Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 20, 1878, Page 11

THA CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY APRIL 20, 1878—TWELVE PAGES Iy cavered, then hunz np to dry, the whee 1t e inh Ly ieolving red beatina. P e of wine without hieat; o tlie varnish waz o 0l Ny wnciting tozether twn onnces of mar be Do munra each of white rerin and shellac 800 cmition, murriag it well to incarporate o Ronring it on a Jargo plate to arden. tho color 0 B r mans In npirita of wine, shaking Then deolTe anionally to hasten the operation, tre Pl eniirelr-dissolved,'dnply iho varnidh When 10 \%are of your work until all tn covered. lo erery R coata will be required to produce the 0o eect, When done, the articles wll bear otenlcd 2 iance to coral.” White coral may he aelore b itating fiake white for vormillon B varnian. AN EXPERIENCE. Frox Eurrzmixa Anme. Ciitcago. —~T shonld he deed nngratefal 1f Tconld be Insensible to the Indeed shrestions of aympathy and kindly nfereat o ahich 1 hase been tho recinient, an well through “u_ “iletter-box " 8s the columnn of Tha Itome, . Ao tull of encouragement wers some of them lr’:nlml aa It T had almost acquired from them & L e of llfe. An I cannot undertaks to wer each leticr, I beg through The llume to tender my heartfclt thanka to the frienda (for o seem (0 me, even though wo are strangera lo they £e0 o have o kindly snd promptiy come eaeh ole ) each with & plant In her hand, by I ‘aid of whichto ln)‘lmrl and DerchAnco savi thead ot e 0 0o ese frionda T would ray I?fl ‘man of the remedien they recommend [ havo e without effect 1n my case. Indecd, there are tred of them 1 have not tried. The glycering bt fer OF temed fo. Tellevo the morenoss of ')‘\Ie throot temporaciiv. The tar preparation e e hiys A was followed by much pain. seted WaTified lomons fajthiully, 1 liava heen der eomething very liko the treatment Gunaika ml‘mn. The fron scemed lcmrnmm,m.lmnnhen srn™ cod-lver oll. no mater In’ what shape 1 e, Ok “Mlwnys sickencd me. Extract of malt, Lo yew, and plastera, ton. 1 have teled, Indecd, Keeems to ne I hove wone throngh the Malerla Medics. Thave had In snccesssion three different pyaicians, so | have not newlected myaclf, as some B Correapondenta exprexved & fear that [ had. O el 10 sy to icrtrude that my husband and 1 st been for_some time conslderlng tho ides of iae tho treatment by inhalation. which sha in Jznmnmnuc over, The facts she mentions, and iemwn experience, Wors RO nnmumlnf. ana the theory of o treatinant seems 20 fowical and rea- Hhable, Uit we kedolved to Ly It It 1a nearcely fiffto Judeo of a remedy by a”week'a trial, and T don't want tu feel too sanguine yot, but it certaluly does make me foolnn if it was halping me, 1t pecms tu relleve tho paln in my Inogs and cheat, snd this of Jtecll 1a & great comfort, NEURALGIA. Frox Zame, CoUNciL BLurrs.—At the time of the lanches at Chicago, I noticed that Fern Leaf was unable to nttend on account of nenralgia, and, Tnowing of an excellent remedy, 1 offerod to send her a bottle, Since that time I have recolved anumber of calla from others, ao I have concluded {oqiwe the cxtent of my knawledge upon the sub- ject trough The Home. Tho mediclne is pre- pared by an_ ol lady shu waa hersell cured by Its gee after twenty yeams of auffering, her husbund cheerfully paying $100 for the prescription, The saedicine 1s put up n 60 centaand $1 bottles. I have received mine in 8 paper box packed fn etton. _'Tho_express charges aro only a few cents. Wil Fern Leaf, after a sufiicient trial, repurt fof tho benefit of othera? The address 1s My, 11, 8, Simmons, Anamos3, Ia, Vhat'has become of the young lady from Mil- wagkes whose ‘‘one craze’ was muelcr llerc's somelbing for her which I am suro she will like, “hropsof Water," hy Joseph Aschor. [ think e .0, O would bo willing to listen to its melody. R ettu the compliment and givo ms somo- thing from your seluction. PHOTO-ENAMEL, 5 Frox AtoisA, Ciicano.—Bensio, of Chicago, dervare of photo-cnamel pletures, If that's what youare trying to do. Buch work s a dolusion and spare. To bezin with, it fsn't true act, being cbleiy 8 mechanical process; and, even |f your gdear relatives evor do conclude to appear at all pataral after you are through with them, thoy will t remalmr so Jong. A fricnd of mine did sovernl ::th victurcs, aud, although they loaked ver well at first, In 0 fow weeks they became all fpotted and streaked, and were a perpetual oye- sore 1o all behiolders nntil removed from sight. “Atcording to my humblo opinlon, a photograph which lsa gnod likeness is much more desirabla iban an enamel plcture, for the latter {s usually o fatterer, and as sich should bo avoided, Ext Catarrh, what 18 your remedy for that @lecase, from which eo few “persons in this climate secxempt? 1 did not seo that numoer of Tue Tunosg which contsined it, but judged from a letier in yeeterday's Homo that yon had written tometbiny on the snbject. Somcbody, anybody, how s macaronl manu. factured, snd what is the Leat way of cooklng it? e anat IMITATION CORRAL, Foox A, 11., Macoun, IL.—To J. A, T will cive directlons to make imitation corsl. To pre- pure thiscoral, procure small branches of shrubs, peei the bark off, snd dry thom; they are to bu dipped Io melted red sealing-wax, to every quartes ofapound of wiifch should bo added, prior to the melting, one ounco of beeswax. Small articles should be fashloned before they are dipped, but iarger onea requira tho twigs 10 bo dipped first. After they aro fintshed, they should be held befora ageatle fre, turning them round till they are per- fectly covercd and smooth. e — A SUNDAY IN NEW ULM. To the Editor of The Tribune, New Uy, Minn, April 18.~New Ulm s a little Minnesota city of some 8,000 inhabitants, situated on the line of tho Northwestern Rail- road, about forty mites beyond Manksto, ond early 500 from Chicago. It {a in many respects suvique town, but of ail aucer places thatl bave ever been in, it is certalnly tho queercst, Aud yet {u is a pleasant placo, and a very com- fortable ooe too. And it fsa place whero ono maylean much, It 18 for this reason that I :m remained hero much longer tban I bad in. D Herc {8 a lttle city, complete In {tself, and ithall the appointments af a largotown, which U virtually frec from debt. The public delt is only $7,000, ard the honds we worth & premium, Thero are not, it 1a #ald, over & dozen houscs Intbe placo under mortgage, and those but to a tmall amount. Not a siuglo commercial faflure has occurred Inthreo years: and thore {s not one pauper, or Yagabond, or **dend beat " fu the town. Whero {s thero a large city i tho East or in :g; '\\ ‘est that can make such a showingas Now, when you consider that for three scasons this disteict was sorely alllicted with grasshop- Persand the cropsin m great measure do- umyud} the plcture I have urawn e truly a wouderful one, but it Is true oue, result b been broughit about by strict fonomy on the part of the people, and by a methodical practice of turning everything to ac- uunty and by not birlng others to do what thoy tould just as well do themaclves, GUreat Chicago cannot afford to turn up its Boseatlittlo Naw Ulm, but may with much Proft take some of ita valuable lessons to heart. 