Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1874, Page 2

. HMorrison __the - an indiepositon manifested fo -take’ action - .ratatis + dien Ferr THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUN AY, DECEMBER 20, 1874--SIXTEEN PAGES. ins £ steamship line. £ e !;?fnb-CDmI:nihce on Monday morning will have réiad to tho wholo Commitice tho sccret testimol s given by Irwin, and will report him in contum’acy. There iy no doubt that the YYays and Mizans Committee will forthwith present him to’ the Honse for contempt. Thers can be no dorabt, in such event, 2s to tho action of the “e. Trwin _will. cortainly—be. placed under. flm’?’as, His physical conditipn js such, however, tua® be cannot, be confinéd :in tho prison- 706m in tbe Capitol, where the last recusant ~ritness, Job' dtewart, Was imprisdned: " It ‘1iag, ‘been a disputed question whether=the IHouce: can imprison a witness beyond the term of the Congress. The'bést anthorities’ are now agroed that the warrant of commitment of the Speaker has - e e - NO FORCE BETOND THE, LIMIT OF CONGRESS, | _and that for imprisoiment beyond that term an, action of false inipriconment would lie againsti the Spesker.. The rulein_she. Senata is differ- ent, 25 the Senate iss continding body. —_—— RAILROAD TAXES. THE CEIGAGO, ALTON #7ST. LOUIS WILL SETTLE UP. (] (it Dissateli to.Tha Chicaop Tribund.' - - . WasuygtoN, D. C.. Dec. 19.—The caseof the; Chicago, Alron it St. Loui# _ Railroad” Company: +was settled to-day by an agrecment between the Commissioner of Intérnal Revenue and Judge clith, the attorney.for tho . Company.. .Tne terhal Révenue Burean has raled that tho § r cept tax cannot be levied upon improvements, Rtter it has orico been levied upon surplis earn- ings. This reduces the amount due from the, rosd from £208,645, tho amount claimed by Su- pervisor Munn, to_£77,217. This smount the! Company,through Jidee Beckwithy Agreestopay. This is thio sam which ‘Jtdge Deekwith in hig statament admitted 1o be due. : Of thig amount® the:Compun{ Ead expectéd to pay £50,000 in ac- cordance with a decision’of .the United States Suprero Court last year. Supervisor Munn ex- ct3. ppon the ‘basis:of setticmont in this case "gba Bable o eollect from most of the other - rail- road companies jn Ilinois nearly donble tho sum now.conceded to bo due from tho Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Company. From tho roads in arrears, the Chicago, Butlitigton & Quincy ehouid probably be excopted: —— NOTES AND NEWS. _ FAEWELL'S CURLENCY RITL. 'L T ‘Special Dispateh to The Chicaqo Tribune. WasmNGTON; D" C., Dee. 13:—Mr. Farwell believes that his currency bill will be favorably reported by the Committes on Banking and ,Currenci: It atroady has, ho “thinks, six;votés, “n committee, whichis a majority of oze. 1§ FLIANOIS POLITICS. 1t is said in Tilinois circles here that Cullom will be the Repabticar; and Democratig ~ candidates - Governor 12 1llinbis. R, e A THE CADETSHIP CASE. e’ Tho principal witbess in the Stowéll cadetship® investization- Semator Graham, who reccived: £1,700 to securo tle appointment, caunot ba found. A warrant has been issued, and a Dep- uty Sergesnt-at-Arme is after tho gentleman. He took the money upder the falae K:ezcus_efltbac it was for'Stowell. gevét paid it:to thelatter; hut. cireulsted the charge that Stowell had sold the! eppointment 2 3 Jor; INCHBACE BAERED OTT. Pinchback’s race1s run. ‘The Senato cancus did not take sinal action in _his case, but a care-, ful examination jof .tha viows expressediin the caucs shows that thero is no. probability that ho' The' " dift - Giving Season" Is TUpon Us. Let Him Thoughtfully Peruse the Following Article. And Make a Selection from Pianos, Books, Diamonds, Furs, Etc. Something to Suit Every Taste. — The long-expected holidsys aro at last upon ws." For four days to como tho thoughts of wives, sweethearts, and children will be concon- trated npon the presents which thoy aro to ro- ccive, whils husbands, fathers, aud lovers will be bothering their brains to find out what gift will be the most acceptable to the intended re- ciplents For the kind purpose. of aiding them £/ in their researches, a ropresentativo of Tm TrIyNE bas visited soveral of the leading cs- tablishmonts in the city, and gives herewith the “result 6f bis examinalions for the benofit of the community: £ e = PIANOS. AN INSTRGMENT FOR THE HOLIDAYS. .. The trade in music and the great modern in- ptriment of music—tho piano—may be snid fo constitute tho poptic side of commorco; and cor- tainly no prodnct'of modern industry, nothing in the whole range of merchandise constituting tho staples 211d supplies of commerce, becomes a more interesting, more appropriate, or moro conspicuous subject of popular curiosity and popular inquiry, durivg tho great holiday-time of the year,—that little season of golden days sot apart by the consent of the human race, during a period of 1,800 yoars, for the duties and exer- cises of human love and human charity, THOSE NALF-BELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS - which constitute all the true poetry of life and of whichi music™1s the everlasting inspiration. It bas long been o matfor of common recogum- tion and agreement among people of means and cultare that the holiday gift of a household Diano as a token of doméslic affection, sotting ;asido its munificient and permanent character, is qualified by special proprieties, which have, in our own city, for years past, appointed that matchless .. ornament ..of the. hearth and home a favorite and very common form of the leading dealors of tho city have sdopted will bé admitted.’* TLi, at least, 1d the opinion of those who should mos.. .2 [7o the Associated Press.) - SOUTHERY AFFAILS. ‘WasmNGTON, D. C., Dec. 19.—At a cancus of. tha - Bepublican Senators -to-ilay; th unanimotis” expression _that” all” aitize South must be protected: in ! their lawful rights. Some Senators suggested that there thould be' an incresse of fue army. Others wero of the. ‘opihitd . that: “improved military. arrangemenst would botter mecure protection: whilo being. less objectiouablo than a regular; ‘mulitary force, and more in . accordauce with the “epiiit of . our institutions.” The question was ad- Yourned to a future but early day.. ‘The Caucus: Conmitteo on Southern Affairs will not make any , recommendation with regard to Arksnsas gl -ihe Commistee sppeinted by the House shadi, hove . made their report. Therefore tho' Arkiaberg question'was hot dicassed. Thero wes ommitieo ou -Privilegos aud g bim, whicli Indisa Azent;Ingills MemBara of ' th iy and Mesos Tommitteo- wrat thers ismuch Goubt whether 3ir. Dawes': zestoring the duty on toa and coffew; will bo hEed hy'tfiQ Commitiee; even conceding the! of providing for more revenue. POSTAL, EXPENSES, itiee Ty ! v w " willy - the - Postmaster- - General - to-dsy, regarding the' expenses ‘of his idepariment, and the latier>way informed that the expenses must be reducsd, the temper of Congresa ety very decided on this point. __ ©7LtPen Ll GENATOR MOBTON ILL. & anator - Mortoh - was 1{‘»’rostnied to-day by . severa acd sudden‘illnoss, but is not regarded as ‘in a dangerous coudition, slthongh ramors have boon fiving abont that L isY very low and i30t upm:‘md toTecover. i B 'ATE DINNER FOR EALARAUA. * eut and Mrs. Grant will give & state Iing Kalakua on Tuesdsr-next. The + finner is to be: attended by the King and his suito, . mombers .of ‘the Cabinet, Sit Edward Thorton,: the British Minister, and Mrs. Thorn- ton, Chisf 'Justice: Waite, ‘Seuator Cameron, Representativo Orih, and s fow others. The press of offictal dutics compols Gen. Shierman to* {eave.for St. Loms to-night, aud-he will not be &bla to attand. S - THE BROOKLYN SCANDAL; i AB.BERCHER CONGRATULATES AIS§ PROG- : TR aai : * New Yong, Dec. 19.