Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 21, 1878, Page 12

- " THE SOCIAL WORLD. "1t Has Abandoried Chicago for the Watering Places.’ 1 A Few Weddings, Qlub,Pa.rfiefi, Excursions, Ete. Yeachting and Bathing Costumes in Now -~ York—Decorated Handker- = chiefs, i CHICAGO. SONTAG—JENES. A fashionable and brillisnt wedding occurred at the Woodruff Hotel last Tuesday evening, celebrating the marriage of Miss Kittie W. Jenks, daughter of Col. Albert Jenks, and Maj. Charles C. Sontag, of San Francisco. ‘The cere- mony was pronounced by Bishop Cheney, at - half-past § o'clock, the bride beling given away by Mr. Boardman, in absence of her fzth{r. The bride wore o gatin princesse, cut square in the peck, with elbow slecves, garpished with point Duchesse lace; over camco satin, and trimmings of pearls and flounces of tace. The veil was fastened by a wreath of orange blos- soms, and she wore diamond ornaments. There were present only ibe relatives and a few friends. A reception followed. Mr. and Mrs. for Mackinaw and other East- % 2“&&%“111 return to San ¥ranciseo in the fall KING—ALSIP: At Lincoln Strcet M. E. Church (formerly Resper Miesion), on Thursday cvening of this week, occurred the marriage of Miss Jennie Alsip, eldest dsughter of Mr. Frank Alsip, to tne Rey. William E. King, formerly pastor of Reaper Mission, and mpow of “Evanston. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Thomss Craven, of the Halsted Sircet M. E. Church, st 7:30 p. m., in the presence of friends sufficient in number to £ill the church. The bride was sttended by her ‘rousin, Miss Mamie Alsip, and Mr. Will Alsip, ‘brother of the bride, actedas msman. After the ceremony 8 pleasant_reochption was held at he residence of the bride’s parents, No. 783 rest Twenty-second street, where the contract- Jugr parties received the congratulations of their Iriends. COX—LEEMAN. Wednesdoy morning ot half-past 8 o'clock a guiet but verydelightful wedding was celebrated at No. 850 Indiana avenue, Miss Jennfe L. Leh- Tmar being united in marriage to Mr. George E. Cox, with Georze P. Gore & Co. The cere- mouy was performed Dby tha Rev. Dr. Arthur Mitchell, in the presence of a small company of the most intimate_friends of the contracting parties. Mr, and Mrs. Cox left the sama morn- {og for Oconomowoe, where they spend, several ‘wecks at the Townsend House. FRENCH—HACHNEL. Married. at the residence of theebride’s uncle, in Baraboo, Wis., July 13, 8. Tenney French, A M., of Chicaro, and Miss Matilda "Hachnel, of Berlin, Prussia. SOCIAL AND CLUB NOTES. ‘Business men are not the only class of people who suffer by the hard times. The young ladies, are mourning their loncliness; the boys do not & call around,” for fear they will be expected to fnvest capital in ice-crcam, amusements, and ‘bouquets. The finest and most successful cxcursion that has been given on the lake this season was that eiven last Thursday night under the auspices of the Chicago and the Oricntal Quartettes, on the City of Duiuth. There iere nearly 700 1adies and gentlemen onboard, and as no tickets Were sold cxcept to those holding invitations, the company was 3 select onc. Pound’s orches- tra waspresent, and the hours were passed pleas- antly until midnight. The Quartettes bave Vieen requested to repeat the entertainment in Angust. The ladies interested in the * State indus- trial School for Girls *? will rivo a grand excur- sion to Geneva Lake, the 2ith of July. Theat- tractions are many. There will be a regatta of fifteen boats, aud the musical fete on the fakein the evening will remind one of Venice in her palmiest _days. Hapd’s orchestra and the Oriental Quartette will furnish their best selcc- tions, ana there will be a procession of bouts, gorgeously illuminated and decorated with flags. Throush the kindoess of the Superin- tendent of the Northwestern Railroad, the tickets for the excursion bave been cxtended for one weelk, instead of two davs, as firat ad- Jertised, Special train returns same day. Tickets include round-trip ride on the lake and, admittance to regaita and musical fete. Because of grenerous railroad rates, the tickets are placed 8t the very low price of 33.50. They cau be pro- cured at Lyon_& Hesley’s, Jansen, McClurz & Co.’s, Cobl's Liprary, Buck & Rayner’s, and at all the leading hotefs. Special train leaves Ca- nal and Kinzie streets at 8 a. m. July 24 Prominent citizens of - Gencva Lake have in- vited the Chicago Quartette to give a concert at Geneva Lake on or about July 25. Mrs. Laurs Dainty-will probably assist. . The Scnior Club of Englewood gave their an- nnel pienie_and _summer-cvening festival last Saturdsy sfternoon and evening at Tracy Grove. _About 150 guests partook of thehospitality of M. J. F. Suctier, Downer’s Grove, at the lawn party ou his grounds Monday evening. ‘The fine residence of Mrs. Corvelle, at River- side, has been purchased by Mr. E. A. Spear, of Chicazo, who will take possession immnediately. Mrs. Coryelle will reside in the city. The Centennial Club, of Naperville, gavea very delightful entertaimment Thursday even- ing, _Miss Fannie Hale, douchter of Dr. E. M. Hale, will be united in marrisge next month to Dr. Gardrer, of Madrid, Spain. A delightfol lawn party was given by Mr. Will and the Misses White, Tuesday evening, at Evanston. One of the most pleasant excursions of the £eason was given 8 week 220 last evening, by Mesars. Weiderman and K. S. McLennan. ‘About thirty couples were taken by the little steamer Bret Harte to South Chicazo. | . PERSONAL. Mrs. L. J. Nelson and daughter, Miss Nellie, of St. Caroline’s Court, have gone to the White Aountafns to remain quring the summer. John C. Woodcock. Esq., of the Matteson House, has returned from Green Lake, after lcaving his family to spend the summer. Mr. and Mrs. T. HiTilton left this week for Long Brancl, where they will spend 2 month as the guests of Mageie Mitchell. 3 Miss Jennic Boyinzton las recently reached bome after a lonz and exceedingly pleasant wisit among friends in the Eastern States. Miss Belio Danolds and Mr. Robert Bines left St. Caroline’s Court. last evening for Grand Haven. The former will remain a month. Monday last Miss Nara A. Cook left lier many friends In this ity for 3 sojourn of 2 month in Portage City, Wis. Mr. William Matthews, of Heary, Marshall County; IiL, has been spending a {ow days with bis uncles, Thomas and Albert Eckardt; also, with Mrs. George Morris, %2 Michigan avenue, Miss Lillie Rowell, of this city, is visiting her cousin, Miss Mamic Pritehard, in Milwaukee. Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Moore left Wednesdsy for Oconomowoe, and arc guests of the Townsend House. Mrs. James Boland, of the Tremont House, has returned to the city after an extended visit to Minnesota. M. J. A. Owens and wife, of Glencoe, left for Dakots Thursday evening, expecting to be Afrs. William M. Derby and daaghters will sait for Europe ou the 16th of August. LOE.‘ 'H. Honore and wife ar¢atthe Qcean Hotel, ng Brancl. % 3 M S:éz and family sze at!the- United States Hotel, Saratoga. e Qier and 3175, Warren Garst, of fows, Mise Bell Carcon, of St. Paul, and Lieut. Perry of Garst, of the U. S. N;, are visiting Mrs. Morrison Garst at No. 99 Warren svenue. = Miss -Marion N. Mulligan, - danghter of AMre. Col. Mullizan, who has beeu attending the convent of ‘the Sacred Heart at !Ianh:tun\'l{l;a N. Y., for the past three yoars, and graduat thiis year with very high honors, has just return- ed home, after » brief visit. to friends in New York. f %s. P. Luse, Esq., of the Chicsgo Type Foun- @ry, bas returned from a European trip, extend- ing over the past vear, having entfrely recover- ed his health, Mrs. Luse was unfortunately taken ill on the-outward prssage and is still suffering from ill-health. H. A. Perry, A. H. -Adams and lady, W. I Crissiy, and M. Taylor, of Chicago, registe at the Ocean Hotel, Long Branch, Sunday Jast. “frs. Ira Tomblic and danghter, Mrs. J. L. Clark, heve gone to Lake Superior. Mr. F. W. Rice, of the Heporter; accompauied by his wife, left Thursday cvemng for s several weeks’ tour among the Northwestern summer resorts. Edsward L. Brewster and family, and James McCauley and family, of this citv, bave taken apartments at Highland Hall, Highland Park, for the summer. . Among the recent arrivals at the United States Hotel, Saratoga, from Chicago_are John- Newell, William H. King, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Shipman, and A. M. Billings. Miss S. A. Smiuth. of London, England, is visiting- the Misses Goodrich, at Mr. H. Gilbert’s residence, Woodlawn. - Mrs. George W. Milnor left last week for Fort Howard, Wis., where she will be the guest of the family of tne Hon. W. J. Fiske, - Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Arnold depart for the East this evening, where they will spend, several weeks at the summer resorts. v Mr. and Mrs. 8. 