Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 22, 1873, Page 3

—_— THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE 3 - - S MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1873. THE SEWISH NEW YEAR. Commemorative Services in the Synagogue of the Bna'y Shalom Congregation, Joy and Sorrow, tho Subjoct of a Sor- mon by Rev, Dr, Messing. Thoselling min of yeslorday's Chrlstinn Babbath ‘marked the advent of tho Hebrow yeur 604, and yes- tordny nppropriste Borvices for tho closs of tho ol und the openiug of tho now years wero Leld all over the world, whorover Israolites meet in thoir synngogues to wor- slufp thio Goil of Abraha, Tsanc and Jncob, In revor- ent ploty and hopeful prayor, looking to tho Xast for tho coming, Yesicrday morning, the Now Year's ove of tho wanderlug race who losk to the robuilding of thelr tomples In derunalom, services of an interesting character wora conditeted in tho aynagoguo of tho Bua'y Shalom congregation, tu {his city, when thelr winister, tho Rev, D. A, J, Mexslug, preachod tho fok lowing sormon : “For thng bath said tho Lovd, siug for Jacob with Joy, mid ahout at ‘the head of ustlons: publiss ye, Dpratso ye, nnd eny, the Lord Lins belped thy people, the remuant of Iaracl,"—[Jerominh xxxi,] With the hour that 44 fast flitting by, the ol year, with its’ manifold events of joys aud morrows fs re- cediug froni our prescuce, aud sinkiug fnto the une fathonublo ubyes of obiivion, whilo in its stead, we &0 sbulit to culer & now epoch, & new year, ‘Chts bour i fraught with n deep uid earnost sig- Inusimuct s t closes snother perlod of our y cureer, uid we beghi o chapter in_the hook of Jife, ot sirouded iu tho obscurity of tho fuire, Aud ws the joys and horrows of the st uro ut thi momeit vividiy efeoted 1ipon tho tabe lots 0f UF Biemiuty, wo keck WL 61 auxions gaze tu peucty to thy clowt’ thut overshadows the borizou of iy, thers o learn what tio everits yet to come luve It 801 for s, In (his racred hour, mauifoll sud fluctuatimg senkations crowd promiscucusly upon ourdisturbed imagiuution ¢ oy and - sorrow,—Lope and despalr, ure struggling - tho fimernioat fecosses of our licurts ; and from tufs chinos of emotions the questlon naturally arlses within us : how aball we tako onr Tewvo of tho old year, wid with what feclings shall o step over to Liresbokl of tlia hewouo 7 My worlhy Liearors, the toxt wo buve Just clted nud which 1s doubllct known to most of yau, nppeuring n the Havlic toruh of tho second duy of tlio Now Year, ospecially claftn our attention ot thin moment, us it fally ex. pludns awny uny donbt, and solves tho controversy that auay sgiinto our minds, Tho poriod Tsrac) hus chozen to commemorato this, ono of its Lioliest festivuls, 38 pecullcrly udupled to 1ts Lallowed purpose, Even 'now, when' th sumner i ubout (o divest itself of its beantifuily variegated garh, when' tho uuked,eadows und tho lenfless treea th Wero aro now Louftifully laden with the frut of our soil, when uatiro ltself secms to romind us that all easthly thinge uro but transicnt, 1t i thn thnt the heart of wan Iy moro susceptible to the earuvst thoughts and amotious whiel thin Loly doy awukons iu us, We havo 1aid, {ho Lesrts of tunu, not of tho Isractlts along, for doos not thin change from the glorloun rags of tho Sumner's uu to tho durk wid dreary. clouds of Fall, concern ull mankiud? Therefore o wo molemnizd this day, not for ourselves alouc, but for the outire creation, Iornel, my friondr, does nt enumerato its years liko other uutlous, for some hix. .cal ovent which gave it birth, oud wlifch concerus ftself slono; no, Turael 8 not yulty of any such nrroganco or selfisl motiyes, Wo mighit lierald to tho worid that wo wero tho first wntion ou this gloLo; that with us tho epoch of man ho- an, aud that, thercfore, tho years should bo num- ered accordingly; but no,” Israol computes tSmo from suevent thiat s cominon to all belngs and things: the crention of th univorse. With evory ro- turn of thelr day, Tsruel proclaims aloud ; Lear yo people'und all_uutious, eapeciully thoss who rocoguizo tho religion of lovo; wo cautiot, aud wo will ROt cOunt our years from ovents which coveern us alone nu Istaclites, noryet from tho birthday or death of any mortal, were ho oven the founder of our natlon, for wa uckuowledge God s tie father of all mankind 5 ol men are theretors equal before Wi, Wo siucero: 1y beliovo thut ull men, irrcspoctive of creed, may o &urvo heavonly salvation ; thurefore we can culy com- plito thme frou: av oveut which enclrclea tho wholo world, tho wholo Liuman race us ono great 1amily, Wo colebrate therefore i our_Now-Year's Dy tho. birthe day of the universe, tho cradlo feast of all mankind, e, my frionds, it fs tho feast of cquality and brothe erly love, and wo fuvite all, Lo thiey Juw or othorwise, to Joln us aud participate in our joy, and {o celobrats with us tho New Year, for it belongs to usall, W ‘praiee aud pray to the fame Father whio Las creatod us 3 among the suow-¢lud_ mountaius of tho North, In th suuny cliues of the Sonth, whorover ton Israclites can e assombled, you may hiear them to-day, as thoy pro- claim wath trimpet sound : *4Thly day the workl wus called fnto oxlatence; this doy Ho cuused all the creatures of the unieerse to stand iu Judgment, cither w8 children, or as korvaute, 1€ we uro eateerhed us enildren, have ‘merey upon ug, as o father ath wiercy upon bin children ; aud if ns servants, our eyes ure utteutivoly fized on ‘Lhee, until then bo gracious unto us, and brivg forth our fudgment clear 2 to Ugt, Ol Yhou, who art trewcudous snd oly, Aud thle, my frionds, 15 tho cause why sonsations of Joy ubiould'ugitato v 111 day ; for u fesling of mincero pleasuro should taky posecsion of our bvarts whon ‘e realize thing God B the futher of us ull ; that all hue man belugs bolong to one famfly, Tho iore wo medi- - tato upou tho usaited eigulficaco which this day em. ‘bodiee, the more fervent must be thu joy thut glows in our ieurty, But we snould not enjoy this blecsing by ourselvey ; wo sliould communicate aud sbars 16 with ell nations, for It says fu our fext: # For thus Lt sald the Lord, slug for Jacob with joy, and'whout at tholicad of nutions, nud it up your volcea In prafsc.” Bur, my_{rlends, how may wo wnnifest our joy on 1hlu momentous otcusion 7 Shall it bo ju thy bojstor~ 08 paroxysin of ethireal pleasyire 2 Suall wonot ace cord littie nook i our Neurta' for earuest thought 7 Tho answer 10 tis may bo gleaned n tho followly : Our Lfoly Seriptures relaw that, before the creation, an Impenctravie durkiess provdied over all, and e Yoice of God reverberated througiout the fenlina of iutluito space, **Thero shull Lo Light " and, beaold, a bouudless riy of pure lignt liumihed tho eritiro uni: yorse, Burely wus this uccomplishied, 8 legend of Midrish adu, when the gentusof the yet-to-by created man slopped before the Aimighty, aud thus ho spoke s “0l, Lord, how will the soh of enrth, whom Thoi art about to create, bo nhis 'to ome dure s pure eternal light? 