Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 24, 1877, Page 4

4 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JUNE 2, 1877/—SIXTEEN PAGES @ye Tetlomre, TERMS OF 8UBSCRIPTION. DT MAN—IN ADVANCE—POSTAGE FREPAID. 1sily Fdition, nne year, .l!:w Literary and g.lm a00 50 WEERLT EDITION, POSTPAID, 8 _1.23 « cony, TT year. TR b 3 6‘% Club of tweiiy. X Epecimen copl Tl; rrevent delay and mistakes, be snre and give Poste Office adirera (n full, lncludiog Ktate and County, Temltiances may bo niade efther by draft, express, Post-0ffice order, orin regigtered letters, at our risk. TERMS TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS, Datly, dellvered, Sunday excepted, 25 cents per week. Da'ty, dellvered, Sunday included, 50 cents per week, Address TIIE TRINDNE COMPANY, Corner Marison azd Dearborn-sta., Chicago, Tl SOCIETY MEETINGS, . N clal meeting of Chicaxo Ene oo e o1 T, I I, ae, thelr Jiallon to-mermw (Monday) evenlng st 8 o'clock wharp, for the purpose nferring the first, second, of /ROA TIEd dewrven, and Aoy other husiness that, may he ght hetorn the Encampment, ml:. {)I:xéel;u‘lfl‘. Beribe, T, W, BUYNTUN, C. P, N LT LONGE, RNIGITS OF PYTH. !AOEA—.\HT!,SFIU“. Bir Knighta—All memhers are hereby notincd 1o as<emble at tirle Cadtie 11ali next Tuesday R p. ., for th l‘lr‘cll!\l!nuhl;;lflli:f:: ng'd“o’";:r e : 4 i Buu.uwum. CC. 1, RN1GATS TEM- [uemiay cyenfng nest. June 3 - E:rrm-' o gt &L 0 Clok prompt. UMcers are herehy Dotined 1o he prescnt and fally enilpped ot {he hour qamed. The rder o the Temple Wil be_conferred. Vhllur.l sl JNLAI’. Tiecorder. ® ) HTAS.~All members of the Or- A BT e Mfenneated 10 ttend & special meeting this (Sundoy} evening at 7:90 o'clock. 2o Grand Lo 1inly corner of Lasalle and Adami Birette Hor tie adoption'or waysand meana for the aid e A S0 dulne e Gy RAGES of our lstrekied bret e 8 deputy Urasd Chancelior. APOLLO COMMANDE] 1.AR.~Kpecial conclara a LN R CHA £, NQ. 177, R. niLVC(H N PARR CHAPTER, AL rncr of Korth Clark and Conts M. ~TTall eraning Visttors cordiaytovlied o YETTE, XO. 3, It A. A A el o b day attend, K. Ny CORINTIIAN CIIATTER, 00, n.A.!l.—'Rerflhr (osrcation lander orefug, duss zh bs 8 oclock, b i D A WeiiTv e 147 T J. 0. DICKETSOY, fec. A. 0. U, W.—GATIDES CITT LODGE, KO. 40,—All membera are reminded of the election of oMcers at the Jast reguiar meeting In J:l‘ntklml are requeated to ate F oder of R Tty I ki 2 CLRE, tend In full force. OURCHESM, liccorder, BUNDAY, JUNE 24, 1477, CHIOAGO MARKET ARY, ‘The Chicazo produce markets wero firmer. Satne- day, nnd most of them were falrly active. Mess park closed 10c.per brl higher, at $12.00@ 12.0214 for July and $13.0214@13.05 for Auguat. Tard closed n shade casler, nt $8,8714@8.00 for July and £0.00scller August, Mcats were easier, at 42cvee 1 for louse shoulders and 63c for do short ribs, Highwines were stcady, at 81,08 per gallon. Lake freights were stronger, at13{@2¢ for corn to Buffalo. Fiour was in betler demand, Wheat clored Irregularg at 81,44 for July and $1.27% for August. Corn clased }c higher, at 463c cash and 46%c for July, Oate closed steady, at 30c tash and 30c asked forJuly, Hyo was higher, st ©Glc. Barley was quoted at 80¢ bid for new, scller Toptember. Hegs closed firm, nt $4.60@4.00 per 100 1bs. Cattle wero teady, at $2.60@G.75. Eheep woro nominal, ot $2,70.@4.75. Uno hane dred dollars in gold would buy $105.50 {n green. ‘bac's at tho close. * worth M4i@M 1. . ——e Sntisfied that they have no luck’in the pgrme of hegds you win ond tails we loso, the Turks havo quit Matchin, and tho Rus- sinus bave taken possession, Baby-farming, or putting bables where they will do tho least harm, haa beon thor- onghly exposed in Philadelphin. An officor of the Baciety for the Provention of Cruclty to Children has Lroken up two nests,—an exnmnpla that might woll be followed in other cilies, un'a iniqnitous re- porters hias trecd o marc's nest. 1lls discov- ery isto the cfioot that hod Tirpex beon elected, Mexico would have been annoxed to the United Siates. If that reporter had found anything to show that Troew has paid bis incomo tax, his explorations might Liavo licen of some nceonnt, Tn other words, suggests President Hayes, officcholders aro appointed to attend strictly to tho Lusiness for which they aro engaged and paid, and they ars not expected, nor will tlhiey e permitted, to take part in' the man. uzgement of political organizations, caucuses, couveutions, aud clection campnigns, All of which renders the position of Postinaster & sinecuro, If Mr. Mrvupar still refuses to givo up thie records of the ol Court-llouse for de- posit under tho corner-stone of the new, the Coramitteo might weil ¢all upon Gen, Mc- Antuvh to furnish his books as a substitute. No one would detact tho difference & contury Lienew, for the General enn’t understand them well cnough to testify to the contents even LOW,. Now “Becond Datol,” aren’t you sorry youstuck out? ‘I'he Departwent at Wash- inglon has ordered tho enies of the **First Bateh" opened, which' moaus they aro to have immuuity from payment as well as punishment, and you might have donoas well had you played traltor to yonr fricuda, Tt takes you, geutlemen, a long time to un. @urstrad that ““lionor among (Lieves” is purely thooretical, Continuous nud severe Sghting s going on between the "Turks andtho Montenegrins, BuiEnns Pasua, with an aroy of about 80,000 men, finds himsolf opposed et every step by an almost fmpassa. bLle country and desperate bands ©f mountcineers. Arr Sus is moking an effort to effect n junction with Svreax Pasus; which one dispatch says he has suc- cceded in doing. The Montenegrins in Her- zegoviua are returning tothe defense of their homesy, which areiu imminent danger, [t oundasuiibieay Among tho sulferers from thoe Indian out- Lreak are the newspapers, compelled to pay daily for dreary telegraphic information to the eficet that the saveges are well armed aud constantly victorious, while the whites, limited by law to 500 rusty guns, are porennially defeated. Apurt from this, about the only news this worning is that Capt. Rosnrxs has raised an “ urmy " of tweuty-nine wmen, twenty-one of whom weru left bebind for lack of muskets aud ammunition ; while the othter cight went €0 reliove tho wowen af tho stockads fort on Blate Creek. T — ‘Ihere aro indications of s financial erisis in Puoria, resulting from the suspen. tion of tho Lanking-housa of B. Puwsires & Co., one of the largest finncisd institutions in Central IMli. nois which Las closed its doors. Heavy ad- vances to the whisky irm of Woornes Bos. is sssigned as tho