Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 6, 1874, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1874 DEFECTS OF CHICAGO HOUSES. The Lack cof Proper Heating Apparatus. And the Miseries that Are Entailed Thereby. Qur Residencss, in This Respect, Very Far Dehind the Age. The bad manner in whicha large proportion of Chicago Louses ero built never strikes any ons quite £o forcibly 88 in the firat chilly days of Setogm. Dak, cloudy days, when atmosplieris Indzences make 21l one’s surroundingscheerless, makoopo himself focl gloomy, missntbrcpic, Tedueif he were ab war with ta0 whole world. Drop e fex lumpasof coal i a grate, or & log or o of w004, sud what is tho result? The wholo trmesstuzo is clanged, both moral and physic- 4. 'WLo outer world may etill look gloomy, tho tioai loves, the rain fall, cold winds biow, and pamp sir seck entranco at evary crev- Joe; but tho choory blaze wilhin disputes asescion, a0d succeeds in crowding back the L otidbe ceurper. Low many bouses in Chica- canindule in ench & means of combating Siose dreadfally melancholie influencos, thoso {lo-year days? Unless in houses aro fst-class In evers respoct, a grate is looked upon AS A LUSTRY. The msn who builda & cottage, and pats ono gesta ia i, thinks that Lis proporty has assumod 20 air of clezance, to say nothing of unparaliol- od ostravagance, which should fill tho would-be {ensut wick: 8 Bort of juyful awe. To be sure, it i ten chiances to ono if the grate is anything but s supposablo ornament,—ss in all probability, if It cccupics & place in o chimney whero there ara avy other fires supposed to obtain proper draught, it will not sdmit of & fire bewng lighted jnit. Under such circumstances, that room, or somo otier, will not be usable. - Turuing, howover, to other and more pre- fentions houses than the cottage, how many of tho now octagon fronts hieve gratosin the second story? There comes ono of those uncomfort- ably-chilly days, and you wast just s littlo flash of fire in eleeping-room, dressing-room, or porsery. What is your prospect of gettingit? Poked sway in bam or siore-room, or somo equaliy unges-st-nble piaco i8 last winter's siove. During tho warm westher, all sorts of things havo becn heaped up and piled apon it. To get at it is a labor of hours at least. Then tho stove-man Las to Dbe ‘sent for toput itup. Everybody has been undergoing {ho same ehivers and blues s youreclf, and,” with like mtent, have sent for that same stove- man; o that youaro informed ha has moro orders than ho can poesibly attend to. Yousend for bim Monday, cud, with essy indifference, ho thinks he may ba zble to SEXD A MAN DY EATCEDAT. With your meluncholy changed into o rather ag- gravated case of ill-temper, yougoto another, £nd snother, with the same success. You kuow that, beforo the week i ont, it will probably bo kot again, zad that etove look like s dismal monument ; but you meod a fire theso chilly daye. Dy the time you cangebit you dom't need it. How ycu admire the exiendsd ideas of Chicago property-owners: plenty of plate- glass in tho windows (which would bo very ci:arming if thoso same windows only fitted tightly, and dide't ratte, nor gapa eo as to ad- mit infant burricanes), bat no” grates, or it may boone in the parior, perhaps. ILlarble fronts end wooden steps,—almost fuvariably wooden Brops, thus desiroying all beauty of appropriate- n Registers cut through the floor, and tho privilego of putting in a furiiaco vourself or pas- ing your landlozd for doing it. As for n station- ary renge, that is_a luxury which the Chicago i ulge io, bt the Chicago huu- longs for. When 2 house does Levo & raugc and a furnace in, such & glaring adveriizemcnt 33 oue gees of wonderful im- provemeuts! 3 D THE AGE? Sho rays sho is young. Versy young ; aod un- lito Lothair, she scems 20 Lavs ber ade upupon certuin points. Lek with inatarer years, she may, liko o, chzugo them ; for the ordinary neces gitics of cider citios are the eupremest luxuries toher. Her farnuce, when ha guts one in, 195 eham. A great stove et in the back part of tho ith its by no means crmamental pives ¢ toward the ceiling. Tie pipe that eut dining-room admits the cir s below the top of theroom : so that, . to be at ull comforiable, it is neces- mend vour table from Looks in tha it round oo step-ladders. Thea 13 your bands werm 1o prevent dropping your lmifo bat you must hang on with your finger- enouzh aud fork, n2ile 2o you descend, or you will stand s chancs of coming aovu in o heapand breaking your kuees, ns your feet wiil bo like cakes of ice, and propartichaiely numb. We are all apt to_think it must have Leen a curions stylo of eating in which tho liomaus indn!gad when they reclined ou couckies nt teblo; but, in years to come, say clhout 4. D. 3700, what will b tio comments up- on that qucer raco of people who lived in that ancient City of tho Plains called Chicago? The bulletins of that day will BEAD SOMETHING AYTER TIIIS PASHION. Wo tranzlate, of course, for by that time phonot- Iea will bave been so far developed that only tho initia! Jctter of a word will bo necessary to make its meaning quite comprebensible : In the recemt excavations which have been mado in thet buried esttlement called Kikako, ome smgular relics bave been found, which shov the pecaliar customs of the tgauplo. All our hearcrs kmow how strangely that city met its doom. (In those futuro daysall the news will bo telegropbed directly to tho housebold, which will bo & great social communisy that will read by scund.] It was twice neariy destroyed by fire, for it was coucidered tho only way of occa- sionally cleansing it from tho filth occasioned by ezch family residing in a separato dwelling, there being no competent sutbority to remove the sccumulations of aches zad garbage, and no means then kmown of utiliziag it, &S Wo now do. It was finatly destroyed by an . JMVENSE DRAGON CALLED BRITORTE. This ereature, which is represented as being an immense winged animal, hung over the city many jos. It cuited a vile oor g0 dontd at, in mnny cases, it sssumed a paipable form ; snd it is stated upon the highert authority, THE Cimesco Turbong,—the only publication of thiat ers which has been thought worthy of preserva- tion until our day,—that at times it was even ne- ceseary for people to carry hugo Lnives, called couteaux de puanteur, with which they cut their way through. Especially was this neceseary ot zight, for ‘they had no illumination worthy the Damo in thoso dark ages, the midaight-sun being 8 comparatively modein inveation. At last this dragon Brijporte, after hovering over the city many years, suddenly ewoopes down mpon it His loatlsome body enveloped the whole settle- ment (for euch, rather than s city, it eeems to ve been) in's maes of putrescence. Those Who were not buried beneath it wore immodiately sufiocated by tho fetid odor. In vain, men, wemen, aad children, attempted to defond them- selves with their coutoaux de pusnteur. Aost Ofthem died 2t oace, aud it 18 ono of these suf- foested familics, who bave recently been found It a perfect stalo of preservation, from which ¥e get an jueight into their domestic tife. They Beemad 1o eat ju & sort of cellar, and the table “35 bueg from tho ceiling, showing a desire at esst for better things, as we