Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 5, 1876, Page 5

a NEW YORK GOSSIP. An Interesting Chapter on Club-Life dn the Metropolis. One Hurared Clubs, and a Mem- bership of Fifty Thousand. What the Clubs Are, What They Cost, and ‘Sheir Objects, frroneous Impressions of Club-Life Set Right---Political Clubs. The War Between the Lotos and Arcadian Qlubs, and Its Occasion, Sweciat Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. Yew Yous, March 2.—The clubs of this city ‘gro rapidly aesuming an importance in our social epstem that can ouly be appreciated by thous gbolive bere and witness the distinct types of existence brought ont by club-life and its dif- ferent phases. With nervous vives and mothers the name of a club is synonymous with gambling snd dissipation. ‘This is a3 serious @ blunder in jts wholesale application to the facts of the case scan be imazined. Other people think only of a cob as a stepping-stone to eocial position, This ia likewise a mistake. The club system. as eondacted in New York, neither adds nor takes sways social position, for nowhere is 8 man measured for nearly his exec vatue socially, fnancis'ly. politically, intollectually, and his mol worth, asin the club. There is still an- other popular erior on the subject of clubs sbich onght tobe corrected. It ig a common be- lief on the part of thcurands that’s club ia an expensive lasary, sud only to be enjoyed by the neb. An expt ent in this line will prove the contrary. CLUBS A3 CO-OPERATIVE INSTITUTIONS. Considering the quality of the living oblained for the money, the club-system as conducted in this city is decidedly cheaper than housekeep- fog or living ia first-class hotels or boarding- rouses. It 13 practicaliy co-operative. An oniimaty price of living on the. Earopesn in this city is 25 per week, which socades meals at a restaurant and modest lodg- ings, Nuw, 8 dozen gentlemen agree to contrib- atte €20 a week apiece, which is equal to $1:.480 jayear, upon which to Keup house. ‘They hiro fn elegant surnishod hoaso a: 81,000 per ger, and bavo still left 23,430 for able expenses, whica is more than eqnal to tho anecezsities of the case. Tuns they obtain atyl- ich apartments and excellent food and table- ico for leas troncy thau lodgings aud meals which marked their daily existence previously 4o their combination of rogources. There aro mumerous advantages in a method like this ~which no hotel or boardingz-hunse can offer, and jit is not surprising, th=refore, that thera azo not less than 15.060 young men in this city to- day who are living en club. It is doubtful if onsina hundred werld be willing to exchango “qhat mode of life for sny other yot invented. THE NUNBEL OF CLUBS ANv TRE MEMBERSHIP. Kew York a second only to London in tho cnumber of ite clubs. There aro now in activo seperation in its limits not far from 100 regularly vorganized clubs, with a membership estimated on the basis of reliable statistics at 59,000. Asinnge delusion exists in the popular mind that these acsociations are mainly composed of “uumarricd men, white the fact is just tho re~ verse. At least threc-fourths of the club mem- ‘bors in thie city are married men. and more than bal are leading citizens.—in ono geuge the huvy men of tho community,—the bankers and soiia merchauts. ‘This is not a new zerelation either. Iho oriyinators of clubs in thigcity were the eubstanttal men. From the euliest davs of the Hone and Kent Clubs in 186 acd 1835, and of the present Union, whieh was founded in i85€. the members have repre~ sented the cream of the wealth and talent of the city. ‘THE EARLY CLIEs. These institutions Ixid the foundations of ‘their successors, aud, in spite of modern ideas, sthe aims of the original projeetors of the clubs of New York have peen faithfully copied. ‘The Hone Club, just mentioned, included Moses H, Grianeil, Simeon Draper, Thomus Tileston, James Watson Webb, and the Henry Clay Whig aristocracy, in its membership, Daniel Webster and _ William HL Seward were honorary members. The Kent Ciub represented the ruling spirits of tho Ameri- «an Bar, and included such shinmg lights as J. Freecott Hall, the jegal father of William NM. Evarta, Opden Hoffman, suruamed the ‘Elo- quent,” Edward Curtis, Judge Nelson, Peter A- sy, and Cherles O'Conor. It also embraced a Hterary circle in Weshington Irving, George 2. Morris, Edgar A. Poe, C. Fenno Hoffman, and William C. Bryant, seldom surpassed. ‘THOSE THAT HAVE DISAPPEARED. ‘The mortality list of clubs that nave risen, flourishea for a time, and disappeand, is fright- fally long, and would discourage any one seak- ing in the history of the past hope forthe future. One of the mont famous of the ‘ailores was that of the New York Ciub. It had magnificent apartments on Fifth avenue, facing ‘the Union Club-Rooms, and enjoyed wealth and prestige, but in May, 1869, it collapsed, owing toa want of harmony among its members end ‘an indebtedness that, like a canker worm, ate ‘is vitals till life becames burden. Another Yamous failure was that of the Eclectic, occupy- sing handsome rooms opposite the Hoiel Bruxs- ‘wick, on Fifth avenue. The most renowned, owerer, of the suspended clubs was the ukthenzum, which fifteen or twenty years ‘&Y stood in tho iront rank, none more ‘eotght after, none more coveted, . ard ‘apparently flouriching. Is died of a severe atatkof Debt," brought on by a gradual vabantonment of its apartments bythe mem- ‘ders, .wnd their joining other, younger, fresher, and mare attractive clubs. It did not need mem- bers so much as patrons. This is an evil which ieaffliching mxny more of the lesding clubs, though uot to such ao extent as to impair their efiiency. Thare are hundreds of leading ci eng, like AJexmuder {. Stewart, H. 3. Clatin, dobn J. Cisco, Wiliam Mf. Evarte, Royal Pholps, Moses Taylor, Willtam E. Dodge, ad others, Who are members of three or four clubs, bus ere marely inside the rocms of exther, excepting upon ‘STEN Occasions. . WE UNION CLUB. This, being the olécat, 18 entitled to the first Rotice. It is the same exclusive, aristocratic, ‘nd bigh-toned organization to-day as 1t was When starved in 183 by Philip Hone, J. Depeys- ter Ogden, William 3. Leurence, Francis Shel- don, anda few otbexs. In its inception it waa the representative of the old families—the Liv- ‘ingetons, Griswolds, Vau-Cortlands, Vandervorts, Btyvesants, Soydams, sud others of Ruicker- Yocker fame, Social struggles have been engen- dered by this exclusiveness, but it has survived them all, and is stil of healthy growth. It bas it scandals also. One of its members once *eot to Nowport to slap the face of a foreigner whu, having marrica his sister, allowed her < appear in public as an opera-siuger. In its early days the code duello was recognized ‘AMong its members, aad severalof thom baye 800d up to shoot and be shot at in vindication ‘of supposed wounded honor. The Club vow Sctupies its own budding on the corner of Fifth ‘venue and Twenty-first street, erected at a cost 250,000. It nunxbers at present nearly 1,000 Members, embracing probably more wealth and Feal aristocracy thau can be found aggregated in oy similar association in the world. It is gov- Steed by a committee, and by very rigid ruies. Smalleet infraction of rales is promptly Punished. One rule is worth imitatiny, Its ervania are not permitted to receive, 42%, Sues or members permitted to pay, aes under severe penalties. Gaming 15 ot prohibited, but is limited to whist, all-fours, auirte, bezique, cribbage, euchre, and billiards. f d the states to $20 each game. The initistion <2 is £200, tho annual dues $75. its apnual in- Pits is over $100,000, beside the receipts for irepUmant, wines, etc, Ita exclusivencss is il- qitated by the fact that, while other clubs have Fr