—The ' termination” of the - snit by Miss Proctor against Francis D. Moulton + has elicited the following correspondence:: - Y 124 Covoymu Hergurs; | | t; . - Brooxym, Dec. 17, 1874.f | Mx Draw Miss ProcTor:. Of ‘all men sufely 1 have ihe right to congratulate you on the effectual dieposi- . Hon mada by the Referce’s report of the miserable znd *Ehamelots slanders cast oyion you, - I have been the “innocent’cauce of great sorrow to you. Such wanton spersion’ would be iutolerable upon & man, but upon “8 Woman, 8o litt'e able 10 defend_herself, 80 sensitive even o the very ¢badow of- dishonor, Such 3 sze atrocious crimes, - But now ‘thst yYou laye been ‘Vindicated, T 2m content ot to havequize kad my o “way, for1was at first hurt not & Mifle that tho cai o their relstion o me. o know assuredly that I never nttered any alleged in- Jurious statentents concerning you, a8 1 kuow that thers were never any grounds on your part for euch wicked -elorien, I hepe that your health will not suifor per- . manently. * Tmarvel that you have borne up as brave. “15 a5 you have, “May sou speedily Tecover your no- - cuttomod vivaclty, and bve to sco all your former @dredf'af sympthizing etrangere made warm friend: _ b5 Sour unmerited guffering, : - 3 T am, 23 ever, very traly yours, B, 3 o2t ¥ Hrsny Wirp Beecmen. P. 5."Do you know that we have come to the shortest gg':; glml;!x!go&rfi‘lxmx ore, every day will have , ~Taote sunlight in . than ita predacessor. May tho 0SS PROCIOR 10 M., ies Proctor repliod as follows : : Faga ok BrookLyx, Dec, 18, 1874 DEii Mn. Biizcurn : X thaok you for yourioter of o !g'lg[;;l y at the ter- _ u Yehad to endure, and with it con ulstions ‘upon thy should have been glad it you nnnldah:‘vned h:\‘!‘l‘gefhop{ mrr!yueny 10 deny publicly, under oath, this atrocious Youll the warld, as it is tomyself; ond now that the: Lis has been retiaoted in open courd by thoss alio pro.. Saluied it with the abhorrence and scorn it mesits, ionem o forever, Somy heart uplifts jtsclf; and, Tacuph theee ars dack December daya, I feel that the o il indeed Lring you sualight without elonds, ¢ vears will bo the happicst e "Lam yours, cordiziiy, B, Heary Werd Doscher, =77 DAY Fo050%. 2 _THR TILTO! BZSDHEF; sm’x“ Nrzw Yonx, Dec: ;25:““ arguments on the 3 i e's decigion on the bil of particulan in the Tilton-Beechar snit will :fii be beard on Monday Dext, the counsel being othierwies engagod. This i fhe secn g 2oL Deing meat of the argument on the appes] . FO° PORe A Cincinnati paper says: * The as: Pepperpod has been presching -gm:;f‘- 1,,3"5':;“ azain. He knows 21l about the stage, of unnrsgce He drew s fearful picture of the Gréen-room— told how demoralizing it was with its barand ten- pin alley, He deecribed in a graphic maseey bow portions of the audience lounged in the - green-room during tho play, and spoat hous, %flnifiw monlo with:the:actresses! at Mr. Pepperpod o stage ixn't worth tabii g BB'A |. ot n the'| (oljq the accommogdation or iustaliment plan of pay- ment by rentals, the propriety and poetic fitness of thogift as an expreasion of parental or do- mestic 1ove, and as a pergetunl source and in- ion of mirth aud jo. and of moral and in- ual culture and improvement, brcomes up- plicable fo every family who can afford & cook- £tovo of a hired girl. In‘fegard to - WHAT PABTICULAR MANUFACTURE OF BIANO' “can be ™ reasonably ‘cliimed to' approach most nearly to mechanical perfection, .and which it would boe proper to name as tho best and safest instratnent for- 4 holiday .investment, it would .Perliaps be difficult to draw an unerring line of didtinction: : 1f we waro to be guided by the opinions and criticisms of the Germans, and of | the leading anchors, composérs, performers, and sathorities 1n that old und claseic country which has beon described as tho cradle and the native .Iund of song, a very bigh rank must be assigned to the pianos of Hallet, Davis & Co., of Boston. 10 the Kellogg govémmont as to admit- | i aiv bl it e frrie oty v SRR It was in' fezard to this piano, it will be remom. bered, that Frauz Liszt, the first of living pianists, expretsed this laconic opinion: ‘It iy the most admirable instrument_ever mado;” concerning which Dr. Theodoro Kullak, court pion'st, Bor. | lin, ufered the following equally remarkablo ' | ‘words ».+* The most exquitite wstrament I ever played on;” still farther in regard to which Franz Abt, the great German song-writer and pianist, said : **These planos are. as near abso- Iute perfection 88 it 1s possible for instrumont to be brought.” “Many otliers amohg -. " THE RECOGKIZED AUTHOBITIES ™ ' '~ of ‘France, England, and Germany have Jeft on. record similar words and expres- sions of such praise ~ and indorsement ag would seem"to confer on the instrument somethiug of the characier of 'tlassic merit, and to touch it with the lusire of those immartal names. Ina recent “conversation with Mr. W. W. Kimball, the Northwestern Agent of these -Hallet & Davis pianos, wo learn that in families, :| -uehools, and seminaries, and among teachersand -professors - in the United States, upwards of 25,000 of tke instruments are now inuse, an experience and trial of & quarter of a contary ‘haviug revealed the fact or circumstance that, _while certain remarkable qualitics of tone, vol- ume and compees, delicacy and power, covering the widest range of articulation and expression, have been the secrot of this forcign reputation, yet that one of the most valuable features of the instroment, and one.that doubles its claim to the immenee popularity achicved by it during the past few years, is the Pt INCOMPARABLE MECHANISM of the instrument,—its woaring qualities, andits great darability. A perféok reliability of tobe aud condition, practically guaranteed for a lifo- time, have created o permancnt public.confidence ‘iu the piano in°every community where it has had a thorough introduction. On the whole, it would appear 1o be entirely eafe—and proper to rocom- mend the Hallet, Davis & Co. pianos, not only to peopls of_casy sud comforzable fortunes, but to those who! cumstances suggest caution. and prudence in their holiday investmenta. cio- ' .+i IN EEGARD.TO FORAL, 5 ! the newupright by Hallet, Davis & Co.,—n novel- tym the structure of musical instruments,—is attracting wide attention, and possesses tomead- vantagesand ovident elémeuts of populanty, a main feature being convenicnco of position, and _economy of space. This piano embodies n. pat- ented improvement,==a result of years of -study and experiment,—and claimed by performors ns & yory valuable discovery, in the form of an iron frama, entirely now in its construction, absolute- 1 setting nside the weak and- defective points _which have hitherto condemned upright instru- ‘ments, and producing o quantity and quality of me fully equal to tho parlor graud. . , . 3. Kimball, whose name has nlready appeared this connection, aud whoso old establishment in'Crosby's Opera-Houeé will be remembercd by the poople of Chicago andof the Northwest as tho cénire and hendquarters of our_yholesale and retail traffic in pianos and organs during the busy “vears thit preceded thé gréat conflagration, isnot only & very large wholesalo and retail dealer in-the Hallet, Davis & Co. pianos, of all forms, etyles, and sizes, and covering a wide rango of prices, but keeps, also, an exhaustless stoci of the famous Smith's American organs, Kimball's organs, Kimball's pianos, tho great Union Com- pany'a ' pianos, etc.,.—the -largo and: beautiful building corner of State'and Adams, devoted to | storage, exposition, and sales of these different pianos &nd orgens, being still recognized as the #ont and home of tho -music interest of the ity and of the commanity. : - N CONCERNING OYSTERS. SOME INTERESTING AND CURIOUS ITEMS OF FARM- IXG, PACKING, CONSUMPTION, EIC.