Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 29, 1875, Page 4

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Fngagement of Oliver Doud Byron, “ Dan- ald McEay.” MOVICEER'S THEATRE—Madison street, between Dearborn and Stats. Engagement of Edwin Adsms. “Enoch Arden.” CHICAGO THEATRE—Clark street, Ran- ‘between dolph and Lake, * Hearusand Diamonds.” . BUBRLINGTON HALL—Corner State and Bixteeath Strests. Charies MacEvoy's ** Hibernicon.” SOCIETY MEETINGS. FAIRVIEW CHAPTER, No. 161, B A, M.—Spechl convocation at their hall, corner of Cottage Grove-av. and Thirty-seventh-st., Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, at 7 o’clock abarp, for work on the M., P. AL, snd M. E. Vising Companions corialy fnvited. By of H. 8. Tiftaay, 3 3. E. CHADWICK, Secretary. ATTEKTION, SIR EXIGHTS —Special conclave of Chicago Commandery, No. 19, K. T, Monday evening, Aug. 50, 1875, for work on i T. Order. Visiting 8ir Enights oourteously invited. | By order of the Em. A WILLIAMS, Becorder, ST. BERNARD COMMANDERY, No. S5, K. T— Btatéd conclave Wednesday evening, Sept.1. ' Work on the K. T. Order. Visiting Sir Enighta courteously in- vited, Byorderof E.C. 7 J. 0. DICEERSOXN, Recorder. CORINTHIAN CHAPTER, No. 69, R. A. M.—Spe- cial convocation Monday evening, Aug. 30. Work on the Mark Degrve. J. 0. DICKERSON, Secratary. Buffalo. Flour was mors active, but weak Wheat was in very good démand, and sd- vanced 13c, closing at $1.17} cash and §1.15 for September. Corn was active, and j¢ low- er, closing at G43c cash or seller September, and G5ic for October. Oats were dull and lower, closing at 39}c cash, and 35}c for Sep- tember. Rye was quiet and firmer, at8ic. Barley was quiet and stronger, closing at £1.08 for September. Hogs were in moder- ate demand, st $7.75@7.90 for common to extra light, and at $7.50@8.60 for poor to fancy heavy. Cattle were slow of sale, and the feeling was easy. Prices were nominally the same as on Friday. Sheep sold moder- stely at $3.00@4.75 for poor to best. One hundred dollars in gold would buy $113.87% in greenbacks at the close. R RALSTON’S SUICIDE. The suicide of RavsTox, the President of the Bank of California, is hardly consistent with the theory that the bank will beina condition to pay much to its creditors. Taken in connection with the previous de- mand for his resignation, and the evidently- fraudulent statement that the bank had paid out £1,400,000 during the day of the panic, this suicide indicates that the bank is more hopelessly crippled than has been stated; that it has really fallen of its own weight; and that RavsTox has been acting beyund the knowledge and without the suthority of his associates. It will not be surprising if it should turn ount that he is a defaulter, and that to his defalcation the bank owes its fail- ure, The suicide of the great banker, who, after strutting his brief term of ostentations wealth, has stepped down and out, though an act of cowardice, is perhaps the best thing he could have done; it has probably saved an im- mense amount of trouble, and he has fur- nished by contrast a great moral lesson. He undoubtedly thought it was far more bonor- able than settling his property in advance upon his family, and then going to Europe to live. He had not the courage to survive his failure, nor to witness the ruin of his victins, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUN'DAY‘ AUGUST 20, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. 4 Central America literally fighting for his existence. He had traversed the mines of California and Nevads, where weakness and cowardice invited murder. But, down in his heart, planted there perhaps by a mother's love, lived the lesson that stealing wos & crime of which every man ought to be ashamed, and one demanding the exclusion of the guilty from the countenance and re- spect of all people whose respect is worth having. He.was aware that all his predeces- sors lived and flourished, and were magnates in society, pillarsin the Church, and rulers in Government; still he had not the courage to imitate their boldness, nor the courage to brazen out, as they do, the mendacity of their acts; and so, to avoid the shame that should attend such men as be, he sought denth nnd eternity as preferable to worldly prosperity, execrated and despised even by himself. —_— - OUR STREET PAVEMENTS. There is no doubt about the fact that the ‘present lamentable condition of Chicago streets is doing the city much damsge &b home and abroad. We think that the differ- encs of Gpinion as to the relative merits of the various styles of paving does much to keep property-owners in varioua parts of the city from acting in the matter. They are disinclined to pay the cost of laying the pine wood pavement in the old style on mccount of its perishable nature, which has been abundantly demonstrated. The experience of other cities is a warning sgainst the adop- tion of asphalt, sud our soft limestone will not farpish such a pavement as we have de- scribed being laid in Rochester, consisting of flagging as a foundation and layers of differ- ent-sized broken rocks, with tar and cement. The hard pavements have been found sltogether too objectionable to warrant their adoption at this time. Some months ago comparative tests were made in London of the asphalt, granite, and wood pavements, to ascertain the extent of accidents, These experiments extended over fifty days. It was found that the wooden pavement was much more traveled than the and the term courage in this sense is merely an equivalent for brazen mendacity and de- fiant scoundrelism. Had 'he not committed suicide, he might have offered his creditors, Bhe Chicagy Tribune. Sunday Mornmg, August 239, 1875. At the New York Exchange on Saturday the price of greenbacks apened at 87 and closed at-873, all the sales having been made &t these figures. The hot weather has spread over the whole ‘West. It is just the thing for corn,—which is consolatory, very, for it is by no means just the thing for city children. Whils the camn grows, the children die. The large propeller * Persian,” plying be- tween Chicago snd Buffalo, was burned yes- terdsy morning on Lake