Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 28, 1878, Page 16

16 SAN FRANCISCO. Escaping from the ‘Dust and Other Discomforts. The Leading “Watcring Places™ of the Pacitic Slope. A Sentimental Governor’s Sickly Goofl Friday Performance. Sketch of Hoodlum Life in San Franeisco. The Misfortunes and Mistakes of the Cali- ’ fornia Theatre Managers. THE ANNUAL ESCAPE. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Sax Frascisco, Apri! 21.—With the approach of the 15t of May tne annual flitting begine. Every one who Is not Zoing 10 the Exposition is going to ‘the coantry. In the East peoule go to the country o getcool. San Francisco people g0 to the coun- ry to get warm. Qur first herald of the coming summer isa cold, high wind, which rises at 11 o'clock in the mom- ,ine, and poes down, if it goes down st all, an hour Lor two after sunser. It holde high carnival through all the months be- tween April and Ociober. It raises lmmense whitlpoole of dust at the street cornery at intervals +of five minutes. Tt Opposes 4 man's ProyTesy from e front with all the force of s mammoth wall, then suddenly veers, attacks him in the rear, and epice him up etreet withont any volition on his part, at the speed of a lightning train, To travel comfortably through one of the hizh summer winds, o man must hold his bat on with onc hand. clasp his coat with the other, stow his bundles, csne, or umbrella nnder his arm, strike out with vicious determination, and swear like mad tiil be reaches his_destination. Blusphemy is tie only satielying relief; at least it must beso, it i8 so extensively practiced in sammer. Tucre are days when oaths are mot relieving. One can tell them by a glance ont of window. “Tnc etreets are as clear of women a8 of horsea in epizooty time: e car conductors wear gozules and sreen veils. and each struzeling picce of nu- ooks Ifke the wildly fiying drperies on o clothes-line. . It is but fair to eay that *The Danite™ phrase, “*the glorious climute of Californ{s,” is not an e of Spn Frincisco. ' But in this Foodly city the main topic of conversation in every Nouschold after April 15 is~how 1o escape the stmser winds, Qur faskionable watering places arc_uot many. although the State abounds in springs of every Gdexcription, warranted to cure every Al—from the L¥ppo ap or down ae (i case may be. In Nan Rainel. a pretty suburb of San Francisco, one man was reporied to have hved nine years on an inch of lung. snd in Santa Barbara, “a place down the coast where consamptives most do con- wrezete, numbers of people are sloating around who heve been coufidently assured by their physi- cians that they heve no lungs at all.” So there is eomeiking in the glorious climate, Paso de Robes, situated deep in the interior, isa epring whose wazers are an infallible cure for rncamatisi—eo the people €ay who hobble about oa cratchies in varions stages of digjointedness: and ilarbur's Springs up in the mountains will cure anythinz., i Lut the real troth is that San Franciseans go to the country 10 zet warm rather than to be cured, and the medicinal eprings are stighted. 1t is troc the most fashionable resort is the White Salphur Springs, situated in a little ravine only two or tiiree bours’ ride from the Bay. It is hot as Tophet, and smells exactly as that de- Jectable country showld smell. Butit is_accessi- and no one thinks of drinking the waters ex- cepting the nurses and children. of both of which article there is always 2n escessive abundunce. Tt is 8 favorite FC<OTL with the brokers, who can zun up sfier the Satarday morning's bodrd, and be ack 1n good season on Monday morning. Sunta Cruz,, an ocean-side place, has latterly fallen into repiite on vccount of the natursl pro- clivity of the human animal forealt-waterplunge: Tiut it is excessively cold there at times, and one dock not want a dip merely because it 1S July or Augest, unless one bas slso July or Angust weatheT. They go shivering from the bath-Eouse to the béach and Dack frop the beacl to. the bath- or: 11 1axes 3 vigoroas course of crash toweling and athimbletul of Dourbon to restore circulation. auts Cruz bss manifold attractions. The Cruz Mountatne lle Just back of 31, and they median, fii fhade o fortune in ¢* Col. Sellers, T \\'llllaitz%;s ‘were soubrette andcomedian at the old housebEfore they joined their fortunes and ssiled aviay o3 ent - "Qi6y Howaidmame to us in rage and tatters. and Teft usa **dofesce " and a etar, s 000F ane 1 ad- mit,—but stilfa star. 3 ‘Jamnie Lees s ot over-excellent soabrette, went nhome to Englend and electrified the Londoness as Poor Jo. 2 Bella Patemmyfoliowed her to England and de- lghted them as Ludy Clancarly. i Te learn now from the Eastora papers that Alice Harrign becomes a #tar in Jups with the **Evan- geline ™ combination. Truly the Califoraia has doze well for its people, but it bas not done wels for ptself. - {. 