, crying, "Pardon:
mfich—l. cannot. 'is it not mine?"
wi'hout escape tr" warning, -
Came en nogg:, with Eve of Wrath,.
Lein my :fden was ° In the morning,
Stint the glare -and, led toe rth;
itflatnlug eiaorda again , t each comer;
rom my pleadiae crummier
- eve mu out Into the r-orth.
All alone, ent clf returning.
"firrnter and wilderness everywhere:
fat king back wali n llosle-s•y..arniart.
Ths trees were rocking black and bare;
The damp /lead les.ves were sirewiug the way,
The chill ra'n taprn to your throe:Lb the g ~
And forward I must fare.
Th-ough the great cities. pr !shed - with b nger,
'1 he Wire gaunt wogitsteer R had ceased tli.irdin,
'ot a fru gemptyel fr in the w ndows longar,
• Through empty street the rain droVe thin,
Through
pen 'lt xi:re In; I met o fates
-Waiting silent In•theirals .s• •
• . Till the lever should beg .
Northwards still, and the s et came flying
s.:With•the whistling wind, so drearily;
.oeside me lung flat sands ere lying,
eninituering out to afar cold sea; ,
:Where Alia Ildiks of stormy sea-b. rds ho er,
I llathine else ter the sky to cover.
But t thasalt sand Wastes, and me.
.1 - vied White spectres 'nodded their heads,
Lead-white against the strioke,black - sky,
ZS here the awful mountain wlidernetur spreads
•
In a dandy winter-world pa high;
Ender ihtlr giant•ii wror, thee,
The ghaetly.darkness of day began •
freetlng twilight to - die. • • -
FAH ing ever thickner and stillier.. ,
Lay the andiv o'er the Arctic gtrtn
jeti•elintees lontatng stonier end chillier •
Sher the des ate Reid !Ind firth. •
'Mimi) as a'eorpthe earth was lying.
alt things were. ead nut was dyingt—
Was theretstre aummer on earthi
-Dead I lay ita re.-td In ihatno*,'
Wrapped in kloast mercifnl calm,
:Tilt - . he visioe Oft tatt daysago. _
Bti le irontid'me with Eden /ain't
And 1 saw herlvlng,elothed in white, .
Lovely atoe warn:war:lane eight,
Closed eyes and folded palm. •
• • •
0 b'essed vision,, that held me fast.
Memenin or years in event suspense,
What was the porishea sunshine past,
And the dark day's pains, for this recompense/
Heart of home in the world-wide wasted
eyes motion forward, and Shwas past
:Ln vs:Wishing darkness hence. . • • .
• I wept such tears ail had not wept
• Emote, in a twice-dealt agony;
Till lus.rous at last before me stete
And stood maths snow a Child; and Ile
Snake unto me, • •Lo I I am borti;
Wherefore, then, do3t then weep, ant mourn
The dead waomlteep for thee Y"
All ate goners I wake at home—
Thu desolate home that once was ray:
The bells are ringing, for Christ is come; -
`Christ is born!'' in the air the' , say;.
— Net t • the gardens of earthly delight,
Into the winter, into the night,
The Lord is bare to-day. •
Time to risel. The sunshine his perithed, \
The air, is chat and the skies me gr 4;
The poor to be fed, and th - weak to be chertshed •
:and the lostto be rescued, where are they?
"With you always:" though heartbe breaking,
Let It work and keen down the aching; -
Christ will take of it some day.
. —..Peoplea Magasine.
POWTHE PITTEGEITEGH GAZETTE.]
litNilEhll BLITMENBAMS PIPE.
llynheer lumenbaum sat quietly smok
ing his Pipe: and he had a perfect right so
Ito do.
Fir in ._the the first place it was. ; Christmas
_ •
„,
Eve; ,
and if at any time a man should do
.any and everything that will conduce to a
• feeling of
_internal' cententment, and exter
nal good-willpwards all mankind, it is at
thejolly Christmas-tide.. In the second place,
, * the Pipe was his own, and .so was the . snug
• • ~./ .. I, ... •
little Xoom where he sat, and indeed' the
•
wholelhouse, and he had no wife to talk to,
- iiti — driti children to • play with, and -so was
-obliged, to rait*e ian, intimate.. _friend; ef• l 4 B
-I' l .4Pel:l*4' .. ilti'l44) third place, he was a
pate c tiAri.' ",:lf all which reasons do‘',not
• • • .... „.,
affor 'ample excuse for the jolly Mynheer's
• iql -ti I t iii J ' es' Co
ineot an_recrea on, e - ng, 31:13 nn
• ter-blast become a part of the Constitution,
and all the tobsecei-smoke in the world turn
into a huge. pall overhanging the funeral
.....
pyre of bachelor comfort.
, ,• •
So he sat an puffed, lazily looking into
i,,
- the fire, and n w•and then letting his eyes
.
drop lovingly n the great meerschaum. It
was well wor h looking at, even for one
who had not the reason. for loving it that
, _
Idynhierl3: had.' ‘, Yolit was not ivniodern
meerschaum, bought in these degenerate
•
times whe science can play Nature
.and assume manufacture genuine articles
•
out of spnri us materials, but real sea-foani
—dug in th heart of Thuringia,.carved by
a peasant artist, and handed down as an heir
loom by iilynheer'a great grand-rather. Niir
had ittbeen shaped - by any work-producing
labor-saving machine; which could turn out
a hundred fac similes while an old-time
worker was slowly bringing one to individ
- - tial perfection. It was a head, and; the face
was such as the carver, must have
,pictured
to:himself while with implicit faith he list
-ened to the old legends of the spirits of the
Black Forest; Not a man's face, -- nor 'a
devil's, but apparently the likeness of one
•of thosafantastic, tricky spirits, which dis
port ethemselVes :wholly-: : at their: own will
and pleasure, now helping and now herrn
ing Door • plodding mortals, as - their mercu
rial brains prompt them, but , always -doing
it solely because they wish to. The nar
row, - retreating forehead, the eyebrows
slanting
.upwards, the deep-set .littje. eves,
the- long, pointed nose, the 'large, thin
" lipped` mouth, and the sharp chin were all
• uncanny; , Bet the expression was neither
diabolical nor malicious, but simply unhu-
Min, and Must have strongly resembled that
of Mephistophiles when in a good humor.