suppose they thus mado the irst approach toward light and mry "-'"“H apartment. Thera wero eight peopls ound seated on a sort of ladder, but the ws Elep was broad, aud had a cushioned back an s, This would scem to be a rather superior ki of dining-chair; for io the next houso, which wes nlso qaito well preserved, thesa throne-like sonts had lost the peculinr eieganco Which gavo thom their name, snd ware merely & ceries of sicps, perfectly bare, with no &rms, but o supporting pices, whick, when ;PW—'“L made them triangular. I littls it (for it was notbing better, compared with our present domiciles) tho family had finiehed €ating, and these chairs, called in ‘the queer alect of the timo_stehplaidbers, were mnged 3gainst tho wall. Oneof the strangest things coznected with the destruction of Eikako scems be the fact that they bad a weapon called tho hnflt, €apposed $0 ba a hiuge projectile of soma d, with which it was quite_possible to Lill ?mh dragons ns Brijporte, and others which in- feeted theur cities and was almost a8 bad; but it vzs either never used, or, if it was, through the Bu2idity of the engineers, was aimed the WIong {ho Egptisns, h w) way, and destroyed the citizens instead of their ecaly foes.” bobzxch, ‘With our clair-econtant ears, we learn to TIP VERDICT OF THE FUTURE on our badly-hoated bouses. How much more would it coet to put, in tho ordinary Chicago house, gratcs in the two large rooms on the upper floor; grates in each parior; o tiny one in what ought to be the library, batin this place has not yet gotten beyond the countrs- farm-honso styio_of being a parlor-bodroom ; & grate in the dining-room; o stationary range with proper water-back ; a properly-bricked-up furnace in o 100m by itself; and double win- dows? Thoa we might hone for comfort. It could nof add moro thin 8500 to the cost of the house,—$00 4 year nt 10 per cent,—$4.25 a month 0030, Wko would™ wot gve it? Af they did not gave tho amount in coal-bills alone, they would in loss of temper sud many ofher lces nopleasant ways. Whero is tho ambitious Iazdlord who will pat in this €500 worth of gen- uino improvements ? Not very modcrn,—80 Lo nced not ba alarmed at being too progressive. They have been knowa 25 necessitios in other American cities fur at Jeast s quartor of a cen- lu?'. As the ordinary house standa now, it is only . o A STPERIOR 5ORT OF DARN, in which one would hositate about keeping 8 val- wable lorse. On tliezo melancholy daya tho plants dic and tho babies ery, tho sorvants leavo ond tho mothers griove, And tho husbands swear to bLeat tho air, and _oll just bocausa tho Iandlord was A horrid_old-fogy, cenfuries bebind tLo timo, snd {hought o grate an cucrvating Juxury. It's that drendfal old Puntsn spirit cropping out, which cousid- ered the highest form of worship a8 _consisting in being the most_thoroughly nncomfortablo. Thoy did bavo ca idcal, bowever, whom they fancied thoy wero pleasing; but our modern worshipor kineels to his pocket, ond fancies Le is serving himeelf and his God at tho eamo time. Alistaxew wretcii, 10 seuse drEw near, thy tou- ant’s cazer promise It thou 'wile build with imiprovemsnts, Le'll pay theo moro than 10 per cent. Ugh! it's such a creepy, nasty, shivery feel- ing. You know it mea2ns a winter's catarrh, or brouchitis, or possibly incip- ient consuption 1f you are young, and genuine rheumstism that can't " bo raisel to the neeragoof gout,if you aro old. You meditato upon suicide s the demp, chilly dreught steals in ; Lut of ono thing you are pos- itive: you won's drown yoursclf. You think with genuine delight of cremation, and hopo that, if you do feel obiized to leavo for & possi- biy-warmer sphero, they will incinorate you. Already you gcem io fecl tho grateful warmth as it etoals “aronnd vour unfortunately-insensiblo form. You wish that you might juss onjoy the first pleaing sensation, and scarcoly imagine that it could %coome to0 lot for comfort. Those davs of tlie past, whon the thermomotor stood at 105 degrees in the out-of-door shade and 150 in tho in-doors shade, are recall:d with regret. Their perfumed stilloees, their tropical heat, s0 Lard for some to endure, are remombered with A THRILL OF REGEET. ) You write desponding lelters to your best friends, sud vindictivo ones to your enemies. Yon arc determined that the children shall keep Svarm, ataoy rate, and wear oat o pair of lip- pess that_might othermiso hrvo lasted a month loager. You feed your husband on carry and Clilies notil his digestion is ruined, and o di- vorce is imminent. Whooaght to bear the costs of the suit ond pay the slimory? Thes man who built a hoase with a register-hole and s stove- hole, to les tho air in ou raw, damp days, and carefully_ neglected to farnish o grato. He is tho fiend who i3 accountablo for all this mischief dono. He it is who causes tho suicide, tho divorce, tho ruined dispositions of the children, the loss of servants, and all tho calzmities which may ensue from each of these causes. I¢ he a penuricus man, or & timid man ? Ts bio afraid Lio won't got his monoy back, or that ho will get too far ahead of his neighbors in the furnishiog of necessities? Thero ere, in all portions of tho city, plenty of houses renting from €40 lo §70 o month, for which any tensnt would gladly pay an extra $5 if thoy were PROFERLY FITTED 3 That is o fair interest on all the additional ex- penditure it would require. Give us plainer Touses, if you will ; take off every particle of ornament ; leavo oat, if neceassry, the black- walnut tritimings: but at least make ihem com- fortable. Chicngo is damp enough and windy cnough, assuredly, without offering _overy chancs for that dempnoss and wind to enter ond make peopls uncomfortable, and with, no means of repelling or overcoming if. Is thezo oe of tho reculiar strect-winds blowing Which scem egpecialiy to belong to this region, then thero is scarcely o houso in the city through which it may not ewoep 2t will ; and, when the thermometer tends downward below zero, it spenks for itself, and then freczes you 50 you cau't nnswer beck. On chilly days and nights,—and even in dog-days we have somo pizhts which are not too warm,—yon shiver end Iay the foundation of diszaso, because, from o quizoridea of zrchitectural economy, grates are deemed on extravozant lusury. ~In winter, if you aro forccd to uso the ordinary basement dining-room, you freeze your feot, because, if thero i8 o furmaco, it is not properly built. You get tho smell of your din- ner all over the Lonse, and eat in advance, be- canse the common couvenience of a stationary range, with proper draught and ventilation, i quite TOO MODLEN FOB THIS FILLAGE- That in itself is bud enongh; but, when you shero your neighbors' dianers as well, and those neigibors live on boiled cabbago as a steady diet, you wish your villago would try not to be 1y youug. Thesearo timply inconveniences arising from lack of proper heating spparatus. Should we enter upon the subject of water privi- leges and illumivating properties, this plain- tive wail would reach s decided groan. Tho water that fieczes up in winter, owing to bad plumbing, and don’t get above tho parlor- floor in snmmer, owing to lock of force, wo sup- pose. Tho gas that burns o dimly that, if you ‘ish to read or write, you