Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 4, 1874, Page 11

T ———————————————— e e ML ML M S < wmwmwfimmmw e P L T T A R T T P vmrr e A S0} 1l THE SERVANT-QUESTION AGAIN Wages of Domestic- Help. ew from the Standpoint of a i v DMistress. ¥ho 8T8 the independent pedplo ‘at the com- ent of this New Year of 18747 Are {bey those who, UPOD & moderate income, have .uihs waots of & family to supply, rent to pay, faebils o liguidate, coal to furnish, food to Fevide, sod all the manifold expenses of living P pect, orare tley the soung ladies who con- foaeend to enter your house and do_that portion of tho necessary labor which they may not find {00 much trouble. We fancy we see the mascu- Jino portion of tho community shrug their skoulders snd exclaim : 5 431 WATS THE SERVANT-GIRL QUESTION ! Lsthere tobono end to it, then?” No, gom- {hmen, not until tho thing is fairly undorstood ; ot untid some of the evils of it are abated ; not il women learn that there is a certain amount of extortion in the wages they areforced opsy- Eusy-going men and shoddy women are 3t the bottom of it Itis theso latter that the ter portion of the community have to thank for the fact that they are either forced into third-rate . boarding-houses, o, it they do oeire to makes home of their own, the wives sre obliged to wear $hemselves outin & vain 2odesvor to be all things in all places. e know the housekeeper by nature end edu- cation will be ready to takeup arms against us sud battle for the breom, the dust-pan, and the gerubbing-brush. But, my dear Madame, WE ARE NOT ALL NOUSEREEPERS, bom, Eke poets, nor made by judicious training, Lo some of yoursclves, It takes yoarsto bo- come perfect in the art of housekeeping, and, ith all due respect for your prejudices, it would {ske an eternity for some of us to learn to tol- ente its disgusting details: Raw meat to pandle, greasy dish-water to put our hands in, nd unclean floors to serub. Call it squeamish- wees, call it affectation if you like, call it what you il the fact that it exista with very many of us provee the mecessity of a remedy. Tben the world is properly balanced, and each of ns does tho thing best suited to her, then, no doubt, we ehould a1l be sstisfled; but, until it does, we must try and arrange matters s com- fortably 88 we can for all. The pseudo-philan- thropist would annihilate us if hé could, we sup- pose, because we dare assert that servants’ wages ARE TOO TICH. e awsit your indignant missiles, but we stick toour toxt. They are too high for the large majority of the community who necd help to “Grind the face of the poor, will you? Defrsud the hard-working girl of her hard- cemed wages, while you play tho lady?” de- dnma the theorist who has mever taken any ical view of the subject, or the office seeker whowants s politica! catchword. No! thereis 2ot any wrong in the matter, but thereis a lond ery for justice to ourselves. Our servants have pede a law unto themselves, and they will not gerve you for Jess than from £3 o £5 a week. A fresh arrival, who CANNQT SPEAK A WORD OF ENGLISH, sy condescend to como and be & nuisance, and Jearn & new tongue gratis, for the trifio of $2 & week; but sho 18 not a desirable ncquisition toa person not a graduate of adeaf and dumb asylum, cr s born Harlequin or Columbine. We can't all begradm.‘ed from the first institation, and there is a slight prejudice against finishing our daugh- terg' education in the pantomime and variety 2y 59 the non-English-speaking help is apt to gprove & very undesirable hindrance, 1t does not matter to the rich man, who can sfford as many eervants a8 he needs or wishes, and who can also pay them Iavishly ; but it does very much matter 4o the poor man, or the one in moderate circum- starces, who has only a limited incomo to supply all the wants of & family. We think it may be fairly conceded that THE AVERAGE INCOME +ill not_exceed $1,000 or $1,200. In fact, we believs the lesser eum more likely to approach the general average than the greater. But we will take the larger sum for our estimate, and euppose that, on this amount, & man must sup- port s family of four,—himself, wife, and iwo children. These children must have care, and _that a mother's care. They must be clothed, fed, end kept clesn. The first requires money, the last time. Would i enter such s hounsehold for less than any £500orse . weok. Very doubtful! If you don't believe it, ndvertise and try. Granted, however, that she does condescend to rclieve youof tho washing, ironing. snd a portion of the cooking, for tho emaller sum, HOW DOES THE ACCOGNT STAND ? iy o far a5 our observation goes,—and it has Eeen extended over many aities and through nn);fmdea of society,—the general eervant is ‘Thonsed as comfortably, has a8 good o bed, and tho samo_food, 08 her employers. Espe- cially is this the case with those whose income is sbout the before-mentioned aversge. All that clags of wants are supplied, then, to the servant 83 they are to therest of the family. In ad- dition to this, she has, at £3.50 & weelk, the sum of £182 & year in cash with which to provide herself clothing, amusement, or to do what she will with, It might naturally be supposed thst her employers onght to have the same monnt allowed them for like purposes. Grant- ing it o husband and wife, with half the allow- azca for “little blue eboes” and other requi- eitea for the juniors, and what is the sum total, inding Miss Help's allowance? Only $723 a 7ear, If Communism is the order of the day, is itany more than fair that the mistress - SHOULD HAVE AS MUCH 13 the maid does to spend on herself, and that the little ones should have half tho sum? It is aturally supposed that the mistress may have ¢ertzin expenses in regsrd to_her outer adorn- ing which the maid is not obliged to copy, but which, unfortunately, she frequently burlesques. e will suppose this to be admitted, then; and that from the average income of $1,200 is to' be sbtracted $728 mfi, to place the members of & ‘household upon the same footing in regard o pecuniary advantages ss _ the Eer- want they employ. Our hard-working father of the family has left the magnificent sum of 72 to meet all other expenses with. House- rentslone will tako at least $800 of this, and ihen you have just 8172 to buy food, light, and faelwith Whatis theresult? You must psy %:1&’ or sour wife must be a slavo to houso- by ties, grow old, careworn, and fin ly die 1T I8 PLAINLY TO BE SEEN that nelther you nor she can have asmuch ?fl".\' wsyour servant to spend op yourselves. "“m:td st yonx ovarcost until 1t istl;resd- 2 you feel shabby, mean, and de- Danlized, ‘and want to elink into alle ®d byways, You hwry to 0 office; you work early and late at your ledger; znmmm to the store and importune cus- ers to buy your goods, because, perhaps, Jour place depends upor: your success 28 8 sales- Zan You once had literary and esthetic tastes. They aro grimed out of you, and you feel mean #dmelancholy at_home, sud grow impudent or icnt gbroad. You are being ground in Comestic mill into s microscopic atom of ’&" originel high-thoughted, brave-breasted & AND HOW ABOUT THE WIFE? l-'.r‘d wazhes and turns her old alpaca ; she mends hmml j 8he refurnishes her last winiers and accedes to every clamorons de “ber belp for more leisure, moro wages, and leea wor) S vork, because eho cannot do without her. o must have ahome ; you must have breasd foSbutter ; but, as to clotlies, you are obliged Putup with the scantiost_substitute for & fig- mn;m modern_prosperity will admit. Your i ' bas her 8162 a year, and that leaves you fhaour 81,200 oply $1,018. Yon mey geta fioiolive in for $30 & month, for you cannot Yo Jour wife and children altogether out of tke h:’s:ds of civilization. Let us take a