Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 25, 1872, Page 3

THE CHICAGO DAILY NE TRIBUNE: -V AY, DECEMBER 25, 1872 "LONDON. The Strike of the Gas-Stokers. A Great City in Darkness---I3CoRVED iences of the Situaticns The Trades-Union Questior Frem Our Own Cerrespondent. Loxoos, Dec5 1872 Scarcely have the policemen beer tforgiven ero snother clzss, wpon whose reularity the comfort of the public almost equly depends, have revolted. It's a mercy, th220Plo 85, that the two did not strike togethe If London wes both in darlmess and witkovits police, do- cent folks would have & good der£0 be afraid of. - If you listen io gray-bearded 1en ofthe upper claes, they wiil tell you socty i8 in an un- precedented condition; s epib Of insurrection 2gainst established authorit®, Of ineubordina- tion and license is at work; abor is learning ita power, and is ebusing it L czunot find, how- ever, in my reading, o per’d in modern English history in which the 2me thing was nob being eaid. Circumstnces snd conditions change, but there are:Ivays timid conserva- tives 2nd rash destruciies. England is not so badly off as when #2 laborers were burning meachinery and theJcasants firing tho stacke. But the form of thetruggle is unguestionably znew. THEEBADES-UNIONS. Twenty years a0, the Trades-Unions were of small sccount. Ty were disliked, but they were scarcely feared. In the Legislaturo, not half-a- dozen men in Englund have apologized for them. They wre committed to violence and to folly. Had thar earlier rules been successfully established, hglish industry would, at this moment, be lile more than a name. Bat the nceds of socivy and the progress of education have done scaething. Trades-Unionstoo have stood moro 4t of the way of progress, and have not sougk Eo Beculously to sacrifice the futco to the proit of the hour. I proportion s their exiravagance has becole less, their political influence hes ‘bscome aore. The members of the various So- cieties pesess votes, and Parliamcnt has given 3 legal sanction to organizaiions which once were femally under its ban. Noted leaders in pest shikes are named Royal Commissioner: they peach in Dissenting pulpits, and write in Quertriy-Reviews. Members of the aristocracy patroizo them, ond bring them.into club Smokng-rooms ; and University Pro- fessca stand upon their plat- forms znd encoursge them to exir:mes. A little while ago, it eeemed as thoigh the workingman wes the most “ fashion- abls” member of society. The Tories court him peinfully ; and, of the representatives of the Targs cities, scarcely a dozen dare give him words of counsel or rebuke. Under this fostering, the or- genization of the Trades-Union has grown strong, 2ud with strength comes tyranny. It Eometimes looks as though this large gient, Industry, was oing to stop in his labors, end to smash evers- faing within his reach. A MANY-HEADED TTRANT. If the philozophy of the gas-stokers now on strike is to be adopted, Eglish trede must stand still. A men mey dislike his master, and may throw down his_tools and walk away ; bu, if & master dislikes him, and finds him mischiévons or incompetent, the master must ask per- mission of the Trade-Union to which the men belongs before he can dismiss him! Qhat i3 really the issue. Again: a master must not employ whom he likes. A ‘orkmzn may be the best in the city, but, if not & member of ** the Union,” the master is not to employ him for an hour. Yet, again; if 2 par- ticule? company or firm has & dispute with its workmen on 5 subject which concerns tho par- ticular firm, and thai firm alone, and if the dis- pute culminates in & strike, the employes under il _gimilar companies or firms, however far off, 2nd ntterly ignorant though they be of the quar- rel, are to strike too. These things do we all see 2t this moment with open cyes. BLIDING TS. It wos o little cowaraly, thcir mode of pro- cedure. When a striko takes place in the build- ing trade, amongst tho colliers, tho printers, the ‘bukers, or any other calling, & week's notice is givez. Each sido then has time for re-consider- Stion, for arbitration, for compromise. But these gas-stokers had no such thonght. They conceived & stupendons idea. They would pui their handsupon the ges-tap and say, *Now give us our terms, or wo'll put Zondon in the dark!” This is literally the case, Theman- ager of one of the largesi companies came to mo on the afternoon of the strike. Ho was egi- tzted and anxions. ‘I declare,” £aid he, ¢ that I hardly think there is enough in the gas-hold- ers to light & tenth of the lamps m Lon- don tonight.” Imagineit! ©Can't- you goake hnads with the men?” “Imposeible. They are determined to try and teach us we are nobodies, If we wentdown on our lmees to- sy, and implored the other companies to do the cains, they yould find & fresh csuse of quarrel next week.” But the news! No gas n.the Streets! Our offices left in the gloom of the candle, or exposed to the dangers of naphtha and paraffine! as difficult to believe it. Then for a run upon the oil-shops. ¢ BROEEN LIGHTS.” We are not sbeolutely inthe dark. This isthe fourth nighe of the strike, and gas is_burning sbove me as I write. But theinconvenience has been great. The large thoronghfares are miser- aply dull. The gas in tho street-lamps and in the shop-windows has been g0 Iow that we have not seen each other’s faces as we met on the pevements. On _the gronnd floors, and in the basement, the lights usually go out. In the suburbs, sll but the lending roads "are lighted. The cry is to economise. You can in- ‘agine the distrets of the familics who -depend upon gas gtoves for their cooking operations or for heat. The weather has become suddenly cold, and we want all the heatwe can get. 1t bas & wierd, uncanny look, this London,in the dimness of a ‘‘ gas-strike.” Men and women fit by like spectres. The