Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 26, 1877, Page 11

* THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE THE LABOR PROBLEM. Result of Mr. Gibbs’ Invitation People to Call on Him, to The. Kind of Persons Yho Wonld Be- Ready to Go on a Farm. The Broposition to Go to Texas Looked on with Favor by Mr. G. .Beasons Why Workingon Shares in the South Failed 2 Few Years Ago. To the Editor of The Tribune. CnicAGo, Aug. 24.—In closing an article to Tge TRIBoNE of last Sunday upon the subject of some plan by which the unemployed of our city might be aided in sottling upon cheap land, for the purpose of ascertaining if any considera- bie number of persons conld be found who de- gired to do so, I invited all who felt so disposed 1o call at my office during the week. Up to the prescut time nearly 300 pereons have called and registered their names. and these persons rep- resent more than an equal numbzr of those who Gesired to report through them. In some cases they have said, * There are a dozen or more familics of us who would be zlad to £oto the country if there can be any practical way opened.” So that during the week there have not 1255 than 1,000 families reported (either di- ractly or indirectly) their desire to gotothe country to settle upon new lands. In order | that 1 might be able to show to the public the class of people they represent, I have made a remistry of their names, residcoce, natiovality, empioyment, whether posscssed of anv practical knowledge of farming, size of family, and amount of means they could command to help themselves in making a scttlement. AN ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST 100 REGISTERED, which is a fair average of the whole, gives the following results: % Nativnatities—Americans, 37 per ccot: Scotch, 6 Scandinavian, 13; English, 10; German, 3; French, 4; Irish, 20; Canadian, 7. Occupations—Laborers, 18; carpenters, 243 ihe remainder divided among nearlyall hranches of mechanical trades and business. Thosc who report as laborers are far sbove the average of the common laborer of the city. Experierice in Farming—Seventy-four were raiscd on farms in this country or Europe, and claim 1o have a practical knowledge ol farm- ine; 15 have worked on farms more or less, but donot claim to be practical farmers; and 11 - have no knowledge or experience in farming. » Ages—Between 20 and 30 years, 80; between B0and 40 years, 38; over 40 years of age, 32.. Size of Families—Total number of children re- ported in 100 familics (:fcs from 1 to 20 years) 214, or an averare of 2.1{ to each family. i “Amount of Means—About 15 per ccot could command some small means ranging from $100 . to $400 or $500. Some five or six report avail- able means ar unincumbered property frown $1,000 to 33,000. These g;;snns would prefer to join a colony rather t strike out alone. About 20 to 25per cent have some property, but. soincumbered that little if avything canbe saved {from it, and the remainder are entirely without means cxcept their houschajd effects. Employment—A few who have called have steady work at the present time, but at low wares. Some have only occasional jobs, but the largzest, ehare have not only no work, but no prospect of obtaining any in the city. Many say they have had tosell their tools and house- hold effects to obtain food. General Character—From the foregoing the reader wiill be prepared for “what 1 now state: that as a class they are iniclligent, reliable men of good charac- ter and labits. Many of them bhave car- ried on bosiness operations of their owp as’ fsrmers, manufacturers, merchants, contractors and builders, ete. T fuolly believe that on a rigid scrutiny of character, habits, intcllizcace, and reliability. fully 75 per ceat would bear the test, and be Jronounced upexceptionsble, and that if heiped 10 Jocate on land they would faithfuily live up to any contracts eniered into, and would, by their industry and enerzry, ina few years, achieve a comfortable independence. While a portion of those families arc in a condition to get throuoh the winter without aid, the majority tan sec nothing before them but suflering and Brlfllinn, and the humiliation of eating the read of charity. They are not of the class with whom a state of chronic poverty is their normal condition, and who have little care whether their breaa comes from the Relief Sodlety or Conntg Apcnt, or is carned by their own Jabor, but have been brought from & condition of comfort to destitution throuzh the eame influences which have raade many a ;-milliopaire-of five years ago into the bankrupt of to-day. 1 repeat from my previous articlc, we have the three clements—unlimited quactitics of cheap and fertileland lying unproductive, capa- ble of growing cvery lvmdflcl. of the Temperate Zone; any amount of intellizent. experienced. reliable men who would be glad to scttle apon and caltivate these lands, but lack the means to fret to them, build & cabin, and supply them- sclves with a team and implements, without which not an acre can be made productive: and, Tastly, money Iying idle in banks for the want of ways in which it can e profitably used. TRE PROBLEM POR SOLUTION 15, how the capitalist and moncyed man can use his money in placing these people upon the lands insuch awayas tobe surethat every dollar so used will in time be returned. to him with inierest. My own ideas on thissubject were given fn my previous article, 2nd were that these capitalists could asa safe business_enterprisc purchase Jarre tracts of cheap lands, well located, and .setilein acentral locationupon them colonics of say twenty-five to fifty carefully-sclected families on tracts of eighty acres each, scuinfi at an advance of 100 per ccat on purchase price, assist cach family as might be found necessary in buildine cheap houses, securing a team, tools, and seed; selling Jand on contract. and retainiog 8 licn on team, _toofs, ‘ete., charzing only interest on land and advances of personal property for the first two or three years, after which the principal is tobe paid in installments. The scitlement of such a colony in the centre of a township would double the actual selling value of all the remaining lands, and would attract settlers for such laads who would buy for cash and make their own Improvements. . The colouists might be allowed to pay for theiteam. tools, clc., in breaking and foncing outside lands for the proprictors, Svho would thus always have partially improved farms on hand for sale to immicrants with means, who would in all cases prefer to buy & ‘place with somc improvements than to scttle on new lands. Such improvements as should not be sold by time for secdin could be farmed on eharcs by the colonist who made them with profit to both parties. 