Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1872, Page 3

BOSTON. Sorrowful Holidays---Discour- agements of the People. Queer Political Complicatioris. The Radical Club---Jokn Weiss on Faith »--Bret Harbe’s Unpopularity at the Hub, From Our Oun Correspondint. ‘BosTox, Dec. 16, 1672, Wotwithsianding eyery resolve to bear calam- fty with stoical fortitude, and even, if possible, to turn the scale against it by & purpose to be Jolly in spite of fate, it is evident, 88 the holi- dsys draw mear, and the time for striking the ‘balance of the year's profit and loss, that Boston is sadder cnd more cast down than ususl. So much, and apparently so well protected, pros- perity hes -been turned to nothingness, that those who ere not smong the di- wect losers have little disposition for the customary display of geyety. Of course, there will be merry-making, and presents, snd & spectacle of cheerfulness ; ‘but a subdued tone will pervade it sall—the shadow of the disaster by which- fortines, and splendor, and hopes were destroyed. I would" not imply that anything like discouragement or despair has settled upon the hearts of our peo- ple, only that, with the approaching of the ‘season of customary gladness, they recognize quite as kecnly a8 ever before how great aloss fhey have encountered. We reslize now in some measure, yet onlyin some measure, how dismal s season tho last holidays must have been to the people of Chicago. THE WORE OF BESTORATION DELAYED. There is a feeling that things have not gone on ss prosperously as they might havo done since the fire. In the excitement and sense of helplessness that prevailed, many thought good might be accomplished by having & special session of the Legislature, and the Governor, ot caring probably to seem to neglect any op- portunity of helping, called the Legislature fogether. It has been in session about four weeks slready, and there aro grave doubts whether it hes accomplished enything really servicesble. It has authorized the city to loan its eredit to the extent of $20,000,000 to 8s- gist inrebnilding the burnt district, snd the city hos accepted the act; but it is reported that there are doubts respecting the constitutionality of the law, and it mey not, after all, bo of any :avail. There have been long, but not very “profitable, discussions of the whole system of ineurance, touching the desire of broken com- panies to Teorganize under special charters as before, and touching the policy of & General Insurance act. A general act has already passed ‘one branch, and, in some shape, will doubtless ‘be engrossed emong the statutes. Bat it is un- satisfactory to the insurance interests, and it is Tot probable that any extensive reorganization +ill ‘be effected until an attempt is made to se- «cure more favorable terms from the new Legis- Tature, which meets next month. These two are the only Teally important subjects ‘zbout which the Legislatare_has been busy for Jour weeks. However good this Loan act mey ‘be, it is practically impossible to_do much to- verd rebuilding before epring opens, and tho extra session has not saved what it will cost. QUEEB POLITICAL COMFLICATIONS. The municipal elections held last week did not holp much to inspire confidence. Immediately after the fire, there was a general expression of dissatisfaction with the conduct of the Mayor,— £n upright man, as all confess, but notably want- ing in the qualities to mee? and control & crisis. Te recognized the popular verdict, and declined Iobe acandidate for re-election. Apparently the field was clear for the Republicans, who car- ied the city by &_handsome vote in November, “to obt&iflns!aauion of _the AMunicipal Govern- ment. Al cyes turned toone or the other of two men, universally recognized as capable of rendering distinguished service in the emer- %eycy. "hese two were William Gray, Jr., and tis Norcross ; but, as soon ns they were named, both declined, Then the Republican Conven- tion went and nominated Henry O. Pierce, & worthy gentleman, who wa8 last ummer & com- ‘petitor against the Hon. ‘William Whiting for tho Republican nomination as Congressmen in +the district now represented by Givery Twitchell. TWith him, through the operation of petty ward intrigues, was nominated a wretchedly weak, partisan Board of Aldermen. ‘Under the circum- stances, he declined. There was then held a go- called Citizen's Convention, in which the De- MOCTacy Were Prime movers, as they had been for two years past, and Mayor Gaston, notwithstand- Ing his declination, was nominated, and accepted the nomination. ~With him was nominated a Board of Alderman, of which it may be said that, without by suy means coming up to the " requiremcnts of the occasion, it ~was sn improvement on that ‘nominated by the . Republicans. After _ Mr. Pierce dectined, & hew Bepublican candidate wasnamed every day, and some dsys two were named; but 21 declined as fast as notified. Seeing the un- Fortune drift of ailairs, and recognizing the trne diffculty, tho Advertise: proposed a ticket for _Aldermén composed of the best names on ‘both. Yickets, that met with great favor. A People’s Convention, so-called, met_and indorsed it, and Tominated Ar. Pierce for Meyor, who this time accepted. At the last moment, the Republicans, being nnable to get another to take the lesding place on their ticket, nominated Mr. Pierce sgain. Rt the election, contrery to all expectations, an estraordinary apathy was manifested, and tho Sote was ecandalously i Mayor Gaston was re-elected by & small majori but the Adver- Zisers Board of Aldermen, with two_exceptions, were chosen. Since the election, the city has been shocked with & report of ballot- stufing, or other frauds in ome of the wards, to count in Mayor Gas- ton, which i§ now undergoing examination. If 3t be established, New York may look to her in- Famons laurels, for we shall appear to.be chal- fonging them. (A telegraphic despatch from Bos- ton, dated the 20tl, states that, on a_Tecount of he vote for Mayor, * mistakes ” and * discrep- ancies” twere discovered, the correction of which elects Mr, Pierce by & small majority.— Ep. Temese] It is proboble that things will ‘move along slowly until the new Logislature and the new City Government come into Tower. To them the people will look for jndica- Tions of an adequste and certain policy, which, when it is known, will be the signal for going to work in earnest. Meantime there is mo idle- ness,—the owners of the lend burnt over being busy clearing it of rubbich, preparatory to fu- ture operations, and the business-firms driven to seck new quarters are soving as much of their former trade as possible, as the nuclens of a new start. THE BADICAL CLUB. Todnybein[iv the date of the meefin% of the Badionl Club, I wended my way to the house of Ar. Sargeat, where I found assembled the usual agreonblo company, with gome guests not ‘Babitnally present. Among tho latter mey be named Fred. Dmlifhsu, of national fame; Pro- Zossor T, Sterry Hunt, & new acquisition to_the Sorps of instructors in the Massachusetts Insti- fats of Techrology; the Rev. J. F. W. Ware, who, after a very serious conflict of opinion in the Church and Society, and after one or two declinations on his part, has finally been induced to come from Baltimore to succeed the lamented Dr. Ganvett, Lilled in the railway accident at Revere, in the pulpit of the Arington Strest Church; and the brillisnt young savan of Cam- bridge, John