nced to light a kero- ganc-lamp to doit by, and thus enganger. your own and the family’s lives. Itmay bo a dim, re- Jigious light ; bt somo of us are beginning to thiok it not €0 bad to be heathen, and would like = little more light ; but, at any rate, give us the means of comfortably heating our houses and cooking our diu e GILMORE’S BAND IN THE WAR. BOWMANVILLF, YL, Scpt. 3, 1874 To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Smm: In your issuc of the 1st inst. I notice an allusion to the ecrvices of Gilmore's Band during the Wer, which eeems open to correction. The paragraph in question states that the Baffalo Commercial Adrertiser says that this celebrated musical organization was in the South daring tho War, and furpished the mausic previous to Bauks' dieastrous expedition up the Red River. Now, the truth of the matteris this: Gilmore’s Band was attached to the Trenty-fourth Massa~ chuselts ILtegiment, of which the wnier was a member. Thig regiment wes a part of Gen. Darnside’s expedition to North Carolina and the band in question furnighed musioc previous to tho victories of Roanoka Ieland and Newbern, and was mustered out of eervice at tho lost- named place-early in the autumn of 1802. As the writer has often been soothed and comforted by the dulcet etrains of Gilmoro's coraet, while racked with malerial feverin the swamps of North Carolina, he feels that it would be un- reteful in bim to allow the fair fame of the oo of the famous **howls” held in that bi barn on the Back Bay in Boston to bo tarnisha by the imputation thet the unfortunato expedi- tion up the Red River ect forth to tho soundin, brass and tinkling cymbals of Gilmore's Ban Ye:y truly, R. I, FLoTcnea, S B T WS i b A Spoiling the Egyptian. Itisvery well for distinguished foreigners, says tho Zall Mall Gazclle, to pay their respecis to the Khedive abous that season when traveling into the tropics Ly sha Nile routo becomes pieag- ant. But when thesc v 2ro regularly made e occasion for putting prossure on tho Vice- yoy's Administration for obtaining the grant of gratis convoyance up the river to each personsago ho is not abovo sccepting it on _these liberal terms, it comes in fact o a new and heavy tax on Formerly it used to be s daha- hwas eonght. Now the number of tingmished peoplo is annually increasing who arrivo at Cairo with the fixed intention of putting on euflicient pressure to obtain the use of a viceregal stesmer for their use. The Khe- dive is not yet able to diaziuiuisn accarately to which of the great people who call upon him he might well refuse such favors, even when un- hesitatiugly asked. So tho steamers are almost invariably given, to be paid for, of course, out of his revenuo; the unforiunae villagers on tho Upper Nile are ofton taxed specially to find free rations for tho crews; and though the trip i5 mo donbt much enjoyed, tho eojoyment is very much at tho espensa of tho fellibs, on whose Gppressed cowdicion Englishmen are wont to ox- patiate. We havo reason td beliove that the Jbedive bas recantly expressed very clearly his Jesira to get rid of these grand vieifons and the expenso they emtail; and, a8 the greater part are Englishmen, andthey are possibly not awzre of ihe feolings which this syetem of blackmail keepa up, wa tako loave to poict out the truth in Rood titne, that thoso who contemplato **doing 1he cataracts " this year msy arrange to do them at their owmreost: ~" LOCAL POLITICS. The Race for the Office of Sheriff. Prominent Candidates, and Their Little Peculiarities, Visiting the Saloon-Keepers. ‘There is s great shufile, scramble, and what Punch would call *an ugly rugh ™ for the olfico of Sheriff of Cook County this fall. The candi- date market is abundantly supplicd with good, fat stock—men capable of serving their country withous loss of eleep or appelite. Nearly every other man whose name has evor appeared in o newspagor, in any light whatovor, is being # pushod by bLis friends " for tho position. The initiated public know by this time what beiog ¢ pushed " by one’s * friends " amounts to. No- body over yet took tho trouble to push any other body for office without some ax-grindivg mo- tive. There may be *‘honor smong thioves,” but there is very littlo veracity, and still lesn sin- cerity, cmong averago politicians. Only one class of men profit by candidates of the * onc- horse " ordor, THE BALOON-KEECIEDS. The latter, when not in the field themselves, affect & mysterions air calculated to make tuo unwary believe that in their hands lio fate sud fortuno. oo to the candidate who elights this fraternity. Tho unfortunate man secking offico ought, first of all, to provida himsell with a cast- iron stomach, which would defy the corrosive effects of * forty-rod” and ‘‘rot-gut,” with swill ‘beer and sour ale thrown in. Ilonust be pre- pared to make a tour of all the saloons,—from tho * aristooratic " gin-palaces on Aaditon and South Clark streets to tho misorablo **doggers” ehanty on North Water strcet. Ho must mako the saloon-kespors bis “ frionds.” To be suro, ‘when candidate for Sheriff, he has the dim hore of having to hang someof thom after ho is elect- ed, and, considering what human nature is, aud ‘what political human nature has to swallow aud endare, this is no small satisfaction. It wonld bo intoresting to_Lknow how much liquid poison the prospective Sheriof Cook County has swal- lowed during his canvass. The best of the wholo business is THE ARRANT HYTOCRISY of all concernod. ** I'll look for yonr support,” says candidate No. 1 to su scqueintance—* you know I'm up for Sherif? The friend may answer, “ Weil I have promiecd to sapport Mr. ——," who is candidato No. 2. Then “ No.1" xillgog, * Allight, tis a pity that nearly all his * frionds ’ aro mine too. Vory embarrassing. Let's goand drink. Come into Jim's.” They go into “ Jim's * and have their drink—vows of etarnal friendship being exchangod. When *“ No. 2'8 " friend has turned his back, *“No.1® will say,—** What a fool that fellow w—aoinfi tosup- port No. 2, who don't know B from = ball’s foot. A purty kind of Sheriff he'd make. Why, he dou't Enow enough to tie tho hangman's knot.’ A BLESSED REUXION. 1 Sometimes a dozen candidates meet tozethor and interchangs_compliments. They make a Te, tour. = Frequently thoy rendezvous ot 4 Jim's,” but 08 they cannot afford to slight «}Mike," they drop into his menagerio ono by ono, discoursing affaira of state with all tha gravity of Judges of tho Supreme Court, aud with the grommatical accuracy acd finished rhetoric of cosl-hoavers. From *‘Mike's” they goceud to “Jim's,” sod then, having slaked eir thirst at this fountain of knowledge and whisky, proceed to the picture-gallery that makes Monroo street blush, whero they neain sosk their *lights and livers ” in liquid heil. ~ From thence they go to the * Houso of Blazes,” whero there aro * somo fellows that can influence dele- gations,” and the whole crowd watch each other with jealous eyes. Often they go alono, at- tended by a s of “{riends,” on whom the noble office of * pushing” devolves, and then they visit every slum that theycan tbink of, where a volecan be purchased or u promiso broken. This is the cndlees round, sccompanied by backbiting that would make old ladies feel oshamed of theirinferiority. The * woak points ™ of candidatesare freely discussed,—ouly ono thing being conceded by noarly all, that education is not a necessary qualification for oflice. however onerous or respectable. ‘‘Have you heard the nows?” cries Yunk to his crony, ‘*Tom is up for Bheriff!” *Ho for Bheriff | Why, sure ho has no money to spend onan elaction, Ho hasn't left @5 in all the saloons iu town in his life.” This 18 actincher, and it is genorally ad- mitted that the fato of *‘Tom " is scaled. There are o thousand and one other ways in which candidates and their * frienas” backbite other candidates and their * friends.” Lvery old score ia raked up,—nothing is loit in dark- ness. Becrets confided in days of fricndship are rathlessly betrayed, and littlo favors conferred aro diligently paraded before tho public evo. Who would not be a candidato for oftico in Chi- cago? It is troly glorions to be o human tar- got,—tho butt of overy rascal’s filthy aim, eud the victim of every scalawag's and sharper’s wiles. Life is too sliort to carn oftice at sucha rica. E Now for the heroic persons who have exposed their bosoms to the fire of politics. The follow- ing * People " aro dpromiuem among the candi- dates for Tim Bradicy's easy-chair FRANK AGNEW. First comes Frank Agnow. Who is Frank? Well, ho is @ pratty respectable kind of citizen, —nalmost to good to be a candidate for ofice. He is in the primo of life, —suspended, 50 to speak, between 80and 40. His appearanco is in his favor. He hasa fine, open, manly countenance, sn ogreeable manner, and carries an air of honesty in_the face above his broad shounlders, which well becomes it. Frank is one of tho oldest of Chicago's * boys,” Housed to bo & vehement fireman, and * ran with bis engine,” in old volunteer times, at o_speed that might bo Likenod to that of Goldemith Maid. But now TFrank has grown _stout—brings down tho scale to the tuno of 200—and his wind is nearly gono, but his spirit still lives. Hois a great favorito with the Firo Dopartment, hsving been for years connected with their Benovolont Associ- ation, both as a membor and 88 au oflicer. By rofession, Frank is a master builder, and in that ine has won a favorable reputation among all classos of citizens. He was born in Scotland, but his parents wore Irish, and in Fraok the phamrock blooms verdantly through the thistlo- down. He is very Lboral, and hes friends smong mon of every pationality. This gives him groat strength, and, together with his nat- ural Sfii:y and wdnees, makes him the first favorite for the much-sought-sfter ofiice of Sheriff. Mr. Agnew is outspoken in bis policy. He does not affect being * pushed ” by anybody. Ho started himself, and has boen so far well supported, and feels confident of making o * home-run " everal lengths ahead of all com- potitors. Should_ ho tucceed in being eloctod, o has consentod to appoint sll wnsuccessful candidates Depnty-Sheriffs or Bailiffs at £1,000 = year. There could hardly bo o moro generous arrsogement, cxcept that Mr. Agnow ought {i;st to provide a schoolmaster for about half of em. COL. CLEARY. The next man on the list is Col. Patrick M. Cleary, who graduated in Tipperary, and hag done bonor to his alma mafer,—in the way of being successful as o money mannfacturer. Tho Colonel is & well-preserved gentlomon of balf & contury, good looking snd affablo, but dread- fully eensitive s to newspeper ridicule. This is his grest weskness, and it takes awny trom hia chances of successin the race. Heisoyerweighted withsensitivences, and is out of condition. The Colonel is very neat in his attire, and presents a fair round Eappearance **below fthe belt.” Above it he might pass for o Mecthodist Bishop on pormaneut lesvo of sbsence, or the Com- mander-in-Chief of the Fegian army, layin plans for the destraction of ** porfidious Albion, Col. Cleary has a very wido circle of acquaintances, _'his ncquaintance 18 very goneral indeed. Lo has * ted” in the Board of Trade, collected money for_the South Town, made friends with Charley Farwell, and st one time shone in ono of the accomplishments of that eloquent and distingnished " statesman, Col. Clearyis a firm prop of the Church, founded upon s rock. He s very well liked, lives in & fino honse, and, taken all in all, isnot qaite a8 bad a candidate for Sheriff as he might be. The Colonel is reported to be an out ana ont Farwell man, snd whenever the pair meet they eing together : Should auld intancs be forgot And never nm to mind 7 #Of course mot,” says Charley. ‘‘You bst your bottom_dollar,” rejoins the Colonel, and exeunt minging: We won't go home Hll mornizg, Tl daylight does sppear. Now comes “*PAT ” DRIACOLL, s he is called by the vulgar : Patrick Frederick Driscoll, 28 he is termed by the high-toned resi- dents of the Fifth Ward. Patrick Froderick is heavy on lumber, and thinks that he onght to bo Bheriff. He knowshow to construct a scaf- } 2014 and would be quite at homo ushering some unfortunate gentlemaa _into * Kingdom Come.” Nobody, cxcept Bir. Diiscoll, koows why r. Driscoll should be n candidate for Sheriff. Tle baved St. Mary's Catholio Church the night of tho July fire, when tuo wind was blowing tho other way, tho fire o block below the sacred odi- fice, and’ about enough cinders on the roof to scorch Mr, Dnscoll's somewhat luxuriant mustacho. Ho is said to be rather popular along the headwatersof tho scuth fork of tho South Branc, but is not much kuown north of Twenty-second streat. It was recontly afiirmed pulliciy that Patrick Frederick could neither read nor write, whereupon the candidate camo out with a chaileage and au aflidevit. Tho chal- leuge was to tho man who said that he (Driscoll) could not write ; the aidavit was Lo _prove that ke (Driscoll) could write,—but thoss who saw the document aver that it was in the Chinese lan- guage, and that it would take sevoral million such aflidayits to provoe that Mr. Driscoll's early educalion, in the line of writing bad not been fiendishly nogiected. 1t is suggested by BIr. Driscoll’s © friends” that he cemry around un ink-bottle, pen, and somo paper to overy saloon Eo visits, and thera executo hia **pot-hooks” for the odification of bis constituentia. Thisie a chesp and eficacions method of proving that “tho echoolmaster was abroad” in his carly daya. Despite the doubts reiative to the quentity sod quality of his chirography, Mr. Driscoll is re- puted to bo ** thio sirong man " against Agnow,— on tho South Side. In tho olber scctions the Scolo-iberninn Las got tho inside track, aad i3 wost likely to Lieep it. And now JOHN COMISKEY, Dreathing fire and fury, looms apon the politicat horizon. ~ To biographizo this geoiloman would Lo ulmost o tusk of superfluity. He isa West Bider, and voles in tho Ninth Ward. Joho, althongh somowhat crotchety, is o mon of wome talent, sud has had the benefis of o good, svorage oduca~ tion, 1s record a8 & politician in Chicago is not ovorbrilliant. Rightly or wrong- Iy, bio was accusod of Copperheadism during the Iiebellion. He has ulways been a fierce Domocrat, and his catural predilections are with ths Bour- bone. How cld Joe Ledlio wonld hag Comiskoy to his venerable bosom! . How Singleton wonld oserpower bim with brandy smaslies and gin cacktails! John, however, mesns business, and hes bung