Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 12, 1877, Page 10

. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE:.MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1877. . .° __ THE CITY. GENERAIL NEWS. A special meeting of e Directresses of tho Protestant Orphan Asylum will be held at the Asylum Tuesday.at 3 p. m. There will be o monthly meeting of the “Moody Church Association" this afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the Reading-Room of the Chi- czgo Avenue Church. A Gospel meeting, conducted by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, will be held at 221 West Madison street to-night, commencing at a quarter before 8 o'clock, Maj. . 'W. Whittle will presch and James Mctiranahan i1l sing the Gospel at the Unfon Park Congregational Church ever! cvenlnn‘ ex- cept Saturday, this week, at 8 o'clock. Al de- nominations are invited. . The Rev. Charles H. Fowler lcctures to- morrow cvening fn Centenary M, E, Churceh, on “The Great Deeds of Great” Men.” Wherever this lecture has been dellvercd it hos been spoken of In- the highost torms, At o meeting of the Union Catholic Library Assoclation held yesterday alternoon thelollow- ing were afpointed a committee to numinate an oppositlon ticket: Messrs, Sulllvan, Burke, Eagle, Guagin, Appelbe, 0'Brien, Collins. A meeting of the members of the Youn Mcn's Christian Assovation will hels Wednesday, at 1 p. m., fn Farwell Hall, {0 nom- inate oflicérs and a Board of Managers to serve the e"nulnnf’ul‘. ‘The cleetion will occur Mon- day, Marcl 10, The Elders® Assoctation of the Presbytery of Chfcazo will hold its regular meeting fn'the Presbyterian ltooms, McCormick Biock, at 4 o'clock po . today. All Elders in tho i’rl.'lh)‘- tery are carnestly fuvited to participate In these Interesting meetings. Col. Alvin Hulbert, proprictor of the Sher- mau House, 1s tho happy posscssor of probably the finest efk-head and horus ever captured fin the West. They were presented to him by J. B, Omohundro, the well-known * Texas Jnck.” It mignt nlso be stated; for general information that the Sherman Ilouse has in its cmnl?!y a male nnd female detective, whose especial duty 1t Is to watch sneak-thleves. A prominent firm In this city werc most heartily, unanimously, and enthuslastically pralsed by a section of Ihe Post-Uflice forco yes terday because they dumped Into the mafl Sat- urday nfght 16,000 postal cards in one Jump. This shipment, added to a cart-lond of letters from another house, and a_heavy foreign mall, kept the distributors at overwork all day yes- terday in gettlng even with their busiuess. Mr. J. Builivan lectured yesterday aftcrnoon Defure n small nssemblage In an upper room in Globe ilall, on Desplaines street, on the patri- otisin and life-long devotion to Irelund of the late Col. Joln O'Mahoney, whose retmuains were recently taken from Lhis country to Irclaml, ‘The lecturer puid a glowhig tribute to the lile und work-of the departed, and gave n brief skete of tha services rendered the causo of Irlsh freedom by Mr. O'Mahoney's ancestors, The nddress was well recelved, The unhappy man who has heen lured all win- er to take chances fn o lottery for u chamols oyster drowned in n bushel of hot peppered milk, at 50 cents a plate, 18 na sooner rejoleing in his emancipation’ from church sovlables than the plous lndies of the mngrur'nuon begin to plan strawherry-festivala. A lady who 1 con- sulered on authority on such subjects writes to Tite TRinGNE that this spring’s [ashion In ehori-cake will have more sawdust than usual 1n ity and will be cut bias and trimmed with ono berry to the plece. The nost fashionable tint will be two shudes of eleratus-yellow, “Your face scems famillar to_me, slr,” sald onc man to another an the Michizan Central troln the other day; “can I have met you be- fore Was itat the Ceatennlall Or didn't 1 sce yount 8t, Louls last fall t" 1t may huve Leen eltler, sir," cuurtcumlr)- responded the un- Luown, *for I was o Turklsh Pasha ju the cake and colfee Lusiness at Philadelphia, and - subse- quently filled o Drief eogazement at 8t. Loufs as acannibal, Tam now on my way to Callfor- ninto becomu a gorilln if native tatent meets ‘with any encourngement, but if business fs bad I shall either let” my_ hair grow and coter the lecture-ficld vr geb o chuck-a-luck board aud fol- Iow the country falrs.” * Life,” said the other man, musingly, **is fuil of vicissitudea” *Rjie are,” sententiously remanrked his fnterlocutor. The Journal of Saturdsy made the follawing amende honorablo (n the ease of Purk-Cominls- sioner 8ldway, whom it aceused of having beep i} SuvluFflchA lobbying agalnst an investigation of the Park Board? . As regurds tho statement in my dispatch of last Wednexday to the effect that Commizaloner Sid- Yy, of thie Chicazo Sauthy ark Commisriancre, Dud opened & freo saloon n the Leland Houso bere, i the interests of that Cominlesion, your currespondent is now satisficd that ho was yrossly impoecd upou. Carctul Ingulry watiufes your cors respondent tiat the itomn whicti was furnished bim Ly u certain Chicago_member ol tho Houso was falne: that nuither Mr.8ldway nor any othier men- Dier of the South Park Board has been in Spring. tleld duning the present sesalon of the Legisiataro, and (st thie reports went ap frum here of tho Jobby eflorta uf that board, or its frlends, hove Lecnn nearly ovary {nstanco utterly Getitinn We don't really know that it Is worth men- toulnr,—perhaps there {s no trutn fu it after ull,—~sti}, a3 it s a matter that considerably fn- tereste our female readera, we may as well say that an Anti-Women's-Corrying-Thelr-Pocket- Bouks-In-Their-Hands Soclety has been formed und Is fu nctive operation fu thig city, embracing in it membership hundreds of * tho oldest, wealthiest, ond most prominent citlzens of Chl- cugo, Its object Is to disecourage the practice ol carrying “pos -bookn i such o silly and wstentatious manner, placing temptation need., Jessly in the wayof those Inclined to dishunesty, “The inembers ure ull sworn to scereey. The ulfer urewand to all thieves who steal pocke Dbuok4 thus exposed, and {f the h“l[y robbed hap- pensto be the wife, sister, daughter, or other relutive of a member, oud a curo I8 effected, the reward §s doubled. ‘The Society slae finds ball und procures counsel for their azents who may. come to grief whitle engoged lu tho scharge of thele painful but necessarv duty, or, If it ia ryy buys up n juror, and thus secures a disagrecment. This wlll readily account for thy fuct that so many robberdes ol this kind have of Inte been perpeteated, for the mysterlous good furtune by which the offenders nlways escape pundshment, and frequently even avold capture, und fur the scant sympathy which the vietimsof the vutrages alwuya reecive on reciting thele Wous to thelr mal ” relatives, who are probably members of the Assoclation, BUNDAY-SCHOOL NUPBRINTENDENTS' AS80CIA= TION, At a Bunday-School Superintendents’ reunion und soclable” at thy Dreevort House, . Friday evening, Feb, 23, anorgunizution was perfected to be called the " Bundoy-8chool Buperintend. cuta’ Assoclation.” Mr. J, B, Hobbs waa tlected on Execatlye Counmlttee of charge of the management was chosen, Its membership will' comprise il Superintendents und Assistant Superin- dents and heads of departients of ull tho etienl sehoola fo thy county, ‘The firat regulur mecthne was beld Jast 'Luesday from 4 1o 6 o'clock in the Bible work-room of . the Youni- Men's Christlan Aesociation Bullding. Mr. Jucobs has been seleeted by the Exceutive Cummittes to conduct the “meetings, ‘and the plan pursued was (with the ald of Ulaekboard und maps) todiscuss the leseon from the Superintendent’s staudpoint, und thoughts, tivthuds, plavs, and illustrations presented, an worked out, to ald Superintendents to lead teachiers’ meetinus or review thu lusson bieforo the school. Teachers are not deburred from these meetinge, but all fuvited to partivipate; und while the lesson 18 discussed from the Supers intendent’s standpolnt