Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 11, 1873, Page 4

4 i CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, i87s. TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. NN OF AUNSORIPTION (PATATLE XY ADVANCR), o () | Bunil Rilagat::S (G001 ook Parts of & yoar at the same rate, To provont delay and mistakes, be sure and give Fost D co address fu full, Inoluding Slate and County. Temittancos mny be made elthor by draft, oxpross, Post Dfiico order, or tn reglatored lottors, at ourrisk. TENMA TO CITY BUDSCIIDEDS, Dally, dolivered, Sundny oxcoptod, 2 conte por woek. Dolly, dolivorod, Bunday Includod, 70 conts per wask. Addreas THI TRIBUNE COMPANY, Coruor Madlson and Dearbor Ohicago, Il TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS, JIQOLIY'S THEATII Tandolth sirast) botweon Plark and LaSallo, +¢ All that Glittors Ta Not Uold, ™ and Jomny Lind," Aftornoon and o1oaing, O McVIOKER'S THRATRE. Dearborn and Btate, swning, -Madison stroot, bntweoa Baratoga,"" Afternvon s AGADEMY OF MUSIO—TIalatod straot, botwoon Mad« Ieots and Monrou, Engagoment of Joo Murphy, ** Maum Oro." Aftornoon and ovoning. SK—Monroo stroet, balwoen Afternoon and ovoning. MYFERS' OPERA-] Denrborn and Sinta. straley and comicaliti GLOBE THRATRE—Desplatucs stroat, botwoon Mad. o A VoAbt FoAOROR of Jolis Thompson. **Hans' and '* Dixfe," {ternoon and evoning. MUSIO HALT—Olark atroot, botwvoon Randolph and hk‘é:. Bihoinea homsan Otclionra. Aftoruobn and stoniag. QUEEN'S OIRCUS-—~Wabash avonuo, cornor Adams stroot. Afterncon and evoning, INTER-STATE EXPOSITION—Lako-Shore, faot of Adama streot. BUSINESS NOTICES. EPEND UPON IT, MOTHERS, MRS, WINSLOW'S !u?({\‘l.;l Syrup, for all'disoases of children, is & safo and suro medicino, “LYON'S MAGNKTIO INSECT POWDER 18 FATAL loll?wcnnxlaul Insccta that infost the bod-roam, tho pan- ‘frs, clothos, gardon, collar, and contorvatory. + D LIVER OIL AND LIME.—TIAT PLEASANT and activo sgent In tho curo of l'Slunnlumpllvn t)’m&lnml‘ “l "nfn'}v':'flxfif'fi,'n.\ TLBOR, Chomlst, Hoston, “BAT THIY BPLIENDTD ATOHELOI'S RAIL DYE. bairdso i tho bost in tho world. Tho only truo an, fect dyo. Harmloss, roliablo, and inatantancouss nod ntinonts no ridicnlous tiits or unpleasant odor. - §fch tiio i) aifocto of bad dyes and washios, Prodiicos ine modiatoly » suporh black or natural brown, and Joavos the it clenrnolt, and hoatitol, Tt womiiao, signed s ; 5 Mo by mll drugginte. OHARLKS DATENHTOR, Propriotor, . V. “VAN SOLAACK, BTEVENSON & REID, A The Chicage Tribune, Saturday Morning, Ooctober 11, 1873, NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS, Thie pressure upon our columns on Sunday morning 18 80 great that wo aro compelled to request advertisers losend in their advertisements for that fssuo atas sarly an hour as possible, in order that they may with wrtainty sccure tho proper classfication, Tho yellow fover still holds Memphis in its masp. The deaths and numbor of now cases seatardny were groater than bofore. Urgont appeals aro mado: for roliof by tho afllicted people. — A report comes from Canada. that intelligonce has been received from England that Bur John A. Macdonald is to bo doprived of the rank of Privy Counselor to tho Gueo, aud that ho will bo dofoated on tho meeting ¢t Parliament, The result of the conference at Fort Sill is, that the two vetoran murdorors, Sntanta and Dig Tree, have been roleased,—tho reason given Leing that omo porson had plodged the feith of the United States tha! theso Indians should bo set fice. Tho Constitutional Convention of Michigan, aftera long discussion, has stricken from the draft of the new Coustitution the prohibitions upon the fietitious or watored stock by corpors~ tions, The provailing opinion was that this should be dono by legislation. The Convention a8 reconsidered it formor votes, and made sromen oligiblo to school offices. Tho Secretary of Stato and Auditor of Public Accounts of Illinois are required by law to pay into tho Stato Treasury all fecs collocted by them in their offices, These poyments havo to be madein April and October. The torm of these ofticers began in January, and, for tpu eight months onding Oct. 1, thoy bave paidinto the Troasury 222,611, The earnings of the llinols & Michigan Canal for tho season, up to Oct. 1, have boen 108,000, This {8 1n excessof tho cost of managemont. The Commissioners expeot that tho earnings for tho rost of the season will bo sufficent to dofray all oxpenses until the opening of naviga- tion next yorr, and in that case, they will set apart 100,000 towards comploting tho second dum in tho river. Tho Chieago Limes {8 in trouble again because the State Board of Equalization found $238,000 of taxable proporty in Tue Trisoxe oflice for which they could find no correspouding value in tho Times ofiico. If they had extonded their re- gearchos farthor, they could have found a still greater discrepancy. Rather thanthat the Times should have any bitterness of feeling on the subject, wo are inclined to lot that ostablishmont pay the tax. Tho Commion Council lust night, by 20 to 19, adopted Tilley's plan for the now Court-Houso and City-Hall, This matter baving boen dis- posed of, docs not of necessity roquiro that the city should build at this time, or build at all. All that this action implios fs, that, when the city undertakes to butld a City-Hall, it will fol- low Tilley's plan, eubject to such altorations and modifications ps oxperionce and timne may sug- gest. To oven talk about engaging in building a City-Hall on this or any othor plan at this time js supremely absurd, Yending thenotification to tho Board of County * Commissioners that thoy can have quarters, for €6,000 a yoar xent, in the T'imes building, which nobody else fs willing to occupy, we would suggest to tho Ilosing members of tho Board that it would bo woll for them to soe that the Times ia fully committed to tho support of their ticket before thoy fulflll thoir part of tho contract, Tho Times Lns mafigned the (ormans, abused Hesing, booted Aehton, and pitched into tho whole posss in such blackguard terms that it is not likely thoy will, out of puro lovo for it, compel the publio to transact business in & place which, by reason of its associations, is so universally ehunned. We would caution them to take so- curity before they go any farthor. Tho best way would bo to postpone final actlon till aftor election, and thon they can fix tho rent accord- jug to the amount of offective sorvico the Times nns rondored them. e The