Erie. No lives were lost, but 67,000 bushels of grain were baked before their time. The vessel was valued at $125,000, and is said not to have been in- wared. There is unfortunstely no season for em- * bezzlement. It beats Texnyson's brook in going on forever. The daily bulletin of it ia dated New Jersey this time. Ihe State Tressurer has been arrested for embezzling $50,000. The sum is so small that the cal- prit msy be punished. It is announced that the affairs of the Bank of California have been put in the hands of an “ Execntive Committes "—that sounds better than ¢ Receiver” or “ As- signee "—consisting of Wrrziax Arvorp and Gxorgx H. Howamn. An estimate of as- sets an1 liabilities phts the former st $6,000,- 000 and the latter at $14,000,000. The stockholders, however, are good for the dif- ference. One of them is said 1o be worth $20,000,000. The trouble between Grest Britain and Burmeh has been settled. The State of ‘Western Karennce, which lies between the two frontiers, is to be recognized by both Powers as inviolable neutral territory. The encroachment of Burmah upon this State was the nominal cause of the threatened war, though the real casus belli was the Burmese help of the Chinese force which slaughtered an English exploring party in Indo-China. No satisfaction seerns to have been given for this and no guarantes against similar occur- Tences in the future seems to have been ex- acted. The smbignous and almost non-existent person known as ‘‘the scholar in politics ” ’has been again attracting public notice. Prof. Axpxesox, of Wisoonsin, ventured into poli- tics and was snubbed for his pains. There- upon Prof. Svazs, of Yale, writes the New York Eoening Post a letter which the latter publishes with the head, *‘Prof. Smovr asks ¢ The Scholar ’ who stands on the bench- s and writes essays to come down and join him in the arena.” The Springfield Repud- #can takes up the matter and encourages other scholars to go into polidcs by making a thoroughly unworthy fling at Mr. Svusez. The latter's final sentence in the Post sums up the whole matter : *‘ What is needed now is, not more thorongh ‘theoretical discussion of the scholar in politics, but that a few moro should try it.” Earl Grawviree recently addressed a meet- tng at Dover, called to promote the objects of & National Training School for Music, and in the course of his sddress made some interest- ing remarks upon the musical tastes of the English Prime Ministers and other prominent men. According to Earl GRaNvILLE, the late Prims Minister, Mr. GLADSTONE, has one of the finest musical voices he has ever heard, and continues singing even to this dsy. Dis- ®axr, he thinks, is mot very harmonious. The first Lord Warden, Prince Hrvar Duke of York, and Mr. Prrr, were exceedingly fond of music. The late Duke of WerLLING- Tox was & constant attendant at the London concerts. It is & littls singular, however, that Earl Geawviiex in his citations shonld have omitted any mention of Evzasers, My, sll the Georoes, and Prince Armemt, all of whom were not only fond of masio, but were musicians, and the Duke of Edin- burg, who is now making a reputation ass ecmposar. The Chlcago produce markets wers very frregulsr on Saturdsy. Mess pork was active and 850 per brl higher, closing at §20.25@ 20.80 cash, and $20.35@20.37} for October. Tard was quiet and 15@20c per 100 s higher, closing at $13.10@18.15 cash, and $18.20@18.25 for October. Meats were active and & shade easier, at 8o for shoulders, 1lic tor short ribs, and 11je for shart clears. High- wines were quist and steady, at $1.19} per @ullon, Laks freights were In fair demand g enshanged ; guolsd &t~ 4ey cothi O 85 Doxcay, Saervax & Co. have done, 33 per cent, or a8 Jay Cooxe & Co. have done, such dividend as s Bankruptey Courtmight declare. RaLsTON Was not as brave as these men. He 'was not even as courageous as our own B. F. AvLLEN, who never thought of suicide, though his financial condition was proportionately worse than thst of the Californian. Mr. RazstoN was deficient in courage in other particulars. He did not dare to live and read in the morning papers whining ap- peals by whining clergymen, extenuating if not justifying the wholesale robbery of thon- sands of persons on the ground that of the other people’s money he had appropriated he was always a willing contributor to build up Gop’s church and to pay the salary of Gop’s minister, who in preaching the command- ments to his congregation of bankers, and speculators, and gamblers, carefully omits ¢ Thon shalt not steal. ” RALSTON Was & man of the world, and he preferred death to be- ing the victim of such an apology. Mr. RarsToN in his lifetime was a hospita- ble entertainer. His house was a home to whoever was admitted to it. He lavished the Inrnries of life upon his guests; all that he had or could procure was at their disposal. He did not, however, fill his house with any one class or profession; his hospitality was ~cosmopolitan. He did not make his houss the asylum for clergymen, to take back with them to their flocks glowing invitations to invest in the railroad or other stocks and bonds which he ‘was trying to palm off upon the public. In ‘his prosperity he scorned such an act as this, and in his ruin—though he had not plun- dered .churches or robbed widows and or- phans through the instrumentality of priests —he lacked the courage, 80 conspicuous in others, to meet the matter-of-fact people whose money he had taken and lost. He may have been, and undoubtedly was, 8 coward ; but he was neither a hypocrite nor sliar. He had committed crime; he shrank from exposure; he had pride in his fame. When brought to the stand to give an account of his conduct he preferred death by his own hand than life purchased by perjury, even if that life was commerded 8s an example to others by the tears and votive offerings of the multitude. With Raustox’s death will terminate his enterprises, public and private. He will build no more railroads, open no more mines; he will purchase no more crops nor ship them on his fleets. He will buy no more stocks nor sell any more gold. He will en- gage in no politics, and will own no more dia- monds. Whatever