minimum, boperet, and suppose but $300 of that goes for rgorent. We will allow but £2.50 a week for ieg 4t bourd, and half-price for the chil- hum;m a very extravagnnt amount, it must tted. Not many luxuries in the way of e FICKLED EELS' FEET OR CRABS' TOES ke Rad for thar; and yet it will take $520 fige [OProvide thet amount. You havenow bty ihe zest of the expenses. Fuel and el certainly absorb anotuer hundred at eIy lowest estimate ; 20 you positively have f,‘:qwly $93. You of course must go ta town x:mh,fl'" and, if you get a house for £25 8 8t which we_estimated it, it certainly is e ¥lhin walking distance of tho business-con- e Em. allowing 10 cents for 300 days in the Tor e fllnteol{ leaves Jess than half the money Jo e four of you to clotho yourself on that iy, 2rvant has. She has $182. You, your 22d your children caunot, with the clozest economy, have mare than $68a year for ward- 0bo, necessities, or amusement, to Biy nothing of littlo h:m!ehalld demands, e amount of amusement or the supply of household-goods you will obtain, must need be trifling. g AND NOW ABOUT GOING OUT. The servant has her stated -times for going, and go sho usually dovs. How is it with the mistress ? Unless she must go for 8omo.ospe~ cial purpose, eho seldom or never geta away {rom bome. How she envies at times the laborer Ler hire and her freedom. Born in the purple, 28 she may bavoe been, she even m,,n“g“ could she be as free from other cares, duties, or respongibilities, as hor help, she would not mind" tho labor imposed upon her, Her moro bighly-cultivated tastes and inherited prejudices naturally cauee her {o sbrink instinctively from the dirty work of the kitchen; but as for a breath of fresh air I—for a dollar that was mot already mortgaged by some housebold neces- sity! “Hopelers! Is it a wonder that men make baste to bo rich, or_that women grow reckless, or sink into mere slovens? Society requires £0 much of every one, and the tread-mill of mere existence is 0 hard. ; = ‘We have shown, in & previous article, that a woman of whom 1o great amount of yielding to Fashion's dictates is required,—of whom Soci- ety, in the general acceptiation of the term, de- mands nothing, except that she shonld be de- cently clad,—ca be both comfortably; respect- ably, and becomingly attired on §50 a year. = . AT 32 A WEEEK, this would give a servant an_allowance of $104 o year. It woumld be optional with herself whether she expended it all'upon her personal adornment or not, but it cortainly wonld not bo s matter of necessity that she should do so. She could certainly have at loast $25 or $80 & year to spend 18 she pleased, independont of her attire. How many women, whose husbands have the incomo that wo have talen for tho basis of thess remarks, would be only too glad of sucha sam! The servant hasno care as rogards fael, heht, food, or . a roof to cover ber. That is her employer's allair, not bors. She has her work to do, of course; bat, with modern improvements, it 15 NOT SO VERY HARD. ‘How was_it beforo tho days-whon water-works wwero considored an incidental of a growing city ; when cisterns had to yield tho agueous fluid through dint of hard pumping, or, harder still, the raising of & bucket by means of a windliass ; when they wero outside of the honse, instead of within it; when pumps & square or two away furnished the water for cooking and drinking purposes, and this bad to be bronght by tha eneral servant; when oil-lamps lighted the Gitchen - and | wax-candles tho: parlor; when American families did not consist of husband, wife, end possibly one child, but when there wasjs qmiver full of children,—a. half-score, porhaps, of boys and _girls, ranging from 8 months to 18 _years? The household machinery worked ossily enough then, and tho servant got from 36 T0 28 A MONTIL She washed on Monday, while some member of the family probably assisted her by washing the dishes, or perhaps helping to prepare the dinner. There was no hot and cold water in those daye, ready to pour forth in abundant supply by the mero turping of 8 faucet; there were no drains to carry it away; but all of it had to bo poured into the gutter, carried the entire length of the house in tubs and pails, from the kitchen to the front gide~ walk. On Tuesday, the halls were swept, and the ironing commenced; the latter comploted on Wednesdsy. Thursday, suy oxtra work was dope in tho morning, and after 8 o'clock tho girl went out in punsuit of her own pleasure or business. Fridey, she swept and garnished tho entire house ; and Saturday she devoted to her kitchen, scouring her pots and pans till they shone like gold aund eilver. Sunday, sho went to early church, and out again in the oveniog. She did not seem to find her life a bard one. She ran to tho grocer's, and got frosh air and exercise in that way. She did not ape her mistress’ attire quite as much as ot present, and she obtained many favors ond presents as the natural recompense of faithful service. She took an interest in the family, and the family TOOK AN INTEREST IN HER. She had not placed herself in very much the same position as the supporters of the Susan B. Anthony platform havo done : that of demand- ing 88 ng?xls what they have no legal claim to, and by that means naturally finding, as they grow aggressive, tho opposite party sssume the defensive, and war becomes the order of the day, in place of previous courtesy naturally and graciously yielded. 1t is a mistako altogether. The work for three or four people can never be veiy hard if there is any system sbout it ; but presume to offer one of ‘theso damsels $2 & weok for her services, and geo if you will not be answered CONTEMPTUOUSLY AND SUPERCILIOUSLY. One will roply, “Oh! L pever worked for lees than $8.50 or £1 a , and I have had 2450 and_ €5, I “couldn’t think of it. I would rathor not havea place af all.” Another will palaver s little looger, possibly promice to come, though it is very doubtful, and that will be the last you will see of hor. Theso girls have complained, through the ‘me- dium of tho public prints, thatladies do mot keep faith with them ; that they will cngago five or gix girls, and, when one of tho number goes, ehe finds her place filled. ‘Chey have only them- selves to thank for it ; ONLY THEIR OWN UNBELIABILITY is the cause of it. How many of them promise toreturn in two or three hours, and that is the last one sees of .them! How few of them, if they get a better offer, or from gome other reason change their minds, bave the decency, the common sense of justice, to come and report the matter ? Not one in a hundred. The ounly chance for & lady to succeed in getting one servant is to engage a8 many as offer themsclves. If there are six, ono of them may return, and she is obliged to mect their lack of reliability with what appears to be 8 lack of faith upon her part. & * This, however, is quite asido from the princi- pal question, ViZ.: -~ THAT OF WAGES. 