Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1874, Page 10

20 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1874--SIXTEEN PAGES. — RAMBLES ABOUT LONDON. How'a Young American Vis- ited Windsor Castle. Petticoat Lane---Its Denizens, and How They Conduct Busi- ness, A Case of Sharp Practice in the Handkerchief Line. Harris’ Clothing House, and His Slang Advertisements. The Skull of One of Dick Tarpin’s Men »-Bad Influence of Highway- man-Literature. Clerkenwell Prison---The Tread- mill as a Flour-Grinder. Travelers, upon reaching London, always visit euch celebrated places 28 St. Paul's, the Tower, the Zoological Gardeng, and the many other old faudmarks of this wonderful city; and Americaus In particclar ceem to have a penchant for explor- ing a little further, if possible, than is usually allowed. met one young Columbian in England, named Melman, who hed quite exbausted his catalogue, and was pearly as despondent as Alexander, In that he hed nothing more to conquer, when ho suddenly remembered that, by some unaccountable means, ‘WINDSOR CASTLE HAD BEEN OMITTED. Without delay he proceeded immediately to Pad- ington Station, and soon found himself in the old, celebrated town of ‘Windsor. Presenting bimeelf to the Chamberlain of the Royal House- hold, he was informed that permission was always readily granted for visitors to look through the Castle and grounds during Mer Majesty's absence, but only at euch times. Tho Queen was intending to remain several weeks longer, while our friend was to return’ home within a fortnight. He had about concluded that he must be deprived of seeing this beautifal palace, when he met soma workmen, carpenters and masons, approaching one of the entrances. Melman questioned them, and found that they were engaged in the Castle. With a little pecunisry persuasion, they were induced to furnish him with a workingman’s dreea, and to take him ineide with them. After a time he wandered atvay from the men, and, while pass- iug through a hall, suddenly came upon the Royal mistress hereelf, accompanied by a eingle attendant. The Queen, supposing him to be one of the workmen, asked ss to the ar- rangement of the carpets in a certain apartment. Melman,—instead of being nearly overcome with embsrrasement, as 3 workman would have been, —in reply, being not very well versed in Court etiquette, merely used the title of ‘Madam. That opened the eyes of the lady, who questioned him as to who he was. and how he gained admission. Ho explained tbat’ his great desire to see Her Majesty's beautiful residence, before his return to America, hed Jed him rather beyond the limits of propriety, and beeged forgiveness. “Madam” readily granted it, and gave him a carte blanche to see the enthe Castle and grounds. Melman returned to London, and declared that the Queen of England was tho finest lady in the world; which quite concurs with the ppinion of all loyal Englishmen. Although travelers universally visit all these places of note, they often omit certain London sights, which, if not quite so grand, are certain- ly ag interesting, and generally more novel. One of these curious old relics to which I re- feria TETTICOAT LANE. This is the interesting name of a street (?) branching off fromWhite-Chapel Road, a short distance from the Eastern boundary of the old ‘City of London, It is at present put in the maps as Mid- Hlesex street, but the old name is always used, and is painted on the wall at the entrance of the lane. It ie exceedingly narrow, being not more than 12 feet wide. and perhaps slong as 8 pood- Fized_ business-block; 1t is entirely populated with Jews. Tf a person shonld walk through this placo al- moet any week-day, ho would sea nothing di: ferent from the poverty and wretchedness of a thousand other brways in London; but to see Petticoat Lane in its glory. to Fee it as being on- tirely characteristic from all other places in the Metropolis, let one go there on Sunday morning. Londoners always ask you, ‘Have you been to Petticoat Lane on a Sunday morning. consider it quite asimportaut as & visit to the British Museum. About 10 o'clock let us enter this remsrkablo thoronghfare, Through the whole length of the Lane are stretched natrow tables, perhaps 3 feet wide, and covered with almost every article that could be imagined. These are attended by Jews. Little, bright, rozy-cheeked boys aro found bere, whom one would hardly think old enough to be in the streets alone; but do not giro yourrelf any feare concerning them ; if you aro under the impression thet you can perhaps purchase some- thing cheaper of them, all I ask of you is to try, and. if you do not find them as capable of showing all the fine pointa of an article, of driving a8 sharp 2 bargain ag any old Israelite that ever lived, then I'll admit that the world has grown honest. Farther on you see, now and then, a table attended by a handsome young Jewess of = QUITE THE RERECCA STYLE, raven black hair, and deep, dreamy eyes, the magneticm of which they use merely to induce you to try their wares; they waste no glances in coquetting.. Of course, the patriarch is nat often in this crowd, with his long, greasy gaber- dine, and a fow stray locks of hair escabing from benesth » skull-cap. He seems to comprehend at » glance whether you cama there from curiosity or upon business, and acty accordingly. ‘ Here and there you will eee a young Je en- raged in carnest conversation with a customer in one of the many courts leading out of thik Lane. Just panse 8 moment and watch this man; perhaps he is talking with s sailor who has juet returned from a cruise. The vendor engages bis customer with such an earnestness and intensity of feeling that you would think this man wae working for a nobler end than that of trying to dispose of 2 second-hand garment at anywhere from 500 to 1,000 per cent profit, wero it not from his coarse, brutal features, that ho cannot conceal, and which sppesr more hideous and ugiy from the excitement of the bnsiness- proceeding, and the agony of heart lest this man ehell escape him without leaving bebind come of his money. Others will stop you, and, after landing their wares to the skies, if you show no lisposition to buy, will endeavor to purchase fone Sale froay yous Delve as willing to bny ster mn ae sting as to sell you one that at the trafic hera is by no means ep neon baal articles ¢ there are ena » BOMB OF bul the sasorhisticstea Y7Y B® SPpearance, i HAD BETTER NOT INVEST. «, Petticoat Laue ie a pretty eafe pi i {ince of the police system in London ; but, a few vears ago, although one might have met pith no personal harm during his periasinationt n this delectable quarter. he would’ if wise, leavo all jewelry at home. A friend’ whoa companied our party upon my fixet vi ‘sho ac- fold us that savers] Upon BY fret sisit here, with a few friends, made thee ete neers this modem Jerusalem one iadey: aoe ing. : ¥ morn- Fine eee? entering the Lane, one of the gentlemer Kerehicfs for sale, and °° Ye'Y fino silk hand— bought a half dozen very cheap. Y ap. ceeded at a slow pace through the ee ina, n near the end of the Lane, this gentlem: a remarked some more handkerchiets so Inve those ho had juat purchased that he stopped to exemine them; imagine his surprise at findin; uot only tho sctual articles he had recently rd yested in, but also his own handkerchief, with his initial worked in ‘the corner. Theso a Jew was praising by the aid of the most beautiful adjectives in the language, and endesvering to make the gentleman think that such an op- portanity for speculation never had been, nor ‘ever would occur again. Itis needlesa tosay that all lingering doubts, if thero nad been any, as to the honesty of these people wore quite re- moved, and