Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 14, 1877, Page 11

CHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. OCTOBER 14, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES, n GOSSIP FOR LADIES, A Husband's Story of an Ex- travagant Wife. ncident of 8 Honeymoon—A Change in the Cast. \ Notorious Female Burglar—-fov. Jackson’s Wives—-3 Narrow Escape. A BLESSING OR A CURSE? Sweet Sixteen wae melancholy— Sweet sixteen had seen the folly Of a pinster’s lonely life. And no one had come towoo her— No. not one had staid 10 suc her, Staid to sue her for hie wife. eweet Sixteen £100d by the lattice— Seid. ++ There's not half the satis- Faction tooking at the atary When you are without some other Girv's mustacked and learned brother TTo expstiate on—2Mars ! Sweet Sixteen gazed at ** The Sickle™— *+ Fortune is #0 very fickle,” Toherself she sadly eaid: «+ panks are breaking, beaus are chary, say they can't afford 10 marry— Would that 1 were won and wed.™ sweet Sixteen. there’s no denying, Set ber cap and fell to eizhing Fora youth across the way. hat frail youth cauic, £aw, was emitten, Came ain and risked the mitten— But she answered, blushing, ** Yea.” cweet Sixteen is old and weary. Ter frail vouth zrown stout and beery; th & bootjack at the door, + waiting, only waiting,” £. while Ler fate berating, “Would 1 were Sixteen once more.” CaICALO. Lvrc M. W. A OUSBAND'S STORY. Pittaburg Dispatch. Apinadent that would suzgest material for Tlas or a novel took place in the Quarter Ses sous Saturday. His Ilunor Judge Kirkpatricl s disposing of the complaints of matrons shose husbands had deserted them. So many cases of an aggravated character bad been Lrought up that it beean to look asif the man Viped in 2 domestic state was a great and con- gtitutional offender. The sympathics of the audience were growing io faver of oppressed women. This tendency was heightened by the “urance of & very pale. spare, benign-looking Jads, sparently of cultare and refinement, dreséed in 8 neat, dark fabrie. She was accom- vied by asweel youne girl of about 15, very fastcfully dressed in the jatest fashion of hat, oavE ornaments, and also some dark fexture, aodalittlechild of 3 or 4,iua light and also tasteful dress. ) Great was the sympathy for the ladv-like mother whew she arose and ina_low voice and refined lapeuace told how she ha been desert- ed by ber husband, how be had failed to pro- Yiae for her support and that of her two inter- esting children. _An old and accamplished Jawyer. her counsel, drew her statemeut with an effect almost dramatic. His Honor was af- an with a sympathetic nature would Mis Honor calied upon the husband 20 stand up, and all eyes turned wpou the cul- She prit. Be was a tail, thin Triskman, aged, perhaps, 50, crav-haired, and with mild, careworn fea- tures. < boots were too larges his coat hung shout him in folds that sugeested be had ance {een a stouter man: he wore no collar: his shirt at the neck was frayed, but cleanlv. He stood before the bar tremibling, not with fear but with sorrow, and & bi tear had gathered in his eye. What snswer have you to make 1o this charpe, sird? said the Court, rather severely bos with some_astonishment at the apparition, which was differcnt from what had been ex- pected. “\Well, indeed, 1 don’t know, yer Houor,” said the man in alow tone. “I'm but a poor man and have dove the best I could.” “Your Honor,” said_counsel for the defend- ant, “this poor man bas been ruined by the folly and extravagance of his wile, who is now here suing bin The Court procceded to investigate. He found that the muld-featured old-man defend- aut was a puddier, though he did not Jook as ifLehad the strenath for hard labor: that he hag accumulated some property and sold it for £330 to mect the demand of comparative- I fashionable wifc and family: that they moved into n 340 per month house, and after- ards one a littfe cheaper, bought marble-top fables, and lived hiza uptil this money was eent, allowing the old man _meantime to work over the furpace and keeping the luxuries measurably to tbemselves; that when out of movey they got his waaes until be had not mones enough to pay board where he was liv. ing in Sharpsburg: that he had given them all Behads that he could get work sometimes but sbout three days in the week, but all e made they were welcome to. 4 universal feeling of indignation ranthrough the court-room. Even his Honor could not help sharine it. Said he, turning sharply to the pros- ecutorand ber fashionably-dressed young daugh- ter, “ You_have no b in~ this court, madam. You cap go, Madam—you cun rostonce! You pushed this poor man into Tarcebips by your extravazance, and now you come here in your crapes, and reps. aud your etslish cluthes to prosecute him because heis no longer able to maintaiu you. This court will ot assist vou. And as for you.poor man,” continued hys Honor, **we pity rather than per- secute yon. Go—vo frec—not even the costs shall vou have to pay.” Therewas a low murmur of applause throngh the court. The Jady and her chldren walked out somewhat abaslied : the vindicated husband o0k lis hat, aud. with a * Thaok yer Honor,™ Teft, nut triumphant, but still sorrowful. And through the remainder of the session it was noticed that the tide of fecling was turned the other way, and complaining wives bad to undergo a closer ordeal of cross-exawination than before. AN INCIDENT OF THEIR HONEY- MOON. Troy Times. Anamusing incident occurred on board the Golden State about a week ago on its way to Albauy, when a slight firc caused considerable consternation amoug the passengers. Tue story isa very good one, and we give it publicity, as !r._ demonstrates the true pature of many indi- viduals who, claiming Lo be men, disprove their rigit 10 the title at eritical moments by Josing their wits and forgetting all else save their own personal safety. -1t scems that there was a Dewly-married couple on board of the steamer, who, by a public exhibition of their foniness and affection for each other, even before the boatleft the steamboat-landing, zave evers- body in their vicinity to understand that hey had just launched in the matrimonial bark aud were secking together the pleasant haven of conpubial bliss, They both eloried in the fat. Soon after the accident occurred the overs disappeared from the deck. In the cabin. ®here the lady passengers had been sent for the purpose of fastening life-prescryers about their bodics, the couple who had but a few minttes before attracted so much attention were discovered. The bridesroom bad secured ;i life-saving apparatus and strapped it about 5 own shoulders, aud bis wife was clinging to him in the arony of despair. ‘Dot desert me now, Charlie, the first day we arc married,” she piteously cxclaimed; “let me £0 with you!