2Sgither a theatre nor any other institution can 5 enz upon its prestige:if It permi its stundard Lo declific. ' There was agine when the Californfa Theatre was un post in (ke United States, and it has lived sofe il qn tha reputation. “Tae Calitornia paiiie. Gsnnelose. A favorite may remain three years aacdepart in the zenith of glory, but lopger 1s not wpy, Some eigtdean monthe tlace—before the tamons Bouth engagemant, whick Jifted its falling fortuncs for 3 time—An uneonquerthle weariness fell upon theatie-gocrs. A performaree by the well-known company became o Yory pail & monorony. Eyery one knetw their cvery Jook. intuerion, step. Peo- le did not pesitate toefpeetqcncives. Oue Sunday morning the entire Critletyraternicy, with- out any preconcerted idea, explaiiag tho {rouble in plain terme, and in_too plain teri~ demanded something new. The Californiu Theatre Sampany retorted With a card conaining some exiremely plain longuoze. PlPhe California Theatre management became ob- stinate. Jobn McCallongh made the remarkable state- ment thae he had looked over the United States, and could find nothing to compare with what he bad, y “Aiter the issuance of this extraordinary mani- feto he fied the sinking ¢hip, and left Mr. Barton HIII to weather it out the best he could, They are associate managers, and Jdohn McCul- lough occupies what time be ¢an spare from star- rin: to muke engagements for the theatre, Mr. 111l has had 211 the up-hill work. Ife de- serves well, for e has warked hard. 1le i hime scIf an_adimirable actor, bat not one to fill the Tancy of a capricious public. Socially he 13 a great favorite, being 1 cultivated echolar and a thorouzh sentleman, but this does not tide over dramatic staznation. The people bere must have movell else wiltdo. They like new houses, n ‘new faces, new people, new escitements. They Jive in afover of hurry, and they must leave something oehind. = Tom Keene i3 an excellent tragedian in a bofster- ous way. butnever became a favorite till we found him out to_be n good comediun, when he fied on ““A Trip to the Moon.” Inany casc he is not an exponent of the new school of art, such as the new plays demand. He needs the friction of metropoli- tan_progress 0 improve in this line, ax James O'Neill did, who was not half £o good sn acior to Deain with us Tom Kecne. Eilie Wilton wes charming 58 juvenile, but as lesding lady_had_no more varicty than a painted woon. . She has plaved in California 1] Ler life. Other members of the company had been in California uninterruptedly from eight o twenty- five years. Wien John MeCullongh staked all upon the haz- ard of a die, and bought **The Exiles™ for $3,000. he shonld have sent some new people ont [0 gatisfy the craving demand, even though they were not so z00d 18 he had. “*The Exiles ™ failed signally, and nothing has succceded since. ‘The tottering fortunes of a theatre were never watched with €0 earnest an ansiety that something would come to_ eECL The Californis Theatre has besn a pride with the people. and they witness its threatened accadence with poiguant regret, and can’ only hope against ope. Augusta Dargon, the tragediennc, commences an engsgement to-morrow evenine. Enster Mouday i3 looked forward to very hope- fully by =) the manazers, and they have one and all the comfort that potbing can be worse than it bas been. That, nowever, is a very sour crumb, Jassantd. OUR TAX ASSESSMENTS, To the Editor of The Tribune. Chicaco, Aril 27.—It 15an easy matier 1o sit Qown and wrlte & tirade against taz assessors and gatherers, bat got o simple to sugzest a remedy for what scems an evll. ‘That there shonld bea reformin the manner of aseessing taxes i our city1sa proposition that no one will dispute, un- lesz It may be come dodger who has devised a way of evading thejAssessor. If every man was con- _scientiously honest, we might not have so much reason to complain, bat when valustions are to a large estent governed wholly by the conscieace of the property-owner 1t fs clear there will be no great danger of equity In arriving at proper esti- ‘mates of the real worth of our aseessable property. There ehoula be no sympathy with the suzgostion that an increase In our property valuation sl give us 4 margin under our Jaws on wunich to increase the debt'’ of the city: the rehief to be obisined sfioyid not be from barrowed money, but by the ol nothing dresses, < One of thie ate 8 the road lying be- ca the town and the bie trecs. uay be well o mention thut every properly- conducied watering-place in California has a rroap the’ vicinity, and cvery individual lie ™ big trees. It i ¢ of this costom thal some of the rees really are big. As an offset, many of them not. There arc numerous trout streams3 in this eame orhood, and they are’s stronger attractivn iban the sorf. The sarl itself ccems rather a emall affair to Loug Biranch bathers, as the beach does not front aireztly upon the ocean, but edges a small bay. Butit will serve until Santa Monica eclipses it Culiforniuns do not g0 wmuch 10 Y . Yrery few well-known local names are seen in the v itors' houks in that place. The numes are those of men knoien th riters, artists, anc travelers. Tac Californian 15 1 his counting-house and recommends Yo Semite 10 the toorist, but rocs not there Tuaself. Leautiful Tahoe 15150 out of his besten Jine of travel, and is siven aver to the siranzer. In tact, all he wants 1 a convenient place to packs ibe wife and bables otf for the summer. not too yeur. Jost madam come 1ripping aowe unespect- iy, mor et too far for hix own Saturday night ip. A GOOD-FRIDAY REPRIEVE. A youns man, John Runk by name, has veen ving under sentence of death for two weeks. He was 10 have been hanred on Good Friday, but the Governor, who had beca vainly petitioned for o re- o ing more revenne from the proverty that daes ol puy an cauitable proportlon. The State Board §f Equilization, it secme. is an apsolutc means of do: foatins the city n dealing justiy and with cquity taward its citizens, under Jis Dowers of adjuxt. ment.._If evers man docs not do his duty honestly inlisfina s properiy, then the one who does cag- clentiously afscss Lis possessions §3 made o pay an over tas because I+ ncighbor has not been -4 houorahle In his saluation. The cts of the lfoard in cqualizing scems 1o be such that it olfers n premium {0 the individual who crucifies his con- cience and covers up the -real worth of his property. Let us see. Two men have each $10.000 in cash. One¢ loans his on real cstale mortgage, and the other uys real estate