8 bree-fousths of the citizeus of New Ulm arc d-munn'. It ts, In fact, & bit of Uermany sct H;" upon Amerlcan soll, and {mbued sud en- ‘nuued with American ideas, thought 1 would like to sec how sunday Is m(n 3 town whera a Isrge majority of the o tants are admirers of Ingervoll and Tom e There Is no place in the lxr!:l where such . wdd combiuation of plety and business may w'um 1t 18 & most curious spectacle. The w 0 s literally crowded with teams fram the " Itnntu. Ahie farmers contng u from & distance o m"l"t;l: ‘i‘»‘:rtvl\;m,fl nlles fur tho le‘nmcuuu nulu at- Mg church, "I'iey are prino; atliollcs, 4 goud Catholica™" ot thatl : L Latbolie Clurch which I attonded this o :g;l:mu; full lhult 'i:lem zu not even BapDrupriat an( hesa pe N;’ Seeimed Lo be very d‘gluul. ¢ * pes llm“xt' lllu the midst of all thelr plety, those lmfi' earted puonle do not mouctflnr loso feh b:( the thiugs of this worid. They not lw{ “l:;: With tuew trom their farmsun wnplo el Olm uticr aud cheess and other products to ol uhe{nrr back with twem au almost £y !:fi:‘%‘ :3;;: ax( n‘rt:lclu, whlcn“mev l;)avu cives of u Opportun) to buy. "l’fl:“lhnugm(nl Clristians traiv1 Cuzwquuu,c- ool “:ldcy 1s here the busieat doy of tho week, e ;lmm‘ which are geverally open, do & oy, ourishing business than on auy other Chr‘mh:‘ this ext:a busluess comes from the seemed gy wd ooy from the Herctics, which but it merather o queer state of affairs, The Gomsnintin § Mot oy ‘thment Land-Oflice at this polnt by :\‘fiffi""“ with apolicants of Jate, and the 'Nmmg“" “m!“bcmlne‘ disposed of sta rato eatato iy Chicans pgly with the spathy of real b be loug, at the present rato of de- out ey bost uu Gy dvalable luuds,” ‘b rush ‘for. thein 1s wert the roniablog, and would be even greater Nun acts in ey to Minacsota's cllmate 5% s uolvessally known as they vught to Beyond the shado w am it 'lmlny.“vz doubt this Btate has J. Esatas Warnzx. To Cure & Felon. T 2 a irvatca0nd0n Lascet ives tho following shiaple s fel o Wor flons: As soon a8 tho discase -le:.l:t hdlrnclly over the spot a dy- It reiuala for Ug,el20 Of tho thumb-uall, aud let Bl U, e L% Bk tho explrition of bl under the surface of the :;u‘fl’; Bt Do seen tho felon, which can 0 a €0 out with the pofat of a oeedie i ul::‘fuh.m \bleco of adbelve pluster will ASTRONOMICAL. The Planet Mercury Will Pass Between Us and the Sun. The Transit Will Occur Monday, May 6, and Last About Sevon and a Half Hours. Preparations Mado for Observing If~What As. tronomers Hope to Leara [from the Phenomenon, The planct Mercury will pass between the earth and the sun on Munday, May 0. The ‘plienomenon, which is called a traneit of Mere cury, will begin about Oh. 24. a. m,, and cnd at about 4h. 57m. p. m., Cbicago time. The sun and planet will, thercfore, be above our horizon during the whole time of the transit, and it requires littlo calculation to sec that it will bo visiblo from the whole Amerlean Continent,— Bouth aswell as North,—weather permitting, It will not be percetvable by tho unatded eye, but a glass of very low power will suflice to give n distinct view of the apparent passage of Mercury across the solar dise. Our dlagram represents tho path which the planet will appear to describe: the direction belng nearly from the northeastern point of the solar disc to a littlo below the western polnt of thodise. Theso are astronomical pesitions. Tak- ing Intv account the partlal rotatfon of the plane of .the horizon with reference to the sun the result s materfally modificd. If the paper be held so that the arrows in the left sidc of the diagram point to the zenith, while the observer faces the sun, the small white spot on the left witl show the relative position of the planct at the time of ingress. If the paper be so held that the arrowa in the right aide of the diagramn point to the zenith, the amalt white spot on the right (now nearly at the bottom) will show the relative position of the planct at the time of egresa; which is the end of the transit. The_ rolative hourly motion vl Mercury, in sccomls of arc of o great circle of the spliere, will be 2M.1 westward, and 105.20 southward, Asseen from tho esrth's centro, Mercury will ba 821.8 seconds north from the Sun'a centre at Oh, B4m, 808, p. m., the time of conjunction in right_ascension. The Buw's semil-diameter Is then 950.8 scconda; that of tho planet. 0.0 see- onds; thelr relative distances irom the earth as 181 10 1003 tho solar parallax belng about 83 seconds. These quuntities vive THE FOLLOWING RESULTS: Firat exterlor coutace at Ob, 2im. a. m., sbout 45 degrees caet from the astronoinleally northe ern poiut of the solar dise, and 4 degreva below the apparent casfern point, First interlor contact at Ob. 27m. a, m.3 the planct having oceuvied 8 minutes 7 seconds fn “*passing on to ' the Sun. Secund {ntcrior contact at 4h, 54m. atabout 100 degreca west from the astronomically northern point of the solar disc, and 20 degrees west from the apparent southern polnt. Becond exterior contact at 4k, 57m., belng the time when the two discs appear to scparate. Tho planet will traverse the chord of an are of about 145 degrees, which corresponds to nearly 1,814 scconds. Tho greatest opparent distauce of .\lcrcurf trom the ncarcst point of the solar Hinb will bo 664 scconds o very nearly 8 parts in 23 of tho appare dinmeter. The positions given In the dlagram are for *tercet M vislon. As scen througiian inverting telescope, gdho positions arc reversed; the northern b being Oelow, and the cast polnt to the right ol tho centre. Wo have preferred thia beeausa the phienomonon may be observed through twenty ficld or opera-glasses to ono telescope. A MAGNIPYING FOWER OF FIVE and upwards will show the planet as a dark spot on the face of the sun, a plece of colored or smoked glass belog interposed to cut off the heat rays, The transits of Mercury occur much oftener than those of Venus; but have hitherto been regarded 08 Jesa usoful to the astronomer. Mer- 80 miich nearer to the sun thet his dis- ent, or the difference in his agparent po- sltions on the solar dise, 8s scen from wllely sunderea polnts on the earth’s surface, Is cot- paratively mmall. Hence his transits have been regarded as of little value in determining our distauce from the sun. But astronomers are now beginning to questlon the value of tho trausits of Venus for this purpose as comparea with somo othier methods; so that those or Mcrcury tnay rank as of nearly equal fmpor- tance fu this reancet, while they aro of especial signiflcanco as aldaton more accurate deter- mination of tho clements of his orbit around the sun. ‘Those clements aro alreedv known to a closencss which 1s really wonderful when wo conslder that the orbit Is” very cceentrie, and that the planet 1a hidden by tho solar beams during a great part of each revolution, But they need correction; and the exuct sotution of the problem of the mercurial motion is all the more futcresting, as it bears dircetly upon the vexed question whether thero {s or Is not an INTRA-MERCURIAL PLANET, 1t 1s well known that Le Verrler (recently de- ceasod) announced several years awo that the major axis of Mercury's orble (s moviug ata rate wiich ho rcould not veconcile with tho disturbing forces oxerted by the then known plaucts, and that tho movemcnt could be accounted for only by sdmitting tho existenco of & mass moving around the Bun In an orbit {nterfor to that ol Mercury. This an- nouncement was mado to the French Academ of Belences lu Baptember, 185935 and it called out tho statement froin Dr, Lescarbautt that he had scen such a_planet crossing the Bun on the 25th of March of- that year, But the existence of such a planot, or planets, has not yet been dumonstrated 1o tho satisfaction of astronomers; and the results of Lo Verrler's calculation are ol:en to change, now that our csthmate of distance from the Bun has beca reduced about per coot, which involves a greater relative disturbing force excrted by the earth than that previously allowed foo 1t therefore becomes advisable to begin alresh, obtaln o knowledgs of the present positions of Mercury a8 preciscly 08 possible, aud critjcally compars thein with formerly observed positlons, then weigh the dilference agabnst the atiractive forces of the known masses in the solar system, and seo it there be o residuum which caunot thus bo accounted for. If yos, the lelmn‘pa will be turned {uto tho solar ‘nelghborhood with renewed vigor, fu the bope of obtalning ocular proul of thoexistence of an Iotra-wercurial plaget or plaucts. If no, the observatious of Lescarvault, ‘Tice, Woll, and a dozcu others, will to ignored, and Lo Verricr ba deuled the honor uf having duplicated hia grand success In