Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 15, 1874, Page 9

fHE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 15, 1874—SIXTEEN PAGES. isn wrote to him that, if be would el B Orthodos Cpurch,” be mut Te- it ¥ i the decroes of the Vatican Council, o ten ceaturos of Latin trlic ot foos- gian clergy there are iwo oot 0 o o is marked by its disposi- ebodls- Orthodoxy to Roman Catholi- o '_flm other by its disposition to oppose Or- 3‘;’7 to Protestantism. iualin use 16 that of the fourth snd Sherites o statuos are allowed in the mmn‘m‘nd no pictures, excopt such a8 tra- parches j ants. Tho music of the human voice fioa S tolosated during the services. sbe OB ots are never found in the gosics 98 omber of feasts and fasta in L bis larger thanin the Roman. ”G’”fih::of the pooplo to the elergy i8 DoutsmetS, Westorn Church. ~ Modern ”.' '; fl:d pew Saints are in disfavor. pindles 2 tsof the Greck Church ars the p man, with & great difference. ume s 8 0 nce snd mode of ad- oweeh ! ¥ rh Greeks believe in tho Real aistoD. L inistor the Communion under Confirmation is known as the Holy - - ydministered by a priest, instead Crise '1““‘&“:; the Roman and Anglican given ofter baptism, sud not ion 86 in the Western ion i8 Tefused, a8 & rule, to all fl'“""mf::;’ Levites, or monks. A priest ot B et forever in tho * Orthodox 0008 1877 Ho may loso the sacerdotal charactor g;m‘,g. widower, or by becomng guilty Y mecrime. A priest convicted of an offenco e degraaed, like 80 officer in the army. In times jefractory _priests were wont to bo into the ranks and made to serve as sol- ;:mdliumflx confession is in use, but mot el 81 tho Roman Catnolic Chiareh. The safessions of the Greeks are shorter, lesa fre- quet. les8 exactiog, less particular, than those of 4 Bomsa Catbolics; and are made only in case 308 TEAL wr;;g h:: been fl;sna; The ];xiut in- stes: “ Hast thou stolen?™ * Hast thon {::?mbmxed?"—;;:d the penitent answers, yimply: “1 bave sinned.” Thera are no con- fesionals in the churches. Priest and penitent sizod face to face, bebind & screen which sepa- nasetkem from the crowd, without, however, oncesling them entirely. Sometimes the screen s tispenced wth, sud the ::ntsaim;,. is Ir:a]:;\od : tbe base of & pillar of the churc! nt, ;mdrld.! of people may be seeu coming to make their confession in this way,—the priest bestow- icg ooly 8 fow maments on each. A register is fept, in which the names of all who receive the piristrations of the Church are recorded. The clergy of tho Greek Church are not so ach 3 body 38 a class, & close corporation or aaste. There are two divisions of the clergy,— {50 white and the black, as they are popularly led. Tho white clerzy—they do not always s in white, despito their name—sro tse married clergs. The black are the mopks, and do mot marry. Tho monks wear invarisbly & big beard and long bair. snd have a long blsck veil hanging down behind. The fundamentsl distinction between the two ciasses of clergy 1o marrisge. The Bishops are £l selected from the ranks of the non-married clergy. Marriageis as necessary a condition to Mfi_on among the white clergy a8 celibacy omong the black. There has always been struggle between the two orders for influence. The monks, or nnmarried clergy, have vast Ionasteries throoghout the Empire ; and their stsle of living partakes somewhat of that of the -mo:;z:!s of the dcjart. The dsughser of & married clergyman is always expected to marry s nandidate for orders; snd the marriage of a clergman’s daaghter is frequently, if not al- wigs, 8 sinequa nonof ordination. The Bishops fusist on the enforcement of this rule ; since, in this way, the daughters of clergymen are pro- vided for who otherwise would become a charge mthe Church or on the State. Not only the friéste nre thus set apart in classes, but the sexions, bell-ringers, ctc.: and a sexton's dnghter usually marries an sspirant to the diguity of successor to her father. The educational course of the Russian priest entraces the litargical Slavonic, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French or German, Geometry, Algebra, Naunl Philogophy, Botany, Rural Economy, smetimes Medicines, always History, Philoso- by, and Theology. This looks very well on Iper; but such is the sbortness of the time in whichall these branches are to be acquired, snd the imperfection of the mothods of teaching, Last the Greek priest iy generally a very igno- Tt man, Itis not easy to imagine & harder lot than that hich falls to the Greek married priest. His silury is rarely over $100 per annum. He is compelled to depend for subsistonce on tho £2¢s which bis ministrations bring. Esch parish, Las, as s general rule, to support twenty-five ‘persons connected with the service of the church, 20d, besides, to contribute to the maintenance of the Synod. The priest frequently carries on o regular system of barter for his fee, previons %o performing a religious coremony. Sometimes ;!En:x,f c;nple is obliged to go away unmarried tom the church because they could not come to 0 sgreement with the priest concerning the amouni to be paid him. -No small pst of the income of the Russian priest Is derived from the sale of candles. The Greeks always pray standing. They pur- f"so-_hper st the chorch-door, sad burn it be- hme their favorito Saint. Diseenters are taxed F the pricsts {or their support. The prieats in anbue unal distots are s very degraded clsss. S Y aro little better than outcasts. They have M;flflhfl fact due in s large messnre to the :'\l d ucs of their wives, who are invariably sev- Lm:ls;uha\nwmmhunmmmmot bfi{""myinmodam times that the relations oo %en the Greek Church and the State have Em" established. The spiritual affairs of the Tore &0 sdmivistered by the Holy Synod. &fhrmmul’ops. He has no power tode- 12 matters of dogma. He ia called in the - the Chief Procurator and Protector of Caarch. Of all the Emperors, Psal L alooe Pieteaded 10 exercise ecclosastical fanctions: h;‘:‘”“ relinquished the pretoasion when g posiured that it waa ilegal for & man mar- ¥ice {0 celebrate the Alass. When in the Emperor does homege to the priest, fony of receiving it from him. There ull incident related of a Grand Duke which . Wy liustrates the relations of the clergy and w7 taully whea in church. 