—FEATURES OF THE TRADE IN CHICAGO. Oysters on the nalf-shell, or served hot in various forms by a civilized, enlightened, and Christian cook, are suppozed to_ possess & mo- mentary interest to & large numerical majority of the human family, constituting, as they do, 2i0b.only a common &tafl of life and a great item o the subsistence of thé race, but anawering the purpose, also, of & royal dish and o uni- vertal luxury. It is, porhaps. reasonsbla to infer elso that'the community in genoral will feel » rational interest in.a fow general facts’ touching the generation, natural habite, and pro- duction of ogsters, what rcalms and districts of the shallow seaa yield us this inexbaustible, infallizblo, and voluntary harvest of food which ages of perpetual consumption can never wasto or exhaust, togethor with some miscellaneous facts coucerning the oyster as a branch of tho commerce and general industries of the world. Although from immemorial periods of history the oyster Las constituted THE DAILY BREAD OF MASSES OF PEOPLE, along the borders of. certain 8alt ard brackish watere, at occasional intervals along the narrow doesn't know abont tno | edgés of ‘tha ocean; its production and manipa- Iationas a etaple of inland markets is one- of of gifts or presentations. And now that several | C available fo from tho natural bed, tho oyster has developed with wondarful rapidity as a staplo of food and 28 o featare of commerco, and-where, twenty vears ago, in .theso Westdin -Iatitodes, it passed for = caricsity, with something of eby- _nads and caution ~on-the part of - the uatives,it now constitutes & trade, 10 our own city, far in oxcess of soma of."the natatal producis of our il AND POULTRY ~ 28 an item of merchandise; gives employment to n thousand hands, and forms. the business of o Lundred- rastaurants, ngluding onc ostablish- ment ‘od Clark strcot (that of Race Brothers), said .to supply & larger patronage, according to ‘a1l computations, than any Yestaurant in any of the Eastern cities, not excepting, if we can be- liove tho statemcnt of the Chiraga correspond- ent of the Now York Epening Mazl, the old his- toric New York Fulton Market. - e OUR ANNUAL HARVESTS of oysters are produced aad distributed over the markets of the country in mothods originally siwilar to the production and traflic in corn and Jotatoes, the great oystor districts of Chosa~ pealte Bay, Staten Ieland Sound, East River, and adjacent territory, belng divided in ir- regular sections, vidaals, the differenco = being that farms are under water. From the J territory, and from the little Shrewsbury Ri in the same vicinity,; come the famous Shrews- burye, Blue Points, New York -Counts, Rock- aways, Sounds, and ofher lesding brands of shell oyaters, constituting 2 main featuro of the busi- ness at tho ostablishment of Messrs, Raco Eroth- ers, just mentioned, and to be found somotimes also_nt other restaurants, and which now form the delicious sud nutritions diet of many thou- sands of our citizens,—the Shrowsbury gene: ally ranking first as the richest, most palntable, znd most nutritious brand; the Bluo Points, a smaller salt-water oyster, generally maintaining }vremmnco among our English aud Scotel popu- ation as being similar to their uative oyster, with the exception of the coppery tasto charsc- teristic of the English product. TIn regard to tho shell-oyster bukiness of the city it is difli- cult to form a relinble computation, for, while the statistics of daily consumption at the res- taurant of Messrs. Race Brothersindicato a weekly averago of about fifty barrels, a cousiderablo trade 18 seattered ‘among hotels, dining-saloons, private residoncoes, and other restaurants. CANNED OYSTERS, The bulk, however. of ihe Western trade is in canned oystors, the base of the eutire supply be- ing the narrow waters of the Chesapoake Day, the production of which, owing to the economy and facility of oporating in shallow waters, ng- gregating a tonnage of 1,215,000 tons, or a ton of oysters for overy thirty persons in the total pop- ulation of the United States, ropresonting tho commerce of a thousand ships, and the industry of 10,000 men. In the business of canning and packing, Daltimoro is tho depot and centre of the entiro traflic of Chesapeake Bay. And in this_dopartment, also, Chicazo is ropresented in three leading brands,—the Raco Brothers' Standarde, R. B. Solects, and R. B, Prime,— oeach of these brands being in high favor among consumers, and constitutiug a considerable item in our local trado ; the R. B. primes being care- {ul eelections of exceptionably fine oysters, and larger in size than the averago sheil, and de- igned by the proprictors mainly for = con- sumption at their Clark stroet restaurant, where the now popular 25-cent stew originated, it is eaid, by the same gentlemen, is earved up to a mouthly average of 40,000 persons, sside from tho counsiderable numbers who give their profer- ouce to the balf shell, or to fried or boiled dishes, plaiv, fancy, and pan-roasts, ete. It may beintor- esting to'mantion, a8 giving a key to the goneral oysier business of tho city, that the consumption of can aystars at this resiaurant alone averages throughout tho scason upwards of 2,600 cans por week. 5 CURIOSITIES OF OYSTEG-PLANTING. Tho most iuteresting feature of the oyster- business is tho procoss of planting sad production from the pative bed. The in- Huito productivonoss of oysters is mmong the' curiosizies of Nature. They increaso by bresdihs of multiplication far ahead of any science of numerical compatation yet in- venicd. A henlays anegg a day, and ceckles over each successful effort of generation and production. Tho immediate progeny of an oys- ter is a farnily of 5,000. The dozen oysters you eat to-day would, if planted, viold suflicient to foed at maturity the ontiro populztioa of a largo town. - Plant thie oysters represented in & fow weeks' business at the Fulton Market in New York, or at Raco Brotbery’, in Chicago, and tho first generation would be represented iu willions of tons, and form a ... HUGE NILL OF BIELLS, twice as high gs the Grand Pacitic Hotel, with o buse as wids as the Egvptian pyramids. And there i8 no question that, if the industry'of oyster-cultire were cafried ' to its posmbilities, and extended to all iatitudes and climates of the gea favorabls to the existence and nourishment of shellfigh, the ocean - could be made o yield & product of incomparable food adequate "to the subsistence of tho great human race. The oyster, howover, "has nothing to do with its offspring. After two months’ *+laying”” the spawn is ojected and farmed out to indi- the f:zom the full shell in groups of countlees blad~ dor-like or bubble-liko - &N OFSTERLINGS, which. insiantly become the Lomeless waifs: of the wave and the tide,—a portion doomed to in- font damoation out in tho deep 8os in the mouths of oysteriverous fishes, others carried to safer places by the kinder tido to protected shorés or up the quiet rivers, sometimes for a hundred mles, beforo they find o permancnt lodgmens, each group adhering where they strike,—what at first is us light as a hand- ful ‘of ‘ssa-foam, not bending the straw or willow twig they light upon, growing to pon- derous groups as beavy a8 & young bulluck, and breaking good-sized branches from dead or liv- ing.troes.. - THESE TIDE OYSTERS are generally permitted to grow only o seed; when ot about the mge of 1 year, they be. come marketable among ‘planters and bring 50 40 .60 cents a bushel. Country people remoto from tho sen frequently carn a Livelihood by these contributions of the tide, and ‘sometimes find ‘sn uncoltivated Larvest as cheap and as abundant as-bullfrogs in the Dismal Swamp. For the itoms thus presented the reader is in- debted to Mr. Edward Bogart, , g A NATIVE OF THE COFSTER TEBRITORIES, well posted in the ‘détails of ‘planting, prodnc- tion, and