Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 8, 1875, Page 9

THIS CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY AUGUST 8, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. their enthusisam. If you earry away with any preat in Central America that it is exceedingly e e fowls; oyster aund mussel posties ; black and IN FAVUR OF WOOD. "~ THE COUNCIL. Commmunuteation from the Comp- « troticr on Judge Wallace’s Decision. : pelinquent Taxes to Be Collected by Levy on Personal Property. Ortinance Providing for Collecting Un- der the General Revenue Law, o Sobject Mado the Special Order for Monday. 116 Oommon Council held a special meeting Jsst eveniog, Preaident Dizon in the chair. ‘The Clerk read the special call of the ¥inanoe Committee, Which W88 placed on file. The following COM¥TUNICATION FROX COMPTROLLER HAYES wisresd: Jication of tte city befors Judge Wi o0 Comiy Gourt, for Judgmeat for the delinqaent e O asaceroenis for ihe year 1371, objec- e lod by & large number of property-holdern, " ot deny that the taxes were due and justly 0 Pt attempied to prevent judgment for (b :{w egainst their property upon merely technical 720 tand thst the objections wers sustained by o5 Gourt and judgment refared s sgainst the proper- . tbe oljectors, while 1 default was entcred xnd ot given sguinst all the other property included ticztion. by e DLt 1 es embraced fn this decision it the iy exnaot be scerstaed dmeditely, 20 larie, the parties objecting Are 50 numer- B fuchtaL niid the ovidsnce of combination S oeiable, + to demand the seriousattention of the B o Council. aud of the great body of our citi- O vad tax-payers whose meens and inclinations do e permit theam to joinin the stiempt to evado the yient of thelr just olligetion, aud Bullify and de- % the government under which the Lives, peruons, T propcity of our citizens fira protee:ion. Tt s exident that, should this combination of tax- iers Le successful, and_their dangerous example B Eeperaliy fallowe, the nal result will be the clos- et the public eclools, the extinguiehment of the R et iamipe, the dist andment of the Fire Department 2 police, the deetruction of our character and credit, 524 the surrender of the city 10 disoner, turbulcnce, reby. e du ot expect auch a verdict is due to my eonSdence in the patriotiam sud fimuness of the mass of our citizens, tl:e energy of our coliecting officers, 224 the sufticicxcy of tho laws to meot such an emer- gency as the present. Tt ls alsy to bo_ hoped that most of thres who have been involved in thfs tax-fighting movement, when ey reslize its extent, ita roditious snd dangerous chsrater, and tae difgrace and odium which they ay fncur, will hasten to withdraw from it. They will turely reakze, upon refiection, that the cure for evils and sbuses iu government, realor imagi- Fars, I to te found at the ballot-box, not in nllific- Hion, rebeltion, or tho slandonment of their dutics s Ctizens. At tll events, both law and pubiic opinicn Tust be fuvoliod by the ity Government to mcet the cy. ks ‘been cbarzed, and i probably true, that some of the sxtorneys clalming to appear for objectors Tave solicited the briness by pereonzl spplication and circularn sddressed o numerous tax-pavers, and that otbers bave entered objections for cs Who have ot employed toem, Otbers, snd mo doubt moet of the attcrneys 4 , bave acted upon retainer, in {5e lin of profeesions) duty, and are free from cen- sare. For those who have Leca guilty of the rractices fortidden by the ruies of their honorabls profession, ie roper pun;shment would be 1o have thelr named stricken {rom the role of attorneys of the State, and, 1f the evidence 7“‘?‘. 4t, T ehall direct procesdinga be Instituted for that purpose. T hone objeett s whoko Hadaes have bren uted withe oat autbonity should have the opportunity to with. Craw their apjrarance, and 1 propose o delay the pablication and _sumuary procoedings contomplated utd] the 15th inxt, “Ater that timc, upon the advice of counsd for the eliyand otber legal gentlemen of high attainments, ‘who concur 1n the legslity of the conrse, 1 propose, by publication in t.e newzpagers, to inform the pubhe ind the collecting officers of the names of the jartics who adheze o their objections, and ehall_direct their tazes Lo Le collected by levy «nd sale of thetr personal ke sibority 1o collect the tazcs fn this manner in found i the lw and in the warrants now in the hunds of the Collector, * commanding bim to make, levy, and colfct, a8 the taxes for such year. the several eums of mcney et oprosite the real and parsonal es- tateof persons in faid tax-li-ts mentoned or described, fhe goods and chattels of the respective owners of wach real and | ervonal catate.™ Mach s 1 regrut the necessity of resorting to this mode of coile tion, I have 1o slterawtive, snd ehall pursus it until the object ja accomplished, using in aid #hch othes cans as from time 10 ime appear 10 b sdvisable, In all of which I trust I shall have the ap- poval of the City Council. Respectfully submitted, 8. 8. Hares, Comptroller, The commanication was ordersd Iaid over for publication. TEE ORDINAKCE. The following oidinance, providivg for the col- laction of the city taxes of 1875 under the Gen- eral Revenue law, was spbmitted by tne Law Deparument : De st ordained, etc., SECTION 1. That the sum of $5,123,905.2), the sum being the {otal amount of appro- priations Lierctofore Jegally made for ol corporate pur- yuses of tho City of Chiago, and to be collected from the tax levy of thy current year of said city, Lo and the same is hereby levied am assesced on the real xnd personal property within said city subject 2o taxation, according 1o the valte of such property as the same is assessed for State and county purposes for the curreut year, the said tax 50 levied aud sssessed being for the current fiscal year of said city, and the said ap[wormiations, the fotal amount of wbich bas been ascertained a8 aforesuid, being us fol- lows, to-wit, [Here follows an authorized statement of the appro- priations.] e 3 Tho City Counel hereby electa o cartify to tho Gounty Clerk of Cook County, Linofs, the amounts 263uired 10 be rajsed Ly taxation Upon the sssessments of property for the State and county tyxes for the cur- reat year, to-wit, the year 1875, and to collect the taxes for the current fiscal year of 'aaid city in the mannir Frovidad for fn o genersl reveaus Liws of te. 2 B5c. 8, There s hereby certificd to the County Cierk of said Cook Couuty the several amounts sp- ted, & aforesaid, and ibe said total amount, to 4,905, whicy said several amounts constituting said total amount, the City of Chicago requires to be raised Ly taxation ‘for the Cur- rent fircal year of eaid city, cnd the City Clerk of said city is hereby directed to e with the County Clerk of ‘eaid Cook County, on the sscond Tuesdsy 1 August, A. D. 1475, copy of this ordinance duly cer- 4ifid by the eaid Clty Clerk, and also st sajd last- ‘meutioned time to cerfify (o te said County Clerk the said total amount required to Le ruived by tuzation, as #foresald, in accordunce with the provisions of an act entitled “ An act for the assosamentof property and for the levy and collection of taxes,” approved 0, 1672, snd amended by an act approved May 3, 1875, Ald. Bohaffner said that some doubt existed 88 to the power of the special meeting to pass the ordinace, and as the city did oot desite to leave the slightest ground for objection, he oved thet the matter be laid over ard made the spaciai order for the regular weekly meeting Monasy eveuwg. This would give the County Clerk time 10 certify. ' otion prevaied without dissent. journed. SPARKS OF SCIENCE. TERMITES. The fermils is known the world over as the white ant, and yet it is mot sn mnt at al, but belongs to the order Aeuroplera, which embraces the dragon flies, the May flics, and the Iace-wing flies ; whereps the true su: beiongs to the order Hymenoptera, which in- tludes the becs, the wasps, the saw-fues, the gallflies etc., etc. The termitea are social in- sects, and Live in immmense commaunities, like the bees and the truc ants. Like the bees and the 1nts, too, they are aivided into three classcs, viz.: Wales, females, and neuters. The penters are 3gain eeparated 1nto two castes, composed re- pectively of aborted ma'es, called soidiers, and Aborted fomales, called workers. “The oldiers have Jarge heads and strong man- ditles, fitting them for