1t is customn- G door :X priest to receive the Royal family a$ b the church, and for the members of Bosal family to kiss the priest’s hand, 885 G-fmdfllg Tespect. It once happened that the ake presented himself at the door of & ;“'f'rt_llmh. The priest was too difiident to eeat hin hand to receive tho ‘conventional ro- ol m?“' whereupon the Grand Duke gave fis mflunf‘mg peromptory but Tather pro- aer: “Put out you paw, you foal1* Qe J0ly Brnod has o majority of Bishops, Ty gy 5 phco init for only two priests. ntm'fl*il)musea in the Russian Church. vmr?;o;:: the members ;{ all denomina~ i ey are willing to enbmit to cer- m&mfl dscnas. Apostasy from the Na- gy urch is punished by deprivation of arvil Hige, 24 exile to Stberia. Proselytiam is for- hi‘;}wwmal\'nfiwuchw; end, in pire, a Jow cannot ceaso to bs a Jow, Be consents to becoms a member of the "-"fiuc;m no change of religion being all B c‘mp_tto the Nationsl Church. 1 a Bo- gy bolis priest in Poland wishes to instract Mbeliever in his faith, he must frst obtain & " hmmm todo 80 from the Emperor. Wil g Ty Tenaom 4o believo that Bussis o G Iast conntry in which the separation "Mnxu,“d State will be effected. In the Couy e Ruseian, the two are identical. The themy s the soul of the State. To separate tag o4 be death. The patriotic Bussian is .“wnzthocnmuwshe&m. Thero el Separate them. Their separation TWean an entire revolution thers; and nos 1ill the people are ready for that revolution wil the subject be ever discussed. e b T A FRENCHMAN IN RUSSIA. A WINTER IN RUSSIA. From the French of Taxo- PEILE GavTIzs, By M. M. Rrrrey, Twanslator of Madame Craven's * Fleurange.” 13 mo., pp. S48 New York: Henry Holt & Co. Brilliant is too mild a tarm. Such epithets as we apply to a supset-eky when the clouds are blazing with crimson and gold, und the dazzled eves quiver and blink in the heat and glare of their violent flames, are the fitting words to de- scribe M. Gautier's glowing diction. It is fervid, opulent, impetuous, aud—dizzying. One needs to exarcise a coptioual restraint to koep his own brain from a whirl as he is swept along the swift current of M. Gautier’s impassioned and vehe- mont language. His speech is a perpetusl suc- cession of novel and imposing figuros, and his Plflgffphx are an unending series of resplon- dent pictures. His book is a crowded gallery of paintings,—Fronch paintings,—which appeal to the eyo and the imagination with gay and con- trasting colors, and beautifal forms, aud dex- terous mavipulation, but never touch the soul with s stvoxe of deep and genuino feoling; whero all is on the surface,—a mere spactacle. M. Gaatier spent seven winter-months in Rus- sia. ‘Whyhe went,or whon he went, he does not inform us. Whatever was the serious motive of his visit, he amused himself with looking upon tho Jand and the people 28 upon & play in the theatre,—pursuing no inguiries, making no re- flections, but giving himeelf up to the cnjoyment of arich and ourious scenie exhibition. What passed befare his eyes he reproduces with a won- derful power of picturesque descrintion, omit- ting not the smallest accassory that wonld give completeness and intensity to the delineation. The view is superficial, and limited to the mo- ment. It gives no retrospects, and no prophetic glimpaes of the futare; yet it is, in its way, re- plete with interest and instruction. Whatever sspect of the strange, half-Oriental life of Rus- 518 is presented to us, we gaze upon it with eager, fascinated curiosity. ~ But yesterday, the nation was balf-sunk in barbarism, and almost 28 romote from us 28 China. To-day, it is one of the foremost powers in Earope, and, in allthe arts and refinements of civilization, is- rapidly ris- ing to an equal rank with tho oldest States of the Continent. Its prodigious strides in the raco onward. attract all eyes toward it, and make every incident in its nnexampled career & siudy of absorbing attention. 3. Gautier depicis, with the fidolity of 2 Dutch artist, the exterior of St. Petersburg; but the peculiar features of the city itself, of its situa- tion, its character, and its architecture, have been a8 often portraved by previous travelers that wo suffer them to remain unnoticed. From his sketches of the people, however, of their traits and manner of hving, we shall borrow some details whuch will increase our understand- ing of them. Fronch is spoken by the upper classes of Rus- gia with the utmost fluency, and with a pure Pa- risian scceut. It 16 the langunge of society, and is always used 1 company when foreigners are prescnt. The literaturc of France 18 aleo thor- oughly familiar to persons of sny culture, and manv a French anthor is bettor known in St. Po- teroburg than in Paris. The gossip of the groen- room, and the latest social scaaduls travel quickly from the city on the Seine to that or the Neva ; and M. Gautier eays he heard in the salons of the latter many a piguant detail, entirely new to him, concerning affairs st hia own Capital. The Russian women are higbly accomplished, and Lave the Slavonic facility for learning languages. Thoy read Byros, Goothe, aud Heine, in the original, and with duo appreciation. *As to therr toilette, it is of the last degree of