Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 16, 1877, Page 3

L Ao 5 A 3 i SUNDAY. DECEMBEX 16, f 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES. *. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: 3 SCANDAL. st. Louis Society Again Con- yulsed to Its Very How the Peace of a Family Is Wrecked by Oze of Its * Dearest Frieads.” The Musband Will Believe Nothing Cati! the Truth Is Forced TUpon Him. s Is at Last Convinced of the Deception of Which He Has Been the Viotim, 15l Tlas Come Xear Ecinz Robded of His Prop- erty as Well as His Wife. The 014, Old Story of Warming the Viper. Soecial Disoatch tn The Shicagn Tridune. 8r. Lous, Mo., Dec. 15.—A souial scanaal, jovolving a areat deal of true inwardness of the trpe once prevalent in Brooklyn, has been whis- pered of in St. Louis soclety circles of late, but, owing to the prominence of the parties impli- cated, the story has been pretty cffectually emotbered and kept away from the reporters. The scandal persone are Col. George M. Stew- o, alawser of ewinent ability and Dean of 1he Faculty of the St. Louis Law-School, and Are. Josephine Franklin, the youns, handsome, wd accomplished wife of Dr. E. Franklin, the most mnoted homeo.athie physician, Presideot of the St. Louis lomeo- patic College, and recently-clected Presi- deat of the National American Institute bythe Homeopathic Convention which met in New Yorka few montbs aga. Dr. Franklin, Fhois the agzrieved busband in the case, bas ‘been approachel by reporters to-dav, and de- clined to give any {nformation on the subject, but IS MOST INTIMATE FRIENDS, who believe that the Doctor can only be vindi- cted by a publivation of ali the facts, have givenin substance the following statement : Mrs. Franklin was for:nerly a Miss Josephine McSberry, daughter of a former wealthy ad respected citizen of this city. Ske was married about ten years ago, when very younr. to Dr. Franklin, at that time a widower with several children. Dr. Franklin was then 45, and is still a hale and well-preserved man, but bis white hair and beard give him a vencrable appearance. Ile sarried his yonung wife tohisresidence on Easton evenne, and for a long time the couple LIVED 1N PERFECT LAPPINESS. Ars. Franklin was o brilliant young woman, zoied for her rare conversational powers, and wasageneral favorite in socieiy. About six dlatime assoziate of Dr. Frauklin, visited Louts, and while here proposed to introduce to a brilliant youug lawyer. This was Georze M. Stewart, in this way became acquainted with Frauklin and a wefcome visitor 0 Lis Lio: Stewart was then 35, and rapidly rising in his profession. Dr. Franklin ot ouly gase him the entrec to his hume, but insisted that he should COME AND GO WHEN NE PLEASED, and fo strong a fa Gid he take. to Stewart tkat he took special paius to introduce him to influential friends who gave him business. He turned over all hislegal business to Stewart, and during the course of their friendship presented Nim with a costly and zowd watch and chain, and Ting set wita precious stones, all suitably engraved and given as amark of es- teem. This intimate friendship CONTINUED FOUR YEARS without heing marred by a sinele circumstance. Stewart becane suvh a favorite with the family thiat he came and went without ceremoay, nev faflinz 10 take Sunday dinper with hi friends, wlo dined sumptuously. - At first Mre. Franklin did not have tauch friendship Sor Stewart, but gradnally overcame her, and showed her esteem by accepting invit: toride. Stewart would frequen:l: ing calls, Lringing with him a favarite book of Poens on choice literature, from which he read 1o Mrs. Frapislin, These calis were made with- out refereace to whether the husband was pres- ent or not. Dr. Franklinowneda splendid carriaze and team of horses, and Mrs. Frankliu often drove 10 Stewart’s law office, and TOOK HIM OTUT RIDING, When they went in this carriage a hired man drove: at otber timesStewart furnished his own baegr, and on these occasions the pair were, of course, by themselves. Sometimes they wouldbe out quite late, not reaching home until 10 or 11 . m., always giving an apparently frank and Thonest account of where they had been, and of the harmless pleasure they had. Sometimes it was to the theatre they went, the Doctor ocea- slonally acco ing. At other times they ;m\; long walks in the daytime orin tbe even- ng. All this time THE NU<BAND SGSPECTED NOTHING. One day about three vears azo he received an sa0nymons note warning him agaiust Stewurt, who was characterized as a libertine of the most dangerous type. Frauwlin langhed av the cote, and ‘showed it to his wite, saying in a plaviul way, *Thisis 2 ice fricnd we've got. You had Letter cut his scquaintanee.” Tie wife remarked, “Oh, pshaw; the writer is some eneiny of Col. Stew- ort’s. A more perfeet genzleman I never saw.” At that time Franklm’s business affairs had be- come somewhat comphrated, and, under the legal advice mven hy Stewari, he made over to Lis wife his valuable residence and elsnty acres of fand on the Merrimac River, near St.’Lous, and of great value. AN ASIONISUING PROOF OF IS BLIND: is furnished oy the fact that, in maki transfer to bis wite, Stewart was named as trusice, the law of Missouri providing that married women cannot acquire real cstate in thieir own name. Several more anonymous notes, a_balf-dozen in all, came to the Doctor, but he tore them up and refusea to believe that his friend was capable of treachery. Stewart continued to be the welcome guest, the privilezed nd, the trustod lawyor, and confidential adviser. While Fraukho was in bis ofice, thirty blocks away, Btewart was at the family residence, ENTERTAIN! THE WIFE, oront onihe road riding with her, or at the theatre, or taking mooulichit promenades. The first thing that aroused suspicion, and that very faintly, was a rumor that Col. Stewart aud Mrs, Franklin were_seen to alizhit at a road Bouse on one of their drives, and that they p: ed some tie jnside. But the wife devicd thi a0d 25 no definite information could Lbe obtais edastothe atleged tarrying at the place in- dicated, the husband was reassured. g On the 5th of May, 1816, onc of the servants informed ttic Doctor in a casual way that the Postiuan had brought her mistress A LETTER EVERY DAY excepting Sunday for five weeks. The gervant, very trusty colored womsn who bad been in ciuploy seventeen years, had picied up one oftheenvelopes, and this she showed to the Doctor. 1t was postmarked St. Louis, address- ¢d to Mrs, Franklin, and quite curiously_the ad- dress was in ber own handwriting. — For the 1irst time euspicior. took possession of the long- Blinded husvawd, and ne determned to watch. The next morning he left bome and proceeded in the direetion of bis otfice; but be did ot 20 lobis ofice. He went a few blocks. turned into u cross street. and returned by a circuitous route to the neighborbuod of s howe, and alichted at the drug store of Boguell & Cronin Oontie corner of Easton aud Garrison avenues, ‘Where he % LAY IN WAIT FOR THE POSTMAN Whohad to pass that way. In a short time the ‘Postman came in sizht, and the Doctor told him if be bad a Jetter for Lis wife to give it to him, 18 she was in the country. [he guileless post- wan Jooked through the letters and brought forth oue addressed to Mrs. Franklin. The hus- band tore otf the envelope, and in the well-known bandwriting of his friend Stewart he read alet- ter that lefs no room for doubt that be bad nused aviper. The letter begans “Dearest one,” and every line breathed impassioned love 2ud devotion. "It spoke of his biiss winle with her, of how heavily the houss dragzed when away, and how he had reached that period of the lover’s experic hen separation from the et of affection is misery nnrelicvable except. the charmer’s presence. The writer referred Lopefully to that joyiul time in the future WIEN SUS SHOULD LE WIS, . The Ietter contained other allusions that sat- fgfied the husband that it was impossible the Jetter could bave been writien by any one clse except Stewart. Ina great raxe’ Dr. Frauklin drove furiously to his residenze, and rushed into his wife's room, but found tier out. Where she had gone tie servants knew not. Search was wade, but her whereabouts could not be dis- covered. The Doctor proveeded to his office to attend to imperative