their scle duty in life, which is to defend the colonies, and fight to the death i the protecuon of the workers and the Belpless queen-mother of the community. The warkers, which compose the bulk of the colony, OUaambering the eoidiers by abont 100:to1, base rounded beads snd short mandibles. Tpon them devoives the labor of coostructing nests, ng galleries, collecting provisions, nurs- ibg the young, and waiting upon the queen. Strangels” enongh, both soldiors and workers Are tolslly bind, and esecute the in- Fenions and complicated operatious involved in their domestic economy nosided by the organ of Bight. The largest of the termites is the Termes which inhabits Western and Southern Africa. The workers of tius species are one- %ilth of an inch in length ; Lhe soldiers are twice aloog and weigh ffwen timea as mach ; and ® males are four-fifths of an inch long and Jeieh thirty times as much s the workers. The cll “queen is 2 inches in longth and Wl outweigh 80,000 workers. “ Tuis soft, Thidish beast," says M. Mucholet, “is aslarge at 88t a3 one's thumb: a traveler professes to > "‘:fif:a&l the d&:{fl; trh“fisn. The b © mare ; the more in- fxbeustible this terzible inseot-mother seems to % (he more ndored by the fanatical rabble. Bbs acomy 10 be their besa eat, their poewry, rubbish a portion of their city, you ses them inatantly set Lo work at the breach to build an arch which may protect the venerated head of the mother, to reconstruct ber royal cell, which will become (if there are sufficient materials) the centre, the bace, of the reatored city." A colory of termites i8 founded by a single male aod female, that have been named by paruralists the king snd the queen. The royal paur are installed m a cell or chamber built in the interior of the nest exclusively for their oo- cupation. The walis of this apartment are per- torated with holes of sufficient size to admit the ‘warkers, but not large enough o allow of the passage of the queen. Hence she nover leaves Lbe cell in whick she is inclosed while ehe lives. Yet uo precaution would seem necessary to de- tain the queen in captivity, as ber enor- mous bulk renders locomotion impossible to her. The head, thorax, and legs of this “*mountain of mummy” are not larger thaa those of a goldier, but the abdomen becomes so distended that it weighs 2,000 times a8 much as the rest of the body, and cannot be moved or dragged by the feeble’ strength of its owner. The fecundity of the queen is quite as extraor- d.\nux a8 her e1ze. From the hour she is estab- hisbed in the heart of her dominious, ehe begins depositing eggs at the rate of about sixty a min- ute, or upwards of 80,0000 every twenty-four bours, and of 30,000,000 a year. In s sioglo day she produces more offspring tuan does thie fer- tile queen-bee in the conrse of an entire year. ‘Thousands of busy workers attend upon the queen, feedivg ber and removing the eggs as fast as they are laid to other cells in the nest pre- Ppared for their reception, where they are hatched, sud the yonng are nurtured and guarded until they have reached maturity. The greater por- tion of these nnislings are destined to become the wotkers of a future colony: others are de- veloped 1nto so!diers to serve with the workera; nd still others in due time pasaioto the perfect winged state. At the opeatog of the rainy sea- son, which generally commences 1n the laiter part of May, the winged termites, consisting of males and females, in auout equal proportions, are ready 10 8Warm frum the parent nest. After the tirst heavy rain or two they poar out from the hive in vast clouds and mount on therr wiugs for the first sud only time in their lives. In the vicinity of arge nests or termitaries tho air will be thick with them as with blinding, fluttering enow-flakes. For a brief while they e1joy tho novelty of flight, and then drop to the ground, and wich a sudden forward jerk of the wiugs 6asp Off those uow useless appendsges and voluntaniv condemn themselves to be mere crawlers on the ground. While tho tormites are swarming iu the air and on the earth, their enomies of every kind areactively waging against thewa a war of exterminatioo. Their sirange exodas from the howe of their birth takes place in the evemng, but numerous foes aro ever ready to precipitate ao attack upon them. The bats and goatsuckers and other wiaged things consume them while hovering in the atr, and, as they fall to the ground, ant-eat- era, toads, spiders, other spocies of ants, and ravoners 100 numerous to mention, Bpriug upon them ficm every quarter, aud continue the ter- 1ible woriz of destruction. 1t 18 supposed that ot one in 20,000 survives to found & new col- ouny. It Joois liko sn imbecile proceeding on the part of pa:ure toset 1 _motion & trais of arcumstances that will lead to such excessive waste, but in exnioation iv1s sad bv somoe nat- uralists that these hosts of winged termises are sent forth in orderthat they may have a chance to_encounter the vew biovds from other col- onies, and thus avoid the 1li effects of mating among themselves and breeding ip-and-in. When tne fiyivg termitus have descended to the ground and shurn themscives of their wings, the indefatigadle workets wil! be found on the spot, rushing about in eearch of a pair whom they may convey t> a place of security and adopt ae their kg aud queen. A fe couples only wili be picked up by the workers, tha remninder of the great host of wanderers sadly perishiog iu one way or another. All tho termites &re miners, and the greater nnwber sre £lso srchitects and ma:ovs. Cuo Bpecics, the Termes arborum, builds its nest in trees, sometimes st the height of 70 cr 80 feet. These arboreal structures are of huge eize, like sugar-casks, and are made of particles of gnawed wood sud cemented ‘together, and so stiongly attached to a branch thut the severest storm will not ebake them from their fonndations. Tue Zermes afrox build thoir vests in the form of upright cylnders, which are from 3 10 3 feet Ligh, sbout 5 feet 1n diameter, aod are com- ed of well-tempered black earth or clay. The cylndersare capped with roof whose eaves jat 3 or 3 juches beyond the circular walls, giving the whole the appesranceof gigantic mushroow.s. But the most wonderful architects among the termites are the Termes bellicasus, whose dome- like dwellings rise to the hieight of from 12 to 20 feet. Their outward aspect is that of an irregus lar cone fianked with turrets sraduslly decreas- 10g in beight like the pinusclea of & cathedral. Tho external walis of this edifice are from 15 to 20 iuches chick, and are hard a8 rock or sunburnt brick. Uoder the dome of the termitary, as the peet is called, there is a va- cant space occupying sbout® ope-third of 1he total height. This open story or atticserves to maintain a uniform temperatire throaghout the structure. Jus: below the attic are situsted the egg-rooms and nurseries. These are little colls divided off by pactitions made of sawdust rendered solid by meavs of gum. Under the nurseries on the ground-floor 15 the royal cham- ber, an ob.ong avartment with an arched celling and ®alls pierced wath circular _opemings, Round about this cell are distributed the offices, wiich arc also vawted rooms, communicating with each other by corridors. Along the walls of the termitary ale renged the magaziues, in which are stored Fuma aud vegetable juices, Solidified and in pow- der. There is novisible entiauce to these editices, the termites eutering them through long subter- ranean galleries. Althongh built of earth, aud tuu- ve.ed with corridors and cells, these nests are 50 stout a8 to bear the wetgnt of a man, or even of a buffalo, aud they form s favorite watch-tower jor wild beasts, #hich are epabled to overlook 1he surroundiug country from their summits. Should one of these termitaries be broken into, &0 army of soldiers rush forth and charge agast tho sweailant with indescribable fury, Being blind, their attacks are delivered wildly upon the first object that offers itself. If negroes are the aggressors they sre soon put to fight, for tho bite of the fighting termite is keen 28 a knife- cat, the wsect hanging on to the bleeding wound he Las made uutil he i3 torn from it limb -by limb. ¢ During the combat,” writes M. Figuier, deecribing the scene, **tue soldiers strike from tme to time on the ground with their pincers, and produca a Lttle dry souna, to wbich ihe workers answer by a sort of whisting. The workers immediately make their appearance, and, with their pellets of mortar, set to work to stop op the holes, and to repair the dawage. The soldiers then re-enter, with the exception of a email pumber, who re- ‘muin to super.ntend the work of the mugous ; they give, at iutervals, the nsual aignal, and the workers answer by & wiistle which means “Here we are!’ 28 they redouuvle their activity. 