Fiske. Mr. Ware is a portly gentleman, _tumed 50, gray, of dignified Carriage, and noble, if somewhat severe counte- meuce. Mr. Fiske, sometimes called Professor because he was Intely lecturer on Philosophy at Farvard College, where he is now Assistant fbrarian, i8 oné of the remarkable young men of this country. - He graduated at Harvard College in 1863, not ten years ago, and already has & place among fhe most accomplished scholard of this country. His lectures on Phi- Josophy in tho University course attracted dis- xh%fied.mwnfion. They Lave not yet been published in & book, and msy not be for_two or three years; but some of them have been delivered in New York, and most of them have Decn reported very fully in the New Yorl World. Hois popularly considered a Comptist by peo lo whe do mot know what the Positivists do ‘lievt. Tho truth is, that he does not g‘uf\sa discipleship to sy leader, t hes _worked out course _of fogic# speculation, peculiar, and, in essential articlsrs, differing from that of any other ognzed suthority, The reputation ho has 80 uicklywon geems to have done him no harm. e avods rather than courts notoriety, and orks wih the plodding enthusiasmof a German 8 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1872. student all the time. nngem may remember his rbply to James ton's article: ¢ Does it pey to smioke?” Perhaps some of yonr ar- C pub- lished four or five years ngo. Mesars, James R. Oegood & Co. have just published & volume, chiefly made up of essays contributed to the “Altantic Monthly during the past year, entitled : ¢ Myths and Myth-Makerss” Wt exhibits the ex- tent of his learning in one direction quite con- spicuously, and is morcover, both entertaining in matter, and truly pure in &tyle. JOIN WEISS' ESSAY. The reader of the essey to-dey was John Weiss. 'To report Mr. Weiss without quoting him is glways an unslfisfuturix ‘business, His thought is 80 _crystallized in his style that it seems impossiblé to render it in any other med- jum. He is essentially s poet, and, when he Tenda his prosiest essnys, they ave instinct with s passionate rhythm, so that a reporter’s notes, and even the exact Janguege when quoted, scem 10 loge half the significance that was inthe words wwhen uttered. The subject of his essay to-day was ““An Act of Faith;” and its motive was to discriminate faith in its essential character. It will be surmised, by all_who know anything of Mr. Weies, that his definition of Faith does Dot conform to the theologicel suthors' one. After referring to the great part the word Faith hes played upon the world's stage, ho said: * Human feeling has put the word into italicsin every European language. Kings may Do a8 profligate as they please, only they must be Defenders of the Faith; and the subjects of each one may loye each_ other as Christiana ogfht, but they are bound to hate and fight. a8 only Christians can, the opposite beliovers. Moral and industrial development hes been post= poned to the exigeacy of this word, which flowed out of a conviction that s man’s heart may be pure, but his soul caunot be sound unless his ind shares the orthodoxy of one or the other party: Whenever a eincere conviction _reigns that eternal welfare depends upon & holding of certain opinions upon. invisible objects, it be- comes a very grave matter to force the right opinion,—graver than to insist upon good _con- duct,—and any means may be resorted to, whether the soul to be saved relish tho proceed- ing ormot.” I will go on to sketch as briefly a3 I can, using his own langusge, Mr. Weiss’ thought as developed in this sssay. £ You oxpect to go to Heaven ; you expect to join defmnad {riends; you expect o general By~ tem of beneficence torule the other world; you expect some compensation for the ills of this. But whatyonhave no evidential reason for expecting, you have no right to call an ob- ject of Faith, * * Faith is not a form of proba- bility, or instinetive likelihood, or mental meth- od built on texts. * * We cannot help letting presumption rise into tho most convinced ex- ‘Pression, for it ie the totality of wonders, and a8 faluable'as we sre. So we affirm; insist upon it; squsndor upon it thought and fancy; sond it along others’ henrtstrings in thrills of eme- tion. \Wo have faith in something like this which is the proclamation of onr lives. Butitis Dot thie sct of Faith we aré seeking, and in gen- eral we may say that no presumptions that tend toward the invisible, or undertake to make Tiches in it for definite objects, can correctly bo called achievements of Faith. * * An act of Faith sppemrs to be the expectations which arises from observing,—not the surmising which comes from instinct. * * The only ground for an act of Faith is furnished gradually by discerning how this world is constructed, for it is the stem on which our souls blossom; the whole order is dostined to feed andkeep usin health. * * If e begin by teaching men the whole structure of this.world, we can afford to leave the next world, and the whole region of the invisible, to each taan,—a free pasture, Where he may wan- der at will, and crop what theories best uit his disposition. For a well-instructed man has such excellent material deposited in his person for the promotion of opinions about all accessi- Dle objects, that he may safely be let aiono. Neither the State, nor the pulpit, nor the ran- cor of sectional zeal need touch his perfect liberty to form his own conception of God, and toput oll his expectations into his own state- ments. Only one abaolute condition should be sbsolutely enforced: that all men and women ~must tike care to _ become intelligent; for the world needs inhabitants whospend their lives 1n conforming to its laws, —not in cherishing_snimosities about poinis which used to bolong’to the domain of Faith, * * Tt is lost timo to argue zgainst any suspicion that the human soul is going to'be put out be- canse the stream of knowledgo is tarned into it. T think we might not whimper much about the poul. Ishonld as soon grow melancholy with a doubt that music, if transferred from the old ZFour-stringod Iyre of the Grecls to the manifold complexity of the modern orchestra, was going o fall into decay. I anticipate an expansion Jike that which will call out of the soul new com- binations, and develop her variety with harmo- nics of truth and emotion, compared with which the old music of rel ws'iuns Taith is a twang- ing on one string. We cannot keep this nai- arsl sonl of mankind fasting for its religion. Weo want to teach society how to be more hu- mane, and_to make its inevitable distinctions opportunities for harmonic ~combinations, ntched from the bottom to the top of the sgale. o want, for instance, to engage tho wiscst Drains to contribute, upon the basis of the law of co-operation, on_sdjustment of labor snd capital. The law might have been suspected if it had not alre=y been discovered. Like other 1aws, it dwells with men, and waits to be pub to service. It will be a sublime day for religion that shall dswn over the whole Republic, farmed, mined, forged, riveted, bridged, and acqueduct- o4, slioed, clothed, and tinkered, by co-opera- $ion. Who is the statesman ambitious to put & Tate posterity into his fame,—to outlast with it hin country’s monuments of stone and brass ? Let him descend not lower in politics than some Jevice to persuade the forces of the world to work in amity, s0 that tyranny shall be ‘a.