0. Nichols have gone to Ra- cine for a rest of a few wecks in that delighttul city and vicinity. . FASHIONS. TACHTING AND BOATING COSTUMES IN NEW YORK. Special Correspondence of Ths Tridune. x Nrw Yorg, July 19.—Nowadays, when yachting is so popular and fashionablean amuse- 1nent, the summer wardrobe of a young lady is scarcely complete without a yachting costume. Especially is this the cace if she pitch her tent for the sesson by the ““sad sea waves,” and number among her acquaintsuces the owners of the Dauutless, the Sea Gull, or even less re- nowned cratt. There erc a peculiar jauntiness and picturesquencss of effect belonging to the - dress appropriste for the water, that are vastly becoming to the majority of young ladies. Three styles of costume are allowable. With each is a plam, well-shaped skirt, which should just escape the deck and be of the same length all around. Above this skirt one style shows a coat basque with Con- iinental vest; another, the loose sailor-blouse with deep collar z2nd broad square cuffs; and the third style exhibits the plaited waist con- fiued with abelt, below which the lower por- tion of the waist is allowed to hang. In point of popularity these styles rank in the order enumerated, and the first is by far most largely. worn. _Fine soft English waterproof, or an all- wool doth, is the matertal usually sclected. Navy-blue is the color, and,nomatter what style is chosen. the color is_ever the same.. Thbe kilt- skirt is frequently worn because it clingsclosely and by its heaviness is able to resist the wind, which is sometimes mischievous, il not spiteful. Hence an important requisite is narrowness in the skirt. With the coat-basque the, vest is usually buff, or boffaud blue tine stripes. It 1nay be of cashmere, cloth, or pig\le. The two former stand better -the damppess and sea-breezes, while there s & daioty freshness about the latter that is very pleasing. Both coat and vest are ormnamented with small gilt or silver buttons in moderato quantities. ~Theremay be had a button of cither Ihetal prepared cspecially for this purposo, it being made of & metal which neither water nor dampness tarnishes. They cost more than the ordinary ones, but are well wortn the _trifling difference- With the pleated waist the belt worn is usually of Russian leather or fine Tur- key morrocco. A clasp to mateli the buttons on the waist is considered desirable. THE HAT USUALLY WORN is a broad-leafed one of very coagse straw, Leg- Torn, or, better still, of fine Panama braid. I is stmply trimmed, many having merely a mod- erately-broad ribbon passed over it, confining the brim close to the head and tied beueath the chin. This is the regulation chapeau, but some- times a rash maiden wit] don a dainty and co- quettish hat of straw or light rubber. Many voung ladies prefer the jaunty sailor hat, and it is certainly often very becoming. Little feet that tread the deck must repudiate for the momee ‘“ties” and . sandals, sud settle _down in _good, high, © firm, buttoned boots, with low, flat heels: Nothing is in worse taste or gives morc discom- fort than to be mounted on slender-pointed French heels that are liable to fail one without aiving the slightest warning. Fine pebble zoat- skin, soft and phiabic, or American kid, are the wost desirable materials. Hosiery is not an un- important item, fornot Infrequently does Boreas play sad pranks on fair yachters, and their stockings may appear. When the buff Conti- nental vest is worn, the hose are eiher buif clocked with blue, or blue with bufl. Again, the **colors *’ of the yacht areworn here as they may be in the border of the handkerchicf, at the throat. and sometimes, as an additional “fancy touch,” the yacht’s flag in winiature floats from the left shoulder of some fair maid. It is a pretty, graceful compliment to thehost,— this wearing of bis colors,—and always adds a little glow of brizhtness to the monotony of so ‘many navy-blue toilettes. From over the water to under and in it is but 2 dive, and yachting-dresscs suggest bathing- suits. To my-mind there is nowhere to be seen such a pretty surf picture as the Newport beach otfers. | Here the *¢ toilettes —ior such they are in reality—are charming. The most advisable material for bathing-dresses is au all- wool shepherd’s plaid, efther black and white or colored. The former is more desira- ble. The waist and arawers are made in one piece: and connceted by a beit. To this is ‘buttoned a sbort lult-pleated skiré, which varies copsiderably in its length, and which is regu- lated by the taste of the wearer. The trousers are either Knickerbocker or Turkish ones, reaching just beiow the kuec and being con- fined thiere, or they hang loose and fall quite to the ankle. The usual trimming is a very broad woolen braid, dark blue or scarlet. Coverings for the head are very numerous. Some wear a broad-leafed hat, over which is passed a ribbon tied under the chin or beneath - the hair at the Dack of the head; others select 2 peculiar Jittle head-gear which is a cross between a Noriandy cap and the ‘turban of .a mood-old-time “ auntie.” It has a full round crown, which is gathered into a band, and ornamented with 2. rosettc on top ana at the side. Other ladies, Tegarding comfort and the welfare of their hair (that is, if they have not lcft it safely at the hotel instead of carrying it on their hcads) in- duct their craniums into alittle rubber ailair which is an excellent protection and very light. Bathivg shoes are sandals of straw fastcned on secarcly by means of_long strips of bright-col- red braid which are Jaced about.-the leg in the auner of a Higrhlander. THE BATHING SUITS absent six weeks. n Afrs. S. R. Thurston and sister, of Lombard, started Thursday evening, on an Esstern trip via the lakes. . - J. B. Stubb, Esq., and family were among the -passengers on the Pecrless, bound for the Lake Superior region. . Miss Mzry A. Moore, of Sprinz Lake, Mich, 16 visitinz her sunt and cousins, at No. & South LaSalle street, this city. Capt. Talcott, of the Morran Park Military Academy, has returned from a trip through the Eastern States. Mr. James H. Ferry and sister, Miss Ellie ¥erry, have zone to Grand Laven. ) > Jomes Dorlan and fawily, of_this city, are at tho United States Hotel, Lonr Branch. . R.Nizhton and wife, of Kenwood, started on & wip around the lakq Friday morning, . Misg* Carric Howard, who bas been a pupil :t. Dr. Gannett's schocl at Boston, has returned ome. = Mrs. Monroe Heath ‘and datghters, Misses - Nellie and.Myrule, will arrive. home on the pro- _ peller Fountsin-City this morving, after a two weeks’ cruise uipon the lakes. Mr. Siduey C. Blanchard, of Ottawa, TIl., has abflclm visiting Mr. Charles W. Hornick, of this - %P A y Mrs. Barion Scwelt is the guest of Mr. and Afrs. W. A. Couthouwy of Boston, at their cot- tawe at Nantucket Beach. . - MMr. ‘and- Mrs. George Eldredge, of Ashland avenue, returned home last Sunday, aftera short. absénee at Oronomowoc. . ; - “The Rev. H. H. Van Vranken and family left Yrving Park last Monday for Centreville, Mich., where they will spend the summer. Mr. and Mrs. John Cl!ueho( Ridgeland, sailed from New York for Enrland last Wednesday, on the steamer Holsatia. 5 % Mrs. Cassius R. Stevens (nec Flentye), of New York, is spending the summer with her parents, st No. 614 North LaSulle street. 