Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 23, 1878, Page 11

\ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY.' JUNE 23, 1878—SIXTEEN PAGEé.' REAL ESTATE. A Plan for the Improvement of Chica- . go Parks Without Further Taxation, In Loans, Few New Transactions ---An Improvement in Payments. Posirable Real Estate in Demand, bub Not Freely Offered. There are but few important transections to ~pote. The marketis without animation. Cani- {alists are lovking out for barzains in good cen- tral business property, bug find that most of the desirable Jocations are in strong havds, who, hastng faith fn the future of the city, and see- ing po better investment for their means, are indisposed to let eo their hold, even under the most tempting offers. Hence, cales are fow. suburbanlots are scarcely looked at, and the movements in this description of property are parrowed down to an insigmificazt fizure. The following were the most important transfers: Capt. Goodrich bas _sold his lot, 20580, with grestory building. at 153 State street, cast side. fhree avors north of Monroe street, for £15,000. William A. Ewing sold to Lucien G. Yoe, trostee for Hlenry R. Greene, the threc-story pasement brown-sioue front house, 303 Dear- porn avenue, with lot 25x130, for §11,251 William Bovd sold to Jonathan Boyd Iat on South Park boulevard, soutliwest corner of Forty-seventl_strect, 627x485 fect, for §75,000. Tromas A. Hill sold to A. W. Wheeler lot on Wabash avenue, 100 feet south of Fifty-sixth etrect, cast front, 150x182Y fect, with 100x181 fect on Michigan avenue, iu adjoining biock, for §10,000- Cyrus Bentlev sold to James K. Burtis lot on Dearborn strect. 100 feet eouth of Washington street, cast trout, 20330034 feet, with buildine, for S2,00. . Lot on Ontario street, 50 feet east of North Dearhorn street, south front, 405100 feet, sold for $4,000. Witliam Harlev sold to Charles E. Jackson, of Middletown, Conn., lot on West Ohio street, ortheast coruer ' of Green street, south front, 4Ux116 feet, improved. for §20,000, the purchaser assumini an incuribrance of $5,000 &s part of the consideration. SATURDAY'S TRANSFERS. The followins instruments were filed for record on Saturday, June £2: CITY PROPENTY. O'Bricn st, 112 fL e of South 20s00 feet, dated June 1centh st, 46 6-1 1. 24x100 1. duted Jupe 700 Seward st 235 {t & of Canaloy x5 11, dated June 22 .. 1,000 Lytle st, 20 6-10 ft s of Arthington, 20 81075 14 dated May 1. 2,005 59352100 ft. with buildings N sod G4, d=ted June erman to Johanna Hazemann) 10,000 Btate st. 23% ft n of Thirty-eighth, ¢ f, 25 SN seddums vavece 3,300 tale st. 45%% 1t 0 of -eighth, e 7, 5 (L0 daied .rnue_rxs{‘i o tate st. 14835 ft n of Thiri5-cighth, e £, 55 oD Tr daied Tapa o a8, 25 ) %00 ‘Hermitage av, 8 ¢ cor of Lo Iot, dated June 22... .0 ko SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK. The following is the total amount of city and suburban_travsfers within a radius of seven miles of the Court-House filed for record duriug 1he week ending Saturday, June 22: City sales, 51 considerstion, $144,482; north of city limits, eales, 1; consideration, £4,500; soutn of city limits, sales, 5; cousideration, $10,600; west of city limits, sales, 2; consideration, $25,000. To- tal sales, 59 total consideration, $183,532. THE LOAN MARKET. In the real-estate loan market the market wes very guict the past week, the transactions of the six” days scarcely amounting to one fair duy’s business of 1o years ago. There is no im- mediate prospect of any improvement. The de- mand {s ext to nothing. Were it not for ro- pewals, the tabular statement of trust-deeds and mortzages would be as nearly as possible a tabula rass. Of course, there is A reason for everything, and_it_is fn order now to speak of this 1s the usually dull season. There is an im- provement in payments, which has been steadily wing since the commencement of the year. ence, there must be a surplus in the hands of the people, but this surplus docs not readily find its wayinto real estate. The following were the important loans of the past week: Idaho street, northwest corner of Polk, east front, 142x176 feet, $5,000; five years at 9 per cent. Dearborn street, 100 feet couth of Washing- ton, cast front, 203¢x00}¢ feet, with building, $17,000; five years at 7 per cent. ‘Warren avenue, between Leavitt and Oakley streets, north front, 25x124 5-10 feet; also. lot on the northeast corner of Madison and Oakley streets, 36%¢{x1245-10 feet, to sccure $10,000; payable in two aod three years, interest at & per cent. White street, between LaSalle and Wells, south front, 36x72 7-10 feet, §5,000; three years at 7 per cent. . Riverside propertr, 03¢ acres, was pledged to secure §4,000; five years at § per cent. COMPAZATIVE STATEMENT FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 22, ¥ ] 1578, 1577, Inetruments —— ———- i - e B iderat'n] No.| G'sideraln. Trost-decds| 845 129,830'| 1195 333,053 Mortgages..| 24} 40,030; 34’ 48,332 Aggregate..] 1083 169,060, 153/ 353,420 Releases ...| 125 3 14:4'. OOMPATATIVE STATEMENT FROM JUSE 1 70 JUNE 22. ] 1878. 1877, Tnstrumentj e — —|-——— No. U'n'denxt'n] No. 1 C'siderat’n. Trost-deeds] 2803 Ol4,. {IPTTEY 1,163,541 Mortgages.. 132,8221| 185|" 260,850 Aggregate.. s 1,404,427 LEASES. E. Slosson & Co. have rented the southeast corner of State and Washington streets, former- Iy occupied by Hamilton, Rowe & Co., to Messrs. Giles Bros. & Co., wholesale and retail jewelers, for two years on private terms; sod to the same firm the secopd floor of 34 and 36 Washington streets, adjoininz abose, for their wholesale business and munufacturing, at §1,200 a year; the store and basement 9 Randolph street, to Aurust Riugele for a euloon, at 31,200: the second floor of 69 Randolph street to John Eate for vapor baths, at S50 per year; the store and basement on northeast corner of Fifth ave- nuc and Jackson streets, to D. W. Evaas, for §320 a year. BUILDING PERMITS. The following are some of the more important buildinz permits jssued during the weck: Louis Schiroeder, two-story dwelling, at No. 501 North Clark strect, 10 eost £4, 000. Danicl Wellg, four-story 'brown-stone _front (private hotel), on the southwest corner of Michi- zan avenue and Hazrison_strcet. to cost §25,000; and two three-story adjoining the above, to cost $14.000. Philip . Sheridan, addition to dwelling No. 708 Michizan avenne, to cost 4,500 1t E Shimmid, three-story dwelling, ot No.481 West Adame strect, to cost $4,000. _John Armburster, four two-story dwellings, at Nos. 711 and 717 Wells street, to cost $10,600. Charles Busby, additionto S5+ Prairie avenue, to cost £12, 000, Sokup Jiros.. threc-story. stone-front dwelliogs 8t 427 Milwauikce avenue, 19 cost §7, 000. S. B. Cobb, threc-story building near the corner of Michigan and Congrees, to cost $25,000. Little Sisters of the Poor, four-story building on {he corner of Harriton and' Throop strects, Lo Cost Con, Sheehy, two two-story dwellings corner of Halsted and Thirty-first, to cost S2,100 each. James McLesn, three-siory stone-front dwelling 81701 North Gink, 10 cost €5, 000, CHICAGO PARKS. To the Edutor of The Tridune. CHICAGO, June 22.