Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 25, 1876, Page 8

] ! ' i i ! 1 | A L P PO N A PRI P P NI, 8 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1876, THE CITY. GENERAL NEWS, The opera nights (his week are Tuesday, ‘Wednesday, and Friday, with a matiuce on 8at- urday. Charles Johneon, conchman for a Michizan aveniio sawbones, {8 locked up at tho Armory charged with the theft of the contents of a trunk le(t in his keeplng by Andrew Nelson, Davill Dunne tried to steal a horse and cutter from Henry Besch, » liveryman on Clark street, ‘but trns eaptured before havinz much fun by Oficer Lary, of the Weat Twelfth Strect Station. "It Is stated that Mr. J. C. Harrls, General Agent of the Pittsbure, Cincinnatt & 8t. Louls Railroad In this city, will retire from theposition Jan. 1. 11is successor Lias not yet leen named. Detectivo Long last night capled Peter Mad- den makini his way fnto (iranick’s m\wn-slmr No. 339 Clark strcet, with an open-face gu! d watch and chaln marked with the initlals * G, V. L. He took him, and the watch awalts {dentification at the Armory. Yhe Bouthwestern Raflrond Rate Assoclation s agreegd npon the following arbitrary rates to piv upon busiuess frony Atlantfe ‘acaboard vitics, to tako effect Dew, 212 From -8, Louls, Lounlsizna, Hanuival, West Quiney, or Daven- urt, te 3t, Josepl, Atchlson, Kansns City, and caven sortll, 65—50—40—17- 4 from Ciieago to Kansan City, St. Joseph, Atchison, and Leav- enworth, 82— —15—30—25, Patrick Scanlon wos taken i at the T\rehlr secoud-Strect Htatlon yesterday for digorderly condnet, and, owing to the lack of proper ac- coromodation, was put into a cell with Alartin Black, also arrested on trivial charges, Beanlon unched his bead, scarched his pockets, and 0ok all he could find, whereupon he was trot- ted down to the Arvmory and rivenacell to Mmself, Upon the bnok In the station he was booked for both offenscs. Bome folks have & peculiar manner of cele- brating Christmas-Eve. Tom and Jerry became drunk on a decoction of thelr own, and Tom was put In the Armory and Jerry in the West Madlson Btreet Statlon. That is one wav. Then there was Dr. Frank Lenzden, n Milwaukeo ave- nue dentist, who turned ble wife and child ont of doors, and ralsed Cain generally with tho neighbors, Officer Labluin ~took him _in, and gave him into charge of the single-leaded and fimn'fly Cerberus of the West Madison Strect on, A week from to-morrow st Figin the Btate Board of Charitfes will begin the Investization of the death of Col. Hull, the particulars of which have already been fully given in Tne TrisuxE. Ouly the prellininory matters will be taken up there. The testhnony will be taken in detail at the Grand Pacific Hotel, in this city,. where tho Board will hold its scssions. It Is fir- tended to have a clear and thorough probing of the entire management of the Northern ‘Insana Hospital. Last cvenlog while Oflicer Limmanck was cs- corting home a respectable citizen of the North Divislion who had been “copping too much booze,” hewas assaulced near the cornerof Clark strect and Chicago ayenue I:a)lnur rouchs who drew revolvers and cssayed bulldoze them, when Limmauck turncd upon them and took two of them to the station, where they zave the names of James McLaughtin ana Henry O'Hara.* On the way to the statlon they threw gway thelr weapans. ‘The 8unday Dime Lecture Soclety twasad- dressed yestcrday by Mrs, Julin Ward Howe, ‘who chose for her subject *Parls.” Tho Louse, for resasons unaccountable, was' very empty. Tho speaker’s remarks wore very generally ap- plicable to Francc and modern Europe rather than to Paris alone, though the numerous and ‘beautiful objects of Intercst In the gay clty aerc mentioned at some length, as they had been seen by the speaker on sundry oceasions. The Louvre, Bastile, Tulleries, und ™ public in- stitutions, heautles of architecture and mechan. feal Ingenuity, were all mentfoned, and the French character, particnlarly as developed under the peculiar Parislan ifluence, was an- alyzed. The younz wife was looking over the recine for plém-pulding and reading it nloud to her husband: "+ Take 1 I of ralsins, 11b of cur- rants. 11h of eandled peel, 114 of anct, 1 3 of wapar, 8epes, 361 of apice (mlxcflz‘ 1 oz of flour—mix ull together and bofl til it ean't. bie cut with anax.' ° % Dear Charles," sho sald, * I think there Is cliher not tlour enough, or clse tou much candied peel and frult in that reclpe, and it must be horribly indigestible.” 0, o, my love.” he replled; ™ {f T'were you, I'd Teave ot the flour and put In some more rafsine und lemon-peel. Your dear matlier is to haye din- ner with ug, voit know, and the old lady s fond of fruit.” Bhe looked at him llnrrmrlf‘, but the traltor did not betray his devillsh pfan by the movement of a musclo of his countenance, If yon mect o fricnd to-day say te him pleasimtly, before he has time to nddress vou, *Bame 10 you, and maoy of them.” If he docsu't latich he s enly (it for treasons, strata. Eems,and spofle. The novelty of that jokeisonly cqualed by its exquisito humor. It I8 now,— certalnly not older than the Christian era, De- caueo tliere was no Christmas before that time —and even {f it was not ape could not wither it nor custom stalo (is Infnlte varlety. Theenliest historical record of {ts utterance ascribos it to the Prefect Vesilllus, who occupiedanimportant osition fn the Imverlal houschold. Meeting the peror Nera one Christinas morning about 11 'clock, as the Eimperor was coming out of the Glnmillus Maximus, wiping his mouth on tha sleeve of his rohe of hnperinl nurrlc, tho Pre- {cet Vesillius halled him in the familiar manner sbove mentloned. The Emperor was so much vlewsed with this witty retort that he inis sstiately bestowed on the I'refect ten talents P gold,” sixty white mules, and the rich Yrovince of Cappadocia. As a further mark of his favor, the Emperor invited him ton seat in the fmperial box at the Circus Maximus, at the inatinee, from which he was throwu to tho lons amid the tumultuona applause of a large and distinguished audlence, A PRACTICAL TEMPERANCE LECTURE. Afroung man from Pccatonica went to a Dearborn atreet snloon Saturduy, having pre- viously been netructed bya friend, and ordered & Thoinos und Jeremiuh, iwnich having recelved he bure awny to a deat, 1lc tasted oncspoonful at the compound and was Just getting his cyes downand taking tn Iis torigue that In'cestacy he had passed round his ears, when ho was aware of atearful man with o red noseand a blg umbrella who was stunding b‘y him. llcu\'lnf a deep righ the tearful man pointed to the drinlc and #ald, “ Young man, are you awarc what therc s In that mugi™ 4L Dellevo thero are rum, hot water, sugar, czgs, and splee,” replicd the younz man. ~ “You have, my youmg Irlend,” ‘sald tho sad man, ‘“‘omifted one fugredient.” % What (s that? Nutmeg ** No—DEATIT!" said the Inhierymose strunger; *there Is death, ruin, ghastly, fatal, deadly, mortal death, and linzering discase besides, ?nv it ¢ How so" sald tho younyman, npparent- ’Y much moved by the stranger's esrnestncss. * My youthful wori," sald tfie strauzer,* there 18 ruln {n that Intoxlcating bowt, which biteth llkuuer)lmnz and stingeth Jke an adder, and cursed fs he which putteth it to his nelghbor's lipe. Selal. Al young man, that rum fs o chemleal preparation having fusel ofl as a basls ond threo gullons of fusel all placed on the - fongue of w rabhit kllted {t I 1ess than u year, ‘There 1a hot water In it. If [ had my sebirotnatic polarizing refractory microseope licre—unhap- Iy on coming out this morning I left it on the piano in the kitchen—I would show you that ey E'drupul this nceursed fluid is allve. with myriads of wrigeling and loathsoma Inscets and reptiles (Lere Lhe “youngs man put down his mug), the bacterin, and the sphacterls, and the antmalkewis, und the