The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-24


EASY SENTENCES. Gould the air have been
more pure and bracing than it was this morn
ing? IL blew in quickening, exhillaratingt life
insPiibbs b, gusts penesr@aea every P9 P9rsl9n , of
nerves win health and sent the blood throo-
bipg in swelling currents through its twisted
channels. 1t Is true that the chilly breath
didn't kiss you with the warm and wauton
soflness of maidens lip, but still 1t had the
same effect, for as the one, hot, would tinge the
cheek with sympathetic ruddy flush, 50 the
other cold, tinged IL with raw, yet rosy. hue.
Brown might say, with shrug of his shout
ders, that there was much likeness 'twixt the
two.
again queens IL. We were at q party the other
evening, and noticed several ladies displaying
use the words of a ministerial guest present,
"ihey were but three inches at the lowest point
above the waist" Few ladies really like TO go
so much into society, and only do SO In conform
ing 10 the demands OF fashion, wnich Is thor
oughly inditlel ent whether the sex wears little
-"WhiIe there's life there's hope" Crest
fallen Democrats meet In various places
throughout the city this evening to take coun.
sci together how they may best mend their
shattered ranks for the November battle. A
mighty Republican surge has oyertaken them.
ana though they may kick and founder
awhile IN the overwhelming waters-as thuy
have only straw to hang upon-down they
The good cause. A Republican mass meet
Ing will be held this evening under the auspices
o. The Fourteenth Ward Grant and Colfax Cub
in SpIing Garden Hall, Thirteenth and spring
Garden streets; and the Republican "Invincl-
Dies" ana ali young men OF Philadelphia favor
able 10 the election OF Grant and Colfax. will
also assemble in convention this evening al
-Phiadelphia's benevolent heart has been
touched by The distress OF the widow OF Police.
man Young, who was shot, IL will be recol-
lected, by some coWardly assassins on last elec-
lion day, and Philadelphlas benencent pockets
and hands have bounuiully opened for her
relief
We saw butcher the other day, in a street
uptown. endeavoripg TO pull along by the
horns large sized calf "Wnloh wouldn't co."
They came TO a stand STILL Result: q crowd of
smailer.sized calves gathered around to Witness
the peTfoI Imance.
military branches of the tenian Brotherhood
will meet at their hall, No. IL South Broad
street. TO- morrow LATER afternoon; ~ WHAT'S going on9
Brown dances, Jones don't. Brown says of
Jones: "He is fond OF hops, but prefers them In
his beer rather than IN his feet. He is more
bibulous than Terpsichorean."
The Fire Department turns ont to night TO
give grand reception to the Washington Hose
Conn pAny OF Charlestown, Mass
One of our new beverages has the sweet
name of Bottled Bliss" or course, the bliss
ls gnaged the night before and not the next
soieitss people-they who go barefoot. A
suspicious thing to take IN the morning-plain
To-day the Sheep Brokers' Association opens
Its new yard at Hestonvlle. Bah bah!
-"1flt,tuiR IN ?laTUO"-lIotta. Though little
she is playing big engage gement here.
IL Is more of an achievement in life than in
SrNNmetic TO master No. /.
pEsTRucrtyN EIRE-Last night the extensive
ciolh mapnteetofy of James Armstrong, aitu.
ated on Days lane, near Germantown, was
totally destroyed by IRE, which origlnated in
the third story, which was used as Inc card.
room. Its cause Is unknown az Ihe hnildIno
had been gone through by the proprieLors
about TWO hours prior 10 the discovery of ths
flames. and eveIy5hing found an rlgGt. The
height, and forty.tiVe ieet broad and sixty feet
long. 1t was erected within the past year, and
| was only put in operation in April last A
building owned and occupied by the same gen:
tleman, located ON the same site, was destroyed
| In December, 1865.
On The discovery of the flames last evening
the fire-exiinguishing apparatus on the pre-.
mises was put In operation, but IL proved or no
avail. The hremen arrived on the ground as
soon as possible, but by the time they got into
service the entire siruolur was enveloped. Mr..
| Armstrong's damage will reach S35 600. OF which
and stock and material $40 000 On this there a
| an insurance of S25 600 in Philadelphia, New
! England, and New York Companies.