Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 12, 1878, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY. AUGUST 12, 1878. SUNNER-RESORTS. garatoga-—~Tho Morrissoy Club- House---" Prycho "---Judge Hilton's " Windsor,” gaueh Chonk=Tho Switchback Railroad-- Mt. Pisgal--Anthracite Coal— . Glen Onoke, Wankesha-—~Agents, Canvassers, and Peddiers---A Study of Shells— Ferus and Fossils., Genern Take--s¥illas aud Hotels-e-A Conceri---Excnrsions-«-(inests af the ““ Whiling.” dison-~Refutation of the Statements of & Mendacious Letter in the Chicago Tiwnes, pastotelWeddings-~Trant-Fishing.-The Ageienl- fural and Driving-Fark Assocle atlon. SARATOGA. Foam Our (non Carrespondent. Npw Yonk, Aum 9.—Saratoga looked auite Jively and cheerful on the day I lefeit. There were a good manv neople and a gooil many gath- ctlngs there, The Lankers gathered In the fown-11nll; the rallroad-inen gathered about Mr. Vanderbiit; the fashionables gathered at the rave-course; the curlous gatbered about #dyko," as the vroprictors spail 13 and the speculative gatherad st the Morrissey Club- House, THR CLUB-HOUSE, o sporting men say, Is conducted with the same gquet, thoroush juunagement ss formerly. Reed, Morrissey’s partner. long since took the contrn! of the place Into his hands; hence no ange §3 obeervable, The patronage has not decreaseds Men whio would not risk thelr repu- utions by visiting metropolitan Rambling- Logses take speclal license at the sp3, and got geratched by the “tiger® to pay forit. Rou- Iite I8 the favorite wzamne this swmmer, Itis guod game, ne o rule—for the house, Several prominent raflroad-men and politicians are said tohave found fLso, Tho bunkers, a8 a class, do not take much stock in Iaro-hanks. As they sit In conference upon questiuns of large futerest 1o the eountry, they look a enperlor body of men, Few would mis- take them for a politleal convention. A muore natural mistake wonhl be to subpose you had vome In upon the Unitarlan Conterence, whilch {8 held annually in the same place. ‘These Lankera are among the keenest, most In- tellizent, aud far-siehted men i the land, To go itom thelr mecting to one of the sersions of the fewitt Committes was to sce a curfous con- trast. It tmay be questioned, however. §f Labor bins thus far been falrly represented before that Commlitee. ‘lhie epedkera have been men with hobbles, fanatics, Commuuists, sell-proctaimed athelsts, anid eclf-proclalined leaders who In reality lead nobouds, Next to the race:] las been having the biggest run ot the Eoa. *Paycho,” 08 the name moro propesly shontd be, {8 a marvelous awtomaton, The real mau renind the fizure s a lving encyelopedia, 8 woudee-mathematictan, und o Jurly-skiibful mind-render. N0 matter how learned or deep, bow geowravhically or mulnnlqnlmlly obscure, he questlon, “Psychio” rarcly fuits to snswer. Then ho assumes tho privilege tu question In turn, and aa rarcly falls to discomiit his Inter- viewer. Soma of the learned diviucs and other gentlemen of scholarly babits have called ou * Psycho,' and come out rather at second-best. fo the 1ame of the hand-made man has grown unti] the sutomaton is one of tho chle! amuse- ments and features of the scason, Ju my Iast letter I spoke of the venture at TIL WINDSOR, The Windsor 18 the liaudsome house which Jundize Hilton awne, tiot 88 & part of the Stewart estute, but personally. Ie goc it for about oue- fifth of what fe cost the unfortunate lady who sunk her fortune {u it, despite the advice of her friends. Lost summer It was kept ready as a rleeping-place for those guests who coulu not be secammodated at the trand Unfon; but the Graud Univn hod wo ditlienlty In accommodat inte ull who came, Then the Jndlse declded to sce how a tirst-class houss on the European plan would take. [loputin new and vlegant rurniture, iaking the laree, alry rooms far su- yerlor to uny others in the place. e bought the pretty cottage on the east and the open lot in tront, seeuring a line view of Broadway, e butit au open-nir pavilion fur the scrvice of fces end suppers in the cool of the evenlug. And then he put in Mr. Shelley, of Windsor famc, as mauager, eiviug him full license to provide a sestuurnnt-table fn every respect_equal to Del- monivo's, prives included. Mr, Stielley was the man to carry out Judge Hilton's plans. He has & chef decuisine and u loree of cooks not surpassed tn this country, 'There 19 no delicacy Kuown to the epicurc that cannot boe obtained at the Windsor. But, of conrse, ALL THI3 COSTS MONBY} and theso are lurd tlincs, as hus been satd be- Tore, When board can be liad at the best hiotels for from B2 to $i5 per week, it reely prohable that many would taku thelr chances at the Windsor. The rovms are from $3up per day, to begin withi and Delmonico diners kuow what it costs to llve alacarfe. Judie Nlton gave a very clegant dinner-barty some days apo, and aby rur!y can have o dinner equally elegant ot §10a Dlate. A fafr dinner tan even be set at 35 a plate. For avytbivg be- Juw that, the regulor bill-of farc Is at the guvst's vonmund, "The Windsor vounted, and with rea- son when the seasun 18 4 good one, on gettin) Palronage fromn the hotel prople who wish orle Yate suppers at Irregulnr hours, as on their re- turn from an_cventng drivo to th lake, Then the fro.creuts and ices, served o jee-goblets aud the BIGUEST ATYLR OF TIE ART OP PREEZING, draw the youne people tu the pavilion, and al- furd Eli—or Ello—VPerkins cluncn for plous re- Heetlons on the vast amount of flirtation golug vl ut Baratoa. Ellu can but realize, however, that there woutd bo vustly more flirtation it there wera only mors young gentlemen at hand, Whether the European plan will suceee Ba atozy canuot be determined ut thls on's trial. M, Bhelley told e e hopud to come out even; but, it ho duesn’t, Judge Iilton cun staud Ity and ufford to try again. Hn.a. BMAUCH CHUNK. Bpectal Currespondgncs of The Tribund, Maven Cuuxs, Pa, Aug. 9.—Oue of the must rugged and, mountamons countles o Feuusylyania s Carbon, situsted tn the north eastern part of the Staw, and strotehing along both stdes of the Lebigh River for a distance of twenty iiles, 1t wountaing, among which are Pukouo, Pohokopo, sud other eminences more tban 1,000 feet In hight, are parallel to the Blue Ride, uud properly belong to that chafy., The vounty abuuuds fu pleturesque scenery, aud ia rapidly comnlug juto prominence as & dellght. ul sumwer-resort, It 13 casily agcessible from all pulnts, soid s oply elgbty-nive miles from Fbiladelphis, or three hours by ruil, sod 12 tlles from New York, or four hours' ride, It uuderlying deposits ot anthracite coal give I o Vit wineral wealtls, and {ts forests of bemlock a0d pluc have uuti! recently mads it an fmpor- taut lumber-reglon, Agriculture 18 as wuch of 34 lnpossibility now as when Col. Bird erossed the wountulns i pursult of bostile Iudians in 1758, —be duscribing §8 as & barren wilaerness {acagable of jwprovewment, MAUCH CHUNK 1 reached from elther direction throngh 8 sec- tlon of country whose wild mountain scenery is Picturesque 1n the cxtrewe,—the Lebleh Valley 1rom the south, wnd Wyoming Valiey and the Valley ot the Susquebanua from the vorth,— but, ou arriving bere, the traveler is quite un- Prepared for the surprises that meet Lim at overy turn. Thetown fs located In 8 uarrow Rorge at un abrupt bend.of the Lebigh River,— lintuz bath fts vauks, between which the nolsy streaw plunges wadly over its rocky bed, On very shie there stands, like elzautic sentiuels, ke mountatus, clad with the verdure ol the Privieval torest,—the town vestliug ut the foot ¢ Bear Mountuln, un wlmost verpendicular “innence, 1,000 teet bigh. ‘Tue nountains sre 1 auch cluse proximinty that they secm to rie aluost 10 Lhe zeuith, snd AnEErs 8re struck With wouder yt the shortuess ol the days,—the Sun comiog futo view o couple of hours later Badt we ta