1. ho fs but awun, May mob M e, destroy the nobleat of thy creation?” And God plied s Behiold ! and o ! in n mowment ths rays of ight wWere “concentrated and formed uround & common aticleus, ud the sun, fu all bis glorlous splendor, ap peared before the ustonishud guze of tho genius, From o roseato tiuts of 1uoru, bo uncended mujontlealiy 1o thie zonith of thu heavenly vault, thonce be wandared slowly downward in i courso,'oud_sauk lower nd lower, uutil Lo vuulehed fu tho twilight beneatls the earth's horizon, A deep und uwful siouce roigus su- preme, ufght's dusky muntle, suftly oud slowsy fall aud ull is Luslied fu peaco. And tho Lord exelaime “Rest ye, my children ! after tho wealy turmoils of dally Iabor; ufter the brilliunt light of the sun, the sleut ulght slull briug so roposu nd recrestion, 50 that you muy, ou the muorrow, welcomo tho sun's light with renowed strevgth uud Vigor.” Siuco {heu, duy and uiglt,—light nud darkness alternately per. vado tho ettieril giobe, ulike anto the viclsitudes of Lifo, mourning aud_rejoiclug,—joy and sorrow. We doduce, then, from this, that.' wo shauld not atlow Joy 5lono to takt posscoufOn of vur earts, but. Garens enu sober thoughts shouid also tind room there, Thers muy bo muuy who liuger at this moment upon tho thresliold of the New Year, in whoks souls thie nound of Joy can Gud uo ccho s whoso hoarts s Blled with wou t” whoso Lrows atu darkoned by elowis of anxiety aid troublo; who, crustied by tho barden of of age, bow down their' heads uwud forus; who, when they Rlunco otice mora upon tho past, wolld i angulss exclai : ¢ The past biow bueit for mo but durk night of tribulstions, aud when a ray of light wonld for a momeut Inspiro mo with new opo s fortitude, it wun bt feoble, and paled before the ominous ‘darkucas which followed ; whiy shiall I, thon, givo myself up fo mirthand Joy, when I retpombesr thst all my sorrows and misfortiuch wore huaped upos mo by wny follow-men?" To these our text consolingly Tepllun: Prafse ye, publish yo, and eay, Tho Lord b Lelped thy people.” Theu' tako_cobrago, with your hajio and trust {n God, you shall bgin this now your, uud g will fiud colsolation and ' Joy In fhia 0pa § aud, a8 ou the doy of Creation, the dark night came ouly o Invigorate and refresh us for the next morning’s dawar, ko will Heaven's eternal light dispel tho dinmis] siadés of auguish and deapair, & bright and_glorioua day will davwn, ud bring with it peaco, hnpphicss, and Joy, + Agatn, thers sy bo tiomo 1h whowe betighted Dearta tho “autishino of kuowledgo und {rue religion Lna never ponotrated, who, through thefr ignoranco, wera unuble to beliold tho pro lignt of virtuo, Sl othors upon whom th goddess of fortuns dected it to bes stow her bonnti{ul smiles, and who ure 80 complotely dazzled by tho light' of ‘proaperity which sursowndy them thut fu thelr arrogance and senseloay conoelt thioy foryet thelr duty to God uud thoir fellow mep. Buch individuula descryo uo” nity, but this day, with its hioly und oxalted purposcs, places fn tho haniy' of atl Buch a tullsiaan with which 'they mny be enabled to emancipato themuolvos from tho filth and slins. oo tholr bigoted, irrcligions, and material oxlatence, ang by reflection and o studious uttention to the purport of our mow year, they will regaln tha paty of roctitudo, “and’ soar aloft uitl thoy At Lave “roach(d tho puro “Etornal Light of Truh wnd Bpleitd Sroodom Rulug tuin Fesalved, it requires but a firm and Indomftablo wil; ot our strugglo und uii bo 10 reach yor lght Tot u Uitk up our Voices with giucority und pray: ©1td1p, oh Lard! holp thy people, and our nfght wil turn t0 day ~—ONr BOFTOWE 10 juy, Thowo thoughts, ien, foach s to abara joys and sorrows with our follow-man they implnit in our hoarts the gerin of benovolence, brotherly lovo, aud Justico; and bid ua bo grateful for tho past sud’ pray Tor the futuru : “Yos, slng for Jncob with joy, with feclings of atitudo and praise, redolco. 1n tho thought of thy frac craization of munklud ot tho huad of nationsand 1 comumon with all," Tothice all-mwreiful and bonign Fathier, we_implora from the lunertost of our leuris, vouchuafo Thy holy bleeatug on_ull waukind, givo d to Thy people, o thatit oy bo nckuowledied smong other nations, and ewpeclully wo bescech Lo, ebiald and protect the rewmnaut of Faracl, Auicu, o it AP, 3 THE FIRE OF THURSDAY NIGHT. o the Elitor of The Chicago Tribune : Bun; Whs correapondent elgning himaslf # ¥, J,,n in your Baturday's fawuo, makes some statoments which I wish to correct, Tliofirut conpany at the fire of Thurslsy night was not the * Willlme,” Tho ight, aud upon_ tho darkness of | Babeook Engine Company was the irat on the ground, and bad fta sircam on tho firo almoat ot tho moment of lta arrival, ‘Tho Siro In tho cornico of louro No. B8 Washington strcot wos put out, and thelr stream direct on the old Androws butlding, Meantimo et Wiliumay” arrived, sud, ot being aile to get water from tho liydraut on tho corner of Washingion and Jofferson streefs, pulled ovor to It ndolph atreot, Fully ton minutes wers thus lost hi’ the valve of tho Lydiant bolug ont of ordor, Durlng thin tmo the Jbcosk angiie was ponring it ircain stoadily on tho Andrews Unilding, and~ tho houso adjolning on Washinglon ~sirect, nppurontly safe, ~When, finally, water waa ' procirod = from Rar dolph ' ptreot, tho labcock was ordered round to thu rénr of tho row of houne, whero it diil valuablo nervico, No sooner, however, wero the streams on the fire than tho hose burst in several incon, and ths Liouso No, 83 Washinglou stroct balf- urnod i consoqiionces 1 wish to sco fuir piay, and, what with defectivo hydrauts and rotten hioso, the Firo Dopariment desorvo reat credit, But great eredit s ulso duo the Dabeock ingine Company ; for {ta opportine arrival, ju all probabllity, provented the spread of tho firo throngh tho wholo row of houses on Washington strect. Nowlere, in any of tho papers, Lavo I secn il namo montioned, but prajso has been given fu_great abindanco to” the « Wil " Thuworth,” “and otticrs, T nientioned theso facta o o reportor for a promiont dally, who had bored me for jtema, but was told that ho wauld not montion thle fact, as it would bo discoitr- aging to tho Fire Department, and would also reficct on Mait Benner, That being the casc, I told him I should report it mysolf, and trust you will givo the above apace in your paper. 1 ain o tax-payer hore, snd admire tho proficioncy of Toaner aul bis men ;' but, from my experience, aver that the credit of eaving tho row of huildings on Washinglon atreet, and bejug firet on tho ground, belouga 10 tho Babeock Fuglae Coin- pany. Cirioaao, Sopt. 20, 1879, e SPORTING NEWS. THE TURF. A Fine Dny’sRncing at Grund Raplds.-Fred Toopor Wina the Freesfor-All Purno in Threo Btrnight Hents--Protection Wina the Twow Alile-Ient Raceeslorscs Coming to Chlcugo. Speciul Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. GraRD Rarios, Mich,, Sopt. 20.—Tho Michigan Btato Falr closed to-doy with an attendanco of about 7,000 peoplo. In ol respects it ban been by far the most succosstul falr over hold in tho State, The main features of intercat to-dny wero two races, tho first for pureo of $1,825 for free-for-all horacs, ond tho sec- ond a running ruce, two miles and ropcat, forn purso of $00. In tho freofor-all raco tho ontries mero Frod Towper, dolly Norcs, Mambrino ozettc, oud Gen. Bherinan, Al o o M R I was very spirited, aud n largo amount of moncy changod hauds, Tho rates in tho pools wero nearly oven beforo the race, Hooper and Molly Morris alter- uating as firat sud second cholces, though GHft occn- slonaily eold rocond, the two chofces and tho flold bo- ingiu equal smount respectively, It was what tho sports call & first-class botting raco. Tho threo princi- ‘palhorsos, Hooper, Molly, and Gift, were very ovenly matched, al with rocords nearly the samie, and it was diffeult to name tho wiuner in advance. The beat posted of the botting men backed Tovper strongly, while second choles and flcld found plonty of takers, for tho roason that Hoop- er bas been entirely “off for about two months, and thoy rolied upon cither Gift or Molly Morriato beat Liim sure, whils, if Cozottoshould strike her bost rate of spoed, she would prove s troublesomo customer for any of them. It was quito gonorslly bolleved thnt ‘Hooper and Molly woro worklug together, and at the closo of tho sccond heat tho ownor of Gift entored a protost, swearing that, to tho best of bl bellef, tho two hormes were owned or cou- trolled by tho same partics, and wero tratucd in tho same stable. Tho two Armsirongs, who are in no way related o esch other, made out that nelthor had any fnterest {n tho other's horse, though they nd- mitted tho maro and gelding had trafned in tho ssme stable, They wore thereforo permittod to start in the third hoat, Bubscquently (ho protest was withdrawn, and the premiuma were paid as won, Tho twa owners undoubtedly told tho truth us to propristorslip or iz forest, but'it was very genorally belioved that the driver of Molly Morris mudo no offort to_ beat lioopor in the race, Thero was certalnly guod resson for bolioving that sha conld heat him. * No com- plaint was mude, however, until after the third heat, wrhien 1t s too late for thlo jndges to tako any nctlou, The drivor of Mambrino Gift, a colored man, wus taken from tho sulky at the commiencoment of tho