Coloredit waikto perfection, i. e. to that
• deep rich brown,•melting in places td a lus
trous black, and mottled over with spots,
yellow and light brown,- as if they
ought to be transparent, butriot so; which
is the eurest' z mark of the real foam of the
. ' The use -of years had worn down the
edges and s softened and mellowed the
- 1 -face, as if Tinte had chosen. to use hia Soft=
est emery piper, instead of the sharp.chisel
with_ WhietChe eV relentlessly gouges,the
human face,divine. '
.. So 3lynlieer's honest oountenance at one
-'- end' of the 'long cherry stem, aniithe gar:
goylejsh ;face - at theother, both stared pla
cidly- at the fire,- and whatever the Pipe-head
Wag:thinking, if it :ever had anything but
• am Ake and ashes in the cavity Which existed
' witere its brain ought to be, Ilynheer's
iriind: was: not~ idle. Naturally, he was
&veining over the'past, his' old home and
his dead parents; his boyhood in the Father
land, the old school and his old playmates;
old customs disused or but feebly imitated
in the land of his adopticin; old friends,'
dead or long unseen; and 'more than -• all of
his boyish, love for thefairhaired; blue-eyed
•
Truclehen, whom he had not seen since he
first turned his face from old Germany, un
til' with all his contentment he was more
iliiii hillfilisPosed to sigh.-. But instead of
,
waSting kis breath.ln. so profitless a manner; ,
he took a long puff at the Pipe, and as usual,
opened 'his lips to let .tile blue wreatik: l qQze
out.L . Tolls , surprise and disappointment
he -exhaled only empty. air;: ; then looked,
to see if the pipe was out, and stared in.
blank amazement, to seethe thin vapor
curl from the Bpi of the face of .his pipe, as
quietly and naturally as if that was all that
- was to be expected from it. And while - he
-vacantly kept his eyes 'on the smoke, wait
-jag for it to disappear' the way of all smoke,
he received a second shock in perceivrng
,thatitdidnot , dissipate into-nothingness, as,
all orderly and 'well-regulated smoke does,;
but - seefned to'acquire: more solidity 'every'
instant. •
,
For it slowly shaped itself until its misty
outlines became distinct, and he . could see
in them well-defined forms: mountains with
rocky cliffs thrown into fantasti,c shapes,
little'spots of vineyard intruding where they
could find reom, mountain streams finding
a way out of their rocky barricades, a little
village at the foot of the mountains, each
feature seeming more familiar than the last,
until he' knew his, old home, a fac-simile
complete in. every detail. And then, before
his astonished the whole picture,
without changing in the least, slowly sailed
through the air and deliberately placed itself
upon the waif over his fire, as it waiting to
be framed. Mechanically, and from force of
habit, he had recourse to his old remedy in .
all cases of /perplexity, a puff at the Pipe.
With like /results as' to the expected
flavor of Canaster,- for again it was the
mouth on the Pipe, and not his own, which
emitted the blue cloud. Once more he
watched, but this time with expectant inter
est. Gradually the smoke expanded, - save
a little ring in the centre, which waited
until the rest bad flattened down ton smooth k
surface, and then Moulded itself till he saw,
it beCome a ship in-mid-ocean; and on it be
could see men land women. And. as , las
looked at them, he knew that amid si.,crowd
of sturdy Teuton forms—but It took tee-
and olose -look to Convince him, he toi* his
Trddchen. - This image, too,
floated
and took it i glace beside - the first. ,
Then M eer IL held "up hls Pipe and
looked - at It. It was the same old mer-.
schaum as ever, but there Was an expres
sion:lu the - eyes, an additional: curve to the
mustache, and a little wrinkle about the cor- ,
nem of the mouth, which he had never no
before. _ - .
tff
'Finding that to be all the sa s se on he
could get there, as an, experiment. - h, tried
another puff. It - acted as 'before. This
time he saw -the room where he- was then
sitting, himself, his Pipe, everything that
was then about him, down to-his own wide.
open eyes and amazed countenance, and the
smoke-pictures hanging on the wall. With
a determination not to be surprised, he
watched the vision on its course to the wall,
as if it Was aomething he had been aCCII3
Lomeli to all his life.
Waiting until it was steadily fixed in its
place, he made a fourth attempt to see if the
imp of the Pipe was going to let him have
his smoke out, or intended: ta'usurplthat
pleasing occupation - fbr its own,.use. and
benefit. A fourth 'time he felt 'cheated,
though he also felt that he would have heen
more dissappointed if he had been ndovied
to break thdcharm and disenchant the mag
ic smoke by contact with his merely mun
dane lips. And the picture was , strangely .
like the last, but to the eyes of the batchelor
strangely and wonderfully different. It
was his own room that he saw, but" there
were , things in it which •he knew he bad
never brought there'. A little sho,e; sundry
knick-knaCks. on his dressing bureau; gar
ments of, drapery .more ample and 'flovine.•
than any his tailor had ever furnished.
him, divers little adornments about the room
giving it an air of comfdrt it never had be
fore, another chair beside his own, and itt
it, combining in:her person the drapery and
ornanients, and in her face the comfott and
home-fulnees which •had so altered the as=
pect of the little chamber, Trudchen herself.
withleinging eyes' he watched 'the,pic
ture airange itself to completethe qqn
he drew a long breath—then puffed agalt4l
Ai of old, the sweet-flavored smoke came
to•his call.' Again he drew, but this time it
was thinner'than before. Again and it was
the mere shadow of 'vapor. Once more•
the Pipe was , nut:. - - • • ••
• uOottltililtarnell," said 313:nbeer, "if
ever = shotild_Sed-Triidchen again,`' there are
happy Gaya- ' in.'store for'me, ' but noth#4
shoat .ever.pnrt to, old friend.: •
THE GAME OF SNAPORICION.
arom the Book of Dayi.]
One favorite Christmas sport very gener,
orally played on Christmas Eve, his been
handed down to us frgin , time immemeriali
under the name of -tSnap Dragon.' To our
English readers this amusement is perftetlY
familiar, but it is almost unknown in Scot
land, and , It seems therefore.' desirable to
here - give a description of the pastime..; A
quantity of raisins are depoilted in a large
dish or 'a bpwl . (the broader and Shallower
it is, the better) and brandy or some, other
spirit is poured over the fruit and ignited.
