Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 16, 1876, Page 12

AMUSEMENTS. The Union Square Company in “Conscience.” Anelysis of the Play and of the Acting. Bret Harte's New Play to Be Pro- duced To-Morrow. Stagnation Prevailing at the Other Theatres. Roiaert Buchanan's New Play of . *Corinne"’==-Green-Room Gossip. . Creswold’s Popular Concerts--- Newell’s Surprise P Dlusical Notes.. THE DRAMA. IN CHICAGO. THE CTNION SQUARE COMPANY AT HOOLEY'S. Daring the week just passed * Conscience, " an American play, has been presented by the Union Squarc Company. The drama merits tender trestment. Whatever its defects, itisa start in the right direction. Few Americans have been able to accomplish even this much. It will be safe, as a rule, to accept as righteous the verdict of the audiences which assemble at Hooley's. This verdict, s0 far as it has been ascertained, is favorable to the play. The peo- ple -declare by their applause that. they are mterested. The only remaining inquiry is, #What kind of interest do they feel?” The same interest, we judge, whichan educated man sometimes permits himself to take in a trashy novel. The motive of the play is sensational, the atmosphere which surrounds it is artificial, the personzges who move in it are common- slace. The motive is the same that was em- ployed in #*Rose Michel” and *Ferreol;” and we do not think it unkind to suggest that the muthors. of “Conscience® rest under some obligations to their French predecessors. The situation of an innocent man condemned to death on the testimony of the guilty person is sufficiently infrequent in France; in this country Itis all but impossible. Notwithstanding the contempt which bas been brought upon the jury-system in some quarters, we have yet to licar of a person being condemned to death, in modern times, on proofs of guilt no more conviucing than thosc provided in " * Con- w In the French plays similar incon- gruities were passed over in silence, because our people are not faniliar with the methods of Justice which prevail in France. —Another sensational element of the American piece is the experiment in somnambulism by “which the guilty man is detected. The authors failed to recognize at this point the important truth that 2 higher degree of probability is requircd in vtage representations than in works of fiction. The sleep-walking scene in *“The Moonstone ”’. stretches the credulity of a healthy imagination to the utmost limit; the abridgment of it in “Conscience” is_little less than absurd. There should be no failure to notice, moreover, that Mr. Collins_requires less of his slecp-walker +han the authors of * Conscience” do of theirs. The atmosphere of the play is artificial—that 5to say, people donotact init s they do in seal lifc, Inadequate motivesare assigned to jome of the most important actions. JMfr. Harewood, who has embezzled & portion of bLis sephew’s’ estates, refuses to_give his daughter n marriage to that nephew becausc the Tatter 135 a passionate temper and is extravacant. This contrary to experience andreasor. It does not pecome Alr. Harawood, who is sometlung worse than extravagant and passionate, to ound the moralitics. 1cparation for the theft he has committed is his first duty. Iis nephew and faughter being decply in love with cach other, 10 man in his position would refuse to sanction he marriage. Referencehas already been made m Tre TRIBGNE to the dumsy manner in which the characters are dragged about in order to as- sist at tableaux; we nay now add that they seem to be couveniently present wherever they are wanted for stage purposes, and the authors are not always succeseful in their attempts at explaining how the situations have been brought about. It is possible to suppose, for instance, that Constance might slip past Judge Van Court's servants, and force her way into his ZB;fivate room at midniglht; but when Eustace Lawton, the murderer, also appears there unannounced, some violence is done to the probabilities. Afr. Harewocod's perfunctory statement at the rising »f the curtain, of how everybody happens to be where everybody is, lets the authors out of a sorner by a simple breaking down of the fence. These instances of defective construction, irivial though they be, are worth considering 18 tokens of the style of the play. ‘There is no characterization, properly speak- Yo, in the work. In no respect has the failure »f the authors been more complete than at this soint. Constance is the best part in the plece, out not the best character. Eustace Laufon, the murderer, owes what individuality he has to Mr. Thorne. There is nothing in the lines to Indicate what kind of a being the speaker of themis. Theimpersonationas given at Hooley's Theatre is a good instante of what an actor may do with unpromising material. A bad actor would make nothing of it. In Cyril Harewood we see something of an attempt to draw a new type of character, The result, however, is only 2 {aint outline. In some future essay of the same authors there should be a picture of hot~ headed youth betrayed by its own good im- pulses. Afr, Harewood, the Wall street banker, uwes 88 much to the admirable acting of Mr. Robinson as Eustace Lawtor does to that of Mr. Thorne. All the other characters, without ex- ception, arc familiar types, inserted in their f)rusem, ‘places without even a thoronzh work- ng-over. aving devoted so much space to the faults of * Conscience,” it may seem ungenerous to be sparing in praise. But thehighest praise of all— npoplfisu’ success—the play has already won. Anything that could be added in this place would be sufmmgmpry._ 1t is suflicient to say that the dialogue is vivacious, refined, and in- telligent, some of the situations novel and strik- ing, aud the effect of the whole not uninterest- ing. There is no reason why the authors should not writc other and better plays, or why the people should not cnjoy the one already Writ~ ten. THE ACTING IN “CONSCIENCE.” Miss Claxton bas added nothing to her repu- tation in Chicago by her assumption of the part, of Constance. Neither has she lost ground. She remains in the estimation of the public about where she did at the conclusion of the run of “The Two Orphans.”?” Her place is that ofa skillful ingenue. Her acting has neither the finish nor the strength which should appertain to aleading lady. An imperfect concentration of faculties, arising partly from self-conscious- ness and partly from want of training, {5 her principal fault. Itis manifested sometimesin o slight affectation in specch, and sometimes in & careless, unfeelivg method. She said on Fri- day night to Mr. Thorne: *“Yes, Eustace, you were very much in the wrong; if you werc not somuchin the wrong, I never would forgive vou,”"—after which she smiled complacently and walked off the stage with her enemy, both being 8] E?rcnflyin the most amiable frame of 1ming g . Stevenson improved decidedly dur- ing the week. Heis by no means s bad ‘or an unpromising actor. Having the quick instincts of a gentlenmen to begin with, it will be equally a disappointment and a surprise to us if hedoes npot in timereach the front rank of the profes- sion in his own line. There is no other juvenile on the American stage of the same experience who is greatly his superior. The other mem- ‘bers of the cast of “Conscience” deserve no criticism ; they arealmost above it. Stoddartcon- tributes a large amount of vnmni to the play; he finds an able assistant in Mrs. Wilkins. Thorne mekes the part of Eustace Lawton what it is; Robinson presents a refined portrait of the Wall street broker; Parselle as the Judge and Mr. Hamilton as the lawyer are lifelike. BRET HARTE'S PLAY. “Two Men of Sandy Bar will be brought ount at Hooley’s Theatre to-morrow night, for the first time on any stage. THE TRIBONE of July 4 contained the story of the play at length. The plot, in condensed form, is as follows: The twomen of Sandy Bar are John Oakhurst and Sandy Morton, _ The latter ran away from rried, and formed a p: - Efi-;;,ul'uwx, his wife and anklgmt eloped. . At " THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1876—S1X" BEN PAGES. the opening of the ph’y. Sandy and Oakhurst are matually fgnorant of each other’s whercabouts; Sandy is emyloxed asa vaqueroat aranche in Californin; Oakhhiurst “is making love to the young mistress of the ranche; old AMorton, the father of Sandy, is looking forhis lost son. The identities of the two men of Sandy Barare