only, the mecting 1s in- valuable to teuchers also, and does not contilct with the Buturday-noun teuchers® mceting, as that Is conducted'in the interest of and frum the teachers' standpolut, : Owlug to uditiculty Iu obtalning & sultable room o the Y. M, C.'A, Building Tuesday be- tween 4 and 5, the next mecting will L held Wenesday at 4 o'clock in the Bible-work room of the Y, M. C. A., at which a full attendance 13 desired, way be declded upon. TIE DECEFTION OF REUECCA OVER AGAIN, A mun on West Congress street, who bas for some time past been conflued to is bed with illuess, und who was pretty much given over by bls ductor, last weck told bis wife that he thuught if he could tasto strawberry-shorteake only once ggain be would infallibly recover, His Wife, who fa o remarkably prudout woman, re- tired to the dinjug-rovin’and discussed the mat- ter with hersell ot some length, Strawberries could be had, of course, but they were luxurics of the most exJu:ullvu sort, and if he dicd the muney fovested fn them would bo the deadest kimnd -f aloss, On the other band, she koew that if e died the loss would not be covered by {usurance, the funcrul expenses would make a Lie bole fu the gavioge-bank deposits, and black never becsme her. She therefore resolved w0 bumor bim fu part, or, as she phrased i, “pluy Rebeees ‘on bim,” and, cuttivg a piu-cushilon in two, brolled aud buttered It aud spread the surface scauttly with canued straw- berrics, sprinkivd It with “sugar aud soda and put o few bairsju ity theu served it up to the dylug wan fu by darkened stek-roon, The dylug wan's oppetlte and strength revived it wiraculously ot the first mouthful of sawduat. **Eats kivder crisp.” be whispered in altwoat insudible accents. ¢ wlus was foud of suleratus,” e murmured @ fow seconds later; ‘aud ho planned a deadly revenge, thut the permancat duy aud place then, ashe molfaned to his wife to pick the halrs outof his tecth, he added faintly, but with a wondrous rapture in hia volee, **1 neverate any- iling half so good in a Clark strect restanrant.)” Tila wife, with happy tears, hieard the doctor's flat when next he came to feed the patient lenty of good nourlshing food, for the crisia of l.'u dfscnse was past and his rapid recovery now assured, i A NEW IDEA. The panic among people who_{nsuro their lives continues 8o great that the Western man- ager of an Eastern mmpnn’ has hit ttpon a not- ablc expedient {0 assure his_customers that his Compnny 18 solld and safe. Instead of taking a whole basement or first floor, with plate-glass windows, and solid sflver ond French-glass par- titions, and mahogany counters, and regiments of clerks with thelr hair parted in the middle writing at crcular-top, monoclelde desks, and faring lthographs of the bullding of the Com- pany at headquarters, he has taken an entirely new departure. He has a big, bare flat ina clicap bullding near the river, with old new:pa- pers pasted on the windows for blinds, and pine tables, and kcrosenc Iumpsl and a rusty stovo kept. 8o illy charzed with fucl that the office is a8 cold ns Greenland. When they Jasso and run In a customer, be I8 naturally Impressed with the Spartan simplicity of the oftice, and asks tho awent why, i " his uamnan{ Is =0 golld, it 18 not lodged. in Dbetter quare ters. *i Because, #ir,”’ replies tho sgent, & fnstead of squandering its money in Mauresque Neo-Renaissance palaces, and tifed floors, and rosewood, and plate-glass, and mirrors, and Brusscls carpets, and silver railings, we, con- ducting our business with the utinost cconomy consistent with eiticlency, apply all our funds to sectire the safety and prosperity of our policy- holders.!” ‘Then he tells the office-messenger to 0 and get him a schooner of lager and as much ree-luncts a8 ho can eram into his jackat-pocket, and explains to the intending insurer that the Compuny pays for the lunehy and he does not like to cliarge it too much, and thus divert from the pockets of the policy-holders thele duc profits, °Lhis knocks the customer, and lie puts down his name for & policy, and as soon as he has gonc out tho ngent throws a lmmlaprlnfi. and exclaiming, **Sold again and got the npr - cation,” teils tha boy to put that ' truck fn the waste-hasket, and hurries off to order somo -“mn on toast and carly strawberrics llke a little Major, i TNE POBT-OFFICE. The new Postmaster and his Cashier, tho out- going officlal, Assistant-Postmaster Squicrs, and Gther Interested partics, shent. pretty much ail of Saturday night and n good share of yester- day {n making an inventory of the valuables in the Post-Ollico for transfer. The list Is very long, and mentfons with particularity all tho Moofa. chalrs, hoxes, and other cqually valua- Llo property. 'The iteris of most valuc aro the followiing: l’rtux:d!umm and postal c.\:‘r;!:’. 5 ....rs 63,017.20 amp velopes and o b oo PP 41,400.05 M, 41 y 70 TotAl civeuee son eosianne cuaians o 8128,830,40 ‘The transfer was snale late Baturday night, ns of date March 10, and the new Postmaster’s term of seryice was mnde to commence then. It 18 sald that no changes will be madoe ot pres- ent, If at nll, cxeepting in the Cashler’s nosition, which wili "he filled by Mr, Philip R. Forreat, viee Gen. MeArthur's” gon. The whale force wos busy yesterday squaring mattera with thic deputies I the six stations outside the centre of thocity. These gentlemen have to render Nl.'lrl]‘g,pcr and perlodical stamp: up thelr accounts and take n freeh lease of thelr positions from the new Postmaster, HOTEL ARRIVALS. l'llylwd Minncsota; n Palmer House—Gen, A, B. ringer, Dea Atherton, Hlonton; Georgo or. D on. G. Perkine, onx Citys the comb, PhiladcIphi 3 pachusottn; 8t, Loul West, St i 1 Terrle burgs D W, MoWilllams, Drookiyn! Pacle—W. 1. Rolstoh, Matrietta, O, . Tanzton, Green UA{: . R, Cable, It A. G, Campbell, DPaterson, N..J.; W, W. Co verse, Albany: L. H. l.g{;un. Tondon: W. 1. Perus J. 15, Kitinge, New York: G. C. McKenney, and Dr. 0. Marl- Darnes, - Blsmarck, D, T.; M. M., Moore, Cleveland; . Ayers, Philadelphia; P, €. Dovle, Tuffalo: Perclval Lowell, Omahn A. 8. ‘Talimadce, Now York; T. F. Ring, Hoston; 4. C. Ston . Chambers and 'A. A. dolustine, Calro 0%6....Sherman Houte—]. Eldridge, Fonddn Lac: J. % K. Vorrick, Fond du Lac: Fred Stalford, Da Pere, Wis. 5 G. L. Car- mon, Davenport; G. 11, tlose, Lanaing; i1, J. Nichols, ‘Fexas: Phillp Gerold, San Feanclscos Cal. WG, Dunbar, Creosotc, AN INSURANCE AGENT OUT- CIIEEKED, TIOW A LD CHICAGO MAN AVENGRD THR -WRONAS OF THE UNIVERSE ON A CAN- VASER. Only ouco slnce tho first syllable of recorded time has a peaceful, law-ablding cltizen got ahead of a Hic-Insuranco agont. It is noedless to vemark that ho was a Chicago man, Ile was noturally mild and fnoensive, but much medi- tatlon upon the wrongs the race have suffered ot tho cheek of the canvasser had turncd tho milk of human kindness in Lls bosom Into gall, He selected us thovictim who should expfate the wroues of his kind a full-sized canvasser who stood at the very top of s nefarfous professlon, who was, in flue, o bead and cheek over bis rivals, and dropped hin'’ o Hne stating that he thought of insuring his life, and cuntaining u Mucedonian cry to come over to his otic and take his ap- plivation. The canvasser amiled In fendish glee, und, hastlly crammiog his pockets with tables of uxrmuumu of life, rates, toutlues, survivals of the fittest, annual reports, and other deadly weapous, hur- ried over to Lthe avenger's ollice. The avenger had dodired out, leaving o notics that he would return at 5:15, and, as soon as hy had scen the cunvusser read it and maoke un entry i his memorundum-book, ho just went back to his oflico, und remnined thers peacefully tH15, when he Jotked up and went home, The canvasser arrived a fow minutes Inter, and roosted on the steps Ul the janltor turned him out and closed thu bullding. After three days uf this work the avenger relented so far o3 to admis tho doomed agent to his presence, and they oceus lllud two davas in discussing the