Ohieago produce markets weromoderately activo youterday, but gonerally deolined, owing -tp lower quotations from Liverpool, and a loas- ,eued premium on gold. Moss pork was quiet, _aud §724e lower on options, ab §14,76 cash, and $18.00@13.25 sollor Docombor, Lard waa quiot and Ygo lowar, at 134@75¢0 por Ih cash, and TH@ -734a seller Docomber. Moats were Jdull and @ 4 lowor, at T @734o fox ehort ribs, 7)4@6¢ for short oloar, and 0@10c for aweot plokled hama. Highwines woro quiet, and 34 lower, at 020 por gallon, Lake froighta woro moro nctive and un- chinnged, ot 7i¢e for corn to Buffalo, Flourwas in fair domaud and firm, Whoat was modorate- Iy activo, but B@Sto lowor, closiug at 81,064 cash, and $1,038¢ sellor November., Corn wns active, and 1o lower, olosing at O7c cash, and 882{@38!40 sollor Novembor, Oats woro notivo, and 134 lower, closing at 813fe cash, ond 813{c noller Novembor. Rye was quict, and 1o lower, cloging at Gic. Dnrloy was activo, but 2@ lower, closing at 1,36 for No. 2, and 81.11 for No. 8. Ilogs woro dull and woak, heavy weights wolling 8 Blinda lower. Ixtremo rango, $3.06@ 4.60, Cattlo aud shoep woro dull and lower. Alr. Camp, Prosldont of tho Now York Olear- ing-Houso, stated yostordsy that there wero £20,000,000 of loan-cortiflentos still outstanding, though the banks have beon gaining largely in thoir stock of curronoy, and aro paylog it out nosr in groator sums than over be- foro. Though ' tho bnoks are retiring thelr lomn-cortificates as rapidly as tho general eafely will pormit, ho does not think tho cortificatos can all bo rotirad before tho 1st of Novembor. Even at that date, sliould business roquire it, tho banka will prob- ably fool it to bo tholr duty to continue them in such amount aa will provont any interruption in business, Tho banks havoas yot tokon no action looking to a full resumption. They aro poylng out curroncy, not in tho smounts chocked for by depositors, but in such sumsasmay ‘bo needed for business of imporative necossity, Mr, Camp thought that financial mattors looked brighter. Tho amount of the loan-cortificaton yot outstanding, and tho longth of timo taken for their retiroment, indicato how strong and prosging was tho emorgenoy which noconsitated their issue at all, The President and Dircctors of tha Gilman, Clinton & Springfield Railrond Comipany lave made anawor to the bill of complaint of the stockholders. Thore is a gonoral denial of fraud or corruption. The anewer admits that tho Company contracted with the Morgan Company tobuild the road 110 miles long ; admits that it was to pay $6,000 o milein local bonds; admits thiat It paid in addition 31,400,000 stock ; §2,000,- 000 in first mortgago bonds, and 91,000,000 in socond mortgage bonds, The ansvwer claims that tho contract and prico paid was not eoxcessive; that the subscription-bonds sold at from 60 to 90 cents; that the sccond mortgage bonda have not yot been disposed of, and that there is atill duo the Morgan Company $343,000, It is ad- mitted thnt some of the Directors of the Rail- road Company were intorested in the Morgan Company, but {t is denied that thoy made any profit by tho job. The answer admits furthor that some of the Directors of tho railroad wero owners and officors of tho Barolay Coal Compa- ny, and that thoro was a contract Lotwoen tho two Companies. A copy of this coutract shows that the Coal Company wore to have a monopoly of the railroad for the transportation of its coal. Thia contract seems to have beon modeled safter that of the Union Pacific Railroad with the Wyoming Coal Com- pany. The defeudants admit that they wero about tolenso tho road to prevent it bocoming bankrupt. The anawer makos tho remarkablo, but probably truthful, statement that, in tho financial managemont and contracts, there was nothing that has not been done by othor rail- roads recontly built in this State. Why not have theso other companies also inveatigatod ? Tho Constitution of 1870 mnkes tho nssess- ment or valuation of property for State taxation thio basis of taxation for all county, town, town~ ship, and district purposes, and honce the valu- ation mado by tho State Board of Equalization ‘becomes of vital importance to the people. Un- dor the same Constitntion, the authorities of towns and countios aro prohibited from lovying any tax for current expenditures oxceeding 75 conts on each $100 of property. The various County Boards have levied this full tax in overy caso. Tho tax lovied in 1871 undor this rostric- tion, on the property in the State, amounted as follows : 813,574 8,105,409 Tax, excluding cities... Add for cities estimoted, The assessmont having now beon raised from 8510,000,000 to $1,300,000,000, the rostriction upon tho rato of tax has been practically oblit- erated, and $2 may now be levied where only 75 cents could be levied under the valuation of 1871, Tho local dobt, excluding that of the State, was, in 1870, €38,000,000, This dobt could not be inereased because tho Constitution limited the debt to 5 por cont of the valuation for taxablo purposes. Tho increase of tho as- sessmont onables the Suporvisors of the va- rious towns and countios to enlarge their prosent debt by an addition of £50,000,000,— o privilego which they will not hesitato to exercigo if they can find any person willing to lend thom tho money. Tho probability is, howovor, that the market value of county and town bonds in Illinofs will fall ag low as that of tho bonds issued by the carpet-baggers in the Southern States, Tho credit of the local com- munitios in this Btate has received a shock from which it will take a long time to recover. The attempt of the Board of Equalization and tha bondholders' ring at Springfield, to transfer the local dobts to tho Btato, suggeats that the only altornativo to local ropudiation was plundoring the Btate Treasury. As the latter cannot bo done, purchasors of bonds will be likely to take notice of the othor thing, THE TROUBLE IN PHRILADELPHIA, Our Philadolphin dispatch gives some intor~ esting dotails of the strike alrondy begun, and possibly to bo enlarged, among the iron-workers in'that city, The trouble bogan in tho South- wark fourdry, the propriotors of which reduced the wages of thelr hands, alleging tho disturb- ances of the financoes as the remson. The mon hold o meoting, and, through o committeo, dls- cussod the mattor with tho omployers. Thoy ropresonted that thoy wero engaged on con- tract work, intended for Brazil and other South American States, which contracta wero