Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1878, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1878, s . - 7 TIHE COUNCIL. Further Consideration of the Gene eral Appropriation Bill. An Exccedingly Windy Discussion Over the Gas Question. Nevortholess the Appropriation Is Cut Down Quite Largely. An adjonrned meeting of the Clsy Couucil was held vesterday, Ald, Cook In the chair. The sbsentees were Thompson (Third), Van Osdel, geaton, Baumggrten, Bchwelsthal, Daly. Ald. Btewart moved that the Council go Into Committeo of the Whole on the Appropriation bill. Carrled, and Ald, 8tewart took the chalr, Tne first item was special assessments on city “wp""l :| roperty belong. asscasments on 3 L et e 85,000 Ald. Lawler asked for Information. Ald Throop seald that the sum was to he used topay the city's share of paviog sround the city's property. AlQ. Lawler moved the item be made $3,000, justead of 85,000, i All. MeAuley thought the sum, being the samo s last year, was not toohigh, Ald. Cullerton asked what the unexpended talance was, and, retting no response, moved the ltem ba atricken out. u‘j‘\trulnz vate was taken on Ald. Lawler's motion, but the result was not declared because Do quorum was present. fla. Rosenberg thought the sum would not be too large il streets wore paved in front of suy school property. s be {item was passed temporarily in order to sllow tha Comptroiler to report what sum was used last year, fal for lm‘t}:: -%r‘c.r‘n;mm and ateria i . B nclo: IEBLIDH, CleNninE, TepuFing: and thawlng Ismps; for salarlesof Gas Inapector, and watchmen at the fos metrcs; and for deficiency in former pmwlll on: : Ald. Rosenberg moved to pass the gas ftein, Ald, McAuley wanted to know the necessity of incrensing the ftem from $200,000, as apvro- priated Inst year. Ald, Roscnberz sald there wasa deflclency from last year of $25,000. Ald. Throop, Chalrman of tho Committee on (jas, sald tha cxpenses for the quarter ending Jan. 1, 1878, amounted to 801,049.50, fnclusive of theexpenseof cleaniug, lighting, repairing,ete. In therpring and summar, of course, less gas would be consumed. _The uncollected portion for1870 was $62,071. For nex?eu notbiug would be collected. ‘Tho Bouth Elde Gas Company held $45,287 of revenue warrants, and the West Side Company, $215,230, 1 the tax was all colloct- e, less 10 per vent, there would bo due then, for 1877, 850,022, 'The unsettied book nccount since Jan. 1 was 880,027, It cvery dollar wos colleeted for 1870 and 1877, there would be a de- ficleney of $7,32200, and, dulucul,flfhe 10 per cent, l{u: deficiency would be $86,823. The ex- pense for this year, anticipated by the Com tioller, was $325,000 at the prescnt rates, To this the Finance Committeo had added for tho deflcit of $80,000, and 15 per cent ont account of the probable deficlency In the collections. Ald. Carv asked {f part of the deliciency was represented by the serip in the hands of the gas companfes, Ald. Throop explained that the scrlp was given them beeauso a very small portion of the money was collected, and they had to take the balance in warrants. This appropriation had no relation to that scrip. 1t was based on the present rate of nine mills per lamp, A Ald, Lawler favored cutting down the Item. It theitem of gaa for tho City-Hall could be cut down 81,000, thie item should be cut downin a simiiar way, The gus companies wero acting s Shylocks fn this matter, while they ought to be’ willing to help tho city out of its diffi- cultles, The salarles of city emiployes had been cat dowrn, but here were theso companics, tqually dependent on the city, who rofused to make any concession whatever, Ho moved to change the item to $300,000, ¢ Ald. McAuley sald ho had spoken with a large stockuolder in tho Bouth Side Company, to whnm he Lad sald ho was in favor of cutting down the appropriation for gos. The gas man wid that was all gdiglt, Ald, Kirk—Ho didn't tell the truth, then. [Laughter. Ald. McAuley—Yea he did. Ile {5 a luge taxpayer himsell, and {sn’t in favor of extray. szant_ oppropriations, But ho also remarked that they threatened to cut off tho appropria- tlon eutlrely, Ald. Kirk—Who aro thoy? o] Ald. McAuley—IIe didn’t say, and I told him 1dldn't belleve thero was any such futention, I belleve, and sa told him, that we ought not to approbriato one dollar more for gas thau wo ap- propriated last year. ALD. RAWLEIGN REMARRKED that the ens companica wore moking 100 per cent off the city, and thoy vught to furnish gos A $.35 and 81.50.. Ho thercfore moved to make the item $200,000. Ald, Tbroop made tho additional explanation that the estimato did not anticipato the ad- ditiounl pumber of lamps Mkely to be put up during the year, Ald. Bweency {nsisted that the ftem should be Teduced, Tho gas companices nad beconie very wealthy, They had done very well in the busi- ness of making money, for ‘which, of course, they wero not to blame, but they could really affurd to come forward nnd donate to_the city Balf the amount of the item for,gus, Ho coulil Mopreciate such an act on their part. It would be hanorable as'well as generous, Ald. Lawler—You won't be called upon to ap- preclate ity [Laughter.] Ald. Bweenuy went on to say that tho West Bide Company ought to furnjsh the clty with £as ¢ the same rate pald the South Bide Cora- lfln and the ity should not vay anotber nickol, I the West Bldo Comaany didu’t wish to fur- lit gas at that rate, let them turn it off. Ald. Throop thought the item should be "ni‘.(llfl atany rate, The city was adding lam wllthe time. ~Besides that, there was th W0 deflciency, and it would be treating the comn- glnles pretty badly to cut the item down to 200,000. He was not an advecate of bigh prices fr gas, although bobad been charged with that from time to time, but bho belioved the Come :‘I’loleo‘hzd better mako tho Item an even unt, 1he amendment of Ald. Rawleigh to reduce theltem Lo §200,000 was put and carricd. Pollee and Firomen's ltelicf Fuud—For one-foueth ofall rates, taxes, and licenso fuce recotved from iMuriuce companics not incorporsted uodor iue laws of this State, made payable to fuls fund by nactof the General Awombly, spproved May 4, 1877, In forco July 1, 1677, ', Approved, Tho Chicago Erring Woman's Itefuge for Reform .