business, and did not re- turn uotil his + o’clock dinner. e confronted herwith this letter, and readitio her line by Hne. Sheturned pale, and trembled, and amidst gZreat agitation cor 3 ANY LETTERS “ol. Stewart, but that he meant no harm by writing to her. The attnchment between them was innocent. She esteemed Col. Stewary because he had been such a good friend to her nusband. Col. Stewart was grateful’ to Dr. Frankiin for bis fricndship. aod had treated her with affeetion because he had so loved ber hus- band. She implored her husband uot to con- demn her or Col. Stewart hastily. She pro- tested ber faithfulness and her tender love for ed him to make uy dis- turbance about it. But the betrayed husband was in uo humor to be put off by these thin arguments. e denounced Stewart as A TRAITOR, A SCOUNDREL, A LIBERTINE. The wile's bloud rose, aud in answer to these denunciations she made a_ vizorous defense of her friend, decluring that be had been respect- ful to her as a brothier. could be; tiat be had been and was tie tried friend of her and her husband, and that it was ingratitude to charge Lim with such a horrible crime. A stormy s i the wile left the house in a g fage, and the husband wrote a letter to Stewart, & y T know ivall,” and then proceeiied to denounce him in the bitterest The wile went Lo her sister’s. Stewart to the husband’s note, denying his guilt, and appealing to him not to judee hastily claring thiat 1o wronz had been done, and ASKING A PRIVATE CONFER! suagesting his own room as the iz, This request was indignantly refused. At the end of seven or eight days relatives and friends interposed, and, in some way, a compromise was effected, una the wife returned to her husband, promising never to speak 1 or to recoznize Stewart, Shortly afterwards Franklin went to atrend the Nutional Hormeo- pajhic Convention in New York. When he re- turned Lie informed that his wife hud been sceretly correspondine with and_meeting Stew- art, but this she bitterly denied. From this time on the skeleton was uever removed from the Franklin houschold, and there were con- stant_quarrel sies, and eriminations. Finally the nushand aud “wife, though living uader the same roof, CEASED TO SPEAK TO EACH OTHER, or to take thicir meals together. This lamenta- Dble state of feeling continued until six months ago, when it culminated 1 a desperate and vio- lent quarrel, and Dr. Franklin took his childrea and leit his wiie in pessession of the house. She rented it out, and moved to her sister’s. Tin charzes that since the separation a number of things have come to light which show that wife is underthe complete control of Stewart; that she STILL RIDES WITI M and mects hiin: that she coufesses to sitting on Stewart's lap. but explained that Stewart pulled hier down on his knee in a playful mauner, meanin no _haray, aud a nimber of scandalons proceedings have recently been revealed. Frank- lin elaims that it was not ouly the design of Stewart to rub bim of his wife, but that he con- spired with her to obtatn s property. All this time Stewart represented himself asan unmur- ried man, and oniy five days aro Frankliu learn- ed through certain puulisied proceedings in the divoree suit of Wiltiam Jones vs. Eva, his wife, that Stewart JIAD A WIFE LIVING IN ST. LOUIS from whom he is separated, but whom he sup- ports. Ou the subject of all these charges Stewart deciized 1o be interviewed, but savs he will ke his statemeny when the proper time comes. It is su’d a suit for divorce will be filed in a iew days, when some lively developments will be made publ e ——— “MILLIONS IN IT.” Preparations for the Cruise to South Amer~ icain Search of the S$an Pedro Alcantara Treasure—Six Millions of Dollars n Specio on the Ocoun Bed Waiting for @ Finder. Svecia? Dispated to The Chicamn T NEW YoRg, D —The exped cover the lost treasure of the San Pedro Al- cantara is annonaeed to sail from this port dur- ing the present week. An avcount of the project, and of the Joss of the 36,000,000 and more of #old and valuables, was published in Tue TrisusE a few weeks since. The prevarations have progressed rapidly, the prin cipal delay beiug caused by the delay i pro- curing suitable dredges. The Zimes s ased for the expedition is the schooner Peter Miteheil. She s of about 100 tons, and saflors tell marvelous stories of from Dominion waters. When no lonzer required to drive ofl tishermen she was put into the West Indis frait trade, and after a short service was purchased for her present use. Ter lines are as beautiful as se of any yechtin the bay. She Las two cabins, one forward for Capt. T. I Follingsly, commandant of the expedition, his clerk, the Venzuelan oflicer who will come aboard at Laguayra, and anotber gentleman. The other aft for the sailinz-master, mate, and engineer. The forecastle will accommodate twelve men. The midile of the hold is divided by bulkicads into spacious compartments, one to hold some geveniy tons of coal, another for stores, and a third for the storaze of spar¢ auchors, bio rains,and other required stufl. an_upright of about -horse power with the necessary drums derric boom eleven inches in diameter and forty- ciabt feet in lengih has heen arranged tobe rieged aft just in frout of thie cabin trunk. in such a position as to give a sweep of thirty-nye feet outward from the sides and stern of the for the dredges, so that as the schooner gradually hauled atead a space about nincty-five feet will e thoroughly ex- Plorcd. Drums arp aiso being plazed for the forkinz in Jateral dircctions, of_cxplorins dredges constructed uvon something of the same prineiple as the oyster-drags overated by towing. These drags wili be carricd ont by small Toats, one on ench side, dropped in place, ‘and hagled aboard by the power of the engine. The ordinary dredess are quite uscless for sworking at such-depth as the San Pedro will reyuire, consequently others, the invention of Capt. Foli v, have had to be built. The Folingely dredze js five feet in width, has an opening of about five fect, and is operated by six arms, two of which = close and four open its poudirous jaws. Lts body is picrced by miany apertures, throngh wh greater part of the sand lifted will be w out before it reashes the top of the water, leav- ine bebind it only the loose masses of coarse coral, fragmenis of wreek, and whatever scattered treasure may be clutched to be aumped in a scow beside the vessel for careful examination. The weight of cach dredec is only half a ton, and it is capable of bringing up easily two tons of material. A submarine armor suit will be taken along to meet possible contiugencies, and Capt. Follings- 1s. should occasion arise, is quite competent to et the bottom of the 6es, as he is an old esperienced diver. Bat for the work of recovery appliances for eub- marine work from the vessel's deck arc more effective than any diver’s labors could be, and for purposes of exploratiun of the botton his inventive genius bas provided something he i3 confident will supersede the diver’s slow and limited groupiows. He has improved smuselers’ devices. It has ‘long been the practice of English smugcglers to sink to 1he bottom of the sea, in water-tizht packazes, dutiable zoods they were importing from France in defiance of customs regulasivns, and where their accomblices deemed it safe to attempt the recovery of such sunken articles they would g a barrel with both heads out and one cnd submerged as far as practicable. so_that, lookiug through, they conld carefully juspect the bottom aud know exactly where to throw their grappling: Books, Capt. Follinesly bas improved on the barrel idea fo the_extent of asubmarine tele- He has had one constructed nine in diameter at the Jargest end, aud twenty-four feet long. Itstubes are of heavy tin, its joints closcly packed with wicking, aud its object-glass is plain French-plate, very heavy. Closed tozether, 1t stands a littie over fourTect high, and weighs about forty pounds. Weights may be slung to fts lower eud to keep it down if nevessary, und lies rigged through stationary loops on the “sliGes will en- able the person usine it to shorien or lengtheniit at pleasure. With nis glass Capt. Falumisly says he will be able to see the smallest pebbles or colu on the bottom of the ocean at a denth of twenty for operating dredges aud drugs. 