The bystanders now endeavor by turns" to
grasp a raisin, by plunging their halide
through the tames fund fla this is somewhat of
an arduous feat; requiring both towage and
rapidity of action„ n. considerable amount of
laughter, and merriment is _evoked at the
expense of the unsuccessful competitors.
As an appropriate accompaniment we intro
duce here - • -
THE EONS OP SNAP BRA•clON•
Here be cwnea with titunbig bowl,
Don't he mean to take his toll? -
Bnip I Snap! Dragon:
Tale care you don's take too much,
Be not greedy in your clutch.
Snip! anatal•Dragon!,
With hiablise and lapping tongue,
hiany of you will be stung.
bnipl rush! DraLoni
For be snaps nt all that comes, •
Einat..bing at his fenttt ot plums, "
- Snip! Scant Dragont
But Old Christmas makes him ,couie,
Tttougu be loose en feel fel lam:
Snip! Snap!' Wagon:
Don't 'ee tear him, be but bold—
Via he g.ett, LW flamer. erecold,
' only)! StiapFDruston?
Whilst the sport of snapdiagon is going
on, it is usual to extinguish all the lights in
the room so that the - lurid glare from the
flaming spirits may exercise. to the full its
wierd-like effect. There seems little doubt
that in this amusement we retain a trace^ of
the fiery ordeal of the middle ages, and also
of the Druidical fire-worship of a still:re
moter epoch: A curious refereice to it oc
curs in the quaint old play of Lingua,
quoted by. Hr. fiandys in his work on Christ
illas :
"Ifemory. Oh, I remember this dish well;
it was first:mvented by Pluto 'to entertain
Proserpina withal.
• Pha 7 nectsta. I think not so, Memory; for
when Herculea had killed the flaming drag
on of Hesperld; with the apple of that
orchard he made this fiery meat;` in memo
ry whereof he named it snapdragon." '
Snapdragon, to personify him, has a poor
relative or country cousin who bears the
name of 17apdragan„ This is a favorite
amusement among the common people in
the western counties of England, and con
sists in placing a lighted candle in a can of:
ale or cider,: and drinking up the - contents of
the vessel:, This act entails, of course, don
siderable rfsk of having the face singed, and
herein lies the essence of the 'sport, which
may , be averred to be a-somewhat more ar
duous proceeding in these days -of mouti
teems and long whiskers than it was in -the'
time of our close shaved grandfathers. •
IT appears that Gustave Dore and Chris
tina Nilsson wcre not. betrothed after all.
Dore proposed to the Swedish cantatrice
and was rejected.. He urged his suit, how
ever, so persistently, that M'lle Nilsson told
him she would think of the proposition for
six. Months and then give him a definite an=
swer. When the time expired, she informed
him that she could not marry him. Dore,
however, is said, not to be at all discouraged,
but feels convinced that she will relent in
course of time.
PITTSBURG'!" GAZETTE FRI ail. DE6EISIIIEI
. ~,,b nititi*litatititkals....': 4
CESSIS=
-Mince Plea w!iaiiiittlat*farly
—Sir..lsaae New - ton litta.lxma-pn..Chris
mas 1 6 42. ,
—What ~bostii of people try pew
skates to-day! 'We•bope they all tin&
them-good and enjoy them.
—Two German theatrical representations
will be given at Arbeiters Hall in Alle
gheny, this afternoon and evenihg.
boar's head and the peacock were
once to Christmas dinner - what' the spiced
round of beef and the turkey no aye:
—lt is believedlbat the earliest mention
of plum pudding is to a cookery. ook called
‘‘The Whole Body !,)f cnokery:Dissected,"
published in 1675.. • ' , '
—ln Germany the Chrlibtaa tree"uni
versal .tennsylvenia vv.ss tbe first iitale to
adopt it generally lithis country, while in
Englandit still' rarity. • .
-=rue r Chris niiha of 1860 is..believed to
have , been- the Coldest ever felt in Great
Britain -1i iiekee pla ces
_ the u
Itierctg.li
8 4 below zero, Fahrenheit.' . .
1 4 1 4e 130 *thitisingiPS' eettyi geti'monie,
gives a'grand ikll. in .'Lliy*ette 'Hall tida
,
evening. The managers say it is to be the
molt.
-The brilliant of itia,
.ceieniOny 6(14 birning •of the
Yule 14 on Christman bi derived, fro
rived. ; in
.
the BeenditleYien I who et their testi Tel et ,
the Winter. Solstice, burned huge bon-fireo
in honor of their god, Thor.. • , '
—Miss Kringle Mut, came: by.this time,
and has not missed many humea-in this city.
Some persons Who are 'very stupid, say, we
ought- to say grist ••Kinkle, and • some who
are very Wise, say, we should say Christ
kindle. but , we , are used to plain, merry old
Kriss Kringle, and shan't , give him . up.
.Besides' being ;Christmas. thyi three
saints, in some calenders, Claim the 25th
of December.. St. Eugenia, a virgin mar
tyr of A. D. ?57. • St."Anastasis :a' martyr
of A. D. 804, and another ,St. A.nastaAia of
whom nothing seems to be remembered.
—Christmas trees are stot ,nearly men
sive in dermany as. in Ambrica: In, the
former country, colored pipers' and gilt or
silvered'
,apples and nuts are considered
quite sufficient decoration: for one; always
excepting the angel Or Christkind at the top.