3 Miss Maud E. Gray has zone to Constantine, Mich,, to spend the summes. : 1 have mentioned are the happy medinm. Tlicre are some worn that are simply bidcous from their ugly colors and execrable ‘‘make- up, while agait others are so_ornate as to, be ridiculous. A very prewty and tasteful dress bad a waist aod trousers of soft gray flanuel tritnmed with broad folds of blue. The short kilt skirt was of plue tinished by a wid¢ band of gray. A scarf of blue was fastened at the belt under the right arm, drawn up and across and knotted on the left shounlder, whence it felt in two short ends. Auother vers handsome and becoming suit bad the waist made with a yoke of fine soft scarlet flannel; the lower part of the waist was of cream white and bung in & fuil loose blouse, which was joincd to the drawers at tbe beit, The drawers are of the cream white flannel, and below the knee are bordered by a broad -scarlet” band. The little kilt skirt, also’ attacned to” the belt, has the pleats alternately of whiteand red. A little white cap with a’scarlet band and straw sandals gecured with scarlet braid complete this protty Datbing dress. g . Ifear you will think me a monomaniac re- rarding handkerchiefs,—indeed, 1 believe I am. Xo wonder, either, for what lovely oncs there are! The latest novelty is a broad-lemmed full linen handkerchief having in the corner a daigty little skete ' done with pen and ink. In- delible ok is used for this purpose, and the ctchings wear and wash admirably. Tt isa very-pretty idea, I think, and is aiready fn high favor nmong young ladics. It is especially at~ tractive to those who are ardent arlist admirers. One young ladv bas already smiled three noted artists into decorating a handkerchief each. One of them, whose name 15 world-known, has portrayed a sloping valley wear' Santa Barbara, with stately trees gazing complacenflyat their own mirrored refiections in the limpid:water that hurries through the bosom: Under the creative hand of another artist, “there " bas grown on a second haudkerchief a most deliznt- ful little cenre; while ou the third a master of \portraits has depicted the bright, winning face of the happy, honored ewner of all three band- Kerchiefs.- Oneof our fancy storesshows hand- . kerchiefs ornamented with very admirable little .sketches of almost evers variety. Of course, there fs not attached to these the potent ‘charm’ of .prestige. but they are ‘exceedingly pretty, and they are novelties. Never does a novelty Tmake its appearance in New York but some et~ terprising person turns its adyent to _account. Riding down on-the Elevated Railroad a day or so ago, 1 noticed 3 sian which -informed all passers-by that. within ~were ‘Handkerehiels Ornamented with pen-and-ink sketches of every style at reasonable rates, and without delay. {06 ‘doubt this advertiser 0as already a for- midable list of customers. Marris 8. SOCIETY TOPICS. The Princess of Wales istaking Iessons on the | zither, and now _that instrument is becoming very fashionable in Encland. The price of swan’s down is down with all “other downs. Enough to go around the bottom of a pair of lavender pants can bo-had now for 00 cents. 7 *: A'man who was swindled in Chicago and had the delirium-tremens in Cincinnati, has just been sunstruck in St. Louis. Rumor has it that the $10,000 dismond neck- Jace on exhibition in thewindow of Giles, Bro. & Co., corner State and Washington streets, is in- tended as & present for’a leading American songstress by a Chicazo admirer. ~This neck- lace, together with the exquisite solitaire eav- drops and cross, have excited the covetous eyes of many of the fair ones of Chicago during ihe past week, and, if the rumor concerning the necklace fs correct, there witl be gome aching hearts amone them. These articles, together ‘with the finest emerald in America, will in any event remain on exhibition at Giles, Bro. & Co.’s for a few days longer. A correspondent_gives four reasons why the report- that Miss Kelloge will marry Mr. Verdi is untrue: First, soe does not love lifm ; second. he does uot love her; third, Miss Kelloge will mever marry; fourth, Mr. Verdi is married al- ready. -‘That ought to settle the matter. Mothers, why allow vour dear babes to suffer {he discomfort of midsummer Lieat in close cribs from now till October, when $1.25 will purchase an infaut’s hammock at Mr. John Wilkinsor’s Sorrento wood-carving establishment, 77 State street, and make the little onc's life happy? A Massachusetts widow, determined to marry again, gobn_new husband. put one of her chil- dren in the Home for the Fricndless, bound out ' a second, and gave the other for “boot in a trade. ) Mr. Ghormley, who has been o _aptly styled the American Worth, will leave the city this week in company with his estimable wiie for a Dleasure trip to Marquette and other points of interest on Lake Superior. Mother Eartn to old Sol: * See here, old fel- Iow, those ardent glances are well cuougl, 1f you mean matrimony; but it isn't necessary to Xill off all my children, I hope.” No great Juss without some gain, even in hot weather. We saw & couple of dispatches yes- terday from the central part of this State to Mr. E. H. Kelloge, Superiniendent of the Westcra apencies of the fuvorite old Home Life-Insur- ance Company of New York, saying that two olicy-holders had been overcome by the intense Poaty "Mr. Kelloge has forwarded the proos, and the losses will be paid at once. TImagination is & greas thing. If the msn whose vlothes stick to his back will imagine that le is at the North Pole, he wiil at ouce begin to shiver with cold. Every family should have this invatuable remedy. A detailed knowledge of business tramsac- tions and hor to record them is indispensable to every youug man and a useful accomplish- ment for young ladies. This knowledge can be acquired in the new Business Exchange Depart. ment -of the Bryant & Stratton Business Col- 1 77, 7, and 81 State strect. KHooms cool ege, and attractive. A woman who had the chance to make the tour of Europe would cheerfully remain at Lome if by so doing she could banish four or tive freckles from her nose. . A party of pleasure-seckers showed their decided preference for the excursion-steamer Flora last week by destroying the tickets which had been forced upon them by howling ticket- peddlers from other boats, and taking pessage on the favorite steamer Flora. Black Hitls highwaymen are becoming more civil. If by any accident they blow o passe wer's bead off they leave $10 on his body to pur- chase a tombstone. The “Excursionist,” issued by Cook, Son & Jenkins, the celebarted tourist and excursion managers, contains -full information as to the cost and the best routes for over a thousand towns in all parts of Barope and Americs. Calt at No. 77 Clarlk street and get one before pur- chasing tickets. A Paris doctor holds “ that a_peculiar condi- tion of the atmosphere may so influcuce & man that he will seem to be intoxicated.” Gentle- men, you ought to give that man three cheers. ‘The cuckoo doesn’t steal nests from other birds. After 200 years of misapprehencion nat- uralists have placed the bird where. it belongs. 1t bas 1o nest at all, but wanders around like an American girl in search of a titled busband. - A widow at a New Jersey summer resort writes: *Mosquitoes have been the means of breaking off threc of my matches, but I've put on s thick dress and will never despsir.” 1t is sad to think about it, but there is no denyiog the fact that, wicked:Bob Ingersoll made more money this year than zood Jo Cook. Why dido’t George Washinjzton make soap? How could be, Wwith no lie? 5 ————— HUMOR. ‘Who ever saw acoustic? There is & place in Michigan called Bad Axe. Helve name.—Lurner’s Falls ficporter. ’ If there is any onc who is anxious to Imow Tow to make a dollar, he is respectfully invited to visit the mint. - Stanley’s book says; “The boat kecl kissed the beach.”—Courier~Journal. Then it wasa real beacher kiss.—Boston Post. «Bedad, aw’ ay it’s nothing ye.want,” said Pat, “ve’ll foind it in_the bottle where the whisky was."—Foreign Paper. St. Louis and Chicago are both making fran- tic efforts to et Andcrson to cdit their directo- ries.—Louisville Courier-journal. - As they passed a gentleman whose optics were terribly on the bias, little Dot murmured: © )a, he’s got one eye that don’t go." + An exchange heads an article “Some Good Indians.”” It mus;.drcfer 0 g.l.mse killed a year ago. They are good enough now.—.Norri: Herald. i orristown Beecher goes to California July 15. There, Californians, you have the date. If you are caught at home it isn’t our fault.—Oil City Derrick. Can that horse run fast?” asked a boy of 2 milkman the other morning. ¢ No, sonny,” re- plied the purveyor of aqueous lacteal fluid, *he cau’t run very fust, but he can stand the fastest of any horse you ever saw.” There's something inexpressibly sad in one’s standing 21l alone by himself lnyt)iu world as. night shuts down and tne oriole flics to its nest, but man will do it where be has only enough to pay for beer for one.