60 or 70 fect as plainly as if they were upon the deck of the Peter Mitchell. Fortunately the wreclk of the San Pedro Al- cantara lies in an entirely land-locked position, where there are never any storms or rousri waves to interfere with the worls. Conditions more favorable for the development of the highest usefulness of the Captain’s submarine telescope could searcely be imagined. From this port to the Laguayra it §s exoected that the Peter Mitchell will eali in ten or twelve day ‘here the oflicer appointed by the Veue- zuelan Government to observe the dredging op- crations and take the royalty of 5 per ceat on the treasure recovered will be taken up. The present Administration of Venzuela has shown a most Lindly dispositi to encourage Capt. Follingshy’s enterprise, gi ing hin an exclusive bt to work for the re- covery of the lost 30,000,000 during a term of six yéars in considctation of the royalty stated. T'his transaction is in keeping with the spirit of enterprisc and liberality obscrvable in President Alcantara’s attitude towards foreizuers who have anything to offer for the benefit of Venezuela. Sinve his accession to oflice he has pursued an enlightened policy for the establishment of veace, good Governient, the advancement of popular education, and the encouragement of various projects for the devel- opment of the vast natural resources of his country, and has offered the most generous in- ducements for the settlement of foreigners, esnecially Americans in Venezuelta. The Follingsly cxpedition will be at worlk raking up the long-lost Spanish dollars, it is hoped, within fifteen, or at farthest twenty, days from date: THE RAILROADS. THE EVENERS. Several of the railroad officials who attended the Cleseland meeting returned to the city yesterday. and from them the ‘‘true inward- hess™ of the action taken fu regard to the “evecers’ ring” is ascertained. They state that altbough most of the managers went to the meeting with & determination to have the iniquity abolished, yet the cveners who were present and the mauagers of two or three of the trunk lines, who for some cause or other sided with them must energetically, were too much for them, and the ring virtually carried the day. Not ouly was it decided to continue tbe **eveners on the same conditions as here- tofore, but their fietd of operations was still farther extended.{fds stated herctofore, the princival oppositions_to the eveners’ ring came from the Wabash and the St. Louis roads, not because toey considered the arrangement an unjust one, but because they believed that it heiped the Chicazo roads. If there was money in the ring they wanted their share of Lhe spoils or eclse they were deternined to burst it. It had long since become evident to the cveners and their railrosa allies that the only way to keep up their arrangement for enriching them- relves at the expensc of the small shipoers and stocl sers was to give the S roads a share of the spoils. The Iatter accepted the proposition of thie eveners to extend their oper- ations to St. Louis with avidity, and the Chi- cago mana who bonestly betieved the ar- rangement was only u steal and a fraud, had nothing left for them to do but submit. The arrangemeot as regards the division of the live- stock business among the various roads leading Zast from St. Louis 1 follows: Ohio & Mis- ippi, 12 per cent: Chicazo & Alton, 17 per nt; Indienapolis & St. Louis and Vandalia Lines, 473 per cent; Wabash Road 23 ver cent. The eveners pledze themselves to dis- tribute this pro rata among the various roads, and sce that no one line is discrimi- nated against by the shippers not 1 the ring, For this service - they receive $15 for each car of live stock arriving in_the East, the same amount as received by them on the live-stock from Chicago. Thie arrangement is mot final, bowever, it being adopted con- ditivual upon the approval of Mr. A, L. Hop- kins, Jr., General Manager of the Wabash Tload, who was not preseut at the meeting. The matter wilt come up azain at & meeting to be beld ac New York ou the 20th iast., when Mr. Hopkins is expecied to be present. has been awarded the same percentage as the best of the lines Jeading Eust {rom St. Louis, it is not tuought probable that he will refuse to ratify the arrangement. The ceveners at Chicaizo consist of but three of the prominent shippers,and pot twelve, as has been heretolore supposed. _These are Mr. Sam Allison, Nelson Morris, and a Mr. E: an. There are to be iwo more from St. Louis, bat their names have not yet transpired. These five men virtually control all the lise stos pments from the Eust to the West, and all other ship- pers arc dependent upon them. ‘It is a shame,” suid a Emminem‘. Tailway manager yesterd at the railronds stiould thus confess their inability to control their own business, but must leave it to a powerful Ring of shippers.” The only argument advanced at Cleveland meeting in favor of continuing crs was that the Lve stock pools couid uot ntamed without them, and the rates Not oe of the managers Le would go to piece: £ present had the hardibood to claim that the ar- ment was a just and fair one. All taciuly tted that it was an outrage on the shivpers not in tue Ring, but it had to be continued be- rates could not be maintained in any From the fact that the mavagersof the New Vork Central and Pennsylvania Railroads made such strenuous eiforts to continue the eveners, it is believed that there is some truth in Lus raors which have prevailed for some time yast that some of them Lave an iuterest in the ring, and share in the spoils which under the old arraugement amounted to about SL0,000, under the pew one, will foot up 2,000,000 The claim that such arrancement is necessary in order maintain __ fair rate: is cowsidered all nousense. AT the live stock rates canuot be maintained without eveners, how 1s it thatthese game railroads claita that the grain rates can te maintained without a siunlar arrangement? The facts are, the live-stock husiness is in the Trands of a few poweriul parties who are able to dictate terms, while the grain business is in the hauds of many with whom it will be impossible to form a ringawhich will prove equally profita- Dble to the private interests of a few all-powerful railroad managers. TNE SCALPERS. Mr. Rhodes, another scalper, has followed the cxample of Mr. Chadwick, and -announces thiat he will out of the business immediately. The other scalpers in this city who have been doing 2 square business will undoubtedly follow the example of these men before lone, as under the Jate narcements_entered into by the various Toads in this city stopping the payment of commissions they will no longer be sble to do a profitable business. Those dealing in stolen tickets and passes will be abie to bold out lunger, but il the railroads continue mak- ing arrcsts it remains only a question of time yhen they will liave to close up shop and make a living, yme other kind of business. Reeve, the clerk of Mr. Mulford, was aguin arrested yesterday. Before he was ableto procure bail he nad to lie in the sawdust in the bull-ven for nearly two_hours. This irate indi- viGual is Dow runiing about with & large revoly- er swearing to shoot the first man who will ever amain put such indignity upon him. He will be given a chance to put_his threat into operation pext Monday or Tuesday. ITEMS. F. W. Cleveland, for several years traveling agent of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, and who was compelled to resign. a short time ago on acconnt of repeated hemor- rhages irom the lungs, died yesterday morniug. It is but a short time ago that the father of this young man, Mr. SV. C. Cleveland, General Western Passenger Agent of the same road, was borne to his last earthily resting-ptace, leav- ing a widow, two daugbters, and u son, the promising young man who was tooked upon as the motber’s and sisters' solace and stay, but who are now also deprived of this their support. F. W. Cleveland was a_genial, kind, and generous youns man of but 27 years of age. Besides' his almost broken-hearted mother and sisters, he leaves a nost of friends who mourn Bis untimely takiug off and sympathize deeply with the stricken family. Tvis reported that Mr. Edmund L. Da Barry, General Superiutendent of the Chicazo & East- ern lifinofs_Railroad, formerly the Chicago, Dauville & Vincennes, has resiened his posi- tion. From what can be learned, he will have no successor, but Mr. F. W. Huidekoper, the President, will personaily assume he duties of the office. Mr. Mower, at present Mr. Du Bar- ry's private sceretary, who is a practical rasiroad man, will have charge of the bu: during Mr. Huidekoper’s susence from tic city. A station vamed Doran’s C'rosain% has been established between Humboldt and Mattoon on the Chicamo Division of the Illinois Central Railroad. It is located 8.76 miics south of Hum-~ boldt, 4.99 miles north of Mattoon, and 167.33 miles south of Chicago. It will be a flag-station for all trains. Mr. R. A. Donaldson has been appointed As- sistant General Passenger Agent of the Central Pacific Railroad. SERIOUSLY ILL, CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 15.