™ " Dii Charles allantly remain o the Side of his affectionate spousc and face the supposed danger like a man? Ohy o, not he! with eves protruding from their sockets in extreme fhaht, and with a face which could not biuve portrayed greater fear had its Tossessor been condemned to be burned at the ¢, Charles stepiped, or rather wrested him- Eelt, away from the contiding cmbrace of his . de, and Jeaving ber to her fate rushed on hcfik and betouk himself 1o a canal-boat which ad drawn alongside of the steamer. Several entlemen, observing the beroic action of the ll’sde:.’runm. volunteered to pilot the deserted ady to her jord and liege. This was doue, and izns of recognition were noticed between the couple, it is believed the wife had ber fuith in the noble qualities of her husbaod mewhat shaken by the occurence. A NOTORIOUS FEMALE BURGLAR. San Francisen Corresponidence Boston Journal. ‘The courts tn this city have just disposed of Probably the most motorious female Louse- lfrmncr in the country, by giving her a term of Yearsin the State Pricon. Her name is Ellen Gitbons, with several aliases, but better known 35 “the woman in black,” because at one time she dressed in the deepest of black, and was g:f,?" Yelled whea ehe committed her depreda- tons. Ber caroer fs eaid to bea remarkable u‘-rinfi s £aid to be the wife of a police offi- rooklyn, L. L, who is a worthy mam. She is some 40 years of age. stoutly built, with a dark pair of cyes, always on the move, and 3 face mot disagrceable in looks. Nearly ten years ago she came to Sun Fraocisco with her two _daughters, the cldest now 15 years of agé and her mother, who is now £0 years old. With her ar- rival the community was startied by the whole- e number of systematic robberles and bur- glarics that ook place, and it Was believed that a well-organized gaug of professional thieves had performed them. ~The police were vigilant and on the alert, little suspectmig that the rob- beries were performed by a woman. House after house was entered, aud jewelry, plate, and clothing carried ofl. From ome bouse alone valuables to the amount of $20,000 were taken. At lenzth, after numerous robberies had taken Dlace, the police finally got on the trail, and Ellen Gibbons was found to be the thicf. An immense amount of plunder was found secreted in her house. She was given three years in the State Prisou, and then subsequently pardoned. On her release she went to the State of New York, where she resumed Ler operations, steal- ing among other things from a hotel $13,000 worth of Government bonds, She was arrested and given two years at Sing Sing. ln nine months she was pardoned out, when she came back here to continue her operations. Day and night she has suceessfully carried on her rob- beries, batlling detection until receutly, when she was caught, couvicted, and sent to the Peni- tentiary for fonr years. She claims to be a victm to Kleptomauia, and her aged mother savs shie has been a thief ever since she wus 4 years of age, and cannot resist_tne temptation tosteal. Her long-continued lifeof crime ranks ber with the most daring and skillfa1 ot male robbers and burglars. A CITANGE IN T'HE CAST. Miss Crundy 1n the New York Graphic. A curious piece of gossip, whicn is well au- thenticated, comes here frem Newport in regard toarecent “marriace in high life” at that aristocratic resort. The facts are, according to those in a position to know, that the groom who. was to bave served, when the wedding-day was; fixed and the bridesmaids invited to - ofliviate, was almost at the last momnent replaced by an - other wentleman, the bride having made up he r mnd just before it was too late that_sbe love d the maval officer. whom she met in Europe while on a tour around the world about twao years before, better than the Washington genr Tleman, whom she met in California while ny ing the conclusion of the same jonrney. latter was ou his way to Newport termmate in marringe an engagemern. which lad lasted a r or muore. augl every preparation was rapilly progressing fuxs the wedding, when suddenly the naval officar appeared and accidentally renewed the acquains - ance with the bride-clect. She reconsiderest her pledges to the other and aceepted the nava | rentleman's declaration of love, avowing thut Tier bicart had only then betrayed its true inc! i The wedding touk blace on the diy iwinally fived and exactly as at fist arranged inail 1 substitute for the groczn first selected tou ling masculine role on the aceasion. The rejected bridesroom receive d a telegram en route of the “hangein thecest, and returned to California without the lady Tre Tad hoped to place at the head of the establish- ment he had made ready for lus brids Ii is saothing, while slancing at his side of *+the ro- Tance i real life,” to remember Shakspeares consolatory words: ** Men have died and woans Dave eaten them, but not for love.” A GOVERNOR'S WIVES. Terarkuna Demucrat. Claiborne F. Jackson, a native of Kentuek: was once Governur of the State of Missoiiri. He joined the Southern Confederacy, and Gied during his term at a farm-house opposite: the City of Littlc Rock, among strangers, with ne kind hand of affection near 1o eoothe his *pain aud rob his death-bed of half its anguish. e most remarkable fact connected with the his tory of his life is perhaps the statement thad. he harried five sisters in onc of the mosL retzpect- able, wealthy, and distinguished familles iry the State: that as soom as one wife would -die he would o and marry her slster in reas 11able time. Of course, some of them were Wilows when be married them. In connection with the Tarriages therc was a standing joke told xt the tspense of the Governor, which was that “when B went 1o ask the old entlem: s2ut to marry the last one the veneruble is re- orted to have said: “ Yus, Claib, you can hove her. . You have got them all. For — good- sake don't ask me for the old womuw.” A NARROW ESCATE. Miticaukee Sentinel’s Buston Letter. Ooe of the local papers here bas recentlly taken a young lady novice on trial, and she h:us been awaiting her opportunity to prove her vilue. A ewell wedding gave it. She hada Jjolry good time. used her s to the best advantams, and went home to write about it. At midnigiut she varried in her copy herself 1o make sure of its fatety, and inshout an bour back she came, breathless and in a great flurry. “¥Where is my manuscript!” she inquired. “I want to make a correction in it.” T am forrs.” was the reply, “‘hut youT copy is in hand up stairs, and 1 cannot possi bly ar- range for you to see it.” Oh, but 1 must, the correction ixust be made: everything is spoiled without it; it is very important,” she urzed. Sceing her evident distress, the editor sug- gested that she give him the correction ana he Wwould attend to it. She was profuse in her and would he kindly see that after the description of the veil the words *“a mist of tulle” be inserted. CHARMING THE CHARMERS. Lindon Examiner. A fashionable drapery magasin in Paris has discovered a new mode of commendiniz its tempt- ine goods to ladies far and near. 1t issues an illustrated album, with pictures of ald the dress- s and other articles it sells, with the prices at- tached. aud it announces that any Jady wishing 1o have this album, free and postage pald, can have it by simply sending her card and address %o the establishment in Paris. The feclings of Toany a worthy Adam on finding this something more than Satanic temptation thus brought un- der the eyes of his Eve, gratis and postage- paid,” must be a proper subject for compassion. FITOMAN’S LOVE. The other day an allezed borse-thief was brought up for trial at Waco, Tex. The evi dence against him was very strong, when his wife. a mere child, with tearful blue cyes and blushing cheeks, and_the stamp of candor on ner innocent forehead, took the stand and testi- ficd that her bhusvand had bought the horse from & man sbe bad mever seen but once, and produced the bill of sale. The jury burst into ears and acquitted him, and locked in cach other’s arms &e devoted comple left the court amid applause. Two hours later the discovery 135 made that the widc had been schooled by one of the worst thieves in the prison, who had written the bill of sale for ner. FEMININE NOTES. A fahion journal says, “ India shawls never goout.” Ha! thep the women who own them never wear them.