—The future of suburban property is rapidly becoming a serious problem 10 its owners. Its comparative unealability, tomether with the cost of carrying it, render it the most undesirable of any kind of property, real or persopal, offered for investment. The gross income from it will not average perhaps more than §3 per acre for grass or garden pur- poses. A recent letter in Tug TRIDUNE indi- cated the views of some owners rezarding taxes, by which it appears to be the disposition of some to allow the forfeiture of their land for taxes until the State shall ultimately eell it, when they propose to repurcbase it. Thie metro- politan array of officers, and the uscless and extravagant improvements - which _suburban towns have imposed upon themselves, have created an annual expense whicn must be met out of taxation without regard to the condition of the market or the actual value of the prop- erty asseesed. it is difticulr, it not fmpossible, to lesgen these expenses, for many of them grc in the shape of Uonds, which have wonme into the Lands of innocent purchasers. To make the taxation correspond rith the leritimare or intrinsie value of most of fhe propertywould result in repudiation. This is the condition which &tares the owners of suburban proverty in the face. Thetaxis a tax on specuition, with the speculation zone. What will be, therefore ls not now solmportant.a mat- 1 upon the first clause of this passage is, that God ter as what is. When it is understood that the income from property is at present the nnl; basis an which it is vatned for lomns, or ap- Efimcd by reputable dealers, and conseauently g d“ auy fmprovement 1must gtart with that con- 8l lcm!lan, it is easy o see that rents must not gn ly greatly increase, but that the demand for ouses miust secure the improvement of a vast amount of vacant residence proverty before suburban lands and lots will be desited With this understanding, it is o matter of ereatimportance toknow what is to bedone with the vast amount of property dedicated to park purposes. The failure to rcalize the great fortunes which were anticipated from the de- velopnient of these park schemes has without cause thrown some of the responsibility there- for upon the Commissioners themselves. The people of Cook County had the powerto de- termine the matter, and they did so in favor of the enterprisc, and they must meet that ex- tense which has boen incurred. 1t is doubted, however, whether, on the pres- ent showing, they should meet more than that. What improvements have beeu made have been in accordsuce with the elaborate plans first pre- pared. Tocy contemplated lakes, bills, aod rivers, They were duly published and com- mented on, and everybody was delighted both ot the prospect and the immediate cfect on the thencurrent value of their land, Itissomelittle time since the public bave been desirous of ad- ditionat ~particulars. It is understood that no material or radical alteration in the original de- sigus hus been made. The improvements con- templated lhave simply been postponed until times change. In the meantime, the great por- tion of the park land remains ta its former state. It would seem that the future of suburb~ an property is soindefinite to, nud that the amount paid for the purchase of the land bus been 50 great, that the use of the parks for the purposes for which they were secured should not be longer subject to what the future may develop. The plan which will make it soonest available should be the one adopted, whatever the orizinal design 1ay bave been; anditis therefore suggested that a zen- cral system of trec-plantivg over the whole area of tbe parks proper, except such smnll por- tions as are now developed, wonld soonest and most entisfactorily mect the wants of the citi-- zeus of Chicago. There is nothing more arate- ful to the inhabitants of a large city than a for- est. Thereis no reason why the people of the South Side should be depeudent waiuly on the few sickly oaks at Woodlawn when they want a picnie, and then be obliged to_take their turn in the list of applicants. If Nature could make arrangements’ with the Commissioners by which they would allow her to do all the work for tbe mext five Or ten years, the results will be far more acceptable than the carrying out of the original vlan. By what has been said, no attempt has been made to cast reflection on the managements of the parks porth, south, or west. So far as geoerally known, their designs were favorably reccived; but neither the Commissioners nor_ the people consider it right or possible to follow out those designs now. No ove knows when it will be Inthe meantime, the ereater portion iginal prairie couds- tion. It is confidently believed, if all available means sre employed in the growth of trees, the vrime object of the parks will be met cheaper, sooner, and far more sotisfactorily, all things considered, than in any other way. W.O.C. OUR STHEETS. To the Editor of The Tribune. €mrca6o, June 22.—I have read with much interest, in the columns of Tur TRILUNE, sun- dry correspondences relating toourstreet-pave- wents. These letters express the uniforin judg- ment of the community acainst the further use of wood as a paving material on the thorough- fares of the city. My uttention has niso been called to a report publisted in the Milwaukee papers of a_committee of their City Council, nawed for the purpose of thurouchly fnvesti- gating the result of the various paving experi- Tentsia the principal cities of the country. This report embodies the opimions of the City Englneers and other_oflicials of a large num- Der of cities, and their testimony is unanimous arainst the use of wood as a premancnt, desira- ble, or economical material for paving heavy traveled streets. The official testi- mony of these cxperts fixes the averase life of a block pavement at_five ye and requiriog an amount equal to the ori cost of the work to be expended in current re- pairg, moking wood pavement ultimately the most expensive in use. ‘The dust and mud and acgregation of filth that daily accumulate from the use of so perighable & material, seriously marring _per- sonal comfort and costume, not to speak of the damage to shop goods, office and houschold furnishings, render our streets a digrace to the city and an abomination to all metropolitan dwellers. - The eanitary influenco resuiting from the deeay of 130 miles of blovk pavement (equal to about onc mile square) is most perni- cious on public health—second ~ only to the river and sewer nuisauce, It was most fit and proper for our city, while she was passing througn that period of barbarian development known as the Wood- en awe~wooden stores, and factories, and dwellings,—that she should have wooden streets and walks to match. But, having be- come a city of palatial structures of marble and granite, it is quite time to build our streets to correspond with the elezance and permanency of our superstructure. The Milwaukee report concludes by recom- mending the city to use only stone of various kinds and forms in future pavings. Of all the stone heretofore used, granite has proved the most durable, satisfactory, and economical paving materfal. Boston. New York, Philadel- phia, New Orleans, and other Americancities, arc now paving with this stone, with most satislac- tory results. Late discoveries of granite within easy reach of thiscity will cnableus to pave +with this material quite a5 cheaply as either of the citfes named. Now we may havea pavement swcet and wholesome, frce from decay, dust, and mud, agreeable, eoduring, and economical, and cvery way suitable 1o the best built city on the Continent. C. B'Kmve. ——— HAND-READING OR PALMISTRY. To the Editor of Ths Tribunc. Cmicaco, June 22.—In the seventy odd years since Gall began to expound his original views on the structure and fuoctions of the brain, the science of phrenology bas made slow ad- vancein the world's esteem. The value of the discoveries made by ita founder in his celebrated dissections of the brain is funreservedly nc- knowledged, and many vrinciples resulting from his observations lic at the very base of the established system of cercbral psychology, yet the empirical doctrines which he and his collaborator Spurzhein incorporated together with sound physiological theorics in their «Seience of Faculty ™ have rcmained in general Qaisrepute. Distingnished anatomists accept the truth, first set forth by Gall, that the convolu- tions of the brain ure distinct nervous centres, sith special activities, but vers few of them ac- cord with Dis assumption that the protuber- ances and depressions of the sknll correspond with the configuration of the brain, and thus indicate the peculiarities of its development. “That there should be a minute agreement be- tween the physical structure and the psychical and mental traits of every individusl, appears 3 plausible and a prepossessing hypothesis. 