Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 8, 1878, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE : TIIE RAILROADS. 'Failure of the Managers to Agree on Eastern Freight Rates. Esistlng Contracts on the Part of the Lako Shore Being the Canse. The ‘‘One-Legged” Railway Now Building in the Pennsylvania 0il Region, COULDN'T AGREE. The meeting of railroad managers held at tho Grana Pacific Tictel n this city daring tfe last two days, for tho purpose of ending the unsettled stata of affalrs In regard to East-bound freight rates, sxd establish again uniform rates, resnlted, as pre- dicted In yestorday's Tarnuxs, in a grand Gzzle, After two days' hard labor the meeting adjourned without havlng eucceeded In offccting any arrange- went whatever, and all because Mr. Vanderbilt's Jientenants acted Just as Tax Tmnuxz ssid they would, They refused to agree to anything which wie ealculated to bring about peace and harmony., There {8 hut one more hope left that the prescnt disgracefnl state of affatrs in regard to East-bound frelght raten will be sdjusted, and that Is that the trank-line Prestdents will now step in and forco fhe ‘‘cantankerous' roads. to come to ferms. It Is clalmed by many that Vanderbllt really wishes to have tho rates re-establislied, and that his llcutenants at the meeting yeaterday and the day beforo acted contrary tohis dealre. 1t 1a hardly probable, how- ever; thal tho managers of the Lake Shore & Michigan Sonthern and Canada Sonthern would have taken the stand thoy did without orders from thelz chlef, When tho meeting convened yesterday, tho trunk- lioe Commnissfoncrs, Messes, Fink snd Guliford, reported that tho contracts handed fn to them by the varlous roads had been examined by them, They rofused to make public the exact amount of vatstanding conlteacte, aa It waw understood that this matter «hould be treated confldentially, but they rtnted that tho contracts on grain wers not an extensive 88 had been !nflmnnd, and most of them would explre within® two monthe, The contracts on flour wero more exten- sire, and some of them would not esplro until July. They felt confldent that no wuiform rates could bo enlll.vllllmtlr unti] these con- tracts bud been aisposed of in a satis. factory manner. Thoe only way, in thelr opinton, | this " “contld ba n " which stcomplinbied wwas fn dividing the contructs pro- potsianafely among the various lines, and the: inerefore proposed that such nctlon' be taken, After a Jony debate, a voto wastaken on tho propu- rition, andrit showed that ninetecn roads weto in favor of It and one agatust It. This one was the lake Shoro & Michigan Southern, of which Mr, Vanderblit 1sthe President. The CanadaEonthern, slea controllud by Vanderblit, fefused tovote. Mr. John Newell, General Manager of the Lake Bhore & Miclygan' Southern, pleaded the baby-act, namely, tnat he had no instructions from his su- verlors to give away a portlon of his contrpcts, [ia alo clatmed thist he was not guito confdent whether the contracts could be legally divided among tho varlons roads, As nothing conld be done without & unanimons vote, of course the propasition falied. Alr, Newell's action enme in for s great deal of cordemnation, and was denounced in the strungest terins, 1lim excurcs were doclared to be frivolons, sshehad plonty of tlme previuus tp the mecting tocansuit his aupertors and receivo thelr instruce tlons, In fact, tha meeting was vostponed one day In actordsuce with his requ Mr. Tillinghast, of {he Canada Soothern, would probably have voted the same way as Mr. Newcil, as Le s cont trolled by tho same power, but, as Mr. Newcli's sote alonc was sufiicient to defeat the propositiop, ne refralned from voting, so 18 not to expose Van- dernlit'sor bistrafilc mavager's(Mr, Jumes Jlutter's) directing Anger in too cluac & Nght After ‘the proposition to divide tho contracts among the various roads had been defcated, an ad- Jjournment was bad until 3 o'clock. on nn!rumbllng. the Xxccutlya Committee, to whom was reierred the mattar of findinz o basis on which to establish rates that could be maintalned, teported that, inaemuch as nothing had been done towarde settling the difllculty in regard td con- tracts, it would not be expedlent or practicable to regular rates, for under the clrcuin- t would not bu vossible to_mntntaln them, 3ir. John Newell, of tho Luke Stiore & Michigan fmthern, who hadl defeated the propoaition to divide tno contracts, turned up now os a stron) Myocate for 4 re<establishment of the olfi ntes, Ho could sse no reason why tho rates tuould not be ro-establishcd and maintained, regurdless of the contracts, Mis argument shnply caased dorlelve laughter among those present, fur evenbody could readily ce tho **true tuward- mess™ of nis desire. As his and the other roads tontrulled by Vanderblit have enongh contracts on hand to last them until the apening of navigation, it would hinvy bieen wo nice to have tho roads which bad none or few contracts to maintain high rates at which they conld get but litlo business, This was wudynbtedly Mr.” Vanderbilt's rchcwe, but the raflroad managers preeent had undonvtedly learned enough during tho Inst few weeks to lovk out far rmared, and thioy refuecd fo ho taken in. When it became evident that nmhlng could bo accomplisnad. by th ceing, Mr. L, J, Seargeaut, of the Grand Teunk Ruilway, introduced tho following resolu- tion, which was ununimausly adoptod: (Jitiotred, That Mewre. Fink and Gullturd be request- Ta report {he proceedingy at thuse canforences 1o the irhckeliue Preatifents for farther instructlons, aid that i mceting bo Sipournad subleet 1ot s ialrinany that, pending adjournment Inln;;urh aclt (0 make no Thore tne contr efure udjournypy, the followlug notice was rea by Commissfoner¥ink: g fotles v e Notice s el lven to the Weatern connections of iaf, e trunk 1 from this day on, 110 trusk lities will ba no FiY 9 ARy Umo coniract ur contracts for &Y Biven quanclty of frulant mado by any of thie Weet: gra cunnectlons, thofr agenta, or uny of the line agenist 1t s furcher, that o She iscs. whil hoeomg. o Bariy o Ay cut rates below tic tates that may be eushlished fierentsar from thie to titiie by tho Come miitee ot 1o Wetern Connretions; and I ¢se. 1hat Commitieo faila to crtabliah & rate, tho frunk fosereo the FiKht o etabliah such raics from tinio icy TAY seo it Y.r tholr own 51 b all their coneatiogee T Toeon 83410 ‘AnERT i Commiselonér,of Trank Lines. e Grand Trunk Itallway G b) :'n:i‘t‘r'r shat ey ik act i m'ndu-?l"‘e'u?.' m'::';'f-'xflk‘fl"' o ¢, 34 o o sectiona the rores caniviIea 1 tiowo tatahiision by ite trunk Sines under tho above ¥ecd upon froim Shine to timo., - °HSe 48 TaY be J. KRAmaEANT, g Genoral Tramo Alinaker (1amd Tink. Under the abovo actlon no furthor contracts can b inade, except clandestinely, by dating them back, but the rutee remain as unsettiod erotu- fore, 'Tho Tlumflnnl Youterday were 30 conts on Fraln frgm Chicogo to ‘New York., Thia rate will probatily rulo untll soma arrangement s made wbich alopa tha presont frolzht war. Commissloncr Fink stated to a "Iitnuxs reparter Lutevening that the aystutn of making time cons Laacts by rilroad er?umcl cannot b (o much® tundemned, To thid system was due all the frouble whichi had beon experienced In regard to frelyht ratea during the last year. He was deters @iged to put his font upoa the neck of any Cuine r:n'mu would make new covtracts hercaflel e felt cobidont that some satisfactory arrange went would bo made In New York uext” Moudsy, and that Vanderbilt would force his roads, which Gefeated n rettiement at this meeting, to ncceds ta anrarrungement that Is calcalutod 10 end the troubles which have made rai'ioad busluces un- bodtable during the last few months. A ONE-LEGUGED RATLROAD. The *‘ono-legged " railway now buildiog in the Bradford (Ps. ) oll reglon 16 uitracting u wood deal “fastantlon. Tho