Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 18, 1878, Page 11

CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. AUGUST 18, I878—SIXTEEN PAGES 1 5 - = IHE MERRY CITY. A Fresh Budget of Gossip from Ever-Delightful Paris, qpe Deching Ketropolis Viewed from 8 5100,000 Ballcen and Other Varctage Points. Choeolate Menier and His Magnificent . House---*‘American Ciiefs? from Northern Africa. gy (it-Chat Sbent Chicazo People way fa Beme—¥¥hat Clara Lonise Kellog: Is Doivg. A1 Sorts of Items Coacerning Every- tody and Everything at the French Capital. From 0z2r Oun Correpondent. fams. Acg. 2—These prefatory lines are siten alier the rest of the letter §s finished. rey are 1o saF that the subjoined gossip has ansce: sirung itsell our longer than oarhr to be permitted in any nobiy-planeed and sealysuided correspondence. Butif the length s rre the whole thing as you prob- e—don’t read at all. THE FATHED OP BALLOONS. Were you ever part of a huge kite, with smebody fivinz you from solid sround, 2,000 £20 below? Two thousand feet is pretts considerable of a gaace, even whea taken horizontally,—in ke city buiiding lots, for instance. But sken endwars, up and down, it is terrific. Pive one.atop of the other, the Cheops Pyra- gid, St Peter’s st Rome, the Capitol at Wash- inzton, sud Cleobatra’s Neadle, and the beicht would et be a fonz wavsshort of that daily pached by the monster Pasis balloon. Stack wpon those structares St. Paul’s in Lofidon, the Colame Vendome, Palmer House, Blatchfond's ghot-tower. and Long Jokn Wentworth, and the Jatter wSuld still be urable to clamber into the = Quher balicoss, untethered, bave shot to prester hewwiits. But 1o balloon ever made was half solarere as this, aud none held captive by 2 sinele rope ever mounted so far. Correspond- ents who think the more arithmetic they get intoaletter the more enteriaining it is, may " lave alresdy iven you a few bushels of fizures to £00W hoW immense is this balloon. Perbaps, afer saying that its diameter is 120 feet one wav. and 146 the other; that 1t cost somethine over $100.000: that its netting is as Jarve ss bed-cord, and its other ropes as thick 23 shivs’ cobles: that over 1,000 block pulleys, freat and small, are nsed in and abont it; that 1 is made of seven thicknesses of compactly wovencloth and one of rubber. and that fifty peoplecan ride cosily fo its car. and vou wiil beem to know that it is truly & bie thing. Andsoit 0 roc’s ez of Arabian Night’s fmes was bigger. Jts interior cubic feet al- noss equal those of Farwell Hall. Thiok of the lsticr, metamorphosed into a baz of gas foating heavenward, and you will have an fdea «f what this balloon But who could imagine Farweil Hall fuM of gas! Thinkof this bal- Joom, rather, as_being much larmer than the domeof any buildingin Paris; greater than tost of the Pantheon. Itis an cnormous bub- Ue. clear and sbining. that the mouth of Gar~ us mizht have blown. It is heid prisoner bv a rope over three inches suick, and that’s a stronger tie bindinz us to sarth than manva poor morral sufferer has. The rope is let out and drawn in by a powerful peam-encine. The place of ascensiou is the Tuileries Court, and the owners of tbe balloon psv £23.000 reptal for those grounds. Thou- modzol people zathered here crick their pecksas toe hereulean elobe sails away, snd hundreas of ihousands in otber parts of “the ciry gaze eky- ¥srd and gabble their wonderment &t the same sime. Tousten iato the car knowing that the crowd earde vou 35 a Iuzatic; a balloonatic asit were. but wheu the mob snd _the city settle swiftly wray, and yourealize how secure isthe vast machine of which you are now a part, and note tow merry and unconcerned are your forty or more aerisl - fellow-travelers, you forget your quaims ard forgive your whilon deriders, Farie is now two score hmudred feet below. Peer fearlessly over the edee of the car, and 1oz chall eee the bezatiful city looking like zotking €0 moch az acharmingly-painted Sevres scer. You are so bich away thar details are 2imost Jost. but the encemble of light and color # magnificent. Ouly the larzest features of the e can be well distinguished. Avenues bave £k to chalk-lines, and horses with carriages e feebls-animated semico.ons. z down_there like the top of alagies’ gold thimble. Tke olass tells you s the great variezated gilt dome of theln- Rlides, Napolcon's tomb beneath. We are but 200 teet away from carth. and yet thas mighty bav's miehty wausoleum is a'most out of sizht I Perhaps they have never seen it from Hexven at all. The dome of the Pantheon is a conper cent, ‘tte Exposition Building the mottled back of a tommon playing-card. Yonder, wrizeling out of the city, i3 a string of child's beads: but the 1memost bead is smoking slivhtly: the whole TSt be s train of cars. You notice that broad towers, and domes can gradually be Picked out, buu that spires and Tictory col- Tmns sre wholly lost. It is ke the fat men, who will be seen and respected under all circumstances. The Seine below thereisa g oo bit of crooked wire laid across aty and country. But the Seine, when JOu are near jt, at best 35 not much of a Tiver. 1t 1s merely 2 umber of handsome bridges,with -8 ittle water ronnin noder. . Last Sunday a craze Enclishman tried to Jump from where we now are dowa upon the Tools beneath. Bur e was beld tizht, and, ‘when the balloon lauded, was sent to jail. Tou notice now that thines underneath are “rowne lareer and more distinet, and discover that Paris is beine bauled up to you again. Soon ‘everthing is 25 it was wont to be. and present- J5 you are out of the balloos, one tiny fragment. inthe solid world of Jife again, and gtad enough 183t von were no nearer the Qearly gates. Itisasort of Frenchy fact that all of us who Dave thus far ascended in this grandest of hal- Toous bave not been vharged a ceat. because the anthorities have only just linished their inspec- tion of tke concern. “Lantil they were satisfied of its perfect safety they would not sllow the 9%uers to collect money for takine anybody up. ey were willing we shonla be killed for noth- ing, but would not permit ms to pay for the wilege. Now that everything 1s conceded to cumbletely secare, the cost of getting 2,000 feet neerer slory will be $4 3 vietim. T SO LOFTT, BUT BETTER. For those who wish to view Paris 15 the bird does, without paving such substantial tribute, there arc the old wx Any of them afford a more picturesque scene, for you are not so far awar from ground but that evers object is de- Light(ully visible. There is not the novelty of being held to earrh by a sincle rope. and tnere is a prodizious desl of step-mountiny necessary. Butif you love fresh air and infinitely variea S };mf ¥ do more for you in this line v City in the warid; i yo il)e ing to dimb for it a= 1 have doas, 1oe et will ‘0 NUNDRED AND SIXTY STEPS fand you at the top of the main _m.?f;’fimnhe, You icel seccre enough here, or vou are on @ s0id stone platiorm 136 feet one way and sev- i!ul;'-two feet ihe other. 1t is as though a e inc bad been lifted 160 feet into the Looking down you see tkat you are the centre 2 spicer's web of avenues; twelve broad lived thoroughfares sho Dg awav from hike 50 many epol Boston men i;.::f up heres great deal, it so resembies a L raining. Note the penple in the streets fi their umbrelias.