ied scores or prominent personages, the Union els only twice in ita history given dinners to lebrities, once to Prince Plon Plon (eon of aye) Bonaparte, and once to Com. Aabury, of ¢ Royal Yacht Club of England. __ THE CENTURY CLUB Fes organized in 1847 by a party of gentlemen interested in letters and the fine arts,” the geval call being signed by John G. Chapman, A.B. Durand, A.” M. Cozens, F. W. Edmonda, “od IL T, Tuckerman, Committee. It grew out: of another organization call led the Sketch Club, oh hich Prof. §. F.B. Morse and Washington ng Werd members. It speedily became tho representative club of the authors and artists of that day, but, with wide-open liberality, re- ceived also members of the legal profession, merchants, and. bankers, without grudging. It published a journal in 1851, of which Sparrow- erase aoozaens snd John H. Gourlie were tho frst editors, Zistasiea an att gallery, which is ¢ most valuable in ake cits. From the first, distinguished atran- Re be ave been royally entortained by the can ‘ury. It originated the Indies’ recep- ee aor. 80 popular with all the ciubs, and alee t ie custom of colebrating Twalfth Night, ke tup for many yoars, but now fallen into par- ial disuse. After considerable wandering in its habitations, the Century has settled down in its own building in Fifteonth street, a few doors from Union Square, or Fourth avenue. Its col- lection of literary and artistic treasures is im- mensely valuablo, and it is considered a great treat to enjoy the puvilege of inspecting its gallery and library, In 1870 it adopted a new charter, but still limited its menberehip to authors, artists, and amatours of tetters and tl fine arte, Its rules sre more in prohibiting gaming that those Fof the Guion. At present i¢ hag membership of nearly 800, and # yearly income of nearly 340,000." Ite ropnats aro lees protentions than those of the Union or Union Loasue, and its ivcipal features are u atiff regard to the pro- suieties of life, and a recognition of its re- quirements in every sense, The Century is “the grave and reyeroud seignor" of the city clubs, but it embraces within its ranks eo many men eminent tn the literary and artistic world that it must ever be rozarded with aifection and respect, William ©. Bryant is its Presidont, aud probably will be solong ashe lives. Its art receptions are frequent, wud are always at- tended by the elite of the city. They are on- joyable in every way. THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB, This ig probably the best known to strangers of ail our city clubs. Its building stands on the east side of Madison Square, within sight of the Filth Avenue Hotel, the Hoffman, Albe~ marie, St. James, and Bronswick Hotels, aud its flag ilies almost tho year round. ,As its name implies, this Ciub grew out of the exigencies of the War for the Union, In January, 1863, a number of ,entlemen of social prominonce re- solved to auite in an organization for atrength- ening the National cause in this city. The re- sult was the Union Leagne,—later the Union League Club. It was.a bold beginning of its history that it raised the means to re- eruit several regiments of colored troops, and sent them to the front. Horatio Seymour was Governor at tho time, nnd gave only a cold convent to the scheme. It was lanyhed at by Temoctetic potitictaus, but was persevered in until successful. When the first regiment was ready to march there was a demonstration at the club-bouse, then on Seventeenth streot, near Brosdway. The Demoerstic *‘zolid@y” of the city were vhocked, but the Leaguers persisted, aud materially sided the Government in the national sirugz:c, The League aluo eriginated the great Sanitary Fair, whicn yielded the Sani- tary Comaussion over $1,000,009 for its work. Cf course, under such auspices, receptions. of popular heroes, from Presidont Grant down, bave been part of its. regular programme. which igetill kent up aa often aa the occasion calls for it. Asa mezns of ehaping politics! sentiment in social circles, it has been am eminent anceess. Jis present membership is uesrly 1,500, aad financiaily, socially, and otherwise, it is prospor- ousto tho highest degree. Ite present club- houso is one of the most elegant in the city. It has just been repaired, after suffering sevoroly from: atire in the upper stories. Tho furniture is very costly. and in all its appointmeuta the autorior ranks as ono of the most magnificent in the world, Ladies’ receptions are amozg ita featurcs, and its art exhibitions are marvelous in tho variety and value of the pictures exhivited. The government of tho Club is somewhat on the plan of a divided respoasibil- ity, in the form of. committees aud sub-commit- tesa, which are limited in their powers, duties, aud privileges by the by-laws. There is more machinery to this Club tan in any other city club, but 1¢ works harmoniously iu practice. It is in'enbstance, thoagh not in letter, @ political association devoted to tho Republican party, thouch » few well-known Democrats aro on its rolis, In 1372 its receipts from «ll sources were $195,193. its disbursements 3134,600. The Clav owns Government bonda end other accariti¢s worth nearly $200,020, and will doubtless very soon build an elegant and spacious club-house for its owa née. ‘THE MANHATTAN CLUB. As the Union League is a Republican Club, in & political sense, so the Mauhatian is the repre- sentative Democratic Club. In ihe amtations of municipal politics it bas come to be regarded ae the exponent of the upper-crast cf the city Democracy—sometimes called the ‘Swal- low-Tails " in contradistiction to the lower-crust, called the “Short-Hairs.” It was originally or- ganized in 196%, ponding the Prosidential can- yass in that year, and as a rivalof the Union Leagne. It 18 somotimes jocularly mentioned 28 Manton Marbles Club, as he hag been its Secretary from the start. It commenced ona solid basis by raising sutticient funds to buy 2 handsome building all ready for housekeeping, sud situated in 8 firet-class location’ on Fifth avenue. Its political origin has necessarily limited its sphero an the elab history of New York, put ic has beeu a inarked success 26 a social experiment. Itis designed to promote social intercourse amoug Democrats, and its rooms have been the head- quarters of the Democratic leaders of tho Gov. Seymour, SL. M. Barlow, Gov. Tilden atripe prior to any important election. It embraces a membership of nearly S00, aud ita income is about 250,000 per year. For a Democratic clab, it is exceedingly aristocratic in its arrangementa and exclusive in its rules, Liveried servants are lentiful, its cuisine one of the wonders of New York. aud its condition healthy aud prosperous. All the wealthy Democrats in the city are on its rolls. THE LOTOS CLUB wes organized in 1870, and is one of the strong- est in ita personne] and most successful in achieving the declared objects of the Club ia the city. 2t was au after-dinner affair, and originat- ed in the determination of several journalists to form s club to promote social intercourse among journalists, artists, sctore, and similar profes- sions. Seversl attempts had been made previ- ously to organize distinctive clubs for journal- ists and aleo for actors, but they bad failed. An organization was formed on the basis proposed, snd it became a success at once, An eligible building wes lured on Irving place, noxt door to the Academy of Music, and the necessary arrangements made for making the club-house pleasant and attractive toits members. it first President was DeWitt C. Yan Buren, of tne Leader, but he died seven months after the Club started, ana the Hon. ‘A. Oakey Hall wae elected as ‘his successor. A year later and the memberaltp bad in- creased to 200, and includes many