-h'll':::'n::un‘z of flmul u{ rnun-:s cuuula ?sdu Loz 18 by an act ul toroved Marh 31, 009, 0 CUore AnenblYs ,-rivplr&ua. s louse of the Guod Bhapherd—The amount of s of Follic Courts made payable 1o same. by $5of tio General Aseoizbly,” approved Marc Approved. “W Blagtonian lfome,—The amount from collec- 1t ealo0n liconses, madu payablo to same b of the Ueneral mbly, spproved ¥eb, 1 +.8375,000 Ald. MeAuloy wanted to know what percent- lu; was set -m{rt. y seemed to know, 1d.Cary tiought it would ba amatter of pru- . to lcavo these items out, becanss they o bt make the bill assaflablc. ‘The approprid- A Was lade under the Stato Jaw, wAld. Cullerton understood that fho law eald ¢ Cauncll shall” ap) Ald. Cary said all tha 'fl‘llhll \lau ;:lnnl‘ter clear. - Cullerton remembervd that the mat| h]{hhem declded by Judge McAllister, i ¢ ftem was upproved. PULLIO WORKS PAY-ROLL. Wike, pev-rall ot the Departaent, of Public ‘h:rh Was taken up, and su apimated discus. bey oroke out as to whether the itoms should ":Hfll:l 006 by obe. i A . er moved that the salarica of all the wwbloyes ot the Boand of Public Works pemain b ha:l year. Husald a Committeo of the Coun- dowg, fous through the Departinent snd cut e Where they could. Ie belfeved that tha tat 4 paid were not eoough for the lowerciasscs, II:LM l::nch for tha higher. ¥ riate, bo wished to do was to 3 \ coberg wantod to know whether the 11¢3 wers obliged to work for tho sums named. Lawler sald that they wers not obliged Nn:t that was a poor argmineut. i et e Chal iy s sho fa ot ol the Apy tion bl le ke tho Chairiaas of e Vbhamon Gomaialt: Ald. P carsons sald that two pages wero a list. Tae Counlitca of tbe Whets wies fare it oo oy "or Uotas a whole. He thought that the The Jm“'l‘ 10 8puropriate a suwm lu bulk, belore oo ‘ll"lgl(n suld that the atter was not sty Committee, bat that did not 8L0p Lthy w g ¢ A1l Sweency aud others wentright g just the same, Ald, White daricg o wuvfid that the vote by which the d Butie (st wwplovey of the Departinent € thought thye dxed be reconsidered, L the wen could not pecelve Mluica g anl ess this wwuree was purstied. JTe sald that In the Water De- purtment thero were twice as many tnen ein- Joyed as two years ago—more men than cver cfore, ~1ils object wae, ke snid, to get & chance torevise. Ho swished foadd fhat the, water office svas run In & way othcr than 1t should be. There were TWICE AS MANY MEN EMPLOTED as were needed,—for Instance, twenty collect- ors Instead of nine, as a few months ago, Ald, Bweeney wanted to commence the bill ancw, Ald, Gilbert was opposed to reconsideratlon, becanee it would mix up thin, Ald. Cullerton thought the way to do justice to nll tho employes was to reconsider, because all the other employes had been passed on. The pages wore put fn as s golde to the heads of departments to show Yxhfl they ought to pay. lle would, at the proper time, move “that “all the salsricsa be the same 28 last {Oll" becauae thers was no more resson for cut lnrsduwu here than elsewhero in view t‘;i: tlhe doubt about how tho men were toget clr pay. Ald?'!hrwp thought thers should be some cutting down of the force; there wero 182 men to do work which ha was sure 100 coulddo, The reason why somo cutting was done In this de- artment was because there was nlways money 0 pay these men, and that might not be the cuse with the Fire and Police Departmients, Ald. Callerton sald the Water Department coflocted $838,000 In the past year—$60,000 more than the previous year, They should be very fll’ilfll -‘l:uul lopping oft anybody in this De- partmen Ald. Rawleigh sald he would be In favor of cutting off ail the collettors—they were ol no use, Ald, Ballard wes in faver of cutting off tho collectors, . Ald. 8weeney defended the collectors. Ald, Ryan défled the whole clty to show him 8 man [n the water office who wurked five hours a doy, The well-dressed men who lounged sbout the office and read the papers had como down from Long Johp, and would remain to tho day of the angel Gabrict, e thoughtthat the force could be CUT DUWN ONE-TALF. Ald. Pearsous thought that Ald, Ryan had the right ring in him. ~ He gave instances whero the Committee an Finouce had cut off and cut down In the water ofice. He would vota to make the sewer men's pay $1.75 or !'.’.' but he would not vota wa;m. up tho clerky’ pay to what they wanted and what it wne last year. Ald, Lawler sald that tho assertion that the Department was overloaded was &n fnsult to the Mayor. Ald. “Whitesald thot he was m favor of cut- ting down the heads of departments and high- salaried men. He was willing to withdraw the motfon to reconsider, in tho expectation that the matter could be gotten at In the Council, Ald. Cullerton sald that the Aldermen were much mistaken In thinking that the Coumat were lvnruxmunz the money for these ofllces. Al McAuley waa ob‘m:rd to leaving the salaries where they were last year, AM. Pearsons sald the Financo Committeare- orted In favor af cutting off the assistant Eookkccpcr in the Department of Public Works, and the Committeo of the Whole fuserted the itern. Ald. Cullerton rencewed the motlon to recon- sider the voto by which-the Committce adopted the salaries on page 12. lia did this In order to do juatice to ull the city employes. ‘Tho motlon prevailed. Ald. Cullerton moved that the salaries for this year in $he Department of Public Works be the same a8 those pald last year, Ald. McAuley was opposed to the motlon, be- Heving that there should be a reduction all through, even oo the snlaries pald last year. Ald. Throop thought the salarics should ba taken up and dlscussed systematically, ono by one. The ftema were then taken up ong by one. The firet item, that of $3,000 for the City Engincer, was Teft os It stood; so was that of Ez.um for tho sccretary, and $2,200 for the book- eeper 1, Ryan moved to strike out $1,600 for tho “nsafstant bookkeener. Ald. Sweonoy sald Ald, Pearsons bad repre- sented to tho bookkeeper that he would need no assistant. Ald. Pearsons remarked that he dia say thero would very probably be little work to do. Ald, McAuley thought tho assistant book- keener could ba dispensed with, AN, Rawlelgh favorud his retention. Al Gilbert asked what ward o cuthe from., Ald, Rawlelgh replicd that it didu’t make any differcnce. Mors than that, he didn't kuow where b lived, Ald. Pearsons thought the cmploye In ques- tion could be very woll spared. As a matter of fact, un{ ity employe could be spared, and bis Iaco filled In onc fiour, with the cxccotion of ity-Engineer Chesbrough, who was slmply in- valusble. The employe in question camo to the oflice, stald mwhile, drew his ratlons, and his conttails could be scen firing bomewards prowptly at the close of oflice hours, ALD. THROOI DRPENDED Mr. Freemon, the nssistant bookkeeper, who did his work well and sliould be retalned. Ald. White did not beliove Mr. Freemau could be dispensed with, but Mr. Chesbrongh, the author of that big swindle known as the Fuller- ton ayenuc conduit, could, Ald. McAuley wanted to know why the Alder- mm}( ‘ullml 1 o swindle. Why wouldu't It worl i ‘The onlyreply herecelved was that it wouldn't work beeause Ald. White sald it wouldn't, The motion to strike out was lost. The item of 82,000 for the Buperintendent of Streets and Bridges was uext taken up. Ald. Lowler moyed to strike out. The Mayor could attend to-the work now done by the Bu- perintendent, or at least dircet his subordinates to doit. ‘The Superlutendent could do notifug now exflflfl. when dirceted to act by the Mayor, who could as well direct the beads of dopart ments, and save the city 82200, Tho inotion to strilke but was lost, ‘The salsry of ouno Assistant Evgineer, 81,300, was_Hien taken up. Ald, Nicsen moved to increase tho item to 1,500, . Ald, Pearsons hoped the motlon would not prevail. He had o friend whom bo wanted to getin, [Loughter, Ald, Rawlelgh—1low much witl bie work for? Ald. Penrsons—Ob, he'll work for 