—crawling toad-=tcols, rone of them. Those lines of trees are tasely, from this heizht, like bricht Englisn eiges. Pick oat the iargest structures in the g ae the Expositicn builéings rafiway stations. Napoleon, who mesni Palaces and trivmphal arches should be iue thiut Ot worldly ediices, died before the n:;'nfi were known, And et he thougnt ke - Sompassed all mortal greatness, and thst et him wuld come the deluce! the garua¥ reumain vere for hours drinking o ¢ Cetalls of cne of the loveliest of urban snd “mm:un Vicws; then down into the darkoess ¢ interior again wiil seem like siokiog from into death. But you soon are on the brosder better worla berond with a chance Lo rom. 'out falling off; perbaps just as we shall nd things r;!u-r the resi death. . THE TOWER OF ST. JACQUES L rizht in the Beart of Paris. Itisall that the zl_'x.gnl Commusists—tie mild-mannered chaps fa-ltiiol onc of the finest of the city’s @ Your zood lezs, something over £1epg, and half 3 franc. take you to the Ammit. It is a spiral stairway, and you are 5o well wound up by the time you have reached :he_ top that you wonder if y);n can ever un- “:’xst. Of course, being wouud up, you can nrignbom. and run down if vou choose. But b better 1o remain awhile and stady the inest. assortment of tiled roofs and twisted chimneys in existeace. It is cussomary 10 rave over this view, bur its real value is that it is the best obzainable of the city alone. You can look down into skvlights and scan the Seine at your g):xk(-;? But Lo me neithier is extraordinarily . Th‘e four upoer corners of the queer otd tower teel! are vastly more enjoyable. At each point Trespectively is a great winged bull. a winged girl, 2 winzed lion, and a wing-d monk. Those ind old carvers centuries avo noted how im- perfectiy the Lord worked, and ther put wings o0 nearly everything aud shoved the imazes hieh into His face, so He could observe and Pprofit by their improvements. § BEST OF ALL VIEWS of Paris overhead is thal obtainable from the lantern in the dome of the Pantheon. The structure is the highest, of itself, fn the city, and besides it stunds on the most elesated groaud. [t makes s deal of diflerence where a lofty building hapoens to be erected. If the £2reat mid were down in the Comstock mine the landscape to be seen from its apex woald not be very imposing. The ascent of the Pantheon is easy, becanse the stafrway is varied and there are interesting halting-places all the way un. Its 43U steps are ot 50 draggios on the muscles s the lesser number in"Tower St. Jacques. Women climb clear to the lantern without much grumb! There is eversthing in out-of-door Paris to be seen from here. The Luxembourg Paiace and garden looks like Swiss toy-work. Over to the uvorth are avenues so far away that you cannot say for certain if there be teople OF carriages upon them, thouzh you koow they are teaming with life. You are fo hizh that you can look rizht down on the tops of the Notre Dame tow- ers, and on every tower. dome, ana spire in Paris. There are convent gardensand great walled prison-rards info which you can leisure- Iy gaze: ead enouzh immurements for the in- mates of eitber, but what a gult between them! Miles away the city or girdle of forts is seen. What a olace this must have been to witness the bombardments and sorties tn the red days of 771! Below and around are lovel bright, green patehes of pature, relie dull gray and red of the omnipresent buildings. The scene is 2 never-wearsing oue, and the obiy things the growler can find to practice at are the ‘window-panes of the lantern scratched by the diamond rings of putty-headed visitors. Any- body has a right to scribble himself down an as, but it is maddening to bave it done waere it helps blur so superb a scene as this. THERE ARE OTHER EXCELLENT PLACES for looking aown ou Paris, and the lover of this sort of recreation can have no end of clamber- ing. I have gone up and down over 3,000 steps this way. There are specialties to_escn view, the scenes from tue top of Notre Dame, Col- umn Vendome, the Trocadero Towers, and the Column of July being the best. ‘The latter shaft, as all know, marks the site of the Bastile,and under it sieep certain revotu- tionary victums who happened to be killed one July. "I baven't my nose in a guiae-book and cannot say who they were. or what particular July saw _their earthiy coose cooked. But the scene is better than history, and. vastly more peaceful; though one evening from the top of the Column I saw the sun 2o down in a bath of biood as fiery as ever flowed around this fatal square. “WHO 1S THIS MENIER. A jarge and distinzuished assemblage was eath- ered one evening last weck at the princely home of M. Menier. America had several masculine representatives in tte throng, but only three of our fair.countrywomen chanced to be present, wisitors from the aties of Bostoa, New York, aud Chicago. The Boston lady was very hand: some, younw, and in superb attire. fu the course of a conversation sue looked around the maanificent salon, and then saiddrawlnaly to me: “By the way, who is this Menier; a par- venu, 8 mushroom, [ beheve!” Oh Boston breeding and Boston informstion! T could uot tell her there as foreibly as she ought to have been told, but she and otners may still be glad to learn who this Menier is. Even all Parfsians do not happen to know hat, so far from beinga “mushroom,” M. Menizr is toe grandson of 3 Count. But the grand- father and father were poor sort of sticks in eversthing save vanity and blood. The present Menfer, bowever, was of different stull. He ‘was 3 natural Republican and a naturally sue- cessfulman. He wished money snd was not sshamed to earn it. He went into trade, mar- ried bumbly and bappily, and bss made money ll;oneix_lr faster than any man that ever lived in aris. Menier’s chocolatefis known in _every quarter of the zlobe. He has erected and furnished in the Parc Monceau the handsomest and most artistic private home in Fraoce, if notin the world. Millions of dollars have gone into it, and whole tables of Sevres; paintings oy Gerome, Schoeider, Fortuny, aud Zamacois; Gobelin tapestries and o:ber priceless art dainties are among its adornments. He is a Republican member of the Corps Legisiatif, not by dint of cash but of prains. He is soucht for by the prudeatial counsellors of the nation when crave questions are at issue, and has on the other hand wit and nerve eacugh to crush in open de- bate such a courageous buily as Paul de Cas- sagmac. In the starvine days of the German siege M. Menier gave generous datlv rations of chocolate to all the poor in his district, and the recipients were told they were welcome to cat or sellit, as they pleased, 20d come to-morrow for more. He Is 4 facile writer, quick debater, and un- compromising free-trader. A lover of and favorite with all Americans, he nevertheless rates them scundly on the protection absurdicy at every opportunity, and shows them that theirs will not be @ land of liberty until its commerce is as free as its pri The hest men and women of Europe, titled acd untitled, know and admrre him, and are 2lad to throug to his interesting soirees. It i3 ome flabby-brained darling from America s solicrzous lest his antecedents may not be good enouzn for her. Iis grandfather was a uobleman; Der’s may have bten a Boston bean- baker. HOME PERSONALS. Mrs. .M. Nickerson and son leave Paris this week for 3 jaunt through Switzerland, Italy, and Germany. 