cause. _'Tho ‘Woorxzns ore organized as ‘three firms, and do an immenss business in milling and dis. tilling. No doubt losscs on grain and tho unprofitablencss of whisky.making at the present time have put it beyond the power of tho firms to meot their papor, and hence the financial asphyxia of the bank. THE PR L) Y LAW. . The very earnest and pious gentlemon and ladies who desire the legdl enforcement of a religions obssrvance of tho Sanday are still at work, urging eignatares to petitions nske ing nction on the subject by tho City Coun. cil, Onlast Bunday scveral clergymen de. livered sermons moro or less Intemporato on the question, nnd at several meetings of clergymen of different sects held on week days tho matter has been warmly discussed. ‘Wo supposo similar sermons will be preachod to-day, and tho agitation will be kept up until it recoives n popular quictus. W do ‘not question the motives of these peoplo, but wo do question thoir judgmont as to the. manner in which the reform they seek shall ba nccomplished. In the first place, the demand {s that all placea where liquor is sold shall be closed on Bunday, nnd the salo of liquor prohibited on that day, This domond is made on the as- sumption that thers is something sinful and immoral in the salo of liquor, and that this "sinfalness and immorality are aggravated by being committed on Sunday. The City Council, therefore, is asked to intorpose to prohibit the desccration of the Sunday by tho liconse given to this immorality, 'If this proposition were universally nceopted by so- ciety in this or any other country, the de- mand would ba reasonablo and wonld bo generally conceded ; tho trouble is, that the immorality of the sale and the use of liquors is not conceded by the peoplo of this or any other conntry, and hence,'with the excep- tion of a few localitics in the United States, thero {s no legal prohibition of . such salo or use. It is urged that all members of churches shall unite in pressing this demand on the City Council, and it is claimed that tho City Coucil, representing the raliglous body of the people, should embody the wishes of that class in thoe form of a pro- hibition of the doublo crime of selling liguor and violating the Sabbath, In all tho sermons nud debates on this question, and in the memorial itself, there is an abandon. ment of all attempt to lead men to a knowl. edgo of the crime against morals and relig. fon, and nn appeal to force. Laying aside the weapons of reason, and of prayor, and of Divine ald, the petitioners rely on force,— on the enactment of laws, on the police- man's club, on arrests, punishments, and confiscations. 'The day for employing force to carry out religions dogmas has passod awny. Conturies of war and bloodshed to mnke men moral and religious have shown how futilo is force in tho control and direc- tion of consclonce. Tho morality which the Ohurch has succeeded in planting in the henrts of men, thereby giving o moral and religious tone to the laws, customs, and socinl and political institutions of man- kind, hns beon that which in the absence of forco has appealod to the hopes and foars, the love of homo and of family, to tho desire for poace and content. mont, and to matorial welfare, and has held ont n promiso of oternal hnppinoss as a result of decorons, honest, devont, and blameloss lives. Blen may be led by words of reason, and fraternal love, and religious instruetion ond exhortation, but force nover convinces nnd almost universally provokes and embit- ters opposition. Wa have in this appeal by tho Church that forco shall take the placo of moral teaching, aided by Divine power, a confession thnt thoss in the Church who hold commissions to preach Divine trnthand lead men to follow honorsble and einlesn livea nro cithor too lazy or incompetent to do their Mastor's work, or have no faith in tho officaoy of Divine nasistance, or confl. donce in what thoy are proclaiming as Diving truth, The clorgymen aud othera who aro urging thisappeal to force to compsl the religious obscrvance of Bunday confidontly repre. sont that tho portion of the community who sustain them ave largely in the mojority in Chicago, and that the City Council shonld acccpt their petition as an instruction from constituents to thelr repro- gontatives. In thia thoy greatly cxaggerate their own numbers, and misrepresont pub- lio sentiment. Tho populativn of Chicago ia cosmopolitan, It ombraces people born in all” parts of tho clvilized world, A largo mnjority of the ndults of the city were born in forelgn countrios, whero the customs, laws, and bhabits know no such - thing ns;n legal enforceinent of Sunday laws in order to niaintain what is known as the Puritan Sabbath, Snch a Bunday is unknown to_the Iaw outsido of the United Btates. 'These people and thelr {mmediato descondants coustitnte over two- thirds of the population of Chicago, and, as o role, they are opposed on principle to any law rogulating or, cocrcing the social man. nors or tho religious practices of the people, Of the voting population of this city the or. thodox Protestant scots cannot muster over 12,000. Of tho active political membora of the Catholic churches thero aro prob. ably 12,000 of English-speaking voters and 8,000 of Qerman and other nationalities, Thero are about 3,000 Hebrsw voters, and about 2,000 voters belonging to unorthodox Proteatant bodles, The church membora wlo aro voters number abont 82,000. The wholo number of voters in the city is about 08,000, and “the 96,000 in addition to the church members includo the great body of persons who, though born of Obristian parents, have ceased affiliation in the church- es in which they havo besn raised, and also that other large body who are not profesaing Christians in any form. Tt will be acen that thesa persons of the orthodox Protestant churches, who are pressing this demand for the legal establishment of a Bun- dasy such 83 they want, are but a small minority of the whole Lody of voters, and before they can claim to represent even an approximation to a majority of the people, they must include the Roman Catholicsof all nationalities, and the Jews, sod also tho members of the non.orthodox churches. We do not mean that all the persons outside of the orthodox Protestant churches are in favor'of keeping saloons open on Bunday, or would object if they wero all closed by their propristors. ‘The objection is not to having the saloons closed on Hunday or any other day ; but there is & radical and fundamental objection to a resort tolaw, and to force, and to an interference with personal habits and