—/lawkeye. Owing to the contagious nature of Insanity, no less than sixiy-five emploves of the Insane Asvlum at Westoa, W. Va., have married in the past six years. i publisher’s advertisement reads: *“In Prfis:fi‘\q‘:’linsl Her Will.” Some women do object to being sqneczcd—somctimes.—‘\ or- ristown Herald. It is now very faslifonable for & fashionable woran to remark that she hasthe beartdiscase, T that it is greatly aggravated by her hus- band’s conduct.—Free-I’ress. We overheard a gentleman say, this morning, thrn.fi:: hoped that “model husband ™ about which bis wite talks so ‘much had been burned up with the other ‘models in the Patent Office. A Millburn woman was €0 astonished the other day when her husband brought her home 2 $30 hounet that it was an hour beforeshe could open her mouth, beeause ghe couldn’t remem- ber the combination. A man whose knowledge is based on sctual experience tells us—and it is worthy of trial— that when calling on our sweethearts we should carry affection in our hearts, perfection in our manners, and confection in our pockets. « parewell, Mary, my -dear, you have driven me to the grave,” wrote a Wareham Narrows, Nacs, man, three years age. and left the note inside of bis hat on” the banks of the Waukinco. He was arrested the other day in Boston, living with another woman. « Anoa, dear. if I ¢hould attempt to epell Cupid, Wwhy could I not get beyond the first svliable?” Aupa gave it up. ‘Whereupon William saf « Because when Icome tocu, of course I cannot £o further.” Annasaid she thought that was the nicest conundrum she bed ever heard. He had proposed to her, and now with fear and tremuling waited for her. auswer. - Ouly one word,” he said, “if but to keep alive the fires of nope Within my bos .77 She looked at him tenderly, vay Tovingly, and ber lips moved in accents_that went to the depth of his soul. She had asked him how much he earned ing place. *Is it a blue sct or a pink set!” some one asked, and the good laay colored up aud could make no reply. 1t turned out that tius exclusive person was the worthy mateofa dealer in modern china. As a gweet little school-girl, a regular zolden- haired fairy, went tripping along on Douglas street yesterday, an ill-mannered lad teok ber on the'cheek with a pea-shooter. Tears ebbed from her angelic eyes, but she did not. faint nor wilt away like flowers in autumn, but up with her slate and put it where it did the most good. —Titusville Herald. A. recently seut to know if he was to appear at C.'s suburban house in dress clothes, or if it was merely a chop and smoke he was invited to. Thereon C. telegraphed to A.: * Youmust wear atail-coat.” Struck by the brevity of the com- munication, the young lady at the telezraph- office inouired: Is that all Poor C., who is very bashful, was hor! , and hastily added, “and your other evening clothes!” She was as pretty alittle bundle of calico as the South Side can boast of, and as modest as a violet withal. So, when her big cousin, throw- ing bis foot uver the back of a cliair, said sancily, “You cuan’t do that,” she blushed with embar- rassment. But after he went out she nearly un- coupled her bustle in trying 10 make her little zaiter boots form a parabola_over the back of that chair—and she succeeded, too.—Zitusritle Herald. Bhakspeare at midnight—Husband (as “Romeo™ experimenting with his niznt-key at the frout door— Tao early scen unknown, and known too late.” Wife (as *Juliet” leamng out of the bed-room window, her cheek upon Tier hand—**Rummy, ob, rummy, oh, wherctore art thou, rumimy, oh#* Husband (lookinr up affrightedly)— Alack, there lics more penl_in thinc eve than twenty of their swords.—New York Commercial. STANLEY A Private Lotter from the African Explorer. Boston Journal, Oct. 11 The following letter from Mr. Stanley, the explorer, whose recent achieyements ha awakened such a widespread interest in the man, will be read with interest. It isu friendly letter to Mr. Edward King, and, thouuh not in- tended for publication, gives an idea of the in- domitable pluck of the writer, and expliins oncof the Jeading causes of lis suceess as an explorer: Nawe, MavvEwa, Central Africe. Oct 12, 1 iy Dear Friend Kina: Just recall to mind the tme whea | related in your ears what Livin: stone epoke of Nyangwe: jurt thuk. if you can, of what | gave you as my opinion of thatold, brave explurer, and Zlance at the name of the town, or depot, al which 1 write from. It is m the east lonsitude 26 vegrees odd, and south latitude, 4 degress 16 minutes. 1t wnot far from the centre, east and west, of thus sahle contnent. Well. two or three daye ago I reached here aftern quick warch of forts days. Livingstone took a much longer time 1o Teach 1t—but what of that 1 dv not wonter at it at ull. He was aged amd broken- Tieartyd. but though mv hair 16 fast turning gray, 1 am young. 1 have been all the time T have been here reminded of the old man Livinzstons. and wonder more thun ever. ax | begin 1o wrasp i my mind the dutliculiies he labored under. at the terri- Dle determination which animated nim. _Pity. not unmixed with adwmiration, ix the promment feeling in my mind. Poor Livinzstone: 1 wish 1 had the power of some perfect master of the English ruage to describe what I do feel ubout lnm. 1 { Could say verbatim what the Arabe say of him. and tell vou of the anxious luoks the amiable na- Lives of this reion cast toward theroad leadin: from the Indian Ocean, looking wistfully for news of him. But he will néver return to be greeted by chuldren of Manvewa. Do you kuow, King. that 1 have a faint iden peo- ple in Ensland and America did not quite under? ftand the man? Of course they have not suid in plain terms that the man wasa - humbug, * but it [ Strongly impressed on me somehow that they think be did not write a be really felt—which must De, that they felt, in plain_English. that he wax romething of an old_hypocrite. for such vile thoushts. In this prosaic aze 1 not heard of or secu a_man morc worthy of from hi* white brothers, and I am certain | willdie in that opinion. Perhaps yon arealso of the ab number, and, therefore, I will ktop. only 1 w n my place to-day I think same high opinion of this cay this much—were Yo you would entertain th atchless man as 1 have. "Thiis place is the furthiest reach of Livingstone: it is nlso the place whence Cameron struck south- west in company with some Portuguese traders. They were both eazer o follow this river. but cir- cumstances opposed them. I lave discovered What these were, and 1 am fully resolved to take advantage of my discovery 10 eettle this question of the Lualaba forever. ~If I do settle it there £hould be no blame attached to cither Livingstone or Camcron that tiey left the task for me fo_do. Thdeed, T feel ratlier grateful to Cameron, for if he had followed this great river o the ocean I should be inclined to ask him. should 1 ever meet him. like Baker asked Speke, ** Why was this luurel wreath not left forme to pluck?™ 1t 1 fail. and am ariven back, I have some com- fort, and 1 may ask ** Why they blame me, and not blame my predecessorst” But dou't imagine [ am o to be driven back. 1 can die, but T will not oback. T anticipate tronble, and many disasree- fble things—possibly the digestion of mysell in ‘omne canmbal's stomach: but 1 caunot picture ta myaclf the idea of me standing, hatin hand, ex- plining peronally to the proprictor of the New Yok Zierald why I came back witkout fulfiliing my pramise. There Is one thing which I must tell son D6 "% “nave not boasted of what 1 way going todo. 1 remember distinctly to have writ- ten from i. **1 do not know what = left for e todo. I shall be better able to tell ou When 1 Feach Nyangwe." Meaninz, of course,.