wtvustomed to, sud sinking balow the horlzon far ton early In the atternoon. No- where ara the triumphs of ratiroad ongineering more marked than in the approaches of tha two roads fnto Mauen Chunk,—the npparently fn- surinauntulle N, lese auzainst the mivance of thé fron horse, slumbering town, the morniug has dawned, and we begin to clambor up the hiia which ff the base of Mt. Plsgah, and soon reach the foot of the famous plane, where, wa would be drawn up in pleasure-cara provides for that purpuse. mile brings us to its sumimit, at su elvvation of 00 feet aliove the river, and well repays for the tollsome ascont. Themaun- taius stretch away as fac a8 the eye usu reach, and a slight play of the fancy will sugzest that the reseinblance is whose Illows bave suddenly become petrified Ly the Inturiate puwer of the rods. Mountalns arc visible in the distance, aud even 1 ‘Tho funmiog Lebigh chafes ot its nareow lmits, as it fmpatfent to make Its cacape 1nto a more level country, throngh the bold walls of the Lehlgh Gap, u dozen miles distant. Mnuch Counk lles far duwn tho steep,—an onals in amighty wilder- ness, walting for the mists to vanish aud for the God of Iay to makehis appearance, the clovus setthe down over the valley, and grow thicker and more (euse, until a storm causes ns to beat hasty retrest down the plaue. the town reached than the sun shone out in & must ageravating manner. was alive with a busy throug. had come for infles with country produce, had their uml\lunml, musiin-covered wagons backed up sgains and were drivinga_brisk trade in vegetables, butter, und eges, Four hours in the mountain afr before breakfast produced the most tourvelons appetites: but wine host of the Manslon tHouse was equal Lo the emergency, or *run," a5 the bank co say, and only asked, * Do all Chicaggo peopls eat like that1? the visitor may resort that scveral days are required to (ully “do’* Mauch Chuok and fts varjous nttractions; but no one should fall to take & trip over originully constructed for the tranvportation of coal, but now used only ns o pleassut walk or drive of 8 half-mile brin; visltor to the depot st the fuot of the Ttsguh pluve, where pavilion cars are constantly msking the ascent, Be- fore us, extemhng up the mountain, {s the plane, consistiug of two railway-tracks 2,822 feet In fength, overcoming au clovation of 604 fect, other single plany fu the worid. nit the pouderous uuuunur‘/’enulnu are set in motion, drawing the curs ujs belts of wire rope, trafus asccuding on ooe track while others descend ou the other. mode of ascent 18 far caster thun the fatigulog walk up the saine plune lu the morning, and is ploriously exhilaratinig, nervously luquired, * What §f the rove should break (™ and, us (h2 eyo glunces down the de- clivity, there is su involunutary shudder at the thouglit; but relief is aiforded by the Intorma- tion that, in the eveu the ropa should break, there are heavy frou attachments underneuth, which would full futs an fron safety-ratenet extendiug between thy rutls the ontire length of the track, and sccurcly hold the car belure it could run n duzen feet. It is remarkablo that, of the the road, 18 now the scene of tireless activity, ‘I'raius ary rattling through tus detiles of the Lelugh, thelr serpent-1ike forms crawling away into the dis- tance; the merry echo of the Loatmou's hurn {8 heard aff afoug the canal, which runs beside tho rivers and the busy hum of tndustry in the town below 18 borne un every breeze. 'We are now 1,370 feet above thlicwater, aml gozing upon the rugged grandeur of a far and whie as the Switzerfand of Amerfe. I tho visitor is interested v achinery, he con nspect the two powerful engines, of 120 horse- power cuch, which haul the cars wv the plane, ~tho fron belts aiready spoken of windmg rouud u monater frou drum, twenty-clght fect In diameter, A tustic pavilion afforils oppor- tunity for dancing, as well s for shelter in cuue of storm; aud 8 sliort distance uway 13 » skeleton tower, with spirul which the view | ~the mountulus rolline awas points of the compass, their blue forms bleud- ngz with the sky, making it almost impossible ta distiuculsh whers earth aud heaven tueet. Were 1t uot for the town at our feet, or the rallway-tralng that can boscen threading their Wiy &xmu‘u thy valleys, the view would be that v of Natuts proving power- 1t was tn the dlm gray of carly morning that Tk TRIsUNR correspondent stepped frow the traing but, while mont of the pleasurc-geckers made thelr way to one of the asveral exceffent hotels, there was, cven ab that early hour, an frresistible Impuise to climb the mountal hights: and a portion of the part to anticipats tho moyements of comimnnity, and have the novel pleasure of WITSESSING TIE SUNRI3® FROM MOUNT PIs- determinet the sleeping asH, twhose head could be faintiy scen through the ncrensing light, surmounted by a trestie-sec tlon of the gravity road and tha chimncya of the mumaroth machifery which draws cars up tho plane, {l,lll} inhabitants, but tho only sounds that uroke the slience were the clatter of our feet upun the pavcnient, or the matin responses of chantieleers un neighboring hilfsfdes. s compactly bullt Ina gorge running at right angles with the river, aml an narrow that t Is room for but a single street. every fuch of strect-front orcuy; rupt hiliside off Srom thie stre the with leas expenslve real estate, and who have perched thelr Jittls houses oua above another, Bwiss fashion, onthe hights. These uro of varions :lelzrecs of comelincss, ranging from neat cot- I dens, to wrelched littic hovels,—~the human oc- cupanta of the latter sharing thelr oune room withapig or twu, some chickens, a brood of ducks, and the ublauitous goat. Of course, with such a medley of inhabitants, the yards of this class of ouses are funocent of orevena blade of grass. the possession of guata is fined to natives of the Emerald Isl Irish workingman rejolces in the possession of one or mare of thein, as they yield three or four quarts of milka day, and cost hothing Lo keep,— cither oking out o subsistence on the hitls, or feasting occasfonally on the tender barkof & nelghbor's tree or shrubbery, when such a diet- etic bonanza is discovered. Manch Chunk is a busthing town of Thetown Not onl d, but tne ab- 1x utlllzed by peonte, who must ho content orer with shrubbery, aud small, well-kupt gar- ahnde-trecs Singularly enoush, Bythe time we have passed through tho o at ater In the dly‘1 Achmb of one-third of a A MAONIFICENT LAKDSCAPE that of a turbulent sea, The Biue he New Jorsey hullscan be scen, sixty milesaway. and disappears from sight While tve gaze transfixed upon the sceue, Nu sooner was Although thie hour was still carly. the streot Fariners, who tha curbstone at the market-place, bracing There are s0 many notabie places to which THE FAMOUS BWITCRBACK RAILROAD, lensure-road. A the fount which s greater than that of any At the sum- y mieans of broad This Of course, swine one 50,000 persons who anuuully travel over NOT ONR WAS EVER INIURED, ‘What in the carly duwn Was a sleeping. vallev glon Knowu &talrway, froin s the most extenaed tu be bad, towunls all the NATURK IX HLER WILDRST 300D, on which man lnd nus luid tle rutbless hand of ewvillzution, Betoge resuming tho tnip, it will bo Intereste [ni2 o feary sumetling of the lunnr{ of this novel ratlroad, whues object was to bring the coul from the mines to Miauch Chiank, the point of shluuteut to market, 1t was constracied tn 1527, up to which year the coal had been hauled vver the mouutalis by wuzon and, considening thiut fallroud-cogoeering was hi its tntunicy, wus a veritable congueat of mind over mutter, It had but one predecessor.