to the amount of his cash, and (he Assessor comes alang, and the man with 4 §10.000 mortgaze says. **1have just that smount. snd no more. ™ The Assessor pits bim down for assessed value $10.000. The man who'bousht the gronnds says, **There is my property,” and it js_asscssed U say. $3,000, which is mofe tnan the average value placed on property in asscssing in propor- tion to real yatue, So he for his §10,000 nvest- ment js started oy the Toad to be taxed with only 3 valuation of $3.000. _ After this the State Jioard of Equalization ¢eliberate on the question, and con- clude becauze the real estate was' not as- sessed for emough they must increase the whole valuation 57 per cent, making the man's mortgaze $15,700, and the man’s rea} property, $4.710. and if the rate is 3 percent, the man with the mortgace, on whichs there is no queetion 25 1o value, paye i tix of 471, or 4.7 per cent on actual valiie, and the man who had the same amount ipvested 1n property is asked for only pricve, sent one 2t the Inst hour, whicil was couched in guch terms 35 10 intimate that the hausing of Ronk on such o day was 3 desceration of its holinees. 1t is new feared by many, and hoped by tome, 1tat this repricve will bring a commutetion of ecu- tence. “The case excites an extraordinary interest from the circumstance that Runk s one of the worst of 1he hoodluiay, and boodlumism has oblained such alioid iere, owing 1o the emall police jorce, that pesce-zbiding citizens feel some teerible chick 10 e fndizenous to the eoil, under gome name, but onz af the mildest of their {ikz wueri furaging the place when their supplice zi 18 a mere flyer, and it hae fong tueir fevorite delizht to ente: a street-car rODiewhere near ihe termitus, intimidate the driv- nd o throuch ti passonizors. Latterly they lisve mot stopped at o e pped ot outrage and When it is applicd o bo; ‘membered that hoodlam is a term aly, this is @ very terrible state of % to be honged for marder. Tin the back whitle tlic_oflicer was_arresting s *“pat,™ who had bees engraged with him in a biz Tobbery. ” Ruek e Larely 0 years of asc, and it is probably because of s extreme youth that so many exerons have been made 10 wave his life. It can be nothi e than philanthrops, for he 18 Irem the odscurest rank, and ceruainly has not the maznner fo make friend: He exhibea a blank indifference 1o his terrible ste, and received the news of his reprieve s he did his rentence, - with a sneer. He has @ poor, braken-hearted old motner, who vikits her boy's cell day after day, longiug for the word of kind- iews or repeniance from diim which never comes. IHe shot an. 3ie i not un feolated instance. He is but 2 sample ©f alarte clzsn of voung men roaming our strecte, JFith whom it fs.a mere matter of time to be whers ant be Boodiams are awaiting his fate with fo keen uxiety as 10 cansea cessation of action on (It pari The incarceration of Riler. the Ihealgof the toodlums™ in San Queen. affecied ihem Very brietly. ‘but the Tope has horrore for he Dostyurdencd villain. “They may be ob. served _hear the jaile, ill-concealed nsioty dejicted in their faces, as they saze Erehmenel e bars which have' so mach more i auty from the outside than from ‘e are abparently more deeply i I teresta the Ieruc then Runk Wowell. 120060 ook 1) L the only one who manifests no iuterest. THE CALIFORNIA T An uneasy impression begins 10 pmfi-\nilr“;c th Calitornia Theatre fs very fast drifiing. towaog benkruptey. It uas been looking that sy for Tong time, but people refused to betlve It Lecgned’ they did not waut 1o believe it It fago “Saes tially one of our main nstitutions that 1 el scems S8 1 the town cunnot 20 on withdut iy g s fate scoms Iucvitable. -1t bas been steadsy declinivg for a year and o Balf, sud. the gud nr come so0n. 1t would take o #t¥8hger biak acer i Lher Can possibly have to Fiand by akpnt CXPEBEVC company arainct the cmpie i Wiheh Week n and weok ouf. mants! el month out. Tave been ihe rae. £y iR : » o e 124 the good old Touse sent. forth to olim MecCatlouzh and Law: “Emelie Melville, ; « g eai M;‘ 18 first soubrette, and after- oo e & prima donus af the Tess JahnT. Raymond, forecveral seasons its low S141.30, or 1.4 per cent on actual cost value. What right has' any man_or men to say taat my $100 in cash I= worth S157 and mnst be sssessed as Euch? Becanse my neizhbor has not acted honest- Iy mast { ke madc to eufler? There should be some way of arriving at values with more exactucss. What wonder that taes in Chicago seem hign! ecause a mar lists his property at one-fourtn it value snd js taxed 4 per cent, it does pot ~ follow ~ that property in Chicago is taxed that rate. The fact is it is only & tax of 1 percent. Itisfor the Interest of Chicazo and the projierty-owners ol Chicaco thai these thinzs Ehould be thoroughly understood. 1f al) the prop- erty in the city, both persousl and real. could be valied justly aax af onc-fourth of tho fate now cbarged would realize more mopey, and the bur- den would fall equally on ull. Thoroughly-ex- perienced men should be employed asassessors, — men who know of values, and whose judzments are worth somethinz. and their opinions respected, Tiecanss & man has political inflaence it does not follow that he can estimate values of prop- eriv. The wnole brobiem of our finances is put into the hands of . these gentlenien who as- ese our proverty, und it is most important who they are, and that they be known men of integrity and ability. Qur courts can appoint appraisers to ustimate 1he vatues of property in estiies. Why should there not be somie such means of arsiving ar penvral values? Or why ot take, eay 80 ver cent of the consideration for which property was sold within ane or two