1t secms but reasonable to suppose that the mind molds the frameinwhich it dwells. There is actual truth in the poetic expression, * The soul chisels the face,” refining and beautifying, or debasing and embruting, its very texture and contour. The verity of the declaration receives continual witness in our observation. At any rate, however much orlittledeflnite science there Thay be embraced in the system of craniology, it st be grsnted that skiiled phrenoiogists will determine from an external eXamination of the skull the inner life of a man and bis distinctive aptitudes_and tendencies witn surprising ac- enracy. Neverthcless, the most able among them avow that the science is yery imperfectly developed, and that it needs the reflection and Yesearch which have been given to other impor- tant subjects of human inquiry to relieve it of obscurity nod€ctermine its principles with eer- tainty. i!u{ ages before the brain was discovered to be the seat of thought, or before auy exact cou- ceptions of psycholozy had been defined, there cxisted a_belief amongz various peoples that coaracter does revenl itself in_the actual flesh, —that it stamps its fmprint unmistakably on especial parts_of the material frame. In the carly dawn of history, we find the ancients studying, along with magic, alchemy, and other occuit sciences, the art of hand-readinz or Palmistry. The practice extensively prevailed in Egspt, where 1t was coutlued 1o the priest- nood. By them it was imparted to the Greeks, who in their turn communicated it to the Romans. There is a tradition among the Jews that Moses had mastered its secrets, together with other priestly Jore, while dwelling at the Court of the Pharaobs, and that he made great use of the advantages it gave when leading the Ieraelites through the wilderness. Every man wiom he chose for » responsible ~ posi- tion bad first to undergo a. searching crutioy of his hands, and by ther testimony bis ntuess was decided. As evidence that the Hebrew understood and bad faith in the science of palmistry. the assertion in Job, xxxvii, 7, that God “sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work," is pointed out. The interpretation put by the palmist setsa scal or stamp on every man's hand with each act its owuer performs. Among the books of medieval and ancient times still exiating, there are some 400 or 500 octavo volumes treating of palmistry and as- trolozy, the two sciences being usually asso- ciated” together. All the later works un palm- istry base the science upon the old astral theory which taught that tho different planets were ensouled, and that influences corresponding with their distinctive qualities flowed out from them upon the inhabitants of the earth, When as- trology reccived its death-blow by the establish- ment of the Copernican system, palmistry fell with it a8 part of a vast fabric of suverstition. In the last century the latter science was again revived in France, aud, as it would appear, by pure aceident. As the story oes, a a gay officer named d'Arpentizucy was in the habit of attending the weekly receptions neld on separate evenings by a friend addicted to science, and his equally cuitivated wife. The friend gathered around him persous given to serlous study and grave research, while the Iady assembled in her salon paivters, poets, and those of esthetic taste and talent. Now, it chanced that d'Arpentigney had remarkably ‘beautiful bands, of which he was_inordinately vain, and when in- soclety it was his custom to scize every opportunity for provoking a diseus- slon which would lead to their display and com- parison with others. While iudulging this favorite weakness, the fact gradually came to his notice that the hands observed ut the recep- tions of his friend were very similar in their character, while they differcd decidedly from the eounally uniform type of those secu at the receptions of the lady. During the investigation of these significant circumstances, d’Arpentigmey beeamne enamored with a beautiful Gypsy girl, who ivstructed him in the method of palm-readiug practiced by her race from time jmmemorial. Upon the koowledge gained from this source, from treatizes on ancient palwtstry. and from hisown observation, 4’ Arpentigucy iaid the foundation of the modern science of baud-reading, which he styled Chirognomy. In this system atten- tion was paid exclustvely to the size, shave, and texture of the hand, the lines engraved upon it being entirely disregarded. {n tue pursuit of his fuvestization it 13 said that d’Arpentigney examined the hands of no less than 30,000 in- aividuals. ‘The results of this study were finally pub- lished fn a volume cntitled “The Science of the Hand.” From the system prescuted In this work, all traces of the superstition formerly in- wrought with palmistry, as well s astroogy, were climinated, ¢xcepr that the names of the nplanets which lhad been given to the several fingers and parts of the band were retained as a matter of convenience. Thus, the index tinger still bore the name of Jupiter, the middle finger of Saturn, the third finger of Apollo, the fourth of Mer- cury, and the thumb of Vecus, while the per- n of the hand was styled the Mount of and the cenire the Plain of Mars. ce the time of D’ Arpentizney, the chief ex- pounders of palmistry have been the Messicurs Desbarotles, her “and sow. The former greatly elaborated the science developed by his conntrymee, adding to it rules for interpreting the lines of the hand; and the latter is to-day the most famous and _expert of lving palmists. The system practiced by the Desbarolles bas Dbeen made public by the son in a work styled “ The Mysteries of the land.” The treat has passed through twelve editions, and is re- gurded as the most complete and trustworthy on the subject. A sccond work by the same suthor was anuounced as fn press some time ao, with the promise that it would explain the orificiples of paliistry with euch minutensss and ifucidity that the task of making them practical must be extremely simple, M. Desbarolles has Tor” years followed the profession of palmist in Paris, giving an hour to the reading of a pair of hauds for the considera- tion of 20 francs, and a written chart io addi- tion for 50 francs. lle makes use of a micro- scope in decipliering te finer lines, cach one beine iu bis theory a record of some separate incident. We have heard it eaid, by those who have tested his ability, that he not only deline- ates the character Wwith marvelous exactitude, but be discerue every eveat fu the vust life which has hiad any_importance. Whatever has impressed the miud has, accoraing to the palm- ist, engraved fts mark indelibly on the hand. The past only, with its train of successive acts and iofluences, is, however, written out on this cabalistic scroll. ‘I'he futiire s here as_else- where a blank. which can be filled up no faster than it becomes the present and passes into ex- perfence. From a knowledge of the clements eutering inte individual character, and of these have already nceom- plished, one may foretell ~ with some probability the coming d but beyond this the hand affords no c) that which i3 still to be. There is truly a orophecy in its fuseriptions and its structure, but nonc can tell in what manner or how far this shall be fulfilled. Palmistry has been studied through the books of M. Desbarolles, and other writers, by many Americans, some of whom have become extremely adept in the application of its prin- ciples. A geutleman well kaown in the busi- ness cireles of Chicago, but now a