Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 14, 1878, Page 3

.and tne THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. APRIL 14, 1875—SIXTEEN PAGHS CITY CERTIFICATES, Answer of the Authorities to Judge Fuller's Restrain= ing Bill. How tbe Taxes Are Collected Long After the Making of the Appropriations, The Revenue Warranis Drawn Against the Actual Tax Levy for Each Year, {The snerer of the city suthorities and othera to tbe bill of Judge Fuller, making application for an fgjunction to restrain them from redecming the ouistandicg certificates or receiving them for tag- e, was fled in the United States Court yesterday. Jt scte out that in 1870, *71, *72, *73,and *74, there was 10 asscsement of taxable property within the city for State ana county taxes, nor prior to 1870, pat all auch time the taxable property of the city was asecssed by its own officers, independent of the county oficce. The valuation of property for city purbvees was in 1870 $275,986,550; 1871, §289,740, 4703 2 3 1873, §512,- 1574, $903,705,140; and upou this basie ements and levies were made. As cqualized 1y the State Board. for State and county purposes, the valuations were, 1870, 65,140,503 1871, 4; 1572, §70,034,951; 1 03,624 Tn April, 167 ety reorzanized under the General Incorporation st Outhe 7thof August, 1575, pursuant to the sct of April 10, 1872, and the act entitled “An act for - the assessment of prop- ey and for the levying and collection of taxcs,” approved. March 30, 1872, the City Clerk certified to the County Clerk the amount to be raised for taxes, and thereby, for the first time, eame within the assessment made for State and county purposes. Since that year it has continued 10do €0, and the total valuation of taxable proper- trin the city, 48 cqualized by the State Doard far wae S$173.704,240; 1870, $165,038,178; §148,100,146. The bonded dedt of Prior 10 Aug. §, 8, 1570, $14.103,000; , $13,476.000; 1874, 000; 1878, $13,446, 000; 1877, 14,364,000, The interestis Gund 7 ver cent, puvable semi-annually. Tp to and in- ciuding 1575 the bonded indebtedness had not at any time cxceeded 3 per cent of the value of the ble property when computed upon the basis of the asscasment fOr. City purposes, but it was true tiat, since then, it had excecded 3 per cent of the value of tasable property as ascertained by the as- Eessments for State and county taxes, 4 Reference i3 next_mude 1o the refusal of jode- mentin 1874 and 1875 for alleged informality, and the obtaiming of the Euabling act to collect the wnpaid taxes of years prior 10 1877, which the city 1< now endesvorinztodo. 1f thesd taxes are ever cotlected there will e more than suflicient to pay all the certificates or warrants refecred to in the bill of compluint, even without appropriating thiereto the 1ax levied for any subsequent year. THE SR OF SARING - the approvriation is_then gone into, and the levy tond from the time it Jeaves the Cite Clerky haads in Murch until it ets into those of the Town Lalicetor's, about Dee. 10, the city being unable o callect of its revemue for th¢ current year uutil au least eleven monibs have - efaps- ol from the bezinninz. The persoual taxis prmeipally coliccted during Janu- raurs, March, and April of the ycar suc- ing the fiscal year for which the appropriation is madé,—s period of wixteen months xubsequent 1o the begrming. Judzment is applied for in June on delinguent real estzte,and the carliest practica- ble time10 scll the lands and lots is in Sep- temoer,—twenty-one montns from the be- gioning of tne fiscal year for which the taxes are levied, The defendants admit that onor sbout Aug. §, 1870, there was in the Tress- wry of money which bad been borrowed ona part of 1he outstanding vonds of the city abont $2, 500, - 1577, we city was as follows: 1870, £13,041,0005 At 1572, $13,544,000; 1 000; 1875, $13, 000, and that 1n 1872, 187, and 1874 the State paid into the ~Treasury - §3,121,430.03 (he capal money), and that these sums have been paid out from time to time as required by the corporate autnorities fOr COrporute Purposes pro- vided by law. and 1n no other munner. They also aqmit that since such time there has been large £ums in the Treasury, received in trust for spectic pecinl assessments, City Hall Fund, but deny that such sums have been preverted or paid out fur any purpose other than corporals 2nd Mayor Heath and Comptroller Farwel) 2ljeged of their own knowledge that none of these_funds Bave been preverted or in any manuer diverted 1rom the objects for which they were received and heid: apd they believe that all disburse- ments made by former administrations were made m a Jegal munner and by the sutbority of law. All Tevepue warramts fesucd for 1877 were issued nfter the appropriation and Jevy ondinance for 1477 had been pusred by the Council, and after the ordiuanuce levying the tasee for that year had been certuied 1o the County nd il euch revenve warrants were drawi azainst, and were by their terms made specifically payadic out of appropriations made by the appro- priation ordmance of 1577, and included in the orcinance Jevyme the taxes 'and the tux levied for {ist year. The parties o whom the warrants were d actually. advauced to the ey the amounts named in tuem, und these smounts were paid into the Treasury and were used by the city for_the corporate narposes of the city for the year 1577, and for,the paricular cor- porate purvoses of ‘the applovriations ugains Which the warrsnts were drawn, and ont of which v were payable, and for no gtber purpose what- TIE TOTAL AMOUNT of resenue warrants issued for 1577 did not exceed three-quarters or per cent of the total amount_of the tsxes zvpropriated and lev Smee 1676, the fircal yearof the ity has com- menced in” January instead of April, and all re cnue warrants snd cestiticates mentioned in com- vlamant’s bill were issued forand as cvidence of an advance of muncy mude to tae aty, and all - such amounts were acfually put into the Treawury, and bad been actually applied ana necd for the corporate purpores of the oty. and not otherwize, £0 far as e defendanis know or_have reason to_believ No revenne warraute or certificates which ha een issued by the city are payabie upon mere pre- sentation 1o the Treaxurer. Since Heath and Far- 1l became Mayor and Comptroller, respectively, about July 19, 1676, no warrants ha 0 drawn on the City Treasurer for the paymentof any of the Tevenue warrants or cericat e been patdexcept from the aporopriations when collected und in the City Treusurs, on account of which the moneys evidenced by the revenue war- advanced _and rauts or certificates were wed. The . Mayor or Comptroller never gave out, or threatened or intended. nor do they now intend to draw, sign, or counter- ¥ign any warrants on tne City Treasurer to pay, or in any mansier cause to be paid, sny smm of the Tevenue warrants of certificates, except trom the funds or appropriutions colieciea, on acconnt of which the moneys evidenced by the revenue war- Tants or certificates wereadvonced, and out of which they are payable. Ail moneys, ' wuen collected aud in the Treasury, which have been anticipated by nieans of advances to the city, evidenced by Tevenue warrants or certificates, ate to the extent of such advances unappropriated by any ordinance, the purposes for which they wero approgriated in and by the Appropriation oroinance for the fiscal year for which the were levied having been subserve by mesns of such advances, to the estertof the zimounts advanced respecnvely, Of the appropri~ ation for 1677, the bill forwhich was passed March 1. 1877, not excceding 13 per cent bas been col- lected 0 thix date, The defendants admit that all moneys Lurrowed upon revenue warrauts or cer- titicates In the years 1675 aud 1877, now outstand- g, were bsced mpon an approprition and levy of faxes, were in cxcess of the bonded debi of the cif and that these revenue warrants or cer- tiieates were. and are, payable out of the taxes of 1875 und 1677, reepectively, when collected. TUE CITY TAXES APPROPRIATED andlevied prior to 1876, and stll uncollected, #mount to £3,068,60+.33. and the amount of "oatstanding certificates issued prior to the tax levy of 1876 is £485,513.00." The outstanding tax in process of coliection on the appropriution and levy of 1877 i $4,47L 81L 81, The cash now 1n the Treasury collected out of " tie appropristion of 1577, ana 2pplicable to the pay- Eient of revenue warrants of 1877, i $36,952. 