third neat, by the request of numerous spectators, who thought tho atallion was mot being well driven, and Hald, of Grand Rapids, was subetituted, The changa did not improve imatlers mnteriully, Gift could not trot fust enotigh to- bnat, elther Toopor or olly, Tn'iie Grst lest Hooper bd much tho beat of the rend-off, and kept his fead throughout, close- Ly pressed by Molly to tha third quarter, whom Tooper beat by two lengths in 2:921¢, Cozette third by Lalf a Iength aver Molly, and Slierinnn nearly distauced, Gift made & strong bid for tho leaderehip in the sec— ond heat, trailing a longth back of Hooper for the firat alf milo, but then hie broke and gave place to Molly, A rush 'was now mudo by Sherman, who canio forward to Hooper's whool, but’ then he loft his foot and fell back, ' Down the lome slretch, Moll made Hoopor trot very fast, but tho nover got beyond his flank, and bo beat her balf o lengthi'in 2:52, Gt two leupths back, Shermau & poor fourth, and Cozotte nearly diatanced. The {hird heat was won by Hooper in much tho ssme s, Molly bugging it closcly all tho way araun, and only holf & Jength bohind i L erossed the score in 2:32), Gift third, by two lengths, Cozatlo fourih, ‘ahd Oen, Sacrman lnst, ilooper could undoubtedly have' trotted two ~or fireo see onds faster if ho Lad been pushed to it, though the timo is by no meann slow, in view of the fact that it was mndo over a lialf-mile'track not in vory ood rhiapo for fast trotting, IHooper is certainly getting hack to himaolt very fast, and may be heard from yet. to good auvantage, It i quite probable that Lo will como to_ Chicago and trot it the Dexter Park races, and Molly Morriu in likely (o Lo there also, ‘Tho ownor of Mambrino Gift hay about conctuded to euter tho stallion at the Dexter Park fall meoting, as ho is unzious to glve him a fant record and then rotire him to tho stud. o has faith that Gift_can trot closo 10 2:90, ond fhinks ho could make more money by showing fast timo at once, tlun by Lolding over for noxt year, Wonld that all horse-owners untortained tho samo rotions, The runniug raco wasan casy viclory for Protec- ton, who won in two straight hoats, beating Victorine, and’ distancing Roscommon iu tho firat Leat, The following in o summiary of tho day'a ovents : VALLEY City DMVING PAMK, GAND RATIDS, Mich,, Bept. 20, 1673,—Puree of 1,825, freo for all forwes $1,000 10 first, 8500 to necond, 3135 to third, aud $100 to'fourth ; mile heats, beat 8 in 5, in harnesd, W, B, Armatrong's b, g, Fred Hoopor. .’ Armetrong's ch, m. Molly Morris Ira M. Nye'n ch, g, Mambrino G, 3. M. ¥renciy's bl, m. Cozetto. 4. 0. Xisk’s g, ¢, Gen, Shorma omer 00, runniug race for all sgea; £200 to firet, $150 to second, and $50 to third ; two nutles and rofieat, A, L. Clhappela b. g, Protection, 5 yenrs, by Mor- ‘ton, by Loxington, dum by Wagner. Fostor & Van Slyck'a b, 1. Victorine, Uncle Vio, Dam Capitolo, by Vaudul.. B, 0, Halle's b, ¢, Roscommon, 3 ‘volver, dam by Daniel tho Prophet Thme—3: 2 THE RING. The Forthcoming Mills Notwoen Allen and MeCoolo nud Hognu and Alleu—Records of the Men. Special Dispatch to The Chicaao Tribune, 8, Louss, Sept, 20,~Things aro lively among the sporting fraternity here to-night, The excltement, however, princtpally effervescea in talk, for thorois it~ tlo botting aa yot, nud not likely to bo much excopt on tho boat and at the ring, The locality of the mill has ot boen made publle, but the fight will doubtloss tako place on ono of the islands down the river, The steamer Coutinental, ono of the largest boata on the river, and able to accommodato 3,000 or 3,000 persons, hins boen cliartered for tho trip, Bhe is odvertised to leavo East Bt, Louls at 9 o'clack on ‘Tuesday morning, Allen was cxpoctod at his saloon on Washington avo. nue, this cvening, sud o thoussnd or more people gathered thare {0 560 him ; but ho falled fo mako hiy oppearanco, MeCoolo was also Invisiule, Tien Hogan, who has arranged o fight Allen in October, was about tho saloon to-night, cvidently greatly annoyod by tho amount of attention he received, e lsn well-dreased, ploasant-spokon man, and wears a ponderous dismond. cross pin on hle neck-tle, o looks emall, and tho ordinary observer would not think Lim any mateh for Allen. 1fe prabably ospects to makoup fu activity what 1o Iacks In welght. 0dda aro offored on both Allen and beGoole by thelr frioudu s but, as thoso whio waet to bot soldom come together, there nre few takers, 'The timo Ju spont by sports priucipally in discussing tho record of the two principals, and in ealculating the chances, Those whose opinlons are Bsupposed to Lliave value, say that the fight will bo hiotly contested, aud will Jast about forty minutes, Althougl it cannob be gald that there I8 any bad hlanst( bo- tween Allen and MeCoole, there fs no love lost, and the mill will bo fought in carncst, Tho wor; are both in splendid trim, all rumors to the contrary notwithstanding, Doth aro at oxactly thelr fghting welglt—Allen at 170, snd McCoole at 200, Tho fallowing s Allen's record, briefy: Ifo beat Toso, in tho London District, I 1464, tex) rounds, ih twenty-nine minutes ; Parkinson, in Lugland, soon after, eleven rounds, in twenty-three minutca—1'arkin. Bon failed to obey the reforce, aud Allen recelved the mnouoy ; beat Losh Price, in Englaud, forty-ono rouuds, in two hours and fvo miuutes; beat Qoorge Tulow, fn England, seventoen rounds, in- sixty-tao miniites ; Joo Gons, & draw ; boat Bill Davls, 8t, Lonis, i Junuary, 1860 fumo yenn was knocked out of timd iu the socond ronnd by Charley Gallagher,—gnyo Donds to koop tho peace, st Cluclmints, (n 1809; Tought McQoole, at Bt, Louts, in 1809,—McCoole's frisnds et tho ropo, cluiniing a gougo; Oharloy Gullaghior, nt fit; Loule, cléven rotinds, in twenty-alx toiuutes— draw ; Muce, at Now Orleaus, 1870, fulled 10 comb to time, luhalng bix WLOUISE wab 1t out of Jolut Ly a fal uspected, HcGoolo Lius whipped Dick Nary, at Toulsvills ; Tomn Junnings, st Now Urleans ; Tilly Bluke, nlioy *Dublin Tricks,” his presont trainer, at Loulivillo s Wi whl{-pad by Coburn, May 6, 1661 ; whippod il Davis, at Bt, Louts, in' 1864, thicty-four rounds, in thirty-tive minutea ; whipped Aaron Joncs, near Gin- cinnati, thirty-four’ rounds, in twenty-aix minuies j 101807 had thio ight with Alton, aw moationed, MARS AND SCORPIO. Comparing a Stur With a Plavet. The Light which Etymology Throws on the History of a Universe. Thero are now two plancts visiblo with the naked eyo In the early ovenfng—Mars and 8aturn, Tho laat~ namel {a nearly sonth goon after sundown ; whilo Mara fn in {ho southwest, following fhio Scorplon (Lat- in, Scorpio) down towards (ho borizon, 0 )('V s@* 35*:4 / € K 7 # ‘\*.‘*_—t 3 Ll Tho constollation Beorplo I8 ono of tho bost defined In tio wholo Jieavons, Even tho Great Bear ylolds tho paltm to 1t in thia respect, olthough that portion of tho latter which 1 popularly called tho * Dipper " is more idely known thau any othor group, oxcept, perhiaps, tho Plelades and tho Bolt of Orlon, The relative post tions of tho principal stars in Scorpio are ropresented 1n tho accompanylug diagram, tho top of which should be turned a Litl towards tho right hand to corro- pond with tho Isy of tho group, aa seen to tho wost of south, The mlara in tho northe em portion of tho figuro nro so arrauged as 1o give (with two smsler atars, which aro ususlly con sldered to belong to Ophiucus) s closo resomblanco to tho cutting edge of » meat-chopper, These stars form thio hoad and forward claws of the creaturo wic fa painted on ho globes, The most nortliorly, of tho socond magnitude (No, 8), 1s called Grofliss, From theao nlong lino runs {hrough Antares (of tho first ‘magnitude), locatod i tho heart of tho Beorplon, down to within stx dogroos of our Liorizon, nnd_turna ups ward, ending ua pair of stars, in tho tafl, the most prominont of which (No, 85) ia called Losath, Tho numerals placel near the stars in tho dia~ grom oro thoso by which thoy waero desig- nated by Flamstead, tho first Astromomer TRoyal of England, Tho most southerly of tho gronp wero not numbored by him, being too far south to be isiblo from Greouwlch. Ionco thoy are known only by tho Greck lotters that aro placed