—a line bullt at Haltf. more, Md., i the previous yesr,—omd was tho project of an adventurous engineer, who unders ook to construct a ruad which wottld transport tho coal from Bummit Hill to Mauch Chunk by gruvity sloue, und a return track, b{ which the cury, atter ey hobted up the planes to on elevation sullicient to overcomu the descent In the trp to Maucn Chunk, should geturn by their own gruavity W the start. ing-point at summit HiL - ‘The only stewn- puwer required way that of tbe stativuary ens gines at the head of the plaucs, 1L will be v werved that the road dul not cousist ol the mud. ern double-truck, but was & sincle track, form- ing & cduztnuous cirenit, reachiyz ubout twenty- five miles, with a erade of from fifty to uinety fect to the mile, S0 windlug waa the line of the road that the tracks cross une auother ut several pofuts, The experiment proved BUCCESIPUL BEYOND EXPECTATION, and, fron its unique construction, hag attracted pub\tuunmlnn tor balf u century, A more Tavoruble vutlet for the voal haviny beeu deye oped withiu a few years by tunuetlue the Nes- quehoplog Mountain, the Switchback is oow used exclusively for pleasurc-travel, sod {8 un. der the mansgeineut of the Central Rallruad of New Jersvy. We are now ready to continue our ride, and, taking one of the ‘cars which run hourly, srg soon fiviug down a_grade of fifly feet to thy mile,—the vace propelled by thelr owo welght, —our speed regulated by sn ordlnary brake. Theidea of travellug b{ rall through such an Alulue taud as this, without steam or any vis- iblo means of propulsion, seems curlous cnough; but the evercusugng lsudscape leaves o rogn for scensific absiractions, sud, alter an cnjogable run of six wiles, during whick distance there bas been 8 descent of 03 feet, Mt Jetferson is reached, whery thero is uu- otber plave, 2050 tect In lenzth, overcomng 3 second clevation of 482 fect, up whilch the carg are druwn Jo the sawe manuer as at Alt, Plsgab. We ure £ow approactiug the coabuniues for which this ruilruad was constructed, aud, after gravituting o few mindtes longer, wreive at TUB MINING TOWN OF SUMMIT HiLL— wemorable 33 the spot where the exiitence of the anthracite voal-teids of Peunsyivania was discovered by 8 bunter aned Philtp Ginder, in 1791, Several Phiudelobis gentlemen orgau- ized » wining dompiuy fu the followlng yuar, 8,000 or 10,000 acres at what s now Hill. Owtog o tha incrwdishity of the public as to. the merits of coal,—which scems strango to ua of the present day,—the enter- prise proved a fallure, and was abandoned in 1515, 1t was, however, revived {n 151% aul fromn that date {ts suceezsiwas acsured, althoy yenrs were required to eatablish it in pubii Tavor. The growth of the husiness is shown by the fact that fn 14%) the coil-market of the country was glatted by 335 tans, while in re- cent vears the shipmenis of thn same company have heen as great as 10,500 tons tor a singin week. Lehigh coal has the reputation of heing the hdrdeat anthracite yet disenvered, which Rives it tho highest market-value. ‘The ned ipon the top of Mauch Chunk Monntalu I8 fites- three feat in tnickuess, exceeding in this re- spect any known laver or veln. At Buinmit 111 can be seen THE BURNING MINE, which has been oa fice forty-six vears,—ifs subterranean fames haviug apread throwei several acres of coal, the surface having the onunmce of the erater of a vast valcano. ‘The Lehtgh Copany until 1347 procured ail thelr coal frum one mine at Jummit 1iil),~the total shipments reaching 809,000 tops. ‘The tnine wasa great cnrjoslty, and was honored with the visits of eminent savans, ‘Tha vetn of voal, Includiag a few acams of thin slate, was at one spot mnesrly seventy feet fn thivkness, the averuge heing filty feet. As the coal lay at only a slight depth, th surface was removed and the coal quarried, instead of tunneted as in ordinary mining, where the veina are fouod hunidreds of fect below the surfnceg, The cx- cavated portion einbraces an area” of aboat twenty acres, and I+ aboat 100 teet goep. 1t ia atrewn with the debris of former minlug on- crations, und s frequently visited by curioaity. hunters (n search of fossil Impressions of jeaves and ferns, which are tound fn profusion. We nuw comimence the descent to Mauch Chunk, but, lnst hg by way of the plancs, we continue the circutt, running by gravity tha entire distance of eight aud w hail miies, without a single stop. The name of this tuwu I8 of Indlanorlgin, siz- nifying Bear Mountain, amd its proper pronun- clation is MAWK CHUNK. Carbon County was first settled In 1748 by Moravian nifssionaries, who formed the settlo- munt of Guadenhutten, consistiug of forty log- houses and a cliapel, whera wera gathered the converted Mohicau Lndiuns whio wero driven frum New York aud Connectieut by the hos- tifes. The Indlans were not ouly tuught the Uospel, but at the same time received nstrue. tion from the devoted missivnaries of Count Zinderdorf [o the arts of clviltzation, In 1751 the hostlle Delawars and Shawnuese attacked aud burned the missfon-liouse ond murdered eleven of the missfonaries,~the congregation fleelug to Bathletum, the strongbiold of Mora- vinutsm, thirty-four miles down the Lehigh, ‘The Freuch war was now fn progress, sud the savage Indians, baving aliled themaeives to Lhe Freuch arws, carrled terror anid death nto the Euglish scttlemcnts i B In 1756 the Uovernor of RRNIAMIN PRANKLIN to take charge of the frontier, which wus the reene of continucd hostility, His object was to secure protoctlon fur thedefenseless inhubitauts by ralsiu troops, and the constructiun of a chaln of forts along the entire border. Frankiiu suou recruited 500 volunteers, and rendezvoused at lethichem, the principn setticment of the Muraviaus, from which poiut bis forcs was di- vided luty threo partics jor duty st exvosed pofots, he accompanying ove of them to Guad- enhutten, which was found fu ashes, [Ils meo sheltercd themaeives 1n the ruins of a mitl from the fuclement winter-weather, their tirst work being to bury the dead, nearly two months hav- iz clapsed slnes the murder of the milsstonar- fea. ‘The next day a stockade wis begun, 430 fect fu circumference, of lovs elghteen feet fn leugth and one fout in thickneas, standing up- right in the ground. Dr. Frauklin, in o letter describing this defene, says: s kind of iort, however contemptible. {s o sulllctent de- feuse ugainst Indians who have no canuon.’ The onty artillery in the stockade was u swivel- gun, which was occasionally fired to awe the ludians who infosted the imountain fustucsses. Untll the peace ot 1783 this region suw NONE BUT THOUBLOUS Tises, and was murked by the ravages of the Indiaus, who ratded and plundered the scattered inbab- ftants at will. Pouttac's border-wae begun in 1763, aud g0 closcly were the Muraviaua allied to the Indlaus, by reason of their intsaionary pursuits, that these zealous ploneers became the objocts of susplcion on the pirt of the Euzlish and Scotch scttiers, who accused them of pro- viding lurking-places for the savazes who were cunstautly plotting the destruction of the settle. ments. Bo pronounced did the sotipathy be- coms that tha Moravians fled from their ‘Town of Wechquetank, and § was burned by the whites,—the refuzees finding sbelter as Naxa- reth. o stronghold near Betllehewm. . ‘Two wiles from Uethiebem, ou the Lehlgh Valley Railroad, is GLEN ONOKO, which abounds fu the wild aund Q}nlurclqm.', and rivals _cven the famgous Watkina® Glen. Glen Onoko has only Within a few years como into prominence, but is now one of Ly most fawmous resorts In Northeasteru Pennsylvania. It fa uader tho control of the Lehigh Valley Rafirond, and {s finproved with stone sta(rways, rustic seats, und timber bridees, and gl the necessary features for the accommodation of the traveling public. The rallroad-depot at the en- trance of the glen is s curlosity staclf, and the Central Rufiroad of New deraey Iamds passen- gers only a few rods awas. With the exception of thy necessury improvements, Onoko s In a porfect state of