—Frez Press. - Joseph Cook’s Ist course of lecturcs in Chi- cago was 3 losing investument. When the folks found he had nothing to say about the rivalry between Chicazro and St. Lous, they took no furtber intercst in him.—Louell Courier. “THere was a vast difference,” remarked Gladiolus, * between Latimer aud this baked bass we are devouring.” * Yes,” guid Helio- Lruge, “ because Latimer -was burned ay - the stake, and this bass was tumned at thc bake.” i Gl:dmlus S;ML“;“ wasn’t just what he was goinz to say, but be would I tone. = Turaate sl One of our most valued. contributors severed his connection with our paper Jast week be- cause, in a short personal notice of him and his work, the city editor omitted to speak of ** his facile peu.” This was a grave omission, but, as the city editor was shot at sunrise, just out- side the city gates, we trust the contributor will be appeascd, and will again enliven our columns with his bright scintillations from his faciie and versatile pen.—Bu, dette. ¥ —— _ Chiarmed by a Snake. Lake City (Fia.) Reporter. At the plantation of M7, Turner, near Lake City, Fla., a most singular scene occurred, the durmhzg‘ol a thirteen-foot alligator by a rattle- sunke. The soake first saw the alligator, and with his rattles attracted the latter’s attention. Then began the charmiog process, which losted fullyhalf an hour. The alligator at first turncd hjs head once or twice, but was immediately called to order by the rattlcs of the snake. To- ward the end of the hall-hour, with fixed cyes, the alligator moved slowly toward bis terrible eneny until within striking distance, when the snake curled himself more compactly, and with all the strength he could ‘muster struck the alligator. For a moment the alligator shook tremulously, und then, s if by magic, made a semi-circling backward movement peculiar to the specics, and brought his tail down upon the snake with fatal effect. Our informant then .dispatched the allizator, and found that the .snake had missed his mark. The snake meas- xgreld six feet, and had nine rattles and one ation. « 5 sEatng _HYDE PARK. Argument by Mr.-Elliott Anthony in-the County Court. % Payment of ‘Tllegal Selaries—Board of | Education—South-Park Texation. ’ . Followinz is & summary’of the argument made lest week by Mr. Elliott-Anthony before Judge Loomis, in the County Court,”agzainst aiving judzment for certain Hyde-Park’ taxes. Many of the points raised are new -and impor- tant, and deserve the -consideration not merely of the Court, but of the property-owners,of a tax-ridden municipality. The Village of 1{yde Park is incorporated under the General Statité of the State providing for the incorporation of . citics and _villages, approved April 10, 1872; and1n force July 1, 1872, (See Sec. 185, 1. S..p. 233, as to the powers of vil- iages.) By the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Law va. The People, 80 fIl., 208, and Audrew vs. The People, 76 1l., 603, the General Revenue law of 1872 worked a repeal of all prior conflictng Jaws, whether found in general acts or special chacters, and by the general law, approved May 23, 1877, and in force July 1, 1877 (which ia merely dictatory of what the law was before that time), it is expresaly provided that -*all cities, villages, and incorporated towns in this State, whother organized uuder the general law or special charters eball- assess and collect their _taxes io_ the manmer provided for ‘in Art. - VIO of the law re- Jating to citics and villages (see R. S., n. 222, Secc. 111), and by Art, VIIL of the General In- corporstion act_for crtics all that citics nnd vil- Jages do s to ascertain the fotal amonnt of sppro- priations for all corporate purposes, legally made, and to e collected from the tax-levy of that fiscal sear, and by ordinance levy and nssees such amonnt o ascertained upon the real and personal property within the city or village subject 1o taxa- tion, as the same i8 assessed for State and county purnoses for the current year. priation ordinance must specify all the objects and purposes for which: such appropriations are made and the amount appropriated for each object and purpose. (Sec Art. VIL., Scc. 89, p. 2,180 R. 8.) This ordinance must also, within one month after 1t 15 paseed. be publisied at' least bnce in o newspaper ‘Dublished {n the elty o village, or f no such ncwspaper 18 published therein, by. posting cupies of the saue in three public places inthe cityor village, and no such ordinance shall take eflece unill ten days after it 330 published. (See K. ., p. 215, Sec. GL) = Then it is provided by Sec. 112, p. 222, of the Revised Statntes., that *‘the tax 8o aesessed shall e collected xnd enforced I the eame manner and DY TBE SAME OFFICERS as State and county taxcs, and shall be paid over by the ofticers coliceting the same to the Treasurer of the city or village.” ‘Secalso Sec. 158 Revised Statutes, p. 229; sce also Sce. 122 Revised Stat- utes, p. 83% of the Revenue Law, p. 639 of Re- viged Statutes. ' Treasurer for villages is provided for the samo as for citied, but the taxes are collected by State officers,—that is, by tne Collectors of State and connty taxes, —and paid over from time to time to the Treasurer. - See Sec. 112, Revisea Statutes, . 223 and Sec. 157, p. 290 of Revised Statutes.,the Troasurer being tho tere custodian of city or 'vil- lage funds. Now, llyde Park is not only a village, but there is also the Town of Hyde Park, which exists under and by virtue of the Tovnship Organization law, ~and . cach year a Collector ‘und Assessor® are elected for the town, Who assess and collect all_State and_county and village taxes, in ccordance with the Revenue Jaw. Why the Vitiage of Uyde Park shonld under the 1aw of tnia State have an Assessor and Collector is amsstery. A Villaze Collector may poesibly be | required to collect water rents oreomcthing of that sort, but he need not be an officer at 2li, Any au- thorized agent could collect, even if he was not called an ** officer.” Certainly he wonld lave no right to collect a dollar of the village taxes, and a8 for a Villaze Assessor, no sach oflicer exists or can exist by the Revenue law of this State, for his as- gessment would absolutely worthless. | The case of The People ex rel B. OMiller vs. GCooper, 83 1., settles that beyond all question. But the Town of Iiyde Park is to-day administerine its affairs under A SORT OF A BILL 300, ¥ and has yearly provided for an Assessor and Col- lector, and for several ycars last *past <iss had a YVillage Accountant, 8 Treasurer, Asgessor,’ and Collector, and now bas a full-fledged Comptroller. What we contend 18; that there is no law fora Vil= Jage Asseseor and Collector, and that - the items in the Appropriation bill of §1,500 for the salary of an Assessor and $1,500 for the salary of a "Col-’ lector are unautnorized and vold. By the Ttevised Statutes, Ruril's Revision, p. 1,022, Sec. 130, 1t is provided that the Town As- sessor shall reccive for his ecrvices $2.50 per day. and Sec. 04 of the Revenae Law, p. 829 of Revised Statutes, provides as follows: - Assessors and Deputy Assessors shall make out their accounts in detal, giving tie date of each day which they shall have been ewployed. which account they shall verify under oath. The Assessor shall not be en- titled to compensation- until ne shall have dled the lists, scbedules.” sintementa and ki pertalning the sssessment of property for such year ofice of the County Clerk, the books 1o be accurately made and added up. An Assessor or Deputy -Assessor shall not be entitled to pay unicsa he has performe od the {8bor and maae return in scrict compliance with law. Agam, - tho compensetion™of a Collector s also fixed by statute,—Sec. 36, p. 502 of Revised Stat- utes,—which is 88 follows: **Enon Town or Dis- trict Collector shall be aliowed a commission of 2 per cent on all moness callected by him, 0 be paid out of the respective fands collected! provided that in any case where the compensation so allow- ©d shall be insafiicient, the Town or County Board ‘may allow an additiona] compensation per diem in Tien of other or sreater commissions, in which case exic aaditional com pensation ehall ve paid out of the Town or County Treasury, as the case may Tequire; and provided, further,'that all excess of ‘Commissions atd fces over 81,500 shall be vaid into the Town or- District Treasury.” The com- pensation, then, of & Collector i3 by a percentage Bu the amounts by him coliccted, and not other- \wise, and that percentage applics to all taxes. Whether the Aesessor and Coliector recelve their salaries from the Village of Hyde Park. aud also the amounts allowed by tho State law, we do not now know, but presume that they do. For years the Town of Hyde Park has in its an- nual Approoriation bill not” only provided for the ‘poyment of an Asscssor and Collector, but for the PAYMENT OF THE PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES, all contrary to law, and it is avout time that ihis thing wus stopped.” To commence 1o farther back than 1874 The tax-levy was. Colicctor's silar Assessor's salary. Bresldent Board Autorne; Spectal Tuterest on S| Iaterest on 1876—The tax-levy Villsge account. Assenr . Collector. 