—if you don't know it,—that whatever tack Cameron had ot Yine to do T would try to do, for until 1 cume here I was sure a gallant fellow Jike bim would do hie very best Lo follow the river. ‘Should 1 live to reach the ocean, I cannot im- agine what part of it T shall come ‘ont at. Thix fialana isnot the Nile. I will stake every ope on that. It has not such an altitude as Living- tone gave it by 1,000 feet. 1cunonly make it out 1.45% feel above s Liviugstone hus got it somewhere ahout 400 feet. which isa wide cifference. "It jsjthe sime way with the Tapganyiks and Lake Victoria. Speke and 1 agree pretiy nearly Granted that it ot the Nile, what fiver ix it? It may be the Nuger, if niot the Nizer, then certainly the Conto. Supnose toe former, when do_you think I cauld resch the Western Ocean? In 1570 or 1850, un It was clear sulling (dowa river? Mungo Tarl Jnow, lust s life on that famous river. and Stan- Joy may lose hie. I hope not, but I awm quite ready for anything. Tc 1= a curious thing how the climate of Africa so triew the temper of & man that he does mot care Very much what will become of ‘him. He ix %o worricd, and tortured, and annoyed. hat he begine to feel by and by. after rome months of i, that thé best thing for bt would be eternal, dreamless rest. L dare say, if I conld fiy over to New York and enjoy_one ood meal, that 1 would instantly abandon such melan- choly ideas, butas [ must ** bore throngh. ™ like an guger. before I can enjoy that sali=factory meal, and as I must **bore throu for many Months to come, | find myself dwellinz on such melancholy things oftener than ia consistent with courave or manliness. Lot us drop the sublect. The exent or resuit will decide all. The unknown half of Africa lies before me, involved in mystery. Itis uscless to imagine What it may contain, what [ muy xee, what wonders may be unfolded. 1 am eager for it 1 fecl mrself Straining like 10 a leash. I have solemnly told my sople that ** God has written that this year the t Lualaba and the unknown half of Africa all be revealed.” Tam a prophiet.—at least [ am imbued witha vast_amoint of enthusiasm just How. but 1 cannot teil whether T shall be abe to Tevenl it in verson, or whether it will be left to my durk followers. "I throe or four days we shall begin this great atruggle with this mysters. but first 1 thouelt it ‘ould be a relief to me if 1 would sit down and be- in telling vou a few of my thoughte and shake Bunds—mentaily—acrose the great sulf which xep- arates the friend of my soul from me. God bless usall. Yourfriend, HESRT M. STANLET. — ——— HOME-SICKNESS. Around me are beaming the glories of wealth, The benatics of Nature and Art: The fair and the graceful, the witty and wise, In the ecene that surrotnde me have part 01 long, for my own humble home, T'm here with the rich aud the gay: 1 jest with the merry, 1langh ‘mid the thrng, ‘But my heart-thoughts are far, far away. The mansion holds souls that are earnest and true, My heart with Love's waters they lave; And sil that the world calleth pleasure is mine, But happiness yet do 1 crave. That Jies where Affection’s Dbreathes Around me its soft, tender laye, In the dear little cotiage far over the eea, Ihe home of wy youth's suncy days. sweet music eer With epirits e'er restiess, we travel the world, Throush scenes the most bright do we roam; They dazzle awhile. but ere long do we fecl ‘e beart yearning sadly for ** Home.” And #o, in the mansion, | pine for the cot, "Though mach that is charming is here: But noRe are so true as the **loved onesat home, ™ “And none can be ever so dear. ARt what were the **world™ without thee, my own home? A flower Iving withered and dead; A’frail. broken ahell that could neer hold my heart, 5 Its murmartag masic sil fed. Soon, soon mag | zreet thee, and then never more \Will my footateps away from thee roam: And, when Death bids me slcep, may I wuke but to meet My God and my loved ones **At Home." Sr. P. F. ScaooL. FiprLis. THE END. The golden strand which joined our hearts Hath broken, and henceforth, Instant as Sonth from North, They hrob; a gulf unfathomed parts a week. «Qur daughter never dances out of her own set,” said a proud dame at one of those nonde- script entertainments ot UD &b 3 certain water- Thom. . Vain regrets and sighs / Float o'er the grave where lies /' our Friendship. slsin by Auger's darts. G. B. Sraacuz. l EUROPEAN GOSSIP. Gen. Skobeleff, the Muscovite Dare=Devil. The Czar in the Field---His Life at Gorny Studen. Philosopher and Banker-Russian Superstition.-- Plumbing in Paris. SKOBELEFF. Jucharest Correspondence London Standard. Gen. Skobelell, the youuger, if he live, is des- tined Lo play 2 great part; and_thoush that can be no logical excuse, it explains why I caunot resist the temptation to make a sketch of him. Ile belongs to the noblesse, and his connections, both by birth and marriages in his family, are most important. His are, I suvpose, may be 35, at the ontside. In face and look of eye he shows the type in which men recognize instinct- ively a leader. Perfectly fair, with mustachic and whiskers trimmed in our fashion; bold, bigh. features, blue s a8 keen us an old Viking's, he would pass anywhere for a brilliant ofticer of the English service. His smile is full of raillery, and lis speech bas 3 reckless frank- ness that would ceriainly not tend to conciliate a foe. Skobelell is decidedly not a man to be described as guileless. But all the bitter knowledge of the world which has been taughe him has oot killed, I think, a certain manly trust in others. His only weapon is the sa ‘Tt scorn of life which he shows on cach ocea- stun—u sheer love of danger for its own sake— is not contined only to the battle-field. For Skobeletf is not only a soldier; he has been the successtut Governor of Khokand, which he sub- Shed. This talents aud bis knowiedge arc con- spicucus, and I elieve that whie sawe quick wit, arless spirit, and swilt determination would have earned him triumph in any line of life. But as a soldier it is that we have to regard him,—und here, 1 think, some distinction shonld be made. He came to the war unattached, and il his father had not obtained command of 2 cavalry division, thi line soldier, the idol of the wn‘army, might have remained without em- nt. h a position was enough to rouse a cooler spirit of indiznation, and e heard of some mad pranks more fit for war in the fifteenth century than in the vineteenth. —The most ex- traurdiuary of thesewere camried to the Enperor, with improv: Skobelefl swam the Dan- ube on horseback, to show it could be done; but the story sent abroad was that e toreed a whole sotuia of Cossacks to swimn with him, and that the whole were drowned. The truthis that the youns General displays such revard fora soldier’s life as might well be imitated by his Dresent, grave, and revercad dispuragers. In The bold reconnoissances about Lovicha many men were Jost, but orders were imperativeto ascertain the Turkish force as mnearly a8 might be. These orders he performed to ad- miration, and when the necessary work was fimshed he exposed his own life with a reckless- nese beyond easy precedent in order to recall Ris troops,whomistook i dimonstration forareal attack. In this afTair e had two horses killed un- der