elegance, tho very superlative of fashion.” The man- ners of both Isdies and gentlemen ace. exceed- ingly polished, with » chaTming air of caressing familiarity. ‘Al the Juxuries of European civilization are assembled in their dwellings, which, at the first sight, betray no unlikeness to the fashionable mansions in London or Paris. On close inspec- tion, however, many liitle details exhibit a local coloring : The windows are invariably double, and the space Dbetween the eashes is covered with s layer of fine sand, designed to absorb moisture, aud preveat tho frout from silvering the panes. Twisted horns of paper, containing sal, are set in it ; and sometime the sand is cancealed Ly s bed of moss. There are no outaide shutters or blinds, for they would be useless, since the windows romain closed all winter, being carefully fillad in around the edgos with & kind of cement, One par- row, moveablo pane sorvea to admit fresh air; but its uso 1s disagrecable, and even dangerous, 5o great is the contrast (in winter) between the temperaturo with- out snd that within. Hesvy curtains of rich material Still further desden the elfect of the cold upon the glass. Within thess hermetically-sealod houses, the temperature is maintained at 66 to 63 deg., s0 that ladies can with comfort wear their musling and leave their arms and shoulders bare. Flowers also flourish in this summer-like at- mosphere, and the houses of tho well-to-do are filled with them. Itis with the contemplation of their verdure that the Russisus console their eyes for the absence of green inthe snowy land- scape,—for the immaculate whiteness of the long Polar winter. Flowers receive you at the door, and go with you up the stairmay; Irish ivies festoon the balusters; jar- dinieres adorn the landings on every floor. Inthe embrasure of the windows, bananas spread out their broad, silken leaves; taupot-palms, magnolias, camel- Ies growing like trees, mingle their blossoms with the gilded volutes of the cornices; orchids hover like but- ferflzes around lamp-shades of crystal, porcelain, and curtously-wrought terra-cotts, From horn-shaped vases of Japaneso porcelain or of Bohemian glass, placed in the centro of s tablo or at the corner of 3 Sideboard, spring sheaves of superb exotics; and =il thia floral splendor thrives 28 in a bothouse, In truth, avery Bunhn‘:gnx;lelat 1:_' Mnlhumu; in ml;x):.k strect, you are at the Pole; doors, you bdi::’ey}'aund! 1in the Tropica, ¥ A trace of their Oricotal origin lingers in the Rassians’ habits with regard to_sleeping. Even tho higher classes Lave not xid themselves, in this respect. of the customs of the tent. In- stead of sotiing apart chambers for exclusive use s bed-rooms, a camp-bed, or low divan, is concesaled behind a folding screen in one corner, even in the most sumptuous parlors; and upon $his, or upon their lorge, groen sofss, the Rus- sians drop dovn wherever slesp huppens o ovor- take them. All will remember the narrow iron bedstead standing in his cabinet, on which the Emperor Nicholas was accustomed to repose, and which was considered by the uninitiated as evidenca of his peculiarly-simple habits, ‘The cuisine, in all wealthy houses, is purely French, and under the control of Franchmen. A few national dishes still retain their places on the table, and are eaten with_great relish. Im- mediately before dinner, which, with the moat fashionable, 18 never later than 6 o'clock, a Junch is served, consisting of caviare, anchovies, £alt borring, cheese, olives, Dologna sausage, and otber relishes This is eaten standing, and gimply a8 a spur to the appetite. ‘Oxysters are extremoly scarce atSt. Petersburg, and very expensive ; hence they are aa igvaria- ble appendage to every lnxurioustable. For the same reason, a bssket of fruit is present at eve- 1y dessert. Oranges, pine-apples, grapes, ap- Dles, and pears, aro heaped in_royal profusion. Grapea are usually importod from Portugal, but are sometimes ripened in hothouses. Strawber- ries, that here grow in_flower-pots, are often supplied in January. .Vegetables are, for the most part, raised under glnss, and are, there- fore, alwsys in sesson. Green poas are included in the menu overy month in the year. The as- paragus is notsbly large and tender, and thor- oughly blanched. The stalks, withoot a tinge of colar, are delicate and palstablo from buse to tip. ' The most eommon national dishes are black ryo bread; salied cucumbors, ecallod sgoureis; chichi, s sort of stow composcd of mixed fruits and vegetsbles; and Ewas, & kind of beer made of the crusts of black bread fermented. A favorite Russian soup, served oaly in summer, combines spices, vinegar, and sugar, and Las. crysials of ice floating amid bits of fish. Tea is drank from glasses, instead of cups. Tho best Prench wines aro consumed in Russia. Ooly the purest juices of foreign vintages will satinfy the fastidious taste of shese Northern nabobs, who do not can- gider cost in securing their pleasures. The thestres of Bt. Petorsburg stand isolated in extensive squares, and thus are conveniently sccesuible. At the Grand Theatrs, or ltalian Opera-House, full dress is do rigenr ; gentle- men, anless i uniform, are required to appear 10 black cost, white neck-tie, and light gloves, and Jadies in ball attirg, decollete, and bare arma. Al the celebrities of tlie Iyric and scenic drams appear fon this stage in turn, snd exhibit their for the rich reward of prodigal salvos snd Tubles. The decorations of the house are sumptuous, and the stage is fur- nisbed with. elaborate machinery for produc- ing all the illusory effects demanded by the most complicated mise en scenc. X A popular amuscment of the Ruseians is coast- iog; and often, on leaving the theatre or a par- ty, & company