2 Tt Mrs. Shoddy chooses to go in her carringe, and tako hor ervant to viow her house and see it slie approves of tho place, she does the re- mainder of the community ;an irreparable wrong. The unthinking damsel does uot dis- tinguish betweon this person—who forgets her golf, and, having only money, and neither breed- fng nor position, tries to dazzle her inforior (?) with her show of wealih—and the real 1dy by birth, education, and breeding, who knows that freedom is not necessarily Communism, and that equality cannot exist except in Arcadi She, the servant, becomes puffed up aud con- ceited, and thinks that sho has been raised a littlo above her -fellow-servants. She is ruined for any thorough work ever after, and sho spoils 23 many of her compatriots as she can inform of the honor that has been done her. That girl has had an irreparable ovil done her. Bhe despises ordinary work in & small house at moderate wages. == - ; At any rafe, it is ?nito time that the over- worked women of fhis country, and the over- worked men too, should be able to employ ser- vants at wages which should at least come somewhere THE BOUNDS OF REASON. - When dispensing charity, ‘might not the Chi- cago Relief and Aid Society make some effort to sos if a certain number of girls could not be found to work at reasonable wages? They in- form would-be-cmployers now that they certain- Iy cannot work for less than $3; and, when told {hat all haye suffered more or less from the anic, that in many des:rtmenla salaries have. een reduced, that hundreds sre out of employ- ‘ment, they calmly inform you “that it will be better times after New Year's, and they will wait]” Is all this clamor sbont poverty mere empty noise; and is there & certain clasd in the community who can sfford to refuse & comforta: ble home, and twice the ready money to spend that master or mistress have for their own fiax- sonal use? A.D. A NEW YEAR'S DIRGE. Downward they go—still on and on— Passing away—another is ong,— ‘Gone away, with its hopes and fears; Gono away, with its smiles and tears} Gone, with the thousands that went beforg, ESwallowed for sy, in the Never More, Ring out the knell, and let it swell To the mournful tones of sad farewell; Ring out the knell, in many & chim B o e alow, for the clid of Time That, with his record, has passed awey,— For fhe year wa bury deep to-dsy. Ting out the knell on the wintry afr,— ‘A requiem-dirge for the young and falr Fho met us with love one year 2go, ‘But ++ho tleep to-day, lonely and fow. Ring out the knell of the vanished hours, = Clowied sunshine, and withered fowers, Bomity and bloom, that have faded all ; Bing out tho knell—let tho tear-drops fall. i out the kuell o the aead sod gono,— Thesonng and lovely, mny & one.— The taother, brother, or sister fond, 3 o ihe sear, to the * Land Beyond. friend we shall meet no more Jast, to the ¢ Other Shore;™ Hower b felt the frost; / The sarth 1a fresh o'er the Joved and lost; 5 et the knell ring ont—the year is past, Tts deeds are done, and ita lots are cast; i ‘all {s gone, and beyond recall,— A Bn niont fomo down, end the ehadows fall p T _+Would that T could coal her mine!” ex- claim the hopelesa suitors for the haod of the Lady Caroline Guest,-¢f England, who has 20 annual income of $1,600,000 from her coal mine m Wales, THE ARCHDUKE JOHN. © Romantic Marriage of an Aus- trian Prince. How the Most Popular Patriotic Song of Germany Originated. . DY PROF. C.J. DELEEE. Nota great many years ago, the Archduke John_of Anstria, the uncls of Maximilian, the 1ate Emporor of Mexico, whist traveling in the Tyrol, asked at a post-station in the country for a public conveyance. There were carriages and horses, but no postillion. The good Jonn (thus the Archduke was familiazly called) was not to be disappointed. THE POSTMASTER'S DAUGHTER, 8 handsome and intelligont young lady, privately offered her services to tho father. Having put on the postillion's dress and mounted the coach, she blew the horn, cracked ihe whip, and most akilifally mannged the reins. She knew not only how to answer questions, but also how t0 entertain the gentloman inanintoresting manner. Whon thoy had safoly reached the place of their deéstination, the young héroino returned to her father's houso. Aftera short time, the Arch- duke called at the same place, ana asked for his former postillion. The Postmaster, smiling, in- troduced his blue-eyed daughter, and His Im- perial Highness was agroeably surprised when he recognized the features of the young lady. Her chivalrous character, her great accomplish- monts and many virtues, induced the gentleman to repeat his visits very often, and, after 5 fow months, she who had been the Archduke’s pos- tillion WAS IS WIFE. She was poor in money, but rich in treasures seldom found at those proud Courts which con- demned this marriage because the Arcliduke, breaking through the fortified distinctions of rank, hsd declared by his exam- pis that true nobility does not consist in woalth, hirth, or foolish titles, but in virtwe and merit alons. Excluded from the Court, and despised by the proad eristocracy, but endeared to the hearts of the people, the Archduke, with tha choice of his heart, sought and found in retiremont that pesco and_Lappinesa which all the poup and display of Imperial Courts can- not bestow. _Bometimes, by unforcseen and unoxpected circumstances, VIRTUE I8 SUDDENLY EXTOLLED. Buch was tho case with this Austrian Prince. In 1848 all Europo resembled a blazing vol- cano; when crowned heads were driven into exile ; when France was proclaimed a Ropublic,— Germany was represented by s Parlinment nf Frankfort, convened to re-establish its former Ewpire; and it was thon that, by tho unanimous Yoice of tho people, the Archduke John was proclaimed Vicaire of the contemplated Empire, and was invited to presido over the National Parlinment. Having accopted the high trust, and being requested to fix his own salary, he ro- licd: * Tho only reward which I desire for my [abors is to see my country happy.” The arrival of the Archduke at Frankfort was greoted by the roar of canuon, tho ringing of bells, bands of music,* and grand processions. Tho streets through which ho pessed were strewn with flowers: triumphal arches had been orected; and the houses wore decorated with banners and wreaths of flowers. Tho address of welcome wag delivered by the Mayor, to which the Austrian Prince replied briefly and most feelingly, introducing to tho gazing crowd n18 “BETTER MALF,"” the choicest jowel in Lis posscssion. Grest was the enthusiasm; still greater the expecta- tions enterteined. 3 After long-continued doliberation and much opposition, the Imperial Crown was offered to the King of Prussia, who refused to accopt it because Austria and other sovercigntics refused to bo subordineted to Prussia; and thus the National Parliament broke up without sccom- plishing auything, and the Archduke again re- tired to his casilo in Steiermark, where, soma years after, Lo died, boloved not only by his wifo and children, but by all who viewel in hima patriot and philanthropist, and moro cspecially by tho poor. With tbe late world-renowned victories of German arms all dissension ccased, and King William aceepted the Imperial Crown offered to him by the United States of Germany. In connection with this narrative, I subjoin 2 translation of the 2OST POPULAR of Germany, by Amdt, inspired by a toast given st & public banguet by the Archiduke John : * N Austria, no Prussia, no Buvaus, but only one United Germany ™ : There is the German's Fatherland ? Is't Swabla 7 Is't Pruscians’ land 7 Tst where tho grapo grows o the Rhino 2 Where se1-gulls skim the Baltic’s brine 2 0 no ! more great, more grand, Must be the Germian's Fatherland | RIOTIC SONG There is the German’s Fatherland 2 Buvaria, or the Styriaws land 7 Is't where the Alareer’s catlle groze? 38t tho Merk where forges biaze 7 0 no ! more great, mors grand, Must be the German’s Fatheriand | Where is the German's Fatterland 2 Westphalia? Pomerania’s sirand ? Iv't where the gand wafts on the shoro? In't whero the Danube’s_surges Toar ©Oh no! Moro groat, moro grand, Must be the German's Fatherland | ‘Where ia the German’s Fatherland 7 Say, how is named that mighty land ? Jo't Tyrol? Where the Switzera dwell 7 The land and peole please me well, Ohno! AMoregreat, more grand, Must Le the German's Fatlierland 1 ‘Yhero ia the German's Fatherland 2 Say, how is named that mighty land 2 Al Austris surely it must be, In honors rich, and victors. Olino! AMore great, more grand, ust be the German's Fatherland | Where is tho German’a Fatlierland 2 Say, how i3 named that mighty land? 1y §f the gem which princely guile Tore from the German Crown crewhile? 