nature, and [t orleinnl wilder- neas-beauty is observable on overy hawd, The wlen {8 o deep, narrow eutel, extending o mhe up the mountain-side,~s stream flowfug through, broken at frequent futervals into beau- tiul cascades, some of them having a fall of fifty feet, whils Onoko Falls take A TUMBLE OF BEVENTY PRET. Broad Mountain, throush which it leads, Is comparatively sterife, baving sfaiply o growth of stunted Torest-trees, while the glen In pro- lide with glguntie trees, amd & profuslon of vines, ferns, shrubs, tiowers, sud mosses, In the sumwer-time the rocky walls of the plen are reapleudent with the gorgeous colors of the rhododendron. ‘This charming retreat is reach- ed by the Lebich Valley Ratlroad and the Central Raltroad_of Nuw Jersey, and is visited by many thousand people every scason. What with the graud sceénery, the bracing mountatn alr, and thu trout-tishing to be had on numerous streains within eusy reac Chunk is destined to become ol natf a8 & swnwer Tesort, WAUKERIIA, Special Correspandence of The Tridune, Wavkesua, Wis, Aug. 9,—After daya and days of unmitizated sunshiue, aud nlgnes britl- lunt with moontight, how restful th etfoct of a darkly-curtained sky! You can throw your head back snd look up; You ean open your eycs wile aud waze Jungg and far. Youcan sit ou tho verandah without ref- erence to shade, cun awlng In the hammock und look up, up through the quivering plne- ueedles to tho soft, silvery-gray sky that scoms 60 near without belni blinded, There §s u won- derful aympatby in such days; the inteuss nfe aud activity of Natursls relaxed, und a mascu- ltue moud has given place o something ifke the femiulne, Wo feel kindly disposed to cvery one, sud tako even & friendly Interuat fn AURNT3, CANVASSHUS, AND PEDDLENS, who are sure tu folluw in the wakeof thesprivg visitors. Firet, u littie lady, In fudud black, comes briskly up the walk, luzging a heavy satehel, and wiptug the persplration from her face, Qur sympathles are sroused; wo fuvito ber to our pet seat under tho overgreens. Ble imakes & few carcless remarks about the weather; thenfnquires sbout the hotuls, number o ele.,aul wake where thennnisters hve, Taen, fog thus cautioualy fult ber way over thess ;inruhmmnryu obping-atoues ol couversa- ton, she plunges juto a perfect mill-atreaw of talk, that does not oedse ull our purse i3 emptled of a couple of dlmes, sl & paphlet on the ** Treatment, of the lussne s landed 00 the table, It 1s very evident where this per- sub ougnt to bej but there is method fo her waduess, und our pity Is mingled with a nalf- udinirauon of her brightocss, A pleaviug young woinau, with pletures, comes uext- She shiowa us her specincns. T the faces ol o fat, pudgy paby, aud @ dreumy old nan. YAl my owu work," sue says. By some process she has contrived to make from 8 swall picture auother, twelve Umies a4 lurge, sud wouder(uily uniike the vruz- {ual. Bhe has & very Dorsuasive wusuner, vays it is 2 pleasurs o exhibit her works of wrt, sod Hatters you 1uto betleving you are a e hub- ect. You are mentally coustdenug what would @ the cifect of @ le-slzs portrats of yourself in a (rume, 1or Jobn's uext birthday, wheu tbat - dividual sppears, and cutes short your faacics by thst vinused look which you know so welt bow to luterpret. Hy understands your weakuoss for cauvagsers. You turn away with, * Noi avy to-duy; " aud the jar) closes her case with a ofgh, sod bids you good-morning. 4 BTUDY OF NuSLLy. The shell-mau comes 45 4o old friend. He puts down his buskets ab sour feet with an as- surauce matcted by your iuterest in his besuti- ful treasures. Here'ds u lovely nautiius, bold- fog o {us pearl-cray sides cxquistte chavges of green and pivk. ‘The jeweles shall dril boles i the edues, and it shall swine s the sunuieat window, through the Winter, Lilled with tratling vives. Tbu plece of coral bi strutzbt from the Red Sea, the desler savs, nud its blovd-red color bLeary out bia statewent. But tbut white bratu~cors); more delivate than showy wirl, any Chinese carving! Tt 18 easler to believe that It i3 a part of some petrified CardifT Giant than the work of hundreds of anmnalcula One wonld be willing to have an awguaintance or 1wo turn into stone for the sal getting xuch aspecmen, “A leart of stone' s both a Serigtural aml a2 puetical phrase, but the real object would niot be half ro pretty to conten- plate a3 tnis dainty frost-work. For this white- soined, rosy-lipped motlusk, the willow-man ahall make its a stand, and next rprine wa shall B It with bluo violets aud tne firat wild fln ‘This rich, sinooth cameo ja Just the plaything for our fricnd's baby-glel, and her older brother shall hold this brown and white mottied one to his ear, aud listen in round-ayed wouder to fta [aint echo of the volce of the sea. A pair of these rich, white conchifera, spotied with yellow-hrown, as patiered with pollen of the tiger-lily, fastoned by wires beneath a favorite pieture, make cxquisite brackets to All With inoss and bright berres. ‘Thiese great whelks, rough and coarse upon the outside, but smoath and most beautilully- colored within, shall lie upon thetr backs beneath a contre-table. Is that allf No, our friend has added ta his store this year some fine Aca-mossea {rom the Pacille Const, and, better than al, some sprout- ing bulbs, waicl, if planted now, witl furnish beauty snd fragrance for noxt Christinus. He sava hils business ia dnll,—only two or three dollnrs & day; tho town I8 full ‘of people, Inet they snend” very little tnoney for his wares, For unes he goes away with an ompty basket aud a {ight heart. PRILXB AND FOSS| Most people are content to take away, m ma- mentocs of 4 summer here, helghtened color, added weight, and good spirits. Whils seeking th ome ook also for ferna and fossile,— Uwo urticles abundant about this reziou, One nsed not g far—two or threa ralles, perbaps— to find the forus, and b n sure to coun back With great Luuchies of long, delicate fern-leaves, Mmalden's hair, mosses, snd other womlland Lreasures. A large book and a number of sheets o puraus paper are needed on the spot Lo press the ferns, for they wilt almoat as soon us they are gathered, Nuta few of the visitors are greatly Interested in the geological apecimens of the place. “Lhe stones are Sijurlan limestone, aind are very rich In fosails and casts, Every footof the ol stone sidewalk, that is last dissppearivg beneath the ulank, bears some treasure to the luver of Eentogy. And soon the long horn of tha or- thocoralite, the curl of the smmonite, ana the beautitul cast of the triloblte grow fawilfar, Crinohlal stemsand heads arc also common, and teveral varlcties of coral wre found. In the walk in front ot the residence of Mr. H. H. Hunkuns there Is, or used to be, a flue specimen of trilobite. The sworkmen at the quarry suve the best specimens thet they dnd, wwl some have Jarge assortmonts of valuable fussils that they are glad to sell. It {s fashionable to hunt for fossils, though few Lave tha onthusissin to hammer rovks fn the burning sun of this uausual neason, BASKETS AND PANCT-WORK. At thie willow-store one Is sure to find 8 party admirfug the clean, preity work., Huskets ara afways bewitchiugs it stirs the imagioativn to think of all the aifTerent things that might be put luto them. Light, gracelul work-stands, aud uucomfortable, calchy chairs, are sure w et strapoed to the lugioage of the visitora wheo they leave here n tho fall. 1T cauvas-work and crochetiug are to bs rapked among the useful Industries, then the Indics biers now rival the much-extolled bes and the laborious ant, They wurk all the time. At the sorings, ou the pluzes, you will sce the needles flashing - through the gay-calored zepliyrs, while thelr faie wioiders chutter to- gether in constant accompaniment, One or two merchants of the village are purtly responsible for this. They