conatruction of the road 1¢ stu Me, rapld, and easy. On the hard ground logs ¥z fect long, and from a foot and bslt to two feet 1a diametor ara placed at rizht angies to the line, 4ad from twelva to Ofceen feet apart, tho distance "inying. In theso logs vertical sawod poats, four- wen by Bfteen and one-balf (nches, are dovotatled Sadwedged, These verticals vary in height, and by thelr length the grado of the ruad Is rogulated, 08 the top of theso verticals the horizontal pleces Lo whieh the raile sre apiked arc laid, with thelr i8ds squarely againet ouo another. Thesu steop: “'; 8re ten fuches by Aftecn and one-half in tkuess, By & proper arrungemont of vertical Efl boclzontal * pleces of timber, Ky 0n wiich “the rulls ore 'lud are I‘lfillrm){‘m positlon, and twa woaden rails, thrve “fllndu ulf below the top of the frou rail, and caty-two fuches ap Posta” Acrgps whreain: -wnms( Bleaare driven, On this one rall & saddle-shs $irle mounted and supported by two wheels, dou- £ ‘I gondolu car nuw mounicd on the the roud cowpleted fs twanly-two fect bk, Dlng foet wide, and welghe over 7,000 hounds. Tho car is 8 double-decker, thoro beiog "nnn for frelght Ju the body of the car and on cach s Of 1he waddle, Twealy-lwo inches below $lab tangent tu the upper wheels, 4t tho 1o Wit of thetc circumtereuce, four smatier whe v Pluced fu a horizontsl position, sud fn the {ame planc, thelr circumferences bulng twenty-two jed upart, Theus run agalust the wooden gulde. tro 3ud keep tho carin position, The whoels Tgatiched \ standurds counceted with the froa 1390tk of the car, 0 apiked to the vertical — . ARKANNAS, §y, Jréctal Dispate (o The Chicago Tribune. oUW, Feb. 7,—Seaccy, Ark., wili be cons iled by rall wish Konsctt, on the Iron Moun- by March 15, Yornell & Droa., of Bearcy, wiuhe owners of tho road, and have contracted Ry, B¢ £t Louts Bolt & lron Works for the 1t will tuke $12,000 to cowplete the road. Toe A NEW LUXURY. De ¢inlng-ball in connection with the new Union “M 6L Loufs {8 o feature tu too convonieuces h:lflmu of the Bast who uro compelled to Moy, Wt way that should be generally under- Rt gy 12€ 5t Louts Unlon Depot Dining-Hail s U7 e Suest dustitution of tho kiud L this alna provided with telegraph. 4 palace-car offices, refreshment and news-stands, lancheon counters, package-roome, etc. The convenlonces ars o complete that trave elera remaining over at 8t. Louls only ancday hiave no oceasion to goto tho expensc of ‘bun of carrlage hire to be driven toa mecond-clama hotel in that city, everything naedfal being readily ob- tained at the dinfng-ball, and ata moderato rx- Bv‘nle. ‘The bill-of-are in as fine aa that presented y any of tho most aristocratic hoteld 1n America, TRETIFFANY REFRIGERATOR CARS The Tilfany refrizerator car has como to he look. £d upon & the favorite ono for the aliipment of dressea beef, and apples, oranges, and other frulte. They nre nlways reliadle, and goods shipped in them arrivo at thelr destinailon In the freshest conditlon. Eoveral of these cars are now belng bullt bers for the frult trade from Florida to New York, Annmber of these car aro now ruccesn- nlly being used In the orange trade from Philadel- phiaand theapple trade from Missenrl, Kansas, and Colarado, deveral car-loads of dried beef are taken to Eastern cities every week, always arriving there In prime candltios EXPORT BUSINESS DURING 1877, 'The exvort busincss by all the lines from Chicago to Europe during 1877 was as follows: Tonz, Michigan Ceatral... AL0288 Lake Bnore & Michigan Roufherm. Conoiz {ittabarg, Fort Wayna & Chicags. 77,523 ttabary, Clnclnoats & st. Lgu . 2839 Raltimord & Uhla, o] tal, Fxport b Decressa 1n 1977,... 1TEMS, The regnlae monthly meeting of the Erie & North Bhore Fast Freight Line washeld at the Patmer House n this city yesterday. The audit- ing of accounts waa the only business transacted, &hc Central Branch of the Unlon Pacific Railroad {s now ronning regular traine from Atchlson to Concordls, 166 miles west of Atchlson. NASBY. Mr. Nasby Ias Somo FXporlence with the Chinesc~The Actlon the Corners Took, Toledo Blade. Conrepnrir X Roans (Wich fain the State of Kentucky), Jan, 27, 1878.—The Corners Is agle, tated from centra to circumfcrence. * Tho Cors- nera hez bin invadid and her dignity hex bin sot on. A week ogo lart Toosday a horde of- Ignerent, degradid, and slavish Chincse arrived here, and pitched ther tents about a mile from the village and went camly to work om the Cross-Roads & Becesslonvillo Rallroad. The uircumstances wux something like these. The niggers, wich is the nateral worker uv this ro- glon, Yefoosed to go on the rond, becoz they liey ther farms and things to attend to, aml the proud Cawcashon uy coarso refoosed to quit tho comfortable irc at Bascomn’s to engage In any menye) pursoot. Ex the company hez to hey. the road bulit by a certin tiine to sekoor a State subsldy, tho mersenary and firnapln Directors sent to Californy and imported about foug hun- dred heathien, who, In ther blindnis, bow to wood and stone. We wuz warned in time. got thia dispateh: RAT CAeitEn's 8'100Y, 8ax*Fraxcisco,—To P, V. Nasby, Labor Chamnfon: Four hundred godifa Chinese ost thor way to the Cornere, These pagans hey undermined the religion and labor uv Califor- ny, and are movin on Kentacky, The'y warrmg iduls, and work for 5U cents a day. We'll be d— cf westand it. KNl the cussed heathen. Stand up for labor and religlon. 3 Patar M'GoxioL B, Jiuxr PETans, 3 (Liverpool Pit) E Trpoy O'LArrenty, + (Proprictor Nat Pit) Buaxvs O'5uaveixxssy, Committee, ‘The frekentersuy Bascom's witl never allow this kind uv aft insult to ther relijus feelins, and demandid to be led again 'vm to wunat, that they mito make It lively for 'ctn. They clinked thelr glasses In yoonison, and swors that the Cross-roads shoold never bo deflled with heathen, and tho cutire Corners rose ez one man to compaas their destruckshen, Jist then the clarion volve uy Bascom wur Ecardd above the hosrls uy the excitid populis, *Wals," sald he; “do nothin' rash. Wait and sce whether thewn off-scourins intend to spend thelr earnlna at my bar. Ef they will we must put.up with*ther heathenism. Ef not, the wrath uv a outraged community must ba visitid upou them. In thu meantime, let 1rusty men go and sea wat plunder thoy hev in their cabins.” I went to Interview them. They wuz all diggln away st the eand bank. Selectin an able-bodied one, I asked him wat Lis vews woz on thu suyrioly uv th Btates, How did he lke the clfmate! e kept ou digalu, Wat wuz his noshen uv the sliver guestion? Still he dug. Wuz he a supporter uy Prealdent Hayea® pollsy | That fetched him. Ilo never swpped hls in- fernal diggin—we can't understand this kind uy thing lere at the Corners, we slop work easy enough—lio suscred without lookin up: + Melikin mon go helice=Chluaman wolk for ages.”