37, The outetanding revenue warrants issued on the Lax-levy of 1877, and payabic out of it, amount 1o £2,303,447.49. 'Tne defendanis deny that the Tevenue warrsnts and certificates iseued are an agdition to the bonded dent: but, on the contrary, ver that they were issucd from tume to time in auticipation of the collction of tazes levied for the current expenses of the year in which they were drawn, and twere biea upon and within the appropriation made for the expenses of the respective rears for which they were druwn, and that a large propor- tion of euch certificates were issued for the pur- Pose of taking up and canceling the interest con- Tons of 1he bonded debt falling due within the €atrent fiscal year before the coflection of the tax Jevied for their payment. A larze part of the fevenue warrants now outstanding 3nd unpaid, on sccountof the delays in collecting the taxes, Tepresents the advances made to retire interest ¢oupons, which had imatared before the collection of the taxes appropriated for their payment. ‘The defcnaauts aver that the interest upon toe bonded lcbt war an_ingredient and comscquence upon such bonced debt, and attached thereto, Aud that in any compulation by which 1t is sought toaecertain the reistion of such certificates to said bonds the interest of the bonds represeated by the Certificates SHOTLD BE ADDED TO and taken as part of the bonded deb of the city, nd not as evidence of moneys advanced for the Payment of the ordmaty current expenses of the Jear. While it is true that the aggregate of certifi- Sates at any one time in one year since 1874, principal of ‘the” bonded debt, exceeded o per cent of the taxable property in tho bree townr, as aecertained by the Iast assessment forState and county purposes, yet the defendants deay that the intent or practics! eflect of the cer- Uficates operata to increase the indebtednecs of Beclty, averring Lhat guch revenue \Arranis of certificates were, in_substance, methods by which the city availed itscM of its own revennes upon an -{mxnnnuliuu and levy of taxes duly made to meet them. In conclusion, the defondante deny the charse of combination'and conspiracy made in the The arguments will begin Taesday morning. THE RAILROADS. THE MISSOURI RIVER FIGHT. The fight between the roads leading to Mis- souri River points from Chicago and St. Louis has now reached to a point where the valiant St. Louisans can show their pluck, if they Liave any. Ever siuce the beginning of the war they have vowed that under no consideration would they allow the Chicago roads to make the same rates as are made by the St. Louis roads, but would continue to claim tho difference in rates allowed them during the existence of the pool. They swore to fight it out on that line if it took them all summer. Thus far they faithfully Kept their word, and every reduction made by the Chicago roads was followed by another by the St. Louis lines. A day or two ago the Chicago roads reduced the rates to Mis- souri River points to the same tizures as charg- ed from St. Louis, aud_yesterday information was received that the St. Louisans had again come down to the following fizures: First, second, third, and fourtn class, 15 cents, and special class, 10 cents. No sooner did the Chi- cazo lines learn of this reduction than they met the St. Loufsans and aunounced the following rates: t and sccond class, 18 cents; third class, 15 cents; and fourth and speciul classes, 10 cents. If the St. Louis roads now mean to be consistent and insist upon the usual differ- ence, they must make first and sccond class two ceuts helow unothing, as they demand a difference on these classes of 20 cents. How they will pay the shippers the two cents extrais not known, Some think they will not pay the cash, but will give the shipper, as an inducement to ship with them, a chromo of the big vridze or a copy of their new City Directory. The Chicago roads have now reached bottown fizures, and will allow the St. Louis roads to exact their difference the best they can. They can stand it as long as tne St. Louisans can. EAST-BOUND RATES, The General Freizht Agents of the roads leading East from this city held a meeting yes- terday afternoon at the oflice of Mr. R. C. Mel- drum, Western Geveral Freight Agent Pitts- burg, Fort Wayne . Uhicazo Railroad, aud de- ciged that alcobol, highwines, aud domestic spir- its, when shipped in quantities of five barrels or more, at 0 per barrel -valuation, and at owner’s risk of leaking will be taken at fourth- class rate and actual weights only. Heretofore the rates on these articles were_five cents above fourth-cluss. The new rates will go into effect Monday, April 15. The advisability of making a further reduc- tion in the grain rates was taken into consider- ation, but no action was taken. It is the gen- cral opinion that the rateson grain will be re- duced in a few days.” As it is, the Eastern rouds are doing very little, though the Western roads bring in immeuse amounts of grain. Most of the grain arriving here gocs East via lake and ral because the rates are cheaper. The roads leading cast from Peoria, Indisnapolis and the Western points report that they are doing an immnense busiuess, being una- ble to sufph the demand for cars. This fact alone will compel the Chicago roads to make a mh;mon in order to keep cven with their rivals. 1TEMS. J. H. Redman, Europeaa Agent of the Erie Railway, Loudon, Eng., is at the Sherman Hous J. H. Rutter, General Freight Agent New York Central Railroad, is registered at the Grand Pacific Hotel. Commencing to-day, the niznt express on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad for Quuaha, Kausas City, and Texas will leave the Central Depot, at the foot of Lake street, ag 5 0. m., instead of 10, as heretofore. ——— SUBURBAN. LAKE FORE: The Hon. J. V. Farwell gave & most entertain- ing parlor concert Monday evening for the bencfit of the Lake County Sabbath School Assoclation. The first number on the programme was a very fine quartette by Mesere. Sabin and Holt, Mrs. Sabin and Miss Burnum, with Miss Warne at the piano. Then followed an_exquisite number on the violin and piano by Mr. Lewis and Miss Parsons, of Chi- cago. A solo by Mies Barnum was warmly encored, aud Prof. Liebling’s numbers on the pisno were al- way received with the wost enthusiastic applansie Todeed, s0 perfect was tha time, and o bAlliant the théme of an orwinal waltz played by the Pro- feseor, that most of the audience with great di cuity kept their feet etill. Mrs. Sabin, on this memorable cvening, appeared for the frst time in Lake Forcst in a sol0. to the great delisht of the nce, who iusisted on’ an_encore. Dur- the interval between Part First and Second of the Concert, coffec and other refreshments were served. ' The tickets were limited to fifty, the amount pledged being S50, but some Ibersl-imndea_gentleman refosed. to take change. so Capt. Sadin announced that the uu- dience would be pleased to know that they had added $7210 the funda of the good cause. The Iadics who had charge of the tickets promised the gentieman who bouzht the largest numoer hie choice of tuncs. Mr. D. . Tioit bein the lucky man he ciore ** Ola Hundred, ™ o just before the intermission the whole sudience joined in_the Doxolozy. At the close of the concert ** HHold the Fort ~ was sung by enceinl request of Mr. Farwell. ‘The Literary Club met at the residénce of Mrs. Warren Friday eveninz, The epecial feature of the evening was a recitation oy Miss Nellie War- ren. This was €0 perfect that sume of the au- dience deciared it was ns good as Fanny Kemble in her beet daye. Prof. Bartlet read n very intercst- ing paner on *¢Sleep.” There was also £00d music by the First Presbyterian Church choir and a pisno s0l0 by Miss Anna Farwell that was much admired, Refreshmente were gerved during the evening, At the exercises at the close of the sccond term at the Academy, the first prize for the Senjor Class for the best esfay was awarded to Clatence Van Wie, and the first prize for the Freshman Class to Horace Henderson, ond the sccond to Frauk Wamer. . Farwell is etill visiting her fricnds in Mrs. J. Boston, £ _ o Vigs Minnie Barnarm is visiting tricads in Utics, Nr. George Tlolt Las gone to Colorado Mount- ains for the summer. PARE RIDOE. Quite a sensation was created here Friday after- n00n by the frec use of & pistol by a man boy. - He i suid to be constitutionally to aninials, and uever better pieased when tortur- ing them. ' On the afternvon in question some boys of the nelghborkood finding hiim in the burn cn- guged ip bi¥ favonte pastune. sbut the door and fastened um in. The lad deliberately drew a re- volver and fired throngh a erack in the door, for- tunately missing the boys as well as Mr. Miller, and Sam Cumminge the Ticket Asent. who were passing by. DBeins released, he axain attewmpted to fire, but was disarmed by the bystanders. EVANSTON. The village caucus Friday cvening at_Lyon's 1all was unusually largely attended,” Adetatled reportof the finuiicial condition of the villaze, suomitted by the Clerk, Mr. R. R. Scott, stated 1nat the total amount of warranta issued "during the year wae $26,139.30; that the liability on timé warrants was reduced $15,537.1%, leaving tine warrants amouutiny to $24,507. 