3 - Mrs. Coaries H. Deere, of Moline, {5 in ma- terially improved beaith. The Earopean trip bas been of vast advantaze to ber. acd the news of her recovered strength witl be a_delight to many friends in Chicazn and elsewhere, Mr. Edwin Cowics. editor of the Cleveland ZLeador, and brother of Mr. Alfred Cuwles, of Chicago. fs here with wife aad daughter. Mr. Cowles has ap abuding faith in the English lan- guage. He will o up to a Frenchman and talk English to him so persistently and coufidingly that the native really grovs ashamed becausy he cannot undersiand a word taat is being . Mr. Frank R. Chandler has started for home, and may be in Chicazo, if be does not stop to play by the way, in time to read this announce- ent. 4 fira Bradwell has reactied Paris. Since M Bradwell intercsted hersell fn havinz the Iili- nois laws so amended that 3 husbaud could _ob-~ tain a third of his dear wife's estate, the Cadr Stanton and other dames of the rostrum bave been chilly toward her. Superior rigbts, not equal rights, is what they are toiling for. e artist, Healey, has a few ~well-known Chicagoans visiting with him. smons whom are 3irs. MeCagg, aud Miss King, daugnter of W. King, Eza. By o e favorites of the International Women's Convection, now {nsession bere, is Miss Genervicve Jones, daughter of Feruando Jones. A paperread by her the other evening secured more attention dud ecomium than the essays of even such veterans ia the cause 2s Julia Ward Howe. The Paris pabers pralse her manner and her French cordially. F.garo speaks of bier as 3 young lady, quite prety, and giited with an agreeable voice,”” and notices that her effort s greeted with well-deserved applause.”” The address was prepared by ber mother, Mrs. Jape Graham Joes, but the youn lads turned it into exceltent Freach, read it, and earned the m‘;;. Ed Carrey, French Vice-Consul at Chicago, returns home in 3 week or so. It seems in- credible that a culiured Frenchmao should ever quit Paris, but Mr. Carrey s3ys Chicago is good eaough for him. THE MOST DELIGHTED OLD MAN in Paris is President Barnard, of Columbia Col leze, New York. If forty of nis_studen should become the rulers of forty Kinzdoms he would not take the pride in them be does fo those boys of his who waxed the English oars- men <o soundly at Henley. He bad the crew at he Calted States beadquarters in the Exposi- tion Building last Friday, and gave them a jolly reception prior to_their departare for home. He brouht together some of the mo:-t promi- nent Americass, Englishmen, and Freuchmen 10 Paris, and paraded his tobust youns victors as proudly as toouzh they had been renmh:c. children of bis loins. Europeans are gradually learniog thatall Americans are 1ot GFspeptics, 2nd that there_are many of them who wWeizh individually 3 little more than 100 pounds. 4 few additional relays of muscular missionaries jike these rallant Columbis youngsters will +elp alung the good cause. A LISK TO THE PAST. At this Colambis reception we were intro- duced to the Marquis de Lafavette. What a upgle there is in that name vet! This hand- some oid man is grandson of Washington's cor- frere; the Lieal descendant, only two genera- tions alone. of the noble young Frenchman who would rather be a Colonial American rebel than 2 Paristan dawdler. It is a family of stanch Republicans still. and, though s 3Marquis of France. this ruddy-faced, silver-haired man is 1o more & believer in Kings than was his brave and brilliant grandfather. SOME **AMERICAN CHIEES.” ‘The field trial of mowing and harvesting ma- chines took place, after all. I showed ina pre- vious letter how determined the English exhib- itors were to prevent it. They heaoed obstrac- tions in the way of the proposed test continual- Iy, but Yaokee stubborubess was equal to theirs, and the machives were finally all ordered into the grain last week at a country town some twenty miles out of the city. It was a walk-over for the Americans, they sweeping in atl the prizes. McCormick 15 said to have been chief winoer, with Wood, the Champlon, and others close at bis beels. Amoog those who went out to witness the tests were several Alecrian and Bedouin sheiks, and one Arabian Prince. The country people, who were present in swarms, were stout dew: otees of the Awerican cavse, and their zeal was heiehtened by the presence of these Arabians, whom they took to be Ametican dig- nitaries o full national costume. They sa- luted the grave sops of the desert profoundly, and when they departed gave, as well as they could, a succession of cheers for the great American ¢ This seems absurdly impossi- ble, but it is what Ben Wade used to cll “a true fact.” Those Freuch peasants believe to- day that the success of the Yankee machives was largely due to the enthusiasm of the drivers working under the inspiration of the personal presence of American chiefs in full untform. OPERATIC CHIRPS. ‘ An American lady returning to her Paris residence the other day after & shoppivg tour found the usual cards of those who had called while she was out. Tee concierze told ber that one visitor, a lady, bad forzotten her card-case, but had left her name. This toe concierge bad carefully writtendown as - Madame Quelozue.™ Tae troubled lady ran over in her mina all her French lady friends, but it was not_until some after that she learned the visit was from Mits Kelloge,—our sweet-voiced Clara_Louise. When this was afterwards told Miss Kelloze, she mage a dive into a portfoliv and produced a Jetter she bad recenily received trom an Italian manager addressed to “Simora Cheloc.” Those are a tew of the liberties foreigners take with the zood names of Aunericaas. The Strakosch-Kellogz company wiil give ited States at least two operas uew to the U vext season. Une of these Virginia,” and the other is latzer work 15 a dashing comyosition as full of catehing airs as ** Martha.” It has been a brill- 1ant favorite in Paris and Loundou, and ocught to have been transplanted to our country before k is to sinz the, the New York Academy of Music under Mapleson's manazsment. ¢ any will intlude the matel an Austrian ba toge, Pantolini, 1 think, is his name; two ex- cellent tecors, one from London. the other from Mexico: Mille. Marco, a superior soprano, and daugnter of the late Mark Smith; sod an uncommun array of chorus 2nd subordinate art- , orchestral’ dddlers, ete. The chief co: tumer of the Paris Grand Opera-Houze is mal ing new and gorgeous warirobes for the suars and chorus of this truupe, and Strakosch, who cannot tell a lie, says he will give Yankee land the finest performances 1t has ever known. As regands Adelina Pauti visitiog Awmerica for another year, you nay set it down 8s certain that sbe will not do it. Kellogr is likely to