subject in all ts ramliflcat{ous, inspecting tho certiticate of the Beeretary of Htate, ciphering out the antiual ro- ports to sco If tho 4}& per vent rest was adequate to relusure the policles, fndin out ‘the percentags of expenses, and ge crally nuditing the books of the company, Hy this timo the agont know, every knot fu tho stalrcases aud flopr by sight, and” people who saw him golng in “and out 8o frequantly thought ho had an sNleo In the bullding,” Then the avenger made out an upplication for a 85,000 policy fur lte, with partlcipation In the profits, premium poayable quarterly, . The canvasser thought he had him now, it he hadn't, for the avenger kept the medleal examiner travellng between the company’s office and his own for nearly two wecks, till Iis fectwers bllatered and Nis hoots half worn out, He would make an appofutinent with the doctor for 10 o, m., put the clock forwardtwenty minutes, aud skip over to the doctor's offlce, meeting him on the road, and leava o note tosuy he bad walted until 10:2, and seeiny nothing of him hud gono to his (tho doctor’s) oftice, but missed him” there. At last he gave the doctor a chance, and befora they could makue vut the polley went up to M 3018 tu apend Christimas with hisgiel's fricnds, From thero ho wrote to the agent that on inature de- liberatiun hu had wade up his mind to take a 10,000 fiftecu-year endowment poliey on the tontine plan, If it was not too late. The agent, who knew his co:mission would be doubled, emfled away back to his cars and had the policy cunceled ond another one prepared. The aven- ger returned to Chicugo on the 12th of January, aml kuY‘ the agent's thin lull{ oceupied tlll the 7th of February before the pollcy was ready for delivery. Thed he discovered that they had made a mistake of a year fn his age, and that carried him along to the 10th, Then he told the acent that, in view of tho disclosurcs of the rot- tenness of the Easteru compunies, ho didu't think it prudent to fnsure in any of them till the fullest investiguilon had been miade and he was satisticd of the sccurity of the agent’s fustitution, “ However,” sald he, ™ I have put you to a ot of trouble, o let e pay you u‘hni YOUr come wifssion would have beén,” and ho took out a roll of gresubacks. The agent was unablo to speak for nearly threo minutes; then, belng do- veived by the wieek aud lamb-like appearunce of the aveuger, b angrily declared that thero ex- fsted a contract between the avenger sud the Compauy, and If there was any law jn the land—, 8o here, my friendd," observed the aveoger, us ho put the woney back Into his vest-pocket, “1made youa falroffer. 1 might throw you out of that window; lwu would bo killed and woutld be triumphantly sujuitted and probab), unominated for Mayur or Congressman, but will not. Islinply touch this button, at which, thanks to the woudrous power of clectricity, & llco ofticer sturts frow the A, D, T. Co’s cadquarters with & putol in one hava sod s club in the other and his coat- talls .Lmdlnf out etralgbt behind him from tho veloclty of his pmufim 1 give you In churge for trespass; you pass the night in'the deepest dun- #eon beucath the statiou-moat, od to-morrow wre fined 325 aud costs, or filty-threv days.’ ** Nut wmuch,"” hissed tho ageut, * for before the Magistrute I will tell the whole story and cover you with shaue as a swindlug “trickster,” Bcarcely, replicd the svenger, *“for you will be publishing to_the universe the fact that you were oyerreached, clrcumvented, and taken'in: your character for shrewdness wil be ntterly destroyed; youwill be unable to obtaln employ- ment anywhcre, and, Anally, will perish inisera- bly pmdmz combined can-opencrs, 1id-lifters, and toasting-forks up on the Weat Side.”" The baffled_agent saw that this was the truth, and skipped out, turning on the avenger as he went alook of malcvolence that had more concen- trated eloquence {n it than all the Democratic speechies on the Electoral Commizsion, while the avenger calmly proceeded - to figure out the ex- tent of his victory as follows: Time of agent, 263 hours, at 81 an hour, dur- inz which ho walked 3204 mile# and climb- ©d 1015 miles of siairs.. 4 Time of doctor. 42 honrs, Clerlcal labor In drawing-up policl Examination fecs to «urgeon Mentsl worry of agent. ..., Ol 1o iinennas sreonseaes waiireeisess.$818 And all this keen Intcllectual pleasure., ex- tending over & perlod of nearly three months, cost him o more than tho trouble of signing his namo two or three times and three or four hours of friendly conversation! TOE PROTECTION LIFE, GRRMAN POLICY-NOLDERS DEMAND AN INVESTI QATION, ” ‘The German pollcy-holders of the Protection Lite-Tnsurance Company held a mecting yester- day afternoon at the hall of the 8wiss Maenner- chor, No. 45 North Clark stroet, to take some action for tho protection of thelr interests, Tho meeting, which was largely attended, was called to order by Mr, Scbastlan Engert. He saldhohad mno ill-feeling towards the Pro- tectfon Life-Insurance Company, but had called the meeting for the purposa of taking some measures to protect the {nterests of tho polley- hglders and save themselves from serlous loss, Mathlas Brandt 'was clected Chaleinan, and Mr. Alfred Hanswirth Secretary. Mr. Engert referred to the article which ap- peared fu Tie TRIDUNE a short tinoe ago, and sald I but half the nccusatfons were true tho Company was a fraud and their money had been placed In tho wrong hands, fHe had made In. uiries, and found that twenty acres which the ompany has among its nsscts and on which the Company loaned $20,000 were nssessed ot but $1,000, eleven ncres at Jefferson, valued at #37,- 373 by tho Compaag, loan $15,00, wera assessall at $2,070. A plece of nmgerly at Washington Heights, valned at #10,000by tiic Company, loan 10,000, nascased at 8730, Otheritems appeared on tho list which showed fraud and_corruption to the same extent. Such showing throws a had 1lizht on the management of the affalrs of the Company, and fuvoluntarily impresscs one with the tdex that something is rotten in the State of enmark. . P Mr. Julius . Wissen was Inclined to think that the chargos ngalnst the Company were trumped up by Interested partics, and thiat there was nio cause for fear. e had called on thy oflicers of the Company, and they had cxplalned things satlsfactorlly to him. Il believed they were acting honestly and hlfl{ towards tho lmllc -holders. Inatead of nssisting In putting ho Company down they ought Lo try to sustaln it, and thus ald their own Interests. * 1o was in favor of appoiuting n cominittee to examine the books of the Company, Mr. Hanwwirth thought It best to walt until the case gets before the courty ns the affaies of the Company would have to be brought there, and an fuveatigation would be conducted much more cffectually than o comunitteo could du ft. The case was sct for the 15th of this month, and this was before the next nascssinent comes due; and it would be time enough then for the lwll:y-huldcn to take further action if it was ound uu:ces.'u’". Beveral gentlemen who, it was stated, wers sent by the Compauy to protect ite case, argued that the Company’s aflairs werc straight, and that there EXISTED A CONSI'MRACY to pull it down. - The policy-holdera themsclves wero the Company, and by taking uctlon agalnst it they were injuring thefr own {nterosts. Mr Hanswirth showed the fallacy of this claf; The Company was not charged with fraud, but the oflicers who managed its affalrs, Hundrads of corporations had ‘already been swindled aud ruined by scoundrelly ofticers who mismnnaged affairs. © Noting had yet been snfd to show that those who ‘managed the af- falrs of the Company were act{ng honestly or falrly towards its members, The notes, as far a8 ho knew, wero made out In the names of two " men, and these were not above suspiclon. Mr. Walsch wanted the members to go on and r:\y thelr dues regularly, and he was convinced hat they would be protected. They should not forfett their pollcies on account ol “such trifling