general manipulation, sud notw an em- filnyu’ at tlhe blishment of Messra. Raco rothers, No. 153 South’ Clark street, whom we Liave had frequons occasion to mention in this article a8 representativo of somo interesting and important features of tho business, and who are belioved by our citizens generally to have con- tributed a servico to the pablic in making the most valuablo oysters of "the At- lautic fields - available " to tho community in their natural and original condition of fresh- ness aod .purity, and in the most approved forms of modern cooking. The firm was estab- lished in Chicago a8 Iate as 1370, being_burned out, in thie general contiagration, at No. 171 South Clark streot, the business being immediately ro- samed in rude quarters on West Madison strcot, and conducted merely to retain custom. Their entire system of manipulating and serving oysters has been such as to guarantes a dis- tinct popular favor and approval somo- what romarkable. in the restaurant busi- ness, their uniform and permanent patronage now represonting, after less than four years' de- velopment, an average of over 1,400° persons daily,—said to bo a largar aggregate than that of Dorlan & Schaeffer's old market at the foot of Tulton streetNow York. Upon ono day during tho Exposition, the atlendanco at table was 2,300 guests, The firm now employ a steady force of tivo firat-class cooks, tho cooking-range beng of ample dimensions for_serving 3,000 cooked oyster dishes per day. The oyster stors-houso ia scparate from the restaurant, and is located at Nos. 169 and 171 South Clark street, the storago and the care of oysters being & condpicn- ous feature of the business. At present wo be- lieve the firm restrict their operations to their -own restaurant, decliniog orders for supplying familics, parties, and public banquets with oys tor suppers, ot.., though it is understood to bo tlicir intention to make arrangemouts for sach orders at some futare time," s sa To CLOTHING. THE BOSTON SQUARE DEALING. Among the mammoth palace. business honses of the aty thataro daily thronged with holiday purchasers, porhaps none are more prominent or attractive than the Boston Bquare Dealing Cloth- ing House, corner Madison and Clark streets On entering this immonse establishment, front- ingon two of the most densoly-thronged thor- oughfares of the city, ono is almost dazed with tho immensity of space and the profusion with which. the ~clothing -and .gonts' furnishing ‘goods aro piled upon the long coun- ters, . and it might be . bewildering to one. but that heis met and at oaco nut at his ease by courzeous and assiduous . clerks. Jast now, this vast store is rendered additionally ‘brilliant and attractive by the elegant stock dis- plared especially for the holiday {rade. Tersons who are looking for appropriato presents for the season, combining beauty aond utility, can fod bere a rare stock of dressing gowns 1n all styles nad varioties, IWhat ‘more " apprapriate gift for Christmas than ouojor those elégans English rep dress- markets and communities rémoto’ ing robes, Gr that beautiful figured il somely trimmed ? For gentlemen who indulio in dolcg far nieide, there are thoso desirable smok- ing jackets, Enghsh rep. volvot, trimmed with -blde silk, and stitchod in fanciful figures ;" opera- tlannel, in various colors, and English diagonal, fell-trimmed with royal purple satin. Their stock of mufflers is unlimited in variety -of-8i¥le and-qualitv.- Among-these the visitor noticos 8 white, figured silk, with lavendor or rose-colored borders, a vine with leaves rnnning through it ns s figuro; oshors of colored silk with figures of birds of brilliant plumage,—they ara very fashionable, and,much worn. In the furnishing depertment wo find a pro- fusion of rich, beautuful, and ' timely goods, emong which are the silkk handkerchiefs witl: various colorad borders—blue, lavender, roso, purplo, ete., fignred, dottod, and plald. In this lopartment we notice the Corinthizn scarfi—a novelty that has becomo all tho rage at tho Enst,—the Photograph scarf, Windsor scarfs in every style, and an elogant wistlot lined throughout. : 5 Pacsing to the youths' departmont, mention cau be mado of but o few of tho leading items. For Loys of 4to 7 years_ there is the military blouse,—the Sheridan and the Admiral,—all new, neat, and tasty. For n dress suit for children’s parties ** tho Knickerbocker ” can hardly bo ox- celled. Tha Zouave, » suit for hittlo fellows of 3 to 5, blouse and kilt, must not be omitted. ~ For boys from 4 to 10 thero is the * Cossack ™ of ribbed cussimere, doublo breasted, and tho TFredorick,—ono of the most elegant styles of dress suits. In overcoats for boyn, thero is great variety in atyle, quality, and price. A coat and cape is shown in blue, brown, and olive brown, elegant chinchillis, and plain, medinm-woight beavors. In ths reer of the store will be found a fino suite of toilet and dressing-rooms espocally for tho conveniesca of customers. They ara pactitioned off with heavy Dblack walnut, carved casings and moldings, with hoavy. grounil-plate glass, highly ornamented ; furnished with large snd splendid mirrors, heavy Brussols carpets, and every couvenience. Not- withatanding tho sizo of tho cstablishment, and the Immenge amount of business done, there is no bustle or confusion. Each department 18 under its own immediato head, and oversthing runs liko clockwork. Every ar- ticlo is Bold on approval, and-can ba returned if not satisfactory. -The amount of tho anoual busincss of this housge has not been stated, but must, of neces- sity, reach immense - figures. Twenty-seven salesmen aro kept constantly employed, and still the vroprietors are increaalng thair facilities and their trade. Upward and onward is their motto. S, SAVINGS BANKS. AX APPROPRIATE CHRISTIIAS GIET IN THE FORM OF TUL NEW ISVESTMENT CERTLFICATES. Mr. Sydney Myors, the onterprising, in- ventive, ready-minded Cashierjof the Merchantw’, Farmers' and Mechanics’, Savings Daak, No. 75 Clark street (West Sido offico, No. 62 South Halsted, near Madicon street), recognizing, over a year ago, as one of tho results of the financiul panics, tho necessity of some new kind of socurity to moet tho demand for investment of savings, conceived, zud curied into practical execution, an ides and mothod of invesiment, ropresented by paper now known in bank circles as *““invest- ment certificates,” of various denominations, which uro found to give, upon critical investiza~ tion, & very high degreo of satisfaction to tho patrons of savings-hanks, and to promise au Ennreundu\xmd popularity with tie general pab- c. . To inaugurate the system, which will be ex- tonded from timo to time, tba bank took from tho mortgages held by it as security for loans u number of thew, amounting to $100,000; theso being - first mortgages on fifty-cight different pisces of productive real estate in the City of Chicago, valued at £154,050, with improvements amounting to 525, making a total security of £299.2%5 (exclusive of accrued interest). The whole of theso securities wero then placed in the hands of a Trusiee,—Mr. George Chxn- dler, of the well-known law tirm of Goudy & Chandler, of Cbicago,~nnd the bank, after giv- ing its guarapteo for the payment ot intereat and of the redemption of the certificates accord- ing to their tecor and the terms of the trust, proceoded to issuo $90,0000 of invostment cor. tificates of the denominations of §100, £500, and §1,000 each, bearing interest at the rate of 7 3-10 or cent per aunum, payeble on tho firat days of ‘ebruery, May, August, and November. These certificates aro offered toinvestors in sums of #100, or any fuliiple thereof, at par. Consid- ing the focts that salablo real eatate in Chicago to a market value of moro than threo times tho amount of the certificates is pledged for their payment; that the Merchants’, Farmers' & Afechanios’ Savings Bank of Chicago, the second Targest and oldest savings bank-in tho city, guarantees not only tho payment of tho mort. Fuges, but asenmes the promyt pavment of the uarterly interest a8 a liability of the bank; and Rnally.