The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-18

WHAT NEXT i-On this rainy day, when the
damp, bleak atmosphere hangs like a pail over
the populace, when there Is scarcity in city
news, and when even an advancein in gold or "ile, %
stock the solution Of the oft-rcpCated question,
"Whcre is sherman going 2" fail 70 raise the spirits
OF the people, we do not know that we can pen a
more interesting paragraph than that relating TO a
new invention OF some ingenious Yankee (Ot
cOurse), which deserves to rank with rotary
chUrns and sewing machines, IL is nothing more
nor lees, pHtoyt0WHaS, than q baby. tender, said
20 be In It's operation gentle rs a mothers knee.
For few mdR this, of course, the baby1wn take
its ubhyiOus cap in Il cradle This is the tirst
form the invent n assumes. Next the cradle
can be changed &C will into a little couch, ad-
iustCd at any angle, and when it Uhe bahy) Id
able to sit up, the couch may be made q tlr,
with place for playthings in 'front.' while the
child can dance mp and down, aided by the verti.
cal spring, When the child Is able 70 stand, a
support revolving in the centre, sustaias II in It's
efforts TO stop; and when 10 has learned to walk,
hObby-horSo attached, instead OF cradle,
alords hcalthml exercise and anu. ing pastimp.
The machine is also capable of being transmit d
INTO nursery chair for the table; aud wnCn not
In use for babies, becomes handsome O.tom IN.
The only question is whether the babies will
tolerate any such innovation upon their rights TO
be tossed and rocked by misses and d0atng
maumas. VIII they not soon discover the base
substitution, and raise grand protest against
such mechanical eNpedicut We shall see.
A WoRK OF MERT.-Messrs. T. b. Peterson
Brother hive published to-day the most recent
production Of Mrs. Henry Wood, the Charlotte
BrontC Of to-day, under the title Of Oswald
Cray" To procure this work. the publishers
have spared neither exerton nor expense Over
three thousand dollars have been expended in
It's preparation. II is only necessary to mention
the name OF the author TO recommend the work
to our tictiOn-loving public. The above produc-
ton is itaught with deep iatcr6st and admirably
utlhCAtCd characters. After several years OF
literary labor, Mrs. Wood has procured a rich
ness and purity of style which can only be
acquired by lOug practice. Severe literary labor
has produced u serious attack of sickness, but
the reputation she hls acquired is more than a
recompenSe for her suffering. Tho present work
is equal in plot and superior in style to east
Lynn. IL is her chef d'nwre. We cordially
recommend il 20 our readers.
DEDICATION OF THE GREAT CATHEDRAL OF ST
PETER AND ST.. PAuL.--Thc dedication of the
great work on which, for eighteen years, corps
Of workmen has been engaged, will take place
on Sunday next. A full des riptiOn Of the edltcc
was published recently in Tue EVENING TGLE-
GRAPH. In another column will be found the
order of the mmittec Of arrangements relative
to entrance into the Cathedral Ii is both neces
saTy and proper that such Il system should be
adopted, on account Of the great crowds that will
COngregate around the centre Of attraction. To
those who are entitled to visit the edifce we
We give a synopsis Of the order. The holders of.
red and blue tickets will enter between nine and
ten o'clock ut tue gates on Summer street, below
/ eighteenth The holders OF green tickets mt the
door at Nineteenth and Vine streets. Special
ticket holders enter at the gate on Race street.
No carriages arc allowed in the space before the
Cathedral.
A DANGEROUS CouNTuRFEIr.-Th morning
Hiram barley, young man, twenty years of
age an American by birth, was arrested at the
clothing store Of Mr.. John Seberlich, No. 343 n.
Second street, on the charge of passing couu-
teriet Treasury bill, of the denomination of $50
barley had purchased coat for Slj and the DILL
was rendered in payment The spurious chara1-
ter OF the bill was asCcrtainod q few minutes
afterwards, and barley WAS arrested by Officers
Johnson and Icibrick, and locked up in the
Station House, Third, below Greeu street 1t is
alleged that the same fellow attempted to pass a
similar blll on the keeper of a lager beer saloon,
in Vine street, near Third, a few days since.
The counterfeit Is pronounced liJhograph, of
n very faint color, and has evidently been touched
up. To those not used to the appearance of the
genuine, the counterfeit Is n dangerous one.
Those who have had bills of ths descfpton
named passed upon them during the past week
had better call at the Station House aud take u
look at barley.
PosrL.-During the progress of the war an
immense amount of mail matter has been trans
mitted through the Philadelphia Post Odi;o to
a majority of cases the packages arrive either here
or az Washington with the wrappers destroyed or
the address so mutiated that they cannot be for
WardGd, and are, therefore, necessarily sGng TO
the dead letter office. If persons sending would
take the preCautiOn to write on card or slip of
paper the full name of the officer or soldier for
whom the package is intended, the number Of
the regiment aad corps to which he is attached,
as well as the name and post Office address of the
person by whom it is sent, and faseu the card or
slip thus addressed securely to the contents of
the package, inside the wrapper, it will in all
cases insure their safe delivery or their prompt
return to the owner.
UP IN THE AIR. Professor Lowe, the balloon
ist, is still making daily and nightly ascensl9ns
when the weather is not stormy, from his balloon
grounds Fifteenth and Coates Streets Among
those who made ascensions yesterday, were the
William Graf, James G.. Dixon,
Frank Heuingtog, Wilhelm Olsen, Wilhelm
Nelson, John Degcnkolv, Waldemar Fischer, |
A. Andersen, Peter Glnet, John Stevens, No. |
500 Arch street, Henry L.. Smith aud wife, Mrs. |
Carroll Reuben WickerhamRud wife, John Car
son. and Francis Dchavon. Messrs. II. Richards. |
y. A. Walker, and g. Gilpin, IN de ascensions on |
Monday. These GscenSiOns are becoming daily |
more and more popular with the public.
TIE"PAss' BUsNEss.-The different passenger |
railway companies ol this city have in contempla-
ion the adoption Of q paI which wlfprevent the /
use Of free tickets" On the roads other than by |
he parties justly entitled TO them. 1t is proposed |
hat persons who have a right to avail themselves |
)f this privilege shall, on application for such |
tickets forward their cCrteS de uiSite, upon the |
opposite side of which will he printed or engraved
.he "pass." or course, when such tickets nre |
presented TO conductors, they have only TO com |
pare tie picture with the person presenting the |
pass, and the right is at once established. The
idea is Il novel one, and would no doubt accom-
pieh the object desired
THE PHILADELPHIA Pass CLUB.-It is con
iempated by the Philadelphia Press Club to
make arrangements for the delivery of a course
of lectures before the Club during the winter
season. IL is proposed tor this purpose to obtain
the services Of the distinguished literary men Of
the country, particularly those connected with
the newspaper press Among those casually
were the Hon.. Schuyler COlfax,
Spcaker-ot The House of Representatives, Hon.
Horace Greeley, Rev. Henry Ward BeeCher, Mr.. |
Gorge Francis Train, and Bayard Taylor, Esq.
FIGHr BETWEEN Two FEMALEs.-This morn |
ing at an early hour row occurred at a low |
house, in Water street, above Dock, between two |
women. One of them seized case-lSnife and |
stabbed the other Mary Brown, in the I
temple, inaicting a severe cut. The party who |
inflicted the wound is known by no other namI !
than "Doly," and succeeded in making he,
escape. The wounded woman was taken TO the [
hospital. Her injuries are Rot dangerous.
The SOLDIERS VoTE-This morning the sol
lior.s ,,oto On far aa counfed fonted nm ag fol-