75, for whica provision bad been made; of the $101,000 bonded 1ndebteduess at the beginniug of the year, 51,000 had been paia; the excess of resources over liabili- ties now was $36, 506,20, The foliowing candidates for the election of Tucsduy were nominated: ‘Trosteea~Dr, £." Davis, Simeon Farwell, W. 1. Cracker, C. L. Jenks. F. Kclloze, "ard Charles Danaister; Vilinge C} obert 1t Scott 3 Directors of the Public Library—IL. G. Lunt and §. H. MecElwain. . L. McGarry run independ- entiy in opposition to Mr. Scott, and there will be a2 number of competitors for Trustecship. ENGLEWOOD. W. Klinger, of Hyde Paik, was elected School Trustec for Townehip 38 yesteraas. About 200 votes were polled. A woman entered the residence of E. W. Adkin- son, on Wentworth avenue near Parkway Pavilion, Friday afternoon while the women were in the rear of the house, and carried off a lace collar and a breastpin belonzing to nsct which cost S10. ‘The loss was disc ed soon after, and Mrs. Ad- kinson followed the woman to the Rock Island shope, where she found her in a grocery store try= ing to sell the pin. She demanded her pin and collarand tried to_detain the womanavhile she sent for an officer, but the thief being the strong- est forced her way out and escaped. . ——m————— Sea-Bean Jewelrr. Galreston (Tex.) Necs. Sea-bean jewelry Is becoming popular in the North. Thése beans arc found in quantities at Key West, and on this island also. They are of 3_beautiful_cherry-red color, with a_deep- black dividing line, and they are susceptible of avery high polish. They are, no doubt, mis- named sea-beans, and arc probably fioated to the Guli shores from more tropical . climes, where they have floated down streams into the salt water, which hardens them. A representa- tive of alarge jewelry firm in Baltimore isin the ity with an order to purchase a coupie of bushels of Galyeston sea-beans. ————— Marshal Soult's English Medal. TWhen Marshal Sonlt, Duke of Dalmatia, vis- ited England 3s Ambassador Extraordinery, he ‘Was taken to the mint, where it was proposed to show him the process of colninz. The first stroke of the lever produced a larze medal in sold, eizht inchics in diameter, representing ad- mirably the profile_ of the Marshal in uniform. Tne Master of the Mint begged his acceptance of it.. To obtain that_surprising result, whic somnch astonished the Marshal, the director of the establishment had taken the procaution to send to Paris, several months before, a very clever engraver, who collected all the medals, engravings, aud drawings reproducing the fea- tures of the Marshal, “The use made of the medal was curious. The Duchess had it made inton small table which iwas constantly av the side of her arm-chair. The Zold viece waa in the centre, imbedded in blue velvet, and sur- rounded with others of the same material, but ‘smaller in size, which had been strugls to com- memorate the battles in Which the Marshal bad taken part. The whole was covered over with a glass set in a gold rim. GOSSIP FOR LADIES. SOMETIME--~SOMEWIIERE. We strayed upon the far and western hills (I thought of naught but that we were together): And fair the day—for it was eventime— Went blushing from the purple rows of heather. She put away the circle of my arm, And would not reaa the story in my eyes; She turned hor head vorversely, and began To tear the purple leaves, and spoke this wise: **Sometime, O friend eo dear? e satisfied: Fate,will be kind, though thou art long denied. “‘Somerhere, 80 surely 8 thou livest, doth await Some one thy tender claiming soon or late,™ Yet steadfastly sbe kept her eyes away, Bat, a8 the twhight met us, 1did say: But tell me when shajl Sometime dawn for me?™ ) **1 prithee ask me not. [ cannot tell it thee!™ **Nny, then, " 15aid, **by my heart's beat, Itrow, I know when Sometime is; doudl never it 1s Now." t‘Somewhere? Which way I the world, Sweet- heart, shall Somewhere bet ™ And lower then her voice: **Z cannot tell it thee.” 440, if thou wilt," I said, ‘*we may not faii to find itnear, Thy Somewbere! It thou but eayest so, it ghall be Here,” Wa strayed upon the far and western hills— We thought of nuught but that we were together; And fair the day—for it was eventime— Went blushing from the purple rows of heather. Loty M. W. VINDICATED. Vo York Zimes. 1t is a scientific fact that the peculiar species of woman popularly known as the female re- former is unusually thin aud bony. Whether the advocacy of reform has a dircet tendegey to develop bones, or whetber women who are cou- genitally bony become reformers because they are shut out from ordfuary pleasures and pur- suits of plump and pretty women, has never been satisfactorily ascertained. Tt is conceded by anatomists and chemists that the bones of eminent female reformers contain an excess of phosphorus, and it has been ascertained thut if the elbow of Mrs. Swisshelm is briskly rubbed against a picce of sand-paper, it gives out a bluish flame, sccompanied by phosphorous acid. It is cnough simply to remind the public that the morc earnestly a woman may advocate fe- ‘malk sulfrage and trousersthe niore closely may we expect to find her approachinz the meneral weight and appearance of o human skeleton. To this rule there has neyertheless been one appareut exception which has greatly puzzied our scientiic men. This exception was the Rev. Eliza Wilkinson, who lately ministered to the Free-wWill Universalist congregation in a town in Illinois. Bnt it has now been discov- ered that even the apparently well-ronnded form of the Rev. Eliza was no exception after all. The Zimes relates how the astonishing dis- covery was made, as follows: The Rev. Miss Wilkinson approached the Town-Hall at precisely five minutes before 8 o'clock, and at once perceived that she could never torce her way through the people to the staze. In thisemergency, one of the Town Trus- tees—Mr. Heory Burnes, a man of unimpeach- able veracity—proposed that sbe should gain o rear window by means of a ladder, and so reach the stage witbout difficulty. To this proposal shic asseuted, and, the ladder being procurcd, Mr. Barnes held it while she cautiously ascended to the window. He has since testitied that, in flzhe of the utmost discrotion on his part, Miss “‘Sometime! ilkinson’s ostensible plumpness could mot escape his notice, and le re- pudiates with , scorn the suggestion that the fact that the stripes were horizontal produced upon him au_impression of a plump- ness which did not really exist. There hap- pened to be a sharp nail projected from the side of the ladder near the upper cod, and Mr. Barnes asserts that Miss Wilkinson, having gouged one of her—in short, having come in contact with this nail, gave 8 little shriek which drew his attention to—. At any rate be cluims that it was not his fault, and that he Waus not the victiin of 8 mere ocular delusion. ‘The eloquent and plump reformer was re- ceived by the audienee with great applause, aud began a superb oration upon “ Sincerity.” She demanded that men and women should be, above all things, sincere, and should avoid shams and pretenses of all