81,200, you know, and I get sqcthing, [Laughicr.] ‘The motiun tu increnso was lost, . ALD. CULLERTON CLAIMED that the Commitice Wwes approprinting in a wrong way, and moved toinsert the following, to take tho rlm of the matter contalned under the head of Department of Public Works on page 19 ‘To apply on onc-third of the salaries of Secrutury, City Englueor and clork, books keeper and asslatant, Superlntendeat of Stevets and Bridges, and. draugutsman of the M n 3 ap Departaiel Advertiving, printiog, books, drawlng tastorls rlen o Aurieis ; For salary of dravghlawan uad rodwan, $10,803 Ald, White said that would leave the Harbor- Masters out, Ald. Cullerton sald the Item for Harbor- Masters could be fuserted in its proper place on another page. The motion of Ald. Callerton was carrfed, Ald, White oved to fusart the item for sal- ary of two Harbor-Masters at 8720 each In its proper Slua on page 9. Tho motion prevalled. Ald. Ballard wished perinission to fnsert an ftem of 840,000 fora viaduct ou Twelfth streot, over tho Lake Bliore tracks. Ald. Bweency wanted to know whether Ald, B‘nullnrd woutd sgree to viaducts on the Weat Slde. Thyo motion was lost. Ald, MeAuley asked the Councll to put back a 8pecial Tuspector futhe Health Department, 1t would spoil the Milk ordinuuce to leave it wout. Ald, Gilbert moved that the Committe rise, report progress, nod ask leave to sit sgain, Cai Ald, Rawlelgh moved that when the Council ;d&»uru. itadjournto Wednesday eveniug at Ald. Ryan moved that the hour bo 3:80, Lost. Ald, Rawleigh's motion was then sdopted by avoteof AtoB. On motion of Ald. Rawleigh the Council then sdjourned. ——————— REMINISCENCES OF ILLINOIS WINTERS, 1o (Ae Editor of The Trisune. Mozgis, IIL., Feb. 25.—1 have just read an articlo in the Chilcago Journal of the 90th inst., —‘*Early Recollections of Chicago,”—stating that the winter of 1834-'5 was a warm, open winter, with 1o fce in the Chicago River nuti) Feb. 22, aud then only as thick as & psge of glass; that cattle grazed on tho dry prairie grass east of Halsted streot sl winter, etc. ‘This was perhaps corréct for the latitude of Chlcago, but not for Morris, as I distinctly ro- member. We moved here (thou LaSaile Coun- ty) in the fall of 1834, in time to bulld our cabins, but too late to cut bay. We bought s stack from Mr. Hoge, scross the Iltuols River, aud lsuled fyover on tho fev fo January, 1835, And Ialso know that the Indlan Chicf Wau- ponsee and bls band made sugar on Bogar [sland, nesr this place, in the winter and sprivg of 183, They took thelr ponles over ou tho ice and off 1 the spricg before ft thawed out, by sprinkliog s trail of ashes on she smooth le—from which we took the Libt. aud often resorted to sfterwards, untll the blacksmith _arrived. The fall and win- ter of 15345 was dry and moderately culd; very littla snow of raln; river low In carly apringg; fea molted out without moving ©offi"no feed for cattle on the prairic until after May 10, with heayy raina and high waters in ny and June. Wo attended the Government land sales at Chicago, June 15, 1835, and to get there waded about fim-knce-docp in water on 0ot about seven miles across the swamp, ex- tendiog from Berry’s Point to near Chicago River. To ray I was disappointed with Chicazo would not do justice—I was disgusted. About 600 Indfana had pitched their wigwams at Wolfl 'oint (where Lake atreet bridge now fa) to get thelr anunity from the Government. Inafew days wo had acold northeaster, with a sprink- ling of snow. We bought our lands, and re- tired from the scene on the 20th of Jupe. Such was my firast entrance Into the Garden City. As a contruat to e present winter, L send you ex- «tracts from my diary, kept at the time, of the winter of 1843-3: 1842, Nov. 1to13—Warm Indian aammer weather; very am 0ky, 14-Warm ;l‘n. followed by snow. 8—8now, follawod by cold northwest wind § 8 inches of mnow and drifttng fari- ously. Ko, 10—Much the same; rivar closed with Ice. Noy. 17—1ce on river aafe for londed teams . After this, cold with occasional gnorr- storma unti] the firet week In January: thawed & few days, and then numug eolld; fce from 20to 23 fnchea thic! on the river, 1-Tco In river solld, covered with snow: wind northeaat; clearand :lnndg alter- old spow 12 eop In timber; thawed 8 littlo in the sun, fl—-clnud{; thawing s little; good snow- balilng, 8—Clear and clondy slternately: 4-—-Warm; ico solid, covered with water; enow on prairie half gono. B—Crossing river on ica with loaded teama, d—cle;r and hazy at tlmes; thawing 1o tho shade. ‘T—Tiver ralsed 10 feet, 8—Ice running in river; warm day; froze at night. Aprlt_0—Cloudy; froze at night; wind northwest, Aprii 10-Threataned raln in the forencon; clear- cd ofl; wind variable, Aptli 11—-Light rain In the morning; clearod off; wind eh(fting; frost out of the ground 3 to 4 inchcs suow nearly gone in mber, Aftor this we had good spring weather, L. W, CLaxroor, ———— CITY WARRANTS, Ta the Editor of The Tribune. Cmicaco, Feb. 26,—The Comptroller, fn com- menting upon my {deas of the size, cte, of uty warrants, to one of your reporters, says: We wouldn't make them draw Intercat, alnce we have no right to do s0 under the deciston of the Bupreme Court fn the Law case.”” If that 15 80, It is the strongest argnment In favor of using them {n small amounts, so that small tax- payers cau uso them, and thus to that extent prevent the brokers shaviog them., For small warrants ars more acceptable to the people than large ones, as I know by experience. while o large one (s just what the brokers would like to shave, Supposa I had $100 {n $3-warrants, and really only needed 810 in curront moncy, 1 could sell three of the warrants to soma of my tax- vayiog neighbors at par, ot nearly so, or if I could not, and had togo to a broker, 1 need discount only on three warrants (815), aud save 8 sacrifice o1l the rests whereas, if the $100 was oll one warrant, 1 would be unable to acll to small taxpayers, and Le forced to submlit to a broker's uwh rates of shaving on the whols $100 1o order to get the needed $10 in current funds! Now toen, right here, i the city has a right, or Is compelled, to {ssuc warrants at all, it can [l thom in small sizes s well nx largs April April Aptll Abril Aprl) Abi -April Aprit rmer, snow and ie8, aud should do o, to sava its employes as much as possible from heavy and unnceessary shaviog, and enablo small taxpayers to got hold of them, as well g8 largo taxpayers. If they are In large-slze warrants, small taxpayers will be unable to profit by the discount oti them, and throw tho proflt of discount eutirely into the bouds of large taxpayers and brokers. ‘The Comptroller also said that worklngmen and workingwomenof the city took the * greater part " of thie warrants of 1877, *“rather than put it intoa suvings bank.” 1f so, then that isa qoud reasou why the warrants should be so the poorest can get hold of & warrant of §5. He says such notes would not blud the city, and that they would be. “‘simply scrip.’ Fhis reminds mo of the “ Governtient scrip,! grecn- Lacks, so-called by the enemics of the GQovern- ment, who conterided that this **Government serlp,' greenbacks, was ‘“irredeemable.” An Ohlo statesman n nyubllc specch during the War took out 4 §5 “Uovernment scrip,” and, holding it up befora bis audionce, said, with all tlio forco of coutempt and sarcasm he coula command, that “at the closo of War it would not be worth five centa!” Yot, lo) the War has been closed this Joug white, and this very “scrip? atill passca current &t par! And this great statesman and_prophict {8 now a United States Senator, aud I presume takes his pay fn this same *scrip® that he once so much “ab- burred, *The world moves.” ‘The “Uunlted Btates scrip "—greenbacks— was not only denounced by tnany groat statese men, but by bavkers and fluanciers all over tho country, who have found that thebweru quite mistakvia or clsc how has this Government been run and maintaiued forthis eighteen years on ‘“gerip ! Though this *scrip "—greens backs—are no wore bluding on the United Btates Uovernment than city serip would be, yot every dollar will {n time be taken up with Lindlng notes or United States paper currency bused on a apecio basts, If not taken up cntirely by the Resumption act if it is not rer«.'nud, Miud you, Iaw not contendlug for city war- rants {o prefereuce to current funds, but only for small-sizo warrauts in case the city does lssuo warrante. And if it can puy no intcrest, not even B percent, thon, as it will save the whole amount of fnterest, it can, fu that case, atford to take the trouble to make the warrants of the best possible sizo for poneral uso tosmall taxpayers. Though the'y may not become a cir- culating medium at alf,a form and slzo that will give them all the circulstion possiblo will holp tha city .ewmployes, aud city too, far more thun 8 form aud slie that will not circulate them, Yo, THAT 20 PER CENT EXTORTION, o the Editor of Tha Tribune, Cnicaao, Feb, 26,—A Ictter in to-day's TRIn- UNE, slymed * Short,” quotes City-Comptroller Farwell os saying with referenco to the pav- ment of personsi-property taxes in South Chl- cago for 1877, one-sixth of which have been fu- Qicfally determined to be void, that *probably some will pay and take a recefpt for five-sixths of the taxes; but every one will have to get an fajunction, as that in the case of the First Na tlonal Bank does not govern all.” By personal inquiry this day of the cashicr of Mr, Kimball, the Town Collector, [ lesrn that ho has not re- celved and will uot receive from any person less than the wholo tax, except by order of Court in each case. Howlll not rocelve fve-sixths of the tax on account, or take less than the whole on auy ternis. 1t secws to be commmonly sssumed that each taxpayer must file a bili for sn iujunction for himself, and, of course, employ counsel, aud pay the ‘Clerk of tho Court 86 costa n each case, This would be profitadle to our professlon and to the Court, but would ordinarily be more expensive than to pay the one-sixth of tho tax conplained of, It can haraly be expected (Judging from expericace) that any valusble uformation concerniug & more ‘anllcnl way out of the dlfllcnla will be glesned fror intes visws with clity otficials or those legally or per- sonally Interested in the collection of the whole taxas asscased, Tt mnywsu to a disinterested obseryer that there sbould be a union of elfort upon the part of she taxpaver and the tax- recelver Lo secura tho payment of such taxes as ure lefu.l aud just and to defeat those whick are lllegal and unjust, but we have not lately scen angthing of the kiud in Chicago. The taxpayer resists continually all taxes, and the city, b{ln persistent systewmn of grub, regardless of right, cncournges resistunce aud multiplics tax-Gght- ors, ‘This is the history of the past teu years. ‘There seems to be no necesaity for but a ein- Rle sult for the adfustinent of every taxpayer's ts {n Bouth Clicago, aud it tho decres Is not yet recorded, which was yesterday formally en- tered by bis Howor Judgu Moore, in tho' Bu- verlor Court, possibly the order coutd be va- cated by cousent, leave given to amend the bill fled by the Fi National Bauk so that it should be on belialf of all who are assessed for persopal-property taxes in South Chica- valre _to avall thewsclves of relicf usked by the bill, , soa the onler be 80 modified "by the Court ‘as to permlit every one, upon payment of five-sixths of the tax aud fling & bond, to sccure the bene- fit of the {njunction already awarded fu favor of the bunk. “Sce 1 Dau, Chancory Practice, 403, 1f this be impracticable (snd It Ciay bo) ooe bill might, it would s¢ew, be uow filed by one or mure taxpayers prayiog for an fojunction, and every taxpaver lu the lowu who desires coutd avail blinsclf of its benetit, n Briscoe ve. Alllson, 43 11l., 201, twelve per- sous joined fu one bil, and no question appears t0 bave becu made of its propriety, It was a bill 50 restraln thy collection of a “tax, aod an injunction was made verpetual by the Bupreme Eour{ 98 to that part of tho fax which waa legal. -Iu Du Page County ve. Jeuks, 63 D)., 231, the Buvrems Court says: **We are awure uf uo adjudged case In which it has heen held that one taxpayer may enjoin the collection of a tax imposed tipon anuther person for whom e fs not agent, trustec, ur acting In eome fiduciary relation. To permit such a practice woull ve 1o encourage officious {ntermeddling In the affatra of othera” The Court further saya that, *to avold o multiplicity of suits many persona de- termined to contest the validity of a tax mavy, if they choose, join in exhibiting a bill by be- coming pialntiffa and partics to the record.!” Additlonal complsinants could be made par- tics to the sufy from time to tiing as they de- sired by amendment to the bill, and the equities of all who are aggricved by the illegal part of the tax be adjusted In one suit. The allowance of the smendments {s In the discrction of tho Court, but there can be no quostion that it would permit amendments and avoid needicss vexation, g ‘¢ The Court will sometimes allow & bill which bas origioslly becu filed by one fndividual of 8 pumeroua class, In his own right, to stand over 8L the hearing, for the purpose of helng amend- ed by the Introduction of the words, * on benalt of himself and all others of the clase.’” 