molekewls, und the ala- Lastenin, and the allamagoozla,” 4 But," safd the younss man, “the wuter i blled. Docsu't blll'ug the wuter “destroy them trichimed’ #No," snid the stranger; “the procees of bolle ing (cbullition, us wo call it ln Ureck, from ebullidy~a boll und shun-lngr) - pre- cipitates the aqueous particles of the water foto the atmosphers in the form of steain and leaves the unbioalkewls, Thero is Juss water and more reptiles—that f5 ol)," (Yhe vounz man hiere stopned stirring his Tom nud Jerry,) *There §s also,” eald the melun- chely stranger, ** suzar in that accurscd potlon, granulated sugar, You are awure of the pro- cosses employed | gnrd” The young 10an sald he wusn't, * Then," said the stranger, 41 shall wot dwell on their il(ll’l‘()". liorrors so horrible bevond helfef that 4f 1 wero Lo recount but o tithe'of then cuchi particular haly would stand ou end o qullls upen the frightful crocoifle (Here the Pecatonican aduicsvent tutued “Eogs," resumed the stranger, also,” enter {nto the vone 1ty mlll un of this devilsh drink. * Epgs,' says lomon, are eggs, Lo they over 8o eziy, but,us Nou arc aware, vgus are Hot very fresh ut thix bruson of the year, though by the uso of ehloride of Nimd and other disiufectunts their Jtaste can be concealea, ‘I'hero {3 slso spleo in this—this Tom and Jerry, for such, I believe, 8 the name of this soul-lestroying potlon. Bpleo 18 compurativoly harmless,” belng only womposed of brick<tust, pulverized mumimnles, and uuychlr.luc. Obllgs mue by stivring your Leverade, in which, indewl, you do not appear cprros: rhaps there may be s motse fu In Q1 et A mousel” salidl the youu man, start- ing up. s 4 mouse,” replied the stranger. 41 came fn carly this mornng to leave sote tracts whilo the barkeeper waa mixing this ac- cursed beveruge, and while ho was beating tho egge wud sugur Ju that blg bewl (which ] uf- ' fectlonately entreat you to shun) a mouse that wiis in the sugar-Jar fell in. It of course dled, for, alasl we are all mortals; perhaps tho bar- keeper notieed it and took it out. Even if he didn't, the chances are many hundred to one that {t sn’t in your mug, and {{ it is, mice are Dealthy snd mony People thrive on them.” Here the young man got uo, and. with n luok of disgust, fled from the scene. The old iman watched Wi for a moment, shook his head mournfully, and, stirrlng up the Tom and Jorey, arank it oft with a deep sigh of satisfac- on, HOW TO CARVE A TURKET. Inmany a houscholl to-day the prospective son-in-law nf the family will be called upon to carve a turkey, the ol man_observing witha fiendish leer that he cannot do Letter than be- {.vln to learn now, so that when he has a house of ils own ho can do the honors, Therels no es- vapo, and, as the vietim has to yleld, e may as well do 20 gracefully. It is woll in some cascs to feign tho xtreme reluctance that you fcel and utter some light and timely witticisi, such as, 0, you waut me to he lflie the Emperor of Russia and dismember Turkey, eh1 ‘This will ereate admiration for your knowledge and ready wit among the ladles.” 1t should al- ways be miade an imperative rule to observe, after critieally examining i, that the carving- knlfo ia dull; this maures a safe retreat In event of disaster, a thing that a good General nlways makes provision for. Having faced your foc, the turkey, it should be borne in'nind pre. tisely what your object fs. If you begin the en- connter under the erroneous llea that you ought to try to carve the turkey indead carncst, you mneed read no further In this article, for You won't sieceed, and you will sit town discomfited, blmhlmz, and miserable. No; vour atm shoull be to mske yoursell feared—to inspiro those present with such awe and horror that they wil never agaln ask you to do more than & gucst’s share of the work at. table—cating. Firat, therefore, look at the turkey eritically, and ask who bought it and cooked i1, Your future mother-in-law will say, with a flutter of plensed Importance, ‘' Me, which will be truthful, if ungrammatical; and, as you never should lose an opportunity of put- ting the old lady down, It Is well to say that tho- bird {s tough,and overdone or underdone, as tho_case mny'he. A turkey wears the joint of his hind-legs very bigh {n the wuist,and those of his front legs very low In the meck, sud with o little “care you can, befora you reach the joints In queation, hack that bird till bo Jooks like the rulns afters nuro-glymrlne cxplusion. Keep up s pleasant firo of witticisms all the time, such gs, * Well, this {8 tough 1" “1 bet this turkey was fn the Ark!” “The knife fsn't very sharp—let me liave a spoon!? When you have dismembered the benst, you will be tnexpert or soft-liearted indeed if you haven’t fragments of him greasing the cloth in at least seven differcnt places. There are two or three adinirable feats that, however, miulru vervo and practice to execute, 1f the dleh 1s nt all greasy, by puttin plcaty of leveraze on_ the " knifo an ol yout can make the whole, bird fly through the alr 10 a distance of several fect and land i the lap of alady. 1f you do this, don’t mar the effect by apolpglzing, but say boldly, * Miss, I')l tron- ble you for that turkey.” An expert can also, while breaking up the carcass, send a shower of dressing over the whola commn{ in an effective nnuner. But the tyro, who is alrald to venture on uny of these fours-defence, can always \lm!p a spoon into the grasy-bontand splasha few guests, Remember that if you miss the person you almed at you will hit someone clse, or at the very worst the greuuylluuhl will attaln the table-cloth or carpet. By judiclously fol- lowing theso rules, you may boe certaln to In- n{»lre your hosts with such terror that they will either surrender at discretion beforo you have ruined more than three silk dresses and two square-yards of table<lamask, ar never ask you 1o carve again the longest Christmas-Day you “{tc'l Ié' cltbier case your objuct will have been attained. THE COUNTY PRINTING. WIIAT GEN. LIED SATS ABOUT IT. A Tnisuxe reporter called on Gen, Liob yes- terdny and submitted to- him the translation from the Staats-Zeltung's article on the county printing, in which It was charged that the Union and Demokrat had Inflated their bills to an Inor- dinate extent, The translatfon was printed in yesterday’s Tiunuse, “In order to enable you to understand this matter,” said the General, * I must give you the Mstory from the beginning, Tt s well known that the Chicage Union, the German Democratic paper, was up to July, 1872, and for two or three years befors that, the property of tha Ilitnols Stuats-Zetung, It sceming to be tho determination of Mr. Tesing to linve an organ in euch party fu order to control the patronage of both. I often expressed myscl! unhesltat- ingly snd forcibly in regard to this dou- ble-faced business, and {n 1872 Dr. Canistus, now Consul at Bristo, with whom I often had conversed on the subject, taformed me that, Hesing was willing to sell me the Unlon on iny own terms. Not belng on speakingterms with Mr. Heslng up to that thue, I was some- what surprised at the overture, nnd consented to & mutual meeting, The meeting took pluce,. und Mr, Hesing offered mo n two-thirds Yntcr— st In the paper for $20,000 if I could glve him sccured paper. My tlrst step, s & matter of course, behui without an: Mr. Horace White to_ talk with Lim about this opporition paper. He thought it wasa good idea to secure an opposition paper to the Staats- Zeltung, and he was willinz for onoto indorse my nate to the amount of §3,000. Carter Harrlson indorsed another to the sawmo amount; Charles Lamphier, of Springfleld, another, and these three subsequently pald the notes on my {ina- bitity to mect them. When the arrangement for the two-thirds was ncnrlrv completed, Mr. Hesing fnsisted that I should take the ather third, and 1did; but