‘ that the sccurities pledged aro In the Lands of 2 Trustee whoseoffice is to hold them for the benetit of the certiticate-holders as against all other claims whazsoover,—consider- ing thess facts, it s impossible to. see how any more nntiulm:a.:{ securitvcou'd bo devised. No bond of any kind has been offered to tho public, since the United States sevou-thirties. in which the security and tho. rate of interest has bzen equal to these investment-cortificates, Whe principal aud_tuteros of the certificates aro mada payable to bearer; a plan for * regis- torod cortificates” is however' provided, by which persons holding them in any part of tha country may drasw their checks upon tho bank in Chicago at the matnrity of the quarterly iuter- est: or, if they profor it, the bank will remit the interest on every quarter-dny to any addross epecificd by tho certificato-holder. Ono grent advantage of thoso registered cortificates is that, in case of their loss or destruction, no loss could occur to either the investor or the bank. Considering that the heavy interost on these certificates, payable quarterly, becomes itaelf productive in turn, the rapidity with which ac- cumulation follows render them a most inviting form of investment, and suggests their pro- riety s the best form in which parentscan estow gifts upon their children,—Christmas gifts, if. you choose,—gratifyiug and quieting to parental Bolicitude, 1n contemplation at results, m the future, of this steady process of compound multiplication, & very small sum . jovested in tho period -of ‘chiklhood ropresenting & fortune at the age of maturity. Tho Merchants’, Farmors’ & Mechanics’ is ex- clusively a suvings bank, and is now In tho thir- teenth yoar of its history, and the manager, Mr. Myera, believes that ho ¢an give no moro con- clusiva evidence of tho soundness of this new plan of investment than to state tho fact that in all that period of business the bank has never lost s dollar of intorest or principal on its real estato loans. . o =M g T BOOKS. S JANSEN, M'CLURG & CO. Christmas draws near onco wore, and with the roturn of this happy scason of tho year a host of pleasant memorios ariso of frionds to be remem- bered, young and old, and tho question presents itaolf, What shall I buy, and where? What will be most suitablo and give the greatest satisfaction ? The increasing culture among all classes of the community is causing choice books to be re- garded with great favor as pregents on holiday, Dbirth-day, and’even wedding occasions, and are more favored in dull times, sinco the most elo- gant volumes can be purchased fora fow dollars. Messrs. Jansen, BMcClurg & Co., who lead the trade,of the West Innew and elegant books, re- port a stesdy incrense year by year in their holiday busincss. We can safely sey thero *has been no busier place in the city, during tho past week, than their elegant store on State street. So extensive is their stock this senson that we can only single out articles hero and there as Bspecimens of it newest attractions. i Porhaps the most appropriato work to spenk of fires will be 3 BIDA'S ILLUSTRATED edition of the Gospols. which has been twolve youra in proparation, and has cost £50,000. Per- Daps not over two otber stores in the country of- for this magnificont work to their customers. The great featurois tho splendid series of 123 etchings, sftor the designs of M. Bida, which far surpags onything of the kind yet publish- .ed. Itis s superlatively beautiful folio, in two volumes (3275). Rome, by Francos Wey (315), isa %unfl.o volume with 845 illustrations of the grand old city. At the same price are the two snmptuous _ royal quarto 'volumés of Paul Marcoy’s * Travels Acroks South Americs,” con- taining 55 fine engravings of _landscapes, i tomples, ctc. Thero never given to ths ‘world such a picture of South America in ita grandeur and its deprarity. Another splendid volume of & somowhat dif- ferent sort i **IYTHS OF TRE RINE,” from the French of X. B. Sajutine, It contnins 150 of Dorn's wonderful illustrations, rarging from the groiesquo to thoe subhime, and includ- ing some of his most characteristic and pleasing work. In cloth and gilt, $10; in moroczo, $18. Longfellows new poem of domestic life, “The - Hooging of the Crane” is ad. mirzoly matcbed with exquisite illustrations, and set_in the most tasteful binding; in cloth, $5; in morocco, §0. Their stock of sumptuous art folios muparbly illastrated and o3t richiy~ bound, ranging.in .price from 925 to £100, ia” very large -and very fino. But tho reader must sde. thom to get an adequate ilea of. their rare quafity. S . The Turner Galety, which .consiats of sixty superh steel plato artists’ proofs on largo paper (3110),is magnificent thing. They meke o specialty of completesots of standard authors— Irving, - -Scott,- ---Diokeus, —Prescobt, -~ Bhak- speare,. Motiey, . Aacaulay, Do Quincoy,— in short -all the "great historicns, pocts, and essayists,—in_the finest cditions over_jgsued and in ‘all prices from 22) to Most of theso are their. own. dirces ‘Importations. We must not neglect to mention E F: * ursrountes,” ¢ a story of German love,—anc of théir own pub- lications. No book issued .from the press for years has received higior prasse for its bigh lit- orury merit and its benuty of printing, paper, ond binding than this beautiful little poem in Yrasn.-—:m exquisitely pure lovestory, destined to live ns ono of the classics of our litorature. Of their nlmost bowildering list of children’s books, profusely illustrat and in the most altractive bindings, wo bave no epace to speak, They ate propared ‘o furnish any work of the clasain tho market. A largo department of their_elegant. palace of trade is dovoted to a spleudid colicotion of PHOTOGBAPHIC ALDUSE of thelr own importation, thau which a choicer selection cannot bo found in sny of tho Lastarn cities. Thoy range in price from 22 to 330, snd surpriso one with their infinite superiority over an ordinary stock of albums. Verd de So- ciota " (£7.50), whicl is but just from the pross, is very attractive. T'he Now York FEvening Post sav8: *If we Lava over soen o daintior picce of Book-making. we have forgotten it.” T'he manta for 5 CURIaTMAB CARDS, which kas becomo %o pievalent in England, is the outgrowth of tho old-fashioned hobit of sending o card to chitdren at Christmas time, aod it is now tuo fashion to sond theso gracoful bearers of good wishes to all friends. Tho idea 15 b singularly gracoful and pleasing ono, and it isto this firm that we owe the introduction of tho felicitous custom into this country. ‘Fhey import thom direct from Loudon, and ars tho only firm in the United states who have done so. New York must look to her lzurols if she claims to bo Metropolitan, It is an ovidoneo of the progressivo enterprise of the firm that their busineas card has been designed and princed for them in London, its boautiful aud uniqus design most aptly typifing thonaturo of theirbusinese. s it almost a beau- tiful Christmas-gift in ftself. e sala s WHY NOT ? ISVESTMENTS IN SUBURDAN PROPERTY. Why not,—now that your hoart s beginning to feel the warmth and tho generous promptings of Christmas charity, aud especially of “that emo- tional #ozt of charity which is mainly exercised inside the secred limits of the family circle,— why not,—now that you are carnestly contem- plating your annual testimonials of parental lovo, and are caleulating tho fittest expression of yourfoudness for some near one or doar on, —wliy not, instead of your customaryinvestment