kinds. Warming with her argument, she walked fo and froupon the staze, and occasionally stamped ber foot with manly cmphasis. Soon the audience begun to notice a curious deposit, of the color sud gencral appearance of bran, whil formed little ridges along the stage wherever the sbeaker walked. It was also noticed that whenever she stamped her foot, or rewained in one position ior & few moments, a small mound of the mysterious substance wade its appear- ance. Alter atime anotuer phenomenon created fresh astonishment. . Miss Wilkinson was ob- viously growing thinner. Her dress huny loose- Iy upon her, and hefore long she presented the appearance of a very thin _school-irl wearing the clothes of a fat aunt. It was not untll Miss Wilkinson bad wasted to au extent that created unusual horror aud dismay that shic herself no- ticed that anything waswrong. As she cast her eves downward she perceived the deposits of bran. Instinctively putting both hands to her waist, she felt that her plumpuess bad vanished, and as the full extent of her calamity flashed upou her she sank in a fainting fit to ihe floor, and was carried out by two Deacons,—a mere bundle of clothing inclosing a scarcely pereepti- ble quantity ot female reformer. The bran Was swept up,—there was nearly o bushel of it,—uud s desperateattumpt was made to hush the matter up. Mr. Barnes, however, could not he bribed to silence, and the scieniific wen who aceept bis explauation bless the fricod- Iy nall which accidentally demoustrated that AMiss Wilkineon is no exception to the great law h)mn all female reformers consist chictly of oncs. A FUTURE FEMININE DIARY, Landon Punch. JMonday—Just as I had settied my houschold work for the day I was called away to serve on a jury,and had to remain in the law courts un- il the evening. Tuesday—Some riots baving taken place in our neizhborhood, was forced to act as a special constable. Paraded the streets all day long in a state of constant alarm. & 'H't'drmdag—ReL‘cirud a letter from my friend Suste, who has heard that the militia are to be called out. Visited ber and discovered that the women, as citizens, arenow liable to military service. Thursday—THad to attend an inquest as a Cor- oner’s juryman._ A very uupleasant duty iu- deed, as it was held upon a man who had com- mitted 2 mast horrible suicide. Friday—Having-failed to obey the orders of a County Court Judge, was locked up in prison for contempt. { owe'this scrape to the extrava- gauce of my husbaud,—a man who will buy hats and coats, and will not work for our liv- ing, Saturday—In decp tribulation. The Govern- orof the jail isa femule, und, asa matter of course, favors the male prisoners. Asked for o book, and was furnished with a work upon Roman law. Cried mysclf to slecp over a passage which told me that no ane coutd obtain the privileze of a cilizen without acceptivg a citizen’s dutics and responsibilities. O why did 1give uo_the privileges of a real woman for the miseries of a mock man? IT DIDN’T WORK, Sacramento Rezord- nion. A well-known Sacramentan, who had been out with *the boys * until about 3. o'clock In the morning, felt a trifle uneasy as_to what his wife would say upon the subject, and determined to adopt a little piece of strategy. He cntered the house cautfously, noisclessly removed his boots, and then made his way to their bed-room. ' He was not o obtuscated but thathe knew it would bo daugerous to attempt to ges into bed, so after disrobing he tookup a posftion by the side of the baby's cradle and bégan rocking it Tike a *49-cr. His wile, aroused by this noise, discovered him, as it was part of his _deep-iaid plan she should, and called out, “What on carth are you doing there?” ¥ Doing# he replicd, keeping the Kinks out of his tongue by an almost superhuman effort, * doing? Pm try- inge w et this~—baby asleep!” She's been crying hatf an bour, and you've sicpt through it all!” His air of rightcous indignation was well put on, but it wouldn’t do—luck was ggaiust - him. “What do you mean?” his better-half sternly responded. “I have got the bal me, and she basn’t cried to-nigh you come home?” in bed with ! When did THE METRIC SYSTEM. Detrots Free Press, Says she, laying down the paper, “ivhat {s this new metric system proposed by Alexander Stephens? *1t is a very wise mensure indeed, my dear,” he replied. ““Suppose you Want a new dress costing SL per yard?” “Yes, " “ Under the metric system you write to your father In \Wiscousiu for the money to buy it with, The money comes, vou take half of it and buy me a pair of pants, and then you use the rest in purchasing 50-vent dress goods. 1t is a very good measure, very good.” “And ‘they propose to make it a law, do they?" ey do.”? “Well, sir!"” she exclaimed, showing a red spot on each cheek, “when the wmetric system comes into practice in_this family divorce will fohll)'\’v, and Alexander Stephens iS a {ool, sir,—a (ol 77 THE WOMEN’S IOTEL, A lady writes from the Women’s Hotel to the New York Star that she was never so happy in her life. * Nota man to speak to,” ehe says, *¢save the colored waiters aud a clerk of most prepossessing appearance.” Not a woman about who is not absolutely respectable; and, to wld to ihis state of bliss, she saw two pretty girls, evidently not respectable, looking with fearful cyes at the hotel, knowing that they ould not be admitted to it—it did her zood 1o itness their yearnings and feel that they could not be gratified. I sleep,” she eays; “‘and eat, and live in peace for almost the first time in my life, for here no detestable, treacherous men are seen loungzing about; oo abomineble cigar smolie; no odor of beer, whisky, or brandy: no impertinent, chimpanzee starcs. No, noj it is sweet, and clean, and restful. I have saved some money. Here I stay tili I die, and then Ict women bury me, for I hato men. BRIDAL GIFTS, Said a young husband, whose business specu- lations were unsuccessful: My wife's silver tea-set, the bridal giit of a rich uncle, doomed me to financial ruin. 1t fnvolved a hundred un- expected expenses, which, trying to meet, made me the bankrupt that 1 am.’ His is the expe- rience of mauy others less wise, who do not know what is the goblin in the house working destruction. A snzacious father of gxeat wealth cxceedingly mortified his: daughter by orderius “to be priited on her wedding cards: No presents exeept those adapted to an income of $1,000.” Said be: * You must not exmect to begin Yife in the stvle I am able by many years of labor to indulze; and 1 kuow of nothing tuat. will tempt you more than the well-intended but peruicions Zifts of rich fricads.” SUHE TOLD HER LOVE. Dunbury Nes. A newly-married Danbury man went home the other eveniug and found his wife asleep on the lounge. He kmeeled beside her and de- voured her with his loving eyes. “Joln," she murmured in her sleep. “Yes, my.pet, what is it,”” he whispered, thrilled'to bis beart’s depths by the ealling of his name. “John,” she again murmured, “sparerib is only niue cents a pound.” ‘I'he thrill passed off. A COMPLETE FAILURE. Elko (Ne.) Post. A dozen men were sitting in a saloon last Sunday, whén a female voice was heard from an adjacent doorstep: ** Well, good mornlag, Mrs. Blaunk. If Thad anything on, I'd go with you.” ‘I'nere was a mad rush to the door, an cager, ex- pectant, crowd, with outstretehed necks, peer- ing over each other’s shoulders in the direction from whence the voice proceeded. and then a return to the vacant chaics, while oue of the party asked, * What 0od does it doa woman to Tio that way, aoyhowi” TEMININE NOTES. Do not love your neizhbor as yoarself. busband might not kike it. A new sonz will soon appear, called “Put your arms around me pet; for the old man's eyes are shet.” It takes buta trifle to make woman happy. Shoemakers discovered this whon they marked No. 4 shocs 234, The man who s always brazeing that his wife is worth her weight in gold. always lets her get up in the night for wedicine for the chitdren. A woman in Indianapolis has given birth to triplets threetimes. The husband rently hums, ©Baby minc, baby minc.” And sosheis. A Consolidated Virginia, a regular Bonanza. When the Princess Helena: was born, it was told the Princess Royal that she had gota young sister. *“O that is delighttul ! cried the innocent Royalist; *do let me go and tell mam- ma.” A Houston (Tex.) couple have been married io a photographer's galery,—their portraits be- ing tukenat the fastant that the concluding words_of the ccremony were spokcp. ‘Their two aflirmatives made a negative.