1 Danlels’ Ch. Prac., 405, It is true that two years ago bilts for Injunc- tluus agatnet Michael) Evans, Collcctor of Taxes, were flled by the hundred, buteach person then, a8 ule, had his own parti-ular grievance. Asscesments were made frregularly, and no twoy men wera hit In exactly the same way. A mul- titude can loin only when the same complaint is made by all, and the samo rellef in kind and de- gree wanted by nll, In the DuPaga County case abose referred to 8 namber of citizens jolned In 8 il and prayed that the collectlon of the whole tax be enjoined, regardicss of the wishes of thoss who might be willing and anxious to waive all Irrcaull:rmu and pay the tax. Of course such a bill could not be sustained. Joun A. Owsn. ————————— CURRENT OPINIOX. Another Republican member of Congress bas been evicted this week by 1he Democratic ma- ority, Thete secma ta ba no reason any lonzer for 8 slngle epublican member to retain hia scat if any Democrat couteats ft, and filis up the fieceaunry Liank forms for that process,—PAtladel: phla Treas (Lep.). Tho result of the open and dafinnt treachery in Lonfsiana shonld be, onc would think, togive a new diraction to the courre of the Administration, It was atated in the beginning that the Preatdent had no viaus or opinlons which conld not be changed the moment he becamo convinced that the Interests of the country roquirsd such axchange,— Uleveland Leader (ftep. ). ‘The sontence of Randae to the Penitentiary for lite—or unt!l he eecapcs—ia the leltimate re- sult of that excesslve use of the pardoning power fn llinots which has made ft fmporsible to bang & man for any ctime. Hande ought to bo hung, but thia well-deserved retridution will probably be postponed until aftor ho haa committed & new mur- der,—S(, Louls Repulican, It President Hoyes In wiso he will conse extreme afforta to conclllate tho South, IHe has been basely deceived. Whatever ho may do, how- aver, Republicane should keep & firm front fo the cnemy, holding stoadfartly to their principles and argapization, luunfz well aesnred that patience and fidelity will zocelvo thelr rewnrd in good time. —Kenneléc (As.) Journal (Htaine Urgan). Thero is nothing in the future which can compennate for auch & sectional derpotiam as tho solld South now proposcs to set up. Ita deaperate and wicked action moans tho overthrow of all na- tional safeguatds, oud tha diversion of pablic rov- ondes, fntereats, rights, nud llbertics into tie nands of & zaca whows ceeod ta ono of caste.—Lltca Republican (Bep.) The Hon. Bamuel J. Tildon would bo n most excellent person to represent our Government in the Congress of Great Powers at Baden-Baden. e experionca fn adjusting the tangled affairs of corporations would be very valuablo to Europo fo this day of complications. 1f Caleb Cusning can Le prevailed upou to stayat hume, we wiil contiiie to nominats Mr, Tilden occasionally, —Wushing- ton Poat (Dem. ). It i o littlo atrange that both Mr, Iill and Mr. Lauior should tmake the same mistako with re- epect to their duties semombers of the Sonate. Mr., Hill believes that ho was sent to Washington to represent Mr, Hill, and Mr, Lamar Is absolutely certain that ho haw no other duty to perforin excent to represont Mr. Lamar. They ara both tolerah able men, and we regret to see them fall into nnc‘ o fatal ercor,—Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution (Dem.). Qutsida tho wrangling partisans of tho Chandler school, it has been accepted that there was oo understanding or sgr€oment between the President's Commission and tho Nictiolls party, ss- suring Immunity to all the Packard officials who usurped authority In the State. When overthrown, they were trespansers and Jlable to prosecntionand puniebment, but it was proper to agree, and wo doubt not that it was agrecd, that all exercise. or nttempted exercls authorlly under color or retense of law shonld be pardoried. Hut when it s statad that the Prealdent's Comisalon and Gokt Nicholls ll!ub!ll't'“ bargalned for the protection of criminals who had committed ;muurx. fore m. or murder, it ttme for “the con- ting parties to let the world know whother they wero gullty of lnx such flagrant aawanlt upon law wad justice,—FPhiladelphta” Times (Ind). ~Dleaso roniember that, fhiers had been vory litile law or ,ullltl in’ Loulsiana for years. Fow men engaged fn_ active politics on eftter sido were Irce from abllity w be Indicted for violations of Stato or Natiounl cfection Jaws, Thousands uf UDemocrats weru charwed with intimidation, riut, and murder; hundreds of Republicans with tam. pering with ballot-boxes and altoring returne. hors had boen s frightful carnival of crine agalnst the frev and falr exercisc of the sufliage, In the intercet of peace, good-will, and prosper- My, it was thouzht wise and right to ahut the book of the past, vtained as 1t was with fraud and hlood, and o w nccunnt with all old scores scttied. Call ‘barzain for the protection of crime™ In New Orleans, last spring, it was noble and statesmanli roceeding ociates, — on the part of Gor. Cleveland lerald (. It Lag been n matter of considerablo curi. oalty as to whether Gen. Garficld, in his stubborn opposition to tho silver movement, was backed by bis Intelligont constitucncy, or whether he relled upon his provious good scrvice, and tho attection that his people bore him, to tnsure their following him aguinst thelr own judgment and inclination, In solving this probiem the of the We: f 1l stance, for th per theze holde wor relatived cured by Garflela's influencs, anu {e thus naturally indisposcd to sutagonizo hls views. Tne twd Cleveland DIIPHI are much subject to Influence of the same sort, bat In addition have, alvo, a partial anti-sfiver constituency, Witnin the' paut fow days, however, onc of uur stadl, well acquainted with'tha localily, h daiting th pare tion of the te: gent i the silvor feching, With very raro exceptions, he how found It warm- Iy “inclined to the rostoration of tho wliver dotiar s s full legul-tendet. - From tho very o maroud interviaws thore icld wa are tod to the con- clusionthat 3 poll of the Jicacrvo on the silver uestion would slow thres-faurths of its peovle in /avor of remonctization; nur arc they {n anywiss decelved by the attitude which Mr. Garfleld has lately been forced to mo, of & professud love for the bi-metallic system, but of opposition to this rmlcul-r bill, 1t Is beyon quustion tuat his constituency are ‘soroly grisved and dissstisfud with bie autagoulsm to tho sllver movemnent; sud whilo Lis course may be forotten should tho mess- urancet no further oppostlon, 14 b certid 1 aerle ously toaffect his political future should 1ue Ad- minfstration succeed in defeating the Jaw, orIn preventing its full executlon. Upon the question of mlver renionetization the State of Oblo e prac- ucally a wnit. —Clicinnaty Thuco (Lep. ). If the President afgns the bill it ig a law, and thorels an end of the quesfton. Amitators would presently subside, for there fs no chance to muster {n Congrees two-thirds of elther Tlouse In favor of the repeal of the Resumption act or any change in the Sliver sct. I tne ldert vetoew tha bill, there is danger that enough Henators who are wild on the greenback question can bo fonnd, in counectlon wilh the aupporters of the rol standard, 10 prevent the passage of tho bill over the veto, simiply for the purpora of agitation, Sce tufs dispateht WasniNoTo! €B. 33.