Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1873, Page 13

CHRISTMAS. ahe Trade Preparing for the Holidays. A Glanco ot a Fow Leading Estab- lishments. v | Gront Inducoments 1lMeld Out to Pure chasers, Tho ppronch of Christmaa brings with it in Chicago in this yonr of our Lord, 1873, an un- umyal degroe of plonsant anticipation, * There are soarcoly nny among us, who aro not looking forward hopofully and joyqusly to the holiday sonson, with ita fonsts aud frollcs, its gifts and good chicer, Evory ono fools suro that it is the Llurbiogor of bettor times, and o genoral tono of frosh conrago nnd confldonco alroady begins to provail. Nover was the advent of the civilized world's greatest fonst day moro wolcomo than now—welcomo alike to rich and poor, for sl fesl ‘brighter and more choerful, without roally know- Ing why, oxcept it bo for tho reason {hat wo have only to feol that times are better, in order to mako them better. Monoy long ‘hoardod through dlstrust, ongondered by the Boptembor pavic, Bogius to find Its way onco more to the light of tay, and thoso who predicted o Lard, close win- ter, with ita attondant train of suffering and want, alroady are prone to thankfully confess thot the outlook has brightened wondorfully, and that wonre not to have such o torribly hard timo aftor all,, So much for tho finsncial aspects of Chicago's Ohristmas of 1878, In the social world, tho aspect of affairsis correspondingly eatisfactory, Tho sousoof & necosalty for rigid economy which for nearly throo months dopressod and straitonod us, has gradually given placo to & more liboral view of the situstion, and tho wintor which ¢hreatonod such o dull and dreary stato of things already puts on its customary aspect of life and gaioty. Ohrigtmas, invitations are ilying about witha ‘henrtiness and profusion whick denote * Peaco on earth, and good will towsrd men. The overgreen districts aro colled upon to furnish ao uousual contribution of Christmas-troes, whoso twinkling lights snd glittering gifts shall dnzzle the expeclant gaze of ohost of juvenilo faces, whoso owners are just now busily engaged in shrewdly dropping hints us to the poculinr kinds of fruit thoy prefer to pluck from the branches on Christmag-eve. For this booutiful- custom we hava to thanlk the Gormans, and our thrifty citizens of that nntion- ality still take tho lond in the whole-souled zest with which thoy cntor into the festiviticn. Among the Germnus, too, tho practice of gift- making prevails to s romarkable estont. No mntteFhow paor the giver, or low trivinl in valup the gift, the interchange of littlo tokons is carried on_at Christmas-time with slmost re- figions faithfulnoss. Year by yoor tho fash- ion of making holiday-presents grows more and moro fianeml, until it has come to be regarded as ono of the Tenturos of the sonson, Nover before wore the preparations more oxtensive for a briek hollday trado nmong Chicago merchants, whose unorring Judgmont of the popular demand Lias led them to pet in roadiness fgr the holiday pressure, and as it s o part” of the province of Tur TRIDUNE to lmog its readors informed upon mattors of this kind, wo have haon at some pains to procure somo information upon tho subject which will bo found especinlly interesting. A GOOD TLACE TO BEGIN. Porhaps & batter place to begiu our commenta upon the holiday irnde couldnot bo found thanin the justly-celebrated Patuam Ono-Price Clothin) House, located on the northeast corner of Clarl avd Madison streets, Certainly a8 more striking upecimen of elaborate preparation for holiday trado could not bo cited than is manifosted in tho taste and onterprise which tho proprictors, B. D, Torry & Co., have shown, both in the ex- tent and variety of their stock and in tho elogant and convenient manner in which their splendid establishment is fitted up. . No ek i ineurred in giving expression to _cho highost recommendntion of thje stndard institution, which is tho oldest nlesiing louo in Ohicago. It was ostabligh-u 10 1854, and in it orlpitated the wtorlire ONe-prico aystem which s since for~d B MDY imitators in tho West. With g <+0¢! n%grcgauug in value the enormons avrof 250,000, and its busiuess conducted upon <no strictost principles of integrity and mercan- tile cnpacity, it is but & moderafe indorsement to say that they soll as good goods and at as low aprice as any house in tuo city. The firm eu- Joya peculiar facilities for taking and keoping 2hio loading pouttion in the rotail clothing trado of Chicago, mnsemuch as they manufacture their own goods in Boston, whoro the Dbusiness of outting and making in the latest stylos has been reduced to absolute perfection. By taking ad- yantngo of panic prices in their puxchese and importation of clothy, the Putnam concern is ~ actuslly enabled to rotail their goods ot less than manufacturers’ pricos. ‘Thoir goods are precisely what they aro xopresented, and the purchaser i absolutely sure of getting what he pays for, No nusrgpresenta- tion is permitted in the establishinont, and the result is that whoaver patronizes the Putnam once is cortain_to become a rogular customer. | There is uo inducement to go elsewhere, but, on the contrary, everything to induco o perton who desiros to equip hithself with cheap snd fine looking rainment, to §o straightway to Putnam’a. It would be impossiblo for even the most faatidi- ous to avoid finding xmme(hin& to suit him out of tho immenso stock displayed in this great and thriving establishment. Tirms like these are the ones which havo dowo so much to build up the trude and tho high commercial character of Ohicago, uud they deserve promptand constant recognition on tho part of our citizena, ‘This is the appropriate season for hioliday sttirg, and the place at which to get it is unquestionahly Putnam's. PEACOOK'S JEWELILY PALACE, Attention has heretofore beeu called in thege columns to_the magnificent anuhy ostablish~ ment of G, D. Pencock, located on the corner ot Btate and Washington sireets ; and what has al- rondy been sald, may well bo repeatod,—that it is the moset elogaut sioro in the Wast, Everything in it s in tho most elegant taste, snd in perfect keopiug with tho jewolry businoess. Upon entering, tha visitor feols perfectlyat oase, sud, a8 the eye takes in ot & glance the perfect peauty and “harmony of tho surroundings, the “decision i wt once arrived af, shat this 18 just the plees to meke holiday purchuses, Lo Mr. Pescook belongs tho praise of giving Obicugo this gum, of which our vitizens may be justly proud, ~For the Fu: two weeks things have not looked at all anicky at Peacock’s, excepting that goods have oen sold at panie prices; but, s the entire satock is uew, and bas beon purchased sinco the panice, sud subscquent to the dacline in this cless of goods, Mr. Peacock onn, and does, soll us low 08 any one, without selliug at o sacrifice. How the propriotor and lis excellont vorps of #ales- men can maintnin au even tomper while being compelled torupply tho wants of 50 muny people, is & marvel. 