objects in the shops assume _ all _ sorts _of grotesque_shapes. Something like fear dis- Farbs our breasts, -The garroter stalks abroad. Women are afrzid to bg out, and hurry rlong i pervous dread. The Underground Railways are dependent upon the powers of some inflamma- ble spirit, which glares rather than burns. In the large clubs, the beautiful sunlight” at tho top of the dome or the ceilings is 80 high that the gas rises to_it, but benesth aro a variety of inventions. In'my club, however, we arc finely independent; for, in our library and other large rooms, we have splendid chandeliers of oil lights. Invention has been at work, and in an- other week wecould almost dispense with gas sitogether. It may bo stated confidently, in chort, that the strike hes failed. : THE CHILD'S PLAY. During the Reform agitetion, it occurred to tho chiefs fo hold en open-air meei- ing in Trafdlgar Square, among the fountains, with tho Nelson columns 21.d Landeeer's lions looking on. The idea was scouted by the residents in the Strand and the Square ; but the site is a splendid one, and the en wonld not give it up. Itwas found that the Jaw could pot ccmapel them to do so, and conse- quently every trumpery set of gitators since have mado *“a procession to Trafalgar Square” put of their programme. These poor stokers ave done it. Then there must be flags and a band of masic. The saopkeepers who saw them go by, and whose comfort the paucity of gas had 80 _completely disturbed, were furious. 1t cer- tainly was provoking to hear the notes of the Marecillaisé,—which tune, from its adoption by every tag-rag and bob-tail, I have learned to de- test,—and to_see the eilly flags with devices chout & ridiculous (Communistic) Republic. Yet I confess I pity the bulk of the laborers. They are wofully coarse in their epeech. Every othér word Seems to bo an ozth, and their relaxation is beer-drinking; bub ome remembers the arduous nature of their work. Who would not be thirsty thet underwent the heat of those furnaces? And, in this most un- Sustifiable strike, they are victimized by a few. ©One of the speakers ot Trafalgar Square was really an orator, but no one conld listen to him- Without feeling that he, and men like him, could make an ignorant multitude perpetrate almost gnything. The poor fellows shivered in tho freezing wind. To-day I have prssed groups standing outeide the works of ouo of the com- s, ‘watching the non-Uniod™” men going n-to be hired. They dare not iaterfére, for tho law at least is strict enough as to fhat, and they look 50 cold, 50 eagerly snxions, 5o desponding | The effect of yesterduy’s orztory has dicd away. I observe_somc poor fellows Lterally shaking with ccld—shaking from head to foot. And, on _whatever &ide_ they tum, they Fwtfi with unfriendly looks. Had they suceeded, they would havo turned some thou- ends out of employ. Excepting the extreme fnatics of the Union, the artisans and mechan- 28 of London ara againet them. Had the mas- ers given way, the Teign of Tiades-Union ter- rorism would be & great deal nearer than it is. Success would have delighted the other Union Societies, while men with money would have been afraid to risk a penny in any of the entor- prises which give the workingmen tho means of existence. —_——— THE VIENNA EXPGSITION. Shall the Great Ecbuilding Ke Repre= sented? To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: - Sm : Preparations are being made on a vast sealo for tho great World's Exposition to be opened at Vienna in May next, and every possi- blo effort is being made, both by the officials im= mediately connected with the Exposition, and their American representatives, to procure the fallest possible represcntation of the arts, in- dustrios, and present state of civilization in the TUnited States. General Thomas B. Van Buren has been appointed United States Commiesioner, and is in charge of all the arrangements ag far 23 this country is concerned. Committees have already been formed, rcpresenting all sections of the country, to take charge ot the several « groups,” or departments, of the Exposi- tion, These are twenty-six in num- ber. One of tho most important, that of Fino Arts, is represented by two Committees, —ono on Painting and Sculpture, and the other on Architecture. Mr. P. B. Wight, of the firm of Carter, Drake & Wight, is the reprosentative of Chicago on the last-nemed Commmittee. In this dopartment Chicago certainly should not fail to be woll represented. The achieve- ments of our city in Architecture, during the past year, surpass those of any other pob on the globe, and, though we may not have pro- duced any surpassingly great exnmples, com- arable to thoso of tho great cities of the Old World, the character of our architectural work, in the average, is far_aboye_that of any other city in America as well s in Europe. The spec- tacle of an entire city, miles in extent, being substantially rebuilt In_ome year, is_ ono that the world has never before seon. It is, in fact, taken as 8 whole, the architectural event of the century. How this can be represented ade- -auately, has not st been decided, nor, in fack ¢an it bp easily decidod. The time is short, ALl proparations must be mado Lefore tho 1st of ebruary. It is possible that, through the medium of photography, some iden of o wou derful progress can be hotographs, representing Chicago before the e, thien in ruins, and lastly as sho 18 atthe prezent dzg, would doubtless b the best means of attuiniog {he end in view. As all contribu- tions are to be returned atthe close of the Expo- sition, such a collection would bo of great histor- ical value, and might bo preserved in the gallery of our new Public Library, or the Acedemy of Dosign. But the preparation of it would re- quire not only time, but money. As far os the Iatter is concerned, it is anticipated that