—Yew York World. “ I shall dle happy,” sald su expiring hus- band to his wile, who was weeping most duti fully at bis bedside, **if yo will promise not to murry that object of my unceasing jealousy, your cousin Jobn." “ Make vourself quite easy, iy love,” said the expeeted widow; **1'm cn- Eaged to his brother Bill.” *-Going to call on a young lady, I suppose?”? the barber asked. ‘The yonng man, with much dienity, replicd: “Seo horo., my frend; do you supposa I put perfumery on my mustache because 1'm going to sce o man, or a_boy, or an old wonian, or a baby in arms! Do men gather grupes of thoros or figs of thistles The sudden unpopularity of the phonograph In Rome Is all owing to Bubbdins. lle bought the first phonograph ever owned fn this cily, and it came by express Friday eventngr. He took it under bis arm, and stopped in at several places to discass polities sad things; sud when he pot home, and attempted to exhibit the phonograph to bis wife, that depraved instru- mcent rewarked, in several distinet tones, “Set ’em up for the bovs, barkeeper! Whoop, hooray! Yerc's luck{ Fill the flowinz bowl! Wuo's afraid of the old woman!” No more plonographs in Rone.—Jome Sentinel. THE CITY-HALL STONE. To the Editor of The Tribune, CmicAGo, April 18.—On Monday next, if re- ports are true, the Council Committee on Build- ings will proceed to award the cotract for the cut-stone work for the city’s portion of the new Court-House to the ‘‘Jowest " bidder. If other reports can be relied on, the members of the Cominittee have taken good care to kuow be- foreband who will be the lowest bidder, and have managed that he be no other man than Mr. Hinsdale, who controls the guarries in Southern Indiava known as the New Bedford quarrics. In their infinite wisdom the Aldermen com- posing the Committec on Buildinzs are about to take a step which cannot but bring disgrace upou the city and turn the public building of our enterprising young city into a monuinent of imbecility aud stubbornness, und of that lack of taste and appreciation of artistic harmony for which the averaze American Alderman has been noted ever since he had anything to do with public buildings. It the Committee had acted in good faith toward the interest of the city and fts taxpayers, had it considered, as it should, that the City Hall they are about erecting is to be part and Pamcl of the County Building, now already ooming up considerably, they would never have entertained for a moment the ideaof using the Bedford stone. ‘Phe Bedford stone is so thoroughly different from the Lemont lime- stone used in the County Buildiug that it would be impossible to wuse it and bring about_the harmony between the two buildings to which tho city authorities are pledged, and which the citizens have a right to cxpect. The Lemont limestone is of a pure yellowish-white color, which can be easily and cheaply fixed by a coat of water-gloss. The Bedford stone, on the other hand, is, gs the samples submltted to the Council Commit- tee show, of & blucish gray, which may be per- manent, but will always contrast with Lemont limestone in the most disagreeable manner, Everybody can satisfy bimself of the result of this 'if he will Jook at the new block of dwellings on the southwest corner of Clark and Osk streets, whose front is built of Bedford stone. Then Jet bim walk s {few blocks further north to the corner of Divis- ion street, where the bandsome Herting Block shines out in marble whiteness. If he cannot at once sce. the enormous contrast be- tween the two stoues, which never cau be harmouized, -then, inaced, his eyes must Lo very | peeutiarly | con- structed. The one being an almost sty gray, the otber a pure white. Put thetwoside by side, Her and you have the botehy ecficet our new ° public building would make it the Council Committce s allowed to usc tbe Bedford stone. Chicago need not 2o out of Cook County for the material for its City Hall. It must not do it, for rizhtat home: she finds the best, the only stone in fact with which a building satisfactory to her citizens cans be erected, especially since one balf of the building s already well under way and being constructed of this very stone. Jim Hinsdale may be enabled by the favorit- 1sm said to have been shown him by the Com- mittee to make the Jowest bid, but to aveept it without forcing him to furnish the Lemont Sd(one wunl% he‘ false ec%nomy ana a lastine isarace and outrage to the good taste of thy citizens of Chicngo. A CiTizEN. i CURRENT GOSSIP. UNREQUITED LOVE. Weeping, weeping, near the brink Of purling brook in meadow green, . Where evening's dews 20 softly slak, Dropped from the fowrets' golaen sheen, A maiden sat, of heauty rare, When night its shadowed mantle threw O'er Nature's scenc, eo lovely, fair, Bespangled o'er with gems of dew. This maiden sat in saddencd mood— Her nut-brown bair in tangled fold Escaping from her *oroidered hood, Rich counterpart to locks of gold; She sal and sanz In accents law, Aswweet aud soft ns dying swan, In accents measured by the flow Of waters that beneath ber ran, One song sho sang, and only ono, A8 to the brook sne nightly came; Tts sweet and melancholy tone Was ever, ever, still the same. *T'was one of love, andying love, And unrequited, £o 'tis said— And O she'll sing this song of love "Till she, dear soui—sweet soul—s dead. Cricaco, April, 1878, A M. G BREACI OF PROMISE. According to the London Ny, the latest case in England of breach of promise of marriage, that of Heap against Marris, does not add much glory to a sort of action which, if a bill now pendivg in the House of Commons becomes o law, is doomed soon to dlsappear. In this affair the ordinary retations of the parties were reversed: it was the man who sued the woman for her breach of contract. ‘There could be nosort of doubt as to the fact of the con- tract. ~An agrcement was signed by the parties whereby the deiendant agreed to become the lawful wife of the plaintiiff on or about the 1st of Junuary, 1875, In default the defendant was to pus third share of the property which might be left to her under the will of her parcuts. She Was to pay more than this if shedid not espouse her business-like wooer. She was to pav bim $100 per annwm at the end of 1875, $200 at the €ud of IS76, §400 in 1877, and s0 on, in a sort of martingale, “aiways doubling till the lady died, or married, or perhaps became bankrupt. In the teuth year this sum would be over $30,000 a year, It s mot very casy to sce how the impassioned lover, whose surname was Ieap, and whose Cbristian name for aught we know may have been Urial), induced Miss Marris to enter into this sinzular bond. The parties bad known each other for a ong time. Mr. Ifeap tirst made the acquaintance of Miss Mar- ris when he was Second Master at Caistor Grammar School, in 1857 or 1838. The father of Miss Marris was a solicitor prac- licing in the neighborhood. o' 1862 the Head Master of the school died, aud the plaint- il hoped to obtain his vlacc. He failed, and it seers that thefather of Miss Marris op- posed and provouted the appointment. Ten years after this the singuiar contract was signed which we have described, and which was per- bLaps sugeested to Mr. Hcap as 2 school-master by his recolleetion of the arithmetical problem about the nails in a horse’s shoe. For the de- feudant it was alleged thut the contract was to be invalid in_certain circnmstances, but the de- feuse was not proved. - A private arranzement was mude betwen the parties, and the agurieved Mr. Heap aceepted the sum of $5,000; as full compensation to bis injured feclings. The re- sult scews curious til we Icarn, from the state- ment of the defendant’s counsel, that his client. was willing to pay $5,000 ratber than to allow her letters to be produced In court. * Certainar- arrangemeuts had also been made as to the fu- ture disposal of the documents.” * Mr. Heap thus wins bis case and gete his money, and Miss Marris recovers her letters. Thus we see how noble an institution is that which permits suits for breach of promise of marriage. QuIPS. For The Trivune. A money-lender is 4 loan some man. An oldsoaker: An aged washerwoman, A crewel plece of work: Working & worsted dog. Country-girls are partial to farmers, because theyare al} husbandmen. - - **A short horse is soon curried.” And a short-cake is soon swallowed. 