1Ie now nuuounces his intention of keoping opon every eveulug until 9 o'clock until uftor tho holiduys, for the suke of “nocommodnt- ingbuyers. In addition to what has boon al- ready written coucerning the stock of jewelry, meuntion should bv made of sorie of ihe most voautiful camoo sets and rings evor oxhibited in she city, and the largost stock of chains in the West, Those, s well au the othor choice articles, aro rapidly disuppeuring, Lut, nevertholess, the show-cagos and Shelves are replets with overy- thing that is bonutiful or useful in the live of Jowelry or silverware, W. 3, NAYO & CO, No. 163 Btate atroot, are u famous jewelry house, which wae catablishod a8 long o aws 1850, and hae since won un envisble reputation iu overy zespeel, It i tho oldest jowelry house iu thy clty. They have slwuys on hund a large aud varied stodk of all kinds of goods in thelr trade, Evory one oan ho suited, ‘Thelr fine etock of Amorioan and Bwiss watches is woll worthy of inspection. Thoy uro of all Linds und vricos, This is the only firm {n Chlesgo which im- orte Freuch tlowors In all tholr beuuty. oy have alo a wagnificont stook of wf- yor “filagrae fowolry imported from Cenova, This ls slmply ixqulsite, The stock of aqua marino stones, mounted in pins und rings, is such 88 cannot bo tound iu nuy other storo in tho West. They aro wmouuted by this flrm-- which, by the way, mouuty all ifs own work, They equal in heauty the turest goms, und whila tho cost 18 much lows thun of “emeralds, thoy * surpass thom in design and finish, ‘The wtock of coral aud cameo jowolry iu very line, and shonld be examined by’ intending porchusurs, There are dlamouds of all kiuds, romindlug tho oh. server of tho sparklng trensuren of the fumed Golconda, 'Thore avo also a chojee col- K 'I‘P_IE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE [ DAY, - DECEMBER 21, 1873. urohnsing and importing direotly, not only got {ho best articlos i tho market, but get themn in tho nowost styles, aud aro ensblod to sell ab choap ratos, ‘Tho difforonco in tho coat of jow- olry consequont upon tho large transactions of thiy firm, i8 something enormons, and buyers got. tho advantage of it, “A visit to the establish- miont i8 & raro troat ; thoro is so much to fieo and admire, and the nnlydlmnullf is, that aftora por< son hnd ones entorad this palaco_of bonuty and ntt, whero objects of luxury and_ slmost noces- ity catoh his eyo on ovary side, it is almost impossiblo for him to get away without purchins- “‘E something, But, whatovor ho may buy, ho tokos away with him tha counolation of lmvln;g obtainod a'bonutiful nrticle at & prico much Jowor than ho would havo to pay for it olso- where, CIHDISTMAS CLOTHING. In no way cau & Ohristmnsg prosent bo mado so wolcome {n thoso times a8 by choosing a useful artiolo, and nothing will bs more appreciated than o euit of clothes or an overcoat, Nowhoro con theeo things bo obtained to botter advan- tage than at Wildo, Dluott & Co.'s, on thonorth- wout cornor of State and Madison stroets. Hero can bo found every articlo of clothing worn by men or boys oxcopt boots and hats. Their stook not only cum‘{lrlsos avorxl.hing of tho finoat ¢ q\lnlu{ an bost fit, but also tho choapos ond ocommonest articloy. Tho gooda of this firm havo a reputation equal to thot of custom-mado worl, and this roputa- tion is the rosult of an oxporlence of yoars. No misropretontation {8 permitted,—ovarything will Do oqunl to what is stated with' rogard to it. In this store will ba found dressing-gowns, smok- ing-jnckets, scarfs, neclowear, gloves, shivts, urdorwear,—in short, overything a gentloman wants, 3. B, BIAY, Ono of the oldest and boat known dry-goods housos in this eity is that of J. B. Shay, Nos, 84 and 86 Stato strect, 'Tho utores nro situated in the most central and conveniont Rnlt of tho city, nnd aro thronged every day with admiring pur- chagers. Thoso who morely go to seo tho ele- gout goods displayed, with no provious intention of buying, are unablo to rosist the porsunsion of the low prices and fine quality of thio goods, and —Thoso who camo to look, romaln to buy. Nowhere m the cuicnn gooda of s finer quali- ty be purchased oheapor. Go and sce thoir stoek. A, B. VAN COTT & CO., jewelors, No, 124 State stroot, is ono of the best and moul favorably known Liouses in tho jowelry trada of Chicago. Mr. Van Cott has beon con- nocted with jewelry business since 1820, and his long oxperionco in all branches of tho trade en- obles Lim to undorstuud it thoroughly and to apply his kuowledge to the advantago of cus- tomers, Tho firm Lins on oxhibition & largo as- gortmont of goods. Rich and elogant i3 the stock of jowelry, silver-ware, Fronoh clocks, and bronzes, all imported by tho firm. It is a good place to trade, s purchasors will find by calling, MINTS FOR TIE LADIES, . 1f the women of Chicsgo nro_wise, they will without delay proceed to 8, T, Nickerson’s, No, 94 Stato streot, and oxamine his fine display of noedle-work in ombroidered slippors, of piflows, wash-stands, jowol coses, and other fancy arti- clos. Mo also hina & comploto live of hand-knit worsatod goods, cousisting of scarfs, legging, and other uscful gurments, Besides those there isn good nsrortment of fans, jowelry, vriting-desks, slipper cases, and other fancy articlen especially adapted for hollday gifts. COBNPLL WATCHES. George McElwaln, corner of Ruridolph and Stata straots, is tho solo sgent for the Cornoll watches, munufactured in Obicago, These watchos, baving the quick beat of 18,000 strolics per Lour, sro very valuable for railrond use, and are rapidly coming into favor, tho prices boing vory Jow. Afr. MoElwnin hies boeu 1o the jowel- ry business in Chicngo for tweaty Yesrs, sud his goods bear & deservedly high reputation, con- sisting of the best wutches, chains, opora- glosses, and genoral Jewelry of ail kinds. The sitnation of the storo ia s0 cautral that persons from all parta of tho oi¢y will find it conveniont to trade there. TiTE, ZMPINE SEDSTEAD. The Empire Parlor Bedstond is au clegant pleds of funiture, representing a bookeaso, \ardrobe, sidebonsd, dreusing-case, etagore; and dosle combined, It is instantly couvorrible iuto a Insurious bed, yot occupics, when closcd, only ono-fourth tho space of & common bed. It