tho party returned home musing upon the success of trado, This quarter, fifty yeara ago. and previous to that time, was a notorious resort of thieves. Here it was that the ‘ fence.” or receiver of stolen goods, purchased the booty from the ‘‘cly-faker,” or thicf. One house is pointed out, near the end of tho Lane,whero a celebrated * fercoy. kept his smelting-pst continually over the fire, for the purpose of instantly melting up silverware and plate brought to him by burelars, ‘Afew doors from Petticost Lane, in White- chapel, is a celebrated Jew clothing-house,— HARRIS". Oa Snfday mornings, 2 boy stands at the door, distributing advertisements of tho instiru- tion. Through this medium you are informed, in torms of the choicest slang, that Harris’ is the beet placo in the world for clothing and furnish- ing goods of every description. However, mind you, this advertisement is not composed of tho ordinary slang tetms that mey bo. heard every day in the etreets of London; but the “ Thieves’ Dictionary” and the Whitechapel dialect have been carefully studied for this emorgency. In several districta of East London, and more es- pecially at Dillingagate, the great fich-market, and in Whitechapel, there is a language spoken, composed of bad English and local slang, that is about as imtelligible to a stranger as Hebrew would be toa Modoc. From this beautiful jar- gan Harris has culled the sweets, copyrighted his achievement, and now kindly gives the world the benefit of his researches. Tho late cele- brated elocutioniet, Dr. Bellew, considored it a masterpiece in its way, and copied it, I believe, inone of his writings. In ono paragraph tho reader is informed that “a liberal discount will bo made to seedy swells, mushroom-fakirs [am- brelia-menders], counter-jumpers, quill-drivers, tes-kettle-purgers, and dunkeys out of collar [situstion}.” . Pasaing along Whitechapel Road, wo find the majority of the shops open, aud doing a good business, and, woro it not for the want of trafic in the streets, we would nardly think that it was Sunday. A little farther down. at the corner of Leman street, stands 2 public-house that a hundred yearsago was » modest country inn. Here, under a glass case, you are shown THE SKULL.OF ONE OF DICK TCKPIN'S MEN, who was killed whilo resisting. arrest by the officers. The highwaymen in those haleyou days had it pretty much their own way in tho out- skirts of London. Hampstead Heath was former- Iy agreat resort for foot-pads ; and, at the time of Queen Elizabeth, the road ruvning from Westminster to s'emple Bar, the present Strand, was nover safe after night-fall. 3 But let us look at the other side of this pic- ture, Itis no doubt very romantic, especially to the young, to read of Dick Turpin’s celobrated ride from London to York, 8 distance of 200 miles, in eight hours, after haying committed a bold robbery at tho former place; and how, hav- ing been arrested, he was discharged becauso he proved having been seen in York so soon after the crime had been committed. Nevertheless, he -had successfully carried out the rob- bery, a8 well ag ho throw off dotec- tion. with tho aid of his faithful) mare, Black Bess. Jack Sheppard's numerous aud often successful attempts to escape from prison threw a halo around tho career of a criminal, that too often gained for him the sympathy of honest people, while their eyes wero blinded to tho real crime. T remember of reading, once, while in London, of threo boys,—the eldest not over 15 years of age, who were arrested one night, while carryin; offasmall quantity of goods from the shop of the employer of one of them. At the Volice Court, in the morning, they confessed that they had the idea and intention of becoming highwas- men. On their persons were found several pis- tols and dagrers, and the key to alithis mis- chief, viz: numerous copies of the Claude Duval novels. This result is tho natural outgrowth of the dishonesty and crime to be even in too many parta of London; and the novelist who portrays in powerful language @ robber es a man actuated by noble principles, a polished gentmoman, often taking from the rich aud giving to tho poor, sep- resents that which he knows to be untrue, and ‘also seems to forget the evil his works ‘may effect upon the minds cf the voung. CLERKENWELL PRISON. Being acquainted with the engineer of the Prison of Cold Bath Fields, in Clerkenwell, I ob- tained from him passes, and, one Saturday after- noon, visited the place in company with threo friends. I bad often passed by it before, but had never observed it closely. The prieon covers a epace of ground aslargo. probably, as two busi- ness-blocks in Chicago. This is surrounded by a wall some 40 feet high, on the top of which are numerous iron spikes. Rattling the knocker at a door by the side of the main gate, a wicket was opened, and the Warden, having ascertained that we were visitors, let us into a small office, where we registered our names, The prison-building covors about one-half of the ground within the wall. As we were about to be admitted to the building, the main gate waa thrown open, and we were requested to wait for afew moments, as the doors of the prison and the gates were never allowed to be open at the same time. ‘The prison-van from the Police Court now came in and deposited three prisoners. After the yan bad gone out and the gatea were closed, we were escorted into the main office in company with tho permanent visitors, who, after having given their names and the crimo or offense for which they were committed, were taken to cells, and a Warden was detailed to show us throngh the es- tablishment. This prison does not receive con- victs for longer terms than two years, and from that down to three days. Those for longer terms are sent principally to Portland, on tho south coast, and to Holloway and Milbank Prigons, in London.’ Arthur Orton, the cole- brated CLATSIANT OF THE TICHRORNE FSTATES, ie at the latter place. The old custom of send- ing convicts to Australia is now discontinued. the Clerkenwell Prison is a fine building in every respect, and, had it not been a place whero tho inmates dro deprived of liberty, might have seemed cheerful, Our guide escorted us through the long cor- ridors, explaining the various arrangements, among which Iremember a dial that the night- watchman had to turn every fifteen minutes,— the time it took to make his round,—and which telegraphed to the Superintendent's office. By this means it was known , whether Gr not he did hia duty, or went to sleep during the night. Escape from this place seemed impossible, sud was certainly an improbability. Each cell is, of course, locked eecurely: and, at the end of every corridor, there‘aro either gratings or doore. Then the main door to the prison inter- venues before a convict would reach the yard, when be would hardly be any nearer to liberty than before. ‘We were conducted through the various work- shops, where the men were seated at the benches, ‘exch room being under the charge of a keeper. If a prisoner, upon his arrival, has a trade, he is put to work at it; if not, ho is set to picking oakom. Each’ man is given a few pounds of tarred rope, aud must complete his tas before night, otherwise he is punisbed. For a slight offense, such as a failure to perform the amount of work given, the pun- ishment consists in not giving certain favors or articles of food. One thing I had nearly for~ gotten: Of course“a great many of the prison- ers are not sentenced to hard labor, especially those whose terms aro short, All others are put, for the first three months, ON THE TREADMILL. ‘The old prison system of having convicts do hard labor for no purpose, so powerfully described in “Never Too Late to Mend,” bas been