years and let 2 board fix the valae on that which has not been transferred? The thinz 10 do i to get the actual value. Taxes will be no more in the aggregate, and the weneral inter- est and reputation of the city wil) be lumenecly mproved. . COLE, A STORM. A tiny, happy band, Onward we gaily fared, With hand fast clasped 1 hand— For nothing cared. " No vleasure epared. . e gathered eweetest flowers, Gladly we sunz and danced. Nor thought of future hours. While thus entranced Darlk: clouas 1 with feasand sric, from the bitfer biast Sought some, velis Some refugo‘brief. i G Thick¢arknes: closed us round, Jliging our vynward way No sheiter could be found, 0 cheerigis ray— O dirgtaT day ! From my entircling arms tudely my Loved were torn; 1, *midst Ihestorm's alarms, "Was left forlorn, AVith dole o'erborne. o The horrid tempest ceaged; Sobping, to earth cast prone, Frvm every ope released, Terefs 1 moan, Alone! clone! a6, April 1, 1: B e Ml 7 5 Migh-Priced Poutry. . t is n(hm Quite troe that' the price paid by the i rgl t'mtl:ry to Teunyson for his ballad of ‘o Hevenge™ Is the bighest paid in our time s apott. The vallad contains 120 lines, and o ng%mr Teceived for it 300 euincas, or o litule over S8 a line. Mir. Bouner paid Longfellow for i mstralia to strike il Pherever they . AMERICANS IN PAR A Scathing Exposure of Snobs, Fools, and Shoddy- ites. Flam Americans Disliked by t}ae French ~Trying to Ape English Mannerisms. Paris Correspondence New York Nation. No one can have resided long abroad without noticing that Americans as a people arc nelther liked nor respected by the French, in spite of their purchasing vower and of the pretty epeeches made at the Grand Hotel dinners about Lafsyete, Rochambeau & Co, Frenchmen are not prejudicad ugainst us by the stories of our barbarous castoms. and finagcial irregularities at home, They only ehrug their shoulders when they hear them. **Qua voulez-vous! chaque paye a ses usages, ™ a3 one of them safd to a ladv who complained that African cannibala had eaten ber husband. ‘They judge us BY WHAT TOEY SES RERE. Some thioroughly good Americans get o Paris even during life, tut what are they compared with the crowd which quick travel and low fares jmpel very season over Europe? The United States has hewgme the officina viatorum. Our citizens, male and female, manage to beg, borrow, or steal at Teast we trip to Europe; and as misfortunes never come single, they bring their children with them— numcerous, noisy, and uncoutrolled. French and English chiviren are left at home when their parents travel. They also bring with them a won- derful ignorance af the habiti, bebavior, and feelings of Europeans. Indeed, there arc many whose untutored minds expect 10 find here a repe- sition of the ways and manuers of their native town. Evetything is compored with home, and nothing that differs secws ss #ood. ** Pars isa’ very weel, bat Peebles for pleasnr The boulevard i3 not like Lake avenue, and at the cafes you cannot get pork and beans or fried ham. We escept the Bon-Marche shop in the Ruc dé Bac; that is the Caabu of the pilgritiage of American woumen. Pisto says that a certaln brigk pertacss and self- assertion is the result of democratic government, For other reusons America is NOT A UOOD TRAINING-SCHOOL OF MANNERS for the multitude. Not that Americans wialito be offensive—on the -contrary, they are very good- natured; but_they seem not 1o know the kind of treatment or attention (egards 1 the French word) acivilized befng bas the right to expect from u ‘They simply do as they are willing to be v. But bere the standard of out-door man- ners is very different. and American shortcomings in this respect cause maily uncomplimentury-re- marks. We overbeard an exasperated Frenchman assert that no people were 50 fll-mannered as the Amerlcans, cxcept the Germans, Another difi- culty for 'the American traveler s that le does not’ know his place in thir complex society. In his iguorance of custom aud etiquetie be will thrust bimeelf even upon Royalty. utterly unconscions of the disgust he is roducing; or, if iznorant of all languages but his own. e will bestow bis company upon_hotel ser- vants who speak English, confidinz to them bis troubles and consulting them about his little wants and purchases. A distingnished New York poli- tician, who missed, no doubt, {n Paris his Lome coustituency of ragamufins, heed 10 address the servauts of his hotel, urging them to go to Ameri- ca, where all men were equal and labor respected, Our lucky countrymen who have etruck ol or bonanzas have more pretension. They bire a cuurier, TO WHOM TIEY BOW DOWN,— an accomplighed _creature, who speaks £ix lan- wruazes umntelligibly, and who kuows the best ho- Tls and the vest shops all over the Continent, He tells them what to_do. What to eat. how 10 dress; drives with them inside of their landay, pats them on the back when he is good-humored and conde- scending, smokes in their faces, makes love to the Taid, aud pockets Ing 10 por cont o everytbing they buy. + 1n Ociober, when the summer flood ebbs home- rd, numerous strageiers ore lefe stranded, ive various reasons for stopping. licalth, _education of children, cconomy, study of science orart. Some of the ktudents follow thoapostolic rule of truvel, take neither serip nor purse, and find it diflicult to paythicir bills without borrowing, und some are mere adventurers, **geutlemen of indepeudent morals and ladics unattached.” One meets single Jadies who have come 10 study for vrima donnas or for ‘*general culture,” with no Visible muins of” support; mareed Jadies withont their hasbands (many American famllies, like their mercentile houses, having braucies on this side); widows of