wholly unaffected by any financial dls- turbance in this country., Tho conferenco falling to ronch a eatisfactory understanding, tho mon struck, Our correspondont porsonally visltad the various other iron works of Philadel- phis, and concludes that the atatemont made by the mon is truo ; that the reduction of wages s the result of & genoral combination among the prépristors of foundrios, pnd that the rocont panio ia & mero protext to covor up an act that would have taken placo auyhow., A gonoral strike, therefore, will probably take placo inall the irou establishmonta of Philadelplis whero thera I8 a roduction of wages. It is also stated that tho oarpet mnills of Philadelphia have sus- ponded work, alleging an Inability to soll their goods. The proprictor of tho Bouthwark foundry statod, in tho interviow with the workmen, that tho iron trade In this country wan not at prosont in o condition to warrant a continunuce of the old rato of wagos. Thisis somowhat romarka- ble, m view of tho fact that the prices of iron in this country are no longer controlled by thosa of Europo; that, considoriug the superlor ad- vantagos in conl and in oro, the iron can bo produced, ovon at prosont wages, for much losn monoy than it can now bo produced in Burope. Our iron mon have now exclusivo con- trol of the market. For twolvo yoara thoy liave boon protected by law ngainst foreign com- potition, and tuls protection has beon demanded that thoy might bo ablo to pny tho wages of tho Amerlean workmon. After all this protoction, with Inrge contracts ot high prices for tho South American markots, with no European competi- tion and tho conl supply unchanged, the candid confession is mndo thnt the iron business in this country is not in o condition to warrant tho pay~ mont of any bottor wages to the workmen thon 18 paid to thio * pauper " mechanics of England, Tho carpot mills, too, which by special favor have been gotting their wools from foreign coun- trics at o nominal tax, and have beon protectod ngainst foreign competition by a tax of 70 por cont, ind thomselves compelled to close their doora at the first disturboance of the money mar- kot, and to diachargo nll their hands, Tho fact is, theso carpot mills have beon protocted to do- struction, Aftor fifteon yonrs of unprocedented taxation of tho whole country to support these iron and corpet mille, theso special objects of nntional bounty shut their doors nt the flret alarm, and turn their oporatives into tho strot to starve. THE PROPOSED TAX-ROBBERY. Tho aotton of tho Stato Board of Equalization upon tho subjoct of taxation is now comploto, and wo havo tho following results: Taxablo valuo (70 per cent) of roal and ‘porsounl property.... Lo §1,106,788,105 Tazublo valuo of capitai’ stock of privato COTPOIGLONS. 0y evvessorierss 10,658,008 Taxablo valuo of Tailrond Properiy....... 59,598,957 Taznblo valuo of railroad property Ksscs cd {n countlos....... 9,870,344 Tazable valuo of copital atock of rafl Taxable vaino of olograph stock ‘Total valuatios The total valuation of railrond property is ovor $180,000,000. 'T'ho valuation of proporty in Cook County is about $206,000,000, not includ- ing any portion of the railiway property. Tho most intercsting part of this porformanco ia the valuation of capital stock and franchises. The railrond proporty of this State was ascor- tained by the Board to bo £84,000,000. This in~ ciuded all thelr lands, iron, dopots, town lots, and atl other kinds of visiblo property. Of this the Bonrd decided that the taxablo proportion should bo 70 per cont, a8 on all other property. This made tho valuation for taxabloe purposcs £59,000,000. The Board thon valued the capital stock and bonded dobts of theso corporations, and, taking 70 por cent of their aggregato, as- sossod tho companics £63,000,000 on capital stock, ‘The Board has assumed that the capital stock is o property diatinet ond separate from tho proporty it roprosents. It, thoroforo, taxea the tangible proporty, and also iho cortificatos which set forkh tho proportionate ownerslip of this tangible property, and nssessos tho cor- tifieates of Litle as wortl moro than tho proporty itself. In ourigsuo of yesterday, misled by a statoment in the Bpringflold Jownal, wo erroncouely oxplained tho operations of this Dbusiness in the case of tho Chicago Etening Journal and Chicago Ecening Post. 'Tho latter of these papers is publihed by a com- “pany, the former by private porsons. The prop- erty employed in (ho publication of both papers wo will assume to bo of the same value, yot the tax-bills will differ materially, They will rend as follows ¢ Clicengo Erentng Journ Stato tax, 1 per cont on §25,000 property County tax, 1 per cent on $5,000 property Total t8X,useeecscanarnsarrnsenronnes Chiengo Eventng Po Stato tax, 1 per cont on $35,000 propert 00 Siato tax, 1 per cent on §31,600 eapital i Qounty tax, L3¢ per cent on §35,000.... 5,00 County tax, 1% per cent on $31,600 capital stock, . 47250 Total tax #1,412.50 Tho rato of 244 por cout paid by the Journal becomes 53¢ per cont when collected of the Post, and this without any difference in tho values of the tangible property, Thoe Posthas to pay an increaso of over 100 per cent of tax beeauso §ta proprietors are an incorporated company instead of a private firm, In order to avoid payiug threo-fifths of their tax, it is only nocessary to cancel a fow pieces of value- less paper, and write in a book the names of the owners of the property. Theo tax Is levied on the assumed valuo of the capital stock, in addition to the valuo of the property in which that capital is invested, The Chumber of Commerce of Chicago owns but one pleco of property, in which its entire capital is investod. 