customs, for the purpose of establishing a moral or religious dogma which a small minority of the people accept, while the large majority positively and consclentiously Toject it. ‘Thore aro two classes of saloons in Chi- cago, und two classcs of patrons. The Americans, tho Irish, and some other pation. alitios mainly drink spirits, whilo the Gor. wang drink beer. ‘Those who W splrity. do 50 knowing that ita consiant nso is fatal to health ; that it is naturally intoxieating; that it leads to drunkenness, with all its wretched consequences. Thoy will all admit that it bas no compensating qnalities, and that they uso it merely to gratify a senseless ond vicions appotite. Not so with the con- sumers of beer and wines, Thoy have ine herited a taste for these from ancestors dat- ing back as far as the Christian era. The usp of this beer and wine has boen ‘universal, and has nover convorted the nations who use them ns food into drunkards. Thefr na- tional use i consistont with thrift, intelli- gence, and tomperance. It is imposaible to chango the convictions of those who use beer and wino, It is nseless to tell them they aro drinking poison; and morsl sunsion with them will bo as sbortive as forco. The friends of temporance have therefors o fleld before them ripe for the harvest. Thoy have many thonsauds of men engnged in tho sale and in the use of purcly alcoholio drinks,—drinks confessedly inju- rious to health, and leading up to all tho calamitous consequences of drunkenness. Thess persons ars prepared to admit all theso facts, and to confess how beneficial it wonld beif they wers to abandon the habit, Lot the churches nnd tho ministors of raligion all unite on the common ground of appealing personally to tho reason and eonscicnces of theso men ; let them resort to all tho ngon- clea of pyayer and social influonco ; let them ottack alcohol in the name of tho Great Mns- ter they sorve, and lead nwny from tho sa- loons all these people, who are already aware of their dangor nnd aware of their own wrong, and are thus prepared to liston to and follow tho nppesl of religion, morality, health, and deconoy. Thisappeal—thisresort to moral suasion—should not be con. fined to selling liquor or drinking it on Sun- day. Whatever is wrong, and immoral, and fatal to henlth, is as criminal on o wock day as on Sanday., Men cannot condono for im. morality during six days by abstaining on Sunday, Whatever crime thers bo in drink- ing or sclling on Sunday is a erimo against personal health and public morality and de- cency, gnd no action too immoral or indb- cent, or too fatal to personal heglth, to be permitted or tolorated on Snuday should be permitted or tolorated on any other day. By a proper, and carnest, and united effort much may bo done to draw men away from the use of spirituous nud parely alcoholio drinks,— the beveragos which fira the brain to mad. ness ond destroy tho moral and physical strongth of mon. Ench man thus persuad- ed to leavo the saloons iz o customer lost; and, as these lost customers mulii. ply in numbers, the saloons cense to be profitable, and by tho simpls operation of Iack of custom they cloge, not morcly on Sandays, but on wookdaya; close finally, snd tempt and ruin men no more, In this way, by'personal effort, mon who drink what is substantiolly poison may be rescued, and more saloons bo closed than can ever bo closed by force. Moral teaching in gucha matter is far more cfficacious than latr; the voico of reason and of awakened consclenco is moro potent than tho policeman's club; and the realization of peaceful homen and happy firosides n stronger inducemont to re- form than arrests, and fines, and tho degra- dations of imprisonment. The fleld is a Inrgd ome. Tho larvest is ripe; and tho question for the Church is, whethor it has servants competent and willing to undergo the Iabor of gathering it, instond of calling ontho law and sppealing for “mors troops.” ¢ o—— THE MIOHIOAN AVERUE SOHEME. more than thers was in the ease of Oakwood | mend of socioty. This in the view now nn-’ Bonlevard. Indeed, if essential, wo do not think it would be impossible or even diffi. cult to got tha signaturon of all the property. owners on Michigan avenua to a quit-claim to the streot; thore iz no nced of this or any other ateps, however, until the Council shall ascertain the Iaw of the case and. indi. cate what it is willing to do. This much shonld be accomplished without delay. " ‘WOMAN SUFFRAOB. The women-suffragists -of Eungland have once more mado their annual raid upon Par- liament under the banner of Jacos Brionr in queat of the eleotive franchise, and have onco more mot dbfeat ; the peculiarity of the defent as distingnishing it from pnst ones belng that it is more complete. Thoe English nowspapers and periodicals, in viow of tho dofoat, are also indulging in their annual dis. cussion of tha question of *women's disa. bilities,” and somo of them, particularly the Spectator, make a very strong argument to show that woman should not have the politi. cal ballot. The Spectator’s srgumont is worth reproducing. It proceeds upon the basis that * A man'g vote is the index of a force lying behind the vote; a woman'a vote ‘would have no corresponding forco behind it.” The best Parliament {s that which rep- resents the forces . ronlly governing the country ; therefore it is important that only thoereally governing foros shonld berepresent. ed in Parlinmont. It illustrates this position as follows: Tho women of England, if they had the vote, would undoubtedly vote upon tho sido of the opprossed Christigna and Rus- ala in the Eastern question, and a Parlisment, in tho election of which thoy had a share, ‘would undoubtedly be in favor of interven- tion on behalf of the Greek Christians, Dut a mojority of tho men are in favor of main. taining a strict neutrality. A majority of the Houso of Commons, thorefore, might bo pressing intervention upon the Ministry, which, according to constitutional procedent, would have to rosign its position or ita con- viction. In either case, the man who aro to fiil tho armies, man the war-ships, and pay the larger part of tho taxes, being altogother opposad to going to war, who would compol them? Who would fill the armies) Who ‘wonld march to batile and fight the enomy ? Tho women could not and the men would not. Thus there would be a House of Com- mons that could not fulfill its legilimats func- tions, and, consequontly, an end of Parlia. mentary Government. The argument is sum. marized na follown : Tho franchiso would be enjoyed by women on conditlons which would mako it clther unnocessary oruseleas. 