having secured only in- dorsements to notes for the umount of $2J,500, Mr, Hosing demanded nearly one-half, or 450 of the 1,000 sharcs of stock, a8 collateral for my two Individusl notes, aggregating $0,500, and Mr., Hesing recelved nearly 84,000 from sales of this stock. After I had “taken control of the poper I foundd that the lmdebtedncss of the paper amounted to seversl thou- sand dollars moro than had' been represented tome, Innsmuchas on the crodit side largo amounts appeared which proved afterwurds fictitious, it beeame very soon my conviction that the paper never had pald for ftself, and 1 neccssurlly beeame fnvolyed. Fhis condition of affairs wai aggravated whew the Staats-Zeitung, theretofore Republican, turned & somorsault into our nnmr. With its supcrior facilities, its -capital, ita circulation and age, it necessarily overshadowed the Union, which "beeame only & slde-show to tho great politieal clreus, After Tuviug mado vur{ heavy sacrifices, fu July lust, 1 was determined to mako no more, especiully a8 1 had understood that the buslucss man- T ol the Staats-Zeltung had offered the 450 sliares held by him as colluteral for sale at any price. Irefused to make Any more advances unless theso sthares Were turned over to ine, or given into somebody's handg out of the control of the Staats-Zeltuny, This was refused, and the suspension of the paper was the consc- quence. ‘The Staats-Zeltuny sited mo on the un- ald notes, und obtgined judgment for, §18,000. ‘e the Demokral was started as nwcckiy.— first under the management of Dr. Locbell, and then under the mansgement of Mr, Kuehi, tha preseut wanager. Dr, Locbell had the strictest orders to be cureful fu the measuroment of the conuty printing.’ “From whomi" 4 Froin myself." By whom Is the paper owned1” S Lieb & Co." “ Who {4 thy Company] “My wifo. Icould not take it, and my wife pought It with herown miouey,” 2 low much truth s there In the Staats- Zeltung's statement | 7 ** It Will average an ounes of truth to o pound of misrepresentution.” $Giva mu the fucts,” # Thy statement is that from the 27th of July untfl the 5th of Octuber, which would convey the lilea that thero were two months, the Deno- Krat aud Courler drew $4,000, while in fact both tozether drew but $9,000 during the wholo year, Not buving the bills here, I can’ give the exuct figures, Lut 1 luve approximated very closcly. Nuw, another stutement Is, that on'the Uth of December the Jenokrat was paiil by the County Board a printing bill amountiug to $480.43. The fuct Is, that we haven't presonted any bill at all ‘ln_)r November, and we haven't drawn a cent. The other statements ure equully fncorrect, The sume vutery was mode against the printiug lust year, Tho Commitlee was instructed to exuming into tho facts, und Mr. Burdick meay- ured the printing, aud’ found {t correct to the line. I never meusured an fnch of it, but, sup- posiug that the managerdid aslordered, Tuever pald any attention ta it, but if there have been any irregularitics or ovorcharges 1 am ready to meke full restitution, stated to Mr, Locbell three weeks ago, when I heard he bad favored e In the iueasurem ent, that If he thouubt to do ine any favor by overchar: ing tho county he waa sorely mistaken; aud llxhu liag dunu ft, & remeasurement must be mado und the imoney returned. He sald there wero no ire re;’..u‘znrlllul. . . ~Now, that portion of the law)’ enntinued Gen. Lich, *owilets St Tesing b opoctot 1865, {n rezard to thecity printing, for Liy speclal benefit, and which provided thet nelther the fuct of the publication nor the correctuess thercof should ever be called o question, uot Lelng operative ou uny pupers except such s are owned tz{ Alr, Heslug, I don't sco \hy the Couuty Board should bs catopped from examin. neans, was to go o ing this matter, Aud if there #n any mistnke or overcharge, the money shall he refunded.” “Wera the numbez of rquares printed during the first three montds given in the bills of the Unton 1" “I don't know. I suppose they were. The bookkeeper will know ahout that,”” * WVas Mr. 8chaffhauser the business manager of the. Unlon??'" . “'.S'ci!,‘gu long a8 I had 4t} and he hadabsolute rol. “ DI1 he make out the bills 1 e dia." “ Did he measure up the stuff 1 Hite did.” *In a purported Interclew withhim, published in the Staats-Zcitung, he s rapresented as saying that he did not, but that you told hiin to go to the Courier office, copy its_bills, and add on onough to cover the fiicreass of pace due to the translation Into German, How Is that1" “That [s false, I have secn him, and he says he never stated that to tho Staats-Zeilung re- porter. Ha says lio told the reporter that I rald he nust o to the Cowrier aud compare thelr bills with bis, In onler to verily them. Mr. Hesing has stated that the Demokrat has no cir- culation, when in fret it has 4,000 more than ‘when ho sold it to me for £30,000,” Is there any increase of spaco dus to Qer- man transiation?" " 3 I\;'nt in translatlon, but thero isn German Do, “ How muchi* “Iam notn rrnctlcnl printer. and caonot an- swer Lhat questlon clear cuough to give satls- faction.! ** Wha swore to the blils]" * The nianagers, SchafThauser or Locbell.!* A ‘IV&II?I dvrur the money 1" Tha Introduction to the Staats-Zeitung's ar- ticle draws comparisons between-the various type ueed. What have yon to say about thati 1 don't understand those matters, and can say nothing about it. As to the comparison of bills, the "Slaals-Zeitung always comparcd with the Republican and Inter-Qeean.’ * Is thero nnything more you can say about the matteri"” “ Idon't know of anything, only that I want an Investigation and n” recount or remeasurc- ment, I dow’t want any money fromn the coun- ty that does not belong” to me. The county owes me about §1,000 for the November and December printing, including the clection re- turns, and i I have overdrawn the county is in- dempifled.” “What do you suppose the animus of the Staaia-Zeitung to be"? ‘41t {8 two-fold; fivat, its insotiate greed for everything within its reach in whatever shape ft may come; sccond, the fear that some one elso than Hesing might succeed in establishing an {udependent Democratic German newspaper.’” SPIRITUALISTIC BAPTISM, AND A LECTURE DY THE SPIRIT OF DR. ' PRIESTLY. Quite n large audienco assembled fn Grow’s Hall, West Madison atrect, last night, to wit- ness tho uncommon coremony of Spirituallstic baptism.. There was nothing fmposing about the proceedings. The rite was of the simplest character, aven the water-sprinkling belng left out. Al that Mrs, Cora L. V. Tappan Rich- mond, who ofilcinted, dld was to place hersclf under the guidance of some spirit, twine a few flowers round the subject, and give utterance to some fmpromptu verses. ¥ Two children wera operated on,—Maldeen Glenora Nichols, nged 5 months, and Mortimer George Nichols, 15 months. They were taken on to the platform by thelr happy varonts, and Mre. Richmond at once put hersclf in the tranco state, and spoke as follows: At the fount of baptism In the solrlt world, when souls are born there through what you call death, angels clothe them with™ flowers and recelve them Into thelr heavenly homes. When souls enter your' world they are too often re- celved with coldness and gloom, bul sincoJesus, the gentle Nazarenc, sald **Suffer Mttlo children to como unte me, and forbid them ‘not, for of suchis the Kingdom of feaven,” shall we not also recelve them into tho world of outward life with flowers and songs of gladness? Mrs, Richmond then took some of the flowers from her tuble, twinod them round the Dbaby, which bore the operation like a little cherub, and burst into poctry ns follows: ‘Thus de wa wolcome thee. thon chilld, thon Babe, With angel messengera of fairest lowora: Thus do we Lwine them ever ronnd thy brow, Even a5 angels in their lleavenly bowers. Let all thy