him, making, I think, five since the opening of the cumpaign; it was &raightway circutated that he shot them with his own. revolver. A more recent history I may mention,—one that is told around camp-iires, and coutributes to raise higher the pedestal apon which Skobeleft already stands in the >oldier’s view. In one of the forays or reconnolssapues, or what vou please fo call them, around Plevna, SkobelefPs Cos- sncks suffered much frony thirst. They breasted 2 high ride—I know it well—and saw below them a delicious spring, stone-faced and ds- terned, as areall springs mear the bighway in that Turkish land which they tell us is”so brutal and so far behind the age.” The General cried for water, but his_ Cosszcks pointed out how thick the Turkish bullets were pitting the stope below, and how they pastered round the spring. Skobelefl leaped down, zud slowly, talking over his shoulder with the trusty Captain who has followed Lim for love from ‘Turkistan,—his name I am sorry to forzet at this moment,— Jers slowly he walked to the cistern, took a long drink and then another, washed his face and hands, shouting to his officers how sweet. and cool was the water. Tknow this sounds like fanfaronade, though of the best sort; yet I think if esersthing coutd betold that beirs upon the subject, even such acts would be recognized as neither injudicious nor uncalled for at present. iowever that be, the story goes on to tell tlat Skobeles Cossa Were mad to see their idol thus run into danwer which they scemed to shirk. They clambered out of their forkal saddles as swiitly as men can discuave themeelves from such a clumsy ap- puratus, and pressed_forward. In the toues of Peal anger which are perfectly recoznized by the of this road-humored General, SKobe- leff ordered them and put under arrest, Dot 4 nominal punikbment, those who had ven- tured to risk their lives a few feet in the direc- tion which he had traversed. This is the cam! story, auother is told in the “upper circles.” could not myself doubt which represeuts the truth. The Geaerar’s knowledge of English speech, and likitz of thin English—saving our policy alone—have brought him into close rela- tionship with corcespondents here. T regard hitn as the one soldier whom Russia has visibly at command. TIHE CZATR IN THE FIELD. Bucharest Correspondence London Times. Comparatively speaking, Gorny Studen is regular and symmetrical. [n the middle of the village stands the church, built in the form of a parallelogram, with a semi-circle added to the eastern side, and a portico supported by three arches, with colun s in the facade. The north- ern slope of tbe valley is occupied chiefly by Turkish houscs, which were deserted by the owners when the Russians approached. Stand- ing out prominen:ly from among these is a large building, with eztensive outhouses, the whole surrounded by a etrone fence. That house be- longed to a rich Bulgarian trader, who was not only a triend of the. Turks, but had even be- come seeretly a Mohammedan. When the Turk- ish popalation ica, this Bulgarian fled with thetn, and Lis hoase is now the temporary resi- dence of the Faperor. Round sbout it tents have been put up for the personsattached to the Imperial headquarters, The Emperor zrrived in Gorney Studen on the 14th of August, preceded by 100 Cossacks of the guard, with Dusic, and surrounded by his brilliant 'suitc, composed of Grand Dukes, Princes, and Geerals, all mounted on magnifi- cent horses. A'mut three miles from headquar- 1ers the procession was met by the Grand Duke Nicholas. Comirander-in-Chief. The Ewmperor erected his brot zer heartily, and then continued to advance smida mass ol troops collected on both sides of tac road, and shouting lustily, “Hurmh!? Inthe evening the Communder-in- Chiet gave a dimer, at which the Emperor was present. After dinner mulitary affairs were dis- cussed, and the tonduct of Baron Krudener was especially comiented on. The hero of the day was youni Gen. Skobelell, of whom thie Emper- or spoke in musid llattering terms, Gen. Gourko was present andbwas warmly received. 1f zussip is to be believed he declared tlist if hie had re- ceived one mor=brigade he would have advane- ed to Adrianopie and taken the town. The Emperor; who is in or\lumriy; times one of the hardest working men in the Empire, leads avery active life He rises early and devotes morning to- -urrent affairs. Towards wmi the suit, romposed of about fifty officers, assemble in a Lage tent in front of the Imperial Tesidence. Expctly at 12 his Majesty enters, calutes all prusent, and sits down to table. First is_served the Zakuska—thal is to suy, caviare, Swiss theese, sardines, raw erring, and three Kinds of sodka. Soup and roast are then served, and cufe noir or tea eompletes the re- past. After breakfast the Emperor in ocett- bics himself with current ailairs or drives out. At 6 o'clock diumer is served. It consists of three or four gourses, and lasts about an hour. About 9 o'clesi< there is tea, and about 10, or half-past 10, his Majesty retires for the night. On sete days the ordinary programme what~ modifixl, There is more music than \sual, cvery one is in full uniform, and the Eunperor, with his numerous suite, in which the bright unifwms of the Austrian officers are conspicuous, rides out and exchauges congratu- lations with part of the troops. “For civilians the life at handquarters is very monotonous. THILGSOPHER AND BANKER. Confidencs begets confidence. A well-known Paris banksr has fallen a victim, during the summer, to this business principle. He is fond of good livaie, and dresees like a dandy, but is close in his«lealings witn, his fellow-creaturcs. At Royat, v here he went to take the waters, he met the mest absent-minded of the Academi- cians—a plilosopher who works out intricate problems Ivhile tearing off the buttons on his waistcoat,\od stands agaiust a wall staring into vacaricy, leaving bystanders uuder the {npres- sion that bz is not only blind but mad. Viile the banke was tranquilly reading a newspaper in the cast 10, the philosopber fixed hiseyes upun his noiehl or's white duck trousers, and began fidgeting 1:he inkstand with the end of the slip of wi generally fastened to the different pewspape s in all public reading-rooms, where visitors & 2 to0 4Dt toconfiscate and apprepriate fournals which promise to amuse them. The result was that the inkstand, oushed to the very end of the table, hung fora second in the balance, and, then topplinz over, emptied its contents over the snows white ducks of the un- suspeeting banker. The bauker jumped up, and, shaking the almost unconscious philosopher by the shoulder, showed him the damage he bad done, and insisted _that the pantaloons must be paid for. The philosoplier said that he would send tue moucy to the banker’s room in less than au hour. The banker, suspecting that the ehabby little man wauted t0 avoid payment, de- manded 30 trancs then and there. The philoso- phier asked fora receint and paid the money. ‘Fhen, turning to the bystanders, he said: ** Now, gentlemen, you are witness that I have paid for the trousert, and I trust you will support my reasonable request that the article of dress that | 1 have purel possessiun " 1he Academician advauced toward the financier, and demanded the property he had acquired. The wearer of the ducks promised o deliver it within an hour, but the philosopher would not trust bim. The banker was Gually compelled to retire toa private room, Lake off the trous- ers, push them out to the purchaser, and remain in seclusion