1f {hey are to make thelr power In the State felt when, and only when, they have bronght men round {o their views, they can obtain alt that thoy want from Parliament without having votes. It their strength lles In the conversions wroaght by them, they have sa many opportunities of working converalons now as they would have if they had the franchiso, If they are not to make thelr power in the Brate felt unon any points on which they think differently from men, how will the franchise profit themt An aoility which yon dare not use differs only in name from a dlsability, Tho argument made by the Spectator is substantially that made by Tmm Criosao Trmuxe a few yoars ago, when Mrs. Liven- wone headod the noble nrmy of the * Horosis " in ita dotermined raid upon the ballot, At that timae wo contended that it was only tho sexfrom which soldiersand policoare takon—or, in other words, tho class of force or thegoverning olomont—that should bo ad- mitted to tho franohlso, Tho roply was mado by tho ngitators that thers wero many men incapable of martial force and were practically non-combatant, such as old men, sickly mon, eripples, and others.. This is Bomo wecks ago Ald. Bazranp introduced |, adfnitted ; but thay belong to thesex of force, A resolution into the Council providing for tho trausfor by the city to the Bonth Park Commisslonors of Michigan avenue, running from Randolph or Mndison streot to ThiRty- fifth street, and of Thirty-ifth stroet from Michigan avenue to the Grand Boulevard, on condition that the Bouth Park Commis. sloners should immedintely improva these stroots 08 pleasure-drives and nssums con- trol of them as of othor houlovards in the Park systom. A beiter plan wonld bo to transfor the avenue as far aa the city limits (Thirty-ninth stroot), if any such achems is feasible. Howover, this resolution was re- ferred to & committes, and, as far as we knov, lias never since beon heard from, De- foro the Council adjourns for s summer va- cation, wo suggest that this matter be taken up and given sufliclent consideration to as. certain dofinitely what may bo done under tho Inw. Public sentiment in favor of the schomo fs all Lmnt unanimous; in the whola discussion of the subject wo havo not heard of asinglo objection Loing mnde to it; if ncceusary, wo presume a petition in favor of the tindertaking would recoive tho signatures of ninoty-nine out of every 100 proporty- ownors in the Souty Division, which - is mainly concerned. Michigan :avonne in ita presont condition is almost impnasable; it js usolesa for hedvy teaming ns wall as for pleasura driving, ‘The proporty-owners will not veluutarily ropave it with the certainty staring thom in the face that it will be cat up aud ruined within a year by the trucks, and they cannot bo compelled to poy for re- paving it by procesa of law within two years after commencemont of proceedings to that end. It will not do to set the prece- dont of ropaving at general expense of the city, for this would open up an opportunily for Aldermanio log- rolling and expondituro of tho public moneys far boyond the sewerage and gas.lamp op- portunitios, If a transfer can lawfully be mado to the South Park, the cost of repaving will fall upon the people of the Bouth Divis- fon and ITydo Park, who arg the ones who will be especially benefited, The hitch is in the authority of the Couneil to pake tho necessary transfer, and itis on this point that the Law Departmont shoald be required to give its opinion; and as a matter of general publio interest wo have no doubt that the opinfons of several of tho leading lawyers in tho city could be obtalned without cost to the city, Thero sooms to be no doubt that, under tho authority of the present charter, tho Gouncil may vacate Michigan avenue or any other strect; but whether thelr powsr extends beyond this, or whether the street reverts to the original owners of the property in case it be vacated, are questions that require to be determined. If the city has authority to trausfer tho strect to the Bouth Park OCommissioners, there seems to be no reason why they msy. not assume it and improve it as a part of the Park system. Indeed, o sapplomentary Park act (which we bave quoted befors) nppears to confer upon them explicit power to do this, and it is pro- cisely what was dono in the case of Oakwood Boulevard; thisboulevard, connecting Grand and Drexel Boulevards st about Forty-firat streot, was not a part of the Park systom, but was sot sside by the property-ownors, snd by them deeded to the South Park Commissioncrs, who thereupon improved it, ond hiave siuco managed it us s part of their trust. Thoro is not likely to be an objoction wged in the case of Michigan svenus apy | and their views aro in harmony with that class which farnishes the governing power of force, and they would uso shat force if thoy wore young, healthy, and robust. Thoir hosds and-hearla are in favar of force, although their logs may bo incapable of boaring them into battle. Tho trouble lies just hero: not one woman in twenty is masculine in her feclings and as. pirations, Aside from the jokes about womeon's spunkiness and self-will, leading to connubial combats and incompatibllity, they are a non-realstant race, and in no conntry ever maintained a Govornmont againat the will of the malos. DBaut thero is a class of womon—one in twonty, perhaps—who aro more masouline than fominina in their fecl- ings, cournge, and aspirations. This sort of women sometimos have produced individuals who wero so resoluto as to disguise them. sclves in malo attiro and do military daty, carry arms, endure tho fatigue of servico, and even marchup to * the imminent deadly oreach” withont flinching, It is the class from whom theso spring that furnisl the sgitators. ‘Thoy dosire the franchise because they foel aa if they could oxerclse it. Thoy aro aggreasive, combative, rosolute, political, {independent, and individual, like men. They nro like Mr, Braxe's wmarried woman, who wns about to sign a doed before & Notary in ono of the back counties of Pennsylvania and was nsked tho usual question if ghe sigued it without compulsion or fonr of her husband, Stopping back one or two pnocs, sho put hor hands on her hips, sot her hoad on ono side, and, aftor looking at the man for a moment scornfully and indignantly, ox- claimed s ** I guess, Jedgo, you don't know the family,” 1f women generally wero of this class they would soon have tho right to voto, because thoy would stop up and selze it, and it would be ylelded for‘'hell hath no fury liko a woman scorned.” But nineteen