rumors, A The Chatrman sald oo one had an ides of glving up anything. Ie was in favor of an fn- vestigation, ~ Where there was smoko there was generally Are. Thoy had fnvested thelr mone oud 1t waa thelr duty to sce that it was In safe hands. The recelpts wero not properly made out, and left roons for frand. There should ap- pear on them the number of the louss and strect where the parties lived. By naming tho partics only the oiicers were enabled o keep dead men on their Hata, ns thero were plenty of persons of the swne naines. : Mr. Wissen moved that a committee of tlirea be appotnted to examine the books of the Com- pany, and that it be authorized to employ an expert nstrance examiuer to awd them, AMr, Engert thought it best to walt untll the matter had been exposed fu court. It would take two nionths to mako'n thorough exambnas tlon, and before that they would know all from the court J)nm:c(lhxr:n. The Cuinfrman uflled that It would do no harm toappolnt o committco now to lovk Into the affalrs of tho Company and fil out what it socurities are. Finally It was decided to appoiut a committee of flve to make thu exanination, and tho fol- lowing gentlemen were chosen as stich com- mitteo: " Guatave Plrwitz, Charles flaussoer, Otto Pllueger, Kebastaln Engert,and Carl Heinz. Tho neeting then adjourned to meet at the call of tho Chalrman. TITE LABOR QUESTION., A WINDY TIRADE AGAINST CAPITAL. A meoting ostensibly of brickmakers, stone- masons, and other representatives of labor was called for yesterday afternoon in the Printera Hall, No. 70 Dearborn strect. Bomo thirty or thirty-five persons assembled, and* Mr, Peter 1l took the chair, & person of thoe name of Schultx ofilciating aa Becretary. It soon becamo apparent that business was to be subordinated to omtory, and an individual whoso name was understood to be Parsons took the floor. Mr., Parsons sald he was n printer, Things had como to such a pass tnat the giving of work to a laborer, be his employment what {t might, was considercd a3 on actof charity, | Ning men out of ten In thiv American vmuue;y 1 year 1877 were dependent for” thelr dully bread upon tho tenth man. Ile, as W printer, made newapapers, hut did not get sufliclent remuneration to allow of his purchasing & newspaper, By the timo ho had vot througn with his work his mental, Ehy-lal. und “spliritual faculties were 8o ex- nusted that ho cared for nothiug but slecp, The life of o workingmou consistea shnply of work and sleep, Laburcra could scarcely {lve and {n addition to this ono man fn_four could no‘Lluurn enough to keep soul and body to- Rether, ‘The reason why a workinguman has no carpet on hils tloor ur bread in uhghuulu Ison -chm of the protits mado on his labor, Labor made uveryl.hlnfi,—hmwmwnu fronts and baok ace caunts. DId labor own these! Nol ‘The men whoae buss it wos .{u employ Ja- bor pald to the workingmen juft enough to keep them alive, and 80 far quict as not to In- terfere with the existent arrangement, Tho ‘world was bad or good, according as thoy made it. Bo far the wntl.lnrzmcu hod allowed the capltallsts to do everything for them. Cupital was a whaule, and awallowed the minuows (la- borers) I thoy wanted better wages and less hours of labor they must do something, Mr. Parsons, who wore very decent clothes and bad a rencrally well-fed appearance, spoke of him- self as a private Iu thc mand amny of starva- tllon,‘l n:lml this declaration was jreatly ap- auded. l'lxwmwlullmt. he denouuced the privileged few, and declured that every fmprovement In machinery throw a targe nwnber of Louest tollers out of work, Iis psaacea for this evil was o reduction of the hours of labor to slx, or ut tho outsldo chobts pur day. Finally the Chair wlidly intimated thae time was up (Sr. P, bad claborated for neurly au bour aud 4 half), aud tho remainder of the scasion was takea up by other but happily briefer speechics of o stmillar character. At the end of tho room a Secretary was cs- tablished with a cupy of a petition to” Coungress in regard to the Huinestead law, and several signaturca werq aflixed to this documcut, The weoting then adjourned, no doubt much edified by the remarks to which they had listoned. PLYMOUTII CIIUROH, TUAT GAUDY AND IHRELIGIOUS CAANDELIE. Now that Plymouth Church bas once wmore Bot upon its fect aguin, Sguratively speaking, with s new and carucst pustor and. o rapldly-lu- creasing memberablp, ove further change might be mado that would bain consonance with the spirit of fmprovement. This is uo more nor lces than tho taking down aud castiug out of that last relic of burbarism—tho gaudy chande- Mer pendant from the centre os the celling. History records that once upon a time the Rev. Mr, Hartlett took it futo bls head that the n the church must have *lll! such a gns-fixture. The congregation, individually and colleetively, took a precisels opposite view. They were averss to it. The klea of having sucha huge mass of metal hanging over the centre pews, to the Imminent danger, should ft by ang means be- come detacherl, of more than ono devout head, bowed perhaps In prayer, was rather too tuch of a guod thing for tho members_of tho flock, nnd they declared oaurainst jt. But Mr, Bartlett was victorious, and the chandelicr was holsted to Its place, where {t has continned to hane to this day, to the infinite terror of two or three old gentlemen and n few old ladies who sit beneath its tawdry aplendor, There Is an- other objection to the thing. The seats in the chureh rise tpon one another, so that, at nights, when the chandeller flashes out its blaze of glory it don't flash worth & cent on the back scats, and the [nsufficlent side-lights fall to remedy the matter. Therefore, on the ground of looks, safety, and utility, Tix TRINUNE sug- gests to the powers that be that they dispensa with this abominable gew-gaw and Substitute for it an clectriclight in tho skylight, with a mnm\m supply of small side brackets In the y of the edifice. No charge for the advice. “LES DANISCHEFFS.” THX UERMAN THBATRE. 4 T.cs Danlschefls s a play to which justice cannot be done In the short timo that clapses Letween the fall of the curtain and the sending of Tius TRIDUNE to presst aud, a8 presented At the New Chlcngo Theatre Jast night, the performance - was well worthy moro claborate notico than wan be dashed off between two days, The floating. paragranhs that have gone tho rounds of the press have served . to ncquaint everybody—that fe, every- body who ' kecps up with the world— that the play Is one of the most pow- erful modern dramas. The movement fs rapid, natural, strong, and tho situations are fmpressive. The hero fs 8 hero, though withal Iis speeclics are pitched on so high-strunga melodramatic key that they at times narrowly cseapo the “hifalutin,” And In the Counless Dantschefy is a new charactor of Roman strength: of a crucl pride, yet moble; of womanly depth and womanly weakness, too; and of tho flerce eavege nmaturs that be- longed only to the Tartar lordes that overrun Rome, but which survives among the 8clavic peoples. The whole play hinges primaril; upon this feroclous, weak, yet st runf, cruc! and still ull-wnmum[v wolan, Of her at 00 there fs left but tho wreck of once regal beauty; the Iron atrength of will to declare that though 060 shie Is ot ok, and the vanity to re- call that tho Czar had kissed hLer hand and called her the * beautlful Catharing Petrorna.' Forthe rest, there remalns of her but the haughty prldc which makes casto lier law, and the womanhood which makes love of her son her religion, 1t {e a character not eastly sketched in a few hurried lucs. But s Brelcnted last night by Miss Elizabeth von tammmwlitz, it was not_only casily comprehend- ¢d, but was a powerful, harnmon{ous, vivid por- trayal, not of a increly passable woman, but of o womnn whom all recognized, thougli of a type which Is impossible much longer even {n Rusala, It nceded only Miss Von Stanimiwltz's caress of the band which the Czar had kissed and the swect solf-sufliclency with which