who are prominently identified with art, journalism, and the drematic and musical profession. A series of Saturday-ovening entertainments was started, and the affairs of the Club wore moving along swiromingly, when the annual election came around. There were by this timo a section of its members who thongbt that the objects of the Clab bed been ignored, and that many persons had been sdmitted who visited the rooms merely to sce noted actors and artista rather than fo carry out the alas of the organization ; in other words, that the non-professional out- numbered the professional members. This was denied ; but the effect was s split in the ranks and @ ‘secession. {hose who remained, bow- ever. applied themselves with greater vigor to sustaining the Clab. Its receptions have been largely ationded by the elite, and its annual en- tertsinments at the Academy of Music have be- come important features in the social experience ofthe city. Ithas begun the acquisition of an art gallery, which is already valuable, and its prospects kre flattering for continued success in ering art treasures, until its collection shall Seoonte one of the moet valuable. Its present membership is 350, and its President ia the well- known Whitelaw Reid, of the New York Tribune. THE BLOSSOM CLUB. ‘This Club was projected for purely socia) pur- poses, and dates its formal organization from 1864, Prior to that time it had an existence under the name of the Blossom Lodge, which was composed of a clase of Democratic city offi- cials and politicians who aped, though they did not affiliate with, the more aristocratic Manbat tan. It commenced ia s modest way down-town, 2nd then was domiciled in the upper stories of the Gurney Building, pear the New York Hotel. In 1870 the Blossoms removed to the Townsend Yo. 129 Fifth avenue, and here abide mw New York is moro noted for whole-souled hospitality and convivi- ality (bsp the Blossoms. Owee W. Brennan, &@ Doted New York politician, front of the Blossoms. Judge Dowling. tho Tombs Juago, is avother. Stato Senators and Aseemblymen of the Democratic persuasion are all frequenters of tbis Clab, and, ir the good old daya gone by, Boss Tweed was one of tho shining ights. “On its roll the names of Rich- ard B. Connolly and Peter B. Sweeny, late of Semmany all, may be found. At present thia Club is the representative of the Young Democ. racy. It bas about 600 members, and differs but little in organization and method from the older clubs, Its restaurant is first-class, and its mem- bers are nearly all habituea,—probably a larger proporiion are xenulasiy: on hand in the evening, especially about election time, i er ono is Roane than in any other a __ THE TRAVELERS’ CLUB is unique in its method, but simple in its aims the head and and objects, Its perticntar mission is declared: to be the promotion of literature, acquisition of knowledge, intellectual improvement, and social intercourse, expecially among those accustomed to travel. Its origin is in doubt, but we find E. G. Squier, tho Central American travoler, John Savage, of Ireland, Dr. leaac I, Hayes, Stevo Massott, and others, playing the part of god- fathers. The Club occupies handsome apart ments on the corner of Fifth avenue and Four- teenth street, close by Detmonico’s. Ita receptions to noted travelers have been felicitous and interesting. Its collection of books ond mementoes of travel, and its collections of Miverals, rare works of Art, cutiosities,and articloy of cirtu, have already become famous and valuable. There is a largo literary element in the Club, though it is lesa conspicuous than formerly. It has one peca- Yanity in ite system of allowing monthly mem- bership with restaurant privileges. Guming is allowed,—the games limited to whist and etctire, and stakes to one dollar. It allows life-membens on payment of $800. ‘The honorary roi) include euch namoe as Louis Agassiz, Anson Burlingame, Paul B. DuChaillu. Samuel Baker, of England, J. Rovs Browne, Prof. Pepper, Prof. Pampelly, and others. Its regular membership averages ‘THE PALETTE CLUB. Clark Boll, the Pacific Mail lawyer, is now Prosident of the Club, though itis of German origin, and originally its by-laws were printed in German only. Its projectora were German artists and thoir friewds and patrons, It was not until 1870 that anybody heard of the Palette —its membership was not over eighty. In an- other year it bad risen to 220. It was now en- abled to carry out one of tho objects of its pro- jectors in the cummencement of a life-school for artists, with advantages not to bo obtained in any single studio. ‘he Club atso started 8 echool of drawing from the antique for the use of amateura and younger pupils. ‘Thus the Paleite is essentially a practical club for conferring something more than social bene- fils, but it does not lose sight of tho latter ad- vantage, as its festivala, receptions, dinners, and eutertamments suggest. Its annual dues aro only $12, and the initiation feo only $5. Itis intended to benefit the toiling artist, and the fees tro made low purposely. In fact, it is an art-echool quite ss much asa club, It'now oc- cupies stylish rooms on Second avenue, facing St. Mark's place. oud in its ranks will be found. the leading art pubiishers, and art patrons, pto- tographers, architects, engravers. civil ‘engi- neéers, and artiste proper, of German birth and descent in this city. THE ARCADIAN CLUB. ‘Thia is the Club formed by tho seceders irom the Lotos,—those who claimed that the Lotos had departed from the platform of its founders. Theidea of the Arcadian was to makoit the true Lotes, but they went beyond the original Lotos ides,-and created one of the pleasantest and most anjorable clubs in the city. It took in not only Jeading journalists (theatrical critica mainly), bat sctors and patrova, Henry G. Stebbins was its first President. J. M. Bundy, of the Mail, Pake Godwin, of the Exening Post, Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, actors, and George W. Carleton, publisher, were in its first Board of Diractors. It has been to some extent a rival of ite progenitor, the Lotos, and the outside world have laughed to witness the strife between the two clubs to capture tie artistic ana literary notables aa they have arrived in town. Tho Lotos gaye receptions to Rubinetein, Wienawski, Edmund Yates, James Anthony Froude ; and the ‘Arcadian received Clara Lonise Kellogz. gave a farewell to the lamented Charlotte Cushman, and has lionized others. It ia regarded as tho headquarters of the critic, and for this reason hae attractions to all nowly-arrived artistes who wish to be onthe right side of the dailies. It taxes in the oncratic and dramatic managors at one swoop and actors by the score. Its rooms are at 52 Union Place, aud convenient to all the theatres and music-halls, At has Thursday-efternoon sociaples, faebioned after those of the Lotos held on Saturdays, aud is altogether prosperous and happy. MINOR CLUBS. There sre many other organizations called clubs, which combine in greater or less degree all the mothods of culture or social intercourse which are found in the others which are describea herein. The descriptions of the leading clubs, however, must euffice forall. If theao descrip- tions, Incomplete aud imperfect though they are, may serve a8 a hint or direction to socially- inclined people in the West to go and do like- wise, tho labor will not bein vain. Beary. palace Stake Mow * Noble Swells? in London Live John Paul's London letter to New York Tribune. As for the noble swells themselves, from what Pye seen of them (though perbaps one can very little judge of what people actually are by sim- ply meeting them in Conrt circles and glare of fashionable drawing-rooms), I should say they are not a hard