eronomizes room, thereby reducing remt. It cenables you to make asleoping-apartment out ot any room without injuring its looks. Seven atyles are mado of all sizes, It enn Do closed with the bed mede np. It i the bost combined bedstead made, For sale by the Empiro Bed- stead Company, No. 883 West Madison street. MAKING THE FUR FLY. When such Louses as Bishop & Barnes, the oldest, and one of the lurgest, manufacturoers of fwrs in_tho Northwest, make ‘“anuouncements extraordinary,” ae they bave just doncat the comer of Btato and Monroe streets, those who want furs that are reliable and genuine will bo likely to find them there, cortainly as low as ot smaller houses, and wo can see no reasou why they cannot undersell thom on the same class of goods, Tho sales they nro making, unfuvorable a8 the weather has beon and ns dull as the times are, aro simply enormous, GILLETT, TITUS & CO. For Christmns-gifts, there is no bettor place to go than to Gillett, Titus & Co.'s establishment, No. 158 State street. ‘I'ho stacic iy vory exton- sive, and includes a grent varioty of articlos suit- ablo for holiday-presonts. There aro fanoy ur- ticies of every description, including e large ag- sortment of writing-desks, at_sll }xricnu, work= boxes, plain and ornamental, dressiug-caees that are beoutiful, jewel, ucissor, and odor-cages, nl- bums, dominoes, chess, and other grmoy, besides meny other things too numerous to montion, Everything is marked down, and tho prices suit the times. .. D. KIRBY. This jeweler, whose placo of business is at No. 70 Stato nireot, hus been an instauce of the suc- cess which strict attention to business and to the wants of his customers always bring to uny businesaman. Mr, Kirby bas beeu in the jewel- 1y business over top years, having commenced in a small way, and worked up to hia prosont fine establishnent. Ho has a fine stock of jewel~ 1y, opera-glasses, and oyo-glasses, and is solo agont for tho watches of the colebrated Now ork Watch Compuany. VELYVETS AND STLRS, Messrs. Hotobkin, Palmer & Co., 187 and 189 Btate stroot, the popular cloak, millinery, and ladies’ furnishing emporium, are offering for tho loldiays velvet and cloth clonks in greab variety ond pricos, Although many gentlomen aro buy- ing for n present to their wives or cousins & pat- torn for o volvet cloak, they are selling their all silk Lyons cloak velvet at 810 and 812, In their millinery department they have many uoveltios, and by the crowds sround thoir linon and house- keoping counter one would think some one was to bowado happy by very useful presents, such 48 tablo-cloths end nopkins to mateh, &o. SUADOWS OF THE PRESENT, ‘We rofer to those most excallont stereoscople ‘views of robuilt Chicago, for which overy citizen is indobted to Lovejoy & Foster, Nu. 88 State sreet, and which aro boing sent to all parts of tho United States (mailed at 4 conty a dozon) as presenty, Their ** American Beenery,” Willor’s famous ** American Domestic Life " {colored by L. & F), and beantiful fern and illuminated mottoed muke very suitable and not extrava- gunt presents, while their prices onall chro- o8, photograpbs, albums, aud such goods, can- nob bo beat anywhere, THE STRIOTLY PRACIIOAL HODY, who i3 not entietled with anything unless it is usefnl, discovered wmong our Sunday advatise- ments, & certuin furniture mandfacturing house, at 269 aud 271 Stuto streel, which wanted money badly, sud offored parlor suits at 295, 40-1b best tick hafr-mattressos at %14, fancy chuirs at 310 to $13, and chamber furniture oquelly low. He lost no time in investiguting at, until from the piles of goods on the walk for shipment one would conclude the practical man had not been disappointed, though the prices quoted scemeld ridicnlonsly low. YULE CONPEOTIONS seom to b in grent fuvor with glvors thiy year nll around, judging from the throng found at both of :I\;'hnll'n pluces, Nos, 105 Clark and 278 ‘Weat Madison street, and it wonid seem thut uw majority of our citizens hud suddenly conceived tholden of currying home some of “his famons coufectiony, or surprise boxes, for Christmas, We honr of a large sinber of church-societios which liwve mudu extensive orders o this houss Io;- mxnrlfllnnuvtrus trimmingy for their Bunday- schools, FIAN, ¥LESH, AND ¥OWL, "' Our enterprising vitizon, Fred l(flem{)lnr, 17 Olurk streot, huw ade “them accopluble a8 prosouts in all well rogulated familles. ~ His place b the above number wo found to be o porfect musonm, end nol w fow of our presont-givers selocting from Lis extonsive colloction o ulufl- Iug-birds and cages, and gold-fish, and aquarl- umu-—uxlngs that aro remombered boyond the moment of givivg, JEWELERS OENERALLY have not done tho businoss they expoctod to un- Lil they mado “ greut inducemoents to buyors,” which peoplo have learncd to look for niow days. Among the first sud most suceossful in doing this was Rossborry & Faleli, donlers in watehes, jewelry, silver, und silver-plato ware, at 68 audison and 187 Btlute strect, who are doing 4 tine trade, and marking many costly presents, loction of ~French olocks and bronzes, imported dirgotly from ¢l manufaoturers, o whort, the entite stock is exquisite, and 956 Of the moah valuable in Amerloa. This firm, l\‘\!n hoar of many presontation” purchases at this LIy :, AX ELEGANT PRRBRNT, Nothing san b8 suore sovpiable for u blidsy g‘m than ono of thoso splond Arfon or Btory & Camp pianos, or ono of tha world-renownod Entoy organs, which Btory & Oamp, at 211 Stnte stroot, nonr Adams, nre solling at prices that will astonish you, aud on torms within the roncl of all. They have an frhmonso_stock that must lmI lnohl. You will snve money by giving thom a call, x OUR LADY NEADERA will bo |1lml to loarn that O, Webstor & Qo,, the wholoeale and ratnil millinera, 270 and 272 Wa- bash avonue, linve mado tho uniform prico of (0 conts on n largo lot of trimmed and untrimmed hatg, such aa thoy have gotten many timos for that horetoforo, Theso are all mow, fashiona- bloj and in every way desirablo gouds. A PIESENT ANY OF UR WOULD LIKE. Ono of the most approprinte prosents, to onr mind, would be an overcoat or sutt of clothes from Barnum's, bocauso we foul that whatover comos from this house, with its largo stock of lmfim‘md clotbs, sud its now rogimo of pricos, will he not only as good as ean be mado, bus alyo within the means of all to prosent. AT COLBURN'S, 67 RANDOLRI, Santa Olaus will fnd many good things in 8waote at prices that will pay for o fow oxtra stops. Wao found their carainols and othor first mixod candios solling at 60 cants, and a good mixed at 20 conts apound. All are warrantod to Do of tho bost qualit; “THE