resident of 8t Loufs, has for several years occupted his leisure with a pursuit of the science, making an examination in the course of his_inquiries of several thousand pairs of hands. He has car- ried the practice so for as to be able to read the hand with nearly the rapidity and certainty that @ clever phrenologist reads the cranium. Mr. Harris, the Superintendent of the Public Schools of St. Louts, and undoubtedly the most profound student of philosophy in our country, alluded in a public Jecture to the wonderful wit of this palmist, who had a few days before the carcer surpriscd bim by a revelation of the menning of the characters ritten on his band. Tho words of Mr. Hamis were to this effect: *With all our study and research, how little we yet know of the miracles of Nature! Hereare these bands of mine which I have borne about with me for some_forty years, treating them as_humble, homely, hard-working servants, and . never dreaming they had in them any special siznifi- cance. Yetaday or twoago I met aa honest, candid friend of inine, 8 business man, whose chareeter holds him above deceit or chicanery, gud in five minutes’ time he rchearsed to me from the records on these hands the whole his- tory of my past. From their faithful, wouderful testimony be discerned the hidden,inmost traits of my uature which I thought few in this world would ever suspect, and he told over events in my life which 1 kncw none but God and myseif had a kuowledge of. Henceforth these hands must have a superior diznity in my eves. They are the repository of my most secret thoughts and deeds, the sdcred, mysterious book of life ou which is traced with an ineffaceable pen every incident of my earthly carcer.? American cautatrice, Clara Loufse Kel- Jogg, is one of the number swho have palved, for mere diversion, o considerable jought juto the art of palmistry. “The first thing I no- tice,” shie suys, “on meetiug a stranger, is-the Land. Thattells me more in a2 moment than can L ordinarily learn of the character in years of acquaintance.’” In the light of these evidences of the truth of palmistry the old saviug, **Show your hand,” has a new rud Quep signification. There is no_knowledge more important to us than tuat of our own capacities and prociivi and next in value is a knowledge of the capaci ties and proclivities of those with whom we are counccted. 1f thescicncesof phrenology and of patmistry will afford us this, by all means 1¢t them be perfected and cultivated. A WORKINGWOMAN. POTTER, IN A PET. 70 W15 TET PERJURER. Jsmes Anderson, my Jim-jam, Witen we were first acquaint, 1 just was fule enough to think You might turn out a suint! Bur, sin I've come to know you mair, * T'm na sac fulish, Jim? You're precious littlc like 3 suint; A dell mair like a lmb! James Anderzon my Jim-jam, ‘When first ye cam to w00, e 2aid ye'd brass enough for baith; And, faith, you eaid but truef Nae courtin’ 1ad ina’ the town As had mair bras T summat think ti Ye'd mair than 8. J. T. Jzmes Anderson my Jim-jam, T've found ve out tao laie! Ye've shamed me. lad, before the town; Now leave me to my fate! Ye promised me a bonny lot OF rascal hes and fraud, And gwore ye'd bring me frac the Soath A false Retarning Board! Ye promised me John Sherman's head, and ither pretty t05s; And ewore that 1 should hear from France A sweet, nefarious Noyes! Mattaews was mine for sare. snd mair— Ye vowed. 1n various phrase, That Tilden's sun should shine for all, Obscured no more by Hayea! : Not one of these foul fairings, Jim, Iias ever blessed my eyes; Even Mrs. Jenks is false, mothinks, “And good folk me despise. No more on ve. James Anderson, 1')] turn & Iriendly eve; T've hea o dose will last my life, Of Fraud and Perjury! ~New York Tribune. 2 G The man who has never scen two Wwomen in Shaker bounets trying to kiss each other has never experienced the rejuyenating power of a 1sngh that could throw bim down and kick him in the ribs.—Lreakrast-Table. . THE SOCIAL WORLD. Fashionable Entertainments of the Last Week. Weddings, Receptions, Club Parties, Surprises, Personals, Efc. CHICAGO. CADWALLADER-CONVERSE—CONVERSE-WRIGHT. ‘There was a brilliant double wedding at Plymouth Church Thursday eventng, in which Mr. A. H. Cadwallader and Miss Anofe M. Con- verse, and Mr. C. 4. Converse and Miss Mary E. Wright were united in_ marriage, the Kev. Charles Hall Everest officiati ‘The ushers were Mr. Georee W. Singles, Mr. F. M. Barrett, Mr. Frank Logan, and Mr. Frank DeWitt. After the ceremony, the bridal-party proceeded to the residence of Dr. William Converse, No. 915 Michizan avenue, where a rcception was given to a few of the most mntimate friends and. relatives, after which an clegant supper was served. The presents were numerousand costly. At 9 oclock the bridal-party left for St. Paul, Minn,, to visit friends. RUSSELL~GOLTRA, JACKSONVILLE. Last Thursday evening a briflfant wedding was celehrated in Jacksouville, Iil., the con- tracting parties being Mr. C. Howard Russell and Miss Ella Goltra, daughter of M. C. Goltra, Esq. o leading capitalist of that city. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Thomas Goodspecd. GUY—BLARESLEE. At 5 o'clock last ‘Luesday afternoon a quiet but very pleasant weading took place at the residence of Mr. Prentice, No. 72 Throop street, at which Miss Lulu Blakeslce was marned to Mr. Guy, a West Side druggist. SYITI—CORMICK. The marrioge of Miss £mma McCormick, of Baltimore, and Mr. Perry IL Smith, Jr., was quietly solemnizea Wednesday, at the home of the brige. Owing to the sudden death of the Dride's mother, the wedding was strietly pri- vate. COLE—MILNES. Marrled, Thursday evening, at the residence of the bride’s uncle, Mr. Monroe, 821 Juckson strcet, Mr. George E. Cole aua Jliss Lotio Milues, by the Rev. Mr. Woodbury, of Rock- ford, cousin of the groom. The prescnts wera numerous and elegant. GAINES—RIXON, SAN PRANCISCO. The marriaze of Miss Mattio Rixon and Mr. Chauncey Gaines was celebrated Tuesday even- ing, June 11, at § o'clock, at the Central M. E. Chureh, San Francisco, Cal. The_groom was o radnate of the Northwestern University in 535, "sna bas many friends in_ this community who will be pleased to hear of his matrimonial venture. MISS GREGG'S ENTERTAINMENT. A most cnjoyable cntertainment was given last Tuesday evening by the youug-lady pupils of the Chitazo Ladies’ Seminary, at No. 1T Sonth Sheldon strect, for the benefit of the Home for the Friendless. Tbe capacious school- hall was crowded with visitors, and a handsome sum was realized for the charitadle institucion. The programme was an excellent ong, and the young amateurs did cxcm:dinu){ well, especiall; those who took part in the French colloquy. After the exereises, the room was cleared, and ihe younger portion of the assembly indulged in sociability and dancing. Those who took part 1n the exercises were Miss Lizzie Soracue, Misa Susie E. Whitcomb, Miss Talmadge, Miss Emuly Lyon, Miss Jennie Wilbur, Miss Stella Russell, AMrs. O. L. Fox, Miss Myrtle Heath, Miss Grace Suell, and Miss Doolittle. SURPRISE RETTLEDRUM. ty of ladies connected with The Ilome ({zhc Widow Bedott at_her residence, No. 1065 Wabash avenue, last Wednesday atter- noon, but it did not take her long to spread a bountiful collation, as she well knows how to do. Music and.reading were the order of the day. Among the surprisers werc the lopg- logked-for Sister Maguire, Glory Ann Billins, Mra. Deacon Skinner and ber daughter Polly Mariar, Mrs, Parson Potter and her dsushter Caroline, Liddy Ann Buel, Kessire Winkle, Cousin Brizzs, editor Serabbletown Herald, Miss Stubbs, Neil For, and Ci. Canute. The occa- sion proved highly enjoyuble to the owners of the above noms de plume. SOCIAL AND CLUB NOTES, The third hop of the scasonat the Riverside Hotel oceurred last nigit, and was marked by an increase of attendance over its predecessors, spowl1 he