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11 THE ‘CHICAGO ' TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES. = 1HE OLD WORLD. Chinese Encyclopedia of Five Thousand Volumes. ¢ Indictment of Suleiman Pasha Be- fore 2 Turkish Court- ? Martial, Tow the Ottoman Empire Is Governed-. Sketck of- the Sultan’s Seraglio. Results of the German Elections as Seen from an Anti-Bismarck Stand- pnint; wifilhelm's Spende ™--Russia Withont European Backing—Efect of the Lerlin Treaty in Russia. CBINESE ENCYCLOPEDIA. MOEE PRINTED MATTER IN CHINA THAN IN ALL N ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FIVE THOU- Pull Mall (Londim) Gazette. Confacins says that nearly twothousand years pefore Christ, E Yin, a Chinese stateman, pre- sented 8 memorial in writing to his soverefrn. This§s the first mention made in Clinese his- torsof the use of letters; but since that time 2 contiouous ang- ever-increasing stream of lit- erature hius been Poured over the country, until st the present’ moment there is probably more printed matter in Cnina thau in all Europe put togesher. As in the literary history of all coun- tries, tbe exercise of the imagiuation preceded the nse of reasou among the Chinese; and the pal ballads colleeted by Confucius claim an unolitten ances i far beyond the date of E Yin's advice-giving memorial. But the ap- pearance of the works of Confucius proclaimed the sapreme epoch in the histors of Chiness lit- erstare. The extraordinary influence which Confucius gained and has maintained over the pational mind caused it to reflect the absorbing admiration he had for the ancients in all its in- tensity. e succeeded in forming as it were a dam gcross the stream of thought which was begioning to flow brigkly fntne minds of his countrsmen, and, insiead of encouraging a deep onward current of intellectual enterprisc, he drove the stream backwards in 2 shallow flod towards its fozut. The result has been that the best scholars have exbausted their ingenuity in mivute criticisms and labored treatises on the texts: of Confucius and lus school, while others have devoted their cnergies 1o compiling historicai dataand renderiug acees- sble the immense stores of Knowiedge which Iave been painfully elaborated duriug precedine geperations. Atno time has this tendency toreduce knowl- edze 1o its results been so conspicuous as dur~ ing the present Mantchoo dvnasty. The ex- +tmordinare cverzy with which Kane-he, the second Emperor of that line, devoted himself tothe task of multiplying enerclopedic sum- maries of established information deserves to terecorded among the many noteworthy deeds of that enlirbtened sovercigm. Amia all the duties of Government, which were render- o sdditionaily oncrous by the recent ac- cession of his dyvasty, and in the short’ imervels allowed him between the tlmost constant wars whica harrassed the great~ erpart of bis_reien, he found time to superin. terd_the combpilution of the best dictionary of e Chinese languare which has ever been pub- lisked. He pres.ded os editor-in-chief over the publication of the ‘“Yuen keen luy han,” sn encyclopasdia in 450 books, in which every braiich of kuowledze, from _astronomy down to that of reptites, is explained and commented on inlong extracts from_the best authors on each wrticular subject. It was at his suzgestion slso sud under his guiding care that tue Jarge &ctionary of literary and poetical expressions, entitled The “Pei wan yun 100,”" was compiled eod arranged. This work, though it fills three volumes, fell short, in the eyes of the Imperisl zatnor, of what such 2 work skould be, and he Instantly sought to supplement its deliciencies by the un luy tsze kin,” a considersble work of 8 somewhat similar nature, but differently srranzed. = Contemporancously with these labors, the in- detszieahic Kang-he enzaged in a magnificent work which, shove all his other publications, il band down Lis nume to posterilv as one of the most eniizitened patrons of Chinese litera- e Saving observed with alarm the corrup- tions which Were crecping into the texts of an- authors, hie devised the scheme of reprint- ing1n the forin of an immense encyelopedia the whole antecedent mass of Cbinese literature. In fanherance of his object he appointed an fmn- perial Commission, who were charzed with the 125k of coiluting tlie old texts and of arranging the suitable extracts under the various liead- vhich had become the recognized divisi of a like kmd. The C i bezan their labors about the year I derthe direction of the Jesuit missionaries, a fout of copper type was csst, to print off the re- ez, But the long reizn of Kang-fie came to a dose while tite work was still unfinished: ana it was not until the year 1727 that the editors wresented $o his successor, the Emperor Yung- chinz, 3 complete cupy of the compilation, in 3020 volumes. In arranging the materials placed at their dis- posal, the Commissioners adopted the syste enploved o preceding encyelopredias, of six prineipal categories. These they subdivided in- 1o thirig-iwo sectfous, and again further cl \ fied the contents of the scctions under 6,109 ozs. Tlus arravgement, while necessarily treaking up manv of tacancient texts, undoudi- €lly pessesses the advantage of rendering casily acessible all that has uppeared by writers of authanty on every kuown subject. A reference 10 the table of contents, which by-the-by oceu- plestwenty volumes, enables the reader to turn 10 tue particular volume in which he wiil find extracts from every standard work, from the time when E. Yin presented his memorial to bis sovereiem to the tiue when the 'ou\mlsslum:rl? i n al - au B w r no. TBRwoum dfine . BI1¥BE B BlorcosT sabjects embraced underthe following dit 1, the heaveoly bodies; 2, the calendar; 3, as- Lronomy and mathematical science ; 4, astrology§ the carth; 6, the dominions of Chinay 7, the iopogravhy of the Emoire; §, the fronticr ua- tions and jorcien countries; 9, the Lwperial Conrt; 10, the Imperial buildings; 11, offictal institutions; 12, domestic laws; 13, private re- Jationships; 14, genealogy aud biography; 15, mankind; 16, womankind; 17, arts ond 313, relizion and phesomena: 19, the an mal kingdom; 20, the vegetable kingdomj 21, “sonical and ganeml Titerature; 22, education and conduct; 83, “belles lettres™; 24, ctymol- ofry: 25, the offivial examination system; 26, system of officlal anpomtments; 27, urticles Ol fond_and comnerce; 23, ceremonies; 29, music; 30, military oreanization; 31, adminis- ration of justice; and 22, nandicrafts, with thelr numcrons sub-headings, These various sections are largely illustrated with finely-cxe- Clled copper-plate enmravings, which add cousideradly to the value of the work, und impert a marked and ais- Linctive feature v its pazes. The authoritics Quuted are in all cases arraneed in chronological order, and the reader, theretore, bas lad before lim a compleie nstory of the subject of his in- quiry. Many literary - questions in dispute among forelguers may thus be set at rest by Teierence 10 its pages. If the missionaries late- Ivat conference at Shangai bad been able to um to the Hwang tech Shang-te-poo,” much Sixcussion mizht nave been spared on what is Heoknasthe “term ' question. 1n the sec- b gnn, admirers of ihe works of Chinese ‘QJapanese artists may find_the rules, which :‘r!!m ditincuvely Chinese. 3ad by which such rable results are ovtained, fully laid down 20d explained; and those skentics who relt wbehe_re in the antiquity of Chinese medicine xn;\m. Vield 10 the hard logic of facts contained Sm.mt i rcnlm:u-sl dun;,x:d to the sub- jusition the Trustess of the Brifl?;q AMuseum yo[ this vast {reasurr of information is _an {uestimable Loon 16 Chinese scnolars in_ Europe, who will }.w;fimn, their disposal full information on an (ohaite variets of subjects sbout which they m-:e{ been able to learn but little, and that only & Tagmentary way and with much Jabor, from Yery impertect colieetions of Coinese books o (;hlcn they have hitnerio had dccess. it 'ét Was uever int:nded that this work oowld pass nto gencral circulation, oniy a du::;i,.ml coples were printed off, and these were . Uistributed gs marks of Imperial favor among t\'_emm Princes of the Blood and Provincial iceroys. The copper type which bad thus 2rved the immediaty purpose for which it bsd d‘; €25t was thrown on one side, and rraduaily L o z&mxru to eupply the wants of dishonest i s and a tinftless Government. Mean- : le the copies or the **Kin ting coo kin ;W ehoo' tseih ching” o the .work i "l"u entitled, was transported to the . lbraries of their owners, and toere some remain 10 this day: But the last hundred and fifty years bave been tronblous years for China. Her richer. - Provinces have been ‘desolated by repeated re- Dellions, her cities have been eacked, and her palaces bave been laid level with the dust. Un- der the influence of these destructive causes, in addition to the ever-present daneers to which liYraries are exposed& the number of existing werfect copies have dwindled down to a few tens. The old volumes which are to be met Wwith in different parts of the Empire and of Europe testify to the common dispersion of covies; and it is quite possible tiat before Jong. the one which {5 now in the British Muscum may be the only perfect copy existing. SULEIMAN PASHA. COURT-MARTIAL OF TIE TURKISH COMMANDER- IN-COIEF—NIS BLUNDERS AND SBTUPIDITIES— TIOW HE FOULED AWAY ALL IS CUANCES OF VICTORY. Tull Mall (London) Gazette, July 17. The indictment