SHADOW OF DEATH.” ¥lolmon Hunt’s Gront Picture, Fron the Londen Times, Dec, 2o Thero can bo no such way to the undoratand- ing of picturo as the painter’s own account of hin work. The publlo should, therofore, Lo rateful to Mr, Holman Hunt for nccompanying is pioture, **I'ho Shadow of Daath,” by a brief, modest. and well-writton pamphlot doseribing his aim iu the work, with somo particu- lars of intorost ns to tho objecta and porsonages represouted, and the circumstancos under which the picture was oxeouted, We havo hero bofore us the fruit of three yours' in- tonso toil by o man of raro eurneatuoss, tonaoity and originality. Dosides tho actual labor, no small part of tho thought and Inowledgo of o vory industrious life bas passed suto this canvaas, Tho work challengoes, 1f for this renson alone, tho most respectful and thoughtful attention. This challenge is strongthonod by tho mannor of treatmont, which is opposed, in" slmost all ro- apoots, to tho accopted traditions nnd rles of puinting, and is_the result, at once, of the atrongly marked individunlity of tho painter, andof the uoncu}:tlou, both of tho purposes and the mothods of his art, to which this has guided him, Let us first briefly describe tho picture. The scone is & vaultod chiamber, at onco workeho) nud humble dwelling, in Nazaroth, filled wit] rush-chnir, carpenter's bonch, trestls and planics under the saw, with the blade atill in tho cloft piles of ahnvfugs, nnd tools lying about, nu iixed in o rack against the wall, “ho arched win- dow of two lights, surmounted by a picrced stor, looks out, through the branches of an olive tree, ontothe hills of Galileo and tho plaina of Jozreel. On the window-sill Ho two pomogran- ates, and near them a written scroll. iere 0ro moro such serolls on a shelf below. By the bench atands a waterpot of green enrthenwaro, with o bunch of srowatic herbs stuck in its moutl, to keep out the thies, and in tho coraer rests & bundle of long recds from tho brook. It is tho hour of sunget, when men rost {rom thelr labor. ‘The sun, low in the horizon, at this timo of day, irradiaten what it folls on with o light of peculiar brilliance, snd throws ehadows more closely resembling the formsthat cast thom than those projocted atany other hour. This raidance filly tho earth-floored chamber, and falls full on tho figuro of Jesus, as, in the primo of his marhood, with his singlo white garment girt sbont his loins by o wrought girdle, Lio stands in tho doorway, drawn to bis full boight, with his arms ontstrotchod and lis head thyown slightly back, with an exprossion and attitudo uug;]:ualmg ot onco the act of ono who atraightons and stretelies a body cramped with long Inbor, whila Lo blouds with o grateful sonsa of rolief sud rest an involuntary and habitual uttorance of worship and thanlfulness to God, if it be not rather an absorption of what is human in him in thought and feoling into tha Divine, Stand- ing thus against the low aud level gunlight, tho body throws upon the wall behind it o shmply dofined purplo shadow, the incidenco of which on o cross-boamn, nailed up as a _tool-rack, sud soma drills projecting above the beam, suggests vaturally a figire nailed to & oross, Thera is o sceoud figure in tho picturo—the Mother of Jesus, In tho common dress of a woman of Nazaroth, the bluo linen tobe aund white hond-voil, sho kncels, with Lier back to the spectator, in tho act of oponiug an ivory coffer, eup%nsel] to bo tho one left by the wise men of tho East, with the offorings laid bofore the star- Loralded Babo in tho manger of the inn at Beth- lohiom, ‘The coffer is of carved ivory, lined with geranium-colored satin, and in it are an Enstern crown of gold, an incense-burner with omaments of greon enamel, and an urn forholding precious spices. The coffer Lias beon covered with o rich- 1y embroidered vell, wronght in designs of regal Imrpla oud crimeon. Just as tho Mother, after lifting the voil, opena tho coffor, Ler attention i drawn naldo from it cosily contents to the ominovs shadow_on the wall, and our eya snd thought follow hers from the crown to the cross. Such is tho subject of tha picture, painted in o key of color to which the oye requires to bo- come reconciled bofore it can accep?, it a8 true to naturo, but quite faitLful, wo doubt not, to Last- orn fact, a8 it presented itself to the painter. Evory detail wo havo doscribed is paintod with & dotermined and equsl completeuess, the sama caro Laving bean bestowed, apparently, on evory one of the hundreds of shaviugs which htter tho floor a8 ou the face and figure of Josus, And this earo and comploteness are not common care end complelenoss, but the caroaund completeness of amind the most exacting, an eyo tho most povetrating and patient, and o hand the most un- compromising, luborious, and emphatic. The drawing is not loss careful and complete than the oxecution, and hore, again, tha same pains are bestowed on the trestle and saw as on the figuro and face of the Savior, Ii is evidont at onco that the painter of this pleture rejects all the uccopted rules as to seloc- tion, compromise, und designed varistion of pictorial emphusis according to the relative im- portance of the thing puinted. . For bim a fact is a fact, grent or wmall, and there i only one way of painting faots,—that is, a8 thoroughly'ss the painter can. Tho artist’s imaginative art, necording to this ‘conception of the art, is exhausted whon ho has thought out Lis picture, In oxecuting it ho has only ono Tule to follow: paint everything in the samo way, with the samo insietance, and tho samo care, Leave tho relaiivo importance of the things painted to assert and sottlo itself, In proportion as the work bas been woll conceived nnd oxcouted, the olomonts of it (8o the advoeates of this view of art maintain) will tell, a8 they ought, on tho spectator, pro- vided ho bring a right epivit to his contempla- tion. It is not our purposs or our business in these columns to arguo for or nguinst this concoption of the paiuter’s art. It is one which, nuuanucmuul{, no doubt, governed tho practico of our earlior schools in all countries, and relgned quite uncontested, in some of them for & longoer, in some for o ehorter season. It wan gradually ousted in all the most famous schools by an antagonistic conception, Mr, Hunt is tho sincere and_well equipped representative, in England and the ninotoonth canmrf, of tho Low Countries' sohool of the Van Eycks and thelr contemporaries nud_scholars, “This was the 8cliool of the most intouse renlism as regards the puinting things rcprosentod, Dut it may bo und hina boen the school also of tho highest ideal- ism