Yife of goutleness and ‘:um. Spenk but the words that angels whisper near, Bhow that from cartn's thraldom thore is release, And joy In Heaven over ev'ry carthly tear, ] Oh, let these, o thy tokena here, Show that m( life of apotless ,lmr(ty Shalt be the type of heavenly lifc, And link thee unto its futurity. Tiehold the name which on thd earth she beats, Behold the name which she in Heaven wili bear, Doth are the symbolsof her lalty thought, And both from flawers and Heaven are franght. Maideen Glonora Nichols is hier oarthy name, But in the apiritsho shall bo s silver atar with its bright lame. ) ‘The other child was then tnken fn hand and underwent siinilar poctic treatment. The little fellow scemed to ho suffering from the whoop- ing-cough, which afllicted him most when tlio trance poctess was dolivering her tenderest passages. Ho was evidently glad when tho thing was over, and e was allowed to toke a back scat. ’ The lecturer of tho evening was Dr. Priestly, a gentleman who has been dead a century. He made himself manifest through Mrs, ticimond, and delivered himsclf of twu columns of elo- qlucncn on ** A Century In the 8pheres.” After giving o rapid glance at the condition of relig- lous thought in this and other countrics, Dr. Priestly stated that he had une ceasingly tofled in the apirt. world to Impreass the winds of mortals that inen liave the right to worship where, and when, and In ‘what ‘tnanner they chose, Ifofound ereat en- courazement, evendn the midst of the political, aoclal, and spiritual strifo golne on fn our nildat the spiritual world was brouglit nearer to men, and the couviction of a future lfe was forcing itsel! upon the thinking mind aud the sclentiflc scholar. Hg felt called upon to sny that, In the century of 1ife which commenced ™ his martyre dom and his frecdom of soul, he had recognizod uot only the power and truth of all religion, but the worahip of that ventral spirit that moved the universe of sturs and staped the course of cvery planct aud every soul, and he found no lifo so unimportant, uo human be- Ing so insignitieunt but what an an- gel Hko o flame of glory la enshrined therein awalting its hour of unfolding. He advised them to keep Lhelr consclences clear, and n Pnr.lurny to tho spirit world would bo laid open 0 thein, The Doctor thus sct himself on record with regand to Heaven: No fabled Heaven, with alabaster walls and fiawu of pearl; no strects paved with gold, anid owing: with the milic and honey of tha ‘dng- don1; ‘thero are no aaints or angels with_polden harps and ll)a palms, Alnglnpilhc ralse® God and the Lamb; thero Is 1o white thrane in the midst of the eity with the Ureat God sittin J| thereoun. But the spiritual world which I fnhab is fashioned of the life that I havo led, paven with my deeds that are recorded thirs Indelibly, and ecach one, lMkoa stone,ora flower, orn weed, must meet wme us [ pass, overarched by thoughts thar are bright or dark s the thoughta I eatertained on earth or in the aplrit-lile.” Thero are no fixed walls fn that hubitation; it is as large as my sympathics ure, It {s not limited to any spectal place, but extends through the uvenues of light that stretels far away Into the stars, where, in coms munion of lofty thought, we may wander to- gether and devise l)hlll for heiping those on carth, We_aro not Mmited to a siugle song, or rluy on a harp of golden strings, but we sing I song of tho spirit, Whatever shall bostow luppluess on another, whatever shall insplre or uplift the thoughts of another, whatoyer may bring comfort to the mourner, that is the harp we play upon,—the MT of human love, that of :ulx;llu Imiprisoned, that of souls sceking after ruth, At tho close of his lecture the Doctor depart- ed In the sumo quict way that he came, The splrit Owena next took possession of tho trance n'u:nkur and suggested that alt having *shining sliver ™ {n thefr pockets should glve'it for the benellt of bhe cholr who had litherto reccived nothing for their music, A collection was accordingly taken up, and the muotlng was brought to a close by another Impromptu puew, — ‘A RUM SWEAT,” UOW A NOOKKXRFER WAK OURED OF A COLD, Colds aro badl things, and a scvere cold re- quircs o sovere remody, but the soverest remedy experienced by moctal man fell laat week to the lot of Bum Quilldriver, bookkeeper for Sand- sugar & Co., wholesale grocers, and be now aweara that all the consumption, catarrh, bron- chitls, aud puoumonia in the world won't scare . him futo undergoing what he did at the period fndicated. Bam' fs a very modest bachelor,—ln fact, over-modost,— and bas o nico suito of rooms In a fashionable boarding-house on the West 8ide. 8am was recently the victim of ono of thoso severs colds which lay o man flat on his back aud maka him wish hio liud never been born. Wishing to eet ridfof his cold,—-which atuck to hiw )ike a dcad- beat to a free-lunch table,—Samuy wrote to bis aunt, living a fow squares off, to Knuw what Lie wust dotobecured. Auuty, belng syimpathetie, conaulted a lady friend who was something of n *medicine mah " fn petticoats, and the twam Qeclded that Sammy shonld have what {8 ealled & “rum aweat,”—a species of torturo which con- aista of the vickm belng—wellt nhi—naturalized —or not to put too flne a pofnt an it, stripped to hia pelt, enveloped in a blanket or twa, seate ed on a canc-bottomed chalr over a pan of alco- hol, or other burning fluld, to which a kind friend touches a mateh at the word “go,' and the vie- tim stands it as long as ho can, perspiring at the rate of a gallon a minute. Well,tomake n lorg atory short, the two ladlcs, after arrancing the noccasery prelininaries, retired to an adjoiny, room and waited while Samimy got remlfi'. an then came In, finding the victim over the cal- dron, modestly wrapped in the neceseary blan- ket, but blushing like a girl, Ascortaining that all was ready, Aunty Hfted juat tho edro of the blanket, struck a match, and touched it to the flukt, élmultnnenuuly there comao from tho vi- cinity of that chalr a loud “phut” from the “fumes of the fluld ns they ex- ylm!ml. mvcrlnlg Baminy's lexs; a screech roin the lndy wlio fired tlic Ephesian dowe, and na yell like a Choctaw war-cry fromn Bannny, who tlio next moment was cavorling oround tho room minus his blanket, and looking llke a perl- patetie meteor. That being a part of the per- formance not on tho progranime, the two Indics struck up an hysterical yell, and scrambled over each othier, oitt of the door and down stairs, yelling Flrot" at the top of thele volces, ringing joto that room oll the borders o that floor, mulo and female, in A hurry,—the Iatter, however, retiring in equal haste ns they quickly discoy- cred that it wasn't a case where smelilng salts woulddo any good, SBaminy has been lald up since, looking Ike X singed turkoy, whilo his aunt has becn rhxlged in looking “around fur '.l||1n wan who sold her that non-cxplosive cam- pheac. LOCAL LETTERS, TAE DEATIL OF MADEL 1088, To the Editor of TAE Tridune. Crrioago, Dec, 28.—Permit me, through your columns, to make correctlons concerning the article which nppoarcd in your Issuc of the 18th, headed " Bmothered to Death," that the pub- Je may know there was nothing ** suspiclous ™ concerning the death that occurred at my resl- dence, No, 1300 Bouth Dearborn strect. Ac- cording to the Coroner's verdict, the child, 4 Mabel Ross, dled from - exposure and the want of proper mourishment and care" ‘The mother was not allowed to remain in the Hospital but two weeks after confineinent, Both mother and child were thinly clad and in no condition phrslwll_\r( to be exposed to the severe cold of last weck. Mrs. Mosier opened her doors to the unfortunate woman, who was o stranger to her but a *“ slster in distress,” caring for her alter lier bereavement and until the last sad rites were performed. She then procured her admittance at the-Home for the Friendlcss, Truly yours, AAnon R, MosieR, THE REY. MR ATKINSON, 70 tne Kditor of The Tridune. Cmicaqo, Dec, 23.