'y'8 SaiATy.. ‘police. Y ‘Treasurer. President 1877—The tax-levy was.. « Avsesor's salary. Collcctor's sals Comptroller. Prestient ane “The interest on the Sinking Fund alone 75,576 As to_tho-compensation of the President and Board of Trustees this 19 ontircly nnsathorized by Jaw. The most that can be claimed under any cir- cumstances,—by any law of the State of 1llinois, — ia n per dicm, forattendance upon mectings of the Buard, aud that would -have to_be fived by ordi- nance, and a regular account rendered for each and cvery meeting attended. Art. V1, Sec. 85: The Aldermen and Trustecs may, recefve such com- pensation for thefr services as shiall be fixed by ordi- nance: Provided, however! such compensation’ shall not exceed §3 1o each Alderman or Trusiee for each meeting of the City Connetl or Board of ‘I'rusteesactu- ally attended by him, and no other compensation than Tor attendance upon kuch mectings shalt be allowed to any Adderman or Trustee for any service whatsoever. Such compensation shall no3 - be chavged afier 1t has ‘well been established so0 a5 to take effect uy {0 any Al- derman or Trustee yoting for such change during his term of office. 5 Thie, it will be noticed, provides afmply for a per dicm, and Sec. 86 says: All other oficers may receive a salary, fees, or other-compensation to be fixed by ordinance, ‘ete, - = ‘Avain: every year the Trustees of the Village of Hyde Park, in uticr disrcgard of the law, have, 25 we Lave shown, inserted a gross amount in the General Appropriation bill for their own compen- sation to be divided up between them. This is in girect violation of Sec.244 of the Revised Statutes, page 842, relating to cities and villages, for that says: ; It shall and may be lawfal for the Common Council or I tive authority of any city Io this State to i nd fix the amount of salary to be pald any an all efty oticers, as the case may be, excepl mem such legislative body, fn the ansus! Appropriation or ordinance, eic. Now, 1f it i3 trae, as claimed, that villages have all the ‘powera of cities s provided by Scc. 185, R. S., 23, then the Board had no right’ to insert fn the annual Appropriation bill a fixed amountos compensation for the Board at all. But the tex levies of the Village of Hyde Park give the tax-payer no idea of the taxes, burdens. and exactions imposed upon him. The tax levies $2z858 of il - do 110t contain a cent of money for schools. THE TAXES POR SCHOOLS ARE ENORMOUS, and they are levied, first, by a Board of Etucation for a part of. the town, and. second, by School Di- Tectors for other part of {he town. Now both of these dopartments of the Government™ claim the right to levy taxes for schools, and. the amounts which have been ied upon the property of the people . within the last five years are perfectly swartling. In District No. 1, which cowprises o large territory Iying east of. Cottage Grove avenue, and takingin the region ronad about tho.Grand Crossing, bht not includ- ing what i% known as the South Chicazo Harbor since 1871 more than $200,000 have The amounts were: rezion. been levied. 25.310 ‘This annual appro- e chiarge of School Dis ha es abont the snme as the Hoard of Education, but the amounts do not’any of them appear in the annual Appropristion bill for Hyde Park, but the aggrecste is enormous. and town, under v been levying - only this term-of court Judgé Loomis refused: judzment on one tax-levy by.the Scnool Directors of District No. 3 for $25,000,- becanse there was & defect in the Jevy. p Now, if tolevyand collect taxcs for the support and mainténance- of public pchools is a corporate _purpose, as Judze Loomis holds, why then should ot the public schouls of Hyde Park be placed an- | der onc_management and an appropriation. mada for their support and mointenance, insteaa of having two or three different dodiesof men sap- ping 2nd mining at- the property of the tax-pay- ers? Iyde Park is one of the MOST THOROUGLLY GOVERNED REGIONS OFTHE now known. First— the parepnernalia of a City. Second—It has & Town Government with all the powers of a small State. 2, Third—It bas 8 Board of Education with on- hmited powers. Fourth—t is divided and subdivided fnto prin- cipalities with School Trustees and School Di- rectors, with power tolevy taxes for achool pur- poses nimost unlimited. - ¢ Fifth—Then there are the South Park Commis- sioners, who are by law '*town authorities.” with power to levy taxes, and who, in addition to iseuing bonds up into" the millions, actually levy taxes to the extent of $200,000 or £300,000 a year and the property in Hyde Park has to pay its pro- portion of it. b TIHE BONDED DEBT OF THE VILLAGE OF HYDE . PARK alonc is at the present time not far from $600,000. The South Park bonded debt is, according to offi- cial flvures given me by the Secretary of that Board on July 16, $1,616,000. The_original tax levied at one time on the proverty in Hyde Park by the Sonth Park Board in 1872, which is still a lien on the property, was “about $1,500, and at the same time abont $300,000 in_the “Town of Lake and $700,000 in the 'Town of South Chi- cago. 1In addition {0 all these burdeny, the sum of at least $200,000 is levied as a tax yearly by the Soutls Park Commissioners on the sume property. The value which was placed upon the property in the Town of Hyde Park at the time when the grand leyy was made was probably the most out- ragcous And abomunable of anything in modern times, and wae, as shown by the ofiicial records of the Park Board, from elght to ten times as much us the snme property was volued for State and county taxes, and this applies to all the property clear to the Indiann State line. - We will now proceed to show that. by law, eacn of the Towns of Hyde Park, Lake, ard South Chi- 0 f8 LIADLE FOR THE ENTIRE DEBT OF TIE SOUTI TARK COMMISSIONERS, and the dabt incurced by tae Village of Tyde Park in connection with the South Park Commissionera is far in excess of the constitutional limit, as pro- vided by the Constitation. Sec. 12, Art. IX., of the Constitution of this State ia as follows: " No county, cltv, townshlp, school dlstrict, or other municipal corporation shall be allvwed Lo bécome {n- debted in any maoncr, Of for any purpose. tu 8o Siohnt, TaclodioE e Lettos adebieancas, T tho aigre: gate exceeding s per centuin on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertatued by the Jast assess- ment for State and county taves previous to the u- curring of such Indebtedness. The meaning of thisscction is, that not onc manicipality, or a dozen combined, shail be allowed **to pecome indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount in the aggregate exceeding S per centam on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascerrained by the lost assessment for State and county taxes previons o the incar- ring of such indebteduess. " - IF THIS PROVISION OF THE CONSTITGTION shonld be construed that each and every municipal corporation could proceed to incur debts for its corporate purposes to an amount of 5 per cent on the value of the property, theu this might be done in every town, city, viliage, townshin, nud school district in this State, —irst, there michl be the city or village corporationi; second, then there mizht be n School Board; ' third, School Directors; fourth, Board of Public Wo fitth, Board of Police} sixth, Drainage Commisaioners; seventh, Fire Department, ard so on ad infinitum, all