-mu- tual blunder, nd concert 5 mutual success. Let Tnoral earnestness leave the poor business of printing tracts, and distributing polyglot Bibles, andbuilding up greatevangelizing establishments whose concerns have to be overhauled from timo to time and their money accounts reaudit- ed; for the country is not crying for a tract. It wants abatement of moral nuisances, protec- tion for the unprotected, a compulsory spelling- book for every child. We want some system that shall Ymm monopolies to find themselves unprofitable, at the eame time that it checks un- sorapulous éompetition. _We want the greatest number of people introduced into as large & Rumber of opportunities as possible; Dot church-extension, nor running into debt to ont~ do each other in parades of brick and mortar iety,—but we want extension of rights, and of Pespact, and of municipal usages, over tho whol world; we want liberty and safety put into an equation.” "The conversation after this essay was rather slow,—only Dr. Bertol, Miss Peabody, E. C. Towhe, and one or two ofhersbeing willing totalk. Dr. Bartol's remarks were in the nature of a pro- test against the views announced by Mr. Weiss, Ho insisted that Faith wasa premise instead of o conclusion; & product of tho imsgnation, Tot of knowledge; and imsgination, rather than & process of logic. Mr. Douglass and Mr. Fisko both declined invitafions to tall,—the former saying that the waters were too decp for him to venture upon them. 5 . THE ECLIPSE OF BRET HARTE. There is one other topic about which it is high time & word was said,—the eclipse of Bret Herte. No man ever came, & stranger, to Bos- ton, and met a more favorable disposition to ap- preciste_and honor him. No man. ever more Preichodly dishonored expectations. Harvard Collogo had elected him to membership of the Phi-Dota Kappa before he left Californis, and in- vited him to deliver a poem &t the next annual Taesting, when President Porter, of Yale, was to deliver the oration. President Porter's oration Fas a credit to the Bociety and to himself. It has been read wherever philosophy is houored. Brot Harte despised his opportunity, and se- Jected from his portfolio 2 feeble piece, com- posed in his veally dsys, which, under the cir- cumstances, was not much better than a con- temptuous insult. He was invited to read a poem at the meeting of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, in this city, and accepted. At $he Tast moment, he refused to appear, but sent = tolerable trifle, that was rend by another gen- tleman, It is understood that he contracted, at & high prico, with J. R. Osgood & Co., to Srite for their publications. The public being Judge, ho hua not earned his wagos. During tho eriod of his engage-ient he contributed poems o New York magazines, for which, it is fair to resume, he accepted psy. He engaged to de- iver a lecture in one of the courses here, but, at the last moment, failed. The ianager supplied his piace with Dr. O. W. Holmes, and publicly denounced his conduct, Mr. Harte replied in » plansible note to to Advertiser. The Manager replied by a statement, well substantiated by lot- tors and documents, which lefc Mr. Harte very seriously damaged in reputation, A rival Mana- er induced him to lecture, and at length ho ept an engagement. The public; however, dis- trusted him, #o that, notwithstanding tho. fact that it was publicly snnounced that he had ar- rived in the city before ho had started from New York, people wers on the street, distributing tickets generously, on the afternoon_of the lec- fure, to insuro o foll house. Theindications are convincing that he is & spoilt pet,—a sort of © Hesthen Chineo” in literature,—quite 28 deceitful as clever. HUBBUB. —_— —George Robinson, M. D., of New York, has invented a method of cutting wood by a plati- num wire heated by electricity. Anything up to & huge pine tree msy be felled ““ by & child.” l THE NEW DOMINION. A Review of Canadian Af- fairs. The New Parliament and Present Issues. The Railroads of Canada---Aspects of Development---The Canadian Pacific, ‘the Northern Pacifle, &c., &¢. From Our Own Correspondent. OTTAWS, ONT,, Dec, 20, 1872, THE CHICAGO OF. CANADA. This comparatively young city, the Chicago of Canada, the most rapidly growing of all Cana- dian cittes, has, at this time of writing, finished its preparations, has taken 2 its atocks of pro- visions, and gone into winter quarters: The snow has fallen, which, for three long months, will Jumber up the sidewslks and roadways, and the icicles sre dangling from windows to which, pendant-like, they will hang until shivered by the blustering winds of néxt March. And still, tho prospect for pleasuro snd amuse~ ment is not by any means of & character to in- duce sadness ; while for business, both ordinary and extraordinery, both inside and ontside the Government buildings, and for exciting political struggles between the three parties, the ontlook is certainly promising. In spite of the fact that the weather here during the winter is colder than in any other parts of the Domiinion —that is to say, of its ola inhabited portion—the senson is gayer than in more protentious cities. The usual session of the Dominiop Parliament opening sometime in January or February draws together represcntative men from all parts, and the depsrtmental offices of the General Government being located here always causes the hotels to be filled more or less by men in search of contracts, by office-seekers, politicians, and reps. of all dogrees. The mag- nificent Chandiere Falls, the timber slides, the splendid drives for sleighing, the immenso lum- ber manufactories, snd the admirably arranged Parliament buildings, all come in to promote the pleasures of o visit to the city, which, un- like the large number of Canadian towns, has some points of intereat that appeal to travellars of all nationalities, and to every lover of nature. THE FORTHCOMING SESSION of the new Parliament promises-to be an impor- tant-one ; the party lines of its members are not sufficiently dravwn 08 to enable a very accurate forecast to be mado of the strength of the sev- eral parties. Sir John A. Macdonald, the Pre- mier, in confident that he has & majority at his back, but his confidenco is fully equalled by that of his opponents, headed by Mr. Alex. McKinzie and Edward Blake. These gentlemen, aided by the powerful influence of the Toronto Globe, have seized upon the humiliating position in ‘hich the Dominion has been placed by the pro- visions of the Washington Treaty, to indite ter- rible philippics against their great opponent, who, it will be rememberod, eat, as they claim, sa the reprosentative of Canads on the Commis- gion, but who, as held by his organs, was only one, among several, of Her Britannic Msjesty's yepresentatives on that august body. There- cent utterances of the London Times, the sur- render to the Americans of ‘the key to our western possessions,and the revival in Congress of claims founded on t he St. Alban’s raids, bave all added point to their complainings, aud bave gone.far to create a public sentiment which may, Sre many weeks be paseed, consign the chief Minister to private Life. Of courdo, it is not possible that, cold as ho is, William Evart Glad- stone would permit the present Chief Executive ofticer of Canada, Sir Jon, to suffer for having been willing to do as hedirected ; and therefore, the quid nuncs are already speculating as to which will be the colony to which the