sing a big engrarement in London longz before Puti is heard iu the United States. ORDERING A SUIT OF CLOTHES in Paris isa job fraught with amunation. I went to a well-recommended tailoring esiablish- ment and tound the proprietor and 3 good louxing clerk o duty. The goods ia the win- dow were marked at reasonable prices, but everything shown me focide was exorbitant.” When I complained of this the proprietor ured me that toe stuff in the window was of inferior quality and that he would not insult so disungue a gentleman as myself by showing any of it 10 me. We dickered twenty minutes on the cioth question. during which time an assistant was howled up from the basement because he couid ¢speek Inziis.”” The presumption ol the three was tha: I only desired a coat. but when it was known that I misht possibiy order 2 vest.a fourth couspirator came tumbiing up from the shop below. The final apuouncement that L also contemplated trousers Lrought the pro- prietor’s tat wife and a tesrful poodle from a back-room, and there Were mow four men, a woman, aud a doe assisting at the laying of the corper-stoae of that st of clothes. A slovenly cutter did the measuring, * The “interpreter " held my coat. The 200d-100 clerk tallied the fieures. _ The proorieter skir- mished sround the outside holding up uew belts of cloth and trying to coax me into taking sume Ligher-priced stuff ai the last minute. The fat wite kept up a side lire of commendations. loud enouzh of course for me to hear, concerning my styiish and inteiligent appearance; and the dvg tried to rub a flea off on to my¥ boots, Presentiy the provrietor and zood-looking cierk brushed into 3 di: jon as 1o whetber a certain picee of cloth shown was brown or “cmx ' color. All hands soon joived in the tilt, the measuring was stopped, and a tailors’ debating ciub started. Old scores were over- hauled; the wood-luoking clerk waxed mad. and the proprietor madder. ~ The former said that the larier was a symmetrical **imbeile,” and the boss replied Dy telling the emoloye be was not worth the salt on bis garlic. "Che tmen scream- ed, the womau, yelled, the poodle yeiged. THE. GUOD-LOORING CLE! finally made u dash into his bat and coat, and declaring he would work no_longer for & creature s0 coior-blind and devoid of culture, made a breag for tne door. He hoped to be called bac tut he wasn’t. the proprictor’s fat wile pushing him into the strect and shaking her hands wildly in the sir as che bade him go and never return. ‘The remaiuder of the crowd, troubled as the scais troubled after a tempest, gradually re- membered that a trade was on the docket, snd I was eventaaliy checked off into metres. re- corded, and Sent away with their combined bepedictions. Four days after, I teturned for the clotbes. White-winged peace brooded over the scene and evervthing was lovely. The proprietor was out, the good-lookivg clerk wasat bis post behind anter, and the proprietor’s fat wife was feeding Lim wish cberries. NO STAPF OF LIFE IN PARI3. I thini it s not generally known that whisky unobtainabi¢ article tn Paris. it dues not fizure on the hote! liguor lists, and is not for sale by the drink anywhere. A friend, v cliances to be a’per- hunted three fours all over Paris for some the otber night. He tricd French drugeists in Latin, English, and their own vernacular, but could not cven make them un- derstand what whisky meant. He finally found some good but fearfuliy Ky at an obscure £: i quart bottle. foct spoc e hurned home with it in time ng suiferer.and he now re- as the most benighted city fn Ciristendom. The town reallv does need evangalizing on the sour-mash question. It presents a fine field of Iabor for missionarics from Bourbon County, Kentucky. GIDEON. e —— HE EARLIER DAWN. Q well T know how creen the waods mnst be, How white with daisies atl the spreadinz plain, And now the clover-dlossoms, red and whte, AAre nodding to eaca otaer in the lane. 1 know at break of day the Eastern sky The coma'nz of the dawa doth <iznal forth Ip rusy ~piendurs, that are flun? afar, With favish hand, into the Soath and'North. Dripoisg with dew. the hazel-bushes bend, ‘Thick-leaved and_branched. the ouiet way across. Not set the busy feet begin to haste Between the roadside-oanks of fern and mose. In old fence-corners, sweet, wild Summer-buds Are rocied by warm winds sweening from the sea: Hitner. to make despoilmen: of their gold, Hase come the buttertly and the brown-winged bee. Dark, winding aisles are leading through the woods, Where nothing breaks the sflence but the fall Of some =wift etreamlet siipbing o'er the stones, Or, low and orief, some drowsy wood-bird's cail, Still, pale and dim, one of the midnight-stars Shines faintiy, throngn the foatidg mista of gray, liifes, white-biown, in the lake— 1ts comrade-stars, that glimmer throagh the day. On fragrant meadows there has come 2 hush, Presagingz the ewift coming of the day: Too soon the high noon. with ita heat and dast, O'ertakes the tired traveler on his war. Cuicaco, July, 187 Leic AL W. ————— Frederick the Great. Frederick the Great was peculiar in dietetics as io other things. A stronz man, he took strong_food. **To-day,” Zimmermann writes, “the King has taken a great quantity of soup made of the strongest gravy drawn from the most bealing things. \With'it be mixed a Jarge tablespoonful of pounded mace and pounded ginger. fe then ate a large slice of beef stewed in brandy. This_he followed up by a copions sifowance of an Italian dish, composed haif of maze tfour and half of Parmesan cheese. To tais he added the juice of the garlic, and the wnole is fried in butter till it Acquires & crust as thick as one’s finger. This is called polenta. At length,” coutipned Zimwmermann, ‘the hing, praising the excellent appetite which the dandclion bad given him, concluded the ‘sceoe with a larze plate of eel pie, so hot and so ‘highly seasoned that it seemed to have been baked in mell.” Then he cuncludes: “While at table the King fell asleep, and was seized with convalstons.” t A POETIC COMMUNIST. of Attempied Literary Frauds. Story How a German Dry-Goods Clerk Court- ed the Fickle Muse. And Gained Only Seorn and Inveetive from the Poets Whose Works He Had Stolen. The poetic fire is kindled in the minds of the many, but except with the few it burns low and fitfully; or dies young in a thin bed of pale ashes which never more can be illumined. Evervbody who admires pretty verses is more or less of a poet, and anybody who writes verses is 3 poet. either 2ood, bad, or fndiffer- ent,—~zeneraily bad or indifferent. In a tecnsical sense all people who compose verses are poets. The idea! or theoretical sei is diffcrent. When it ccmes to that, one finds it as bard to pick ont 2 poetin all the broad land of America as to defiine what poetry iz, and why one picce of verseis entitled to be called a poem, and why another should be consigned to the irnominy of baldercash. But this article is not intended as a general criticism on poets;: hence there is o oceasion for stirring up the animsls. Ouoly one shace or degree of poet will be considered just at this time.