discoveriug the oxistence of o planet by caleu. cation before it was visible to mortal eye, The cotnlng trausit will probably afford an opoortunity of tinding, with great precision, the relative position uf the plavet, as relerced to the Sun; and tu this ¢nd the astronomers of the Unlted States Naval Ovscrvatory at Washiog- tou have INVITED TUB CO-OPERATION of all partics who bavo telescopes of not less than three fuchics sperture; aud tho observa tious will be compared aud reduced by tho com- puters of the American Nautical” Almanac, The astrunomers will not depend entirely on cve observatious. The photugrapbic spparatus used at tuo trausit of Venus will be "brought oo rs‘?uhmm‘ 1u the case of Merury, especial> ly at Washington, Cambridze, Aun Arbor, sud rden (Utali Ter.), The transit will be watched at all tho uther observatorivs on this continent, fucludivg theoncat Chicago, weatherpermitting, ‘The photogruphs will be measured by the'sld of powerlul micrometric apparatus, and it is hoped that In tbls way will bu ascertaloed nov only the path of the plauet as referred to the carth's ventre, but also the wivute differences of pusition due to chaugo of place on the carth’s surface Tue latter may cveu pruve o be an fwportant sld iu tixivg vur revised estinate of the earth’s distancu from the Sun; though that 1s one of the thivge to be rsther hoped for than expected. ‘I'o aid {n determining the true time when tho several phases ol the transit will occur, as seen from different poluts ou this coatinent, the nooa siunal will be traasuntted by telegraph from Washington ench day from May 1 to Mav 10. in- clusive, and an adiditional algna) will be given at B k of the day of the transit, Ihe West- em Unton Teleeraph Company will furnfsh cvery facility for mnk‘nfi' ths comnarison be- twoen the aignnls and the timepleces of the suseral obscrvers, It will be well to note that there s o difterence of 42 minutea and 14.7 sec- onds hetwesn Washington and Chicago, so that the noon slznals above referred £o will be given AL 1T minutes 45.3 reconda after 11 0'clock In the morning of the time furnished by the Dearborn UObscrvatory in thin eity. THE PLIST RECORDED TRANSIT of Mcrcury was observed by Gassend! Nov, 7, 16313 but Dr. Edmund Halley waa the first to noto critieally the posttions of the planct at the time of transit, Nov. 7, 1677. Including that of 1631, o total of thirty-two tranaits of Mercury have been obscrved to date; or sn average of one In seven and scven-tenths years. The Inat oneaceurred Nov, 4, 1863, and ihe next four will fall on Noy. 7, 18413 May 0, 1501; Nov. 10, 15943 and Nov. 4, 1 B WONDERFUL LEAPING. The Bandwich- nders Diving into the ‘Whater from a I'recipicea Ninety Feot Iigh —Expert Women Nwimmers, In the concluding article of the sketches pub- Hahed fn the Nineteenth Century under the title of “Round the World inthe Bunbeam,” ve- curs the following vivid account of wonderful swimmiug, diving, and leaplog in the Sandwich Islands We returned to the Sunbeam on Christmas- Day, and on_the folloning day we witnessed soime extraordinary feats of swimming per- formed by the natives of the island. A coplous stream enters the sca about a fuarter of a mile west of the little town of [lllo, At a short dis- tance from Its mouth it forces its way through a chasm In the volennlc rocks, and then winds rounil a precipitous crag of lava, at the foot of which it forms a still pool, six fathoms In depth, We had been fnvited to witness two noted swimmers leap from the summit of the crag into the poul below. The whole population turned out on the occaslon, and reated them- selves on the grassy slopesa above the river, awaiting the arrival of the two athictes, Mean- while a number of the nore youtbful inhabi- tants of Ililo, of both scxcs, entertained us with adisplay of theart of swimming and divibg. One active zirl leaped repeatediv from a helght of twenty feet info the river, In the intervals between their performances these amohibious people ellinbed up the rocks that overhung the river, wliere they guthercd themselves into the most plcturesque grouns of bronze-colored yet shapely humanity, Tnerewere few garmenta to mar tlie symmetry of their forms, but there was not the slightest taint of immodesty in thescene. A sculptor, looking on with the cultivated cyu of a trained ortist, would have reveled in the racelul novements of the furms displayed be- ore Lim: while a palnter would have avpre- cinted not less the harmonious colors of the picture, in_which the olive flesh-tints formed such an admirable contrast to the dark lava- rocks un which the swimmors reclined. Many a lahorious student of the Academy las racked hia brain In the vain effort to produco n compo- sitlon on canvas or in marole, with not one-latf the beauty or the truth to nature of theao tortuitous assemblages of gracelul fizures. An hour bad ruwu awsy not unpleasantly when the heroes of the day arrived. I'licy wero to leapinto the pool beneath from thoe aummit of a preciples ninety feet in helght, Thirty feet velow the edge a crag Juls ont fifteen feet from the faco of tho rock. 1t was mccessary for the awimmers to clear this projection. ‘We were seated on the ledge of rock near the edge of the water, to witness the feat they were about to perform. 1t was a point of view whence the swimmers were scen with striking cffect, as they first appeared on the eraz auove us, and paused for s moment an fts brink, before taking their tremendous leap Into the zul? beneath, As we fooked uf. to the summit of the precl- plee, the powerful forma of these olive-colored men—notable specimens of the natlve races of the Pacllic—stood out In_magriticent reliet against the dark-blue sky, Each wore a green wreath fastencd on his brow,—a trifling touch, which enlianced the rescmblance to those ad- mirablo products of ancient art, the bronze tig- uren of the fiving Mercury {n the museum at Naples. As tho first swimmer cathered him- sell together for the lcap, there was a breath- less sitence in tha crowd, o momentary glanve ot hesitation fn tho hero of Hilo, succeeded by that got look which a man wears who has determined to do a chivalrousdeed or perish {n the attempt. ‘Then came a auperb elustic bound, an_ agile re- adjustment of the balance, and the athletie fig- ure darted downwards like an arrow throuzh the air, with a tremendous aplash disappeared fect downwards below the glassy surface, and, aiter a prolonged tmmerslon, rose ogaln to the surface scathless, amid the enthusiastic ovations of tho crowd, ‘The great feat was followed by a performance which, ina less amphiblous country, would have cxcited wonder, 1t was a leap down a waterfall lmvlng o ‘all of fifteen feet. Not only did the two champlons take the leap, but even the nymphs of Hilo, in numbers, lollowed thetn. After disapoearing for a tew moments {n the secthiug wator at tho foot of tho cascade, they reappeared laughing and nlkInE. evidently ro- garding the feat as an ordinary bathing Incident. el CAN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS BE MAIN- TAINED ? To the Editor of The Tridune, Cnicaco, Aoril 16.—It is surprising that the lecturo delivered by Robert I' Vorter, Eag., be- foro the American Bocinl Sclenca Congresa at Low- ell, Mass,, pubtished in your paper of Feb, 14,and the starthing focts it presents, "have not attracted more atiention from tho pressand communitics Interestod. Il demonstrates that. unless some radical reform {s' introduced in the admintetration of City Governments to check tnelr expenditure and diminish their cost, tho time ia not far dis- tant whon the roal property of our principal cities will b burdened with debts and itaxation which will amount to confiscation, and thelr business will be taxed out of exlstonce. The result is as certaln 88 his facts are undenlable, Ils shows thut In iwelve af the principal cities In this country the aggroale Increato of indoblednees from 18 fo 1870 18 187 per cent, and the increase of tazation is 86 per cent. The immense dopreciation uf tha value of property within thoe last two ycars would mako the showing mueh more alarming. Auothor ton years of corresponding expendituro and in- creaso will render the burdens of muunicipal gove ernment intolerable, 1 submit, then, that it fa the part of wisdom to presont theso facts to tho public, to discuss and dis ieat them, and devise some remedy to avert the threatenod daner. 