—~F. C. Bangs, the actor, is Iying seriousiy ill of a spinal trouble at the Forest City House. His company were under an engagement to play in Pittsburz the coming week. It is understood an effort is be- ing made to supply Mr. Bangs’ place, and the company coutinue its tour. EASEL AND STUDIO. The Washburne Collection of Portraits of Distinguished Statesmen. Emperor William, Bismarck, Thiers, Lord Lyons, Franklin, and Otkers. The David Neal Exhibition of Heads at 0’Brien’s Gallery. To the Editor of The Tribune. CmicAGo, Dee. 15.—The awakened interest in art matters, of late so evident and palpable, in the cultivated circles of the city, is so weleome and encouraging that itdeserves tobe supported and stimulated by all appropriate means, *in seuson and (if possible) out of season.”? The new city bas been far bebind the times,—indeed, it hos _not attuined the prominence of the old city in these matters,—the wealthy people of taste being -apparently unable to forget the wholesale destruction of pamtings by the great fire of 1571, The pictures of great merit that have been secured since that calamity that will forever be called terrible, are all in private dwellings; and of this no just complaint can be made. A public gallery or attractive sales- rooms (while the former is beginning to be talked about) we may not expect to have for some time to come. These we had before 1871 The President of the Historical Society, a few nights ao, in welcoming 4 select audience to the Society’s temporary quarters, spoke with touching regretfuluess of the splendid pletures that used to adorn the old walls. Alarm and necessity supplemented the cforts of the flre in stripping the city of its paintings. Lundreds, that would be prized in any art-market in the world, were scut away and sold. The last year or two have brouzht a chan The revival of art. has been slow, but there has beena revival. One who cares for art has but to inquire, and look into the dwellings of scores of citizens, to see examples of the best art of the period, and rep- resenting every school in the Christinn world. The recent accession of art-treasures, which isthe occasion of this article, is in some re- spects the most valuable cver brought to this country. The public Is already pretty well aware "of their character. They consist of a number of portraits of the greatest men in Europe, painted from the life in_n masterly wauner, and presented to the Hon. E. B. Wash- burne as tokeus of esteem and gratitude. As well as L can, L will endeayor to describe these portraits. THE EMPEROR WILLIAM. First in rauk, if not in interest, is the Emperor William, of Germany. Of the artist, Bulow, I know nothing, except_ that he is the court- painter. e can afford to be judged by the present work. it is a threc-quarter length figure,—of course, standing,—und the attiude is most commandinz. The German people, by their industry and frugality, their bravery and devotion, have made the Empirerich, and areat, and powerful, and are, iu fact, the real architects of all his glory. Theseis no indication to be seen in the representation of this picture that he has outgrown his early imbibed priuciples of Kingship uppointed by leaven. As he stands fiere, tall, compact, with bead bigh in wir, his front face to you, it is easy to adwmit that hie re- alizes in his own person the ideal ruler by divine right. The artist’s draw- ing, aud skillful rounding out of the form, shows you the man him- self. He is a fine type of the best of his race. Pure German blood is the oldest blood in Furope; and no wonder that the erandest human 'specimens are of the German race. Amour no other people is the family Iikeness 50 aceurately preserved—it is the same in one place as in another, in this cevtury as in the Jast. ‘The siwple and severe hiabits Of the mon- archs of Germany? are read of n every sehool primer. These habits bave told powerfully, by cxample, upon the German peoole. Their physical development is now whut it was during the two hundred years that Germany strugeled against Rome. They arc now known, as they were when history first makes mention of them, as muscular, powerful, ond brave. The old Emperor (he is 80 years past) is eaid nut to look ~to be over 60; in this_picture he does not look even 50 old, and yet Mr.Washburue, who Iately spent 4 weeXk intimately with him, says it is a periect likencss. He looks as if the heaviest labor might be pastime to him. Ove would not be, surprised to learn that he believes as stoutly in the traditios of the German Hercules as in the deeds history records of his own ancestors. The uccessories are in perfeet K august central fizure. A mysterious ddpth of buckeround is calculated to excite curiosity, almost apprebensiou, while it baflies inspection. At'the entrance of n passage-way, leading to no end of lofty galleries, hag great folds of deep crimson, drawn v suflicient to have atlowed the Emperor to pass to where he stunds. b a marble column, which matches himselt in simple dignity. ‘The flooring is of warble. The only movable thing to bescen s a chairof state. 1f isof great richiiess, mounted with goiden cagles. but thrown into deep shade; the seat, half-covered with a robe of fur, is extended towards the peror, who, by his' action, makes one uncertain whettier he will walk abroad or stay at home. “Fise Tight comes through a window on the Em- eror’s right, full in his face. The artist is to e thanked for this arrangement, for weare thus cnabled to see cvery seam and vein of the fuce and forehead. Thé complexion is clear as sun- light; the features are clear-cut and unmisf able.’ He 15 in military costume, whi as well Dbecomes him mow as it was obserred to do by a driend whosaw him when he was thirty years younger. e was then thought to be the most imposiuz figure in Europe. 1 do not know how far it is desireble to go iuto details. flis features are familiar to thosc who bave bad access to the illustrated journals of the lust few years. But in all prints for transient purposes there is ‘more or less of caricature. In the painted por- trait it is different. Nature may be ideatized, bat this nas to do with the expretsion, the spirit. Any mere maenifying of the' features or swelling of the proportions is falschood and vulearity. The expression in this case is lappy. The facé hasa lofty dignity, as of distance, by reason of cxalted station, from almost ail mankind. But there is another idea to be derived from that face, namely, that of extreme benevolence: * the milk of fiuman kindness ™ is in the Emperor, if it is in.any man. The fore- head is full snd round, Jike the biz end of an cag; the upper foreheadl is bald; the head lon and high, and_firmly set on the_shoulders. At the bat line is some white, thin hair, combed towards but not reaching the temples. If the ears are larze, close to the head, and beautifully painted, as in_this case, it is_proper to notice fhem. 