an hour while his servant was dis- patehed to his lodging to fetch another pair. The baoker is now known at the Bourse as *Sans-Culottes.” ed may be at once placed in my PLUMBING IN PARIS. Lucy Hooper's Paris Letter. The Gagne-Petit has already thrown open its doors to customors. To give some idea of the absurd conservatism of Parisian shopkeepers, I must mention an odd fact counected with the new store. When the edifice was erected the proprietor refesed to have zas put in, and will light up b ew establishment with oil lamps, as he did his old one. e universal dread of gas among the Parlsian middle and lower classes is very amusing. Till I bad it introduc- ¢d into my own apartments, I was under the impression, owmg to this universal prejudice, that Parisian gas was of very bad quality, being at ouce smoky and explosive. A two- ye trial of the article bas convinced me, on 1he contrary, that 1t is very superior to our gas at howe, birning with a clear blue flame and emitting no more smoke than does our Phila- delphia gas, certainly not nearly so much as does the dingv oil Jainps in which conservative Paris delig! But the poiut that is at fault is tne plumbing. That is very, very bad. The pives are slender und weak, and develop unex- Deeted leaks at all sorts of points. No wonder that by law they must be run along the outside of walls and ceilings. Were they walled up as are ours, half the buildings in Paris that R:\ve gas in_them would get blown up at some time or other. But all Parisian plumbing is atrocious, as those luxurious Americans who haye had bath-tubs with hotaud cold water spizots attached put into their apartments, can very well testify. Foritisa new thing over here. Till within the lust twenty-tive years. stationary bath-tubs, or even pipes and spizots to supply water in the Kitchen, were wtterly une Known even in the most sumptuous of private apartments. The water-carrier then was a uni- versal featurc of Parisian life, as it still is in {he older quarters. As to plumbing in other re- speety, if the wells and sewers of Punis were in 25 uncleau a condition as they are with us, half of the people in the city would die with typhoid fever. But imperfect Lrapoing or outlets in Parisian house, compared with such defects in a Philadelpiia or New York dwelling, is as the difference between leaving open the door of a lion’s cagre when the lion is there, or performing the suwe feat after the beast has been tuken away. RUSSIAN SUPERSTITION. Londun Fxaminer. Broad plains, wide sluggishly-flowing rivers, long-stretching expanses of dense forest, with nothing to relieve the dreary flatuess, while pro- ducing the oppressive metancholy that charac- terizes the Russian peasant, at the same time forces him to seek some relief by an unrestrained indulzence in imagination. s fancy supplies the heights, zulfs, und abysses, the fantastic ;h;mrs and forms which the landscape refuses im. Tunus left to revel, uncontrolled by ideas or commuuications with the rest of the world, his imagination takes the most grotesque form and luxuriates in the wildest and weirdest growths of superstition and relizious fervor, which, on the other hand, is also apt to degenerate into the grossest Nibilism. There is no object in anything but the present. Nothing went be- fore hin, and nothing will come after him, The only thing to be considered is the satisfaction of present wants. and their_enjoyment. It is the reaction of boundless ignorace aud supersti- tion. One of the avowed disciples of this “creed,” —which was even represcuted, & few years ago, by a newspaper published abroad, under the title, 1 Spit at robody, '~on heing asked what the principles of his doc- trines were, replied, *Take Heaven and earth, take life and death, take God and the soul, and spit upon them.” Spitting, it must be ol d. plays a great part in the daily 1ife of o Russian peasint. il¢ spits as a sien of astonishment; be spits as a sign of defiance; he spits to avert an evil omen; be spits for a fine v, and he spits azainst bad weather—in short, i spits at or for suything and everythine. “TFive fear of the evil eve is upiversal; the Rus- sian peasant attribates all his discases to it, and encrally expects the doetor to cure them by counterincantations and magic rites, and fre- quently visits upon him the anger he feels for his unknown enemy, accusing the doctor of Joining in the conspiracy to bewitch him. GRAVEYARD THIEVING. Paris correspondence Philadelphia Telegraph. The style of theft known as graveyard thiev- ing is becoming more common than ever. The usual process is for & woman, clad in deep mourning, and wearing a water-proof cloak, to o and kneel in prayer besides those graves that are most richly adorned with fresh wreaths of fmmortelles and ol jet beaas. Her pious genu- flexions ended, she departs, bearing with her a a selection of these crowns. The other duy a woman was arrested while plying this nefarious trade, and nine_crowns were discovered under ber ample cloak. She kept a booth outside the gate of Pere la Chaise for the sale of such Freaths, and it was in that manoer that she ob- tained her merchandise. Another woman oho was captured a few weeks a used to steal the wreaths of beads onl These she took to pieces, using the beads and wire to manufacture fringes, leaves, ctc., of the now faghionable jet. The ingenuity of this Jast deserved a betfer direction anda better fhte. The latest, style of graveyard stealing is ealled the watering-pot theft. * For come time basta woman has been observed going about the paths of Pere la Chaise, and apparently de- Yoting herself to the pious task of watering the flow But, someliow or other, the plants she tended never scemed to thrive, or at least they hever displayed any blossems. ' So frequent and persistent were her visits that the police at last set a watch upon her. It was then discovered that, instead of watering the flowers, she would adroitly cut off the blossoms and hide them in her W na-pot. The flowers thus obtained were made up into little bouguets and €old in Lhe streets. On being arrested, she confessed to having practiced this game all summer long. e —eti— MISSED. 0 we misaed the old, familiar faces, Missed them till our hearts wwere eore, Miesed them with a deep, unspoken eadness, Never, never felt before. "Mid the ecene of youthful plearure, “Mid the voice and lauznter gay, Tieara we still one Jonely whisper, Saying: ** Some are far away.” Other forms were there to greet us. "\Il for tender memories dears ‘But the ones no more to meet us, “Twas for them the starting tear. 0 Life's changes! how they show us, Al} we've passed upon the wavey How they point into the distance, With its shadows—and the grave. TThough bat few make up our heart-world, Fow its dearest treasnres win, Al build not our shrines eo precious, ‘But they A1l the niches in. And we'd keep these temples perfect, For we dread another day When, mayhap. the voice will whisper To us: '+ All are for away.” Ocr. 12, 1877 AM.D. L —————— RUM'S RECORD. Ask the man who bas fallen from virtne to crime, Or from places of trust which were grand and sab- lime: Ask the orphan left homeless, the ‘widow left poor, Or the vaerant for whom there is no open door; Ask the Jmm' starving mendicant, begging for bread, Whose bed is the straw in N‘)‘mc desolate uhcdc:c Ask the first man in ruin and rags you may m ‘As_you wander along through' the city’s thronged street; & Ask all of these victims of want and despair Ak o de them the poor, homeless wretches they are. And, if from the heart a true snswer £hall come, Eved‘ry one will confes, it was Rum—only Rum. The rich and the poor. and the high sad the low, Alikeare the victims of this accaraed foe; ‘And too often, alas! 