shereealled his words, My beautiful Catharine Petroova,” to teil of tho yanity which at 60 was even strouger than_at 16 And the haughty pride which to tho Couniess was law, was revealed In her interview with Viadimir, her son, for whom sho was planning a noble alllanco in marriage, when' ho dlsclosed his love for tho basc-Lorn Anna. Had he told her he had taken polson, and In an hour would dic, she could have un- derstood. But that lie, hier son, of the blood of tho Danischefls, could ba guflty of such. abase- ment as to love a woman of luw birth,—a com- on plg, a8 the Countess must vegard Anna,— wus Incomprenensible. The sudden start} the flerco command; the bitter, savage reproof, and the {ncxorable proud rage with whilch for tho time sh overpawers his losa for Anna and forces him to go on his journcy to Moscow to forget his love,—MIss Von Stamm- witz rendered with life-llke fidelity, In the socond nct, when Viadimir at Moscow learns of his mother's cruel sacriice of Anna fn_ marrlage to Osip the _coachman, Viadimiy In a fury of despalr disowns his mather, Miss von 8tammwltz, as the Countess, throw a melting tenderness, and anguish, an: entreaty into tho single phraso with which sho sought to call him back—* My son,” completed Ler triumph and fairly won the onthuslastic call bofore tho curtain that followed the closo of tho nct. Thronghout, the part was cqually well sustained. It i mot meant that the rondition was faultlcas, Faultlcas renderings of any part are unknown nowadays, ifever they were known., But it was such a rendering that the faults were forgotten, As Osip, Mr. Emil ‘Hochster proved himseclf tho finest actor who has appearcd on the boards at this theatro during the scason. ‘The part is most tryiug, for it is full of specchesthatborder on the overldofty, Mr. H. bhad the rare discretion nol to overstep the bounds of mature. rirayal of 3 s the growth of the sert freed to the full man- hood fn which e atoned to Auna for what his freedom bad cost her and retired to a monastery to freo her, was n most finished ploce of acting. 1ils personation throughout was marked by a truo appreciation of the part, and e deserved thy applause ho recelved. As Viadem{r Mr. Brockmann was not always even, nmlat times did not quite sustain his part. But at times he did riso to It and gave it Wwith n aplrit that won him hearty uanlauu. ‘The minor parts were gounmllr quito fairly sus- talned, nnd the success of the pieco was ma- terlally alded by excellent stage settings, CRIMINAL, Poter Andcerson snenked futo David Dall's barn fn the rear of No. 230 Indlana strect, and there stole a luggy barness, and belng caught in the act was yanked futo the Chicago Avenua Station by Ollicer Baynes, Joun O'Bricn was captured yesterday after- noon by Officer W, A. 8argent,while in tho act of forcing open a window in Cooley’s saloon, at the the vorner of Desrborn and Randolph strects, Two other thicves who wero acting on the look- out escaped, Ofiicer Tim Mahoney yesterday recovered a yaluable buffalo robe stolen from W, C. He(vp'l buy whilo standing in front of No, 180 West Twal street, and a fow bours later he caught the thief, o well-known vagrant named Jobu BcDonald. Mary Roonoy was found on the strect Jenlcn day by Detective Jay M, Beott trying to dispose of threo palrs of pants, and in her wake came o colored man vamed ¥, Anderson, reslding ,at No. 837 Clark street, who sworc that Mary Lad stolen tho property from him: Edward Tony, a thiof who jumped ball some thres onths ugo upon & charge of robbing a lady reslding ut No, 18 Sixtecoth street of u fiom watch and chain, was rearrested yesterday y Detective Btuwart, and will to-day be put tito the County Juil upon a capias, Micbael Casey, formerly s grocery-dealer In the North Division, was rrestedyesterduy upon o warrant sworn out befora duitice Kaufmann bz Jobu W, Bouder, who charggs him with obtalning monuy under false protenses. It ap- peara that C: sold Houder o tunch-car on wheels for $180,~a concorn which hie hnd no right to, inasinuch as it was mortgaged for more thau its worth, l;f:rrom Chioyenne at break of day, bringing to Ebersold frish disinay, with a terrible rum- ble, aad grumble, and roar like a herald in haste to his master's door, tellipg Tom Cody {s drunls onee moru, and the Arwory twenty rods away. Sx wonths fn the House of Currection ought tv be awarded thia irst-claas plinp for the trouble he took in butterlug down Agoes Smith's color- ed ranchs on Fourth avenuc. Charles Wilson 18 onc of those men about town who, when asked how they subsist, reply s 10 a Jucky wan; 1 finds thhng" Yustorda: he found a grecnborn Swede at Willlans! Hotcr on Kinzie strect, and was just about steering hitn {uto some snap when Le was ran into by Oflicer Jacob Webber, of the Chicago Avenus Btatlon, Wison will be lucky if he escapes doing the stone act jn Felton's * crossquay.” Dave Ragglo's spirit stiil walks the carth, aud {8 fust now in sart pursuit of his younger brothier, Lillo. In Dave's palinfer days ho gave u liug ring to Ru::{' Bell, o carroty-Liafred byl pol woman whowm ho st bis inlstress, ~ Young Lillo thought that upon Dave's death he was entitled to tho ring, and heatoloit. o was locked up at the Armory yesterday for the theft, and 1t cost Ruby just $1.50 to have it tiled off tho youny pickpocket's Buger, James McNully, the “fllloper‘y Jim? of ante- flre times, who used to amuss hilmself and the 3|llen by eacaplug frum the old Court-House il by siiding between tho window-bars, snd & young thief named Willlam Hussey,were caught w4 nu carly bour yesterday morulug by Sergt. U'Douell In tho act of rollivg off a barrel of flour from 43 Canalport avenue, Thustorekecper would uot prosccute, aud u charge of vegrancy was all that could be preferred agalnst thew. Henry Lawson aud Edward l’:yne,h'.wn uo- torlous thisves, the latter a cousin of the notorl- ous "Nhue'y" Payne, were very neatly cap- tured at 3 o'clock yesterday mornlng by Officer Michael McCabe,of the West Twellth Street Btation, At the corner of blue Island avenuo and Polk streets the two, naelsted by a_third man who escaped, assaulted a_ear conductor named Thomas Maron, of No. 220 Blue Island avenue, and were just about to treat hiin to the hold-up process, when the officer, who was in ambush, awooped down apon them just in timo to save Mason's money and wateh and chain. Officer George 8amoneky went down to Canal- port avenua carly last uvening to nrrest a drunken loaler who was makine himself gener- ally obnoxious In the nelghborhood, and upon taking the fellow stationwards was sot upon by a crowd of young rowdics, and so cvercly pelted with stones and other misslies that he was forced to release the prisoner and direct his sttention to his pursuers. Danlel Lyons, Peter Flynn, aud Edward McCarthy were taken In for riot, and Joseph Nolan for realsting and inter- fering with an officer. At tho corner of Four- teenth and IHalsted strcels the officers lired n shot into the crowd that made them rapidly dis- perse, and without doing nny Injury. SUBURBAN. TOWN OP LAKE. The adjonrned mecting of tho Town Board of Trustces was held at the Town-all on Sator- day nfternoon, President Muirhead fo the chalr. Condit, Murphy, Cory, and Shlrley were present. & A commanleation from Rollo, Naghten & Co. notifled tho Board that the fosurance on tho Town-1Tall was about explring, A petition tochange the voting-place In the western part of the town was received, but no action was taken, as the County Commlssioners had already provided for the change, A petition for ditching Kinkada street, be- twen Thirty-ninth and Forty-third strcets, was referred to the Committce on Roads and Bridges. A%ul for scivices in the year 1873 was pre- sented by the Iaw firm of Nichols, McKindley & Morrison. Referred to Auditing Committee, M. Nixon presented a communieation stating that in 1860 0~ survey of Sixtieth street, from Wailaco to l1alsted, was made, and_tho strect located nnd assessnient made on N. E. i{ of Lot 83, 8¢c. 10, for locating sald street. 