confused, and old Aforton claimethe wrong one as hisson. Qakhurst acknowledges the an&)pnsidzlnna relationship, and goes to live with old forton. The true son, meanwhile, remains ignorant of the new frand which has been practiced upon him. In the second act, Sandy makes love to Miss Mary, the school-mistress of Sandy Bar. She knows his drunken habits, and balf despises him. The love which she is beginning to cherieh for him s entirely crushed when she discovers that. oue of her pupils is Sandy's illegitimate child. At the same time she learns that Sandy is her cousin. She takes the child with her to the home of old Morton in San Francisco. Thither Sandy follows ber. Jokn Oakhurstis found usurping the place of SandéyA ZExposure follows, and then reconcilia- tion. Cakhurst marries Lis Spanish swectheart, and Sandy, having reformed, is promised AMiss JMary. The wifeof Sandy, who eloped with Oak- Lurst, i8 conveniently dizposed of Ly bLeing'proved unworthy of either of them, having been previous- 1y married and not divorced or widowed. ‘The fan of lherlly is_farnished by Col. c"‘“’)}’" Star- botile, legal adviser of Morlon, Sr., aud Hop Sing, & Chinese laun n. The cast is as follows: ..Mr. C. R. Thorne, Jr. fr. J. 1. Stoddart “3ir. Theodore Hamilton .Mr. T. E, Morris \{r. Stuart Robeon . W. H. Wilder Sandy Morton.. Don Jose Castro.. . Alexander Morton, Sr. Col. Culpepper Starbottl Concho . Hop Sin Ar. C. T. Parsloe Policeman. Mr. John Matthews Servant. Mr. H. Ayling Fabian........ W, . Quigley Miss Mary Morris. Miss Kate Claxton The Duchess.... . Miss 1da Vernon Donna Jovita Castro.. Miss Lanra Don uela... ven 53 Maud Harrison NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. The new manager of the Adelphi has gone East to sccure attractions, and the theatre will consequently remain closed another week. The New Chicago Theatre and McVicker’s will not apen for the present. Miss Claxton hasabandoned her proposed Qflp to California. After the run of *‘Sandy Bar: and the second week of * Conscience,” she roposes to represent the latter play in other ake cities, having secured the services of com- petent actors for that purpose. THE OUTER WORLD. ROBERT BUCHANAN’S PLAY. ¢ Corinne,” a play in four acts by Mr. Robert Buchanan, was produced at the London Lyceum June 2. The story is thus related by the Athe- neum : Corinne, snactressof the times immediately preceding’ the Revolution, has captivated a beat selgneur, - who, having married her in private, is ready to'espousc her openly. Distasteful as such a proceeding_appears to the suthoritie, it would be permitted but for the fact that a certain Able dz Larose, a confirmed lady-killer, has been snobbed Dy the actress, and is bent upon vengeance. When the bride is in church, accordingly, upon her knees, and the priest isabout toread the cere- mony, the Archbichop of Paris appears in fall canonicals, forbids further progress, and reads the hero asufliciently stern Jecture upon the immorality of his conduct. “Free-thinker as heis, the Count listens to archiepiscopal counsels, and, estceming a5 nothing the ceremony that has previounsly boun: him to_his wife, he quits ber side. Disgusted, as she well may be, at such cowardice, Corinne for- sakes her faithless eponse, and, asshe has a brother who is a fierce Jacobin, she becomes s species of goddess of the Revolution. She is thus in the troubles which ensue able to accord to her husband a2 contemptuous protection. Her old passion, how- ever, revives when once she finds herself near the man she has loved. and she dies of emotion after eetting free her aristocratic husband by a scheme which deceives the leaders of her party. The Atheacum adds: ¢ Much applause was bestowed upon the piece during 1ts vrogress, but itsreceptionon the whole was not favor- able.” The dcademyjudges that the fault of the play is its promising in the first act more than it performs in the Jast. The Pall all Gazelte says: “ To those who take our views of its capabilities, the literary-worthlessness of the drama will, the powers of theauthor considered, be as surprising as it is to us.” The London Times fears that * Corinne may before long become s extinet gs the condition of society it is supposed to represent. GREEN-RO0M NOTES, llIJunley’s Minstrels were at St. Lonis last weels. Mr. Wilkie Collins has withdrawn his play of # The Moonstone.” Montague, the New York favorite, is now in England, but will return Aug. 1. Jarrett & Palmer propose to play “Julius Crmsar” in sixty provincial citjes and towns next season. M. Picrre Newski, authorof *‘Les Danicheff,” has had 2 new play read and accepted at the Theatre Frang . Addie Van Kmningayoung ahd wealthy, will next week in Philadelphia make her first ap- pearance on the stage. She is to play the part of Meg Merrilies. The Vokes Family traveled through the cities of Northern New York last week. They have now disbanded, and will no longer play togeth- er as an organization. Miss Dickinson will begin an engagement in Philadelphia the last week in August. and at its conclusion will go West. She will make her first appearance in New York during the holidays. “Baba™ is_the title of the mew play to be produced at Niblo’s Garden in August. The piece is in a prologue and three acts, and re- quires 8 company of thirty actors. The scene is Taid in Turkey. A London correspondent of the Boston Globe who hss seen the English translation of Alexandre Dumas’ “ L? Etrangere »* writes: “1 think I never saw before suchalotof sug- gestive immorality and nastiness strung $o- gether.” BThe English newspapers say that * Les Dani- clieff” is 8 piracy e Bariacn dramatist, Prof. Raupach, who in 1825 produced s play called *Isidor and Olga,” at the Berlin Theatre. A version of this was played at Covent Garde London, in 1828, under the title of *The Serf.” Mr. Daly attempted to secure Mr. Mackey, of the Chestut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, for the character business next season; but, al- though Mr. Mackey (who is a great favorite in New York) has been ousted from the manage- ment of the Philadelphia Theatre, he will re- main a member of its company on the indoce- ment of & good salary, and New York man- agers tempt him in vain. Mr. Irving, in a speceh before the curtain on the occasion of his benefit, the last night of the season at the London Lyceum, outlined the pol- fcy of the management. for the fall theatrical term. The theatre will open in December with arevival of ‘Macbeth,” to be succeedea by “ Louis XI.,” revised by Boucicault, Byron's “Werner,” and * Richard III.” Each of these plays will betgnrup fora “run,” and it is ex- pected that they will fill out the season. In consequence of the illness of Mr. Sothern roperly certified by one of the most reputable siciaue in Philadelphia) * Pyzmalion and Ié etea”’ was performed at the Walnut Street ‘Theatre last week. “ Our Boys™ continued at the Chestnut Strcet Theatre, and the Salsbury Troubadours at Mrs. Drew’s. The last week of *¢A Trip to the Moon” was aunounced at the Alhambra Palace. The next production will be “The Lucky Star.” The Florences remain at Wallack’s Theatre, New York, with their *Mighty Dollar.” Mat~ inees have been discontinued during their en- gagement, on account of the weatler. Tne run of “Pique " continues at Daly’s. Jeffreys-Lewis is soon to take Fanny Davenport’s place in the cast, and Emily Rigl is to resume her part. Sothern is announced to appear at Daly’s ‘July 81, and it is probable the run of *Pique” will continue until then, and that it will at that date be transferred to Boston with the original cast. ‘The Union Square, Booth's, the Park, the Eagle, and many other fine theatres, were closed. The only dramaticevent worthy of mentfon in Boston last week was the production of the American comic opera ‘! Evangeline,” at the Museun:. The performance is highly commend- cd by the papers, and our Mr. Crane in Pm.icn- lar is kindly noticed. The Globe sayshe * proved his right to the foremost place on the American stage s a burlesque comedian;”’ the Post, that " “his impersonation was delightful and finished in all its parts;» the Advertiser, that “his vocal abilities proved ett;” and the Traveler, that ‘‘all Mr. Crane did ‘was simply to one tending, namely, to give him the right to the place of an unsurpassed bur- lesque actor.” HUSIC. AT HOME. THE ONLY MUSICAL EVENT of current interest is Mr. Creswold’s forthcom- ing series of popular concerts