was his when he failed he left to his victims. His paleces and his plate, his horses and his mines, he left to be given to his creditors. All he demanded was the universal inheritance,—the few feet of ground under which to put away, his mortali- ty. He sought a grave, for he had not the sublime courage which enables other swind- lers in like circumstances to push on to completion island palaces, while creditors in all parts of the world are begging for their earnings to sustain life. The world and the law constrae flight as a confession of guilt. This is the true philo- sophical deduction from fact. But, becauss flight is evidence of guilt, it does not follow that there is no guilt when there is no flight. RarsToN was unquestionably guilty of deeds which under a higher public morality wonld be deemed infamous and punishable as high crimes. Such acts are, in some countries, punished 88 crimes. Had Ruarsrox lived in France, it might be inferred that he had sought in suicide to avoid the punishment which the law had so rigorously visited upon previous offenders. ButRavstox bad no such fature to expect in this country. A long line of illustrious predecessors walked before him. They wore no prison garments; they were not clothed in the rags of poverty, nor were they dependent on charity for food, raiment, or lodging. They were not shunned or avoided by society. Restitation is an un- known or a forgotten principle. Embezzle. ment and fraudulent appropristion are mo longer crimes of which either the law or so- ciety takesnotice. No one asks how the rich man scquired his wealth; no one seems to care. The base man who robs the Btate or the public is a moral hero whose name figures proudly and prominently in all things, social, benevolent, religious, and political. When such & man appears in public, instead of being abashed, he feels proud of the admira- tion, if not envy, of his fellow men and ‘women. " This man Raxstor had braved the perils of enags and boiler-explosions on the Misfis- sippi River when a violent death was a mere question of time in his profession. He bhad braved tha perils of the poker-tabls when a revolver and eternal vigilance wers esseniial o muocoess in {hus gams. He had lived in others, and had a very much smaller propor- tion of accidents. It was also found that tha accidents on the wood pavements were much less severe than on the others. The number of horses that fell during the fifty days on the streets noted were 2,327, and the total distance traversed was 478,533 miles; of these only 542 falls, or considerably less than one- third, were on the wood pavement. These observations confirm the experience of Chi- cago and other cities where wood pavements have been extensively laid, viz.: that they are the safest and best for the horses, the least wearing on the vehicles, and the most sgreenblé to the people who walk or ride, so long as they are in good repair. The only valid objection to the wood pave- ment, therefore, is its costliness on account of rapid decay. If this can be overcome it will be the most desirable pavement that can be found for metropolitan life. It is in this direction, then, that all future experiments should be diregted, and the first step is to sbandon pine for cedar. The estimates based upon actual observation of the differ- ence between the two woods are that the cedar pavement, 1aid in the round posts, will last twice as long as the pine blocks. We have seen samples of the Detroit cedar pave- ment, which has been laid there to alarge extent and with great satisfaction. It is put down in the simplest manner. The cedar posts are split into halves, each forming a semi-circular block. These blocks are laid with wooden strips between them, and the space filled with gravel and tar. Buta pre- cantion is taken in Detroit which is alto- gother rejected in Chicago. The practice here has been to fill up the streets with loose dirt, and the blocks are laid immediate- ly uponit. In Detroit and other citiese steam-rollez, weighing twenty tons, is used to compress the foundation, and this unques- tionably insures & firmer and more uniform resistance to the pressure, Such a roller is the first thing that should be provided for Chicago streets where the wood pavemant is to be laid. We have also seen a model of the cedar posts, which are set into the ground in the same size and shape as they come,— some larger and some smaller. The smaller posts are cut longer, and all are set upon the ground after ithas been rolled. A pile- driver is then used to drive the longer posts down to a level with the shorter but larger posts. This process serves to still fur- ther compress the earthen foundation and insure an even pressure. This, we be- lieve, is the kind of pavement that should be next tried in Chicago, and if it proves twice 8s durable gs the pine-block pavement, it will ba the best and cheapest in the world. FINARCE AND MATRIMONY, The article which was printed in the last Sunday issue of Tee TRIBUNE upoa the finan- cial aspects of married life has already called out several communications upon the various problems connected with this vexed subject, showing various phases of it. There is one phase, however, which does not seem to us to have been illustrated, and so TxE Trrsune, for the purpose of aiding the solution of the problem, has some suggestions to make touching the common-sense view of the finan- cial aspeets of married life, and how to man- age the domestic exchequer so that the outgo shall not exceed the income. If this can be effected, then the most serious obstacle which stands in the way of marriage will be re- moved. ‘We will not assume that a pair approaching marriage can discuss the common-sense view of the question, since, between the dates of engagement and marriage, the young couple pass through a period which is never charac- terized by common sense at all. It is purely ideal. Life in this period never touches the confines of the real. Each one idealizes the other into something which he orshe is not and never will be. The young man, although he may be plain Sxrra, cross-eyed and bow- legged, is elevated into a hero, and the young