—The Rov, Mr. Atkinson, in 1is card in Saturday’s Trinuse, denies that ho sald “that the burning of the Brooklyn Theatro and the great loss of life caused thoreby wasa Judgment of God upon theatres and theatre- goers,” but clahins that he did say that the nzeney of Divine Providence was to be recog- nized' (n that terrible calamity as in all other calamitics, and that God In that dreadful catas- tropho warned the people to repent.” Now, having an ageucy in this conflagration, * which was ta be recopnized,” means,” firat, that God had to do with It He had nothing to do_with it, He had no agency in it. And, sccond, hnvlnfian ageucy in {t, he excr- clsed it a3 o “warning to people to repent.” There is & distinction batween what Mr, Atkin- #on did and what he did not say, and it Hes just here: Not that God did not have to dowith the catastrophe, but that he cmployed his agency in the burning of this theatre” and in tho de- stroying of those livesns asa warning to the Iving ratber than asa judzinent upon those who were burncd. This s the logic of his words, and there 8 no getting away from {t, They citlicr mean this or they mean nothine. J. BAxas. SUBURBAN. ENOLEWOOD, The Sundag-schiool of' tho Methodist Church had o Christimas-trce on Saturday eveniog at thelr church, at which a large gothering of 1rionds and chiidren met to sce Banta Claus and dispense his many gifts. Mr. E, T. Webb as- sumed the part of Bt, Nick, and won peals of lnughter from old and young, After all the presonta had been. disposed of, Mr. A. J. Marks presented, with appropriate remarks, to Mr. C, ‘I Northrop, the Superiniendent of the Sab- bath-school, & very handsome Bible on belnlf of the teachers and their pupils. Mr. Northrop 'was very much taken by surprise, but made a few feellng remarks. The exercises closed hy the children singing, accompanicd by Mlss Pel- ton on the orgam NORMAL. ‘The Normal 8chool closed on Friday after- noon to open again on the first Tuesday'in Jan- uary, at which nn enteriug class will be formed for'the next three years, ~ Those having been deterred from entéring at tho opening on ac- count of tlie Jate commencement last term will now haye an opportunity to enter. Christmaascrvices will bo hieki ut the Roformed Eplscopal Church this morning at 11 o'clock. TALATINR. Tha closing exercises of the fall term of the ublic school was witnessed by a goodly num- er of citizens, ‘Thia school under the tutelage of Prof, C. 8, Cutting ond his efticlent_corps of teachers, Mra, C. S. Cutting and Miss Ella Wil- son, {8 pronounced s success, The rhietorfeal excrciacs were all good, und cspeclally the pa- pers, which were rcad by Mr. Percy Castle and Iiss Vasht! Lambert, ‘The number of puplls on the lst s about 250, quite a number belog from tho adjolning towns. Thus far there have been but three rooms occupled, with one edditional for o recitation-room, snd with tho asslstance of several of the pupils they have managed to get along, with conskderable overwork. It 18 understood tho 8chool-Board are about to open the fourth room and procuro another teacher, 88 quite a number of puplls are expoct~ ed to be added to tho Mst, 'Ihore isaiterary soclety connected with the school, which meets semi-monthly. It is open to all, and has a larzo attendance. “Thas exerclses of tho eveuing closed with a festival, the procceds of which are to procure philosophical apparatus. ¢ —————a— - A Fronch Criminal Onse, One.of tho murdervases tried nt the recent assizes of Ille-ct-Vilaine brought to the bar Teahouet and his daughiter Jeanne, the wifo of Lorre, the murdored man. The father and dsughter tlrst tried to polson Lorrul but, as they fafled fn their attempt, Penhouct shot him fn a woud, There wero scveral shocking scencs In court. At ous mowment -the prisoncr Jeanne jumped up and sald to her father: ¥ You are thenssasain! You know it Ilave you not the heart to confesa it, If merely for the sako of n»{ three children) Oh, it [ could get ot you woulil straugle you,—wretch nm’i murdervr ! To this Penhouet replled: “Oh, my daughter, my daughter!” aud felgned tears, *¢Thero 13" no dnaughter hero I exclabned tho young womani “you are the asgussin, and jod will judgo’ yol, inonster and coward that youare!™ Thu exmnination of tho poor wite of Penhouet was most heartrending; she wept bitterly, and, sddressiug her vilelhuaband, sald; *dean, tnou art awretehl Tt ‘was thou that Killed him!Thou well desorveat death! Thou hast dishonored Ji thou hast made my Wle n martyrdom; thou art the author of ofl our shame and misery! Thou hast reduced me and my children 10 niendicity! I curso thee—I curse theo! The prisuncr “asked the Judge to allow lim to kiss lus wife! % Neover, nover(" exclaimed the wuman; *thou art too vile wretch and murderer!” Penhouot was con- demned to death, and Jeanno to hard lahor for life, On being conducted back to prison the two culprits indulzed fn tho* most shocking lune usee, and Jeanne ssked as a favor to bual- owed to sco her father executed, e Tho Paper Trado. Zondon Times, Nov, 47, Addressing a crowded adiouce T the Corn- Excliango, Maldstone, on Friduy cvoning, onhls clficricnueluonu of the judges representing this country at the late Ccentonnlat Exhibition ut Philadelphis, Sir Sr\'dnuy Waterlow sald there were at tha rrnnm. time {n the Unlted States 813 papor-mills, runuine 089 machines, manutace turing 850,00 s, of paper per aunum, In the Uniled Kingdomn thero' werb 274 mills, running 420 machines, and manufscturing 850, 000,000 Ibw. of paper per unnum. That gave a largu proportiouato production to England, But it was to by noted tuut while the lmports of paper into America hud been reduved almust to nothing, the exporta from that country had greatly Increased, amt he had, since his return to Engluud, seen a statement that the American manufacturers {ntended to combine and ool tho English and European markets, cven at un~ remuncrative prices. — Tho statement contalned the names of the firms, und ho had no doubt {t was authentie. But ho had not much fear for tho English manufacture, as the best speciiens of papers which he examined, as ong of the the judges at the Philadclphia Exhibition, were not equul to muny of the specimens bo had secn manufuctured in the neighborbood of Jlalastonc, YIERDS OF THE PLAINS. The Great Cattle~Ranges of Col= orado and Wyoming. What an Observant Correspond- ent Discovered, The Cattle of the Plains Superior in Quality to Thoso of Texzas. The Big Owners, and Extent of Their Possessions. Something Ahout the ¢‘Cow-Boys? and ¢ Rounding-Up.” ‘The Shipping Points and Profits of the Business, Special Correspondence af The Tribune. DEeNVER, Col,, Dee. 10.