—To Thomas J. Purant, Tois- 40" Beitbta siehdincat Sarach o, F b entine bill 1o fllusiun and 3 shaut, T¢Uinita tio colnage a.d sliows tluw Secrotary toshut bulllon fram depoitty and cnables iha banke tocuniract as ax to ooy fu” Have” your conveulion (a3 resolatlons denounciog It. Dix BrrLem, Let this fmapression Ond votes In the Senate, and i1 the President vetoes the Silver blll, there will bo the wildeal dlecord snd confusfon in the countey forayear at lesst. The discassion of the standurds of valuo will continue and be aggravated, sud, in the (mmeasurablo uncestainties, tbat which re- wsins of the oncy magnilicent busiucss of countey will be de-uagu 3 and fu the widet of thi excltoment, under the Drevsurs of the distress B ion caused by the pros nd ruln of busie neas nteres the st Covgress will be closen. The one safe thing-the one chance for the cessation of destructive exclicment and coutroversie ta procure the tute of the President to (he bill that bas passed both Ifoascs of Con ‘We are not talking now 1o (hose who bellcve the bill 1o by right, but to thase who are suscaptibie on questions of ¢x- pediency. the ulli 1s an exc tis not free coinage, but fo Ul e, does ot [:ovldl for ludation, dut It restores the old dollar; 4 will make silver monoy sgnin. The bill will nut found scceplable Lo iho professlousl sgitators, Jutitis equirement of “those Who &re weary of controversy, snd wish to bulld up the country on & suie foundsiion. Theru sre bopeful rumors from Washiagton that the Presideat had concluded 1o sign the DIl It would inaicate great good scose o hiw 10 do so. 11 be refuses 1o ¢o it, why, thers is danger that chaos may come sgain, —(ine clnnath Comumercial (Ind. Rap.). Presldent Hayes on George Washlagton, WasuisGIoN, Feb. 16, 1578 —T0 the Editor of the Sunduy-Schiok Timea: The vuly Awerlcan whoce birthday Is generally known and widely celebrated §s Warlington. ~ The Father of his Country (s remeinbered and honored througli- out the country for what he did and what he woa. Noug of my young friends who read the Sunday-Schoot Times are likely to have an op- gmumuy to do such great deéds as were done y Washington, Hut all of them will have an opnortunity to be like him in character, The! can have hs love of country, hls jntegrity, ani! his trmness in doing the right. To have such 8 character I8 better than rank, or wealth, or fame. It is o possession which cannot be taken away. As Webster mald so Impressively of s Heense of duty': It il be with us through this life, will be with us at {ts close, and In that scene of Inconcefvable solemnity which llcng’ct farther onward ” ft will still be with us. Ein- cerely, R, B. Haxes. CURRENT GOSSIP. THE ROBINS, Two robins built & nest beneath the eaves Of my low dwelling. From my windosr- 1 watched them flitting, busy, to and fro, Until their downy home was quite complete. Thelr musle filled the golden Summer-days; ‘Through shine and shade they sang their bymnn of pralee, After a while, 1 caught the timid sonnd Of baby-robins, tweeting faint and weak: And, {n and out, the bupoy parent-birde Flew, singing ever tender, low, and eweet, ‘Those days were hapoy days for birde and mes Our hearta were full of joy, from sorrow frec. at One morn, when I arose, the woods were bare— The bilghting (rost had allvored bush and tree; The neat swung empty In the Antamn-alr— The bieds had lcft, with no farewe!l for me, More wwisc than I, they knew the storm would come, Aud flew away to some far, sunny home, Wauld that 1, 100, ere chilled oy wind and wave, Could soar away, where storms could follow not! Would that my bisdlings, fatr,and frail,and sweet, Could Journey with me to some gonial spot! What would it matter then what winds might blow, 1f we were far away from wind and snow?t Faira Wavrtox. LINCOLN AT 40, Bpecial Correspndence of The Tribune. CLEVELAXD, 0., Feb, 24.—A young Cleveland artist bos Just completed ncrayon portrait of far more thay ordinary merit, o description of which cannot fall to be of much intcrest to tho public. It §s nothing more nor less than a por- tralt of Abrahiam Lincoln st 40, and has a histo- ry not unmized bota with romance and hunior. It recalls tho time when the autlor of the Emancipation Proclamation was, as he aiter- wards frequently tertncd himsclf, n * prairie lawyer,” Tue manner fn which the artist ob- tained the rare morezsfon frotm which he was cnabled to reproduce = life-lke pleture I8 that which should Orst be oxplained, and ly con- talns tho principa) matter of Interest. A youny atturncy of this city is paying his attentions to a lady who realdes in o qulet In- dlana village. Dunng a visit there last summer he licard thet a farmer liviug n fow miles out of tue villago was in possession of a daguerreotypo pleture of Lincoln, which was very old, aud which was much prized by the ownor. The at- torney's curlosity paturaliy led bim to go and sce tho farmer and wake lngulries, From the place of honor among the cherished mementoes and lelrlooms of the family un the parfor-table, a pieture, old-style in finish, inclosed In the thick, beayy leather case of that estly day of tho art, was produced. The young man gazed upon ft with delight. It was, fortunately, o good pleture for one of the kind, o the lapse of nearly thirty years bad not been sufficient to fade it to any perceptible extent. It vepresented the greatest of recent Preal- dents fn o light dnwhich he had never been shown before. "It was a full-person portralt, and, of course, represented a man of Lincoln's naturally-marked figure in quite conrse propor- tions. e sat cross-legged, with bis long hair carelessly puslicd back from hls massive fore- bead. His boots had the appearauce of belng rather coarse, and fully large cnvugh for his fect, His hands also were marked In size, Iiis dress n{)pcnrl quite carcluss; but this is, in oll probabllity, partly attributable to the fact * that it is #0 far out of stsle at the present day. But the feature of the pleture which most _attracted attenton, which furnished most food for study, was the face, 1t was closcly shaved all over, and did not coutain those decply-marked and distin- gulshing Hues wlich have bhecome so familiar to usinull the later pletures, The rencral out- Tine of the features were tho same, bowever, as shown in later picturcs, the spare checks, tho deep eyes, the sober, thoughttul mouth, which makes the Imm'cn]un upon yonr mind that there s a Joke struggling for utteravee, There was about the picture an alr of nssumed and studivd caso and constralued frecdom which It was unsuccessfully attempted to bide, snd the result was what you would belleve to be a at~ ural awkwardness, From the old farmer the following history of the plcture was obtained: At the time when thic sitting was obtafued, Lincolu was an almnost unkuown lawyer in Illluols, o possessed a clever local reputation in varlous branches of his professiun; (had been n Lhe Leglelaturo o t or two; and was frequently retatned as assistant counsoldn cascs of more than ordinary interest which came up In adjohning counties. On oue of these trips Into o ne hbunn% county, he was engaged In court at a lttle rural county- tows, and one of his many friends ana ardent ndmirers, a resldent lawyer, Insisted that Lin. coln should give bim a plcture, Y The fdea!™ sald Lincolu. “Why, I never eat for o pleture In my life," “Well, you cau't sit youngor, Abe," sald his rl;“:! 5 Bdflll-omu ln)lllese." i ‘They had just reached a travellog daguerreo- typer'a car, which had arrived uum'.'