against Suleiman Pasha, who has at Jenath been brought before a court-mar- | tial in Constantinople, contains an unreserved condemnation’ of thie conduct of the accused during the entire course of the late war. The whole accusation, which has beem drawn up by Nedjib Pasha, and which fs reprinted at length by the Cologne Gazetie,is divided into three parts: the first dealing with the acts of Sulei- man Pasha duriog the period when he command- cd the Army of the Batkans; the second with his conduct whilein command of the Army of the Quadrilateral; and the third, with the manner in which he fell back from Sophia and Philip- Popolis towards the conglusion of the campaizn. The preamble to the charges relates how Suleiman Pasbia ‘and his troops were brousht from Montenegro early in the war, and how, almost simultaneously with their arrival on the scene of action, the Russians possessed them- selves of the Sclupka Pass and of the towns of Kezanlik and Eski-Zagbra. The first task of Suleiman Pasha should, therefore, have been, the indictment continucs, to reoccupy these places and drive the enemy back across the Bal- kane. A concentration for this purpose of the whole Turkish force on the south of the moun- tains was, it is further stated, proposed by Reouf Pasbs, who commanded one of Sulci- man's divisions at Yeni-Zaghra, but the plan was rejected by the latter General, who pre- ferred separate operations. Consequently the force at Yeni-Zaghra became iuvolved in 2 mur- derous couflict With the Russigus, which lasted for two days: during which time Suleimayi remamed inactive at Karabanar, within hearing of the g, and allowed his subordivate to be totally defeated. Iris true that Suleiman afterwards retook Eski- Zaghra, but, the detachment at Yeni-Zaglra having been aunibilated, it was fmpussidle to- harvest the 1ruits of this success. After the defeat of Gen. Gourko, again, Suleiman should immedtately, without the loss of a moment’s time, have seized the Schipka Pass, which at that time had not been fortified by the Russians; but instead of doingz so he remained for eight days inactive in Eski-Zaghra, ostensibly for the purpose of bringmer back acain the fugitives from the town. The opportumity which should have been seized having been thus allowed to pass by, nothing remained for Sulelman to do bur to cross the mountains by the Hainkioi Pass, oceupy such strategically important points 3s Elena, Diragova, and Kiulfur, and, uniting with the Army of the East, threaten Timnova, and so compel the Russians 10 fail beck towards Sistova. Instead o! adopting this line of action, however, Suleiman contented himseli with fortitying the Hainkioi Pass, and then committed himself to s reckless attack upon Sepka Pass, The second part of the indictment sets forth how Suleiman endeavored to induce Mehemet Ali to advance upon Biela; Low, upon the latter refusing, e was removed from his post, and Suleiman Pasha appointed Commander-in-Chiet in his place. Despite his brilliant promises, lowever, Suleiman lost so much time after suc- ceeding to his command fu inspecting his troops and the positions occupied by tbem, that in the meantime the Kussians received such strong reinforcements that an sttack uoon them was no longer to be thought of. Thercupon Sulei- man managed Lo et an order issucd enjoinmng bim to remain_strictly on the delcosive: and when Jater on Reouf Pasha, the commander of the Army of the Balkaus, proposed to him to make o demonstration against the right of the Russian line, to occupy Elens, aud so oblige the hostile force in the Schipka Pass to capitulate, Suleiman, animated oy & personal hatred against Reoul, pointed to his orders and retused to move. Subsequeutly, ingecd, he at- tacked Elena; but it was then too late, as the fall of Pievua could not av that veriod of the operations be any loneer nveried. again, after the tull of Dunik when the Government was mak effurts 1o assemble 1 force at Ol man was requested to send thither twenty or thirty battalions; but this also he refused to do, altbough the paramount inportance of rein- foraing the army which was being collected to oppose tne further advance of the Russians was manifest. Neither did he make any attempt to profit by the victory he hadzained at Elena, but remained there inactive, ordering only a few ‘useless and apparently objectless movements in the direction ol Kadikioi. The third part of the indictment states that as the enemy approached Sophia Suleiman ought eithier to have waited for bim in some strong position or to bave fallen back along the rail: way to Salonica. But awain he remained in- active, and 5o the opportunity of retreating ‘to Salonica was Jost. " After the divisions trom Samokof and Derbent, under Osman Nuri and