'tis the gitied and brave i That are lured by this curse 108 premature grave: They taste, and too late arc forced to believe d spatiles, and foame, to de- e B S A laugh ran round the room as * THE LO) DON TIMES. Retirement of Mr. Delana After Thirty-Seven Years' Service. The Power He Has Wielded-~Spec- ulations as to His Suc- cessor, Zonden Correspondence New York Tridune. Loxpox, Sept. 20.—The report so often : sptead, and so often contradicted, bas at last come true. Mr. Delane has resizned the editor- ship of the Times. While the report was false, it circulated with great rapidity, as often as it was started afresh. Now that the event has really occurred, it seems almost unsuspected. It has becn mentioned conjecturally in one or two papers this week. I am heartily sorry to say that I know the .report to be only too well founded. Mr. Delune was really ill when he went to Homburg this summer. He came back so little the better for his journey as to lcave him, in his owa words, no solid hope of soon returning to work azain. After thirty- seven years’ hard work it is not, perhaps, to be wondered at. No, certainly not to be wondered at, but to be deplored. Mr. Delane—I may surely say it without wounding any susceptibilities or chal- lenging any other claim—was beyond dispute and comparison the first journalist in theworld; and there is no journalist—no member of the great profession of which the editor of the Times stood at the head—who does not owe him, whetber he acknowledees it or not, a debt of gratitude which must be called immense. 1, for my part, acknowledge it wich readivess. I have certainly a deeper, or, perhaps 1 should say, a mor¢ alert sense of my oblicution than if°I bad never lived avroad. But whether at home or aproud, whether American or European, no journalist who knows anything of _the actua! condition of journalism can doabt that Mr. Delane's share io winning and keeping for the newspaper the position it now holds in the world has been a very larze one. Who dis- putes that the Zimes is the leading journal of the world? Nobody, I suppuse; but if there were any oue whom patriotisn o personal pride induced to put any other Jpaver above it, he Would besure tosaythe Zimes was second. Andif there were any one who should say that Some other paper was more powerful in his own Country, as must often be the case, be would acree thatno journal not of his own country bad so much iniluence in it as the ZTimes. And there would not, J think, be eveu one man to deny that the Timeswasa power inagreater num- ber of countrics than any other journal. The sum of all th ons_would not differ from the propo hich those whom 1 supposc to make them objected, that the Zumes is the leading journal of the world. It is Mr. Delane who, if he did nut make it such, kept it such; and when the listory of the paper comes tobe written, 1 thiuk it will have to be said that its supreinaey and influence were never st any period duri the first century of its existence Po mreat as during Mr. Delave'seditorship. 1€ there had been no Mr. Delane, the Zimes would bave existed, no doubt, but who can say what it would uave been? If there had been no Tomes such as it actually has been. the place of other newspapers in the world would have been dis- tinetly inferior to what it is. When I say, thereiore, that journalists owe a great debt to Mr. Delane, I mean that they owe bim, in part, the advance their profe Is made in his time, and—to put it in the hon sequent improvement in their own personal po- sition and fortuncs. 1, in such circumstances, the Zimes should ceased to be distinguished by those qualities which Mr.{Delane hus impressed on it, the result would be what [ called it—a calamiy. If the Times descended, otber papers would descend withit: journalism itsell would feel the blow. Tt is very unlikely that its owners would tolerate ~any. marked deterioration of tone for any long time. Tt is sure to be moderate. surc 10 be moral, sure to watch public interests with anxious care, sure to be o0 the side of relimon aud public order, in the future, as it has been in the past. But these are merely the ind! sable conditions of power; the power itself must exist soparately. ‘There must still be o bruin to direct the sreat engine; an intelligence of the first onler; a capacity to recognize abilits in others, and touse others skillfullv; there must be settled views of Dolicy as well as wide knowledze of men and Hhings; perfeet coolness, and a faculty of ar- Fiving rapidly at a sound judgment In the midst of cvents. All these’ Mr. Delane had, but he had something more. He had thirty- seven vears’ experience, and who is to supply that to the newcomer! For more than a gen- eration the traditions of the Zimes have centred in him: be has been the repository of them ally it is through him that they have been expre: d inthe columns of the paper itscll. Some of thew are capable of transiission ;someare nots aud, to sonie extent, new ideas must arrive with anew man. It can never bequite the same paper. Tts name will still be, as Emerson said of it twent) ars ago, & terror in Paris, in Vienna, in in itself. But how longand to what extent it will be so,no man can surely predict. To trath, Mr. Delane has wielded, for thirty years, a eréater power than most Kings or Min- isters who have heen on the stage during that time. It has been coustant. e has not woue out of office with cabinets nor disappeared with changine dynasties. ILis nothing to say that Dhis anthority in Enzland has far exceedud that of the Sovereien. 1t bas equally surpassed that Ministers; it may becompared with that of the two or three Premiers who bave remod- el some of the institutions of the country, and moditied its Constitution. _And in compas ineit, it must be borne iu mind that there have 1 4 dozen or more Administrations, but Mr. Delane has never ceascd to editthe Times. And he really edited His coutrol | have alivays understood to be complete; whilehis su- porvision of its leader column was <o vigilaat, Bis editorial direction of the paper so_sbsolute, that it was his_individual opinion which went forth every morninz. He did vot write, but he dictated what should be written. Tl had very strone men about him and under him, but it was he who_sketched the outline of every im- portant leading article; who turned all the cor- ners; who decided what the Times should sup- port and what it should oppose. I do notmean That such decisions were always in accord with Mr. Delane's persoual preferences, but they werc always in accord with what he thought it wise and best on the whole for the Times to say. He had a won- derful knowlede of public opinion: no journal has. or ever had, such various sources of_infor- mation about what the Fnalish people are thinking, or used thetn SO Sys! ematically; per- haps no man so_well understood bow to lead public opinion by sceming to follow it. H, made mistakes, many and sometimes grievous; but his loyalty, and good faith, and honar were beyond dispute, and, spite of mistakes, his sa- gucity in divining the course of eveuts and of opinion was marvelous. Uis courage was almost cqually remarkable; his strength to bear the burdei of such a responsibility for such 2 length of time most remarkable of all. Mr. Delane’s sucvessur is understood to be Mr. Chenery, tor many years leader writer on the Times, but hardly crer mentioned as likely to become its editor. Mr. Courtuey used to be talked of, but his carcer in Parliament stands in the wav. Of Mr. Chenery, the public knows little or nothing. Among journalists his repu- tation Is that of an exceedingly able writer. “His qualifications for editing the journal to which he has so long contributed, he has, of course, yet to prove . 