—the lowest in the scale, the scum, the communard. A LITERARY COMMOUNIST! The apostie Kearney isin 2 mild way a prac- tical teacher, for he has the hardinood to incor- porate in his speeches the most eloguent pas- sages that he cantind {n the published orations of other men, Hefs vot only a preacher of Communism, but he rigidly practices what he preackes. Literary Communism is something that is beyond the reach of the 1aw as vet, and hence Kearney is safe. So also is Wollmerath. Who fs Wollmerath?¢ He s an obscure, but not mythical personaze. It is true that the City Directors, by a most claring oversizbt, has faled to record either his name, occupation, or residence. He is one of the citizens of Chicazo of whoin no acvount was taken by the copsusmin. Yet, while one is comuelled to deplore this inaccuracy in that otherwise noble wark, the City Directorv. still there is consolation in the thought that when tae ienominions newspapers of St. Louis boast of the increase of population fu that cit; ONE CAN PEOUDLY TURN TO WOLLMERATI and say, © These are the kind that we do not trouble ourselves v put in the Directors, but sitpiy keep them on hand as surplus.” The omission of Wollmerath’s name is a little unfortunate in this instance, as it materially lessens our fund of information—that is, of act- ual information. Howeser, there is pleaty of room for speculation and for weaving of fine- spun theones rezurding bis origia. age. and con- dition. From a vast roll of mabuscript o Iyiug before the writer of this article many vai- uable hints may be coliated that go a long way towards establishing the facts rezurding Woll- nierath. Brietly, it 1s believed by the writer that Woilmerath 15 a German, a clerk (v counters jumoper), a young taan, an iliterate person, and an admirer of one Maggie Frauz. of whom more anon. Also, he is 3 poetic Communist. Apout the 1st of Juir of the prescut year there came to the office of Tne TRIBUNE TILE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATION: To the Fditor: please set this in Tharsday TRIBCNE, if po it not. set it i Friduy or any otberday. I shall send you some more one for every diy. Hoping to see it in Taursday's TiBrsE, [ remane yours Respecially. Frasg F. Wortxemati. Accompanying this letter was a poem entitled s June,” beginning as follows: And what i 50 rare as a day in June? Then. 1f ever. come perfect dayss ‘Then Heaven tries Earth it 12 be in tage, And over it sortly her warm ear lays. Whether we look. or whether we listen, We hear life murmur or see 1t glisten. Etc. These familiar verses bad been generally cred- ited to James Russell Lowell some time before they came to this office, and. as Wollmerath did pot produce any evidence to show that he had composed them beiore 3fr. Lowell, the infer- ence was irresistible tbat he had stolea them, and tricd to palm off sucther’s poem as his own. Having been forewarned, TAE POETRY EDITOR of THE TRIBUSE was prepared o sacrifice any and all further contributions which mighr, come from Wolluerath. But be was unpreoared tor the avalanche of epistles which followed this first placiarism. A seemngly unending stream of poems poured In with every mail. all from the same gifted pen, and all bearing uomistak- able evidences of havine been stolen. For instance. one was entitied, ““1 Go A-Fisn- ing,” and began: ¥ A mountzin brook, & shady nook, A ripple. A rod and fly- e's very siy, " *~'Be careful.” Another, a more ambitious attemprt, bezan: A tree-toad, rfi‘m‘ss‘ed in spple-green, ¥ loz. ‘Beside o pond. and shrilly ssng: +*Come forih my Polly Woz! My Pol, my Ly, my Wog, 35 pretty Poliy Woz; T've somuthing very sweet to a5, iy elender Polly Wog! These mizht be recognmized as pieces that once graced the Bric-a-braz department of Sercd- ners Monthiy. So iar the Commuulst had con- tented himself with a simple appropriation of other people’s proverty, which was simon-pure Cowmmupism. to_be sure. Now, however, he seemed to have felt that the time had come FOR HIM TO TAKE A HAND. Accordingly, in the ©Polly Woz ™ plece, J re- ed from- Wollmerath, was found the fcZpw- ing startling variation from the oririnal version of the last stanza: One wild, wild lanzh that tree-tosd gave, \ And tambled off the loz, And oa the Zround he ki k'd ana scream’d: **0h, Marzie, Mazme Franz! Oh. Maz: Ob, Gie! Ob. Franz! Ob, proud Miss Magzie Franz! Oh, goodness gracions—what 3 joke! Haurran! for Moggie Franz!” The entbusiasm which one young pers apt to feel towards anotber yTyiug person of the opposite sex armrsfi ndable when kept within proper limits.—An this caseit is to be feared that a naturaily healthy enthi haa been spurred into an abuormal ecstasy which compelled the lover to sink all respect for rhvme and reason ina frantic attempt to celebrate the yousg lads in verse. But who is this Miss Maggie Franz!” Isshe a dulcinea,—an imarinary mistress of a demented cavalier,—or is ahe a creature of flesh and blood? That, amain, is @ qaestion waich is open for infinite speculation. There are thirteen—a baker’s dozen—Franzes in the Directory, but no Magzgie. If she set lives, she passes her existence in that sweet domestic retirement which cares not for honors, or public fame, or social pro: nence, but perchance holds it a far nobler ambi- tion to win the devotion of the poetic Woil- merath. A FEW DAYS AFTERWARDS the following note was received: Cinxcaco July 8.—To the editor you will do me a prate favor by sertine this poemin Sandays Tiisxe hopeing to se¢ it 1n I remain Yours very traly FRANK WoLLWERATR. P. S.—1If yon dont stick it in pleace let me know true your paper. Accompapring was_3-lonz poem entitled “Love ana Lexicon,” beginning, She lived on North avenue Tier hoir was golden her eyes were blae And fuil as swee as ber sanny smile Was the fact that her father had made his piie, This was so evideotly a *‘doctored* version of one of the floating ewssaver poems of the day that no one could well be misled. Other picces followed thick 3od fast, Including every kind and stsle of versification. It was nothis for Wollmerath to skip from the most melan- cnoly strains to the liveliest of hamors without a day’s natice. Therein he showed bimsef a true Communist, bringiog down all subjects to the same level. Tt was abont this time that the “ poetry ed- jtor ”* conceived the idea of saving up these gems which Wotlmerath was lavisning upon him. The poems heretofors mentioned were rescued from the waste-basket, and all others were carefully filed away as CCRIOSITIES OF LITERATURE. Still undiscouraged by the non-sppearance of his contrioutions, this versatile correspondent continaed to clog the mails with bis pifered productions, A waot of space prevents more than a passing mention of the greater part of these, most of which will be recogmized by their titles, Among them were ** Our Ships i Spain,” «Fill Up the Cup, the Bowl, the Glass,” “I Won Her Heart, but Not Her Hand,” * Don’t Forget Me, Little Darling,” * What is 3L Thoueht Likel™” ‘*1’@ Ratner Walk Torougl Snower with Thee,”” ** A Woman’s Tear,” * Do You Know a Lovely Facel™ ** Answer for Me,” i Good-Night.” *What I Sald,” There 5 a Name, so Sweet, 50 Dear.” Most of the aboveguoted verses and songs had evidently been