'That propertyis taxed at its full value, and the Company is also taxed on 305,000 capital stoel, ns if the capital stock und the proporty it ropresonts havo distinet and separate values, or are separato and distinct proportios, As well tax s mnn on his farm, and then tax him on his deed ; n cortificato of stock iy more evi- dence of titlo to the apecified share in tho prop- orty of the company, Tho whole thing is a fraud ; an outrageous du- plication of tuxos; au atiempt to rob one class of citizons for tho benefit of another. Of course no tax tevied upon such a plan of asscss- ment can bo valid. It will not bo pnid so long as there i a court of justico in tho land to which au apponl for protection can be had, The Stato Board have laid up trouble for the future, In tho matter of tho tax on capital stock, in ad- dition to tho proporty of the company, and es- pocially whon that capital stock is mesessed at more than its par valne, thero will bo a largo crop of litigation, The tax on Cook County, whoreby this county is mado to poy 24 por cont of all the taxes loviod fn tho Biato, will not bo paid, nor can it bo collestod. Norwill tho ring of town and connty bond- holdors, who Liave boon ruling everything with 8 high hand at Springfleld, take any profit by thorr proccoding to make Chicago pay tho priuci- pal and intorest on the raflrond-aid dobt, The loldors of the bonds issuod by the Clty of Toardstown and the City of Springfield, as well 85 tho loldors of the bouds issuod to tho Gliman, Clinton & Bpringflold Railroad, will not got eithor principal or Intorest ont of Chicago. This county will pay its own debts to tho last farthing, It will not submit to bo robboed by tho dishonost schomes of the Bpring- flold oporators. ‘The tax lovy of 1873, however adroitly made, will not bo pollectod, even aftor judgment end oxcocution, until long after tho fraud of theeo railroad-ald Londs shall bo ox- posed and judicially detormined. Oneof thoso rotton concorns is already In tho grip of the law. The Bpringfleld mansgora having procured §686,000 of bonds from tho unauspecting farmors to bulld tho Gilman, Olinton & Spring- flold Rnilrond, having pocketed tho procoods of 32,000,000 of othor bonds, woro caught in the act of stonling tho rond itolf, Tho holdors of theso bonds would like to hinvo thom mado a permanont chargo on Cook County and forty othor countien in tho Stato, but not a dollar will this cily pay for any such purposo. Moanwhile tho State Board of Equnlization las doliborately dobnuched and demoralizod public sentimont on the subjact of paying taxes, This, of itaclf, ia no light offenso. To imposs so barofaced a fraud upon tho poople that they have norecourso but to rosist tho collection, is not only to Joopardizo tho crodit of the State, but to unscttle tho obligations of tho citizon to tho Governmont under which he lives. — NORTHERN PACIFIC * BLOOD-SUCKERS." The 8t. Paul Pressia vory much exercised just now about what it calls the * scctional joalonsy of tho Northern Paciflo,” and among the annth- omas It heaps upon all the outsido barbarians it hurls one at Tre Omrcaco TrinuNe for joining, a8 it alloges, in offorts to cripplo the Northern Pacifio. 'Wo canuot conceda that tho 8t, Paul Press is in posltion to call anybody to account on this scoro. A fow months since, Mr. Charles Seymour, Cbairman of tho Wisconsin Troes Associstion that made an oxcursion into tho Northern Pacific country, published a letter in the LaCrosse Republican, which was repub- lished in our columns, in which ho exposed and denounced what he aptly called the “blood- suckors” that had fastenod themeolves upon the Northern Paciflo, and wore draining its ro- sources by moans of cxorbitant consiruction contracts. Tho Bt. Paul Press was ono of these. It succocded in gotting ite fangs upon the Northern Pacifle construction funds in the firat placo by blackmailing the original “‘blood- suckora,” and thus forcing thom to disgorge a portion of the plunder for its benofit. It thon sucked blood to the tune of $80,000. Tho whole history of the affair was duly published in tho Minnerpolis Times, Weo submit, in the light of thoso facts, that tho 8t. Paul Pressis notins position to toll what course of nowapaper oriti- cism is likely to ecripplo the Northern Pa- cifle, or to raiso objections to any view that may bo takon of the scheme. When the clorgy- men, morchants, small tradospoople, and farm- ors throughout tho country discover what Horr Haas found out two yeara ago (viz: that throo yoors must olapse before thoy can {ake any ef- foctivo stops to colloct the intercat on thoir Londs, if payment is stopped), they will be apt to diroct somo of their attontion to tho 8t. Paul Press as ovo of the partios which depleted tho troasury of the Company. In answor totho charge made by the Press that Tuz TrinuNe “‘has beon sending corro- spondents into the country for the noble pur- pose of kicking this dead lion,” wo have to say, (1) that we eont n correspondent along tho line of the Northern Pacific with instructions to do- seribo the condition of the road and coun- try just ag ho found thom; (2) that bis letters in Tue TnwioNe were in no sonse denunciatory, and cortainly did not orr in tho way of misrepresenting the road to its dotriment ; and (3) that some portions of his lottors wero 8o favorable to tho schemo that tho 8t, Paul Pressiransfors thom to its columns in proof of tho promielng future of tho eutor~ prise, Tho allegation of soctional jealousy isalto- Rothor puerile, and could ecarcely bo con- ceived outside tho brain of & veteran ‘¢ blood-suckor.” If tho completion of the Northern Pacific were practicable, and its profit- able operation within a rossonable timo possi- Dble, Chicago would havo reason to be thankful, a8 it would enjoy & larga proportion of the bon- efiig of tho Northern Pacifio businoss. Wo can seo in this, however, no renson to conceal the truth about the Northern Pacific schome, pr to encourage & probable raid upon the Public Treasury to rescue the concern from the conse- quonces of its own folly. THE SOUTHERN PESTILENCE. The appeals for help, which come’ 8o sorrow- fully from tho Bouthern cities at tho present time, must not pasa uuanswered, The terrible peatilonce which i now sweeping through Mem- phis, Blreveport, and other places, like a besom of destruction, is only ono of a long serics of disastors which havo followed each other in rapid succossion, oach one adding its frosh bur- den of suffering and death upon the afilicted poople in that part of tho country, TFirst camo the War, desiroying lifo ond [health, breaking down fudustry and commerce; then the mnocos- eary overthrow of slavery, breaking up their so- cial syatem; thon tho influx of carpet-bag thioves, plundering right and left, and over- wholming tho people with taxation, Tho cholora came noxt, and then the financial panio, and now the yollow fever in ite most malignant form. And of every one of those bur- dons the City of Memphis has had to bear o large share. The cumulation of theso disna- tors hias prostrated tho city, and it now liea at tho morcy of the destroyor, Businosa is virtu- ally closed. Thoso who can leave are flying in terror from tho infected city; those who cannot must romain and face death with what courage they