out of twen. ty womon Lave no such puguacious, politicnl feelings. They have no masculine tendon. cles. They are mot combative, sggreasive, or grasping after political control. They have mnerves, are sensitive, and naturally timorous, unobtrusive, and prefor the ways of peaca and domestic retirement, the cares of home, and the duties of the housshold. They could not seize the ballot. If they had it they could not exercise or defend it, or use it in any macner 50 ns to carry out their wishos contrary to those of men. ‘They have not tho strength or nerve Lo compe! men to obey woman's orders in matters of war, or politics, or appetites, Lowever efficient a state of discipline they may malatain in the househiold 1t is on this poiut that the English people draw the line, aud every time the subjoct comes up thoy draw it more rigidly, Under tho English laws unmarried women over 21 years of age, spinsters, or widows posseasing the requisite property-qualifica. tions, may vots for members of Bchool Boards, or hold office as members. This, however, does not involve the question of ocombativeness or force, but of education and instraction, for which woman is fitted, and in which she can exerciso every duty re- quired—and in the®*msjority of cases bettor than man. But fa all questions involving appotite, politics, war, peace, national pro. tection, and enforcemont of tho laws, the scx that is not capabloyof defonding the Btate, reprossing violence, or punishing crime, caonot advantagoously excreise the franchise sud be earolled with the forve elo- tortained in England by a vast majority of intelligent and refiecting mon. rre——— THE BYNDAY QUESTIOR IN ENGLAND. The Bunday qnelol.lun was agzaln ralsed {nthe British Parllament on the 7th tnst., when Mr, Prran TArLod moved this resolution: “That, in the opinion of this H&usc, it s desirable to mive further facilitles for the recreation and in- atruction of the people by the opening for some ‘hours on Bunday of natlonal muscuma and pal- lerles,”” After a long and Interesting debate, the Honse divided, and the numbera were: For Mr. TATLOR’S motlon, §7; against, 220; mafor- ity, 142. While the numbers were so largely with the strict Babbatarians, the prenonder- enca of the argument ‘was with tho mover of tho resolutfon. * The vote 18 not, Indced, & falr Index of the strongth of the case which Mr. TAvioR ad- vocates. It madea considerabls gain on this very occaslon in the person of Mr, W. E. Fons- TER, who supported the motion for the first time. He denfed that 1t would lead to'a fresh departare, scolng that the people could already visit the pictures in Hampton Court on Sunday. He aid not understand how membors could op- pose the motlon unlees they were prepared to say that they would not themselves visit muse- ums on Sundays, or take thelr families. For the rest, Mr. Fonsten's arcuments were fomillar enough, and the chief signifle canes of his specch arosc from the fact that it announced tho conversion to the cause of Babbath enjoyment of so dlstinguished astudont of educational reform. . The religious objectlun to the opening of mu- seums nnd art-galleries has almost dlsappeared in England, and the opposition to it proceeds principally from the conservative projudice which reaists every change merely because the tdea of it s new. There i not one solld objec- tlon to the resolution provided religlous scru- ples bo placed out of the account; and we bave tho uncontradicted statement of Mr. Tarronm, during the debate, to the effcct that scruples of ihis nature no looger cxist, The obvious thing to be sald in favor of the new movement is that Bunday is a good dsy for poor people, and the moro thoy can hayveof it thy botter. The tden that the cconomy of Naltire could over be prescrved by devoting ono day in scven to "solitary confinement was exploded some timo since, and it has been gencrally admitted that the day can mot be more profitably employed than in the pursait of innofent cnjoyment. Buch cnjoyment {s all the more & public benefit when it Is ‘taken in the midst of edu- cating Inflaences, such as are afforded by every good mnsoum or art-gallery. Tho propoei- tlons leading up to and supporting the position of the Sabbath-reformers are s0 simplo that he who runs may read, and he who reads must understand. Tholabor of the reformers . docs not consist in findlng good rcasons for their cause, but {n dispelling prejudices aud combat~ fog captious objections, The great bugbear gcems to be that it any concesston is made at tho muscums or art-gallerica there may bon goneral cxtension of working hours to Bunday. Tlls fear was alluded to in the debato by Lord Hurver, who ridiculed it effectively, and mot it with tho axiom that the more valuable Sunday {smnde as a boliday,the less likely ars the work- ing-classcs to part with {t. ‘The Sunday question has. another and impor- tant phaso in Engl&hd peculiar to that country and too often slighted in & consideration of the subject hore. The 'mass of discontent among the poorer peopfd of London conatitutca a factor 1n the solution of overy soclal problem. Itis a troublcsome clement Lo deal with. Any means of decreasing its wefght or conscquence will at once; command attontion and respect, and such means msy be found in extendigg tho advantages of the pnblic muscums sud gulieries o overy direction. As Mr. TaYLOR exceilently said, In opening the debate, thisfs a question of Dives legistating for Lazanus, aud 1t s almost as tyrannous an {nterference with privato judgment to close these matitutions to. peoplo who wish to visit them aa It would be to compel them to go thera who had no deslre. Wo apprchend that the vote ‘in favor of the resolutlon in Parllament will grow largely and steadily every year; and the workmen of England will soon be allowed as frec access to theart trcasures which they hare helped to pay for as the Lords and Com- tnoners who have voted away the money, Wo belleye, moreover, that the study of works of art, revealing in themaelves tho principlesof a higher rellglon, or tho sight of natural wonders and curlosities, or familiar assoclation with his- torlcal relics and emblems—whethier on Sunday or any other day—will produce no serious de- terioratlon of publlc morals, andscause no in- Jury to true religiou. e D THE TIPPING OP WAITHRS NUISANOE. Dr. flolland, {n the July number of Scribner’s Afayazine, says this wholo matter of * tipping* waiters, and of walters expecting to be “ tipned,” {s a very marked manifestation of the polson of pauperism. A wman steps Into n ree- taurant to purchasi 1 consumo & meal. lio finds a walter at his side whose busincss it Is to waitupon hitn, It was for this scrvice that ho was hired by the proprietor, and ho s paid for it what his: labor is worth. At . any rate, his servico s reckomed into tho biil of tho customer, and, whon that billls pald, the customer's obligations aro all discharged. Neverthelcss, thero stauds the expectant walter, who hopes to be twice pald for his work, or, rather, iopes to reccive something for nothing, ‘The wholo army of walters have beconfe, {n their souls, beggars. Their MNttle arts of oxtra at- tentiveness are the arts of beegary and nothing olse. Thelr practical and obtrusive pauperism is a nulsance to the community, as well asa curse to them, Manhood gocs out as a fce, un- earned, comes in. Manhoid stays out of one whose expcctation {s always hankering for a tip. Wa havo sald that the walter {s pald for his sorvice by his employer, but this is not alw 0. This samo subject s beginning to bo discussed in the English aod Coutinental papers. The London Dally Newsreports that the Swiss fnn- keepers Intend to make another effort to pro- vent thelr servants from taking gratulties (or, rather, blackmalling the gucats). The inn- keopur dislikes gratultles, becauso they disor- Ranlzo discipline, The walter is luvoking out for thoso gifts, which e appreciates more than his wages, when he ought to becarrylog out orders, and {s bestowing on Uberal guests timo which tho landlord thinks should be dovoted to the perfection of the general arrangoments of the house. A part of the Bwiss movement to abolish foea {s said to come from tho waiters themselves, who resont the unfalruess with which the silver-shower falls,—the popular waiters getting the money, and not.ths hard- er-worked ones,~and ‘bo they are begiuning to resoat this partiality shown to their murosmliing and obscquious competitors; and now they are begluning to déclare thac taking *“tips' s coutrary to the digniteds I'homme, Morallzingon this ** tip " nuisance, the London;Spectalor ub- se@est 1 Pl A R Ly wiil not be stobped by the pablic, who, if Engils| meo, anathematise gratallics 1o boo! thuem noge 3, Unoer sume 1r anacknowledyed fecling of compala Nothing is wore carivuas than the fotcnse reluctanca of Eu- glish peupls (o do away with a many of thew deavuncasnod none of thou cordl, 1y spprove, which costs them money, invoivcs I coavenience, and holps 10 keep up a-difference of clusces which ouo-half at least of thoss who zire cncyo paupctiam dednite kind; ‘but, while as- argament. he puts bls band to spected shilling. Tho thrifiy g6 fully that his waste on peity s sliver azpandi- | gifls makoaups 0 portion of hia ture, much larger than tas proportivn a¢ focentiy fized it, but will giveall tho resdilyas tho Judicious man who grumbls fimes audibly—and rather uufalrly—that are. aconer or dook. le gives, wnevertlicless. And even lue l\w wman, who kuows that o giving 18 lhmmr st & rallway statlon be I3 dircctly depsiving eecond and (hird-class passeugel thelr falr propurtiun of attendance, Bevezth though ho asserts 1he propositiol ust us rcadily, or 3t all eveuts Just a8 1 bo had rot asserted it. Hare aui il PHUASNY Arm wan of 8 e3coptivaally cul nits latier, powr-bolre, gilts ot refentions woman will hold ont, and sacrifice a 1it- tle time and lcmfl:r to the welfare of roclety: but, asnrule, everybody who ean glve, {n-t many who caunot, till we have #ren work. ng-wamen, whore bundles had been earried to the edge of the praf twopenee to right or polite—we nover could make out which— to cive fn retnmn for the attention, well-to-do, they gire ovei fil{. and all day fone. 1f you m( At n frieAd's honse, yon give to tha servanta; If yon ahoot, yon tipthe game- kesper: |f you are driven, you reward the coch- man; it your horae in baited, you pay the hostier 88 woll aa the Inn; If an nrehin opann's cab-door, he getan coppet: and If a eabman restorea the book ‘vn have forzotten. you pay him for his honesty or is_consideration, ‘A nruperl]—dlnrolad Rnelish carpea woulil {ip the hearse-driver, if It only coald, The impulse Ia positively frroalstible. Over and over again the practice of piring feor in ruma hongen has been condemned, and apparently sap. presded, but it has alwayas rovived; while the rail- wa; hich for years made the receipt of gratai- offcnse, have nt last ahandoned the cffor! beaten by the Javishncas of cnstomers, who wonl, ‘break Info open mutiny {f the nsual price of their ticketa was Increased by one-half as much, ———entto— THEONORE THOMAS A8 AN EDUCATOR. Mr. Trizoponn TraoMAs and his incomparabls orchestra arc now in this city giving a series of summer-night concerts. Although many peo- ple have avatled themaelves of the opportunity to enjoy these delightful entertalnmentsssa matter of amusemont, there are many others who ought to enjoy thom not only a3 an amuse- ment, but ags means of education. There is an [mmenas class in this city studying musie, and ambitlous to succeed as vocalsts or Instru. mentallats. They msy be numbered by the thousands. In this great crowd thero is prob- ably not one whose highest ambition is not to go to Europe and study music, though not ons In & thousand may ever have tho opportuni- ty. To this class wo have a word of advics to offer. Tho mero study of music with a Ea- ropean teacher, however good he may be, is but s small part of tho beneit to be derlved by the pupil. The pupil must of neccasity hear much good musle, and live In a musical atmosphers from which he unconsclously absorbs musical influcnces that tond to mold and shapo his futnre carecr, and this process of absorption I8 moro valuabls and lasting In fts effects than all the terms of les- sons he may take. Now, here is just such an opportunity offered in Chicago to tho thonsands who cannot go to Earope. Mr. Tmouas is nightly giving to his audiences the very best music of tho composcrs of all echools Italian, German, Russlan, Beandinavian, French, snd American, whoso works are represented all the way from a symphonyto & waltz, The pro- grammes are richly dlversified, to suit all taates, and wherever light numbers oceur the hearer who delights In heavicr music at least has the compensation of hearing the light overtures and dance music Interproted perfectly and fn- vested with new beauty, Nearly all puplls are dropplag thelr lessuns for the summer season, and now wo would advise them to con- tinte thelr education by attondance upon these concerts. Tho weekly exponse will be Joss than they pay their “teachers. Ono of the beat musiclans In this cily, a man who has Identificd himsclf