Con- gress will make an’ appropristion_to_defrsy the expense of the transportation of all goods to anf from Vionna, Bt that 13 not even dono as yet, and it is hardly to be presumed that the ap- propristion will corer anything more than the are oxpense of transportation snd packing. The preparation of matter for exhibition whic ia not of interest to individusls, but which is of general interest to_communities, must dopend uupon the contributions of public-spirited indi- viduals, or appropriations by State or City Gov- ernments, for defraying the necessary ex- enses, It has not yet, however, been ecided by the National _Committeo on Architecture what course to follow. Mr. Wight is now in New York, and, whilo there, will ‘meat the rest of the Committes. The result of their deliberations will be snnounced on his re- tnrn, after the 1st of January, when, if it is con- cluded to make up an American contribution in this department, an opportunity will be given to the citizens of Chicago to assist Mr. Wight in this undertzking, and coniribute to the proper representation of the newly-built city. Bir, Wight's ofice is in Morrison Block, corner of Clerk and 2lodison streets, and ho will be glad to confer with all who zre interested. ¥ Cmicaco, Dec. 23, 1872, Sl o o SANTA CLAUS IN CHICAGO. A BEMTNISCENCE OF CHRISTAAS, 1671, 01d Ssutz Claus sat in his workshop bright, But his face was veryead - As e thought of children fleeing in fright, 'And each littlo homeless lad. Ha cazed not now for his gifts €0 fair; For he saw with vision keen, By the rolling smoke and the ferrible glare, “Where the noblo city bad been. ‘He thought, too, of homes 5o fair laid low, And iitle, stockingless fect; Of the darling children, that to and fro ‘Went up and down tho street, cxrching for father snd mother dear, Crying for food and est, Looging for shelter, comfort, 2nd cheer, Within the dear home-nest. ‘The chimneys were gone, and the etockings too, Axnd Christmas close at hand ; And how ghould he send his presents new To the littlo homeless band' 'Then up he started, and called his steeds With & merry, lond halloo, And sway ho flew as gn_arTow speeds, Tl his home was ost to view, And be reached the City of the Plain, Beside the Inlnd Ses, And saw with amaze cach freighted train Filled with supplies £ free, From North and South, from East and West, ‘He secs these treasures come,— Al gending that which suited best, From many a happy home, He shouted alond, and wrinkled his brow, *While he shook his head 5o queer; “Tll give these children a Christmos now ‘They’ll remember for many 5 yesr. T atir the hearts of young and cld; Tl move the children t00 ; For the wondrous story never was told Of what the children can do.” His words were true; the project new Delighted all who lieard ; And giadly treasurgs, many or few, ‘Were given without a word. Forgetinl of self were these people kind, Bringing their gladsome chieer; Butnever a thonght came into their mind Of the ¥ind old sprite &0 near, Who whisked about, now in, now Among his countless toys, o And tied up his parcels, neat and stont, For the Western girls snd boys. At last the boxes were packed with care, All freighted deep with love, ‘With a kindly wish and a secret prayer ‘That the gifts would welcome prove, Then Santa Cleus started forth again, But lingered along the road. And watched by day and night the train, To guard the precious load, Until at last, the journey dose, He saw the ladies ncer ; The name of every homeless ons ‘Ho whispered in their ear, “Hurrah for Snfa Claus!” we say, And ehout with joyous tone. Forsuch a merry Christmas-day ‘The world has never known. —_———— An Cpera Bail in Paris. Paris Correspondence of the New Fork Mail, The first _grand _opera bell is announced for December! Gay Parisis in ecstacies. Arbanis to direct 100 musicians; 50,000 people anxiously await the great event; the cafes surroundingtho Academy are preparing for tho spprouching orEges; glove-makers, florists, costumers are in jubilation, and even the cabbies and garconsaro delighted with the prospects of numerous and grmgely remunerations, so “allons clowns, and ominos, sports and grisettes, students and columbines, chicards and cocottes, don your cos- tumes, masks, and false noscs, prepare your chalk ‘and rovge, your pumps and wigs, your witticst jokes and most winning smiles for the first grest, grand, grotesque, gloricus rendez- Yous under the mammoth chandelier of the spa- cious ball-room, where thsngolden glare of one thonsand gas lights, shaded by -the crimson velvet of the boxes pours down its floods of sheen upon your eager and expectant faces whilo awaiting Arban's magic signal to lead and. goad you on in the voluptuous mazes of the Qquadrille. Then, inspired by the’ brazen Larmonies of the orchestrs, how sou ‘whirl and turn, rush and mingle with tho buoy- ant throng; how the jolly revellers and music drunl: Bacchantes delight £o sing and shout with denfening voices, blending their delirious strains with the febrile crash of a hundred instruments. How the masked cavaliers and begemmed rirens flirt and talk, buzz and prattle on every sido Hll the ball hes fairly commenced, when the boxes are filled and the immenso floor is_jammed with en animated, palpipating mass of dancers. Then the celebrities arrive, visits from' box to box aro paid, tho elife of Parisian_eociety smiles upon the scum from tho cushioned golitudes of the proscenium, waltzes and redowas succeed quadrilles aud polkss, mazurkns follow reels, gavots, and improvised sarabands; the atmos- vhero becomes moro atirring, eherbets and ices . &0 in demand, champagno corks begin to fly, suysar aitracts mauy, the gaiety, mirth, and 00 humor continye; with iton vim and energy the masqueraders dance and dauce, figure after given, A collection of- Agure, il stimuleted to frenzy. by the