,the authority of a tract pub
nailed early in the 18th century and entitled
"Round About Our Coal Fire, or Christmas
Entertainments," for stating that in thoie
days the most populor amusements of the
merry season were • dancing, bllndman's
huff, puss in the corner, questions andsom
saaltds, cards and dice.' •
—The Custom v ef decorating &niches and
dwellings with evergreens is derived from
the ancient ilornans, who during l the'Satur
,
nails ornamented in . that way. their - teMplen
and homes, but the 'Jews thus • decorated
their temple in the Feast of the Tabernacles,.
and the Druldi • used evergreens; mistletoe
and for the same purpose,'
-4iumante:, frumenty or furtnety was in
oldr,n'time an indispensable Christman dish:
The most ancient reciPle knotinfor it reads
thus: "Take, clean wheat and bray it In a
mortar, that thehulls, be all gone off, and
seetlic it.till it tit*, an 4 take it up and Zit
it cool; and take clean fresh broth, and
sweet Milk of almond/10)r sweet milk of
kine, and temper It all; and take the yolks
of eggs. Boil it',a little' and set it down and
mess it • forth 'with fat venison' or fresh
mutton." ' •
SPECIAL. NOTICES.-
.•
"P~PHXAN
LonoN "
FOE BEAUTIFYING THE SKIN AND .0031.
FLEXION. -Removes . all Emptier's, ' Freckles,
Pimples, Moth Blotches. Tan. etc.. an. renders tue
Elkin 801ty Litt and bloomlnir. For . Ladles In the
Nursery It Is .li:trainable. For Gentlemen. atter
shaving It has no equal. "PAPHIAN LOTION , .
is the.cni4 reliable .remedy for dhicaaes and blem;
-Wieser e • ' •
~.....
pIIALoAT'S
• 5, P411411A1N soAr
For the Toilet Nursery and Ilattif Will not chap the.
akin. - Price, fdd tents per cake. • • . •
" •
1 1 1.0 it DE "
Anew Perlinnefor' the 'Handkerchief, 'Exquisite,
delicate; laltinglkagranceu. sold . byzatl Druggists.
PHALON SOH, New York,
jet:re-wits -• • " ' •
tar BATCHELOR'S HAIR DIE.
This splendid Hair Dye is the best la the world;
the only true and perfect Dye; harmless ;
Instantaneous; no disappolutritent; no ridiculous
tln ts; remedies the tll effects of bed dyes; inyigo.
rates and leaves the Heir soft and
and Perfumers;
Okla
or brows.. Bold by all Druggists and Perfumers; and
properly tgiEdatßtcheor la Wig FaCto7.3o.on:gcewlorkl aol4
Icaff' GUIDE • TO. MARRIAGE.-
- To ng MetrrOulde to Happy Marriage and
Conjugal'The butesne Nlews or 'benevo
lent. rhyselans, on the Errors and Anuses incident
to Tenth and Andy Manhood, a, nt In sealed tter
Telones, free of charge. -Address HOWARD AS
dOCIATION Box I'. Ptilladelpbta, Ya. mylB:O5T
••• - . AUOTION' SALES.
In R. /3. SMITHSON & CO.
131e0OTS, SHOES-AND:CARPETS
FOR THE MILLION:
.
SMIT'HSON'S, .EMPORIUM,
55 AND truhnir AVENUE. • • -
Wilms. U. B. SUMMON A CO.. proprietors of
the well known Mathmoth Auction Hotise are crea
ting an oxefteroeht 'Commotion', span the arrival of
new goods • which, are. being o°4l atretnarkable low.
prices. Goods of every variety; the finest sowed
b ou, the most fashionable' balvioral gairent and
anklet b.hoes.• blanketi,flannels,
cloths. casalumres, sullen and carpets. Gall and
examine. , •ho , trouble 'to' show Roods. Ladles'.
misses' and ohlldren's ,furs at. almost your own
prices. All tootle wartsnted as , represented n 044
CLOSING OUT SALE •
OF 4it'LL GOODS. ON: THE CORNER STORE,
,No. 100 LifilO OTREET,,ALLEAMENY CITY.
'Sale positive to quit the beslnese. Plktures and
twoyearstlease from April Ist, 1809. The
stork comprisingsgeneral variegy of DRY' Got IDS,
NOTIONS. FURS CARPETd.WINDOW ;WADES,
OIL, CLOTrall. Ac 3 "t' • - •
The above stook WU be sold 'positively withont , re
serve. The sale to commence on MONDAY. De.
cember. 21st, and eontlnue until sig is sold entirely
out. Don't forget the place, No. 100 Ohio street,
Allegheny City, I'a. !, -
Glee *Su d,nger Sewing Machine, warranted. for
sale cheaff. ' • ,
delMbee JAMES °OILING.
,SEWING BIAOHIITEI3.
TITRE GREAT mifiticAkat,com
-BurAVIOS.
BUTTON-ROLE OURREAIifiNe
AND SEINTNG AC E.
'IT itms
BEING ABSOLUTELY THE BEiT 'FAMILY
MACHINE IN THE Vg , 147,13, AND IN
TRINSICALLY THE CHEAPEST.
"A gents wanted to thliMaclahe.'
CBLAS. C. II lour,
Agent •
r f ?,l2KlVlßigiDi v s a' ter
....-thme I Jortanil,t . 4ree . ''' "
-V) c
LE
UNITE
*ASFIINGAtrIC .4rol
•
Ch#rtered by Spectbet 'of-Cliaktrcee,
. ' Approved J uJy EEO, '113611. •
Capp Capital f e.: CI. 84060,000.
• tiaibli 01111 e: -PHItAiALP I II[A. • -
• ,
nitwit.' ice ' T EIAII; 7 BA.NIE . 81LD11143
.... . . , . , . .
Where the genera. business of thiCMtms yis trsais
sated: and 46._ which : all ; general , correspondence r
Shoold,beeddressedi . I._ . •, ,
• "D rO.E . CTOAE. - '
.
Jay Cooke. Philada. ' E. 'A.: Rollins. tWaslen.
C, R. Clark, Philada. ' - 11enre D. 'Cooke, Wash.
F. Ratchford Starr, Phila .W.m..E. Chandler,Wask.
Wm. G. Moorhead, Phyla: Jan D. Donee& Wash.
Geo_iE. - Trler. - Rtilia. - :. •dwird Dodge. N. Yorki
J. Hinc.kley Clark, Phila . L; C. • Fannestrck, N: T.
- ''',",-' '• q. OVIDICERs. -, ‘, - . ••• .•
C. EL•CLASK. Philadelphia; President. • ,
• .
I P
HENRY D. MORE, Washington, Vice resident.
JAVCOOrtf, .Chatrman • Pisainee and Execatln
Committee_. ~ _,._-. ,_.
EITERBONW: Fit t Et,'Plilla.; Sec , y'and r Ctuary.