honorable gentlemen will bo sent as Governor, in the event of an adverse vote by the Parliament. His ad- herents, however, are firm in their faith in the olitica] skill of their leader, snd laugh, tho enst bit unpleasantly, at the thinly-spun hopes of their opponents. BAILROAD NOTES. Among the matters which will, of necessity, come before the Parliament, will be the legisla- tion already had in regard to the Canads Pacific Railway. The two rival companies that are st pregent in the field, anxious to secure control of the valusble lznd gronts, have been fighting very actively, but the contest is over; were it ot 5o, the Eession once open, the war would have been carried into Africs, of a verity. For some time past each of the two companies havo had ropresentatives at this place, and recently there was quite s large gathering of railroad men from all parts of tho Dominion. They brought with tHom valusble documents contain= ing the records of the operations of their several linea during the year, and, in conversation with your correspondent, were fres in their expres- Bions of . opinion &8 the charactors of the ear's trafic. Of those Canada lines, which, aving a through character, may bo supposed to Dave & speoial interost in Western resders, some information thus gleaned may mot be- without interest. Of the railroad council assembled in - Ottaws, many of the fignres will bo recognized 8s familiar. THE GREAT AUTOCRAT OF CADADIAN RATLWAYS, Mr. John C. Brydges, has under his charge, 18 Managing Director, & systemof railways 28 great 28 s sny of the tremendous lines running through western teiitory. Mr. Drydges is & gentleman of somowhat of the first Napoleonio Gast of architecture. ~His faceis cleanly shaven, Dis nasaliorgan is of the classical order (slightly), his step and bearing &re military, porhaps a nec- ‘ossary consequence of his being the Colonel of the Grand Trunk Regiment of volunteers, and his manners are at once ssave, dignified, andim- perative. He knows no will -but his own, and the many delegations of committees. inspectors, etc., who bave crossed the Atlantic to mspect the Working of the line hage fallen victims to his polite courtesies, and retarned to preise what they came to blame. He stands within an inch of the height of the First Consul, and has fought his railroad Austerlitz, has surveyed the pyremids of enterprise, but has not yet mek his oscow, nor feels any dread anticipstion of & coming Waterloo. The onlymistake Mr. Brydges over made was tooffend the Hon. George Brown, the proprictor of the Globe. That gentleman Tas never ceased to pursuo the railroad manager, his company, snd his connections with the sl est of sticks, and has piled Pelion on Osss in his endeavors to create enough ‘spirit among the English shareholders to throw off the incu- bus from their underiaking involved in keeping in their employ & man whose management results in the singular fact of—the grester the receipts the less_the profits. Unfortunately for the stockholders of the Company, there i more_of truth than poetry in the’charge, From MNr. Brydges' memorand, placed atmy disposal, I gleaned the following statisticz] information as Yo the work done by the railway during the first half of the present year : THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF OANADA has a mileage of over 1,309 miles, running from the eastern portion of the province of Quebec. snd from Portland, on the Atlantic seaboard, to Goderich, on Lake Huron, to Fort Eris, on ZLake Erie, and to Detroit, via Port Huron and the western shore of the river. Theline is di- vided into two grand divisions, with dranches therefrom, and employs a force of sbout 5,000 men scattered from one end of the Dominion to the other. The cost of its construction was enormous, and its receipts are vast, but its stock is worth little,its preferencebonds and mortgages hardly more. For years no dividend has been aid on its stock, and its annual meetings in ondon, England; are about the largest gather- ings now held of members of the community of bling shareholders. Its capital account runs up to the enormous figures of nearly twen- ty-two millions of pounds sterling, or $115,000,000 of _States’ money. Of this sum, 11,802,955 ropresents the sev ral’ classes Of preferenco’ bonds and e stocks, £3,111,500, the debt of the Company to the Dominion of Csasds, and £3,488,539, the share capital, making a total of £1¢,403,0i4, or, in other words, over ninety millions of doflars in cash investments paying not a single cent of interest ; and yet the shareholders ef al. aré not happy. The Teceipts of tho road are princely, too. ~Torthe first six months of the present year the %ross receipts of the road smounted to 1o less than four and s half millions of dollars, or, in British _gold, to £870,000. For the cor- responding period of the previous year they amounted only to £775,000, showing &n increase For the presont year of Over 12 per cent, orabont $470,000. The principal increase in receipty was [ in the matter of freights. On this head, the in- cresse was_£87,000, and on passenger travel, £6,278. With regard to the atter, 1t arose nof from an increase in the number of ‘passengers, the notes in the hands of Mr. Brydges showip a falling off, owing to the smaller immigration o the present year, but to an increase in passenger rates. But the additional receipts have all been swallowed up in_ expenses of one sorb and another, Thus, the rencwals of permanent way, chargeable to revenue, show an incresse of £10,000; steel rails being Jaid in great numbers. Then, that bug- Dear of our roads having American connections, and depending to o considerable extent, on American travel for their support, expense of exchange, or “ loss on American currency,” fig- ures up £3,000 more than before, and the work- ing expenses are also greater. There are sov- oral very simple reasons why this should be so. The increase in the cost of labor, and thegreater expense of fuel, have much to do with it. In {he former, there bas been sn increase of 10 par cent, and in the latter one of 15 per cent. In fact, this country, which & villanous Yankee, o had been demoralized in Maine, described 23 A LAND OF BNOW, STUMPS, AND EEUNES, is fast consuming it8 available lumbér. Along the line of the Grand Trunk Railway the sup- s}:en ‘of fuel are being rapidly exhausted, and to- y the Company is obliged to draw largely upon the coal mines of Nova Scotia for its supply of one of-the first requisitions to getting up steam and pushing along. this of course entails additional 6xpense, and it is therefore, not o much a wonder as it otherwise would be, that ith the above mentioned great incroase in the gross receipts, there should be & falling off in fhe sum available for dividen on reference stock or original shares. What that falling off. has been will, I doubt not, surprise Chicago readers. Thus, while last year there was a balance of £18,500 carried forward, at the close of the first Bix months of this year there remained, as the net result of the six months’ operations, the grand amount _of £1,652, or a little loss than $9,000 in greenbacks. And this on & business of over $4,500,000! _Well may we Canadians set ourselves down, and challenge the world to beat us at the fabled feat of a mountain bringing forth a mouse. Fancy the working expenses of rosd, oxclusive of burdens, being 7734 per cent of its gross earnings, snd then wonder, if you can, that