! We waitld pashently till Fridsy, and ez not o Chinaman among em hed bin secn at Bascom'’s, that grate mon consented to our movin onto em. . We found that they wuz workin at &) cunts a day, with no Caweashun resident wood do for ten'thnes the money, and wuz keepin us out uy employment. Wu rcesoned ta vursclyes, wat chance Liero wi be for us, of tho chicen labor uv the overflowing East should be piled in upun us {n this way, and we deterinined to re- slst this ontrazo on Amerlkin labor. Iesalcer (nvitt got so excitod about it that he riz up from the counter he wuz lyin on, and awora that for anc he wood die in defence uv fabor; aud Deckin Pograin, who wuz iyluon o buffalo robe, rulled over into an cosler posishun, aud demandid wat the country wus comin to. Capt. M'Pelter woke up and gotoutuy his chare, auit sighed that ther wuz no longer any room for Amerikin industry, and that he wuz willin toreslat em to the déath. And then he'd be d—d ef he wantid tho soll to bodesecratid by & sct uv hnplous, soulless hieathen. Bascom fusisted that both on account uy lahor and religion they oueht yot to be per- mittid to remanc, They never came to bis bar, or did anythin that wuz clvilized, Bici o sct uy heatlien wood utderming Amerikln institoushius fn ayeur, Hev they anything in their cabius to Indemnify us for thus cutragin our feclinsi Wa went for e that afternoon, but the ox- pedishn wuz_ disastrux. The sooperiutendont asked us wat wo waukid, § ansered that cz Amertkin citlzena wo lied come to detnand that the heathen clement he hed futerdoused be to wunst reuioved, and that of it wuza't dous forthwith we shoud do it by force. He lnfled o flendish Iaff aud sed that ef the Chlineso wus any wuss heathion thun tho speci- mens ho hed soen sunice bie tied bin in this coune tey, they hud his most profound sympathies, Ezhe wueuv the opliyun tbat ther coming didu't futerfore with wuy Jabor wu truz lkely to du, he wood give us jist ona miuit to make our- » -arce, aud bo'whipped ont a revolver uv the regler Jue Bigler sizc, and the other Bosses whippod out simiar wecpins, end tho Chluamen come up with their shovels J’"‘" We retired to the Corners, and. hold a meetin and paseed resoloshens dengunsin tho heathen, wicli'is e3 fur ¢z we hiev got toward expollin uy em. But the Corners Is depresscd. , The labor and religious questivns alluz does depress the Cor- ners, ‘T'o hev o fuundashen uy godlls heathen \vnuhlqlnln sticks and things, comin here snd takin tho bread out uv tho inouths of me and Issaker Qavitt, Capt. M'Pelter, and Devckin Pogram by \wrkln for u meze pittance, 1s suthin tou horrible to think about. Wo sit in Bascom's every day fraw 7 in the mornin till 12 at nlte, discussin and bewallln it. -Wo can't help our- lown Two weeks ago I ecives, and tiie country is on the brink uv rooln, There is troublo ahied uy us.* vreraoLrus V. NAsBY, Labor-Chtamplon, ——————— WHAT AILED SMITH ? Spectal Disvatch i The Chicago Tridun 87, PauL, Feb. 7.—~Two weeks sgo i1, B. Col- MNus, a drugglst of Albert Les, was arrested ou s charge of, sellina liquor withouta United States lcense. HBelog sick, Lo was allowed to deposit moucy as surcty for Lis 2ppcarance to- day, and accordingly catno befurs Commissisner Cardoza for examinatfou. Collector A. C. Bmith, of Winons, was called as a witness, snd swore poaitively that Collins had no license, and the Conunissiouer was about to comuwit thy prisoner, when he produced the eflidavit of the Albert. Lea Postuaster, sbowlag the purchase ol awmoucy-order fn favor of Swith for the omount of " a liceuse, which greatly puzzled tho Collecror, Then the prisoner produced a license signed by S8mith. ‘The lutter ‘acknowledged hls signature, and the prisoner was discharged, — SUICIDE, Special Dispalch L+ Taa Chicago Tridune., Jaxesvieis, Wis, Peb. 7.—Elner Boyle, aged 17, livivg ncar Bhoplere, was wmlssed from home lust night. He bavlog left a uots fn which hosald he had determnined to commit sufuide, scarch was wade, and the boy found under the barn so tightly wedged In as to make 1t ditfeuds to axtricato bim. On getting bim out be was still alive, but very low, baviug a bullet wound 1o his Bead, He lag béen of weak mind for some tiwe. Itib fwporsible for buu L ecuver. HOUSEHOLD MYSTERY. The Injured Heirs of Thomas Lord Un- fold Their Tale of Woe. Origin, Growthy and Gronnds of Their Susplcons About Mrs. Hicks. New York World, Fvb, 8. The children of Mr. Thomas Lord have inva- riably refased—up to the time, at lcast, of their father making the aMdavit apon which the pro- cendings under the Commission of Lunacy were enjolned—to give any Inaight into the true fn- -wardness of the position fo which they have been placed. In view, however, of the crrono- ous Impressions, as they consider them, which have bosn gatning ground about their motives in bringing tho prosent suit againat their father, they have at last consented to refute the testi- mony as wcll as thoy can, which apparently con- victs them of conduct not thoroughly filial. In tha first place, they deprecate In the strongest terms the letter written by Mr. Charles Lord to Mrs. Hicks. Mr. Thomas Lord, Jr., when questfoned last cvenlog, sald: *1have hitherto had a certain dellcucy in making public the private family secrota which we all of us have tried to suppress. My fatlier has mado by the advice, and probably 1f the trath wero known by tho asslstance, of his counsel, accusatfons which tend to show that his sons have abused aod persecuted him for s number of yoars, Hn nlso intimates that it was partlally on account of the troublo he had at homo that he was obliged to scek rest clauwhere for mind and ' body. At the Drst blush this would fmplicate us, hia sons, but when the followng facts, which T am wiiling to discioso under tho cireumstances, are appreciated, 1 think the public will suspen udgment and await the evidenceto be produced n court beforecharging his children with crimes which it hias never heen their intention to com- tnit. On the contrary, everything that has been done has heen wefl weighed boforchiand and doea not spriug from any sudden [mpulse of tnsslon or plquo, as we have ample cvi- donee n our posscssion to substantlate each thove that our lawycrs have airected, “In the first plsce thic, facts of the past .rhiist fiot be overlooked. My father has slx children, all oyer 30 yesrs of age. Tho oldest child 18 Mary E. Lord, who i insanc, and has been for the vast twenty years a constant in- mate of the house. Bhe'has been watched over by her sister Sarah, who has devoted her 1ifo to taking caro of lieras well asto looking after her futhor. Mr, Rufus Lord, her uacle, left her 1n his will $10,000 wortliof bonds, Although the other legacies bequeathed by Mr, Rufus Lord were all distributed o the legatees, these bonds of my sister Mary have always been retalned by my father. The yearly Interest has been lianded over to my slstor Sarah to bo alsbursed tor tho individual luxurics and comfort of our sister Mary, When a search was reeeatly made for these bands it was found that they had been flndgccl for = Joan nade to my father. In addi- o, Mary waa entidicd to 86,000 comlog to her from her mother's estate. No traco of ths se- curities representing this bequest have been found among my father's papers and offects, My sister Soroh also had bouds which had been glyen to m{ father for safe-keep- ing, and which he fosisted upon locking u fn s box at bome. Bho entreated bim several times to remoyve them so as to insure greater security, but he invarlably put her oif withsome trivial excuse, and it was only a fow days beforo hls murriago to Mrs, Hicks that slio provalled on him to hand them over to her. 8ho has glven them to my brothier Henry to take charge of, but it waa not under any apprchension of tho great calamity which has bofalicn our family that sho urged hier father to give thom to him, a8 tho action In this regard was promptod long before the family had the least suspicion even that my fathier conterapiatod o matrimontal al- fance. ¥y brother Henry has always lived with his father and posscased his confldenco and affce- tion. Npono has over breathied a word agajnst bis character, his honor, or nis fidelity to his father. Ho{s au artist ‘ny profession, and as a. proof that he never Importunod my father for inoney, J have heard my father frequontly bonst that lio nover axked him for a cent, nud that he was one of the fluest young men in New York. This {s true, for I do not know of any facta which could Iead moto supposo that my Lrother Henry has ever received any large sum or cven a regular allowance from hls father. * With rerard to my own reputation, I may say 1 am the eldest son living, and havo always had theconfidence of my father, I was for years a member and ofticer of the Soventh Regl- meut, aad duriug the War I was au Akle toGen, Dix and afterwanls to Gen. Jooker for four and 8 half years, 1 left the army with an honorablo record, and_received two promotions. Ithen engaged In business, and established myscif as & whoiesale druggist, taking (nto partnership o Mr, Morgnn, the firm of Morgan & Lonl re. ‘mainfug In existencs tiil 1869, When Mr, Rufus Lo and miy father camo into posscsslon of his sliaro of the estuto he persuaded and cven coramanded me to aban- don mereantile pursuits, ile then had a clear incoms of $160,00) and upwards, lie told me over and over agaln that hocould support me, and intfmated to 1o that he preferred to do su than to allow mo to bo exposed to the risks and uncertalnties of commorviul Itfe. 1 complled with my lather's request, and since that time have recelved a rexular annual altowance fruum Nim. 1 have reslded with my family the greater part of the thne ot [untington, L. 1. “My brother Cbarlos {8 married, and has threa childron, 1Mo Is 1l and bas boou so for yoars with a dlscase of tho lungs. Ilo, tuo, has ulways recelved an allowance from my father, ou which ho has lived, aud which has been his only means of support, My youngest brother, }-'n‘lnk.'