1n 1870 Btate, county, and town taxes were pald on sald property, but it was sold for specinl assessment and bid'in by John L. Gerber, Bupervisor, The money has been pald to clear the cloud on tho title, ns his abstract shows, Ile wanta to know where the certifleates are, and what the pros- cct 8 for recovering the amount due Ambrose unnigan aud bimsell, The Board hias rescind- ed the ordinance locating Bixticth street, and they have no strect, and are out tho amount of tho nseessment. Referred to Committco on Roads and Dridgres, An ordinance for the government of the Blm:rshnol.cn‘ Park, drawn by Town-Attorney Veeder, was passed, ‘Ihe tollowing was offered: ‘Wugneas, Anappruprintlon has been made by the Board of County Commissionces for the Im« provement of tate ‘street between Thirty-ninth and Firty-first streots, and as the Village of Hyde Park has undertaken to bear the additional ex- pense; therofore, Jtesolred, That the Town of Lake, by her Board of ‘Truatecs, relinquish hor claim to ihnlynurllun- ment, provided safd amonnt bo expended on wid Hlmc‘: rect botween Thirty-ninth and Fifty-firat streets, Adopted, and the Clerk instrncted to notlfy the Villago of Iyde Park of the resolution. Bills amonting to $2,233,14 wero nudited, and the Board adjourned for one week. Tha Hollco report for the month of February shows 61 arrests; prisoners diginissed, 22; fincs assessed, $07.505 fines paid, 846.50; fines sus- rundcd $3; flues not puld.i ; pald by staying n jail, $18;' under bonda to keep tho peace, 1. live Denocrats and Liberals held a inecting at the Town-tlall on Friday evening. Nothing wus dono beyond the making ol 8 _fow speechics by Trustes Cory and others, They adjourncd to mect Wednesday evening at tho “sanie place, Tho true-blue Dimovrats held n meeting at the corner of Halsted and Forty-third streets Baturday evening, but they also” adjourncd to mect at tho Town-Hall Wednesday evening. ———— LETTERS FROM TIE PEOPLE. THUE DUTY OF TIB HOUR. v the Bditor of The Tribune, Cnicaco, March 11.—Chlcago not to holda public mecting! The Senate Insulting the Pres- Jdent of “this natlon, and Chicago sothing to say! Nelghboring citles lotting thelr volees be heard, and the great Motropolls of the ‘West os silent as tho grave! S8hame upon what was once tho pluckiest, most {ndependent, out- spoken city of the nation! The confirmation of tho Presldent’s Cabinet, bolng now an sccom- plished fact, {s nssigued as a reason why onr cit~ Izens should withhold an expresslon of oplnlon upon the actfon of the Benate. But It's not tho matter of confirnliug, but the manner In which it was done, which called for nn expreasiun of public opinfon, It was this for which a public meeting should have been called. It was not fear upon tho part of the people that the Presldent would be deprived of o Cabl- net - which has fired this nation with fndignation within tho past five days from Maloe to Califor- uia. Neither was it any misgiving on the part of tho peuple ua to the President's abllity to sustain himsell In carrying out the policy out- lined in his fnaugural.” Trey well knew that as eoon as Scnators heard from thelr constituents they would rush with singular unanimity to contirm any Cabinot the Prestdent might select, and be only too willlng to support him in any reforn poliey he might submit. But that which has arouscd this people is_the Benators attempting an Insult " to the Exccutive in referring Lo commitices, contrary to all usage, his nppointments for Cabinet counsclors, to be asted upon Intho future; in sctilng aslde, for tho flrat time in the history of tho Government, tho custom of prowptly confinning o President’s chosen advisers; in " entlrely mmfl"'i that murtesly which has ever been shown to the Exccutlve of the natlon from the daysof Wash- ngton to the present, And why? flhnplsy be- causo the President would nelther allow Sona- turs to dictate to hlm nor form a Cublnet for him.” This Is tho Licad aud front of his offend- I"fi' This {s the reason of the Senate's affront. All clamor or excuse that this courso was taken by tho8enate from prudential motives fs an {n- suit to the Intellizonce of tho people, Tho motive i3 pateat upon tho face of it 10 every man, woman, aud child i the land, Tt {a this which bLas caused such an uxrlllnu in the laud, and not danger to the Presldent’s pol- Iy, or dauger of loss of a Cabluet. Men may differ fn thelr opinfons as to the policy of an Administration, Lut in the respect due to tho Executive of s uatlon, either by Scontors or nou-8enators, never, It was the question of the Benate's casting an indignity upon the President upon which Chi- 0's yolcu should have been heard, promptly and unmistakably, Bhould the Presldent for any reason have oeeasion to forward o messaye tuthe myunicipality of New York, and that body in receiving should, from motives of partisan spite or otherwlse, go outsids of all timo- lonored custom for the purpose of delaying or aunoying, it would bo en fusuit to”tho President no lesa than to bis highollice. The sane action, if taken by the Scuate, Is no less insulting becausu of the clevated character of that Lody,—~the effect fs rather greatly heightencd,—s0 that this becomes a question of nluvhirnvll\', and one not to be Nghtly con- sldered, I allowed to pass unnoticed by the quplc, ‘who knowa but that by tho time another resident may send his Cabliet nominations to the Senato for confirmation we may be so far rogressed 1u the govermuental usages aud cus- oms of Mcexico that from motives of svite, cither for this or for that reason, Scnators, with a view to snubbing tho DPresident, may return to him Lis nominatiuns without so much as dignlfylng them elther with conslderation or refercuce. When Scnators ussume the rulo of ths school- boy, and so far foret themselves s ta lower thy dlgnlz{ of the highest leglslative tribunal fn tho lund 1o that ot tho ward caucus, it is time for every Amerlcan citlizen who loves his coun- try and has respect for the characterand high staudiug of its offices and fustitutions to speak out, and let his voico be heard {u reprobatlon aud rebuke, whethee such acuon be taken In high or low circles, and thers Is Just as much neeesaity for Chicago to speak out this weck as o there was for It to speak out last week. Tho steln and disgrace which the uution bas recelved still remalus. The spoctacle of Senators now hurrylng eagerly to comply with the Presldent’s wislies, after Iistening to the “rumbling from sfur uff,’ docs not atous for tho act. Itis recorded to the nation's shame, and it Chicago has no word of dlsapproval her sllence will be coustrucd futo acquicscence in tho alsgrace. Had 1t been simply o mistake upou the puart ol the Benate, it could easily have been overlooked. But this was not the case, It was a studied, determined, premeditated act, The nawcs scot by the President to the Seaate wero not those of unknown lndividuals; they were the names of statesinen possessiug national reputation, men of frreproacbable characters, agalust whose good nam¢ not & breath could by uttered. Benstors kuew this as well before as after referrlug; and fu view ol it it is not to be ‘wond at that wow they syo to be found runnlnf hither and thither {n the vain attempt of obliterating thelr record. TuoMAs WUITKEY. 4+ BCHOOLS YOR TUE DMAF. 7o ths Editor of Tha Triduns. Cnicaco, March 8.