near them, Tho dnah attached o No, 9, Mu, and Zeta, indicates that those stars aro doublo, ‘Thie pluuct Marw fs this cvening about nine degrees from Autares, a little to tho nordli of cast,and {s moving ‘castward tawarda tlio star tho position of which fashown in the upper left corner of the dingratn, and known us Theta {n Ophlucus, Mars s not now mch an intereat~ ing object for teleacoplc obsorvation a8 ho s somo. times, bolug at presout some 116,000,000 miles from tho durth, “which i» noarly thfoo times bis least distauico from us, But tho above notod spposition 43 well Worthiy of notico, and the chiof point wo wish to brlug out {u this arlicla can bo appreciated by thiose o are ot slceady on torma of distant acqusintance Wit tho stars, whils they moy add to their kuowledgo 4n tuls rectibn by tho oid of ‘our diagram, 11 wo comspars tho planct with tho star Antares, using only tlio uaked oye, Wo can_casily discover a closo sime larity in appearateo, aud not miucl ditferucs in ap- pareat magnitude, * Antaros 1s ouo of tho fow red stars ‘that deck our Ormament, nnd its shado of red faalmost ddentical with that of tho planet, which 50 much reaenibles tho huo of blood a8 to havi suggeuted, thoueands _of years ngo, tho naming of Marn s tlio # God of War.” That thia closo similarity struck th snciut observers, long beforo the framing of the tolemulc ystoni of tho universe, s proven by the_ very namo of tho atar, glven to ¢ by tho carly Grecks, Anti, for, and_A7-cs, Mnrw, aro tho Toots of the word, eignifylng that the star ‘was regarded by them ns tho deputy or leutenant of Mara; and probubly for no otlior reason than that bot were then of thic samo hitc, as they aro to-day, ‘Thia fact miglit servo for the oponing statoment in a very intereating chapter on star etymology; showing {ho growth of uny complex systema of thought or beliet from a fow simple idoan Auggosted by the come patison of physlcal qualitics, Tndocd it would not b difticult o teseo buck tho whiolo of our classio myth. ology to an carly perception of b fow astronomical facts, But that discuselon would lead 1a away from the mora iuportant truth which fluds apt and forelbla illustra tlon in tho phenomenon under roviow. A vory fow prelinilnary romarks are neceasary to it elucldation, The theury of Kunt and Lapluco {a now almost uni- versally accopted as tho ouly ono that wiil explain tho phicnouens of tho universe, o wo undorstand the That, and tho deductions thercfrom reudered po Llo by the diucovericea of tho past fow yeara in regard to thi constitution of matter, nnd the correlation of forcos, teach ua that the continuous nction of thie at- traction of gravitation among tho particles of o mass of matter, produces compression, which evolves hieat 3 that tlis beat s Leing continually parted with by ras diatlon, and miore rapidly ss tho budy {s pmaller, hav— ing o greater irface in proportion 6 ita contoutey all othor thiugs being equal; that this losa of heat pormith fusthor cundensation, which supplies more hent, to take the placo of a portion of that radlated off into. Bpace ;. and that light is co-ordinato to heat, its color varying wiib tho ftemperature, Wo' tind fthat very Lighly heated bolies give out all tho colors of tlig raiubow, the union of which produces the sation of white ; that when the temperature {s decreased below s certaiu polnt tlie violet ray is missing ; and that the in- digo, Llue, grecn, yellow, and orange, disappear in suc- cession, a8 tho process of cooling yroceeds, tl the red 18 tho only one of the vieible rays that s emitted, As the cooling process gocs on the red dies out, and tho body bocoina iuvisible, unless o it woy be soen by tho light of somo other ' body whick is refloctod by the dark mass to our eyes, Tho Sun snd Autares still shino by thelr own light, while Mare, belug o very much smallor body than either, has long elnce cooled down to lie siago whore ho'ls visiblo o us only be- causo tho sunlight fa reflected from his surface, We can gearcely resfst tho conclusion that, during the past 2,500 years, and possibly for several centuries more than that time, there Las been no discernible cbange in tho color of either Mara or Antares, The comparison {8 a8 closo now as then, and it is yory un- likely that both budies should chango color in the same direction ; indoed, it is vory probable that the tenden oy of the planct is towarda s lighter shade in the fu- turo, as wo have tho bost of reason to think that tho tendoncy of tha atar i in tho other directlon— towards s doeper red, This, beeause tho star in its continuous cooliug from n white heat must have panseq successivoly through the different phasos ox- bibited in the apectrum, from whife {o the red, and foliowing the same law, must in the future cool down through tho temperature which glves out only the ex- tremo red rays, and afterwards only tho rays of dark heat,whon it will becomo Invisible to us. Canv!rlnl‘y . Mara cools down towards tlio present condition of tho moon, losing i atmospliora aud oceans, 1o will prob- ably fm;o lis distinctive color, aud reflect to us tho :‘uullflclllt only partially tinged from the yollow towards 10 rod. Yrom this we may gain somo faint fdos of the im- meneity of the period of timie, vergivg almost on tho domaln of infinity, thut In required for the description of the whole cyclo of change, from tho nebulous phase to that of abeolute frigidity, which ie involved in tho theory of Kant aud Lapiace. Horo wa ave a poriod of at least twenty-five conturles in which no appreciable chango haa occurred ; the movablo index of the star’s brogrom boloy apparéutly slaionaty ou. tlio vust sculo of the visible spectrum during the wholo of that time, Mow many thousunds of centurien must be required for the index to traverse the wholo oxtont of that seale, and the atlll vaster rango bolween the stage of primary nebulous aggregation and tho zero of heat, we can scnrculy ove guess | Iiut wo can understand tfom thly limpao that the cyeto of thin one change is practically ufnito, indomncli us wo aro utterly unablo to firaap 1t And yof we may finogive that this s but oo fink in o grand chain of successlvo creations and dlaintegra- tionu of matter, which all togother constitule but an atom of duration, as compared with etornity, ‘We do not at present know the setual magnitudo of Antares ; but the majority of the stars that have been wefghod' in tho balinces of tha astronomor ure lea than our sun, It is fair, then, to fnfer that, though thio masn of the central orb of our system {a exceeded by that of Birius, aud n fow othors, yet it is fully equal to th average of tho fixed stars, ‘Bt we know that the more matter s star contaius, the leas rapidly will it caol dawn, othier things belug oqunl; and if wo sup- poss that Antares 18 an average slar, then wo st supposo that bo fo covllng off at loast oa rapldly o8 the sun woull, ai tho samo stage of temporature, If this estimate of relative mass of thio star could ba vorified, wo should thon liavo strong ovidenco to prove thiat our sun Is equally slow in biy progress towards ultimnto oxtinction. As it 1s, wo are Justiiod fu asunming that tho process is not much moro rapid in this caso than in thut, and way bo slower in nccmn{flluhnwnl. Hero, then, s strong, (hough not completo, proof utho Elynmlu{(r of the name, Antares, that since tho epoch ausignod by Seripture commontators for tho ad- yent of man on our planet, throngh a lapse of timo in which noarly 200 guncratlons of humun boings have lved and passed awy, the place of the sun iu tho fl’llml guinnt of light hus not changed to an exfout that s spyrecialilo Ly us ; and consequently (hut thero hus been no materdal dininution of bis heut, ‘Tho Iapso of nearly wixty conturies has beon unmarked by an chrugo in the Intensity of the aolsr light und heat suf- fielent to caueo alterations of tempersture on this oartli's surface, or alter tho conditions under which the Luian raco Hves and moves, And it is easy 10 seo thint wuch changea can only ocour from that forco nitor tho lupn of suiy millfonk of yeura i tho futiro, Of courns wa do not horo rofer to' thy. minuto eNocts produced by oyelical varintions of tho solar enorgy, an