copied out of stray news- papers, and Wolimerath wouid have been wler- ably iree from detection had he not exposed his game previously. But he grew bolder, and actually sent in one of Herrick's old Enelish Dpoems, copying even the old-style spelling, as Tollows: Sweete floweres, Te were 100 faire, . With drooping hds Among your heavie morning teares I found ye. Fairebuds! Tleft ye there; For sorrow bias Brief greetinz to zay youth; it feares To wound ye. This, it will be admitted, was a master-stroxe of politieal Communistic genius. The Corm- munard was only carrying out THE PRINCIFLE OF EQUAL DISTRIBUTION when he borrosea from the earsy Bpelish poet, and it was a0 evideac of true not¥ity that be did not even pretend to chanwe the spelling so 33 10 conlurm to modern notions. The ide: however. intrudes upon the reader that he di-\\., ot kaow enousn to muke the required aitera- tions. This unpleasant reflection is strength- ened by reterrinz to a later piece which tne pseudo-poet forwarded to this office. As a rte- wmarkable specimen, it is printed entire: SUAGRIE PRANZ A merry wizht, fond of his case, W hile he ings his sonw=and strokes hia knees, Aud Tight as the air which sways the leaves, I3 Maggie Frunz, the cobbler. Throngh the summer's day he sits and sings Of the oldea days and of ancient thinss. Of the days of yore and of bygone Kingi— Sinzs Mazgle Franz, the cobbler. The birds are sipging in evers tree “Tilt the air §s fitled with the meloay Of zongs s Iight and 2a¥ and free As Magzie Franz s, the codbler. Wit the wanning shadows the bird in its nest d Mazeie 1n Bis cot. each seek the rest ick sweet sleen brines, with no cares oppressed. Ah! happv Magwie, the conbler. Fraxg F. WoLLNERATH. THE HAPPT DISREGARD OF SEX which the suthor sbowed in the above piece might perhaps be permitted asa poatic license, althoach to speak ot ‘“Mageie in his cot™ would be really verplexing to those readers who Fere notconversant with apatomical phenomena. In a subsequent poem entitted * Late to Churen,” there was an awkward rhyme in one of the stanzas as follows: For every one scemed =aying, *: We z1i ko' why you ure so late. An esamination of the paem at the time it was sent to this oilice revealed the fact that it Lad been oririnally written concernine a young woman ramed ** Rate.” By the substitution of *Maguie” the bold adapter gained in lo= wlication what be lost in rhyme—a qut Largain. Toe following self-exp!: tion ‘was received at this oth To the Editor of The Tritune. Wiz, Aug .—Last winter, not far 2,—1 have forgotten 'the exact date, --yom were £06d enough to pavlish an article ne which [ had seni you. eatitlea - The Sofe. W T wrote the urticle in 1571, and i shed before, under my then nom. S®.0,7 in the Chicago Timies, 1871, Olich. } Mining Journal, Northestern, 357% wished 1o possess the articie over my trae name (baving dropped my nom-de-plume). ! sent it to yuu as above specifie. [ have copies of all the abov, Tiazine my surprize ¥ ok: taking up the Chicago Times o K to fud on paZe 7.Imy own poem, Soft. White Eana.” word for werd, with the ad- dress apuended of ** Frank F. Wolmeru:h, Chica- : From s shebt verbai change that I made be- perceive that this person our issue. Cemuent 18 supe ully, M. E. Hamiox. not the only chi In te Juter: 1755, ' and Oshi nding it to vour 4 from tore cop t0 3 poem taerein, en- i} and zigned by one Framk F. Woltmerath, Please compare the inclosed poem, 3s written by me. and ines with said itshed over my sizmatuce in Thx Stxoar Tiistse, Feb, b , sud sce for Yousself what « barefaced piece 1 i caliing it fa man hus perzeimted. . Tie poew is mine in foto, line for line, 2nd word for word, the only exception Leinz, he nses the nawe of | +Magaé™ for its caption fnstsad of Rt Will the lterarv dead-brat olease ris plain. Respsetfaliy, Joszwit D. TCRNET, 1 South Canal street. One would thiak this to be s stunoer. Cer- tainiv none but_a Communpist could dare the olight of print after this plain exrposure. Wollmera*h was that kind. Instead of subsi ing 100 a perhaps merited obscurity, he waved the red flaz and rushed to the fray with the followine epistle publisned on the next dav: he Eitiror of the Inter- With the zreascst anrpnse L saw sage wherein I am called 2 o. ¥ »: fiterary ueud-beat. Toe poem entizled ** Mazze 1 had composed about six Weeks a20. 1 left it on my desk In the sore. In sume tuaccountadle way \Uwas 1031, and. as [ had the crizmnal arafc of it, found iittle dificuits of rew Thankinz Mr. Turmey for teiing Wwhere my posm came to, { am, FRASK F. WOLLMERATI. 1he feature of this letter is the astounding equanimity with which the hiterary thief cl to aceount for the poem having béen publishel i February from © ¢ that he had composed it six weeks ago. Trisis cne of the most re- markable defenses that has ever been at- tempted. 1t is as a Commanist, after all, rather than a5 a poct, that Wollmerath lays ciait to t5e rezant skilled. He has nobeven enouuh carpentry to dovetail his alterations into the origwals i decent kind of ape, but must leave the “or- d and lzmentably deficient m He is cruder than g’:‘lmleum. ff to his teuorance, Providence ith an abundance of cheek. expended, will go 3 long way in this pushing whirlpoot of life. "The the trouble with Wollmerath is that he is too iznorant to_be prudent; hence his early death to the world of letter: S i WHAT THE MOON SAID. The lesst body am I that Exrth's children cee: So the Sun and the Stars luox down npon me. O Jupiter! He whom I nate most of all fs spiteful, detestable. pompous oid Sol. s Pance i contempruous, he treals me with scorn, Wiien he shows his old face at the first peep of mora. Tie svams to forzet, though a ehort time azo, When sume of Earih's children called him thelr warst foc. But who ever murmored at my siiver rays? The poets acturd me therr siweet words of pral T tave not. thans Heaven, 4 bold face of brass When they lock upon mz, they need no #motsd glase, We caused great excitement the fast time we met; W at passed at that mecting [ nerer ehall forges. “iCome, g4t yuu behind me” my enemy eai And he wss <0 angry his face was quite red: “-For vou've pastea before me quite often enutgh. ‘His glance it was flery, his voice 1t was gradl, 1said, with a smite: ' **We shall see ahont that; You treat me with scorn—you shall bave tit for tal I passed right in front. left him choking with spite. ) Whilst ali of Earth’s children looked on with de- light. When he was convinced that T also cauld rale, Tie arank (rom the Dioper, his anzer to cool. To Eacth then he said: - Revenze must be mine: Pleace betp me w0 zetit, I gently will shine. And no longer scorci with a too ardent ga Bt to you send Kindiy the mildest of rays o Earth triew 1o cast 3 durk shadoiw o'er me: Tt wasa zreat failure—I saw 1t with glec. Her shadow bat left me more orzhi than befores ¢ honed <o extinguish—I triomphed once more. 1lud back 2t het with my coft. meiiow lizht; She had failed to o'ershadow the Queen of the Nignt. Cuicaco, Ang. 13. Exya CoRSELIA e — at the bee troller Kelly's refusal to plete New York’s share of the total cost of the enterprise. This share is one-third of 33,000,000, and