1If tue attack recommences, the soldiers are at their ports, defendiug the ground inch by mnch, During this time the workers mark the pas- sages, stop up the gallerics, and wall up with care the m_‘.f“u. I you manage to penstrate 28 for 8 this saoctuary, you may pick up and carry sy from the cell wiuch contains_ them the precious couple without the workers in at- tendance on them interrupting their work, for ey are blivd.” The termites are among the most destructive of living creatures. Nothwg but stone and tho metals are secure from their depredativns. Their diet 18 vegotasan, and consists chiefly of the fibres of wood. As they are blhnd, tuev do not veed to work in the Light, but, on the contrary, avoid it, and carefully coaduce all their opera- tions under cover, #o that the injury they are doing is geldom discovered uniil neatly or quite sccomplished. In the courso of & single night they will consmme the entire wood-work of a building. Taey perforate the floor, the beams, the turniture, aud every article and utensil of wood in the house, leaving all standing sppar- ently intact, but in reality a mere shell, with the substance whoily eaten out. The cusirs remain 88 placed the night before, but fall in. pieces as one sits upen thom; the Btaircase drups at the first foot-fall upon it, and the timbers that sup- port roof and wail cramble at a blow. Mr. Smeathman, who wrote a fuil account of the termites of Soutbern Africa toward the closo of the last century, gives the bistory of a ma- bogany box that he left in the Governmeut stores at Tobago, W. I. On opening the case it a8 aiaooyarsg that & colony of termites bad domesticated themeelves within and devoared everything but the glass and the metat, Their celis were bailt up a:l around the pedestal of the mucroscope. After the substance of the nests was taken from the lenses, there remained a cloud of » gummy nature that was very hard to remove, while tho burnish with which the brass- work was covered wag totally epoiled. In the eame store ancther colony of termites had at- tacked a cask of Madeira wine, and, combletely gutting the stavea. let out nearly a pipe of fins old wine. 1t is related that an enginecr surveying in Brazil, where the termites are tioublesome, once left & truok on a table over night. The pext morning the entire contents of the box were found to be destroyed. The clothing was drilled full of emall ho'es; the papers were cut into bits uot an inch square; the biack-lead pen- cils were utterly demolished ; -and some siver coins were spotted with black, corroding stains that it was impossible to remove, According to Humboldt, the raviges of the ites are 50 rare 1o find books and manuscripts that have eurvived fifty or sixty years. Nothing cscapes these terrivle pests that can be demoishoed by their formidable jaws. o There are two specien of termites inLabiting the south of Earope ; the Termes lucifugus, a brilliant black msect with russst legs, and the Termes flavicollis, commonty called the Yellow- necked white ant. Neither epecies is known to do any barm to buman babitations, but the [at- ter lives m the interior of trees, and makes a good deal of mischief to the olive and other valu- sble trees in Spain and France. Towards the end of the lest century a spocies of termite made ito appearance at La Rochelle, in France, and, multivlying with _ great rapidity and creating immepss destruction of property, fitled the luhabitaots of the region with dismay. Many bouses in the towna in the bssin of the Charente which the termites invaded have been completely uodermined by them. The miners, in accordance with their habit. construct, covered galleries by means of which they advance upon 8 building without danger of discovery. The galleries are made of agglutinated material, and are carried aloog the walls in cellars and other apartments, and are even suspended from the roof Like stalactites. Instances bave been known where these galleries or tubos have descended from the ceiling to the floor of & cellar without extraneons support. M, Bobe-Moreau states that he has scen the gelleries thrown horizontally forward like s tubolar bridge, in order to afford communica- tion with some deairable point. Of the operations of the termites in La Rochelle, M. de Quaterfages writes: The Prefecture and a few nelghboring houses sro the principal scenes of the destructive ravages of the termites, but bere they have taken complete posses- sion of the premises, In the garden not & stake can be put into the ground, and nota plank can be left on the beds, without being attacked within twen- ty-four hours.” The fencos put around the young trees are gnawed from the bottom, while the trees themselves are gutted to the very branches. Within the building itself, the apartments and ofi- ces are alike invaded. Isaw upon the roof of a bed- Toom that bad been recently repaired, galleries mado Dby the termites which looked like 'stalactites, and which n 10 show themselves the very day af- ter the workmen had left the piace. In the cellars I discovered similar galleries, which were within Lalf- way between the cefling and the floor, or running all along the walls, and extending, no doubt, up to the very garrets ; for on the principal stair-case other gal- leriea wers obeorvod between the gronnd floor and the socond floor, pasting under the plaster wherever it wus sufliciently thick for the purpose, and only com- ing o view at different points where the stonca wera onthe surfaco; for, like other species, the termites of La Rochelle always work under cover, whenever it is possible for them to do &0, One species of termites, the Termes flaripes, dwells in the United States, extending as far uorth as Maseachusetts. It may be found under stones and fallen timoers, beneath which its bar- rows extend into the ground. The workers of tlus species are white, with yellow heads, and the other classes are brown. It dwells in colo- nies of a huadred or more in the Iabyriath of subterranean galleries aud chambers which it excavates, In the centre of its nest, well-guarded in their cell, dwell the royal pair, that, 88 io the case with other termites, found and perpetuate the community. 'Tlua spocies can be accused of nc barm thus far boyond some destraction of vines by consuming their roots. Termites are greedily dovoured by the aborig- ines of tropical countries. The negroes of Afri- ca prefer thom roasted, while the Indians of South America knead them with floar and make them into a sort of cake, velers who have tested their quality pronounce these white soft- bodied jusecta very palatable, with a flavor like that of marrow or sweetened cieam. Smeath- man regards them a8 s wmore choice article of -diet than the famoua palm-worm—the larva of the beetle Calandra palmarum—which is so bighly esteemed 1o our southern continent. A too liberal feast of fried termutes is, however, not without dangerous consoquences, as it ia apk 10 produce a fatal kiod of dysentory that proves mortal in a few hours. FAMILIAR TALK. ILLUSTRIOUS GOURMANDS. The fastidious Byron declared that s Jover should uever soe his mistress engaged in the vul- Rar operation of eating if be did not desire to be totally disenchanted ; but it mey more reason- ably be emd that, if one wishes to preserve hia sdoration of & great hero, let him never inquire bhow gross are the appetites which bis demi-god satisties with the pleasures of tho table. History baa placed Charles V. among the exalted men of the past, second to very few in might of intellect sod height of achievement, but Motley lays him low beneath our regard by whispering that he was a gluttonous eater. ‘' He breakfasted at 5, says the author of the *‘Ride of the Datch Re- public,” * oo & fowl gecthed in mitk and dressed with sugar and spices. After this Le went to sleep again. He dined at 12, partaking always of twenty dishes. He supped twice; at firat e00n after verpers, and the second time at mid- night or 1 o'clock, which meal was, perbaps, tho most sohd of the four. After