'There s not much diflerence in the cut of the whiskers from the middle-class English cut. They curve round the cheeks to the Jower corners Of ‘the mouth,—the chin aud throat bare. The lips are thin and light- ly compressed, cxpressing at the same time insistance and yielding. A queer little mustache, white as suow, is pulled out to euds that point to the cars. laken separctely, this art of the face would not give onc the highest dea of intcllecutal foree. But what fs man, much more au Emperor, without a nose? Will- am’s mose is the right member in the right place. The fleshy intersection with the brow is not—well, it is not Grecian—and why should it be? Neither is the rise of it Roman, but it isa mateh for that; it enables one mnot to doubt the story of the Joss to the oid Germans of Varus and his legions. It is straight, long, and bold. Iiismild. It isageressive. The cheek- bones are hizh and drawn forward, leaving the sides of the face thin, but giving to aspace about the eyes an unusual, fleshylook. Theeyes themselves are small, and blue, and have a humorous glitter. All over this remarkable face there wreaths a smile that looks kindlyand ermancnt. 1lis mind is clevated aud amjable. Blore juyous than serious, devoted to his family and a few intimates, be is nevertbeless conse- crated to God and Fatberland. I said he isin military costume. He also wears on his breast his numerous decorations. A wide, yellow satin ribbon crosses diagonally fromleftto right, from which depends milt-tasselings, points, stars, and crosses. The sword hangs by his side. On the Teft band is a glove, and it holds another. The rieht band bolds a wrought-metal hat, over which falls, beantifully, a plume of white Teathers. Al this would look tawdry und out of place on most men, however exalted. On this noble form-the efect is to beizhicn and to flash out his splendor. It is as much in keeping 25 is chiseled foliage on the front of some grand architectural pile. . A word about the frame of this portrait. It contributes largely to the effect. Being solid wood. time will not much injare it. The pat- tern is the open retreating one that, unaccounta- bly. our frame-makers have not yet adopted. ‘The gold is heavy and finely burnished, Over the centre of the top bar is asplendid gold CrOWD. v PRINCE BISMARCK, "This fine portrait is by Alr, Healy, It §a ana of hia best, which fs the same as saying that {6 is cqual to the best work of almost any por- trait painter. The subject is peculiarly ooe on which he could exercise to great advantage the kind of_talents hie possesses fn an eminent de- gree. Strength and aceuracy of deliteation are the true requisites in the artist who would paint Bismarck. Thereis no other head any- awhere that can stand in competition a moment with Lls 1 the artist’s contemplation, Eve tiody knows that head. ‘The Imperial Chan- cellor is a rare subject for caricature; and through that means e s, perhape. oswell known as bfl the sober wood-cut or the photograph. His body is wore e, his system of nerves is more raised and under command. his veins are more full and coursing with blood, his brain is larger and more glowing with thought: in one word, he is the greatest man fiving whose hand “is on a political machine. The artist has shown this man as he is. He looks s though he had been rough-hewn out ot avast block of human flesh and bones. If such a head and such a set of features werc ever on statesman before, the pencil bas faled to detect and transmit a copy of them. And Yet in this portrait, without even the smallest thing that belongs to this astonis] face being omitted, Bismarckk is the ‘*mildest-mauuered wan? who ever oegrandized a great State. lic is handsome,” if [ may bo daring enough to use the word,—his face bewms with - futense warmth of good mature, his eve glows with veniality. ‘It i3 biue and deepas the sky; but, lookinginto it, yon do uot for a moment forget that, Iiice the £k¥, instantly it can throw its thun- derbolts. 1iisaneye *°10 threaten and to com- wand.™ Look thid portrait in the face, and you do not need to know a word of history, to be sure thathe whow it represents isable to oend Kings and Emperors to his purposes, aud (o coasx or to coerce reluctant masses. ile i 8 man to play with **a world in arme, ™ Such is the retlection one inevitably makes when standing before this portrait. Itisina sitting posture, vut tne chair is not visible; there is no otner article of furniture in the room, cept a plain mahogany tuble covered with baize there is nothing to add to, or take from, the object of our Iuterest. He has been writing, and his left Hand rests on the paper. Ifia risht hand, with 3 quill pen in i, has dropped to bis right knee. He lias un expectunt look, bis head and shoulders in- clining forward in the' direction of his sight. The attitude is between action and repose. 1t s a3 it he had seemed to pause for an instant from wxertion, to allow the ortist to take him at bis best. ile 13 dressed in sunple costume; dark biue coat, edged with red cording, and buttoned dingonully upio the right shonlder.’ A cross worn over the heart is the outy decortion. Lefore I 5o on to the other portrafts in this col- lection I ought 10 say a few_words of the artist who painted all but two. With Mr. Iiealy new Chicago 12 ot o well acquainted as it shonid ve. The time will come when his name will be one of our chicf bonsts. Born in Boston and educated at a Catholic seminary there, he early developed a taste in color and & facility 'in drawing. For more thuan forty years he has dcvoted himseif to his art, In 1847 he went to Paris, ond determined to apply his talents o portrait - painting. Couture was a reiming srtist then, and he became oue of his pupils.” Americans were not as plenty in Paris then as now, and dir. Healy soon uttracted gencral notice. He was not slow to vs- tablish Infiuential connections—therein_displaying a tact that bus through life mever failed him. He was ordered to paint Louis Philippe and his Queen. Healso panted Marshal Souit. While the King was sittingto Mr. licaly he became 20 in- terested in conversition about distinguished Amer- icans of that day thut he resolved to have tie por- traits of some of them for the gailery at Versailles. . Healy burried home with commissions to paint Webster, Calhoun, and Jackson, He immediately repuired to the Hermitage, but founu Jackson very ill, and. though he paintea him, he died Defore- the work was inisbed. Then came the revolution of 1848, driving Lows Philippe frum the throne; and the portraits were never de- Jivered. Returuing to Paris, Mr. Healy was ordered by Victorfa to paint dupiicates of the portraits of the ex-King and_Queen for one of the gallerics in Eneland. in185% he came to Chicago and estab- ished hore a permanent home. Until he went to urope agsin, in 1869, he-constantly employed his brush, le painted here 700 portruits; 500 were burnied in the great fire. lc is one of the few artists who hos been privileced 1o paint the Pope. In Rome be pumnted the Princess of Roumania, which %o pleased her royal husband that he was sunmoned to Houmania to paint Prince Charles on horscback. And _now, here are nis latest worke, those I am trying to convey some 1dea of to the reader. He bas lost none of his old-time skill. During his Jast vieil 1o his howne in this city he painted many citizens; and in_some instances be failed. He worked with marvelous swiftness. But it would not appear that that was the cause of the failure in any case, for lus splendid onc of Judze ‘Davis was turned off in a single day. Great have been known to make very cull speeches. Milton was not up to the level “of the Yaradise Lost in evety lme that Lo wrote, And some one has remarked that tome of the notes of the nightingaie arc those of common birds. We may net. therclore, complainif the ariist is not always cqual to himsel. 3 M. THIERS. Tlere is the finest type of a Frenchman. Delicate refinement §s cxpres3c i as 1 have never seen it be- fore. The well-known face need not be minutely described. The miraculous little man, in all bis wanly beauty, 6pringe, at the mention of his name, Tuto the focus of toe mind's eve. Paint tns man's portrait zrandly, or notat all. Lis achievemeats Jn the study snd in the high forum of France have informed 1he civilized world of what mauger of man ke was. Probadly nomen inmodern times, who bas run n ereat carcer, has feft o nobler, a Wore transparent record. 1is eritics ever con- Ceded the purity of his motives: and the objects for which he ‘labored were aiways detlniic and Yieible, There was the evidence of gemtus fnall Twat. he wid; and senius was stumped on his glorious 'face. The artist brings 10 us the briliant man of letters, the consammate statesmen, znd the devoted patriot. 