avidenced by tho phenamens known as sun spots, ' It {8 apparent {hat tho goologleal changan ol iave oc- curred within tho hintorlu period aro duo to somo ofkior causo than variation of solar onergy; * thoy are of tho curth, earthy, ‘Tula consorvation of sun forco bocomes really mar- volaun, when wa remombor that every portion of tho nun' Aurfaco, which in ucarly twolvo thousand times roator than 'tho eath's surface, 8 continunlly edinte g boat futo spaco, that is ab Joant 16,000 dogrees coldor than the aun, Wo know that tho process of radintlon is more rapid as tho dyference of tanporaturo {n oater, and acolng Uint on our enrih the mont wold Lodles cool uickly, though Lut fow hundred degreea warmor (han aurrounding objects, it is almost ime posaiblo for us to concoiva how the' sun can rotain his forco a0 stendily, without porcopliblo diminution, through ao many centurics, It is ovidont that combise tion hus nothing to do with it ; thosun i not s burning body, Wecan calenlato thut if o lind been at ono thng comyosed entirely of carban and oxygen, or hydrogen and oxygen, in tho proportions in whicl thoan clemetts combiue in tho process of combustion ; thon, at tho rato necesaary (0 give out light and heat at tho sameo rato as at prosout, thoso elomenta muat have comploted thetr minslon fu about fivo thousaud years, leaving nothing more to burn, Iuatead of lrelll,l oxhausted, the sun ban roally suffered no appreciablo chiange in that {ime, aud tho wpoctroscopo baw thus far failed to indicato to us tho presencoe of a ainglo atom of oxygfln 1 the Bun, without which cloment thore is no burning on thy earth’s surface, Nor do tho facta #quaro any moro nearly with that other thoory which bua rocolved uch omlnont scien« tific endoraoment within o fow years past, to tho effect thal tho solar encrgy is maintained by tho heat gonere ated In the collision of planctoidal matter with hia surface, It s truo that the fall of a mnss of mattor to the Bun from an infinito distance wouki generato 9,200 timoa a8 much heat 0 wauld bo producetl by the combustion of a maes of conl oqual to that of the fall- ing body ; but oven with thia ciiormous fact in favor of the theory, we find that tho destruction of the carth in this way would only generate heat enough to meet tho oxponditure of ninoty-five years, an bave no reason to think that 80 much matter as that has fallen into the sun sinco the Cuirfstian Era, Fortunntely we do not need to fall back on elthor of {lioso, or un othor theories still moro absurd, that have beon fuvented with tho solo result of showing how ridiculous s man moy becomo when bo indulges in sclontiflo guessing, Tho atoady condensation of tho sun inta smaller volume, referred to above, iu auflls clont to account for the pheuomenon, and does not involyo absurdity, Wo can calculato that, at tho pres- cut rato at whicli the sun gives out light and heat, at Teast 10,000 years would bo oocnpled i the shrinklng of his bulk to an oxient that would be measurable at tho distance of the carth. Wo abowed in n former sriiclo (TRIuNE of Sept, 23, 1872) that Saturn probably obtained- his titlo of Giironos, or Thne, bocute, buing tho slowest movlug plonet of all thoss kmown' to the ancients, he also porforms ouo journoy round the heavous in just ss many yoara (:0)) 08 the moon occupies days in mak- ing her circuit.” Dut Mara givos us o very much moro Juiuabl lsnor i chronology thnu his cidor brotlier, Ho brioges over for us the dight of conturies, whero Baturn only moasured the term of gencration, Mars thus takies tho placo of partial oxponent of the duri~ tion of & uuiverse, a8 Lo was already tho only planct in wluch wo can’ absolutoly discoris the conditions nocoasary to forms of vital existonico, such aa aro mot ‘with on ihe earth's surfaco, Tho invention of tho spectroscopo, within the cur- ront century, ling ousbled us to understand the philo- suphy of the clianges of color exbibited by n body which gradually losen ita hoat, ~ Ouly within n few cars past bave wo known the reason for the fact noted Ylmg Lefore, thata cooling mass passca from a whito hoat through varfous stages, Hit it oxlilbits the (blood) dark red color just befora becoming invisible, Antarca does fo-day, Bul wo ind it stated in “'Tho Book” (Biblos) that near tho end of tha world tho sun ehall turo to blood, and the stars_ceasn toglve forth thelr light, In thls partioular, tho teacliuga of in- spiration axo in exact accord with the resulta of sci- entiflo induction, snd wo have here only one instance of the truth that the moro we know of natural law the bettor can wo understand tho Bible, Bclenca I8 not the hand-mafd_of refigion, for sho disdains to bo a sluve to uny ; but shels God's own intorproter, snd furnishes niaily = demonstration strong that the Bible nppeara to bo at fault only when we do uot understand it aright, E. CoLuxRT, R HYDE PARK. Business Transacted by tho Trustces Friday and Saturday Evenings. Thio Hydo Park Trustces held an adjourned mecting on Friday eventug. Bills were sudited o€ pald to John McCaffroy, $1,773.30; 8, G. Rhoados, $218,65 ; D, Healy, $258,39; Hydo Park Gas Company, $287.50; spectal polico pay-roll, $180,50; sundry emall bills, 120,93, Tho following bills for tho same advertising work show tho difference fn valiio of printer's Ink at difTer- ent placea: Cleveland Herald, $16 ; ButTalo Commer- cial Advertiser, $16; Philadelphin Inquirer, $36,103 Pittaburgh Dispatch, $19,80 ; Inter-Ocean, #4170 Ohi- cago Times, $52.20 ; Ci0AG0 TRIDONE, $62.20, Or- dered paid out of Water-Works fund, Tho Attorney was fnstructed o proparo an ordinance for opening Bixty-second atroot, from State to Indiann avoniie, by condemnation of tho lands necessary, ac- cording to dotatlod description, Tt was resalved that parties erocting gus-posts and Lamps muat koop tha samo I ropair, or they aro ot to 0 iighted, "T1i6 propomitions of 3. T, Gross to furnish gloho gaa- Buruers, of J, Campbell & Co. for uso of trianglo' lot at Oakwooil and Cottage Grove avonuc for wood and coal offlce, and of Goo. W. Binford to’ purchass tho #3me lot, were all rejoted, Bantford’s plat of aubdivision in the N. E. cornor of 8.3 B, 3 N g 8. W. X Beo, 23, 37, 14, waa approved. ‘Baloor licerises wero granted to Thoinas W, Adams, Jobn Muag, Edward Dlubm, William Ryon, E. D, Tobin, Teter Sehlunk, Henry Laraen, Willism Guivor, A, Edwards & Son, August Dusst, and Nicholas Neeb, Adjourned, ANOTHER MEERTING, The regular meoting of tho Trustecs was held on Saturdsy sfternoan, All tho members wero present, nnd the following bills were ordered 1o bo pald : Rob: {uson & Van Alts, $12; Poter Mublman, $14.10 ; N. Durthick, $20,75;'N. G. Myors, $4: A. D, Waldron, $144; Jobn 1. Donnett, $32.60'5 Obarios Oreightou, E10050; paveroll, 176 zobatd of tax to Mary E al, $4.20, Tlis romionsteance of Honry Kent and othors against the struightening of Bixty-third strect was reported on favorably by tha Commitice, and the report wag ordored fled until an investigatlon can discloso what ction was taken wit that street by tuo Towa of Lake, before it waa annozed to Lyda Park, The prayer of Charles Phillipa and others for a plank sldowalk on north sido of Forty-scventh stroet, from Drexel to Hydo Park avenilo, was grantod, and tho usual order 1 to bo preparad, The prayer of Chicago Transfor & Oloaring-Houng Railway Compuny for sight of way on Soveuty-tiat girect and of tho Dolt ey and Transfor Company for right of way on Soventy-ninth stroot, wore bot TeJected, and it waa declarod to bo tho retiled policy of 1tydo Park to grant no further permisslonato ruilronds until the consent of property-owners ia obtained, Bircota arefor public use, and o ocoupy them for ralwaya s to givo them away not only without com- pensation, but to the actual damago of the owners of adjacent property, The protest of Nutt & Brookes against the atorage of guopowder on raflroad cars was placed on fily’ be- cause thio Committoo havo tho subjoct under connidor- ation, and hiave propared an amondment to tho ordin. ance 'on the subjoct. “Tho potition of Goorge A, Springer sud otbra to act in conjunction with tha Chicago suthoritics, and widen ‘Thirty-ninth street to 80 feet from Coltage Grove avenue 1o State streat, was reforrod, The Engineer prosented plans and profiles of lateral sowern on Greenwood and Yoodlawn avenues, from Fifty-firet atrect sewor northtc Fortys-oventh atreet, which wero roferred to tho Attorney to draft tho ordinances, Tho Superintendent and Englneor_presented the final meanuremonts and_eatimatca on Dydo Park and Slony Island avonues, from Fifty-seventh o Elghty- seyeuth atroots, both of which aro now complotod. Lumber-yard Subdivision, on the Calumet River, at {he corner of Indiana avenuo and One Hindred and Thisty-aixth sircet, in Soc. 34, 7, 1, won wpproved. The plat of resubdivinion of lots {n Hambloton's Sub- divislon, and of Subdivision of Lutler's two scras, in 8, W. X N. W. X Bec, 15, 38, 14, wa reforred. FIRES. Two Hundred Thousand Dollars Worth of FProperty Destroyod in Burlington, I, Special Dispatch to Tha Chicago Tribune. BunLvorox, Ia,, Sept. 20—1 p, m.