there still remains to be paid out oun ac- count of it $1,t06,666. Arzuments for and against the lezality of further outlay on the part of this aity bave been subwitted to Cor- poration-Counsel Whitney, and be has decided that it is the Comptroller’s duty to issue the bonds and pav the money on the requisitivn of the Trustees. He does not allow that the act of 1Si5. in fixing the amount of ¥5,000,000 as a maximum for the w0 cities, had reference to pavments already wade, bt holds that it was purely prospective. Nur does be find that the terms of the act Justify suspension of payments if it seems probable that the bridee Will cost more than the maXi- mam in view. The Trustees, ne says, will cer- tainly fo that case lose all right to callfor furtber contributions, but up to that point the city must go regardless of consequences, and with fuil kpowleage that in the Trustees is vested the sole_autbority to decide on the best metbod of building the bridge in conformi! with the requirements of the law as to eize, height, and streneth. The de- aision is fortifiea by ~other considers- tions which seem to appruve its soundpess. Mr. Relly, however, refases to be convinced. and {o- sists upon the matter being carried info the courts. He uses the arzuments just enumer- ated, and adds apother. of such late dste as to be paerile, namely: that it is Brooklyn which will dertve most benefit from tue bridge, as few New Yorkers want to 20 to Brooklyn. His ac- tion is variousl ascribed to lovalty to his trust. and to his desire to control for politieal par- poses the appointment of the 300 to 600 voters engared upon the bridve. He cannot really suppose that this great work will be suffered o laose, and he must know the poor economy of interruoting so delicate a construction on the eve of the inclement season. We do not over- rate the fmportance of the briage to New York when we say that it migbt easily become a di- viding fssue in our local elections —————— POTTERY. “The Bargaln Fuily Proved.” g New York Grapate, Auz. 13, {Time, yestenlay: place. cack roumin Custom- House: dramatis personcr, Potter-Batler-Hick: Anderson Commitiee, and Col.” Rooerss, wit- Butler—Who are you, anynow ! Roberts—I was a Confederate soldier and afterwards 2 Confederate editor in New Or- leans. Potter (sub voce)—Hah ! Now we shall have the facts. Butler—Well, what did your party in Loui~ sisna waac in 1576 ¢ Roberts—We wanted the Democratic -candi- dates put into State offices, whether we inaugzu-~ rated Tilden or not. Potter (rubbinz his bands)—This is damning evidence azainst Hayes ! Butler—Whar did you do ? Roberts—I was instructed to feel of Hayes, and see how L felt. Potter—Hah ! Aha! Hallehulah ! This— tais is turpitude ! . Butler—Col. Roberts, were vou invited by Gov. Hayes to visit him? [At this point breathi- Tess silence prevails; fo still that Congress- 1nap Stenger can be heand picking his teeth with aquill; Potter, o anxious that he reallv suf- rises his' pen towards Heaven ready to nd the answer. and maonages 1o gasp, Speak ! On your sacred oatb, did Hages send for sou " Roberts (calmis)—He did not. . Hewitt taioud in the audience)—This is damn- ing evidence acuinst Hayes. The mesnes of Fate close around the usurper! ;Cretrs.) _Butler—I understand you to say that Haves didnot scod for you. You went. tosee voluntarils. Roverts—I did. Builer (aside to Potter)—I dou’t see how Hayes 15 zoing to et out of that. Batler (to witness)—Had you any reason to suppose that Hayes wanted to see vou? Rubert ut I waated t sée him. . Hewict (aside)—1{ this don't show that Hayes is a usarper, what does it show! Butler—Dia tHayes consent to receive you? Rouverts—He did. Butler—How long did be talk with you? Roberts—I stuck to him all the afternoon. Whenever he made a move to go, I ot between Lim and the door. Batler—Who iid the talkinz? . Roberts—I, mostly. He spoke three or four rec hat did you say? —I asked him, in case yon are Presi- dent of the United States, what do you propose to do respectiong the State Government of Louisianat Butier—Well, what did he say? Roberts—He wauted to close the. interview, lmat 3 fm-’v_k to him. He Gnalty said— . atler (interrapting vehement] Ve whut! suid whatt 5 Teuementls)—Well, sald Hewitt—W, did hesay?! This is a terrible exposure of official corruntion—rerrible! toberts—Why, Haves said, then, if I remem- oer richt. and L am sure L do—1 swear ft!—he sidfed around and remarked that—very nearly Lis woris—that— ¥ i Potter (slammiag on his desk with his cane and upsetting an jakstand on Butler’s white ;):;;s)—oh! you infernal nss! WHAT Qi he ay ! . Roberts—He said he wanted to be “fair and just.” Butler— e zaid that, aid he? Potter—Is it possible that he couid have made such ao famous pledge? s Butler—What else did he sav? Roberis—He said he dian’t want the Presi- | dency u: he could get it honestly: Hewiti—Horriole! Horrible! Su Droufs of fraud and vsurpation! Potter—I éido’t tnnk 1t was as bad as this. Dana (in audience, turning to tired-looking man in a linen bloise)—tio fo the Sun oflice and head the report of these procecdinzs **The Bargam Fuliy Froved,” 2nd say editoriallv taas ** This testimony fully establishes the fact. al- ready proved berond a reasonable doubt, that Hayes owes possession of the Presidential office toa barqwn struck by him with represensative uthern Democrats afier the clection and be- fore tie frmudulent count.” (Man in blouse £alaams and vaishes). Builer (t0 withess—From these promises of Hayes to tie hutest and fuir vou understood b a: pledving himself todrive the Kepabiicans out of oflice and install Democrats, without re- zard to the popular vote! Roberts—iVe 50 understood it. Potter—The solemn and dreadful relatio of this davare wo important’so be marred by the intrusion of any ctier wituess. The Com- mittee will now adjourn for meditation. [ iourned. ~After which Batler retired to anoth room and sert g colored man for a pair of pan- taloons, meantime dvathematizinz Potter asa “blanketv-awkward old clumsy head."] THE ESKINO. Their Homes, Costame, Arms, Etc. Sature. Let us examine the more immediate environ- ment of the Eskimo—their house. It iz com- posed of s hillock of turled earth, of square form, recaliiog somewhat our military fortifica- tions. It is extered by a low door giving azcess 10 a narrow and very 1ow passage, in which the Greenlander himself, notwithstanaing his small size. is forced to bend down. The ngle apartment to which this passace Fives access, and the floor of which is lower than the surrounding ground, is vertilaied by an orifice in the usper part. It is lighted by twoovenings on each side of the door and hermetically closed by strips sewn to- zetier of a sort of zoldbeater’s skin made of the intestines of theseal. ‘Tuis kind of immovabie wlazing sifts into the apartment asufficient licht, but appears from without eitogetber opague. The furniture consists of a sot: of camp-bed, which occupies the entire balf of the apartment, provided with sealskins, and on which the whole family pass the night, alter baving taken off their day costume and put on soother mure awple dress. Onp the ground a stone pasio. sand “10 