woman, salthongh she may be plain Ertza Jane BoowN, with carrotty hair and squint, into an angel, and the two forthe time are real heroes and angels to each other. The process of idealizing extends not only to themselves but to everything else, and the sworld in which they dwell is an olla podrida of moon- beams, flowers, butterflies, cupids, rainbows,. and other such very pretty but very ephem- eral and unsubstantial stuff, which disappears after the honeymoon sets. Then the real life commences,—the hand-to-hand struggle with ;.he world for bread and butter, and the life- ong pursuit of money wherewith to pay the bill of the grocer, the tailor, the bn(oll:ei Lh: landlord, and other people of this kind who are necessary evils entailed upon the world by the sin of Apaw. = £ At thisstage, when the ideal changes into the real, and the beantiful nonsense of the nup- tial episods oceases, common sense should make its sppearance and dictate & pro- gramme in the economiss .somewhat like tha lallowing: 1t ths yotsg piir taka pencil and paper and set down, first, the entire income for the year,—at is, the young man's salary and the young woman's earnings, if she has any. Then let them set down their actual necessary expenses. Thess will ‘consist of rent, clothing, fuel, gas, wa- ter, the table, a servant,—if they have one,— insurance, interest,—if they owe anything,— taxes, down-town lunches, cigars, & specified sum for church purposes, books, gifts to friends, the newspaper, stationery, furniture, and a few other little items. Bubtract them, and if the balance is in favor of the outgo then retrenchment ~must be practiced. They must-go over the list item by item, and see if some of them can- not possibly be omitted altogether, and if many of {hem cannot be reduced. Perhaps therent is too large. Then get a cheaper house. The furniture may be too expensive; then cheaper must be had. The cigars may perhaps be eliminated, for a time at least. The down-town lunches may prove & burden- some grasshopper. Kill it by taking lunch from home to the office. Bnying books isal- ways expensive, This may be saved by taking books from the Public Library which cost nothing. Gifts also are expensive. Be courageous enough not to make them until you can afford it. Thus one after the other the items may be reduced until the two may find themselves able to live within their income, and ‘gradually procure some little luxuries. If they find that their in- come is more than sufficient to pay their ordinary expenses, then they should plan to save eo much per month or quarter and place it in the savings bank, where it will accumulate and in time grow into a sum sufficient to procure them a home of their own. Married people without a home are only drifting; with a home, they are anchored. It is the first duty of all young married people to bend all their ener- gies towards getting a home. Having ob- tained it and planted their own vine and fig- tree, they always have a base to fall back upon in the war of life, a starting-point in all their operations, a castle of comfort and content for the children. This common- sense view of the financial aspects of matri- mony applies not only to those just setting sail upon its uncertain waters, but also to many of the old navigators. A good house- wife keeps her own accounts, and knows how much every department of the domestic economy is costing. From these books she Imows how, when, and where to buy to the best advantage. She knows what tradesmen are cheating her in weights and prices. By paying the bills promptly, much 15 saved. Nearly all tradesmen want bills to ran, where the pny is sure, for they will in some man- ner make the ifterest on the money. By buying at wholesale, from one-third to one- fourth is saved in cost, and better and fresher articles are obtained, because they have mnot passed through the hands of the retail middleman. In many such ways as this economy may be practiced and ordinary commonsense brought into use, so that this problem of finance applied to matrimony will not be so difficult of solution as it appears to many. We have no doubt that there are some of our resders who have conducted their households upon some such common-sense basis as this. We should like to hear from them as to the results. Thus far all the com- munications have been from the grumblers and complainers. Let us hear also from those-who have studied and practiced econ- _omy as a science, and to whom matrimony is not altogether a matter of money, but also of common sense. “TRYING IT ON THE DJG.” The Eastern press .n general, and the New York Times in perticular, is surprised that “go genial a paper a8 Tue Cmicaco Trip- uxe" should be indignant at the subservience of Chicagoans to Eastern canons of dramatic criticism. The ZTimes informs us that new plays, instead of being produced at New York, are often first put on the boards in the provinces in order to obtain & verdict as to their excellence. This sort of thing, it seems, is called “Trying it on the dog”! ‘This is an allusion, we presume, to the story of the sagacious person who was afraid ‘some dish was poisoned, and so gave part of it to his dog before tasting it himself. While we disclaim, philosophically and publicly, of course, any indigoation at this revelation, there may be somewhat of secret rancorin our reception of it. The theatre-goer of Chicago might be tempted to say to the Eastern actor who poses on the stage in anew part: * Is thy patron a dog ? ” and if he felt sure that he was a canine in the eyesof the nctor, he might like to show his contemner that a dog can both bark and bite. But he is freed from this unholy temptation by the consciousness that Eastern managers, despite the T'imes’ as- sertion, do not try their new plays on the Western dog. Perhaps our New York con- temporary will take the trouble to print the names of the plays that have been thus experimented with. A single line of non- pareil type would doubtless suffice for this purpose. We repeat what we said before, that the dependence of the wholé country upon the metropolis, in matters dramatio, is 8 serious injury to the American stage. For the 7imes is