0'no! more great, more grand, Bust be tho German's Fatherland. Where {s tho German's Fatberland? Jame me at length that mighty land | Fhereler resounds the German tongue, Whereer ita bymns to God are sung, Bo this the land, Bravo German, this thy Fatherland | Thero s the German’s Fatherland Where oaths arc sworn Lut by the hand, ‘Whero faith and truth beam in the egcsy And in the heart affection lies, Bo this the land, Brave German, this thy Fatherlond. Thero is the German’s Fatherland Where wrath the Sonthron’s guile doth brand, Where all aro foes whose deeds offend, Syhero overy noblo soul' s friend. Do this the land,— ‘ATl Gerraany shall be the and. Al Germany that land shall be @ Watch o'er it, God, and grant that we, With German hearts, in deed and thought, BMay love it truly, 88 o ought. Bo this the land, — ‘All Germany ebsll to the land! _— The Great Fur Trade of Leipsice From the Pall Mall Gazette. Some interesting information with regard to furriery is given by Consul-General Tauchnitz, in his report on the Leipsic Easter Faur, 1873, and on the fur trads, lately printed. To this Inst fair, as to former ones, Tere_brought in abundance the produce of Biberis, Ruseia, Nor- way, and Sweden, of all Central Enrope, of ths United States of America, Canads, the Hudson Bay Territory, Northwest Americs, Alasks, the ‘Aléntian Isles, and from China. - The goods aro exported to America, Russia, China, Turkey, to Hengery and_the Austrisa States, to England, France, and Italy ; & considerable quantity also remaining for use in Germany. - ‘Mentioning first the productions of Central Europe, there were importod for the fair in Tound numbers 120,000 foxes, 200,000 polecate, 50,000 rock martens, 20,000 pine martens, 20,000 badger skins, 6,500 otter skins, ond 125,600 black cats. Foxes fetched from 16 to 22 thalers, ac- cording to quality; oz an everage about 18 fhalers per ten skin. « For polecats but mod- erate prices were paid, a large stock being offor- od; thoy sold from 60'to 110 thalers per lot of t Rock martens forty skins, according to country. orhed G thalers per skin for German, 73§ thalers for Bosnian and Greok goods ; pine mar- tons, G to 734 thalers per skin. ~Black cats wera gold for 9 to 15 thalers per dozen. Of Russian and Siberisn furs were offered 2,000,000 squurrels of all sorts, 160,000 ermine, 30,000 kolinsky, and 8,000 Siberian sables ; these were all sold from 15 to 35 per cent cheaper! than in last year. Of tho productions of North Amer- ica, about 1,800 sea otters wero quickly bought up by several Russian ‘merchants. About 80,000 Beavard (40,000 were recerved for the demand in England) found in genersl a good sals at former prices. Of 10,000 other skins, on account of the o i bigh price, only about the half went off the mar- ket; 3,000 Virginian polecats wers entirely cleared out at high prices. Of 6,000 bear skins, abont s third romained unsold, owing to the mildness of last winter, and the sale of rac- coons suflered from tho same cause, only half of 220,000 being disposed of. Nine hundred aud fifty thousand skuuks, considerably chesper than Iast year, found s tolerable sale. Light hundred silver foxes and 8,500 cross foxes mat with but a moderate demand ; 45,000 red foxes, about 5 per cent cheaper than last year, weré caught up by Groek, Russian, and Galician merchauts, and ‘all but about 20 per cent of tho store was sold ; 3,000 gray foxes and 9,000 kitt foxes were sbout 10 per cent cheaper; 2,500,000 musk were much sought and woll sold, owing to the prospect of a dimnished supply in America; 16,000 sablea found o quick salo, es- Ppecially in the better sorts; of 0,000 small otter skins, only abont two-thirds were sold, owing to the largo supply. Of the most important Europesn goods are especially mentionod dyed scalskins; thus fur is In genoral favor in England and America, and also in Germany and Frauce, and the whole was sold out, mauy orders remaining unexecuted. Propared squirrel backs and squirrel bellies found the usual demsnd. Colored Porsian and Astrakhan furs found a good ealo at moderate prices. Irench and Belgian rabbit skins wera brought in great quantity, and found a salo at s lowering of about 10 per cent in price. Dutch gwans and geeso found a good Bale, also pol- iehed rabbit-skin goods and marmot lining, the Iattor 15 per cent cheaper thau last year. _— FASHION. 5 Steel butterflies and aigrettes for tho bairare shown. That the winter will not bea remarkably gay or brilliant ope, is already evident. ‘Black silk walking suits, trimmed with chin- chila or silver fox fur, [aro the newest exhibited on the fashionablo thoronghfares. —The *kettledrum” mania has extended to ‘Boston, and just at present these affairs aro tho leading dissipation in fashionable society. —From Paris comos the intelligenco that demi-~ trains have succcoded the court train in **gen- teel society.” —Itis the fashion to send tiny basketa of flowars in preference to large bonguets this win- ter. It docen't cost as much, and notesand things can easily be hidden among the roscs. —3White cambrio handkerchiefs with colored ‘hems are new. The prettiest have a white cen- tro and deep hem of pink. Another style is fluted and lias & colored monogram in the middle. —A now kind of imported fringe is of cut plass. It is similar to_tho old-fashioned bugle fringo, although prettier, and upon black silk dresses is very beautiful and efTective. —Tae nowly imported Roman scurfs are very besutiful, and are made a quarter of & yard wide. o lndies who presided at the_floral tem- plo, ot arecent privato fair in thiscity, were caught in the act of stealing tho money received by the sale of tho flowers. They were, of course, mado torcfund, and given their pass- ports at once. —Secretary Belknap's gift tohia bride was & nécklaco, brooch, eartings, and spray for the hair, of diamonds—the set being valued at $10,000. Tho setting is said to be very odd and beautiful, and was manufactured expressly to order. —Elizabothan ruffs and overskirts aro goin out of fashion together. Apron-fronta succee overskirts nnd high standing collars the rufls. Apropos of the revival of collars, somo now and Yery pretty styles aud patteras are exhibited. —Somo person Las put upon the market & preparation for coloring the guims a delicate and beantiful pink. It 1s intended for Iadies only, says the Iabel—a bit of superfluous infor- maiion, wo think. —In Paris tho young ladies are wearing a very jaunty littlo bat of gray felt bound with gray velvet, and ornamented with s gray aigretze and long gray feather. It turns up on theright side, and is altogether stylieh. —Lu'o]ghus are very fashionable this winter for evening dress. Those of white lace are fhe most beautiful, particularly so when worn with light-colored silk dresses. —The large Turkish gold dollars are now made into necklaces and bracolets, although the latter aro rather ont of fashion. ‘The coins are showy and form effectivo ornaments. They are not Yery common, these new nocklaces, and for that reason aro sought after. - —The redingote remains the most popular garment of the period. Of late it has been modi- fied and improved, and is now very stslish. The beauty of the garment isthat it can be worn with almost any skirt and look well. Vory large but- tons arcstill used to trim the redingote; also, ball fringe and fur. —A cont eimilar to thoso worn by Pruasian army officers has beon introduced here, acd moy in time become fashionable. It isa frock, dou- ble-breasted, and has long ekirts. The pockets aro at the hips, end have large * flaps.” It but- tons closo up to the neclk, and is suid to bo supe- rior in matter of comfort to the Ulster. —Dresses made of two different materials aro qnite tho fashion. For instance, o camol’s hair cloth trimmed with silk flounces, or a silk trimmed with camel’s bair cloth., The effect is uito protty, especially when the dress is cut in the redingote stvle and has a pyramid of smail flounces in front. —Workbaskets of European manufacture Dbavo musical boxes in the centro cleverly hid- don behind o _looking.glass or pincushion. As the fair lady plics her needle, sho hears * music in the air,” end is enabled to do twice as much work (sccording to the agont’s recommonda- tions) with this affair at hand. —Musical boses for children, just introduced, are about ten inches in_cirenmference aud two or three inclies high, The musicis produced by a crank on top, which can be tarned to the right or left, abit_of thoughtful workmarship and mechanism tho infent of the period fally ap- precintes. Two tunes are “churned” in this style—the baby is in raptures, and mamma ro- sumes her novel. s O HUMOR. Broken spirit—A brandy smash. —We all have our trizls. Even the Claimant has his.