1 like this Tortrait better than any other in the collection. There 15 an expression of power, not so much re- served. o8 in the position to be ‘exerted on the in- “tanl. and, if need were, with the swiftness of Tizbtning. There is a light play of facial muscles (hat tuterests Tike the countenances of happy chil- dren. Absolute readinees for the best or the worst hat conld be evolved by events is the sentence to e read in that face. The temperament as well as the intetiect are depicted. The urtist did not look where for hints, —the exertion of all his power 28 necogeary to paint up to nature in his subject. ‘The result is this portrait, which has beeu gen- crally preforred in _Uaris 10 any that “hus Been recently painted by amy Dative artizL M. Thicrais sittiug, and dressed in plain_biack, tne coat buttoned over the chest, nearly coverng the shirt frout, A standing collar eves the neces- gary amount of white about the throat. It js a front face, and an attitue evidently chosen, but 1he ease and grace are charming. The oily texture of the skin sugzests vizorous iniddle age, and the glow i3 that wiichcomes from buosant health and Eivacity. His power of work and love of society \ere fiot less atl SO thun in his early manhood. Five o'clock it the morning of the day of his desth found him in his study, ond Lis puolic and tocial dutics were performed ‘on that day with scropnlosity. 1t I ~ impossivle to look . on that face without cmotion. Sen- sibility has had as much to do as Srmn With comoressiug thosc hps. The light taat Mtreame from those €oft brown eyes1s illumination. The well-orbed and whitened lcad was the crown of God's chioicest imaze that has dissolved in dust in our time. 3 1 GAMBETTA. 1 had hoped to have the pleastire of showing to the reader the portrait of Gumbetta, but just at moment that it was cspecteda lettercame say- fe that it had been intercepted in England, where it is on exbibition. LORD LYONS. Just before Mr. Washburne left Paris, Lord Lyons, the Englishi Minister 1o France, testificd s regard for him by preseniing him with his por- tratt. - There is nothing very remarkable in it but it is admirabiy painted. e is an old_diplomat, \well Known in Washingtop. The English system has made him _intellectually what beis. e derstands the interests of bis country, islynx-eved {n watching them, believes in s own conntry and in 0 other—and hinks a roast of beef and & sum- or snnset eanully good things in sheir wuy, A% 3 Tepe the subject 1 excellent.” In this collection it, therefore, has a high vaiue. FRANKLIN AND WASHBURNE. To this day Benjnmin Frauklinisa_hero to the French people—more 0 thau fo most Ameri- e Ko ¥ cltizen of this comntry ever " an impression of himself 8o in- delibly in sny foreien country. The artists fove 1o paint bim—that picturesque old man. The Work: before us bs not o much a portrait as a his- Honical reprosentation. Eversthing is init. He {s snrrounded by manuscripts and £pparatue pertain- $u% to the scicaces, 1t 18 very intesesting and fine- ainted. Ly hbnrne's portrait is modestly hung apart from the rest i an adjoining room. Dut it is the equal Of any of them in otive, exccution, and faieh. I Tave rarety scen a tiner head: the drow- Jnut 18 porfect aud the coloricg excellent. It might 6 impertinent, where Le is 50 well known, to go more fully into details. i ' 7 conclude: No city inthe Union has so fm- portant a coilection of modern portraits. —They Nere all, except that of Franklin, ~painted fiom life, the ilustrions persons sitting 1o the artist for the ole purpose of honoring theit osseecor, Thot the German Emperor, besides onoring Mr, Wasbburne, 15 glud to have bis por- Trast in tuis far off Western city, the great centre of a vast German population, may well be velieved. ficia o friend of this country; and, as & fumed professor remarked the other ddy in Berifn. he re- hembers thatone of the best oficers of bis ances- Yors, the Great Frederick, fonght by Washingtou's eoie "1, Thiers was not only a fricnd of thi< countr, but an admirer of iis institutions. Iy portrait sbould be preserved with care, and ulti- Dately be placed ina_great nacional gallers here- after tobe erected. The others have also carned Derputuity of fame, ond their portraits shucld be prized accordingly. F. A, EASTMAN. DAVID NEAL’S PORTRAITS. With the reputation of David Nesl as a painter of interiors and figures the art-lovers of this city are very familiar. He was first introduced to Chi- cavosome eight years ago, when his views of the interior of ‘Wesminster Abbey” ond ‘'St Mark’s™ were placed on exhibition o the Crosby Gallery. Alistlcover a year ago his historical pictare of **Mary, Queen of Scots, and Rizzo, \Whichis pow ownea 1n San Francisco, attracted the close attention of the_critics at the Academy of Design. Those who were pleased with the former were more than delighted with the Intter, Forsome weeks past Mr. Neal has beca uietly sojourning among us. At the studio of . Drucy, op one of the most retired residence streets of the North Side. he has been engazed on seyeral portraits, some of whick are now Linished. To comply with a desire_generally expressed by those who huve watched Mr, Neal's career daring the past six or seven years. he has allowed several of his works to be placed on exhupition at O' Brien's, and during the past three days the collection has heen the recipient of a marked attention. . It is cumposed of six pictures, which exhibit Mr. Neal's versutlity t0 the best advantage. The first on the catalvgue is 3 portrait study of & gentieman of the sixteenth century—s turee-quarter lengtl in which the bands rre clasped above the knev The head is that of an old gentleman, with pointed griy beard and mustache. “Ihe face is wrinkled and the fegturesdistinctly marked, —in the language of the sdivan extremely strong head. A free Drush used with bold and decided” etrokes brings out {rom the canvas in strong relief the portrit of ong of the stern ol burzomasters of the Eliza- bethan era, Near by, and in strong contrast as to handhng and key, s tne portrait of Mrs. Jobn T. Ruymond. Tins picture gives imiernal evidence of beinga labor of love. The lady was his model for Queen Mary “in _ the historical paint- ing alluded " to. The face is _technically kuown 28 a three-quarter. ‘The outline, while strongly marked and sharp, is o gracefully round- ed out that tue high lights glide into the half shad- ows 1n- the most intanbic manuer. The de textare {8 superbly worked up. ‘Taerc i that qual- ity of transparency in _the which enggests the bloon on the peach; and, in the shadows, the blue und srecnish grays are batdled with a delicacy and mastery of detail that snzzest a close study of and thurouuh sympathy wih the manucr of Corregyio, Yhe redected lizut thrown upon the face by tue Elizabethan ruif plays un fmportant part in the disposition of the half shadowss, and they are handied vith au exquisite vuch, A'lady of the Elizabethan period—Mr. Neal has a decidea penchant for the drapery effects of that epoch—is still different in tone. The same skill and cire are mani fest mn the handling of the fiesh texture, bt there is less warmth of feelinz, A rathercool, blue- tinted background, while adding to the stercascupic eolidity. 