lot, generally speaking, and that in the wain they are well-bebayed, less given to putting on frilla than one would suppose, con- sidering all the fuss made over them, Their houses, a3. a rule, are not all the palaces which an ardent repnblican imagination pictures. Tho Duke of Marlborough’s d2ean't begin with the honse I hed in Brooklyn, The Bishop of Brooklyn's residence would put tho Bishop of London's to the blush, were the brick of tho lattor not so dingy that its red is invisible brown. ‘The Duke of Norfolk's town house you would inventory as but a cheap boarding-bonse in passing itcasually by. Apsley House, famous for the Waterloo banquets given thero in the Duke of Wellington's time (bloody good dinners they ought to Lave been). is 2 sort of sarcopha- gus externally, and I would about as soon think of trying to be jolly in the Britich Museum among the Abyssinian anriquities. iven Buck~ ingham Palace, whero the blessed Queen eats her royal mutton, bas no point of architectural beau- ty to bang's recollection on. Marlborough House, Wales’ wigwam (what you can see of it), hay rather a jolher face. and passing by it the other dey I saw ‘Ich Dion” written on the gato. Supposing tbat thia meant that the Prince was at dinner, I didn't go in to dis- turb him; but 1 have sinco learned (the news- papers let it out in a while) that he was Bod is in Indis. Wales, by the way, seems a great favorite with the people, notwithstanding that he owes something more than a half willion pounds. Ho is a good fel- low. and spends his money freely, they say. And there is not one of his specially appointed wig- makors or pandowdy bakers probably, who would refuse 6yen now totrusthim. But the Duke of Edinburg, who I bad supposed bad anchored deeply in the popular heart. hos no bold there atall. Ags ‘the Sailor Prince,” a majestic tar, be was once in excellent odor; but now that they bave him on shore, the savor is less sweet iu the nostrils of bis commonalty, and they ac- cuse him of being ‘“mesn,”—parsimonious in his mode of life. Certainly he comes of thrifty parentage enough, the private fortane of the Qneen mother, accumulated by saving, being estimated at some millions of pounds,—four or five, Ltink. With this money on band, and employing very little of it in business, one srould think the good lady might dowor off her daughters ag occasion makes necessary, without calling on the nation to do it, ‘Bat rerenons a nos mowons,—tha town-honses of my noble friends, the Dukes, Marquises, Farle and all of this great realm. Some of them erect a coat-of-arms over their doors, but the majority go on and keep shop without hang- ing out any sort of a sign. Justas weil, no donbt; they probably get all the custom they care for without sticking out a shiogie. But you must not infer that these residences are ag plain jugide ag out. Notatall. You land your over- shoes in wide and stately balls, and the height ‘aud breadth of the drawing-rooms, the effect of the great dining-rooms when. at the request of the Duke, who insists that you ehall stay to dinner, you hand the Dachess in,—the effect of all this is very stunning, and calculated to mako your republican hair carl. The dipginess of exterior, the absence of door-piates, is sll affect~ ed: old families leave that sort of thing to the new, preferring that a house shall look as though somebody's grandfather once lived in it. __——______— ing countrymen, who read Demo- cpetpeeches from metabere of Congress, and cratic speeches drink in every word, should take warning. A bos in West Troy died the other day from drink- ing lye. JUST WHERE IT BELONGS. A Great Industry Finds Its Home in the Place Cut Ont for It by Destiny. Chicago Now Possesses the Biggest and Best Starch Manufactory in the World. Old Ideas Discarded, and New Methods Carried Forward to Grand Results. Entertaining Facts of Vital Interest to the Trade and the General Public. ‘The absurdity of producing staple goods—ar- ticles of universel consumption—in the West, and then sending them East to be transmated into other standard forms and reshipped West again, grows yearly more apparent. Western business-mon and the genera) Westorn public aro learning the costly folly of the thiug. We have Jong since ceased to look abroad for most of the multifarious articles made from immber, becanse wo bave manufactories right bore at bomo that can supply our demands, and even oxport their goods. A Chicago furniture house, enabled to buy its lumber of all kinds cheaper than it can be procured anywhero else under the sun, is to-day engaged in furnishing half a dozen new hotels in Philadelphis. Grain’ is uo longer carried {from here to distant cities to be meta- morphosed into alcohol, but Chicago has its own distilleries to utilize the cereals that grow av its verv door. This city packs meat for half the world’s use, instead of driving the cattle through its streets en ronte tothe ebbatoirs of some burg a thousand miles away. Light in tho game line, there ‘now comes an- other practical utilization of Western natural products, Tae dav of trurdling corn through ‘Chicago to Oswego and Long Island. thera to made into starch and the starch wheeled back here agam for Western consumption, is past. It is a ctate of affatrs that OUGET NEVER TO HAVE EXISTED after this enormous corn-growing country be- came Jarge enough to have a moetropolia or its own. But, like many an- other = evil which has thrived “ long after it should have been extirpated, this one has continued to wax stronger sear by year. Ita con- queror has appeared, bowever,and from this time Lenceforward staich will be’ made in the most fitting place on the globe for its maunfactare. Yet this amonncement, interesting as it is, car- ries but a small proportionate ides of the import- guce of the great nudertaking by which the old order of things has been done away with, Starch is not only to be manufactured here, right in tho heart of tho corn-growimg laud, but 0 better article and moro of it is to be made at the ¥ery beginning than has ever been turned ont of apy establishment in Christendom. The Chicago Starch Works are a vital fact. Tbe massive brick ‘structure at the corner of Clark aud Twelfth streets, with its spacious aroa of 375 by 275 teet, has been stocked with ma- chinery, and thut machinery ie now m operation, pr.ducing daily a quality of starch as auperior to the old grades wo tong in the market as the great pulsing Chicago of to-day is suvener to tho hamlets which worestrugghing ito existence along the Atlantic coast 360 years ago, Tho process by which the ‘starch is made is worthy alike the progressive genins of the age and of the magnitude of the new mannfac- tory. Yo. meekly follow in the ruts of those who hare preceded Lim olsewhere in the macufacture of starch, was not tbe sort of thing to smt the energetic judgment of Mr. T. E. Spaids, President of tha Works, and the man whose good sense and trua ‘Western force has called the establisnment into lasting life and action. For years a pationt apa- lyzer of the old methods of starch-makins and their results, he saw that the article so long in the market as standard was really MISERABLY WEAK AND IMPURE. That the correct place to make a porfect article was ia the ceutra of the corn-prodaciny country Wag uext made evident to him, but he sa that this was not enough. His keen percep- tions and active mind solvad the cansea of the weakness of starch a8 commonly mada, aud he has overturned all the antique ideas of the trado in ts respectas completely as Galileo over- turned the vencrable bat preposterous theories once in vogue concerning the eolar system. FERMENTATION, which rots and enfcebles tho starch hopelessly, is now a thing of the pest. Mr. Spsids’ ferti brain has evolved