meat he ate a great quantity of pastry and sweotments, and he irrigated every repast Ly vast draughis of beer and wne. His stomach, origially a wonderful one, succambed after forty years of such Iabor.” We ore not sccus:omed to pay peculiar honors to Philip1L., but it may be worth while to ro- roark, while passiag, that the son inberited from the father a predilection for high living. We are indebted again to Motiey for the information that *Philip *looked habitually on the gronnd whon he conversed, was chary of speech, em- barrassed, and even suffering in manner. This was sscribed partlyto . . . habitual painsin the stomach occasioned by his inordinate fond~ ness for pastry.” Frederick tho Great knew how to be abstemions when the necessitics of a martial life constrained bim, but the warrior died at last of too much good eating. *The King," wrote Mirabesu, ¢ eats every day of ton or twelve dishes at din- ner, each highly seasoned ; beaides, at breakfast aud supper, bread-and-butter covered with salt- ed tongue and pepper. We are at the last scene.” Anoiher authority informs us that Fred- erick was immoderately fond of eel pies pepper- ed to excess. The Kiog waa afllicted with drop- 8y some time befors his deach, which occuried Aug. 17,1746. ** Un the 4th of July,” again wites Mirabeau, “ when the doctor (the famous Zimmermann) saw the King in the afternoon, all had agaio changed for the worse. He had ap- plied bimself to public business from haif-past Hin the morning ull 7. He then ate for hLis breakfast o plate of sweetmeats, composed of sugar, white of eggs, and Sowe cream ; then strawberries, cherries, &nd cold meat.” Tue illustrious Napoleon was gullty of vo- racity, although he dispatcbed his wesls with the utmost Laste. The stato dinuers at the ‘Luilleries occupied onlv_thirty-five minutes, yet 1t iy hinted tbat the Emperor consumed large quantities of tood within the allotted time. The loes of the battls of Leipsic bas been attributed with which Naroleou gorged himself until brain and body were incapavle of sction. But it must be mentioned to the credit of the Emperor that he was never sddicted to wine. Henry I. of Logland died of s surfeit of lam- preye, and it is said that King John brought him- solf to tho grave by feasting too greedily upon peacbes and ale. Wiliam wag given to in- ordinste eating 2od driokig, His dioper was the great event of his life, and be prolooged hia stay at the board for bourn together, Charles IT, htcd in a concretion of egre aud amber-gris, and bis death bas !;] some Leen attnbuted to poison admivistered in this favorite dish. Peter the Great, that wonderful combination of the man aud the brute, is to be 1anked among uoted gourmands. Iu his brief but vivid account of that monarch's visit to England in 1698, Macan- Iay says: “His stately form, his intellectual forebead, his piercing black eyes, his Tartar nose and mouth, bis gracious smile, his frown biack with all the stormy rage and bate of 8 barbarian tyrant, and, above all, a strange nervous couvulsion which Bometimes trans- formed his couutenance, during s few moments, into 2o object on which it was impossible to look without terior, the immense quantities of meat which Le devouted, tbe pints of brandy which he swaliowed. and which, it was said. he bad care- fuliy distilied with s own hands, the ool who Jjabbered at his feet, tue menkey which grinned at the back of his 'cbur, wers, duricg ome waeks, popular topics of conversation.” It i8 noc singular that the imrerative Cicser should have been infected with the seasousness of his age, and pioved himso:f an epicure, albeit one of clegant or dainty maaners. - Curtine savs of the Rome of Cresar's day: **No sor: of lnx- ury flounched #o much a8’ the coarsest of all— the luxury of the table. The whole villa ar- rangements, and the shole villa life, had nlti- mate reference to dining. Not only was the cook a graduate in gastronomy. but the master bimself often acted as the instructor of his cooks. . . .. The circumstance of the guest taking an emetic after a banqueL. to avoid the consequences of the varil fare set befors bim, no longer created surprise.” The same au- thor has reproduced the bill of fare provided at a feast mven by Mlucius Leotulus Niger, at which Cemsar sesisted, *‘Before the dinner proper came ses-hedge-hogs ; fresh oyaters, as many a8 the guests wished ; large mussel to & shoulder of mutton stuffad with ovions, * i ;. aphondili sgain ; glycimari- on s asacoeitlos ; bocalizoen ; Hoe-rips s poare. Tiba: fowls dressed with four; becaficoes ; parple shell-fish of two zorts, The dinner itsclt consisted of sow’s udder; boar's head; fish- aatics ; boar-pasties; duoks; boiled feals ; Ellel; roasted fowls; starch pastry; Pontio pastry.” 4 PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN FLORENCE. The system of public schools now existing in Florence, Italy, was established in1865. In1871 there were in the city thirty communal or muuvicipal schools, attended by 7,000 childrea and taught by 266 instructors. At thesame time there wers several thousand older or advanced pupls receiving instruction in the night schools, or schools for secondary teaching. The com- munal school when complete in all its departments is divided into six classes, A preparatory school forms the Iowest class. The wmext three classes are included in the lower grade of elementary teaching, and the remaining two classes composs the upper school. Not above fifty scholars are allowed in a room ; therefore it often happens that one class will oocupy two apartments under two different teachers. As the preceptors of the lowest and the highest classes have asaistants, it follows that a school of cot more than 300 chil- dren, and generally of many less, will be pro- vided with eight teachera. The school buildings sre well fitted, supplied with ample acd excel- leot material, and are conveniently arranged and excelleutly cared for. The teachers are obliged to undergo a thorongh syatem of training in order to secure admission intoths schools. Two years'attendance at the Normal School obtsins a secound-class certificate and three years a first-class certificate. A whola year is then giveo to practice under = tescher in » communal school, for which Do remuneration is _received. At the expiration of this time the bolder of a sccond-class cortificate may apply for 8 post as teacher in any of the lower four clagses, but only the holder of & firat-class cer- titicate may aspire to & Diace in the two higher dse; grades. ; ‘Thers is but one achool session daily, and this begios at 9 in the morning. A recess of an hour at coon allows the children time for recreation and to dispose of the lunch with which they pro- vide thewseives, In the girls’ school needlo- work is taught from 1 t0 3:30, and gymbastics and choral singing for the remainder of the seesion which closses at 4:30. Inthe higher grades tho boys are dismissed at 8, having previously had their hour of drill in sioging. Boys and girls are tanght the same things 1n the same classes throughout the schools of Florence. Geograpby, grammer, snslysis, elementary geometry, and patural bistory are studied by childrea under 10. Great attention is paid to lessous in composi- tion, These are introduced ia the gecond class, which often contains cluldren of 7. ‘I'he exer- ciges are at tirs; very simple, but are most skill- faily elaborated, sud ond by giving the pupils of the advaoced classes su extraordivary commsand of laogusge and facility of expression. Draw- g is also carefully taught, with admirable ro- uu’fu, while among the gir.s smoroidery becowas, under the instruction given, almost a fine art. Plan needle-work is not npeglected, and the mendinz of stockiogs and the cattiog and mak- ing of men's ehirta are practiced with proper painstaking by girls in the upper grade. No forsign languages are tsught t the com- munal schools, These are reservea for the higher schoois, to which tho pupils have access who desire to pursue their edacation for a considerable courss of time. ‘Lhe municifal schiools aro daily visited by oflicers whoso business 1u is 10 inepect their mapagements, superintend the examinations, and attend o their general well-being. A med- ical officer also visits each school weekly to in- qure into iis samtary condition. The pupls pass & bi-menthly exsmination, the fiual one oc- curiog in he Iast fortnight of June; after which the school