1n & measure robs the face of the full force of the warm grays, which are used in_working up the transparent half shadows. A similar effect, though a little more marked, is obscrved in the portruits of a lady und little boy, which hang near. ‘The study of un ofd Burgomastér 13 an_idealized head, somewhat after the manner of Velasquer. The face s indented und corrugated. Huge wrinkics stand out in_bold relief, and the farrows are revealed throush tne half shadows ina very striking wanver. ‘e head is essentially a studio picture, and shows in marked degree how far the imner can %n without violating the canons of art. Zudditions) interest is added 10 the “cullection by a disolay of excellent photographic copies of “‘The Return from the iignt,” **James Waty,” “the inventor of the steam-euzine, investigating the expansion of steam while watch- ing the kettle botl at_his mother's hearth, and the portrait of the Countess of Lerchenfeld. L. Ruch, 2 promineat youns artist of Munich, and at one time a pupil of Kaulbach, exhibita two genres, with an origiuality of effeey that should in- sure for mim the ttle of **‘The German Faed.” Oue represents a barefooted boy stragzling over an arithmetical gmblx::n; the other, a little girl.deep- 1y perpiexed how to repair the diversified mm.nYn Lier brotler’s trousers. MINOR ART NOTES. The Keppel collection of line engraviags fro the burins of the masters of the art, now on exhi bition at Junsen, McClury & Co.’s. are meetin with marked attention {rom those who appreciaic good pictures. Among the cariositics of the col- fection is an cngraving by Israel Vun Mecken, who flourinhied in the first Balf of the dfteenth century. This at one time formed one of the treasures of the Didot collection, which was recently dia- posed of und broken up'in Paris. As a representa- Tive of the dawn of the art, this engraving bas an archazological value, but beyond this mnothing. There are several very ilne impreisions of works by Strunge, who was one of the oeet of tne Enzlish school of engravers. An etched portrait of Rem- vrandt and his wife, by himself, printed on white satin, attracts attention. Only onc other copy i¢ kuown to be _in cswience. Masgon’s picture of **Christ at the House of Em- anaug, " betler known as the *¢Table-Cloth,” is a bnilliant stndy of drapery. The sheen of the linen, the figures 1n which it id worked, and the folds are reproduced with an exactness that photogravhy cannot surpass, if, indeed, it can equal. There is o large numoer of the works of Wille, Lonzhi, Toschi, Sharpe, Nunteuil. Edelinck, aad others of the masters of the scventecnth nnd efshicenth centuries, whick are in capital condition. Conrad Uighwood returned from Lurope s few days ago fora brief stay. He has brought with hin_several important pictures, which will be Placed on cxhubition ot an early das. The Exposition Art Committec for 1S7S is an- nounced as consisting of Messrs. £. G. Asay. E. S, Stickney, J. H. Dole. L. Z. Leiter, andd. F. Statford. These gentlemen are all well known. are intimately acquainted with tae development of art tuste in the community, and most have had practical experience with the manavement and ur- rangement of eshibitions of pamtings. The an- nual exposition opens Scpt. 4+ and closes Oct. 19. The artists_elected at the adjourned annnal meeting. held Thursday evening, fifteen gentlemen to act a3 a Board of Trustees of the Chicago Acade- ‘my of Design. and classiied them by lof For five years—Louis C. Huck, J. il Dale, D. W. lrwin, i1, 3. Willing, ond George L. Duniap; for ten years—E. S. Stickney, Fera W, Peck. N. K. Fair- ‘bauk, E. Asay, snd Murry Nelson; for fifteen ears—Charles E. Culver. John . Stafford, J. Russell Jones. W. F. Baker. aud L. Z. Leiter. THE ART DECORATIVE SOCIETY. To the Editor of The Tribune. Catcaco, Dec. 15.—I was surprised and delibt- ed on visiting the rooms of the Art Decorative So- ciety yesterday to see how many really beaatiful articles fiad been sent in and were for sale by the Society. T had not supposed there was 20 much genuine artistic talent in Chicago waiting for an opportuni- 1y to offer its products for sale. I was cspecially celighted with a cravon head of a child exccuted by 8 renin of only 13 years, a young Swode girl. The lovely face. the beautifal e5es, were exqul itely wrouizht, thie subject being the artist's sis There were two landscapes hungine on the narth wall painted in pastelle by two’ yonne ladies at Lake Forest, which werc admired by every one en- lering the fooms. The warm atmospicre, the £oft inze over the sun which mycrored itzelf in the quiet water beneath, was a piessant featuce of onc of these pictures. ~ There were roses and wild flowers on punels and on_ card-bonrd: there were birds and butterflics which might well cheat the spectator into believine that nature alone had pro- dliceq these works of art. There were fine sec mens of painting on porcelain snd pottery, satch- et bagrs, and lace work, and embroideries. The fair fingers of Chicago’s danghters havo not wrought in vain 1 producing all these lovely thines. I hear that the managers of this Society will give 2 reception on Saturdsy afteruoon and evening, to ‘hich they bive invited a larze number of fricnd who will be amply repuid by accepting the inv tions and inspecting the artcles for themselves, T know of no place n tne city where one can find sd desirable articles for Christmas prescnts, and wili say for tne benefit of all that these rooms ure open every day from 9 a. m. until £ p. m., when they will always ind some one to receive them and ready to dispose of the articles on oxhibition. The rooms are on the fonrty toor of the Dore Building, at the corner of State and Madison streets. 4. ————— ‘' DRESS AND CO-EDUCATION.” To the Editor of The Tribune. MEexasHA, Wis., Dec. 6.—An article sppeared a few days since in Tue TRIBUNE entitted « Dress and Co-education.” A few days before Jane Grey Swisshelm favored Tue ‘IRISUNE readers with her excelient views on the same subject. The foundation of both articles was co-education at the University of Wisconsin. A committce receatly appointed from the good and dignified body of Wisconsin freemen to examine the sawe subject reported adversely to co-oducation. In one sense you are all wroug: in amother you are all right. You start wrong. Your major and misor premises are wrong, and consequently your conclusions are far from right. You have built. sour foundation in ariel clouds, aud have ot Tound the true theory nor tacts in the case. Theory must have facts. Your facts are pon- existent. Why? ‘Let us visit this scheol. Let us talk with these young ladies. Let uslook throuch the blinds and sce them at dinger, at work, In the recitation-room, and hear the ap- planse of the thousands when they graduate with higher honors than the young men. Pale, weak, sickly. corset-bound, and toe-pinched? No! on the contrary, hale, vigorous, healthy, with the quick, sharp eye of intellizence, and the biush of youth and dignity of womanhood. The writer spent four years in this noble fn- stitution, and speaks from knowledge. The site of the Unirersity-buildings is the most. picturesque situation fn the West, sit- pated on hizh hilis io the valleys abutting o Lake Monona, and overlooking the Capital dty a mile away. On the lake the girls ros and cail; they drive about the lovely ways and meandering roads of the University drive; they stroll in avennes and parks, and laugh, sing, and study fn the rusticarbors; they have seeret and open literary socicties; and now and then engare in the bewitching dance, to which they sometimes condescend to fovite the ruder sex. Tueir indepencence 15 characterfstic. When Booth or_Barrett visit the city they march, headed by their excellent Preceptress, Mrs. Carson, 10 the hall; where they listen to the in- teresting tragedy, and return id the same man- ner. Every means_ that nature and art can devise is inaugnrated to cnlarge not oniy the intellect, but the physical health. Their mode of dress is simple. It is usually very plain and inexpepsive. ‘There Is no foun- dation for the assumption made by TnE TR1s- T that they are ruining their beaith by mcans of dress unladslike and dangerous to the health. But suppose they were. What bas this to do wWith co-cducation? We will soon speak of their Incitement to dress in the shape of a lot of lov- ing ducks who inbabit the other dormitory. By the ruies of the institution no yourg lady can be out_ aiter dark without permission, and per- mission is not often granted, as your writer well knows from expericnee. We may venture tha remark withont -fear of contradiction that'no University in the *country is blessed with so many bright, bealtby, and inteliigent young ladies. From whence came these Amazonsi From: the healthy pure life of the farm, from the jolly villages, and from the cities of Wis-_ consin and the Western States. They come to study. They come to be tausht, and are £chodled 1o be women—not voluptuous show- cases. Their object s fulfiiled. Their purpose is completed. . In the class-room they have mo peer. Co- education is complete. Allthe coul are par- ticipated in alike by both sexes. They always have their lessons. To compete with the younz men is their aim. With what delight do they cheer a comrade who has answered a question misscd by one of the other sex! In the class- room theysit apart from the men, and