the class cailed vedora pericolunte sometimes with ahful, ¢ in ltaly, sometimes slone, daughter pretty, dresss, not b et bartie: and young eirls 1ras out chaperonaire or duennagd, sans newr, aud uli, of course, suns reprocke: but no amount of conscious reetitade will set them the respect of people who arg accustomed to draw certain inferences from cortain_ appearances. Above and beyond these waifs and strays is g 3 * THE ‘‘COLONIE’ AMERICAINE,” 4 collection of families who inhabit the Champs Elysecs and the quurter about the Arc de Tri- nmplic, Some of them reside abroad 1o save muney, and otliera becas .y wish to epend it, and their sudden foriunes have given them 1o po~ sitionsat home. The zeneral theory is that they cau lead an easier’ Jife und - get more comfort and Tuxury from their_incomes than they could in the United States, which is_probably true. The colo- nists. inspitc of repeated sttacks on Freuch so- ciety, sce very little of it, except, indeed, 4 fow young men atiracted by dinucrs, dancek, und davghters with **dota.™ They leud an jdle, aim- less existence, enlivened for thie men by daily vis- 1ts to Drexel’s or Cuvillier's: sud for the wowen, Uy tea-drinkings and goseip like thet of a small New Eng.und village i the winter season, —a life ot without ts tractions for the ladics, uspecially when they turn Catholic, which i§ ruther tue swell thiug to do: bug, one would thiuk, insufcraoly duli“to a man of eneryy and character. The Col- anie has its little Zradations of rank and {ts grandes dames. All unite in sueering at those they call S LOW AMERICANS.” Forcizners do_not perceive this distinction, but look upon all Americans #s occupying the *ame kocial plune, differing only inspending more or less maney. Of their own country tne Colunie gpeaks witia mild contempt: **Better 8fty years of Paris than a cyele of Broadway.™ New York is provin- cial; the streels are unswepts men chew tobucco; the Servauts are not respectful, and get very hih wages. ** It is not it for @ gentlemay to live in." Al 'the uses of thut new world seem weary, stale, flat. and unprolitable. 'The Colonie widhes ity hands of itand addresses new-comers as **You Americans.” And yet, in spite of these excellent seutiments, very good aparcments, correct serv- unts, strict’ adlierence to the fashions of the na- tives, and prompt payinent, the Colonie 8 not re- spected. N educatéd Frenchman or Englishuan can understand why o man who is soundly consti- tuted. mentally, morally, anu financially, should perwmanently reside out of his own country, unless a8 a merchant, or & diplomat, or an exile for canse. The critical foreizner is alto amused by the Jove of orders and titles displayed even by the sturdiest 1ean democrats. A red ribbon, or ribbon of any color, is ostentatiously worn, whetner derived from a jury position in some International Exvo- sition, oF given by the late Emperor as o reward for inventing a clothes-wringer or & new method of wuking artificial teeth.” Decore comme un dentiste anericain_has vecome 9 o complete the get-ub of a great ox- military travelei 1NV cd of (he NTED AN ORDER zes of the difierent army corps e the War, which was worn both by the areat man and himself about thefr necks on uuitable oc~ casions. American zirls cun murry (itles. but they are manifestly unsttainable by American men. They try fo meet this. dificuliy by the use’ of Honorable. _A man who las held any ofice, from President to Constable. thinks himself entitled to put this word before his mamei or if he has Leen a volunteer oflicer. or even honorary aid-de- camp to the Governor of his State, he puts Major or Colonel on bis Visiting-cards und conspicuously on his Jugmee. This particular weakness obtainy as much T the aristocraticclass of Americans as in the “‘lower’ varictiee of the race. There is an aristocracy in the United States, althouzn it may be dificall to note in what it ‘condists. bernaps i rough but tolerable definition % that the father of the Americat,_aristocrat kept the shop and bes queathed the fortune, As & consequence, the de- scendunt of the rich family has a better cducation in the amenities and accomplishments of social life than the fellow-citizen. whosu- head hns Just ap. peared on the eurface. Indecd, in my opinlon, there i8 no nicer person o be found on 1h¢ planet than a well-bred American of cducation and sense. But, when estalished here, THEIR GOOD SENSE DESERTS THEM on this point. Their symoathy with Europesn wanners and social distinctions **o'crleans iteolf and falls on the other vide.” Laboulaye Mt the wark when he said: ** Zoat Americain a J'aris se crott_gentilhomme.” Although they only see focicty abroad as the Mussulmun women do_ Fara- disc, ihrouzh the boundary railings, they wish to Tive near tue upper clags and to live like it. They have no otber way of asserting their vosition. hence many syend more than they can afford; more, certainly, than foreizuers of the same for: tuuc wwould thivk themselves justified in spending me MYSCFious process of reasoningthey con- Ty to live up 10 au_imaginary ocial dignity at home. All that the **right people™ do they caretally imitate, struguling to avoid sinning agawst the conventiovalitics in equipage, drexs, and habits. - Tiunking slways what foreigucrs will think of them begets an_nncomfortable self~ conscionsness, & want of confidence in thes They are nor genuine; only . imitations. he’ “low™ * American has * here = the advantage. He may have little taste or appreciution of art, liemay be too ready 1o assert lumscif and to boast of his country; but hie really believes in himself and in his country. The bet- ter-bred man, who looks down upon bim, is in his intmost heart ashamed of his country. e will Tesent any open attack upon it with vigor; he may talk of its wealth, prospenty, ingenuits, and en- terorise. but secretly he wishies be had been born clséwhere. 