mistaken in saying that a man with a first-class play in his pocket *‘ will ind welcome and a market in New York.” The process of getting a play into a New York man- ager’s hands is one of wire-pulling and log- rolling. It is not very difficult for a dra- matic suthor in Trance to get his brain- bantlings into the manager's portfolio and then before the mansger's eyes. The great majority of proffered plays are necessarily re- jected. They ought to be. But they are rend and judged on their merits, while m New York they are not read at all. The half-dozen mew plays that the metropolitan theatrés can ‘produce each sesson are written by New Yorkers who bave earned a reputa- tion as playwrights.. This.may be all right ; but is it not- evident that the fact that the -only mnew ploys produced in the country sre upon New York boards wholly ' excludes from competition every other would-ba—and, ' under. ‘a . different system, might be—playwright in thecountry ? Art, musio, letters, and . the. drama, never flourished more in Germany than when the capitals of the * provinces” were in fact capitals, when Weimar dared to admire a new effort of GoErse's genius without waiting to hear Berlin's opinion of it, and when the Frankfort theatre-goers applauded what they liked themselves, and not what the applsuse of & metropolitan audience had given them permission to like. Compare, too, the literary life of Edinburg in Scorr's time, before the ity becaine a huge provinaial town, and the literary life of Edinburg now, when London has absorbed the brains of the United King- . doms. 3 ' The distinguishing feature of American politics s ité Jocalization. The New England townships gave bk TooquevirLethie key to onr whols dysleti, Wesliould like 4o xse Lie prinai- plethat has proved such a successin our poli- tics prevail in onrarts. We believe that there- sult would be to stimulate the dramatic development of the whole country. Art cen- tralization is as bad in its way as political centralization. ~ For reasons such as these we advanced the opinion which the Times gently satirizes when itsays: * The corrective which Chicago proposes for itself is certainly rad- ical, as well as pecauliar. The managers of two Chicago theatres are to produce plays written by local authors. If these succeed, not only will ‘the slavish dependence upon the East be broken down,’ according to Taz TrIBUNE, but the example of Chicago will be generally imitated, ‘and a better day will dawn for the American dramatist and the American stage.’” ART FOR THE PEOPLE. Chicago is soon to be treated to & month's sight of the finest collection of American art ever made in the world. This sweeping statement is not exaggeratidn. It is simple fact. The policy adopted by the Art Com- mittee of the Exposition has proved a thor- ough snccess. The Committee placed itself in direct communication with the artists, in- stend of depending upon picture-dealers, snd s0 exciting the prejudices of a very sensitive class of men. The result of the extra work assumed by the Committee has been a hearty co-operation of all the leading -artists of the country in making the gallery of 1875 bet- ter than anything ever exhibited even in the Fast, The Exposition has now become one of the features of the Northwest. Every one of the thousands who visit it goes through the gallery of paintings, and many persons visit it simply for the sake of seeing the pictures. Last year and effort was made to have the gallery opened on Sunday, but the suggestion was too late to have a due effect. This year time has been taken by the forelock. A similar proposition is now pend- ing before the Execative Committee. The Committee's evident intention to popularize the whole Exposition—an intention shown in the reduction of prices, etc.—gives reason to hope for the success of this sensible re- quest. We understand that tho Art Com- mittee favors the project. The matter could be easily arranged. Let a temporary fenced passage be constructed between the main entrance and the art gal- lery. If this is done the services of a dozen ticket-takers, policemen, etc., will be all that is required. If it is deemed best to do so, the gallery could be kept open only on Sun- day afternoon. This would avoid all conflict with church services. We should like to see the price of admission put as low as 10 cents, but this might result in overcrowding the art-rooms. The best plan would probably be to begin at 25 cents, and then lower the fee if it conld be safely done. Sunday is the people's day. It is the only day upon which the workingman is at leisure. He is usnally too weary togo ont in the even- ing that follows aday of exhaustive toil Hitherto, when the time came when he was able to enjoy the treasures of color in the gal- lery, he has found its doors shut. This policy should no Jonger be followed. The public peace and the Sunday quiet have not been disturbed by the opening of the Public Library on Sunday. They wouldnot be disturbed by the opening of the Public Art Gal- lery—we call it B0 because it is built on ground owned by the public and transferred to the Exposition Company for public purposes. The trinmphant success of the Sunday-Lecture Society has shown that the people are ready to avail themselves of first-class means of instruction and entertain- ment on the first day of the week. The doors of our 8,000 saloons are open all day Sunday. Why should not the doors of the art gallery swing oper to the people too, and lure men from liquor? Let us try the ex- periment of fighting Bourbon with Beauty. SECESSION IN S0UTH AMERICA. The announcement that Panama has de- clared war against Colombia has more inter- est than the regular daily report of a South American squabble, inasmuch as Panama is one of the nine States which form the Es- tadas Unidos de Colombia, the United States of Colombia. The federation is a league, rather than a nation, and so differs from our system of government. A German would say that this was a Bundesstaat, and Colombia a Staatenbund. The latter was formed by a Convention of the nine States at the City of Bogota, Sept. 20, 1863. The present Consti- tution was adopted two years