in the Exposition Building,which begin to-morrow evening and are intended to continue until August 20, each afternoon and evening. The morth end of the building has been arranged in a very attractive manner, and a portion of it set apart forrefresh- ments. The concerts will be of a promensde character, _nnd the programmes have been ar- r;mg_cd with & view to popularity. For the matinees, which begin daily at 2:30 o’clock, Mme. Jenny Vally has been secured as vocalist, and for the evening concerts, Mrs, Mattip Zell superior to those of Mr. Beck-. Clark, of Cincinnati, soprano; Miss Minnie E. Curtis, of St. Louls, contralto; the Oriental Quartette; and Henri De Clerque, violinist. Mr. Creswold himself will preside at the organ, which has been byilt for this occasion and will, we understand, remain asa permanent fixture in the building. Asmuch of the interest of these concerts will depend upon the organ, which has been constructed with~reference to them, the {following description of some of its principal Teatures will be of interest to our readers: It is prepared for five claviers; the manual cla- viers having & compass from CC to C,—61 notes, and the g‘e l clavier a compass of CCC to F,—30 notes. The pneumatic levers, which are applied to the great, swell, pedal and 8olo organs, are con- structed on's principle peculior to the builders, and are used by them in the present form for the firet time in this organ. The case from the floor to the impostis 12 fect high, and is composed of black walnut and ash. Above the impost it is compoged entircly of pipes, grouped into three massive towers, supported on three huge octago- nal brackets. The Jargest one, in the centre, con- tains the lower notes of the ‘‘contra gamba™ of the great orgam, seven in number, 30 feet in fength, The two end towers contain 7 pipes, each taken from the 8-feet diapasons of the great organ, and about 24 feet in length. The spaces between the towers are filled with pipes taken from the large basses of the great organ. It is intended, when complete, to contain 80 spesk- ngstops, and 95, Xndndln§ mechanical registe: ‘The wind will be supplied by three large bellows, operated by two hydraulic motors. X rom these bellows the wind passes to the distributing reser- voirs, of which there are five, regulating the pres- sure to the several organs, and insuring perfectly stesdy wind. The wind pressure is as follows: Great orgun, 3%, 4, and 6 inches; swell organ, the same; choir organ, 3 and 33 inches; solo orfinn. G, 10, and 20 inches, the latter be: n% the pressure of the *‘tuba mirabilis™; pedal organ,'4 and 6 inches, The couplingar- rungements ‘are very complete, allowing the full organ to bc'glnyed from any manual without rais- the hands from the keys, e admission to these concertshas been fixed at only 25 cents for the evening and 10 cents for the matinees, and, with such prices, they ought to prove a suceess, the more so that the Expo- sition Building will be the only place of summer resort for those wishing populur music. - MR. NEWELL'S SURPRISE PARTY. The Secretary of a musical society is the gen- tlemen upon whose ghoulders falls the hard work. If there are any kicks and cufls to be bestowed, he usually gets them. If there is any slip-up in business arrangements, he is' re- sponsible. He is a silent partner, but success hinges upon him and his ability to kecp things running. A great many socicties have been killed bv incompetent Secretaries. Others have reached the top-notch of success by the quiet, intelligent, and judicious work of the Secretary. Of such is the Apollo Club of this city. It has for its Secretary Mr. E. G. Newell, * the hand- some, accomplished, indemt\‘fnhle, ete., ete! The Club, realizing how much of its success is cue to him, summoned before them on Monday evening last and presented him with o fine diamond, sct_in s handsome gold scarf- ring. Mr. J. S. Hamilton, the Vice-President of the Club, called upon Mr. O, 8, Westcott to do the presenting, who closed his little speech with the following well-deserved tribute: Though the Apollo Club cannot perhaps to-day trathfully be regarded s the creation of a sintle man, yet it would mot be far wide of the truth 1o sssert that it certainly owes its pro- longed and successful existence to this one mun in whose Monor we ara to-night assembled. When affairs were the most vexatious, his courage never flagged. When bankruptcy stared us in the face, he was unwilling to admit any such threatening possibility. And all has been done solely for love of the cause in which he had enlisted. Sarely he has not been one who put his hand to the plow and even glanced back. Mr. Newell, after he had recovered from his surprise, replied substantially as follows : Al CHAIRMAN, MR. WESTCOTT, AND GENTLEMEN oF THE AroLro CLUs: I1am certainly at a Joss for lanzuage to express adequately my feelings upon this occasion, and in response to the very zenerons and cloquent remarks of the Chairand my friend, Mr. Westcott, I am afraid the gentlemen are in- clined to overestimate my abilify and the extent of my duties in their cxtravagnnt expressions in my behalf, a8 I cannot rightfully claim such credit for my eervice in the interest of the Club. Ican 8ay, howerver, that in my experience with the Club duringthe past seasons there have been occasions of an exacting nature, but nnderall circumstances my duties, as far as the work is concerned. have beena pleasure to me, and to have realized with you the growth, artistic_development, and prosperity of our Club has indecd been more thun pleasure to me. If to surprise me was onc of the incenfives of this occasion, you certeinly have the satisfaction of enjoying a most complete triumph. 1 wish I could express mygelf as I would like to, but that would Ve impossible under the circumstances. 1 can only miy that this beautiful gift I shall ever hold dear s 2 Jasting souvenir of my happy associations with this Club, Ibeg you will excuse me from farther remarks. Gentlemen of the Apollo Club, I thank For ABROAD. A STATE CONCERT. A State concert was piven at Buckingham Palace, England, on the 27th ult., and that éur readers may know the musical tastes of the English nobility we append the programme: Overture—**Love's Labor Lost™.. ..W. G. Cusins Duo—‘*Crudel, perche” (Le Nozze di Figaro) ...... aeaan Moz Mme. Christine Nilsson and Sig. Graziani. Cavatina—**Ah! se de’ preghi miei™ (i «.Gounod Ay, W IL. Gummings. Aria—** Nobil Signor ™ (Les Huguenots) . Meyerbeer nie. Trebelli-Beltini, o <ereAdam Cantique—**Noel * Sig. Nicolini and Chorus Cavatina—**Ernaniinyolami” (Emani)...... Verdi Ame. Adelina Patti. Hochzeéuzng. chorus and orchestrn -... ....Rubinstein #* (Mignon)..A. Thomas Cfirulm%lswn. Duo—**Sl, 1a stanchezza* (i1 Trovatore). ... Verdl me. Trebelli-Beltini and Sig. Nicol Part song—** Who shall \vlnmg lady fair™.Pearsall Bolero—**Merce, dilctte amiche (Les Vepres Sicilienne). .. ceesen ceere. Verdi - _Alme. Adelina Patti. Aria—**Qui sdegno ™ (11 I;ml‘i‘m Magico)... Mozart . Foli. Air—**Ave Maria”. z -2 eueesee. Gounod i a olin and harp of l, Herr Ludwig Straunss a i l'g"' J(%?ln ‘Thomas, ) s i Romanzs—*‘Sei vendicata assai norah) Terretto—‘*Le_facc Matrimonio Segreto. Mesdames Adelina Trebel God Save the Queen. The ladics will beglad tolcarn from the official report that “Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore a dress of rich black satin, with searves of fine Chantilly lace; corsage to corre- gpond, with bouquets of white wild flowers. ead-dress—a tiara of diamonds. Ornaments— diamonds. Orders—Victoria and Albert, Cath- erine of Russia, and the Danish Family Order. Her Highness Princess Amelic of Schleswig- Holstein wore a dress of white satin and white lace, with diamond ornaments.” PATTL IN “AIDA.” The London Athenum of Julv 1, commenting upon the present performances of “Aida” in that city, says: The two representations of *‘Aids.” on tha22d and 24thult., have been so far superior in point of precision and of coloring to the ulgcl' esecations of grand operas this season_that great creditis due tothe conductor, Signor Bevignuni, who has the advantage of having directed the work in Moscow. He was cool and collected, watchful and prompt, withont being fussy and intrusive, and gnd the band well in hand. “He was not so well served by the choralists, who arc. fatigued from overwork, and their intonation sadly marred some of the finest effects, such as the prayers of