year closcs, and then follows & vacation of two moaths. From this description 1t would mdpear that the system of common- Bchool edacition in practice in America might borrow withadvantage some of the features that characterize the public schools of Italy. RUSSIAN HORSES. The retuns of the Central Statistical Baresu of Bt. Petersburg publixh the fact that, although the supply 18 decreasing, Russia maintains a Iarger stockof horses than any other country in Euarope. Ithas almost three times as many in Pproportion 4 its population a8 either England, Prusaia, Frmce, or Auatris. The number of these useful quadrupeds owned in its dominions ia upwards of 20,000,000, or twenty-seven to every 100 inhabitaste. Biberia heg the best supply, there - being in this dietrict a horse to aimost every maa o! the population. Polsod, Finland, and Caucasis possess but few, wlule in the South and Sonthwestern Governmenta oxen tuke the piue of horses almost altogether for sgricultural Jurposes. Tbe four sreat breeds of Russian horses are the steppe Iorse, the mountain horse of Cauca- sis, the foest horse of thoe north, and the draaght bore, cailed the Bitjug. The stepps horses are o various yet kindred descent, and are all notedin groster or lees degree for keen sight, swift ce, pieat endurance, and exceed- ing Liardines. They live out of doors the Vear round, and xe capable of snstaining extreme chaoges of cimate and severs privations of food and drink. I'he Caucasian breeds are generally spirited, emluring, cantions, and eure-footed. The porthen Lorses are distinguished for good temper, actiity, streugth, and endarance, The Bitjags, whih take their name from the river Bijugs, are extremely siroug avd adapted to hatd work a well s quick daviug, but the race is #aid to benearly extinct. There areseven Crown studs in Russia, and one in Polad), conta ning, altogether, 3,602 brood mares and horses, with tweive Crown etabies, haviug 945 tallions. There sre also 2,444 pri- Yate studs, ontaining 6.496 stallions aud zoout 70,000 broot mares, besides upwards of £3,000 sfalliovs ani 62,000 brood mares in the copach aud steppe “ tabures.” Three hundred and eighty bore-faire ara annnally held in Russin at which abut 150,000 animals are sold out of about 263,00 brought to market. The averaze price per hrae is about 60 ronbies, making tae yearly retuns 9,000,000 roubles, or 36,850,000, An exiiibion of Russiao-bred stallions and mares will ake place at Moscow the coming Sep- tember, nrer the Imperial auspices, wheu about $15,000 wilbe distribated aa prizes. RITICISM UPON TALMA, Alate bok published in Loodon inclades in its rather nscellaneons contents some extracts trom memranda of Chatles Youog's holiday tripa on th Continent. These are said by the critics to biremarkable for the sound opinions upon dramtic and pictorial art which they em- body. Of 1performance of Talma, the Epglish tragedion srites in a strain thes i quite starthog, 8 it is the first darin; ‘epartare from the miversal chorus of pra:.. ihat bas been sungin homage of the g st French actor. Thi play in which Young witnessed the perfomance of Talma was *‘Les Tem- pliers,” adl hia comments run 2a follows: ** Talma hd & very indifferent part, and, I muss be presumguous enough to say, very indifferent- Iy he playd it. His under-play, as well ss his by-play, ms veryinefficieut ; devoid of grace, and tone. Thiconstant use of his right arm, and the redunancy of his action, became tiresome. By the prsevering frequency with whioh he sbakes hi arm aud hand without occasion, he must, to ¢ person ignorant of French. appear everlastinjy meuacing and defying when he is really mening to do nothing of zia Lipd, I shott, 1 >ften foupd cause to complain of the inappopriateness of his action, the panto- mime_of his budy telliog a story nsterly at varisuc with the utterance of his lips. He has a mexinglees trick of closing his eyes, eim- ultauwouss with an expression of sickening griet at b corners of his month, at times when he is suppsed to be burning with suppressed indignatia. This was painfaily apparent in Cortuiauu, when telling hus mother, on hus re- torn fronche Senate, of their having bauisbed bim, *Je u4is un banni, . CNSUMPTION 07 CAOUTCHOUC. It is ecimated tha: in 1570 tho rqober mapu- factories in Amenca employed 6,000 hands and * £8,000,00 of capital. The vaiue of their prod- ucta of A descriptions was set down at 814~ §500,000. [n 1872 the importa of caoutchouc intd the Umitd Btates amounted o 12,000,000 pounds. Joneiderably more than half of this was broupt from Fars, in Brazil, the great de- pot of soutchonc exportation from South America. In the same year 13.000,000 pounds of raw rubbe, valued at $6.000,000, were imported into Gret Britain. Two-tbirds of this stock came frm Brazil, despits of the attempts.to force theast Indian csontchone on the marset. tisldfazes, with asparsgus ; tattened - Jtis preicted by the best judges that by 1830 the rubbe mannlacture bave increseed at leass 50 pr ceaty Mass-Meeting of Germans to Denounce the Fire Ordinance. Much Oratory, and a Flood of Resolutions. Thirfeen *Wherases” and Six “ Resolveds” Foisted on a Patient Public. A mass-mesting of the citizens opposed to the present fire-limits and in faver of allowing peo- ple to erect wooden structares within the city limits was held last eveniug at Ogden’s Grove. Thero were about 800 persons present, among whom, however, were Lut few people of note. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Oarl Haugsner, who stated that the call smanated fiom the Guard of the Republic, which was A POLITICAL ORGANIZATION, and they meant to take part in tha politics of the city thin fall and sllow the peopls to be run no longer in the interest of bummers and scalawags. They thought best to begin with the fire-lumit question, which was s most vital one with them Mr. W. H. Sanborn was then nominated and elected Chairman of the meeting. Mr. J. W. Hoffman was chosen as Secretary. MR. CHARLES HATSSNER then addressed the meeting, saying that the meeting was called as 8 racasure to veo whether «he poople have any rights. The present firo- limits were passed wheu the city was believed to be in immediato dangsr from fire. They had seen the result of this firs ordinance. Hardly a build- ing has gone up siucs its Passage, nor can any lota be sold, The very men who sold them the lots were the man who wore in favor of extend- ing the fire-limits. Itwas the interestof these men to send them far ont in the country to sell moro land. The Fire Department had greatly improved, aod there wasno longer a necessity for 8o stringent an ordioance. The property- holders were on tho watch, and would provent another conflagration, The land had greatly dopreciated in value, and Jots could be bought cheap, but & poor man could not Luy, because he was not allowed to build a wooden building, such as his monns allowed. They paid millions of dollars for a fire depariment, and a department that cost such sum should be able to protect their property. He hed seon soveral leading citizens, and they had all told him that & contraction of the fire limits was s necessity. The very mon who lived in frame houses, but got rich sad live now in stone fronts, are all op- posed to contractiog the fire limits. These ren want to force the workingmen to live in up- bealthy terements. The Hre limit had to bo de- cided soouer or iater. The present Borrd of Al- dermen might not be in favor of cont:acting the limics, but next election they could vote for such men 88 wera in faver of giving the poor man a chagce, | MRE. J. . HOFFMAX, the next speaker, kaid idle talx wonwld not do. They must show by their_scuons thas they wero inearnest, and then their demands woald be recogoized. Tlo then prrised the Guard of the msgnbhc‘ whicl was organized to secure equal right for all men. Ha thought it would be “ex- pedient {0 arpotat & committes to present prop- er resolntions to the moeting, On motion, the following Committee on Reso- lntions were appointed: Hausser, Lauer, ‘Wendelin, Evors, Stillo, Cook, and Dean. LOUIS NELEE then gave vent to his eloquence, showing what terriblo wrenge hsd been committed mpon tho peopla when. the present fire ordinance was passed. They had organized the Guard of the Ropublic to guard the interests of the people living in this glorions Re- public. Eveiything was rotton and corrupt, and the authorities did not care for tho people's righta, but their own interests. There- fore, they raust all work together, men to man sad shoulder to shoulder, and allow no corrupt politician to sueak fnto office. Chicago might soouer or later have an earthquake, when wooden buildings would be far better than those of brick. They could do nothing with the present Council THEY HAD NOT ENOUGH MONEY for that, but _at the next election they conld cer- tainly carry their point. 