keep such atenpting array of materlals required for sl that mysterious, noudescript use of the needte knowu as fancy-work, that all who enter their stores are begulled into purchasing. And the deur lndles fmaging that they are really dolng something when they spend moraing after morning over what a respeetable Lamb knittlog- wachine would accomplisn & few minutes. FIRES, An alaem of “Flrel" startled the whole vil- lage onu stlll, sleepy afternoon last week, It oroved Lo be u carrlage-liouse, uwned by Mrs, E. A. Perry. The prompt sction of the fire core pany saved the restdence, that was In tnminent danzer, Could sympathy have put out the fire it would have beon slopped vetore the engine reached the spot, for & throng of {ntercsted friends nud neighbors seemed to spring up from the very ground. Where do all the people come from? is always a question on such occasions. Let the axletrea of your earrluze breuk und you be upset when no one I8 sight upon tho ‘strect, ond, befure you can scramble to your feet, you are sur- rounded by a crowd, "all ecager,” exelted, aud helpful, Sotne way, u calamity always seets to briug out the better side of luman vaturec. It may be u costly experience to the sufferer, but it 1 uot whoily without mitigation; he has u chanee to kuow how much sympathy there is, atter all, ju the world. ‘The coliectiun of houses known as * North Prairte,” but a few mlles from licre, was par- tialty quruyml by tiro Inst Saturday, Lu Barre's Hotel, a dwelling, biacksinith and wasgon shop, wers wholly consumel by the flames. The loss, exclusive of lnsurauce, was about 85,000, Mes, Glbbs and her musleal elass wave OXE OF TiiRIK FOPULAR CONCERTS at the Opera-House luse week, ‘The following progranime shows the style of music they are studying: PART I, Overture~*¢Caliph de Baydad ™. . Gibbay Misses (iove, Kii *'Water-Wich "'~ (Tlarcarolle) . lay Jamdson, *¢ Fira-Lell Galop'. . i Hperoer, SALAttle Barefoot ... Lieeoens Cleane Daniels, **Quild Polka Mliitairo"... LHlle Vedde, Voeal Duo—**lappy Swallows ™, .. iases LBoorman and St +May-Blosows" .. Kate +0. Kinkel +“Temperance Song ' o .o White Chorue, “*Fifth Nocturne”... seseane eoniLoybach Qicar Sperber. *r8iweet N(‘Bllnznlhl:' Sunz', sres ieve sesnses, Donizettl arris Aroughton, *Qrand OI Ocean™ sssenen Millard i e berkives **Tho 8tirrup-Cap .. R *Dara k Tell" “*El Khonoor" .ev. s Bl Eitn Sioifs, **Eckert's Bwls Song® Rocitation—¢* Bells "' 1w **Jlovetnar, Are. Qilbs, Misses ¢ :u: Srie Fawler re, !\lfl‘ll‘ and Stoltz, THE A 8 at two of the hote .‘ %0 fur this woek, have been over 200, One hundred atd sixty-two took dine ner at the Manaion House Isst” Sunday, ‘The fotluwing are sume of e recout urrivals ug the Fouutahn-Spriog flouse from Chicago: Mutthew in, Mr. C. Stearns, wile aud doaugiiter, C. ¥, Durant, teoreze H. Lallin sl dauehter, B, Lin- dauer, B, Hupperichn, ludy and child, Mrs, Gerbard Foreway, James P. Soper, C. O, Avery, Mra. A, Ryaer, Mrs, J. Stiles, R. . Cox, At the Manstun House ars J, 3, lojmes, O, H. Rochie und wile, Mr m""i" W. E, Smith, Willard A. Santh, Fred Gutchell, B, S. Barstow, U. Fuster, J. E. Scott. ‘Most of tha isltors now aro from tha South, TUR CRESCENT CITU'd LURSH hias drawn thousands Lo Northern resorts, It wus fearcd that, with so much direet commuais cation with New Orluans, & sLray case or two uf yellow-fover unght be developed hicre; but thus far nons bas appeared. 1t (4 pieasaut o be nutnbered amouy the citles of refuge, and yuits 10 tho advantazo of the village. Abd so, sl the world over, thero {s never s great loss Lo ung purty without sumo small gain to auother, A war In Ruesls raises tha orice of wheat for Aumerican farmerd, A famlue fn China proparcs the way to Englaud's farchier commerclal advun- tage. Aa epldewie at the South briugs trade nog proaperity Lo the Nurth, Qutxors QUICKSIGHT. GENEVA LAKE. Buectal Correaponience of Tha Tridune, Gexeva Laks, Wis, Aug.8.—Every ous goes 10 UGeneya this summer; sa I, being a bachelor, with a several wecks' vacatlon at wy Jlsposal, invest fu an uvliwited supply of collars, sud start for this famous lake. Before leaving Coleuzo § am permitted to bid adieu tothe lovely girls who urc betrothed to my fortunate comrades, said cowmrades still Franting e the privilegv of cullivg and saylug utew tarepell words prior to wiy deparure. | trust 1 bafe pever, duriug thess partlug calls, betraved which oug of thesy luvely girls has (without kuowiwng 1) wrecked] wy e, “The lnes asod 1Zuts of ithe bumas countenance wre hke other sywbols, uot always wcasy to read without = key," Tbis youwg wirl litthe knowa bow my beart uches when § clasp the band of wy frieud; buthe ts 80 guod a wan 1 will by ryconcled, and they £hall never know that, to escape in the slighte<t degres this torture, [ mnet needs be onthewing. But I am not writing my blog- raphv, but am golng to tell you sowmething of Geneva, I an rather observing; so I will tell you what T have obsersed fn this deilghtful place. Chi- ¢ago people all know N0 GREAT A RE<ORT this is for landed Chicazn gentlemen and their familles, Bame of the most prominent nien of Chicago have realdences lere. They are very L-I‘:x:’unt. and remind me much of the Itailan viilas, Thera s every kind of ainusement in Geneva that a lotus-eater coulil dream of or ask for, The drivea are wonderfullv fing, the scencry yaried and pfecuresque. Several of theso acenes have suwrzested to me. fdeal eoncentions far some beautiful paintings, and make me wonder why somu of onr Chicago lsndscape painters have nuver given us some of these scenes on canvas, [ ahall hope sume day to sce them so trunsfurred, [ would teave olf smoling, cive up biltards, base-bal), pool-betting, and, in fact, abandon my entire galaxy of vices for o year, to secura the ploture of ‘one scens on s certaln drive south of Geneva, his resurt has never (1am told) liecn a8 pay as this season. flenevaand the surroundings Acem one continual eariyval, Vi, The residence ot Nheldon Sturges (whom every vishior of Geneva remnenbers) Is occupied by L. Z. Lefter. 1 had the pleawre of seelyg for the Niest tine this keen mercantiie man. His every look and gesturs betoken the thorourh financier. 1 ang near him shile he was vonvess. Iz seith some Chicago frienda on the piazsy of the Whiting Honse, [ was inuch interested in suring the views of this man, who can wraap so readlly such commervial results. One sees by the lntensity of the face thal he has heen tog closest applicant to busiuess. This tenacity, combiucd with Lis rare ablliLy, rauks thn o mer- cantite king. ‘The next residence Is the one owned and oc- cupled by N. K. Falrbank, the President of the Bosrd of rade. This house Is a marvel of architecture, aml Is most admired of any of the vllus fh Geneva. The home-life of this tamtly Is auld to be as beautlful as & poct. Ou the oppusite slde of the lake araths homes of Mesars. Dunlop nod Rumsey. The gucsta and residents of Geneva have had o great treat in secing the celebrated comcdian, Mr. Willtam Warren, whom hal( the world has scen and cheand. They can racall hours of leasure that they attrivute Lo the auting of this wanfus. Ile [a scen driving with his niece, Mrs, ticorge Dunlap. The gentleen who own these villus, £ under- stand, sare all Iriends, and glean fuoxhaustitle Blcuurm from thelr steam-yachts, sail and row oats. With these enterprising nen, Geneva will, fn & short tine, rival the larzer Eastern waterlng-places in the way of atnusement and luzury; and jt already ecllpses any of thess niore pretontions resurts in the way ol genuine eojuyinunt and cotnfort. HOTELY. Kaye's I'ark has attracted 8 mreat many vis; ftorm. 