quite abolished in England. The room containing the treadmill was about 100 feet long and 40 feet wide. In the contre was a flour-mill, the tread- wheel running from either side to the onds of the room. This wheel was about 20 feet in diameter, having steps some 14 inches apart. The men working it are in two detachments, cach one being on ten minuces, and then resting the next teu. When.the time is up, the officer in charge calls out through a speaking-trumpet the numbers from 1 to 40, slowly. Each man, as his number is called, steps down, and the cor- responding number fromthe other detachment lenves the bench where he has been resting. and takes his place. A little higher than the head is a wooden pin to hold to by the hands, In dif- ferent parts of the room wa saw uotices that, on such aday, No. So-and-so hed his leg broken from carelessness cn the wheel; a warning to the othere, I presume. The power from this wheel grinds all their flour, from which they make very fine Graham bread. The treadmill is the last punishment resorted to before the dungeons, which are reserved for the last, and, as we were in- formed, are suificient to overcome the most stubborn and desperate. put in them longer than thirty-six hours, and twelve hours are generally onough. About thirty eeconds satisfied us. Wo also saw a placo where refractory young- stera aro tied toa block and given dose of birch ; while, in tho came room, was a frame to which the worst characters are bound when the Jah, or ‘‘cat,” is used. This ia seldom resorted ; E EXCEPT FOR GARROTERS. When a prisoner bas not been report- ed for any fault for three months, a good-conduct star" is sewed on his sleeve, and 2 shillings and 6 pence are placed to his credit, to be given him when hia time expires, I saw one with five of these stars, which proved that A prisoner is never‘ he was well-behaved, 2nd also that his sentence was not short. ‘This prison has accommodations for 2,400 prisoners ; but only 1,200 were there at thie time. ‘The lat place we visited was thechapel, which was very pleasant snd ‘cheerful, and about the only feature of the whole institution that showed the poor wretches that, although de- spised by society, and considered unsafe to bo free, still they wore men, aud might yot retrieve their characters and lead honest lives. Tam certain, after visiting a place of this de- scription, that one appreciates his liberty more than ever; and should think tho fear of losing it, if peranns were actuated by no better motives, would tend to induce them to avoid crime. Epuusp Leen. ——_—>-____. THE DYING YEAR, Ding-dong! she Old Year ’s dying,— It is weart* Hark! the night-wind 's sighing, Ding-dong! the bell ling, — ing-dong! the bells are pealing,— Boft ite last hours stealing? fe Human eouls sre feehaz Sad and dreary. Ding-dong! the moments fying, ‘Drawing neater: Youth is worth the buying ‘When it} deerer: But no wealth can ever Stay the flowing river, Life comes from the Give! ‘Not the aharer, Ding-dong! the night is waning, Almost vunieb-ed,— A few short breaths remaining Ere it is fled. Hush | the bells are ceasing; New tenants now are leasin The Past is still increasing: ‘The Old Year 's dead! James LavaLLor. ee HUMOR. Why is a side-saddle like a four-quart jug? Be- cause it holds a gall-on. Robert Daley Owen's favorite song. tell me thou art dend, Katie darling?” Charles Lamb said of one of his critica: ‘The mero I think of him, the logs I think of him." ‘An Indianapolis policeman has been fined £21 for profanity. Ho will bo careful how ho talks in his sleep hereafter. A Tennesseo funeral was delved for half an hour to. allow horse trade. Business before pleasure was the motto. When we see a man begging his tobaco, we feel like reminding him of tho old adage, that “ Beg- gers must not be chew-sers.” Rather than seo it neglected, a thrifty Eastern farmer is raising potatoes on tho rave of Tom Paine.—Louisville Courier-Journal. Qniz, having drawn s map of the world, was asked why bo marked the Polar regiona * L. 8. ;” and he said, Because it is the place of the seal. ‘Tho man who has not anything to boast of but his iMustrious ancestors is like e potato piant— the only good belonging to him is under ground, Ayoung lady asked a pookseller’s clerk if he had “‘ Festus.” “No,” he answered, * but I'm afraid a boil is coming on tho back of my necs.” ‘The Ithaca Journal is not tho best authority on sporting matters, It states that the original “home stretch” ig the stretch across the mater- nal knee. The Isst foreign watch received in France, con- signed ta the Lafayette family, seems to be re-, ceived with more fayor than the watch on the Rhine was. “ Am I not a little palo?” inquired a Isdy who was short and corpulent, of a crusty old bacho- lor. ‘You look more like a big tub,” was the blunt reply. A Californian contemporary puts in a good word for tho much-abayed Mongolian, remarking that no.Chinaman hss ever yet become a book-can- yasoer or a life-iusurance agent. “ What station do you call this,” said aman, as ho crawled out of tho dobris of » railroad smash-up. ‘ Devastation,” replied the urbane conductor. He had bean there before. A Leavenworth man told a lie, and then said: “*T hope to be struck dead if I have not told the “Do they truth!” He had scarcely ceased speaking when he fell to the floor—a man having knocked him down, Young America is very forward. ‘I'll put a head on you,” said a little gamin tos compan- ion, **You try it,” was the quick reply, ‘ and your mother's monkey will bea cherubin ten seconds.”” A univorsity atudent broke through the ico on Lake Monana, the other day, where the water was only 4 feet deep, When ho was hauled out and laid upon tho ice, he faintly whispere: “Boys, I didn’t care for myself, but I’m en- gaged.” Alady went into a carpet store recently, and, pointing out a carpet, asked the proprietor what it was. “Braseels,” says the proprietor. © Brussel,” quoth the lady, passing her hand oyeric. ‘Seems to me the brustles don’t stick up much.” When a Westchester woman detects her hus- band ‘walking crooked” down the rosd, she doesn’ get mad about it, but thoughtfully ob- serves to hier companion: ‘Jave, I shouldn't wonder if it was an earthquake that makes Jobn walk that way.” A rustic youngster, boing asked out to tea with a friend, was admonished to praise the eatables, Prosentiy the butter was pas¢ed tohim, when ho remarked: “ Very nice butter—what thero is of it,” aud, observing a smile, he added, ‘and plenty of it—such es itis.” |” “Why, Jimmy,” said one professional beggar to another, “fare you going to kuock off already. It's only 2’ o'clock.” No, you mutton-head,” responded the other, who was unbuckling bis crutch, ‘I'm only going to putit on the. other knee. "You don’t suppose a fellow can beg all day on the same leg, do you?” The London club men are quite shy of thoso who are pronounced to be ‘* not clubable men.” What would they say of s negro arreeted in Elizabeth, N. J., over whose bead 9 policeman splintered his “locust,” but who, onbeiug asked at the etation-houso if the officer had struck him, replied: “No, enh; not dat I's awah of Even in the ealoons opinions upon gaave sub- jects are expressed forcibly. A geutleman slight- ly under the influeace of the intoxicating bowl furnished proof of this fact, a night or two ago. “Whisky, zur,” eaid he, ‘‘hic—brightens the in- tellect. It ought. by thunder, to be introduced inso the public schools, zur.”—St. Louis Kepub- tiean: Ag a gentleman was nearly run over in a nar- row Londun street by a dray, he shouted to the driver, Do you want to Kill me ?” whereupon the intelligent driver put the thumb of his dex- ter hand to his nose, and, spreading out his fin- gers hke a fan, roplied, “If Thad knowed you was a-coming this way, I would have sent you a post-card!”