!m always been dopendcut upou his atber,' * Can you give me somo fdca of the {ucomo and expenses of your [ather since 16091" asked the reportor, * Yes, my father since 1870 has nuver apent his annual fucomd ou bis own fanily. Although bl own private expensces have beon large, thero has still been u surplus ufter paying the usual ulluwanes to bis children, About threo years uge au unusual dratn from a source unkuown ut the time bezan to tell upon Lls resources. ‘The suvings previous to this amounted Lo luree sums after paving a llberal allowance for hia personal exnenses over and above the payuments to hls children, During the period referred to the savings wero tot any yoar tess than $15,000, and in ona year they were over 853,000, To what extont lns Mr. Lord's cstate suf- fored from thu dratu you allude to amd other ruuo'n'l of which you haye no pesitive kuowl- v “f supposa tho largest amount of income avallable was fu tho ycar succceding my nncls Rutus Lord’s death, wiien thero was cullected Dy my fother a little over $155,000, Binco that thne the yearly revenuo has been ateadlly de- creasiug, not 0 mueh from oy depreciation of tho property, but ujmost emlmlly owing to thy clrewmstances which 1 bhove mentloned, untit in 1577 1t did ot exceed §60,000," **llaye you auy objection to particularizing the u‘hJ:sct for which this great dralu was o * Certalnly not, for it is public property now, and 1 conldently assert that this laree reduce tion {n his resoirces has been duo to thy des ‘mands of a person who bad no claims of blood upon bim. Notwithstandgz this cveu fu the miost unfavoruble year, that is to say, when lis inconto was the swallest, his own family ex- peases, mcluding the specitled allowancos to s children, hava uever equaled bis yearly ro- ccipts until tha last thres years, * 1L it 18 only consldered fur ons moraent how much his uuxfl{l has recelved, aud then, on tho other “db how he bLas Dbecn pushed for moncy by aoother party, he has had ovety reason to becomo worrled and sick, and has no reason to attributo hls want of poace of miod 1o thu action ol his cbildren. " In tho direction judicated, at one thne o chieckof over $100,000and ot anothier thie one of uver $100,00 wero absolutely tuken frow him, as 1" have reason to beliere, by this peraon, lo anottier year a total of §210,00 was oolalned by the sowe person, Duniug tho lust scven yeard it cun bo proved, as Iam iue formed, that the person referred tu recelved froun wy fatuer over $750,000, which, with {n- tereat thot bas never been vald, ropresents a total debt of uver $X0,000, which I do not think can ever be collected. Much has Leen sald whils these paymeuts were be- ing mude of his svus coustantly applylnz to bim for woncy, end tuduclug thelr father to give them more than he could atford. This is ot true,for onuoodceaston do 1 remewber ofuny extravrdivury dewsuds having been wade upon hlm, his sons as a rule fron year o year bay ing been contented with the dums pald them frons year to_year. Al the trausuctions with this persun alluded to above were kupt @ seeret frow Lis famlly. fo fact, the way in whleh tho account of thewr was Kept shows thal every precaution was taken to X’“"“"" aoy knowled:zo of the truo purport. few wonths ago wy father began to talk fu 8 very incoberent way about 8 persou lu Europe who owed him $600,000, and also meotfoned toe expecta- tlou of receiviog large sams due to him from thy Weat. coneetion [ sugyested several times to wy father tre proiricty of wakingu specllie stutement of this dubi and the persons whoowed £, us fo tbe event of wuy scrious awcident oecurring to Mm f¢ might uot other- Ju th FRIDAY., FEBRUARY & 1878. wise Le possible to collect it. These angges- tlons nlways produced on bim fits of violent [reftation, In one of which he proceeded so far s to compel me to leave the offler, “1lg spoke of the probable repayment of theso Joans at an early date, and promised that when he was in recelpt of these sums he would make a witl and give to eachh of his chiidren at once o suflicicnt amount of capital to make them fnricpendent, *Bo far as tho present proccedings againat our father are concerned, In which my brothers Henry, Frank, and I urc the petitioticrs, I may nta.e that the fact of his marrisga with Mra, Ilicks had nothing to do fn the world with bringing them.” My father's condtion waa noticed by his family with great uncasiness for several months previons to thelr having the Icast Idea of auch an eventoccurring, Some at- tempts were even mnade to prevent and protect him azainst such a wasteful expenditure of his means, During all this period hisfamlly neverim- agiucd for ono moment that auch a marriage sible. Tha famnily angements to effect Lis object wera very near completed when the announcemnent of hfs marriage was received, If they had not thus been interrupted tho expos- ureof private matters which theao proceedings have entalied, which are even more painful to his family than to himself, would have been avolded. The effect produced by the marriage 1s to have taken my father away from his faml(- l{. and placed hirn under an influenca which ex- cindes the possibility of protecting him other- wise, than by the procecdings now instituted, “The appeal to the Court s not, in any way & sclflsh one when regarded fn ita proper light. Nonc of us, I can safely answer, have the inter- ested motives that have heen attributed to us. [know it is generally supposed that If we succeed wo shall at once take posscseion of the property and do with it as we like. This is not tho case; tho entiro estatc, on the contrary, will be placed In charge of the Court. 'The person to whom It s intrusted will not be authorized to dishurse one cent without an express order of Court, and will only make such an allowancg toench of the rons na the Court thinks proper.’ May I ask, Mr. Lord, the preeisc date at which your father began to show decided aymp- tomaof helplessnesa and when it was found ary to watch over him constantty " e has been falling for scveral years, but it 1s only since about four months axo that lie bas required a person to asslst him in his dally toilet un& exhibited the other signs of debility men- tioned in my aflldavit, dilapidated vondition all that ttme,” “ Was Mrs. ficks at any time lotimate with your family " ¥ No, devidedly not; she had a wcnk(n? Aac- quaintance with iny stster S8arah and one of my brothers. I never paw her until a few daya before the marriage, but I know that her society was extremely distasteful to tho otlier members of our h'\‘mny with whomn she had any mcquaint- ne W ie has been truly in o “Did the late Mrs, Lord ever have any reason for abjecting to the ln“mM(Y existiog between her hisband and Mrs, {lickai’! “I knew thot Mra, Hicks' company was al- ways disagrecable to my mothor, As to the cnus.n"o( this dislike X have not cared to Investl- Rate. ‘Do you know who it was that Introduced Mra, Icks to Mr. Lordi" 1 dow’t know, but I am told that Mra, Hicks wvas personally acqualnted with Prof. Henry Anderson, my uncle, they both having becomo converts to the Catholic fafth about the same thino; my father mct both of thom at several receptions in tho winter of 1869, and it was at one ot these that eituer Prof, Anderson or his adopted daughter, Miss Maroncellt, introduced llly.gll‘imr to r\l{l!l Hicks.” sl wk ¥ your father support his lamily lor to the year 18001 s “No, not cntlrely. At that time all my brothers as well ns myscll wore earning our Jiv- ing, and Heury was a'cierk In the Columbla [n- surauce Company, of which my father had been at first President, and subsequently Vice-Presl- dent. Hnflpnld board at hume at that time, and even contributed to the family expenses.” *Was the Inheritanco of your mother ever used to supply the wants of the !amll{ul " *¢Noj the greater part of it was absorbed in purchasing the houso fn Beventeenth strect in which iy father recently lived. The residence cost £30,000, and at mK mother's death the property reverted to the chiliren, and was atterwards bought from them b m' fatler, as has alrcady been stated §n the ¥orld, who agreed to pay them for it {n bonds, which he did, and tho §6,000 which I have referred to ns bonds telonging to my slster, and which could not be found, formed part of this paymont.” “Do you know or remember suythlug about Mrs. Hicka’ visits to the old Tonnelly mansion on the Carmansyillo road " “Yos, | have heard about them from my brother Frank, who resided thero at the time. The bouse waa rented by my father, and he seut my mother out tiicre, tiut temained §n tho city himself, Mrs, Hicks and tny father used to drive out very often through the park, aml when they approached the house would allzht and wauder through the grounds afoot. They would plck flowers, and sometimes would taka someo chumipagng at the housc, but T am satls- flea that my mother, Mrs, Lord, was not pres- cnt, Lthink sho was uware of taelr presc¢nce not only from what hor sou may have told ber, but what she herself saw from thio window ! — *When did cither you or any member of your family firat conceive any suapiclons of your fll\uker'l:gvlnx pecunlary transactions with {’J'l. icks * Well, we have lind o vague suspiclon that somothing wna wrong for the llndyur‘ sud par- ticularly recently, when he would refer to the person in Edrope who owed him large suma, but. the fact hecame moro evident when we knew that he was not colleeting the coupons off his United States bonds, and that even these were lsappearing tn bulk, He also bezan to bo norely pressed for money, more especlally after the return of Mra. [icks last November on board the Sc{tmn. 8till there was no defined susplclon untll e began to draw small antounts of F4UX nud $4,000 In cash from the bank. Ho would {eave tho bouse with these sums [n his pucketbook, and was seon to drlve atraight to Mrs. llcks’ touse fu Fourtecuth sftect, When he returned liomu hu did not have the money, and tho natural inferonco was that ho tind handod It over to Mrs. [licks. When wo discovered that at leant small suwua were be- Ingg glven her we bezaa to think that she might be the person referred to o8 llving In Europe who owed father so inuch. It waa not till after the marrlagy that we obtalned more detlnito jn- formution of the larze suns which 1 am aatls- tled were received by ler," ‘s How did Miss Barah Lord, your sister, make up her mind that the telegram recelved \)r ler father from sumo ouo ou board the Scythia was frow Mrs, Hicks{" ** I must decline toauswer that quostion ex- cept In o general wav, For many mouths wmy father made my siater read to him overandover aguin the nanes and dates of salilng of all the Europcean steamers, not only from Enclaud but all over tho Coutluent. My father was very nervous otl the time, and wheif the departure of the Beythis was teleeraphed from Quecnstown he becae greatly excited, and was go durlng all tho tinic that steamer was at sca. When tho telewrain was received my futher was unusually exclited, and from his subscquent visit to Mrs, Hicke houso Lt yory day, the natural fie l-.-rm'm':’ was that sho was the sender of this dls- puteh,’ DIl a representative of A, T. Btewart & Cu, vall at your father's house and seeyour sls- ter on the day of his warrioge” * Yes, 1 understand bo did, and walted & long time, expectiug, as did the rest of the family, that my futher would return st the usual hour, He ulwo eatled ubon me at the otfice two days afterwards and showed tho ¢licek marked ¢ wo sunds,’ and_usked me whero ho woull ind the maoney for that check. 1 showed him the an. nouncenent of the marrlage tn the paper, and ho expressed bis queprise in” forcible terms and Immedlately retfred.’” * Did uvy of tho auns call on Mra. Hicks on or ahout Baturday, the 20tk of Decerbor, and fne quire of her i abe had had any pecuniary trans- actions with their father! 1t so, old elie adinit being fudebted to him, uid #xy that she could not ru‘r? tho moncy at thut Lime ! *1did with wy vrothers call on herin the evening of that day, but the futcrview was witi me alone, as sho declined to allow 1wy brothers 1o bu present at it Bhe did not expre pecuniary transactiona with wny father, but [ snawers Lo wy tuguiries ou that subject would y“‘:luly that shie did uot owe my father u 0 cent. *Hal you any reason to suppase that u matefs montal engugement existed between Mrs. Hicks und your futhor soveral years azol’? “Nol If any such enizagement existed I cau #ee o roason why §t sbould bhave been kept 8 secret frum his family sud cvirybody clse, and why the consummation should have been dcl'l)'n-l for 8o long a time, 4§ belleve that the fisst intimation that Mes. tlicks bad of my knowledge of her pecunlury trausactions with tuy fether wasat tho inter- viow I bad with ber on tis Batunlay precediny the marriage. At this iuterview 1 idrat fearnes of the letter sent by iny brotbier Charlvs. On ber stating thut she had” received such a letter 1 requested to seo i, but shio declined to show it. Irit were not for wy futher's attidayis 1 should nut hesitate to belleve that this marriago was mercly mado for the purpose of cancellng tha large clutwe which, &8 1 suppose, wy father held wgulust 4 A Bulterranean Rl S10sko (¥0.) Jowrna’. 1low many uf the readors of the Jourual are aware that ono of {he wonders of uaturs may bescen four mlles west of Bwur's Prairlu,und oue mile ln tue Indlan Territory! kere you will fiud & cave thut is rlect wonder tothe brave adventurer who will pruvide hirpself with the necessary outtt for exproring the subters rancan cavern of darkness, Inhabited hy wild animals and bata in conntless thousands, The necersary outfit consista of good lightaand a hoat in which to navizate a subterranean river, which, so far as we know of, has never been irnced to its aource, The entrance to the cave isina groveof tell trees growing under the Jutting rocks of 8 small mountain, T.onghefare you enter tha wood yon can hear the rosring of ihe falling watcrs, which rush forth in cryetal ngneu, far cxcelling the noted springsof Neosho, A ehort dlstance from the cave staniis 4 tinglo Indiau cabin, Inhabited by Alexander Zanc, of the Wyanilotte tribe of Indlans. CURRENT GOSSIP. MY NEIGIRBOR, Love your neighbor s youreelf— ‘Thus the Guod Book regdeth; And 1 glanca scross the way At my neighbor Edith, Who, with garden-liat and gloves, Through tae golden hours Of the eanny Bummer-morn, Flils among e flowers, Lova your nelghbor ss yourself—~ Winsome, blue-eyed girlle, Golden gleams of sunny halr, Dimpled, pink, and pearly, As 1 1ean upon the stila And watch her at her labor, How much better than myself DoIlove my neighbor! Love yaur nelghbor as yourtelf— Tow devout I'm growing! All my heart with fervent love ‘Taward my neighbor glowing. Ah! to keep that blest command ‘Wore the sweetost labor, For with al} my heart and soul Do Ilove my neighbor! Litzzie Crak Naxpr, A WOMAN'S POWER IN WASHING- TON, Neo York dimes, For a number of years previousto the War of theRebellion there resided in the City of Wash- ington s woman who, In addition to tha sdvan- tages of sn excellent cducation, possessed a charming manner, and the means by which she was cnabled to maintain s most excellent soctal position. From whence thiese means came was not known to the world at large, nor did it in- quire. No act of impropricty of word or deed wns ever fmputed to her, but she was recelved, wherever she choso to present herself, with all courtesy, ond In turn her hospltallly was always cordially acceptod. 