of young men and women. aftor & light collation, envelop themselyes in furs, and, ing to the ice-mountains constructed for The parpose, epend _several hours sliding down the stecp incline, by the tight of lsnterns. Thesa artificial mountains are built f planks, support~ ed on tressel-work, and with a raised edge bor- dering their slope. Water ia poured upou them at intervals, whiob, freozing, makes & slids as | smooth as glass. Down thia descent the coasters dush with frightful velocity ; vet accidents rare- \y happen, for, sccustomed to the sport from therr childbood, the riders mansge their sleds with surorising dexterity. The characteristics the Russian type of feminine bosuty are ‘‘an extreme fairness of complexion, grayish-blus eyes, blonde or chest- nnt hair, aud a certain embonpoint, srising from the lack of exercise and the life in-doore, which is compelled by a winter lasting seven or cight months. Thoy suggest the idea of Odal- {sgues, whom the Genius of the North keeps coutined in the tropical atmosphere of & hot- house. They bave complaxions of coldcream and snow, with tints of the heart of & camellis, —like those ever-veiled women of the seraglio hose skin tne sunlight bas not touched. By this extreme fairness, their delicate features are rendered oven more delicato ; and the soft- ened outlines from faces of Hyperboresn swoot- ness and Polar grace.” The Rusaian women, in Becioty, seem to mako loss display thea the men, s the uniforms snd Court-dress of the latter litter with gold lace and embroidery, and with eweled docorations. Yet the simple robes of the ladies are composed of the costhiest fabrics, fastened with tho rarcst gems; aod their daz- 2liog skins, and fiashing diamonds, and glesm- ing pearls, aud flowiog_draperies, match 1o ef- fect the heavier splendor of the masculine at— tire, Their *simplicity pays homage to the Empress, who prefers clegauce to ostentation ; bug you may be sure hlammon loses nothing by it 3. . Like their sex everywhero, thoy ¥now how to make gauzo more costly than gold.” Few women are to be seen in the streets of St. Potersburg. Tbose of the lower classes do not engage in vocations which call them out of doors, or oblige them to mingle indiscriminately with the other sex. As amoug Oriental races, modesty secludes the femiuine populution of Russis within thoir dwellings. In traversing the slightest distauces, as of asigieblock, ladies of any rank use their carrisges, The f{ashions of their .dress are imported ~from Paris; but these are not exhibited to the outer world, particularly in the winter-season, 28 wrappings of far thon concesl the entire figure. The leading thoroughfarea of Bt. Petersbarg are thronged with carriages and vohicles of vari- ous descriptions; for everybody rides in Russis, oxcept the mujibs. The horges dash through the crowd with sstonishing swifiness and safety: for they aud their dravers are used to the con- fasion, and thresd their way 1o and out of the maze with uperring cortainty. The use of the Whip is unknown,—the voice aud rein serving to fuido the fleotest coursers in the right path, &nd fecp tnem up to their best paces. Tle drojky— a low, small, open carriage, with four wheels, thae front ones not larger than that of a wheel- barrow—is, in summor, the natioual vehicle. It bas two seats,—one for the coachman and the other for tho passengor. Its colors aro deep- maroon, with tnmmings of sky-blue, or Russia groen, with fillets of another shade. Nothing Gould ‘exceod the lightness of this frail equipage, which could be picked up and carried under tha arm. Taere aro a fow omnibuses ranning in St. Potersburg ; but the drojky, which can be hired at a cheap rate, is the favorite means of locomo- tiou. When the first snow appears, the drojkys sud- denly vanish, and sledyes take their places. Theso ave all constructed alike, and differ only inthe coachman's attire, and the beauty and spaed of tho horscs. Dot the most pictaresque Winter-vehicle is the troiks,—a sledge which holds four persous, sitting_face to fuco, besides thio arivor, 30d is harnessed with throe borses. Four reins suffice,—the outeido animals having but ono apieca : Notning is more charming than {o see s troiks spin along the Newsky I'rospekt at the hour of promenade, The thill-horse tros, sieppwg straight ahiead; the other two gallop, snd pull fan-wise. One of theso ought to hava » wild, excited, indomitabie air,—to hold up his hesd, and seem to start aaide and kick ; this one is called * the fury.” Tho other should shake his mane, arch his meck, curvet aud go sideways, fouch his knee with the end of Lis nose, dance and fling himscll abont at the caprico of the moment: this is *the coquet.” These three noble steeds, with metal clhains on thelr hesdstalls, with harness light as threuds, spangied hero and thers with dolicate gilt ornaments, are suggestive of those antique horses upon triumphal archos, drawing brouzs chariots to which they a0’ in Do way attached. They seem to sport and gambol before tha troiks entirely atwill. The horve in the middle alone has a slightly serious air, like some wiser friend be- tween two goy eompanions. You will casily suppose that it is po rifting matter to ‘maintain this apparent disorder in the midst of great speod, sach animal pro- serving » different gait, Sometimes * the fury ” plays Bis part in good earnest, or the - coguet ¥ tukes & fancy to roll in the snow. There is neoded, therefore, in driving a troiks, the most consummaie sidll. But what 2 charming smusement] I am surprised no gentie- man-jockey in London or Paris has taken a fancy o it. 1t is worthy of note that the sturdy horses in use in St. Petersburg, save in caso of the most expensive animals, are mever blanketed, but