out his'shinglo 88 n_“Roformer” of the most violent character. To this ond he has takon o contract to abuse Rehm and Sheridan, tho firse part of tho job boing slready sc- complished. No doubt thero will be mutnal mad- glinging, and, 8 the parties areall well “postod” 43 to each ottier’s recor:ds, the chances of a very fine exiubition of Billingsgate are decidedly choering. Jobu claims to be a very strong man befere tho people, but this innocent belief of his nceds public confirmation. The Comvention will, perhaps, show Jobn that burnt-out political aslics are of no use. “PIOL™ CONLEY, proprictor of tho St. Charles Hotel, is also spoken of. Alr. Conley is a very old resident of hicago, and is, perhaps, moro widely kpown than any Bonifaco in the city. Ho has been in the hotel business a very long time, aad_hay al- wnys been notod for businessenterprise. It 8 vory sinular that n gontlemsn of Mr, Conloy's time of life, position, and surroundings should aspiro to oflice,—especially to tho offico of Sheriff, Ho doss nof know but that he may have some hang- ing to do, and ho had better avoid the disloca- tion of ‘crimiual mocks during his doclining cars. Any other ofiice would suit him better,— io is too tonder-hearted to hang anybody, and ho would be certain to ** botch tho job.” There- fore, everybody who knows bLim thinks that Mr. Conley ought not to ran for Sheriff, but “ Phil™ 18 gono into tho race, dotermined to make & do- ceut run, and bas adopted for his motto: ¢ The devil tako the hindwost " ‘Auotber prominent candidate is €4PT. ““JACK” HARLINGTON, 13 g0od n soldicr as ever headed a chargo, but out of favor somewhat with **the Peoplo’s party.” Capt. Harrington bas » great many \Waran personal friends, and is likely to poll a big vote ghould he go into tho Convention, which is rather doubtful. The Captsin himsclf spealks cheerfally of tho prospect, sud says that he will not back out. In the words of his old com- mander, be “will fight it out,” etc. (sco several Lives of U. 8. Grant). CHADLEY KEES, s sork of politicel piuepin, set up for several succossive years only to be knockod down, is also in the ficld. Charloy has very littlo show of success, for it ia genorally conceded that tho ofiice of Bheriff must be given to tho Irish elo- mont, in consideration of tho Holy Alliance. Howevor, Charley’s friends necd not bo dis- couraged—tho Coronership will be at thoir dis- posal, and Mr. Keen might make himself com- fortablo sitting on corpaes for & couple of years. In sddition to the prominont eandidates al- ready sketched, may be mentioned the names of Tum Brodley, the present_incumbent, who, of course, must look to tho Republicans for sup- port; **Ed"” Longley, ooe of Tim's *bowers,” and Cherles MoLanghtin, who sppears to bavo no political record, aud is, therefore, ullowed # the chiexzty of silenco.” —_—————— v FOUL AIR IN WELLS. = To the Editor of The Chicage Tribune: In 1843, while at Liverpool, I read sn article in the newspapers stating that, if, beforo going into any deop well, the party would take a Tamp of unslacked limo (ssy s large as one's head) and drop it into the well, in & very short timo the air wonld bo o pure a8 not to endanger tho life of sny ono going down. Not many wocks aitor reading the above-nomed article, I had a chance to prove its correctness. I was asked to repeir 3 pump ot the bottomof & well 50 yards in depth (belong to tho Liverpool Apothecary Hall Company). The well, being right in front of tho boilers,was closely covered up with strong timber, then overlaid with brick, and a man-hole left in tho middle, on the cover of which being removed, tho engine-tender said, * You cannot go down for some hours, as tho bad air will be dangerous.” I let down a candlo, and it went oat when about ome-third of the way down. Thero waa plenty of limo at hand, 8o I let a large amp drcxl': into the well. Wo then secta cral ‘rinch to lower mo down, which occupied about twenty minutes. I ngain lowered tho candle, this time to the bottom, and it burnod freely. I pulled it up, put my leg into tho loop of the Tope, was lowcred to tho bottom, and worked thers dny, without any trouble from bed air. I may state that the well was cut through tho red sandstono rock all the woy down, and large, but, whero the water was, it was smaller; and tho water sbout 8 feet deop, which waa partinlly covered with planks. When I got down, I found little, if any, of the lime had got into tho water, but wns epread round the space botween tho water snd tho sides of tho well, and on the plsuke_partially covering tho water. The lamp of lims had struck on the crossbearers used to guide the pump-rods, sud iad broken into small pieces, snd, by the timo I roached ;!L:e ‘bottom of the well, wnstsl\ th‘orungh- Iy slacked, as a great quantity of water was etoping from Sssares in tho rock all round tho wgfi. "The circumstance of it not falling into thio water, in my opinion, ceused & moro imme- diato purification of tho Bir. i A few weeka after, eome of the joints of the puwp-rods gave way. I went back again, nsed the samo precaution—dropped in 8 lump of un- slacked limo—with the same resuit 28 above. 1f this was generally kmown, it might bo tho means of saving many accidents overy year- If no limo can bo got, they can at least lower 8 light; and, if it will not burn, they have mo businces to go down. J.P.T. —_———— A Slotter-of=Fact Wedding. Tha Ratiand (Vt.) Herald describes as follows a wodding whicki occurred i that place one day last woek: " “QOne of our ministers had gotten about half way through * eleventh and finally,’ when he was catled ont by a young man in overalls and the rest of the workingman's dress, who asked him if ho was ready to perform s marriage, Cer- tainly ho was; but bad the applicant a license ? No, ho hadn't; dido’t know sbont i, in fact. And go tho worthy parson and the happy groom strolled over to tbe Town Clerk'a ofico and procured the needed blapk, after which the pair took up theircourse toa by-strect, tho groom stillin work-day overalls, sod with pleaves rolled up. Arrived at the residence of the othor party to the bargain, the bluo overslls led the way io and summoned from tho tub & woman who was washing, with sleeves rolled up, drosa pinned up, and hair tied up. With no de- Iay tho hride dropped ber skirts, rolled down hor sloeves, dried hor bands, and stepped into tho next room, where blue overalls stood up with her, s0d the minister pronounced the words that made thom man and wife; whersupon the divino wen back tq his_* cleventh,’ the bride to ber tub, and tho groom £6 hi¥ work." At & recent meating of the Biological Society of Paris, . Heury estubited pbotographs of hands of the uppes_classes of the Annamites, Theta handa wero tharncterized by lopg fioger- nails, which ¥ege Worn as 3 mark of nobility. One of the phtographs represented nails 15 to 20 inclles jenpth, and curiously carved in funtastic patterns, liko certain of tbe claws de- victed in ancient illumtnations. Notwithstand- ing their oxcessive length, those nails were not hspertrophiod. SARATOCGA. The Turf and Its Gentry. Betting as a Business===Pools and Their Abuse. From Our Oun Correspondent. 