8he was originally from one of the SBouthern Mates, was n widow, or passed as such, and had & most attractivo daughter, who, like herself, moved in the best soclety of the Capital, especlaily that carcle of it which was morp distinct- ively represented by the Diplomatic Corps. A distinguished attache of the Britlsh Legation was, in fact, somewhat marked in his attentions to tho dauglter—hersel! a marrled woman. There were those who, desiring to look beneath the surface of things, put tuls and that togeth- cry and concelyed the fdes that the diplomatic represcutatives of Russia could tell a great deal, if they clhiose, ns to whence came the fn- cuma that cnabled two such charming ladies to grace so effectively the gay asscmblages where they were ever present. Be that as it mny, tho cloud that burst In fury over this unhoppy iand in 1861 brought wonderful chianges to the social iife of the Canltal. The drum and the bugle replaced the violin and lmrr, and the cpuulet outshone tho glitter of diplotnatic lace, |, The sccrets of State became thic secrets of war, A vation of freemen had divided on the question of tha slave; the Narth manaed its battlements oud the South fled to its coverts, all save uur two Bouthern-born sud Bouthern-bred women, who had basked 5o long fn the sunsline of socis] favor. Not that their tender hearts beat less in sympathy for the home of thelr birth, but with them it was verffied * Where the treasure is, there wiil the heart be also.”” Liko the de- voted wife that Dickens has made immortal, they would * never desert Micuwber.” Wash- n_was their fleld, and thoy hunted in ft still. The may attaclicof Britaln was replaced by an uxorious uflicerof the Adjutant-General's epartinent, apd A distinguished Cab- {vet Minlster of the new regime became the recipleul of the blandishments and smilea of tho falr-hatred dnuEhlel', instead of thoso whose places were ta know them no more for- ever. Olton has the writer, when serving under arms in defenso of the Nationul Capital, tnet the distinguished Minister strollinz through the camp with the fair nod fascinating/female on his arm, a8 woll as at tho soclal gatherings held at the Minlstar’s hiouse, whore Madamo was al- wuys present, while, with theald of the modiste, she added new charms to her voluptuous per- son, suldom, however, abscat from the side of tho cminent host; in fact, In the absonceof & niore legitimate hostess, she plased the part nud did it to perfection, with grace and self-posscssion, There was, however, moth- ing ‘fn all this to focur the ccn- suro of the most fastidious. Unholy seandal would I*vo been forced to hide 18 head fn ehaflic had it breathed a word of malice based upon what all the world could see and could wot criticisc. Grave events were, however, hatching in the womb of time, sud -momi ticse was @ plan to strike tho Rebellion at its heart, cut off the yery current of its iife, ond stifle what it sccued tuipossible otherwiss o di y. A great expedition was set on foot that was to rival in its proportions the Spanish Armads, and swooping like tho falcon on fts pre{ was to descond upou the coast of Rebellion with the force of the Lurricane, and sweep away from {t all the power it mainoed by the way of the scs Of coursc, the plans, the dotmls, the forco, und cspecislly the destination of thia formidable orgunization was neces- sarily a profound snd solemn secret. In fact, its whole success Iay in the inviolabllity of thoso who were charged with this knowl So sacred was this trust regarded that the writer who, at his own request, wus assigned to a not uuimportant command 1 the expedition, refralned from all interrogatorics s Lo its des- tination, and in reallcy suppiressed every natural deslro to be infurined of the objective polnt, beeaung he regorded such knowledizo ns a trust %0 gacred that 1t ehould be confided in advance only tu those to whom It was nbsolutely and imperatively necessary that it shoull be known, Iu fact, ft was o Cauluiet secret, imparted under scal to tho commanders of tho expeditlon, to be revealed onlyat the momeut of sail- fur, Twenty thousand soldlers, 5,050 satlors, and sevonty vessels coustituted this formidable furce, On the svo of {ts departure, but before the troups had cinbarked, ita destioatiun was Juparted to the writer—~not by the President, with wham he was in constant contact; not bya Cabinet Minlster, some of whom bo saw ucarly every day; not by the chief fu commanil of ths cxpedition; but the information camne through the fascinating Southern frivnd of the Socretu- 1y, and Jeflorson Davis was mads awara of It at thesamo tme, Nevertheloss, the writor -atill kept bis own counscl. Hu kuow that atthe moment of salling a council of war was held, and that the budget would bo then and thers unfulded; and if the infurmation given to him throuch o chanuel so monstrous should unfor- tuuntely prove to be true, that it woutd not be too lata to make tho terrible fuct known. Never «td American waters behold o sight #0 mugoificent as wos scen that day in Hainp- tun;Ruade, The Hoest fricates, the noblest steamiers, tho larcest iserchant-sabipsa Lud ull been gathered togetber, Aliod with outbust ustie troops, and America’s most patriotic souns, guns of great calibro, morturs, tous of wnumu- nitlon, starca of all kinds in enormous quanti- ties, truined otficera who bad followed the ag 1o victory In other clines, brave men who had given all to thelr country. Tho hope of a great natfon was about to cast itself upon a terrible chance, while the prayers fromn countless firo- sides went up to Heaven for thelr safety and suceess; never did the flag of freedum wave over s more determiucd band. Thy hour for the council caume. Upon tho tlag-shilp wera as- sombled the few who bad been selected to lead these wen 0 victory, 1o Rukde tuls great expes ditfon Lo success, [n the louer recessos of the Admiral's cabin the. couvell wsscabled. The doors wero locked, & sentinol placed flween fest from the door on the outside, with onlers that nous should lgymm-h him within a like distance. The sucred budget was unscalod, and {u low sod measured toucs the instructions of the Government were read, and in fnsplred wurds thedestination was told. It was * Bull's Bay aud Forusudina The sawe that the fusciating friend of the Bucretary had dly- unetly nunied! Whata stupendous farce was bdns euacted beforo high heavenl Tho writer could not belloyu his senses, nor could the auguat council of war belivo thelrs. Fore tuuately for tho cause,~fortunately for the couutry,—tle Cabinet had added to ita fnstrue- tlous thut the councit of war could, In jte dis- crutlon, chauge the desttuation on tho ere of eatlivg, if o lts wisdom it should deew such u course expedient. It §s sufllcicut to suy thst the expedition salled, each vessel under seal orders to be oponed ounly in midoccan. For Port Royal sud for Victory—which the Govern- went irst kuew through Rebel sources. REFORMING A THIEF, Jackeon (Tenn.) Sun, A certain prominent grocery firm fu this city had been misstng little articles quite frequently of late, aud suspleion xed upou & certaln youu mun who visited the store oftes fu passing, oc- canlonally making small purchases. They agreed to watch him the next time he came fn, one partner outalde and ono instde. They tried in vain for three weeks or more; still the nrtl- cles disanpeared and the young man made his visits, thongh hie had never been scen taking anyihing. One day last week the partner who wae watching from the outside pretended to ho reading a newepaper, and, by looking uvver It, catight him in the act. The inside partner eollared him snd led him back to the resr to cottnsel him, 4 Now,'” sald the merchant, "{nn have heen steallog from me for several weeks, and I want o know how much yon think yon owe me. Be honest aboul It; yuit have been both clerk and customer.'