50 FAR A5 THE INVESTMENT IN LANDS IS CON- CERNED, 1 think therc can be no question. Good, well- seleeted farming lands in aoy State which is attractiog immigration cannot fail to prove a gafe investment. The depression in all depart- ment o manufactures and_commerce, and the crushing out of small industrics which bave furnishea support to families, Jith the com- paratively prosperous condition*of acTiculture, will s)nd a great many people to farming who ave been engaged in other pursuits, and for 2 few vears to come, or till we reach another era of épeculation, , cheap farming lands will be more in dewand and more- salable than any other class of real estate., Iiis onlyin regard to’ the safety of the ex- pexditurcs necessary to enable colonists to ef- Tect a seitlement that therc can be auy ques tion. If this should scem to be a greater riek than any one would care to take on an untried experinent there might be an association of such a number of persons that the risk taxen by sach, or the loss which in case of non-success would accruc to eachy, would be small. A per- sonal interview (which L would be glad to ar rapge at any time) with any desired number of those who have called upon? me, would satisty any person that no better material out of which toform a colony could either be formed-or de- sired than can be selected from these men. ONE THING 1S CERTAIN—SOMETHING HaS Gof TO BE DONE- x There is mot only the extraordinary pressure resulting from the great financial distress, but even in our normasl condition we Lave been manutacturing pauners ot a fearful rate by the blind and inconsiderate_put weli-meant manzer in which we have administered our public and private charities. Pauperism gTOWS by what it feeds upon, and we have for years past teen educatiug the lower ciasses of “the city to feel that no matter how improvident they may be during the summer they have the public and private charities of the city to fall back upon during the winter, aud they have come to de- pend upon these as 8 regular means of support. At the rate pauperism is increasing its support 1l in a few years become the heavicst burden vhich the business of the city is called upon to Astain, Is it not full time that an effort was made to sce if there is not some plan by which the de- serving poor can be helped to help themsclves on sound business principles; can be spared the demoralization of being sup- lamiliation and. « 4~ by dtv, and which shall save the enors mous yearly wasto of capital involved in our present methods of charitable work, returning instead, in e, every dollar invested for their bencfit with interest” to be used againin the same way for the benefit of otners? The suc- cess of such a plan as I kave sketched would be one of the grandest events of modern times. as it would encourage others to do the same thing, and thus open to every worthy family the possi- bhility of securing a home and independent self- support. & Yor the information of those who have cilled upon me during the week, I wifl say that TUE ONLY THING THAT HAS YET OPFERED of a practical nature is the proposition of Mr. Nocl in Jast Tuesday’s TRIBUNE to rent land o ‘Texas on shares to Northern familles. He, 852 guarantee of good faith, offers to Iurnish traosportation to an agent (if other partics will " pay other cxpenses) to go there to thoroughly investigate the inducements which the working of land on shares holdeoy to Northern men. Ithink the vproposition rthy of careful in- vestization, and should be glad if such investi- gation could be made. « The same opportunities for renting lands could doubtless be secured in all the Sonthern States, as since the War and cinancipation the Southern planters have generally adopted the share system in working their plantations, in-* stead of hiring labor by the month; but, with- out suflicient” guaraniee that Northern mea roing there to work land could rely upon bon- orable and just treatment, I should™ not be pre- pared to advise them to go. 4 Soon after the closc of the War, when the ITabor of the South was badly demoralized, agents “representing laree planters in Northern Missis- sippi-came to this city, and by their representa- tions of the advantages which the share system of working lands offered, secured quite a num- ber of respegtable workingmen with their tami- lies to mo South and work land ou shares. The results were not at all satisfactory. It was found that the 1eas of the Sputhern planter in reeard to labor and laborers, based on the ne and noor-white character, werc not applicable to the workinginan from the North, but he (the plater), as a rule, failed to appreciate this fact. 1iis idea of the necds ol a laborer was shuply a Tneero cabin to live fn and the regular ration of 2 peck of corn-meal and three pounds of bacon per week to live on. any difference of opinion arose bLetween him and his tenant 1t was to be scttled by a knock- Jdown, in which_the planter played tbe role of knorker and the teoant of knockee. In the scttlemeot of affairs at the close of the year there were instances in which the planter took advantage of his position and treated the tenant unjustly. But few remained a sccond year. “This was just after the War. That portion of the Statc had been overrun_ by the Federal ar- mies, and the planters had Jost nearly every- cverything bat their lands. There was not only the Lost Cause, but they had lost the slaves, &tock, crops, and in_many cases buildings and fences, and to the chagrin of defeat was added the sense of personal wrong, and it was not to be wonflered at that many of them regarded anything that could be made out of or from a Narthern man in the sense of a justifiable re- prisal. I am under the impression that the time that has elapscd since then has effected a t change of sentimentin these localitics, ‘while in Texas, which was pever overrno by our armics, 1 am assureid that this sensc of personal wrong and bitterness never existed. And Mr. Noel gives assurances that he would only senit familics to those whowauld accord to the tenant. fair and honorable treatment. 3 IF.'ON A CAREFUL INVESTIGATION, everything should be found reasouably favor- able, I should regard the working of land on Shares in the South, on the usual terms, viz., the ownper Turnishing bouse (a cabin), team, tools, eced. and fuel,—the tenant having half of all the crops be raises. the owner making what- cver advances may be necessary for living ex- penses, to be paid after harvest,—as infinitely better than anything that Chicago can now offer tothe man without employment or money. All through the West there can be found pros- perous farmers who ot their first start by reat- ing land on shares for a few years, during which they accumulated some_stock. team, tools, and means suflicient to enable them to make a start. on a picce of tand for themselves. The registry which I have made during the past week is amoly safficient for the purpose for which it was intended, and there is no need for others to call for that purpose. Any in- formation coming to my knowledge which would be of interest or value fo those desiring to emi- erate, 1 will communicate throngh TaE TrIs- OXE, and, since 1 bave assumed an active part in this movement, I shall be glad to communi- cate with any parties who are in a condition to offer anything practical that will help in the solution of this question, either as capitalists, land-owners, manszers of railroad-lands, or representing States or communitics desiring to secure settlers. 0. C. Giszs. + AX ORIGINAL OBSTINATE RNOW-NOTHING. To the Lditor of The Tribune. Freerorr, 1L, Auz. 20.