new mothods of soparating the gluten from the starch, aud of finishing the process by modoy that give an immeasurably smoother article, Ho bas devised and discov- ered ways of securing tho full potency of the starch in every kernel of corn. Some of these modes he has protected by lettera patent; others he holds as too precious to even bo intrusted to the care of the Commissioner of Patents, pro- ferring to keep them safely stored in bis own mind. He has discarded fermentation entirely, and experts who have critically tested his starch avow that it is THE ONLY PURE ARTICLE ever made, and that it must always prove clean, smooth, and altogather acceptable. ‘Tne Trieese believes that dealers throughout the country will be prompt to appreciate the un- varying excellence of Spaids’ Chicago Starch. Doulers who buy Spaids’ Chicago Starch are not compelled to pay, in addition to the cost of manufacture, double transportation rates. ‘The trade, alao, ia never slow to Jearn tho ad- yantages which accrue from handling a superior articie. Every package of starch from the Chi- cago Works contains full weight,—not half a pound, or & pound, of starch and box united, but half a pound, or a pound, of starch without the box. Full weight is an honest novelty in starch-selling sure to bring its own speedy re- ward. ‘The grand point certain tobe promptly discov- ered by the public and: the dealersis that the product of the Chicago Starch Works has a FIXED MATHEMATICAL SUPERIORITY over the flimsy stuff which has so long been im- posed upon the world by Eastern makers. The atarch made elaowhoro has a weakness wheo compared to the Spaids starch, which is sus- ceptible of definite proof. Every 1,000 bushela of corn used in making ordivacy starch produces fully 2ton8 more than can be obtained by the Chycago process. In other words, 1,000 bushels of corn is condensed 2 tons when made into starch by the supero process of Mr. Spaide, for that quantity of corn makes but about 15 tons of Chicago starch to over 27tons of any other kind. The vital starch principle of the 1,0u0 bushels is compressed into some 15 tons in tho onc case; in the other it is diluted to make a couple of tops more. Some meu cau make a gallon of milk fill a 2-galion can, but we have yet to hear of the family which prefers watered lacteals to the genuine at the same price. 2 ‘This process of Mr. Spaids’ gives a condensed Ticbness to the Chicago starch, which must place italeader of its kind,—the king starch of the world. Perhaps ehrewd tradesmen, good at figares, will wish us to tell how the Chicago Starch Works is going to prove a paying institution if it is obliged to use corn so lavishly. tis a pleas~ antly easy mattor to answer them. First, & good article must become popular. People will not be long in finding ont that the same money which has been buying a short~ weight dilation of starch in the past, will now buy fall weight of what we may call concentrated essence of starch. Second, the fact, already noted, that the starch is made rigut here at the cheapest and handiest corn denot in the world, aids in equal- izing the cost. Thera is no long distance freight~ ago for corn one way, and etarch the other, to be paid by the Chicago Works, and so it 18 al- most n8 profitable to condense 1,000 bushela of corn into 15 tons here, as to weaken it out into 17 tons anywhere else. This fact, joined to the saving of expense by Mr. Spaide’ remarkable discoveries and inventions, cheapens the cost of manufacture in Chicago amazingly. ‘There are innumerable minor ressopa why the feat can be profitably accomplished, but wa de- sire to dwell only on THE CHIEF ONE OF ALL. The Chicago Starch Worse starta into life a yast, well-ordered institution, with experience, ability, capital, facilities-and onergy all at its command. But ita proprietor does not propose to squander anyof bis resources. Strikingly original, and practical in bis inspirations, he las seen at a glance the immense cost involved in introducing any staple calculated for universal consumption. The principal item.of this cost has heretofore been the expense of sending ovt traveling-men to make dealers and the public acquainted with the merits of the new article. It is not neces- sary for ua to say anything to Western, or avy other, merchants or manufacturers of the rapid- ity with which the gay and feative commercial drammer of the period makes away with cash. Granting it possible to employ a corps of the most economical traveling-agents over brought together, the total cost becomes enormous, and must all be made back again ont of tho busineas. Now, Mr. Spaids’ belief is that the cost of the battation of drummers can more protitably bo put into tho starch. He prefers to go to a larger outlay for every pound of starch bo makes than to stand the expense of ‘drom- mere” and sella poor article. He believes, and 80 do we, that E THE GREAT PUBLIC is more interested in having what it buys made 4m evsolutely superlative shape, than in support- iog half = Lundred or more additions to tho distingue army of drummers. Though fivan- cially able to send ont traveling men by the score, he bad rather put the same money into making five pounds of his starch equal in strength. smoothness, and purity to six pounds of auy other kind aver made. ‘There will be no missionaries dispatchea by him to presch this new and agreesble doctrine of honeat weight and perfect starch, for the article will prove its own recommendation wherever sent. _ That the reader may have uo lurking impres- sion that the products of the Chicago Starch Works are being slowly or stingily introduced, We give him SOME OF THE FIGURES noted by a Trisune representative detailed to call at this manufactory and learn how the work of spreading information concerning the starch was progressing. Mr. Spaids, and the efiicient and courteous Secretary of the Works, Sir. J. C. Davison, were found willing not only to expisia the chief foutures of starch-making and to guide the visitor through the manufactory, but also to show how comprehensive a method had been adopted for making the excellence of the goods known to dealers and conanmers everywhere. JUDICIO’R ADVERTISING, calculated to bing a knowledge of the new arti- cle betore the public and the trade, is beng done. ‘The advertising channels are selected with discretion, and are so distributed that the whole United States aud Canada ix now permeated continuously and offectively. But priutea an- nouncements have not alone been depended pon. SAMTLE PACKAGES of the starch have been distributed broadcast through the maile. ‘These packages, containing either half a pound or a pound ofthe peerless Chicago Starch, are inciosed in a substan- tial pasteboard box wrapped in s handsome crimson cover, the ruddy color of which ia em- blematical alike of Chicago's memorable trial by fire and present bloonung condition. They are sent to every portion of the land. Some 20,000 have already been distributed as follaws : New York and Brooklvn, 3,500; Chicago, 2,000; Boston, 1,000; Philadeiphia, 2.000; Baltimore, 500; the major and minor Western towns and cities, 6,000; the same kind of places in tho East and South, 5,000. The postage stamps of ose day’w purchase amonnted to $700, all of them beiog wed in dispatching samples of thia unapproachabio starch to every portion of the country. Dealers are thus immediately familiarized with the fact that a new ruler has appeared in the kingdom of starch. TRE GOOD RESULTS : are already seen in the inquiries and orders floading in from near and distant points. Spaids’ Chicago Starch, eveu in this brief trae, ia better Known to the trade snd consumers than many another good staple which has been before the world balf ndozen years. So much for hsving grand