may. By day, tho sun ehines upon atreots o owded with funeral procossions, for Memphls has little to do but to bury hor dead. By night, tho oity is shrouded in darknoss and gloom, and ‘broods undor the wings of the pestilenco in sol- emn gilence. The physiciang of tho city are worn out and unablo to cope with it, Somo of thom, oven accustomed as thoy aro to disease and doath in all its forms, torrified at tho fell malignance of the peatilenco, have fled from it, snd moanwhilo the fover has got beyond the control of those who aroloft. Evon professional nursos, who have had long oxporienco in casos of yollow fover, are unablo to grapple with it, and, uotwithstanding their exposures to it In past seasons, many of them have takon it and diod, Tho priesis, and mmns, and Sisters of Moroy, going from house to houso on their plous errands of consolation and holp, and pay- ing the Inst sad ofllees to tho dead, havo felt tho torrors of tho postilonce more keenly, in proportion to thoir numbers, than any other class, In Bhroveport alone, fivo priesta and woveral nuns have died in the courageous fulfill- ment of thoir duties. Tho oharitablo assooin~ tions orgenized for the expross purposo of rons doring asslstanco in omorgonclos of this kind havo lost many of their working mombors. The others Lavo workod until they are exhiausted, and, ng tho funda nocossary fo tho con- i tinuanco of 'tholr Jabors aro aléo ex- hausted, they must como to a stand-still unloss thoy rocoive aid. Ono of tho most dlstressing renulty of tho pestilence is the lyxuo numbor of orphnng, The fovor has boen o poisonous and malignant that it hag carrlod off paronts, loaving tho children helplees. In Memphls, thoro are alroady over 1,000 orphana, The asylums are {ull, and placos must bo sought for them among tho charitablo, In addition to tho domolations of tho postl- lonco, & hard, cheerless wintor 18 approaching, with little prospoeots of work for tho laboror, with busincss uncoriain and dopressod, and morcantilo intorcsta unsottled, A season of misory and sufferiug {8 fnovitablo. While this sufforing cannot bo entiroly pro- vouted, it may bo mitigated Ly roliof now whoen roliof is most nooded. Evory oltyandtownin the ‘Wost, overy charitablo assoclation, and every in- dividual should feel it to bo a porsonal duty to do what ko can. Evory instinct of common humanity ehould suggest promptnoss in the worls. Tho mon and women of Momphia have battled nobly and couragaously, and have not asked for Lolp until thoy aro ovorwhelmod and prostrate, and can no longor atrugglo without assistance. Wo are informed that the procooda of the Ex- position in this city next Monday ovoning will be devoted to this roliof. This is a practioal and sonsiblo modo of obtalning holp, and it will ena- blo sll tho chnritably disposed in tho oity to contribute. Wo hopo the great Exposition building will bo full to overflowing upon this oc- cnslon, Thousands can bo accommodated there, and the fund may be made & very handsome ono {n this mannor, Amongst all that bas boon eaid and writton nabout tho Popo and hia temporal concorns, little or nothing Lins boon eaid about his rolations with his tailor. Notwithstanding the grumbling of Prof. Toufolsdroch and tho famous apothogm of Plato, mankind continuos to attach grent import- anco to clothes, If the clothes of an ordinary hu- man being are of so much consoquonco as to do- mand sovoral columna por woek in the nowspa- pors, to consumo moro or loss of ench dsy in pro~ paration and arrangemonta, and to form an indis- ponsablorequisito to admissloninto good society, cortainly the Pope's clothos ought to be & matter of world-wide interest. Fortunately tho Arena, a nowspapor published at Vorons, Italy, has thrown some light upon the Papal wardrobe. Tho Pope, according to ita statomont, has just given orders to hia tailor, Raffaclo Giomini, for two comploto suits of now clothes,—one for au- tumn and one for winter uso. They are mado of whito and scarlot cloth, such as was formorly worn by the Roman Emporors. e roquires rogularly overy yoar five new white upper gar- monts, #8 ho wuses much snuff. Each of these garments costa 400 lires (380). Ho always weara two pairs of fine stockings, at 24 lires ($4.80) por pair. Each red clonk oosts 800 lires ($1G0), andapair of slippers, mado of red cloth with & gold border, and em- Droidered with a gold cross, 0ost120 lives, or $24; and of thoso ho nses six pairs a year. From tho abovo statoment it may bo sot down in round numbera that tho Popo's neceasary outfit doos not cost him much over $800 por yenr, which ia certainly not oxtravagant for a Pope. Thero i many a man and woman iu private life who far excoods that sum for necossary garments, not to mention the smount squandered on uunecos- sarios. Tho proposod annoxation of the suburban towna of Brookline, Brighton, Wost Roxbury, and Clinrleston to Boaton, which are, in reality, al- rendy parts of the city in overything save namo and taxes, bhas created o great oxcitement in that soction of Massachusetts, Even Sonntor Sum- nor has dropped woightior matters for the timo being, and comes outin favor of aunexation, and, es will bo observed, invents a now word in the oporation. Mr. Sumnor says : Lvery capital is 8 natural focus of life, politieally, sochully, and commercially, and overy person lving in this natural focus proporly belongs to tho capital, Bo it 18 with London, Paris, and Vienna, cach of which 18 composod of suburbs and faubourgs grouped sbout the original eity § and go in reality it ia with Doston, for tho placen about tho city, though calied by different name, are parts of tho samo unity, which neods noth~ ing now bt & common namo, A capital may bo artle fietal or natural, The artificlal Lody is that formed by original unchangeable boundarics, Tho natural body fa thot combluation, cluster, or oxpansion which changes with the developments of time, and to moet the growing oxigoncies, With theso viows, I Snd the varous processes of an- nextion ouly & natural manifestation, tobo encours aged always, and to be wolcomed under proper condi- tious of population and publo opinion, I say “aue nextion ” rather than * annexation,” Whore a word 18 80 much usod, better savoa syllable, espocially os tho shiortest is the better, Charles Bradlaugh, the English Ropublican tender, who is now lecturing in Now York upon his favorito topic, hns created o vory favorable impression, both by the matter of his discourses and the manner of his dolivering them. The