growing popularity of these eater- tainments, which are given weekly by Prof. Martine. L Miss Corrie Page, of No. 21 Park avenue, gave a small pariy, last Thursday evening, iu honor of her friend, Miss Ella Byrne, of Grand Ravids, Mich, “The Union Park Sunday-School fndulged in & picnic at Highland Park vesterday. Mre. McCoy, No. 128 Park avenue, gave s deligntful Junch-varty Tuesdar. “A Lighly-suocessful coucert was given last Thursday_evening by the choir of Centennial Baptist Church, assfsted by & number of the most accomplished mausical ?eonle in the city, in the church, at the corner of West Jackson and Lincoln strects. Wednesday evening the Alumni of the North- western University assembled at the Avenue Hlousc, at Evanston, to partake of the annunl banquet. Theattendance was much larger than usual, and the occasion was _decidedly the most delightful the association has ever enjoyed. Last Tuesday evening a lawn-party was _given at the residence of Mrs, W. A. Stanton, No. 121 Thirty-fifth street. at which were congrezated many representatives of fashiouable society. “Lvery pleasant surpriso party was tendered the Rev. C. A. Towle at bis residence, No. 578 \West Erio strect, last Thursday evening, by the members of the Young People’s Library Asso- clation of Bethany Congregational Church, it Deing the pastor’s birthday. The evening was passed yery bopplly, AMrs. Edward ill antertained a select par- No. 036, West ty of friends at ier residence, No Monroe streot, Wednesday_evgping. Amonz those present were Mr. aud Mrs, Yames Clark, Mr. and Mrs. 1. W. Whittemore, Mr. and Mrs. R. 0. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. oster, Mr. aod Mrs. Gus VanBuren, Miss Lovejoy, Miss Ketner of St. Louis, Fred Lovejoy, Mr. Calmer, aud others. ‘Oue of the social ovents of the past week was the celebration of the second anniversary the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Burtis, at No. 279 Western avenue, on Friday last. The evening was passed very mmmu{' and will long be remembered with pleasure by the par- ticipants Toe Misses Gilbert™ gave o lawn party at Woodlawn yesterday afternoon, in honor of their class and the tenchers of Dearborn Semi- vary: 1t was an excremely pleasant affair. Mr._ Charles Richbere’s little daughter cele- ‘rated her birthday vesterday. by 5l;'mz a party to o numberof stwall-sized friends, at No. 10 North Carpeuter street. Little Miss Dot Frink celebrated her 7th birth- day witha pumber of invited muests at the Tesidence of her aunt, Mrs. George Morris, No. 402 Michizan avenue. The second annual ball of the Wilson Hose Company, No.4, was held at Grand Crossing last Tuesday night. An enjoyable excurson was given by the Younz People’s Union of St. Pauls R. E. Church last Monday eveping ou the steamer Peerless. Everything passed off very pleasautly and satisfactorily. There were between five and six hundred on bonrd when the boat left the city. After reaching tne lake, the band iuside of the cabin struck up s waltz, and daoe- ing was_in order. Refreshments were served during the evening. ‘Miss Mary Greencbaum gave a party last Fri- day evening in honor of Ler virthday, and also in honor of her becrothal to Mr. Charles Haas. The Church of tbe Epiphany, the Eighth Presbyterian, and the Union Park Congreation- 3l Churches all went picnic-berrying yesterday. The participants wore overcoats and shawls. Last .Thursday afterncon Mrs. Caton zave 8 children’s party at No. 574 Michizan avenue. Mr. E. S. 1sham gave s dinner party 10 six- teen of bis gentlemen fricnds at _bis residence, No. 554 Wabash avenue, last Tuesday. Mrs. W. W. Kimball entertained a number of friends at No. 610 Michigan avenue Wednesasy evening. Wednesday, Mrs. D. F. Kendall, of No. 372 North LaSalle street, ave a funch-party to sev- eral of her lady friends. Last Tuesday ovening was the occasion of & very enjoyable affair, being an excursion on the lake in the fine steamer Metropolis, under the auspices of the Addison Literars Socicty. A very select company of about 125 conple im- proved the opportunity thus held out by the en- terprising Addisonians for a delizhtful ride upon the water, and with rausic, daacing, soclability, and splendid refreshments it proved an occasion long to be remembered by those participatiog. The Addison will now adjourn untl next Sep- tember. A very enjoyable party took place last Tres- day cvening 1o hovor of Mr.and Mrs.W. T. Clark s their residence, No. 453 West Wash- jogton street. ‘The party was given under the avspices of the boarders, who, with thei friends, numbering some fifty couples, partici- pated {o @ happy reunion, with the pleasant ° accompaniments of music and daucing. The sapper, served at 12 o'clock, was furnlshed by Eckardt, snd the masic by Pound. The Union Catholic Library Associatich eave the last of the season’s sociables. on Friday cvening. Their hall was crowded with a_large and appreciative audience. The entertainment opened with a pianodaett by the Mieses Kearns, followed by a very appropriate address by the Rev. Father Roler; then a well-exccuted solo on the piauo by Miss Green. Mrs. McDonald read “The Wounded Soldier” with much pathos. Miss Coffeo gave a very excellently-rendered vocal solo. Alfter the usual interrcgoum, the second part opened with a recitation by Mr. Larkin. The “Eeho Song,” by Mrs. Hillis, with flute accompaniment by Mr.” Easterly, bad a hearty encore. The zem of the evening was the recitation of the Rock of Azes? by 3rs. E. C. Daniets, who proved by ber reading zrest nat- ural talent highly cultivated. Iler cncore was % How Persimmons Took Care of the Baby,” which was_graphically renderea. Prof. Dixon then gave two of his best selections. A reci- tation by Mr. E. D. Winslow closed the pro- memmc‘ which proved uneof the bedt ol the series. ANNOUNCEMENTS. ‘The arrangements for the ind concert, un- der the auspices of the First Regnnent, at the ‘Tabernacle, Wednesday evening, June 26, are uearly perfect. Miss Henrieita Becbe, a musical star of magnitude from New York, has been en- gaved, and, together with Miss Emma Baker, Miss Fanny Whitney, Dr. Barnes, avd Mr. Broderick, will furnisa the solo music. The ‘Quaker City Quartette and the Madvigal Club will attend tothe concerted musie. There is no doubt that the oceasion will prove to be both a musical and social suceess. The First Regiment is the pride of Chivago, and deserves ull . possi- ble encouragement in Its patriotic endeavors. The programme is to be an excellent one. Prof. Carr's seventh annual basket picnic to his fricnds and pupils will take place at River Grove, Desplaines, next Tuesday, A special train will leave the Kiozie street depot at 9:30 8.m. ‘The Terpsichorean Club, of Englewood, will give a piontc next Saturday afternoon and éven- ing at Plomgren’s Park, Washington Heights. Kretlow will furnish the music. The "pupils of Prof. Russell’s Academy and their friends will try a dayin the country on Saturday of this week. Sharpshooter’s Park has been chosen as the place, and what with music, dancing, and the other adjuncts of a pic- nic, it is expected that the affuir will be select sud enjoyable. PLRSONAL. Miss Jennie Day, of Peoriy, is visiting Miss Adelaide Bostock, at No. 357 West Monroe street. : Miss Wiggins, who has been spending the winter with friends in Chicago, has returned tn her home in Watertown, N. Y. Last Thursday Miss Rosn Moore left the city, after a prolonged visit, for her home in Lex- ington, Mo. She was accompanicd by Miss Gertie Gardner, who will- remain in Missouri until September. Miss John Sebastian, nes Russell, of Topeka, Kansas, is in the city visiting her mother, Mrs. J. Ozden Bryant. Charles W. Rowe, Esq., and family leave this week for Pewaukee, Wis., where they will re- 1mnain through the summer, Ars. and Mre. J. W. Batler, Mr. and Mrs. James Ellswortb, and Miss Nellie Butler, will