1 nuna ia aitainable, letitbo underatood that under tho pre ernments are a fallure, It i minivterod, iand uniess tho cost of tl tenance can materially diminished, bankruptcy and rum is only & tion of ‘time. The tendeucy nitics scemus to be the same &3 with too many Individuals, whose oxpenscd are vearly over- running their income aud eating up thele caplial, tokesp on, In the hope that, sumetbing may tarh up to wvert the threatened ruln, ratber than adupt that rimd retrenchiment will alone can wave thom, ‘To tho wise and bonest, the huwilistion of nresent retrenchment {s loss to oo dreaded than the dls- graco of future raln and )l:mkru‘m:{. 1t Is truw the constitutional Hmitatlon upon munlicipal indebtaduess in llinola has contined thy indentodness of Chicago below many other cities, yet, it hor expendltures continue 1o lncreaws in tho futare a8 they havo In the past, her ultimate fato is &4 certain as that of any othercity. In the commencement of the municipal year in 1837, It ction not at fault, the bonded in- of Chicago was only $100,000; 4,000, an Incroass of 1,204, 00U, au lucrease of abuui 843 por cent per ‘Voxes, ot that tine, wers merely their snnui. nominil comparea with tho-o of the present tloe, which amount ta $15 fur each man, woumun, and cllld, as stiown by Mr. Porter, which Is ou- hanced to nearly doublo that amount oy park, tows, county, snd stato levies, busides apecial sa- sossments. With such enorinous public burdeas, it 18 not strango that real cetats is depreciated, and that thero ara no jnuications of returnlug prows perity. Property which will oot yicld an lucome, Or doos not advauce i vulue 6 ey cont por annum, ia rogsrded pout investment. A tax of 1 pur cent on property yielding an annual Income of ¢ r cont {8 o coutiseation of sixicen and two-thirds dollars on every hundred of its eutiro value, or equivalont to a mortyage of $16.064 on every §100 worth of proporty in the cliy. Few nien aro atle to own unimproved property, and vury lttle of it, M fuproved,” will rfiu taxes, repaird, und the in. toroat on tha'cost of improvement. | thore any wystery that bard times coutinue, or auy hupo thuy they will end, unless the burdens of governmout can bo materially reduced? “T'ho Comptrolier's rupart shows the payments of 1ast yesr, with all our ofurts for rconoiny, to hisve been 10,813, This enormous suw, directly or indirectly, bas been abetracted from the indus- ry and property of the clly, What du we recolve furit? Waler lspaid fur by consumers, the pave ing of streets by tho proporty-owno: ud private pollce umpluxul y wost of the business aud Tuany of tho resldence nelghborhoods. 1t accmi inevitable thas ‘thu cost of acity gov. erament of 450,000 iunabitants should be more than double that of the United Statcs In 1804, tn- cludiog toe support of (bs army, navy, carrylog the mails, clvii service, snd all curreat cxpenses and yun-uch 1s the hlu. 0! the Guverpwent Bumbers, $12, 623,000, $8,162,000 of pald ror jotercat upou sud {o reduction of the national deb viug 8 balance of $1.433,000, out of which wae paid the entire cost of running all tho dopartwunts of tho Guvernmeat, In 1610 the entire runniog expenses of the Government, ovce cudabove what was pald for interest snd velocl) upon the national debl, was ouly 42! 'bo Borcest complalnts azainst the Adminiatra- tloa of Jobn Quincy Adsms was that the national expenscs had Increascd from less than $10, 000, 000 In%‘&l. to over $13,000,000 In 1828, ° Tneso facts demonstzato Lhat there is somethipg radically viclous sud wrvak Lo the prescat adwmistelation of mnnlelpal gosermmenta. The concluslon s irra- Fistible that thelr adminlstration |s grossly ex- How tong will the i deprexsion In bneiness and de. preciation of sl kinds of property, and the ldlencas. and destitution of the masses, eall Inudly far & reductlon in the burdens of that taxation’ which has been ao Instrnmental in prodacing the present atate of affalrs, and & consequent redaction fn the expenatturen of that most voracions of all tax. eating devices, municipal government. The neo- plo have adonted economy in tnclr buainesa and perronal expenditnrcs, - Salarlen ani wagen have cn reduced, and every possible expense cat off or cortailed, s the=re any reason why the City Government shouid mot practica the mame retrenchment and economy, and ths walaries of ita emploves be correspandingly re- duced? If an Individusl wers running the Cily Ciavernmet ae a private entorprine, athin own ex. penne, he would not liesltate wint to do; and if he shonld refuse to ndopt & righd aysien of retrenct. ment, Win creditors would justly charge him with dishoneaty. Aldermtn voto away the pablic money Instead of theirown, but they act as traatees. and are ay nolemnly honml t execate their prblc traain an wisely, carefully, and economically as if they were manazing a private eatato or their own individnal aflalre, and Any one wio will do otharwies {3 undt for hia powitlon. Taose in charze of the City Gov- ernmentare bound, then, as judicious and honest a, t0 cut down expendituren tu tng lowest point cunslatent with the reavonable protection of prop- erl\( and the neescrvation of order., No one will deny the necessity of the economical maintenance of our common nchoale, where chil- dren may be tauzhit in the common and, elemontary branches of education, but the ornamental branches are no psrt of & common-echool education, and rhoald be summarily discontinued. The Iligh Bchoolsare no part of the system of common- school education. If parents desire & higher edus cation for theit ‘children, let them ‘provide it at their own expense. It msy humbie gur pride to discontinue the High Scliools, but we had better do it than tmpair our comman schoals. or make them such a burden as to tnvita thele discontinu- ance. The propriely and lewal right of levy. ing tazes for the support of metivols above the geade of commnon schucls I beine largely discusred and scriously doubted. Gov, Roninson, of New York, regardas tax for their enpuort as not only oppressive, but alss illegal. Our Consutution, Art. ¥, Sce. 1, requires that *‘a thorough and eficient aystom nf free schools whereby all the children of this Btato may receive 8 qoorl common-achool education™ shall” be pro- vided. It ia maintained, and supported by high legal authority. tnat thia provimon 1nplicaly neyg- stives tne right to eatablish and support by taza. ton schooln of any other grade, ‘The cost incarred by the clty for gas and sewers would ve lnrgely curtabied {f an indisidnal were running the city at nls own expense, There aro miles of gas-lamps on atrects where the number of reetdents docs not warrant thom. They have been ordered and lighted to benett the realiestate spec- ulators, rather than from public nccesgity, ‘Tho same i3 true of a large outlay fof sowers, A wlse economy would have postponed, thefr con- " atruction until an {ncrease nF population rendered them necossary, 1 Is there any good renson why the ell( should pay 18 ompluyes igher nalaries taan individnals pay for rervices requirtn the same labor and skiil, and involving the sanic responmbilitiesy Doce any one doubt tnat, if an Individual were bound to maintain the Police and Fire Departinents of this city ut s uwn expense, he could not and wonld not obtain any number of ne good men as thosenow on the Torce at materfally Jower wagcs? | ile cortainly wounld not pay new and {nexpe- rienced men the eame wacs as tried men made ekillfnl by long service. Lrakemen bn railr trajue, whero cqual