article to introduce, and ao mach for bril- hantly cutting away from the clumay ralea of the past sud ignoring the luxurious services of speudthrift traveling-azonts. And thus bas bounded into existence another vigorous Westeru manufactaring euterprise. It ‘was conceived by 8 mau with the brains to plan and the ability to execute. It starts full-grown, having at the outset the mechanical capacity to produce doublo the quantity of starch which can be mado by any other American manufactory. It has the benefit of experience; the aid of re- markablo inventive genius, and the solid wall of ample capital behind it. 1t begine life by doing everything on a consummate acale, and rivets the gvod opinion of the public at tho start by maun- facturing a better article in its line of trade than the world bas ever before seen, There is something 80 ad- mirable, 80 like Chicago, in this sort of thing that we confess to really liking it. Spaids’ Starch is foreordained to ada to the good namo and to spread the famo of Western thrift and in- dustry, Itisastarch to not only gratefully stiffen the garments of the civilized world, but alsoto take the stiffening out of slow-goipg competitors. Itis destined to impart a royal polish to the shict-fronts of enlightened mascu—- hnity everywhere, and at the same time polish off arrogant opposition the world over. The Centennial Year and Belknap makea no difference with the well-known firm of W. A. Lowell & Co., 736 West Madison street, a8 they sre now ready for the spring business. Four floors of their elegant three-story and basement stone-front building are filled with choice goods which it will pay all to call and examine before purchasing elsewhere. ‘Their stock of house-farnishing goods, stoves, far~ niture, carpets, and oil-cloths, all under ono roof, makes one of tho most complete stores west of New York. They furnished over 1,600 houses during tho Inst year, Their prices are reasonable, and they ‘sell on easy monthly payments. Parties who Wish to purchase goods of these men are sure of fair trestment and the lowest prices, either on time or for cash, Having all classes of goods under one roof, and owning their own store, they can atford to sell at Slower prico than those who only have one class of gooda and large rent to pay. ‘They are now receiving their spring stock of carpets, among which are many fine new patterns and the best goods. They can and will sell carpets cheaper then any house west of New York, Parties can have their make-up for future deiivery if they wish, and thus avoid the great rush in May. eS Fine Tailoring. ‘The many friends of Ordway & Newltmd will be glad to learn that they are in readiness to iH all ordera in the line of merchant tailoring. The firm will continue business at the old stand, 209 West Madison street, where their old customers and the public are invited to inspect the largest assortment of stylish goods oa the West Side, at prices that cannot fail to suit. Assignes’s Sale. A complete retail stock of dry goods is offered for sale in bulk. Sealed bids will be received until ‘thurs day morning, March 9,at Ila,m, The right tore Ject any or all bids ts reserved. For involce and par- ticulars inquire at 176 East Madison street, Joseph Metzler, assignee of G. Durand, Pawnbroker’s Auction. On account of the great accumulation of pledges for- feited, Mr. Lipman begins his sales to-morrow morn- ing at 10 o'clock at Afr. Butters’ auction store, No. 103 Madison street, where will be offered a fine lot of gold and silver watches, diamonds, and jowelry, .instru- ments, etc, + Valuable Patent: I have a patent on an article of ready sale to mnann- facturers and others at wholesale, but lack money to put it properly in market, An interest given to o Party With $500 to $1,000 cash to-invest in it. Refer- ences given and required. Address, for three days, W4, Tribune office. ——_————______ ‘‘There’s Millions in It,” Col. Mulberry Sellers called on Gentile, the Itsifan photographer, No, 103 State street, and toll him he would make his fortaneif he took his portrait. Sequel: ‘The Colonel is so delighted with bis portrait that he has given Gentile a large order, gnd he paid the cash. Removal. ‘William A, Butters & Co,, auctfoneers, have leazod the new and spacious double stom northeset corner of ‘Wabash and Madison street, from Judge Skinner. far a term of yeara, and will hold their next trade sale af dry goods Thursday next in thelr new quarters. All Orders G O. D. with instructions sent by mail to Cook & McLain, 80 Dearborn atreet, for any kind of dyeing, repairing, orcleaning gents’ clothing will receive prompt at- tention. ———_-—__—— Piano Buyers should remember that Lyon & Healy, State and Mon- ell good low-priced pianos sa well as the pianos—the Steinway, Upright and square pisnos for rent, His Majesty King Mtesa, of Africa, ja clothed in nothing but majesty.—Detroit Free Press, We presume the “Domestic” paper fashions have not yet reached there.—Loston Journal. Lundborg’s California Water for toiletand bath ; delightfullyfragrantjand refreshing Ozonized Ox-Marrow for the Hair, by Buck & Rayner, makers of the “Mara” Cologne. Itisa great year for theold man. Grand- fathers who have been neglected and made to feel that they were in the way, and wished they were dead, who bave long been thrust away in the kitchen and left to mumble to themselves in the chimney corner, are astonished by being brushed up of an evening and brought into the parlor. whore they are ehown off to the company as Centennial relics. ‘Grandfather, you knew Washington, didn’t you?” screams a grand- daughter in his ear, for he ia very deaf. ** Yes, yes,” saya grandfather, ‘the Gin'rel borer'd chaw terbaccer of me mavy and many atime!” The oldman is going to Philadelphia, aure, BRUSH AND PALETTE. An Uneventful Week in Local Art Circies---A Few New Pictures, The Approaching Sale at the Associated Artists? Gallery on Wabash Avenue, Gossip from the Studios and Picture- Halls of Europe and America. ART IN CHICAGO. ACADEMY MATTERS. The past week haa been a very quiet one in art circles in this city. The deators complain of few sales, and tho limners have received an ox- tremely limited number of commiasions. In the studios there is a little activity, but itis of the purely speculative character, s8 most of the artista are putting the finishing touches to pict- ures intended for the approaching Associated Artista’ ale. This yendue will take place on tho ovenings of Thursday and Friday next.jat tho gallery in Brand’s Building, on. Wabash avenue, when there will be offered selectiocs from the worke of Shirlaw, Gookins, Hall, Root, Elkins, Bigelow, Volk, and others of our local limners. ‘The regular monthly meeting of the Acaaemy was held on Thursday éveuing. A Building Committee was appointed to ace that the altera- tions and improvements in Pike’s Building, to which the Academy will move about May 1, are carried out according to the tenns of the con- tract. A committee was also appointed to select the most meritorious of the works of tho stu- dents, of whom there are about seventy-tive, for exhibition at the Centennial. It was decided to give the members of the Academy, in the various grades, diplomas specifying the rank of the holder, and the artista of the city are invited to contribute designs therefor. AT THE GALLERIFS. A few pictures, mostly from home artists, have been received during the week, but none of them are deserving of any extended notice. ‘uey are average specimens of studio work, when the artist ig not laboring under a tit of inspiration, and are suggestive only of the habit of work aud the necesuty therefor. At the Acaociated Ar tists’ Gallery, Gookina exhibits an elaborately worked Little genre, which be calls ‘Misa Do- borah Vernon.” It represents 8 lady dressed in the costume appertaining to the Elzabeth- an ers, seated im o fuxuriously furnished room of the period. On 8 perch near by cluge @ parrot of brilliznt plamage, which ia evi- dently the pet of the household. The poxe of the lady is very stiff, and suggests a spinal col- umn that would do honor to the most pronounced feminine advocate of the rights aud wrongs of women. ‘Lhe texturc and folds of the drapery are nicely bandied, and wera the attitude of the figure of s more graceful character, the general effoct of the picture would be much improved. ‘the accessories—furniture, tapestry, etc.