pricsts and pricstesees in the temples of Vulcan and Isis and the trial in the vault, where the music is most im- pressive. Asto the principals, the main interest centres in the creation of Aida by Mrdame Adelina son, and Putti. In no previous pari has the lad shown higher_ intelligence ‘or moto pathos Gad ower; and her assumption places her in the ront rank of lyric tragedians. ~ Her make-up was picturesque; her bearing shrinking and retiring as the slave, but dignified and forcible us the royal maiden; it was interesting to watch her facial ex- Dpression, 8o well did it indicate the passing action. Her voice, so cqual in its timbre throughout her register, came out with electric force at times, towering above the fortissimo of her colleagues, band, and chorus, and what is more signidcant of the delicacy and refinement of her vocalization was ber singing of the romanza in the third act, in which Aida dwells on the charms of her native land; there are some novel scales in this air, which were executed with rare xerre‘:uvn, nor should the pastoral ritournelle dividing -ich verse escape at- tention, being one of the camposer's Ingenious traits in the accompaniments, (mneris 18 writ- ten for a mezzo-soprano, and the part is quite cqual in interest and importance to 4dida, but the 1music requires a wide range of notas, high and low, and the fiery impulses of a jealous and revengeful digposition exact a subtle mind and much tragic power. PIANO PRAUDS. A man by the name of Marcus A. Decker is on trial in New York charged with fraudulent sales of pianos in the name of Decker Brothers. The New York Tribune exposes his operations as follows: Jacob Christie, of No. 1 202 Broadway, seems to D6 manufacturer of planos without any name. They are of a cheap kind, and of very little valuc. He Bells them_ at all prices to varions customers, among wlom Marcus A. Decker appears to have Deen in the habit of marking these pianos with the names of any of the standard manufacturers, and to have recommended the pianos indiscriminately as made by Decker Bros., Steinway, Weber Bros. , etc., when in fact they were all the make of Christie. Christie, of course, has a perfect right to manufacture pianos as chcn%ly as posible, with- out pyiting any name upon them, there being no violation of 1aw in doing so. Decker disposed of them to individuals where this wis possible, but frequently sold them at anction, through Robert Cashin, of No. 48 West Sixteenth strect, to whom hle allowed $10 commission for the sale of cach piano. Large numbers of people not only in New York but all over the country bave been swindled in this outrageous mauner. It is as- serted by the lawyer who has {nvestigated the cases of frauds that each of the defrauded pur- chasers above named has good cause of action |- zainst Decker and the actusl maker of the planos, Jacob Christie. MUSICAL NOTES. Miss Annie Lonise Cary intends tosail for En- gland July 29 Mme. Anna Bishop is ginging in opers at lea. Capctown, South Albani is engaged for St. Petersburg at 80,000 francs ($16,000) for twenty nights. Herr Rubinstein’s oratorio, * The Tower of Babel,” bas been performed at Dusseldorf. Miss Adelnide Phillipps and hersister, Matilde Phillipps, aud Madame Pappenheim, will soon sing in San Francisco. 3 Willisam J. Winch, tenor, and John Orth, %!anlst. will connect themselves with the New ngland Conservatory as teachers next sea- som. Bignor D’Aquila has set the romance, * Monte Chnisto,” by” A, Dumas, at the Teatro Dal Verme 1n Milan, but the work is not destined to be very popular. The approaching marriage of Mlile. Wald- mann with Count Massari, 2 rich Venctiun nobleman, will deprive the lyric stage of oueof its finest contraltos. The Leipzig Signale states, on what it consid- ers trustworthy guthority, that Rubinstein’s five recitals at St. James' 1, London, brought him the enormous sum of £2,400. v M. Offenbach intends to write a comic_opera upon an American subject. His thirty letters. descriptive of American life, addressed to his wife, will be published in book form. The remains of Bellini are to be removed from the Paris cemetery to Catania, the place of his birth. The funeral ceremonial will be celebrated by a grand musicial festival on the 2ist, 22d, and 23d of September. ‘The Trovatore published a list of all the new works brought out in Italy for the first half year of 1874} thirty operas have been produced, and not one is ever likely to be heard beyond the boundaries of Italy. Mme. Nilsson and Herr Conrad Behrens will, it is reported, make an operatic tour in the chicf towns of Sweden and Norway early in August next. This will be Mile. Nilsson’s first public nppeul:atncc in her native land since she became an artist. A Georgia musical eritic says: ‘¢ At the con- cert in Griflin the other night, a solo sang by Mrs. Clara R. Johoson received rapturous ap- plause. Her voice falls upon the liearers like silver spray upon a sea of molten gold dotted with floating diamonds and precious stone.” A sum of of 10,000 francs has been voted by the Municipal Council of Paris on the motion of M. F. Herold, for the encouragement of sym- phonic and choral composition. A special com- mittee is at present engaged in arranging the programme of the competition for the prize, A new Foust musie is shortly to be published at Vienna. It is by a Belgian composer, M. Joseph Grugoir and was written as long ago as 1847, though it has till 1fbw remained in monu- seript. The work is for soli, chorus, and er- chestra, and is said to be somewhat peculiar in form and of great originality. Figaro says, concerning Mr. Mapleson’s con- templated erican season of opera, that it cannot commence before the end of November, s Titiens is engaged for the three provincia mausical festivals, and Campanini and Faure cannot go av all, both having accepted engage- ments on the Continent for next season. The rehearsals at Bayreuth for the forthcom- ing performances began on the 33 of the pres- ent month, and are now in active progress. The greatest enthusiasm is sad to prevall among all he performers. The tone of the orchestrais described as wonderful, and the execution is spoken of as so distinct that even the most rapid passages can be readily followed. The current number of the Neue Zeitschrift Jur Musik gives some interesting particulars as to some of the internal arrangements of the Bayreuth Theatre. It was a first contemplated to have spedial gas-works erected for the theatre, but zs the Bayreuth Gas Compnuev has promised during the performance to supply gas of extra illuminating power, the origiuul idea has been abanconed. details of the light- ing arrangemehts are given in the paper, and it is stated that the stage alone will require 3,246 jets! In sddition to this, Wagner's work de- 1nands extraordinary scenic effects, suchas rising mists, gathering clouds, ete. ror these, two large steam-enginesare placed at ashort distance from the theatre, the steam from which is carried by pipes to a reservoir placed under the stage, from which it can be distributed by a net- work of tubes over the whole stage. By means of a special apparatus this vapor will be render- ed asdry as possible. Every possible precaution bas been taken inst fire. In the corner towers of the theatre are two enormous cisterns, each holding about 1,200 gallons, from which water can be obtained at & very high pressure in case of need. A detachment of the Bayreuth fire-brigade will be constantly on duty during rehearsals and performances.” The whole of the gas and water works of the theatre Lave cost the not considerable sum of 120,000 marks (6,0000). —_— MULEOLOGY. Thaus singeth the Sinfal Bard: O mule! excellent compound of dynamite, Giant-powder, and nitro-glycerine! Nature's practleal joke on Taun, With thy melodious voice resounding throngh the hails of ages, Adown the vista of years to the children of pos- terity, To the nfinite agony of all tympsnums Save thine own, thy bullet-proof, copper-bot- tomed, Doule-riveted own. Dame Nature winked, chuckled, lsughed in her sleeve, thinking. She conceived s thought, labored, and brought forth & mule. (Both doing well, thanks to Dr. Blank.) O mule! .thy 1imbs strengthened as the.world rolled “roun Especially thy posterior pair, Paid thou much attention to their education; Ditto thy voice. Practised thou daily by the blne Euphrates; Practlsed thou till thou could'st drown the notes of the roaring cataract. When