%" courts week, and was drawn up on the public square, 411 the picture cun bo of any consolation or posalble value to you, I dou't know as I bave any vbjection,'” sald Lincolo; “bat 1 haven't rot my Sunday-clothes on now." His [rlend assured bim that that vonld make no difference, and, fu fact, that ho preferred to lave toe picture taken just then and In the present attire. And thus thoy entercd tho car, and Lincoln, poking back his Lalr from his fore. hewd, witha joketothe opebatorin regurd o mal fneagood-looking picture fromaliomely subject, and without any consultation of & mirtor, took his seat. After making an nquiry in regard to whether he was looking Into a Elnu, and ex- pressivg o hove that it might not break withthe pressure of hils homely retlection, he began the onge slege of sitting stlll for the fnpression. Upon rising, he rumarked to hts companion: “(iracious! 1'd ruther make a long specch than go through with that agaln, 1 didn't know betory that it was so hand a thing to slt still," Upon secing tho pleturs, be expreascd himself as dissatistled with the rutiled condition of the hair; but his friend inslsted upon its perfect ao- curacy, sud refused to permit a sceond sitting, Livcola's lawyer-trieud dicd many years ag and the pleture, with sowio other of hiv uvnon:] enteets, canie into the pusicssion ulnibu farmer “l"u‘ni years before tho Prestdentfal campalgn o A Dy earnest persuasion, the young man was sble to borrow tho picture long enough to bring it to Cleveiand and have a negative wade from it. From thls negative be bad vnly one phioto- graph printed, aud (rom the photoieraph the ex- ceedingly Mife-llke snd natural crayom of the artlst bas been produced. GaRY. CITINESE. PROVERDS, ‘The followiug {s a collection of Cnlnesa prov- erbs as trausioted aud arranged by Willlam Scarborougn, Wesleyan misstouary at Hankow, Chinas ‘The Dutch proverb says of & servant puffed up by boldivg office fnu grand establishmeut, ** Wheu the mouse came out of (he lotir-sack it thought it was the miller,” and tho Chincse say of a pretentious underling who s greater than his master, **'Tho nose is bigger than the face.” ‘Ihe necessity of the simple and’ poor to the rich and great reminge us of the Greck, *Gold n¢eds bran,” £ e, to.volish it. “Tha poorer oue is, the more devils vue meets,” *\With money one may comicand devils—without it or caupot summon swan.” A pdur fellow Ln Juck! wav i3 described as **a ragged safl Inafalr wing.” ‘The necesalty of capital {3 enforced: “A finger cannot lick up sult.” And the trader whose capital Is divided in various undertak; 1s comforted ; are very stupld man s eather lautern." msn with o wilud full of ifl-are runged information is *'s waste-paper basket." # Ty throw a sprat to catch a whale ™ {s fo China “To tlrow a brick to allure & gem.” And we were awused the other day tofind our ¢ The pot calls the kettle smutty * turn up ln the Japan- eso a8 *The sluve sald to the ucedle, you baves bole I your tall.” Tho Chiuess proverb, like that of all uations, verhnu,roxecpl. the Jewlb, §8 severs on womaukind: M The miuds of women sro of quicksilver, aud thelr hearts of wax.! And with reference to the swasll feet of thelr females, “The tungucs of women increass by all that tbey take from their feet.” The cu- rlous woman **would lke to turn the ralubow ta veo what thete was upon the other side.” The vulear wowan s “ A splder sttemptivg to spinsilk.” The cautfous wowan ** Writes ber prowises onthe slute.” The vxtravagact wow- au * Burus 8 wax caudle o looking for a lucifer muteh Tle Luooy womag “Died fo & blwd deaf, aud dumb asylum years ago." *Tho broken furnace may turn out good tiles,” teaches that hase pareots may have good chil- dren, ‘*flusband and wife in perfert concord sre like the music of & harp and lute.” To tonay ia to place one's warm_cheek alongalde another's cold one.’”” Gratitude ia enjofned In “When vou drink from the stream remember the #pring.”” John Chinaman has evidently 8 good deal of humor fn him, and maoy of these rayings are racy: “The man who bolds the ladder at the bottom s frequently of morc service than he who is standing st the top of ft.” W Better ba the cat in a phiran- thropfst’s family, than a muatton-ple at a King's banquet.” “Thetop strawberrics arc the first eaten.” In a frigld, conservative natlon like the Chinese, his keen sense of the ridiculous, which comes out strikingiy in these popular mazlms, shows thelr humaneness has not been altogether stified. “There 18 due for every bisde of grass:” “Repentance Is the spring of virtue:' ** fmperial Heaven will nover slight men of sorrow:" * The ripest fruit grows on the rougheet wall"” And the trnm!cnc! of buman glory and haopiness is expressed ' The bright moon {s not round for long." Dot be thari to be nothings's * Man may bend virtue, but virtue cannot bend to men:** V' Great souls have will,—others only feeble wistres;"? “Rindness s greater than law:” ¥ Heaven re- spunds to man 88 quickly as shadow to form or echo to volce.”” Mr. Scarborough gives us ncarly 8,000 of these **jewels of the mullitude,” ma; v THE PEACOCK IIALL OF DELHI. Detht Correspandence Worcester Boy, The next butlding Is the ' Hall of Audience,” and [s sobeautiful fn desfgn that I shall not attempt 8 description, but, rather, quote from Deresford's Dethi: *Pecullarly set soart for the receotlon of nobility is & quadrangle of moderats dimensions. The bullding is a very. beautiful pavilion of white marble supported on mussive pillars of the ssme material, the wholo of which, with the connecting arches, is richly ornamentea with flowers of (ne 1aid ‘mosaic work of different colored stones and gildiog. It 1is raised on a terrace four “feet Migh, tho floor of which is composed of flags of white marble. Between each of the front row ‘”J‘"‘" Is a balustradg of marble, chastaly carved 1n several designs of perforated work. - The tap of the bulldine (s ornamented with four marble pavilions with eilt cupolas. The cefling of the pavilion was urig- Inally completely covered with filigres work,™ but {n 170 the Mahrattas, after a capture 0% the cLlf. touk the silver down and melted It, the value of the same I:elnE estlmated at nearly a million dollars. *‘Inthe cornice at cach end of the fnterior hallis sculptarcd in Jetters ol gold, fn the Persian language: *1If there Is » paradise on earth, 1t ia this.'” *]In this hall wus the famous peacock throne, 80 ealled from its baving the figuresof two pracocks standing behind “it, their tails belng expanded, and the whole 80 inlaid with sapphires, rubics, omeralds, penrls, and_ other pro:ious stones of appropriate colors, as to rep- resent life, “The throne ttseif Is rix feet long by four fect broad. It stood on six massive fueet, which, with the body, were of solid gold, ‘tnlaki with rubles, emeralds, and dlamonds, It was surmounted bya canopy of gold supported by twelvo plilars, all richly emblazoned with costiy geins, and a triuge of pearls oroamented the borders of the canopy. ~ Between Lhe two pea- cocks stood the figure of s parrot, of the ordl- nary size, sald to bave been carved out of o single emerald. On cither side of the throno stood a chatta, or umbreils, one of the Oricntal emblems of royalty, They were made of crinson velvet, richly embroidered and iriozed with pearls. The “handles were elght fect long, of solld gold, and studded with dia- monds. The cost of this superb work of art has been varfously stated at suins varying from 1,000,000 to £0,000,000. It was platned and exceuted under the supervision of the same Austin de Bourdeaux." ‘The pescock throne, with nearly all the treas- ures {n the city, were taken away by e Persian conqueror, in 1732, An Amerfcan mind can scarcely realize such boundless extravagance, but iy Indlan experience has caused me to look with cool indifference upon rows aud striugs of jewels that would excite my lady Iriends to a frantic pitch of admiration. = 'THE CUISINE IN BWEDEN. Livpincots's Magasine, The habit of lunchlug in tho very presence of dinner, of going to a side-tablo and eatlug your 111 of anchiovles, raw herrings, smoked beef,jand cold ecl-ple while dinneris on the very table, still prevails, and is hardly conducive to health. 