—A firo broke out here this moruing about 1 o'clock, right in tho Beart of the city, which swopt over twa quaros and & balf before §t could bocheckod, Tho loss must reach near $200,000, One firm, Gilbort, Hedgo & Co, Iumber merchants, loso over $100,000, hoving nearly 5,000,000 foot of lumber destroyed, The Gazetts of this ovenlng hua tho followiug In regard to tho fire and ftalossoa : * Afd arrived from tho cities of Mon- mouth, Galsburg, and Quincy. A party of fifty or sixty camo from Monmouth with & stoamer and hook aud ladder company. A stoamer and five men camo from Quincy, and s smaller engine from Galesburg, but all tho fire dopartmenta in tho Stato could not bavo stopped the fire natil tho lumber yards wero gono through, The terrifory burned over includes overytling between Jefforson, Valley, Sixth and Elghth strects, oxcopting the osst sido of tho alloy noxt to Sixth stroet, Tho lumber pllea aro still burue ing, and will probably for days bo a bed of coals, but tho dongor has passed, snd wo sro safo Hll the next time, It fs noarly imposiblo to arrive o tue tossea with any cortaluty yut, ovorything i in con. fusfon, and losers are busy taking caro of tholr foods, that aro wvod, Gilbert, Hodgo & Co. are tho * ncoviest losars, ‘In & part of thole yarda wor six million feet of | lumber, all of " tho bost grades, thew common and medium grades Lolng t thett yards, As nearas wo can geb at the Tosse now they are abont a follows: _Gillert, Hodgo & Co., lumber yards and office, $120,000 ;_brick block, $4,0007 fnsurance abont 000, 'L, Teodrick, Dulldlige and tensnt - Louso, $5,000; uo insurance, Cookroll & Co,, ory and confectioners, losn $4,600; insursiico S‘J,DDU. W. D, cCaah, brick Lutldisig, $10,000 to $12,000; insurauce 43,000, ' Gerlinger & Bomnstor, blackemihs, {naur~ anco $1,000, navurln? losa, J, Bowersock, feod and commiunion stors, losa $3,600; ineurance, $900, Mr, Fiahor, saloon and housclold goods, $500; no iusurance, MM, HII{EIHI{ confectionor, loss $1,500 on stock aud machinery; fnsurauco, $700, Mr, Keuser, grocery, insured for §550 ; losa covered, Andy Gunz, ealoon und dwelling, loss' §6,000 ; insurance, $2,000, Willfum Hannike, biatcher shop and Louseliofd goods, moatly saved, Johu Btiles, houschold goods, mostly ssvod, D," Mosmer, grocery, lunurance, $800; losa coverad, Jobn MeDonald, dwolling and hotsohiold fm""' losa $1,600 ; insurance, $700, Jaurbaugh, tal- o, mout of the goous msyod, Bruith, saloot 500, tolal lows, It was hero that o firo origluated, Johiy Beck, gracery, feod storo, aud dwelling, almost tatul los ¢ “jusuréd, Chorica Obiok, Grocery, loss #1,000; ingnfanco B, “aid, el nd tobacco, lods §1,0005 Inwursuce, $900, X, I’ Groupe, damago ta bullding and by removal 1000 $300; 'C, Noppart, eame loas, probably $300; Ohnrlen Rofolnon, maloon, fnaurance, $300; T, Toward, lullding, $1,500 fnsuranca + Kinalor, saloon, foss, $300 inauranoo, $200; Woll & Ifirech, hides, loss covered by $800" Insuranco, Tho ' lossca atrided among tho lusurance companicn as follows: Heldor's Anoucy, Gilbert Hedge & Cou $6,000 W, D, MeGanh, £,000; John 1.’ Beck, $4,000, D, Judd, §000, in tho Zton 'nd Phiritx, of Hartford § Gilbart, Hedge & Go, 84,000, A, Glr, 2,000 , Hoppart, $100, i the Rnitonal, of $Tartford, Gilbort, Tredga & Co., $3,600 Joseph Knoser, loss by romoval probabiy 4500 N, ', Grupo, probably $250 for smo, In the Spring: ficld, Mnas,, Fire and Marino, Gilbort Iledge & Co., £3,000 fn 1o North British Moreantile, Giliiert Tedgs & Co,, 33,800 In the Underwritors Agoncy, Now York, Samo firm, $1,000 In the Frankiin, of Philadeiphia, Bame firm, 5,00 fu the Gorman-Amerlcan, of Now York, ' Swmo firm, $2,600 _ in Thelps & TLako's Agoeucy, Moine, Now York, Oliaries Koralson, snloon, $500, in the' Hartford, R. Howard, buflding, 8500, Scott & Co,, $1,000 In Ifofl- minn & Co.'n Ageitey, Gorman, Freoporl, Cockrell & 0., 81,600, In the Nntional of Philadclpbin, Dower- sock, 100, 'In tho Missouri Natfonal of Hannfial, Gil- baety Medio & Co, £3,600; O, Shick, $500, i tho Glrard, of Philadalphin, Gilbert, 1iédge & Co,, $1,600, in the Tradera, Gilbort, Hodgo & Co,, $1,600 1h tho Glabe, of Chicago, Xooslor, aaloon, $330, '{n tho_ Allematin, of Oloveland. M, ilggin, $700 ; Weil & Hirahin, $800 + 8. E, Tuylor's Agoney nlso hind somo policles, but wo wore unablo to find the ngent aud caniot give tho fAig- tios, Durlng tho firo tho firc-iranda word earried by tho Breoza far out on tho west snd south hills as far aa Leobrick's Addition, e snakes Swallowing Their Grandchil dron. z To the Fditor of the New York Tribune, A corrospondent in your paper of tho 11th inst, proves that snakes ** swallow thoir young." Allow me to add my testimony to tho fact, and stato that, 1n my opintou, o suiako not only swal- lows its own young, but sometimes its young of two gonorationa. 1 nasintod in killing a snnko some years ago, and, whon its body was cut with n stono, several small snakes iesued forth, alive and activo, This surprisad mo s lttlo, bt Lyras still moro astouished whon, atter killing all tho #maller snakes, wo found in_each of thom a number of still smallor ones, also alive and ac- tive, which issued forth and wore killed in order. This apponrs to Lo prolty good "proof of tho proposition that snakes not onl, own childron, but their grandchildren also, whon exigency requires. For, if tnoy worou't awatlowod, how did thoy got thoro ? And, if tho smallost annkos wero not tho offapring of the middlo-eizod snakes, thon thoy must have boen a socond brood of the old snako, and woro swal- lowad by their elder brothors and siators for the genoral prototion of iho family, This hap- Ppencd in Erdo, Pa. S —Thero i & Apock of war botwoon tho cattle mon and shoep men of Southern Colorado, grow- ing out of a dosiro on tho part of the cattlo mon to control the outiro rango. In El Paso County 18,000 cattlo and 55,000 shoop are horded togetli- or'without any trouble arising, but in Huerfano County some lawless cattlo men have taken np tho idea that eattlo will not hord woll with shcap, aud they havo uudertakon to drivo tho heop mon off tho rango. Corrals havo beon broken into and sheop slaughterod ; com fleids troddon down; hords scatterod upon tho plains; and, in fact, overything possiblo has hoon dons to ren- der shoep ralaing impossiblo in that scction of torritory. nwallow thoir FLORIDA WATER. IMPERISHABLE FRAGRANCE! MURRAY & LANHANS OELEBRATED FLORIDA WATER Tho richest, most lasting, yot most delicato of all Per- fumes, for uso on the HANDKERCHIEF, At the TOILET, And in the BATH. As thoro aro imitations and countorfolts, alwaye ask for tho Florida Watoe which s on the bott1e, o tin 1abcly and on tho pamphlot, the names of MURRRAY & TANDAN, without which nona ia genatno, For sale by all Perfumers, Druagists, nnd Denlers in Fancy Goods. EDUCATIONAL, Harvard University, 1873=-74. Mombors of one dopartmont havo s right to attond loc. tures and recltations in any other department of the Uni- vorsity without pasing additlonal foca; for oxamplo, Law atudonts may attond any oxercises thoy ploaso in Harvard Calloge, Bedicsl studenta the oxerclscs of tho Sclontifio School, oto. Tho degraos of Mastor of Arts, Dootor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Sclonce sro opon to Bachelars af othor in- stitutions, ‘Tho