staud, sftera rapid run, with the sweat freezing upon their coats, until they are incased in a mail of ice. The grest alternations of tem- peraturo to Which they aso_wapuacd do not Beem In the least to affect cheir bheaith. M. Gantier relates an incident which he wit- nessed at one of the exciting races on the Nova, ‘hich shows the staff there is in the little, wild, unkempt horses of Ukraine, which furnish the stock reliod upon throughout Russis for ordinary service : A mujik,—from Viadimir, it was sald,—who had come into the city bringing wood or frozen provisions, stood looking on from tne helght of his rustic troika. o was clad in the usual greasy touloups, with aa old, matted fur cap, and felt boots white with bard ser- Yice; beard unkept and lustreless bristled upon his chin, He had & team of throe little horses, disheveled, ¥ild-looking, shaggy s bears, frightfully ithy, with icicles hanging down udderneath them, carrying thelr Heada low, 4nd biting at the snow heaped up in massca ontheriver. . . . The little Borges, whose hair was all matted with frozen swest, looked out scornfully through their stiffened, gy forelocks at the bigh-Ured animala that soemed 40 shrink away from contact with them ; for animals—liko tho rest of ua!—fecl a contempt for poverty. A glesm of fire shone in their sombre eyes, and sy struck the ico wiih the small shocs attached to their alender, sinowy legs, bearded like an eagle's uills, %o mujik, standing npon the seat, contemplated the course, without appeariug in the lesst surprised by the Proweds of the horses, Now and then, even, o faint Biille gleamed below the frozen crystals of his mas- {achio, his gray oyes sparklod mischievously, and bo seomad £0 85 ¢ * We, 100, could do aa much.” Taking & sudden recolvs, he entered tho Lists o try his luck. Tho three little unlicked bears sliook their heada proudly, s if they understood that thoy were %o malntain the honor of the poar Lorso of the steppes, a2, without being urged, they went off ot such 8 paco that everybody elm o the track began to take tho alarm ; they went like the wind, with their little, slen- der Linbe, and they carried off the victory foom all the othiers—thoroughbreds of English race, barbs, and Orlor horses—by a minute and some scconds!’ The majik had not prosumed too much upon bis Tustic stueds. ‘The prize was adjudged to him,—s magnificent picco of chased silver, by Veillant, the most fushionable goldsmith of 8¢, Petersburg. This triumph cxcliod & Solsy enthusiasi among the crowd, usually so sllent and so calm. "As the eonqueror came off, he was surrounded by amatours, proposing to buy his threo Lorses; they Jent as far 2510 otfer him 3,000 rubles aplecs,—an ehormous sum for bossts and man both. To Lia erodit be it said, the mujik parsistently rofused. e Srrapped his pleco of silver in 3 fragment of old clotl, Tinfed upon his trofka, and_went back 3 e came, S0t willing st _any price to part from tho good little Creatures that had made him for the moment the lion of 8t. urg. But space forbids any farther drafts from M. Gantier's observations. We had intended to copy soms of his florid word-pictures, but will, Inther, allow the reader to find the originals, and enjoy them to his satisfaction. —_————— The preliminary labors of the ladies of this city who have been engaged in “organizing and equipping the great Fair for the benefit of the Hahnemann Hospital are virtually ai an eud, and the Fair will be thrown open for the inspec~ tion and patronage of tho public to-morrow even- ing, and romain open all the week, at the rooms, 112 to 116 Lake street. The various committees heve fairly exhausted the resourcas of the city in procaring articles of use, ornament, curiosity, and interost, and have atso provided most lavish- 1y for the entertainment of the inner and outer man. As the Houpital, which is the beneficiary of the Fair, is oue of the most deserving chari- ties of the city, our citizeos should take a hearty pieasure in patronizing it to the utmost. Phe Laramie Daily Independent of Nov. 10 speaks of & special train that was to leave Chey- enne on the 12th, of twenty-six cars Jonded with eattle, and two with horses. The train is to run through to this city on fass time and without change of cars. Thess facts show how rapidly the business of the country is extending, and 1ts wealth developing beyond all precedent. Oniy eight years ngo the Laramie plains were known only to hunters and trappers, and the site of Cheyenne was a desolate plat on the eastern slope of the Black Hills. Now long trains of freight aud passenger-cars wake the achoes of theso former solitudes, and already the Union Pacific Railway has given orders 1o begin to ro- lay the track with steel rails. Ia it any wondzr that our city and tho West are prosperous ? ——tpe e ‘Hallet & Davis Piano, Tn selecting & piano, four cardinal points shotidl be oonsidered : 1. Quality of tons. 2. Body .or peiwer of tove, 3. Equality or evonness of toue. 4. Delcacy and elasticity of action. These are essentials Ir; cvery piano, without which pianoa are good for notlring. In a1l four of théss respects the Hallet & Dasls imstra- | mant has been teated, and proved itself sr(ririor, &s ia shown by the diplomas it has received, by the indorse- ments of tho grestest artists in this country and alroad, and by the popular regard in which it is heid. Change of Time—Pittsburg, Cincinnatl & St. Louis Railroad. On snd after Sunday, Nov. 15, trains will leave depot, corner Clinton and Carroll streets (West Side as follows : Day express at 8:00 &, m., except Sunday. Night expross at 7:50 p. m., dally. For Logansport, Richmond, Dayton, Xenis, Brad- ford, Urbans, Columbus, Zanesville, Wheeling, and Pittsburg.s All trains connect’st