E. R. TURNER, W ashington. Assn Sec Lary.
FRANCIS G. SDI 'I TIM.D.„ Medical Di ctor, '
J. EWllo3.MalAitd:elsl).;,'Ara'a Birdies; Director. :
• !'.} RIESID/0.11.14 ADVIRORY BOARD.
. .
J. Ks BARNES Surgeon General 17.8. A , Wash'n.
P. J. HORWITZ Chief /Set:Real Depart mat 11. d.
rt:*. BLII9b s M.D. - , Washington.:.
'
li} ..
SOLICITORS AND-ATTOR ET&
WM. E. CHANDLER. Washington, D. . • - .
OEOIIOE , HARDING. Philadelphia, Pa. - -
TiAls Company, National ill its chtracte ~' offers, by
reasdn of the tart. Capital, Low - Hetes at Premium
i
and New Tables, the imost•desirable tn ans ,of In
suring life let presented to the public,
The rates of premium being largely re need, are
made as favorable to the 'insurers as t ose of the
beet Mutual Companies, and avoid all lb compiles-
E
uncertaintiesone anNotes, Divide ds and th e
of '
misunderstandings wb telt the , latter • ate ' oo apt to
cense, the Policy-Holders.. : • . • ;
Several new and ant-Active tables ere now pre
sented which need only 14 'be understood t prove
lac
ceptable to the 'public, such as izicuktE- _RODUC
LNG POLICY and RETURN PRESIIUAI 'POLICY.
In the former, the lacy-bolder not onl secures a
life insurance, pays le at death , but will receive, if
living, after a pert of a few years, an nnual in
emu equal in fen per cant (10 per cent.) lof the par
of Ala policy. The (utter the Company agrees to re
turnto the °unreel the total amount of money /whets
paid in, fa a4,dition to the amount of his noticy.
The ettentlob of persons contemplating insuring
their liven or increasing , the amount of insurance
they already have, is called to the speci..l advant
agesn' offered by the National Life Insuroinee Com-
P a
Cirenie'rs,' Tainphlita and full partienbols given on
r t
mtl i c i a e t i l p o b n i r o t r b i n t Bj e a n n:l r Oiz i i t t: i tbe C mpanyin
WLOCAL AGEN'TS ARE WAI:ITE t o every
City and Town; stud applications from mpetent
parties foram% agencies with suitable endorsement,_
should be addressed To THE COMPA.NT'S GE s,-
7/RAL AGENTS ONLY, in their respeCtive dia.
triets. • . . .
QINIRAL AGINIT:
E. W. CLARE &CO., Fialladelph
Fot Fenn_sylvanln•nd Sou th ern Ke •
JAIL' COOKE k CO.. Washington. ,
_For.Merylsid_ Detsware. D
volumbittena West Virginia. • •
• -EMAIL BIeVAY at
Ag_enta for Allegheny, 4cayer, pU
uer,
Washington countiel.
Forfisrtlwr 'Particulars a4dress 8. - El.
Managera for General Agent,..Martistnarg.
ENTERPRISE• , INSURAN
. . . .
OP PITTSiSOROB, P
Office. No. 424' PV.Nl4it
Wf,..VATIONAL Taut! Co . Butx t ut.
no nt. 14.141,11to lD b ri t ie Ljet n3 11,. ir IJ. i f
G. Mel , . 111. Van Blares,: i! ' Kir,
H. H. H 0 ippicto,s4t,., ns.
L. J. B IIetTWLY. 140.1. Mr, . SO ~
. _.... -1
• E. It BVPll:4__ , President.
.• - • BOWL DICKSON. Vke P
,
ROET.- J. GILLED. Treasure
elL'searr J. J. ALBIETZ. tiecretarr.
iiinFSTERN:INSURANCE
AV PITTS/3MM.
ItiI.NIILICK. President,
WM. P. EltilEitT. Secretary.
I CAPT. GEORGE WEEMS.. beneral A RI
Mice; V 9 Water. street Span! & Co.
house, up stairs, Pittsburgh.
Will inmre against all' kinds of Fire an
Biskit A home insiltutbat managed by
who are trams to the community, an
detenotartedly promptarts have rali
tabs the eberuter witich 'theyusntm
feting the beat protectionto those who de
Insured.
Dri=MOAB: ~
i ni4,
Alexander ntalck. .. Joan R. Need e,
R. Miller, Jr.
Jame* afeAuleiy, wnuam s. ma
Ater sider Speer. . Joseph KirkPgiri
Andrew Aekled, Phillip Renal -
D a .
Drld kl. Long. Wm. Nor , '
Ildrisen.-
IMPERIAL
FIRE INSURANCE C
OF LO UN.
• .
EBTABI.IBITED 1803. 'CASH' CAPITA . PAID
UP'A.ND lINVI4iTED 1 0 1 , NDS'EXCII -
/NO 18,000,000 IN UULU. '
Insurance against Pleci effected on no see and,
Build/2104 Goods,' Wares and Iderchatoini Steam.'
boats, Att. Polieles issued payable in golf or Cur
rency. ire• United Mates Branch Office, 40 PINE
ErIBEET. New York.
AB losites of the United States Branch witl Ile
jested In Neve Turk. .
J.: Y. atex,A.trotancarr,..e.!
rirrsittrutiti, PA.
Ornee, 67 FOITILTI 6171ELV.
MR. DicLA./111/11.1 et .11 also Agent, for the
tan Life Insurance ( oin Deny.
. .
pEPCVSYLVAIVIA •
• INSURANCE COMPANY Of PI:11780U CH
C171.10E, No. 167 h WOOD STREET, II XO7
•
comtEncE BUILDING. • ' •
This Is a Dome Couipany, end insures et loss
Ly Fire exclusively.
LEONARD WALTER, President.
(J. C. BoyLE, Vice Presldeat. •
ROBERT PATRICK, Treasurer.
HUGH McELHENY. Secretary.
• gotnscronat
Leonard Walter, • George Wilson,
C. C. Boyle, ' Goo. W. Evans,
Robert' Patrick, , C. Lam!,
Jacob Painter, J. C. Fleiner,
Josiah King. John Voegtley,
Jae. H. Hopkins, A. Ammon.