Intellivence, watchbfulness, and responaibliity, 1o say the lest. fr required, who sre exposed fo greater danger night and day. and work more_hours than police, wre oniy paid from €40 to $00 per month, and hundreas suek ‘vositions which cannot be supplied t. Every dollar paid to cllgenmvhm bove what equally as good men can be obtained for is & gra« tuity, and wrongfully extorted from the taxpaye: If agents employed to condact the privite pusing of others should pay such gratuities td employ they would be called dishonest, ana difchanzed disgrace, Alderinen who vote thesd gratultioa would summarily discharge agonts conducting thelr private busincss who stiould thus viplate thelr duty. Until the city's affairs are mathged on tho same principles and with the sameccohomy which characterizes the conduct of private bhsiness, the Uiirdena of taxation will continue tn Increass, ‘puralyzing its enternrisc and depceciatiag its prop- erty until bankruptcy and condscation ennue, If the taxes wero econumically and judlcloualy expended, and thero was any reasonuola hope that they would be any less in the future, the present burdens mizht be borne for s yearor but waen hundreds of thousands of doliare are aunually lav- fatiod on fuvorite contractors snd employes, and on unnecessary ovjects, demanding contmuuvus sna increasing expenditures, hope of future relief s cnt off, anl the arrival of the period when city property will not support City Government is unly B queation af Lime, ccause the doot aud cost of running the City of Chicago Is not xo great as of sume other citles, only proves that, under the present system. our finan- cinl ruin is & few years further off than thatof sume otlier citles. Men by thotsands are being driven qut of these doumed citles, —~their business beinz destroyed by tho burdens of taxation The cone ditton of theso citivs ought to be our worniug and not our {mitation. Whether city goveinments can Yo mainiained under the oxisting aystem in one of the gravest problems which can engags the atten. tion of political economists and propa-+s-halders, ‘The ovil bas reached 8 point whore {t hus hecome s queation of hife and deatb, and its most earnest considoration caunot be fungor postponed. XX, e ————— THE HON. WILLIAM SPRINGER. To the Editor of The Tribune. WasmingTon, D C. Aprll 16.—The state- menta mado in Tuz TRinune of 3aturday, by o correspondent at Springfield, that the Hon, Willlam Sorioger bad avy communication with any ono at BSpringtisld, or at any other place, by telegraph, or In any other way, at the time of tho meetiug of the late Democratic Con- vention nt that city, or at nuy time previous thereto, In relation to hs supporting Geu. Shiclds as Doorkeeper of the House of Repre- reulatives, I8 Ialse in overy part and par. ticular. Mr. Horinger will absolve the Tclegraph Com- pany from all oblizatious of secrecy,und will give $100 to any credible person for every word of such dispateh that cau be produced, dnd $100 to auy reputable person who will say hu cver saw or recefved any such dispateh or cotmmunication from him at aily tuno previous to the Conven- tlon, or while the Conventfon was in sesslon, 1 am nuthorized and requested by Mr. Bpringer to inake this denlal, and to make it lo the minplest and most unqualitied terais poasi- ble. You are at liberty to grive my name to auy one who takes suflictont Intercst fn the watter to {nquirs for it Very truly, Lerors, ————— GRATITUDE, One chilly v‘lr In early 8pring, Whilat 1 did take iy walis abreal, I found o vird with stifoned wing, 1a)f-dead upon tho frozen sad. 1100k it with me to my home, Whero checring warmtn and watchfal care Restored 11s liveliness and tone— 1t warbled woon s ctigerful air. And all day loug, thouch raged withoat "Chio wtorwm, and fell the snowy sleet, 1t put my lonelincsn to rout y morry warolings, heav'nly sweet, 1 kept it till the Aowurs rawed "I'hielr heads froin out the mellow carth, Till uther birde vach other chased From trev to tree, in 8pringtime mirth, y captive bird. bright-blue sky was faintly heard, X Tust to human oye, It svon returned; before my duor, Bullt, with lta mate, & tiuy nest} And soon weo llttle birdies fonr Did nestle 'neatn s feathored breast, And through the weary Sumter lone, Thouyl shiono the gun, and hushed the breeze, 1t anuig $0 me its varied song— A oing that never falled (o p! But, when tue Summe? br ‘The Winter's chill, Eart 1t vanished, and [sadly thonght ‘That | should never see 1t uore. But no—with the returning Spring, | When flowers deckt tho meadows o'er, 1 heard the flutter of its wing, 1ta cacering notes bufore my door. Boft as the wigh of Summer-brecze, ‘They seomed to munaur unto mo: What do yo to th+ least of thewe, That do yo ulso unto Me! L. A, Osponys. —— Tho Only Thing Mr. Seecher Needs. New York Times, Thera is but ono thing more to be dona to demonstrato beyond a posstbility of dount that Mp. Beecher 18 u perfectly funocent mau. Let bitn_rise up iu his pulplt next Sumday, aud ru. mark thst a quickening of his consvidnes conis pels hitn 10 confess that the charges of aduliery y beretofore mede wratod him wro true. His conzrogation—the sano whico, a certafo memorable prayer mecting, mobbed Mr, Moulton, and loudly pro- posed to *ilve him hell "—would at onee cry out, ** The vindication of our beloved pastor is now complete.” Siuce every other varlety of evidenco—except his oral and publle confesslon —hus been brought forward to prove bis guilt, and has been loterproted as proof of his lono- ecuce, hils confession betors his congregation nest Sunday morniog would conviuce his ad- mirers that, in polut of purity and truthful- nenls ho is rather superior to the sverage Arch- avgal. [ ——— Insanlty and Baldness in Callfornls. Dr. Dlo Lewls says **Hats off ” to San Fran- clsco. A reporter who receutly cailed upon bim to turolsh material for a spars coluinn in morning F-ner alluded to the climate, as every loyal Californian 1 bound to do, sod then iu- quired why it was that theroc were so mavy cases of insanity and softening of the bralu on the Pacific coast. * Stock-gambling,'’ was the zeply. *1don't bellcye there s a wore favos- able climate for bratn health on the planet.” The reporter then referred to the orevalence of prematuro baldness amonz middle-azed husiness men, and asked (f it wns the result of climatie Influence. The Doctor again declined 1o say aught agalnst n clinate ko wonderful, 80 {nvigorating, and so exceptfonaily healthy. Logs of hair was cansed by stock-gambiine, and by the constant wearing of the hat, - ot only,” he said, **{s the hat worn out of dours more than fn any ather part of the m»nnlr{. but I have never scen it worn 80 much within doors. The proximate cause of balduess is a close hat. Women don't heeome bald, and men never lose n hair below where the hat touches tho head” The Doctor here took his own stlk hat and held it up so that the light could shins through twenty holes that were plerced In the top, LINCOLN IN 1864. ‘The Late Gldeon Wellea' Paper in the April “Atlanties Cincinnatl Gasstte. ‘The April Atlantic has & paper by the late Gideon Welles, catitled * Lincoln’s Triumph In 1S4 This triumph was his nomination and election over the cnmity of those whom Mr., Welles classes as the Radicals, and particularly against the machinations of Chase to supersede him in the Republican nomination, and of Fre- mont es o third candidate, backed by Henry Winter Davis, B. F. Wade, and such: but under this head the now departud ex-Secretary relntes varlous things in his own version, with a freedom in pacribing evilmindedness to slf with whom he differed, aud ho tells at Icast ono sccret, namely ~the cauae of the estrangement of Stanton and Montgomery Blatr when both wers 1n the Cabl- net. The paper beglns with a narrative of the famous peace conterence of Horace Greeley and the Rebels Jacob Thompeon, C. C. Clav, and others, showing the shrewd way fn which Lin- coln thwarted this attempt to put him in a false