Le of scrpentine, the form of which resem- bles a fish. is filied with seal ofl, in whicb are steeved several wi Thé flame which rises from this vessel gives a sufficent licht, ana maintains the confined space at & high tempera- tare. The cotton wicks come from Denmark, as also the chemical matches whick the Green- landers constantly nse to light their briar-root ‘pipes, which, wit their tobacco, their alcohol, and their coffee, are sent them each year by the Danes. Their costume is mailé aimost entirely of seal- skin. It consists, in the case of the mer, of a shirt (Danish), above which is placed a woolen Yest. The pantaloons are of bairy sealskin: the boots, uncer the pantaloors, of sealskin jeather. (iloves of {ur, armed. when necessary, with bear’s claws. biue spectacles—against the wind and the reflection from the snow—com- plete the accoutrement. The costume of the women i3 not waoting io eiegance. The hair Is raised a la Chinose on the top of the head. and bound into a sort of vertical chigmon. tied by a colored Ruot. Awell-fitting blouse of European material, trimmed with fur, is_provided with a hood, in Which tne mother carries, when neces- sary. her latest barn, as the opossum does ber voung. The woman wears very tight breeches of sealskin and hizh boots reaching above the kne red. embroidered with vellow, after marriage; White, embroidered with zreen, anong uamarried girls. ‘Their arms consist of bows with which they shoot arrows pointed with boae or iron and sim- ilarly made barpoons, which they throw from the hand. Wken the harpoou is to be thrown into the water it 1= attached to a cord pruvided at the other end with sn infiated seai-biadder which acts as 2 buoy and prevents the loss of the wounded animal, whicn would run awav into deep water with the harpocn. Their other apparatas are iron fish-hooks, woodea baits representing_fish, colored, and very well imi- tated. To these we may add cases of skin which they put on the paws of the dogs whee the cold {5 very futense; lcathern muzzles to put over the snout of the dogs, smootking-rons of stone, knives identical with those which iron- tanuers use 1o dress skins. and fotended for the same purpose. This will give an idea of all that the Greenlanders bave to help them to struegle against the inclemency of their native climate. Before conciuding what relates to the sur- roundings, one word about the alimentatico. The word Eskimo fs not the same which they give to themselves. They call -themselves In- nuit (she men); 50 true is it that under all cli- mates buman vanity prevails. The pame Esxi- mo {eater ot raw fsh) Is 3 malevelent nickname given them by their Ameriean nelzhoors, It is not, however. so well merited now as it was last century, at ibe time when Crantz oo- served them. They conunae, nevertheless, 1o eat raw the lard sent them frowe Denmark, and also the lines of the seal. The rest is eazen cooked. damning “the energy, freshn: on the Beriin Treatr.” this remarkable fact: 1o be Improving. Thers was Do senes of fa- tigne at the end of his speech. - He wus as clear and 13 well at the end 33 he: wasat ibe begia- ring, and even ten Years avo. tho rane of bis voice was ot wider, nor its”depth fuiler. He than 3 septuagenarian’ - . THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS. Communications Inzended for Tax Dasteut Eprrox should be addressed to 0. D.” ORVIS, 3 ouit besa P.-0. Bax 215, For Pablisher's price-Ust of standanl works on the game. address the Dragzhe Faitor. CHECKZR-PLAYEES' DIZECTORT. Atheazum. No. 50 Dearborn street. i M?r.onu:u NO. 7. nd-game between Mesrs. H Stack- K g owley and Stark- | Blark. - White. White (Starkweather) to mo=s POSITION Nv. 79, Br W. K. Asnotr, Quincy, M. e HR O T Biscx'to move nad wip, K 03 ‘TO CORRESPONDENTS. C. E. Harris—Book duly matled 11 D. Lyman—Aailed as reqaested. James Evani—Request sttended to. E. R. Hastings—Particulars by mail. H.C. C -Recetved with thanks, ~Thanks for the coustesy. Georye H. Roberzs~Game received with thanks. RarrfeG. Cheever~ Price-11st malled 10 your sddres, 10 K- Abbote—3Many thanks for our kind conzribu- o, - olgde Brown—Slutions, criticism, and position all waet Sixteen "~ Your welcome contributions ars Dlaced on dlie, H. J. Cook—Tour valued contributons shall have eariy attentlon. Blily Conklinz—Glad you have broke " stience. Your critlclims A aiways wereome, 0 103 If. B. Hall, Jr.—Thaoky for the detalls. (2) matied, () The Brst number is pros st Sep 1o John Klrs—Mr. Keyser destres to know whether you wlll continue the maich withor #ithout s referce? CUNTRIBLTORS' CRITICISMS. At the eizbfy-fifih move of Gama Yo. 23 15~18 {a- stead of 15—10 will draw. At ibe sixty-fourch muve me game. however, plaiy I1—15 107 6—1, sad mn Iz Game No. 334 by IV, E. Trusx. at the ity second wove, (03t€ad0¢ 1713, plas B—il, 13wt 17-13, 10—17, 21-14, £2~14, 139, eic, and Gow will black raw? 3r. Bily Conkiing. of Duduque, Is., makes foliorinz Correctiont, 1 Game No, S35, at the i ty-G~c move, play 16— (stead of 2—7, and the re- aule wiil be a uraw. r. I J. Krown. of Richmond. Ind., says thst f Game Xo. 4, 35 the Lt mover M- Truas sapsseip and blaci wlad. Coattaue tae play aad draw as faiow; T=10 1 W- [ 1a—2d 23-19 13-3 [P0 1D :E-ls CRECKEE CHATTER Mr. John Dempster. Jr.. has Sone ca.a **siarriag™ tour throgh New Sork State. Innext Susdsy's paper we snall commence puolish- 1az stie Bowen- Flizpatsick corresponiedce-zames. A, Fiez; %. of Si. Louls. =24 af In- a {2 days dz0, but ¢1d aot mret any of the Dliyers acroay the 00ard. wife. of Whitefleld. visited Henry, IlL,on and tackled the locat champion, Mz H. Cook, 75 SwifE, 03 Crawn, 3: ro3al. 11 zames. The furf states that a mateh of ffty games for S400, hotween Mesar, [oeld of Pretsbury, and Priess, ni: arranged. to oé played s the Mr. Labulie I3 wiiliag fo_piay Mr. Reéd 3 mateh for St Lhatnam, Ontarto, provided a Chatham stake- Ralder shall be accedted. | Mr. Reed will Dlay the match in Chatham for S5(0. 2nd a stakeholder to be matually M= Wrast, of Greensburg, Tnd., was fn Indianzsoifs ~ e d3ys a0, anL with some of the lezding players “gere ‘made the followiag 3 2t 3 the 13th fase J. Cook, Wit the followins result: sud The leading plagens of Slommence an1 Kaakakee, Il., et at_the former place on -l bih fast 30d played & zrlendly match of 100 zame. re. in 2_landome ctury for the Mome: Jozable 1o L presen: vlaved at Kankakee on FHda 2 1i7idnal scores ma 11 (1) -8 [ | | white u-s wins. Jla=1d -8 f1e-z ey |mes lle-19 % White wins, £OLLTION T0 POSITION ¥o. T3. ByE. H. & 0 —5 Black GAME SO. 235~LAIRD AND LADY. Played betwween 3r. 0. V5. DIx. - of Boston, and the Draught Edltor. GAME NO. Played at Qulacy, Mi., betweea W. K. triend. Abho:r's move. 117 sy 1510 | M—5 | =30 | Diak STEMES | o | i wias a1 4 &0 | Tt 13- () 13— 9 s ey 9-i% 514 13-4 18- 7 11—14 f3 the boox ¥4 {3} Played betreen \e. F.i¥. Rhines. of Weymoath, 3faas.. a0g myself, 1 playlng the Bisck mea. (c) 14—8 would lose immeiately. (%) 10~15, 19-10, 50 Bisck wias.—ED. e Gladstone. even his admirers by and vigor of his speech One of his listesers ootes WHS vo'ce really seems Mr. Gladstone speaks more like a man fnthe prime of life