—1 have just read in yourissue of Sunday, the 10th, the letter of “Seribner Scratch Hard,” in regard to sending the unemployed of the City of Chicago to the country to work, or to scck a living on farms, or by farm labor, etc., and I note your closing ‘half-dozen lines suggesting that some kind of burean be organized to further the work of transpafting such people to the country. - As o farmer, bred and brought up tothe plow, and with more than fifty years’ cxperience in this line of work, and of making an honest living, and besides being a pure native-born American, of parents the same, running back far beyond the date of our national beginning, Idrop you thisline to say a few words about this matter, which like most other questions has two sides toit. No doubt, in dull times, you city people feel nervous for your houses, your Pocks, ‘and your purses, on Account of having coaxed and ~wheedled all the rapscallions of Europe and elsewhere to “come and help make our citv,” because peoplealone will make a Tig city, You now find vourselves in the ‘midst of an unwashed sect of loafers, thieves, £nd prostitutes. whom, for the name oniy, You city folk would like to berid of. Hence, your uprestion to pack them off onto us *cotntry cusses.” farmers, whom you look upon as a good kind of serf to have Tound for the cities’ support. < P only express the sentiment of every pative- born American farmer when I enter a protest to recciviog any such cattle. We know ihat Totbing useful to the farmer can possibly come outof a biz town or a city. Notonc_ single ‘man, wowan, or child of city life, even for one ear, can or will carn his daily zrub at work on afarm. One lad of 20 years, raised to farm work, is better, with his board, lodging, and $30 per month. to the farmer, than the best of your 6 trick-and-tarn-over d!.xvveoplc are rorth their simple dinner daily! ‘¢ have tried them over and over again, of all clagses and sexes, and we have ever found them the same Jazy, proud, ignorant dead-beats, who prefer to steal or starve in a crowded city rather than have food and clothing and be decent in the country, while nine out of ten of the roung women_and fir}i had rather live in ‘a fourth-class brothel in fhe city than do decent houscwork en a tarm. where virtue, and open, ure life and air form the elements of life. We Rm‘e had cnough of these colnizing examples. and we beg you will not throw away your sparc Jollars in attempting tosend such peopleamong: country farmers. Weyill be compelied totreat them 5 tramps (which they most truly will be), and either send them back or to that other platc A mainly peopled from Jarge cities. We will much prefer that you make a draft on us for coffins, or guns. or “both, and that you have a tiriot ™ or **mob? every week-day, and one on Sunday for a variety! “You better send back Tour barbarians tb their proper homes, as also 31 your Commuuists and Bohemian savages, who now infest the strects and brways, where, bat for them, would be safety, morality, decen- oy, sd indusiry, all, 100, by Americans, and for Americans. Jt- i !fi o You city people induce to come to our country, 3 hiave caused all our present corruption ‘which Digh and low places, which fill our prisous, and commit ninc-tentbs of all crimes .in every part of the country. Hence we, 45 American farmers, most respectfully protest against having any, closer intimacy with guch. -Look over your ficldof raseality for the ast fifteen years, and see who have “been the eading spirits in every infamy. Tneyare prin- cipally German, Scandinavisn, Irish, Italisn, and what not, from the old nations, where crim¢ 15 reduced to a science, and some branches of It are a trade to which they are brought up for a living! Now, 1 am fearful my last few utter- ances will scare you from giviog me even a hear- ing 1 your paper, for 1 well Know that a paper depends for Iife on these rascals, and on the scum you wish, for a time. to get rid of. Still, the truth ought to be told now and theg, even, in a big aity, and the sooner you few Americans in Chicago put your foot on the necks of your clan of thieves and cutthroats from Europe. the sooner you eater on vour duties, and the more you kill in the operation. the better. WiLLiax-S GRESHANM, Fymer. - HOW TO DO IT- To the Editor of The Tridune. CmicAGo, Aug. 25.—In your Sunday’s TRIB- UNE, Aur. 12, T read with pleasure your article headed * Homes for the Tnemployed.” where [ in many points agree with vou, but I will, with your permission, offer a few suggestions, hop- jng you will kindly insert them in your next Sunday's cdition. In regard to the hard times, I am of the opinion that they, In 8 large meas- wure, are brought about “ecause there is too lit- tle money in circulation among the ‘middle ¢ forcizn clements which | classes. If, for justance, I had been in the pos- scssion of say $500 cicar I could _casily, without being in the least extravagant, have expended that In farniture,clothing, and tnelike,and I nold that most every otber man of the working and middle classes is situated preciscly thesame way. This, I claim, would do away with all the surpius stock in the labor market, so there would be plentv of wark for all, but as we have not the money, the fact remains that the mar- ket is overstocked with “produce, and abont 1,000,000 or more hard-working men are out of employment, and likely to remain so for 8 long time. ~ Yet no doubt lemions of those would be glad to zoout and take land if ft could be 50 arranged _that they could be ‘sure, with hard worlc and economy, to be able to make them- selves a comfortable bome in course of time. To that end I will sugwest for capitalists and thinkers a plan to consider, My plan is this: Let cither a private capitalist, or, better still, the State Government, create a sort of banlc where men who are able - to bring sufficient, vourhers for sobriety, bonesty,#nd industrial liabits, and are willing or desirons to take cither Govermnent or other land, can obtain suflicient money to start with, say S600 or $500, eiv- ing mortgage-security on _tno stock and land on the foliowing basis: They are to hoid the money for a period of tweuty-five or thirty year, as the case may be, and to_pay a yearly, uterest of 10per cent on the whole amount,; each and every year of the whole term' off twenty-five years, and 9 per cent il thirty years, it being understood that the 7 per eent shatl be} the interest, and the 2 or 3 per cent shall be the: refunding of the capital loaned. In this manucr the ban proposed will nfter the ternt is expired have its money back with interest, while thou- sands upon thousands of Lionest hard-working peovle that are now half starving will be just i the way of makinga good and comfortable home for themselves and £ nilics. This 1s the, rude plan of a workingiian given to the pubhe in the hope thatit mav sct some abler minds to work to devise fome way to enable men ol the poorer clusses Lo _emigrate to the fertile lands, which at present is almostimpossible. Respect-, fully, - WORKINGMAN. A Tady troubled witl'hiepatitis remarked that, she was half desd (rom her liver. Why are dsrned hose like dead men? Be- cause they are mended (men dead). Why is (ke song, *Ruocking at the Door,” like a high rate, of specd ! Becausc it’s rapidity. (rappy ditty.) Mes. L. F. The mode of killing the hippopotamus in his native haunts is said oy naturalists to be douc, by throwing quantities of peas on the water. The brute swallows the bait, becomes swollen, dics. Must it not be a peacclul death? Out walking with a friend. A bewildered fe- line is observed making a spriug tor the rather; elevated sidewalk. Apparently frightened, she’ Tets go her hold and falls -bacl Bland remark: of friend: “She merely paused.” C. G. W. A Jandlady said that she did not know how to make hoth énds meet. * Well,” £aid a boarder, &1rlry don’t you make one end vegotablesi « 3 Talc of the Riots ™ is nowgoing the rounds of the press. 1tis supposed 10 be auother of the 3ncks Home stories.