mucic, tho wine, and the heat, the leader gives them a Tepose, while, to_prepars them for the coming frolics, the Quadrille &’ Or- phee o smnounced n Luge black letters, and the tumultuous cheers which invariably greet its appearance beyo barely ceased when the superb cancan begins to the infinite delight of the bravling oscillating crowd of ~semi- inebrinted votarics of Terpsichore who, spurred on to lunacy by the stirring move- mient, flushen, Tapt, reckless, yesrning for mo- tion, with eavage cries of sntisfuction{ ming- ling’ with the shouts of ** Vive Arbsn,” bravo, bravo, dance and romp, howl and shrink till, i ert and voiceless, thoy stop from sheer oxha tion, nnless an encore for the foarth figurere- vives their nervo and courage, when the same scene is enacted till the finale sbruptly tormin- nates the orgie, and the demise throng is furned out into the cold etreots, whore the carnival is fim;]finned in the cafes and restanrants till day- ight. " itore will, as usual, be fwolye opora balls this winter. ‘The first is advertised to take placo the 14th, and besides being of great benefit to Paris- ian commerce, these eniertainments are exceed- ingly attractive not only to strangers and_tour- ists but to the Parisicns themselyes, for a pleas- ant evening can always be passed at a slight ex- pense, and 1t is & strango und rare_sight to wit- Tess three thousand persons perspiring so freely for & few hours' amusement. s i A HOW | ESCAPED BEING KILLED IN A DUEL. By Mark Twain. Tho only merit I claim for tho_following nar- rative is that it i8 a truo story. It has & moral at the end of it, but I cleim nothing on that, as it is merely thrown in to curry favor with the religious eloment. Adter T had reported o couplo of years on tho Virginia City (Mevads) Daily Enferprise, thoy romoted me to b editor-in-chiof—und I lasted Just a week, by the watch. But I made an un- commonly 'lively newspaper while I did lnst, and when I retired I had a duel on my’ hands, and threo horse-whippings promised ~me. _The latter I _made no attempt to collect; howover, this history concerns only the former. It was the old ““flush times " of tha silver cxcitement, when the popu- Jation was wonderfully wild and mixed: overy- Dody went armed to the teoth, and all slights snd insults had to be atoned for With the best article of blood your system could furnish. In the courso of my editing I made trouble with a Mr. TLord, editor of a rival paper. Ho flew up at some littlo trifle or other that I said sbout him— 1 do not remember now what it was, I supposs allod him a thief, or a body-snatcher, or an idiot, or something like that. wag oblized to make tho paper roadablo, end T could not fail in my duty to a whols com- munity of subscribers merely tosave the oxng- gerated sonsitivenesa of on individusl. _ Mir. ord wos offended, and replied vigorously in | his paper. Vigorously means a graat deal when it refers to a personsl editorial in a frontier newspaper. Duelling was all the fashion among the upper clesses in_that country, and very fow gontlemen wonld throw away &n opportumity of ighting onc. To kill a person in a duel caused a men to be even more looked up to than to kill two men in the ordinary way. ~Well, out there. if you abused & man, and ibat men did not Likeit, youhad to call him out and kill himy otherrise, you would be disgraced, S0 I chal- lenged Nr. Lord, snd I did hopo hoe yould not aceept ; but I know perfectly woll that he did not want to fight, and 8o 1 chal- lenged him in tho most violent and implacablo manner. And then I sat down and suffered and suffered till the answer came. All our boys—the editors—were in our offico, ** helping” mo in the dismal business, end telling abont duels, and discussing the codo with Jot of aged rufians who hiad liad experienco in such things, and alto- gether there was o loving interest tnken in the ‘matter, which made me unspeakably uncomfort- ablo. The snswor came—Alr. Lord declhned. Our boys were furious, and 60 was I—on the surface. 1 sent him another challenge, and another and anotker ; and the more he did not want to fight, thie bloodthirstier I became. , But at last the man's tono changed. He appeared to be waking up. It was becoming apparcnt that ho was go- ing to fight me, after all. 1 ought to have known hody it would be—Lo was & man who nover could De depended upon. Our boys were exultant. I was not, though I tried to be. + was now time togo out and practico. It was tho custom there to fight ducls " with navy six- ehooters at fifteen paces—load and empty till the game for the funeral was secured. We went to o little ravine just outside of town, and bor- rowed a barn-door for a target—borrowed it of & gentleman who was absent—and we stood this arn-door up, and stood » rail on cnd sgainst the ‘middle of it to represent Lord, and put a squash on top of the rail to represent his head. He was a very tall, lean creature, the poorest sort of materisl for a ducl—nothing otut a line shot could “fotch” . him, end oven then ho might eplit your bullet. Txaggeration aside, tho rail was, of courso, a Jittle foo thin to represent his hody accarately, but the squash was sll right. If there was any intellectual differerco between the squash -and s head, it was in favor of the squash. Well, ‘I practised and practised at tho barn door, and could not hitit; aud I practised at the rail, and conld ot Lit that; and I tried. for tho squash, and could not hit tho squash, I would have beca entirely disheartencd, bat fhat accasionally I crippled ono of the boys, and thiat encouraged mo to hope, At last we began to hear pistol-shots near by, in the next ravine. We knew whet that meant | The other party were out practising, too. Then T wae in the last 'degreo distressed; for, of course those people would hear our shiots, ‘and they would send spics over tho Tidge, and the spiés would find my barn door without a wound or & scratch, and that would simply be the end of me—for of course that other man would. im- mediately become as bloodthirsty as I was. Just at this moment a little bird, no larger than o sparrow, flew by, and lit on a snge-bush, sbont thirty paces awey; snd my little second, Steve Gillis, who was & matchless marksman with a pistol—much better than I was—snatched out his revolver, and shot the bird’s head off ! We all rax to pickup the game, and sure enough, just at this moment, some of the other duelliss camo reconnoitring over the little ridge. They ran to our ’Emnp to sce what the matter was; . and when they saw the bird, Lord's eecond said : " ‘?