Henry. Sproni;
• AGAINST LOSS BY FIR • .
FRANKLIN INSURANCE CO. OF PKILADE ROA,
OPYICE, 435 it 437 CHEBTNDT BT., 1 , 7 GTE
DIRECTORS.
I I
Charles ,V. Bawler, 4 Mordecai B. Lo Is
Tobias Wagner, . David B. Bro •
Samuel Want,. • 1 • Isaac Lea, __. .
Jacob B. Strittb, 1 Edward up. pee •
Feorg_e W. Richards,. . Deorge Pales: • • •
CriAR.LES 13. BAN KEE, President.'
• ; EDW. C. DALE,. Vice President. ' ,
Ww.O. BTEEL.E, decretary,,pro tern.
J. GARDNER corriN, Woo d ti t
North-West corner Third and Wood tit -eta.
mh20:w1.5
A LLEGAIENTINSUBANCE
A
PANT OF PYTTBBOIAGH.
OFFICE, No. 37 EIFTH STREET. BAN*
• Inuttres against all kinds of Fire said Marin -
JOHN / 4W/N, JR.', President.
JOHN D. IicCORD, Vice President. •
0. G. DONNELL, fietretary.
CAPT. WM. DEAN, General Agent.
DinitOTOßEn
Jan Irwin,-Orpt. Wm. De
John D. McCord; " B. L. Palates • •
0. Or. -W. H. Everson,
Harvey Childs, Robert IL Day
T. J. Huskinson. - . Francis Beller',
Charles Hays, . ,Rant. J. T. Sloe
EOPLEFP IMIURANCE
E. oolongß wool) Einlv
Boma Colapaay, taking Pre 'and Marble'
• Dulnexotifi:
Wm. Phillips, • Capt.lohn U
John. Watt, . • ; Samuel P. Slaty:
John IC; Parks,, Charleir Arbuckl
Capt, James Miller, Jared M. Brash,
Win. Van Kirk.. Wth F.. Lang,
James D. Verner,' Samuel MeOrkk
srnt. , PHILLIPS, President::
..JUHN WATT Vies Preshikmi.,
W. F. ISAIIDNER., •irevak _
vArr. JAS. CitiUDWil .},.'a allAgen
25, 1888..
. . .. . . . .
-- - • - - -orrlcs or (ITT Error:cure,
ALLitairierr elm - December )12d,-11368.1
.
Xeifol l lEE. - C= THE' ASSESSMENTS
for ttratllnir and . paiing NORTH .CANAL
Efia . n from Fa Lane.' to. Cheat nut otreet; - for
;trading anti paving MAIN UTttEET from old city
line a o Pine - ',met: - fer graritrit and paying ICU-
B UCIN. nTKEET ft out,Craig to Corry strf et: and fur
grading and pavlitg OHIO A:Vh.l4lJa from ()rant
Avenue to Rittaintrg,h. Fort Wayne & Mont° Hall
way are now ready for examination, and can .bc
seen at thta office till WEDNESDAY, December
30th, 1868, wuen they . lit he returned to the City
Commissioner's office for collection.
de33;bB7
OFFICE OF CITY ENGINEER,
'ALLISIMEENY CITY. I)ec. 19th. 4668.4
NOTIE - Assessments : for the
GRADING and PAYING of
•
PAYETTE. STREET.
fro^ , Bidwell to Fulton streets. •
Alsv. for GitADING and PAVING of -
PARK STREET,
from Grant avenue to Sturgeon street;
And for the GuADING and PAVING of
• SRIELDS•STREET, •
'front Allegheny avenue to Walker street;
Are now reaay for examination. and can be seen
lat this of till MON UA s*, lieeotaber dlBth, 1888,
when they will be returned to the Street Commis •
stoner . foreollection. • ,
. at2hbeo CHAS. DAVIS..City Engineer.
El
.
- :. . OFFICE OF CITY ENGINEER ._ 1
Allegheny City , Dm 17, MS. c
N oTiCE.7-,The Assessments .for
: .Oriding And raying , •
•. .
. .
.; . BITER AVENUE, . •
late fink line, /rem. 'Union alley to 31elradden
;street; also for Grading And Faxing( of
..,iszopAa)D.EN STREET,
from River avenue to -Weat Perrnerissnla Railroad,
•noth In the Eighth Ward, are now ready for exami
nation; Ind can betseen at this °Mee till •
•
iday, De cem b er: 25th, 1868
when they be 'relninedtO the Street Commis
tioner for collection. .
deU:WZ
NOVICET.hose intereateil
pies se take notice that the reppoort of the view
ers the mailer of opening LARIMER AVENUE,
ltrthe city of Pittsburgh. as modified by. the court
has.beenwlacei in my bands. The assessments. If
not paid on or tefore JAlsUAtty 6th. A. D. 1869
will be tiled as lima in accordance with the law in
such ease made and provided._
J. tiLAGLi. "City Attorney.
Pittsburgh. rrelemtwr lith. 1868. de7 •
OFTICZ OF CITY EFOIAZZZ AItD COTATZTOII,
, • ?Ittstinnot, Dec. 19, 1869.
ICE.--The akKiessinent for
N• Grading and Paving
- - -
.
• - - , .SPRING ALLEv. .
from Twenty Eighth street / 5 new. ready for exami
nation-and can - be seen at this Milts) until WED
bi ESLIAY, DECERBER 30. 11383. WLen it will be
returned.to the,elty:freasurer'a oillmilbecollection.
de2l . -..-.• B. J. MOORE. City .
Zeitineer.
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
BLECTIC SIMMER CORDLE ,
Aa infalltblirc;raedy for Sommer Cchonlaint,
Zh e teriggbt rY .' 7"zalting• Both ' St?coThCb. sap
MI. HARRIS'. CRIMP CM.
9
A. specific foi l * Ctolera. Cramps and Fain 'is!'
!Roma, for sale by
ELAILRIEV Br, EWING,
.
Corner of Liberty and Wayne . Streets,
.A.GPEN'TS ..VOll . .