and oven mysticvism. as regards the ideas in- tonded, it not exprossed, by tlie painter. In tho caso of My, Hunt the sttempt is to convey o pro- found idea by wonns of the most probuble con- coption of fucts, For hoth the idewund the fuoty of thik picture we aro able to_refer to Mr. Hunt's own words. *Tho picture,” ho tells us, ““wus paintod in the conviotion that Art, a8 one of its uses, may ho omployed to renlize fucts of importance in the history of humen thought und fuith.” For this he concelves it of importanco to study * natlonalchurnstoristics and climatis effocts,” “Ilo does not think thers noed bo uny dunger of vukguriziug the lughost truths by such realism, Of lato yeers spucial interest hos been ful6 in the human lifo of Jesus of Nuzaveth, but up to this day thoro 18 no picturs representing Christ in full ‘manhood, endurlug ¢he frae burden of common toil. One of the probloms of our nge concerns tho duty of tho workmuu. The life of Jesus furnishes an ex- smplo of the dignity of lahor. 'The painter aims to shiow Him na He may have been scen by His brothren whilo still gaining His bread by tho swoat of His brow. * Beripturally, the subject ju ¢Tho Bhadow of Deuth," the bouring of the first burden of (he Curso of Adam, Morally, it i this also—the Lustowlug of lifo fu trust tor futuro universul guud rather than for finmedinte porsonsl joy. urely, thoro ure enough of every class who have felt tho busdensomouces of toll, the rolief ot its cessation ; and onougl, alo, of those who have battled ugaiust tho temptatiou to sco this world's glory at the expenso of thely pence with the silent "Father, und who moy bo cuconraged to persovere while thinking of this scenc in the work-shop of Nazuroth, au taking pluco at the end of a long autumn Jny during which ‘the wservant waitoth for his shiadow.' " The h[‘ztclun was painted belweon 1808 and 1078, odefly ab Jertanlom, bus from w saaller doslgn oxcouted nt Bothloliom and Nazaroth, In thio opon nir, on o torraced roof, whora the hori- gontal sunlight shono uninterruptedly. Mr. 1lunt adds the followlng information of intorest on tho dotails of the plcture: “Tho trestlo on whioh the plank hsa beon pawn ig of o form peouliar to the East. InItaly, in tho present day, and, wo bollove, in Etruscan paintings, an apgular support sinilar in prin- ciplo to this, for wood while under the work- man'a hand, {8 to bo found. The saw is of n shape designed from onrly Egyptian ropresentations of ¢ his tool and thaform of the modern Orlontal implomoent. The tooth are di- rocted upwards, go that the cut is mado by the pulling instead of the lmnhlu ntroko, 08 it isin tho West. ‘I'ho rod fillet with tho double tassol at tho foot of tho treasel is tho nghal,~it is por- trayed lu both tho Assyrian soulptures and the Egyptian pletures of tho Jews lad away 88 cap- tives g the only hend-droes. It is now worn by tho Badouin of Byria over & keflien, Tho tools on the racle behind aro from o collection of ancient carpontors’ implomonts bought at Bothlohem. They include drills, an auger, mandrils, a plumb- lino, frame-saw, and half-square, tools most of which appear in Egyptlan pnlulfngn of n dato long anterior to tho time of tho Bavior. "'ho crown in tho caskot ia n combination.of tho forms of coronets of tho dynastics of Antiochua and Herod, and of tho anciont and modern Per- slan monarchs, Tho consor I8 of cloisonnes cnamel—used in tho East at o much oarlior dato thun that flustrated hore, Tho deslgn upon tho ivory surfaco of the hox ia almost an oxact copy from tho urnamontation of enpitals of columun still exiating nt Persopolis. Tho rounded arols of tho windows may, the painter thinke, Lo jus- tifled by more than one oxample of bulldiugs of tho Chriutian era, discovered at Jorusalem, The landscapo seon through the window reprosents the bills or Qnliles, with Uobol-sl-Covvives, tho bill of Precipitation, and, further off, tho Inin of Jozrcel, and, beyond this, the moun- ains of Gilbon; almont mooting oit the right the m“fi“ of Cormol, whilo in the far distance, on the loft, aro the remote mountains extonding to Monb hebind the Jordan.” It {8 not within our space, or, indeed, our functions, to discuss in detail tha technical moerits of Mr, Hunt's picture any moro than the concoption of his nrt which has governed tho painter. ‘It is sufllcient to say brielly that tho knowledge it shows is such a8 to justify and 1'::[)‘1:{x tho labor wluch bas “been Javiehed ko on ovory part of it. In respoct both of conception and oxecu-~ tion, judgments will diffor, according to the Lout of critics and the schools in which thoy have boen trained. But all candid and compe- tont crities, whatover thoir predilections or prefudices, will, we bolieve, agree that Lere ia ono of thoso works of which fow aro produced in & generation, embodying all that the artist can bring to his labor, from the vory dopth of his thought, conscience, feelings, and will. Such works should only bo appronched with the deep- ost respeot, and those who, bofore them, fool thelr admiration lonst crossed by question or chocked by controversial moods, have the best chanco of reaping the pleasure and ‘prom which ml:{ bo gathered from all work dnuy {lpondcmd. and revorently, sincerely and skillfully wrought out. Buch a work, Leyond dispute, cavil or isum:fio’y, is Mr. Holman Hunt's *Shadow of oath.*e LINCOLN AND McCLELLAN., Some Sccret Mistory—Statements by ExsSccrotary Welles and by & Pare tisan of ¢ Little Mac.» T'rom the St. Louts Republican, Tho followiug oxtract i from an articlo in tho @Galary magazive for December, written by tho Hon, Gideon Wolles, ex-Secretary of the Navy, ‘Ihe period alluded to is immediately after the defest of Pope iu front of Washington, nnd when theadvance of the victorious encmy upon tho National:Capital carrled dismay throughout tha country s At the stated Cabinet meeting on Tueadsy, tho 2d of September, whilo tho whole communty waw'stirred up and i coufusion, aud nffuirs weregloomy boyoud uny- thing that had previously oceurred. —Stanton entered tho council-room o few minutes In advancaof Mr, Lin- coln, snd sald, with great excitoment, he had just leartied from 'Gen, Haulleck that tho Prestdent hud laced McClellan iu command of the forces in Wash~+ ington, The information was surprisiug, and, in view of the provailing excitement ugainst that ofiicer, alarn- ing, Tho President soon cams in, and, in_nuswer to up inquiry from Mr, Chiase, confirmod what Stanton had stated, Goneral regret was expressed, and Stanton with #omo feoling remarked that noorder to thst effect hind f6ued froni the War Dopartment. —The President, calmly, but with somo