thon spread'st thy legs for ong, And gave that well-known kink to thy tail, ‘And pricked those elongations thou deemest ears, All creatures fled from thy viciuity. Fowls ropsted. The lion sought hislatr, disgusted. The wind was still—gave thine own, Which, with each wild sweep of the Iyre, Resounded with more rhapsodic reverberations. Thou possesseth an inapplicable power. The steam-engine blusheth, and the hydraulic- ress ’l‘nmclzh sick at heart at thought of thee. ‘Thou art a condensed catapult, A battering-ram; The Komans should have known thee better. Like the Keeley Motor, no man constructeth Tron, copper, steel, or brass, of suflicient strength To encomnpass thee, hold or bind thee. Hence thou liest useless, dormant, Not worth a cent, forever, Grandest of Nature's forces. When thou upplicst power to thy delicate ap- paratus, It moves os swiftly and surely As the flying whisky-thief, ‘And stoppest as suddenly as he stoppeth On Canada's fair borders. No earthly thing is likened unto thee, Save one, and onc alone, Withont which thou would'st stand isolated, Grand, majestic, in thy individuality. Gentle creature, thou resemblest mostest The Democratic party. Thou bast all the instincts of that noble order; it I8 but another breed of thy royal self In this Centennial year. Let the keen student of politico-muleology attend: Thou actest when least cxpected; Kickest from hehind; itest in front; Kickest whatsoever thou wilt, A man or stone wall, carest thou not So long as thou kickest; Kickest thou thy friends as well as enemles; Like all members of that noble order, Thy hair is short; Thou art perverse in thy disposition; Thon can'at not be led, Or perauaded, Or enticed, Or driven; ‘No man can srgue with thee, Stubborn cuss; Or **purchase” thee, Save with a bar'l— Of oats. Thank Heaven! thou hast a prototype! Should’st thon be removed from scenes of earthly iss, That most noble order remains, ‘To remind us of thee, gone he‘rore. to grass;. Should the *‘unpurchasables™ Be laid away in the cold, cold ground, Thon, O mule! abidest in our inidst, To keep their memory green. Adieu! bird of plumage! So singeth the — ——— “We go to press at2instead of 4 to-d?-,” said a Tennessee_paper, *in order to attend to some business of importance in the country.” At precisely five minutes before 4 two high-toned looking men with shot-guns called and wanted to know where the editor was. Soxron B‘um. OUR NEIGHBORS. Time for Wisconsin Republi- cans to Quit Clapper- Clawing and Be- ‘ gin Work, A Huge Political Family-Fight in Danger of Betraying the Party. The Peril of Mr, Low, Unjustly Ac- cused ‘of a Foul Crime. People at the Watering-Places Not Foolishly Prodigal This Year. Relation of a Humiliating Scandal Brought to Light in Racine. Zplews from Kenosha, Waukegan, Auro- ra, and the Immediate Saburbs. ‘WISCONSIN. MILWAUKEE. TOLITICS. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. MiLwaukee, July 15.—It is painfully ap- parent that the Republican party of this State is making no particular effort to secure the fall elections. I do not Lear of a single new club being formed. There are no urganizations at work. The ayerage Re- publican elector appears to think it will be time enough to shout and labor when the tickets are ready to be peddled. Mr. Keyes has been kept busy by amiable Republican friends defending himself from personal attacks. Mr. Payne has had much of his time engaged in the same way, and been compelled to “lay by ™ to recuperate. Theirreturn to the duties of political life, as organizers in the country and the metropolis re- spectively of the Republican party, will of course be followed by activity. Og the principle that forewarned is forearmed, it is well enough to point out some of the disadvantages under which we, that is, the Repubiicans, are laboring at the beginning of this contest. We are handi- capped with two scts of ambitions men, neither of them desirable to have in & party, for both are dis- turbers of the public peace, cantakerous, bitterly hostile to each other, and ready to sacrifice every- thing to their personal spites. I allude to the Car- penter party and the anti-Carpenter party. The former, bad as it is, is quite matched by the lat- ter. Carpenter, and his impudent defense of the ‘Dback-pay grab, dealt Republicanism a blow under which it1s staggering to this day, but the latter did even worsc In using the Democeatic Congressman Cate asa cat's paw at Washington towipe out Car- penter. To earnest Republicans, who desire the success of the cause this fall, the miserable, spite- ful, back-biting, unmanply fight of the two atoms of & great party has become diseusting. Very few persons care now to discuss Carpenter's faults. Carpenter is regarded as_politically dead, and not many voters outside his henchmen take any stock in what he says or does, The same is equaily true of the men who ficht Carpenter. It i3 impos- sible there should still exist a Carpenter party, and an anti-Carpenter party, rancorous, venomous, ready to wreck each other, trezsuring up wrongs to be avenged, and insults to be punished, withont the passion extending. and finally drawing ln; numbers of hitherto passive spectators under its influence. There lies the danger. Itis folt absolutely necessary for the success of this contest that leading men on both sides the bloody chasm shall come forward and shake hands over it. It is mcet and right we should know who are the disturbers of the public pezce. Those who want to be irreconciluble ought henceforth to be marked men. In the present torn, distracted state of affairs. former companions ' in arms are hurling detiance acrose the State, and the Demoratic papers take up their quarrels with the most frantic enthusiasm. There is not a ward in the city where 2 Republican of mark cansafely take a lesdinz part in forminga club, without drawing upon himscH the immediate hostility of the Republicuns of the opPos“e camp. Yetto secure success, the cam- alzn has to be built up from the bottom, like a iouse, stone by stone, from the foundation, nami 1y, beginning with stropg_healthy united orguniza- tions in the precincts. Kelying on the German vote Lere, the Irish vote there, in one place a ward is- suc, in enother a political dispute, and elsewhere local questions of ‘a thousand kinds, i3 bat a bar- barous, clumey, uncertain way of working an elec- tion, suitable indeed for the labyrirths of adark scheming subtle mind, but the least oneof all metlioas at all times, in national politics. 1say there is a large majority of voters who are predis- pused to vote for the Hayes and Wheeler nomina. tion and platform, Pnrtlcullrly since the issue of Mr. Hayes’ letter of ucceptance, but to make fast these men they must be drawn fnto home organiza- tions, among their neighbors, the people of their own precincts. In thisd way the lukewaria become enerz@ic, the hesitating are sealed to the canse, Republicanism gains, the election s secured. With equally vigorous work on both wides, this State ought to givo 8 Republican_majority of 15,000. If the field is to be entirely abandoned to the hard-working Democrats, however, look for the same figures the other side of ance-shect. THE WEEK’'S SENSATION ‘has been the horrible outrage committed on two Jitile gils, 5.and 7 years respectively, by an un. known person, The tale has been fold so many differcut ways dm’m% the excitement of the past few days, that it will bear rehashing in complete form, Monday afternoon, about & quarter-past 2 o’clock, the two little girls of Mr. Aldrich and Mr. Fraser, Seventh Ward, were playing together, and finally strayed off, as Hitle girls will, towards the lake, Near the orphan asylom, there were some cows lowing. Near the cows was o man lesning against the fence. The little ones, with the sweet confidence of childieh innocence, begged the man to protect them from the cows. The man replied that he would, and told them to walk along with him, They did, and he so amused them with stories and pleasant talk that they found them- selves at the boat-house on the river above the dam, 2 miles from home, before they realized how'far they had gone. Here, the man proposed a boat ride, to which ther. of course, assented. He was well known to the people of the boat- house, as it now appears, by the sobriquet Yan- kee Doodle, being frequently seen in the neigh- borhood with a fishing rod 1n his hand, going up the river, or coming down after a day's sport. All along the road they walked, this man, with the two little ones, was recognized by women who had seen him passing any time these past four or five summers, fishing-rod in hand, in the di- rection of the river. So Yankee Doodle and the children got into the boat and rowed up stream. At or near Lake Shore Junction, a railroad point on the river bank a few miles out of the city, the man took the children ashore, and was last seen walking in the woods with them. The story of the little girls is, that Lere the brute took and ravigh- edthem in furn; that they complained of being hurt, and he told them to keep quiet, and then conveyed them back to the boat, rowed them leis- urely down stream, disembarked at the boat-house, which was busy with peopic coming and going, took the children hand-in-hand up the steps, and disappeared. The police were informed by tbe boatwan from whom the man hired, that he was known in the neighborhood as Yankee Doodle, and, being nsked where he lived, pointed out a house in the vicinity occupied by Mr. Eugene Low, Cashier of the Wisconsin Central Railroad. Mr. Low was arrested. His trial took place Thursday, and1sent you a full report. 