Columbus; with the Baltimore & Ohio Raflrosd, and at Pittsburg with Pennsylvania Railroad for the East, Tickets and sleeping-berths for sals at 121 Randolph stroet and at depot. W. L, O'BRIEN, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Columbus, 0. . Change of Time. On and after Bunday, Nov. 15, trains of the Cincin- nati & Louiaville Afr-Liné will lesve Pittsburg, Cincin- nati & St Louis Railroad Depot, corner Clinton and Carroll streets (West Side), 2a follows: Leave Chicago for Logansport, Richmond, and Cincinnati, or for Idianapolis and Loniaville, at 8 & m., except ;Sundsy, and 7:30 p. m. daily. CHANGE OF TIME ON EANKAXEE LINE, On and sfter Sunday, Nov. 15, traius of the Kanima- kea Line will leavo Illinols Central Depot, foot of Lake street, a8 follows: Loave Chicugo for Lafayette, In- Qdianapolis, Cincinnati or Louisville at 9:05 3. m., ex- cept Sunday, and 7:25 p. m. daily. Tlrough tickets aud sleepingcar berths on bolh the sbove-named lines for sale at 121 Rendolph street E. GaLLup, General Westorn Passenger Agent, Education for Young Men. The Bryant & Stratton Chicago Business College is now occupying & large share of the elegant Hale Build- ing, opposite Fiold, Leiter & Co.n. Having an abund- ance ‘of recitation-rooms, sufficlent to conduct thirty Tecitation classcs pec dsy, many new brauches have been added of late. Instruction can nowbe had in Lookkeeping, writing, arithmetic, commercial law, reading, spelling, grammar, algebrs, geometry, trig- urveying, civil engineering, architectural ical \wing, phonography, German and Any onms visiting the institution will French, ete. g bavea good opinfon of it. It s not necessary to ascend stairs to reach the college office. A safe and essy-ruaning passenger-elevator gives ready access to eithier story. De Murska and the Knabe Pianos. 4 Mesers, W, Knube & Co., New York: «Pormit me to thank yoi for the pleasure and enjoy- raeut affordod me by the really excellent Knabe Piano which I have used constantly since my arrival in this city, and which has become to me an inseparable com- panion in the field of art. Its brillisncy and equality of tone, and its rare g power, make it a sonrce of delight to auy Iyric artist, and a faithful interproter of the great works of tho Operatic stage. As such I have found it, and I cannot leave this city witnout ex- pressing my admiration for the skill, industry, and sxperienced taste so ominently eombined in adl the qualitios of the Knabo Piano, Trua De Mumsxa.” Julius Baver & Co., corner Stata and Monroe strécts, Palmer House, are general agents for the Knabé Tianos, e The Tremont. The Tremont House is conceded o be one of the best-conducted hotels on the American Continent. It is the popular resort for all forelgners, and s con- Qucted on the Europoan and Am erican plans. Guests at this celobrated hotel con satisfy their sppetiteat any bour of the day. Meals are served from 6:30 s, m. until 12 o'clock midnight. Connected with the hotel 18 one of the finest restaurants in the West, and separate entrance for ladies or guests from the hotel to the restaurant. Rooms can be had from $1 to§2 per day, and $3 per day for gentleman and wife. Guests at this hotel can live as chesp 2a_they desire, and have the very best of the markut. The same bill of fare for the reataurant as served in hotel proper. —_ e % Re-established. ‘The firm of A. Schicferstein & Bro,, which at the time of the fire, July 14, was located on the corner of Stateand Polk streets, has now Te-catablished itsell under the irm name of Schieferstein & Haman, at 414 South State street, opposite Peck court. They manu- facture and deal extensively in all classes of common and fine furniture, and havo the whole house, of three stories, flled from top to bottom, and invite all who in- s buy good and chieap to call and examine their Christmas Gifts. The approaching Christmas brings the gquestion nesrer to our minds, * What kind of token we may present to our lady love or friend?” It fs essily answered when you visit the largeat bird store in the Weat, at Charles Reiche Bros. & Co.'s, 26 South Clark street, mext door tothe Grand Pacific Hotel. Their New York house recelvcs at present 2,500 canartea and other singing birds every woek, and kecps the Chicsgo branch fully supplied. A complete assortment of bird cages 16 also to be found: gold and silver flahes and seed moeking bird food always on hand. ——— Cloaks and Velveta. Wo shall open slonday anothier large stock of Lyony €loak velvets of our own mmportation. Our $11 velvet never was sold before this season at lesa than $18. We bave also splendid velvets at $10, $14, $16, $18, extra good value. We are getting up elegant velvet polonaise Jackets and cloaks very cheap, Xxamine our prices. We have also a very large stock of cloth closks, elegant styles, at_popular prices. A splendid imitation seal cloak ‘st $12. Hotehkin, Palmer & Co., 137 and 139 State street. e Procrastination Is Dangerous. Therefore, avail yourselves of tho preseut oppor- tunity, by the selection of good materials at low prices, and give your orders to Gatzert, the popular tailor of No. 183 South Clark street, who still continues to make to measura beautiful pantaloons from $3 to $12. Nob- by auits from $25 to $40, and stylish overcoats from $20 to 335, Bample ents; ol e nnpnni e e g The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago. To-morrow (Monday) ia the opening day of the Bal- timore & Ohio Railroad into Chicago, but it will not shorten the distance from Chicago, 88 people have ‘been led to think, It leaves the old reliabls Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Road the shortest, not only to Baltimore, but to New York and Philadelphia. See card in to-morrow's issue of