1t was the duty of every one living in the oniskirts of the city to work for n contraction of the limits, or else thev would soon be compelled to live outside of tke oity aitogetter. The Committee not haviog retfirned when Nelko completed his oration, Mr. Hoffman re- raled the audience with a sopg entitled the “Flag of Our Country.” p At the completion of the song the Committse, which had returned mesutime, introduced the following resolutions, which were adopted : WiEnsas, After tho. July fire of 1874, under the great excltement, spprebensions, ard particularly the Fressure of Eastern and foreign fire insurance com- phuies, the fire-limita of the Cury of Chicago were made coextensiva with tho city bounderies ; and MEuEAS, Great tracis of naimproved lands were tereby incluced, either prorerty of mechanics and la- borers, acquircd by tho cavings of hard-earned wages, or open to get acqulred hy thom 34 homeateads ; and WienEas, Sald fre-limits ordinance makes 1t abso- luta either’ to butld brick or stone or leave tho land unimproved ; sud Wazseas, Buildings from brick or stons, Dotwith- standing the chespness of the material, caunot be bullt with the merns at the cor of many mechanics aad Irvorers; ana WUEN.:AB, A great many strests are not brought up tograde yet, and to bulid brick tores on such strecta ‘Wwald b li¥e building castles into the air ; and WaERFas, To deprive mechanics and laborers, the boe and sinew of industry and society, of the chinca to acquire their own homesteads, would drive them out of town, or induco speculstors to bulld disesss- brecding teioment houses; and WeERRAS, All ummproved Linds must psy tazss and assessments levied by tha city, State, county, towus, and parke, withous the right 0 fmprove them’ accord- ing to the means of the ownera ; 2nd WeEREas, All owners and dealers in suburoan rest estato ndvocate the present fire-limita for their own enrichment and the detriment of the intercats of the City of Citicago ; and \\y'xznm, All'the suburban places are mostly cov- ered wito frame buildiogs, ot tindes-boxas as newsps- s tre pleased to call them ; an P FiiEnzas, All of sald ubusban places have not the facilitics to subdue fire or contlagration, when the City of Chicago expends every year nearly a million of doliurs for the maintenance of & FireDepaztment ; and ‘WoEREas, Humau power cannot always conquer auccessfully the elaments, as was seen years ago in Fartland, Me., and latels in._Boston, Mass,, where the ‘moat substantial buildings fell a prey of the devouring element ; and Waxzeas, An earthquare {n Chicago is not iess an {mpossibility as our two big fires, and in which case our stone palaces would b more destructive to human Iife than frame houses; an: Wirzaeas, We know positively and by personal ex- perience, notwithstanding the Teport, of the Commis- sioners of the Board of rublic Works o the contrary, thatthe preseot fre-limits did snd are working most disastrous n all trades and occupations connected with bufiding ; snd Waeneas, A Fire Department costing yearly nearly £1,0.0,000 ougbt to be At fo quench s firein & frame cottage; and Wiigsieas, It Is sickening to be watched like thieves by policemen, Fire Wardens, Building Inepectors, and firemen, when a hundred fect of lumber are un— Ioaded om-our premises; therefore, Resolved, That wo will petition the Honorable Board of Aldermén of tho City of Cnicago to change tho fire- limita ordinance and {0 _establish such lines as are agreeable® to & majority of property-owners, or to re.establish thoee lines in existence before the July dre, 1874, O veoived, That we ouly sk the privilegs o bufld frame kiouses outeldethe re-establishied fines 20 feet in scantling {rom the grade of the stroct;and that not more than ono house shall bs under one roof, and that aopace of 3 feet at least must be Jeft between tho djofuing bullding. Resoiscd, That wo xro opposed that sny factory or building whereln sny hazardous busiuess shsll be carried on can be be bullt of frame. Resoiced, That the owner of a frame house on leasod ground sball have the right to move said house on any lot which be owns Within the city limits, and out- side tho fire limits, without advertising. That we will request_the Honorable Board rialn the standing of the public about ous fresent fire limits by a populsr vote. “Resolced, That if our most respectfal prayer will not find any consideration with our present Board of Al dermen, that we pladge ouraelves, jointly and sever- ally, to support at the next ensuing election for Aldar- mes only such men who bave plecged themaelves before election, and, being _elected, to’ work for the contraction of the prosent fire Linits. Jacob Lauer and others also sddressed the meoting, urging a contraction of the present fire limits. The meeting then adjourned. AGENTS WANTED. A GENTS WANTED-BEST PAYING ARTICLE IN 1he cily: something new; everyone must hara it: also er wanted. Oall st 199 West Madisonst, Room 2. rom 108 1. 10 4 p. m. Monday. A OENTS WARTEDFOR KAGH SECTION aad__good pronte. Apply to JOHN D. LATCH. g"fim Paxdagret, S8 Jgont for ook Gomery wadd Wis. Ko humbug, JXFORMATION 13 years of age, dutk |: She loft ber homs ~ veccived by hor pare . Anyozo ated. TNFURMATION WANTED_OF ANGIL A. BMITH or Saral B. Trowbridge. address ANCG: cars o e & Trowteides ANCILRicE, ERSONAL—\ YUUNG GENTLENAN OF] P YA i s vato eatnintings ofa Yory nioe, quiot youns lady. Address, miving full pare ticalass, P, iy 0. Box 7 ERSONAL_A YOUNG WIDOW DESIRES THE mako 4 Liad husband. *Addvees N 17 Tabane e 4 P e i e S aend B Wiy iddress to . 81, Tribusooiice. 4] pets sell will vory ool whieh S i barid have have rood par offered fa C| HOUSEHOLD GOODS. EASY MONTHLY PAVMENTS_FURNITD) {armitare! faroitaro! Staves! siorss ! scoven | 5ot ! earpeta! carpeta! Crockery! orockery | t" We'havo & largs stock of farniave, sibmoeraers Peta, crockery, and a s of house faraianing goods *iti which o faralsh & house oomplote. Oue am all naw and brsiclass, and our prives am Jowes {220 were over known belure in Chicago. Our 34iory and Basament atozo (rout bulidiog, SS115, 18 Slled w i shore ay all to call and a1amine before pas W’u bave chamber sots (rom Jl which we will warrant to be as represented. s lor ot from 365 ap to, 3153, which we will JArmnL o he s reprosonted. WWe Bave good care rom B3 10 31.30 poryard. Wo bave detarmined ta gur immense stock of furnitare, stoves, carpat Pouse furnisnicg goods at a great reduction, Offce for the nozt 3 days the greatest bargaiod sver hicaro. As we own cur siore and pay ne fent, sou have rery small expeases, we can afford Lo sellat small proits.and will doas for &ash o on esay monthiy Payicents, Obed evenings. Tha onlv houss in Ehpegs CAR. Our PERIONAL_FI D. PLEASE CALL AT IB | fhat cas faroiga e e South Jofforson-st. FLORENCE. WELLBHOS 3 Gy, rhiots fii drec-cl EESONAL_L F._XOTE RECEIVED TUO LATE | ()N WEERLY PAVSEYTos Z P e F o B Ve, P-m. sharp, Haxes, clothes wrfl?fi,’&hfifllflfiffi, ol garriaces aro of the best Kastern rake, sad we arp_clos ERSONAL—3(RS, P.. FORMERLY OF B0 W—; There is a lotter for you at office, biux 183 A. ERSONAL—MATE: 1 SAW YOU, DREAR HEART. **Yours truly,” PEBSONAL— CONSTANGE DESIRES THE AID L and adviceof a yonue lady widaly acqtalnted i first gircles, in a now social scasmo. Will snen address M 38, Tribans office. PRBSONAL—A GENTLEMAN AGED 42 YEARS, worth 26,000, sobor and industrious, althouth a prac. wicho; to form tho acaaalataaca of a lady aof eans and 8 practical hous: kaeper, of undonbted repu. tatlon, with & view to mat-imony, ' Firstciass_rceronos siven and required. Address H &3, Tribune offics, el man, m Ing oat ouratock at prices tha. o de ORER & GO, 3% West Magnpoeutos. COLBY, ()7 FASY, TERNS_TURNITU aad mos taerefore, offer boiter inducements to the than any'other house. our. Sy} N carpots and stoves, and crockery at terms & % popalar pricos. A% urgL e be t relisble goode, for witich we pa R CARPI s hysar K 3t our 9 s rees botaca parchaing. comioes #2d examioe U, 194 et Sadisonrs " JOHN M, IS_INGRATN AND BRUS patlor farmitiry on meokly ot i ‘monthty cnts. We appreciato ths hard fh 4 A Porecisio o imos, a5d sto salling ttom’ prives, JOHN M. BMYTL, 134 West Sads som-at, PERS: ONAL—G. G.: Wi0 WERE YOU WITH Thursday sve g 4 State aad Doatbora s DAL L MOSEL 2t batwroaa YERSONAL_JOSEPIIINE O B 2 P s s S PERSONAL-MISS M. ¥, MUNSELL WILL FIND PBRSONAL-FAST 70 TilE SHELL. LETTER IN lottor in city Post-Otfico. BIG HOISE. ERSONAL-IF MISSLIBDIE VAN DEUSEN 18 IV E oo B8 S ploaso send addresa to ** WILL," Yelbuce LOST AND fOUND. OUND—A BAY HORSE 12 YEARS OLD, SCAR ON the ht bip. Th. o rig} .53’9_ o ayvior caa have bl b calling at APPLY lflphin OUND—A WATCH. F KOBT, LAW, 1% South Markorst | 07108 OF E‘OUND—A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG, ; aad bl arocs. BLACK, wich whits on foot roast and oad of tail; the owner can hase &) g =1 Y fmaer cin baso by prusing proposiy aud payiag charges, JPOUND_MONEY_THK OWNFR AN HAV Fol Firing Inil desoriptios. Oail &t 8 Reodalpnot. | ¥ THE PAKTIES WHO TOOK A BLACK GROS. Ezainbasiae from tho dresswaking establisbment of Mr. Wratlowsky, corner Madison and Stata-sts., on the ight ot July 3, to Dr. Braun's, 34 Nerth Clark-st or communicata whero 1¢ may be foand, n Lberat rewas will be paid and 20 quostions askod, . "Tho trimmod with kuifo-plaiting of the material, ribben bows and buttous,and plaiting of oropa lass in the neck and sleoves. N THE. CORNER OF MADISON AND HAL~ A pocketbook containing bills in favar of f, T fiader will riura the sume to 168 Sooth . o to this ottice, aad bo rewardod. W It QY PARTIAL PAYMENTS—A LARGE ASSORT- top oham- mens of finolp-iatshed walnut snd masble-too o ber swita, on onr. prices. JOHN 3 ‘PIIFEH YARTIES WISHING TO PURCHASE SECOND- band bousehsld dross H 13, Tribuae of Foods chosp,” and gocd ss new, ad- I ANGES AND STOVES-THE ' SWERT HOME™ mallest range is the best and nearest for the w: mouey. A. 30 SEARLE'S, 142 Lake-st. Goson it TOVES! STOVES!T STOVES! ing and heating stoves. ranges, the Mages ranz Ravenge, and ozher sryles, in fact, stoves in Chicago, on ea: BRGY'E CO., 13 Wost RGAND COOK- ‘Ths colebrated XX Pa a the New Amorican Cook, T X i3 Afadisan-st. QEE THAT OUR NAME IS ON EAOH WOVER S “wire mattross ou bay. the markot, WHITTLESKY & s0: Wo mako tho best beds in PETERS, 131 Kast. Mads- T seven styles, rop: ture, coavertiblo instantly ioto s cupyling, stasd, and wifll the domand has ol the ninest mansion you will now see -oad. E EMPIRE PARLOR BEDSTEAD, THAT legant and ecanomical placo of farnitaro, is made in renenting seven different kinds of furni- lnxnrious bed, only one-fourth tho space of aa ordinkey bed- ora 1 500 ate st o o i Chera sl jost begun No humse is com= ly furnishod without i From the -hawblost cot ta "More 1 :mplre Parior B Toom. Sold on Inatailmeats or for cash, tosnit EMPIRE PARLOR BEDSTEAD CO., 383 Fy D—FURNITURE AND HOUSEKFEPING * {r\»{ln for clear well.lncated lot in Wilmette. Ade ‘aterat. E\X Aeosing: M & CO., 123 South Wi FOX CABH—OUTFIT FOR HOUSE- carpets, furaitare, eto. B 14, Teibuao of- W ANTED—A GOOD CUOK STOVE CHEA! cash. H &, ‘Tribne otfics. POR OST_FROM A LO WRIGHTS 50N | $973() CASH WILL PURCHASE FURNITORA ey Sltotartn o daek et Boeres s iy 5250 siiamot o ocorin: dolng a tisvclos ?ue. ‘I:‘lu:k mano aad tafl. A suitablo reward will ba il ggl_“:;“; o perinck ":'x?:e- ?ffl“‘nfi Bpaveso Aoeount {2 S mesx. *A Taro chanes for an- onerea:lo m ot Evanat 3 Hajoe B 10 W- B SCATES | 50 38 Mondaye o8 . B, WILBUN 08 Sisanp. Ul TLOST0x Nfifi:fiu'swkficg'n.'lfiigem 5 O'CLOCK - racgiase ardod Lt 10 WHETE, B Siatiage” " bo rewazdod by re. OST—$§ REWARD WILL BE PAID FOR THE LOSst JUREAL R, WAL, BE FATD SORTIS Grose-ar., comer x Harmon-court with Billy Wall o¢ Basestr. e LT JONY & & WATERSPARIEL DOG, rown, with brésst sud foet mhite: 8% 20 questions askod. - S Firsate covnse Daatma - J,OST;LARGE SLACK POINTER DOG, SCATON r, Gray halc on mose, reast, and collar markod Major Greeno. Larso towacd B3 6x his returs, oradrica whars ha cha bo fanad, a¢ OST—COACH JL9ST QI STRAYED AWAY TROM THE VICINI- ty of North Robey-st. and Armitaze-road, on Sunday, July 18 & cow; color all zed; tops of both harus sawoed off. or bob-tail, and about 8 years old. Any ono find: said cow and roturning ber to Mrs. O'DAY, corne: l\'fl‘:fi bey aud Potorson-sta., will coniar a favor aad bo sala- bly rewarded. 1,05 — POCKET-EODK GONTAINING SMALL 4 gum of money, tickets of Gompany s concerty cacds ¢ money by rof ing the ots to H, ER! L & CO., 7 State-st. b FINANCIAL. APELICATIONS WANTED FOR LOANS FROA boughtand sald. [SAAC Room 7. 21,6 to $30,000, at 1t S 2ath pex cont s Jiome COMMERCIAL PAPER, NOTES WITH GOL 1 A BEaia , bought and sold. INAAG [ R 3 A 8. Tribune o OMMERGIAL PAPRR A C WIDOW LADY DESIRES THE LOAN OF 50 in exchangs for board, or security given. Address J Lot ad .IHO'}'I‘GerGu 5 e n sl o9 o o0 sabesinieat dbor bonzht aud sald. cont. EUGENE C.'LONG & BRO., T8 ton-st. TOR SALE_MEROANTILE INSURARCE BTOGE FomSaE oy ST00%. M. 8. DERRICK, 1”8 ¥ call YOU WA and securiti on D. T, T TO Euv'on‘a‘,xud. LOOAL m&gfi es: ot barrow or ‘mor HIGGINIOR, % Waabingron-st, hase- mont, L Ba HAVE MONEY TO LOAN AT FROMS cont on mortcages - LAZARUS. SILVARM AR er, Chambor of Gommazcs, Ohioago. M ONEY TOANED UPON REAL ESTATE AND ‘short. time loans up. auproved collareral secority. 37 K. ROBGERY, Room 5, 18 LaSetiont: P. LOST A VELVET AND SILK SASHL THE 4 findor will picase retarn to 145 Doarborn-at., and te suitably rewarded. TLOSE; BLACK AXD TANSLUT, SHORTLEGGED. earx poorl answors to tho dama of Roso; rard Tor Bor rebur to 33 Seath Groenste T TLOSTJULY &, & MEIUN RLD COW ABOUT & years old. mediam homs, bad on when lost A 1o Any Information about her will bo rewarded by 310 b, dreasing JACOB NOUZA, iog-at., near Front, OST—SATOR G, 7, FRUM A CARRIAGE, e & Co.'s, and Twenty-eighth” ith black foatuers. ¥, Al betweea Ficld, Leite: at., a black silk jacket, trimmod Liboral reward pald if Teturnod to 126 Twonty firstat. T OST WHITE ONYX LOCKET, OPENS AT THE end. The findor will bo sultably rewarded by leaving ivat Room 6, 125 Doarborn-at. C. Il GAUBEIT, LOST~BE'I‘WEKN HOOLEY'S THEATRE AND Skinnor’s Hotel, on LaSalle, Washingtun, or Canal. St., an agate fingar ring. oval stone. A liboral reward il b 2aid for 14 rotura to Siar aad Croecest 3ills Ran- ridge. SSING-MR. A. M. SCOTT_MYSTERIOUSLY d).nlp%clmd from his store, No. 57 Green.st., at an early hour Suaday murning last,” Any porson havlug any awledge or information thoy caa wive will bo kindly a0 6d 30d ever remon 7 his afflictod wife and M. A Seottand Mr. A. J. Scott. Word (t”at ‘rosidenco 188 Ewingst., o TOBEY & 'S, 427 Desplaines-st. REWARD-LOST-WEDNESDAY _AFTER. noon on the corner of Canalport-av. and Kight- lack 80d tan siat with whits broast, Any person retumning har to 215 Portland-av., will recoivo the above reward. 1() AEWARD_STEAVED —OR STOLES OX Thuraday, (olden School, & old, hed s rope hafter on his acratched and the hair of, ton of him at 57 Ullma 55() REWARD WILL BE PAID FOR THE DE. D) toction aad conrictioa of tha thiof who stale a Scotch terrier slut some weeks sinos from the House: the slut has a black spot on Ioft hind guarter from a burn; answors to the namoof Fannio. Or, $10 o paid for the roturn of ths alut and no questions sk 1)) FEARD—AND NO GUESTICNS ASKED, for the retarn of horso and buggy stolen fro Cormer Clark and Monroests, Jaly i1, G & S. 9 Judd, HOUSEHCLD GOODDS. GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF HOUSE FURNIL turoin good condition 1s ‘wanted lor s largo private Bonso in Wankesha, Win., tbiawoek. ~Call of addross LPB, fio West Lako-t. B FARTY DEOLINING HOUSEREREING_WILL, sell vacy low, chamber, dining-room and kitchen itare. good as new. at privats saio all this week. C and sxanino and get pricea. K 5. DICKLE, & Cottage- place, near Thiry-Hrstat. ARPETS ON INSTALLMENTS, AT PRICES LOW- er than ever boforo. W can it up your house with Brussels, tapestry, throo-ply, and ingrain carpets, at Dricos Iowor than 361 ave sedd far ffteos yoark. - It will Fay ou to examins oar prices. ‘The oaly carpet houss on Pho Weat Side;. Fur castior instaliments nur.pricss ars PIRE PARLOR BEDSTEAD CU., 33 310 conth-st., & bl ~ ears besd, tho frunt foat a little Any person giving informa- will raceivs tho sbove roward. nnequaled. ‘West Madison-at. ROCKERY! CROCKERY!! CROCKRRYI!! GLASS. Enellth ‘enfia Swockesss- o o plastmste on Leoy b thiua 3 2 monthly p3sments, st vory low pricos’ LOWELL BROS &CO., 758 West Madison-at. ARPEIS] CARPETS!I CARPETS!! WE CAN ) Siva yon good Brussels aad ingrain carpots at lower s than wero evor kaown In Clicago bofore, on_cas nsialiments. LOWELL BEO3. & CU., 78 West sl son-sf ASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS_WR DON'T KERP ‘staves. carpets, nor rat-iraps: but we do kecp first- claas new farpitaro of all kinds, which we sell on 1n3tall. 1ments U per cent cheaper than any ol boase. D.T. CALHOUN, 404 Wost Madisan-t. URNITURE OF ALL KINDS ON_INSTALL- meata st prices lowar thaa over bofors offered: ar: or sots a1 830, $55. 