'The bouse Is lurge, hae ouly been” butl Tecently, has lurgs grouuds, und {s o very ‘en- juyable howe for the summner. Toe Burton Touse 18 kel very inuch, and fs well pateon- fzed, The Whiting louss 18 the principut hoteh and the centre of Jife and amtisement. Tise house s couducted by the propristor, 1), T Whittng, woose solicitude for his gucsta nukes him 8 popular hotel-tian, e 13 assisted ju the office by Mr. J. Crichett, who, with ** a smile that is childilke and bland,!” s alwiys courteous Sud atteutive to visitors. Tiie house is situated Dear the bauk of the lake. One can pass u de. lightful evenlng sittiug oo the veranda, watche Ing the lake covercd with row-hoats aud gon- dolus freighted with happy pleasure-seekers, One evening I enjoyed ft exceedingly, when o beautiful married 1ady of Chicago was escorted tu & row-buat by o well-known varsman of the Farragut Boat Club, and scated beneath a flag won by some gentleman at a rezatta given fn Geueva. ‘The Hag was placed usou s stafl for the first time. The couple scemed to appre- clate tus lonor bestowed on them, and wure thu colors quite gracelully. AN ENTERTAIRMENT, The Chicaze Quartetts gave m coucert at Ford's Opera-louse oo the 2. Thev were as- sisted by Mrs. Dafuty and Miss Couthoul. The singing by the Club was sxcellent. Mrs. Dalnty read with her sceustomed futetligence and - sl The recitations of Miss Couttion, tho girl reader, were to me a revelation. 1 have rarely scen such power in dramatie readers of lunz Years ol study, und, lu e mere girl like this one, 1t is wondegful. After the entertalument, Mr. Georgo Sturges tendered, with his conpliments, Lis exquisito Btoaus yuchit, the Arrow. Ahout1o'clock the burty returued, aod the hatls of the Wuiting House rane with sucrriment. Tuoss of the housc that bad gone to their roowmns werdenter- tained with some fine stuilng, Mr. Harry Thomas aud his charmin; were amonz the excursion-party,—Mr. belng the first basso of the Quartette. BXCURSIONS, As I am writing thls afternoon, I seo, from my window, Mr, Theodore J. Schnelder, Mr. J, Anderson, and party, of Chicazo, just golug up up the lake, they having charteredthe Blanche. ‘This pretty boat was luden before starting with baskets of delicacivs. “Thelr faces reflocten the ;mMrnuon of much fun, aud I think they will ave It Mr. and Mrs, Whiting, with Mr. Slmmoads, the Eenllcm:mh‘ conductor of the (ieneva fast train, ave also gone ou an excursion, Thay are cn- tertalning Mr. Patterson and doughter, Mrs. Btrect, und Miss Lawson, all of Chicagzo. OTEL GUESTS. Awmong the guests of the Whiting House are the following: Miss Sadio Knux, of 8t. Louls, a lovely blonde, whoau cultivation of ming aud dignity win for ber the admiration of all,—she {8 accomnpanied by her aunt, Mrs, Brett, aud two brothers: Mrs. “Arthur Edwards, of Elgin, o sweet, refined woman, and with her are ber hus- band, mother, and little irly Mr, R. D. Smith, of Pekin, with wify, two sons, and two dauzh- ters, one of whom is Miss Fanvic, a centle, pretty gisl, and n genersl favorite: Mr, snd Mre win Blackman,—such deliztful people thst cvery one rezretied to ses tuem leave for thelr homo in Chicago; Mrs. Walte, of Chicago, and her accomplished daughter, Mrs, James Sleepers Mrs. 1. A, Buuker, of Pekin, a brlil- lisut, entertaining ladv, and her son, Master Ruovfe, of 4 years,—one of the brizhtest bovs I bave secn. " Mre. Whiting, the lady-like wife of the proprietor, I8 seen through the house, with her two pretty girls, and * Little Dave,” who s the put of the household. Among the gentlemen registered sito my visit here huve becu Messrs. Bheldon aud John- sot, with Mr. Stiue, ‘Fhis party, I helleve, were from Stirliuzg, 1. They scemed to enfoy thei- selves very much Ina quictway, Mro A, O, Downs, of Clijcago, Cavtaln of the Farrazuts, is much liked by his mate fricads and termed o “royal good fellow." He 18 blghly esteemed by the tadies for s deferentlal gallantry, Mr, Wilberfurce, ulso of the Farraguts, s o genteel, quict younz mant. 1 heard two young Iadies say, the other evening, thut they wore sofry they saw o little of hiw at the hotel, and they sur- mised that some other portion of tieneva was wore futeresting to him. 1 110K TO SEX YOU ALL AOALN, aud that, {n the fnterim, tie wound {n iy heart will bieal that my sorrow will be softened by tlme, and this shipwreck within be covi with , + ax curt grows on battlo-tields and raves.” 1 wilt then mingle with the throng, sind bo oun amonz ‘);uu. 1 will weave tha tieneva Cross on wy right slceve,so youmay know e, gud | shall as you fur o greettog fu this way. Until then, adlou, wife bomas Lasanrine. MADISON, To the Euitor o7 The Tribuns, Mapisoy, Wis., Aug. 8.—The Cuicao Times man has been here! Fact, [ assure you, Tho Kreat man has actually visited our modeat llttle city, e was hers scveral days, but ho never **let on " that he was hers o our midet until bo was gouc, and then, from his securs retreat in the Zimes sanctum, he came down on us all *1lko tho wotl ou tho fold,” or a thousand of brick, or a ton of lead. W are crusbed, utter- 1y prostrated, and ruined, under the heavy load of the Times man's sarcasm, unless you come w .our rescuo, Kelp us, won't youl Me, the nderous Times man, has estlvguished tho mlu aud fite of Sadixon us he would snufl vut o tallow-dip. You cau selipht the turch, aud make us burn as brightly s ever, IT WAS CHUEL in the Times mau to_do this wicked thlng, To use the cxprestive languagze of the lamented Othdlo, it was barbarous {n bim (the Lues man) *to put out the lght," and glve us uo warning uutil the deed was dooe, Aud now, in the oxtremity of our angutsh, we sppeal Lo you, My, TiRUNE, to lend & helpfog bawl ju the way of Hitiog off the horrid nightmare which the dark dunlt;}v l‘lfl llhu Times wan has left upon us boor Maldizonlaus. "l'lns Ietter of this manof tho Tines bears dato of July 24, He begius his corumunication by sayiug that * It is owauus of delay that the people fu Madison it about the hotel-fronts, and tel such few strancers as struzulo o, that thers used to be s tune when the cly wis hed up by famities (rom abroad ui this season of the yeur; and wdd that S It lookssas though thiuzs was sll gune up.” Hlo thcn saye that ou of thuse people Whom he calls “u sort of bumanbzed guide-book ™ wade some such remark to hin,—the Tunes msu. Now 1 undertake Lo say thac this i3 A LILEL AND A SLANDER upon the peovle vt Madlon. 1 do uot wean o say that the Zimes man, who sigus buusent W, DB, medas Lo e wills 5 fally: but [ am {nclined to think that he pur- posely misrepresents. It may be that lie fell In with “some _dead-beat or diseharzel omnibus. ddver, from whom he mizht have cxtorted such o remark. It 13 very evident that the cor- respon-dent wito writes sich stafl about Madj. son would naturalty seak informative from ong of that rlass, The whole articie s a tissue of misrepresentations, very ianifestly conceived In personal spite towards our Inir eify, But W, D. E. finda other subjeets “for his sar- castic pen. e was hera durlnz the regatta, and he overliears tivo young hottinen trom Oah- Kosh tatk abont putting en clean sidrts. He listens to this conversation with: rant attentlon, and he gaits ¢ all down In his Lriltiant Jetter, beaause, 1 auppose, it furnishea ANOTIIHR VERY LOGIUAL REASON to prave that Marlison I8 no longer a summer resort, There may be wen to whom 2 clean ARirt 1s a subject of aetanisbment, anid it seems that W. D). E. {s une of them. am Incorrect. in this concittsian, why shoutd he give the ** elran shirt ' sugh a conanfcuous place in his eritical letter to the Thmzef W. ). E. Is also partieulariy severe on Madi- 80N, hecausc there waa not mii:h wind heredur- ing the regatta, Now, had this T'mer man only 1old us that he wanted a wind to afgnalize his visit, we would bave kicked up a breeze for lis cxpecial benefit, even If we had buen oblized to invoke the witches in * Macheth™ to fend ns & wind, Let the Timer man coine agaln, aud we will have o syuall 17 IT COSTA US FIPTY CRNTS. W. D, F. brings another charge arafnst us in conaection