to be organized ‘with the powers of tasation, and they mizbt run into debt in a single year Lo such &1 extent that the taxes wonld amount to absolute contigcation of tne property in a sinele year. 1n 1869 a Park_act was passed (see Vol. 17. Pri- vate Laws of 1809, p. 358). and in and by the eighth section of that act (sce p. 363) it was pro- vided for the issuing of bonds, and at .the closa of the scction these words appear: And for the payment of the princlpal and interest of said bonds the sald park and mproveinents stinll be {r- Tevoeably plediced. and the Towns of Soutn Chicago, Hyde Bark, and Lake shals oe irrevocubly bound. - Thus it will be seca at a glance that these towna- are, 1n their corporate capacity, both individually and collectively, IRREVOCABLY BOUND FOR ALL THE DONDS that the_Park Commissioners were aathorized to iesue, Soon after this law was passed a question aroae a to whether the South Park Commissioners were corporate outhorities of the towns, or what they were, and 2 cate was goiten up sud taken (o the Supreme Court (see The People ex rel. Wilson vs. Salomon, 51 11, 97), in which the Supreme Court were induced to declere that the South Paric Commissioners were corporate authoritles, and were corporate sutharities of the Towns of South Chi- cago, Lake, and Hyde Park, In 1871 the law was smended, and in the first section of that . act (sce Revised Statutes, Hurd’s Revision, p..693) it was provided as follows: . Sald Commissioners . . . -are.declared to be. corporate authorities of such towns for the purposes numed {n such_actor_acts, whether such persons are sutborized to discharge the duties imposed upon them 232 corporation or othorwise. ? The case of The People vs. Breslin, 80 IIT:, 426, came up some time after, and the Supreme Court decided that, under ths law, the Park Commis- slonems were *:corporate authorities of the towns named, " etc. In Sec. 2, p. 698, of the Revised Statutes, it Is agein provided that . The public park, boulevard, drivewsy, highway, oF other public work or {mprovemeat, on account of Which sald bonds may be fsaued, shall be {rrevocably dledged for tlie payment of the principal and {nterest thereof, and_the towns in which such publle vark. boulevard, driveway, highway, of uther public fm- provement are in =liolc of 1o prysituated shall atso ve- revocably bound for the payment of the same. This provision, it will be seen, is, if avything, stronger than the other referred to,and hinds irre- vocably Hyde Park and the other towns for the entire_debt which -may be incrred by the South Park Commissioners. Now, it matters not whether the Town of Hyde Park becomes indebted individu- ally, or collectively, or asa partner; the language of the Constitution prohibits it from becomins indcoted in any manner or for any purpose beyont 5per centof the value of the property, the value being fixed for this purposeat the vaine placed upow it_for the purposes of ‘taxation for State and county taxes. Now, thedebtof the Village of Iyde Park and the bonded debt mposed npon 1t by the Sonth Park Commissioners greatly EXCEED FIVE PER CENT, ; and it requires no tinie to be spent fo show that. Now. what construction has the Supreme Court pt ‘Tupun this section of the Consuttion? In the case of Law ve. The People, 1 Chicago Law. Journal, p- 342, tho Court say: > 1t embodies the sovereten power of the State by virtu o e A1onb AL JCANALIVE, CXouve, Is exerclsed. It 14 the source Lo it officers inust ultimately 100k to authorize or sustaln thefr ofiiclal acts. It not only confers power, but it also limits its excrelse. This prohibition 1imlis the power of the Gencral As- sembly, the municipality, and all others in the creation of indebtedness by such bodlies to the amounc named, nd thiey cannot, clther separately or conjotntly, tran- Scend that llmic. 1v 1S the command of the supreme ower of the State, and must be vbeyed. Noris there fodred In our form of xovernment any sutHOFlty o dis- pensc with lts provisions o requirements, but to them 21, Whethier ollicers or people, must yield obedience. Tiie courts must, therefore, caforce {18 provisions and. reaufrements as they are found. The case of Updike vs. Wrisht, 81 TiL, 54, Is authority toshow that the South Park Commis- sioneis were NEVER AUTHORIZED TO LEVY A SPECIAL AS- SESSMENT AT ALL, i and that they. could only be authorized to levy a tax, and if their levy was & tax, then it was jllezal and unconstitational because’ it levied an eight- years' tax upon the property at one time. and in one Year, and ot o valuation about ten times higher than the Constitution allowed. In the light of this declion, the South Park asseesments, as they are termed, cannot be upheld as special Assezsments, ‘becanse thia case decides expressly that **Only oities, towns, and villages- are withia: the constitntional provision allowing special assess— ‘ments. - This case of Updike vs. Wright is a new departure, and overrules wsubstantiaily all the cases which bave heretofore upheld the South Park Commissioners in making their assessment, The case of the Town of Lebanon vs, The Ohio & Miswissippi Railway Company, 77_Ill.,” 541, i3 authority to show that 1f the South Park’ Commis- sioners had only power to levy a tax, then they could not impose seven or cight years on the prop- erty of the neople at one and the same time. Prop- erty which the South Park Commissioners valucd at §700 or $500 15 now: worth $40 or S50 per acre; and, by the law of this State.”all property must, for the purposes of taxation, be annually valued. - G —————— . Novel Punishment. Columbus (Ga.) Times. i A few days ago three boys, aged respectively 18. 16, and 12, slipped into the house of Mr. Sterling Jenkins,.who lives on the Talbottom road, and stolea watch and some other valuables. Mr. Jenkins tracked and overtook them in Ham-. ilton. Hé rccovered his pmner’t{hut did not desire to put the rascals in jail, so he told them that if they would whip each other hewould not prosecute them. This they agreed todo. They were taken out, stripped to the waist, and provided with stout hickory switches. One was’ tied to a trec and the others laid onhis back lustily with the switches until Mr. Jenkins ex- pressed himself satisficd.- The cercmony was gonc through with each one.” They were. then dispersed with smarting backs “and penitent learts. ‘They said that their mother worked in the mills here, and that their father was dead. ———— . ’ Grant's Cigar,-and Its Effect. Gen. Grant’s inevitable ciear is credited with greatly promoting the export of American to- bacco to England. _Boon after he reacued Great Britain_he met a New York tobacconist and complained about the ‘‘devlish bad” cizars” they have overlttrere. The New-Yorker drew some "American ones from -his pockets, and Grant, while cujo;'inz one of them, asked the giver why he didn’t introduce them in England. The tobacconist took 'the: hint, sent over sam ples of his.choicest brands, advertised well; aud. ‘’has already built up such a trade that he visited” It hasa Village Government, withallof {. see the Treasury Department the otfier da; g Y to ‘about paying the tax on 90,000 cigars he had. shipped to England. 