! ‘The young man stated the amount he constd- ered justly due, and was anxious to pay it. ‘The merchant said, * Well, sir, vou know the 1aw docan’t atlow & man to steal, and Sou must take your cholce, to pay me alt you awe tne and submit to a whipoing, ar gv to fhie Penitentiary, Which will youdo? ~You are young and may be reformed, and I don’t want ‘to e you publicly, but I feel that I would do s great wrong to Int you o without a whippiug to re- in{nd you of [t.” ‘The young man sald he wonld recelve the whxspinu and pay up; while he appreciated the klud “motives of the merchant, he woild like very much to have the whivoing omitted. The tnerchant Invited biin to walk down ta the cellar and see what a fue stock was stored there. When they reached the hottom, aud the door was closed, the young mao enid's “You won't whip me, will youi The merchant said lia certalnly conld not do otherwice and satisfy his conscience. ** What arc you going to whip me with1" “Tnat plece of board," replied the merchant, futiog to o etrip some three inches wide, * Buck yourself across that chicken-coup, snd 'l do my solemin duty, young man. It's & se- tioun tnatter, and I am truly sorry to have todo it, but my conscience requires it." ‘The cuatomers heard & nofse for ahont & min- ute that they mistook for soe one knocking the bunz out of an empl{ barrel, or splitting kindiing. Aftcr ten good, bearty strokes tho merchaut let him up. * flow do you fecl now, young mani" 4 I feel very bad, sir; very sorry.” . * I, 100, feél norry and bad, and § think you had petter zet down on Four kuees and ask God to forgive your sins." ‘The young man prayed o feeling prayer, and sherd coplous tears of repentance. When he arose the merchant sald, * How do you feel nowi™ « Awful,” sald the young man. “Then, in order to inpress this occasion on your mind, and that you may never forzet the tauso of ft, just bond over that chicken-coop again a minute.” He bent over, and thesound of splitting stove-wood was heard agaln—ten more, ‘Theo when he got up he wanted to cry, but the merchant insisted that It was too serlous a cueo for that, and suggested thot he lead In rrufi'cr agaln. The younz man complied, aud he had so much improved {a that style of com- positiun that the merchant released hiin. ¢ Now,"” safd he, * you are s young man, you are respeetabie, and move in respectable cireles; you have kind and honorable parents; this would dfserace you and tham U nnde pubile, and you have submitted tothe chostisement and repented; pay e what you owe and go your way as usual, leaving oll dlshflnnni‘vl. and” I'll not molest you." He went, but he hosn't paid tha money yet. This style or reformation for younz men beats the Peniteatiary. o did not Ive [n Jockson. “MY AWIUL DAD.” A LORDLY DRAMA OF THE PUTCR [Enter the comninz model son from his dressing- room, 8 bottle of Vichy in one hand nd a godlet in theotlier. Soliloquizes:) s son, Upon my word I'm only half awake, And so this flashy, trashy stuff muat teke. Oh, my poor head! It'a quits as biz azatn As that which [ {n church reveal to men; And I'm so lhlrfll{! Really, this must stop, For of_wild oata I've resped on over-crop. Instend of staying out o' nights. perad! 1 ouzht, at timce, to stay nt homo with dad, Or clee, 1 fear, it's moro than ten to ono He will forget lie ever had a eon, [Enter Nnree.) Well, nurse, how now! You've doubtlesa come to. [ My father 'd 1ka to bid me a good day. Make some excuse whils 1 to breakfast got— 1 am hardly it, you know, to see him yel. o' dreased,” of course, and had hia breaxfast, 00, And gone his morning walk with Jane, and you. 1 hope my orders you ace fit 10 mark, That when you wheel him up around the park You lot him not with other old men piay, Unless thelr nurses ars with them to stay, 11 {n vad company he chance to fall I'll iave to biamo yuu.vmhlreu, for ft all, nrae. Ob, #ir; he's montly )i 1 noversaw a better man that old; 1te scurcely givos & whimper or o pout, ‘Though two inore teeth of his have just come ont. But, then, old men must be old men, ticy say, And 1 survrised Lim, ooly yesterday, At work with heaps of vaper and a onill, Am\—w‘?lllll.\ you believs mu, sirt=ha made his willt Son. Hiswri! Ob, horror! Narse, can this bo so? Go bring him instsnt thither, Woman, go! . 1£x1t Nurse, precipiately.) Am [awske? 1Hs willl Well, I declaro, ‘What next will fathionable fatiiers daro! Aty aisters ougnt to he with him wore strict, Tnstead of belng thun sv derelict ! This comes because to whippiugg they'ro avers ‘The old mau's left to servanta and the nu No wander, then, be doesns Lo may plen Makes wills, and clivoscs his uwn legatee L1l stop it. thougn, from this time forth liave need the rod. {n porsun, to apply, [Anter Nurac, teilily agitcted. ] Well, nn‘r':e. you've brought Lim, surcly, have yea nu Nurse, Oh, alr, If you'll helleve tho tarn I're vot! 1 wont to ind the dear old ereatare, stralght, And ho'd alipnod out the open airy gate, 1 tollowed atter, quick ae | couid pun, And ood lundyi—what ('you think he'a dune? Son, e Not gone to sell his bonas, or to diapose Of real cstate?—Speak? «peak! my reason goes! Nuree, Mnch warso than that! Oh, eiz, bo calm, 1 pray, Or ) can't tell you what I nave t i The next door's butler-~which Lis namo s Jack— Dieheld your father jump into a hack Bunlde & lady dressod In silk and fur, And—thinks io's run awsy to marey hert . n (fearing Ala Atir) . DBlue blood and brimstane! Thunderationment! Arouse the Louse, and let the vale bo rent ! Ury Maduees! Munler! Lunacy ana Law! €slt out tho Prevs and bid 1t way its faw) A Tather wods without coneont uf Sont I'n cheated, crushed, dosorted, and undonet {Knocks down tho nures; smashes all the furni- ture; tears ont of tha house, and immediately cone sulte hid lawyers as to the fesnibility of tho Ureak- aio of wiila sud- lsaunnces of write de lunatico tnguirendo.| e 2 —Urpheus C. Kerr in New York Grophle, TATING FORBIDDEN FRUIT. Donn Batt's mcm-yzr‘:‘-ml:rhr o Cyncinnati Ene ® A zood story 1s told at tho expense of two Western members of Congress, who, having sceured orders for bouquets from 8, 8, Cox, Chairman of the Cummittee ou Buoks and Bouquets in the Houee, delivered the same, aud, whilc walting to huve the nuscgays made up, meandered Wy through the conservatorics of the Botanleat Qunlens. They came upon a treo baving red berrles thereon, and, Jike Adam and Eve, were tempted to eat, They tasted It aud found the frult pleasant to the mouth, and weat on hiclping themsclves till ono'of the men eumployed (n tbe place gave them the baw, which probibited plucking frat or fluw, he grentle- men, fecling that they were vrivileged, pald no attentlon to the remonstrance wntll the man, somewhat trritated, sald; Well, gentleen, 18 you will eat you had better select some other frult, for that 18 u deadly puison.’” ‘Iifa wus & 18 trumped up for the occasion but vou should bave secn the startled faces ol the legialutive rulders. ‘They fed fu terror from the pluce, without taking order on thelr golug, vrorderon the bougquets. They were heudin for the ucarcst apothecary’s shop, whea ono of them cried There goes Dr. Garnett—stop him " The populur phystcian was lod, came to & stand-stull, heard “the boreiblo story. and, tum- bline out his colored driver, carted tho law- makers to the nearvat wputheeary's, and thon began the medication, Herole duses of su emetic were adwinistered, sud while the pour Bolous were 1n Inteuse wgony throwlug up thele boots that caunuy Scotchmun, Smith, of the Botaulc (iardens, was seut for. Then the face cune out that the berrles wers as harinless a4 haws; whereupon everyhody Law-Lawed bug tho sufferers, who burriod to their Lisl-bouss to redll thelr exbausted stouuchs. ¥ QUIPS, ‘Tho sversge profussional diner-out is ono whoss character {8 vory casily guest. What s tiat from whick I you take the whoto somy will yet rewaiul Wholesorae, Balute-Beuye says: *Iu cvery man theroisa poct who dics younw.” The editor’s waste- basket Indicutes that the msn doesu’t know the poct {8 dead, sud keeps on with his uoustose.