- J. SOHOONNAKER & SON'S • •
PURE WHITE LEAD
mccovs I VERDITER OBEEN; -
• •
e. T lTO o s n u l r y ertr:vit a l i tiC b t i r l :it l e r Plifat t lot te el l g i dtr e
more perfect satisfaction than any roslnt in the
market
eney.
p. ~
, Lstrict. of
'CO..
rear and
t7g3ELL.
E CO.
ST,
W. IffACKEOWN BUO
WHOLESALE 11E11001E1S
.
. .AND MATIOTACtIIngIig OP • " :
CEzisiocort 017.
MOVED TO NO. 195 LIBERTY STREET,
rITTSBURGE, PEN DTA.
Wlllte Lead. 'Window Glass and Glastware
Maualattarers price,
ridli;
b
MI
ECM
COM.
2EI
l Marine
trecton
i who are
o malp•
7as of.
• Ire to bt
WINES. LIQUORS, &c
PIffSBURGII IMPORTING -. HOUSE..
•
EST/IBM/IED 1034.
•
•
SCHMIDT & FRIDAY
IMPORTERS OF FOREIGN
•
WINES A ND; LIQIJORS ,
4
•
No. 409 Penn Street, Pitteburgh,
Would direct the attention of the public to the ilact
that, po , seasing supersor fliellities through several
large Wine and r Liquor Douses In Europe, and
mating their importations direct, theyzare enabled
'to offerthe various krades , of cholce,WNEl3 AND'
LIQUORS. at prices less than Eastern rates. Ex
aminations of qualities and comparison of prices'
respectfully solicited. .
A choice assortment' of pure OLD RID WHIP,
KEY constantly on hand,
• noV
GENE
=3
anbat
t3:v72
JOSEPH S: FINCH Ea CO.,
, - Bros. 185,187, 189,191, 193 and 183,.
FIRST, STREET. PITTSBURGH. . •
.ILARUPACTURXES 01
Copper Distilled Dare Rye Whiskey.
Alto, dealers la POBEIGN WIMPS and LIQUORS,
HOPS, itc. ' Mh29.n6.1 •
FERTILIZERS.
TO WHEAT GROWERS.
Etaufn AffiundATED luysE,
SUPER.PHOSPHATE OF Luffy
- HANTJFACTITUED BY
The Allegheny Fertilizer Co.
SHWA RD l e oAiirpitErz,
minopitturor.s.
Office, .856 Penn Street, Pittsburgh, Pa,
The best Yerillizer .1n nse, and recognized
Pamir who have given it a trial, to be the stand•
t r o d rifi o , prait!oye,litalcgue crops of pleigeti g lo e r . g ( iTtt
l a t tirsit= l e ti Zat n ia l Xtbi: n i t re th ra l fe i r n , t c e e l ; ga l l%
which win, be sent tree to , any aending ne their ad.
dress.'
OM.
a
WALL 'PAPERS.
lIM3
N EW
OM-
WALL PAPERSI
1 '31.8 '
I /1154.
For Halls, Parlors an4ChamberB,
omit,
.r„ ,
107 Market St., near Fifth Ave.,
HUGHES & BRO.
MEEMII
ASSESSMENTS.
CIIARLFSDAVIS.
City Engineer
.CHAR. DAVIS. City Engineer
ME
NOW OPENING, AT
APHUS3?.M=ITTE.,
GrNEW OPERA ROVSE. - •.
- t .1 [3- • -
Lessee - • oref.•T iNniessoier.
Manager W. OA wwiww,
FIUDAY AFT e.8.N902i. Decent . ber2s.:l4 1.8119,
Eli WI N BOOTH sI4TINEE..
For perfors ance Shakjieare's popular Comedy-or
MITUIf ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
Benedict • - Edwin Booth.
Beatrice ]flee 3l.ry AteVickeri,
FRTDAY EVE:NINO will be presented Shake-.
pesre , s great Work of
DEEM
Lig() Edwin Itontil-
Wrath
.the. Mary McVlcker.
Edwin Rooth .I.llthlee ull N9,111*.y.:411eXi10012.:
4 1C:;NEW OPERA HOUSE.
Lessee "WM. SIENDERSON.
M. W. G.ASNING:'
SITUED.. 4 ..Y AFTERNOON, December 26 , . •• •
HANILE l . - •
Hamlet Edwin HOotti.
Saturday Evening last appearance of
• ED WIN Et:writ.
For performance Bolwer's play or
LADY DP LYONS.
Claude Menotte Edwin-Booth.
Pauline
Miss Mary MeVicker.
To conclude with
: the drama of b.OBEHT
PITTSBURGH THEATRE.
,
Lenaee : H. W. Wir.niastii:
Stage Manager • ' ' GVO. IL NDX9OH,..
OLORIOUd RECEPTION OF OLD DAVOHITES.
The great Clog Dancers and Ethiopian Comed.l.!
dians bIi.EItIDAS AND MAO.K. . . .. ,
The - Variety Coniondition in a new bill. • ..
The great Drama THm Ip:TLTAN'S FAVORITES.
Two Dc rfliniances on Christman Day. -
itgrINASONIc 'HALL:
THREE NIGHTS HOBS
DECEMBER - 22 d, 23d, - 24th of 'great
lIAVERLV MINSTIIELS;
from their idinstp-1 Hall, Chicago. • :
J. H. HAVERLY Manage
Entire change of programme at- each entertain
meat immense snccess of the acknowledged at. L
.
Gets PETTENUILL and REYNOLdUn who will AD
pear in new sets. GUSTAVE maws Inner and
pleasing ballads.
The entire company In their beet efforts.
Admission 35 cents; Reserved seats Oa i,ontl6. NCY
extra cha•ge for secured seats for , sale, at box officer
during the uay. • '
deß;bB3 • D. B. HODGES, Agent.: •
IaV"ACADEMY OF MUSIC. j
FOR ONE WEER,
COMMENCING MONDAY, DECEMBER
,-21st,
Grand Military Allegory of
ME DEMMER BOY OF SHILOH. •
•
To produc - d by TWO HUNDRED VETERANS
themEVENTY-it of city.under
anagement of POST 3, O. peg,, for the ben-
Olt of &inners , widows and orphans.
COIIMITIEL OS ABILANGILUZ.NTS
Gen. James S. Negley, Gem Li. Pearson. Geri.