* A man was ccen coming out of a Texas news- paper office with one eya gouged out, his nose spread all over his face like a piece of raw beef, and one of his cars chawed off. ‘To a policoman who intorviowed him he replied: *Tdidu’t hike an article that "peared in the paper last week, an’ I went in ter co the man who writ it. He war there, strangor.” Aatranger who was eating a piece of pie in a restaurant, Saturday, struck bis tecth against something hard, and presently held up a 2-cout piece and exclaimed: ‘Here, you—here’s 2 counts which I found in tuis pie!" '* Well, I'm sorry it isn’t 15,” replied the waiter, “but the fact is, times are so hard we can't do any better just now."—Detroit Free Press. A candidate at a recent examination in Paris lotely gave an answer to tho first question ad+ dressed to him which deserves to rank with that of tho youth who, being requested by the ox- aminere in divinity at Oxford to enumerate tho major and minor prophets, declined to make in- yidious distiactious. ‘Come, sir,” said the French examiner in an encouraging tone to the unpromising-looking “subject,” who came for- ward in his turn, “oblige me by telling me all you know of Louis XVI.” “Sir,” replied tho Young man, “with a modest yet’ dignified air. “T never make any individual the subject of idle gossip.” An Irish citizen called at the Post-Office: “Onny letter for O'Hoolahan:” ‘Which of them?" *Onny of thim.” “We can’t give out letters that way—what’s your first name?” “None of your business frat my namo is—I want aletther.” ‘We can’t tell whether there ia any letter for you without knowing what your namo is.” ‘I'ma vatburalized citizen, and ain't I as much right toa letther as onybody?” “Why, yes,-of courge, if there is one for you ; I can't tell whether there is any unless you tell me your name.” “Gimme a letter, I tell you!” ‘Give mie your name, I tell you!” Mo’ name is—me name is—Patbrick Mahoney.” (Clerk looks.) “There is no letter for Patrick Mahoney.” After a little more stubbord insisting the man started away. Agentloman, who had been looking on with much enjoyment, inquired : **So you aidn't get any letter after all, Pat?” “No,” said. Pat, with a wink, ‘* butIgot even with him; it wasn't moown nameI guy him! Is there onny other Post-Office in this town where I could get a let- ther, sur?” ‘es PREVENTION OF SMOKE. Examination of Prominent €bicago Buildings Continued. Newspaper Offices, Hotels, Business Blocks, Ete, The Observations Summed Up in Tabu- lar Form. The Less Smoke Consumed, the Greater Economy of Fuel. In continuation of the resulta of examinations into the state of the furnaces of various office buildings and hotele, the first of which were published in Sunday's issue of Tae Tarpune, the following are here presented: In the ASHLAND BLOCE there are two boilers in use, made by Gibbs & Sternet; ono is'a locomotive or agricultural en- gine boiler, 12 feet long by 2 fect diameter, with a grato-surface measuring 4 foet by 2 feet, charged through one fire-door of an ares about one-fifth of the grate-surface; no sir-shutter to fire-door. The other boiler is of tho ordinary tub- ular type, similar to all;those alrealy described, measuring 16 feet long by 4 fect diameter, with a grate-eurface of 5 fect by 4 feet 6 inches, with two fire-doors, each of an area equal to one- fourteenth area of grate-surfaco, nearly; no air- shutters in. the same, only five boles half an inch in diameter. ‘The average pressure kept in the boilers for fourteen hours is 50 pounds; amount and kind of coal consumed, 5,000 pounds of Wilmington (bituminous) coal per diem; con- sumption of fuel per square foot of grate-surfaco (including both boilers) per hour, 113¢ pounds. No apparatus is fixed to either poiler for the pre- vention of smoke, which frequently appears in considerable quantity from the chimney. Tho locomotive boiler is shortly to bo changed for a larger one of ordinary type. At present tho fires have to be forced to keop up sufticient steam for the purposes required, viz,: pumping water for use in a water-elevator, aud heating the whole building. In the TREMONT MOUSE thero are two boilers, each measuring 16 fect long by 4foct 6 inches diameter, with a grate- surface of 5 feet by 5 feet ; fire-doors of an ares equaling one-seventeenth of the grate-surface, aud fitted with small air-shutters. The boilers are mado by John “Davis; average prossuro in boilers, 45 pounds; amount and kind of fuel used, 16,000 pounds per day of Wilmington cosl; consumption of coal per square foot of grate- surfoco per hour is 1334 pounds for each builer; the work performed is running threo elevators, heating the whole building, aud providing eteam for laundry purposes. No apparatus had been fixed to. theso boilers for preventing smoke, which at times ia very heavy. At the PALMER HOUSE, there are four builers, each of the same size as those at the Tremvut House, and similarin every respect except that tho tire-doors each have an area equal to one-sixteenth of the area of grato- surface ; tho boilers were made by Baker, Smith & Co.; averaze pressure kept up, 50 pounds; amount and kind of fuel used, 16,000 pounds per diem of Wilmington coal, three boilers being used (the fourth kept in reserve for emergencies); consumption of cual per square foot of grate- surfaco ree honr, 9 pounds for each boiler. All the work in this large hotel is performed by three boilers. No arrangement titted to them for the provention of emoke. In tho GHAND PACIFIC HOTEL thero are also four boilers, three of which wore in use. They were made by Crano Bros., and each measures 16 fect long by 4 feet in diameter, with a grate-aurface of 5 foet by 5 fect, and fire- doors each of an ares equal to one-fourteenth of tho grate-surfaco; average pressure in boilers, 43 pounds per aquaro inch ; amount and sind of fuel used, 17,000 pounds per diem of Wilmington coal; average cousump- tion of fucl persquare foot of grate-surfaco per hour, 914 pounds foreach boiler. ‘The tire-doors ‘sro fitted with air-shutters similar to thosoin the boilers already described. All the work re- quiring steam in this hotel is performed by theso doilers. They were formerly flitted with Ford's Fuel Economizer, but this arrangement was re- coutly removed, as the engiuecr reported that it checked the dreft. At the AMERICAN EXPRESS BUILDING thore are three boilera, cach measuring 11 feetin longth by 3 fcot £ inches in diameter, of which two only are in constant use; tho fire-doors are each equal to one-twelfth of the area of fire-grate, which measures 4 fect by 4 feet Ginches ; averago pressure of steam, 53 pounds; amouut and kind Of fuel used, 6,79! pounds (average of seventoon days, running Dec. 1 to 17 from log-book) per day of twenty-four hours, of Indiana block coal ; aver- age consumptionof fuel per square foot of grate- surface per hour, 8 pounds, nearly; firo-doors fitted with air-shutters of usual pattern, The boilers were manufactured by Crane Bros.; they provide ateam for one elevator (Crano’s), and heat the whole building. No arrangement is atlixed to them for preventing smike. The engineer states that he had no faith in any amoke-preventing arrangements. In CULYER, PAGE # HOYNE’S building there are tivo of Crano’s boilers, similar in all respects to those atthe Union Building. ‘Averago pressuro in tho boilers, 50 pounds per square inch; amouot sod kind of fuel used, 3,000 pounds per day of ten hours of Laurel (non-caking bituminous) coal; averago con- sumption of fuel per square foot of fire-grate surface per hour, 9}¢ pounds, nearly. Ford's Fuel Economizer was formerly fitted to these boilers, but after a year's trial it was removed, as