the Atlas-like task assumed by the poor unfortunates who have given to the Dominion its main railrond artery makes them occasionally restless, and more than ever predisposed to ex- ercise the birthright of the true born Britisher: To grumble—and to pay. Of course Mr. Brydges is not responsiblo al- together for this state_of things. As Manager of the Great Western Railroad, he was a great success, and he has achieved wonders on the Grand Trunk. But the Company started badly at the first, and has never been able to recover itself. T 18 LOADED DOWN WITH DEBT, _ ‘hasall gummer to compete with river navigation, ‘has many severe grades, branches which don't pay enough to supply gresse for the Wheols of tha conches, and in its transportation of freight hos to submit to excessive competition. With psuch a load, it is not to be_wondered at that the net returns are meagre, 'The road, nevertheless Tas been s great benefit to Canada, and the peo- plo of this country are well possessed of it even it they have on their financial ledger & debt of £9,500,000 on the_wrong sido on its account. Fome time since Mr. Brydges was spoken as likely to take the position of financial minis- tar of the Dominion, but he strenously denies ‘having any ambition in thatdirection. t ia cer- tain that not s small proportion of the inhabi- tants would prefer to see him where heis; and this i not altogether beyond a doubt according fo the Iatest advices from England; his engage- ments being likely to terminate on the 81at inst, S tho Russell House in this city, the chiof hotel of the place, have also been staying, for & fow days, Bome of the prominent oficials of tho Grent Western Bailway. Its present manager, Mr, Muir, i not, I expect, unknown to the citi- zens of fhe Garden City, Ho was for some time, Assistant Superintendent of the Michigan Central Railroad, and upon the consolidation of the two roads, ashumed the mansgement of tho Eastern Division, otherwise ‘the Canadian De- artment. No porsonal description is required. uiet, self-possessed, cantions of spoech, Mr. Muir i8 one of the shrewdest of onrfi)opuhtion, and is held in merited esteem as well by the Di- Toctors and sharcholders of his Compsny as by $he-tmployes and the travelling public. ~The stasistics of the work done by this road will possess n pertinent interest to all Western Teaders. . ‘Never before, in the short space of six months, +was 80 much work done by the GREAT WESTEBN COMPANY as during the first balf of the present year. Sir Fhomas Dakin, President of the Company, & Tondon Ztea-dealer, an ex-Lord Mayor, and, Withal, n-pleasant gentleman, visited this city soveral times whila in Canads, and left many pleasant traces of his isit. @ caused tobe prepared certain tables of statistical in- formation, from which it apposra that the business of tho road 38 _shown the following gratifying development: In 1853, the half-yearly receipts were £356,000; in 1869, £385,000 in 1870, £403,000 ; in 1871, £458,000 ; and up to the ‘Slst July, of this year, tho re- coipts for six months were £550,734, being an in- crease of over £91,000, or neerly $500,000. But tho increase is not altogether satisfactory, as it has been obtninad on a heavier percentage of working expenses, and leaves less than one- third of the recei~ts to be divided as profits. In other words, on the gencral earnings of tho Toad, the total working expenses have averaged 60 per cent, while the cost of earning the addi- tional £91,000 was £61,000, or nearly 70 per cent, which caloulation, if legitimately carried out, would eventually prove that the less receipts the better, inasmuch as the greater the incomings tho greater the percentaga of expenses, until it is eany to suppose & time when the expenses shonldexceed the receipts. Great Western share- holders, however, have little fear of this reductio ad absurdum ever being carried into effect. There i8 one point on which we inhabitants of ‘this Dominion pride ourselves, and it is the ex- troordinary development of local traffic over railroads. ~ Of course, the greatest percentage of travel over- roads such 28 the Great Western must always be * through,” but it is gratifying %o know that during the present year there has een A GREAT INCREASE IN LOCAL PASSENGER TRAFFIO, that on tho Great Western Bailwsy, for in- stance, now amounting to 40 per cent of the whole; and_with the disingenuous pride in our country, which, a8 a five-year-old nationality, we may ba pardoned for possessing, we also invite the world’s attention, at Vienna or elsewhere, to this other fact, that the g‘rvm!! earnings upon the main line of the Great\Western Railway have been $10,403 por mile, being—attention!—the Jargest earnings of any single track in the world! The Company has been sighing for more worlda to conguer for some months past. They cap- tured one, known as-the Wellington, Grey & Bruce Railway, which hasbeen assuming the hape of an elephant ever since. The engage- ment was to work the line for 70 per cent of its Teceipts, and its receipts are so small that 70 per cent leaves an aching void which it is hard to ask the other divisions of the company’s line to £l The road ruus to Lake Huron, and connacts with Hamilton, passing throngh the three conn- ties pamed in its title. T‘flen the Glencos Branch, shortening the ronte for through trafic, ingoon’to be completed, the London & Port Stanley Railrond has been leased, running powers over the Hamilton & Erie Road have been_se- cured, atzangements {o use 15 miles of tho Wel Jand Railrond have been proposed, snd the Di- rectors contemplate entering into joint partner- ship with the Grand Trunk in the International Bridge at Fort Erie; and should the testa prove satisfactory, they will unite with the Michigan Central in the construction of the proj osed tun- nel under the Detroit River. All of which shows ihat live men are controlling the policy of this, -the best esteemed of Canadian railroads. The interest felt in these two roads—ibe Grand Trunk and the Grest ‘Western—hag for gome time past beon shared by & third aspirant to public notice, THE_CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILEOAD. The Dominion Parlisment, in session at the’ Government House in this city, 1ast winter per- fected the logislation necessiry to start the scheme fairly.on the waters of speculation ; and Tor the entire summer, notwithstanding the counter sttraction of electioneering and ex- cited political contosts, railroad men and capital- ists have beon journeying hither, seeking to glean information of some atraw or other 88 o the way thewind was blowing. The legislation on the subject provides that the rosd hall ba ‘built within ten years, and that the work shall be done by a private company, to whom will be transferred, under certain provisions, the valu- able land grants conveyed in_the act. Bpecula- tion has been rife for fome time 28 to how the matter would be settled, and s year—one ont of the ten—has glided past before & shovelful of earth has been dislodged, Two rival companies were organized, and_started in to compete for the work ; but combination under such circnm- stances, generally fakes the place of rivalry. In the present case, it is a combination of misfor- tune, for both companies are snmrséded, and the whole enterprise put upon & ifferent foot- ing. After many conferences, sn infinitudo of letter-writing, and much lobbying, arrangements have been defnitely concluded for the