‘ That was & splendid shot. How far off was it Bteve said, with some indifference : - 0B, no great distance. About thirty paces.” “ Thirty paces! Heavens alive; who did it? ” ¢ My man—Twain.” “The mischief he did! often 2” #.5 “Well—yes. He can do it zbout—well— about four times out of five.” T knew the little rascal was Iying, but I never seid anything. I mever told him so. He was not of a disposition to invite confidences of that kind, 8o Ilet tho matter rest. But it was & comfort o sce those people look sick, and seo their under-jaws drop, when Bteve made those statements. - They went off and got Lord, and took him home ; and when We got_home, half an hour later, there was a note saying that Mr. Lord peremptorily declined to fight! It was o narrow escape. We found out after- wards that Lord hit ks mark thirteen times in eighteen shots. If he had put those thirteen bullets through me, it would have narrowed my sphere of usefulness & good deal—would hayve well nigh closed it, in fact. True, they could have put pegs in the holcs, and used mofor a hat- rack ; but what is a hat-rack to a man who feels he has intellectuel powers ? X would scorn such 2 position. hsve written this true incident of my per- sonal history for one purpose, and one purpose only—to warn the youth of the day against the pernicions practice of duelling, and to_ plead with them to war against it. If the remarksand suggestions I am making canbe of any service to Sunday School teachers, and newspapers in- terested in the moral progress of society, they are liberty to uso them, and I shall even be gfintefnl to have them widely disseminated, so that they maydo as much good as possible. I foolish when I chal. longed that gentlemen, and I_thought it +was very fine and very grand to be a duellist, and stand upon the “‘field of honor.” ButIam older and more experienced now, and am inflex- Cen ho do that was young and ibly opposed to the dreadful custom. I amglad, imiae to be enabled to lift up my voice against it. Ithinkitis a bad, immoral thing. I think it is every man’s duty to do everything he can to discourage duelling.~ I alwaysdonow; I dis- courage 1t UpoR every occasion. If a man wera to challengo me now—now that 1 can fully appreciate the iniquity of that prac- tice—I would go to thet man, and take him by $ho bnd, and lead him to & quiet, retired room —and kill him. —_———————— The Littic Diplomatic Chap from Ruse sin—HFlis Benlicgs with the Idoly Father. B Washingten Despatch to the New ¥ork Herald, Tnformation has been received hers thet Iir. . Getzcazy, formerly Minister to this country, has not fallen‘in disgrace with the Czar. Though diplomatic oxigencies required that he honid be disevowed as 2 public functionary, ho is still in tho service of the Russian Government as a sceret agent, and his talent for intrigue has late- ly found & profitable field. Gortschakoff hagem- ployed bimto carry_on negotiations with the ourt of Rome, in order o adjust the ecclesies- tical difficulties existing between the Pope znd the Russian Government with regard to the ap- ointment of Roman Catholic Bishops in Po- and. The version of the trotble is a8 follows: During the Polish revolution of 1863 six Roman Cetholic Bishops were deposed by the Russian Government, and transported to Siberis, Decause they would not submit to the orders of the Russian Government, which interfered with the free exercise of their. spiritusl suthority Aftor the exilo of the Bishops, Russiz desired that the Pope should name others to fill the vacant diocese. The Pope refused, and hos ever since meintained that the exiled priesis were still the legitimate incumbents of those bishop- rics, During au sudience with the Pope, the then Russian Envoy used disrespectful language to the Holy Father, who theroupon ordered him to loave the room. ' The Papal: Nuncio was e~ called from St. Petersburg, and has never since been roplaced. Negotiations have been goingon betwoon Rome and Htussis, but without result, A fow months ago_Prince Gortachakof hit upon the plan of sending Catacazy to Rome, -in order {o bring about” somo_eatisfactory amangemnt. In this he hos succeeded_ by obtaining the con- cessions desired by Russia. Tho Pops hes con- sented to nominate six new Bishops who were recommended by the Russian Governiment to fill tho vacant diocose_in Poland. _Catacazy hus ob- tained all the credit_for this diplomatic transac- action. Itissaid that Catacazy is on intimate terma with President Thiers, who supparted him throughout the negofiations. Thiors is said to Davo advised the Pope to comply with the desire of the Russian Government, promising, in re- turn, to give all the assistance_in his power to the Holy Father. Catacazy is thus reporied to Tave been instramental_in producing more nti- ‘mate relations between France and Kussis. S it #R. PHILIP LEE'S ADVENTURE. ¥Fle Dines with the Knickerbockers of the East Side—And is Introduced to Govexnor Seymour and the Vener= able Author of Thanatopsis—Pistols and Bowie-Enives Drawn — The Bloodsess Duel, ! From the New Fork Sun, Dec. 21, Mr. Philip Lee, the husband 'of Miss