8. —————— THAT SURPRISE. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cu1cAGO, Oct. 13.—The writer requests suf- ficient space fn your paper to correct a few statements made fn an article which appeared in Tue TRIBCNE on the 7tb inst. in reference to a surprisc-party tendered Mrs. Burke on the evening of Sept. 28 The article in question accuses me of creating a disturbance and 1:. sulting a party of ladics and gentlemen who h:\dt gz%lher:d ag my father's house to spend the evening. It further alleges that [ threatened to shoot all who did not at once leave the room. These statements are base and ground- 1e8. + ovening allnded to [ was awakened out of my steep by hearing a noise down stairs, and, dressing wysels, I descended to see what the rsttervas. I walked into the room where the company Was assembled, and, seeing that it Was a party, passed on through. I afterwards met my father and asked him what was the matter. He repiied that he koew nothing seemed worried =t the music, a3 been three funerals from the dhe did not think the merriment at all proper under’ such circumstances. Furtber than this, | never addressed aword to any one, but weot to bed. The whole story ‘was tnspired by malice and with intent to injurc mv character. I have responsible witnesses to prove my conduct on that evening, and_to as- sert that it was gentlemanly and quiet. It might be well to state for the information of the public that _the +Mrs. Burke” alluded to was but Iately Kate Ryan, formerly known as Mre. Jobn Kelly. She recentlv obtained & divorce, and was afterwards married to my father. Jam engaged witha respousible fir here, and desired ouly to present. u?: facts thg I might vindicate my character. With man thanks for space i your paper, Iam very truly E. BURkE. THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS. - Communications 1ntended for this Department should be addressed to TAE TRIBUNE and wdorsed **Checkers.” CEECKER-PLAYERS' DIRECTORY. Atheneum, Nos. 63 and 85 Washington street. PROBLEM NO. 35. By Citances A. Carsten, Janesville, Wis. Black. ‘White. ‘White to move and win. POSITION NO. 35. End game between Andrew Stoddart Hill, Chicago. e Al Black men on 1. 3, 7, 9.11, 13, 14. 13. White men on 16, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, ‘White to move and wil TO CORRESPONDENTS. W. B. F., Kankakee, [l.—Letter received. R. E. B., Millbury, Mass.—Analysis mailed yot on the 11th. J. Z., Cincinnati.—Thanks for the corrections, which appear below. J. H., Providence, R. 1.—(1) Will_explain by letter. ) Thanks for the favor, which shall be returned with pleasure. (3) May it never be less welcome. NOTES AND CORRECTIONS. The Glascow Game No. 108, by Chester, which was subseqaently reviewed by sev- eral of our critics, including Dr. Purcell and “UThe Chevalier,” all showiog their version of a White win, has now received tae attention of Mr. Joseph Zanoni's snalytical mind, showing the game to ve drawn. Mr. Zanoni's play will be found fn Game No. 113, in this issue. . CHECKER ITEMS. Mr. Fonville {s willing to piay Prof. Fitzpatrick either in St. Louis or h’;nnkukr:’;. for 825 :‘:idz.: The New England Checker Player is dead, and Phelan Checker Plaver is dead. “There scems to e a fatal spot at about the centre of the laat naif of the second volume of all dranght monthlies. No zx;ebever outlived 1ts second birthday.—Boston jlobe The Turf says: *‘Mr. Northrope, of Clave- land, who visited the club-rooms a few weeks since and played Mr. Yates, is not the Northrupe, bul 18 the son of the Elyria’ veteran. We hardly think the Narthrone could screw up coursge enougn to play the champion. ™ Mr. Bressee, of Albany, N. Y., hasbeen heard from in several Western cities. At Detroit he de- feated Mr. L. B. Cook +to 0, and 1 came drawn. At Kankakee, he played Mr. Fonville 21 games, each winning seven und seven games were drawn. Prof. Armout, of Kankakee, also tried his hand, Mr. Tiressee winuing fftecn, losing five. and several games were drawn. At fast advices he had hus face turned toward St. Louis, where hi¢ seriea of unin- terrupted victorics will probably receive a sudden check. Mr. E. A. P., of South Evanston, IIL (whose modesty prompts bim to request us to print only his initials), sends us an originat method of num- bering the board, as follows: From1 to 8 the fizures are usedas in the old way: then, ~instead of continuing the numerical notation, he bezins at square 9 with -the letter *'a," and substitutes therefrom the letters of the alphabet in regular order, omitting the letters **j " and, ," which brings the letter ‘*z™ on &quare 32. A shorter method of recording eames and positions than the one now in vogue i3 what the author sceks to at- tain, and as **brevity is the soul of wit,” we give Him’ space to introduce his metnod to draught players. Mr. P. sums up his claim_for the supe- riority of his method a3 follows: ** It will be seen that but one character is required to indicate any given square, while the nuimerical system now in se demands’ fwo each for twenty-three of the thirty-two squares on the board.” SOLUTIONS. TION TO PROBLEM N0. 34. 6 1n this issue. To IMNITION NO. 11-15 12-13 15-20 Wh'e wink GAME NO. 113-GLASGOW. By J. Zanoni, Cincinnati, 0., Correcting Games ~o. 1i0 and Ne. 111, by Dr. Purcell, **Tha Chesalicr, ™ respectively. 15-18 214 (1) 17-13 6—10 11-20 15—6 18-15 9 (2)i 1-10 ) 2-18 17(3) | 2316 15—11 n—2 2-9 19 =12 I:—lil“ 2428 Drawn. =g | S 128 | Drawn. () 9—14 12 pot a losing move. (b) o _Game 110. loses. In Game 11f, 15—1 draws. 1like this b (¢) $1—24 loses, of course. 3.2 GAME NO. 116. DOUBLE CORNER. Played at Terre Tlaute, by Prof. Roberd Martins and Mr. Panl K. ey. Martins move. 14-18 -9 10-6 (31 Drawn. (1) Although the whites have the plece, I have not yeubeen abie Lo show a win. Thts fs not material. how- J5er. to the solutivn. 8 the blacks have the draw by 6o Vo at the Ath move instead of 7—11. [ leave the Thatter here Dy requesting yoar correapondents 1o show awinif it s here. Nir. Martins stated that the position was entirely new tohim. and the tinest he hud scen in actosl pluy for o long tine. LML P. GAME NO. 117. SINGLE CORSER. Played in Kankakee, TIL. betwcen Mesars. Fita patrick and Foovilie. Fitzpatrlci's move. S—14 2617 15—18 121 2724 Fitzpatrn won. 217 13-z THE WEARY OF LIFE. 0 ye weary ot life. Of its battles and strife, Dop't 1all by the wayside and die* For the soldiers who tizht 1n the battles of Rizht, There's a fag that forever will fiy. Though son tzamp day and night, Ana your motives be rizht, TéAnpest-tost by the woilt's wicked way, ‘And the mon sharp in sin Takes you, unfricodly, in. While he leaves you thé mortgage to pay— Don't run to the stream With 1 suicide-dream. Or cast in your all with the lake; For there's mszey vore, 1f you'll ask it in love: Bos, temember, give life & fate shake. Though the life-given £pan Allotted to man g D& as tragic s Time's aged sire, “and the shades in the view, Weaving fancies untrue, - Loave the heart in the clay and the mire; Though the Past's mimic tone Answers back all alone. 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