1 imitation of 4 boulder always intercsts an Irishman, because it Is a sham rock. Boston girls should marry farmers, because they are men of cultare,—agriculture. This is the season of the year when carpets. like dead-beats, arc lisble to get the ‘‘dirty shalk In Chicago three feet make ayard. Butin St. Louis one foot spoils a yard; that is, if the ard is large enouzh to admit the foot. 8o leather ’s up, is it?” said a customer to his shocmalker. ‘No, sir,” replied Crispin; “*sole leather s down, where it belongs.” A Milwaukee woman boxed her husband’s cars the other day, but it took pretty much all the timber in Wiscousin to furnish the ma- teriul. An casy oue for bemnners: “ O'Leary is to be presented to Queen Victoria.”? We have al- ways been afraid that somebody would *give hita away.” Now, if our name was only Holmes, when we verpetrated one of our irresistible jokes we could round it off nicely with the remark, * This is Holmes pun.” Pretiy good, any wuy. Do the Stay laws provide. that, when 8 young mao calls on bis girk he may stay as long as he chooses without any foterfcrence from the old man’s cowhides? 1f so, chalk us down for & “stayer.” I THOE QUEEN OF TRAMPS. Bangor (3fe.) Commercial. Mrs. Mary Merriman is a respectable sppear- ing woman of 30, is not bad looking, and has every apearance of being uprizht and of zood character. She is, however, without doubt, the queen of female tramps, and can disconot the great majority of male tramps. She is not a zenutoe trawp,—not of the regular kind who are a terror to the country, and “ work ¥ cities and towns in a systematicmanner, havine their gates and doorposts, signs, ete., for of these she knows nothing, and with this class of people she does not assoclate, for they are no society to her, but she Jikes the business. She was® bornin St. Alvbaus, in this State, and ber folks were farm- ers. She has since lived in Hermon with her orother, Joscph Merriman, who does o good deal of trading in this city. Three years azo this fall she took it into her head 1o see the country, and started out with neither serip nor staff, but a good pafr of thick shoes. She walked, across the country, braving all kinds of weather, and finally brought up in Clinton, Ta.,, when she took the back track and retarned to this city, Two years ago she decided to start out agzain, and this time select- ed a lonzer tour. She walked through portions at Maine, New Hampshire; Massachiusetts, New York, Pcnusylvania, and on to Washington, where she remained a few days and *“did the Capital,” and then made a bolt for Savaumah, Ga., where she remained a short time. Then on she went again, doioz the States of Kentucky, Tennessce, lowa, Indiana, and finally got round to Kanmsas City, Mo. Here she stopped awhile - and earned 2 new tramping outft. Again sbe started, this tme with the intention of crossing the plains " to California, but_finally stopped when told my many persons that it “would be very unsafe for her to think of attempting it aldne. She then started on a return trip, walking from Kansas City to Chicao, thence to Detroit. dofng Niagara Falls, and crossing to Canada. thence to New York and through Massachusetts, arriving at her bome in Hermon little more than aweck ugo. She says she averages twenty-six miles a dpy. She says when she cets tired and out of clothes she tinds no trouble in getiing a few days' work, and in shis manner enjoys her life. THAT ‘“BROKEN HEART.” To the Editor of The Tribune. SWISSVALE, Pa., April 11.—In your issue of the 7th inst. there is a touching story, copled from the New York Zimes, headed *A Broken Rearg,” fn which the writer gives an account of the love-troubles and death of the Hon. J. K. Leonard, of Louisiana. Now, Mr. Leonard was married, some ten years awo, to the cldest daughter of J. C. Bur- bank, of St. Paul, a lovely and fascinating eirl. it was alove-match, made in defiance of the Swishes of her parents, who did evervthing in their power to prevent it, and only consented to the ceremony being performed at home in order to avoid the scandal of an clopement. Mr. Leonard lived with his wife in the ut- most harmony, a most devoted and loving hus- band. Her parents were reconciled, and two lovely children made Mr. Leonard’s’ carth an Eden, to all human appearance, until the sum- mer of 1570, when his_lovely and beloved wife suddenly sickened and died, when he became she most discousolate of widowers, ‘The mother and sister of his wife were tray- eling in Eurape, and were recalled by ber acath, when the tie of the children and a common el brought Mr. Leonard and Miss urbank into very Intimate relations. The death of her tathier, which occurred soon after that of 'his daughter, and was hastened by erlef for ber loss, drew Mr. Leonard still more closely to the family of his dead wife, to whom be resizoed the care of his clildren,—spending so much time with them and Aunt Lily, to whom they clung with a beau- tiful affection, that no one was stirprised when the cogagement of Mr. Leonard aud Miss Bur. bauk was aunouncel, one year ago. Shels rich, beautiful, aud accomplished. There has been no announcement of the breaking-off of her eugagement to Mr. Leonard, and friends bave understood that their marriage would take place at the end of his two years of mourning for bis wife, viz.: this next summer. So thi3 story about the Cuban gitl must be g sheer fab- rication. JANE GREY SWISSUELY. CARNIVAL FUN IN SOUTII AMERICA San Francisco Chronicle. BuzNos AYRes, January, 1875.—One house fn particular attracted my attention, and, while suziog at the richly furnished raom through the wide open window, I suddenly reccived a shower of eau de Cologne in my face, com- oletely blinding me for the instant. My dis- comflture wus intensificd by, the merry Jaughter of a beautiful young lady, who happened tobe my assailant, and who courteously fo- vited me within~for, be it remembered, no etiauette {8 observed during the carnival fes- tivitics. Accepting her iovitation, I was usher- ed into a richly furnisned apartwent and in- vited by her to engage in a mock battle, the weapous to be used being the * pomito,” an instrament charged with scented waters. = Pro- curingz one I accepted her challenge, and while detenaing myself against her attacks was scized from behind, and before 1 could offer any re- sistance wus suddenly precipitated into a bhuge tub of wafer, from which I emerzed fn a sorry plight, much to the amusement of the young lady and her two brothers, the latter Deing the cause of my -misfortune. Luughing with them at the Joke they had played upon me T burricdly returtied to my hotel to procure a change of raiment, detérmined to be a little more carefal in accepting further invitations to enter strante domiciles, po matter how bewitch- ing or enchavting the fair goddess might be who reigned therein, As I hurrica down the street 1o the direction of my hotel my wet gar- ments attracted attention, and I became the target for showers of egirs, the odors of which were not those from Araby the Blest. Iwas in- deed a sorry-looking spectacle when I reached my rooms. . THE COMMONS. A Description of the Lower House of the British Parliament, LZondon Correspondence New Fork Sun, It is by no means an easy matter to visit the House of Commons. Admissionisto be had only by card from a member, and cven the magic card itsell i3 far from insuring your admission, for enouzh tickets are often issued to fill their diminutive strangers’ gallery six times over, and tickets, moreover, are good only for the dny named-thereon. A ticket simply means this: that you may visit the House of Commons on a certain day provided there happens to be room. In spite of aseeming difflculty in obtaining these tickets, these, nevertheless, often come in strangely crooked ways, Tho everlasting fee, or tip, to officials, i3 very potent in England, aud a shllling or two witl often readily do what au infinite amount of Eguut: work