—Your correspondent on this subject in the {ssue of your paper of March 5 shows the right feeling in trylog to rouse the parcata aud fricnds of this numerous and unfor- tunate class of ou? community to exert them- acives In u-curlnf at onco the beat means for their education. _Fhave been amazed to find how either indifferent or fgnorant such parents often aro of the necessity for having their chil- dren's education begun as earlyas paseible, and, Thaving been deeply interested” in - this mbjcc‘ wmyself, I am very much pleased to notice a slowly-growing Interest fn {t. Burely theeduca- tlon of the denf Is more important than that of hearing children, even §f it takes more {me, for they first have to learn how to giyo and recelve Ideas, The ‘ Relative of a Deal-Muto” gives onc the impression of Deing satisfled with tho slgn method of cduca- tlon, which, however well it may educate the mind, leaves the pupl! unable to communicate with hnogrealer part of its fellows, I would most carnestly advocate the articulation meth- od which has been so sucecssfol {n the East, and I have been intercated tg learn through your aner that a school lhs recently been upened in this city for teaching the deal Ly this method, and [ trust that before any new Institution for the deal {s begun that this method will be carefully examined., Certalnly it articulation and lip-reading can be taught, tlmly should be, for In no other way can the to- tally deal en)oy soclal intercourse, and no num- Ler of years should be considered wasted which will bring about this *consummation dovoutly tobe wished.” . A FRizND ¥ tHE DEAP. THR PUBLIC LIBRART, v the Kdilor of The Tridune, Citroaco, March 9.—If thers s one thing more than another needed by a certaln in- fluentlal class of men in every city, I belleve it isagood publie library, containing standard works of reference, I do not mean simply dletionaries, encyclopedias, and books of this class, but, particularly, bound volumes of Pn- glish, German, and French perfodicals In full sets. ‘To any one engaged in scientific research, oreven in the ordinary routine of office or laboratory work, such books are Invaluable. It is certainfy true that if one endeavors to keep onesell posted In the recent advances of science one must_have nccess to the current literature of the day, or il one would prepare a lecture or an articla for publication o set of rcrludlmll glving o history of the work done on the speeial aubject must be at hand to enablo the writer to do fustice to himsclf or to his subject. No man who values his time will ever attempt an orig- inal inyestigation In any department of suicoce until he knows fromathorough cxamination of the literature of that branch just what has been done before. Now, say, without tho least hesitation, that the facilitics offered to such men by our Publlce Library aro not what they should be. Ido not desire to find fault with what is, so much ns to point out defects, and lugplnnr. tho nceesssity of remedying them at once, 1 spenk from expe- rienczo when I say this, for I have now a long scries of references which have been accumue Iating for over six months which 1 must look up in the libraries of New Yurk City as soon as op- portunity offers. This s but an individual case, but I am confldent that there are many others who wiil find the same fault with our library, Any man engaged in rescarch will say that the original articles describing the cxperi- ments or reaults of the author are always far superior to any abstracts or rchash for his pur- 08¢, ‘The question now arises, Isit just for the small nuniber of professional sefentific men in this dt{ to cxficl tho city to supply them with cexpenslye books of reference, which are of no usé to the general publie? The roply to this ucstion will depend upon another,vlz., What 18 the object of the Publle Library? Taking these questions togcther, I would say that, In my u‘plnlun tho object of the llbrary s to diffuso hnowlcdzu. to afford the peoplo not only access to the common literature of the day, but also to booka which will teach them something. [f a mechanie desires to look up somo subject In mechanics, he should find it In the library, and 50 with the ;;culugmzl astrono- mer, philll!lll, and chemist. 1t §a sald that tho Nbrary furnistics such books as tho public de- mand, and that theso books are not sclentifle works, but mostly novets, Well, I cannot ad- mit the justico of"this, and right here is where we expect our Librarian to use the beat of hls Judmincnt. What books do we moat needl I would divide books {into thres classcs for our %roncnl purpose, viz: tho class of igher literature cmbracing history, travels, elc., by our best authors; tho class ‘of common literature by very ordinary authors, or tho so-called sensatfonal} and the clnss of scientific literature. Now, J will venturg tosay, and If I am wrong I would ba glad if Mr. Y'oolo will corrcct mie, that out of theso threo classes the sccond wiil be called for by far the most, say five times to onc of tha first-nen- tloned, and the third class very seldom. If this be true, and I conf hat I judge simply from outside appearances, i8 {t any reason to fn- duce the cxpenditure of a proportionate amount of mouey for this ‘cluss of books? Certalnly “§t s not right for our library to pander to tho iiliterato rather than to others, slinply becausc that elass fs In excess, Lcok{mz at [tIn another way, instead of endeavoring to cultivate a taste for what s refined and healthy by gradually reducing tho number of accond-class books as “they wear out, do wo not really encouragre the very opposite course? Isaw In tho newspapers a few daya back that our library wanted somo $30,000, As it Is an Institution controlled by the city, I do not caro to venture upon au estimate of tho actual cost of maintalning it, but certainly there must ha s _considersble sum remaloing to In- vest in books. In Dbebalf of the fow students of natural science in the city, I would enter aplea that somo of this money bo_ex- vended for thelr asslstance and beneflt, This should be done cach year, and tho city will be the richer for It. Iu’order that the sclections may be made s0 as to do most good, it might bo well to ask those most Intercsted what books aro of greateat value. I hope this communi- eatlon will by followed up by an cffort on the part of others futercated In this subject to con- vince the proper authorities of this need of books, which certalnly every sclentific man in this city feels. Pro. R, Hitoucocx, EDUCATING TIIN DEAR, 10 (A Edtior of The Triduns, CricAGo, March 10.—Thero have been many articles in the varlous papers this winter fn ref- crenco to the education of deat children fn Chi- cago, rather than sending them away to-Jock- souvllle, but I thiok very llttle s known by the pcople as to the best mothods of instructing the aeaf, and I wish thelr Interest could Le roused, TIn the flrst place, ono {s apt to regard deaf peo- rlnu o class of pecullar unfortunates, to bo reated and taught In ways peculiar to thele class, whercas Ihold that’ there $s no reason thoy cannot bo treated ke Nearing children, viz.: Tne{ should not bo sent to institutions to be tsught, but sent frum thele own Lomes dally toa duy-school. It bns becn proved that this can bo dono with success, as there fs o public day-schuol in I 0 pumberiog scventy papits, which bas bees ccessfiitly car- vied on for seven years or more. Thero aro several reasons why & dny-school Is preferablo toa boarding-scliool. First, the golng to and from school teaches the chilldrendt an cacly n{zo to carc for themselves fu the street, Awzahi, the education of a child can be begun at a much earller age than when llving at home, At Jacksonville puplls are mnot ad- mitted till they are years of age, and ~as ~ parents always shrink from riing with thelr afflcted children L Is often the case thnt‘rnplll urrive at the 8tato lustitution helpless aud loncty and utterly firnorant, at the age of 13 or older, and surely where so much is taught these poor children they shiould oot be foreed to lose the rn:rlonl years from 6 t0 10 years of nge, when helr minas and bodles are most activeand esger for instructlon, Evcrg arent who has & deaf child desires to keep ¢ -fclmd as muchllke hearing childron In manner, occupation, social relations, etc., as ible, and ¢his cann bo done best by kecplow L deal child in its own home-cirele surrounded by hearlng people. ‘The deaf use thelr eyes in place of thelr ears, thereforo are peculiarly lable to mistake the manpers of those about them. In pojnt of ocon- omy tothe State too, day-schoola veconunend themselves to the public. “For an Institution