1t was proved Low was known s Yankee Doodle, but there was another man, taller_than, but generally resembling, him, who was also known 08 Yankee Doodle, and it was the latter who was meant by the boatman, and the house of thejformer waspointed out in error. owing to a misapprehension as to which Yankee Doodle the police wereafter. The people residing on the £ the Balr rodte taken by the man and _children, many ‘of whom_ were ersonally ac- quainted with Low, when confronted with_him in_court, instantly declared he was not the man. Then the employes of the Kailroad Company, who work in the rooms adjoining Low, accounted for every half hour of that terrible af- ternoon. _Low, it appears, was unusually busy with Mr. Phillips, manager, who had retarned from Philadelphia at 1:30 p. m., and had been in con- Bultation with him at least once every thirty min- utes from 2 o'clock till 5:30 o'clock. After thot he went home, and his walk home, his taking sap- er, and what he_did with himself later, were all accounted for. Of course, Mr. Low was at once discharged. ‘Wodnesday the prisoner was, it is stated, taken into the country for safe keeping, as it appeared from all the indications almost certain he would be wrested ont of the custody of the police, and ther kulled or mutilated for life by the infuriated opulace. Scvertl tradesmen living in the neigh- Boriooa of the police-station, and others, went among the people explaining the doubts as to the prisoner being the right mon. It was with the ireatest difiicuity the crowd was persuaded to dis- Perse. The police cleared the sidewalk several times, but, had the populace been persuaded of Low's guitt, the police would have been powerless Tor any purposc eave Lo look on at & Iynching. COMING UP AND GOING DOWN. ¥ _ The failare of Pierce & Whaling, following thut of John Nazro. hardware merchants, of Mr. Benedict, the wholesale grocery man, and several others of less prominence, has had no effect in de- terring others from embarking in the uncertainties of trade. Several new partnerships have recently Deen formed, the principal of which is that of Johnson, Smith & Co., commisslon merchants, consisting of Allan Johnson, late of Bacon, Good- rich & Co., tnd Willlam E. Smith and Ira B, Smith, late of Smith, Ronndy& Co. Thesegentle-. men comwand considerable” wealth, and, a4 they have had long experience, will, of course, be suc- cessful from the 8tart. : BEAUTIFYING THE COITY, 2 Notwithstanding the hard times, private citizens néver beautified Eu— Tots and dwellings more than they are doing this'season. Inthe Scventh Ward, especially, private mansions standing on their own groundshave been made as elegunt as refined taste and a liberal, in some cases lavish, endi- ture of money can make them. A fountainin front of a house on Division street, near Marshall, attracts crowds every day, itis so perfect a speci- men of art. The residence of Mr. Bpadley, of Bradley & Metcalf, a man of caltivated mind and large heart and brain, has been decorated and adorned till the resources of luyury have been exhausted and perfection reached. In the West Division, among the vast number of improvements going forward, perhapsthe most conspicuoas is the erection of a high, wide tower in front of the man- sion of Alexander Mitchell. The grounds attached to these buildings are marvelously kept, anda ight to sec. Many a European Prince i3 worse lodged than Alexander Mitchell. WO WANTS SOME CHILDREN? A “*personal ¥ appears ina local paper stating that rome time in January lasta gentleman, who said his home was in Milwankee, meta lady with a little girl on the Wost Wisconsin Railway, between Meriden and Northport, and _expressed 8 wish to adopt a child, and informing him that he may have the youngstur if be will address such and such & place. This calls to mind the number of children that are constantly being lost in this city, denoting a carelessness on the part of parents that renders a change of ownership desirable. Almost daily threeor four childrenare found straying on the streets, most of them 80 _young 2 to be unable to state where they live or give their names. If there should be any gentleman wandering about with a hankering after_children, he can probably gratify hia taste to ony extent he pleases right here in Milwaukee, withont traveling on the West Wiscon- sin or any other railroad. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN. The first festival of the women of Sec. 3 of the International Association will take place at Shoot- ing Park to-morrow aftcrnoon. ‘This section i3 quite strong, and contains a large leaven of women of nigh character and signal ability. The majority of the members are married women with large families who have done their full share towards earning the meuns of bringing up and edncating their offspring. Notwithstanding the general im- pression that there is something lawless and loose about these Internationalists, I can say that the impression one receives from talking “with and visiting among them is favorable to their morality, honor, and honesty. Their tone is sober, steady, and thoughtful; but they are as fond astheir neigh- ‘bors of 8 Sunday picnic, and few of them take stock in the New or Old Teswment. THE CAMP-MEETING. During the week, I have cndeavored to Lkeep the readers ofTHE[TIIBUNE posted as to the natareznd doings of the persons engaged In the camp-meeting on the State Fair grounds. The meeting may be pronounced 2 succe:s, although the number of per- sons in attendance the irst few days was not so large as had been expected. The State ¥Fair permaneat Dbuildings, namely, the Agricultural, Horticultural, Machinery, Arts,’ and Eating Halls, had been turned into dormitories, auditoriums, and restau- rants, 35,000 feet of rough lumber being used, and & small regiment of carpenters kept hardat work fora week. The buck beds provided consisted of swecthay. The eating tables were well supplied with all the food necessary for the sustenance of life, and even some of the delicacies. A llrge force of special and regular police protected the grounds from the inroads of the unwashed. The reaching was of quite an emotional character, the ev. Dr. Inskip, of Philadelphis, fllling the most conspicaons place. Our local people seconded the efforts of the national folksin & manner, 1believe, that merited recognition. TILE DENTISTS. After a very interesting and bugy time the anna- al session of the State Dental Association ad- i?umed, o mect next year at Madison, Secretary owey, who had been particularly attentive and zealous in the performance of his duties, received avote of thanks. Some interesting reports were read, most of them of interest only to the profea- sion, bot gome of them important to those whose teeth are In a bad way. A little flutter was creat- ed by a notice given by Dr. Wells that he would refer charges of nn?wi’eaflm‘nfl conduct against r. Berhardt, who lelt this city unexvectedly for Chicago. Following were the ofticera electea: President—S. M. Gilman. First Vice- President—W. H. Chilson, Second Vice-President—S. L. Judd. Recording Secretary—M. T. Moore, Zreasurer—C, C. Chittenden. THE DOCTORS. Thursday was. the last of the doctors in Convention till they meet next year in Mad- ison. The most