of 100 in baubles and great toys, in trinkets, ornaments, and like frivolous and evanescont goods aod merchandise, take -that same Obristmas fund, and place it where it will do your #on or daughter, or .other beloved object, the most good in tho time to cope, in a $100 sub- urban'1ot, whosa manifest destiny is an incroase in valuo to $1,000 after a few yeara have passed ? Go to some of our old, reliablo, reeponsible, up- right, and square-desling real-catate men, whose representations never betray tha ignorant. and uninformed puretaser, in whose title-deods you igions coufidence, and secure for your clill, or for your famly, or for yourseli if you ore - mean coongh to. bsve no wifec mnor femily, tho roandations of an early fortune. Goto Ira Trown,—the prico of all his lozs at Park Ridge, tho fairest villaga within eight of our city. i oxactly £100,—aud. by paying 315 down, with # satisfactory errangement for the balafice in Tittlo 5 monthly instaliments, he will give yon o deed, which no Philadsiphin lawyer can find a tlaw in, to & splendid piece of property, which no moths can ever corrupt noc thioves steal away from you,—property with such social, edneca- tional, commereial, natural, and landscape sar- ronndings 88 t0 guarantec s ten-fold multipli- cation in valus_at an early day. In oll sobriets, & person negatinting for a suburban lo$ or home- stead in Chicazo, should avoid the enide offices of our multitudinons real-estate shysters and guerrillas, a8 he should avoid a robber’s roost or a gambler's bell. Gonotin the way of them. ’I'Eera ara plenty of respousiblo dealers. Mr. Irn Brown, whose name wzs mentioned bove, has been a well-known citizen of Chicago ever sintco it was & big town. with a commercial record freo from all impeachment or reproach; and, whilst bandling, during the past twelve vears, s Iarge proportion of the suburban real-estats’in- tereste of the city, providing chieup but niensnnt aud permanont homes for thousands of rich and poor, the first inhabitant is yet to put in an appearance who has ‘ever found hiy title deed or bis business word to bo & broken reed. Mr. Brown’s principal operations—and perhaps most popular buniness at presont—are at Paric Tlidge, a thriving and delightful town 8 miles out on the Northwestern Romd, though he has also very larzo interests at Evanston, Lakeside, Glen- coe, Hyde Park, Thornton, and Desplaiues, the popular and_characteristic features of bis busi- nees being the uniform zcalo of prices, choice of lots, and the casy-installment plan of pay- ments. Go and 806 him daring the holidaya. Why not ? EE s A CONFECTIONERY. GARRITY'S. * “Hs, ha!” laogh the children in 40,00 homes ; Christmas, New Year's, and the holi- days are clogo at hand, and Santa Claus has al- ready located his depot of supplies-at P. L, Garrity's Candy Factory, No. 100 East Van Buren street, where ho has on hand now an jm- mense stock, manufactured especially for the holiday- trade. It would be strange if there were not in this city alone at least 50,000 little stockings to bo hung up in anticipation of the visit of . the kind old Tairy who pre- sides on . such occesionps. It i3 safe to say that the great majority of those stockings will bs filled from the factory above alluded to, andif thero is any in the city that deserves popular patronsgeitis this, for the reason that they give the people prices that thoy might go far and not find. The candies are all pure and fresh, and the supply is unlimited. Mr. Garrity has stopped taking wholesale orders this weok, that he may devoto himeolf to the demand or_his numerous friends and castomers in tho retail trado. No ndvanco on prices will bo mado.” Broien candies, 15 cents ; fine mixed, 95 cents ; caramels, 35 cen's, and all other goods in proportion, FINE CONFECTIONERT. In tholino of fine confectionery mention must not be omitted, iu this conneetion, of the besuti- ful store recentiy opened by Messrs. Baldwin & Slyder, tho popalar candy men, at No. 99 East Madison street. The store kas been fitted up, decorated, and equipped in somewhat elaborate and costlystyle, and stocked to fullnoss with everything in the lino of solect candics and con- foctionery, mostly manufactured by the firm to meot tho domands of strictly iirst-clacs custom. Great cantion is used by Megers. Baldwin & Slyder o attain perfect purity in their candies, nothing being admitted in their composition but the best and most harmlces ingredionts. In addition to & handsome and lively retail traffic, the firm ship largely to the trade throughons the Northwest. el et FURNITURE, A. L. IALE & BRO. As & mattor of course, furnituro in its de- tails and varieties constitutcs & class of mer- chandige to which the holiday season londs in- crensed interest, aod, withont invidious com- parisons with other first-class establishments, of which we have many, it is fair to say something of the great furniture warenonse and wholesale and rotail salesrooms of Messrs. A. L. Halo & Bro., 200, 204, 206, and 203 Randolph street,— said to be one of tho largest and most mag- pificent buildings ever erccted in any modern city in the interests of that department of com- mexce, with o stock and cguipment in il branches of furniture, especially in the fino varietics, unexcoiled by any estsblishment in the world. The firm, which is composed of A. L. Hale and I T. Hale, are proprictors of the building occupied Ly ther, of which three entire floor, aggregating a sioraye capacity of 40,000 squaro feot,” are dovoted to the exhibition and sale of furniture, the whole wide space of the sscond floor being_occupied with very etaborate parlor, chember, dining-room, and office sets, comprising the fincst aad most gorgeous inlaid work in tables, desis, bedsieads, efc., sativ, plush, and silk and wool terrys in chairs, sofas, etc., library sets in Turkey, Aloroceo, etc., the whole constitutiug & display of furniture wmore interesting, more varied, and more- at- tractivo than has ever been seen ab anyindustrial exposition of modern timen. Porsons who con- template holidsy presents or holiday investments in easy chairs, rocking chairs, sofas, parlor, bed- roomw, or offico ornaments in bedsioads, writing- inly have.an exhaust- less variety to sclect from, while - fact that . the firm cortrol several of the largest factories in the country enables them to maks such prices =3 to rondor overy sale & satfactory bargain to the purclizser. = . —_— F FURS. <+ —-- EDDY, “HARYEY 2'CARTER." -~~~ Furs are now in their proper eeason, and those not yet provided ave debating the feasibility of purchasing. - Messrss Eddy,” Harvey” & Carter,” the well-known wholesale denlors in hats, caps, and furg, Nos. 239 and 241 Madisoh'st¥ect, have thrown open their magnificent stock.of fars for thirty days to retail customers. and, as o conse- quenco, their large cstablishment is thronged with purchasers in search of holidsy-goods. This house has had most extraordnary success, and attained toits present high standing through puro business sagacity and mathod: Ordor ap- pears at every stop; everything is done by sye- tem, each partner having his special department, with trained subordinates, thus leaving nothing to chanco. i i Ono redson of tho fapid growth”acd strength’ of this houso “has been tho wise discrimination in credits; their patrons being compoted of the very best merchants in the country, which fact of itsélf would scem to bo & guarantes of their claim that their prices are tho lowost to be found in our city. They are most radical in their se- lection of styles; nothing gains ingress to their establishmont that {s not the bedt“of its kind, and whilat tho firm are most unwearied In tns parsuit of tho bottom of the ‘matket, they are always taking advantage of s favorablo chango in prices which will bencfit themselves and their