formation of & _company to build arosd, the subscriptions to whoee stock shall be exclusively confined to tho inhabitants of the Dominion. “The latter is, considering the immenso difficultios to be over- come, rather an unnecessary provision, for few Deople, outside those who anticipato Teceivin, direct pecunisry benefit from the road, will feel anxious to place their money in &n enterprise, the successful working of which for years to come, con result in but the slimliest of divi- dends. The capitalists in this country have set themselves about to introduce the fear into tho Iminds of tho people that tho great corporation, THE NORTHERN PACIFIQ BAILLOAD, +which is pecessarily somewhat of o rival under- taking, will endesvor to secure control of the enterprise, and have worked so diligently to dis- Seminate this apprehension, that I verily believe they are victims to their own tales. Atanyrate, the arrangements méde for placing tho stock will commend themselves as thoroughly Cana- Gian, than which can one ask anything more ? The Solons have resolved that stock shall be distributed in certain proportions among the Gifferent provinces. Thus, the rich Province of Ontario i8 oxpected to fork up £3,800,000 ; Que- bec, s little over 53,000,000, whils Nova Scotis, Nt Brunswick, and the other provinces, in 80 Tar a3 they are able, are expected to eubscribo about:$8,000,000 each. Nor does this proportional feature 'stop here. The constitution of the Board of Directors is to_be as followa: Five from Ontario, five from Quebec, and one from adh of the other provinces, but no Director is ellowed to receive more than a $100,000 worth, and out of regard for the interests of their con- stituents it has been resolved that no ‘member of Parliament shall be allowed a sest on the Board. Which is hard on the members of Parliament, is jtnot? But it is not provided that the - EANUCEIAN OAKES AMES ey may not practise” his wiles, and no provision in the charter, as drawn up, prohibits ‘members re- ceiving stock, drawing dividends on it, and then Teturning it. The only diffculty that suggests itgelf in this connection, is where the dividends to be drawn are to be found. The intention to carry out the schemo, however, is certain; the railroad will be built, and Canadisna will beable to cross the continent on an express train with- out needing to have their baggage gearched, or to submit to the indignity of sani:;guanozher flag than our own wave over our heads. That this feat should be reserved for the next generation doesn't trouble us. We can wait; and, whils waiting, console ourselves with that gecnha.rly Canadisn fable of the tortoise and the hare. ‘CANADIENSIS. S —— GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. The hog crop of Tows is 1,325,179, against 1,008, 671 last year. - —Fhe Parsons (Kansas) graded school, cost- ing $20,000, has just been completed. 8 On= of the best plantations in South Car- olins, containing 3,000 acres, was sold for $7,000 recently. —The street lamps in Belleville, T1l., were last week lighted for the first time in nearly & year. The gr eat gas war is at an end. —The suit at Davenport, Iows, of widow Ma-~ [ loy to recover $10,000 dsmages from Malony for causing the death of her husband by & blow, has been compromised on $5,000. —The first engine crossed the Air Line Rail- rosd bridge, over the Connecticut, at Middle- town, Ct., lnst Tuesdsy The iron structure has cost hearly $400,000. —The decieion_of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, reversing the §3,000 judgment for libel, recovéred by the Hon. W. K. Wilson against J. A. Noonan, of Milwankee, is from the hands of Chief Justice Dixon, and concludes with an elab- orate analysis of the mental operation known a3 ¢ intent.” —The Colling Ax Company of Collinsville, Ct., which waa started forty-six yeers sgo by three men from Hartford, has within the past twenty ears paid the sverage dividend of 9 35-100 per cent, and now employs 400 men witha ‘monthly pay-roll of §25,000. At a recent wedding in Killingly, Ct., the bride wore the beautiful silk stwkn&;‘;hlch her mother wore at her own wedding_thirty-five years ago; and the bridegroom wearing the fine ‘White ones worn by his father upon his ‘wedding day, fift -one years ago. A German firm is making extensive purchases ’ky. The in Paris, of polecat ekins in Bourbon County, skins are collected and deodorize packed in bales shipped to a firm in Baltimore, thence to a fur company in Leipsic, Germany. The price paid in Paris is from 15¢ to 31 for the skins, sccording to quality. ; The last rail of the Paris & Decatur Railroad, and also the Chicago & Southeastern, known as the Mattoon, Sullivan & Decatur Railroad, was Jaid last Thursdsy. These two roads form a junction at Mt. Zion, ten miles southeast of ecatur, and run into that city via the Illinois Central ‘track, one mile and & half south. —The County Court has this week given con- siderable attention to the !iénor cases that have ‘been accumulating on the docket for some time past and tho good people of Lake County wi Tejoice to know that the result has been entirely sstisfactory to law-abiding citizens, and gives romise of better things in the future, than we ve- heretofore had.— Waukegan Gazelfe. —The Cedar Rapids Republican givesa prac- tical illustration of the workings of Iows collec- tion laws, by citing the case of & man inthe East who Joaned a thousand dollars in Iowa for one year at 10 per cent interest. It took him four- years to collect it, under the State laws, and when all the costs for logal services had been prid, ho only realized about 7 per cent on his loan. —In February next the tract of land known 8s the Omaha reservation will be placed on the market for sale at $2 50 per acre. The territory embraces a district of thirty-six miles in length by twenty-four in breath, or over half a million acres of bottom land, on _the west bank of the Missouri, sixty miles north of Omaha. —There is in Cedar Rapids, Tows, & lady who has a perfect genius for making rare and curious things. She has invented a machine for making lace, consiating of one hundred bobbins, aund on this has manufactured handkerchiefs and col- lars and lace equal to any imported from Paris. —The case of the young man Scharlach, who, came to Pittsburgh, Pa., from Steubenville, O. a short time since, to have a surgical operation porformed on him for the removal of & sét of $alae teeth t) at some eight months before drop- ped into his ;, :llet while he was asleep, resulted fatally last week. _Ttisafact that the Masons of California have 50 exerted themselves in 8 good work as to raise and forward $125 to aid in the completion of the Washington National Monument. i circumstance reminds us unplessantly of the Drevity of time, and prompts the remark that if anybody else has any work of that kind to do they had better be diligently abont it. - “The Orleans (N. Y.) Republican seys: ‘‘An aunt of Horace Greeley, Mrs. Dwinell, is now living in the town of Gaines. Some years ago Mr. Greeley was to deliver the address at the County Fair, sdd he, being anxious that his re- lative's family should hear his remarks, procesd- ed to his aunt's farm, and, pulling off his_cost, ‘helped husk a lot of corn, at which all the hands on the premises were working. The neighbors, alfo, joined with the distinguished editor, anc that corn was husked in time to allow all hands :f: attend the Fair and hear Mr. Greeley's