emplusts, saft the order wus Liig, and ho wonld be reaponsible for it to the country, Withs retrenting and demoralized srmy tumbling in upou us, and alarm and pantc in tho communlty, it wis necessury, the Presidout sufd, that somethiing should be doue, but there scomed to be no oue to do it, e thereforo baddirccted McOlellan, who knew this whole ground, who way tho best organizer in tho army, whoge faculty was to organizo and defend, and ‘who' would here uct upon the defousive, to talke thia defeated and broken army nnd reorgonizo it, ‘We aro able to contribute an anecdote relating to_this crisis in the history of the War, which will throw o new and futorésting light upon the ovents narrated by Mr. Wolles, — McClellan, atripped of Lis command and left & more specta~ tor of disasters ho was powerless to avert, had rotired to Washington, and was sitting one evon- ing in his ofiico in company with Dolos B. 8rck- ott, now Inspector-General of tho army, 'his officor had boon on McOlellan’s staff during the Poninsular campaign, and was, consequontly, perfectly familiar with the embarrassments under which ‘ho had labored on gsccount of tho porsistent end ill-advieed interferonco of tho Exceutive, and ospecially of tho Secrotary of ‘War, The frienda wero conversing togother upon the gloomy wituation of affairs, and indulg- ing in thoso speculations and reflections which that situation would naturally give rige to, whén suddenly thero was o sbarp nug st the. door- bell, ‘The servant camo in and sunouuced tho Prosident and Gen. Hulleck. MeClellan roso at once, aud seeing bis distinguished visitors in the Lill ushered thom into a private reception-room in tho rear. After a briet consultation ho ac- companied them to a carringo in waiting, roturn- ed to the ofiico and remarked quistly: ** Woll, Sackett, I am in command of the Army of the Potomno agnin.” Hin friend started up in sur- rise, and exclaimed instinetively: ¢ I hope, eneral, you did not accopt it witliout suitable guarantees "—munulnr guarantees against fur- ther intorforonce ou the part of tho ILxccutive. McClellan looked nt himwith a peculiarly rolemn expression ha could nover afterwards forget, and 6ald, vory alowly snd deliberatoly: ©Sir, when tho Presidont of tho Unitbd Statos tolls mo with tears in his eyes that I am the only man who can take command of this army and eave the coun- try, it s no time to ask for guarantees, We will leavo for tho front to-morfow morning at day- llqln. 4 ‘They did lerve at daylight, and the campai, of Antiotam did save the guu’utry. s ettt st e The Pope’s Letter to Ledochowslki. Tho following ia a translation (from a German version) of the Pope’s letter to Archbishop Led- ocbowski, roforred to in o recont talogiam: “REVEREND BroTuer: Greeting and Apos- tolio Blossing. If at any time it hasbeon God's plossuro to men that the fabric of the Church is of Divine building, and that on that acconnt all attacks directed ngainst It by the powers of hell and the malico of nan must be in vain, surely it s now, roveroud brothor, while this truth is forcod upon tho sight ovon of those wha do not wish to seo it, for Lo has permitted all to con~ spire for the destruction of the Church, o seo contompt, ealumny, laws, sud tempora! superior- ity orrayed ngaiust it, the effect of reso- lutions long tormed brought to roslization by protracted Inbor and developed by the most exasporated soct, whioh has almost everywhero #ecured suprome powor. Its professors are dosignated robels, jts Bishope are condemnod by lay courts: ns agitutors, persecutod with fues, doprived of their oflicos, and expelled the coun- try; tho spiritual orders are probibited, the clergy is gnggod, nud, by arbitvary moasurcs, prevented from axorcfslng its oflice ; education of the youthin the spiritof the Church is for~ Dbiddoen, in order that, on the one hand, the popu- Jation may wot be couflrmed {p the principles of robgion, aud .that, ou the otter, the hopo may vanisl of ublo aud faithful sorvants of tho altar Doing tralned up, In order to undormine the glory of God, the fim]um y dedicated to God is robbed ;- even the chiol Lelmswan of the Church is kept in bonduge in order that, though utter- 1y duspoilod, Lo muy not govern the Church with froedom sccording to lllts owers, Al this, rovorond brother, makes your heart bleed, hut it likowise rends our own, for thongh wa are grioved at tho Leavy pnrflon of woe moted ont speciully to you—so heuvy that by the weight of your persgcutions yonr heaith has boen endan- gored—we sno, on” the othor hand, snd boyoud this, the evil spreading over the wholo of Eu- ropo to its full length and breadth, and more- ovoy, over other continents likewise, Nevortho- less, the very magnitude of the ovil and tho un- common breudth of itk diffusion raises the sure hopo that deliverauce is close_at_hand, Tor if God at a former tima, when he desirod to #nve the world, permitted so muny dovilish pervorsi- tiow thut even hia own Bon was nob s}mrud, we havo caugo to infor that the samo God is now, by tlio unbridled aftorts of holl, prepuring tho ouly oventual rogeneration, nod for a triumph of tho Ohurob, at this moment doprived_of all hnman axsistance, aud {hat by the visible manifesti~ tion of iis powor o will compel even the proudest hearts into obedience, Ifurthermore, raverond brothor, you mako the tokous of your love the dearor to us, the wmore you are aficted with troubles, and mngnanimously saoxifice overythlug, eveu life itself] to the exsoution of 3 youroflico; nnd thomnore readhutely and atanchly you light for tho Church the moro dooy our deslro gain in intensity that you iay bo nickly restored to all tho moro comploto hiealth. Tho gltta from your diocesans, which you have forwarded to us, have forced us to admiro their fervont lovo, but havo atthe aamo tino ocea- sloned a cor{nin rogrot, bocauno thosn alms_nro offored by thoso \v?n) aro thomsalves hommed in on oll sldes by sovero tribulation. Itecoive, thereforo, tho assuranco of the deop gratitude of our heart, vou as woll as your clergy and your nu{g{\lu, on bebalf of whom wa pray forvently to God that o may givo them the snmo spirlp which he has given thelr pastor, and liko porse- verance in tho great poril in which thoy find thomsolves. May God ql’uul them aud you that unfailing unanimity which- annihilatos " and ex~ Lhausts all the power of the advorsarics, iu ordor thus to provide a fresh victory for the just cauge, and frosh glory for tho Church. Monn- while, a8 horald of the graco of God, aud in proof of our particular attachment, o pro- nounce upon you and both your archdlocesos our ?)pnnmllc bloushlg . “ Given at