—are treated with so much care that the grain aud texture of each are plainly discernible. Frank Green contributes a genre and a land- sespe. The former, a French “‘hat-spiuuer,” is treated with a great deal of vivacity. ‘The tixure appears to have undergone a slicht stretchiug in the bed of Procrustes. Tho faudscape, * Suno- shine and Shower,” isa pretty picture of ap carly summer day, aud ia haodled with great fidelity to vature. “The Valley of the Bonquet River,” a scene in the Adirondscss by D. I’. Bigelos, displays More masculine vigor than is usually met with in bis works. The general eifect 13 vere pleasing, snd the picture may be pronaurced the beat that has loft his easel this sexson. Cc. F. Tuttle exnibits an ambitious genre, en- titled ‘Grandmother s Wedding-Dress.” A littie miss of six or Soven surmmers has surreptitiously planderod the family wardrobe, in which were towed away the dresses and shawls of two pre~ vious generations. She has managed to got into theald lads’s dress, —au elaborately worked white gilkin the old style,—and is observing how the train drags. A Spitz dog, which in some respects suggests those which sre bought in Berlin wool stores. looks on in wonderment. The subject is nottreated playfcliy enough to take much rank aga work of atv. ‘Thia artist also exbibits “Tho Yambourine Girl.” There is nothing vigorous in either the drawing or coloring. Pickering is represented at O'Brien's by! 8 genre, which gives evidence of etudy and labor con amore. ‘Chejscene is one of those fruit- atends, which can be found on almost any street~ corner in our large cities. Oranges, lemons, apples, bananas. anda rough board table form tbe accessories to two figares—s young woman with an empty basket, and » stern-looking fruit- dealer. The girl seems to have seen better dass, and has become go reduced as to teke to fruit— peddling for a means of existence. Her atti- tude and the hopeless expression of her faco indicate that she has unsuccessfully tried to negotiate the purchase of o basketful of fruit on credit. The bare suggestion of her scheme filla the thrifty foreigner who superintends the booth, with atmazement and he stands pack with a stiffness that intimates ‘ We do an exciusively cash business.” The picture cootains many good points, and, though here and there a httle weak in treatment, is certainly the best thing Pickering bas done in a long time. Cyrevius Hall is represented by a view of “ Lako Wallensiadt.” a acene in the Swiss Alps. Itis painted with great care. There is an ad- mirable sky, an excellent aerial perspective, and 3 strong foreground, At Etkins’ gallery three now pictures have been received from his voluminous easel, but a3 they have not yet been numbered, only one, the most atriking, can at this time be noticed. It is + Summer Twilight.” In the foreground a pond full of lilies, and in the distance a dento forest. The shadows over the pond are gradually deep- ening, aud in the sky to the weat is a horizontal and of creamy light, by degrees growing dim- mer. The general effect is one of almost pain- tal solitude, and betrays a poetic feeling not otten found in works by this artist. —--— ART ABROAD. STUDIO GOSSIP FROM EUROPE AND AMERICA. The statue of Goy. Winthrop, by Greenough, lately arrived from Florence, in Boston, is tobe sent by the State of Massachusetts as a contri - bution tothe National Gallery of Art at Wash- ington. Arecent telegram from Olimpia to the Ifessa- ger ¢ Athenes reports the d:acovery of a statue of Victory intact, as perfect as if it had come from the sculptor’s bands to-day; and who was the sculptor? On its base is the namo of the great Praxiteles. The two pictures which come tothe Centon- nial from Buckingham Palace are ‘The Mar- riage of the Young Princess,” by Northcote, and “The Marriage of H. BR. H. the Prince of Wales.” Tho Queen has placed eight other paintings at tho disposal of tho Commissioners. Among a lot of water-colors sold lately af the Salle Drouot, Peris, were ** Flock of Sheep,” by Tosa Bonheur, for 2,050 franc Mary Mapda- Jens in the Desert,” Delaroche, 1665 francs ; “The Drum,” Detaille, 700 francs ; a picture by Gaihst. 4,020 france, and “ The Workshop of Rembrandt,” by Levs, for 1,920 francs. ‘The collection of engravings and etchings of the lato Vicomte Du Bus, which is now being gold at Bruvsely, has long been known as one of the most complete and well chosen of the works of Vandyck, Habene, Rembrandt, Teoiers, and other masters of the Dutch and Flemish schools, forming a series numbering altogether nearly 3,000 examples, ‘The monster picture sale of the Easter season in London will be that of the bistoricat series t- Instrative of engraving, formed by the Rev. J. Barleigh James, consisting of sbout 60,000 prints, and likely to extend over at least three weeks, at the rooms of Messrs Sotheby. in Wel- lington street. Strand. The most interesting feature in this extraordinary collection is the series of the works of Albert Durer, which is almost unique in ita completeness, and for the fine condition of many of the examples. Two new pictures of mark now on exhibition av Messra. Guinil’s gallery, ia Bedford street, Lo.2don, are ‘* La Vierge de la Deliverence,” by Her bert, and ‘St. Jerome," by Gerome. The first is said to be a devotional offering for re- covery’ of the artiat’s mother from a serious ill- ness, 21d represents a Madonna andchild. This willbe sngraved. Gerome’s work, larger than any of bys late oues, shows the Saint aged and almost na.ted asleep in the desert with his head resting on his lion's flank. The Loaden Times of the 1th alt. says : ‘The prospect of the sales to come looks promising enough in several directions; but, aa {ar as present announcements £0, the season is not likely to prove so interesting as last year, unless we aro to bo aurprised again in the middie of June with some such excep- tional event as the sale of the Maritorough gems. Last year, indeed, will long be remembered as an annus mirabilis in auction annals: not only were the collec ors of pictures sold remarkable for fine examples, ‘but the commercial value of them was significant of the greatly-increased 2] of all works of art wf high merit, Taking just balf-s-dozen of the more {wportant, the Marlborough gema sald for £36,750 in one bid; other worke of Uary, for £117,000; the Mendel collection of pictures and art, not including — etat- the Quilter collection of “watercolor drawings, for £10,053: Mr. W, Lesf's collection, for £31,357; the Bredel collection of only twenty-nine Dutch pictures, for £3.602; and Part of the Bohn collection, of chins and Wedgwood emefly, for £11,500. Ifto these wo are to add ozher sales in London, and suck colfectionsas that cf Hooton Hall dispersed in the country, the total would repre- gent something like £1,000,000 sterling, It may ba in- teresting to recall some of the highest sums reached laat year for certain pictures; A Isndscape, with figures, by Gainsborough, in the sale of the Rev. Mfr. Lucy's collection, sald for £3,485; in the same gallery, a fine landscape, with the subject of Abraham, with Hayar and Ishinael, by John and Andrew Both, aoid for £4.72; ands landscape and cattle, by Adrian Van de Velde, in the Bredel collection, brought £4,515, But the crowning price of all was won by Turner's splendid “Venice,” sold in the Mendel collection for 7,00 guineas (£7,350) to Messrs. Agnew, and after: Wards to Lord Dudley. ——_.