1f you care to mazke him your friend for life, tell him he has been TAKEN FOR AN ENGLISHMAN. It is the greatest compliment vou can pay hi Give him time, and ten toone he will tell you hin self Low often this ** odd mistake * has oecnrred. To England he turns bis face when he worships. English opinfon decides all socls] questions for him withoat appeal. He wears only English clothes, a0d trics tiard o cateh tho ccent. o 18 fauwiline with Burke and the history of English tamilics, and does not forpet to mention his Enelieh friends. his name is Simith Brown he canuects these tiwo arls- tocratic patronymics with, & hyphen, or if 1t be only Smith, be will apell it with 8 ¥ trace bis do. scent from " the noble family of tat mame. an: adopt thelr crest on his tote-paperand his haraces, We arc the only powerful nation Whoso sons an danghters display this Inck of moral fibre. En- glishmen and Frenchmen arc prond of beluz En- glish and Frency, and gencrally proclaim thelr na tonality. Tht Anglo- Americin hag no confldence in Ius ability 10 command respect 23 o American; be tacitly admits himself to be an inferior crea- ture. Herefn lies a doubtfal foolishness, The world, Iike Alfleri, prefers riginale, anche (risto, a otti- ma copia. ' A certain favor of- the soll 13 néver disagrecable ina well-bred person; rather. it | attractlve, as a slight forelen accent is plessing in a stranger who speaks Englise, well. /It {8 much better form to be American and to have & nationa Individuality of one's own than to offer to forcign cyes a pale imitation of Esropean m;:dc\i- That man's tie best COIMOPOLLE ‘Who loves hig native ceumr)"bub ik In the second piace, imitations are always failures. A6 false tecth and bair deccive nobody,und be who runs may read the age of the person Who uses them, 50 no American, dress, falk, and live ag he may, can shake off the, Jand of his birth. The Yankee will show throngh the London clothes, the carefally-studied accent, and the foreign hubits. itfs fmpossible long' to conceal the melancholy reality. S f REMOVAL STINE’S WILL BE CLOSED O ACCOUNT.OF REMOYAL To 122 & |24 State-st. FOR10DAYS FROM MAY 1. WILL THEN OPEN A GENERAL DEPARTHENT - STORE, Those furnishing houses will save mouey by waiting for 0UR OPENING. SIHIOES. ONLY A FE‘THTB!R%gS MORE FOR LADIES’ $5.00 Fine Grimonx French Kl B nnd Nide Lace for... 82.75 N\ nnd FANCY SLIPPERS and LOW in GREAT VARIETY and Very Chbean, - M. WHEELER & €0., 74 E: Madison-st £7 Sale Agents for Hungoodss ¢ Spunish Arelied Instep Shoe and S LAWY MOWEIS PHILADELPHIA LAWN MOWERS. The vory best madd. SEEDS and everythth§ for the Garden. LAWN MONERS REPAIRED, I G. SAVAGE & CO,, Seoidsmen _and_Florists. 77_S@fe: = “OCEANSTEAMSIIPS, A " Philadel plia and Liverpool. Tt niy transatlaniic line salling under the* & adelp Salllug eveey Thurday from £ ean B and Wednesday from Liverpool. N BED STAR LINE, Carrying the Belgtay gnd Unlted States mals. greryivsive dve, slttmately from PHILAT and SEW YORK. DIECT and ONLY fo AN Drafes in amounts tosiit, 2 et Aouta, L st Lo b s ik ou st Landoiphi-gt., Chicigo. W.E LAW Sanaxes. ALLAN LINE OCEAN MAIL STEAMSHIPS, VIA QUEBLC, VIA BALTIMORE. PASSAGE all_clasda between vringipal_points o 8t lowest rates, Accommodn- ~Three weekly Sallings cach way. Incermedfate, $40, Rold. Steer: <urrency esc Sea [Routé, Superfor Ships, ExperlencedOf- Disciplined Ciews. Safety the Governing atllng 1 onts, 0, Ruie, Cmigrant and Steernge Passengers, througi toall points at speclgerates. ABDY to LLAN & CO., Ge 72 Ladaile-st’, Chicizo INWAN LINE. United States and Royal Jail Ste: New York to Llverpool via THURSDAYS AND SATOLDAYS. F. C. BROWN. Gen, Western Atent. 2 South Clask-st. Dratus on Great Briesin aud trelund for sale. WHITE-STAR LINE, Unlted States and Royal Mall Detw York and Livernool. i ¢ (& cflice, 48 South Clar 1 General Dratis on Great Britafn and Ireland. " CUNARD MATL LINE. Sailing three tines & week toand from British Ports. Lowest Prices. - Apply at:Comgany's Office, northwest cornet Clarkand Bandolglests., Chiciso. D General Agcots, mers. uccnstown, IREANKS' ‘SCALES OF ALL KINDS. FAIRBANKS, MORSE & 00. ** 111 &113 Lake St., Chicago, Becarefultobuyonly the Genuine, p STEPHENS, THE CHIROP- odlst, 124 Dedrborn=st.. gives itanyveliet, Stephens” All- Right £alve for burns, bolls, orus. cuts, bruises, &c. : drug: 518 rave lts 25e per bo: PEOTOGRAPIIY, hotographer 75 MADISON-ST.,, Take Elevator. @% to Bugs, Roachey. ol i'leas, Lice. ete. Warrant- ed. Aread’s Insect Powder Depot. 179 E. Madi; 4 Cures all Diseasex. It fers to hundreds of cured. Send for circular, I EOV By M. M. SANDERS 2 v:lml 74 Wabash-av, AT ATCTION, TUESDAY, APRIL 30. 12:30 . L. Goods fresh from factory. To be sold without reserve. T _E.R. LYONS, Auctioneer. ¥, A\\l’fl 20, 1878, at 10 o'clock. the entire its of the St. Charies Hotel, 15 snd 17 South Clarkest.. will bei éoid, Chamber ‘sets, Parlor scus, gfir‘lsluua.