tho engineer considered it inefficiont, and be- Tieved that tho consumption of fuel was rather Jess without than with it. At tho LAKESIDE BUILDING two boilers made by John Davis are in use, each 16 feet long by 3 fect G inches diameter, with fire-grates measuring 4 feot by 4 feet, and firo and asb-pit doora measuring ono-twelfth of the area of fire-grate ; average pressure 1n tho boiler, 60 pounds per square inch ; amount and kind of fuel used, $,000 pounds ver day of twenty-four hours of Waluut Hill (non-caking bituminous) coal; uverago consumption of fuel per square foot of grate-surfaco per hour, 102-5 pounds. The character of the work performed by the steam from these boilera is, runving one 18 H. P. eievator and one 20 H, P. engino, and healing the whole building. ‘fhese boilers were formerly fisted with Ford's Fuel Economizer, but in t! case also it has been taken ont. Tho next v: was paid to ; 3. ¥. FARWELL & Ci dry-goods store on Monroe and Franklin stroets. Tiore there aro two boilers in use, made by John Daris, each measuring 16 feet long by 4 feet di- ameter, having s grate-surfaco of 4 feet by 4 fect, and fire and ash-pitdoors of an area measuring s little less than one-tenth of the area of the tire- grate; average pressure maintained, 45 pounds per equare inch; amount and kind of fuel used, 2,106 pounds por day of eleven hours of Indiana block coal. ‘This amount, 2,106 pounds, is the average of seventeen dayw, Dec. 1 to 17 inclusivo, as taken from the weigh-bills and tally-book in tho writer’a presence. Especial caro was taken in this. case, as the boilers aro fitted with Ford's Fuel Economizer and Smoke Pro- venter, by which the engincer states that 35 per cent of fuel has beon sayod; that tho tubes in the boilers, which tormerly roquired cleansing every night, now only need it twice in every week. ‘he average consumption of fuol per aquare foot of fire-grate surface per hour is 6 pounds. Tho work-done by tho steam from these boilers is running threo steam and ono water elevator, the water elevator using tho water from a No. 8 Knowles’ pump and heating the whole building. At tho REPUBLIC LIFE BUILDING. There are two -boileis in uso made by Jobn Davis, each meastring 15 feet long by 4 fect diameter, with fire-grates 4 feet by 4 feet, and the othor dimensions of fire-doors, otc., the same in ali respects ss those of the boiler in J. V. Far- well & Co.'s store ; average pressure maintain- ed, 50 pounds per square inch ; consumption and kind of fuel. 6,000 pounds of Indiana block-coal per day of twenty-four hours; average cou- sumption of fuel per equare foot of fire-grate surface per hour, 8 pounds nearly. These boilers aro aluo fitted with Ford's apparatus, which is eu to give satisfaction in economizing tho fuel. n FIFLD, LEITER 4 CO.'S WHOLESALE STORE there are two boilers manufactured by Crane Bros., each 16 fect long by 4 feet diameter, with fire-grate surfaco measuring 5 feet by 4 feet 6 inches, and sire-door and a slight opening equal to one-twelfth of the fire-grate area; average presenre in boilers, 60 pounda per square inch ; amount and kind of fuel used, 4.185 pounds per day of fourteen hours of Indiana block coal. ‘This amount, 4,185 pounds, is tho average per @ay of seventcen days’ consumption ss de- termined by the tally-book and atock on hand for the seventeen days ‘ending Dec. 17. ‘This will give the average copsumption per square foot of firo-grate surface per hour ae 634 pounds. ‘The yror- dono by the steam supplied by these beilers is running six elevators, aud heating the whole building. These boilera ara fitted with Nay- lor .& Afaginnis’ “ emoke-consuming " appar- atua, the principle of which consists eesentially in introducing air Into the farnace both through tho furnace-doors, which are consequently ad- justed to introduce the air just over the surfaco 2f the burning fuel on tho’ fire-grate, and alio through a perforated iron plate on the back side of a hollow bridge wall. ‘Iwo perforated de- flector walls of brick are fixed immediately un- derneath the boiler-shell ; the ono 18 to deflect any air drawn from the fire-door on to the sur- face of the coals, the other is to deflect the cur- rents of flames which reach over the bridge well into tho streams of air which enter the furnace through the bridge wall. Wo. aball probably have more to say of this contrivance on a future occasion, At FIELD, LEITER £ CO.’ RETAIL STORE there are four boilers made by Crane Broa., each meaguring 14 feet long by 4 feet diameter, with fire-grates of 4 feet inches by 4 feet, and fire- doorand ash-pit openings of areas aqualing o little lesa than one-tenth of the area of fire-grate ; averago boiler pressure, 55 pounds; amount and sind of fuel uxed, 7,157 pounds (average por, day of seventeen days’ run) of Midway (bitumi- nous) coal, per day of fourteen hours ; average consumption of fuel per square foot of fire-grate por hour, 7 pounds. ‘Theso boilers provide steam for running three elevators aud heating tho whole of tho estore. They also aro fitted with Naylor & Maginnis’ smoke-conuming ar- rangement. At ihe M'CORMICK BLOCK there aro tivo boilers made by Crane Bros., each measuring 14 feet long by 4 fect diameter, with fire-grates measuring 5 feot by 5 fect, and fire- doors and ash-pit openings of areas cach measur- ing one-fourteenth of the area of fire-grate; avor- ago pressuro maintained in boilers, 45 pounds per squaro inch; consumption aud kind of fuel used, 4,209 pounds por day of fifteen hours of Hocking Valloy coal; average consumption fuel por aquaro foot of fire-grate surface per hour,5 3-5 pounds, Work dono, by boilers: running ono Clevatot, and seven-horse-power engino which drives the printing machinery of tho Standard and Jnlerior. Theeo boilers are fitted with Griffin’s steam jots, which are an arrangement for producing a stronger draught in the farnace, and thereby promoting combustion. It consists in four steam jets inserted in the front of each boiler, two over each fire-door, and sv arranged as to play up a part of the fire-zrate about, threo-fourths the length of the grate from the fire-door to ‘the bridge; an air-dollecting plate is also introduced on the in- side upper o.lge of the fire-opeving to deflect all | air entering from the fire-door on to the surface of the burning coal, over which surfaco it passes until coming directly in front of the steam jets, when it ig propelled forward with much greater velocity, its piace being filled with fresh air, oither from the ash-pit below the grate or from tho fire-door, which was not provided with any special arrangements fur introduciag fresh air into the furnace other than the ordinary adjustablo air-shutter, 6 inckes in diameter, and having three holes measuring about one-twenty- ninth tho area of fire-door. The engineer, how- ever, does not use this, as ho states that when in use they did not prevent the smoke, nor could he recognize any economy in fuel; when re- quested, however, ho could not give any data to the writer upon the relative economy of fucl when the boilers were run with or without the steam jots. Beforo tho eteam jets, Naylor & Maginnis’ arrangement was in use, bat was re- ino¥ed, it is uuderstood, in consequence of some disagreement between’ the pateutecs and Mr. Cyrus 'H, McCormick, owner of tho. building. In the REAPER BLOCK. which is also owned by Mr, C. H. icCormiok, thero are two boilers, mado by Crane Bros, each measuring 14 feet long by 3 feet 8 inches diameter, with fite-grates measuring 4 feet 6 inches by 4 feet Ginches; fire-doora and ash- pits each equal to oue-eleventh of the arca of the fre-grate; average prpssure macntained in boilers, 50 pounds; amotiut and kind of fuel used, 3,730 pounds per day of