~1 read with much In- terest, o few weeks ago, an article n Tne TriouNE, from o Texas correspondent, giving: an account of some of the large herds and of the important cattle Interests of that State, It has occurred Lb me that a good deal might also Ue sald about catllc-rafsing on the plains, It imay not bo generally known that the old bul- falo ranges arc fast filling up with fine herde. In making a trlp from Ellis to Box Elder, on the Kansas Pacifie, or from Dodge City to Pueblo, on the Atchison, Topcka & Banta Fe, or from Julesburg to Loramie City, on the Union Pactilc Rallroad, a distance of from 26 to 800 miles, one need not look very aharp to sco that cattla scem to be plenty, and, at somo places, to falrly cover the plains, . It is only fivo or six ycars since tho cattle men beganto put thelr **drives” In any considerable numbers sell out on to :tho pinins to graze; and beforo that time very few permanent ranches were ¢stablished. Now there are hun- dreds of herds, each numbering from ane to five thousand cattle, and soma running as high as ten and twenty thousand, along the Smoky Hill, the Arkansas Valley, and the Laramlo Plains, Tho Platto and Arkansas far up to thelr very sources, the divide scparating thelr head-waters, the foot-hills, and the parks in the very heart of the Rocky Mountains, have been found good pasturage, This DBUSINESS HAS INCREABED RATIDLY. ‘Tho asscsement rclurns for this year show that there are Rbout 500,000 hiend of cattle in Colo- rado, and about 28 many more along tho' west- ern borders of Kansas aud Nebraska and in the Territory of Wyoming, Those most, extensive- 1y, engaged In the business are old -Texas drov- crs. The cattla camo largely, at first, from “Pexns; but durlng the past threo or four years larce importations of blooded bulls and grado cattlo have been made, and o great deal of at- tentlon is pald to breeding up., The result Is already scen in that the quotations of Colorado ond Wyoming beefin the Chicago market are higher than thoso of Texan, It may be said that nacessity gave the cattie- intercsts of this acction thelr start, The “driyes " from Texas {n 1873 and 1874 numbering. from 250,000 to 850,000 head each year, wers found to be far in excess of the demand for profitable marketing, and drovers who could afford to hold off and not sell at the low prices provalling Legan to figure out the most ECONOMICAL WAYS OF PEEDING their herds through the winter and until the trade should fmprove, Tho vast grozing- grounds of the plains lay to the west of them, and gradually they begun to occupy them., The Kansas Legislature helped the matter some by catablishing what {s known as the ‘‘dead line," plnclog limits which were chariged from time to time, within which Toxas cattle were not allowed. Tho shipping points were by this meaus moved furtlier wostsward from year to year, until now, lnstead of Abllene and Empo- riay the drover coming up from the Red River must chango his couree and strike for the mil- road at Fort Dodge and Ellls, or points still further west: Bo ft bappens that now the cattle come up for shipment at stations almost in the centro of the plaine, and the cattle find such good grezing that unless high prices tempt gn l':nmcdlnto shipent to market they are held ack, ‘There aro somo good-sized herds: owned by mon on the Laramic Plains, north of ihe Unfon Pacific Rond, Beveral are reported runaing from 5,000 to 10,000 head. This would be con- sidered a large number for any other country but Texas; but what: they lack in number, us compared with the Intter State, they make unin bettor quality, Weo are unable to give the namea of the principal Laramie Plains cattle men, but, {rom o conversation with several drovers, wo are enabled to give the names of somo of those owning 111G TERDS IN COLORADO. J. W. 1iiff, on tho Bouth Platte, has from 20,- 000 fo 85,000 head. He added 10,000 to it lnst gnr. John Hitson, on the Bljou, uscd to have 000, but has reduced his herd to from 8,000 to 4,000;' Wilson Bros., on the Big- and 'Little Muddy, 8,600; J. P, Farmer, Bijou, 8,0005 Ly- man_Cale, Big Muddy, 50007 Wiltains 'S Wetzel, DBeaver, 3 Charles Good- night, Arkansas alley, 5000; J. L. Brusli, “South Platto boa ¢ sons & Donaldson, l’fvnuu, 4,000 & Randall, Arkansas Valley, 2,0003 Beckiwith, Wet Mountaln Valley, 5,000; Dickey & Bro, 8an Luis Valley, 6,000 Willtom & Edward Clayton, 8an Luls Valley, 2,000. This makes abott 00,000 head owied by thirteen diffcrent cattle irms. There are a great many liords on tho South Platte, Bljan.%ox Elder, Arkansas, -Purgatolre, 8t. Charlcs, Huerfano, and in the Wot Mountains; Dstes, North, Bouth, and Middlo Parks, running from 1,000 o 2,500 head cach. There aro prahnblyfim or 1,000 smaller cattle owners, having from 500 to 804, or 1,000 head each. 1t takes, of course, a goodl deal of money to * run a cattle ranche,” as the expression gocs. Fivethousand dollars is a very small capital to begin with, Tho most of thoss In the busincss havo from 810,000 upward invested. Very many are dolng business on o capltal of fromy $15, &)0 to §20,000; while the cattle kings have all the way from $50,000 to n quarter of a mill- fn_represcnted In thelr flocks. It takesan fn- vyestment of $15,000 to “run® o herd of 1,000 cattle, with rauche and other expenses. Where cattle range without Jimit, as they do on the plalus, there being no fences or other boundarles to hold them in, thoy of course re- quirc considerabio looking afters < TIE " cow-pox " 1s an csscntinl right here. And the big herders require a good muny of tnem. They keep camp at certaln poluts, chunging wheuevor the rango ety caten off su that cattle require better foe thelr pusturage often extendlug over a strip o country 100 miles louy, during the scason, The “eow-lioya " live in the suddle, and sleep on the ground, slways ready for o chunges of gnarters, and on the alert to hold {n the hierd to s proper rune, At times, In spite of all vigilance, herds will got scattered upart in il directions:e Ofton & lieavy, biinding snow-storm will “stampedo™ thewn, ‘and ather causes operate to get them ustray, On_this account the * roumt-up® s neeesspry, This takes placo i tho spring,— genorally in May,—some placs In eachi district. or county. behu:'] desiznated 1o which all stray cattlo shall bo driven, The time and place are ublished abrond, and *cuptaing” wppointed rom cach district have charge of mabters, When the eattle have all been guthered in, and Lhey nro separated and d:llvumi' to thelr proper owners, TH® % curTiNG-OUT" | takes place. "Tho ownorship of ull ‘cattle is de- termined by o brand, This brand fs a murk, let- ters, initluls, or soma device, burnt into the rhouliler of the cattlo by g hranding-fron, Cate tle-owners record thelr brands, covoring su many cattie, In the County Clerk’s oftico of the wumi in which they range. When they sell out they sell by brund, tho transfer belng re- corded und havidg the sama vffoct that asvars ganty-<deed of reul estate does, When the vat- tle have ull been scpurated, the cow-boys, rej rnnunllnf difterent drovers, take thelr cattlo home, [I theroare any not branded thoy are called *murericks,” aml ave rold, the amount reallzed golug to the school-fuml of the State, Kansas City stnds the principal cattle-buyers that appear each scason In Colurado, In thoir purchases all beeves go by welght. THUE PUICE PALD THIS YEASON at Denver and other poluts bus been lower than ever Yefore, running from §2.50 to §2.05 per 100 Pounda. At _tho ‘stations where the Texus * drives " strike the rullroad for shlrmnul. cats tlo ure generally bought at so mucli per head, The **drives " arrive in Junce und July, In July, at Dodge City, ycarhugs, mixed, were frois $9 to U per heud i 2-year-olde, mixed, $19 t0 §18 B-yearolds, mixed, 16 to $17; steers, 4 years old aud upwards, Olb to §23; cuws, Bto 8 years old, 818 to 815, last year there wero !'||||’l{".’(l from the stations on the plains 125,000 head of cattle,—00,000 from Colorado and the balance from \\Iymn ng, Thean hroucht in mar- ket an averago of M) per head, making n total of £8,760,000,—about one-half as much as tho gold and silyer product of the Rocky Mountains, The shipmenta {rom 8eptember to December aro generally very large over tho threo rallroads crossing tho plains. 'Thoso by the northern route go to Omahs, and thento to Chlcao; those by the two southern routes to Kansas fillty and thenco chiefly to Chicago and Bt uis, ‘The principat shipping points on the Unfon TPacific aro Cheyenne, Julesburg, and Pine Blufls, ‘The cattle driven tothese stations for shipment are from the Platte Valloy, the Chugwater, and Laramic Plnins, the greater portlon of {hom from rauclics lylng within the Territory of Wy- oming. A great many, howover, aro driven tip the Platte as far as(irceloy and Evane, and from the ranches lying between those plates and duleshurg, a distance of 140 miles. "Thers are nuuterous large hierds in the vicinity of Coro- na, Sterling, and old Fort Morgan, ‘and 11 extensive ranche s {n tho samu vicinity, From the latter's herd alone thero were shipped at -luluslmrg‘. in Bc?llnmber. 