Sabit Pashas, had arrived in Tatar Bazardjik, Suleiman ordered a retreat upon Adrianopie by Way of Philippopolis, but before dowis so gave arders for the soldiers to plunder the aulitary depots, 1o prevent their contents falling into the hands of the coemy. The covsequence was that the men 100ted not onlv the magazines, but also private houses, and loaded themselves to such an extent with booty that many of them were oblired to throw away their ammunition, while others sank Leueath their burden and strugeled in rezr of the arny, or had to be car- ried in the warons and carts of the fugitives. None of the usual wilitary precautious were talien; the battalions wmarched 8s they. pleased, and no attempt was made to insure that they kept up a connection with one another. In this mauner the_retreat from Bazardjik began. At Philiopopolis Suleiman should have united with Sabit E:snn who hiad arrived there before him; but fustead of doiner so he lialted for a long time at Kadikioi, some two hours' march from Phifippopolis, tor the allezed purpose of reor- fganizing his batzalions. The result of this delay was that the Russians overtook the Turkish forve. The order was hastily given to continue the retreat; but it was too Jate, A portion of the army succceded, indeed, in establishing iself on ibe left bank of the Maritza, but it was soon compelled to evacuate its position, and was aispersed among the rice-ields. fa the evening the scattered troops reached &&c Village of Deirmen, and_ there Suld- man _ issued orders for Sabit Pasha to abundon Pnilippopolis. The Russiuns occupicd the town, passed through it leisurely, and on the following day attacked the Turkish jorce at Diermen. While the action was going ou, Su- Ieiman himself repaired, under the excuse of orgenizing a line of defense, to Stanimaka. On the following day Fuad Pusba was ficreely at- tacked, and. feating that bis lme would be broken through, he wrote a letter to Suleiman Pasha urging the nccessity of rapidly tortifying the Village of Koklan. The Turkish Command- er-in-Chicf was, however pot to be found: and as the enewy prosecuted bis attack with v the corps of Cnakir and Fuad Pashas were brokeu through. Nevertheless Fuad Pasha cou- tinued his resistance during the swhoie of the fol- Jowing day; but as Suleiman, although he hed sixty battalions under hiscummand, did pot come 1o the assistance of his collcague, the Jatier was ultimately obliged to retreat, and wis only abie to make gaod his escape by teaviug nis ari] behind. This Gefeat of Fuiad was at once st by Suleimap as a pretext for himself f: back; and, accordingly, before the enemy at- tucked nim, hedisgracefully fled lpl.fl,'.humouut- ains, abandoning his guns, and finally reached Jacote 10 the ereatest disorder. Thus, the indictment conciudes, a largearmy of 115 battalions, with the exception of Asgafl Pasha’s diviston, which rematned in the nei Yorhood of Salonies, was disperéed or anuib 1ated, Adriauople and Stamboul were placed in imminent daneer, and the Imperial Guverument was compelled to conclude an_armistiee under the most disadvantezeous conditions. NO one, iLis evident, says tne cnarge, is to blame for theee disasters but Suleiman Pasta, ss he held the commandership-in-chiet of tze army, with compleze hiberty of action. THE SERAGLIO. HOW TURKEY 15 GOVERNED—TOE SULTAN'S SATELLITES. Pali 2all (London) Gazette. To estimate the task of reforming Turkey one must get an ides of what tne Sultan’s Cour! is. The maenificent eeraglio, whose buildinzs streteh to the length of a mile and a half on the gliore of the Bosphorus, contains more than 3,000 {nmates, a0d is 2 city io fisetf. Here the Government of the Empire is carried on chiefiy by women and slaves. The Vizersaad Ministers arebut the servants of these seciuded crea- tures; and although at times a. statesman sup- ported by a strong palace clique may wield resl power, be seldom does so for long, mor is his power verv great. From the moment when ke enters ofiice he is secretly “assailed by s host of epemies whom he does not see Later on, and whom he cannot disarm or propitiate. ATl | he knows is, that while these foes are intrizuing Azainst him the women and slaves to whose io- fluence he owed his place are fighting for him, and that so ‘long as they keep the upper hand he will be safe. But he may be upset at any moment by a sudden shifting of the majority in the secret female parliament which rules the land; and under such circumstances he cannot’ be_expected to throw much zeal into his policy. A Turkish Minister who is advised to begin re- forms may promise all that an Ambassador de- mends; but he well knows that any innovation he attempted would disturb vested intérests which might bappen to be defepded by