8amaToca, August, 1874 The turf in America is now in tho vitality of renaigsance. It has a large number of camp- followers, by which I mean men without other svocation than botting their money upon tho horses, and studying meantimo the derivation, cross-breeds, and pointa of the racers, and the qualities of their owners, 80 as to bo informed. It hioa at least two scientific newspaper-organs, upinall the literature and correspondence of the turf, The book-literature of the turfisno less complete, from stud-books aund racing his- tories down to the annual chronicle and manual which is carried in the turfman's pocket. Tho system of betting by pools st snction, aod on the mutual plan, i3 23 per- fect 18 in England or France ; sod, with central pool-rooms in New York, the merchants in this business also follow the horses to the field, and, the night before the race, the morning of the race, and between tho races, their avocation gooa on with _the ardor and attendance of a political primary. Tho rules of ths turf aro in general prescribod by the Jockey Clab at New York, from the best forcign Tsuthority, and from original suggestion in this country. Tho tarf is also protected by strict legislation, and, as Morrissey eaid tome = “Tho chartor of the Baratoga Bacing Asso- cintion gives as much power to the incorporators s o man has in his own house,—yes, more.” All this is Jcontemporancous with immense vitality m other nthletio ficlds,—in yachting, rowing, ball-playing, pigeon-shooting, scien- tifo fishing, walking, lesping, and wild bunting,—£o that it may be said that the field-sports of America were never on 8o good s footing, and thst they spprosimate to tho physical education of our English forerunners. In n corresponding degree, tho coarser and ruder forms of amusement have declined; prize-fight- ing, cock-fighting, dog-fAghting, and public gam- ing, Duying pools and playing poker end bos- ton nro now tho great forms of bazard. Let me eall your attention to some ropresentative char- acters ip this strange yet professional hurly- burly of sporting life. YIRST, TIE POOL-ROOM. On tho square of ground occupled by Aor- rissey’s Lotel and club-house is & framo cottage of yollow relioved by brownish-yellow;, as big as o meeting-house. At one end is o bar. Behind the bar is & stairway leadiug up to elegant bed- chambers, which are let ont at 83 a day. In the corner is the oficea of tho Association’s Secretary. - The body of the room in an auction-house; and, where the auctioneer calls off the horses and domands bids, aro blackboards, annunciators, and notifications, ‘besides sables for clerhs and reporters. The auctioneer is a red-faced Dublin lad, fust stopped out of ono of Lever's novels, and his brogue is rich to the point of cream, whbilo he Das cortain natural expressions and sotics which givo him & droll mean between sincerity and low comedy. Thisis Dr. Underwood, s veterinary Burgoon, formerly & horse-buyer for the Datish ‘He ta accredited upon almost every rac- ing-field in America, and is the introducer of pool-selling, being moved_thercto by the fro- quent fracases he saw af Lexington, Ky., while yesident there, where money was frequently placed in unreliable hands, or counterfeits bot Bgainet good bills, cto. T stop the annual alay- ing of balf-a-dozen peopls, Underwood bo- gan to put off pools at auction,—the Racing As- sociation itsell being tho surety, and taking its compensation out of the winner's pool atthe rato of sbout 5 per cent. This was found, tho course of time, to bs a profitable corner of every raco-course, aud that is why this pool- room has been erected, ns well as sheltered placea on the couree to kéop up the eale whilo the excitementis high. It is for this reason, also, that so much time elapses between the heats and races, 80 a3 to sfford the Association time to compensate itself by the pools. Whilo TUuderwood is rattling off tho Lorses here, another mnn named Jobogon is selling inde- pendently on Broadway, Baratogs, and Broad- way, N. Y.—tho subject of all theso sales being tho immediate run in band on the Saratoga Course. THE SYSTEY, as it appears, is piain cnough: Eight or ten horses are to statt. Thero is 8 fovorito, and he it put up for sale in the pools. He brings any- whero from €50 to $11,000 (tho latter the hizh- est pool Underwood. ever sold), accordiug to tho monoy in the audicnce. Suppose he brings &500,— ropresentative price. There area second and a third horse, with proximate chances. To gob s chanco to win tho $500, the second pur- cbaser psys, say, $300 for the favorite’s compe- titor. Tlcn, incited by the sum of £300 which ‘may possibly bo bis, & third suditor buya anothor horsc, say for €30. The remainder of the en- trics ‘are bunched together and sold as tho field,” say for §25. Now, if nono of tho better- Loown horses win, the man who gave $25 for “the field” will carry off £875, minus the per- centago subtracted by the Association. of which Underwood gots s sub-percentago. Again: bebold John Morrissey sitting down behind throe tin boxes, each divided into com- partments, and contalning tickets, numbered, printed, and registered, liko railroad- ckots. +What are these, Ar. Morrissey 2" “THEM 18 THE FRENCH T0OLS,” says the Hon. Joho. ‘‘Each box represents s race. Fivo dollars s tickes, sir. ‘No matter which horso one buys, he pays the same sum of money. Now, supposes race of five hiorsos, and 500 persons buy French matual tickets, making £2,500. The faverite horse will have, say, 300 buyers. This will make each ticket worth 8.33, minus b per cent to the Asso- ciation if the horse wins. Buat there will be one obscure nag on whom only threo peopio bet their money. Each of theso three tickets, if the horso wins, will be worth 500 for $5, minus $25 to the Associntion. All tho money in these pools i8 put in_ sheot-iron boxes, ond they sre carted to the track. Thoe calculations aro quickly mado, and the valuo of winning tickets put up on a blank board. After two dbys tickets aro not honored, but they will be cashed immediate- 1y after tho raco, and at the pool-room, morniugs and evenings. Tho arrangements on the track to pay up these pools and cash the mutnal tickets partake of the §ider and importance of s banking-houso. There are from four to_six sellers of mutual tickets, bebind caisses, aud policemen guard tho aisles. The cashiers number four, and thoy cash the tickets promptly after tho race and computation. The seductiveness of this kind of quiet and well-bred gaming extends to all cissses, aud women gend their huebands aund brothers to tho pools to invest for them. = " Doar," eays young Alrs, Safobind, **here ars £10. I want you tobuyme ten tickets to-day. Don't you chido me, sir. It is my own monoy, savod up. Here are 310, also, for Jirs. Sainted- homme, whose husband is a strict Descon. You aro to sy nothing about ber money, but she gays put it on the McDaniel stake.” o young husband roturns homa with 860 for 0, 3y dear,” ho savs, gravely, I don't like to s0s you buying pool-iickeis. ~Women can't stand gamesters’ luck. Now, tako this money, saod nover, oblige me ! hng nfoul again." "The next day Mrs, Safcbind, after many good puts %20 in thio band of young Smutton to invest for her. Ho thonghtlessly tells Bafebind. Bir. Bafebind guietly pays his bill that night, sends tho baggago down-stairs, and the Bafebind family get no more of Saratogs this year. Desperato diseases require desporato remedies. resolutions, POOL-CIIARACTEE. Took at those rows of chairs, filled with an orderly audicnce of ail social shadcs, ages, and matives. Underwood's voice is going like a ket~ tlodrum: = * Going, going, there! gono. Madge is sold for $1,125 | Now how much sm 1bid for Fadla- deen? Fifty dollars for Fadladeenl Ouly $30 for Fadladeen, the child of Poteen, whose dame was Dublin Brogue, whose fatlier was the g:m Snorting Arabiso. And what am I bid for Fadladeen ? Ob, he isa foine Lorse. Fifty-five Qoliars, one hundred, two bundred and fifty! O now, upon my worrud, that is too bad for Fadlsdcen. Three hundred aund twenty-five for the grandson of the great Snorting Aravisa.” i four bundred,” ssys a quick voico, and gets Lim. The man with tho @ Soico'ia a grest tarf-suthority. flo was bred amopget rscers, Colonel in the Ugion Armr.. authior of a standard Swd-Book. in whicd be paj ffteen yoars of closa pe higreo-reporting, 2nd b haa parelinsed somo of the lending Tuce-hors. of tho day for their owpers. 