leave to-morrow for Long Island, where they have taken a cottage for the summer. Miss Emma C. Temple. of Ottumwa, TIa., is visiting her cousing, the Misses Stager, No. 672 Michizan avenue. Miss Cora F. Farnum _is summering at Ge- neva Lake, the guest of Mrs. William Sturges. Mr. Clarence Carr is spending the summer in Minnesota. Mr. 2ud Mrs, C. H. Blackman left for the East. ednesday to spend several weeks up Nan- tucket. Mrs. B. W. Ellis and daughter left the city Wednesday for the East, intending to spend the summer among the mountains of Vermont. Dr. Edwin Judson leaves Chicago for Europe the £0th of June, whither he goes in search of ‘health, accompanied by ) Amelia_Kellozg, of No. 20 Oak avenue, who goes as his cuest. Theywill sail by the Devonia, with Dr. Tourgic’s :al party, accompanied also by Mrs. Hand- m ford, of No. 53 Calumet avenue. Mrs. J. L. Day left the city last weei to 2pend the summer in the East. Mand Rice started fortheEast last week, to be absent all summer. rs. Col. Dunbar and Miss Elsie Dunbar. of . Wis., have been the guests of Mrs. Philip Conley. — Mr. and Mrs. H. 1. Hizging and dsughter. of 1035 Prairie avenve, left for Manitcu Surings, Col., Monday. to b nbsent two or three months. Potter Palier, Esq., has reuted Lhe finc Ozden residence on the North Side, and will pos- gession with his famils for the suminer months. Mrs. Frapk Wentworth and family Jeave to- day for tae_East, aud will spend the swmmer mouths at the summer home ot her brother-in- law. Joe Jeferson, at Hohoeus, N. J. Miss May Fridley, of Aurora, is visiting South Side friends. Miss E. H. Thurston, of New York. is spend- ing tho summer at the residence of her brother, §.R. Thurstou, at Lombard. Mr. aad Mrs. Walter L. Peek, who have been sojourning in California for several months past, returned home last weelk. Miss Carric Stevens, of Dunkirk, N, Y..is visiting Miss Nellie Anderson, No. 1312 Indiana avenn 3r. T. P. Smith, of Louisyilie, Ky., has b:mi visitiog friends in this city during the week. Col. Johm B. Drake, wife, and daushters have gone East to visit the icading summer resorts. ) Miss Ida Fyler, of Oconomowoc, Wis., is visit- iog friends fn this city. Miss Julta Todd of this ity 1s visiting Miss Kittle Bickford, at Winnctka. Miss Ella_ Brrre, of Grand Rapids. Mich., is the guest of Miss Carrie Page, of 19 Park ave- nue. Gen Apson Stager and C. M. Adams, Esq. with thelr families. are at Neenah, Wis. r.Ned C. Murray nud sister, of St. Paal, Minn,, who were the guests while m this city of Mrs. Wright P. folden, No. 32 Aberdeen street, returncd So their home last Wednesday. SOCIETY TOPICS. This fs the month of roses. Also of thornses. Likewlise of burses and beeses, and the chicken- pox. Sleep with your head to the nortt. The American who thinks he knows French hos only to reach Paris to flud out that he doesn’t even speak good English. “Js thet cloak fawst!? is the way cultivated Englishmen say “Is that clock fast1” It Is Ligh time that Enelishmen learn Enghsh. Advices from the Paris Exposition all agree that_the claims of Chicago to the first rank in the Department of Photographic Art are ably upheld by Rouher, whose pictures represent the highest degree of mechanical excellense, as well as the wonderful perfection of artistic poising and grouping which at the Expositions of Vienua, Amsterdam, this distineuished artist In other sections of the city to learn that he hasat last conscated to. remove from his Wabash avenue studio to a: ‘more central location, and he will soop open on the upper floors of the Hale Building, Nos. 77, 79, and S State _street, the laraes complete photozrephic’ establishument o the United States. The King of Deoinark keeps his money in twenty-cight dliferent baoks, so as to liave cnough left to pay bis wash-bills it twenty-scven of them wina up suddenfy. Over here ire pat- ronize ouly one bank, aud let the wash-bills take care of tnemselves. Whether it_be an_clegant street-costume, or gorizeons wedding trousseau, or & quiet home Toilctte, the result is aiways the same with oue of Ghormley’s artistic_ creatious. It is 8 thing of beanty to the beholder, and a joy forever to the wearer. It one woman with a nes pair of gloves call upon another woman, the other woman goes and buvs & new pair of gloves. 1f one woman with anew bonnet call upon another woman, the other woman goes and _buys a nei bonnet. Ii one, etc., ete. Thus runs the world away. For stylish excelleace, perfect fitting, acd real comfort, the boots and shoes made by Chicazo’s favorite shoemaker, Harkins, stand without a rival, and s place, No. 132 Dearvorn strect, near Madison, is patronized by admirers of art- istic workmanshlp throughout the West. Amew supoiy of Washington's loveletters hos just becn discovered. ~As near as we can firure, he must have written about_ten s day auriag bis whole life, but maybe be didn’t. Another invoice of fine Japan tea was received | 1ast week by Blackall, the leadine tea-dealer of Chicago. ‘The tea was shipped from Yokobania by the steamer Oceanic for San Francisco May 18, andarrived in Chicago June 16, makiog the entire distance from Japan, or nearl half the circuit of the world, in_twenty-elzht days. The tea wasserved out last Tuesday to Mr. Blackall’s numerous patrons at his stores, 49 Clark and 186 West Madison streets. R Stanler’s outrageously had manners are sup- posed to arise from bis never having read auy of the 25-cent books on etiguctte. It is a little curions that he didn’t think to consalt the answers-to-correspondents man. C. P. Kimball & Co. revort trade very good. They are selling larze numbers of their siylish canopy phactons at prices lower than ever be- fare. Good work and Jow prices will tell. There is no thorn without its rose. If you Philadelphia, aod_clse- | where, alwavs sgeured the principal award. In this connection it will interest the_patrons of’ ‘break your leg the neighbor women come in and tell you the gossip. After we have shot off the Fourth of July and squandered ten or fifteen million dollars, it will be a;lsiflto figure how many deserving wid- ows could have been made comfortable with the money. The average time from New York to Chieago o 635 pianos_for Pelton & FPomeroy by the Merchants’ Disoatch during the past few months wes three dzys eleven hours zad forty~ five minutes. New York no sooner gets her elevated railway in nice running order than she discovers that the locomotives drop hot coals on bald men’s heads. Some drawback, ever. ‘The gew offices of Dr. Rubert Hunter in the Hale Buildiog, corner State and Washington streets, command the admiration and praise of all visitors. The average Congressman will come home to find that e can take up DO MOTe room ona street-car than the chap who goes about selling two lead pencils for five cents. The perfection of grace and beauty is found in the Spanish archied instep shoes. M. Wheeler & Co., 7+ Madison street, solc azents. A Detruit lady who plastered ber face with an cintment warrunted to remove freckles fs now seeling eowmething to cure [urty or filty erup- tions artistically grouped around her nose. All the latest and most desirable novelties in millinery goods can be found ab Hotehkin, Yalmer & Co.’s, 137 and 130 State street, ut greatly reduced prices. Tt takes a Philadelphia woman just twents- seven minutes to close a trade with 8 gardener for a five-cent bunch of onions. Elegant and stylish low shows and_slippers for the warm weather at M. Wheeler & Co's. Somson was au emicent trazedisn in his day, - and iu bis Jast act brought down tbe house.