Neilson, the actress, is an English gentleman of wealth, refinemont, and tasto, but with o small modicam of discernment. Brought up, in a measure, in the London clubs, and becoming & sort of & butterfly in London society, ho has been accus- tomed to gange American Bociety and customs with his London model. A few dsys ago Mr. E. A, Sothern, the well- known actor, met r.Lee in the Manhattan Club Rooms. * Slapping bim familiarly on the shoulder, he said, “Well, old boy, how do you like the land of the free and tho home of the brave ? My dear fellow,” Mr. Lee responded, “‘it'sa blawsted country. No society, my boy, no so- cioty. It may bewell enongh for you Amer- icans, you know, but for an Epglish gentleman it's a bore.” : “Why, Phill” gaid Mr. Sothern, *the Ameri- cans are good fellows. I suppose you haven't ‘been much in_society, and, of courke, have had no chanco to judge of the pengl[a." “Bociety, my boya !” ssid Mr. Lee. “They [ have no society in this blawsted country! I've ‘been in what they call society here. I visit in Fifth avenue, you know, and upon my soul, they trest me as well as they know how, There's semo pretty girls on the avenue, and all that sort of thing, you know. But no society, you know. no society | YWhy, my dear boy, this place i o bore, o parfect bora | Nothing like London, you England concerning the bloodthirsty character- istics of American Eociet; TEXAN CATTLE. Their Care =znd Profit—Interesting Facts Abont the Trade. Solowon, Eansas - (Dz¢. ), Correspondence of the New York Times. - It is often said by our_ local jouraalists that ¢ the Texas cattlo-trade is dying out,” 2nd. that ¢ the.days of the Texas cattle-trads are over;” but the long-horns cross the Texan border in vast droves, and their owners’' pocketbooks grow plethoric in consequence, notwithstanding. Ttis conceded, however, that this yoar Las failed in the realizetion 0f ths ususl profits from this trede. The well-knowx severity of last winterso reduced the cattle which £ifr- ~vived, thatthe spring grass did no more for them than “start them” in taking on “fiesh enough to_cover .their bare ribs and wasted joints, and the summor grass was 8o light that Dy the end of August they were scarcely in bet- ter condition than when the winter began in 1871, and yet it would hardly pay to winter them again, 24 the consequencs was that many lesn and inferior cattle have been shipped from Kan- 5as the present season. Moro power to the mus- cles and grindevs of_the restaurant frequentars in Chicago and New York. Beforo giving tho numbers of exportations I will sum up the cost of a steer 5 years old ready for shipment. There are three grades of sala- ble Texas cattle, viz., 2-year olds, S-year_ olds, #nd 4-year olds. Yearlings exchange hands somo, but there is no demand when 2-year olds canbb had. A 2-year old steer is worth from $11to $14, eccording to size and condition. It costs on an. average about $3 t0 winter him, though tho contract price is 5, and he must be wintered twice, which will carry him into his fifth yeer, when ho takes on flosh-most rendily, and s considered altogether the most marketable steer offored. The cost in_summer is not lessened, it being a more trifle of herders’ labor, and it is generally * lumped ” with losses by straying, drowning, and other accidents, which amoizat to about $2 & head. Here, then, is the cost of amarketable steer, taken at two years: First cost, say, $12; firat summer and- ‘winter's keop, $5; second summer and winter's keep, §5; third summeor's keop, §2—a total of &04'cost. Buch a steor is worth sbout $32 on the ground, or .delivered at tho cattle-pens at the depot, and this leaves a margin of S8 profit. A three-year old is worth from 814 to $20, cost of keeping to same ago, viz., his fifth year, is 87, mnkini total cost from $21 to $27, and worth abont the samo as the former, A four- year-old costs at firat from $20 to $26, and they are generally wintered, making the cost of their keep $7 till the time of shipment, or from $27to 33 total cost. But these areheavy cattls, being ono year older, and bring about 343 at the cattle pens. It will thus be seen that the -profit real- 1zed per head ig not far from $8 on an average; and yet, if the column of sccidents swolls to such an extent as to take one-third of the herd, which was the case in the last year pretty gen- orally, this profit will bo eatenup entirely, and if the dealer comes out “square” he ought to be thankfal, but he =int; on the contrary, he “ cusses his Iuck” and tries ngain. The column of “accidents” is the most fruit- ful source of loss to the dealer, and one main cause for the ewelling of this column the past yoor has_been the inadequate shelter from Storms. Dealers have trusted to the balmy reputation of the State, but have found to their sorrow the ombalming influenges of tho “norther,” as one of the tidal waves rolls over the land. Notwithstanding all tho difficulties and losges, however, the Texas cattle trade of Kaneas makes a good showinggtlxis year. Jmow ! - And tha clubs (waving his hand_sround Lim), yhy, demme, whatis tbis to our London lubs 2 #Vhat 1" exclaimed Mr. Sothern, “sou've only been introduced in Fifth avenue | I dont won- der that yon aro disgusted with _socicty here, You want to visit om the East Side. You can't see anything of Now York society on Fifth ave- nue.” Mr. Leo was astonished, as well ho might bo. He had looked on the residonts of Fifth avenuo as tho_ creme de la creme of Now York society. Ho said, “Nol” ; ‘“Not -&.n my dear boy,” said Mr. Sothern. “Nov, T'll toll yon what you do. Come and dine with o to-morrow at 5, Il introduce you to some of the Knickerbockers, and then you will seo how unjust your thoughts have been toward the American people. Will you como %Ny doar fallow, of courde Il come, I want to inko away & good impression of America. Bat really, voulknow, Ithought Fifth svenuo was whers all the society peopls lived.” “Siiodds, my dear boy, all shoddy!” eaid Sothern. ‘“Come to-morrow, and I'll introduce you to some first-class people. I'll have some good boya there, you may depend on it.” And so the plot was laid. On the following afternoon at 5 o'clock Mr. Lee put in a prompt Moiiouios st 'an Eas S hetst HS was met by M. Sothern ond Willism J. Flor- ence, both old petsonal friends, and conducted _by them to tae banquetting hall. 