—a. J. Commercial Ad- vertiser. ' A Mississippl Granger is dpposed {o railroads. He says that when ne goes to town they “ bring i home 50 quick he hasn't time to get sober before he arrives.” If it be true that cuca will cure bashfalness, Jet the stufl be declared contrabund. What this country necds just now is four or five bashful men and women.—Detroit Free Press. «Why did vouname that old horse Napolcon 0, asked a gentleman of & negro whose horse was almost reduced to a skeleton. * Why, marse, ou sgc it’s caze the bony part is &0 strong in im. The gentleman who stole agold pen from this office the other afternoon will please forward his real name and address, not necessarily for pud- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith.— Wor- cester Press. * Awhileago, a party of lynchers, down South, postponed 2 banging five minutes to allow the Victir time to finish' smoking a cizar. This proves that the ‘use of tobacco prolongs life.— Detroit Post. The strike on James street yestorday morning was promptly quelled. The “old lady marched upon the scene with a broom, and the boy took the saw and returned to work on the wood-pile | at old rates.—Home Sentinel. ¢fWhat’s the use of all this sacrifice of life, this bloody butehery of Turks and Russians?”’ sa2id a Philadelphia Quaker to a Cincinnati hog- merchant. I don’t koow,' replied the latter, mournfullys “pork isn’t riz any that [ can see.” —Andrews’ Bazar. . Mr. Lestereald that when he was a boy 10 or 12 years of age, he Was onc day standing in Mar- ket Square with his grandfather, when four Irishmen came up, one_of whom asked the dis- tance to Pawtucket. He was told by the old entleman that it was about four miles. * Well, faith,” eaid Pat, in & mock toue of encouraze- ment to his threetired companions, ** that's not bad at all—only amilc apleceforus.” *Whom do you want 10 seein Pawtucket?’ inquired Mr. Lester, seofor. “Be jabers,” was the quic] Teply. *Iwant tosce ‘meself thierc the most of anybody t¥'—Providence Journal. — ————— THE *‘FROLIC'" AND CAPT. JOHN. To the Editor of The Tribune. The following tribute from **Capt. Sam™ ito Capt. John P——e (written on the eve of the e- partareof the former for New.York) I fonnd by accideat. As the pastics are well known to both “‘Iandsmen” and *‘ancient marinere.” snd as the **Frolic™ has also made hersclf famons a3 o yacht, it occurred to me that the proper way of re- ‘tarning the tribnte to its owner would be to send it through the medinm of THE TRIBUNE. As Capt. John would be too modest ever to give this tribute to the press, I—Jackeon-like—iake the responsi- bility. o, ‘*Let the galled jade wince; odr withiers are unwrung. J.F. 5. TOR SAUCY “FROLIC,'” AND HER JOLLY CAP- TAIN. The eancy **Frolic ™ takes the lead . In cvery well-contested mce: She'sa * crack * craft—the best, indeed, " That evera Lake-gale did face. Just give hor a good. jolly breeza. Give gallant Captain John the helm, And shc will safoly ride the scas That would a fancy *clipper™ whelm. Fut in her sails a double reef. Unlace the ** bonnet™ from her jib, And with a speed beyond belief, She'll sink the City—Lighthonse—Crib. 1've seen her on a blows night, While coasting hithef from Racine: Thongh some land<lubbers shook with fright, She proved herself a little ** Queen.” Rat then the pallant John was there, And in the *‘cockpit"” wide awake: +¢Blow high, blow low, " we ufd no: care, Howerser wild the ecas might break. For Captain John knows cvery inch 'Of stiwats around the whole Lake-shore; ‘And be was never known to flinch, = However loud the gale might roar, The **Frolic," like a blooded nag, Was under his supreme controly Tut John was never known'to brag< God bless his noble sailor-soul I Chicago yachtsmen! do yon hear? Your Club owes a big debt to hims You'll own it in some gloomy year, When old. grim Death shall **douse his giim. " Me'Nleave this world with ** yards all squared ;™ . And then, **God bicss him 1" all will eay: Tut may his noble life bz spared ¥ To sail the **Frolic” many a day, A better satfor never trod The deck of anv gallan® craft— "True to wife, children, and his God, A thorongh yachtsman ** fore and aft.” When the last order from On Wigh, .~ ++Clew up and furi ! ehall reach his ean Though his old hulk a wreck may lie. Tis soul will reach the Heavenly Sphere. Dear brother-sailor. friend of yore, ‘Taough-all our efforts here may fail, I know that on yon ilcavenly shore We'll anchor zafe {rom every gale. Cuicaco, July, 1877. Cart. Sax. The Russian Soldier's Ten. A The Hussian soldiets arc said to live and fight almost wholly ou tea. The Cossacks often carry it about in the shi of bricks, or rather tiles, which, before hardening, are soaked- in_shicep's blood, ahd boiled in milk, with the sddition . of flour, butter, and salt, 5o as to constitute a kicd of soup. The passion of the Russian for .this beverage is simply gstomshing. In the depth of wizter he will empty . twenty, cups in succession, at nearly boiling point, until he perspircs at every pore, and then In a state of intensc excitement; rush out, roll 1n the snow, get up, snd go on to the next similar_place of “entertainmeni. So with the army. With every group or cirzle of tents traveis the invariabie tea-cauldron, sus- pended from a tripod; and it would be vala to think " of mmpufing how mauy times coldier’s pannikin is Hled upon a halt. ‘It is his first 10ea. . Frequently. he carries it cold in a copper casc. a5 8 solace npon the march. SUNDAY. AUGUST 25, ‘1877—-BIXTEEN PAGES. EUROPEAN GOSSIP. Croizette, the Celebrated French Actress. Mile. Gladstone at Hawarden Castle---Zeibecs in Bulgaria. .Marriage of the Lady-Mayoress of Lon- don---Water-Drinking in England. « CROIZETTE. [Paris Corrcspondence New York ferald. Of all the Paris actresses who now enjoy pub- Tic favor there is not one who excites mare curl- osity than Mlle. Croizette. or around whose name the wall of private life isso carefully euarded. Few women conceal their movements , few €0 _totally abhor jourbalism and the prying curiosity of their neighbors, yet the mottoof this gifted societai Francaise i8 A outrance, which signifies *no bounds, no restrictions.” This she applics only 10 ier mauner of acting, Lo her impersonations on the stage; here sheis a differont being, en- tirely distinct from the quict, lady-like, anid highlycultivated . girl, fond of retirement, that we have seealoitering, book in hand, along the sanded walks of our own garden. She,is callea “Sphinx =4 name that has attached to her since she appeared in Octave Feuillet’s picee; a .namg, too, that is peculiarly applicable to the character we here sketeh. 1t is hardly fair, nor is it caey, to specify the exact age - of Croizette. Women declare, of vourse, that sheis 30, but we are assured that shie was born after the revolution of 1848, The certificates are at St. Petersburiz, Another del- icatc pomt is to say wmuch about Croizette’s father, 2 pative of Russia. Suflice it to say that she is of noble_descent. .as regards his origin. No mention is made ol the * real” M. Crai- zette, but there is o areat deal of information respecting Croizette’s grandfather. He had in “his time been lessee, proprietor, and regisseur of numerous small play-houses,—a kind of Jack-of-all tradesin the dramatic world. Like Shakspeare, be had written and composed the picees he performed in;. he was even sometimes: in his own person both the public and the actor. 