ad- es8.” : —A man has_just been arrested in 0il City, Pa.,on the curious chargeof stealing 125 poun of nitro-glycerine. A search of his premises re- sulted in tho discovery of the dangerous com- pound in the cellar, with his seven little children Pllying close by, liable at any time to explode it. The explosive force of the amount found was sufficient to have blown the whole neighborhaod to atoms. The man seems to have & mania for this kind of larceny, as a number of articles from other magazines Were found on the prem- ises. MISCELLANEOUS. The name * grass widow ” is of French origin. Tt is derived from the Frenc! “grace,” and or- iginally meant a widow by courtesy. '—An eminent theologian has digcovered that the exgenxiva conflagration in Sodom and Go- ‘morrah was due solely to the prevalence of the Mansard roof. —Business men in New York are quite gen- erally wearing double-breasted sea—jnc}mt-fleh— joned coats, made of dark-mixed cloths. —A Western journalist has forgotten his phi- losophy lesson. Hesays: * France is atinder- box and President Thiers is sitting on the safe- ty-valve.” Next! —Two young American ladies recently filed the unprecedented petition to be allowed to sleep in the lighthonse at Leith, Scotland, for one night, to the abject bewilderment and as- tonishment of the authorities. + —The Legislature of Vermont_has, in imita- tion of_that of Minnesots, passed an act pun- ishing by-fine any pointing of firearms at a per- son in play, gdding an imprisonment of two years when any injury results from the folly. —XMisses Nelson & Tyler, two young Spring- field, Mflas“ ladies of business tact, have taken a two years’ contract for the manufacture of & patent surcingle, and are giving em| loyment to twandty girls, and producing about fitteen dozen per day. —A Trench lady and gentleman at Cape Moy have been into the ocean every day since early Iast summer. They are trying to perauade them- selyes that by going in every day they will not notice the change in temperature, and 80 be able” to go in all winter. —A girl in Indisnapolis, who has $200,000, ad- vertises for gealed proposals for marringe, The | Postmester has decidea to charge her double price for her box, 88 it keeps one clerk half his time filling it up with pink-tinted axmslogml;i and the :vhlt:}l‘e ofllcefliu ucenia‘f with musk an bergamot, like a perfumer’s shop. 4 B ah | antiquarien. are con‘:amphnng the erection of & memorial to Brothers Michael, Courcy, Peregrine O'Cleary, -and O"Mulconry, the “four masters” who compiled the An- pals” which to this day constitute the basis of Trish history. The memorial will probably be in the form of a monolithic cross erected on the site of a dwelling within the monastery of Done- [al, where tho brothers compiled the * Annala™ fivo centuries and a half ago. ————— SPECIAL NOTICES. ‘When D‘dumb Anmrrxm}s jut, thoir gladness, —when cripplos O e 20, walk.——when R roumation is baisbod, —util joiats R imber, and swelllngs disappost as if by magic, well fhe secrots,of thy wonderfa] KB . Tt han porformod mors Cartf of s, Doag”sd moacle Al ' msa m Thves, mpaths, than ail other have in three frundred yaars.. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Cas- toria, It rogulates the stomach, cures wind collo, and o iecs nataral aleep. It is & subsfitute for castor oll. PDuping the Sick. g Ta shape, color, andsmell the toadstoal closely resem® keNTATpTR ‘bles the mushroom, yot the 0no {s & polsonous fangus, the other a wholesomo vegstable. Many of the advertisod and unadvertised slops which unserupulous speculators are trying to persuade the credulous are *‘as good as Hos- tettor's Bitters," bear s like superficial resemblance to that inestimablo vegetable restorativo. twoyears, and donbtless many worthy peopls have been poisoncd by thema. _Some of these wolves woar thoshcep's clothing dicinal stimulation as they vend tholr acid poisons; others offer thelr liquid compounds of *foriy and condemned drugs under the slang aames of * Openers," **Mornlng Glories," fho like. Bewara of thom all, for thoy aro deadly and do- testable. GAUTION! LEA & PERRINS® foits and Imitations offerod for salo, NCAN’S SOXS, Yorlk, JOLIN DUNCAYS, B e ied States, AMUSEMENTS. SNSRI ....0 oo sk ST PRBET MYERY OPERA HOUSE ‘Monroo-st., bet. Doarborn and Stats. Arlingon, A Monster_Bill for the Holidays. WILSON in New and Striking Specialtics. Obeying Orders! A Midnight Assault ] 4 Trip o to the Moon. N OTIOE—Our rogular Matinea this woek on Wednasday instead of Saturday. Chuistmas Matinss. ACADEMY OF MTSIC. ENGAGEMENT OF M. CARROLL R- OUR MOTHER, : NIXON'S. 3 Extraordinary Attractions for the EOLIDAY Z O =, THE CUBAN SYLPH, who will appear on Mond: Tuesday ovanin; 0T o s prost Semsatt matic Actress, Liniment. There has pever been any- 3 tha pest i articios Quite a namber of theso dangerous fungi have started up Within tho last of protended morality, and inveigh against mo- ‘while WORCESTERSHIRE SAUGE. “Buyers aro cautionad to ayoid the numexous Counter- Gfon & _Tembes, Minstels New Songs, New Dances. New will Wedncld.n;.’ Lty And his Three Talented Sons in their new Sensational Drama, Introduclng all the FAMOUS SPECIALTIES of this Christmas, and Satucday WEERK! First appoarance in four years of the popular Melo-Dra- and BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Advertising Agencles, C d to ive adw 15 om0 e R e perfodical inthe U. S.. n-st. Banks. ND NATIONAL, 63 Weat Washingioa-st. smfii}flufifghemu & Collender Tabies), STEDHA ST MONHEDMER & HART, 618 Stato $iank Book Maputacturers, Stationera, £ 1 and rinters. CAMERON, AMBERG & 00n 142nd 13 W Randolph. . I, & CO., 157 and 159 Sonth Lasailo, JOHY B AL HOFESANN, o7 W, Washington-st- J. W. MIDD! t. LETON, .‘xsglm 2, - COAN & TEN Bnor;i'cfi:ui na and W. Rendolph AMERIOAN CLOCK GO, 581 Wabash-ar. \ G Toy Lawmps, &es FERekeT Chlnn (SR A, HENRY SEARS £ COC 5 5353 Soath Csaslt sk H. M. WILMARTH & BRO. JIWINGRAVE, JR., & €O, 250 1 p: Iron, Steel, Nail . 21, GREENEBAOY, 150 Wost mau‘xlpn-m Jewellers (Wholesale and Retall). GILES, BRO: & CO., 28 & 5tb Wab. & 54 W. dadizons N & CO. c. Stark & Allen, 137 State-st- ‘abash-av., opp. Post Office. . and 155 WWest Madison-at. ‘0ola. e Caods W ikatesale), 1 aw Goods oiesale). 'CHINSON, %1 and fi Wabash-ar. i, Etc. KENLEY & JENKINS, 19 Soath Water-st. W, BUTLER £ N Basaainat, and 35 State: FRADNER, SMITH &' CO., 3H Wabash. £ 11 W. Wash. CLEVELAN Al on-at. ) PAERILCOL 1 Wetkise: ] and 22 West Randolph. HeGANN, FITCH £CONVEILE ) i Cniaae™ O 'BARNITZ & O d 30 W. Washintog. Finaos 30 QTR mhirteonthats 3 Fria Wabash.sv, - mps. H. W. AUSTIN &CO,, 21and 23 South Water-st. ‘Real Estateand Lonns. SNYDER & LEE, 14 Nixon Building, LaSallest. Saddlery Hardware. GEORGEF. BK.lGLlAMs&‘CU.. 47 State-at. ntes DIEBOLD & KINZLE, 57 Sial HEBRING'S, 45 State, uxg cor. 14th and Indiana-av. FIASKTN, MARTIN & WHEELER, 41 Lako-st. Sewing Machines. -RUNNIN DOMESTIC, 74 Stata.sta e adicys & Satlmalers. Erp SO A Ry SUBNGION & SCRANTO: 251 Soath Waterst. o AMERICAN BASE BURNBEE. '141 East Lake-st. Aagewad Jowellers’ Findinks. DENNISON & CO., 34 ?