utterly fails to umumFllnlx. A few days ago a friend said to me that if { wished to o with him to the House of Commons he could farnish me witha card. 1Ie bad not the cards then, he added, but should get them on the following evening "f meeting an indefinite third party, at a certaln place, ot exactly twenty minutes before 7 o'clock. At thé appointed hour, and prompt to the min- ute, ns ‘we waited in the flickering light of 2 solitary gas lamp, near the House of Parlia- ment, 3 minor official met us, and handed over two tickets duly signed by members. A two- shilling picee slipped into his hand settled our debt—nt least in its commercial bearing. He is employed about the House, and members doubtless write out tickets at his request, and he, thercupon, speculates in a small Wway fpon thém. Had we applied to the members directly we should have been less likely to obtain cards of admission than by thisintermediary process Wwhich we employed.” Then we took our places fn the entrance room, in linc, aud waited our turn. After waiting an hour we were admitted —several who were but a little in advance of us had been waiting three hours beiore their turns came. The hall of the House of Commonsis elab- orately finished, but is smullin comparison with the halls of our Congress. It looks to me like a good-sized bandbox. The length is scventy- five feet; width, forry-five fect; and heicht, fourteen fect. The stravgers® gallery, which is at one end, seats ratber less than eiglity persons, and the diplomatic gallery, just in front of it, rather less than fifty. The'cighty seats men- tioned are all that are available by members’ tickets. It was evidently never intended that the general public should largely visit the House of Commons. The members’ seats are long, cushioned lounges, all facing the centre, and without desks—a very unhandy arrange- ment for legislative purposes, I should say. The part of theroom to the right of the Soeaker is occupfed by the Ministerial members, and the front._scat, near the Speaker, by the Ministers themselves. To the left of the Speaker are the Ooposition members, and the leaders of the Opposltion occuny the front seat on that side. Hete sat the Marquis of Hartington and John Brizht on that eveniog. A large part of the members kept their hats on; the Ministers oresent all wore their nats in the room. The size of the hall of the House does not make it necessary that members should speak jn a loud tone of voice, and hence the habit of speaking in a merely conversational tone 8 very general, ‘The room is lit with gas, but no flame Is visible. The Jight comes Iu from sbove, and might almost be supposed to be sunlight, One featurc connected with the Honse of Commeons is soutterly rigiculous that it deserves only to be Taughed at. When I had oeen in the room gome fiftecn minutes, my companion ssked me whether I saw any ladics present. I said po; but be informed me that thirty or forty ladies were nevertheless listening to the debate that was then going on. He then called .iny attention to a contrivance st the oppusite endl which e termed “the cage,” and in which there were quite a number of ladies. That end of the roum, just above the reporters’ gallery, has anumber of windows, and these are filled with a kind of network of iron, and back of these is the Indics’ gallery. They are distinetly outside the hall itself, and can only look in through this iron grating. Exceptiuns may sometimes pe made in the case of ladies ot title, but, gen- erally speaking, no lndics are adwitted while the House is in scssion, Of course, no good reason can be urzed in favor ol this arrangement. Tossibly the British lion is afraid to roar, shake his mune, and show his tecth in the visible pres- euce of the ladies; or, perbaps again, be may deem it impolite to'do s0. Now and then prop- ositions have been made to do away with the “eridiron,” 8s it is colloguially called, but_the English people are not paturally disposed to Gisturb existing customs, and the “gridiron” still remains intact. In broad contrust with the custom of our American Congress are the times of the begin- ning and close of the annual -sessions of Parlia- ment and ‘of the daily meetings of the two Houses. The Parliament is usually calied to- gether carly in February, and sits until about Aug. 12, The daily mectings of the House of Lords Legin at 5 p. m., and usually lust bus about %v6 hours; the House of Comrions meets at 4 p. m., and usually sits till past midnizht. The rules of the House seem to assume that no member can willfully or unreasonably obstruct its business or misuse its rules, and any member Who chooses may obstruct the business to a degree tnat would not be tolcruted in any other deliberativg assembly. The previous question s a formn not used by the Housc of Commons. 1f a mere handful of members wish to do so they may occupy the entire time of the House for many whole sittings in succes- sion. The case of the Irish Obstructives at the close of the last session is a case in point. Iiis 8 noteworthy fact that the present Speaker of the House isa member of the Liberal minority, though the custorn s to select that officer from the dominant party. Members receive no pay, and hence most usually are men of independent fortunes. In some cases, however, constitucncies make np purses for thelr members if their means happen to_be small. Nominally the House consists of 653 members, thus- distributed: Englaod and Wales, 493; Scotfand, 60; aud Ireland, 105 Four boroughs, however, with six_seats, have been disfranchised, and the writ for Norwich hus been susoended, so that the Ifouse really consists of G50 mewmbers. Members are divided into two general classes, known 85 borough and county members. The Oxford, Cambridge, London, Edinburg, Dublin, and other Univer- sities arcalso entitled to members. Each of the first two named has two members, Bankrupts are not cligible for election to the House of Commons. Members may represent other boroughs or counties thau those in which they reside. This is avery important provision. In the United States, it 2 man belongs to the party which s in the minority in his own district, he bas no hope of election to Congress. Eminent services are thus frequently lost to the country. Here, on the contrary, if John Bright should fail of elec- tion in one locality, e is available as a candidate for the first vacaucy that occurs anywhere in the Kingdom. The effect is, that a man who has given distinguished service in Parliament is rarely allowed to remain withont a seat in that body during the remaindger of his active life. While the British Honse of Commons is by no means wholly made up of able men, it seldom. permanently loses such men as Bright and Glad- stone, after they have ouce proven themselves. Representation is very unequally distributed. The borough of Portarlington, Ir¢land, with but 142 registered electors, 15 entitled to o member, while many otherplaces with 13,000 or 13,000 reg- istered electors huve but one. Moro than a dozen places in Ireland and Scotland, with less than 500 rezistered electors, have a member, while other places with more than 12,000 have none, except as a part of some county. Tiverton, with_but 1,366 registered electors, has two members, and a_namber of other places with less than 2,000 have also two members, whila the boroush of Lambeth<—a part of the me- tropolis—with 45,431 registed electors, and the boroush of Hackney—also @ part of the me tropolis—with nearly the same number of felect~ ors, bave but two members cach. The little City of Salisbury, with but 13,000 inbabtants, has. two members, while Manchester, with 351,000 inhabitunts, sud Liverpool, with a population of 403,000, have but three members e It is fictiou of the Englisu Constitution that & seat in the House of Commons is an honor too great to bedeclined; and hence, when a member wishes to retire, It Is necessary to resort to o somewhat curious expedient. ‘1t is contrary to law for & member to hold an office of profic under the Crown, und several insiznmificant positions, with & small cmolument, have been kept in reserve as couvenient stepping stones from the Housc to private life. Chicf amon, these is the stewardship of the Chiltern Hun- dreds. He receives the appointment, and