later. The de- tails of administration are patterned after our system, but the President serves only two years, and is lucky if he escapes assassination for that time, and there ara three Senators instead of two from each State, The Cab- inet, like that of England, is responsible to Congress. There are separate State Gov- ernments, presided over by Governors, but Panama’s chief official is styled President. The population of the whole country was in 1870 3,000,000, 2,900,000 of whom were of European descent. Panama is the eighth State in population, containing only 220,452 inhabitants, but she is first in importance. By virtue of her situation, she controls the whole foreign trade of the country. Panama and Aspinwall, the termini of the Isthmus Railway, and the only ports of any conse- quence, are both within Pavama. There is no probability of any very aumiaz- ing fighting, for the wholo peace army of Colpmbis amoutits to only 2,000 men, and the war-force, deprived of the Panama contin- gent, will muster barely 25,000. If the war lasts for any time, Great Britain will be the chief sufferer. When our tariff coufined American merchants to the home mar- ket, and forced them to closs their foreign agencies, the thrifty Britons took possession of the trade of Colombia. The Republic exports raw cotton, caontchono, in- digo, and Pernvian bark to England, and im- ports cotton, linen, and woolen goods. It bnys nearly $10,000,000 worth of cotton fab- rics every year. This profitable trade may be broken up by long-continued skirmishing. South American warfare rarely amounts’ to anything more than this. Our interests are ot likely to suffer in any appreciable degree. Thanks to our tariff, we have no trade to lose. The North Atlantic fleet is already .under or- ders to proceed, if necessary, to Panama, and will doubtless prevent any interference with the railway. It is not probable that our ex- clusive rights, granted in 1869, to construct and operate a canal across the isthmus will be interfered with. The arrival of Mr. StRaxoscE in New York from his European tour in search of TrriENs satisfactorily settles the question that we shall have no Italian opera next season. In an interview with the New York Worid he snnounéed that he came to tbe conclusion that it does not p1y to present operas in this country, and Mr. STRaxoscE ought to know if any one, inasmuch as he has given operas for the last four or five ‘seasons (except the Nrssox campaign) at a fearful loss. Hence Hereaflar he will dovots hliudel? 10 convarts, leaving the operatic field to any one who may have the temerity to occupy it. By giving concertshe will be sure to make money, and he will be free from the troublesome jealousies of rival artists and the respousi- bility of keeping chorus' and orchestra from tearing out ench other’s eyes. Mile. TrrreNs will be the bright particular star of his con- cert troupe, on which account the following extract from the World will be of interest : He has engaged Mile, Trrress for fifty performsnces, with the privilege of doubling the number at his option, at the rate of $1,00in golid for each performe ance, Sbe will leave England Sept, 18, with her manager, Mr. MAPLEsOY, tha director of Her Msjesty’s Opera in London, aud will lesve to return home sgain intime to meet -her engagomonts beginning next March. Her first appearance in this city will bo In October at Stefaway Hall, probably in opera concert, Her appearances wiil be in Steinway Hall, with a dollar 2dmlssion feo, $2 and $3 for reserved sests. Selections from Weser, Pacivi, Soiosesr, HaNoEL, Mz¥DRLSSORY, SORUMANN, MEYTRBZER, BEXTHOVEN, and Gruck, will be presented, Mile. TrrmxNs singing in all ber most famous characters. Her most celebratsd parts are Agatha, In * Der Frelschuta; ™ Lucrezia, in “ Lucrezia Borgia;” and Leonora, in * Fidelio.” After giving a very few performances in this city, Mile. TrTiENs will make s tour of other citles, and sing fn Boston, Chicago, Cinclunati, Detroit, Toron‘o, Phila- delphis, Biltimore, and Washington. Should the sea- 3om be profitabla enough to warrant 100 performances, Mr. SToatoscr will make s tour of the Southern States as far South as New Englishm: n are growing tired of salt meat as a staple of their diet, but the scarcity of fresh beef makes it a luxury beyond the reach of the poor and lower middle classes. The unnecessary severity of the laws against the impr r'ation of direased cattle is largely re- sponsible for this. If one sick animal is found in a ship-load, the whole herd is con- demned and Lilled. On two successive August days, two Rotterdam ships brought 2,250 sheep to London. There was one slightly sick animal on each ship, and the whole 2,250 were consequently con- demned, killed, and kept out of the market. This looks like class-legislation in behalf of English land-owners. It amounts to levying a protective duty for the benefit of cattle- breeders. The importers have formed an association to secure the amendment of the obnoxious laws and to promote the importa- tion of fresh beef on the hoof from the United States. Some foolish and presumsbly cowardly students of the Scientific College of Yalo Uni- versity hazed a Freshman the other day, and by doing so kicked up an international quarrel. For the Freshman was a young Chinaman of high rank, and part of the hazing consisted in cutting off his cue. He has, therefore, lost caste and has been de- prived of his allowance by the Chinese Edu- cational Commission in this country. The Chinese Minister at Washington has investi- gated the matter and sent homse a report to his Government. The latter may ask satis- faction for the insult. Slighter matters have served for pretexts in such casess. WiLHELM'S turning his back on BENEDETTT Was an insult that fades into insignificance besides the cut- ting off of Cmax Lasux's cue. The actors were more prominent, but the slight was of far less consequence. THE CHICAGO RIFLE CLUB. The incipient steps towards tha effective pr- ganization of a Rifle Club have already lod to re.. sults which afford substantial grouud for belief that it is destined to becoms one of the institu- tions of which we mav we!l