—Judy. —A Parlor Match—Popping tho question in the drawing-room. —What is tho proper age for a parson? Why the parson-ege, of course. —One groat differenco between Byron and Burns in early youth was that the one was a Har- Tow boy, the other & plowhoy. —The girls in Boston’s High School are to be tanght photography, perhaps to impress upon their minds the grammatical rule that two nega- tives don't always malo an affirmative. —A man writes to an editor for 84, * becanse heis g0 infernally short,” and gets in reply the heartless response, Do as I do; stand up on & chair.” — Divorces are hardly kmown in Spain, for the renson that the hueband can find some one to shoot his wife for 25 centa when ho gots tired of mat- rimony. —Aladies’ club_in London is about breaking up, the members being hopelessly divided on the groat question as to the proprioty of using seal- ing-wax for ordinary busincss letters. = Conscientions party— * Now, then, drop your gogeles, will you? ‘Ow the Blank sm1 to it yor yer with them glarses on? ” Nearsighted party—* How the detice am I to hit you if I tako 'em off 2" - —In s California obituary it is stated that e decenzed was o person of romaatic nature. Ho placed the breech of his gan in ths firo, and, looking down the muzzie, departed Lenco in- stantancously,” —Domestic young lady (making pie)— Frank, the kitchen's no place for boys. Has dough such an attracton for you?’ Clever youth—* Itien't the dough, cousin—it's the dear.” —* Building casties in Spain, Mr. 8.?” eaid the landlady to Spicer, who was thoughtfully re- garding his breakfast cap. *‘No, ma'am,” “said Spicer, * only looking overmy grounds in Java.” Congolation—Housemaid- you've lost your uncle, Mary. it was quite sudden. But—ain't ita real comfort aa I got that black drees instead of the green one you wanted me to buy?” —* Fellow-travolers,” eaid a colored preacher, #¢f Ihad boen eatin’ dried apples for a week, an’ then took to drinkin’ for amonf, I couldn’t feel moro swelled up than I am dis minit wid pride an’ vanity at geein’ such full "tendance har dis evenin'.” —Mathematics “is 0 delightful science. A Maine woman ate a gallon of oysters the other day for $100. After deducting 235 for funeral expenses, how much did she * clear2” * —A young beau, at bis sister’s nvenme party, began to sing. ** Why Am I So Weakand Weary £ when a little brother brought the performance to a sudden close by yelling out, * Aunt Aa: Bays it's 'cause you coms home g0 late snd drunk "miost every night.” —Forty peirs of hands fiying wildly in the air, forty moui%‘; in distressful pantomine, *‘ What do you want 2" asked the te=cher. *‘Your hair is falling off,” answered the chorus. —1What is the difference between a temptation and eternity ? _One is the wife cf the devil, and thie other id & devil of a while. undecided fellow courted a ledy for twenty-cight years, and then marricd Ler. She turned out a perfect virago, but dicd in two years after the wedding. “ Now," said be, ina Belf-congratulating tome, “see what I have eecapod by @ lng Courtkip.” e friends of a wit expressing some sur- that, with his ago and fondness for the bot~ he shonld have thought it worth while to “ A wife was necessary,” he said ; *they prise, tle, marry. began to say of me that I drank too much for a single man.” - ~A young man in Indiana sues his father for loaned money, which the father claims was lus property. The father's counsel, i i tho case of his client, remark has this prodigal son returned to his fatber's house ; twice hiad Lie been received with open arms: twice for him bas the fatted calf been Lilled, and now he comes back and waats the old cow."” —How much our home comfortsare dependent upon the capacity of our servants finds daily illnstration. OId lady at & dinner party—OId lady deaf and provided with ear trmmpet—Old Iady interrogated by we}l—mennin§ waitress : *“ Will ¢he haye somo squash:” OId lady irre~ sponsive, and extends car-trumpet toward wait- ress, who deposits squash therein and passes on. A e UNBIDDEM TEARS. My love st dreaming one sunny day, Uirder the maples with ehadows gray, While down each cheek the bright tears stole, Telling of gref tiat dled b soul Vith strange aiarm, A3 of coming harm Adown Life's way, Had T s3ddencd her heart with doubts and fears Of her truth to me through tho coming years Or burdened her soul with a cry for wore Of the old-time love, now gone far o'er ‘The ocean wide Aud cbbing tide Of shioreloss Timo 7 Ab, 10! for the tears she wept that day Were tears of grief that the flowery way Wo had walked together since long ago Mast be trod aloue when the darkened flow Of the river of Death . Should drink the breath Of the fint to go, Ciucago, T. 8. MORRISON. French Wines. Mr. Hunt, British Consul at Bordeaux, making recently his firat repert, states that the value of tho wine, brandy. and lquors shipped from Bor- deaus, in 1872, is estimated at about £7,000,000, being balf tho shipment from the wholo of France. He sayathat 23 percent of the Bor- desnx wine shipped from France in 1872 weut to British ports, and that every year's returns show that the taste for red Bordezux wine is extend- ing among the less wealthy classes in England a3 groater rate even than in other European countries whero it bas long been a common table-beverage. The shipments of 1873 have included the fine vintage of 1868, of which eoveral good kinds bottled in 1871 aroc fit for wmse, though the first-clags wines, prized for their ** bouquet,” must still be kept for ripening. The wines of 1869 are of inferior quality, but thoee of 1870 are very fino, and even the lower kinds are oft, sound, and sgreeablo. They are nearly or quitd ready for shipment, and the higher kinds already show & great deal of ¢ bouquet.” The Consul observes, also, that England 1s beginning to get rid of tha reproac: that she does not appreciate the delicions and aromatic white wines of Bor- deaux. Up to 1868, the quantity shipped to England from Bordeaux might be stoted 2 nil, but now it is 8 littls over 1 per cent of the total ghipment to England. he proportion pro- duced is about 9 per cent of the whole wine pro- duction of the departmeni. The vintage of 1869, now fit for use, was excellent. The years 1864 and 1865 were both good years, and their wines rank high. The wine of tho very fine vintage of 1861 is bardly to be had. — Bear-Shooting Extraordinary. From the Trinity (Tex.) Journal. A Portuguese living at Texas Bar, near the mouth of Indian Creek, was aroused from bis peaceful slumbers on_the night of the 12th by s commotion among his porkers. He went out and found his dog barking at the foot of a pine treo, and, on looking up, discovered something sitting among the branches, about fifty feet from tho ground. He had no arms but_a shot-gun, which was loadea at the time with fine shot. With that, however, he blazed away in the dark, and had the sstisfaction of sceing his gamé como tumbling to the ground, when it proved to bes black bear, woighing $00 pounds. 