lomo, Bt. Petor's, on the 8d dbf of Novembor, 1873, the twonty-eighth of air reigu. “Pros P, P, IX, " MRS. EATON. The Woman Who RRuled at the White House During Gon. Jackson’s Ade= ministration. Mrs, Westmoreland’s New York Lelter ta the Atlanta Conatifution, Through Dr, Deoms, L leurnod that this cole- brated woman, who did the honors of the White House during Gen, Juckeon's adminlstration, utill lived—was in this city, and wns one of his 13 JEWELRY, CLOCKS AND BRONZES, NEW GOODS EVERY DAY! ‘We will open to-morrow (Monday), New Coral Sets, very fine, Bracelets, Gold Jewelry, Clocks, and Bronzes. Notwithstanding our immense sales during the past week, we have re- ceived and - opened -enocugh New Goods to make our stock larger than before this season. congregation, Naturally I felt an Intorest in, and some curiosity to'ses & person who had played so conspicuous o part in tho nffairs of the nation at ono timo, aud, lonrning that sho was found of company, and would conslder it no i trusion, I called,” In doing 80 1 wau moro forci- bly rominded than ever Lefora of what slaves wo are of tho eaprices of fortunc—wliat victims to the vicissitudes of life, over which wo laye no gontrol. Hore was & woman who once held the destinios of o nation in her hand, To win her approval argucd success~to arouso hor angor meant defeat. Hoalth, luxury, lattery, honors— overything this world could give was “Inid at her feot, Now, on old, feeble, nud jaded woman, desorted by frionds—forgotton by the world, sho okes ont u bare oxistence in a retired bosrding- gbe, which overlooks Washington square. Ajthough in ker 76th yoar, sho still bears the trgbes of liaving been o beautiful woman, and though miserably drossed, she _recelved us with tho grace and elegance of & Quecn. We found lor vory accessiblo—the convorsation naturally turned upon oevents of tho past, aud we wern aurprisod to find every incidont connectoed with her eventful life as irosh in her momory nsif thoy hod only just cccurred. Her story varies gomowlat from the fucts laid down in ik and, porbaps—who knows—sho may right ‘aud tho historian wrong. Buch things have happened (?), for of nll poople who profess to be entiroly unprojudiced, wo tlunk the gonorality of historiaus are moro prejudiced than any other class of writers, Sho spoke of Mra. Rendolph and the Duchess do Fensondoek a8 hor only childron, and, iu tho midst of many changos and heavy losses, sbe smd she_ consid~ ered horgolf blessed in being surrounded by hor grandehildren, who are very devoted to her, and consolo and comfort lior in her old age, DMrm Randolph lias been dead many years, and it is this family of children sho has reared, and who now cara for hor, tho youngest san makiog it his duty and plensuro to provido for his grand- ‘mother, whou ha soems 1o love with a dovotion borderiug on romanco. Hhe mentioned in con- vorsution that her son-in-law, tho Duke, hnd two iitles, ihe other one being the- Duke do Bampayo, nnd that their only child, a doughter, wnas married to one of tho Rothsohilds, thoson of tho eldor Creesus. She snid her daughter had become thoroughly foreignized snd hated Amerien so thap sho would not sllow her husband to nceept u position to this country, which was offered lim_kyo_years ago. TIasked hor if sho “eyer visited Wasnington now.” She said, * Noj recollections of Wash- ington are so painfut that I do not like to go there any more "—theu added—** I very foolish-~ Iy married o third timo, altliough this marringo Tost all of my proporty; aud it in not pleasant to go back nnd’ sco other people enjoying whap rightfully belongs to me. lle majried mo for mynnouey, and it took him ten years and soven mouths to'got it into lue possession. ‘Then, when he got it ull, ho left me, taking some wom- an whom he fancied, and loft the country. I was in complete ignorance of his moyoments until lottor ronctiod mo which e had written from the steamer, saying ho returned to me my hon- ored name, aud lafetha country because hie was not worthy to be nssocinted with wme and my family, confossed himself a villain and an nd- ventuver, and assured me he would uever trou- blo wo again.” The namoof this magnificent seoundrel, was Antonio Buchigngui, and, Mrs, Taton uays, o vory haudsome and elegant man— a man who Lad soryed o librarisn at Washing- ton, although ho was an Italian advenlurer of ‘whom nothing was known, _Of courso, she at onco resumed the name which lad been 8o gen~ evously (?) restored to her, aund for the distin- g}iiohud lonor of playing the short, rolo of adamo Buchignaui, shie paid the princoly sum of nivotecn Louses and six square blacks of real estate in Washington City. A fow moro yours, and the sands of life will have censed to flow for this woman whose carcer i without o parallel. MISOELLANEQOUS, . Tho combined wealth of those who went down in'the Ville dn Havte exceeded $20,000,000, —The Rev. Dr. Fulton was given a cake of BoRp, hf somebody, tho other day, aud wroto back this scknowlodgmont: * I Lave used your goap'with profit and pleasuro; but, best of all, T have hield pleasaut converse with you goncoru- ing Him who washes all our sius away.” % —A suit at Jaw, growing out of a recent fair, is shortly to come on al Now Bedford. A fire- men’s trumpet was put up, to be awarded to the “ anginoe compauy orfiroman gettiug the greater number of votes.” Thomes V. Cook got it, by 975 votes, against 412 for the Onward Company, but the Onward boya protest that Cook is not & fivoman, only an honorary mewmbar, and on this point tho sult is brought. New Dedford fs tho placo whore a shiopkecpor was nued recontly for putting o statuctte of Narcissus in s show- window. ~—'ho firgt signs that the old historical London residence of tho Poreys, Dukes of Northimber- laud, is about to boe vacated, have just been shown, BSoveral wagous huave latoly beon em- Blaycd in t:m-ryh:fiv away to Sion House, the ucal residence at lsleworth, the most valued of tho7art-treasuros,—above all, the magnificent Bovres vase, valued at £10,000, presented to Hugh, Duke of Northumberland, by Charles X., whon His Graco was aceredited as Ambassador Extraordinary at that Monarch's coronation. O a7 A Great Flower Gardens You have heard of old bacholors’ whims. Thore nro lots of them on record, but Honry 8law, of Bt. Lo, has given practical execu- tion to the most romarkablo bachelor’s crotchdt of thouge, Ho le a Scotchman, a milliounira, and sowe 75 yoars old, IIo haw constructed the finest_flower-gardon in the world, It lns 350 acres in it, and is n gorgoous marvel of a gardon. It Lus’ all the flowers i 1t, obtainable in the world, that will live in St. Louis