witli'the regatta, for e says that somehody elso sald that there were but * roven ' of us that went Lo ree the race, This Is 8 [alr speciaen of the Times man's vora- oty, T Lnow that he lles fn this respect, for [ %was theee to see,” and there were morn than seven with me. and bundreds had orrived before i, 1 don't want to be nersonal, and say that the Tunes manian liar; but I will eay that there 44 nut a single trath ln his wholo article, fle commences with iie, and cuds with a falschoud, and the Intervening space fs fitled with mendacits. Even our new fauntain tunes in for a share’ of the Timer man's criti- L Actording 10 bim, the foantatn behaved and only gave one spurt on the day it fiest heran to play. W, D. E. solemaly atitrms that the entire population of Madison had turned ot “to see the tiest atreomm,” ann thay “the butterddashers trom Elgln,™ as b con- temutuously styles them, were here to witness the exbitntion, The unruly fountain ** bl hardiy apurted through the top., waen it soughed back wgain angd qult. ~ A pipe had burst fn Mun street.” continnes the veracious correspondet. *« The inauguration was n failure, and the pevple of Eiglu sud the people of Madfson had noth- ingmore to do.than Lo stare at each other with suspicions of humbug ot one slde and etutar- ruased sileuce on the other,” TIER MIASTATEMENTS G¥ TACT in this brict extemct from the Timss man's lete ter witl tllustrate how lutle rellance can be placed oo anything he gave. In the tiest pluce, Lhere are oo pipes fuid e Maln steect. In the ce, the fountain beran to play atioat 12 % unthat day, and neser wensed o fow during the day, until the Elgin excenrsionists had departed. ” in the tinnd place, the wates that pphied 1t QUL ot comie frunm thy University at ull oo that day, but was puwped lrom the Capi- tol well. Tlere there are three positive falschoods in as nany lines; and tha pretended * stare” ot the people of Eigin and the people of Mudison mukes the fourth, [ was **there to see,” my- rell, and 1 can assert that T did not atare ot the people of Elging neither did_they * atare ' nl me, or any other man. ‘The Times man had bet- ter consult soume other *gulde-buok ' than the one from whom he obtalned the {nformation contatued tn by letter of the 34t . Whut's the matter with W. D, E.1 Why s Die wu severe on ust It wmay be that he sces same privute gricts to aniniate hin, It may S that we did nut appreemte hls importance, 1 underetand thut nobody ever offered to pay his bLotel-bllls wails he was there. [t may bu that this 1s WIIAT'S TUE MATTEG. But, then, he pever mude lix presence known to the people ot Mudison. He never wave us an opportunity to do the handsome thiug. The peopic of our beantuul vity alwavs appreclate Freulness when they can fud it But the great haw of “the Tines bld his lght under a bush It wax all 1n a putshelt;, snd 1t coutd haruly b expected that wo shoald search u *bollow nut' for a greut mau, Let the Zimes mun come azuln, and he shall sev What we can do. A friend at my clbuw surgesta thue tie Tines mat may bea tramp. Yerhaps; and, If it be 60, thut accounty for &t all, fur Mudisou, Ix not partial towards that clasa, 1n all sertousness, lowever, allow e to say that the letter tu questivy i A MOST PLAGHANT LINEL upon Madlsou and its peoole. It ia {ntended to convey the impression that ogr city ks an un- 8t place Tor suaimer visitors, sl that our peo. ple are axet of lznoramuses, The only pussible 1oundution for the last-named Insinustion, con- slsts In Lha fact that several covles of the Times ure daily sold in our midst. But iz will not take many more such sricles aa theletterof W. D, 1o make a changa tn this reapret, In couclusion, 1 will only ndd, that, {u snite of Iving and aetractiou,” Mudlson will fiually trigmph. Nelther the envious tongue of the walfclous slanderer, nor the sordid pen of the hired libeler can diminish the beauty 1hat gluws forever all around us. 4 W still live, NOTWITUSTANDING THE MALICIOUS KPPOKT of thu Zimes pewspuper. Our uurivaled Jukes are still here, reposing in the glory of undimiu. ishedd splendor, We breathie tha same health- restoring air, drink of the same pure water, and louk wut upon the e unmatched scenery. Vinitors in acarch of comfort, of health, and of ease, cuts had thetn atl here. Visftors of taste aud culture can find abuudant sourees of rutined pratitication, Al of this class will have no rea- sou to regree their choice, But this 1s v pluce foe Hterury desdsbeuts, or fur the scuvenizers of the metrovulitan press, who colse with the ex- pectation of reeelving thy bonor and the fanie which are only due to real talent sud to genuiue merit. Yours, Mavisoy. = BONCOBEL. Spectat Corresporutenca of The Tribune. Bosconey, Wis., Aug. 6.—After lo! theso many doys, I again chronfcloa few noles from tlus, one of the most beautiful little cities 1w the Btate. We hero have society eveuts, ns well as the metropolitan citles, For some months the air bas been full of rumors of wed- dings to take place, ond today there were two, which bave iuaugurated YTII WEDLDING MANIAY four more will take place svon, 1he event of to-day waa the weddinz of Willlam Snow, of Richland City, to Migs Lalah Chandler, of this city, ‘The groom Is ore of the most popular younz business-men in this part of the State, while the bride is oue of the wmost beautifu! lalies in society, and a great favorite with all ctasses. The wedding took place at the resl- denee of the bride’s mother, The rootus had been decorated eleguntly for the owu- slon. The service was performed by the Congregutional ainister, at 60 p, m,; E alter which came the b fensts und 8 9:20 Pe . thy l\nun{ couple left on the triln for & trip to St. Paul unll other pojnts. Wheo they arrived at the depot tu uke the treln, they wers received by thele numeroas telends, num- bering bundreds of fadics snd centlemen, who sturted the young pouple on tuelr jouruey wedded My with warm and hearty eongratula- tlons for thelr future. The wedding of Miss Luluh tukes one of tl dingz lleits out of Boscobel soctoty; but socfety has lost has been & @ala by our young frlond Suow, for e has becutine the huppy pussessur of a kind and loviug companion for life, Quitu & vumber of friends from Mitwaukee aud Other places were hero. This lu the rendezvous for THOUT PISUENS, a4 the ereeks in this scction abound in theso speckled beauties. Every dav can be seen the tishermea retwning with's o string of fsh. Atter the 25th of this month the Game law ¢x. pires, when the fun will begin tor the spores- n}uu,u woodcock, ducks, sud plessants ure pleuty. vam, ‘The Boscobel Aurlealtural and Drlving.Park Assoctation will hold jta foir this season tho 41, %, and 4tk of Octaber: at which time some of the noted horses of the West will bo on haw 1o combele for the lanto purses for trottlog and running, ) Assoclution |s ons of the weslthiest futhe State. Ite grounds sna track are koot fu perfect order, and s falrs are ut- tended by thousands of peoplo every year, The Assocfation has succeenca fn scedring Gen, Judsou Kilpatrick tu deliver the agricultural uddress, Which will be oue of the sttractive featurcs this year. ‘Tho city {8 Inll of visitors from the East, who vomie out hiers wnong the bills 1o enloy the graud scencey winl recuperato their health, THE GRAIN CKOP in this scction has been badly injured, prolably to thy extent of ous-third. “Lhe corn fuoks splendld, aud, it 18 uot fujured, will be the largest crop wo bave bad for years, ‘Fho whesl barvest is aver, uud the farmers are cottiog thelr oate. The hay-crup bus been daauged, and will nut by half a vield, winter-wheat la threstiug ot frum twenty to thirty-ive bushiels t the acre, POLITICH ure bevluning to be azitated, ‘Tho (Grecuhack- cra have usminated Owen King, of fowa Coun- ty, for Congereas from this district,—s youny mian of Democratic autecedents, uwd