1o bought Heur Bassett for €300, snd held bim- when -AcDanie] was unable to hopor bis draft,—tho samo horat on which that old o4 [ o turfoan alierwards Agy_&l_hglpu‘e EGTa £50.000. With Lis knowledge of stocl jockeys, and truivers, he uletly 'hu;: o couple Of poois & niglh hedges with a etock of mutual tickets, wina withont a word, and, with his winnings in his pocket-book, procecds tho zame dsy to xeport tho race for his publication. ** And 870 is all for Vesuvias. It is yours, sir, ldgg )3'?'\'1 gos it, O fairies of Kilkenny! So Tho buyer of Vosuvias is a good-natured, mid- fl’_fi;:l-ged mearried man. His father left him £75,000 acd o propensity for sporting. Bromght up to no business, be cultivated tarf-authorities, went from race to race, kept the company of louger-lieaded mon, and i good advice puc down his money nervily. :‘{.m )'oix nhtéadiol'ost 2n “Yes. 1 justabout make cxpenses overyyear. Guses Tl bt no moro after tiks season ™ » Yonder sit in o group half-a-dozen Gulf-State profossional #porting men around_their leader, & silver-tongued, captivating faro-dealer. They are not very flush of moncy, but put to- gether, and, if successful, divide prorata, or fractiopally. If meantime they can find soms gentry moro ardent to play & hand 2t poker than to avoid the bar-room, they withdraw to a fino chamber in the hotel: £ho Lottlo is passod avd praised, and all night long, silent a3 mice, the bn.ttz;n(}lt ah;:le;lor pluuger goes on. 3 ay Planet i3 knocked down to Jol Toe for 230, by wo soxl! haag Johnuy Koo is McDeniels old jockey, too heavy uow to ride, but he sticks to tha outskirts of the turf, works, perhaps, as a trainer, and tempts deatiny in the pools. By his eide is a Nowmarket rider, freckled, weighiog ander & hundred pounds, osble con” stitntionnlly to clotbe his bonesin flesh ; and bis fathor, grandfatbor, end grost-grand- father wero all jockeys beforo him, all belonging _to that singular race of riding munikins who wonld have no place in Na~ ture if thera wero no running horses. He has roceived presonta of some scorss of dollan from tting wioners for carrying a race, and to-mght Lie puts it on the horeo he is to ride to-morrow. In the background stand a dozen wealthy turf- men, *guymg” $70 of thoir number Who aro backing their own horsos. Yonder are threa sporting reporiess with their packeta filled with mautual tickets. Agsin, two college-lads 2re put- ting their limited cash together to_accomplish tho purposo of geiting one ticket. Mr. Mo:ris- scy suddenly reaches his hands in his breeclies and takes ont 200 of his own. **Fiftoen tic! ets,” he eayy, *on Iadindeen. Five tickets oan Stampeda.” Tho action is not nnobserved, and maay a tim- id better drasws near to imitato this exemplar. 8o tho whole play of chavacter and craft soes on. 'The race comes off in'tho silence of o fash- jonable boudoir. The losers lose without a word. The winners turn on their heel to the bouffet, and remark, carelessly : 4 * A quart of extra dry. Come up, boya.” +Did you mako it 2" A nod’of the head is considered well bred, and they say no more. GATH. —_—— JAPANESE FANS. An American 'Iraveler in tho East Tclls the Story of their Manufau- ture—The Domestic Indusiry of the Celestinls, « Japaneso fans, 1 cent cach.” “How can they be sold go cheap ?” asked the writer of the venerablo and jovial AMr. A. A. Vaotine, who has just returned from his fifth visit to the people of duzky complexion, pig- taile, aud almond-shaped eyes, with whom, for ome years paat, ho has _carnestly labored to ex- Lg;\fii "Americun enterprise socially and comumer- cislls. #Tho Japanesa fans cold ot that price are sold ot o Baorboor” rephed ir Vautinor - Tor 1 know $hat they cannot be manufactured and ghipped ot less than 3 conts; in fact, thaiis the cost of them in gold.” " Can you inform me_regarding the manafac-" taro of fans, somo of which are really worka of art, and must call for skilled labor 2" ¢ Nearly a1l tho Jananese fans aro mads in tho interior. whero labor ia very cheap, and tho equivalent of 2 or 3 cents of our money is considered good wages, and, really, it goes a good deal further. _The bamboo sticks are cut by men in the jungles, aud two joints are required for each fan. One cnd is splis in a dexterous maoner by women, aud if you will take the irouble tocount tho little arms or ribs, you will find from fifty to peventy in each, The “other cnd forms the ban- dle. Boys and girls then tako the sticks and spread out the ribs, securing them o little above tho joint by 8 fine thread woven between tho nbs. Then they are ready to bo covered, and this work is also dons by tho women and chil- dren.” “How is the P:\Ker made by which they are covered?” * Ab! that's very curions and inter- esting. Tho maulberry tree, o= the leaves of which the silk-worms feed, furnishes the ma- terisd. It is made from tha bark of tho root, and, strange 3 it may seem, contains a long, eilky Soro, Tho bark, which is_carefally poelod or seraped from tho 'Toots, {3 manipulated for hours by old men, women acd children, as the entle andfinfi it receives from these wenk fonds does not destroy tho fibre. _As soon as the rough outer surfaco is worked off the fibres aro Soaked in o vat some days, aud then the palpy mnss is rolled and dried on wircs pretty much ihe same way as our paper is made,” ©Then I presums it is pasted on the fan framo and paint: - +¢Oh, no, indeed! The figures that yon sco on tho common flat fang are oll printed, and every color i priuted on » separato stone. Lt is doné by some litbographic process, and is one of tho Japaneso secrets, They sometimes use 28 many as sixty stones, ane each for every distinct £hade or color, This dono, the paper is pasted on th frame by women and children—tho men boxing tho goods for shipment, Tho folding favs, varying in lepgth from 8 to 15 inches, tho longest of which aro o fashionable at present, are also made in tho iuterior, but by 2 differont class of working peoplo. Tho sticks are mzdo with greater care, and, though tho aper is about the samo, tho_painting is dono by and. Bomo of this work is finely done, and ives employment to many excellent workmen, or'it io only the best who can paint and draw