feel proud. No ef- fort bas ye: been made at soliciting iudividuals to become members, but neatly Seventy names are already enrolled, including many of onr most estimable citizens, who bave volantarily come forward and expressed their desire to become active participants, or to show their aporoval of the object, and their desire to gtve moral and material aid in its promotion. There are 8me considera‘ions conneoted with the subject which are oot likely to present tuem- selves to one who bas never vefore given it a thonght. and which it is eminently prover at this stage of procecdings to lay before the public. “| 1t is needlcss at this day to preach a sermon on the natiooal sin of overwor', and tne disas- trous effect mpon body and miud of the in- ceasant driving and intense devotion to business of the American people as & nation, and of the Cnicago business-men espec:ally. in whom the trait has become proverbial. Every ope is aware of the evil, and acknowledges the need of relief, but looks in vain for the means of secur- ingit. Theman whose happiuess in life con- @iets in the skillful mausgement of great com- meroia! enterprises cannot become interested or find relief from the worty of business cares in =0y mere idle sport or amusement which in- volves no exercise of judgment or skill on bis owo part, sod has no miterior object bevond mere divereion. It is like taking exercice merely for the sake of exercise. which everybodv koows 18 dull work. and oot proguctive of half the benefit that is derived fiom such as comes. incidentally in connection with soms work in which we are warmly intercsted. Rifle-sbooting is an _ exercise which tends to the best development of the mae.. cular system, enforces a large amount of exer- cise in the open air. and demaands such tizining of mind. eye, and hand, sod such close observa- tioo of the pbysical phenomena which affect the result, that it possesses a natural intrinsic inter- est for taen of active mental ability, sod this interest is sustained by the reflection that the power thus developed is not meraly the attain- ment of axill in an idla game, having no mesn- ing or object beyond mere amusement, bat is in fact ao element of nstional as well as individual etrength, ttio importance of which has been recognized by the most ealigbtened peorls of all ages, aod was nevor more highly appreciated than at thie day, when tbe wonderful improve- ments in the construction of arms of precision has conferred a degree of importance upon the development. of individaal ekill in their nse which baa oot existed since the days when every man was obliged by law to baves bow of his own length, 2od & certain number of arrows, and -0 practice regularly in shooting at the batts, which wers established in every parish, at pre- scribed distances. For & periud of five bundred years succaediog the battle of Hastings, which was fought on the 14th of October, 1066, the archers of England copstituted & pational guard, whose efficiency was knowr and feared throughout Europe, and the most v-gilant care was exarcised by Govern- ment to maintain the supremacy they had ao- quired. Op holidays, and festive occasions, prize-shoot:ng was always one of the standard sports, ana every effort was used to dignify and excite aa interest in the attainment of an art on which the power, and perbsps even the exist- ence, of the nation was felt to be dependent. For many years past the same encoarsgement bas been given in Epgland to nfle-shooting that was formerly bestowed on archers-practice The enthuuasuc and generqus reception which the Creedmoor riflemen bave mes with ia En- gland affords abundant evidence of the esti- mation 1o which such skill as theirs is bold, and be must be & very short-sighted person who fails to perceive that the secret of the sdulation bestowed upon our representatives lies in the fact that their ekill is simply oze of the exponents of nationsl power, and the ap- planse it bas elicited is the modern expreasion of the same admirstion which in the days of xnight-errantry was bestowed upon the achisve- ment of brilliant feats of arms. But such skill a8 that of Messrs. Forron and ‘BoprIsE is not attained without carefnl training and study, and, althongh it is obvionsly improb- sble that smch capaciiy sa theirs will be oftea developed, thelr sxample is none the less yalus- bls a8 showing lus necssmty of caraful, iys- tematic training In order to the whatever powers any one may &Wm«nk “ And this is the point which it i important impress upon those who are entering 1:, ssaocmtibn of markamen in this city, -; they bope to acquire such sill as wi) oo flect honor upon the Club and tha city, n:‘ magt make up their minds gp coursa of long and severe tratning and P » ‘eginning with short raoges, and perr themaelves by degrees in tho.rotical and pract;, cal knowledgo of ll the atmosphencal, og; and personal influences, phvsical spd monl, which affect the result. The stady is one or une ceasiug interest, but the tempration is alwars ty get on with the work, aod ths result of vieldigy to the feeliog of impatience is that nothing h..‘ yond mediocrity ia attained. In the early dav of the new associati will natarally be a good desl of mers ::o:l:m for sport in friend'y comoetition. but as mmz possible after the rargo is established it 15 to : hoped that & reular svaterd of instriction anq practice will bs adopted and il i forced. i SRRl o It was our intention to have offered marka on the danger resulting from vh:a::q: use of firearma, but the subject is of saffimeny importance to marit & spacial articts, and we . serve it far a fature occasion, OEIIUARY. THE REV. CYECS SCTTT, D. D, The Rev. Creus Norr, D. D., President of thy Indisna State Univeruity, died at his reidency in Bloomington, 1a that State, oo the 33d imat, He was about 64 years of age, and & pative ot Penasylvania, graduated at Meadville, aod cams to Indianain 1333. He was the tirst President of Asburv University, as Greencastle, and remaived Pregident uotnl the electioa of Bishop Stupsoy in 1839, at which time he took the pomition o Professor of Greek. Ile coutinced in that rels. tion and 3 Vice-President of the