this paper With compara. tive distauces, — Elerancein Ladies’ Furs. ‘We should judge by the rush at the fur manufactory of Messrs, Bishop & Barnes, corner Ststeand Monnoe streets, that the ladies wero all having new seal s3gu s made to the new Fronch pattarn, or their own alter ed over. It s concedod by all to be the most stylish cut fur garment worn. Messra. B, & B. make over, r.lter, and repair all kinds of fur goods on short notice. e The Illinois Central. By referance to the advertisement in the col umn of time-tables, it will be noticed that several chatrges have been made in the departure and arrival of Lraina on the Illinois Contral Railrosd, Hereafter tiua St. Louis ard the Cairo and New Orleans express trains leave at 8453, m., sud arrive at 8:45 p. m. —_— Spencer H. Peck,, the well-known carpet-dealer, corner Wabssh avenue and Adams street, is offering grea’s inducements in carpotings, 28 will bejseen by his advertisement on another page. His stock 19 oxtens! ve and embraces all the lstest designs. Those wirhing bargains will do well Lo givo him a call, e il I ‘Why Do Yovi Ask P 1t hss got 80 nowadays if yor1 ask s man who makes his clothing, nine times out o/. ten he says, “Ordway & Nowland. 209 West Madison stroet,” adding, * be- cause we got 3 sult theraat $45 we pay $5¢ for alse- whare " If 'Tou Want t08avs 5O per.ceat 'ouy your Christmas presents at Steln's Dollar Store. The largest stock in the city to select from. 106 Fiast Madison street. Remember, nothing higher thant1, Change of Timie---Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad. On 3nd after Nov. 16 tho Evansville & Terre Haute express will leave depot corzer of Clinton 2nd Canal stroots at 5:10 p. 1o, C. B, Aluxsrier, G. T, A, Dendan. You will not. regreta trialof the tooth-powder * Den_ dan.™ It givess pearly whitencss; deliciously-fiavored and we worrant it to contain no injurious ingredient. Gals & Bluki, 85 South Clark street. Pianos for Rent. Fine 7iew 7-octave rosewood pianos. Bent money deductxd if purchased. Prices, $300 to $700; war- antsd five years, Reed's Temple of Music, No. 92 Var, Buren stroet. e Indie China- A full sesortment of Indis chins, direct tmportation, Jast received by Abram, French & Co., 101 and 103 “Wabaah avenue, Bottled Mineral Waters for Families by Buck & Rayner, makers of the “ 3Mars Cologne.” sttt il s —— e NEW PUBLICATIONS. “AVONDALE." Lady Dufferin declarss that *‘she owos to thisbesutifal storg the mout delighifal ‘memories of bar_reoent visit e e ™ S W s A s Chiacn 2ad sold by all bocksallers. DRY GOO! ADVERTISING. JHLDAVEY & (D, 224 & 226 W. MADISON-ST. ON AND AFTER MONDAY, NOV. 18, ‘WE WILL SELL Black Cashmeres, 87 1-2¢ to $2.00 Black Alpacas, 25ct0 - ~ 1.26 This is s reduction of fully ONE-QUAR- TER from former prices. Merinos, all wool, reduced from 85cto - Cashmeres, all wool, - - Empress Cloths, all wool, .35 Better quality, 466to - - - .50 100 Peces of Serges, choice shades, 250: double-width Alpacas, c, former prices 40c; Shaker Flannels, 12, 15, %0 and %5c; Heavy Scarlet Twilled Flaunel, 3, re- Plaid Flannels in great variety, 15 to S0c; and boys' wear, & and 75c, reduced from 81 and $1.25; California Blankets, $3.35, $4.75, 25, 86 and 28 a pair: job lot of Gents' White Shirts, $1.25, worth $3; lot of Misses’ Fine White Morino Hose at balf price; Genta' Shetland Vests and Drawars at very low prices. ‘We have received 100 DOZ.. KID GLOVES AT.60 CTS. A PAIR, A BARGAIN. A lne of Black and Calored Kid Gloves, $1.265, worth $1.85. Black Gulpare Laces from 5o o 2, very cheap. broidories, Handkarchiefs, and Silk Ties. New Fall Cloaks, $5 to $25. Remnants of Dres Goods, Cloths, and Flannels on Moaday. DON'T PAY $2.50 for Black Silks when you can buy thelt foF.c . vasn cuisescsnsanaeasaPlidl DOIFT PAY $1.50 and $1.75 for Black Cashmere--- we sell it for........ 75cand $1.00 T PAY 75¢ and $1.00 for Black Mohair---we sell LR can soravonsispmasions 50cand f/3c DONT PAY $40 and $50 for Paisley Shawls—--we seJ1 nice ones for...........---$2i and $25 O'T PAY $1.25 for Table Linen-~we sell For........75¢c $1.50 for Waterproof---we sell for.......$1.00 75¢and $1.00 for Dress Goodls---we sell the same for........- es--.35c and 50c Ladies find they can save #.t least one-third in buying goods, of the New Yoik Store 284 & 286 W, MADISON-ST. LADIIES; UNDERWEAR. LADIES ONIERWEAR! R. H MDOWELL & (0., 298 West Madison-st. (cor. Peoria), We will afer on MONDAY the following SPECIAL BARGAINS, among mauy others: 1,000 Ladies’ Ohomisos at 30, 45, 50, 65, T3¢, 3L, 8125, and apwards. Liood Ladied" Drawers 110, 40, 60, €0. %, 81, and up- 5 lmgdal-adlu Skirts at 50,55, 7c, 81, $1.25 $L.&0, and wards, %0 Ladifes’ Night Dresscs st 65c. 7o, 8L 8135, 81, and upwards. oo Bridal Sote at 93,50, 85, 86, 87, 83, 810, 8, aadup- wards. 1000 Ladios’ Merino Vesta sad Drawers a¢.5, 55,50, Tse. 25, 50, 7c, 81, 8150, 73e, 81, apd $1.2 per patr. oo K e i A e S S B 8, and upmards. 100 Hack Ajpaca Sults, slightly damaged, at 5, worth 10 worth 4§30, 314 worch 435, S18 worth 16, § 340" Theso Snits are all tho latest styles, and well made. Ersadud Cloaks at 33, $4, 85 $6, 37, 38, 29, 810, and up- wards. 