fourteen hours of Hocking Valley coal; -ayerage consumption of fucl per square foot of fire-grate per hour, 6 1-10 pounds. ‘Those boilers were formerly fitted with Naylor. & Maginnis’ ‘“smoke-consuming” ar- Tangement, but it was removed on the game account ag that in the McCormick Block. The engineer did not stato whether any economy was effected when they were in use. Though not bearing on the iain question of our gubject, the following statements of tho engi- nvar at the Reaper Block may here bo recorded. Asthoresalts of experimert, he found that by felting all bis steam-pipes, both oxhaust aod supply, to tho elevator engine, he effected 3 sav- ing of 13 per cent, on his fuel; also that where formerly he used 2.86 tons of Indiana blook cal ho now used 1.74 tons of Hocking Valley, this being according to his opinion the relative econ- omy of these two fuels. At tho SUPERIOR BLOCK there are two boilers made by John Davis, each measuring 16 feet long by 3 feet 6 inches in di- ameter, with fire-grates 4 fect G inches by 4 fect G inches, and fire and ash-pit doors, each equal to two-thirty-tifths of the area of the fire-grate ; aver- age prossure maintained in boilers, 35 pounds per equaro iuch ; amount and kind of fuePused, 4,000 pounds per day of cleven hours of Shawnee (0.) coal ; average consumption of fuel per square foot of grate-surface per hour, nearly 9 pounds. No arrangemeut for the prevention of smoke is aftixed to these boilors; work performed, run- ning one elevator and heating two buildings by steam. In tho STAATS-ZEITUNG BUILDING there are two boilers made by A. F. Bushick, of the same size and character as those in J. V. Farwoll & Co.’s dry-goous store. ‘I'he pressure maintained in the boilers is GOpounds per sqnaro inch; smount and hind of (uel used, 6,000 ponads of Erie screenings coal per day of twen- ty-four-hours; average consumption per squaro foot of fire-grate per hour, 8 pounds nearly. Griffin's steam-jet arrangement is fitted to these boilers and used; the only differoace between the arrangemont of that system here snd in the MeCormick Block ia that in_ this oase the air-do- flecting plate is omitted. In THE “TIMES” BUILDING two of Root’s sectional boilers are in use. They aro of different sizes, the one measuring 11 feet by 19 fect broad by 12 fect Jong, with tire-grato measuring 10 feet 8 inches by 4 feet 6 inches, and three fire-doors each moasuring one-thirty- second of the area of the fire-grate, and ash-pit doors one-nineteenth ; and the other measuring 11 feet high by 10 feot broad by 12 feot long. with fire-grate measuring 8 feet by 4 feet 6 inches, aud two tire-doors measuring each one- twenty-fourth of the area of the fire-grate, and ash-pit doors one-fourteenth. We understand thut the largor boiler aloue is used continuously (its power being rated at 150 horse-power), and tho other boiler kept as a reserve. The tubes forming the boilers are all 9 feet long. The amount and kind of fuel used is 18,000 pounds per day of twenty- four hours of Wilmington coal; averago con- sumption of fuel per sauara foot of fi grate surfuce per hour in large boiler, 1574 pounds; pressure maintained in the boiler, 60 pounds per square inch ; fire-dcors are fitted with $-iuch revolving air shutters, same as those in the boileis of the Union Building, etc. Work performed by tho steam is running one engine, with cylinder 14 by 20 inches, one steam and ono geared-elevator, and heating the whole building. No arrangement. for preventing smoke is aftixed to this boiler, and the smoke from the stack vies in quantity and blacknese with that from any other boiler furnesg in the city. In tho TRIBUNE BUILDING there aro two boilers made by the Excelsior Iron- Works; one measures 3 feet long by 4 feet G inches in diameter; tho other 14 feet long by 4 feet in diameter; fire-grates the eamo size in each boiler, viz.: 4 fect by 5 feet, aren of fire-door and ash-pit openings, each meas- uring two-nineteeuths area of fire-grate; average pressure in boilers. 55 pounds; amount and kind of fuel used, 10,000 pounds per day of twenty-four hours of Star Wilmington coal; average consumption per square foot of prate-surfaco per hour 10 2-5 pounds. No ar- rangement for the prevention of smoke is fitted to these boilers. ‘Tho boilers aro fitted with a battery of anti-incrustator which, the ongineer states, works very satisfactorily in preventing tho formation of scale. An automatic steam trap is boing fitted which conveys back the con- @ensed water from the steam heaters throughout the building to the boilers, and forces it in. Work done by the steam from these boilers: driving two 20-horse power engines, one Otis elevator, ‘and heating tho whole building. In he _ EVENING JOURNAL BUILDING there are two builers, each measuring 12 fect long by 4 fect diameter, made by A. F. Bushick, with fire-grates measuring 4 feet by 5 feet, and fire-door and ashpit openings each equaling one- thirteeuth of the area of fire-grates, and fitted with G-inch air ebuttera in the usual manner. Average pressure in boilers, 65 pounds per square inch; amount and kind of fucl used, 4,000 pounds of Walnut Hill coal per day of twenty-four hours; averago consumption per square foot of fire-grate surface por hour, 8}¢ pounds. Theso boilers were formerly fitted with Naylor & Maginnis’ Fuel Economizer, but it was use, for the purposes of the bi which aro driving one 35-horse power engino and heating the whole buitding. ‘Twenty-two of our principal buildings, of three classes, viz. HOTEL, OFFICE-BUILDINGS, ICES, all situsted in and about the most central and yaluable portion of the City of Chicago, have thus been examined. and tho resulta of such ex- amination in detail have been taid before the readers of ‘ue Tripusz in this and the preced- ing papers. It now remains to summarize and avalyze these results. he following table gives this"summary of all the buildings described, arranged according to their relative cconomy of conyumption. Column A shows the name of the building; Column B, consumption of fuel per square foot of fire-grate per hour; Column C, average pressure of steam in the boiler; Column D, number of pounds pressure of steam raised per pound of fuel burnt; Column E, proportion of fire-door openings in each boiler to the grate surface of that boiler, theee openings being gen- erally closed when running the boiler; Toluma ¥;, proportion of ash-ptt openings to'grato sur- faco m each boiler, these openings being reuer- ally open when running the boiler; Column G, kind of fuel used. AND PRINTING oF- x LB jo DiziF]. 6 I ¥teld & Lew. s.| | 1-6 6 Tad. binck. 2hield & Ler, \s 1-5 (1-5 Wad, block 3 MeUormick bivk] 5 3-5 | 13 EF diene gto he 3-1 Hocking Vs 8'Eug Jour. 13°2-18 Walnut Full. 6J.V.Farwell’s 5 Tdtaats Zing bY" & Union buildiag. |Am. Ex. bidia lujepub. ‘Lifo bid! & lil akeside b'd’ng)19 2-5 Jz}Falmer House. 13|fribuno biding}10 2-5 prites Hoyne’s 15|Grand P. Hotel I¢jsherman Houso| 1;]Aabland block. .J112¢ 4+[Saporior block.| 9, badd ner dren Fi Fis} i5| Wilmington. 1.9 |1-9 [Shawneo (0.) 