cnstomers, and, lust but not léast, they aro most obliging in thoir galesrooms, so that we doubt not the Iady purchasing ber modest set -of furs will find the same polito attention 23 the dealer whose purchascs amounts to thousauds. e DIAMONDS. . THOE DUSIXESS AS CONDUCTED DY B.'J. MORSE & co. 2 Among the meny articles of value and orpa- ment'to which the attention of the searcher for a suitablo holidey-gift involuntarily turns, there is notbing 80 universslly admired as diamonds. Beside their nse in adding Instre to beauty, they are applied to soveral pracsical purposes. Un- like most othor orzaments, they do not lose in value, but are always staple as gold. - Thoy are therefore & good investment, and one wishing to provide a friend with a gift that conld bo made availsble in ecass of need counld select nothing so readily coavertible into cash. There is no oncarticle of commerca that hins varied €0_littio in value in the 1ast hun- dred years as dinmonds. Persian merchants recogmized their uso as a means of placing largo sums in smail compasa, without actuzl Joss, two Gonturies ago. Chicego is not without her dia- mond merchant. The firmof R. J. 3Morse & Co., located on thoe corcer of Lake and Clark streets, have for a number of years back turned their attention to this line of irade. ' They aro {ast becoming recognized a8 men who thoroughly understand _the basmess, and, as their trado 1n this -lino ivcresses, owing to the increased demaud, they are %mdufl]y dropping the different branches of tho jew- elry businees, and turning thoir atiention almost exclusively to precious etones. Their thorough Lnowledge of, aad facilities for se- curicg, diamonds. enables one to select from their memen stock at s reaconable rates as ono could lLopo to securo cveninany of the Eastern citics. 2z G MISCELLAMEOUS.. THE DEEVOORT HOU3E. Among the popuiar institutions of the city, which naturally claim notice in a general holiday article, i that model of European hotels, the Drevoort House, Nos. 143 and 145 Madison street, of which they have somg 5 spiayea at the present timy. thoy aTo prenared to snoply holida~ Their g0ods ug; Teprtation thronghout he el 32 eny OTTOMANS AND Hine Tho establishment of g 5 oot cated at 102 East Van Bsen nil8 & Co, 1y _spcc!n:lty of menufactaring Eleflnfg & Dty ish ottomans, silpper end Blackiys s FE3C Tot being tho only honze in {hy. eentian A o of 3, Fax i ;nnnt;y tfimfled. excluaive ranch of trade. Theso arti workmanship, cmbracxingu:‘?:;r{:"n“ll tha i est samples of of i portablo and Christmas fents, fone: that Ghicago ever turned ont i fE03~ CIIRISTMAS 80XG Frod Kaempfor's bird store s, stzoet, will bo tho headquarters of o2 Oty ton during Christmas-time, & n 25: the b7 plainor seasons of the ye 28 other plics of canarios, thrasbes por Sits o s other feathered warblozs, g b parmots, facy biris of parigag spgtet & o fish, and aquaric taks, ete, Thet 028% mis tract maltiendes of viaitors, nad a0t " imated appearanco during iy pol ™ 1 : CHINA, GLASS WaRy, 21 What mara appropriate. Chistmyy torfio of thoso' beantifal Bohemeesl il and fancy goods offered by : et Vi Trench & Co. 101 and 103 wapenr A Thoy will .dsck and Beantify thy ooyt sweetheart. sistor, wife, or friend, ang Lot of £al s well a3 ornnmental; Mosgry g A% 2 earTy & vory heavy stock of ching, gia & 01 woro, and Doliemian fancy " ooy Vi they imported direct from the manseelh ™ abling them to fix their prices very Joy "H& 53 8 matter of eonrso, will by’ ; T eonrse, W be Teter Koller, who enjoys “gg?g ‘:ném?" reputation fn'female cireles as a ppa otk manuteciuro. of ladiey boots - ettt cated permanently in spach ] quartais at ono of ths me e ] siblo points in the city,—Yo. g5 Jorddes throo ‘doors west of Dearborn. gLt Iadies, and (rom gentlemen o, foronys M casy-wearing, durable; comfortibl, puy hiZ2 boos, ill bs flled with dispaen, " 4 %7iai St b mnxwhmsxn . ‘Who has been knowan to the pe it » first-class caterer nearly gvfi‘l&'fifi‘“" was big crioagh to alford gas and pasemagyy -] such maotropolitan luxarics, and whes o2 cafo in the Palmor Houss BuildeeGopet avonno- entrance, in 80re of pojsrhenidh ters for tho luxurics of tho table, s reedlit: supply his patrons on all holiday roercpedto H A lers for crs, parties, weddings, 3o p. Efi.’:‘la-- 59, banquets, eic., inhis gy This is the season o¢ I Tida 18 I8 the season of holi e dings, and as thero i always nyls:gls 5 ad wed flowers and other decorations, onr yewqes, (¥ selectiug, would find it to thoir sdvintage tyes) on W. B. Farroll, florist, 181 Wahath soracsl the Palmer House building, = A fast musician—Ons who plazs too forts, Time will only hang up his - Timem) g up bis scytho whenbagy Forenoon horse-trots in San Francisco calied matin-néighs. oy . Lovers do the cooing- befors marriage, az tradesmen do the bitling afferi. . Byl Thoy don't bury colorsd peopla in Thoy Yorm o fua'ral obsquiss seh. - CTE: A Minnesota man makes the winter seem by giving Lis note payablo in the spring, At A Galveston man has bogueathed £5,000 fend persons who Kill Sontasrn ).aggf’gu_:in: ers. The difference botween the cook and her lor is, tho one cooks the moat, and the other mueg the cook, * ’ Unconscionable—Head of the firm—" sty a holiday ? * Why, you'se just been :at boms il with ita famous system of dining-rooms, the per- manent patronage of which is s2id fo be equal to that of the largest and most populous Lotels on tho continent, and includes' a’large percentaga of the coniral business population of ‘the city. The proprietor, Mr. H. M. Thompson, adopts as Lis motto, absolute cloanliness and absolute purity,—traits that characterize every soction of the house.. The notable improvemonts made by Mr. Thompron since agsuming the praprietor- ship, nggregating 210,000 in the culinary depart- ents alone, include such items as new cooking appliances for manipulating oysters, for instance, Dy lightning methods, producing fiity stews in & Lislf minute ; an artificial draft for the elimina- tion of all kitchen odors, ete. The renovation, redecoration, and overhsuling of private rooms, paziory, ete., has sdded also a marked and nota- ble improvement. Tho internal arrangements of-tie hotel are conducted with the precision and fegularity of clock-work, tho entire force of nearly 100 employes performing their daties un- der the careful supervision of tha proprietor. The Brevoort House may justly be considered an ornamént to our new city. 2 GROCERIES. The approach of the holidaysis suggestivo of feasing ; but how are we going to feast without tho best of groceries? or enjoy the holidays without the proverbial Christmas-dinner which can ouly be prepared from the best materials ? THanca the necessity of knowing where to go to got all'tha *“ fixin’s ” for the holiday feastinge. Mesars. Stover & Dollingor, at 97 West Madison stroet, are grocers of repute, waomake &special- ty of seiling the very best of family groceries of cvery description, at_very low priccs. They Lave s large store amply supplied with all the standard goods, which they deliver free to all parts of the city. Their batter, sugars, coffees, teas, foreign fruits, etc., are of the best that tho merkets of the world afford, aod, inshort, with- out enumerating further, we may inform cvery- body that their entire Line of erocerics will givo entire eatisfaction eichor for holiday or evers-day use. They buy most of their goods in the East- ern markets, and their experience enables them to take ndvantage of times when they can buy cheapest, and they give thoir cusiomors the ad- vantage of their favorable purchases. B If. M'DOWELL & CO., 223 WEST YADISON STREET. + It paya to trade on tho West Sido,” is & com- mon’ temark, peculiarly apropos for the holiday season. " The dry-goods establishment of R. H. JcDowoell & Co.’is ono of the most attractivo and most