only meet them ou their way to #nd from class-roont or Ot the walk to Ladies’ Hall after examinations of the morning are over. Does their study injure them? Why any more here_than at exclusive lady seminyriest We never knew of study+injuring any person.. It is mot study but want of exercise that kills.” Now, let us trace the “Art of Love,” <0 ably put forth by your valuable paper as a danger- ous clement in co-education. If your sup- vort had been correct with resard to our University you bad surely carried the day. But you were wronz in_fact, though probably not in theory. Why? For the rather peculiar aroument, but still indisputable fact, that those young people of my acquaintance in Wis- constni University who sppeared to, nnd did, love the most, aud make the greatest number ot matches, and saw each other the most, and “went together the most,” were the best stuaents, and took the most honors, and had the decpest regard of the college and ity Pro- fessors. The voung men now hold eaviable po- sitions and the . young ladies are as well circumstanced. No, the theory is wrong that younz men and young ladies cannot associate together; be neaf eact other in class-room, and live within a stane’s throw of each other, and still be men and women. They cun be serions, rational, foolish, und tragical at_the spme time. Their study is business with them. That doe, what do you wish them to do? Canunot they in- dulze in matrimonial ideas, at least 2 moment ¢ Must they always be students, and_never ro- mantict If they be, surely, young ladies and * gentlemen, « pleasant word now . and then spoken, or an hour’s chat in the reception-room, or & quiet - walk cannot dethroue their reason. But if theori * €ays it can, the University of Wisconsin I3 & standing fllustration of ‘the falsity of the theory. They do not take dinner in company with the young men. The dining-room of Ladies’ Hall . 1s as divine as the sacred cloister: no rude boot ever contaminates its anzelic domain. The younz men take their meals at boarding-hounses scattered over the city. Some of them never forget these places [or inore reasons than one. ‘Tae ladies Zo to. church aloue, and_sel- dom condescend to auccept proffered compauy home. Too many _ lessons have ‘been tancht unwa Freshien to ever tempt one of them to wait at the clois- ter gate that hemight bave the pleasure of pleasant company to church. These youny ladies mnzle in the caltivated and refined society of the City of Madisou, and are gladly received as part of that soviety so justly praised. ‘The University students have annually about . four dances in sume public ball. On thesc oc casions the members of the two scxes com- ‘mingle together more than at any other time In. theyear. But Ithiok Ican sce the smilcof g‘leasum that crosses the face of our New England crandmother and look of dis- pleasure on the face of the young people themselves when I reate the fact that on pain of suspension they wust close the dance aud be within the doors of Ladies’ Hall wheu the ultdlxiimepiev:e in the corridor strikes the hour of 11 The first Lewis prize was taken by a woman, among nearly sixty competitors, and the second yeur 4 lady came within half a deeree of it. When it i§ known that thisis the only prize? givenat the iustitution, and that it has been given but four years, the maenitude of theblow at non-co-education will be scen. Co-education isnot a failure. It is with the great ideas of the age, among the first in_importance and re- suit, P. V. Lawsox, J&. —— HYDE PARK. . The Board of Trustees met in the Village Hah last eveming. Present, all except Trustee Wheeler. Heald, Sisco & Co., who built the engines for the South Chicazo draining-works some time ago, sent in a communication asking that the town do something 1 reference to taking the engincs. They offer them to the village for $3, 481,73, which s Jors thun the coutract price or they il keep them for one-half the money. Referred, "The residents of Colehour agked that the voting- place for the Sixth dlstrict be changed to the store of Joseph Deweay from the Colelour Posz-Olce. The pention comes too Jate, ad toe list of polling- places s been apnounced, and thirty days fa re- quired. > A petition, presented nnd referred at the lnst meeting, asking that Wooalawn avenue, between Sixty-teventn and Seventy-first streets, running inroush the Oukwood Cemetery, be opened, was brought ap. M. Mitchell spoke’ aguinst the peti- tion. Mr. Clark offered an ordinance granting the petition, and providing that condemnation pro- CL'{!\!H(}S! Ve commenced. The ordinance Wwas axsed, e Committee to whom was referrcd the ques- tion of a public hall nnd hose-honse at Grand Crossing reported three locations. A selection was made of lot on Dobson avenae, between Seventy~ 6fth and Seventy-sisth streets, costing $100. Tha amount for builling the house was rawsed $200. The residents donute S600 for the honse. ‘e Board then adjourned for Lwo weeks. A CAMPAIGN SLANRER. When Dr. R.V. Pierce wasiWcandidate for- State Senator, his political opponents published a pretended unalysis of his popular medicines, hoping thereby to prejudice the people against bim. His election by an overwhelming majority severcly rebuked his traducers, who sought to impeach Mis business integrity. No notico would have been taken of these campaign lies were it not that some of bis enemies (and every saccesstul business man has his full quota of envious rivals) are republishinz these bogus lyses. Numerous and most ubsurd formulas ve been published, purporting to come from hizh authority; and it is & signidcant fact that no two have been at all alike—conclusively prov- mg the disbonesty of their authors. The following is from the Buffalo Commercial of Oct. 23, 1877 «Hardly a dozen yearsago he (Dr. Pierce) cawme here, & young and unknown roan, almost friendless, with no eapital cxcept his own man- . hood, which, however, included plenty of brains and pluck, indomitable perseverance, and in- born uprightness. Capital enough for any young man, in this progressive country, if only he has good Leaith and habits as well. He - bad all these npatural advantages and one tning more, an cxcellent education. He had studicd meaicine and been regutarly licensed to practice ns a physician. But he was still a stu- dent, fond of investigation and experiment. He discovered, or invented, 1mportant remedial agencies or compounds. Not choosing to wait wearity for the sick and suffering to find out (sithout anybody 1o tell them) that he could do | them good, Lie advertised his medicines and in- vited the whole profession, of every school, to examine and pronounce judgment upon his for- mulas. He advertised iiberally, profuscly, but with extruordinary shrewdness, and with = method - which Is in itself a lesson to all who seelc business by that perfectly legitimate meaps. Hissuccess has been something mar- velous—so great indeed that it must be due to intrinsic merit in the articles he sells more even thzn to bis unparalleled skillin the use of printer’s ink. The present writer once asked a distinguished dispensing druggist to explaim the secret of the almost universal demand for Dr. Pierce’s medicines. He said they were in fact genuine medicines—such compoands as ev- ery good physician would prescribe for the dis- eases which they were advertised to cure. Of course, they cost less than any druxgist wonld charze for the same article supplied on a physi- clan’s. preseription, and besides there was the doctor's fee saved. Moreover, buying the drugs in such enorwous quantities, having perfect ap- paratus for purifying and compounding the mixture, he could not only get better articles in the first place, but present the medicine in bet- wr form and cheaper than the same mixture could possibly be obtaied from any other source. * It may be thought that allthis having refer- ence to Dr. Picrce's private business has no point whatever when considered in connection with the proper qualitications of a candidate for the Sepate. Perbaps. Bat it is the fashion - now, and will be for a fortulght more, with sundry journals, to make sneering allusions to this very matter. Alter that brief period, they will be guite ready to o on doing his work as before, snd as always before, to speak of him 8 @ great public benelactan™ .