101 car-loads of beeves. The North Park fs quite a grazing field, and thocattle from that scction arc gener- ally driven to Laramie Clty and put on board the cara at that station, 8 THR SHIPTING BEABON {s from Scptember to November. This year, owlng to the low prices prevalling, the heeves have been held back Jater than usual, The fol- lowing tablé shows the number scnt forward the last two montha over the Unlon Pacific: Jrom Totaliceecns soersererens 40 2 During September thors were: shipped from the above stations 450 car-loads. The full count for the season is about 1,500 car-londs, or 24,000 head; worth in the herd §000,000, and, when marketed, more thau twice that sum, . ‘The prfnrlpll shipping points on the hansas Pacifie, within Colorado, are_Denver, Doer Trail, hugo River Bend, Bijou, Kit Carson, and Went' Laa Animas, The latter is tho most im- portant shipping point, Denveris the head- quarters for cattle buyers, speculators: and the owners of somg of the largest herds grazing on the plains and in the parks reeldo here. Last ear the transactions amounted to $1,750,0005 csides this thero were sold to .the butchers of Denver $159,000 worth, and to the mountain butchers $105,000. One ehipper nlone sent furward 101 "car-loads worth $060,000. But as the cattle-ranches are from forty to 100 miles from Denver the shipments nre made at the points most convenfent, The Inrge herds on tho Bijou, Box Elder, and Klowa have access to Bljou, Box Eider, Dcer Trafl, Hugo, sud Itowa sfations on the Kaneas Paclde, DEEN TRAIL 18 TIIE MOST ACCESSIDLE to thelargest numbor of stockmen, and the Company has arranged to enlarge the cattle- yards and givecvery facility for speedy ship- incut at that Ylnlnt. It will” probably bé head- quarters for the trnde of thowhole region be- tween Denyer and Kit Carson, 130 miles. Ono Ewnt drawback to tho shifpments this season has con the lnck of stock-cars, This nrose to a large extent from the unexpected demand at different poluts all at the same timo; ine herders generally watching the Eastern markets and all desiring to rush forward thelr beeves ot the right time. Wu bave not been able to get tho statistics of ahipments for this scason on the Colorado dlvision of the Kansas Pacific, but from what wo can learn by talking with cattlo men, and judging also from what they have been the past twoor three Yyears, there must have been about 800 car-loads, contalning 12,800 licad, worth $320,00, Tho Atchison, Topcka & Santa Fe Rallroad has tho advantage of the whole Arkansas Val- 1oy and its tributaries, containing the best roz- ing _land in Colorado. Its Ennclpnl shipping yards in Colorado are at Pucblo and West Las Animas. A% the former place it has just com- pleted extonsive yards and bufldings to accom- modate this trade. The heoyes put abonrd the cars at Pueblo are drlven in from the Upper Ar- kansos In Lake County, from the West Moun- tain Valley in Fremont, from the Huerfano and Bt. Charles in_Huerfano and_Pucblo Conunties, aud from the Founteln in E1 Paso, 1t ls fn fact the point of shipment for the whole couns try 150 to 200 miles south nnd wes fifty miles north. Weat Las Anlmas may, with much propristy, be called the Abilens of Color- ado, The cattle-mon have TUR ADVANTAGE OF COMPRTITION, the Kansus Pacific lmvhy; o branch line running from Kit Carson, BeslZes this s the very cen- tro of the old live-stock intcrests, The firat conslderable herds {n Colorado were tured nbout here, in Bent County, The oldest ranches ure within ten or twenty milcs. One reason why this trade gathered so carly about this point, and long before raflroads were dreamed of in the ArKansas Valley, was owing to the protection given by Fort fl:on, which s four iniles below here. “There ave clusters of houses at Bopgsville, Rocky Ford, Booneviile, Higbee, and Beot's Fort which fortn the town, and ars but the he:ul«}unrtcn of the vast cattlo and Sheep ranchies for iniles around. Bent's old fort ‘was lor years the principal trading post of the plalns, Kit Carson, St. Vrain, Boone, and other noted ploneers lived in the vicinity, WEST LAS ANIMAS. is » town of about 500 Inlmblmm;gehum. up in the past four years. During October there wero shipped from this statfon by the Kansas Pacille 153 cara of beeves, and by the A., T. & 8. F., about the same; during November, by both roads, 225. 8hipping from this section lato thisyear, The drovers in the Arkansas Valley, owing to the mild climate, can winter thelfr cat- tlo without much expensc, and often hold them till midwinter beforo marketing, thus getting the ndvnntuén of Letter prices, after the Texas droves and the beeves of the upper ' country have been disposed of and the eupply of the principal Eastern citfes I8 ngaln reduced, The shipmeunts just now are very lively. In four days lust week tho Atchison, Topeka & Banta Fa lino took out clghty-ouo car-loads, und the Kaueus Pacific fitty, One firm ehipped forty car-loads on Fridoy lnst. A 'at nany head are belng driven In from all directions.” It is probablo that the total shipments for the sca- son from West Las Animas will bo 000 car-loads, At Pucblo, alsu, they are just beginning tosend forward thefr beeves, In two dayas last week 42 car-loads were sent forward, 14, wers from Lake County, way up in tho headwators of tho Arkansas, 21 from ths Wet Mountain Valley, and 7 from Pueblo County. Tho whole number for the scason wiil be alivut 250 car-londs, as shipments wil probably about siop with this month, This malces, then, 850 car-loads or 1),- €00 head, marketed from the Arkansas Valley above Fort Lyon. ‘The total shipments by the threo roads, this season, foot up as follows: Xo, cars. No. of head. Uolon Pacific,..... 500 24,000 Kansas Pacific, 00 Atchison, Topoka &8, F 850 Totalsuiseressirenresnsdy 150 THE VALUE OF TAB ABOVE, in tho herd, at the shipplng point, makes the handsomoe sum of 1,250,000, But the above represonts but_little aver one- half tho ¢ beoves” ym fnto Eaatern marketa Irom Colorado and Wyoming, Thers s one in- dustry to which wo have not alluded, the ship- ment of dressed beef, This, although carricd on at but one Rolut, has stiained very largy proportions, and promiscs to become something enormo! time to come. Las Anlinas aix or eight lurfic slaughter-houses where they preparo dressed beel for inarket, The busy scason generally is frony December to February, Prowers, Gmxlnk?'ht & Co,, ond Reed & Co., the principal shippers, average cach about i car-lond per'day, Lust winter live of theso slaughter-houscs sent forward In_all about 40,000 Goeyes fu this shape, From Dee. 15 to Jan. 15 they wlll dress, on tho average 700 to 800 licad of beeves per day, They aro sl rped. in refrigerutor cars, each containing from forty to fIty beeves. This buginessgives cmployment 1o [rof sevexty-five to ninety ingu through the winter, Dressed heef fs worth 5 conts por Pound by the wholohead, The40,000 * beeves!! hat will bo put futo the market fn this shapo thia winter will ropresont nealy $1,000,000, Au claborate statement prepared by one well acqualnted with the catilo businéss on the Laramic Plaina brlngs out tho followlng results of nu investment of $55,000 in & hord of 5,000 cuttlo. Tha sales out of the {ucreuse at tho end of five ycars had beon 850,000, Total proceeds of salea und atock on hand, 8105,000. TILE EXPENSES had been, fivo herders at $40 per month cach, $12,000; board of sumc, $2,000; expended on ranch bulldings, yards, cte., $1,000; horses fur horders, cte,, 81685; making o grand total of uxpenses, §18,005; showiug thy investnent of $65,000 grow to 989,383, or & nut profit of $39,- 845 in fivears, Anothier exanplo o profits in this business may bu seen jn the experieuce of Charles Guodnight, on the Arkunsas, He put ou bl ranch near Fort Lyou, fn 1872, cattle to the value of 220,650, 1118 stutument shows that tho flras two years bo sold eattlu to_ the amouut of $17,045, abuve all expenses of keepluy! awl 50,400 There are at West }md on band at the end of that thne the follow- ug: 400 Texan cows, valued at $15 per head...