extensive of our West Side marts. A specialty is hero made of Iadios’ underswear, and the ladics ara thereforo more expocially interesied in the great reductions they are making in prices, as well a3 in tho endless variety of styles of gocds in thoir particalar line. For holiday gifts those misses’ cloaks will be appropriato; then there are fine beaded cloaks fur ladies, gloves in end- loss style, variety, and price, but all very cheap. The'nototiously-low prices at this popular house haye segared them an_ immepsa patronage not Btrictly confinod” to est-Siders, to muintain which the firm ara always vigilant to take advau- tage of auciion and job lots, and every opportu- nity prosented by the Eastern markets. : ¥ MUAIGAL BOXES. - ‘3. --Howard - Foot, imporier and wholesale dezler in_musical boxes- and ;ieneml musieal merchandise, Nos. 154 ind 156 Clark etreet, bas mado tha mnteresting nonouncement that during this whole Ohristmasmonth of December ha wili accommodate all who visit his establishment with retail bargaioa at reduced wholcssle prices. This may properly be contidered a great popular opportubity. - Mr. Foot ‘has.been locatod for forty yearsat No. 31 Maiden Lane, New York, his house enjoying a national reputation,—tho Chicago branch, opcned to accommodate his large Western traflic, being, it is’ said, the only exclusively musical imporzing honso of the kind in the Weat. The stock is very large, sud in- cludes all varieties of thie best musieal boxes manufactured.- STATIONERY, HOLIDAY DOOKS, ETd. Messis. Mitchell & Hatheway, No.45 Clark street, who have issied’ an interesting annual bulletin of new and attractive books for holiday rosents, including fino ari publicetions snd Fooks for chjldron and youth, including a mag- niticent variety of Dbrilliantly illustrated gal- leries, will be fonnd to have on hand everything requisito for Clrisimes in the lino of fine and ornamen:al statiopery. The stock is a la onc, au@ comprises all styles of Libles, hymnals, prayer-books, ivory -goods, abums, illumina. tions, stereoscopes and viows, toy books, parlor games, puzzles, pictures, ete., for all kinds of innocent amusements, with plenty of reading for older folks,—all-at very low prices. VELVET CLOAKS, FINE MILLISERT, ETC. . Attheold and well-known but modern-style establishment of Messra. Hoteuikin, Petmer & Co., 137 and 139 State strect, our shopning population will find new and interesting aud sustautial at- tractions in fino goods in ail hranchos of miili- nery, velvets of their own selection and importa~ tion, ladics’ select furnishing. goods, etc. The firm bave long been prominently associated with this department of trade, and anjoy 2 large pro- portion of tho best patronago in this line, the character of their trade being indicated in the foct that they now employ a forco of 155 kands in the mennfacture of cloaks, dresies, millinery goods, ete. W. P. BRAZEILTON 4 CO., doing business at No. 95 East fadison street, opposite TriBUNZ Building, and Twents-second streel, under tae-Avenne Houso, ara among the largest and ‘most ‘popular’ manufaciurers’ and holosale dealers 10 ice-cream in the city. Thoy also deal largely in the hest quality of confec- for a month ! ™ T “A play upen words,” as the firama exf when ho thrust his hose into & bookseller's shay 1o pat out the flames. A sillygism : The good dis young. . Bighsa the Mormon will die Young. ~ Therefore, Brig ham is good.—ZLowcell Courier. ' = #Iam very happy,” eaid & French mother, T have s son-in-law whom everybody discusses and & danghter whom no ono talksabous. * Sekretz,” says Josh Billings, “iss bad in vestment—if you pass it, you loze the princ. pal; and if you keep it, you loze the interest.” 2A Covington man died and they puthimca ice ; but he awoke in the night and-yelled oy *+ Why didn’t you put soma mors- wood in thal stove? ™ 1t is wonderful what an amonnt of struglizg and red faceduoss will be gono through by ¢ person wrestling into 3 new pair of shoes 4 st toolarge.” B Benjamin Franklin used - to spell fo g-0-p-e,” and vet ticre isn’t s day but thatsom one holds him up as a great philosopher andt good man. B A Ruode Tsland man carries $200,000 life 1 surance, and if be oven takes cold in the e} the companies rush down thrae or four d to feel his pulse. - The advertisement of & Weriera stonecaiial reads : *‘ Those who bur tombstones fromts look with pride and satisfaction upon the gnnt of their friends.” ) Thoy talk about the rechless extravagmeiol the American people, and yot 5 Daugormu worked all ey to clean o 3-cent stamp 60 i he could use it again. 3 A Lonisvills woman, having been ill-trectefby her husband, jumped iato & cistorn asd n drowned, which proves that the brathren shoud be gentle to the sistern. | ey A Western poot, who bad .exprossed a with to die *‘amid tho grand solitadeof ths etemal monntain-tops,” was killed by tho-explosion ol a pint of cheep kerosene. As to tho familiar gmb‘.em—\flu: is hozs without 5 mother ?—a Brooklvn boy say3 that it is a very pleasant place provided eho leaves the key of tho pantry behind her. | An individual who was abont to start's paper in the interest of the glove makers-snd dealert was rather disgusted at the ~suggestion thatit should be called the Haad-Organ. e £ rd. Barton, of California, beats tha woell in the cultivation of castor besns.-She bu castor oil npon tho trombled watens, sod br- duced a calm $600,000.— Gincinnali Times. St. Paul might bave qualified his condemas tion of matrimony bad he lived: to Tearn thst Washingtonian bas recovered 38,563 d-mlags fromn railway company for the -killing of wife. - N Tho quaintest thing of late in babytalk—4 Littlo gidl seeing a dog scnt;_hminin bolesin X an opposite door, promptly knocked et ! window and'called ous, **Ing ¢ bell; dogg, 16 © bell.” L English poonle ara feasting John W, becance ho gata that tho Enzlish p:lumfi: best warblers in the world. When bo wfifb this country he will sweor that he Wrote blers.” - ] ol Hard currency forover—A Tennsylrsnisa {’m fooled wits a pistol. Dall strucks a-'cc‘x:a (,:in- in Ly weistcoat packok, and took to his bOZE stead of Lis vitals. A thousand dolle:sin P4F would not have saved him. % i d' When Washington buried the batchet, -ndw 4 vised his conptrsmen to avoid gawnih’-:]hl mass wth foreign powers, he Littlo sPPTEHcl that o Maesachusetts mi»t;c dealer Fould €1 s0 ingult Grecco as o call his horse Boz2r Thomas Caldwell, President of fl;;dlwm Naabille Stzeet Raiiway, andertook o rids 7t & new driver the other night, tellng 30 4 responsa to tha domand for farg, 1 0¥, Ty of this road,” and getticg this ml!-m yoor vou won't own it Iong 17 you don't pay 16 YO fare. That's all I'vo got to say about it Thoslanz of Mark Twain's oW mfi roached Norristown. A gentleman fO(WT, pound of cfie:gahhs' Lad bgngm a!axgpcfg; s the remari 3t it was too i1 use. The grocer, ;fi;mgk:.:fi_ :fl.nin:.r hanm’”‘du Tk his cheesc, and 1o tha it was wori 23 any other chagse. * Yes,"” rewarmed 19 tomor, * there's miltions in it ' i An Alrop physician tells of alittlo Ak::l:’om. who cama to him znd said, ** Doctor, Tm8gieic, ipecac.” * What doyou wanb :z‘tor? sott 300 mind, just give it tome.” * ‘Wh!’m!x 31 here ” ** Nobody et me ; I como mY gl caw’t lot yon havo it anless you Gqu' o O are going to do with it.”* © Wall, Do 1y hired girl_swallowed gilser ‘quartore Bl gaid that if T would give hor someshiss. = would bring it up, I migtt bave it Lo ‘A gontlemsn was lookiogiato the 710 toy store the other da7, when 70 7:‘;, 8 and ono remarked: **Say, Jim, domt IO o we had 10 cents to buy :\preflun!??i et %) lame sister 2", Jim replied tiat he :iu;idhl"—’ gontieman pulled outa shinplaster eades giad to be sple to aserst them in ‘!'i'a'n i an haur aflerw: e d Hiusfod with pop-corn balls.—Detroit Frét U T e 4 PP N g ¥ P JOREer S Ry O ST NP o i