University un. til the retirement cf Dr. Cuen frow the Prede deocy azain placed him in charge for s period of eightaen or twenty matis, the Presidsncy then being tilled by Bishop Bowxa¥. In 1859, hewa elected President of the State University and bas remained at its head uotil the lasttwy mouths. The Elyomington News, from whish we gather these facts, 8ays of him: Itis 2, xacimustebion ot Chs s of e lostegion versity was in the main craditavie aud sacvessfut. Hy was Dot o grest man, and his modesty never allowad him to such a chim; but ho was better—he ma 3 good man. baloved not only by the Matnodist peapie, hut by all who came in clore persoual contact wny him, " In B'oomingion he was s universal favorite, s death will bas » sad memory to I‘H. - = W. 3. HINWOID, 7. B. 8. The London Timesannounces the recent des of W.J. Hexwoop, F. R. S.. one of the mos celebrated of the Cormsh mineralogists, He hat mada & complete stuly of the Corvish minerl regzion, and was looked opon a8 the most roms- petent authority in Engiaud upon the questions of mining deposits. He bas left a great quase tity of pavers and reports, which are said to b very valuable 2s raferences in geological and mining mattera. ———— Mezgre reports of the proceedings at the Cok orad Convention in Richmond wera forwarded by telegrapb, but tho humors of the occasion wers, of course, too deiicate and impalpabie for trane misgion over the wires. Some of the delezates were little versed in the set forms of speech; others had 8 moro or less iutimate scquaintancs with the customs off parhamentary bodies; ssd _between the two it often hsppeoed thatthe whoie Convention was in & moat ludicrous up- roar. At limes there would be s manyss twenty-five mombers occupying the floor, ail gesticulating wildly aud rosnng at the topof their voices, **Piots of order ” were coantiess, Ignorant negroes, it may be said, without invoke mg the Civit Rights law, are uo better thiy other ignorant men; and when igncisad men who fancy that they are ekilled parlis- meptarians are let losse in a deliberative assembly the consequeace is certain to be uo- ending confugion. Such was the expenence st Ricbmond. One delegate, who bad more name than scqu:red sense, fivatly got oat of all pw tience with the Chairmsn, and declsred. **Ob, yes, you may holler Order, order, all day, bad yon've got £ trest us with some respect.” A delegats from Petersburg declared: *Shol we've done heerd enough sbodt *parlamentry’ rules. We came here to do sumthin’ or ruther for the good of the black race, sud here you've been spending hours quarreling about *parls rmentry ' rules and * parlameatry ' laws sud ‘par lamentry usergas.” Now, tius is all stalf. Thers nin’t a man 1n this here house that kuows anye thing about such thioga snd I can't ses o use in talking about ’em.” Somebody moved & Yol of censare ou the delegate for afirmiug that the Convention knuw nothing of parliamentasy " usage, but before the question could be pu: the Chairman’s attention was diverted in aoather direction ; and o the tumalt continued. Couid thete be & more delicious satire upon the late Illinois Legislaturs—and, indeed, upon tha usual deference te parliamentary Isw, »s s0me- thing of almo:t supernatural orjin, banded down to free-bern Americans from oo bigh— tnan 13 sorded by :!us extraordinary parlismead at Richmond ? — - Drinking one's #2if to desth is a common pas- time in all civilized conntries, There are masy ways of doiog it. Abdinthe is swilt and exhilars- ting; champszue isarisiocratic snd fascivativg; whisky 18 powe: ful and vulgar. 3ineral water, we should eav, sveaiiog with the diffidence of one who has mot taken it s a rezular Lipple, must be a slow aud exasperating poison. But il is none the less surs, socording to the testimony of experte. Several well-attested cases of pie- mature dissolation cansed by excessive dnnkivg of the waters tt Saratoga bave lately been 1ee ported by tha correspoudents. 1t 18 said that ex- Qov. Wintax A. Gramax, of North Cwrolok woald have been alive to this day if he had so¥ iodulged in twenty glasses on one dav. Be this a3 it may, there is Do doub: thab mizing drivks of water is injurions o the @ystem. Different kinds of wsler bave different wedicinal qualities. Indiscnimis nate drinking at the Springs is, therefors, das- rerous in the same way s indiscriminate driok~ ing at the bar, though in & lesa degree. Awfol oxamples can bo found 1 the ons departmeat of buroao industry as well as in the other. Ho¢ queer it would seem for the temperance leetar- era of the fulare to carry aboat wich them spock: mens of dissipated water-drinkers, whose ruioed constitutions would be exposed to the publis gaze ae an edifying spectacie ! It wonld be pos gible, indeed, to presch genuine tempersndd ‘ from such a test, showiog that moderaticn I all thiogs is a golden rule of humsn enoduct§ that the appetites are not velt-regulating; that even the most inaocent staples msy becoss the instruments of sevsuality and vies. Tlsth tndes of thia sort bave been uttersd in the psb. with & different application. . He waa leaning over the counter and puncie- ating his remarks in sn indescribably solemB ; way with sundry motions of hus bead and aroé « Bank of California," be bawled, * used tob¢ one of the biggest in ‘this country. Ivedesd broke. Why. they said it was a gold-mine. the fellows aboat it were such swful l"{h That man Rarstoy had sixty carrisges, ad:® placo out of Ban Francisco that took the shio¥ out of Aladdin's Palsce. When anybody Fs0% to visit him, be broaght oat Lia harses, sod ’: body ever went to his houss except fonr-in-band. Hohad sixty carrisges, 838 ket » magmificent place 25 miles out of Bs3 b cisco—" And so be went on. Ho was Awlldllfl': Chicago ia 8 moralizing mood ; snd, a8 Be talking to s German sbopkeeper, he it the proper thing to emphasize his m-rhz \ frequent repetition and increasing figures- " ¢ fondly imagined that he could in this ufl:, cause his wisdom to penetrate triple folds "‘ Ignorance and stapidity. So the solid W2 s Chicago contioued to the Germsn shopkeePs? ! +The Bank of Californls was !pn-_n‘t'&i';?; fargs. Ib had cen million goid dalless ™} .