1t is bardly probable he was mortally hurt by the shot; it is more likely that the pain he felt on bciui “peppered” by the fine shot made him Joso his hold, and the fall from such & great height killed him. Tho Portuguese cut a piece from the bear and offered it tn the dog, which smelt of it and walked away, whercuvon the man concluded the carcass unfit for entmg; for he ‘“would eat nothing Lia dog wouldn’t.” Othors, however, wero not quite so fastidious ; and Nieman, having bough the bear for &5, tool olf the Lido and about 100 pounds of fat, and distributed the bearsteaks among his Douglas City friends. BOARDING AND LODGING. - - South Side- 4 S ELDRIDGE-COURT-TO LET, WITH FIRST- class board, a desirable suito of frmt rooms. 10 BLPRIDGE-COURT—A NICELY-FURNISHED room, with board, for two or threo gentlemon; small room for obe gentloman. Day-bosrders taken. " _BOARDING AND LODGING. ‘West Side==Continned. 9GS AND, %5 WEST MADISONST. PLEABANT farnished room, suitablo for man and wito, at low price. BIXTEENTH-ST.—A FURNISHED ROOM ON }og,d:cmnd flosz; also back parlor, very elgav: with rooms with board at 35 per weel ug- FORQUER.ST,—TWO YOUNG LADIES CAN 277 fiod%oodbuxdlndmom. RANDOLPHST,, COR. MORGAN- BOARD T8 and aecly armisiod” shim fon. mastloran. and wifo or four single gentlemen. _Terms moderate. 14 ELDRIDGE-COURT_ISUITES OF ROOMS ON first tloor, Lot and cold water, furpished or unfur. nishod; torms Yow for the winter; day board roasousblo, 15 FIRST-CLASS DAY BOARD, 19, AST “HARRISK L room, with board. 17, SudiRoit & CDD'L-nIe:u:Z‘. rooms to rent, with board, ST. — FOR- th all modern = "WEST MONROE-ST._FIRST-CLASS BOABA 2_80 for gonts or lsdies. _Alio day boandars. 90() EST MADISONST.—GOOD BOARD AKD 2V Nadging ot reduced rates; gontleman aad wife accommodated, or two ladics. 90() WEST WASHINGTON-ST. — 4 PLEASANT 49U wad vory nicely faraisbed larka room with elosats 3150 8 stngle room, withbeard. 19 GONGRESSST.—FURNISHED ROOMS, WITH alng! ©()() WARREN-AV.—FRONT HALL ROOM AND 299 et Plosimar hoass and meighborboods for agentleman; 35, -COURT, BETWEEN STATZ AND first-class x‘:‘"“‘ for gentlemen and thelr wives and 49 B Wababia s to rent, with or withoat board; ’30 . WEST ADANSST.—A VERY, DESIRABLE anito of front tooms, with board; unfurnisbed, ‘axcept carpets.. 5 -atlemen. torma roazonal 39 THIRTRENTIUST. — PLEASANT S 63 rarabloa s rooma wio b Gl o o ll;y“mcfllufi:& w‘;’é :[;_lt:m gentlemen) ia prvate fam- Donslting of Sadulls ouze modern {mpeosomonts; Q3 AND % EAST MONROEST,_Fi 3 T3 s o runis it o SR e AL bearders accommodated. Entrance, Myers' Opers lyaso. ENTY-FIFTH-ST.—GOOD BOARD, PLIEAS- ant room, and h 3 t i BT e hesae comlocsfoetwo, st moderats 3()5 “WEST, MONROE;ST.~DESIRABLE ROOMY o to reat, with Posrd. 319, WIST WASHINGTONST_TWO _SINGLA Ziroome, with £oo o, sccond floor, ot and cold waté: d board, Q7Q WEST RANDOLPHST. — FURNISRED 313" rotias, with bosn, 2or eoaderman: sad Wi 0% single gentlomen. 33’4__ WEST WASHINGTON. FEW DAY 76 TWENT house, &c., fi to famlly. THIRD-AV., NEAR WARRISONST, —BRICE 100 R AR IR TR DOt boarders can ho sccommodat 835 WEST WASHINGION.ST.—4 FURNISHED. oom to mnt, with board, suitablo for single gentleman. % WEST _WASHINGTON-ST.—A LARGH room on second fioor, wilh firstclass board; reforences req: 98] A¥D =2 MICHIGAN-AY. Tooms, front and back, wid 934 JICAIGAN-AV._PLEASANT TURNISHED separaio for two; 314, reduced rates. —TWO SUITES OF board. 3 .9 WEST WASHINGTON.ST.-TO RENT_A furnished front room, saitablo for gentleman and wifo or two gentlemen. Board first-class. 34§ WEST WASHINGTON.ST.ONE LARGH and one hall room ta rent, with board. s front rooms to_rent with board, fa suie, or 5 WABASH-AV._FRONT ALCOVF. ROOM Ti B8 e sho s o B o 1D of saung men; table first-class; terms reasonably, 577 WEST JACKSON-ST. — LARGE FRONT room, furnisaed, and hoard; modorn convecisne ces; moderate prices. 396 MICHIGAN-AV, LY FURNISHED sccond story front room t3 ronf, with board; referonces required. p WEST WASHINGTON, EA 380 TS SRR om Tarain L first-class board: terins moderate. i 4673 MICHIGAN-AV, —FOR __XENT — ONE board. ~References cxchangod. WEST RAND LPH-ST.—T¢ " S5 s 399 WEST RANDOLPH.ST.—HANDSOMELY- farnished saite of south front rooms, with board. nicely-furnished roor, on second floor, with A0 MICHIGAN-AV.—ACCOMMODATIONS 491 o, Tl e che boar > TO% WEST WASHINGTON-ST_A_SI Ol 460 Naihedramniormn wgu? e O ‘1’9’9 WABASH-AV._FRONT ALGOVE ROOST, 503 WASHINGTON-AV. — PLEASANT, SOUTH 3 with board, for gentloman and wilo or threo gen- front and cther rooms to rent, with board, to. flemen; prices moderato. References oxchanged. married couples or singlo gents; marble-front house, with 1-AV._HANDSOMELY FURNIS suttable for gentleman and wife; ingls room, with hoard. ©¢) WABASH-AV.—PLEASANT RROONIS, SINGLE 552 or double, turnished or unfurnished, with board. 506 ‘i roum, pleasant double and all madorn {mprovoment 596 10 RONT ROOMS « to reat furalshed or unfarnished with first-class board for gentlomsn ife, or sinylo gontlemea; housg with all modern Lmprovements; surroundings vory Lvit- Q4. WABASE-AV-_ROOMS 1O RENT, SINGLE o en snito, with frstclass table board: ono Toom, with bath-zooim attachod, sultablo for geatlenan nd wife. ‘i 3 torms mfld_!!‘kb‘ 50 WASHINGTON-AV.—A NICELY FUR- ndhhfld mn;h Ir?;t‘ mmé] an onfornished room, and rooms for inon oF Ladice, Bratlass sccommodationss S ] 560 TABASILAV A PLEASANT ROOS. UN. furnished excepting carpot. or woaid farnish an- 536 VASHLNGTON-AV., CORNER ASHEAND— Fuyrnished and unfarnished rooms, with board . ina privato famliy, for gentlemen aud ladies or aingle gentiomen. tire. " Also, day-boarders accommodatod. Reforonces re- WABASH-AV.—A NICE PLEASANT ROOM, q 575 Wi ‘g00d board, may be hiad for two persons. 600( ADANSST._TWO SUITES OF ROONS TG 587 WABASH-AV.—SUITE OF FRONT ROOMS to renf + 2lso parlor; torms reasonable, STATE. TO RENT A SUITE OF ¥UR mistiod roams with board ; hot and cold water, piano, até.; uitablo for a family of four, or two youag men. A/ MICHIGAN-AV, — LARGE ¥RONT ROOM 154 Tcl5 Yo, with bossd alio Fitigle rooms. WABASH-AV,.-TO RENT, WITH BUARD, ono pleasant room, with small room oif; Bot and cold water. 8{) WABASH-AV.—TO RENT, WITH BOARD, 24 very bandsomely farnishod’ doubly and siaglé o onfrst oF r. Rolerncos. s BENE- 85 968 without boa: WABASH-AV.—TWO FRONT PARLORS TO reat, with or without board; day boarders also. SOUTH DEARBORN.ST._TO IENT, nicely farnishad front patlor and bedzoom, with or od Q rooms $5 oach. No other boardors. 1‘07)3 WABASH.AV.—A SUITE OF FURNISHED Z ) roows on parlor floor to reat, with board. Also, room for gentloman. 1030 rVABASTAY. ~(FTORENCE-PLACE) = Furaishedor anfarnished doubls parlor on vt Hoor, with first-class bosrd. Can accommodata savesal singlo gontlemen; day bosrders wanted. 1‘052 HICAIGAN.AV.—ONE LARGE AND TWO Tert, with board, at panic prices. (1(7, WEST MONROE-ST.—AN ELEGANT BACK, 0t parlor, southorn exposure, marble mantel, gas, and heat; modern conveniences, anda very excellant table, 669 Furnished front parlor with board, f leman 'VYXCINITY TGNION PARK—-TWO GENTLEMEN TO' Address teko sonth frort alcove room and board. W 32 Tribunc oties. Neorth Side. /1 NORTH STATE-ST.—-FURNISHED ROOMS 102 "to reat, with board. 3nd day bosrders wanted. B9t T S o 4 cove room, with bow g board ar (il 1ablo itk fow Kentsnl bosrders may b obtained if applied for 200n. One minute’s walk to tho lfl"’.