1s] fimes building. |1535 ‘i mington, £1/Cremont House} 135g 1] Wilmington, ‘| Motropol. block ]!2 44, ehec. a, With our knowledge of theee buildings, several LAPORTANT FACTS may be gathered from an inspection of the table above. In the first place, tho boilers in eight of the buildings mentioned are fitted with smoke- preventive apparatus, viz.: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 90, and 22; in tive of these buildings such appa- ratus has been-titted, but has also been removed, iz.: in Nos. 4, 5, 9, 11, and 15. ‘The two build- ings which stand highest 10 the table for econo- my in fuel—Nos. 1 and 2—aro also, zccording to the porgonal observation of tho writer, productive of less smoke than any others in the table, and, be it remembered, these two buildings are fitted with smoke- proventive apparatus.f§ Of the eight buildings whose boilers are thus fitted, six etand within the first half of the table of economy, uo Jess than three being the vory highest in that table. ‘This shows well for the advantages to de derived by the owner of any boiler from so arranging his boilers as to prevent smoke, and is an argument in favor of tae statement that prevention of smoke and economy in fuelare synonymous. It may be said, against this argument, that two of the least economical boilers in tne table, Nos. 20 aud 22, are also fitted with emoke-preventive and fuel-cconomizing apparatus, In reply to this, the reader is referred back to tho detailed description of these boilers given in laet Sunday’s issue, from which it will be seen that in the ove cage the engineér expressly states that the apparatug would work better with a different removed on account (as the engineer ssid) of the difficulty of raising sufficient ateam, when it description of coal ; in the other case, much im- provement could bo made, as the writer person- ully observed, by moro careful stoking, aad probably also in a change of fuel. And at this point it may be stated that, in several of the boii- ara visited, : AN UNDOUBTED SAVING could be effected if the stoking was attended to with alittle more care, Careful stoking is a very important element in any and every design having for its object economy of fuel and Fre- vention of smoke, whether the design be merely acarefully constructed boiler, with well-propor- tioned tinea and fire-grate, etc., or whether it be some mechanical or other decign specially made for that specific object. In fact, in ail schemes for these purposes, careful and uuiform stoking iz such an important elemect that various me- chanical devices have from tims to time been brought out baying for their object an uni- form supply of facl of a certain thicknoss on the fire-grate; but none, so far, has prov- ed such a success a8 to maintain ita posi- tion in popular favor for more than a tew.years, and nono applicable to every case.. All tho boilers described in the table are of the samo kind. yiz.: multitubular flue. boilers, with the exception of the locomotive boiler at the Ashland Block and the Root boilers at the Times Building. As in all probability the table above will bo again referred to in tho course of these articles, it is advisable that all readera of Tue Tari who take an interest in the sup- ject (and it ig hoped they are many) preservo it for future reference. = ————— PROSPECTIVE. Another page will soon be nlaced Oa Time's recording book ; With many a sigh aud many’s tear, ‘With many a hope and many a fear, Buck to the Past we look, ‘There's scarcely one amongst us now ‘But, weeping, would bring back Some thought, some word, ar careless act,— A something wishing to retract Upon Life's checkered track, oo soon we'll hear the poor Old Year Chant its expiring wail ; But oh! beneath its lonely bier : ‘Are cherished hopes most prized, most dear, ‘And many a sad, sad ta Ol! contd we keep it but a while, A little while our own, Recall the things wo treisured most, Recall the time that we have loat, ‘And worthicr seed have sown; Oh! could we stay the wing of Time With hand of cunning sage,— Each heart would then be bu:ter taught, ‘And nobler impulse, holier thought, Would mark Life’s suilied page. An angel holds a golden crown, ‘Above our bead each day ; With gems of Faith and Lope 't is set; But few she ’s found to wear one yet, ‘And tearful turns away. Sho hands to each a spotless acroll, ‘And, with a pitying sigh, She, warning, tells us not to write A word that cannot bear the light Of Heaven’s alt-searching eso, Another year hax sped apace, ‘And crowns are still unworn 5 Our mortal frailty giveth way, Aud evers good resolve to-day ‘To-morrow finds undone. But, when tho coming, bright Now Year aa hoary grown with aze, May it a geutler tale record, ‘That evil deed or unkind word Soil not its “virgin page.” orhat Mand kerchicf.?? From the Chariton Countu (Mo.) Brunmwicker. Tuesday evening a. young man called on & gentleman acquaintance whom he expected to tind alone, but was ushered into the presence of tivo or six Indies. Under ordinary circumstances this unexpected array of beauty would not havo awed nor perplexed him, but just at the time he chanced to be laboring under a huge chew of tobacco. As the juice of the vile plant filled his mouth, ho glanced around in search of a spittoon. No such article was visible. He grew warm, and questions addressed to him, be conld only answer with a nod ora shake of his head. Just ag the tobacco began to steal out of the corners of his overburdened mouth he be- thought him of his handkerchief. Hastily draw-. ing it from his pocket, he raised the other band and pointed towards tho window. While tho ladies were looking in that direction, trying to ascertain what had attracted his attention, ho quickly squirted the load of tobacco into bis handkerchief, folded it upand placed itin Ins ‘pocket. ‘Thus relieved from tho causo of his embarrassment, and feeling that his strange conduct had excited the surprise of the party, he exerted allhis powers of mind and man- ner to remove whatever unfavorable impres- sion had been created. He chatted aud laughed, told stories, perpetrated puns, and was so agree- able that tho ladies wished he could be with them alwaya, Iis previous eingular demeanor was forgotten, audas jibo and jest leaped from his lips each fair listeuer inwardly wished that “hea ven had made her such a man.” He told a joke on himself, and it wasa good one. They all Taughed lond and long, and he as Iond and long as any of‘them. Ho laughed until tne tears came in his eyes, and ho pulled forth his hand- kerchief and wiped them away. That bandkerchief! That tobacco-laden bandkerchie: In s moment of forgetfulness he wiped away the tears of joy with that rocking handkerchief ! ‘He bas broken 2 biood-vessel!"’ the startled woman cried, as, swift-winged with fear, they flew for assistance. When they retumed, their entertainer was gone, He 18 still gone, and auxious friends are dragging the river for his body, ag ho was last seen flying in that direc- tion. Darr. —— Ata public meeting a speaker said that a cer- tain thing was ‘‘justas sure agit wasthat Romeo BETWEEN THE HOLIDAYS, * —_ Glaneing Backward at Ch Forward to New Teatieccns: Old Folks and the Littig Folks Will Do on New Year’s Day, Christmas is over, and New Year's i a ‘The reaction of all this long peeparsting ae citement ig upon us, and everything seme, trifle dull and commonplace. By “this ti a Johnnie has begun to indulge a suspicion the hia horse is not a real flest-and-ilood auiactt Sennie's wax doll already exhibits alarminé symptoms of optical derangements, due, prot ably to the celerity with which she bss been « pected to goto sleep and wake up again; thy baby's jumping-jack has suffered come intemay injuries, and no longer performa a galvani dance at the pulling of the stting,—in short we aro inclined to think just now, while Tooke backward over our shoulders at Christmag a everything 1s 1 that OUT OF GEAR, ‘The children, from over-excitement and feed are fretful and ailiug. ‘The husband is tronbis] with a shadowy suspicion that his wife cherie a.wecret regret that her fara were not seal i stead of mink. But then he velected theme expensive. What more could he do? ‘The sat is jealously watching overy book her hasbeg opens, and, now that she has at teat given him the volumes he has been so long oraving, at cannot understand why ue leaves his hinones’® biographies, or whatever they are, tr opened, while he amuses himself wih tho magazine or newspaper. Into Aremints mind is creeping a vague misgivi to whether Augustus will over wear his smo} cap, and Augustus on his part devoutly wishes he had given Araminta anything but » book st engravings. “Probably,” he. reasons, “shy Will never look it tprough twice.” And fa tent itis a question. Very likely Augnates thros Lis smoking-cap into uis trank, and nevertaa it on bis head @ second time.’ Araminta bas little goreness at her heart as ehe gees, befare her Christmas parcel is untied, that it is a book, She had so longed for a fan or a hankerchiet. ring! But who docs not tmow that Christmas, like arose, is more beautiful in the bud thas the blogsom—in ‘THE PREPARATION than the completion? When the hneband made that lucky stroke in business which carned him the extra £50 to his yearly income, he resolved then and there the wife should havo the coveted furs, and the resolve kept his heart warm for months. The long weeks in which he caried his secret—were they not as pleasant as the mo- mont in which he realized his anticipationa, and eaw the dear eyes light up. and heard the bélored lips murmur thanks? And what can it be but the. pleasure of preparation _ which induces women to expend their misdirected en- ergies in the construction of emoking-caps which ud sane mao evor wears, ond slippers which never by any chance fit the feet intended? Yea, we all of us agonized over the selection of out gifts, aud yet the agony itself was_pleasare, ‘Yo begin with, there was. grandpa. What conld one give an old gentleman—one already endoxed with gold spectacles? ‘Then, if he had for collar and gloves, the case was hopeless, An old Indy wears caps—bat an old gentleman! Bibles, and books of devotion, and volumes of sermons, are, of course, very appropriate to per- sous uf advanced age.—but then one hardly likes to be reminded, by the very nature of s pregent, that the donor does not consider the recipient long for this world. And so wo went hurrying through the busy streets, cudgeling our brains ° as to our Christmas purchases, straying in where the crowd was greatest, and feeling inexprossi- bly mean whenever a dapper clerk came bowing up, and asked if any one was waiting on us, or inquired what he could show us. 4h mo! how ditferent were our feelings when we were chill. dreu and did our FIRST CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. We had a few vhiliugs,—perhaps even a dollar ortwo. It seemed a big sum, and wo had been a long time saving it np: but there were somany people to be remembered! We trielailatiing so many penuies—or ebillings, as our fortune might allow—to each person, Lut, even as iu these later Christmases, we round evervthing wo wanted to buy east more than wo could’afford. Wealwavs euded by buying the most inaporopriste articles for everbody, irom grandma down, and yet everybody pretended ly _suarprieed childish acarts wore supremely cou mag was mado for children. Tho grown mau who neverLnew the agony of childish impatieuce with which the long works before Chnstmas rere Jaden; who never counted the weeks deindting to days, and the days to houre, and the hours to ono night, who never found it impossible to go to sleep because of expecting Sania Clans: who never woke in the early gray of morning, and roused his bed-feliow with a * marry Christ mass” and pattered down, night-zoaned ané bare-footed, to tind vis stocking, and then hos tied Lack ‘to bed, and sat there explor- ing thas bulging stocking and finding all manner of treasures,—that man never had 3 ehildiiood worth the name. No. iydeed ; Christ- mais no loner Chrismas when one can wail till he is dressed mn the morning beforehe knows what Santa Claus has brought him. 5 On tho other hand, Now Yvar's is ompbaticall a day for ‘ THE YOUNG AND MIDDLE-AGED. ‘The old fiks sit m the buct-rooma and catch the sound of sleigh-bells, and gay-xreetmg, and happy farewells, tho while the thoughts sadly revert to past acenes, to the long-abandoned homes of their early married lives, to friends long since puszed from this world: end the first of tho yesr is but sed day to them. The little children koow tht there is lots of fan going on, but they are notia it. They watch the sleighs, and tho big geatla- men jumping out and stamping their feet. founded Rome.” the horses toasing their heady and making ths bella clash out, and the driver thrasbing his arma to ‘keep warm. They peep through the bannisters dawn into the hall be Tow, and cateh glint ‘of geutlemen comin; and going, and hear laughing and talking. a there iss smell af coffe aud cake snd Oh, dear! If only they were grown up! And Jennie sighs to be dressed beautifully and eit iu the parlor, like Mamms and Cousin Allie, and Jobony kicks the varnish off the stair-rail in bis impatience to be a man like Papa and Uncle Jobn. - It will be only a little while before the fan of New-Year's will be over to Mamms and Paps. In afew years they will both be inclined to joke each other about being stout; Pape’s hur wil be thin, and Mamma’s upper lip will bavo a queer, sunken expression, and around the eyes 0 Doth there will be little criss-cross lines. Pare will have a secret chagrin that the protty soung girls which every dixcreet New-Year's hostess provides herself with seem so ready oe from him to any of tho “‘beardiess boys” wlio find New-Year'scallioz thioga generally. comoin. He will begin to a bore, and “only makes a few calls when ho feols a8 if ho ought to go.” Mamma will find i gets harder each year to remain standing fong; eho will caro more for dioner, and less for‘particular caller. . Whilo abe will still keep ‘open house, she will groan in spirit over the burden of entertaining men who call but once year. and then only because sheand ber husba® patronize them in business, or because they a2 Jhurch-neighbors, or because she invited them to her last party, or because -well, becaueo thay feol they must. She will be aunoyed st those NEW YEAR'S LOCUSTS, | the small boy who, with canes and kid-gloves and cards, go from house to house masquen ing under the guise of juvenile gallantry. 0° who, being really impelled by gastronomee tivor, work ead Lavoc on well-appointed tables No. let us not deceive ourselves. We fs make good resolutious as usual op every be) fet January. We will buy now diaries, and wrile the first page, and the second, aud perhaps %y the first week We will get up when the 0” Tings,tho ising, not the _ breakfas and perform many other feats of superhamss virtue; bat, if wo have passed the era of come Now Year's cards, dandy cance, and dsinty oe tics, jet necklaces, anooymous bouquets Oo bons, and fancy atationery, New Year's has et) from a rapturous dream of flirtation and folly amero social observanco. If a gentlems” Yo no longer ove particular house before an ae other calls aro tedious, and after which ai 0T ers seem stale, flat, and unprofitable, Sg longer_enjoys New Year's. He is al “4 old. When a lady no longer feels her Hy beat at each fresh ring of the when she does not strain hor to catch the voices of the new-comers, whenthert t js not one call which is the acme of tke day. #5 one caller for whom all the Iacea, and Homers, 72) ribbons, and ringlets have been arranged, alas! New Year's ia on the wane for pet. oo ‘Take warning, therafore,youths and maident-t” joy this New-Year's, for there will never comO Ig ‘other so full of hope, of satisfaction, of ¥ sed gladness. Treasuro up tho ‘boutonnieres paved} by fair hands, and preaerve the emblem! of the adolescent heroes of your In coming years they will have that rar nothing bas eae tte owner eae youth—they will be prec! yovivo coul who remarked, "Tuo tnules to-dsy will be the reliog of to-morrow.” ‘Werce-HAzae,