'hat was when the pieces did uot take in Rus- sia,—the fault of the climatc undoubtedly. He bad a_lovely daughter, and brought jer up in the .chorcgraphic art. Bal- lets proved morc successful than liter: labor, and finally Mme. Croizette amas: cnough money to enable her to. leave the Cupi tai'of the Czars. Shehad three daughters, our Sphinx included, and she brought them, with all her belongiugs, to Versailles. Their edaca- tion was commenced on a svstem entirely op- posed to that of the ex-ballet dancer. Mme. Croizette wasa “scosible woman, and havi abandoned the staze was deteriined that nei- ther of her three mrls should be exposed to the dangers she hersell had gone through. - She perhaps arew the line rather too close, for the young ladies knew no more of the outer world tnan pensionnaires in a_convent. One has be- come the wifc of ¥he famons artist Carolus Duran, the_other of 4 most honorable mau in business. Mlle. Croizette may not have wanted to become a Zovernness, but she was told that she had to go up for a diplomaat_the Hotel de Ville, and studied accordingly. She passed her examination most successfully, but wica dip- Tomee she fuund no pup; ed fora situa- tion as morning teacher, but whether herdelicate looks were against her, or whether she appeared fitter to learn than to teach, her apnlications were unprofitable. She_then consulted her old ‘master, and was allowed to try music end drayw- ing, two accomplishments which, thrown in with Thier really sound instruction, might render her tuitfon morc desirable. Meanwhile, & broken- down actress, who in her day had known the stars of the Comedie Francaise, became a con- stant visitor at Mme. Croizette’'s. The girls used to call her “the Queen of Holland,” be- cause ehe loved to relate that the King had greatly admired her. She was one of those talkative Parisiennes who for hours could pgt- tle without Intermission about the reminiscences of - their youth and girlbood. -Croizette's ‘motker, too, brightened up her own souvenirs sometimes, and, between the two, our unsuc- cessful governess wondered why she should not come outasanactress. Long beforetheidea was conveyed toherin plainwords by theallen Qacen ‘of Holland, she would sit at her glass, repeating verses, and_{ancging she could put a soul in what she had to Say. At IenTth the loquacions but observant old woman said to the ex-ballet- dancer: “If 1 were you Ishould put thai girl on the siage; she will do, you know.”” Mme. Croizette opcned ber eves, and, sccing her daughter woula do, called on Bressant and agked him for advice. Bressant’lad kuown Mme, Croizeste in Russia. - After listening to her plans for hier daugher, he said he did not approve of them, but a little later, finding bis advice was not caréd for, and that whether e approved or not the young, delicate irl was not to dissuaded, he came forward very enerously and ofiered to take dme. Croizettc’s Qauehter as a pupil. She learned by hearc a Joug piece, selected from the “Femmes Savantes,” and was admitted hy Auber to the Conservatoire. flere she studicd the classics for two years, ier greatest difficulty being her Voice, which Is even now still weak. Her first sucecss al the Conservatofre was her impersona- tion of Seribe’s Quesi Anne. She pgawned the g‘rizc of honor and made herdebut at the Theatre ‘rancais in a costume designed fer her by ber | brother-in-law, a copy of Quicen Anne's portrut at Hampton Court. The Theatre Francais was, at the period spoken of. fast losing the favor of the public. A mew man was wanted, new picees, new faces; and, although Mile. Croizette always did ber best in Racioe and Moliete, the meni had become distastefnl. There was, be- .sides, in her way Mile. Favart, the Queen of those boards, thic polar star, and for over two long years the future Sphinz passed through all the phases of disconragenent, revoit, wounded pride, wearincss, and hopclessness. Poor Croizette’s day was not far off, however. ‘The public, satiated with theireverlasting Favart and the powdered school, determined that Moliere's establishment should gake n fresh airing, and a pew manager stepped in. He was M. Perrin. This appreciative critic knew what Swas in Croizette; she was just the cnerzetic, daring actress who could introduce aew blood in the veins of the old comedie. He took his time, watched, tried, and lastly gave her the principal part In a one-act comedy, **LiEte de Ia Saint-Martin,” that after summer which sces ‘buds on autumn trees. The house nearly caved in with applause. After the “Ete de la Saint Martin? Mlle. Croizette became the favorite of the Theatrc Francais and 2 _soéictaire. Her triumphs had ol reached their climax when sbe appeared in the “Sphinx.” She alone would have ventured to cxhibit to so delicate and sensitive a public as that of the Francais a sensational scene of death by poison. When the part came when, after having swallowed the anzbt, her face changes, limbs are contracted, and her merves convulsivelv stiffened, the subscribers looked at cach other with surprise: the meu rose from their seats, lndics placed their handkerchiefs before their eyes, and a hiss was heard. The following day physicians declared Mlle. Croi- zette must have witnessed many such deaths, others praised her minute rendering of the part, an adverse party contended rcalism: was 1ot art, and, as things always happen, ghe noise made about this “coup de¢ foudre' attracted crowds to sce it. The very women who called such acting hideous beyond measure returned 1o their boxes on the *“Sphinx’’ nights, and Mlle. Croizette, baving created a great scandal (say_the reporters), became scandalously suc- cossful. Since Mile. Croizette has acquired the high position she now holde, her critics, astenished at tne rapid strides with which ehe has suddenly reached fame, endeavor to hold her back, and question whether she has authority sufficient to innovate. There is the genius of impulse i this actress which not all the authority of tra- ditional art can confer. There is the seduction of the turn of the head and smile, “there 1S culture, there is winning womanhood, there is perception and tact. -What other qualitics are mqfiir’cd in onc who turns to scek untrodden aths s 1t must be remembered, too, that Croizette has yet the world beforc her. She nas only en- tered on her carcer. Her natural wit and casy converse excruise a perfect charm around her. Her home is a museum on a - small seales her tastes belng artistic, she purchases art treas- ares, and her stylo of dress is in keeping with her surroundings. Thercare evermore painters and writers in her circle than actors, and mem- bers of the Academy: honor her receptions. Great in the Maison de Molicre,” sbe is still more original and admired in her own. e GLADSTONE AT HOME. . Zondon Times, Aug. 6. The residence of the Rt.