morn closely with our musieal progress during tho past three years than any other, has testificd hls appreciation of Mr. TroMAs as & muslcaleducator by purchaalng tickets to every concert for his numerous puplls, bolog confident that during his vacation thele studies wlill go on, and that they will be the better fitted to resumo thelr leesons In the fall. Thero 18 no doubt of the corrcctucss of his position. It would be impossible for any student.of music toattend Mr, Tnosas' scrics of concerte this summer without Immensa Improvement and quicker musical apprehension and adaptability for the routino work of tho tcacher. Bach a combination of education and entertainment is worthy the scrious ottentlon of all who are studying the elegant sclence of music, cither na an art to be followed or an accomplishment to bo exhibited. iy m, apologise for not having the Dr, PAXCOAST, an ominent surgeon of Phila- delphis, has published s work upon the use of colored glass as & remedy for depreclated vital argans, {n which he splinters blne-glass, and ad- voeates tho virtues of red. 1o says: The red and blne I’ll,l conatitnte the entire ma- teria mcdica of tho blue-light system of therapea- tics, tho dynamlc qualitics of oiher rays belng rol- atively inconeidernble, It is, howover, the red ray which {s the anlvu‘ active, polarlzing principio of light, the lfo clement which Imparts to tho par- ticles of alimentary fluid that peculiar property which is called vitailty, and which cavses the sim- leat cellulsr organiama to unfold from type to lflm Fifo the perfection of ‘matorial fatma niasented n the human organlem, llonce, when the positive within the huiesn organism loscs u:‘y portion of Its power we should use tho same red ray to re- ruit, and strengthicn, and co-operate with'It in the estoration of the nq’ulllbrlum of health, * On the other hand, it s paintul to learn that the famons “biue rav containe tho negative, pagsive, dopolariz. fog principle of light, to which-Nature owes her pawer of dissolving and estirpating exhausted, worn-ont, effete forms, It I8 an eloment of decay and deatl, & dragwelgh® on the spripg of vitsl en- ergy; only, therefore, when we reinark an axeos- slvo tension in the nervous system can we ventare $o Invoke 1ts perilo nee. —_—— “Qair HamiLToN" appears to have been successfu, not long ago, in beatlng her way over tho Maine rallroads ona pass for *Mr, Brainz and wife,” declaring to the conductor that sie was Mr, Braixx, The conductor, who know that Jid was a rallrosd man, allowed the {alr young thing to pass unasscascd. Thils gives rise to a damnable suspiclon. BLainm is known tobe posscascd of great dramatic force and an oxquisitely mobile consclenve and countenance. Perhaps there is no * Garn HaMiLTox," and sho is only an avatar of Jin. Perhaps, on the other hand, therels no Jim, and the Bonator from Maine—and Memphis and Little Rock—Is only “@arn Hasurton in p—nt—1—ps and a false beard, Thero ls an awful mystery somewhere that the Benate Committeo on Forelgn Relations willdo well to clear up, ———— . Minister PssnneroNT, in taking care of Gen. QGnaxT, succeeded admirably, up to a short time ago, in_securing great coucessions fromn ctl- quette, and the distinguished visitor had been remarkably fortunste In getting o good seat at tho various square meals to which bs was in- vited. But the Invitatlon to Lord Bracons- rixLp's dinner resulted in certain complica- tions, threatching to dump tho General at the foot of the table like s poor relation, The for- cign Ambassadors were asked to waivo thelr precedenca af the dinner; in view of Grant’s pecullar situation, but s Turk, whose lunch- route had falled its usual yleld, refused per- emptorily, and the other representatives ot half- scre principalities foltowed suit, Had ‘Grant been a Democrat, what a yell would have gone up for “wah} " —— A Bt Louls girl vecently semt a half-length photograph to & Parislan artist to have a flll- length portrait painted from Il The painter had read s great deal about the slze of the feet of 8t. Louls youths snd maldens, and, thinking that the photographer hadleft out the feet from motlves of econoiny, filled them in from lmagi- nation, assisted by claborate calgulations. The unfortunate belle's family are plunged in the deepest woe. Ifthe rest of the girl ls taken to be five feet four Inches high, the feat are forty- three feot four inches long, and i the foot are of tho ordinary size, say eight iuches long, the girl Is leas than an inchhizh. A special sesslon of tho Academy of Sclonces has been called to Investigate the subject. ———— ‘WhenMourap ITararnap Bry, of Cincinpatl- grad, sces the Saturday New York Zridune and tluds that 1t is some ono clso's halr that is float- lug in the GalL, ho draws abreath of relief all the way from tho toes of his boots, puts the cork carcfully back [oto his via! of prussje acld and the vial of prussic acld carefully back “into thedrawer, lets down tho hammer of his re- volver ayd stows the deadly weapon inthe bay- window pocket of his pants, and says, with a chuckle: * Lifc, J must besr thy burdena for suother week.' > e ‘Wo take pleasure fn snnouscing to the public of Chicago, as well as its gurroundings, the birth of anewand rather unique enterpriso In the bistory of woman's work, which we trust will commend itsclf to the approbation of every rue lover of the beautlful, uscful, and just. A so- clety Las been formed for the employment of women especlally, soliiting from thein all va- rlctics of decurative work, many of which here- tulure bave cugayed the timo sud telents of men only, but which, it is believed, sy be equally if not hetter exeented by wom‘cn. The dea originated In New York, and has been- { taken up here and {s being carried out in a most successful and satlsfactory manner. A large number of prominent and In- fluential ladies have formed themsolves into n soclety, and proposs as soon as practicable to open rooma for the display of artistic work of a high standard of worth and oxcellence. Con- tributlons are asked from all artists of acknowl. edged merit In such work as is mentioned in tho circnlar contalned n snother &lumn of this papes. Intimetho Iadles hopo to provide in- atruction for women of taste in art, but'tha chief object at present is to Improvise a market for tho beneflt of porsons already trained. Itls belleved also that many persons who are naw working for the love of art pucely will find in this project a way by which their efforts may bo visibly rewarded. —————— Not long ago, a8 tho cditor of the New York Tyidune wns looking through his