pusition through Ureeley, making him belleve that peace wasattaluable thruugh negotiation with these men, Innnswer to Greeley'sapplica- tion for a eafe conduct for thess Rebel agents to Washington for a confercuce, to which they would come with pomp and circumstance, and where they would assume the alrs of leaders of the Deinocratic party, Lincoln appointed Greeley bis agent 1o confer with them, with autliority to give them safe conduct provided thev came with power to take conditions, and to nceotlate upoi the basts of a restored Unfon, ‘This preliminary requiretnent, which was the last that could be proposcd for the natlon, and without which nezotiation would be out of the question, quashed this pretentious stratagem and sent the Rebel agents back cnpty. Greeley never forgave Lincoln for thls. In a very sure article upon it he Intimated that Stanton also bad o hand i t. ‘The Welies paper gives a good history in brief of the discuurazement of the country at the want of adequate suceess for the greal military oxpenditure, und the attempt of the Democratic Fresidentlol Convention to take advantage of this by pronouncing the attempt to restore the Unfon’ by lorce a fallure, and declaning for n suspension of arins, and tor leaviug the result wholly to negotiation. This was the Vallandigham peace and sur- render platform on which they placed a inflitury nomtnee, Gen. McClellan, who in bis letter of aceeptance repudiated the platform snd declared that the Unlun muss be the indispensable con- dition of peace, and that the reaponsiutlity for war would rest upon those who remained in urms aguinst the Unlon. This potriotic ex- pression did not relieve the Convention from the effect of its treasonable platfortw, The rising of pupular sentiment sgainst It was further istod by successes to tue national arms, the ilef of which as Mr. Welles §s very particular to state, wero achleved by the navy and not by the army. Aud as to this, he blows a pretty larze horn for the vavy, and for his own sagaclous and ctergretic adininlstratton of its affairs, while he i3 nfree eritle of Uen Grant as a General wholly destitute of geuius, or, 1o speak more plamiy, of bralns, ‘Tne ex-Secrotery servesout with his wonted plainness of speech, and partisau freedom (n clalming as wrongheaded all Republicans whom he was upoused to, the Radical eilort to - muke Fremant & candidate, unil tne attempt of Chuse to get the nomlvation 1o place of Lincotn, The measure ot Chase's elfort |s not fully told. It wus an affalr of much preparation’ by Chase through his {mnmml correspondence, apd it made an amnbiticus though brie! eifort. A prom- tent Senutor broke grouml for It in Congress by a general srraleniment of Lincoln's poli.y, purticuturly with rezurd to protecting toe slaves of Rebels”In the fleld of the war, But it wan svon found that the Republican masses afd not respond. Chase gave it up, and declared for Lincoln's renomination. They who had enguged witlh hiin becume conspicuous In support of Lincolv. ‘fhe popular upnsing against the Demuoeratic treason worked for Lincoln, and Fremout withdrew because his candidaey could ouly tend to elect the Dumecratic candidate, Tho resuit was that Lincoln was re-elected by a populur malority which couvicted the Dem- ocratie leaders of 'a blunder that would be the death of auy polltical party which miulrcd brains or _churacter, or which vould be killed by infamy. The ex-Secretary wives a hlstory of the tneeption of the expedition ngalust Fort Fisher, 10 sliow that he orginated its that Grant wholly overlooked the tmportance of closing the port of Wilminoton,~the last port through which the Contederate army could receive supplics from abroad,—but that be ussented to 1t when wroposed, and then freely took the glory of it when uchieved. In this varrative he reproduces that letter of Adimiral Porter on Grang, which, when aumrm(nully published after Grunt had nominated Porter us Rtear Admiral, made Grant sny to Porter that 1t had almost mado biw Jose confldence in baman nature. Welles suys he was not responsible for the printlug of "the letter, but that it wus a trus victure of Graut’s conduct and character. He gves ext from Chaso's letters to show th bltteruess between him and Blalr, and he rclates o cause of estranzement between Stanton_and Blalr which we hase not uefore seen. e sayy that in the spring ol 1501 Seward wauted Stanton made Attorney for the District ot Columbla, and that finally Lincoln asked the oplnion of cach member of the Cabinet, and that Blatr, thus called upon, said Sianton had the legal ability, *but stated a fact within his personal knowledze which affected the hpnor of that gentteman, This was decdsive agalnst stanton.” But upon the retirement of Cameron, Soward succeeded fn fmmmr Stanton in his place, Stanton coasulted much with Blair for a year or two, Blar belng well acquainted with' the persons of the anny and with military affales, as he had recelved a military education, But about the close of 1863 Blalr notleed that Stan- ton becanie eool and retivent. 1o demanded an cxplauation, and Stuuton told hin he -was in- formed that be had made statemeuts injurious to bis character, Blaie replied that when called upon by the President ho had communicated In confidence tacts which ho knew to be trie. This terminated all friendly intercourse between thet. Somo one hud told Stanton fu onder to make this rupture, and it is natural to suppose that a member of the Cabluet must havo dona 1, In 1act, Lincoln's Cubinel was a sort of happy fumily. Owinz to this situation Blalr had told Lincoln that his resignation was at his service whenever ho denred it. To harmonize the Cabluet and as ason to* thejRadivals," ho asked It Sept, 23, 1614, with assurauces of his esteem, Mr. Welles was born a Connecticut Democrat and bitter partisan. His separation from that party in its propagandlsm of slavery did ot change bis nature, Those Republicaus that he called the Radicals served in place ot the Feder- olists aod Whige os in his mind @led with all munoer of infquity. In general ho is loysl to Linculn, althoush he criticises him i’ sonie cases as havivg yiclded to the Kadicals, There {s now o popular tendency to make Lin-oln fnfailible, and every man ot bls tine who differ- ed with bl reprobate; but they who lived {u that timo remeiuber that ho was then very far from miall und that therd was a nuble zrmy of gruwblers which had very good grounds. ———— THE ARRIVAL. 1 waxa up in my anow-whito bed. ~Thurobin sang and sanz. 44Ny darliny comes to-da How blue the sky was v (And loud that robln saug). ‘The morning was all blue and gold. —The robln's sung wos swoel.~— How swift sud silll the moment's rolled; Qu-balf of Joy could uot be told (Tho sony, the song was sweet), The noon wsa blue, and gold, and green, 'he robia sang so Joud. ‘The world was all 8 sun-kist What could this tardy co (Uow loud the song—how on. medn! oud 1) The eve was scarlet, grecn, sod gray. y —‘-‘.T‘I'a‘a gmln lu'“ g ;m.