‘rléugail: “’n’innfi‘llnfl;ll‘“éi:'dt and Bedding, ows; el graln us , Crockery, oic., e 'E. Xt LYONS, AUCTION SALE:! JEUSESSNSevbsshovnvsevsssno SRR By GEO. P. GORE & CO., 6 and 70 Wahash-av. SPECIALL i i -2 <5 & bbb bhk ETALL) Rich, The Most Brilliant Showing of Far-Away Eastern Handiwork ever offered at Pablic Sale in America, Particulars in Detail will be ‘published in these Columns Sun- 'day, May 5. Due announcement of the loca- tion of the Spacious Double Stores secured especially tor this Great Display will also be made. The Offering Entire will be veady for Inspection during the Two Days Next Preceding the Date of Sale. Descriptive Catalogues Ready Mouday, May G. GEO. P. GORE & CO., Auctionoers. REGULAR TRADE SALE DRY GOODS, Tuestay, Aurdl 30, 830 & m. 3 Clothing, Steart GooddZs Cottonades, Jeans, Parasols, Linens, e Tadics’ White Wear, Dress Shirtsy ¢ Hosiery, Cutlery. SPECIAL: Linen -Tasso Edges and Tnsertions, Galoons in Newest Desizns and Colors, Colored Hembarg and Percale Bmbrojderies. These goods are all of the very latest ifil most desirable styles. The stock is suficiently large and well assorted to warrant the trade th giving their particular attention to this sale. - We shall also sell A BANKRUPT STOCK OF WOOL & FUR HATS. Al Druggett Crumb Cloths. 949999954954 DOLLS. A thoroughly well assorted Line, inclnding Fine Wax Faces and Real Iinir Heads, Sale most post- tively peremptory. E GEO. P. GORE & CO.. Auctioncess. On Monday, April 29, at 10 0 a large and well-assofted line of at 10 o’clock, AT JIOUSE Ko. 80 Lytle-st.. near Taylor, ‘The Entire Contents, consisting of Kitchen, I;iz‘liug—room, Beiir%om, and Parlor Furniture. Also Car- pets, Tce-Box, &c - GEO. P. GORE & CO.. Auctioneers. On Tuesday, April 30, at 10 o’¢clock, AT HOUSE No. 239 Seuth Sangamon-st., The Entire Contents, conafsting of Bedsteads, Bedding, Carpets, Stoves, Dining-room, and Kitch- en furniture, Parlor Suits, IMirrors, Tables, &c. GEO. P. GORE & CO., Aactioncers. Joots & Shoes AT ATCTION, Wednesday, May 1, 9:30 a, m, Another large offerine of extra fine and desira- ble g representing first-class. manufsrurers fronvail party of the Eust. Also o larze line of the Celebrutéd Chicazo Shoe Co.’s Side-Lace and 5. Goodsall warranted fresh and perfect, and regwiar in sizes. Buyers sbould conult thefr intercats und esamine by placing thete orders. Goods and catalogne now ready, GEO.P. GORE ¥ CO., 68 & 50 Wabash-av. Reggiar Trade Sale Carpets and Gil Cloths, Thursday, May 2, 10 a. m, Single and Doubie Chein Colton Ingraius, Full Double Chain AN-Wool Filling Ingraits. American Tepestrie , Newést Desigas. Also & few pieces All-Wool In- grains and Body Brussels, Slightly Damaged py Water. GEO. P.'GORE &CO. 30 erates White Ware in open lots, 10 casks f¥hite Ware in package. 10 casks Yellow Ware, 2 casks Decoratéil Ware, REGULAR SALE bF FURNITURE. SATURDAY, May 6, at 9:30 5. m., Parlor and Chamber Furniture in great variety. Goods sold at Private Sale during the week. GEO. P.' GORE & CU., Auctlonecrs. uctiones: SEWING MACHINES, THE WORLD-RENOWNED Price Only Twenty-Five Dollars, NT FOR, MENDING THE ATTACH SALESROOM: (OR, STATE & MADISON STREETS, AUCTION SALES. By Wal. A. BUTTERS & CO., Auctfoncers, 174 Esst Randolph-st. 443 West Washington-st. Enare Furnitere, Brussels & Weol Carpets, Eic,, AT ATCTION, On Monday, April 29, 10 o’elock a. m. Weshall sell the entire contents of 3-stary marbl frontdwelling No. 133 West Washinzton-st., Comsist- ing ot Parlorand M. T, Chamber, Furnitur, Brussels aud Wool Carpets, & Crockery, vic., all fn Boodorder WAL AL BUTTERS & Auctfofices 13 FORREST-AV. Entire: Parlor, Chamber, aud Dining-Room FURNITURE, BRUSSELS AND WOOL CARPETS, GAS FIXTURES, CROCKERY, GLASS, ETC., AT AUCTION, MOSDAY MORNING, April 29, at 10 o'clock, at dwellinz 13 Forrest-ay., near Thirty-first-st. "The whole comprising nearly new goods, all to be sold, without reserve, for cash. % W)L A. BUTTERS & CO., Auctioneers. ENTIRE CONTENTS OF A LIQUOR STORE Wi),be sold with a1l the Fixtares and Furniture, MON- DAY, the 2oth, st 10 o'clock a. m., at the Store, 447 South Jefferson-st,, cor. Bunker. South Jelerson T WOTTELS & CO.. Auctioneers. CHATTEL MORTGAGE SALE A Ellithorpe's Warehonge! Nos. 46, 48 & 50 North Morgan-st. New Furniture, Rolls Car%?ting, Furniture Wagon, Horses, Etc., AT AUCTION, A i . Tuesday Morping, April 80, 10 o'k, At 46, 48 & 50 North Morgan-st. Parlor Sets in Reps, Terry, and Ialr Cloth, Cham- ber Sets, Bedsteads, Dressing-Cases, and Wash- stands, with marble-tops, Burenus and other fur- niture, Brossels and Ingmin Carpuiing. _The ahove I8 all new. Also 1 Furnitore Wagon, Spair Biack Horses, Double Harness, 1 extension-top shifting.seat Bugyr, Bugzy Hosre, Sincle Haress. By order of the Mortzoyee. ¥ ORACr OWS &) BUTTERS & €0, Anct'rs. 85 Twenty-third-st. GENTERL FURNITURE. Parlor sud Chamber suits, ‘Drussels and Ingrain Carpets, Pler and Mantel Mirrors, Finé Oll-Paintingy. Engravings, Crockery, Glass. Gaa-Fixtures, Planoforte, cte., ete. AT ATUCTION, TUESDAT MORNING.APRIL 3. AT 10 O'CLOCEK, g dgeling 5 Twenty-irtag, Derwcen Tutland 14 Cottage Grove-avs. e hoy cof letel Pirnished with Food furniture, shich will be closed out to the highest bidder for cash. ‘WM. a. BUTTERS & CO., Anctloneers. At 175 . Randolpi-st., bet. Fifth-av. and LaSalle-st. REGULAR SATURDAY 7~ FORNITURE AUCTION SALE, SATURDAY MORNING, May 4. AT BOTTERS & C0.’S AUCTION ROOMS . No, 175 East Randolph-st. tZ Particular_attention given to the sale of Honse- 1oid_Goods at ERIVATE DWELLINGS. MOOREHOUSE & co. REMOVAL WM, MOOREHOUSE & CO., Auctionears, wil] femove to their New Store. 85 and 87 Randolph-st,, betwoen State and Dearborn, and will hold their opening sale on Weodnes- dey, May 1, at half-past 9 o’clock a. m. immansa stock of New and Second-Hand Furniture, Carpets, Ete. ON' TUESDAY, APRIL 30, At Half-Past 9 0'Clock in the Morning, At 348 Novth LaSalle-st., The entire contents of & 14-room house. One Elegant Upholsterod PARLOR SUIT, Brus. and Wool Carpets, Library Tables, Hair Mattresses of the very best quality, French Dressing-Case Sets throuzhout the house, Tenn. M. T. Tables, elegant Gas Fixtures, Cook and Heating Stoves, Kitch- en Furniture, Ete. THE BEST SALE OF THE SEASON. w. MOOAREUQ.U‘E & CO., Auctioneers. By H. FRIEDMAN, 200 and 202 Randolph-st. Trade Sale of Crockery and Glassware, On WEDNESDAY, Mny 1, at 9:30 o'clock. 