§ 6,000 400 graded cows, valued at $20 por Lea 8,000 150 ii-year-old stcers, valued at Ffl per ’d 9,000 400 2-year-old stoers, valued at §12 perh'd 3,600 o0 Eunrlhm’. valued at $0 per head., , 050 44 bulls, valued at §30 per head.,.. 2,400 'Total value of berd on hand,. $27,030 Wit all the appsrent profit nitcndlogthe business, cattlo men complaln a good of the causes of complaint Ihlng yc}n;])p.::'&“ low prices; but the chiel and Stanng mugy, ings aro over Insscs froim storms and Acvere, e]" in winter, and over short feed n summor, f“ 1 winter hclnq mild, thore wera no lorsos of o, necount, go there were 10 grounds of comy In!"v on thint necount. | Tiut It I getting o P e on subject for growling that the ol ting eaten short. This I8 in part an en 8%t searo off the alhicep men, The: oy oM to clash, and occasfonally there s tronh‘l’efmm“‘ | TIE DISADVANTAGER OF CATTLR-RA In Texas named hy your torrcnpu-a‘.len‘!."cfi? ot apply to eattle-ralsliiz_on the piatns. In winters of 1873 and 1674 they wore nuite sese Intin o great measure atose from ne loct, Ranchmen had got a notion that thejr fig'm, could winter Lhrm:fih without feeding anq come aut In good condltion in the apring. But ferw cattleowners provided sheiter or hay; and when the storma and cold woather came on the cattlo suffered; and belng cut off from fon) owing to deep snow, oflen got sa rednced tha subsequent slight storms would kil them off by hundreds. But greater caro s now given, aiid hay and shelter arc to some extent, provigt ed. On the divide and north, in the Upper Platte, and on tho Laramle Plains, 8'.; winters arc apt to be severs and cattly need shelter and fced to go well, But n the Arkansss Valley and south of that the cllmate is mildor, and cattle thiroual the winter without ndditional feey iy almost {nvarlably cotne out In good conditioy In tho spring, Thero {8 ne{er 80 much Anow by what the grass fs, at all tmes, within the reach of the stock, and the storms ara few, and when ?nnw llllst;‘l. 1;5‘0 dr} tahu l‘t‘l d:‘au )l:nt wet and recze on the hair of tho eattle to chill 1t doea north ol tho divide,. s TIE BUMMER DROUGHTS ON THE PLAINS o not kill the araes, as §s tha case in Texas, but cure {t and mako it mors nutritious, Dise casca aro scldom known [n cattle, Wo have thus piven gome ncconnt of the growing cattlo intercats of the great plaing, onco written down ns '““tho great American desert, and which now promises to be the fye ture beef supply of the West. e e —— PEDESTRIANISM, Spectal Dispatch to Tha Tridune. Mrxpora, 1Il, Dee. 24.—Goraghty and Allen competed again last evening in a walking match for $500 a_side, Geraghty to walk twen- ty-ive miles to Allen's twenty-three, Geraghty sold a favorite: in the pools, but there were quite a number of cvep slde-bets. Allen was unfortunate. He not only labored wlth o pain In his slde, but ran a splinter in tho sole D(p?)l.q foot, which inve Gempfixtry the advantsge of several laps while it was befog extracted. = The latter won by sbout sixty fect, There werg ecveral present from Cambridge and Aurora, ——— UNQUESTIONABLY THE GREATEST SUCCESS OF THE DAY, The new Automatic Sewing Machlne of the Wilicox & Glbbs 8. M. Co. is the wonder and delight of purchasers. Makes the ooly true lock-stitch seam fn the world. Any person, without instruction, can sew right off with case and pleasure, Write by postal-card for full par. ticulnrs to Willeox & (XIE\). 8. M, Co,, 200 and 202 Wabash avenue, Chicago. ——— THE ST, NICHOLAS, The value of space In New York is quite pro- verbial~Measrs Hawk & Co., of the 8t. Nicholoa Hotel, with its great spaces devoted to the com- mon pleasure of the gucsts, are exceptionally liberal in this regard. ~ The enterprising splrit thus fndicated explalns the wonderful popularl- ity of the house. e —— The Gettysburg's Discoverys ‘The New York Jferald correspondent at Gibs raltar telezraphs that the United States ship Gettysbure las acaln returned to that port, after making a further examination of the im- menso coral reef which she' recently discovered in tha Atlantle Occan while on hir way from Fayal to Glbraltar, The Gettysburg, after makiog this extraordinary and valuable dlscoy- ery, could not remain long enough to give it thorough inveatigation, but, nfter a shiort stay at Gibraltar, she returned to the scéno to coni- plete the ncecssary surveys. ‘This has been accomplished, and full reports of the result wiil :m’.'{:rwnrdud to the Navy Departinent at Wash- ul . DEATHS, BTANL—The funeral of Mr, Nicholaa Btah! will occur at Galenn on Wednesday, Dec. 27, at 3 a'clock p. m. PURDY—Dee. 24, 1870, at No, 180 West Washe ington-st.. of consumption, Mins Elzaheth H. Purdy, eldest daughter of A. Purdy, of Brooklyz, N. Y., aged 315 sents, Tuneral will take EM“ from the late residence of thg deceased next Wadneaday st 1:50 p, m. Brookiyn and New York papers olensecopy. HEADEN—At Evanston, Dec, 23, Dridget Luey Teaden, wifa of ¥rancls Headon, Faoneral at £ p. m, on Toeaday, Dec. 26, by car- :‘“gsl to Calvary. Relatives and friends are in- od. ARMB—Dcc. 24, of scarlet fever, at the real- dence of C, It. Olfe; No, 472 West Raudoiph-st., THarey C., only child of W. A. and I, C. Atms, oged '3 years 4 months and 22 days. CLEARY—Dec. 23, of acarlot fover, Willic, only child of John I1, and Maria Cloary. Funeral from parents’ realdence, 538 Weat Fours teenth st., Dec. 25, at 11la, n., by carrloges to Calvary Cemetery, . AUOTION SALES. i By WM. A, BUTTERS & CO. Auctloneers, 118and 120 Wabssh-av. ENGLISH WHITE GRANITH. AMERICAN WHITL and YELLOW WARE, ABSORTED GLASSWARE, TABLE CUTLERY, HULIDAY GOODS, 60 ROLLS CARPETS AND OILCLOTIE, ‘WEDNESDAY MOINING, Dec. 37, at 10 o'clock, st our Auction Rooms, 118 and 120 Wabash-av. W3l A. BUTTERS & CO., Auctloneors. HOLIDAY PRESENTS. ABE LIPMAN, Pawnbroler, WILL SELL AT AUCTION, Wednesday Mornfug, Dec, 27, at 10 o'clock, AT 108 MADISON-ST+ ALL PLEDGES DUE AND UNNEDEEMED, GOLD AND BILVER WATCHES, DIAMONDS, GOLD SETS, CIIAINS. OPERA GLABSES, LTC. W3, A. BUTTERS & CO., Auctfone BUTTERS & CO.'8 Hoazulnr Trade Bals. TIE USUAL FULL LINES OF DRY,GO0DS, WOULENS, CLOTHING, BILEB—DRESS (0ODS, KILK HDEFS.. EMBROIDERED BILK BUARPS, CARDIGANS, JOSIERY, FURNISHING GOODS, BUOTS, SIOES, HATE, GLOVES, MITTS, FURS,&c. THURSDAY MORNING, DEC 2% 0 'CLOCK, LE: S, CORS AT O RN AV AN MADISON T BUTEERS & C0S REGULAR SATURDAY SALE. Furniture, Oarpets, Pianos, And Othor Merchandise, SBATUIDAY MORNING, Dec, 30, at their salearooms, 118 and 120 G. P. GOIt 64 and 70 Wabash-ay, REGULAR TRADE SALH TURSDAY, DHO, 26, at 0:30 A, M., ODS. ‘The last GREAT CLEARING BALE of the Year, CLOTHEHING. CARPE TE. XL 1 gciuck .. we shall sell s faw pleces Nody Brut: :?n;“' A 7w blebeu Taberity, superd goods, Latest yies, {=pg GOl & Co., Auctioneers. CLOSING BOOT AND SHOE SALE OF 1870. We shall offer all kinds of sessonsble goods st our eala of Wednesday, Dec, 27, at u:ns 8. nl' au tus accounts must bo llcl«n«! before Jan. 13 e 0. T GOWE & Cors Auetionsers. By JAS. P, McNAMARA & Coy 117 Wabash.av,, N. W, cor. Madison-! , Dec. o2t et AR AT SR 20, At 0:: warm tincd goods. Hankvupt stock, ‘etc, BANKRUPT Thestckur a rannalr{_nlale e 113 CHRNNNINEES CELEBRATED throughou! tho Unlonexpretsed i al B2, Goc per . Address ardere GUNTHELR, Confec Lioner. Chicava. — — — toner. Chicao, y MARS / A twenty-five ccnt alze of t Sxquislis *>tars* Cologas now asucd, Larger sisch $2.and$3.50. BUCK &1L NER, Droggista, Chicago-