—- ¢ is the dying o sy, What mu!u"vhn means thls long delay? (And yet the song rang on.) T hesrd the creaking of the oste. —Tie robla’s song was shrill, — My love, my love, why ast ihou late? Why com'si thou (n such lowly siate ! (l{ow abrill that song—how sbrilll) They laid :,lndn:: ny. n;mv--hm bed. ow Do beatas updn s besdt How culd the {s of the desd! (Uusb, burd, thou shalé 0f sing!, i Bu.? b{'unm 1 THE PUZZLERS' CORNER. [Orieinal contrihations will ho published in this department. Correspondents wiil pleasc aend thetr res] namee with thele nome de plume nadransed to *‘Purzlers’ Corner,” Anawers will ba published the following week. Sy ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES. No. 212, PLY TEA LEE *ELXM YEA ANY VIA o07f11L IMP 1DA APRE LAY No, 413, BUBBLES ¥ POUND D OF ACE RE 50U K BUM ELSEWHERE LIE R ERA LO PEA YN E PEALS &8 MOTTLED No, 214, | No. aie YANTE Contideace, ATBIL, — PLEAD Ko, 217, EASEL Light-Ship. RENTS — HNo. 18, Artaxerxes, No. =10, Clock-Key, No, 1 Mother Goon Melo- diee. A No, 421, (1) Kankakee, (2) Fowler, (1) Sheldon, (4) L. fayelte, (5 Hazelrigg, (0) North Tend, (7) I ley, (8) Buenn Vista, () Portsmonth, (10) Calu- met, (11) Tippecanoe, (12) Miani, (13) Gallipolis, (14) Maasficld, (15 Alilance. HEXAUON—NO, 222. RN A LI I AR 5 4 1102, arecaid: 2103, to anrrenders 3 B 4, a river in Europe: 4 to f peculiarlv: 5100, & ves- nels Gto 1, endeavoreds 1 to4, s dangerons felluw; 5102, that which {s Just past; 10 3, lrunl{. Cuticavo. E. F. K DIAMOND- 23, In Dobolink; duwn vn cloth; tho cheek-bone; & color: a Western city: & pattern; asharp (netro- ment: & weicht; In Dorah, The same words are read downwarde. Wzst Liseorr, Ja, Hanar, SQUARE WORD—NO, 224, A genus of plants; n stupld animal; arges; a long, open conrt, Fazerour, Il DoroLINK. BQUARE WORD-No. 225. A river In Europe; dry; s blemla rden. Cutscado: N Mixon, HOOSIER ARITHMETIC~No. 220. Toone-Afth of twenty add one-half of twenty-nine, And tho answer, strange to relute, Will fack Juat two of being rixty, And atifl “twill not be Ofty-vight, Soutu Bexo, Ixp. Droruen Ixx. CROSS.WORD ENIGMA—No, 227, My (ret is {n crooked, but not in strajehts My second's 1n Lrnest, but not in Jate; Ay third ts In unvel, but notin imos My fourth ia tu even, but not in crlmps My f1th 14 in many, but not iu cruwd § My sixth fs in calint, but not in joud; My whote 16 0 purzier— Now, who can it be? Gueas in haste, oll at once, Before I count three. Paxroy, Il Roxr, ' NUMERICAL ENIGNA—N0, 228, My1, 2 3 4.5 0. 7, i4 0 fish, Sy &, 0, 10, 11, 12, 13, ira bird. My whole, of thirtcen ictters, is 8 bird. Avear, Mich, linxoxt, NUMERICAL ENIGMA—NO, 220, Tam composed of nino letters, and am a amail horse, ¢ ‘ ]1“1’ : 0‘;‘ l kD) ln; golng. ¥ 1, G, i a prefx. My 2, 0, 6, 5, 8, s curdled milk, Pixroy, 1M Ganra, NUMERICAL ENIGMA=NO, 230, 1am composed of twenty-seaven letters. My 17, B, 20, 11, b, 1o darkness. My 7, 2, 14, 1¥, I8 8 vesscl, My B, o4, 21, 3, 14, 4, 1s 2 permit, 24, {n & harniony of sounds, My 13, 1, 10, I laborlous. ee. 8, {3 an animal, 4 atan carly day, Davesvonr, Ia, Dite Stuven. ENIQMATICAL FLOWERS-NO. 231, (1) An anlmal, a male nickname, and & verb; (2} a convevance, & nevative answer, and 1o pass by on the other side: () an American statesmon sud a place for criminais; (4) 3 boy's nawme, s river in Scotland. aud an suimali (b) part of & wheel, an intarjection, and a mensnrement of length; fn young lady in Thrace fs supuascd -to liave wald of ber lover; (7) to daface, a prononn, and a popular medium; (8) a term of endearment, Il?u’nlmu of a tree, & part of ihe body, and an ar- cto, Cuicaso. Dxx Suanmox, CORRESPONDENCE, TPoplar, Ostkosh, Wis,, has been pretty snccess- ful thiv week, answering save o few towns 1o No. 221 Minnchahs, . Freeport, 1WL.,—the other Inafan malden,—skips throe towns in No. 221, Every uzzle romaluing Is auswerva properly by Longiel+ low's herolne. T, M. C., Englewood, Tll., successfully solves the seveeal sums net before him, with theexception f four or five of the towns in No. 2!1. The fa- ent are ou Ale, ie Wrag, city, wonld have had a porfect lat of mnswers it she’ bad ooty the **Clock-Key * of Fonlar to wind up with, Thunks for the dismond Tt will sparkld soon. Frances (Conatant, city, missea the Eastern mon- arch, and gele off ot two OF ureo wrung stations on the trip to Oble. 'These are the only falures in the many kinks of The Corner. ‘Tyro, city, misscs one vuzzle of his lesson, —the Davenport enlgma,—sud sags **lo engrave" (s what did the business. Ile would @ been far happler 1f Jarndyco had not nade his oppearance. Bl, Platteville, Wie., cannot find the **Clock- Koy, but bas rurnished the keys to unluck the sacrets of all the otber puzales. Every town. from i " kskeo to Alliance, is given In auswer to No. Iappy Thought, Preeport, 111, as ueual, maju- ialns ber liappy taculty of Jooklng st puzalus in thelr right light. She geta of tuo track only at Cheataut Ridyo for Kankskee, snd Big Indisa for Sheldon, i No, #21, Dobalink, Flneporl!‘lll.. solves the carloas com. plications of last weok correctiy, anve tho ** Liyhs. Ship™ of T, M. C., for whicli *-Moonlight substituted. “Bob bas a fow square words in this Isany 1hat will cause some study to unkink. Roxy, Paxton, [ll., basn't tho ** Conddenca™ of Romols, the **Ariaierses” of Jarndycs, or the Eastorn'visit of iies Yarrun, lo her list of answers, The remalning Fuu ro answervd rightly, Mlsa Rox; nudflnns fear the W, B, For proof "thercof wee No. 227, J. B, C., Galena, Il sent his snswers to the puzzles uf April U last week too late for notice. Lack of time causes an incomulete list. Beven of the ten questious wero solved. J. B. C. says the **Locomutive Engloes® of Miss Garth way **ona of the best." Green, city, hmll; ots down the snswers to a1l but Artaxerzes and the Oblo jannt, —the former of which shy basn't tune 10 bunt up, and the length of the latter precludes a busy correapundent frum Luntioy through a Railroad Guide to snswer tuo fftcen places called for. Hery Tenco, :ll{;' gravely porpetrstes the fqllow- lowing saswer 30 No, 214 & tomol "0 e T ek Fil Tostudy Uoetho wilh the Matou mises. Brother ke, South Bend, Ind., 1o fast becoming or he' basn't 8 miselng o 10 Jast wi 1l e was doubtful of bis 1y to the Oshikosh questlon, ‘:& 1t 1a tLe author's answer,as B, 1. will evidently be pleased to know, Another of the Hoosler's aritbuetical questions is given in this week's Coruer. Benoul. Avery, Mich., afier writing the suswers 10 last week's crookecuess, spesks out iu meeting iig obsolete words ln ue" aud ‘‘uzarate’ ol obsol words. The gentleman {rom k‘:.c:ln.:t' Miss Yarron lvd bim n‘wuu chase of £00 miles for tbe 8rst pace sbe vistted, —classic Kagkskes,—for wbich he sulstitutes Uncatuut “Ridze,—8 very good answer,—and, with one or twn exceptions, her telp was correctiy mapped oat by our correspondent. Garth, Paxton, Tll., came near skinping Tho Cotner this week, but finally conelnded ta send hee snswees. The solntlon given to No. 210 is not the **regmiation ™ answer, bat the remainder are dead-letier perfect, Yonr small horse Ia fraticd out for [nepection this week, Mise G, and in time altwill sppear on aress parade, Darah Yarron, Grand Crossing, Til, ereditably answers the entire Ilat, and is among the very firet with her letter, She regards **Mother Goose's Meladies" a4 very cnte, and none of the pazzles seem 0 have hotnered the fady iu solving, Tha error was provoking, no donbt, and The Cornes tegreta it or much s# Miss Dorah. TRose Maylie, Evanston, fl., 1 happy once acaln, for avery tangied skein iles nntwisted on the table, and ahe hae had 8 folly time doing it. (Sho hapea ¢* oll{" isn't slang.)” Romola's charade ia characterlzed an **perfectly lovely." and Mirs Yarron's trin to Ohlo as beinx exceedingly well exprersed In enigmatieal syllables. E. P, K., city,—whose lette# ia the first to ho Iaid on the table, ~sends anawera to the equarey, tne croee, the thombald, and the diamo! Tha *t'anfidenca ' of omola is mtrsing, the **Light-+ Shin™ of T, M. C. dlscovered, ho n to Ar- tazerxes, and winda up with the **Clock-Rey ™ of Poplar. 'Nos. 270 nnd 221 are tnrolved, ‘The Corner receiveda fetter early in the week from far-away Egypt, with anawers to Now. 212, 214, 915, 217, 210, Andl 220. 