'The table was spread, and lounging about tho room were Neil Bryant, Nelee Seymour, Billy Birch, Chris. Connor, and ono or two other well- known sporting characters. Ail were dressed in & lasbs, foppish sisle, nd all were introduced to Mr. Tuee by titles which appealed to his Eng- lish prejudices. _Neil Bryant wore an immonso circlet of paste diamonds on tho bosom of his shirt. They sparlled in tho gaslight like_genu- ine stones, and Mr. Lee oxpressed himself sur- rised at their brilliancy. He thought that at ast he was about to make his_entree to tho so- cicty of the real Knickerbockers of the New World. The' introductions and ordinary sslutations having been coucluded, the garty seated them- selves at the tablo. ALr. Sothern sat at the head a8 host, and Mr. Florenco was at the right haad. On the left of Mr. Sothern sat Neil Bryant, and M. Leo was sandwiched in between him' and Nelse Seymour. Lee was arrayed in a full-dress ;!,mtZ with white neck tie and patent leather oots. Thg oysters were placed upon the_table, while social converse ran nimbly. ~Neil Bryant took his napkin and tied it over his headin such a manner that only his mouth and chin were_visi- ble. Mr. Lee gazed npon him with unfeigned sstonishment, Then, before anybody had tonched the bivalves before them, Neil raised his plat and ~deliberatoiy smelt of the oysters. Then he reached over and d Nelse Sey- mour’s plate, and smelt of that. “He said, look- ing at Seymour: “Nelse, your oysters aro better than mine. Hero, you can havethese.” Then he deliberately passed his own plate over to Seymonr and began eating the oysters which he had taken. Seymour jumped to his feet, apparently trembling with passion. _Putting his hand d him, he drew forth & large bowie Lmife, which he brandished fiercely at Neil Brpnnt. He roared oub: _ %You have insulted us, sir. I will have your life, sir. Had each porticular hair a thousand ives, they would not satisfy my vengeance (lay~ ing down the Imife and looking at his victim tr:finfisfly); 88y one preyer, sir, for your wretched 50 Mr. Leo locked at the bowie knife and_the Knickerbocker who had drawn it. He tried to push his_chair back and escape, bub it wes wedged in tightly betweon the two Knicker- bockers to whom he had but just been intro- duced. In the meen time Neil Bryant, who had swallowed tho oyaters, eating them with his fin- gors, ithout paying the least attention to what elso was ssying, sprang to his feob. From the Tear pocket of his pantaioons he drew forth a huge navy revolver. Pointing it across the face of the frightened Englishman, at Nelse Soymour, he shouted: “Take back those words, sir, or 1 will have your blood.” Seymour made & feint with his knife at the head of Bryant. The Iatter dexterously parried itvith bis pisicl, AL this pomt tho wholo pasty aroso, and drew kmives and pistols, and o_clash- ing and slsshing began on all sides. M. Lee, to ‘whom this action of the Knickerbockers was to- tally inexplicable, mansged to' push his chsir back, and edging out, attempted to escape from the room. Nelse Seymour dotected him 83 ho was sneaking away, and caught bim in his arms, Ho held him tightly bound between himeelf and the muzzle of Neil Bryant's pistol, while Bryant continually called out to Lee to geb oub of the Tay, and lot bum shoot the ungontlemanly Fas- - While the comIgnuy were in this hubbub some ono put out the lights. Then arose & series of groans and laughter, above which rang out lond and clear the shouts of Mr. Lee, * Murder! Fire!” He finlflg succeeded in escaping from his persecutrs, and wes driven rapidly to the Fifth Avenue. On Thuraday a men visited Justice Dowling and informed him that a duel was to bs fought between Mr. Lee and 3r. Sothern, The Jus- tice, on the impulse of the moment, granted & warrant for the arrest of the two gontlemen, Aftervard it occurred . to fustice Dowling that the process was buf a continuation of the practical joke mpon Mr. Lee. He therefore destroyed the warrant, and in its placo iseued subpwnad commanding Ed- ward A. Sothern and William J. Florence-to appear. before him in the Tombs at 8 o'clock yezlexd:.dy_mommg. At that hour the two actors zppeared in answer to the summons. _They re- mained in the oficers’ room until 104, when Justice Dowling entered and permitted them to g0 about their business. It is now understood that Mr. Les is under the | The Atchison, Topeka & SantaFe Reilroad handled, from Aug. 15 to Nov. 21, 4,610 cars of cattle, of which 3,187 camo from Wichita. The cars contain gonerally 18 hesd, making o total in thn(:f ‘months of 82,930 head shipped by this one oa Tho Kanses Pacific Railroad has, perhaps, shipped 8s many cattle from Ellsworth as wero shipped_from Wichits, viz., 67,336 head, and from Solomon 10,026 hesd, and from Abilene the same number, 10,026 head, making a total from these five points of shipment of 160,418 during the throe months or over, from Aug. 15 to Nov. 91, representing & cash income of 5,614,630 to to'the State, and & net profit of $1,283,344 to the cattle-dealers. - This doesn't look much like a * dying-out" of the trade, when it is remembered thatI have talken the shipments of only five points in the State as 2 basis of calculation. "Thera are probably 100,000 hoad more of Tex- ena 1n the State than went into last winter, but it will bo noticed that tho shipping points are fast moving to the west and south of Abilene, and the timois not far distant when the long- horns will ba thrust out of the State altogeths — e SPECIAL NOTICES. A Valuable Medical Treatise. Tho edition for 18730f the storling medical annual known as Hostetter's Almanac, is now ready, sad may be ob- tainod, fooo of cost, of draggists and general country doalers in all parts of the United Statos cnd British Amorica, and, indeed, in every clvilized portion of tho Western Hemisphero. This Almenzo has been issued regularly at the commencoment of every year for about one-fifth of & century. 