some Circassian_favorite of the Sultan’s, or by some insolent baltadji, the donfidential servant for the tme being of the Syltana Valide. As for the Sultan, as a rule, he is as much at their mercy as his Ministers. A puppet in the hands of women, he never knows exactly who rules him, but i8 oblized for peace’s sake to do as his_motbers, sisters, kadiues, or favorites order. More than one Sultan, weary to death of seragliofntrizues, would have been ¢lad to make a clean sweep of his female Court, but any step in this direction would have led to conspiracy and deposition. In a country where the laws of succession to the throne are vers confused, a Sultan is oblized to act cautiously, lest he shonld stirup pretenders, whose claims £o the thronce mizht prove quite as good as his own. ‘The loyalty of the people, Which {s great towards the office of Padishah, is almost null a3 regards the individual who hoids the office; so that provided therfe be.a Sultan the people care little who he is, nor would they be disposed to take II(T arms for any Padishah who had been deoosed by a palace plot. ‘The scraglios—for there are two, the new one where the Court of the reignive Sultan resides, and the old one, to which the favorites of de- parted Suitans are relegated—Larbor between them some 4,000 persons, and are 2 source cf ruinous expensc to the Treasury. Not only are the allowances to the Sultanas, kadines. ikbals (favorites), and guicuzdes (aspirant favorites) large, but_the ways of the place are extrava- rant. Each of the lmperial ladies has her daira or retinue of companions, male and fe- male servants, and all these peoole scatter gold about without coupting whenever they have a whim to satisfy. Sultans do not contract regular marriages, and the reigning lady in the seraglio is never the Sultan's wife, but nis motaer. She bears the title of Sultaua Valide, and all the jnmates of the scraglio owe her servile obedicuce. Her hiouschold consists of about 200 servants and guards. Next to ner in rank comes the Hasnadar Ousta, or Mistress of the ‘Iressury, who is gencrally ashrewd old woman promoted from the ranks of domestleity for her talents in gossip aud_housekeeping. 1f the Sultana Valide dies, the Hasuadar succeeds Ler 25 queen of the seraglio; and this arrunge- ment sometimes leads 16 strange consequences. Under Abdul Medjid, the patace was ruled for yens by a Hasnadar who had been x washer- woman, and whose chicf adviser was a churlish Valtadji (hewer of wood) who could not read, but who had the powerof dismissing Viziers. It was, in fact, the baltadji who ruled Turkey. After the Hasuadar come the Sultan’s semnilawful wives and favorites w the foliowing order: First, the fourkadines, who rank as spouses until hiis Majesty divorces them aud gives them in mar- riage 10 some Pasha, which he does pretiy often; then the ikbals, or favorites, to the number of five or six; and then the guicuzdes, or aspirant favorites, whose numberis unlimnited. A girl in the seraglio, even if she be a simple cavedji, or culfee-bearer, becomes a sufenzde from the mere .fact of the Sultan making a complimentary re- mark onher. The word is derived from guieaz, eye, and it means a girl who has atiructed the master’s glance. If, for instance, his Majesty, while visiting one of his relatives, remarks care- lessly, “* Wnat o pretty girl that is who brought in the coffee,” the damsel is at once and without further parley promoted to the rankol guicuzde, ‘whigh gives her 8 suite of apartments, a daira, and o claim on_the Imperial Exchequer for the remainder of kicr life, or until such time as the Sultan finds her a husband, As. every womau who marries from the seraglio takes with ner berclothes, jewels, furniture, servants, carringes, andalumpsamin mouey, which often amountsto thousands of wounds, it wnay be imagined how the Civil List is muleted where there are many guieuzdes. After the Sultan’s favorites, pre- cedency is wiven to the kadwes-cifendis, mother of some Prince or_Princess; then to the Sul- tauas, unmarricd Princesses of the blood; and, finally, to the foster-mothers and foster- of the Sultais, or of Princes and Princesse: the blood. Foster-parents and their children are aiways regarded as permanent members of aTurk’s houschoid; and during several years Xahir-flanun, Aodul Medjig’s foster-sister, leld a paramount influence ¥in his househoid. Coing now o the male mewmbers of the serag- lio, we tind, in addition to the nccessary stafl of chamberfains, secretaries, guards, euntchs, scullions, and cooks, a corps of 200 pages and musicians, and a_very anmy of barbers, sham- pooers, tasters of the Sultan’s food, athletes, buffoons, cock-fighters, ram-fizhters,astrologers, and grooms. The cock-fizhters and