yenr bogina in all departmonts on Thursday, Sopt. 2, 1873, Examinations for admission to HARVARD COLLEGE, tho LAWRENCE SOIENTIFIO BOHQOL, tho MINING SOHOOL, and tho BUSSEY INSTITU. TION will bogin on Thursday, Bopt. 35, at8s, m, The oxamination for advanced standing in the MEDICAL SCHOOL takos plnce Sopt, 21; for advanced standing in tho LAW SCHOOL, Sopt, 3. Tho Univarsity Cataloguo (including examination papers of 1871-73) may bo obtained from CHARLES W, SEVER, Booksoller, Cambridgo; prico, £0 conts. Circulara do- sceibing tho sovoral dopartmonts may be abtained on ap plication to JAMES W. HARRIS, Secrotary, Cambridgo, Mass, Family and Day School, NEW YORK CITY. MISS BRACKETT and MISS ELIOT will reopon thelr #ohool for girla from six to twonty-ono, Wodnesday, Sept. 3, at 117 East Thirtysixth-st. Girls fitted for any Cole lego. _Refer to Rav. Robort Collyor, Chiosgo, AMUSEMENTS. MUSIO HALL, Olark-at., opposito Bhormas Honso, Grand Mausical Entertoinments MLLE BERTHA BRONSIL, The Celebrated Bohemian Violinist, Who will mako har fient appaarancoln Ohleago § Comonrt, 't tho magningont tiow MUMIG TTALL sa"d FRIDAY EVENING, Sept. 26, AND IN GRAND MATINEE, Salorday, Sept, 27, Autlsted by Distingalshed Artiats, Including MRS. M. J.EIILL, MR. i 3 '}\I’O'URDY, J. QUINCY HOXT, JR., Tho Emigont Organist, Pianist, and Commosor, of Now ‘Vork, who will ntrdudo tho cotetrated Orchestral Organ, MUSIOAL DIRECTOR. .. Q. HOYT, Jn, Iyoning Concort will t8p. m, Baturd Matinoo &t 3 b Tor " Doors ansh tne hou 1o slsanter Alio, Box Oiflat oo, far ssle af tickots, on Thursiny murning, Bapt. 2, to 17 di ', b0 M'VIOKER'S THEATRE, BECOND WEEK of the TRULY GREAT DRAMA, FRENCHWOMEN, Which has achlovod a GRRAT SUCCESS, tonching s atrong maral Josson in a boautifully-told story af NOBLE HEARTS WITH WEAK NATURES, FZSoa this charming play, whioh mast hortly ho withdrawn fo mako rouns i Satitiod +* IMMOLATION " Oiéinel Amsrican plny, HOOLEY'S THEATRE, TIE PARLOR TOME OF COMEDY. Mondar, Sopt. 2. GREAT SUCORSS ? pboll's BrapiHo piotaro of 1175 at th bos Bido, " % PERIL; Or Love at Long Branch! Exoty Evgning and at tho Wednead: il Baturds Mtinchn, Mgy rocatval witn THUNDERS OF AS! Jn rehostaal-MAN AND WILE, In p!onnrltlnn—fl!:&luy Oampbell's Intost—HEARTS, ATKEN'S THEATRE, GRAND SUCCESS OF THE NEW COMPANY. Entlro Change of Programmo this Waok, tho Burlesquo ontitled the THIEVES OF BAGDAD. Krery Evoning, Wodnesday and Saturday Matiuoes, ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Bocand and Iast weok of Arerica's Dramat 3 tho gifted wud Tegitimato aritaty - D oatle Quoon, MRS, D. P. BOWERS Snpportod Ly the talonted Young Tragedian, MR. J. Q. MUOLEOM, tomminoteing. Mosdag: Eod. Rrat ks oa Chlcago, the grand historical speotavhiar drams, AMY ROBSARTI! The oxolustve proerty of Mrs, Bowors. MYERS' OPERA HOUSE, Monroo-st., between Duatborn and Stato, Aingtor, Coton & Kembles Minstrel. First week of the Sensntional and Plctarlal Sketch of LIFE ON THE FRONTIER, Ia which overy mombor of tho Company will appoar. Bobby Nowcomb, Mackin and Wilson, Frnest Linden, Rlly uee, ‘Muitor G, Davonport, William Atlington, Hen Cotton, nnd J. R. Komblo 'in’ New Spociaitics, Firat time of Every avonisie and Ssturday Matino ook out for e Finay Mokes b4 a Fo PAILNOAD TIME TaBLE, ARRIVAL SN0 DEPRkrwzes op g Summer Avrangement. § PXPLANATION OF REFERTNGE Minka,~ + Sntnrday 3¢ eoniod, ¥ Bunday oxcopto: 1 Monds § Yo Binday AL 8500 a, e & Daly, 1 Dxcovied. F Ax MICHIGAN CENTRAL & GREAT WESTERN NAILROAD: Dept, Soot af Luke sty amd fool ar Tweenty. wtofice, 01 Clurk 36!, sontiieast corner nf" & and T Caniletts, corner or* Martisn, y ay Raprons, Jnckson Accon ‘Atlantio xprosa, Night Expro GUAND RAVIDN X Marning Fizpross, Night Expross, B0 . w0, URTIE, t Passengor Agont. RAILROAN, Shorl Li fa,, and Chieagn, Sp Through fine. Gnin Bepor. brdye, " Ticket Ogicen s AL ey Maisonn lalphest, Arrire, Kansas Olty Fxpross vla Jackson. vitloy Til, " and Lonisinna, Al Kanraa Gity T'ast Laprog dJacksonville, 1T, and 1, o Mo t. Louls fxpros 8t Louls Fast Snringtiald Tox) Bpringhold U 15 Jenerion Gty Kxpis Peorla, Kaokuk & Bugi’i Iix. Wauona, Lacon, nd Washington) Fxiresn ' CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE & Sf, PAUL RAILWAY, Uiion Depot, corner Madison and (anl-ste,; 63 South Clarkeat,, opposite 31 Teatr, Milwankoo, St. Paul & Minncap-| Olin Day fxpross.. o1 9:30 0, m. Milwaukoo & Prai M?ll"" nlml l'!; ’ri’“ i wankee, St, P olln Nt Fxpro 46500, m. &M Rxpmnyl i +9:30 p. m. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & UUINGY RAILRDAD, Deyola—Foot of Lakeat,. Inlianaav,, ant and Canal nnd Sixteentli-eta, Ticket byices, No. - andat depots, Mail and Expross, Ottaws anil Streator Passongar,. Dulmqug and Sioux City Fxi Paclilc aut. Lino. Aurorn Passonios Mendota & Ottawa Pussenior. Domior's Gruvo Accommodatton urora P nior (i e {inday uo & St ity K. Pacifio Night texprow, Downsr's Grovo Acconti Toxan Express.... ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD, Depot font o Lakest. and foot of Ticenty-secondat, apier, 10 Rantonphoatey et lark ia: §t. Loula Txpron 8t Louia ast Tie i 30, 1l Dubunao & Dubugus & Sioux ity 1ix, () Gllman Passengor, .. iydo Parkand Oak Wood D, 0p; 8 p: i ! ) 1310: in: (a) Runs to Ohampalign on Satardays, CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD, Clty ofices, corner Kandolph anit Las: corner Madieon GLOBE THEATRE, THRE PEOPLE'S TIIEATRE, —Monday, Tuosday, Wednosday, and Wodnouilny Matines, A TALE OF £N- CHANTMENT, with all of Paliner & Co.'s great Specinl: tlos, Thonday, THE HUNGHBACK' OF NOTHE OLD IRON. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY GO OF CANADA. OLD AXLES AND WROUGHT IRON SCRAP FOR SALE. The Grand Trunk Railway Company, dur. ing the coming £all and Winter, will have a large number of OLD AXLES and o consid~ erablo quantity of WROUGHT IRON BORAP to disposo of. Thoy invite tenders for quantities of one hnndred tons and upwards. The Compnny will commencodelivery in Octobor, and con- tinue through the wintor, as may be agreed upon. Parties tendering to state the price per 1h., ‘whether in gold or Unitod Btates currency, tho place of delivery (which must be on the Groand Trunk Railway), and the quantity ro- Quired. i Purchasors who roquire delivery in the United Btates will pay thoir own Customs duties. Cash will be required on delivory. Axles and Borap Iron must be tendered for separatoly. Tenders, indorsed **Tender for Old Mato- rial,” and addressod to tho undersigned, will be recelved on or befors Saturdny, tho 37th Seplember. C.J. BRYDGES, Managing Director. Montreal, 27th August, 187 MADEMOISELLE TARDIVEL'S FRENOH SOHOOL Roopons Sopt. 17. “Tho only one in New York whero Fronch i taugft aé tn Paris. Supurior Koglish oducation, Drawing, Latin, and Hlnfilnl includod ‘fn tho tuition, Boacdors havo ad oxcollont homo. For oiroulars, 2% Wost Yortyelxtivet, N, ¥. Itofers by pormission to' Alra, Jt. Gogdoll, K ‘Goo. M. Fattuahy Ghiongs, Tit; Hieu: Goa. P. Disnt, St. Louls; Mre. O. 15, Bulls Quigcy, 1t J; Medtaalse,'s T. Iroland, 1. B, Sovloy, Ola’ sinnatt, MRS, JOHN V. B, BLEECKER'S English, Fronoh, and Germaen Boardinz aud Day School for Young Ladive and Children, 20 Faat Forty-seventhest. botwoon Madlson and Fifth.ava,, New York Clty, will Tgopon Sept. 3, L3, A mont thétoul caureo of tric- tun, together with homo caro aud privileges. CHEGARAY INSTITUTE. Establishod fn Now York 1n 1814 Eoglah and Froncl for, Yok Luiloa. and. Misse, Tuarding and day priplle, 11 ABGI85. Shucaat, s doipiuin e, WAl in oIty of th tasily, sad nstan i tho Traifonts: £ *PMADANE DI ERVILLY, Princlpa OTTAGE HILL BEMINARY—_FOR YOUNG TA. diow, Ponghikoopala, No ¥, baalo and the flue arts asnocially, Opens Sopt, 17, ' O, O, WKTSELL, Princl paland Propriator, OTHIC HALL, STAMFORD, CONN. i, Frach, g Qovnine houdlog.School Commancos Bopt. 34, " Apivia Frinsipale, - Miliior ATRE wnd CHASE, TAKESIDESENINAIY—A BOARDING SCHODL and young boys, at Oconomuwaa, Wixs Far nlrloux‘fi-', addrons MISS GRACK. I JONES, Prinel: Dal. MATLEWOGD INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG Th: dios, Pittaflold, Mass, Kuown for thirty yoars for its. guperior facilitios 'and rare boauty of location, Rov