—___ Broscuurts,—The usnal symptoms of this disosse are cough, soreness of the lungs or throat, hoarve- nese, duifculty of breathing, hectic fever, a spitting of phlegm or matter, and sometimes blood. It ia an in- Hammation of the fine ekin Hning the inside of the whole of the wind tubes or sir vessels whieh run through every part of the lunge, Jayne's Expectorant immediately suppresses the congh, pain, inftamma- ton, fever, and dificuity of breathing; produces a free’ and dzsy expectoration, and edlecta @ speedy “BUSINESS NOTICES. Catarrh, and Mow to Cure Ht—The Great prevalence of catarrhal disease, ita direct tend- ency to consurpptioncand the utter failure of the com mon modes of treatment, sre deemed sufticient res- sons for direct appesl to the practiea! commen sense of the reading community upon thia aubject. With every inventive toa life of usefulness and en- Jovmont, there are hundreds all around us dying in the morning of life with consumption who can look back six months, a scar, or longer, aa the cats may be, toatime when it was “+nothna but cutarrn; neg lected or maltreited at a stage of the wtisease when, Properly treated, 3 cure was posuible, silently and ak moet impercepnbly ft has transformed the features of youth into the dull, wan listlrasness of premature ag. as ithss drunk up the vitality from the blood ani fluids of the wasted frame: and now, when hope has died in the heart, and the life forces are ebbing away, comes the stereotyped and hackneyed advice of ~a ‘visit to the country,” “+a change of climate,” * a eea ‘YVovage,” a promised return of health im tho spring,” ete. bufgelas, the country referred to is thst woich lies tag the confines of the grave, and the spring 4s the season that blooms eternal when lifa's Biful fever is done. Catarrh neglected, is aa certain in its tendency te consumption, as isthe brook from the mountain ta run to the sea; and yet no disease is more amenable to treatment if taken insexson, No: by drenching the throat and nostrils with cauntic powdersand astringent solutions, not by drugging the system with alterstive medicine upon the bypothenis that the blood is filled with imparities to be gotten rid of by elimination. But rather by the use of such restorative remedies ag supply the Life elements of which the blood of the cs tarrhal subject is alwaya deficient, and from which de- Sclency eprings the eatarrlal secretion as a necessary result, medical practice worthy to be called sclonce must wee ‘pon the laws and principles of the primary cle- ments of matter and their relative existence in the human body; and any treatment of disease upon any other hypothesis is quackery. whother advined by th Profession or by the medical mountebanks wh “sure cures ” aud * specifics ” have Zooded the coun- try to the injury of the jguorant and the disgust of the intelligent.” The ume was when men lookel upon dfsesge ax the manifest dispreasure of evil ypu asick man was peasessed of a devil, The Greek school of thought dispelled that delusion and substituted two othera, ‘The Atheniun physicians defined dissase as an excess of the bodily constituents, while Galen pro- nounced it a foreign force opposed to the native forces of the body,—~s foe to be opposed and combated, Both these theories aurvive in what {s called * Elimi- Ration,” and “Cure by coutraries;” in fact, add to theve ‘stimulants, opiates, and counter-irritants, and we have the popular medicine of to-dav. Now It seems to me, the practice of the future ts ta be something different if not directly opzosed to that of the preseut an| the pust. Disease iy neithera mira- ee nor an accident, Lut exists subservient to law, and fs as true to the cause thut produced it as health ia, dastesd of bemz a foreign element introduced from ‘without, it is a disturbed or undeveloped force within, Instead of sometiing more than life, it is something Jers. Nutrient matter in the system is pure, putrid, or poigonons, even, aa ic is vitalized, and congestion and pain ensue asa consequence of distarbed and dimin- ished functional activity. If this premiso is true, then in the rational treatment of all forme of chronic diseases at least, the first step in tho right direction is to vitalize nutrient matter and equalize mol mo tion, To accomplish this, the remedies given must be aGected with strict regard to the chemistry of stome and their relations to vital force. Upon tho foregoing premise ia based the treatment for cutarrh and its com- plications, of which {is my pienaure to be the author and advocate, and which T Rava seen siznslt'y success fal in hundred of cases when snd whero all other known means end methods have totally failed, To the principles and modus operandi governing me in this Teature of special practice, I respectfully invite the attention of the profession a8 well as the public. Dp. Ciessox Puatr, * Author of Motopathic Medicine for Chronic Dis en8e8, Professional rooms, No. 20 State street, corner of Adams. Qeception hours from 10 to 12 and from 2 te 5, Consultation free. —_—_—_+____— Economy, health, comfort, and per- sonal appearance are involved. Dr. MeCheaneyw den- tal establishment has become the most fashionable and Popular resort in the city. Best full set gum teeth $4; rubber or celluloid the same price. Tue foest yold fillings at one-third the usual rates, Warranted ten years, Satisfaction or money refunded. Three medzly were awarded at Vie enna, Philadelphia, aud New York, to Henry Rocher, artist photographer, No, 721 Wabash avenue, Chicago. SEWING MACHINES. “A DECIDED ADVANCE.” Judges’ Report, Amer. Ina, Fair. NEO WILLCOX «& GIBBS AUTOMATIC SILENT SEWING MACHINE. Awarded the grand “Gold Medal of Progress,” of NO "American Tustitu » Nov, 1875, and tho “Seats Legacy Medal,” of the Franklin Institate, Oct., 1875. NO OTHER SEWING MACHINBIN THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATUBES, Correspondence and investigation invited. WILLCOX & GIBBS 8. 1. CO. 200 & 21 WVabash-av. Afex more good men wanted to join Capt, White's Nutini Benefic Mining Company, to start for thy Black Hills on or about the Zird of this moarh. This is orxanized un a safe, solid, practical, aud idopendent on principle, that will be sure to pay from 0 to Uw more to tbe man thaa the samy men could ty male in small squads. As to my integrity and ability w ‘Age auch an onterprise. { refer tu those who bare lini known ms, aad these can be found tn almewt any pars, the town.” None but live, practical, able-bodied men need apply. No droves wanted, and I wilt say wha £ have go: are A No. Ligen. I propose to start from Ubi. cage with an independent ontht, I can be consulted at ous West Madison-st. befory 9 o'clook im the morning, or betweon 12 and 2 o'clock in tha afteroucn and $ to 7 in the W. WHITE, Burener, 1006 West Medhoa SHIRTS. ROME ‘Wan not built ina day, neither was the reputation of our Shirts. They have been loog tried, and alwayp found to be, what we claim for them, PERFECT. HARRIS & COBB, 171 South Clark-s DRIED BLACKBERRIES. DRIED BLACKBERRIES, 8 pounds for $1, at HICKSON’S, 167 South Clark-st. SS enemas BABY CARRIAGES. BOY CARRIAGES Full Wneof ali the lesding styles, inciuding the “ Now. elty,” for sale at POTTLE'S WILLOW WORKS, 235 West Madison-st: SPECTACLES. BRAZILIAN PEBBLE SPECTACLES Salted tg all rights by inspection at MANASSE'S, Opti. clan, Madison-et. (Tribune Building). BICE. BEST CAROLINA RICE. 13 pounds for $1.00, at HICKSON’S, 187 South Cla~tae