proofs, he came across an article beginning, * The culturo of tobacco fn Turkey I8 attended,” and fell faint- ing to the floor, They fanned him with = doubled-up oxchange, burned rojected MBS, un« der his nose, and bathed his temples with feed Culmbacher from the basement, and after nearly an hour he cama to what pass for his senses. ‘Turning his oyes languidly upon those presont he sighed and shuddered, then faintly sobbed, *Cultivation,~not culture,"—and fell {nto anotlier swbon, which lasted a long time. Whon he recovered ft was noticed that the lavender stripea fn his silk stockings had turned white with mental agony. — At an aristocratic scaside hotel, which fs adorned with placards “No_H¥brows need ap- ply for accommodation,’ the proprictor has engaged an expert ethnologist, who mcasurcs cvery gueat's faclal ancle and decldes whether ‘his nosc fs sufliclently Groelan to allow its wear- er to be charged $4 a day and cvorything extra. Beslde the register thoy keep a Jew-teat, In the shape of a piece of salt pork. It the gucat turns from it with loathing theyat onca tell him that the house Is full. Pooplo in the bar-room who fall to partake of cold eausagesor hams sandwiches aro promptly given the g. b. —————— English shippers and underwriters aro be- comlng nervous over the frequent loss of ves- scls by spontaneous combustion of cosl. Every Jear large numbera of coal-laden vessols aro pasted ot Lloyds as missing, with all hands, and it 18 difficul; to avold tho conclusion that they have been burned in mid-ocean, and not s human being preserved to relate tho causes. The figures show that 1,155 lives have boen lost and a tonnago of 80,000, represonting 87,000tons of coal, bas been destroyed, through the spon. tancous combustion of coal at sca. ———— Durlog the months of January, February, March, and Aprll, Tokio (Japnn) was visited by aixty-four fires, burning 4,433 houses. In conncction with this record, a word about the fire-departmont of that city may bo of interest. Thero are 2,450 firemen regularly entolled, the forcman of cach engine recelving a pay of §3 per month, and the privates 25 cents. Yet it would secm from the statistics that they scarce- 1y earn even this plitance. ———— A horso mounted by a Parfs girl takes fright and runs. Hussar trfos to stop him, and, fatlng, fires, bringing the horsc. down with a broken log. Hussar willing to marry the girl, and girl anxious to marry Huasar, Stern parent rofusca benedictlof on thg mround that his daughter's legs arc not safoin the handa of a man who would shoot a harmless, necessary horse. Partics all French, ———— ‘The editor of tho Milwaukes Sentinel hos pub- lished an exquisite volume of poems, ona verse s0f which s alono worth the wholo cost of the book. It runs ns follows: When, Ear, 1tako my walka abroad, 1low many eara [ ecol 0, how I should thank Providence 'That none compare with theo! ———— An ftinerant cvaogellst went to a Baratoga hoatel, and, on belng asked his bualness, said bo had comes to save tho loat sl'cup of the housc of Isnazr. Tho clerk pollitely, but firmly, told him that no Jows wero entertained at that hotel, ——— Judge HiLTon's position on the great 8ztige MAX question Is somewhat foconsistent, o objects to Mr. BELIGMAN less becausohelsa Jew thon because ho 13n't enough of a Jow. et - ‘The Democratic Attorney-General of the Btato of Now York has educed u now readine of an old proverb, and makea 1t Is & FamreniLp that saves his own fathor." A% The Democratic motto last year was * Any. thing to beat ILAYEs"; now It scema to bo “ Anything to beat TILDEN." e —— . PERSONAL. Senator Bayard has doclined a dinner of- fered him by prominent Democrats of Boston, Proctor Knott formally denies that any. body wrote the famons Dalath speech for him, Count von Moltke doesn't understand what people mosn by speakisg of him as **The Silent Man,™ Statistica show that men of genius resist thowear and tear of brain tiasue better than womon of genlus do. Mr, Georgo M. Towle's book on Bervia and mania, published by Osgood, s higlly spoken Ot by the critics. A Frenchman has written a book entitled *4La Misore.* 1t s the history of the phjjanthropy of the nineteenth century. The heroof Mr, Aldrich's opening novelin the Aflan{ic fs & tramp on borscback, who la after- wards dismounted and reduced to the level of his clan, ‘The promotion of Nicholas Fish from Ber- 1in to Buenos Ayres {a® generally accepted 88 ovi- dence thst his father bas declined the Kaglish Miaslon. Parls papers spoak of Willie Deutach, the theatrical mansger now In that city, as M. D'Eatach, **The Mighty Dollar" becomes fa French **The Pulssant Dollar,” @ A hotel-propristor of New York naserts that the quarrel between Milton and Seligman was due to a misundorstanding betwoen Mrs. Blowart snd Mre. Boligmn last summer. Grau offered Capoul, the tenor, 25,000 franca a month to sing In opera-bouffe; but he ‘wanted 40,000 francs a month, for ive months, and 10 slng but three times & week, Bpeaking of Mr, Hilto; dice against the Jews, {s itnot of persons of that ract employed tu the Chicago catablishment of A, T, Stewart & Ca.? A complimentary concert {5 to be given President liayes at Music Ilall, Boston, Tuesday evening, and Dr, Tourjee's chorus will be heard by the President at the Tabernacle Wednesdsy oven- ing. A clever art-oritio was once asked by the owner of a collection of palntings, **Is not my collection & rable one?" ** Ycs; but & picte ure ora gem is Jiko an egg, and who wanta toleras Dlo tggur The Rev, T, McNally, late curate of In. goldsby, England, "was sent to Jall for twenty- eight days for drunkesness. 1lls condoct st & funersl which he waa engsged (0 conduct was scandalous, The Bpringfleld- Repudlican speaks in terms of pralse of tho uew editlons of standard works in chesp form. It believes the publishers of these works are doing good by furnlshing usctul reading 10 & class of persons who would otherwise be obliged to go without it. . Tho New York Post has the grace to say: ** Tus Cuicaco TRisUNE ls among the honestest advocstes of an unlimited allver colnage.” The #oud, 1t ahould be remenibered, is among the hon- estest oppoments of such coinage. Wa bave not studied the correspondence between Alfred Ten- nyson and Victor Hugo In valn. Fred Douglass learned his age for the first time on his recont vislt ta his old master, who has a record of his birth, whercla it appears that ¢+ ¥rederick Balley was boru in February, 1818." Amoug thoso who sought him out after Lia address was William W. Brufl, who taught him rolisg aritbmetic, sad geograpby Bfly ycars ago,