his seat 1n the House {3 therupon declared vacant. He nsually also gives up the stewardship at once, that the door may be open for any one clso ‘who may also desire to use it. i st SR LOCAL CRIMINAL NEWS. Ben Bullwinkle was discharced yesterday by Justice Meech from tne charge of assaultand bat- ters brought by Mr. Northrup, proprictor of & Inundry on Adarms street. The case was heard Fri- day. A telegram received yesterday at headquarters announcea the arrest at Buffalo of Jobn Hetbe, who is wanted in this city for the larceny of money and clothing from Louis Wendnagel, of No. 792 State street. He will be brouzht back. Edsward M. Taylor, oge of the parties arrested at No. 88 Dussold street_for running an illicit still, yesterday gave bail in $1,000 as required by Com- missioner Hoype. M. Gilday, his father-in-law, wc_nl“an the bond. Clifford Dewitt Taylor is still 1 jail. About 1 o'clock yesterday nfternoon some news- boys hanging around the coraer of Deseborn and MMadison streets snatched a pocket-book from a lady who is but one of the many victims to thuse senscless and unsafe outside hip pogkets that women_persist in wearing. The book contained about $35, but as the lady lives out o7 town she refused to stay and prosecute. W. W. Woolley is 2 young man ‘who boarded with s, Josie McBean on Indiana, mear Stato street. He left. and his trank remained behind as collateral for bis board. Mrs. McBean kept the trank locked np. Friday Mr. Woolley went with a Constable and broke in two doors and took, the trunkaway, fle Hourished 3 revolver and scarcd his former landiady into submisslon. She caused his arrest, and Justice Hamill will bear him! to- morrow. John Long, it s =aid, has been playing the con- fidence-game for several weeks past in the North Division, His game waa to procure the name and address of some person likely 10 be engaged in business down-town, call at the reeidence, and get S5 or any other small sum_of moner, on pretense that he got into some tionble down-town, and had been arrested. Yesterday John was arrcsted, and all who have been beaten in this way are requeated to call at the station and wentfy him. Gilman M. Sargent, the city salesman for Boies, Fay & Conkey. the wholesale grocers, was arrest- el yesterday upon complaint of Mr. Boies. Tha afMdavit scts forth that Sargent is gufity of the lar- geny of caddics of Hiobucco whoso sggrogate worth 16527, The manner of theft 8 5aid o be 0 fol- lows: Sargenc wonld send in an order of sale of a certain number of caddies of tobacco, and before that fobacco was delivered he would sy thst his customers were in o hurry, and wanted the mer- chandise immediately; therefore he would taka the tobacco in his own wagon, and, the firm say, would gell it eléewhere. Hewas taken befare Jus- tice Poote, and gave 52,300 bonds for appearance Taesday. Petective Mahoney of the Twenty-second Strech Station, yesterday, arrested James Bridgeman, Thomas Jordon, John Lynch, and James Fitz- trick, foar youths who broke into a residence on ‘orty-second strect, In the Town of Lake, and car~ ried Off for plunder about $100 wortn of clothing, - cash. and jewelry, and then came to town. Dridge- ‘manias taken to theTown of Lake jail and commem- orated the event by making a bold attempt to break juil. He reached through the bars of his cell for the stove-poker, and with_this he removed bricka from'the side of his cell. When discovered he had only to burst througn a_emgle layer to regain his Tiberty. All are well-known though quite young offenders. Lieut. Baus reported that he has broken up a gang of ‘aneak-thicves that has infestea his gistrics for some time. A few days ago, Officer Hedrich sncceeded in arresting Jamea Farrell, one of the gang, and, following up the polatery obtalaed by this Arrest, Sert. Lloyd and three men stationed themselves at an_early hour yesterday morning in the house No. 50 Orchard streel, a_place Xept by one Nathan Steinway. They had beer there bt a short time when William and Frani Brown, two reputed youns thieves, entered. The arrest was made, and in the place were found boots and shoes stolen o few nichis oo from Jacoh Becker's store, No, 802 Wells street, & new Paisley sbawl, two pieces of cottn good, and alot of ather zoods supposed o0 have been stolen, and ‘mow awaijting an owner at the station. Minor arrests: Laura Daley, larcony of o noir of bracelets from Dlanche Devoe and of $50 from an inmate of Williams' bagnlo: Thomas Rock, caught by William Stark, of No. 41 Van Buren street. in the act of burzlarizing Curtis' barn, on Canal street, near Hurrison, and stealing there from stabie articles such as piichlorks, combs, and curries and brushes; Peter O'Dell, who put the Garritys up to getting John Dowling' arresied for assaull, and Jobn Quinlivan, two alleged confi- dence men, upon the former of whom was found a mock-roll of money done up in a counterfeit $100 note; §. J. Stover and Frank Gregg, charged with the burglary of a waich and come oher jew- clry from the residence of George Meyer, No. 697 Union strect, as Ofiicer Mahoney, of the Twelfth Strees Station. hapes to prove: John Baker, lat- ceny of a pair of boots from in front of McCor. mick's shop on Madison street, near [lalsted: Con- stable J. Q. Grantand his henchmen, H. R. Wil- son, John Wilson, Edward Lavin, and Robert Riley, charped with rotously breaking up the fur- Titure and appointments of & house on Folk strect, near Halsted, from which they were trying to eject atenant. Justice Summerficld yesterday held the follow. ing: Bailous Dogan, larceny of & watch and chain trom V. S. Kesler, of No. 281 Michizan avenue, 3500 to the Criminal Court; James Crosby, larceny of o camel's bair shawl and other articles valued al $200 from A, Kersten, of No. 146 Madison streei 3000 to the i6th; Willie Tiedeman and Richar Laider, **wipe™ and pocket-book thieves, $21 fine each; William Coombs, larceny from Hattis Harrington, $300 to the 17th; John Warbarton, Kate Hallinan and’ shooting one of striking her chickens because they aonoyed him. $300 to keep the peaco; Lew Haw- kins, larceny of a gun from Willism Bruce. of No. 17 Jones strect, 3100 to the 20th: Joseph Dalage and Dennis 1asvett, vagrancy, 850 fine ench. Justice Morrizon held Frederick Ltoth in $500 1o the Criminal Conrt, charged with baa- tardy by Marla Koafmnz; James Gleason, bur- lury of 3 restourant at No. 32 Mudison street, £308 to the Criminal Court John Perry. notorious confldence man, 3100 fine; Elijoh Hafth, a fraud- * ulent mendicant, who represented that he was deaf and dumb, and_was trying to raise enough money to go tosee his dying mother at Green Bay, 2100 fine; James Kyan, one of the pickpockets caught by Detectives Shes and Traynor trying to pick = laily's pocket, S100 fine. There was a ceying spell at the Armory yestenday. Three boys naméd Sam Wilson, John Connors, and Frank Connery had been srrested upon complaint of Mrs. Forsythe, keeper of the Newshogs' Home, who charged them with having chimbed throngh & transom, and stealing 35.40 and a ring. \Whiic they wera trying to pump Frank Connery fn tho Capiain's room, ~his elder ~brother, who had come to town to see him, and who had heard at tbe Home that Frank 'wus under srrest, came in, and ran at once into the little fellows’ arms, hiiecing and kissine him, and violently testinz that his -brother was innocent. It then transplred that the boys were waifs, or nearly so, their parents beifg quite poor and Jiving in Sew York. The elder boyisa respectable farm hand, and Frank earns his living s a ncwsboy. Through the brother's nfluence ¥rank soon con- fessed that Wilson, who is a colored boy, had put ap the job, and that they bad boosted him up to the transom. Wilson was finally forced toadmit that he had the atolen articles. and he led De- - tectives Stewart and Flynn to & vacant lot near the Grand Pacific Hotel, and there uneartied the mioney and the rins. ' Some four yeans ago this same colored hoy robbed Lizzle Donginss,a courte- zan, of a_valuable watch and chain:' e was Cauiht at St. Louis, and brought back o thls city by Detective Fiynn. For this he was given three years in the Roform Scho 4 CARBOLINE. codarized Extract of Petroleum, the only article :gr‘x?zq:m frestore Hairon Boid Heads. Sold by Druge 'y 4