-Hon. W. E. Giad- stone, Hawarden Castle, near . Chester, was on Saturday visited by the members of the Bolton Liberal Association and their fricnds, the party numbering about 1,400, The ex-Premfer at once granted them permis- sion to.roam through the splendid grounds; but to the further request that he,wonld ad- dress this large company of Lancashire admir- ers he at first gave a decided refusal. Then the Committee who had the excursion in- hand of the Comedic’ -pressed -him to- at-least show himself, any lzst, after some hesitatifn, he said he mé‘ h‘u‘ son (Mr. W. H. Gladstone, M. P. for Whitby) were in the course of the afternoon roing out tofeltatree in the park, and he would then respond to any vote of thanks which mizbt be aceorded him. With this assurance the Bolton Liberals were content, and the hall was anx- fously watched by attentive scouts for the egress of the right honorable gentleman and son. A little after 4 o'clock Mr. Gladstons and his son came from the hall, clad in rough workiné suits, with slonch hats, and, ax in hand, pro- ceeded to a distznt portion of the park, and, the scouts having given the signal-to the main body of excursionists, the Woodmen were fol- lowed by larze numbers of people. A halt was made under a huge ash trec of certainly not less thaa fifteen teet circum{crence at the base of the truuk, and father and son set to work in earncet in the presence of more spectators than ever before saw a trec felled, certainly on the demesne of Hahwarden Castle. Before begin- ning off went hat, coat, and neckerchief, till teey had on only check shirts “and rough, Hght mants, and as-the chips fiew at the strokes of theiraves the admiring excursionists picked up some of the fragments and carefully treasured tliem as mementoes of thelr visit. ‘As some relief to the monotony of Waiting, the excursionists sang several glces, .which served as accompaniments to the thuds of the axes, and, as the cs-Premicr paused to breathe awhile, crowds gathered round him with a view torshaking hands. Like a gallant man, Mr. Giladstone granted the favor to the ladies of the company, but_sternly refused it to the ‘male sex, who had to content themselves with lusty cheers at frequent intérvals. The enthusiasm was intense; and when the rizht honorable gen- tleman leant on his axc to. wipeaway the per- spiration from hiis brow, bis scauty hair waviog - iu the breeze, and in the fore and back ground 2 splendid landsvape - of ‘wood- lund, the scene would have made a- pict- ure. In on: of the pauses the right Lonorable gentlieman complimented the exeur- ‘sionists on their cxcellent singine, which, he said, was not remarkable, seeing that Lancashire people were renowned for their musical ability 3 and later on, when a pereeptible furoad had been made into the trunk, two of the leading excursionists took the opportunity to propose’ and second a vote of thanks to the right honor- able gentleman and Mrs. (iladatone for their -kindnessin allowing the use of the park, and for favoring them |with their presence. The vete was carried amid loud cheering. 3 Mr. Gladstone, leaning on lus ax, acknowl- edged the compliment, and expressed his pleas- ure at sceing so many friends present ¢njoying the fresh air andYhe scenery of the park, as his wifeand son had enjoyed them from their in- fancy, and he himself for half bis life. OF A LADY-MAYORESS. Nno York World. + Apgrend and unusual marriage took place in St..Panl’s Cathedral, London, on the Sth of August, when a Scandinavian merchant—3tr. Cecil Herbert Thornton Price—was married by the Archbishop of Canterbury and two Bishops, of Elyand London, to the Lady Mayorcss of | London. - It seems that when the Lord Mayor is a bachelor or a widower his cldest unmarried | sister or daughter is entitled to the rank and honors due a Lady Mayoress, which are of a semi-royal character within the city lLimits. Miss Ada White, the late Lady Mayoress, who ave up this dignity to become Mrs. Price, is the eldest unmarried daughter of the present LordMayor. Her marriage was notable, too, as being the first celebrated within ‘MARRIAGE the Cathedral of St. Paul’s for 119 vears, or since Feb. 7, 1738. Lord Hard- wicke's act of 1753, passed to put an end to the scandal of Fleet strect marriages, Closed all marriages in extra-parochizl places on and after the 25th of rch, 1754, and as St. Paul’s never had any ‘{a.u‘xsh or district assigned 10 it, marriages ccased to be celebrated there. The ancieut marriaze register book at St. Paul’s ‘shaws, says the London Zimes, that the public kept marrying in the Cathedral under the ordi- nary wmarriage leenses until the very last mo- meat, for two ordinary marriages arc entered as having been solemnized there on the 23d of Maren, 1754, or some cightcen lours before it was closed for all gencral marriages. ‘l'wo mar- ringes, however, occurred in the Cathedral in 1756 and 1753, but under special licenses from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the bride and bridegroom in'each case being persons from dis- tant conaties; but of no sgflci:fl historical note. To enable Mr. Price and the Lady Mayoress tobe morried therc o special license nad, of cauee, to be obtained through the Archbisnop of Canter- bury’s Faculty Oftice. The choir stalls ,were set apart for the immediate rela- tions of thc bride and bridezroom and for the Aldermen of London, while the dome area was fille¢ with the members of the Court of Common Council and their lagies, the ofticers of the Corporation, and many private Iricnds and neighbors. The other parts of the Cathedral werc thrown open to the public. and were thronged hours before the marriare cere- mony began, Outside_the trallic w: pped by order of the Commissioner of Police, and large crowds nesembled to sce the bridul party. The orman was played by Dr. Steiner, the organist of St. Paul’s, and a full surpjiced choir of men and hoys took part in the service. The two weddine—cakes weighed each 100 weight. The health of the bride and bridezroom Tas proposeil by thie Archbishop of Canterbitry. The Lord Mayor's health was proposed by the Bishop of Eiy. At 4 o'clock the bride and bridegroom 1eft London for Peterborongh, cn routc for Scotland. The state drawing-room ‘was appropriated to the display of the bridal on cither side of the larze apartment were e firely filled. The maznificcnt service of _silver, weighing 621 ounces, presented by the memn- bersof the Corporation, oceupicd 3 prominent place. : 4 # THE ZEIBECS. A war correspondent in Bulgaria writes: «The place was soon crowded with Zeibees, and a very picturesque scenc they made, as they all word their mational costume. They squatted down in groups¢Some singing, some playing a sort, of emall -guitar - with_three wire strings, while one'man -performed a most wonderful dance that lasted for more than hall an hour. e executed some astourding juraps and hops, flinging bis arms about like 2 windmill in fult swing; he then drew his yataghan aud began performing a series of savage cuts in the air, dancing all the time. It was grand fo sce the fellow’s facc—at every cut his eves rolled about fearfully,andit scemed as if he were roally he ing away at the hated Muscov. This little scene over he borrowed another yatazhan, and stick- ing t and -his; own betwcen his belt and the shirt. with the sharp edee ‘uj ard, the_dancing began again, and his arms \ent round ence iore. - It required s very skill- ful dancer to be able to move about bis arms as this man did, for bad he 'made a mistake he worild most assuredlr have ot several bad cuts. Many of liis companions were squatting round, Fatching the whole frocceding with the utmost gravity, and whea the performer sat down no one said_anything, asif the affair was a matter of course. T entered into conversation with Several of the men, and found them very pleas- ant fellows indeed.. Ther all scemed eager to mect-the R . Thelr physique is simply eplendid, many of them being over SiX feet,with enormously broad chests. If they were prope Iy drilled and officered they would be irres Ble. One ‘old " fellow, medal, was telling me a Bashi-Bazouk with the * Ingliz.? cffiendl,” said he - ‘those were fimos:' plenty to eat and drink, treated by our officers, and we get our pay wlarly. Won't the “Ingliz” come agnin? have found ti:at.nost of the soldiers with whom 1 have spoken af diffcreat times have the same jdea about the English. They want English officers, and then they are surc of beating the Russians.. I saw the rations being served out about sunsct. The poor fellows couldn’t get very fat on what they reccive. They are allowed one loaf of bread on a journev. I suppose they et their meat and rice in camp. 1 asked a Zei- o il one loaf a day.was enough. *We have ot come to eat.” said he, * but to fizht, and if it is mot cnough we must hunger, that is all.’ At sunset the hodja, or. chaplain of the-regi- ment, called them to prayers, aud imn'\nd,mely there was a long line all aione the platiorm and outside the station. ‘Ihe train was just ready to start, but. we had to wait till pravers were over, for a Mussulman must never interrupt his prayer for any reason, no matier what.”” S SMITIL . New York Sun. The Right Hon. V. H. Imith, the new British First Lord of the Adwiralty—there has been no Lord High Admiral since William IV. beld that offive, then Duke of Clarence—was born ;under 2 lucky star. " Forty years ago his fatber opened a little: newspaper shop in Holwell street, Strand,—s thoroughfare of unsavory reputation, given up to second-hand bookstores, and, until Tord Campbell’s act came into force, u‘v‘g;lny 20, VL bscene literature. en T a0, e e Semith lad the bappy thought of opening & stall of books and papers at one of the London statfods. and he soon opened g who wore a Crimean how he had been *Ah! fing well fn - England. Smith- & Co.” can, put a8 periodical on their stalls, do' very much “toward keeping it out of the market. * When this enterprising man passed away, his son reigned in his stead. and vroved himself eminently competent. The old stand in Holywell street “was abandoned for a commanding position in the adjoining great artery,- known -as the Strand, where, :some twelve years ago, the firm erected magnificent oflices, which are the headquarters of a colossal business. Mr. W. H. Smith, who is -about 50, actively superintended the business, until he took oftice, under Lord Beaconsfield, as Finan- cial Seum:;y of the Treasury. About ten years ago he stood for Westminster, and failed, but succeeded ‘next time, and is very popular with his constituency. He has azrecable manners, and high character in private and social life; and that he must be highly estecmed in point of abil- ity is evident by such’ exceptionally rapid pro- motion. The First Lord of the Admiralty has an official residence and- £4,500 & year. The I"_il}nnr[:{xil Sccreu&'yb of g‘wmmry as 00 Offl- cial residence, and but ayear. Mr. Smith will probably end with a ueenzyc. A WATER-DRINKING 1IN ENGLAND. A correspondent writes: *‘It 15 quite con- ceivable that a new supply of water for London will be forthcoming some day, ond then a small fraction of a New - River share would no longer be equivalent to'a comfortable little fortune. It 1s wonderful, indeed, in this aze of progress that 8 purer source for water than any we have yet been favored with for consumption in Loo- don has not been made available. *.The native element has fallen more and more out of use. Who drinks water nowadays? We once gavea valuable ' jce-pitcher to a friend, and . were rather disappointed never to - see it on his -table. ‘At last we asked him what had become of it. ‘O, sail be, ‘it is locked :up somewhere. *Why - don't you use it?’. Uuse it'—what for? My dear fellow, did you ever sce aoybody drink a glass of water i England? It suddenly oo curred to us that we never had, except yomen and children, and they will drink anything that comes first. Go where you will now, you will seldom be offered o glass of water. - And even the old-fashioned acrated waters, the mavufa ture of which scemed at ouc time to be a Jast- inz source of wealth, must have suffered not a little by the popularity of the new contrivances for ‘la.y}ng the dust? in the throats of thirsty souls. The owners of some of these new springs must be making large fortunes, and perhaps they think their chiffren will have an equally good thing of it. Butthe dear public is a fickle creature. Presently another wonderful “spring? will be discovered, and we shall all rup to it.” THE GAME OF CHESS - CHESS DIRECTORY. Cuicago Cmess CLus—Nos. 63 and 65 Wash- ington street. Cuicaco CwEss -AssocutioN— Henrici's Cafe, it Madison street. ., players meet daily at the Tremont House (Exchange) and the Sherman House (Basement). Afl communications intended forthis department shoutd be addressed to Tae TRIBUNE, and indorsed **Chess.” { TO CORRESPOSDENTS. ! “¢E. B.," city.—We should be sorry to take you at your word. In your last problem there is o mate in three commencing with Q to Kt 8. from W. IH. Ovinaton, O. R. Benjamin, J. L Campbell, E. Barbe, C."W., Clark, O. Somnen- schen. E. R. B., and 8. L. M., city; A. D.Berr. Princeton, il.; Kt., Turner, 11l ; G. Rayas, Ver- mont, 1iL. . 5 ++A. D. B.,” Princeton, Il ~Tuz TRDUNE of that date cannot be obtained at the office. ~ You have made some mistake in_Enigua No. 90, as it cannot be solved by vour methad. The copy of problem inclosed. though old, is very preiy, and will endeavor to mbike née of it ## Carreet sgtation to Enigma, 89 recewved from W.. 1L on. 0. Ji. Benjamin. J. I. Campbell, E. Da C. W. Clark, O. Somnen- echicn, L. Gehrke, and E. R. L., city: A. D. Berry, Princeton. 111 ; Kt., Tarer,IIl. | G.Rayzs, YVermont, 111, ; 8. H. C., Lawrenze, Ml 440, §.," city.—A pawn can_be promoted to 3 Queen of any other plece, Te maiter what pleces are on the board; consequently, s player may have 10 or more Quegns, threc OF more Rooks, etc., at one time. _In Mexico, we believe, the rule is dif- ferent. If the. Quecn remains on the board the pawn must be exchanyed for a Rook ur some muinor Piece that has previously been removed. ENIG3A NO. 91. [First Prize in Hartfora Globe Tourney.) T NR. BEN 8. WASH, ST. LOUIS. Diack. Rjnzatdy istion at K Kt 3 fouk aL & Enlznuat K Baq Bishon st Q RY PawuoLK R3 Enizhtat .05 PawnarQs - Pawuat Q4 Pavnat QB3 Pawn at @ K15 White to play and mate in threc moves. Black. White. White to play and mate iu three moves. SOLUTION TO PRODLEX NO. §9. Bl White. ack. 1.RtoKsch 1.Riakea R 2Rt Qeich” 1 moves wQ3mute SOLUTION TO ENIGMA NO. 89. Whitg Binck. BioQ2 l 1..Ay move aze3 accordingly. CHESS IN GERM. A remarkably intercsting 2nd instructivé zame, played by consultation at the reccat Chess Con- gress in Leipzig. vt INREGTLAR OPENING. Wh\m—I‘AdCL;ZS.Go:mG., Black—ANDERSSES, ZT- o and METGER. KEETOLT. aud SCHADT. K3 (a) = 23 = o @i §5557555 O] RZOVE AR nbv Ok 3oan takes 006 takes B R4 takes B B3 WwKS akes P To kL4 toEtsq 3 Leets to Kt 3 b KLz R d ‘takes P’ takes R (K) takes Q takes R o 18R t10B s g 8L wB3 toR8 ons R4 togz 10RS o3 Mm T H 1084 11083 to04 taRt4 10GBch T logss t10 R4 003: - w4 1o Bi 0B85 RE wR2ch s ' < 10 Kt 6 (@) fon3 RS foBTch 4 wh2 iok ke oRim* w34, - ‘&3“ % il 2 oSns 10Kt 5 (0) 1akes P 2 7. 3 10 B B # ttoh3 . DgiR kel 63 BuakesP. . -t ... NOTED BY XE. STIDNITL L “(a) In the correspoudeace match, between Lono dn‘n"lfi Vienna ng coancil of the latter ovened here with l: 10 Kidh. h’l‘bemflve‘ in llm: lg':;lt: ‘more in conformity with the spirit of a close - (b) In l\ur{lp(mon \"n?u has now the best of the came. White s far-adrapced pawns on the @ slde Sre yory mensciuz, while Black's centre pawns caa easily l:e kept inoffensive. 