F. B. Gen. J. B. Sareltter,.Coly B. B. Bo
eels, Col. J. W Balmath:ie. MalorE. A. Moutouttt,
Major A. P. Callow, Lee S. Smith. W. B. Cuok, W . rained, George B. Gra,, - A. G. HarrY, W. J. VA,"
wen, G. W. tirivey, W. F. Dalgietsh. •
Setts may be secured each day from 10 to 12 A 7/1...
at the box - office', commencing December 18. delf.'
.
19""tACADEJIIN .OF.IIIUSIC. •
M. •HARTZ, the Gnat
FOIL THTME NIGHTS ONLY, •
MONDAY, TUESDAY AID -WEDNESDAY,'
De ember 28th, 29th inA
-. GAAND MATINEE its
WED.SESDdI,. Deeember 30th. at,..ax - o'clock -
"ozien at 2._ : Matinee admirer). 50 ce, ta; chit- .
• • dreu.2s cettts. The cetabcatecranif wily
HAT
z.
. „
.
of Ded , r,trrtlr BrOtdirar...Y.C.iiTorii. will ap
rtear In Ms Grand Drawing, itoom Enterialninint.
. ,
..nrt) HOLTH..S.
Parretti& Cu a platform'. fn'the nildit or itie andl
time, and entirety. witbhat agpanttna. _
Among the many feats he will have the honor oair
latrodueln: his great act • " ' .
THE Ca.BiNST • . 0
Which lately confounded the Spiritualists in Saint
Louis, and earidtinealOnlYl37 Hans. • • •
, TELE,GIIOWTIT OF FLOWERS..
Az only performed 'by W e; ltludoos audit, Hartz.
•
• - TDB IVONDEDFLTV BS4T. • ,
Wake in the # 1 41," oi - sit - =.takaht
Hour. an fi ft y orberwondertat'aesapceunat to this
' •
68EAT MASTER OH •TflE MAGIC ART:*
Doors rye 5t.7.1,17,44 COM . 2141111,i at 8 Welark.`' Ad
arquetss and DryssteirclairfSe.—.Basa il y,
Circle an Gaiters 50c. extra charge. for_re—
served seats whtch can be secured at Melfor's - hiti- -
sic Store, 81 3V9od • street. on SaturdaT roormiug
r,
usati : . . - . t e22:1 , 84
NrTA.III.--THIg
MISSION CHURCH AID SOCIETY
will bold their SECOND ANNUAL FAIR at MIS
SION CIiURCIT, Allegheny, homer North and
Avery streets, Allegheny, commencing CHRIST
-114,03.EVA, December.24th. -
Rev. HENRY HIGHLAND GARNETT will de
liver the Opening Address.. •
Vital and Initrumental 3itialc by eminent artists
ach evening during the Fair,
ti Adinittance 15 cents,
KEYSTONE SKATING RINK
• • SEASON 1868-69.
Gents' Season Tiehets S 7.50
.I..s.dies` Season 'llekets• 5.00
Children's Season Tiehets ' 300
Couponet, 00 admissions '5 00
Double admitting lady and sett . . . Op
Single admission'. Gents • • 50
Double admission: Lady acid Dell; 50
Children undtrl.2 years of .
Ticheis Can be had at Down's State Depot. the:
Rink. or from the Treisurer et Ho . 81 Woodstreet.
Plttebgrgh. ••
Due mottos:will be given when.tbe "Binh' , will bet
opined. • delth,b2o
ORPHANS' FMB. - •
4sEinzyr Qf CATHEDRAL.
'ADMISSION
,
The splendid organised Caßledral Brass
Band will enliven thb Fair every evening. de=
Ia"PROF. CARPENTER'S
FASHIONABLE 'DANCING ACiLDEIIY.
No. 75 . THIRD STREET, to .now open rdr the re
ception df pepila. Chas days and bours—For Lar ,
dleap blasters and Misses.. Wednesday and Batnrcyy,
at 2 S o'clock r.. 11. For Gentlemen—Tuesday sad ,
Friday Evenings, at '8 o'clock.' Private lesson*,
given. Circulars can, be had at the 2danlo . StoreiP
and at the Academy. Classes out , of the clty,l
convenient: attended to.
.oir Hall to let to Select Parties
PIANOS. ORGANS 40.
IpiltUY THE BEST AND. CDEAI"-
_ILI EST P/ANO AND ORGAN.. =
,
Sehomacker's Gold Med al Plano,
AND EVEN COTTAGE ORGAN.
The SCHONAOKER PIANO combines all the'
Latest valuable improvements known in the .con-
stritellon of a first clue initrument. and has always
been awarded the highest : premium wherever el.-
htbited. Its tone Is full, sonorous andsweet. The
workmanstrin, for durability and beauty, - 'surmise
all others. Prices from *SO to $l5O. Oiceorditur to'
style and finish./ cheaper ' ethe r a° "C i a l e i g
lest class Plano.
ESTEY'S COTTAGE ORGAN
Stands at the head of all reed instruments. In pro
ducing the most perfect pipe quality or tone of any
similar Instrument in the - United States. It Is elm.
pie and compact in construction. and not liable to
get out oh order.
CARPENTER'S PATENT "VOX HUMANA.
TREMOLO" Is only to be fourid in this.Orgas
Price from $lOO to $550. All' guaranteed for dye!
BABB, ENAKE &MI:ETHER,. • •
- • No:12 ST. GLAIR STREET.
PANOS AND ORGANSAn - en
bre new stoli ot ,
KNARE'S UNRIVALLED PIANOS
HAINES PIANOS: . - • '
PRINCE.VCO'SORG A. NS AND HEI.ODEDNS
and TERA.t. LINSLEY CO'S ORCIA.NS AND
MELODEONS.
cazinzoTrrti 'BLUME. ' •
deB ' • 433 /Inn'avenue 4 Sole Agent.
ARCHITECTS.:
TIARR 64 MOSER, • '
211 .
, A.IICECITMG2Ig•
FRUIT NOUSE ASSOCIATION NUILDINGB, Na,
and* St. Clair Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Stwetial
attention given to the designing and bullet:4ot
cRUZIT SIMMS and PUBLIC lIMLDLIMia
ii
Eli
WM
de.l:blMl
23 t'ents.
se4:vio