Now York Tribune fails to find in them the ‘monstrous lincaments which somo of the Eng- lish prees give to him. It cheractorizes the fest lecturo as oxtromoly striling and spirited, ita goneral tono carefutandcarnest, and *in his rof~ erences tohis opponents be displayed a discrotion and courtesy which they would do well to imi- tato,” The lattor characteristio wan oxemplified during his firat lecture, As Froudo provoked the wrath of Moline, so Bradlaugh stirred up one Rev. Dr, Brindley, who did not, however, provo himself a8 courtoous a foo a8 Melino, The Tov. Dr., Brindloy interrupted the lecturer, char- noterized his allusions to the Buglish aristocracy snd tho Church of England as a lio, and other« wiso behaved himself in a very uncloriosl man- nor. Mr. Bradtaugly, however, did not allow his tomper to be rufiled, but answorod his rude op- pouent very quietly and complotely, and ox- prossed his readinoss to meot him at any timo in fair and mauly discussion, It sfterwards ap- penred that the Rov. Brindloy bad beeu sont to Now York by the Iishop of Ountario for the pur- pose of badgering Bradlaugh, The rocord of Marshal Bazaino, who is now on trial, was a yery brilliant one bofore tho German war, Ho entored the army in 1831, at tho age of 20, and in tho following yenr @o dlstinguishod himsolf for bravery in Africa that Le recelved tho orosa of tho Logion of Honor on the fleld Tu the Orimean war bo had command of o brigade of Infantry, and for his conduct at the sioge of HSobastopol was mado & Divis- lon Gonoral, In 1803, ho had the dignity of Commander of the Logion of Ifonor conforred upou him, and subsoquently rocelved tho Grand Oross. In 1804, ho took commund of tho Moxican oxpedition, succeoding Gen, Foroy, and was in command of one pf the main divis- iona of tho Fronch army whon the Frauco{‘mé_- wian war gommencod. It willbo a sad ond, howevor, to his military brilliancy it ho is do- olnred guilty of tho charges against him, which oan only be oxpiated by doath, — One problem connected with the admission of young Iadios to our collogos has boon satisfacto- _rily sottlod at tho University of Michigan, It relatod to tho difieulty of managing the ¢ bhaz- ing" business, Thoro was & roluotauoe upon tho part of the students to smoke out the ladies, throw wator on them, broak into their rooms in tho wasto of night, &o. The 'sophomorical young ladios, however, molved the problom, Thoy broak into tho rooms of tho froshmon Dblindfold thom, and thon violontly kiss thom, Binoo they havo institutod this rogimo, **haz. ing " haa bocome very popular among the frosh- men, and the examplo will doubtloss bo followod at othor iuatitutions where both soxes congree gato. S ——— Tho London Salurday Jeview compliments Mr, Longfollow upon Lis now volumo of pooms but does not like its titlo, ** Aflormath.” It says that Mr, Longfellow fs but a yoar or two older than Mr, Tennyson, and in England they have not yot lost the hope that the Poot-Lauroate will yeot outshine all his former achicvemonts, and closes its plaint with the following kindly words : ‘¢ Mr. Longfollow, emphatically an artist-poot, snd not a bard, has many fruilful yoars, wo trust, boforo him ; many crops of fragrant clover and flourishing lucorne to garnor in,of which the soeds aro now working socrotly under- ground.” Ovituary. Prof, Donatl, tho Diroctor of the new Obaery- atory at Floreuco, whoso name {8 univorsslly known from its conncotion with the splondid comot of 1858, which he was tho firat todiscover, diod of cholora in Vionna, on the 19th ult, His first comot discovery was made in 1864, and be- twoen that yoarand 1858 ho mado five moro, Ho also made many Bpectroacopieal oxamina- tions, both of comots and tho solar diso, besides othor astronomical investigations. In 1804, ho was eleoted » mombor of tho Astronomieal Bo- olety of London. M. Dupont do Brigsac, ono of the most praml- nont of the French Ropublican etatosmon, died rocently at tho ago of 70, In 1830, he was gazot- tod Procurour du Rol at Versailles, but de- clined tho offico, In 1833, ho was suspendod from practico at the Bar, owing to his violent political specchos. He was oleotod to the Con- stituent Assombly in 1848, in which ke was tho leador of the Opposition. In 1851, he was banished by Louis Napoleon, and re- mained in Brussels until genoral amnesty was proclaimed. Aftor the fall of Paris, he was the principal advoeate for the Communists, Anothor old United States navy officer, Com- modore William Jameson, died in Alexandria, Va., on tho 7th inst. During the War of 1812-14 he was in several ongagemonts. He nttained tho rank of Commandor in 1837, and of Captain in 1844, During the War of tho Rebellion ho ‘waas disabled for active servico by an affection of tho oyos, and aftor the War was placed on the rotired list, FESTIVITIES, Annunl Banquet of the Chicngo Mors chants? Exchange. The annual banquet of the Clicago Mer~ chants’ Exchange, an assocation of the whole- salo grocers of this oity, for business, and, occa- sionnlly, plessanter purposes, came off yestor- day evening in the ladies’ ordinary of the Grand Paciflc Hotol. By 8 o'clock in tho ovening, the appoioted bour, the wholosale grocora had as- sombled in the snte-room to tho number of about sixty, snd, o few momente later, the ladies’ ordinary was ipvaded. tore & re- past, sorved in the Grand Pacifie's best slyle, awaited the mombers of the Association. To describo it is ncedloss, Tho cooking was faultlous, tho wines most rechorcho, tho sorvico excellont. Among the banqueters were Mayor Bond, the Hon, J, A, Logan, 8.8, Blies, P.'H. Willard, of P. H. Willard & Co., O. D. Grannis, of Granuis, Farwell & Co,, J. W. Doane, of J, W. Doano & Co,, Willism Steward, of Steward, Aldrich & Co., J. B, Briggs, of Gould, Briggs & Co,, W. T. Allen, of Allen, Keith & Co., 8. P. Tarrington and Schmall, Col. Mouser, of - Iar- mon, Mosser & Co., J. M. Durand, of Durand & Co., E._ A. Robingon, of Durand, Bros. & Cos, Hoiiry " Dudley, of Bibloy, Endicott & Co., and othors, LETTERS WERE BECEIVED from a number of goutlomen in various parts of the Union, expressing the deop pleasure which thoy felt at the polito invitation to bo presont at the banquet, the deepor pleasuro thoy would foel at Mteud.ing tho same, and the oxtromo re- gret they folt a¢ baving, from unavoidable oir- cumstances, to declino theinvitation. One of these, from'A. Spuulding, of Boston, was couched in such apropos languago that o short quota~ tion i feirly oxcusablo. After