interesting _rfeport, _per- haps, was that of Dr. W, Fox, of Mad- ison, on gynwcology, in which he traced the history of several most curious cases thathad been success- fully treated, proving that in the hands of a skill- fal physician the worst sufferer may hope and ob- tain refief. A delegation of eight was appointed to the Internationsl Convention that sits at Phila- delphia nest September. Dr. Bartlett was elected President, Drs. Russcll and Cody, Vice-Presi- dents, Dr. Meacham and Dr. N. 1AL Dodson, Cen- sors, the first for two and the otherfor three yeans, With regard to the demise of Dr. Dixon, of i}len‘flfl Grove, the following resolutions were adopted: ZResolced, That we have learned with grief of the death of Dr. John Dixon, of Allen's Grove, worthy member and a past Vice-President of this Society; that in the death of Dr. Dixon the medi- cal profcssion has lost one of its most worthy and intelligent members and this Society 4 most faith- ful and industrious laborer, the community in which be lived a kind and genial friend and neigh- bor, and his family a most devoted purent and hus- an Jesolved, That the sympathies of this Society be tendered to family and friends of the deceased, and that the Society be directed to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the widow of Dr. Dixon. THE WIHISEY CASES. . Now that the prisoners have been sentenced, it is in order to tuke alook over the ground. Whilst very little money, comparatively speaking, has Deen squeezed ont of the culprits, and the punish- ‘mentwaslittic more than nominal, yeta death-blos has been struck at frauds on the Government which hoa already been heneflcially felt in increased rev- enne. The men who have been under arrest have suffered 50 much in mind, body, and estate that there is no probability of their over trying to cheat Uncle Sam again. The combinations that have ex- isted for the purpose of mutual protection in the pursnit of crime have been destroyed, faithless ofiicers have been discharged, and immorality in politics receivea n slap in the face. The accounts of the special counsel for the Government nggre- gote 8 small fortune each; but it has been said there as been some difficulty in obtaining the money, although it i3 more than probable this story {s 8 Canard, EoL up by tose envious of tho good fortune of the gpeciel counsel for the Government. The most exciting trial of the whole bateh was that of Jona and others of Chica: go for conspiringto burglarize the Government papers. In most respects this trial_stands alone for the admirable wkill, amounting almost to genius, with which it was conducted. ~The closing speech'of Mr. N. S. Murphey, leading counsel for the defendants, will long be remembered by those who heard it as one of the most. remarkable ever heard in that room forits_cold logic, warmth of clognence, and clear enunciation of the law, and above all things for the solemnity and dignity with which it was delivercd, in such _startling contrast with the seeming reckless dare-devitlsm that dis- iinguiehed the learned counsel during the progress of the case. RACINE. “‘ CANADA ™ TO THE FRONT. Special Correspondence of The Tridune. RACINE, July 15.—*Canada ® is that portion of the City of Racine which lies to the north- ward; and it is divided from the main section by the meandering sinuosities of the Muddy Root, which necessarily bounds it on the south, as does Sagetown on the west, and the turbu- lent waters of the lake on the east. *“Old settlers ”” affirm that it derived its name from the fact that it bore the same relationship to the city proper that the land of Canucks does to the United States, being “‘over the creek?: and it is suspected that the term originally was one of reproach. But the “Canada™ of to<lay is worthy of the respect and admiration of the fairest portion of our goodly burg. Your cor- respondent devoted the greater portion of a day "last week to a prospecting tour through its highways and byways, and the evidences of wealth, prosperity, and refinement that were everywhere = met with was creditable in the extreme. New buildings are golng up on every hand of elegant design and substantial construction, and there is an air overall of commendsble thrift ard energy that speaks of greater possibilities in the future, The new German Catholic Church will be the most magnificent edifice in the city, and the factories, stores, and cosy homes that dot every street are theenvy of more pretensious localities. To cap the climax, and settle forever the pretensions of our neighbors over the creek to be ranked as met- ropolitans, they have recently been emjoying the telicity of s A HORRIBLE SCANDAL, withall the attendant concomita; and the infringement of the social Jana ‘.“;ée:’&.‘,‘:? There lives in the land of the ** Canucks™ a peace- ful grn{-lmred old Ishmaelite whoso sojourn in this vale of tears has been full of years of crime and sorrow. Through **weal and woe,” gently nestled by his side a loving, faithful wife,—the second heipmeet that the old **rooster™ has had Guring his tussle with o cruel world. His Jast mat- rimonial venture was fruitfal only so far as it brml%hl to his fireside a dark-eyed, half-grown danghter, *‘fairto look upon.” For years the ‘wolf was herded far from the door, the “wife was tender in her aftections, and;the daughter dutifal. But time, that stiffened the joints of the patriarch, abated not his mania” for other tleshpots, and he wandered naunghtily from his own roof-tree. The proper provision for hia fam- ily became a task, and gaunt famine peered over the threahold. At last, to drive hunger away, and to pender to the evil inherent in his brutal nature, he instilled into the ear of his child the most dam- nable whisperings conceivable. Robbed of the ,only gom that was her inheritance, and by one “whosc diity—of all others in the world—it was to protect from guile, the poor wrecked child grew weary of life and faded to 2 shadow. The yearning Iove of a mother's heart only could wring the terric ble confession from the wretched victim, and the years of love and faith squandered on the' worthless villain by the wife couldnot ‘*down™ her un- speakable bate, On the day that ths revelation was made, the sad-hearted old mangot him. : fastened it around his wrinkled ne AR in the wood-shed, andl damced snd spmALcLR attenuated shank in thin alr. _ Unforimategs, 12 . danghter discovered his laudable attemp 0310 overanew leaf in_ another world tam neighbors, and saved his worthless life. rlarz BY THE FORELOCE, A young gentleman of oar cit; strodgling manfally to 2ain 8 footholy farbern strata of snciet{. lepending principally upg.m: good looks and bon vizent air “for :femm lizh, Fent of his object, met with. sad pey pecy 2Elih: time ag0. The youns *'duffer® mangles et one of our many hotels, and wanders out at sry fall *conquering and to conquer.» FonbiEhl it hat e has captared ane of ouraocial atan, iy only Iacks the whorewithal to laad her to g o0t Realizing this, the young man very sensibjei: cluded to lay in an *+outit" for his Intended by ere he provided for himself. A couple of vt doves" from Milwankee reglatered at the soct caravansary and threw an Opportunity in hisnay which he did not neglect, and he flatters hiss that the quantity of inilated bustlca and + ymscs pluning™ found in his room next moming prove very apropos ere long. I:Y,Tn RAGING ROOT. Helss **Lathlete,” and very moral, fails to cail the attention Of prowiers attes sone? den fruit to his own immaculate self a3 an exampiy of congentrated virtue. Dat, like Joey Bagstocy he ia **ely and decvlish tobgh," and th s, evenlng this piakc of " perfection ‘Was sersasy fromenading y the murmuring waters of e.’, urbid river, with one arm around the corpalent yalst ot a Norwegian cook, while the timmbof iy engaged paw was pointing ot the seve: - stellations overhead. i Ract ad OUBTmBDB. cine readers of TuE SUNDAT Trrzmy tearn with regret that our harbor has been strichiy off the appropriation list by the House Committes having harbor improvements undor advisemry Whether any reflections are chargeable to gy member or 10t -is 8 question, but many will o doubtedly Iabor wndet the fmpression i had been in Washington attending to his daties 1 stead of fiddling up and down the country eajoij Federal office-holders 2nd setting up pins for a to his credit during the coming campaign. A PLEASANT GATHERING. Another cosy social affair took place at the beag. tifal home of the Hon. and Mrs. B. H. Bakerog Friday evening last, being specially arranged 1 honor of their accomplished guest, Miss Flora van Ostrand, of Green Bay, who received the revelery with a 'grace only equaled by her unassumeq geniality. ‘The evening was a delightful one, anj the elegant parlors were monopolized by a gather. ingas fimltcfl as it was select. Among those pres. ent were Misa Ella Foster, Miss Flora Knapp, Hale, Mrs. Bates, Mrs. Raymond, Misa Wickham, Ars.' Taylor, Miss Cora Wickham of Chicago; Miss Ida Bull, Misg Nettie Bull, Mixs Nettic Case, Miss Jessic Case, Miss Orton of Milwaukee, Misy Hooper of Burlington, Miss Minnie Slauson, Misy Belle Dykeman of Kewaunee, Mrs. J. M. Hill, and Mrs. Ty Smith. The gentlemen who were casting softened glances at the beanties noted above wers orace Weeks, Fred Weeks, . Wri Aliller, und the Hon. N. J. Field. Eht, Tioga CAMPING. for a week's jollification on the banks of Brown's Lake,—Measrs. Bull, Wild, and Dyer,—and they da ot intend again visiting home untilthey are brown us flatpostmen. 