'CURRENT GOSSIP.: SONG. New TYork Ecentng Post. ., . He loves me: sing, wild oirds, O sing tome, While day is dving out among the ships ™. . . That sali away, away upon the sed, . Sing: birds: when sun has set, then cometh he To clasp my head and kiss me with his lips. e loves me: bring wild flowers, O bring to me The viclet and the daisy, wet withdrips - S Of dew from dark wood, meadow-land, and lea, ‘That T may dress hishair, when cometh he To clasp my head and kiss me with his lips. . Tle loves me: winz, wild nieht. O winz to me: The hourthat stays, and slowiy, slowly slips _ ; Dehind the moments, ‘while [\¥earfully Watch for the star to rize, when comerh he To clasp my head and kiss me with his lips. e loves me: ring, wild breeze, O ring tome "The echo of his voice, that 8oitly trip: Into my ears, like music, whisperingly That drains my beart to him, when cometh he To clasp my head and kiss me with bis lips. DEPRAVITY IN OBERLIN. Gleteland Herald. : One of the most -high-handed outrazes ever committed upon a community was lately per- petrated upou the people of Oberlin by two in- cendiary characters from the neighboring town of Elyria. The following is a cold statement. of the facts in the case. . For some time prior to the discovery of the real state of affairs mysterious preparations had een zoing on in one of the business blocks of the town. Strange men came and went, lettiog themselves in and out with every precauntion to prevent passers-by getting a glimpse of the in- terior. Then ttere were sibgular noises heard from within. Inaddition to the sound of the hammer, the saw, aud the plane there was dis- tinctly heard a stranwe click, clicking noise such as migght be occasioned by the collision of two small and very solid” bodies. These ex- traordinary proceedings at first excited only a reasomable curiosity fn - the minds of the Oberlin_people. No one dreamed that there was the slightest occasion for alarm. On the contrary, there was rather a feeling of satisfaction at the prospect of some new busi- ness enterprise being established, and the desire to have the mysterious.doors swung open and the nature of the enterprise revealed became general and-almost feverish. The long contin- nance. huwever, of the preparations and the jealous secrecy Wwith which they were made be- an to cast somewhat of » zloom over the pub- lic mind, and when to the other noises which came frotn within was _added the singular click- ing sound above mentioned the gloom chanzed to positive anxiety. A wild rumor ran through the village tbat there had also been distinctly heard a jingling of glasses and a_-sound as of the rattling of spoons. By this time the public aporchension .had becorhe almost a pame. The most extravasant stories were currcnt. It was said by some that the proprietors of the new establishment were goinz to openly and defiantly carry on an jee- cream doggery. There was ¢ven a report that tobacco and ciggars were to be kept and surrepti- tionsly sold by means of passwords and grips. These were the wildest of the wild rumors, and some faint 'idea of the consternation now prevalent in Oberiin may be had when itis stated that, extrayagant as these stories were, they actually fell far short of the real facts. It was not an fce-cream den, nor was it a tobacco dive, that the early risers in Oberlin saw in falf blast in their midst one morning lust week. It was neither of these, yet there was no mistaking what it was, The doors were flung wide open. The proprietors, with brazen effrontery, openly edvertised their vile traffic. The contents of the room were visible to every passer-by. In all its hideous proportions before the open door there lay in walt. seeking whom it might devour, an open and avowed billiard table. This'is not a scusational article. The essential statements hercin made can be substantiated by the most unimpeachable testimony. The reader may be tully assured, when it is stated that the green surface of a_ Dbilliard table ogenl)' and in the lare of noonday iuvites tue Oberlin youth to ebauchery, that the statement is nothine but the plain. unvarnished trath. Nay, more; not content with the depravity of billizrds, these Elyrian corrupters have added to their traffic the sale of lemonade and pop.. Already the work of destruction has begun. Younz men in all stawes of sarsaparilla . and lemon have been seen bending over the baize and utterine the blasphiemies incident to this invention of Satan. Tt is needless to say that the news ran like wildfire through the village, and that i spread consternation wherever it went. There was at once sct on foot by the substantisl men of’ the town a movement to attack the evil.’” A meet- fng of the citizens was called and was largely attended. Stirring speeches were made by some | of Oberlin’s best citizens. A Committee of Seven was appointed to wait upon tbe Elyria desperadoes and open nerotiations with them. A mass-meeting of all the citizens was appoiut- ed for Sundsy night last. The result of the de- liberations on that occasion have not yet becn received, and are awaited with painfal interest. Oberlin has gone through some . trying ordeals of a similar nature, and bas came out of them in triumph, and i her citizens rally on_this_oc- casion a5 they have in the past there i3 every reason to hope for the best. PARIS NEWSPAPER WIT. 2 New Fork World. Young mother, deeply interested in a novel, but preserving some idea of Ler daties as a mother, to her eldest-born—** Henrietta, where is your little sister?’ Henrietta—*In the next room, ma.” . Young mother, turning over page —+Goand sce what she’s doiug and tell her to stop it this minute.” A Tt was in the Zolden prime of the good Louis Philippe, when a member of the Cabinet sent {or an eminent journalist, and, when they were alone, said unto him, **See here, would youlike mie to_make you Chevalier of the Legioa of Honor?? “Yes,” replied the journalist, “if I cau obtain the decoration without having to do s::yming dishonorable.”” Well—he didn’t get . 1. Being at o cafe and desiring to pay for his Teer, a guest eives the waiter a 20-franc piece. II. The waiter promotly returns with a 10-franc gold piece and silver for the rest. IIL The ‘euest gives him back the 10-franc piece, saying, “pive me two 5-franc piecesifor that, please. IV.-The waiter rivgs the gold coin o the table and says, apologetically, *You kuow'there are so many counterfeits ‘out these times that we have to be oo our guard.” Two Bohemians, one of whom is going to try to get himsell asked to dinner, while bis coni- panion has ‘ot even that slender resource, meet on the boulevard, growling about the hard times. *‘You needn’t complain,” says the sec- oud; “perhaps you will dine to-nizht.” Aye,” replies the other. “I may, and yet agiin I mayun’t; whereas you know you wont, and know what to expect: and that’s where you have the advantage of me.”. ¥ The frightful exactions of the coachmen would render industrious the most simple mi tal. On Sunday, at the sortie ot the Exposition a good bourgeoise hails a coachman and asks ‘him most respectfully to conduct him to his domicile. ‘It will be 10 francs, my masier,” says the coachman, with a touching familiarity. “Ten francs? Listen, my friend; let us solit the difference! - You get ou the juside, and 'l get on the box and drive you there for five.” From La Vie Parisienne: Absence i3 the greatest of eviis when it isn’t the best of remedies.——Tenderness is the genius of simple minds. 1f passion knows no obstacles, tender- ness knows no bounds. Passtonis the attribate of o soul which no longer contruls itself; tenderness that of a heart which no longer be- lones to uself. ' I konow not which of the twain lifts man the higher, genius or zentleness; genius lifts him above others, gentleness out of himself.——A woman, especiallva mother, uever can believe that the object of- her . tenderncss is unworthy of her estcem ; she thioks to lift ‘As = rule 2 woman writes well when she writes Tor herself or Ler friends because she writes What she fecls; the trouble is that when she comes to address herself to the public she will write what she imagines she thinks. 3 The Colonei, a rizid martinet, is sitting at the window of his room, when, looking out, be sees 8 Captain crossing the barrack-yard towards the gate. Looking at him closely, ge is shocked to observe that, the rules and regulations to the contrary notwitbstanding, the Cantain does got carry a sword. ‘*Captain!” he calls out from the window; *Hi! Captain! step up to 1y room for a moment, will you?” The Cap- tain obeys promptly, borrows a sword from the oilicer of the. guard, the guard-room being at the foot of the stairs, and presents himself to the Colonel inirreproachabletenue. The Colonel 15 somewhat surprised to sce the sword in its place, and, haying to invent some pretext for calliniz his’ subordinate back, says, with some confusion, “I beg your pardon, Captain, but really I've forgotten what it was I wauted to speak” to you about. However, it can’t have .morning.” The Captain_ salites, departs, re- turns the sword to.its owner, and is makiog off -across the barrack-yard, when he again comes ithin the range of the ‘Colonel’s vision. The Colonel rubs his. eyes,:stares, says ‘softly to bim to hier lev 1 oy lowering herself to his.— been anything very important ; it’ll keep.”Good * mounts: the -stairs, and enters.the Colonel' presence. His commanding officer stares gy .him -~ intently;- he has' . - sword, 'he sees it, he hears it chadk.’ *Capisin, he stammers, growing. very- hot, iy denced ridiculous, you know, but—ba! bat g . just remembered what I wanted £0 sax to yo and now—ha! ha!—a’s gone out my kead again Funny, isn’tit? Ha! ha!"hal Losingmy mem. ory. Nevermind. DIl think of it and. writs - you. Good morning.”. The Captain salures, departs, returns the sword to its” owner, and_° makes for the gate. As he croases the barrack.” yari, the Colonel calls his wife to bis sideanq Saya: **Sec that officer out' there?’ *Yeymw : * Has'he got a sword 0n?" The Colonel’s wifs adjusts her eye-glass upon him, scans him keep. Iy, und says: ** He hasn't 3 taste of a sworlh The Colonel—*That's just where you foo} ‘yourself! He Aasl” £ R " LOVE AMONG "THE POSIES, . , } Pittadurg Commercial Gazeite. . *Twas morn. * g B oo The orb of day was shininz as, bright as boot-black. - o _Every flower had yose from its bed in dew .. time. i In the bed Beneath-the arbor there was fesss mine of flowers. ] 4 £ Sweet bees sipped honey and -hummed mug. © cal lullabies, while crickets croned with hilari- ous mirth, amid sparkling dew-drops aud cog- densed incense. + Sweet one, let me taste thy tnleps,” a voice' said. + Begonia don't suit me, sir,”’ was the reply,, O fair one, wouldst thonhave me peony way “ for the Jove of thee?”? el * Sir, thou canst not win me,—thon hast not - anemope.” “\Wouldst thou drive me where the woodbina twineth, cruel-hearted onc? RS \“How darcst thou callalilly such namesj. Leave me!” e +Never, unless thy promise is given that thou wilt forret me not.” - i + Peas, be still. Lettuce have sweet peas.” : 40 charming one, thou alone canst give heartease to me.” . “Never to such s dandylion .28 thou art. There is no sweet fern in this, sir.” «( sweet one, do not violet my feelings with * . such paragraphic levity.”? . « Away with thee, { say, or I will call-my pDY-"" - “Ivy amind to prostrate myself befors thee, and bathe thy fect with my kisses.” Ah me, I fain would have such lark-spurring * around here.” +0 morning-glory of my life, must I thus be doomed to wither and fade away unloved?” y & Yes, coxcomb, it is so willed.” « Then, by heavens, the fates lflac blazes, crucl one. As the trellis clings to the rosebnzh would my heart entwineitselr about thee. Thou * dost cast me ofl. You say I baven't anemone. ITis false,—I have millions of sceStm” = “*What sayest thou?” 5 “Ah! methinks thou relentest.” Yes, sweet one, [ can purcnase for thee corn silk for dresses, such a5 a Princess will envy.” ¥ “Thou'rt mot s0 bad “as I thought thee.: - ;l;hta’\:’s manya cowslip ’twixt buttercap and “Then_thy stabbornness doth wilt?? “ Are, dearest, catl in Domine Cncamber and let him double us up at once.” \ 3 And, as the beautiful orb of day sank-beneath | the erimson horizon of a Western sky, two souls with but a single thought lay sleepiny in & lox urious ted of roses.” : : . MATTHEWS AND READE. 8 The desath in England of the famous actor, < Mr. Gharles Matthews, recalls a famous corre-* spondence which once occurred between” him and Mr. Charies Reade.. The letters, which ex- plain themselves, were as follows: 2 GargicK_CLUB, CONVENT GARDEN, Nov. 28—, Dear Sir: 1-was stopped the other Bizht ot the Stage door of Drury Lane Theatre by people whom - 1 remember to bave seen at the Lycenm under, your reign. This is the firat time suck an affront iras ever put upon me_in any theatre where I bam ' produced a play, and is withont precedent when an allront was intended. As L mever forgiveanal- front, Iam not hasty to suppose one intended. It' is very possible that this was doue Inadvertently,” and the presunt stage list may have been made oot \ withont the older claims being exammed. Wil you be so kind as'tG let me knew at once whether inis is so; and if the people Who stopped mest the stage door are yours, will yon protect tha puthor of **Gold, étc., from any repetition of * such annoyance? ' Iam, dear sir. yours fuithfull Crianzes R To’ this demand Mr. Reade received next day - thie following answer: T. R. Drurr Lawz, Nov. 20.—Dear Sir: Itig- nornce is bliss on general occasions, on the pres- ent occasion it certatnly would be foliy fo be wise. ' Iam, therefore, happy to be able toinformyou* that I am ignorant of your having produced s play at this theatre; ignorant that yon are the author: of **Gold"; ignorant of the meritsof that plays; ignarant that your name has been erased from 38 Mt at_the siage door; ignorant thatit Ladever been on it; xmorant that you had presented your- self for admittsnce; jgnorant that it had beenre- fused; ignorant that such o refusal was withoat precedent; igmorant that in the man- who stopped yoll, you recognized one of the persous ! lately with me at the Lyceum: jgnorant that the: doorrecper was ever in that theatre; Jgnorant that, - you never forgive an affront; ignorant thatenybsd. Deen offered; ignorant of whei, how, or by whodt, the list was made out, and equally 80 by whom (& was aitered. Allow me to add that [ am quite - capable of offering any discourtesy to a gentlemsn +] have barely the pleasure of knowing, and, moze=. over, have no power whatever to inierfers with Mr. 'Smith’s arrangementa or_disarrangementsy and, with this wholesale admission of ignorance. incapacity, and impotence, belieye me, yous. taithully, G 3. Marrmews. . Charles Beade, Esg. 2 2 QUIPS. b g 1t is now proposed to call -the Pelican Stats ~ * Louisi-ananias.—Norristown Herald. The fishing is excellent in the Adirondicks, : and there are 250,000 inosquitoes to one fish— . When _ Gray said “Awake, Zolian Ity ‘wake,” he was probably calling Mrs. Jenks 10 breakfast.—Oil City Derrick. bk Gentleman (loq.): I say, walter; I've jost * cracked this ceg. Look at it.” Waiter: “Don't. look very nice at that end, sir, I must say. To7 " the other.”” s A Paisley publican was complainiog of bis, servant-mald that _sbe could never be found: when required. **She'll ganz oot o' the house! ?nh‘l, she, *twenty times for ance she’ll com®. o . «What we want is work, and pay for dulng it,” said the tramp. “What kind of vurtl” asked a_ by-stander. ‘Unloading schooners, replied the incipient Communist; *‘beer ers.’"—Louisville Courier~Journal (Dem.).. - A rumorghas rained circalation thata bsd of Commmu and Socialists o New York bave bound themselves to assassinate all the great 1men in this country.. We leave for Cal the morning; to remain uotil this danger ! over.—Burdette. ' Itis ouraim to avoid needless laceration of. the feeling of ‘society people,” but “we'trust they will just brace up aod to bear with some= thing Jike composure the announcement whic _we find in a London journal, that the Princess: of Wales Is quite lame from an ioflamed corm }n the great toe of. her left foor.— as ost. 2 v The latest sentimental agony in songs 8 tender ballad beziuning: . s Who will come abové me sighing When the grass grows overme? = \We can’t say positively who, bat if the cemetery fence is in the usual repair, it will probably be, the cow.—DBurdette. A i “He got up feelinz_heavy at heart, without Knowiog the cavse. He went to the back doot aud there saw his garden, the pride of waking hours aud the subject of his dreas looking like an editor’s oflice. He sat down 0 the doorstep and said, “Of all sad words tongae or pen, the saddest are these: kee] hen' "—Turner's Fails Keporter. THE JAS. PRESERVES. sE He sits on the stoop; 'tis a bright moonlight: nighty And a kiss from her lipyhe bews; ¢ ‘Bat his trousers are not of the style that is tight And the cock-roaches crawl up hislegs. - Hg mul.tc: a molmu:,: l:he{nhvgllflly b!;: rasps, imultancously, both of imbs; 2 *Tve ot oo, "ays he, -Oh, good gracions! ! X “sDon 1o me, dear George, you've the-jims’” < Clucago (vmmercial Advertiser. < Salt fish Tor breakifast and a rubber ontt ¥l keep a man dry all day. 5 A 'person was asked it he eversaw & mill ra. He said he had—duriog 2 freshet. | e . A South-Side lady Is 80 strong an anti-Bap that she won't even use dipped candlea. A'St. Louis girl’s foot, thoronghly through this summer, will be better brick fn bed pext winter. A What is the difference between 8 widow and a.wite who talks about her ora”? One husoands her means;and the 0 means her husband. 5 Ly During a recent trial in the' Isle” of Man 35z fury eas addressed by counsel and Judze, 1018 . period of twenty-nine hours and fitty-five W7 utes. An old bachelor declares that the locd 774 should hencefarth be called the Islepf, W¢ 2 ho i b3 3 £ i E H 3 2