fans. Thero is somothing beautiful in their ‘blending of colors, but all of their drawings lack perspective. The smount of work bestowed on oach fan is sccording to the price. With or- dinary wear and teer tho paper used on Japancso fans will last ten years.” “Havo you auy ides of tho pumber of persons ongaged m fap-making #* ** It would bo impoe- sible to obtein dats on that point. The work for the most part is done in the interior, whero intercourso with foreigners is_ interdicted, and the entwro population of the villagos, men, wo- men, and children, sze_employed a¢ fan- g Some communitios far away from freo ports mako on particular stylo of fan, and some aa- other. Tho varicties of paintings and eubjecta ore endless. Tho artista who work on high- priced fans aro a distinctiveclase. No foraignor is permitted to hold anycommunication with the Working classes at present, yet step by step od- yances are made, and new places opened o all. The importer desiring to purchaso {ans seeks & commission-mozchant, and, presenting his pat- forn, bargains with Lim then and there. Hisne- gotiations ended, the commissiop-merchant for the interior contracts with the head macof a villsge or community, and in duo time the order is completed, tho work being done even to the slightost lead-pencil work according to the pat- tern. It has cccurred soveral times that marks or memoronds incdvertently left cn the pat- tern bave been copied with wouderful fidelity, the Japancse worker no doubt regarding it 28 of tho greatest importanco.™ " fiow many fans do nually?” Wo got from the Jzps an- “For several years previous to tho last, I have heard it exid thut botween 800,000 and 1,009,000 of the common flat fans were imported 1o tho United States, principally to New York. Laat year more of these fans wero 1mported, 88 some ope started a novelty that Fl'emod the fashionables. Tue spreading or folding fans, some of which are 1% inches lovg, sod Which the ladics now use hanging at their sides, 25 our grandmothers did years ago, aco all tho rage, and beve quito-guperseded tha others. Tetween 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 of folding faus have boen imported this year, but next ear it is just as likely to be somo other stylo, 20d tha long, folding or shut-op fan will be thrown asido. o o #The work of fan-making gives employment to many hundred thousand Japanese, a3 I have remarkied, whole villages being sometimes om- Plosed. It po definite drawings ara given with Tho order, the Japaneso exerciso their imagina- tion to the utwost, end present s witi tho thousand snd one queer subjecta found on tho common Tans. ry Walicer in Paris. 3 “From Galimiani. e Bome-cadakity was cateed on tho bonlevards by the appedraues of thres wormen agtired in & it iz.: large Zouuave trouserd. iy palezots, trimmed who wera stopping t=0 of Ler ; npii vs of age awd tho op rtizel oo of wonen i tho United Siates, 5] bosgs to the ecct of the Licoaenats. Sho ians:a 6 he cn her way to Turiey, where she han accepied tlie pest of private physicizn to the ‘AERIVAL AHD DEPALTURE, OF T REAL ESTATE, Clty Real Estais for Sale. NEWBERRY'S ADDF!O_A—. Lots 195ad 9 In Block noer Franklinest. and catt 10 foet of *on Tur.; Lo 1n Block 31, being 50rlid f SEC. 3, 40, 11 -A tract = 1t peimeen Norih TR AEE 08 on ot LaSahs, S e T ] Rl 93 North Clark, and &3 610 fout ALSO—1 triangulaz plecs of 11ad north of g M foot ou ¥aseals-st.. 5 (oct un Norih 148 HIGG] 0. 15 fect on (old Resory DITION GDEN Deing 23 fest oa Wou: - nc 2 8-10 feet o we<t Line, a0 by togathes whii Brick batlding ¢ i) ORIGINAL TO. part of 3and 6, tn 8 T A e, <IN t of Seh-1at5ol Lot 3, Block 41, & 103 by 6 onsgn\nk?f:l-c 12103 Ly o7 teot Zx%l(!uul. 5 Dleck 17, Loizg end of deey AES0—Tho porth bt of satd Le: 15, w (Gheab eonin | of Iand Jying east uf 3 nois Central Railread of Raudalph-st. a: Bids for thy last dos ichiza tracks, and bot d o 1974, and subwittod to_ Lia C; sreon. 8. 8. TEAVES, SLZEPING COACHES. Via MICH. CENT. 6. W. & ERIZ RY'S Pullman Through Palace Sleeping Coach - FOR HEW YORK, 5.15 p.m. Szily. RATLROAD TIME TAELZ, !.xru!n'méxnr REFE] T CE 3{[.\11\3.—7 Saturdaysc eepted. *SunGay excepted. $ ilonday azcaptod. 1Az- Tive Sundayatsv03.m. § Dailr. 2 = _HICHIGAN CENTRAL & GREAT WESTERY RAILRIATS tor Lake st., and Joxl of Litce, 51 Clarks 1i2, sostirast cormer @7 Lot and 55 Canalat.. corner o Hudizon. iy ress.. i GAND BAPIDD AND MUSEEGON. 3loralug Expross Night zpress,. CHICARO & ALTON RAILRDY! Chicogo, Kanras City and_Denver Skort Lire, Ha Louist. ana, ifo., and Chicago, Sprinvield, Alionund St. Louis Theough Line., Umion Depot, West -Side, rear Haiso: ridge. Tieket Gices £ At Depot, and 152 Kandolph-1t Teave. | Eansas City and Doarer Fast Ex. Kasas City E; t $t- Loulsand {0z Arrice. Streator, agton Erx, Jollet & Diviuht Accomuiodation! nion Deot, corner iaditon and S iR Clas s apposite Sherman Livase, ard at Depots Aflmaaker, Madison & Prairis du Chien, Mail... Milwaukee, Puint, St * 8:0 2. m.{*11:00a. m. Groen Bas, Paul & Miancapolis, +9:20a. m. [*4:00 p. . p. - Depot foot of Lakest. and fostof. Z;lu'./lfl\ Randolphat., near Ex (<) Gllman Passanger...... (a) Runs to Champaign on Satardays. epmiomtint of Eukott. Dt bty Bl e ket e, Sty Grand Pucine Hotel, and &t depou. Mail and Esprosn. Ottana aud Stresior Dubugae & Sioax City Kap ‘Pacitic Fast Line, fur Umab assenger. . Dubrave & Shiisiny 1 ubnane & SinuxCity Kxp. Puiz‘}l\'h:hiflxv. for Uinaba. . f ‘Eanzas flug Leavenwarth, At chison & St Joseph E Downer! 1. Downer Down rove Accoramodatiin (irove Accommodation| ¢ ex’s Grove Aczommodatior *Ex. Sundajs. 1Ex. Saturasy. 3Ex. Londsy CHICAGO ERN RAILROAD. Ttcket atfc 475 Canat~ Paclfio Fast Lino...s.... aDuvuque Ui 1 (4 «Dubuquo Night £x. via aOmaha Night Exm a Freoport & Dubnuus kX @ Froeport & Dubuque Expreas. 3 fiiwaukes Stal.. 2 Milwaukes Exprosa. » Milwankeo Passonyge: 3 Milwaakes Passeniur. b GGreen Bay Kapeoss. b SE. Paul & Wiaona » Marquetig Exprost B St Paal Fasssager. 2 oneva Lako Bxpross. b Genova Lako Express. a Geneva Lake Kxprosa. Genova Lake ‘a—Depot corer of Welixand Kinzis-sta. 3—Depot corner of Canal and Kinzie-sts. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC HAILROA2 Ticket ojire, Cliay § | arrae. Omaba, Leavenw'th & Atchison Ex Pera Accommodation., Night K1pross.... MEDICAL. DR. A. G. OLIN, most sue. o1 of rivate apartments, or treatiso. P NOCUREI Ty, Keo NO PAY! r. kean, 460 SOUTH CLARK-ST., CHIC i Bay be consulted, porsouaily or by mail, ire> on ali chronic ur pervons disnases. D) Goly phystcian in tha city who warrau's Oflice hours. Y3, m. to 8 p. OBSTACLES TO MAT 2 Slen from ¢ Tects of PRiy AR g S L el N s PROPOSALS. Brilders & Gontrasiors roposats will ba recatrad at thy oTcoof IT. G. nfig vAxChlel. No. 77 Clark Toca 17, notil Septe P ereki ck a, muy for tho ersctiva of a block of st =y T Pank tn Monmouth, Hliaols, 6173 fost to bo finistied Nov. 15, 1574, accordiag to plans aad spociiics socn at sald ofBoa at the Mozmonth National Bank. oy propmal must Inclado ail that 3 called foria £aid specification”. Tho masins to state ta thelr propouls ho prfers asked for materials sad labor, aad prics thoy ad othr materials. il atior for brick, rebbls-ston SCALZES. FAIRBANE® BTANDARD ayué‘iioasmaco FAIBRBANKS, 111 AND 13 LAKE-ST. .