— Uinetanats Ureakjut-Tadle. . ST goods I8 twil sald a lady to a clerk o & dry-gonds sio; o won't wash? “ Yo, | Stwlil” sald the clerk, affirmiog her remark. Blie £ald she never wonld let any man contra- dict her, and indignantlyswept ot of the store. The London Tancet suys a pleca of lemon bound on a corn will cure (4 In & few days. Tha tronble out {n these latitudes fs that it is the gencral custom to soak the lemon In the corn, which. at this scason of the vear, is hot. But the cure ix fust the same. remains there long atter the corn. ‘Two passengers were playing cards In the train from Bath to London. “*' It's very 0dd,” remarked one of them, * We've been ylnms a long time, and I haven't seen 2 stngle king.” It's very natural,” replied tha other, “aeeing that you hava the king of hearts upyour alesve, and { have the other three in my boot.”" They didn't play any more after that. ANDERSON CONVICTED. ¢ lemon A Verdiet of Gullty, with a Racommendation to the Mercy of the Court, Nzw Oneans, Feb. 7.~Judge Whitaker opened the court this morning, and took s recess to prepare his charge to the jury. Before the receas the Court referred to an article fn s morning paver which stated that Wells had eaid he could give any amount of bail, but had not made up his mind vet. The Court atated that, If this was true, it would ralse the bonds ’ up to $20,000 again. The Sheriff was Instructed to sen Mr. Wells about the remarks sald to have been fudulged in by him. Gov. Wells explains matters as follows: NEw Onveaxs Pantsn Patsow, Feb, 7, 1878.— Mr, If. C. Castellanos—Dran 8ir: Thave just Iearned with aurprise that I am reported aa as; shat [ could give batl in the sum originally Oxed, bat that my abject in not daing a0 is for tne pare se of forcing the State to trial duringthis month, ‘hia Ia not true, and I am not accountabts for un~ suthorized publications. 1 have Intrusted my caas with you und yoor associates, and Ihsve been gulded only by sour advice, 3y health is imoalred. fiope you will contiaue your efforta o release me* from further confinement. With high regard, your obedient aervant, . Maptsox WeLLs, At 0:20 p. m. Judge Whitaker finished the reading of his charze to the jury, and. they re- tiredd, “The court-rom 'was clearcd, and even the attorueys for the defensc had left, nobody expecting a verdiet, nimost everybody bollevi g that the resalt would be & mistrial.© At 10:10 - p. 1. aloud knock came from the jufy-room, . Which was promptly answersd oy 8 Doputy- Sheriff, who went ot onee mthn‘fix‘n‘mm, and, returning quickly, satrtled Judge, who, with some_gentlemen and n‘roruu, wag i bfs private office, with the news that the jury had sgreed upon a vertict. The counsel wera scat for, and Judge Cullom, of the defense, having arrived, the Court was openod smain at 10:40 p. m., and the jury brought down mnd called. About forty rermnn weru present, Judge Whitaker asked the foreman the usoal aumlmm when thie verdict was given to the lork. Gen, Anderson was deathly pale, twist- :‘nw uervously the head of his cane between his . Anderxon gullty, and recommend bim to tho merey of the Cort. W. I', Coxvnag, Foreman of Jary. The defcnse asked for tho poiling of the Jury. Each ory after bis name belng calle:d, a3 asked, “Is thls your veralct: Guilty, and recommended to the mercyof the Courtl” They alf answered in the sfMrmative. ‘Tou™ jury was then discharged, and the prison- er remanded to await the sentenco of the jaw. A few of Anderson’s fricuds at once surrounded Lim and saw him off to fail. e —————— CANADIAN NEWS, Spertat Dirpaich in The Uhicagn Tridune. OTTAWA, Feb. 7.—The Domlinfon Parlliament was opened to-day by theSpeakerof the Senate, the Governor-General not being prescnt. After the members who have beon clected since the last sesslon baid been sworn and introduced to the House, the election of & Speaker was proe ceeded wich, and, after o lively discussion, Mr. Augiin, the ex-S8peaker, who resigned his seat on account of having held a contract in contra- vention of the Independence of Parllament act, was re-clected by a vote of 11610 53. The formal opening of Parliament takes place toe morraw, for which 2,600 tickets have been lse sued. ¢ scsslon gives promiso of belng g most cxciting onc, and will be marked by acrimonious debnto aod bitter personalities. The attcudance of newspaper men is much larger than usual, UEDEC, Feb, 7.—The creditors of J. & J. Woodley, leather merchants, met to-dey, The statement showed the Habllities to bo $400,0005 asscts, $170,000, AMUSEMENTS. -1 HOOLEY’S TIEATRE---0PERA. GRAND ITALLL MAX STRAKOSCH, Director. TIHLS (FIIIDAY) EVENING, Fen. 8 ENGLISH OPERA NIGHT. Daife's Favorite Opers, The BOUEMIAN GIRL. MNISS KELLOGG o, .Aritos, Tom Karl, Cgu ocaster, u TO-MONKOW, BATURDAY, Fob. & at 3 0'¢loek, GRAND MATINEE--AIDA. o i pAnT. A N GIUVANNT, H510N Kensryed neats, $2.00 and ring (o location. ~ Fainily Circle, 73 oia. beals secured st tox Oifice, Lirvtios for sale at Box Uifice. HAVERLY'S Tlhlll-l.\'l‘nli. Late Adelphl, I HAVERLY.. el ropetetor ana Maasger, LAST NIGITS THIS AN SRR Mects, ‘!‘I'Cv i 3 SLOE, Vininy d 8 wonilerful strong cast, Matinees W edness indays, AL 2%, MeVICKER'S THEATRE, LART NTONTS, S BABY ONLY MATINEE - LAST NIGHTS$ OF BARNKY THK DALOX. JOHN DILLOX WILKIE ST PATY sl B SR by M e I arry P . v}fi' }!r‘.‘«-xfit\un' WY a0 o sonxsoy, aa bo produced, 1o graad style~TIE TWO Plhort) COLISEUM. OLIPHANS, NOVELTY THEATUE. vocius oo, ‘The unly Variety Thoaire In_Chicy Ei men| esinioni k3 Tor tis weok by of the CorcutaT Woar T JACKITS-CIH XS JAPS Fix fo nuher, sud the originsl LITTLE ALL RIGHT, 1u conjunctiod with 20 Hiar Spocislty Arilsta 30. NEW CHICAGO 'THEATRE, Clark-at., oppustie Slierman House, The Comedy of tha day, JOSHUA WHITCOMB. SRl Jeabes DESMAN THONPSON, o« Liulg Tot it SULIA WILSON, supported by ' talcnted come pany of ladies nad geniteme Slon Night, ¥ob. 4. DUMITLE and Epectally O, tuwalte, daysand & No. BT Clark-et. Sick fuberua' HOMPTYs Laation. Tho Woman's Hospital of the Stato of llinois, 273 THIRTIETH-8T., Chicago, Beiween Wabash snd Michigan-ava. Womaz's Free Dispenaary connscted with this PR AL ot AR (L 3 ke tureluck for tho grstultous treatuieut of i uf Wumen, BUALEN, Sess SRS Py FAIRBANKS' * aTANDARD SCALES or ALL KinDS. FAIRBANKS, MORSE & 00, 111 & 113 Lake St., Chicago. Becars{ultobuyonly the Genulae, Kl o U hodt Cmp el v, s KUMYS t‘z:'ull‘lkfimluky' 'n-:flflul Tor ds: r ‘Fh. Bead END, Chembst. 178 Wadlsoa- EXCUMSION, GRAND EDUCATIONAL EXCUKSION TO EUROPE. I (o sumuuicr of s Vit Irclasl & Ea- Land, Fraace, Dolgiain: tho iihine, Frosis, Swltior Fiod toaly and ena Harls E'poaltios. Al bbjectionstle featiros lachieat o Eurueda iravel eauirely Temoted: el aas. Haics Al travel and Lutel accoluodations 0 eatrewely luw, Letura-ticketa gual for iYe Woatha, o Teachersof Mulc and Liwerstwre, - il Bt erally Then the verdict was read as fol- NEw Onesss, Fob, 7. 1878.—Ws find Thomas . D EXGLISH OPERA.