climate. -It is o bowildoring paradize of floral besuty. "he flowors number by thomillions. Its cost no one can tell, Shaw Limself don't know, It is thread- ed by walks, and adorned with conservatories and hiot-honsos full of thorurost oxoties. A forco of 100 gardeners is necdod to keep the placo in ordor. Shaw, it is snid, sponds_his ontire in- como from hls millions in~ koopivg it up. Ile began the thing after tho war, and for soveral years Lio has opened ic to the public, Hundreds of thousands of visitors rosort to it. Itis the ohiof attractiou and curlosity for the stranger in Bt, Louls to visit, And, strango to suy, no polico guiard it, and no flowerd aro yifferad. This iu tho public reverenca to the man’s gonerous enter- prise. Wo visited the elegant house at the head of tho garden, where an ologunt pieture of Bhaw roprasonta Lim stauding among hin flowors. Two clegant ' portraits of beautiful ludios in the garb of a jpnet duy, represent somo of his femnlo progonitors. A huge book s kept thero for visltora to record thoir names in, A curious foaturo of the gardon i8 beda devoted to one tlower, For ju- stance, thero is a lorge bod with overy varioty of eactuy; suothor with hundreds of yorbouas, and goon, Ryerything ia in o prodigal profusion, 1t is o ourious unotion this, that prompts a rich man to dovote s groat incoma in one Exot caprico, und that principally for tho boneflt of othors. But in this vory caprice, so unususl and so ex- penelve, is wiapped up in his own porsonal nspi- ration, He thus malkes his colebrity. Aud why should n man mnot sirive to become known through his® mannnoth gardeus, as' well as throngh his statesmuuship or achiovements of arm or gonlus? fhaw i3 nenr Lis grave, 1fe has, ju pursuance of his ambition, willed his gardens {o the city, on condition that the vity binds itwelf to keep them up. _The eity has eagorly accepted the be- quest, und thus, through private liberality, gots, without cost, & publio gerdon not surpassoed in the world for magniticonce and boauty, The ardon will forover be dubbed, '*Shaw's Gar- N. MATSON & CO., TEWELERRS, STATE AND MONROE-STS. HOLIDAY BOOKS, OLIDA’ "BOOKS |DIAMONDS FOR OLD AND YOUNG. 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Halt Sronte 31 vols, Troo call. 1 o T A i " R ! el Cannel, Briar Hill, Metway, Pitisboreh, and Wil Pemihrsiti, ‘}“'_5,.,"‘“,"&,' mitglou Coals, always on Laud, Wi 70 'Tales of the Borders s—13 vol: e e BLAKE, WHITEHOUSE & CO0,, :":“" 19 Chamber of Commeree, Rl A ‘el Yards--Indiona-st. Bridge, Twenty-secend-st. Bridge. T INEECTIONER, “OPEN - TO-DAYT At tho request of many of my customsrs, 1 have decided to leep both my Btores cpor until ovening, this Sunday only. DYISAT.T., octhe forocoo, vl Half nosd Don Quix —1)uro, e Lt Fontnine s Kublex—Loro ¥ sl -Dora,. fhifnd ‘Fre call. Half morooco, Half enlf, Bull call Hearoo + 4 vols, v 1—9 vola. No. 438, The Regular Annual Communicas tion will be held at Lossing Hall, No. 12 North Clinton-st., WEDNES. DAY, 71-2 p. m.yJon. 7, 1874, HOLDRIDGE O. COLLINS, Secrotary. Attention, Sir Knights! Midyumer Night's Dreay p Pl UCQU OXUERusc s vens —Splondidy ilistrit nocs —Hustrated by 0 fod . Taine’s Do Full Loyant morucca.., Inmnerton’s Chap Hallund lhmu{x e Prom Aroundd th T Vi Eartli o tio dlovn Direer Chicago Commagdery, No. 19, K, 'I'.—Speatal conclavy i Jur Country i —Vorio.. Monday dronfny, Dee, 53 at 7:9) o'elocis, tor jusialintion Five Weekn it Bulloon of oflicers and urill, Vislting Sie Knights courteously in Chl LifeIn Prose = Whi vited, By orderof tho 1 {tod e KtorfedsoMoulto SINCLAIR, Recordor. Wit l\mf Did 1t Sehonl Huns Tivinleor gu Siive Masonie ‘Trotey?s Wedding ' i 2. 1—Diaz, Annunl communiantion of Garilon City Lodga, No, I, 1 AL B &AM, will o hold on *Sonday ovoniug, 1os, 25, at 755 o'olook, At Oricntal (Tall, for tho viootlou of offi cors for tho ensuinis your aud payinont of duos, A fali sud prompt attendaico af tiomenboes ia requostod. By oraor of tho W. AL, Jusopls Hutlur, J. W. RICHFORD, Soo, Masonic. Tho annua) communication of Dearhorn Todgo No, 810 L1, & A, AL, will Lo ield in the Maronlc ‘Lomplo, oz nor of Randalph and Lulstad. 6, 1830, al baly-past 7 o'cloc Lubtout Gf iticors for thio onsu 03 The above named give only a hint of the wide range, varicty, and richness of our, stock. Jansen, McClurg & Co., 117 & 1 STATE-ST, WATCHES, &o. STOP AT R. J. MORSE & 00’8 some time when you ads, and compare the PRICES he makes for iy riday ovoning, Dog, tho dlocilon and lnstat. 1y order of tho W, ANGE, Suo'y, Masonic. Annual communjcation of Miriam Chapter E. 8., for thu elsutlon of obicors, will be' hold in thale hail, States Tilday oventng, 26l Docomlr, muul Uhanter Of Sorrow on Sunday, 28th Dacombor, at2 'clook, 1 Orlontal Hall, 133 LuSallo-at, “Publio art invitod MRS, o) BUTLRY, Soo'y, o0d. Dasonie, Regular communication of D. A, Cashman Ladgo, No. A K. & A, Mo, Tucstlay ovonlng, Deo, 23, st 73 o'olack, for clootion of oticors and” yoyniont of duus, Kvory member is roquosted to bo Smm‘f - 1L, J, WIITOOMB, Soo. eoomber (only) on av%;%thin in DIA-| o chent 3"}“;"‘:“"‘-‘-‘ MONDS, WATUHES, JEWELRY, and such tion fifiufy”udx':‘?&fi?. ;n‘él'm afiduatel e e g:ugs, with anybody else’s anywhere in Ohi. + Dyordorot thodt P oKk ER, Socrotary. 5]: k RMasouic. C t Rogular communieatiou of Nutlonal Lodgo, No, 636, As - F. &'A, AL, Tacsd: , Dod 23, Jous Clark & Lake-sts. | piimmsuieionins witfcors nud puymont of s, Jivpry Wombar i Leveby CUTLERY. 3 Dotl1od 10 bo prosunt, By ordor W “PEARI.” Thb {inest sasortmont of Pourl and Ivory Tablo Kaivos, ‘A, BTILUS, Soa, Basouic, Corinthian Chapter, No. &, it. A, M. eatlou, Monday evening, av’ 7 o'clod! -Rejulyr Gonvoe Work un Carvory, aud Finw Outlery of ail kiuds; sl o e 3 Pintod {varo, Wo ask '3:‘.'1;" i sticomt el | i 4 Dosa J. 0. DICKERSON, Socrolary. pricos at L D Kll"l‘}bufi & CU, i T Knights of i’ythins. All momabers of Dadfalty Ludgo ury_ saninonod fo ho provent at thelr Unstlo orugr Jadalle and Adams- stu,, {riday, Doo, 1 utd o'elovk pr Dy B hmlnunnh“m st il G uioeo bl widuitus,” By .| omniatder. ardor i tho Chineotior Carsiant o 000 07 Ruuth Clavk-st. TAX NOTICE. STATE & COUNTY TAXES, 1673, NORTH CHICAGO, T Loyal Orange Institation, Tead, Witlto, and Blue, Loyal Oranga Lodgo, No. 8, on,” and ho thus travels on to immortality on the enccossful raalization of his stupendous and J fergsar oy most besutiful crotehiel~Allanta Conblitulion, Nptioo ts horaby iivan that the and County Taxea ue and payab) Houin R i, 1% k. . Purblo tuooflug at. i1 Kally 19 Koath lidet Satbondy b ! Monday oveniiy, 2d fust,, nt b o'vlook, All Purpl | d to att fpaigstnana gl i it