'The eorreepondent, at last ne- counte, xas looking for 8 map o find out where Miss D. Y, journeyed to,and promised tosend the answer Iater,” It in suppoed that bo Is still studyiog, for {lulek, ‘of Calro, Til., has not since been heard fom. Tudden, Unlon Stock-Yards, signalizes his entry in Tne Corner by solutiona ta the entire list. N, 221, however, haa only threa of the placea calied for, flc says the lady muat have changed cars pretty often, for sho sets onton the I, C. f. R, then P.,C. & 8t, T,., next P\, F. &C., anil takea & eamer ip the Ohfo at Portamonth. ma has evidently been mapping. Enena Chanagra, Dixon, 11l., has The Corner's eolations to the ten enigman, and fails only in & couple of **Doubting Dorah's™' towns, which E. C. rayn were nnreachabls on her map, A aho med- n tntwinting she aaya she bope L., will ¢ I some more, " for her cnigma ia **de- light“-fnl, Miss Enens hopes alao that Romola wlil **sit in The Corner and aing'* as often as sho The young learcs, if she always docs It so charmingly s« in No, 210, anke, agaln, ¥Mlss E, C., for your pretuy charade, - Answers have been recelved Lo the pozzies of April 13 from the following :;Agmle‘ulld?n : Ef an 3 ma'a Uncle, city, to Nos, Aurara, 1L, to 5 ty, to Ne 'oor Scholas " Noe, 0. B J.. city, to Nos 212, and 220; Rob Hobbin, Platteriile, W 10; H. B, 1., Oshkosh, o 1) Walbridgs, city. to Nos. 3 20 3 Billio K. M., Janesville, 15,'217, and 219 ; Snug, city, HALF-ORPHAN ASYLUM, To the Titor of The Tribune. Cnicaan, April 17.—The stteution of your read- ers hus been often called tothe Chicagn Nursery and Half-Orphan Asylam, and many have con- tributed at different times toward its supuort swith- out really knowing what the nature of the charlty is, Itlsthe desire of those havinz the institation In charge that the pnblic may become bettar nc- qualnted with and intercated In a charlty o noble and deserving, and thercefure it ia thought dosira- Llotu preparca brief sketch of the inatitution from {ts earileast infaucy Lo the present time, Inthe earing of 1860, 8 tady, makinz her tempo- rary home In Chicago, concelved the tdea of estab- lishing o Lonie where working stomen conld leavo thelr children during the day, ana for tho smail aum of dve cents guarantee them good iteation aud food. 'fhis Iuwme was sitnated in o small bulldlng ~ in that part of Chicago thcn known an the Sands, wlivre was quite a settiemens of puor, [rom whom came (he patronaze to the new charily. From this beuinninz tha **Home " jucreaved In papularity and uscfulness, until 1t became necesaary Lo select more cominodle ous quarters, and o few houses wers ronted on 1i- tiuois strvet for (e purpuse. The mothers now found it ditlicuit on account of distance to take telr ctularen home at nicht, and an arrangement wad wade whereby the little ones could he accom- modated during the week, The Home was now establiehed under the name of Chicavo Nursery and Half-Orphan Al’lllm ana its ailairs were cune lucted by n Bosnl of M ers composca of Mre, Samuel Howe, Mrs. Reynoids, Mrs, Johu P. Chue pin, Mra. Husniar, and others, dome of whom arn atiil_Jaboring in Its belslf. From [linols sirvet the Nursary found its way to Market,and thence to Alchigan sireet, sud during thoee clianges, throuuh the untiring eforts of lia pateoncncce, wan ried almost entirely by voluntary contributiona. n 1804 the fncreasing dleand fOr ruom necesai- tuted unuther chiangs, thia timo to Wisconsin strect und Franklin, frou. hence, at_the time of tho fira of 1871, they tled to No. 135 Burling street, where & new and columodions butlding, then in nrucess of ereclion, recelved them. Dunog the dreary winter following the fre, the Half-Orphan Asvium was sustained chiefly by funas sent from nelzhiboring cltics, which sctyed to keep the ine ution in existence. In 1433 the aun of $2,000 recelved from the Chicavo itellef & Alu do- clety, with which the managers were eusbled to poy uff indevicuness for tho bulldiug, the round . gron whicn it stands having Leen donated by leur-. Wilham B. Ugden, Bhemtleld, Lill, and Diveray. ‘Thie institution s distinguished from those of slmilur charucter in being n home for half-orphans, or fur those whoare practically such through the descrtion of one or other of their natural pratect= al Except in caees of extreme dostitation, when dren are cared for grataltously, tho parent 14 required to pay & certaln sun per week, thy amonnt being governed by the circumstances of the applicant. The Matron of the Asylum, Mrs, Porter, superintends all deparimenty, and is as- »lsted by AMiss Freeman, the teacher, who has in chargo all children old enough to attend echovl. Thts, 1 may eay, is one of the leading featurce of the tnstitution, cum‘)nnn\t favorably with any pr1- vate schuol of vur clty. 'The Nursery In another Interesttng departuiens, having an- average of #ftcen babies, who reesive the undivided attention of the nurse, Mrs, Winslow;and, look In tvon thews when you wiil, they are always 8 happy, well- ordered littio band. Thure i rage ot ninety children in tho Asylum, the number varying fruin month to wonth, s some are taken by thelr parents and others are admitted, For & number of years poat the inetitution has been Jargely rupportcd by unnual subkcriptions uf sowe'of our lead(ng cltizena; but in muet insiance at the present time, owing to the ftuancial depros. #lon 0f the mes, they bave becn lessencd by one- hialf, two-thirds, and {n some cases have besii nlto- wether withulrawn, in consequence of Which, not- withstanaing tho unnsual efforts made by the man- agers 10 raise funds, tho Treasury shuws at the present time an actual deficit of eeveral hundreds uf dollars, and bllle for the daily supply cf food for o little unes coming in constanily 10 ha paid. ‘Tho public has besn w0 gencrous in timen past that the manazers now feel a cortaln contd- dence in making this appeal. Many there must bo in thiscity with monoy to do with, aud the heart and good will not wantiuy, snd now comes their opportunity. The calef oblect of uketch was 10 orfug this institation more fully Into notice, and 1o remind such as are charitably disposed that any donation whatever, larte or small, will atill Lo gratefully received, and, if any feel disvosed to in- veatigate, & visit 10 the Asylum will give thom full assurance that monuy be much needed, and will ba wisely expended. \Where it is impossible to send nioncy, provisions of uny king, orchildren’s clotn~ ing, will be acceptanle. It may be well to atate, In closing, (hat the institution “recelves children of aevery nationalily, aud is nun-sectarian in cbarac- ter, #nd Lhus appeals (o everyone. It I¢ produble that had tiis charity been ae prominently brouzht before the publicas womo others in our clty, it would hiave been as handsomely endowod. Dova. tions can be sunt toour 'Trcassrot, Mre. JuAeEIA . Leake, 400 North Laaallo street. or to 3irs. £, B! Caesbrough, 317 Nurth LaSallo strect. Tux Maxaozns, THE SISTERS. Three women sat in the cypress-shade, Whero thae Hght fell feenls and din, And a sunlesa poul of tho forest made 'No ripple alony Its brim. Threo sisters, old as the Eartn is old, All silont sat In the glovm, While 1 curlous woo waa steadily rolled ¥rom the recds of their tirsless loow, And thoy stained the thresds, as they wrough om Lo, With prements dusky or bright— Wit lhlu' froth of Juy nd the dregs of Sin— Till mever a onu wus while Sometimes "‘fi |hnlu|'1 -‘l‘?‘nm of gold V' waaving H o-“-‘x’.f-".‘u‘x‘.‘(‘é 'm: Buca thut the s0ft clonda hol¢ On the early cdye of the day, d shadow, snd storm, and raln e e 1ku Leals, alal ALLoES diata'of Blood ws therer ! faces and forma {n the cypress-grove, A e ts Nkt Tl febte pna i 1T, Were lutu thu curious texture wove Ly the weavers stlent sud grim, ‘er and anon, when a wed was done, Anhe ‘fn:"-‘:; ¥ auraliehs from tho rest. Aud the tinished tissues wero one by ouo Lald fnto ax osken chest. And nsrrow the cell whero the cheat was bld, Aud dusty its conteuts grew? For a grassy hillock was over its id, Whero the viulets beut in the dew, Cuauiss NusLs Urrgony, Mavisox, Wis., Avril 18, 1678, ——— Yearly Consumption of Tobacco. Tobdacco Piant. The entire mass of tobucco which {s sonually consumed in smoking, suutling, aud chewius ou the carth 15 4,000.000,00) pounds,—waoifestly 100 hivh an cathmate for trou 1.40,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 of fubabitants. Let us take the balf s tho more probable, sud lot us subpuas tho tobacco leaves transformed into roll tobitvo, & tobacco serpent Is creatod which, with & diams eter of two inches, and following the dirce- tion of the equator, would wind itsclf arouud tho carth thisty tiwes.