3 “(c) Black play the waiting game, aud, a8 3 mat- ter of-fact, ihey can do nothing else. ~~{d) Taking the Q P with Kt was ‘obriously ont of uestion on account of B to K 3after retaiing Kt (o) Black's Q P is now made wesker, a5 it, +,% Correct solution to Problem No. §0 rxceived” remains guite fixed now, and sufficlent be accumulated against it to win it e (f)_Here Pto K R 3 a8 a necgssary precantion, and Black's neglecting it senously {mperils theid position. The Q cnudla Rot tako-the I P ia reoly to the move suggested as te won! IoSe mogen d then answer o1() An excellent move, which givea Black a toe (h) White gets the worst of this captu whaterer \hey, did they conld not reeer o ‘having allowed their opponents with the B SRS ey PR 2 (i) The sacrifice_was unavoldable. Had they moved zné RtoB2the answer wouid bave beea rom. 0 Kt 5, followed accordingly b; ©e R50rQ takes P, IIEL (3) The play of the White, aliies, who had to de- fend an uohlll baitle, has” been ' simply beyonc praise. Whethor Diack wero preparcd for the beantiful mancuvre which follows we cannat ell. but it will be seen that they would bave done even worge by attempting ta stop it either by Rto Kt 7 or R to 5t 3, as the fallowing Deautifal vanations will show. In the first place:- - 33..RtoKt7 $4..Q0EBS 34..Q10 K3 (If Black ex- chaage Queen, Whire, 35.PtoER4 Wi would cxchange Queens. followed by BioR6. 38..Rtakes & P SRUERE iaa | o GRISE D since Black's R Is also| €n prise, 3 Secondly: TNtoRt3 84..RttoB3 -~ 3 86-HitoB itto RL7 Lto K 7ch Ktolisq Tt will be scen that If the K move to B sq Whits. would procesd in the sme way s ia our following snalysis, only in the last mave of the variationthoy would play tne K10 Kt 6 instead of 10 Q8. ot B2 d e K3 110 Q. threatentng RS to win the Q by K¢ takes P ch and winning witbont difficalty, for Black must now ch with the Q at R 8, and, on the B’ covering, sac- rifice the It for the P, leaving White three picces aud 3 pava for the Q. which i+ more than_enough 0 win. 5 (%) This finely-conceived sacrifice of the ght || to have securcd the game by rights: but. wn?x:;:fin scquently did not make. the most of his defensive resonrces, a3 will be atown hereafter. (1) Here 1s the lapsus. A weak «pot is created where the Kt can be scttled altimately, however Jonz it may fake to bring it to that square. The proper mode of defensgwas Rto KB 2. - (m) The manner in which the Black allics have warked their pawns and brought the Kt round s0 as to eupport (h¢ present attack s bighly admirable. (n) Klack could have won the piece, but the game must have been drawn then, for White wouid have takcen the Kt Pand then have kept the Ron the fitth row, preventing the K fom' crossing, while Black had no means to compel tne R to lenve that row. (0) This master-stroke decided one of the most dificult cnding games tnat we. heve ever come actéss in actual play. (o) R to R 2 could not be done on acconnt of Kt (akes KLcb, followed cither by Q takes R. or Kt to Kt 8 ch, etc. (q) A splendid termination. -If K takes P, then Black would take Kt, threatening mate next move. THE MEETING OF THE CLANS. [Dedicated to the Irish-Americans of CRicazo.] Sons of Ireland’s cbivalry, trne fons of sires of fame, s The silence of the martyrs’ graves—those graves of British shame Which lic neglecicd in the land, that land for which they died— Demands the union of the clans, those clans of Erin's pride. e The stalwars. brave, nnited sons of sons who darea to show Thclrtgnmem were true Trishmen, can yet repel c 10€. The spirit of submission ta the freebooters’ laws . d within the heart of Frcedom's s holy cause . That cavae Is iretand’s burning love, for that her martyrs fall. Taite, clans, 4% our country's wail. responsive to “hier call. The ‘day of union marks the dawn of Ircland's Throuzh eabts united In her famo, ahe can be ever ree. That shough the welght of centuries of injurics and wo 1s heaped upon our gallant race by an nngratefal (0c— & The vrighter should the lsmpof Hope in everytrue heart burn, Till Ecland’s power 1a made to feel onr power in rerm. - . Such power In union centres, and dreaded iasues spont Let wion be your link of hope, brave, fearless Irish clans. The surging waves of horrors wild which swept the Irish Isle, . Throngh Eneland's base upheavinzs, her promiscs maae vile, Should never be forgotten from the hearts of Erin’s own, il Evcland’s sway in Ircland is forever over- wo. Demonstrate each the love of fame—be esch az Irisbmman— The Shamrock of .0ld Ireland’s groyth, the nolon of each clan. : The lowering clouds of treachiery;-bedimming Free™ dom's sun, 5 Shalt meit before our gleaming swords, sheenod by famed glories won. The glory ot the pover of love, prociaiming ibert Cannon be f4it in slavish Hearts, but hearts that Wwould be free. ‘Freedom's plans, clans. an The ho: Cl linger on. glorics gone? neve T can ‘Whilst Erin's sons and daughters live—whalst lives an Irishman. e Tis sweet to think of glories won; 'tissweet to nuese that thought: "Tig sweet to fecl a Nation's love, when love those glorics bronght; ; The foyof Preedom's hope alone is sweetness to ihe heart z H ‘Bat O what blessingn share this joy, dear Freedom, ' where thou at. _ . Thronsh you, orave sons of Erin'alsle, through you, those blessings can., Like Irishman. CONSTANCE AT THE‘GATE. How the scent of clover Makes this living sweet., Coming with the mool Drifing to my feet, Acting the duenna— “Thing I badly bate— Watching over Conatsuce ‘Standing at the gate: Standing in a love-dream, A "Arm around her thrown, . ‘Head upon his shonlder, Claiming her his own. Well, ber Mamms lelt me ‘To'this horrid fate, Acting the duenna. o Gonstancs at the gate- Shy, sweet little maiden! Pare, and strong, and b2 18 the arm around you— 2 18 the heart you trave; - And the old, old story I to-night complete; ‘Well I know its glory, And its peans sweet. "Ah! youn hold Life's roses. Mamma oft will s3y, Yoo will ind the canker And the worm some day. ) Yet lh knowing bel‘ur—- 1 who, growing ol Find the mhl and mildew, ‘Dross smong the gold-— 1 wouid take the biossoms - Tou throw frizhtened down;, 3 Tell yon, living. lovisg, 18 & woman's COWD., Press them, O so softly? In your trembling hand; - ‘Wear them, darling—wear Yon can understand. + Thongh this life of loving. 1n the depths goes down, Better bear.the crosses ‘Than never wear & Crown.. A%’ o ke lh;':’:e- ‘1 etter worl G Well, your AMamma's coming- Now I will be free. Foolish, foolish matronl Tiess me. 1t Ia late, Watching °"§§L°L’,‘.‘§"“ . 1 13 At . cmeios %% VgL Passxoxs Brows. A Heart-Broken Goose. Des Moines Begister. iy, st E resterday morning several geese were in the rmgdm (rmZt of :Wells' livery stable. . Among them were two that were particularly intlmate. They were mnupm.l{ tol?emu and apparently Lthe closest cronies. While they were near the A Glo of the road & wazop came along and. ran o one of the cums. It fell, unable to rise, O o with pain. The other instantly. ran to i, its plumaze with its bill, and finally stood a moment looking st its dyinz mate. Then, as if satisfiea that 1t was in| rnlnl', Iay_down by its side died. The goose that had bees. xun ments ozer died s fow mo- Shall Eoslande power bedim her fame? Ab1%o, it | * ‘exts of man's golden love, be born t* each C.T. B "Tis Freedon's pule; divincly felt, which matures And links together goiden hopes in Iréland’s Lrish | 1 Shall Ireland, once o Nation great, s Natfon brave : d free, . H o of Science, Song, and Love, the homeof hivalry, ' y H The piide of thges, sires, and sons, whose glorles | Shall ‘spé. remain o Land of Tears? Are all her |