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Friday—Farowell banefitof LAWRENOE BARRETT, 1 ROSEDALE. ‘Satarday- —Rosedalo Matinco. McVICKER'S THEATRE. AT WEEK—CHRISTMAS AND* BV R NIo g W MATINEES, MISS CHARLOTTE CUSHNAL,- In her groatest character, MEG MERRILIES. Secure your Sents and come early. GLOBE THEATRE. TO=INEGEXLT, And Wednesday and Saturday Matinees, LEON BROTHERS, Miss Lucy Adams, Miss Sallfe Swflthhflsl Marie Olive,” e T o Biasioy. Howard, Bobby Newcomb, in & S bRt ading with tho National Drama entitled THE UNION SCOUT. MYERY OPERA HOUSE. ‘3lonroo-st., bet. Dearborn and Stat Avlington, Cotton & Kemble's Minstrels. o Obeying Orders! A Midnight Assanlt ! A !"dn toto the Moon. New Songs, NswDances. News ‘ROTIOE_Our rogular Matineo this weck will be givon on Wednesday instead of Saturday. Voanesday, Christmas Matinee. i ACADEMY OF MUSIG ENGAGEMENT OF R. M. CARROLL And his Threo Talonted Sons fn their new Sensationsli Drama, OUR MOTHER, Introducing all the FAMOUS SPEQIALTIES cf thi lu:[.l‘enn;:l e e AT R ~wows. A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! Mile, MARIE ZOE, the Cuban Sylph, will THIS AFTERNOON, at the snd HOLI- DAYRPSHINEE, in the beautital Tndian drama eatitlid WEPT OF WISH-TON-WISH. To conclude with the farco of OUR GAL. 1IN THE EVENING—MLLE. . ZOE specialty. 1n whic sho is unrivallod, the tary draiha, the FRENC SPY, During tho pi 70 will introduce h terrific sword combat with four wild Arabs. - HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE. N s e d Ihe ok, and Wedzose DA, D A tat Hatinees, tBy REQUEST] TWith entire now scenery and_mochanical effscts. DILL . W, BLAISDELL, JOBNRBERY, axp Sihs, B AWILSON, T5theiz orlyina] characters, MISS KATE MEEE, MRS TRt O o hrat appearanca), ALAIIE TOULE, and tao entiro Company 13 tho cast. Grand Matinee Christmns, at 23 p. m. NINTH PRESBYTER'N CHURCH, Ellis-av., just south of Thirty-seventh-st. < MRS. SCOTT SIDDONS? Readings. Monday eventog, Deo. 30, 187, Admissfon, SL _Seats A e e iwoat i chargo. £b. Dow's drog. storo, Hsdo Park; Donglas Houso news zoom; Pobe's drug’ store, cornor of Thirty-seventh-ot. snd, Clottags Grotonv.: Shibley's grocary atoro, corer of £gan aad. Cottage Grave-avs. MARTINE'S Souih Side Dencing. Academy, 1010 INDIANA-AY., OPIEIN. New Heating Arrangomonts completed. Everything {nt arder for tho reception of seholars. WEST SIDE ACADEMY---55 Ada-st. Rev, Chas, L. THOMPSON Wil deliver the second lectura La the Peopla’s Gourse at- B Sreas P:ecsbfidm hare, oo, Wabaal av., near T).\Lrg-fixsb—sr. on. d.uavanmq, thinst. Views of Slen of 3 MEDICAL CARDS. COBURN Medical Institute, No. 156 West Dadison-st., comer of Halsted-st., foanded and conducted by DR. J. C. COBURN for the treatment «of chronic and private discases in both sexes. DR. COBURX has threo diplomas from the bast Col- eges in thoworld, SDR. COBURN has records to prove his extensiv hospi- tal practice, both private and public. DR, COBURN has had moro exporlenco i tho treste ment of private diseases than any physician in Chicago. DR. COBURN cures th worst farm of striotars with- ot paln oz cutting, but with 3 now French Dilator, which never fails. T Acit aporianch and & blosso o itz ;l::n ;fi!wnoz.‘mg Bosd of medied Hoatn "ate, ntare can eall, i o inaat sctantific and skijfal trastment by a physicizn & ref graduate of medicino, both lmn} Ame Sazas wellas otalyn Collegor, DI, COBURN'S o ation 1s ‘Untonwide, ond his Modical Institute ionged with patieats from all pasts of the conntry for treatment. oparsta parlors for ladles and _gontlemon, and ths Smeni Ohlager N ot is gver scea but. tils Doctor. $82 % toka on Maia and Fomnlo Diseasos 3ro sant froe fuf ‘two stamps, in sealed envelopes. Office Lours, 9a. m. 0 8p. m.; Sunday, 3%0 4 p. . DR.C. BIGELOW CONPIDENTIAL 1QIAN, (54 Stata-st., Obicago. Tets well knomn by all zoaders of tho papars, that br. 0. Biyelow is the oldost established physioian In Ohicazo Sho Baa made the treatment of sll chronio aud norvous di & speelalty. Bclence and experisnce bavo made o maost ronowned SPEOTALIST of tho age, hon- by the Drsss, Sataeme o el the day: baving tainments by all the madical institutes of s day, by ENTY OF , baviag IS LIFE In purtectia il otze positively ol asesof GHROLH ARDSPECTAL DISEARKS in both sazes. . 3 SONSUITATION FREE, _Thefacstroomsta tha city, it SEPARATE PARLOKS for ladies and gontiemen: Dol yon_oaly ses ihe doctor. GORRESPGNDENCE CONATBENTIAL. "Aadress all lattars, with stamps, to 5%, 0. BIGELOW, No. 464 Stata-at. Dr. A. G. Clin, 153 So. Clark-at., Chicago, tho most successful specialish ‘of the age, who hes given & life-long special attention 10 thotreatmentof all Chronic, Sezaaland Nervous diseases, both sexes. Rond his works and judge for youraelf, sens sealed for stamp, Confidontialcansultations, personslly of ‘madl, froe and invitod. Ladies send for ciroalar. slcian in the city whowar- NO CURE! = Yoot Dr. Kean, 860 South Clark-st., Chicago, B o e SR S KB XN Ta e oy phssletsa & DR. ‘rants cures or no pay. On Marriage. HAPPY RELIEF FOR YOUNG MEN. Remarkable Reportasent free. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Philadelphis, Pa. FRACTIONAL CURRENCY, “$5 Packages FRAGTIONAL CURRENGY FOR SALE AT | TRIBUNE OFFICE.