30, $75, former prices 75 to 3100; handsome marble-top drassing-caso sats 875; atent sy in_all colors, with upholstered backs and rico pulling ac sasdrice puing et naually sold ot E100'550 apward sich piush parior with puthngs, at 13 t? Saeanily sold ut 5175 apd e ; 3500y ottt boas DOusd Dalr matteesses. best tlck, or Sl eiegant m top ceatro Lables 87, 48, Sl £15, 315, Naw'Is tao. tims to sclect your faraiture. Huuses furnished raroughout, and pagmonts taken moothiy. ¢ {s for your forest“to examine our stock sad prices. For eash o {aslimenst our prces snd lorus aednedusied: “Saper’ n penylc can save munoy by visiting ar hocke. BA- BTREPARLOR BEDSTEAD Coun 598 Wost Sadisosat; JrOR SALE_CHAMBER SETS. STOVES, TABLES, and miscellancous nouschold {uruiture. Fias oppor: tunity for_housckeepers in prospective or otherwi-o to stock up. Bargains for casb unxi {frum Monday (9:h) till the following Satarday. R. 5. DIGKLE, € Cuttaga-place, near Thirty-frstat. JPORSALE-VERY CHEAP. TN LOTS 7O BUIT. A Jares lot of buussliuld (arnitare, comprlsing evety, thing ever asod fa housekzeping ; all goacly mew : it will e ome inwantof g to call sooa at 13§ Nortn J{OR SALE_SIX SECOND-HAND COOK STOVES, noarly as ‘as now; very cheap. Call day or sven- 8, Bt 499 West Madison-st. AURN] i FURNACESI_THE *COMMAND- I‘:‘h“xm"‘?:u“'}:u:fih‘mxs 1 u':ngx":l‘éh RS 1 heating ea e Y STOVECONPINY o Latost. = OR SALE-THE ENTIRE FURNITURE, CAl -room bouse, centrally locs- F peje lese, stey of 3 17room hawe, scateily fice. OR SALE-AT HALY PRICE, UNE UF THE ¥ o Uoned i yes- R e, e S e ; perfect; W MANNING: £ Wert Lakost. ws ‘sast T —. T-CLARS NO.8COOK-STOVE; o Bl “Avpir a: £ Yoat Ecloar. 3 N 60 WEST LAKE CHEAP JOHN'S PLACE, 60 WEST LAKE et Lake e form Haxory .‘:‘,;:,:":J:’::..‘End' ) ocIocK; soods bought for cash e parties will soll vory low; mJ moito 18 quick sales smmall profits. e FURCHASE HOUSEROLD B O AN 10wk timse to Loy cheab by atien 102 this ok, &3 Wert Lake 'ho snld will coasalt tholr own in- £3 &' CO% Unioa ing Hodgos & Co.'s ue o D or addrcasiog HODG Park Acction Kooms. . T WAKT TO ¥OR CASH A FISK MARBLETOP irom 801075 ysrdsof Bramel t, & well-made loo” fow. Address, with prics, 3{ 31, Tribu: 5 e ofice. TO LEASE 0, LEASE—10 ACRES OF GROUND, 1 MILE IN- T e limite, uader irh stateof calthvation. Geops for sale cheap. Address G 74, Aribune oios. MOSEY 10 LOAN ON DIAMOSDS, W Clarksi., Room?, up-staire, MONEL 10 LoAN oX DIPROVED CITY PROE- ONEY TO 1. DUNSTAN & Co ATOHES, Private Loan Office, L and nther coliaterals. 9, up-stairs, erty at tho UNION TRUST CO., 136 Ulark at. s requirod ; also, ol £ N3 C0!, Koo 5, 15 Boarbowas - oo M A 0 MO R A o Jtoom & Howe Buildin; MU 3, 118 Kandalph-s:, carities. 143 Clark-st. EY TO LOAN IN ANY SUMAT THE PRIVATE d hasing and Loan Co., e kson-sta. cor EY IN HAND TO LOAN ON CHATIRL OR coliatoral “secarity. WILSON & DAVIS, ftoom ONEY TO LOAN ON FURTITURF, PIANOS,- diamonds, hoascs on lots, and uther goud se> , Koom 2, LOAN ON FURNTTGRE, BIC., WITHS out ramosal. _Addross G i1, Tribuga oifice. ONEY TG ) M Alethodlst £piscopal Charch Blocl dolph-st., mear Clark. ONEY TO LOAN—IN SUMS OF #4cu AND UP o8, Uhleago xeol owe, T W SATRATRE ONEY TO LOAN O: buads, &c., at LAUN WATCHES, DIAMONDS, ER'S private offics, 150 Bant ablished 1851, N Tav] M:osiiv"ro’ LOAN 1N SUMS TO SUIT ON FUR~ N, AKTIES WILL FIND AT THE DIAMOND LOAN 7oal extate, morchang monds,and all kinds of valaables: $nxlapds o Ar) Howe Bull OSEY TO LOAN AT § AND 9 PER G#NT ON improved proporty in and near Ci.cigo. ¥. C. LKL 9 Dearborest. Diture aad bousohold asticles. Address L I, Trib- URSOMERS - s e ) o e O Do MONEYTO LOAN INSUMS T0_BUTT AT COR' A trates. K. F. " ADAMS, 7 Claskst.. Roum 4, ront ral ¢ OF 8350, SECURED ON PROPERTY AT lewocd, fg'l’lll!. Addro: 22, Tribus ca. 8 aud Purchasing Com:pzny mon2y in sams to =it ou livo. Lousehold goods, whtchrs. dia- lsa s0me valuablo farma kansas jor salo 'or, e3coang>. Hoom 8 ‘corner Jackson aad Btate-sta. ’ TO 81,0 TO ON HOUSES 0 Dear UMS OF 310 TO N S aud Iots In tno city by H. P. BALDWIN, 10 Bupsites it 'O LOAN ms 633 5, —$3,000 (1% #3,40 ON IMPROVED CITY property at 10 per cea- tar 3or 8 years. Addrows G 15, Tribuus oflios. THE UNDERSIGNED. ‘vence mony v ail ki farnituro in suius to salt—hoassnol 1S PREPARED TO AD. inds of 8 apie muraandise ao d gouds, placos, sew~ machives, guns, rosolvery, borses, DugEles, cirs .mm.mem‘: lue, ladies’ and gonie' wearing ao- parel, diamonds. jewalcy, g-id sud silver watcnee, All communicatfons coufidn sl Firo-proaf vauka and burglar-poof safus _for valuibl*s. Private entrance in tne rear. D. , b Fitch. RAL BUMS OF §L007 7O 35,00, o Loax NICHOLS, BEAGG & CO.. 148 Dearborn 53. & W o s 1 prared or unimproved property, H. USBUHN & 126 LaSalle-st. WARER born-st. ARE PREPARED TO MAKE LOANS WIT) inaido SHORT SECURED PAPER. M on collaterals. C. J. ADAMS, i@ Dear 3 at, Y ANTED-GOOD APPLIOATIONS FOR LOANS oo city real estato, or for batld: 0 weat carront rates. W. G. PHOMESONS 10 Desrvorts Room 12, W tate security; [ cn placo large or C. MAGILL 7 Ciak, ANTED~LOANS—T HAVE SOME APPLICA: roal ‘004 i 1 o Basiies for loans on smplo rsal o= tions from 7 Clazs-at. W gk b B HAVE 5,00 TO LOAN AT 10 PER CENT, ‘without commwion, on first-claes real etiate socu- ty: ety cortificatcs ‘and _commercial paper waatod. JARY & HUNT, 19 Lasailors. ANTED{ 3,000 0N GOOD IMPROVED INSIDE Droperty ; se Address B 60, Tribune curity ample. office. A fory \V ANTED~37t0 OX SOME ELEGANT rates. Ad o belag Chicai> aiiizena of undoubed oo el Saiy Ve R, Teipane utle VY AyIED—A TOAN OF willing w kive T = \{7ANTED—TO BORROW-500 FOR ONR YEAR; real eslato worth $i, 70, Addrosws L@, T’ DIAMOXDS; it torost, but niot paws-braker's " Rt D i Thsvans oee, o oo A T10 PER CENT FOR A"k‘f\' gd indurser both pousibility, prin~ ANTED-TO LO: 13 mooths on oo AL _HUNDRED ‘duilars on some valusble dismonds aad stivorware 11 privile f 3 mors i found ece o et iie ronepasbl atercnt. "Addra G S T will gve liberal fnterast. a3d secacity on lmorov W NE 00D NOTES SECURED ON E IIANE SOME Gi ECURED O ‘clioioe insid business property at a liboral d! £, STORKY & WARE, $ Washiogwn-ry. VY AFTEC_TO LOAN 85000 FOK FIVE: ¥KARS 3T 8 per lasy Cut pomamision: § 2t class city proved propere Address & 41, Tribune othca o) Y ANTED—70 LOAN_% ON FIRST -CLASS PER: WAL secarly vorth foue tinee e Takin: & 1 R erencs. Address G B, Tribune office. ‘Vflmm—;\ BUILDING LOAN OF 35,00 FOR 3 105 yoars on nalncumbered Inside property. Ad- drese, giving terma, etc.. C 10, Tribuns offica. ) Eranston worth 315,000. Addsess Block- ANTED~25,00 FOR § YEARS AT 10 PER CENT, Do commissions, or § and 23, on & choice lot in EX, NER, No. 5 Honore Address VY ANTER A LOAN OF g2.000 TQ 33700 ON PROP- T, (30 fost) a4 Enxlowood. 3 o la per cent. )» Tribune office, _r.suu'vax. Room 37, % Clarkst. —~31,60 AND 81, ASH IN HAND T0 000539 SRS TR 2.000 BRADLLY, 15 3 AND SMALLER SUMS TO LOAN OX S povery at canest niw. ¥. G. a-at., 3 $ . or Keawood property, O. s0atheast cornor Clark s0d Washington-sti. gfl ll'l,(?; m‘)AK l"Odl 'l'l"éflaus vo. enton 3o Or WALTER BROWN, Hoom 17 000 $5.000 by OLIVER BESLY, 157 TO LOAN ON IMPROVED REAL BS. tate witin cliy limis term of years, Wakhingiou-st. =2 par® 6500 maE LoL L fem orn vod proverty w a l’;r BOL Faom 5o Wah Wil 4043, _Prefer to deal with principals, $15.000 2 guly will be paid. P HIUTHOVT, 8 LaSao-sts :ABT{:DHFL“:G Z;'BKBB Yllflns oN ear, fien ‘Draperty: 8 par Finclpaia address o 30l o $54.0.000) nion Park. PETERSON & 1N BOND3 AND MORTGAGES FOR f2ly secured by masbiacfroat house, nsar AY, 3 Soath Clark-st. UTTO-BARS, MATTRESSES, IRON _BED. D.fig-, m?.‘—.eu'.-. feathers, bodding, &6. WHIP. ELES matafasiors 1 o st Chearons place n iood Batiniaadon guzcaniscc OF FROM 3 v ) TO. wAN' IN SUMS 4 SAL000 el miShet Tt 2 C §£0Mm)7.flwmwm e B |