“‘:‘luighfl“" ‘cars and stages runsing to South Side. WEST MONIOE, CORNFER OF WOOD.ST.— Q5 NORTH CLARKST FURNISHED EOOMS, with board, with or without fice. 10] 23D Im, Nowrdl CLAREST. CORNER Indisna—Henry Kloine's firatclass privato board~ ing house; very pleasant rooms, with singlo beds. Terms, §62nd $7 per week. 1 NORTH DEARBORN-ST.—ONE ELEGANT i with | 1078 R ks rem st 6 ‘board: :_flvmvtznlfnlcnu. Raforen: = () INDIANA ROOMS, FURNISHED OR 250 unturaished, siaglo or en sulte. First-claws table, ith board, in o privato Tamily. 1074 WABSSILAV. ~TURNISHED OR DRFUR: nbhed rooms torent at very low prices, with or without board. 086 TABIST-AV.-PLEASAST SUITE OF UN. furnishod front rooms. vers chean: with or Without bo: 10’8’— INDIANA-AV,, BETW. STWENTY- [ third and Tweniy-fonrth-sts._desixahla’ front ruoim, furnished, with board, for gentleman and wife; Drivate frinily. "Roicrencos fequired: 1113 PEATELELV.~1W0 FUINISIED ROOIS, with bo: ExsxzéAv._A FINE SUITE OF ROOMS, 1176 e Ar DIESIRABLL ROOM, WITH FIRST-GLASS heand for two gentlamed, on Tndisnzar.,near Twoa- < ¢dress N 37, Tribuno otfico. AGE-At Tiein, JiI, Dec. 8, by the Ich, M. Marry Naddzin, of Chicago, d Floronco A., daughter of Standish Gage, Eiq., of Elgin. GiTURCH-DAILEY—Thursdeg, Jan. 1, st Cusahogs Falle, Oblo, by tho Rov. E. A. Squelr, Georga L Chureh, of Clidcago, and Ailss Gudrglo Dalley, of Cuya: boga Falls. HBEVES—WWOLFORD—At tho rosidenco of tho brida's ronts, on Dec. 1. by tho Jov. Mr. Campbell, i ooves, of Ghicago, and Misa illa Wolford, of S_SQUIRE—AL the residence of Mies C. 43 South May-st., by the Rev. Robert Laird Col- ler, Benjamin A. vens, of Toledo, and Emma F. ire, of this city. 0! MCNAIR—A Castile, N. Y., Jao. 1. by the Rev. J. E. Nasuan, M. Booth, of Chica; 1., and Bilss M. Adelia McNair, of Castilo. No card: BRADSHAW—LOVELL—Io Brainerd, Minn., Jax. at St. Panl's Charch, by tho Rev. E. R. Millpaugh, firadshaw, of Chltago, aad Graco K. Lovel, Kenosha, Wis, No cards. Baylis, ez, § of 3¢ Laks Forcst, on Dso. 55, f bis age. RYAN—ALt his rosiden, Phitip Ryao, in the soth INSTRUCTION. CLASS IN SHORT-HAND WILL BE ORGANIZED at tho Metropolitan College to-marrow evening. Thoso at a distance desiring to learn this wonderfal and usaful £rt can be succossfully tanght by mail by a practical re- portor. Address, for terms, &o., Teachor of Phonogra- phy, 15-1¢5 Fast Madison-st, < SHAR SIXTEENTH. —ONE second P Tionso and tablo first-clas. Peferances givon and required. Addross offico. A ICRIGAN-AV., BETWEEN A T 52, Triban2 FOURTEENTH AND Sixtaonih sts, ~Warm, furnished rom for & Erutloman: torm = week; house and table dirst~ Cluss, Address T RGOMS, WITH FIRST- AN class table, for famillos or eingio gentlemen, from 14 to 315 por week; unfurnished, Vicinity of Twen- fysncond st Siaglo roums, §7. 'Address X &, Tribuno wllico. N MICHIGAN-AV., BEIWEEN TWENTY-F(RST ind _Tienty-second-sty. —Plczsznt toom on jower Class board, for gontleman, Addrost Q 9, a1 floor, with first.c! Tribuno ofice. PARTY WANTING loves quist and ICELY-FURY })mim AV._A SINGLE lirst-class accommodatioas, who good lising, address Y 9, Tribuno oflice, Waest Side. HONOREST.—PRIVATE FAMI Iar2 furnished front mem, with board, so maa and wifs? hot and cold water, bath-room. Refer- ences required. = { EAST INDIANA-ST._PLEASANT ROOAS, D54 Ao or mataraiiod, Aith pood boseke NORTH LASALLE.ST.—TO RENT, WITH frst-class board 13 privais family, an clegant al- | «covo suite, handsomely fu shed: torrs very moderato; Teferonces sxchanzed . also room for 3 alnglo geatlemen. OARDING_TWO PLEASANT ROOMS, WITH board, in » prirato family on Nocth Sida: elther geptloman'and wifa or two single gontiemen. Address %, Tribune ofic PLEASANT Adldress W TANA. AR RUS reoms, with boird, reusonable terms. 93, Tribane ofiice. otels. 570Q AND &t STATEST.-BOLTRS HOTEL {¢) nostheans corner State and Twelfthasts. Thix ol pey e DBl M Iy sioat, 8150 per day; ., X BOTre Propriotor: 2 CADEMY GUROPEAN HOTEL, 7 SOUTH HAL- L1 "atod-at. (brick bnildiag opposito Academy of Manic) “Nowly furnished; oserything first-class; rooms by tho weel at reduced rates: lodging 50c and 7 C ITY HOTEL. CORNER OF SiXTEENTH AND ‘Stato-sts.—Pleagant rooms for parinanent boardars at very low prices. JONGRESSHALL LCONGRESS ST _DESIEABLE Fooms, siaglo or o3 saite, can : B e N[ARISON HOUSE-TI WEST “SADISON-ST.— M “iooms single or cnsulte. gas and baths; terms casonsblo. TETROPOLITAN HOTEL_FORMERLY ST- Jumes, corner State sad Washingt, ., opposiis. Fieid & Loticr's rotail ary xoods atoro. . est $1.50 Botal in the city. Weekly bosrders $10 and upwards, Day board $6 por weok. Iiuu.,)mn TOUSE, 4 AND 51 SOUTH HALSTED- st.—Large warmed rooms, best board. 35.00. board, B3.007 transiont, $1.00, SRS CUSNINGHASL. V000 ROTEL, =5 STATEST._GENTLEMEN. an, “holr wisos ‘or single gentiemon whe desire pleasant oo and fist-class” boed, wilt do woll o call charges rrasonablo; day boardors accommodats 17 LOOWISST.—A VERY DESIRABLE KOOM { with board for two gentlemen, or geatloman and ifo. 19 APERDEENST._FURNISUED FRONT ROOM to 1ent to two gentlemon, with board at low rates. 2“3 AND ACE-PLACE_PLEASANT ROOMS, with board, for families or gentlemen. YOUNG GIRL WISHES TO LEARN S0NG AND lance, and preparo for the stage. Callat S8 State- zt., Monday afternoon. THOROUGH PRACTIOAL ACCOUNTANT WILL Rivo private lossons in_bookkeoping fo o limited number of puplls. _Address X 5, Tribunc offico. COMPETENT YOUNG LADY TEACHER DE- sires a fow pupils for plano, Cell or address C, 37 Dopuyster-st. PBEVS BUSINESS COLLEGE WILL REOPEN next Monday and continuo in session both day and is in a flourishing condition. evening. The institution Call for particulars. ROF. DELOULME, 413 W) MADE 3 iano, singing, vocal sulture, French, Latin, by the ‘month or singlo lesson, st my hamo or pupil's residenco. ROF. E. HICKEY, TEAGALR OF CLOG, JIG, song and dance. Privat leasons given (n ball.room dancing. Acknowledged to be the most successful and experienced teacher in tho West. 111 West Randolph-st. THE SECOND AND THIRD DIVISIONS AT THE Conservatory of Music (southeast corner Adsms sud Btato-sts.) commence a new torm for plano and vocal ies- sons, etc., on Blondsy, Jan. 5, 187 Theso great Divis- ions’ have boen established pro bono publico, the terms being meroly nominal. FPHE DYHRENFURTH COLLEGES WILL REOPEN on Monday, Jen, 5. For scholaship apply at the ‘ain offico, Hooloy's Opera Houso, 149 East Randolph-st. A7 ANTED—BY TWO GENTLEMEN (GERATAN) AN BT. JOHW'S PLACE, NEAR UNION PARK— VVABASH HOUSF, CORNER CONGRESS ANT: Wabash—A few more boardors c3n be accommodated. with ploasant rooms and first-class board. Day bozrd 81 per weel \V HEELER FOUSE, COR. DEAREORN ARD: Jnekson.sts. —Borzd, $5 per weok: transient board, $1 per day: meals, 50 cents; lodgings, VY ESTERNAY. TIOTEL, CORNFR OF MADISON. 8L, an: ern-av., has been thoroughly repaired and nowly-furnished, and ‘has all modern conveniencess. To'ronf, two furnished front rooms, singlo or cn salte, hot and cold wator, gas and bath-room. Breakfast | sonthand cxat fronis; besutifal front sad alcove-rooms &and tos if desired. Privats family. at reasonablo prices. Good board. CENTRE-AV.—A LARGE SQUARE ROOM lieated by stoum, with modom’ improveaicats, 43 GCouxntry. NE OR TWC GENTLEMEN WHO WISH TO CUT willibard,. Subling ff dexiced, down expenses, and fet bo comlortablo, who are. 16 s sosorsoTo qE IS | BT 1 8 R e tion, and board, 500d 39 tho best: pHsate family. - ook canneanofyery rduced xates y 47 SOUTH HALSTEDST.—ONE FURNISHED front room to rent, with or witbout board. SOUTH ANN-ST.—ROOLS, FURNISHED OR unfarnished, single or on zuite. Location convenfent 10 stroot-cara. 50 WEST ADASISST.