— [Waif.] Yes, and what was better yet, be put an end to the 1ools who would have élagued and whistled for him to come out agaln. » Strangers looking for Chicago views should go to Lovejoy & Foster’s, 83 State street. The penitentiary couvict is not only respected out imitated, such is the progress we are makiug, Ttis very common now to sec youug men of sgood family ” going about in stripes 2od wear- ingr their bair closely clipped. If a Japancse husband tells his wife that she must remain at home, and she «oes out against that command, he can strike her 100 times with the bamboo, and make her bamboohoo. GOSSIP FOR LADIES. MODERN COURSE OF TRUE LOVE. They met amid the bullroom’s glare, And only this haa efther noted, That Is= was dark and she was fair, ‘When breathless in the waltz they foated. Baut in that instant Cupid flung A chain that bound their hearts togethers She thought that Hybla tipped his tongae, ‘Although he only praised the weather. To him her spirit seemed divine, Though still ehe talked but commonplace; Ticr secents breathed the tuneful Nine, Her face and figure ail the Graces. Tis coat her eritic eye approved; Te owned perfection in her bodice; And if to her o god ha moved. To him no less she swum » goddess, So when they dnaced it seemed to each ‘Their bliss nad brimmed its fallest measure; And when they sat in tender speech Life held for them no equal pleasure. So ritting pleased and bent. to plesse, Or whirling through the galop’s mazes, Tnconsciously hy swift degrees ‘They slipped through all love's sweetest phases. e brousht her Bouillon on the stalr, He bronght hor sandwiches and salad, With here o hint of deep despir, And there 2 enatch of woui ballad— Wit pensive pauses, shifts abrupt, And speaking gapa of cunversation, Ad 50 by turne they sizhed aud supped, “And sIit from ices to irtation. e squeezed her band, she blushed and sighe Ier lips said ** Fie!” but not her giance: Tic told of lovers that had died, Of crucl malde in old romances: Te clasped her waist, he stole a kiss; Her eves still foiled herlips’ ** How dare he!" They dropped cold **31=.," formal **Miss,™ And he was Frank. and she was Mary. Fifteen delicions minutes passed; Love's star had reached its culmination. Twin souls they knew themselves as las Born for cach other from creation. He swore. ere half ao hour went by, She was bis bovom's only 1dol: Ag much she votwea; with raptuzous eye The glad yoath arged un carty bridal. Ah, sweet, coy maiden, shame! No more Than this the modest Muse discovera— They parted at her carriaye Edrth'y fordest pair of d—nnd Love'n ium fuit; he cut him on th t, the f1ige one. never knew it! ey i Scribner's Yonthly. BEAUTY IN A BOX. Vieginta City (Sac.) Chrontcle. When the lightning-express train from this city rearhed Rewo last cvening, the bagrage was at once transferred from the Virginis & Truckee Railroad Company’s cars to those of the Central Pacific Railruad Company, which stood on the track in front of Chamberlafn’s Ilotel. A wooden box, sixteen inches high, irty-two long, and twenty-two wide, which had been " checked to Reno, remalaed on the Virginia & Truckee car until the bazgage had been loaded on the Central Paciflc train, when the railroad hands returned, and, no one ap- pearing to claim the box, it was carclessly thrownon s truck and taker to the baggaze- room of the Virginia & Truckee Railroza Com- pany. Thereit was transterred to the care of A.J. Hartley, station baggage-master of the Central Pacific Kaitroad at Reno, wha stood it up on end aud roiled it out to the Central Pacific begzage-room, about 100 feet away. There the box (which had been Dbanged sbout in the oy for which baggage- smashers are noted the world over) was thrown on the scales and its weight ascertaloed 1o be 132 pounds. The box having been stood on end ob the seales it was rolled off carelessly foto a cormer; and the baggage-master turned to leaye the room. As be did so he beard a fuint moan proceeding from the bor. Thinking he must be mistaken, he listencd for a moment and heard another moan. This led bim to examine the box more closely than before. He saw two round holes about three-fourths of an inch in diameter on one side and two similar holes at cach ead, while on another side, on which there were no holes, chips of wood about a fourth of an inch thick bad been inserted, evidently to keep the cover from closing tis pon’ as- certaining these facts, r. Hartley no longer doubted that the box coutained a hu- man Dbeing. Hartley at once opened the box, when he ascertained ~ that the contents consisted of & very pretty yonag Chinese woman In_an Insensible coudition, in consequence of her having been stood on her head while the boX was belng banged about the depot. She had a blanket with her, which was spread on the floor, and ehe sas put upon it, when the cool sir soon re- Vived ber, but she refused tO auswer any ques- tion. The door of the bagrzage-room having been left open to admit fresh air, a Chinaman walked in. AS soon as the woman set eyes on him her face became wreathed in smiles, and she stefped forward as if to throw hersell in his armf. - The Chinaman, however, took a step batkward, and uttered a Cninese word, Which was_luterpreted by those present asa warnjng. It was evident that the two under- stood each other, and attempls were made to cngage them fu conversation, but they met with Do success. Ah Jack, the Chinese interpreter, was sent for, when the woman aod men told him their story without restraint. The woman said she Twas pot yet elehtecn years old, and was bronght from:China sbout a year azo. A few months a0 she came to this city, and became enamored of Ahb Kim, the {uung Celesttal with her, who tried to purchase her freedom from the agent of the Sam Sing Company 1o this city. The agent demanded 2300 ¢ash for the girl, how- ever, and her lover bewnz unable to pay that sum, she aareed that she should be boxed up and shipped In the manner detailed above, un- known to the Sam Sing Company's agent. Her destination was Auburn, Cal., where one of her uncles owns & small store, and the China- man wanted the box checked to that place, but the Virginia & Truckee employes in this city rcfused to check beyond the end of their line, and when the train Teached Reno the lover was ot saf- ficiently up fn the customs of the road to_have the box_rechecked. This explanation, Which was'made by Ab Kim and Ab Youm, the voungz wotnan, was deemed satisfactory, and,the West- boand overtand train having arrived, they pro- ceeded on thelr way to Auburn in the smoking- car. A. Meekins, the baggaze-master at tuc depot in this city, says that the box was brouzht 1o the depot last evening by two Chinamen just as the train was about to go. He put check No. 310 upon 1t and handed it up to the train sgage-man, the Chinamen watching evers move, and requesting the baggage-manto put 1n it * Dis way, sabbe?” The box came from the Sam Sing wash-house on South C street, near the Divide. BEAUTY AND THE BURGLAR. San Francisco Chronicte. On Thursday last a lady residing on. Calf- fornia street, near Leavenworth, whose hus- band is absent from the city, collected by his request §120 of rents. She expended $30 of it during the aay, aod the remaining §90 she in- tended putting in the bank the following day. : She did not retire until after 11 o'clock on Thursday night, and was just dropping off into slecp when she was suddenly aroused to perfect wakefulness by a_slight clatter. She went: through a swift and startled mental calcula- tion to account for it, and concluded that it was csused by the_droppiug of the key of * the front door ‘on the ball foor. and that it must_bhave been pushed out by 2 burglar in effecting an entrance to rob her. ~ Noiw was the time_for the average lady toleap from her couch, tura in geven_different alarms, turn oo a flood of gas, throw up the window and sereccl warder, fire, and police. This lady was not of the average, and, slipping noisclessly from the bed, she found her busband’s loaded revolver witbout striking a light, cocked It, and, emerz- ing_from her room upon the landivg of the tairs leading into the hall, she pecred down. She