very o lar with the wassed. Whetner the Deniwrats will place anvtber caudldate fu the tlold, or unite on King, has not been decided, The Re- publicans hold thefr Convention for this district at Muscods, Nept. 8, gt which time there wiil probably be a lively fight to nowinate some other man than Mr, Hazelton, the present mem- ber from this district. “Gra's Biek."” WESTERN PATENTS. Listol Patents Granted Western Inventors by the Gnited States Patent Omée. Fpectal DispateN ta The Tridune. ‘\:Amrxnmu, D, C., Aug. 1L—A. H. Evans & Co,, Patent Sollcitors, report the following patents ssucd to Westem {nventors: G, A larver. Chicagn, oo L A Y. Chicayn, corn. W, 8 Toothill, nmrflo.c:r:lnhx‘-{'“u"' ¥, . Leybold, Chicago, batee-sto Keeser & Lang, Joliel, hatnes x D, 0. iiarsman, Shannon, grain-separat W. I, Lynn, Freeport, car.atarterr, Lynn & Snyder, Freeport, car-starters, T, Schaunverg. Crager, hacrawe, Spias, Falrven, eaves.trongh hangare. Stetson, Henry, pumps. E. F. Wiicox, Hoopeston, sewing-machine, W I, Tiramble, Decatar, paulocks. ©, I, ffonseman, Decatar, tagn for ‘markiog eae. tiuges, « Ranrom, Beiloville, switch head chairs. ar, elo. [\ 1. B. Seutt. Joricl, making barbed fence-to Taylor & Hweatlas e AR nd, Chlcago, sowing-macbine Horace Beach, Pratcia dn Chg b, on 'rairie du Chie: o4 3 . k. Saller, 'Milwaukes, xash-hotdems. T. Siriddic, Menasha, plowr, Parke & Allen, Fort Atkinson, hot-ale radiators, MICHIGAN, " Howanl & Atkinson, Nots - 2 William iTumplirey, b g . A Allen, "Wt liay Ciry, naraesa-chock M{A. E. Barthell, Dotrolt, bottle-stopper fasten- 4. 4, Leland, Quincy, hoators. o, K. Leonsed, Bay Cily, Jift-pumpa, Jonn Yeterman, Moadon, window-cornices, HINNKSOTA, T. 0. Kilbarn, Washington, bolting-reels, % Buaning. Bloomiag Praicie, shear dropper. t, i 0, Minnespolls, potato-separat~ “:(cl!:hnd & LoDrash, Minoeapolls, caniking. 1owa, W. N. Phipps, Glenwoo, grato-talller, It @, Baldwin, Osksloons, washing-machine, | Ulark & Lotheop, Dubaqas, {ron fences. Julin Prusser, Ottumwa, their ares. ws, extracting motals from NA, etle, Tndl "'nl“l ds egtle, Indlanapolis, lanndry-staves. Tosituer, Fob, wadon.Drake Josare, Brown, Indiauapolis, Instruments to ring It 1L Guyer, Lafayetee, vehicle.s, . T. Mikesl, Plamgnld, combined 1a 1':?,"':‘«:. It K. Curtis, Wabash, grocers’ bins, 0. Lyduore, Aurora, processes for gralotog. % NEOHASKA. J. T, Mazxson, Ulysses, hoy-cholera compound, e— bt What ’flu\ Suex Canal Has Done. mascus has been ruined by the openfog of the Suez Canal. Tho nrcrll{ml ln?fv.- lrlm(.u Orleutal ana Eucopean, by caravan with Dug- dadand the Peralan Gulf fias been diverted w the water-way, ‘The competition of Lndis and Chinu tu stk and scaamo secd through the canal has sensibly allected the. valuo of Abess. prod- uets; the late discovery alazarine has rendered valueless the cultivation of madder fur export; and the ulversion of Jargu numbers of Moslem !nllgrlmn from all parts of the East, who ‘had hithierto mude Dawascus thelr point-of arrival and departure, with much profit to the city, to the scw route by the caual, has contributed fn no small degree to its downward progross. Houso rcot hus decllned 80 and 60 per cent, and large numbers of empty shops and houscs in every port of the city fudicate the general de- cline. The streets are filled with beggars, both Moslem aud Christian, and that, too, in & city where elghtren montns lfio a begrar was a rar- ite. The more eluvated districts of Ly witich formerly contributed. the princhnl o tion of the wendicants durlur wiater months ::;re this y:lrxn'nntld'm:lll»la the nql!_uber‘ to swell he amount of local indigence. The far-famed Evu of the East is now dull and lostrelass. —— A lloston Janus. A Boston ne ny)ur which wants to please e\'tr{lm«l 8aya: * Uennis Kearney is a good- looking felluw, though somewhat repulsive fu appearance.’ . i For the 1p thero 18 no brightacss, For the teeth there Is nu waitcnes Where ozodont has got no place; But those who use it, know fal well, How bricht and beaatiful the speil It tnrowns o'er may or woman's face, ———— 12 your food dist; ) E fosd's damatia Glager ™ To% take & Little dn CUTLACURA. uticura THE GREAT SKIN CURE, Inyallibly Cures Salt Roenm or Bczema, Ringworm, Tettr, Scald Head, Dandrod, Dry and Falling Hair, Pimples, Blotches, and Scrot Rlons Dleers and Sores. Maurs, WEEKS & POTTER. Wholomle Drupwists, of livston, 3ass., respectfully inform the publ 4 thusa aMicted with spparently incurable affectiune of Sheht SeAra B sty A o3 Mgty by eight ¥ study and ex, Givtliiatian. fromw Vegetabla. brod fore used 1n medicine, & purely 8kin Bpecifo o s causisiauce of Jelly, which they beliors Lo ba sa Intalible cure for every Kiod of Bkis Dissuis. from 3 eomiuun Pimble Lo the warst case of Bali Ithvain, Beal Head, or Daudruft, CUTICURA taearnestiy helleved 10 be the oaly post- ve Bpecific Remiedy for tho eure of Naic Kheom or Fiaewa, Iiogworm. Tetier, Pushes Chin Whell Yaorlaals, ltch, Urodnd Yech, Barvers' lich, Ited aa Materated Finiples and Diatches Disck Heads, Qrubs or Wornin, Uniiatural Iedness of tha Nose and Fuce, Hough ami Cracked Skins, and alt Veslcalar, Acaly. lar Erptious and lrritations of the 8kin, Heald Daudru, Dry. Thiv, aad_ Falling Jlar, Proms- fialdness, sll bealy Eruptiona, ltehiags and Lr- rltatious of the Acaip: Cuts. Wounda " Hrutses, Scaida, urua, 11ind ud Jicbing Iles Pain snd fotammatioay Leumiatiens and Affections uf the Muscics and Jolotat Bore 1bryat. Diphtheria, Croul, And. Hoarsencss 83, 22 Valorinary Kpecite. ‘herufuls, berofuloos Ulcers, and Glaodular sre diseases of the Blosd sad Boacs, and mi €nnfounded With skin distsses broper 34 above The, rfl’lll!l both external and fmt cURCHR Intepnaliy linve eflo CHICTRA T8 soid by i natied free on reccipt Of prico—so ci aad win Ccents for suall box- Gl ad Wnerefore IDUCH ihe coeaper Tor i Cura Itesolvent (can b sent by express ouly), $1 per bottie: 8 butties for 83, Vrepared by WELKS & BoTTEE POTTE! aluiy, 300 Washlowion st Botiou, Ask for Curi-co-ua, the greatBkin Care, Wholesale Agenta-Fullor & Pulier, Van Schasck, Stavenson & ‘Cu.. Lord, Stouteuburgh & Co.. i A% Huribut & Co., ‘Filuiau & Kiog, Morrisca, Flommer & 'SANFQRD’S Jamaica Ginger The Quintessence of Jamaica (Ginger, Clioice Aromaties, and Fronch Brandy, A preparstion so slegantly Gavored and madicinally effeciive a3 (o utterly surpsas all previous preparaiions, Ewences or Exiracts of Gluger, Compusition, Herd Tess. Paln Hellovars, s0d the hundred snd ons dlaguate fog sod msuscatiog Postots With which we have been wuot 10 doss ourseives, 184 lDstaataasous slecs ln Cnolers, Civlers Morbus, Cramps aad Palns Chroals Liarrhus, Dyseotary and Cholers Intastum, Disrrbars u Teethiug sad all Sumar Complalate, Dyepopels, Flatuivncy, Sluggfah Digestion, Want of Tone and A Urlty in the Stowach &od Bowels, Oppression aft Esting, Rislag of Fuod sad slinilar Alluients, Chilla snd Farers, Culds nad Clbils, Feverish Sympioma, Melarial Fovers, Falusln the Boucs sad Jolats, Sywploms of Ileumnation, Neurslzia sud Gout, Cold Kxtremitias, Buapsuded Clrculstion 854 Dopresssd condition of the Vital Forces, seuder 1t tbe Standard Houschold Madie ciao tbrougbout the lenzth and bieadth of the laud. Quses, ou laad, for the traveler, for the youns. the aod. under all clrcamstaaces sud couditlons, both as amedicioe aad a2 & geutle stimulsnt or boverage, ¢ 1 the wost grateful and offactive preparailua e1er cuim- pounded (o the history of medicluc. Ueware of dituted and warchlcas tmitatloss recom- meuded by daalers for purvoscs Ut guin. AsK for sud luslat upun baving BANFORD'S JAMAICA UINUEK. £0ld by all Wholesale a5d Retall Druggleta, Grocera, And Dealers tu Medlolus Lurvdgusut the Uslicd siaies a4 Caasdae »fi' Tuoleisle Drug Al tres ruily #ad CUTICUNA RESOLVERE £y ures. 1 s L AEs, FOULAIDINY bwo Rad busrualt Cines Che | af stall, 3 S