2 VIRTUOUS INDIGNATION. The committee of Jadies who had charge of the refreshment booths in East Park on July 4 are ex- tremely indignant with your ccrrespondent for in- timating that their captivating * bar maids™ dia- pensed mint-juleps and **sich " mthlut‘yGnngm on that glorjous occzsion. By way of apolozyl will simply state that the only noticable stimalants were the bright glances of the ngrum:ll ‘beauties, Dbut the intoxication superinduced by such canser is considered harmless. However, it s to be re- gretted that such an eviden? burleSque was taken o much to heart by these gullible Iadies. They actnally called s meeting to discuss ** the outrage, and one member remarked, as she stirred her tes with Ler specs, that **snch a diabolical perversion of facts should merit hamstringing.” A very thin, piping voice !flgfaelcd, as its owner rapped *‘or- der' on the table with a set of false teeth, thai the luckless Bohemian be buried under the Cen- tennial fountain, : DUST. Almost every pleasant evening a party eyed, idiotic -loafers, in whom nature ignored the | creation of brains, congregate on the sidewalk in front of some dwelling after the occupints have gone to bed, and dance jigs, how! hke =mons, meanwhile smolking villainons cigars. " ¢ they call serenading, and on the strength of it capect 10 be invited in toa champagme *-layont . 4 dose of buckshot, will greet them some night if they are not carefal, Henry, of the Journal, is fast developing into a good old English **sport,» but we fear that sa in- ignant community will Iynch him yet. ~Lately he was presented with 2 magnificent blood anda couple of fox*hounds, and he only lacked a fox to make him happy. A friend sent "him one a few dnys ago, &0 Henry harnessed Reynard to a clothes- line, trotted it up and down Enst Park until a good trail was laid, “und then loosened his ** purps.” ‘The howling and baying that followed was simply terrific, and it lasted until almost morning, rob- bing terrified and anxious neizhbors of sleep, HAYES AND WHEELER. A grand mass-meeting is spoken of for next Saturday evening for the purgo.-x of organ- izing a Hayesand Wheeler Club. Circalars will be issued and distributed iu the several wards of our city exhorting politicians and voters to indorse and_stand shoulder to shoulder. Our level- hended burg intends making it hot for the other gide in the coming contest. The tng Wetzel took down a number of sor- rowing Templars to Kenosha to attend the faneral of W. J. Hall, a lamented brother of the frater- .nity. The circamstances attendingthe death of the respected Knight are sad inthe estreme. But recently marricd toa noble and loving wife, with every prospect ofa life of Lappiness seldom al- lotted to mortals here, the young man was suddenly called away to join the noble crusaders beyond the dark turbid river. * The Rev. R. B. Reflay and his Honor Judge Hu- guninmeandered out to'the **morantic™ banks of Brown's Lake last Friday, the former to. prosely- tize the pagans in that neighborhood, and the lat- ter to jndge of the q:nmyul the fluid refreshmenta. They also intend fishing for eels. . Ham Utley has been recklessly filling his pockets with real estate, having purchased the best busi- ness block in town, and the query, _**Coddsh and crackers, or printer'sink 1" 13 puzzling the brains of his well-wishers. The little Curtis girl, that was so savagely bitten by a dangerous watch-dog, an_account of wWhich was telegraphed your Tuesday issue, is rapidiy re- covering. nlne Athletes have selected their first and second ines. B PERSONAL. Byron Millett, Esq., the verbose and_talented politician from the Vailey of the Platte, is back to the home of his childhood. We feur there isan armful of crinoline here that proves an attraction. A, W. Crites, Euq., ex-J. P., of Racine, took the ‘advice of the great and good Grecley, went West, and married a nut-brown maid, who now bangs the buttons on his shirts. z Tom Jones and wife have sgain shaken Racine dust from off their feet. Eugene Pierce, Esq., of Kenosha, as polished 1 entleman as a Bohemian, *‘broke bread™ with bosom friend, Mr. Snyder, last Sunday. Frank Birdsall, Eut, financier and general man- ager of the Diamond Line, was in town last weck with an eye peeled to the interest of his_company. Frank says that he is prepared to give $17.50 cur- rency for o $20 gold plece, and yet he is not an **old citizen."” E. R. Cooley, Esq., who has had a hard battle with the scythe fiend, Death, bounced the old *+ duffer” for the time being, and {s slowly recov- ering. Only 8 magnificent conatitution could have ‘borne up under such saffering, but his many friends are happy that he is yet with them even at the sacrifice of suffering for weeks to come, Aiss Clara Wescott left last week for Watnkegan, and it will take Weeks to inlluence her retorn. Miss Kittie Duncombe is visiting friends at Fort Dodge, In., and the eere leaf will dance on the trg;:;.erg hcfll: re'u pearance. b % Hurd, of Bostou, is the guest of her friend, Mies Lillie Osgood, and her sojourn in our city under the circamstances cannot but be pleasant. Mrs, Waite, of San Domingo, hos just left for her far-away home, after & pleasant visit with her S S B wina ky iss Sallie E. was skyiarking with lad; Krgmgs 1!1;1 Ke‘\ixo a last Tuesday. e ¥ . Y. Brande, Esqg., of Kenosha, guzzled half a dozen hard-boiled €gs at the coffce-rooms lnst Thnr:idni. C. H. Lee, Esq., returned from ye Centennis) last Friday night, glad to get home again. KENOSHA. ‘WEATHER WHIMS. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Kexosna, July 15—Plenty of rain-water scems to be the rule this summer, and the storm that visited this scction of the country last Sun~ day night was no exception to the established rule, but rather a glorious exemplification of it. The clouds gathered, black and ominous, early in the evening, and many an anxious look other nomination, it Would have idded materially ~ Three **babes in the woods™ left last Mondsy of blear- glanced askance at the leaden-hued sky. Fears were expressed that a tornado was to be the next change rung among the aisorderly cle- ments, so forbidding was the aspect overbead. Such a fearful visitation, however, was spared our city,and a votc of thanks is due the weather-clerk for his forbearance. We herewith tender him our gratefal acknowledgements,with a hope he may ever give us a wide berth whena superabundance of tornadoes and ¢sich ** are to be disposed of. Therain began to fall about . 9 o'dlock with a steady patter, patter, thrice blessed to the parched soll and the baked masa of humanity that had blistered and broiled in the fearfal heat that followed In the wake of the glorlons Fourth. Doubly grateful were the refreshing showers that cooled theair,and made sleep 2 posaibility. Weary mortals dropped off into the **land of dreams " content that **all things were 25 they should be,” only to be rudely awakened at midnight{rom thelr peaceful slumbers by a fearful crash and noise as of falling waters that seemed the forernnner of a secoad deluge. The water fell in torrents the whole night, ant eatly morning found the city a conglomeration of 3&:{2;: tr’l‘\-nleu. mu'il, and u{;ndlng pgola. ;n e damage done to the cropsby this heav) fall of rain was considerable. l&m’uv&’udn low-lands were overflowed with water, caosing mach inconvenience ta farmars, who, in many da- 1