}(zulh Canal-st. ks CHAS. T. WILT, 144 St::u: Sndas Wabsst-ar. Alcer. A N, near Cov ousa. G IO RIS N, Olinton, mear Randolph-ste ‘Wrovght Iron lflj- CRANE BROS. MF'G CO., 1y North. efferson-st. CCEAN NAVIGATION. Anchor Line. ywerful stoamships -nt. The new and of this popular liagf iy EVERY WEDNESDAY and A B o nsis Bier, No. 20 NORTH RIVER, NE YORK, with goods aud passengers for lasgow, Liverpoot, and all pars of Great Britalny Treland, and the Continent of Europe. FARE PAYABLE IN U. S. CURRENCY. oo fon Bl A I s - - - - S0 o or from Hamburg, Antwerp, Havee, &. - - asfig T or from Bremen, Gotienberg, Bergen, &s, - - 380 First Cabin, fare $60 to $95, and returm tickets at reduced rates. Send for gl.rcuhl giving full information. , Deo.'23 and 24, in tho great Sensatlonal ‘HENDERSON BROTHERS, Agents ram: 1. Fitled NITA; or, . d d BIBINC St hRtch SIS | 7 powting Green, Now York, and 924 Wod Soppany thpseed st for s oeciien, baah-av., Ohicago. McVICKER'S THEATRE. SATURDAY MATINEES. 1In her groatest character, Secure your Seats and come early. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE. and Satt ¥ REQUE: - THE LANCASHTRE LASS, entire now scenery and mechanical effects. . W. BLAISDELL, CHAS. E. WILSON, Grand Matinee Chiristmas, at 2} p. m. ATKEN’S THEATRE. ‘Wabssh-av. and Congross-at. - LAWRENCE BARRETT, mas Afternoon and Evening, LAWRENCE BARRETT as OASSTUS. ITLITS C@ES In addition to Ris role of Cassius, MR. BAR] eliver the famous oration over tho body of Cmsar. Friday—Farewell benofit of LAWRENCE BARRETT, ROSEDALE. ‘Ssturday—HRosedale Matinea. GLOBE THEATRE. Monday Evening, “Wednesday and Saturday Aftornoons, LEON BROTHERS, Guy, Linton, Charley Howard, Bob! ‘Dow bill, conclnding with the National Drama eatitled THE UNION SCOUT. Monday ebening, Dec. 2. benefit of B. L. MARSH. HALSTED-ST, OPERA HOUSE. of the Irish Race.” By Bpecial Requost, Rev. EUGENE SHEEHY, tho Haisted st Opers Housor oomer Halsied rison-sts., MONDAY EVENING, ““Valor snd Hamor of Our Race.” Tickets, 50 centa. SOUTH SIDE SOCIAL CLUB gen i et bty oireo, 28 o S o, W edwastey. Dac. 15, T Admission, 8 TABLE S§AUCE. FOR FAMILY USE The Halford LEICESTERSHIRE TABLE SAUCE THE BEST SAUCE AND RELISE Made in any Part of the World FOR FAMILY USE. PINTS 50 CENTS.- ITALF-PINTS, 30 CENTS. FOR SALE BY ALL: GROCERS. SPECTACLES. A A A A A A e e e MONEY CANNOT BUY IT! For Bight is Priceless!! But the Diamond Spectacles will Preserve It I you value your eyesight use thoso perfect Lensesy ground from minute crystalpebbles, molted together, anc derivo their name, *‘Diamond,™ account of their Harduess and Brililuncy. Thes will last many rearswith out change, and are warranted superior to all others in w0 MpaplegSECCRR & CO., Opticisos, New York. £ 07 NCE s ticians, New Yorl CAUTIONNono genulzo ihicks stamped with our a Forsalo_by responsible sgents thronghout the Unlon. 38 RS OB N State st ana 4t Weat Maclson- and W. M. MAYO, e ash-av. and Twenty- OHN G. ASHLEMAN, No. 4i3 Wabash-av., Jew- elidrs and Opticians, are sole agents for Chicago, IIL., from whom they can only bo obtalaod. N0 pa EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEEK—_OHRISTMAS AND MISS CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN, MEG MERRILIES, MONDAY, Deo. 23, and during the week, and Wednos- day Matinees, Monday and Tuesdsy Evenings, also Christ- A ER. RETT will Dec. 23, Every Night, and on iss Lucy Adsms, Miss Sallle Burift, Miss Mario Olive, ewcomb, in & “The Valor and Humor Of Limerick, Ireland, will deliver his Second Lecture at. and Har- Dec. 23. Subject— and Sixth Grand Hall, 147 Twenty- INMAN LINE. ROVAL MATT, STEAMERS are appatated to satl fof UEENSTOWN AND LIVERPOOL as follows: TY GTO! -Thursday, Dec, R Y £ “Saturday, Deo. T, 1. 22 ihursday, Decs 1, 3p. .Saturday, Dec. 14, 3 p.: And gach succeeding RDAY aad THUESDAY. ‘from Pier No, 45, North Rivor. = BATES OF PASSAGE A Tow @ by Ay Ofter Limey Passengers aro alio formarded, to Bwedan, Norway, and Denmark at reducod rates. Tickets can be bought bere at modarate rates by b wishing to send for their friends. Drolfs mmed atlowest ates. o s or farther information, aj at the Comyj 's office, ot SO BT S Y 2R may, Now Yok, o * FRANCIS C. BROWN, | 8 South Market-st.. Chlnzvi Io s oceta) ch ety S A e, BARIE i et appesrance), PO RS fe catire Gompaay i the cast. MISCELLANEOTUS, BETTS' CAPSULE PATENTS. To prevent infringements, NOTICE IS HEREBW{ GIVEN that BETIY' NAME IS ON SULE he makes for the principal merchants in 2nd Franco, thus enabling vendor, purohaser and sumer not ouly to identify the genuluenoss of the Oapeule, . but likewise the contents of the vessel to which it ls aj plied, The Lord Chazcellor, J Phe Capsaies are not used meroly for the purpose monts, but they are sorviceablo 1n protecting the winsl From tainiy, 2 28 Iomurlag s gonvioenoa, Maxuracy BiEs i WHARF ROAD, GITY ROAD, LONDON 208 BORDEAUX. FRANCE. MEDICAL CARDS, “TCOBURN . Medical Institute, No. 18 West Madison-st., corner of Exlsted-st., fomndeds and conducted by DR. J. O. COBURN for the trestment( of chronic and private diseases in both sexes. DR. COBURN bas threo diplomas from tho best Cold eges in ths world. DIt. COBURN bas records to prov his axtansive hospld tal practice, both private and public. DR. COBURN has bad more exporlence o the treats ‘ment of private diseases than any physician in Chicago. DR. COBURN cures tho worst. form of strictura withe ot pain or catting, but with a new French Dilator, which: nover fails. The COBURN MEDIOAL INSTITUTE e B vl lctad, whors all who are {n noed of medical trsatments for any disease of a private naturs can call, and receive. tho most scientitic and skilful treatment by a physician, whoisa nfnlll' graduate of medicine, both from Ameri-' a3 woilas forotyn Colleges. . Dit. COBURN'S repu- fafion 13 Union-wide, and his_ Medical Institnta iy hoomged with patients from all pasts of tho country for R acata parlors for Indies and_gentl d th ate parlors for Indles 5 Sinoss in cmcxml.“ B e e et e Doctar: B0 Biooks on Biale and Femalo Diseases aro sent [reo fo two stamps, In sealed eavelopes, Ofice hours, 9. m. 1o 8. . ; Bunday, 8¢ 9. me - DR.C. BIGELOW CONFIDENTIAL PHYSICIAN, 464 Stato-st., Chiczgo. ‘It is well knovwn by all rosders of the papers, that Dr. O, Bigolow is the oldest established physicia: who has m: 5 in Chicago a4 the treatment of all chronic 3nd norvous peoialty. Science and experience bave mada et sasomnod SPEGLALIST of tho age, hon- highest medical at- of tha day, havinz LIFE inpetectios e cases of CHRONIO es. CONSULTATION FREE. Thefinestroomsin thocity, ¢y ORS for ladies and gontlemen. Tall; you only ses the dostor. CORRESPONDENCE CONFIDENTIAL. Address all lotters, with stamps, to Dr. C. BIGELOW, No. 464 State-at. Dr. A. G. Olin, 163 So. Clark-st., Chicsgo, tho most successtul spocialish of the age, who has given life-long special sttention to o trantmontot all (hronic, Sexual snd Norvous dissascs, B e btamp: Conndential I sealed or stamp, Confidential consultations, person Dy mall, froe and invited. Ladles send e Noguee: Dr. Kean, 360 South Clark-st., Chicago, May bo confidentially consult mall, 1Irecof mj';'fi" on all chronie :g’u:rev':::‘dfiflg-!” DR. J. KEAN Is the only physician {n the city who war- ‘rants eures or o pay. On Marriage. HAPPY RELIEF FOR YOUNG MEN. Remarkabla Reports sent froo. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Philadelphia. Pa, STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. NOTICH. The annual meeting of the stockholders of g R g o etoction. ot direciont T 'ibs onsuing vear, will'be held at tho ofics of sald bk, 1 Cbicsgs, on Taesday, Jad. 14, 1873, between tha boursoi3anddp- e gy, G, LOMBARD Cashle Chicago. Dec. 10, 187, N g SCALES. FAIRBANKS' STANDARD SCALES OF ALL SIZES. ers -m-l ' FATRBANKS, MOBSE &CO 6 WEST WASHINGTON-STs