had- caleulated correctly, for fn the hall Delow, making a very good bullseye relieved against the half-light of the opencd door be- youd, she saw the mufiled figureof a burgtar approaching the stairs. “Stop_there. What do you wantd! she asked. The man halted for s moment in evi- dent surprise, but answered doggedy: “ I want money, aud L know you've got some, and by — I'm going to bave it}"! But the intrepid lady never faltered, and, meeting the robber on his own chosen philolog- ical plane, though still retaining ber place at the bead of the stairs and her bead on the bullseyc, answered: By —, you shall not haseit. Ihave the money and I will keep it, tov.” “What's that you eay! I can't hear you. lold on & minute #il I come up to you,” said the fellow, starting to azain advance. + Never mind,” said the Iady, “I'll save you the tronble of climbing the stairs," ana she im- mediately started down. The burglar stood as- tonished ut this suspicious civility until the lady had descended into the falut lines of lignt .penetrating into the street, when be saw the glint of the Jeveled ‘pistol. He instantly made abound for the door with a muttered oath, leaped down the porch steps, cleared the feuce into the street, and escaped. The lady’s nerve 1s desersing of all praise, as one such reception as hers goes- further in checking burzlary than half a dozen hatting prosecutions in a Criminal Court, and she would only bave added to the excellence of the result by shootiug s good- sized bullet into the felon’s stomach. A FLY IN THE GRAVY. 1. Zouts Republican. Mrs. Jeonle Miller, of Burkeville, Va, iss woman of great spint and nerve. Her meigh- bors even say sbe bas s hizh temper, which made storms {o Miller’s. house. She has been married to Anderson Miller about two years, and during this time her husband has been try- ing to still the storms with calm kindness. Ho eeldom talked back, and never got auery, and | this angelic disposition irritated the hizh-spirit- cd woman dreadfully. 1t made womnan's favor- ite weapon of no use whatever toncr. Hers was so_sharp, too, {t was a pity. The other morning the two sat at bremkfast together. They had & guest in the house, but he had not vet come down_stairs. Miller midly re- marked, * Wife, here’s 2 fly In the grayy.” Mrs. Miller screamed, “That's the way with yon; vou are all the time finding fauit.”” Miller, melodiously: **On, noj I just happened to see a flv, and I thousht 1 would teil you.” Mrs. Miller, risi wafesticaily: “You're 8 liar—liar—liar—lfur! 7 and her spunk rose with every repetition of the sharp little word. She bounced znd waltzed around and upset things generally, while the mile-mannered Miller ate his bread and gravy around the fiy. At length he told her shc Lad better steb out and cool bff. She bounced out. seized an ax, and came back and knocked Miller on_ the head while he still sat at the table busy with his bread aud gravy, thankful for bis food, his flies, and other Lousetiold jogs. Alter the first blow Miller tried to et up, but the bigh-spirited woman gave him another aad another, and in a moment Miller feil to the floor and was no morc. To make & very sure thine of it, Mrs. Miller chopped oft Miller's bead, and, when the uest_came down-stalrs to sce what thu: row was, the triumphaat woman. wich the blowdy ax in one hand, held up the dissevered recking head of her busband by the hair with the other, shook it at the horrified muest, and shrieking 4 Liar?? once morc, fell swaonine to the floor in a pool of blood. The guest did not want any breakfast that morninz. Poor Miller has gons where he will get bis gravy without fies. and Mrs. Miller was put under the restraining in- Nuences of lock aud kev, where she will have time to toue down her high temper and,sulslne her passionate soirit. Miller’s triends warned him agalnst the fndomitable soul of that wamaa he_married, but he would not listen, and the eud of it was a fiy Ia bis gravy. TUNGATHERED SWEETS. , Virginfa (Nev.) Enterprise. Ercalag before last Justice Moses marrfed a Righ-toned Chinesecouple—Ah Suce to 3iss A Moy. The ceremony being concluded, some of those present thonght to joke Mr. Ab Suec by teliing him of the American custom of kissing the bride. * Welly good,” said the husband of a minute, * s’pose you likee kiss her, you pitc! in. My tell you,she one welly good kissee.” John then expluned to the bride in Chinese the curious Amerfcan custom. She blushed a little, Tooked askance ot tne outside burbarians pres- ent, and smiled in o moderate and mogest way. “You no kissce heri " sald Johu, gianting from one to the another. No one responded, thouzh the bride was quite pretty. The young wife was not plensed. Her nose went up aud her diagonal evebrows went down. She took her lord by the sleeve, and, as sie led hit towards the door, turned about and remarked: “‘yHI yab! you all too muchee dam foolee!™ whigh howed her to be a woman of spirit. FEMININE NOTES. By the Old Bachelor—When two girls meet, they kiss. When two young men meet, they don’t. That shows who wants kissiog tha worst. - A married man in Newburg has Invented an India-rubber rolling-pin that; will roll out the dough very evealy, and yet lend to the head when it stfikes. A young OH Citizen calls his sweetheart Re- vonge, because she 13 sweet.—0il City Derrick. And s young marricd man on South Hills ealls his mother-in-law Uelay, because ehe is danger- ous.—DBurdette. And a Scuth End man calla his wite ¥act, because she i3 a stubborn thing.— Loston Globe. A Ruby Hill woman bought a separationfrom her husband the other day for $30. The mun sizned the papers fn Eureka and took tbe moneys. When the poor woman went home ab pight,the brute was drunk 1 'bed and the moey all gone. The woman thinks hedoesa’t separate. Worth & cent.—Eureka (Vev.) ‘iepuldican. P.T. Barpum says: *Itell you, as a show- man, you can’t make animals drink whisky. They know better.” The Norristown Herald says the showman is mistaken. We once heard « woman call out of a second-story window to an object that had for nearly an hour becn try- ing in vain to unlock the front door, ** Drunk again, you old hog, are you!” Oo Suudxt{ night Mr. Blivins was quite aaton- fshed to ind o young maza with *a flerce mus- tache In the company of his daughter Iu the front parlor, and the gas turned low, and m- quired indignantiy: * What are you doing here, Sir! * Hist!” was the reply of the youth ina warning voice. “ Not aword, or all ‘islost. I am a Sceret-Service Agent of the Russian Goy- erament ! ‘There is nothinz more be: eringly embar- rassing than after a formal call to open a closet door for an exit, and walk Intoa row of dresses before you know where ypu are.— Brookiyn Union-Argna. In this benighted region people don’t usually hang up their dresses wheu they receive formal calls. But we remember now that the rules of Brooklyn society are very pe- culiar.~Philadeiphia Bulletin. . A hard case: Enter young husband, who throws bimseif into a chair and exclaims: “What! toothache a?aiu, Marial L do call thaf bard upon a fetler. (Vby, you had toothache when I left this morninZ. And here bave I been at Epsom ail day, with': the- jolilest lot o fellers ever got togetner in one drag, and won a pot o’ money, and had no end of a joily time, and 1 did think I should find something cheer- ful and jolly to greet a feller when I ot bome. And there you are; foothache azain! 1 do call it hard upon s feller,—precious hard 1'—. A'XORSE TALE. riend, T'm to be married to-day. Vell, then, you are lucky, I sa ride 13 nzly and cross. w're unlucky, then, with a {os. " ot 80; she has houses and gold. Veil, friend, that is luck, 1 am told.” **Bat the houses 100k dre to-day, And the gold all meltca away. * . ** That i1 downright unlucky, my friend.” +*You'll never 82y that at the end, Formy best news is yet to be told— Wife burzed with the bogess and gold. "