1t Is snld that the hablt of tuking *‘asup,” as the Bwedes call {t, arose from the scarcity of delicaciee. It was hard to get enougli of any one ulce thing to make a meal of, so you wero first delicately fnnuendoed off to the brandy- table (ss it fa called), and then allowed to sit down to dinoer, ‘The practice Is universal in Sweden. Private houses, hotels, and boarding-huuses all feed you on pre- Mimivary scraps, and woe be to you It you Inno- cently turn away from the proffered lugcheon! You fare like an ascetic and fred yourself on odors. The mdlnufi routine of dintng scems in Sweden to be In wild confuston. Soup some- times euds instead of Leginning the diuner, Jced soups and cold fish are dafuties to the Scandinavian palate. Much of the soup Is nau- scously sweet, flavored with cherrics, raspber- ries, and_ gooseberrics, often with macaroou eakes nnd ‘splkes of cinnomon floating wildly .about in ft. Thisis caten as n sort of dessert, and 15 cold and often beautifully clear. If Heine bitterly reviled the Euglish for bringiug vegeta- bles on the table au naturel, ticre is no such complaint to be made here. ieaven, earth, and hell are caten with sauce,—¢auces red, white, and blue, green, yellow, and black,—sauces ce- Jestial and sauces {nfernal. Btrance combloa- tions of fco-cream heaved over dellcious apple- tarts, or struogo dishics of berry julce bulled down and mixed with farina, sugar, and al- monds, then cooled, molded, and “turned out Into basins of cream, to be caten with crushed sugar god wine, appear at the end of dinner. ‘The Swedcs share with the Dancs and Arabs a nsslonate fonduess for swcetmeats. Every- hing is alightly sweet; even green peas are sii- gured, as well us the innumerable tea and coffes cakos, 80 that Jougs betare the unhappy tourist hos finished bis tour he is a'hopeless Gyspeptle or o ragiog Bweduphobe. QUIPrSs, ‘We may not posscas a castle in 8pain, but we bave a Cochiln China.—Stamford Advocate, ‘Two Irishmen were proceeding in company to a jail yard to wituesa an execution, when one sald to the otner: * I say, Pat, where wud yez be 11 the hougman Lad bis dues!” * Begorra,” :;ld l"l'l, “1'd Jiat bo walkin' down this shirest one,! * Yes, gentlemen, certainly, of course,” sald a polite clothier; *1f you want & pair of pants, step right into iy pautry; i1 a vest, walk right up to my vestry; and i a coa Jacob, show these gentlemen Into the coterie. This way, this way, zeutlemen,” - A physician in a country town, who had been annoyed by numcrous questions coucerniug the condltion of s patient, was stopped, whtls on his busy rounds, by aman with the old guestion: Slow's MY S L0 replied the physiclan. * Does_he kn? his bedi™ * Of course, ho docs, You dun't suppose he's fool enougn to atll his bed, because he's 11}, do youl” ‘Two negrocs were in the woods splitting ralls, when the question of what was the best thing in the world to eat came up. A staka of V{0’ bita " was deposited on a neighborlng stump, to be taken by tho one gucasing ut the ozt palatable dish, After throwing " heads and tails » tor firat guess, the winer exclaimed, Possum and sweet pertater!’ “Bh-h-o0!" ejaculated the other, *take de money! take de money! I dida't tink you'd gueas the bery best fus ting.” e e—— — LOCAL POST-OFFICE REFORMS., To the Editor af Tha na Cn10400, Feb, B.—In cvery'large city fn the country the Post-Oftice {s open on Bunday from 12 to 1 p.m. Why cannot our Chicaro Post- master accummodste thousands of church-goersy who would like to get their mall aftcr services, by fixing those bours for the difice to be open on Buudaysi As It 1s vow, a man must choose between hils church and bis mail, and too maoy choass {n favor of the latter, who could be only too glad toattend to both |f the above refori was instituted. Another thing: Why not, s iu other cltles, gather tho wail at the principal hotelsat midnight? In this way thousands of tetters would guin from twelve to tweuty-four liours in delivery, & very limportant accommoda- tion to the public, and well worth the slight trouble aud expensa it woald entail. \ Reronu. A reporter intervicwed several of the Post- Ogice otticiale iu relation to the furegoing let~ ter, and uscertained the followlug: Tho geueral-delivery of the Chicago Post. Oflice {s open on Bunday frum 10 . m. untti 13 m.; the carrier’s delivery from 11 8. w. uwtll 13 . Thuss bours bave been tho saie stuce the establishwent of the free-deliver slem— sbout fuurtcen years. The ‘bour for the car- riere’ delivery was seloctod so as to enable the public to get their correspoudence a8 eariy as posstble alter «ll the morulng walls were "dis- tributed. To extend the hour 5o a8 to accom- modate church-goers or church-comers-“would comped the carriers, who hand out the ruall, to remain on duty that wuch lopger. They are wircady un over-worked and under-puid class. Ou week-daye futhis oty they travel, oo au average, seventeen miles per day, and gome of them even twenty-six miles per day. On Sun- dav thew are compelied to be on duly st the office from 8 8. m. until 13m. The remalnder of the day Is the anly time Liey have. for, rent anda fon with thele familfes, As * Re- form ™ is only the sécond person who, to the knowledge of the carrler force, has cxoressed publicly or privately & wish far any other hone or the Sunday defivery of mail matter, itis falr to assumo that the public generally are satisfled. A midnight coltection of mail matters from the hotels fn Chicazo would benefit nobody, for the reason that no mails leave aiter midnight until next morning, and the 6:30 & m. collec- tioa Is in time for all of them, Did It oceur o * Reform' that If church- going is desirable or profitable tofeltizens outsfde tho Postal-Service, it might not be Alwrclher undesirable or uoprofitable to citizens inside the Postal-Service! ———— LOUISIANA ITEMS. New Ontzaxs, La., Feb. 20.—Gay. Wellswas to-day Lefore the Grand Jury, summoned to give evidence respecting the charges he pub- lished acainst the prosecutlng attorneys and court officers. 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