sn appropriation must be made to p:l{ for ood, * Jodglug, and care, besides tuition, whereas only the school-room sad instruction is to be pald for by tho Btate fu day-schools. Par- ents would gladly relicve the State of the care of thelr children ‘out of school hours, unlesa iu cases of extreme poverty, when of course asefst- auce should be rendercd the arentslu thesame way that charity is dispensced to tho parents of bearing children. It isto bodevoutly hoped that the day fsnot far distant when schools shall be opeved for the deaf us quickly and rea ily as for oral pupils, Let the Biate make the new school a day-school, and use the money saved In board for m&eflur and plentiful tuitlon. The teachers should teach by thu best aud new- est ethods, sud bo allowed suficieut time and room to {nstruct thelr pupils to tho best advan- tage. Oral children can enter a public school at 8 years of age and coutiuue 1o receive publlc fn- struction — till A deat child is 10 vyears of age, aud is limited to ecight years' tuition. This s manifestly very unfalr, upechl& when oug thinks of the fearful odds sgulnst the deaf ¢hild, and_that much thiwe is lost in simply teachiog the cbild to commuulcate. tha people are to hsvo & school fur Chicago, will they not chooss the beati A day-scbool Is soon to be u%udlu Providence, where tho State eives $150 ver pupll, which pays for tuitlon, and the parents thankfully do the rest. The hearte of all parenta will aurely plead for possession of their children out of schiooi hours. PARENT OF A DEAR Cnitp, ————— LIFE INSURANCE AGAIN. How {a the public to ‘know what Companies arg sonnd and what aro rotten? Jnst as it fcarna any other fact, by tdkinz the palna Lo examino wnd ag. certaln, The atarting point 18 the statement maje annnally by rcquirement of law, certificd by the signatares of tho officcrs of & Company, If thers 1a any reason to qnestion such atatement, any one Intereated can roadily inquire and learn from tpe [ioper sources Hia trath or_fatechond, doing in al s just a8 ono I In the habit of dolng (n the other allairs of 1ife, The old Charter Oalk Life Insurance Company, of Hattford, Conn.. challenges atten. tion in Gur colitmns to-day with ita twenty-scventh annad] statement. 1t 1s on the faco of 1€ very s fainctory, and shows abundant means and suple caelty, it will be tead with ‘attention. Ay o roqn(ring furihier particaiars and falicr explona. tions is reforred to Lho officers of the Compuny at Hartford, of to 1t Agent in this city, DEATIIS, B S W boaiod xR PO WHEELRR--March 10, at i o'clock p. m., at hiy resldence, 340 Weat Randolph street, of contestion of the liver, Benjawin D, Wiecler, formerly of Stoneliam, 3ass. M}-;nnml March 12, at 1 p.m., by carrlage to Rose. \WELDON—March 10, Michael Weldon. Funeral by carriages from his late rosidence, 494 ;l"wlenly-llx b street, Monday, 12th, 8t Da, m,, to Calvary, w"unlcnn papers please copy. CURRAN=—March 11, of npaplexy, Michael Cur. 181, oged 61 years and 0 menthe. Funeral from his lalo residence 388 Maxwell Elrlec!. on Moanday March 12, Ly carriages to alvary. 37 Massachosctts and Wisconsin papera pleass copy. WARNER—March 10, In this_clty, Graco E, danghter of Porter and Ellen M. Warner, aged'd yearsand 8 months, Funeral this March 12, at Wallace, 277 Ontarlo atrcet, at 2 a'clock. ©7- Denvor, Col., papers please copy. KALLOTT-March 10, of diphtheria, only andbe. toved aon of Juseph and Monorine Kallokt, nged 3 years and 3 montfia. Quebec papers pleare copy. residence of James “POLITICAL ANNOUNOCEMEN FIFTEENTE WARD REPUBLICANS. A mueting of the Repnblican Clubof the Fifteenty Ward will be held at Folz's l1all, corner North ave. noe and Larrabee streot, this oveulng, March 12, at half-past 7 o'clock, sharp. MEDICAL. Dr. Schenck’s Standard Remedles, Tho standard remedics for all diseases of thie lungy ars Schenck's Pulmonia Byrup, Schienck's Eea Weed Tonfe, and Schienck's Mandrake Pills, and If taken tee foro the lungs are destroyed, m specdy curo 13 effccted, To thess three medicines Dr. J. 1, Bchenck, of Phile adelphis, owes his unrivaled success in the treatment of pulmonary disesses. ‘The Pulmanic 8yrup ripens the morbid matter in the Junge;y nature throws it off by an casy expectoration, for when the phiegm or matterls ripe s slight coveh will throw it off, the patient has rcst, and the Jungs be- &in to heal, To cnable the Palmonfo Byrup to do this, Behenck's Mandrake Piils and Bchenck's Sea Weed Tonle must be freely used ta clesnse the stomach and liver. Schenck's Mandrake Pills act on tbe liver, removing all obatruce tlons, rulax the gall plsdder, the bile starts frecly, sad the liver ta soon relleved. Selienck's Boa Weed Tonfo fa & gentla stimalant and alterative the alkall of which It ts composed mixe with thy food and prevents souring. 1t asslits the westion by toning up the stomach to & healthy condls tlon. so that the food and the Pulmonle Byrup wit makagood blood; then the tungs heal, and the paticnt will surely get wel If cara s taken to prevent frosh coli, All who wish to consuit Dr. Schenck, efther peron. ally or by Iciter, can do 5o at his principal oflice, corner of Sixth and Arcli-sta., Philadelphis, every Mouday, Schenek's medicines are sold by all druggists through. out the country. AUCTION SALES, Pawnbroker's Sale BY ABE LIPMAN, MONDAY AND TUESDAY MdBNINGS, March 12 and 13, at 10 o'clock, AtTutters &Co.’s Auction 1louma, 118 & 120 Wabash-av. 1 dlava tho largest araorment of Unredsemod Piciiel in Chicago, which [atiall cluso out at auctian withuat foterve fur casli, Amoag the articics are doid and Bilyer Watches, Disnivuds, Gold dowelry, Gold Cliaing, together with ather goods, ALl N TRADE SALB. 4 WHITE GRARITE AND YELLOWWARE PACKAGES AND OPEN LOTS, ASSORTED GLASSWARE, TADLE CUTLI 100 ROLLS CAHI! o] THE FURNITURE OF THE » DOUGLAS FEOUSE AT AUCTION, EDNESDAY morning. March 14, Commencing at10 STCioek and coniimas o Ak T o1y enelog st 'ho Furnishiugs comprises Parlorand Ciamber Sel R MatCreaes. DeQOIng. Bratseis wad ALl Cor: pets. Dining-lioom Furniture=Dining Tables, and Chalr, ckery, Gilamware, ‘Table:Cutlery, Platad: Ware,cte, Diiitlard Tables, Saloon Fixturcs, Omico Furalture, o chen Furniture. liangre, Stoves, fogether with & largo amouat of ATticles too nutnerous wmentlon. All of which will ba sold for CABIL, W, A, BUTTERS & CO., Auctioacers, TRURSDAY TRADE BALE! Staple and Fancy Dry Goods. WCOLENS, CLOTHING, AND OTIIER GOODS, Tiinmday, darch {3, at 0:30 v'clock, At BUTTERS & £O,'H Auction Houins, second floor, Chiy st Country Aefchants will aiwars fud gwod "":“"“m\'v!l"ofi' A Auctioncers. Samrday Furnitme Sale, &, NOTTEIS & co, Saturday, March 17, a1 01303, m,, At thelr Auction Roonis, 118 and 120 Wabaah-av. By G, P. GORE & CO., 64 and 70 Wabash-avy, . REGULAR TRABE SALE, Taesday, Mareh 13, 9:30 a, m. DRY GOODS. A Very Buperior 8howing, GEO. P, GORE & CO., Auctlone: OUR FOURTEL GREAT SPRING SALE Boots, Shoesg Slippars WILL DE MADE Wednesday, March 14,8t 9:30 8, m,, prompt, Full linos of loading manufacturors will be sold, including very fine handand machinc-made mon'swear. QEO. ¥, UORE & (0. 08 & 70 Wabas! nter, Ice: BUTTHRS & CO. DBy HIRAM BRUSH, Art Eale commences Monday, 35, m., and 7:30p B sad coutinulig dally'st wauio’hours at 162 STATE-ST. untll end of Catalogue 1a reached of the HASBLT]]‘IEc gOLLEOTION PATINTINGS. Patntings rean s owed 80d Bow on vlew day and even: ois, Salta stricy huncer, a3 befors. - Cataloguos fred ouapalication. RADDIN & CLAPP, 83 aad 65 Wabab-ay, Opeig Spring Sal of Boots & Shoes. ‘Will offer at Public Sals, on. Tuesday, March 18, at 10 a, m. 1,000 cases of Buperior Goods, Just recelved. = By ELISON, POMEROY & (U Auctioneers, 84and 84 Randoiph-at. 'TUESDAY MORNING, March 13, at 9:30 o'clock, 8t our Storve, FURNITURE, CARPETS, STOVES, And General Hoasebolu Goods, Generul Merchan- , elc. ELISON. POMEROY & C0. CONFEOTIONERY, 2 CELEBRATED throughout the Unlon ~expressed to sl t4. 1B aud upward 8t 5% 40, 609 per b, “Addrest orders GUNTUER, Coufes toner, Chicsgo.