175 pkgs CROCKERY and GLASSWARE, First-cluss goods and assorted. Alro an fnvolce of Plated Waré. ___G. W. BECKFO! uctlon By L. B. MANTONYA & C Gommission Toots and Shoes, 200 Madison- Gnly exclu(ve Commisson Shot Uonse to Chicay Owing tremoval. shall have a cleartog auctlon ssle of Boots, Shoes, and Slippers, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 9 A.'M. ‘These goods are prime In_every respect, from manu- facturers_who force them on ‘the market [0 rabne e T i seh to the L IGREST DIDDEIE. - Cin. and vl selt 1o the HIGHE 4 erEheR Y ‘J MES £, MoNAMARA, Auctloaeer. May 1 e move to 174 Madisoneyr. By CHAS. E. RADDIN & CO,, "Auctioneers, 118 & 120 Wnpash-uy. 2,500 CASES of the Finest Grades of BOOTS AND SIHOES AT ACCTION, TUESDAY, Aprki 30, Samplé lota 10 be soid without resérve, WEDNESDAY. MAY |, DRY GOODS SAEE. 50 boxes Ribbans: 00 pieces Alpacasi 0 preces Cottonades pleces Dress Goods: 50 cuses Clatnings s 3,000 carcons Flowers, to bz ciosed; 3,000 yards Embroideries: 5 400 dvzen Pocket Cutlery-~must be ¢0id; 4Y0 set Knives and Forks: 50 cases losiery 130 cases Straw Goods; Tarasols, Suspenders; Pocket-Books, Stationery: Notions, Ete. SALE PEREMPTORY. CHAS. E. RADDIN & CO. SHERIFI'S SALE. D.D. Spencer. On Friday, May 3, at 10 o’clock, I will sell at Auction the entire furni- ture of thelate residence of D. D. Sgg;:cer,‘ 8. w. cor. Prairie-av., and Thirty-ninth-st. CILAS. KERY, Sherif. 1 By BLISON, POMEROY & Gy Af 288 West W, ashington.gt, Honday Morniing, Avril 29, at 10 o'y, Wesell the entire Honsehod Fumitue of 18 oy, Marble-top Chamber Sets, Piano, Brussels Carpets, * Deds, Bedding, Crockery and Glassware, and fitehen Furnlture, &c., &c. EL{SON, POMELOY Monday Morning, April 29, at 10 s, - AT RESIDENCE; 241 OI-ST,, (renteolk Hongehold Juiliic Parlor and Chamber Snits, Brussels Carpéts, - ™ Dining-Room and Kitchen Outflt, Crockery, Glass and China, - Beds, Bedding, &e., &e. i ELISON, POMEROY & CO., Auetr, TUESDAT'S SALE, Aprll 30, 82 0:30 ocloskosing 9% angotehst 7 W o'clock sty BENERAL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, CARPERS, GENERAL MERCUANDISE, & ; Chattle mortgage sale entire Household Outgs. * Nk ELISON, Pu\lz\fi_’: & oo GENTEEL FURNITURE AT ATCTION, At Residence 238 Bissell-sf,; Between Centre snd Sophils, _© TUESDAY MORNING, April 30, at 10 velock, 1 tnt for housekeeplog, Parlor Sait, . o ittty Bratacis and. oo Cirpa Caryery jedsund lieddlng, Crovkery and Glassware, Xici B e > A o T o Bankrupt Sale AT ATCTION. Ditingsoog Estate of John McArthar. At Iron Works, 70t0 SOEASTERIEST, COMMENCING 3 Tuesday Morning. April 30, at 10 o'elock, ALLTHE . Mnachinery, Tools, Patterns, Moulds, Den Tick Machinery, &c., &c. F order of CHAS, E. RAY, Assizmee. Suldbra Ei“lgo)‘. PUMEROY & CO., Auctioneen. AT AUGTION. ut Our Stores, 78 &80 Bax Qolph-st., Wedacsday, May 1, 063 p.m, = 603 BOXES . CLAY PIPES 23 gross each, will be soldin ' lots to the trade:, 1sox, POMEROY & CO., sty REGULARSAILE Friday; May 3,at 8:306 0 "f, IMMENSE LAY-OUT. NEW AND SECOND-HAND FURNITURE Parlor Suits, Chamber Sets, A Full Line Carpets, A General Household Goods, * * Alsp, 100 Packapes - Glasswae Auctioneer, 148 Dearborn: Chattel Morgage Sile t 334 a et Carpelk o E i, Entize Furalcure, 1 A Platea sad Cina Wore of an 18-Foors housg 83 Bt Hekle sl ¢ spycy. avittoner. MONDAY, APRIL 28, 10 4, M taz, In dne order. Contlpued Sale of GROCERIES, WINES, Liquors, Fixtures, Etoy - AT 47 STATEST: Stock o Ligoors 2 Gavpercs ane Frst{lss o Flxtures constst of Stilsing, Bins, Desks, Stoves SAFE. Gas- G “ALof the above ar Fint-Clas. and thists t!zz ek onpoctuny ever greseatel o v ciowed ‘Sale must close SONDA! 3 Don't‘Miss i, ..Come .Earlfe Tuesday, April 80, at 10 a. 1, flA’:lf"lO?!) WABASH-AY., Near Twénty-fourth-at.. T Lace Contents of 14-Room Marble-Front Y. Chamber Sets, M. Top Durcaus, Chair Cariatas B Tvardrobe; Cooking and Parior SUTES Crockery aud Glassward, Extenslon Tahiles. 1 PINE KNABE PLANO. Farlor Sets, 1n Velgih o {thsets ang Velves Carelt Elg ol 1l must be sold. Tnfa ls all GOOD, and buyes (o so ol Snd examine. Opeaatd 2. m. IR ol T. E. STACY. Anctoneet: By T. Auctloneer, 146 Dearborn-st.. jandise, Itesl Estaté, cte ioreepe Toréciongd and propect taken charice of until gale. Terms ‘eatisfactory. erences slways ready. AllTask faa el setsoneer. IHouselold G s0ld by Anctioh. By HODGES, MORRISON & U0 ¢ . “At the Private Residence, 652 West Laks stafrs, we shol sell the eatlre contents, it On Monday Morning, April 29. at 10 octock: conststing of real Lace Curtalns. Fine Pnlan e ture. Marbte-Top Chawmber Sultes, Marble-Top Englshi Velvet Carpets, Easy-Chalrs. Oft Pals Artist Proot Siec Engravings. one flne F. W, Mig00 Top Side-Board, Dining. Kitchen, aod Laaudry slls. Ching, fing Glassware, Cutlery, eic.. €3¢ Sale Positive and Hugt Be Sold TIODGES, MORRISON & CO., Aucloneer® eaces 8t 0% Alio, the contents of two private reaids ‘Warerooms, G2 West Lake-st., 8¢ 21 20, 2 oelock, Monday Afternoon, - April 23 {Look out for bargains to make room. Joseos HODGES & MORLISON, Auctloneers- . elocks On Wednesday Evening, May 1, at 7:30 0 SO:U Wo gpall sel the entire contents of & Hotel 48 5y Wardrooms, conslsting of Carpets snd Furnltars everydescription. and must be !(fld‘.m’ltu)":uln ckeeping don't fall 1o artend tnls sale. Ehy P HODGES & MORRISOS, Auctlonee™ ‘the "esitre contents of four private T We ve tl dences ol can be had ot 8 bargalo. Partles SECS to purchiie tha contents of private Kouses will b address HODGES & MOKRISO. 6g3 West Lake v 4, at 7:30 o'cleck iy l.‘:‘ ‘st be cost Auctioneers Also, on Sgturday Eve. A zcneral liffe of Honschold Goods tha out. | WODGES & MOLRISOX,