80 dozen Gents' Merino Shirts and Drawers a4 5, Tic, $1. and 31.50, worth 51, 81.50. %2, and 33, REMOVAL. REMOVAL! L.C Vanderburan&Go DRUGGISTS, Tave REMOVED from the Tribune Building to o1 ST ATE-ST, One Door North of Washingten (opposite FIELD, LEITER & C0.S), where they will be pleased to see their old friends, customers. and_others. GENERAL NOTICES. CITYCOLLECTOR'S OFFICE, Corner LaSalle and Quiney-sta,, Roon 1 City Hall, Hov. 16, A. D. 1874, 50 50 Em- State of Tlinois, Cook County, City of Chi- €8go, 85.1 . Pablic notice is bereby given that thers has beon Placed in my haads for collection 8 Warrent dated the Thirty-first (S1) day_of October, A. D. 1874, for the collection of Water Bents zod Assessments remaining unpaid on the several Blocks, Lots, pieces, and parcols of lund therein described for the year ending May 1 AD.1374, ) Al persons interested in said anpaid Water Bents sad Ass2ssments are requestad to make immediate pay- ment at my ofice, and in defzult of such payment the same will lfi:z}fieu}edflwe cost and expenso of the ‘persons liat erefor, GED, VON HOLLER, Cit Collector. CAUTION. The public are caationed against pegotiating any paper made by the firm of Nobla & Richmond, or giving credit to Jeremish F. Richmond, on account of said firm, as the undersigned will act bo responaibla for aay debis so ety = A. F. NOBLE. Gobeags, Bon 1 154 ————————— e e s 3 S KAUFHANNGGOLLOT) WIAGARA (erman-American | ADVERTISING Fe AGENCY, 185 LiaSalle-st. (. E. CORNER MADISON), Offer to advertisars all advantages of a well- e_st_nhlxfiad and reliable Newspaper Adver- ency. “HONORABLE TREATITAT TO OUR CUSTOMERS,” PROMPT GASH PAYAENT TO THE PUBLISHERS, Has secured tous large business and friendly relations with the Publishers of the News- papers, which onables us to offur all possible inducements to those wishing %o advertise. Advertising I Foreign. Languages, PARTICULARLY, GERMATN, OUR SPECIALTY. CONSULT YOUR OWN INTEREST By consulting, b.efore sdvertising, KAUFMAYN & COLLOT. L :LLINERY. LADIEN' Irance . OF NEW YORE. Cash Asses, $1.400,000.00, Tavested in 7. S. Bonds, over $700,000.00. Lsss Tl over $400000000 93 YEARS' PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE. The “NIAGARA” IN- SURANCE COMPANY is not liable for any Pol- icy or Renewal issued lafter 1st January, 1874, by the “UNDERWRIT- AVD CHILDREN'S |ERS’ AGENCY,” so call- HATS At Manufacturers’ Prices, Sin- gly, by the Dozen, or Case. We manufactare our own VELVET AND FELT HATS 1o large quantitics, sad offer them at Retail at lowar prices Ui any one also s abie to sellat. Wil sell now- o VELVET HATS FOR - - - - 50c FELT HATS FROM 75 T0 $1.00 THMPORTED - - $1.50 TO $2.00 Beat Qualityof French Folt. Our TRIMMED GOODS Department has 1o equal in this country. We offer 10 Doz. Trimmed Hats from $4.50 to $7.50; Better and More Stylish, 37.50 to 32.50. D.WEBSTER& L0, ‘Remember, our Nos. are 270 & 272 Wabash-av. Accessiblo vis State and Madisonst. cars to Van Ba- ren-st.. ‘and Van Buren-st- cars to State-st. —We have opened a West Side Branch Stors at st Madison-st., two doors east of Sangamon. STILL A CHANGE ‘TO BUY THE BEST French Felt Hats AT $1.S0. American Felts AT $31.00. All of the Winter styles in Millinery ceived. _The only place in the city to tail goods at wholesale prices is at D.A.HEWES, oSS VYV abash=-avw. MILLINERY! Inall the November strles. Hizh-Crown Fetls from $1 npwards. Ihavealsoa large variety of SUITS on hand, and am prepared to give rrampt attention to cutting and fitting in the atest styles. s HISS 1. HARRINGTON, 238 West Madison-st. HE LADIES ‘Will ind an elegant stock of really choice, rare, and beautiful things in MILLINERY at MRS, JAMES HAVENS, 231 WABASEI-AV._ CARPETS. CARPETS Cheap forCash I bave eoncluded to offer my en- tire stock of CARPETINGS at verly low prices to CASH customers. 1t will pay all who are in need of any goods in this line to call and exam- just re- 1y re- ed, THE CONTRACT OF THE UNDERWRITERS’ AGENCY OF NEW YORK HAVING EX- PIRED BY LIMITA- TION 31st DECEMBER, 1873. BEVERIDSE & HARRIS, Hanagers Western Department, 116 & 118 LaSalle-st, CEHICAGO. LADIES' GOODS. NOITE PRICES ON DRY G00DS! WANNEEIHER. BROTHERS, 298 & 300 West Madison-st. Will offer, on MONDAY, Nov. 18, new and desirable fabrics as low as old goods can be bought at Bankrupt Sales. Here are a few of the prices, and the entire stock is equally low: e, worth 50. Col. Sergos, Blue and Plain, all wool, 40c, worth 75. #5-Tuck Black Cashmere, all wool, 75c, worth $1.25. 45-Tack Black Cashmere, all wool, 31, worth 31.40. Heavy White Blankets, 33. Heavy Comfortables, 32. Ladies’ and Misses’ Underwear, fn Lmmenss variety, 3% wvt_enuon ll;u’dnlhb_;.‘ od aterproof from €c upwards. Boaver Cloaks from 85 apwarda. Just opened, the largest importation of HAMBURG EDGINGS AND INSERTINGS, And Guipure Laces, Brought to this city. These goods were bought direct from the manufacturer in Europe, and brought in bond to Chicago ot an immense e~ving of expense, and will be sold at about HALF THE USUAL RETAIL PRICE. BEMEMBER THE ADDRESS, 298 & 300 WEST MADISON-ST. FURNITURE. $? 5 Will buy an Elegant Marble-top Dressing-Case Suits, CATARRH CURE. . snd not snaffed, as most remedies are, bat remoyen the eanso and offecta s permanont cars. 1t bas performed some most wondertul cures where it has beon rold. Yo bave bot to tzx 1t to kaow ia vals Sold by all Drugsista. FIRM CHANGES. IS T e COPARTNERSHIP. T, C. Berden, Druggint, Indians-av, and Thirtr-first sty bas furmed s copmrtasnhip with Nelson Yoang, aod 1ho businces wili hareattar bo conducted under tho firm same of Bocden & Co. ©C. BORDEN, Chicago, Nov. H, 1273 NELSON YOUKG. Taken intern: ine for themselves. Usaally sold at from 81000 126, SPENCER H. PRCK CHAS. WIPPO MEDICAL. Manufacturer, 99 W. Madison. TDOW I HI'S | e nnwiis TNIVERSAT THE GREAT PRESERVER OF HEALTH. PERFORATED BUCKSKIN UN- DERGARSIENTS, unrivaled by any evor ared to the public. Affording the Imost thorough protection againsc colds. roventiun and_cuce ‘comfors. ELMER & HOYT, Corner Monroe and Market-sts. MISCELLANEOUS. DISSOLUTION. x { partnership of the frm of Nutz- pYotice of dimolatlon sty given o all it way concera. ne cor cartits on the Grecary Store, €00 Elston-av., and Riitvhor cacriss on the Salogt 13 blyonar. HENRY G. W. PRAEGER. Sliding Glothes Lines AT 179 MADISON-ST. ~