U. V. Bpoar, Priucipal, M8, BUIKLEZE ROARDING —AND DAY Behiool for Young Ladios, Tarrytown on tho Hudaon, ‘will roopon Sopt, 17, PENNSYLVANIA SILITARY AOADIMY, GIES: for, Pu., (for bonrdora only), ‘Hoaslon opons Wed- nosday, Bopt, 10, Looatlon clevatod and heaithfal, grounds anipfo, Buildings Lendsoio"and cominod ourso of studles ostausive, Thorough 1 Oivil’ and Mochanioal Engitevring, the English, _Onroful ovarsight of morals and gasty; For elroulars apply, 1o " llou, EAORY" A, STORDS, 1, L BROWK, ‘Faq, GHARLES G, K PRUSSING, Tad., patrons of thu Acadomy i Ghicago, orto L. THEQ. HYATY, Prosidents FOR SALE. TO REAL ESTATE INVESTORS And Capitalists. Executor’s Salo of Valuable Now i York Property At tho zchango Halgs-Itoom, 111 Broadway, New York, Thursday, Uol. 3. Tho property {s ki as Barrolt's Tolnt, on'tho Gaet Riyur, aud ts ono of tho mowt valusble it tho Hinkie of New York ‘as vocontly oxtendud, It lacludes valusblo wator-rights, and has an extensive wator-front, with wator sutliciaat (0 fluat’ vassols of th greatont diuglit, "Ml polat will provably ‘bocos 3 rent frolghic dopot, and an ontropol for ocess stenmnars, Ly conveniont ta'tho Now Yurk Central, Now. York & Harlom, Now York, floston & Montreal, Naw Vorks Now Haven & Hartford, and Now York & Porichestor’ Rall roads, Which contorko withiln & aliart distanco, Tine rmexly 1s adapled for private purpose hotels, or for sading oommnreinl and Lusints Thiordate. ‘Tl por. (ot drage o Tefortuuen ey ve had o ' MRS 0. 84 Hoaverst,, Now York, ar of 01 BIYAN, Auotioucor, No. 116 Broaduare Now Yarks 1 OCEAN NAVIGATION. NEW YORK TO CARDIFT, BRISTOL, LONDON, And all Other Points in England and Wales, Tho Southi Wales Atlantio Steamship Uompany's now fir;class Steamthips il sall from Founsyivania Ball- ruad Wharf, JJorso : PEMBROR| GLAMORG. 4 Thono ateamaliips, Bt expra a0, uru pro- vidad with all tho lateat iuiprovemants for tho comfortand " ooavenlenco of Cabla Illh Steora Cabin, 28 currency; Second Cabl ago, $30 curroncy ; propaid Stoerag dift, 333, Dralts for £1 and up) Dox fusthor particulars, aply ln Cateit, at the Com- pany’s Ottices, No, 1 Dack Chambers, and ii Now York to ARCHIBALD BAXTER & CO., Agonts, Ko. 17 Broadivay, s&nllflnxv". sl‘"lu'. Gucreiey's Stice: riiicatos from Onr- Balling twleo a wook fram Now York, and carrying pats unqnnfin" purts of (ireal llrn:m| Troland, Uvr{)l!lfi"l’\ml Turops, and the Moditcreansan. Gnhin frofy $65 a 'l‘!r“l nd Irish ports onst, §il; wo: pealal porta sains s alior aulae o rrenoy, | Aply for ful infor) pany'a aifigon o, 1 Howltui Grauh, Now York, and 8. 1. corner Lasalloand Madison-sta,, Chleago. HENDERSON BROTHERS, Agonts. cor- Canti. Al payablo in on ut this Com- " STATE LINE. E RK TO GLASGOW, LIVERPOOL, BEL. NEW YOIK, 0 A B OnIE, i at L sall from Plor 3, N T Tt of vt Mosto s Tty SJorth VIRGINIA..... duoadar, Sept. 17, PE| A «Wodnesdny, Oct, 15, VIRGINIA, \Vndneld:;‘, Oct, 23, And avory altornate Wodnosday theroaftor, taking pass et ok (EwUgh raton (o al s of Grsat Bitutn and ofhnd, - Norwnts. Swodon, Leatnatk, sad Gomme for £1 and upwards, horTealgh oF passsjoalyly to AUSTIN BALDWIN & Bitorage Issae Oilco; No. 45 lirandway. BITTERS, PERFECTION? BOKER'S BITTERS. Bewnre of Counterfoita, MACHINERY, WILLIAM A. HARRIS, Providenco, R, 1., Builder of tho HARRIS-CORLISS ENGINE ‘With Harrie'Patont Inprovemonts. Bond for Olrculars A 80-horso Englne ia on exhibition at tho Olnolnnatt Kx- position until Octahor 4, and a 80-horso Kugine st tho Loulsviile Exposition until October L, a Pactflo Fast Line a Dubuaug Day fix. ¥ a Omaba Night Expros a Dubuquo Night kix. @ Krooport & Dubuaua lixpross, a Froeport & Dubuuuo Kxnross, Milwaukes Mail, b Milwaukoo Exproka... b Milwaukeo Passongor. b Milwaukao Passcngor Groon Bay V. tprons, St. Pavt Expro: b Marquotto fxpross. & St, Paul Express. a—Depat cornor of Wella and Kinzl —-Dopot cormer of Canal and Kinz W I STENNETT, Gon, Pass, Agent, COLORADO, KANSAS & NEW MEXICO, Ticket and Freight Office, 71 Clar! o Speefal Inducomonts. Grent Now Rante. A, T, & St. Folt. Tt "Wl B W, db A CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD, Depot, corner of Vanlluren and Sherman.sts, Tickal office, Grand Pacific Hotel, Lenen, | drrice, Qmaha, Loavanw'thid Atoht [0eTs w . fit[ll’\rfigbulllmuflllll)fl ni Espron Loivonworth & & i b 10200} LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILROAD, Depot, Van Buren-at., fool ap LaSalle-t, Tieket ohees, northicest corner Clark and Randolplists!, and routhices corner Canal and Mailison-sts, Mall, via Afe Lino and Main Lino Bpeclal Now York Expross, via) Afr LN, Atlanifo Bxpross, via Al Jiin Night Fxnross, vin Matn Lio. Elknart Accommodation, South Chicago Accomm PITTSBURGH, FORT WATNE & CHICAGO RAILROAD. Arrive, Day i Fasifi b Mall, Valparaiss Acconimodution. . . w, a.m. INDIANAPOLIS & CINCINNATI THROUGH LINE. VIA KANKAKEE ROUTE, From the Grent Central Kailroad Depot, fool of Lakesst, For through tickets aud sleeping-car berthe apply at ou ew Ticket afice, 121 Kandolph-stoy near cornet Cln Cuanalat,, corner Sadisons 95 LiaSalleste, corner Wiash: ington, ahd af illinols Centrat b Tonvo Ohicago rrivo s iy ATN0AC inolunati o Trains arrivo at Chiongo at 7:57 n. m.. & TAUp Onlyling runding Saturiey i dianapolis and Ciucinnatl, Sauth 12nd paasongers can kel beagngo ohooked and tako train at T evol CHICAGO, at ‘Twenty-socond-at. STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. Rockford, Rock Island & S1.Lonis Railroad Compary, PursivENT'S OFFICE, Roox 15LAND, T, Bont, b 1472} STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING, Notico fa horoby givan that the annual mooting of tha Stockholiors of tho Ttnekfond Took Iiland & . Jouls Rallroad Compaus will hu Leld at_tho Otices of tho Conie Lllux)‘ln 1ho _ciiy of Rock hlnmll I, on Wudnesday, tha th doy af Octabor next, at 12 ofelack, nonn, R, Prostdont. UABL Joux P, WHITEUEAD, Secrotary, MEDICAL 5. DR. C.BIGELOW CONFIDENTIAL PHYSICIAN, 277 and 270 South Olark stz cornor Van liiron, Chicago, ool known by il esdbtof tho pavors, that Dr. O. Blgelow Is thu oldast ostablished Ifl-\fl iolan In Ohicago. Belonca and exporiunce have mado " 13, the most ro- nowned SPEGIALIST of 'tho ago, honorod by tho bross, osteomed of tho “nighest modical attainmonts Syl modical insiituios of Tho day, Having dovoted W EXTY YEARS OF HIS LIFE i porfocting romedios that will auro posttisaly ail cavos of GIRONIO AND SBECLAL: DISEASES in hath sox, CONSULTATION FREE, SEPARATE PARLORS for Indles and_gontlomen, CORRES DENCE QONFIDERTIAL, " Adrosail lotters, witlstamps, t Dr. 0, BIGELOW, %7 and 339 South Clricost. lintes, Oct, 2, 1863, DIt BIGELOW iy rigulatly brod physician. s ron- utation is best known horo in our midst. 116 wants uo dls- {ant rofurance, bt Is woll spokion of Ty ovory ong'0a: trusting themsolvos 10 his care, Whilo The world endurss this class of physicians are rouilred, and if any an noa iy such sorvico, it 15 of the utmuost importance to ong: only & man whoso oxpurienca is oquul tu bis offer of 1! cal ald, and without projudico, or any intorest fn sayin: othor thau thu truth, wo recaimmond most cordially an i emphatically such to visit DR, BIGELOW, at his Coatral Rooms, 377 and 79 Sonth Clark-st., Chicago, COBURN Medical Institute, 116 and 177 Rauth Olark-st., cornor Monsoe, Chlengo, fouridod aud couduatad by Dr,' ;" 0. Coluirn'tor troatment and curs of all forms of chronio and spod In floth soxos, Thia Tnatitute fs unauostin it sclontliio in thiy country for tho troatiys isonsca. Dr. Colurn Is n rogulat grudunto of medict and has threo diplomas froi tho biest colleges tu thy Srarld, ‘and lias had mioco ozporietica in tho, troatun tof Privaty disoancs than any pliysiolan in Chiengo, You Blonwho Torire b piiysician fover {26l to il yhecuy ro- iof and a pormancut sury st tho kands af 02 Coburn, Hond twnstaa for hfs hooks an maio and fom i disease 1o any addcoss o Addrss attors, Dr, J. CSCOBUR IMl mtidontial NO CURLE! No2R¥H D, Kean, 360 South Olark-st,, Chicago, May be cunfldnmlnllfi' consulted, personally or 9y mall, h all oh 1l orvous diveases, R 2 KIS ' the ety pisatotars 1 tho oty whowae: i ifon oF 1 1Y "{i¥oun Hok sout for 60 conta Justratod with numes. ous liny vhgraviug