oxprossiug his regrot at not being ablo to attend tho banquot, A, Spauldivg wrote: I will go into my closet, and there, alone and in secrat, I will driuk “to your very good bealth and your fomilles ;¥ that {8 tho beat I can do thls yeur, . . . We biuve biad traublo enough in Boston tho past yonr,— reapectable firo, horsc-disense, bud busincss, and Fo- cently n little flurry in the mouey matket,~but wo still live and certlfy checks, which, we think, worka better than breaking merchants, Iam pleased to know that these mestings are to be continued, 1t Ia good for you to como togotber, and, for a time, throw off the carcs of business, forget tho low price of wheat and the bigh prico of putty, You feol hiappler while together, you fecl botter when you go Lome, How you feel tho uext morning depends altogethier upon circumstances, Mr, Spaulding hns ovidently beon in Chicago before, and eujoyed tho hospitality of Ler citi- zens, PRESIDENT WILLARD'S REMARKS. Mr. P, I. Willard, Presidont of the Exchange, in the chair, called tho banqueters to order, an: reterred to thu ’i)xovlcuu happy moeting, and the decigion arrived at on that occasion, to hold an aunual celebration, He also referred in terms most feeling and fltting to the exortions of Mr, Spaulding, of Boston, of tho firm of Nast, Spaulding & Co., a grocory house of that city, at the timo this city was Iaid in aehes, Ho also ackuowledged the beneficeuce on that occasion of Bradish Johnson, of New York, Tle congratulated tho Association'on tho presont happy and auspicious occasion, and touched in bis pororation, inpathotic terma, upen the dey mise, since the last public mecting, of four mom- bors of tho Association, In couclusion, ho pro- posed tho following resolution, which ‘was unanimously adopted ¢ Resolved, That wo sincerely regret the absence of Mr, Bllnllh\ln;: from this Buard, when he would be so swarmly wolcomed, snd thnt we {ender to Lim renawed expresslon of that friendsbip and hearty appreciation which we cndeuvored to evince lnst year with the nu- surauco that Lo hold » very warm place in our hearts, THE TOASTH, The toast of *'The Dresidentof the United Btates " was drank with honors, Norman Judd, iu rosponse, adverted mildly in Lis opening to tho peeuliar faciturnity of Presi- dont Grant, 1o said ho was glad to be with the mombers of the Associntion at tholr aunual baus quot, and snid ho thonght it was right on ooca- sions of the kind to Lonor the hond of the Goy- ornment. Ho thought it way mmecossma' for him to advert to the manner in which tho Chiof Magistrate of 40,000,000 of American peoplo was dlschaigiug bis duty, He thought in this Covernment there was too " little of tho Prosident and too much of the people, In conclusion ho paid o glowing tributo to tho commorco and commorcial mon of Chivago, and wished all prosperity and tho health of tho Chicago Mer- chiants’ Exchango individnally, and hoped thoir ten and coffoo and sugar might bo frood ontirely from tax of all sorts. Tho Chairmantlon, ina neat spaech, proposed #“The Day Wo Colobrate,” i responso to which Gen, Logan eaid ko was very filud to moot with the gentlomon of the lorchauts' Ex- change Aesociation, When hoe thought that the gentlomon boforo him representud #060,000,000 unlpltnl Lo could not help thinking of how many luwyors and politiciaus thoy coutd sustain, [Laughter.] He spoke of tho wonderful resukcitation of Clicago since the fire ; how in two short yoars n now city had biddon tho hoa of ashos 3 how they wore banqueting in a gran fotel built on. & spo whicl: g yosrasiuco waa ® maes of ruins. Ho thought Chicago was the most flttin‘i’mnmuoulnuvn of the rostleas onor- [ of the United Statos, and as the only ono of 1o largost cities 1 the Unlited Btatos paying its dobts in currency ho thought sho ‘doserved tho nauo of being tho most business-like 'oity ae well a8 the most enorgotio, + 4 ‘I'ho toast of * Our luvited (ucats” was ro- sponded to by Muyor Bond, tho' most tolling ruluz of whoso spooch ivas tho announcemont hat {ho THW plan had boen tinal) nccnl)tud. “ stutoment which wus rocoived with vociforouy apillmuu. o ¥ : ‘Then foliowed the tonsts, “‘Tho Btate of II- linois," ruu‘mndml to b{ the How, J. 8. Rice % Chicago," by J, B. Rigge; ¢Tho Trade an Commerce _of _Ohicago,"” by 8. P, Farring- ton und P. H. Willard ;- # Tho Grocory Trade,” by W. L. Btowart, J, M, Wright, and tho com- }mny at largo. The ovent was altogother one of Lo pleasautost of tho sonson, aud, taken in connaotion with the opinions of Ohicago wholes salo grocors, a8 oxpressed elaewhoro in thia pas gnr, shiown that the gontlomen who manage l?xiu opartmont of our commorco have tho fullest faith in our city's power to overcome puch tri- fling misndventures as_tho recont thing which \v‘u polrlmpn too genorally dignified by the namo of panio. l‘t’ must bo addod that tho gonoral gat-np of tho banquet reflectod crodit upon tho houso, and that the music supplied on the occasion wad oxcollent. ————— ADMUSEMENTS, THE FIFTIT THOMAS CONCERT, Among tho plonsantost souvenirs of the varlous Thomas scasons in this city aro tho niglts which hoe sets apart for the compositions of cortain mastors. Many peoplo will romember the Beothoven night at Iarwoll Hall, on the 14th of Novomber, 1870, whon tho * Pastoral Bymphony,"” the * Third Leonore Overture,” tho *‘Boptette,Op. 20,"and tho “Choral Fantasia” woro porformed; also tho Wagner night, last wintor. Linst ovoning was devoted to Deothovon agaiu, with tho exception of two numbors, tho Mozart bass aris, “ Montro ti Lascio,” sung by Mr. Whit- noy, and Joachim's **Hungarian Concerto," played by Mr. Listomann, Tho grand foatures of the programme waore tho *f Eighth Symphony,” and the four ovorlures to ** Fidolio,” which have: never beon played hero Loforo in one pro-- grammo, and ono of which, the first, has never been given here at all until now, Porhaps no: quostions aro asked so often, in referonco to Boeethovon's works, as those touching the origin: of these four overturos, and the resson why thero aro 80 many of thom, and as thero hea: been much confusion in theminds oven of mu- siclana with reforonco to the overturcs, a fow introductory words concerning thom will bo of' intorost just at this time, Tho opora itsel? was: written in 1804, and was porformed for: tho first timo ' in_ tho Theatro An. dor Wain, in Vionna, in 1805, undor Beothovon's own diroctfon. It was ab. first called “Loonoro," but when it was remod-- olod tho name was changod to *Fidelio,” Tho. four