—OXE OR TWO BOARDERS cau be nccommodaiod with boardln private family; 00 other boarders. _Call auy timo after to-day. Miscellancons. ~ k A [ADY, TITH A COMFORTADE HOME WOULD like & 'chiid to board and take cars of through tha wiater. Address T 18, Tribune office. 5 POAFDING_T0 RENT, WITH BOARD) DELIGHTY falrooms on first, second, aud third flonrs, ‘withix sralk frofn business centre. Address U 48, 7"'5'001‘3 MORGAN-ST.—I HAVE JUST TAREN O " marbis front henea, ~Will ront. zooms on sulto or sicgle, furnizbod or unfurnished, with or without board. First-olass, and pricos rezacnzble. SOUTH_MORGAN-ST,_ROOMS FOR GENTLE- “men, with or withont board ; hindsomely farnistiod and all modern improvements. () SOUTH, PEORIAST. =& "BECORDFLOOR furnished room, with board for two. 310 per week. 9 g ASHLAND-AV., CORNER OF JMONROE-ST.— o or thioe gentcol boarders wantad. ” Satisfaction uaran ‘American lady teacher for evening {nstructions, B Pleass apply in H. ANDERSON'S jewclry store, 181 East (1 TARK-AV.-ROOMS WITH BOARD-PHL- Chicogo-av. 101 ai%Ehy VST SIDE GERNAN (KINDER GARTEN_THIS school, Intended for childron from 3 to 107cara of age, will roopen Jan. 5, at Bln(imnn-l'«. Miss Burmes- ter as Principal, _English will also be taiight by a com- ctent teacher. References: Mrs. G, &, Dupes, Mt aio Doggars, Me. . H. Shufeldt, Mr. O."H. 5 o ", ANTED — A COMPETENT INSTRUCIOR ON Y., he baajo. *Addross M. EVERETT, Centrsl Hotol, arkot s VW AKTED—A TOUNG GENTLEMAX Rt TR n\'enlnulflnrswaek“ Address X and conversation 3 or 75, Tribuno offics. 19] SOUTH SANGANOR ST LARGE PLEASANT ). farnishad room to reat, with board, suitable for two: modern conveniences; dosirablo location; terms roasonable. WEST TWELFTH-ST.—THIS LARGE AND ow rentod and_ozcupied as tho modern fm- inviting. Cars and omnibuses {n close proximity. sat and Respectablo gentlomen wenting bosrd and tedglng, of day bosrd, ard respectfully solicited. Chargos reasonable. OR_TWO LADIES IN A 67, Tribane ofice. lace, RD! quiet pl Addre: ENTLEMAN AND WIFE, OR TWO YOUNQ, “gents, can obtain good board, with firs and gas, 3% roaronablo rates. ¥ £6. Tribuns offic BOARD BUARD — BY A GENTLEMAR AND WIFE, in n emall private family, with a front zafar- Dishod room; hot and cold_water; refe : stato terms, otc. Address V 40, OARD — FOR_GENILEMAN AND WIFE, a prirato family, on Bouth or West Side; Bouno with all modern [mprovements; good table azd i tating Toca~ plcoly furate . Auamer, ‘price sad tion. POARD — WELLFURNISHED ROOM WITH B board, fire and fas; within 10 minates’ walk of Clark- K. bridge, for gentlomaa, swifv, and child 13 months cid. Térms must not be moro than $15 o $%0 per month. Ad- (!l_nu 'Y 16. Tribuneotfice. POALD-ASD WARS FURNISHED ROONY AT . 8, for rentloman and sister. University or Untoa Pask region proferrod, Best references. oda~ tltvnml moro than style wanted. Address office. ™ ‘Accomme 043, Tribuna , £ SOUTH PEORIAST.—FURXISHED ROOMS, 135 S0855ard, for Iadios aad gentlemen. MUSICAL. A MAGSTEICENT NEW ssm PIANO FOR SALE il tako horse and bugzy as part pay. Addrcas ) 26, Tribune office. UY A NICHOLSON-_THE CHEAPEST FIRSI- class organ in tho markot—price, 850 and upward. Manafactory aad salesroom, €3 East Indians-s TE saEa ton B POWERFUL-TONED plano, second-hand, for $125. No. 523 West Krio-st. TOR SALI—OR FXCANGI—$35 ORDER FOR A pianoforte for horse, bm, and catter; 81,000 mort- pers for stock of gouds. Address U 3, Tribuno JrOE, SALE ROSEWOQD, FIANO, WITH ETOOL and cover, for £115; & 39 Whoelor & Wilson sewing machine for $32; balr-cloty parlar set for $40; 2 handsomo easy-chairs, 812 esch; nickol silver wpiter, cost 3140, for 83, Residenca 63 Michigan-av. JIPEELION FIANOSTOREALE FOROASH ORON installments at greatly reducod pricos. Old pisnos- taken in exchanme. . GOOLD & Si "abash N, corner GITUATION WANTED_FOSITION T8 K Cuom asaltosingor. Addreas MRS, F. A. LORD, 027 South Pazkar. GPLESDID REW CHICKERISG PLANO Bargain. €10 West Wesbingto Tus CHEAPEST AND BEST PLACETO BUY A noyw of second-hand placo s st J. H. WOLCOTT'S, X ne goud toned, G-octave organ for salo low, AT & \yk_WILL BELL PIANOS AND ORGANS AT ‘whole:alo_prices till Jan: 15. Pianosto rent. WILLTAS &t. PROSSER & CO., %4 State-st. A7 ANTED-MUSICAL MERCHANDISE 1IN EX- \Q Acmrug- for honseand lot. Address Q 78, Tribuno offico. NTED_SECOND-HAND PIANO OR _ORGAN. “V“ = dress B H, Tribune Give price and time In use. ~Ads ofica, ecided bargaln; anar. 3()() EATOS,AD ORGAYS FOR SALE—AT A zreat reduction for cash: also for rent or sale oa installments, STORY & CAMP, 211State-st., noar T I T e %ad covor, ae a1 Tt call Mlondar. Residence 663 Michl 1435078 TIALSTED ST.—F GRNISHED ROOMS, “With bouzd, for ladica or geatiemen. Terms mod- erato. 145 T2 &eativinan, and wito or two gontlomea, fropt room, hed, brick house, lern improve- ‘ments; privato femily ; Fossonable terras. ]" :1 8OUTH SANGAMON-ST._TO RENT—PLEAS | O} ant rooma, sultablo for gentloman and w#itc or sine Zis gentleman. " Beard sstisfactors. 551 WEST WASHINGTON.ST_STNGLE FOONS 1553 Fich voard, 25 to 28 per wesk: day-board, 4. 179 VL, JACKSONST_FRONT PARLOT, 17 with bed- off, for gentlemsnand wifo or aingls gents; terms low. - i AND 179 WEST WASHINGTON-ST.—HAND- T oo Tarnisisod roome, with boards reforcaces exchanged. 9] WEST_ % ASHINGTON-ST. — DESIRABLE g ()‘,9 rooms, farnisbed or nofarnished, with or without ard. 1A/ BOUTR HALSTED-ST., D15 S umished rovm. with Luard, 12 ly. Arrp_ly 8 215 Sout ed- ap- WEST OT5 WEST, ADANSST_coop ) 2‘92 WEST O, 2 ARGE AND SMALL Z gentloman and wife o xS front rooms, on sulto or siagle, ‘:jl[’:_h-olrg, for $)¢)r7 WEST NAN T_A FEW RESPECTA- T B romaeas fad a plessaat home 8ad good boszd for 33 por wesk. THROOP-ST., BETWEEN VAN BUREN AND UP-STAIRS.—AN privato fam- BOARD A LADY 1N BUSINESS WISHES TO OB- tain dinnes and sapper 1 somo privats famuy Tmory than ton minates’ wall nts camer and Milwaukea-av. Al replies, ploaso state terms and Tocatlon. ano olico. JOARD-EY A GENTLEMAY AND WIFE IV A strictly private family. Tribuge office. ZOFU SOGTH- 2 or Monroe, betwacn Sangamon, A% b poreonnt, IF Wil be purmasant » 85d price accordiagly. BEARD_AND 501 front rooms, on s, OARD_FOR SELF, WIFE, AND SMALL CHILD, with sulte of front rooms, or ono large ruom. Can far, isb, if desired. ~Addreas, giving terms and loeaticn, U £2, Tribune otfico. TROARD-A GENTLE: AN AND WIFE DESIRE A; sulte of rooms, Wi ath attached, on Jouth i aad in & privato famlly, where thers aro Do other boa: - 3 ; must bs within fitoea minater’ walk of Coart-Houss: | will pay liberally, and refes be required and given in return. ~ Addroas 5 e . ARD_BY A LADY (TEACHER) DN A PLEAS- B D Y fmilly cast of Statest., between Twen~, Hoth 2b Tronty-Aixt. Jtoom must bave roglster; moan’ dlners preferrod; boat of ‘referonoes given aad required. ‘Addross Q 3, Tribuno office. TS & PRIVATE FAMILY NEAR JEFFER, ROARD; =k, at roassnable raies, for a pen’leman an’ Btn o B S ronalied. Addreas A, B0t ifo. 318 Randotphest. —— = GENTLEMAN AND E BOARIIY ASEATI ol Cricagosr- ast of Clark-si. Address O 73, Tribuse ofSea. B ST WASHINGTON.5T-— NICELY-FUR , 208 s RO o N aiomati atos. 5 228 MONROE-ST.—T0 RENT, WITH o e Aumsiod, Toom a Eeniipman sod 5 farmleh &5 ohiaTls gentiamens brick block; modern improve- meai ! NROE-ST.—A FEW GENTLEMEN O30 ST IR F o fof o Cwini: able first-class. WEST SIADISON-ST.—TO RENT, WITH 37 vossa, o faraished front room for obe or two. ‘Also, & few day boardors sccommodated. 948 FULTON-57.—-GOOD BOARD AND HO3LE family, privileges for nop or_two prrwzy in & private , atlow ratos, Ieferonoes 15Q J T ND OARD—IN PRIVATE FAMILY FOR_ 3AN A“_ fe. 3t be reasonsble. North or Wesl s S e W3, Trituoe afica. R 7 A %3 SARRIED COUPLE IN A BomES AT Ty oa Wast Side. Addross, stai- o s P o ofhce. PERSONAL. < NTLCD_A WIFE-A BACHELO! 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