overturos are the ** Leonore No, 1, in O Major, Op. 188 ;" ¥ Loonoro No, 2, Op; 'n;n “Llonnore e h B0 Mafor, 3 8, in O Major, Op. 727" and the * Fidelic No. 4, l;’oi'l' Major, ' Op. 73" With tho first ovore turo, ~Beothovon himaolf wus not satisfled, and, beforo tho opers was porformed, ho tested. it in tho prosonco of soveral musical con- nolssours, who decided that it was too light, and it was thereforo Inld asido, and never mado its apppeatance agsin during Bootho- ven's_lifotimo, although it contaiug one of tho finest molodics he las evor writton, Other musicians, however, have hold thia over- ture in very high esteom, The first time that it was ever porformed in England, Mendelssohn conductod it, in 1844, aud Berlioz introduced it in Franco. Tho sccond ovorturo was givon when the apera was frst porformed, and was re- arded as fully characterizing tho dramatic sub~ jects of the work, but it was so difficult for the wind instrumonts that Beethoven was vexed at tho lnn\zmtl of tho musicians to play it proporly, and throw it asido and prepared the third, which ia thomost massivo and exciting work of the four. In tho third therois tho same thome in tho introduction and in tho_allegro movemont, and also in tho finalo, as in the second, but yet, the two overtures aro entircly different. As'the second was too hard for the “wind instruments, 80 the third was found to bo too hard for tho violing, which could not obtain tho requisite procision. It was furthormoro objectod to it that, although It was vory brilliant, ‘it was too loug. Beothoyon would not curtail it, howover, but laid it asido and wrote the fourth, which was publishod with the opora in 1815, and which s usually played now with ibo opors, It hsa nover boen, however, 5o great & favorite 88 the secoud or third, and horhnps nover. will bo, It ia very scldom that an 0Zmorhmity is_offored of hoaring theso four overtures at one time, and for this privilego Mr. Thomas has entailed onomore dabt of gratitudo upon the lovers of music in this city. Although thoy all pertain to the samo ‘wubject, tho themos nio very diversified, and there i8 littlo in common betiveon them which would strike the ordinary hearer, oxcopt, por~ haps, the oleotricul trumpet peal announc~ ing the dostiny of Don Fizarro. They wild tharefore bear Lioing upon ono programme, and Lorenftor all doubts ay to which should bd glny- ed might be solved by playing all four, Lnst evening tho thivd was tho favorite, judginy from tho applause which was given to its super performance. After the fourth, Mr. Whitney s8ng 8 solemu and majestic nriotta of Bootho~ ven's called **In Questa T'omba,” which was ad~ mirably adapted to Lis grand and broad method. Ho way also in admirably clear voico, which added greatly to the elfect, cspecially in his resonant low tones The concert closed with the “ Eighth Symphony,” which, ol- though the shortest, is unquestionably ono of the most joyous and luppy of all s inspirs- tions. It hus not beeu played hero before for many yenrs, excopting one movemont, tho allo- grotto, which has bocome fanuliar, as this orchics- tra hat played it every season it has been in the city, Thosuperb rendoring of it made a breal in the continuity of the porformance, as the audionco insistad upon a rapotition in a most un- mistakublo manner. Tho (gllul]ty of this orches~ tra Lns nover been tested in a more saiisfactory mamnor_than in tho piasing of tio finala to Mr. Thoiwas’ very yapid tempo, At the close of the performanco” tho audience greeted Mr, Thomas with the hoarticst nrplmlsn, and, a8 tho audience was tho largost of Lhe senson, it may bo resumied that clussical music is gottlog o frm outhiold in Chitngo. o Tbis aftornoon tio programmo will bo as fal- ows PART FIRGT. OYERLRS. v osbs s ininms ssnses aistansssvpasnss—s Seherzo, Intermezzo, | “Midsummor Night's N reau, Mendelssoln octurne, Wedding March, Bong—** A Marhier's Home fs the 8es ... ,Randegger Atz yran, . Whitiey. Solo_for Harp~CGraud studiv, od fmi- taziono del Mandolin.,.. ., Parish Alvars r. “ Rhapsodio Hongrolie, Liszt [ v M, WiV 3 Overture—* Hunyadi Laszlo"., s sese.Erkel _The programme for this oyening ls a ropeti- tion of the ono played at the first concert, as follows : PART FINAT, Overtnre—* Taunhaus Allegretio—+ ighth S; “Iuvitation a In Danse (Adupted for Orel Arta 1t Ju Enongh » Mry Myeon W, W Symphonie Poem—* Les Preludes AT EECON] “Traeumerel 7. . s Waltz—+ On the By thin Bong—'‘ Rocked fn the Cradlo of the Deep Mr, Jlfirnu W, Whitney, Toll Muzurka— Tob dor Frauen,» Tolka Sclmell M R “Fackeltaz, Megorbeer KANSAS CITY LIVE-STOCK MARKET. Special Dispateh to The o Tritun, Givy, Ho., Oct, ATILE 2,070, “Tihe wurket v fulely 3 r Leing tho princial opurutors. story buyors aro slow, waiting cnrreucy from the Rawt, Through xan cows, $1,25@1,60 ; through Toxan steurs, $1L,50@G 1,90 ; nativo stock atevra, 3,003 good wintorell Tusun"cows, $180GLELY § wiutered Toxan steer, $1.00, Toas—Nothiug doing, Szl PN A Danbury Woman, A hot-tempered Danbury woman, who finds cousiderable trouble in persuading her husband to furnish kindlings, and thon is obliged to do it hersolt, roud in n religions paper, Monday, of low a wife indueed a wicked husband to Losomo ong of the most aectionute and hopeful of men, by being invariably caln and loving with him, The story made n doep lm{wrnsulon upon hor, and when she made tho fire that noon sho put & pair of rubbers nmong the wood, W'hon she tied a handkorchiof across ler noso, and went on with hor worl., Whon tho husband roached tho ato he pansod, fotcliod n eniff that mado o hola Fn the ntmosphoro, and then wont around to the back of the hionso aud fotched anothoer sniff that had an equally damaging offect on tha atmosphore ; ho stared into the next yard aud up at Llu own house, and felt in his lmckuts, and-was about to go around to the front again, wheon his wifo thrust hor hend out of tho window and sald, * Why don’s you come in the houso, you old fool ? " Comoe in ‘and get your dinner, and lot mo rond an article to you from the Ohristian Seeretary, you old yip. ~ Come in an 200 how nice jt is to got dinner with nothing to burn but rubbery, you whited sopulehro, Coma in hore, I toll you,” before I loke my tonpor and say what T oughtn't to." At this invitation ha went [n, going upou thostoop and to the dour yory nlowly, bnt, on opening tho door, disap- peared hmf:]n with marvelous suddennoss, The neighbors say he was cutting wood all thst afvernoon, aud thinking of the veligious prous.