ram- fighters were appointed to amuse Abdul Aziz, but they have Ueen maintained by the present Sultan becausc iv is almost _impossible to dismiss any oue who has once held office in the palace without givine bim a Pcnsien. The game may be said of the astrologers, whose Junctions have become & sinecure, though they are oveasionally summoned into the haremiik to entertamn the ladies_ by fortune-telling. As for the buffoons and dwarfs, they hiave always been numerous, for ladics lisiag ia_secusion must be made to laugh when time hangs heavy on their hands, and when the music aud jirging of the dancing-zirls beains to pall. Tuese dancing- girls form acorps of 300 strong, and, as they are splendidly dressedand richly fed, they cost more to keep than a cavalry regiment. One need not enumerate the tafl ot servants and officinls required for the stables (which contain 500 hiorses), for the kitchen, the baths, and gar- deus,—nor yet the staff of Court priests; but enough has been smd, perhaps, to_ warrant the fuference that the Sultan’s Court is at once the costliest and Jaziest in the world. 3 THE GERMAN ELECTIONS. TIE RESULTS AS SEEN FROM AN ANTEBISMARCE STANDPOINT—COURTING THE GLTRAMONTANES IN VAIN. 5 Corresvondence Pall Mali (London) Gazette. Beruis, Auvg, 16.~—Fortuue, according to the proverb, in time becomes weary of protecting lier favorites; and Prince Bismarck is no ex- ception to the general rule. The dissolution of the Reichstaz has proved a failure. The Chancellor hoped, aiter Nobiling’s attempt on the Emperor’s life, that under the indignation which the crime had excited a reactionary cur- rent would eet in, and- that by dissolving he would get that obedient majoricy Which is bis heart’s desire. He therefore, when the Crown Prioce would not consent to the proposal, threatened to resign. The Prince, acting merely as the representative of his father, \was unable to accept the resiznation, and was thercfore oblized to give way. As sogn as the disso- lution was proclaimed the Goverment press bepan to aitack the Liberal leaders— Lasker, ~Beunigsen, Forckenbeck, Stauffen- berg—with the utmost virulence, as the accom- of the Social Democrats. The Liveral party at first was alarmed, and anticipated losing about forty seats; but_the excess of the abuse showered upon them disgusted the de- cent public, and the burst of icigvation against the Socialists passed away and peopie hesitated v their best securitiesagainst arbitrary government wh n their tit of emotional loyalty nuad cooled down a little. This feeling has 1ound expression in the lections. ‘The Chan- celior bas not ot the majority he wished for. The Liberal parts bas lost atout fifteen seats, which the Conservatives have carried; but the Jatter are far from forming a majority, even with the right wing of the Liberals, under the Jeadership of Gueist and . Treitschke, who, though nominally still belonging to the party, are ready to vote for anything tbe Chancellor pruposes. The two Conservative fractions yum- ber about 112 members, the Opposition 1263 and the consequence fs that everything depends upoa the pusition the Cathiolic party will tak I was in anticipation of this that the Chancel- lor wished, even before the results of the elecs tions weré known, to come to a direct under: stauding with Rome over the lieads of the Catholic leaders; and this desire must, of course, have been strengthened by the disa- greeable electoral mews the ‘telémraph has Brouzat him. Even fu Lauenburg, where he ‘owns the Large cstates with which he was pre- sented o 1871, his son fas beeg beaten by a Liberal. Az 5oon as he arrived gt Kissingen ne ordered the Prussian Minister agflunich, Barua Werthern, to inform. the Nunclo, Mousignor Maselia, that he-shonld be most happy to make his personal acquaintance. On the 3uth the Nuucio arnved at Kissingen, was recsived most courteousiy by tue Chansellor, whe treated him asa Prince of the Churce,and immediately returned his visit. Of course ke could not come Wwith empty hands to open such a negotiation, and' has made up his mind to offer large concessions. He is ready to throw over the Old Catkoltes and to abolish the Ecclesfastical Court, composed of lay judges. Tlis certainlyis much: it is tanta- mount to acknowledZing the’ claims of the Catholic Charch to detérmiue the conditions of communion with her, and to exercise exclusive jurisdiction invspiritial atfairs,—both positions which were fatly deaied by tbe May laws. But, conziderable as these concessions are, the Curia does not deem them sutficient. Rome asks that, if tne Government will not consent to abolish the May laws, they should at least not apply them In such points as are contrary to the formal preseriptions of the "Catholle Church. No, it seems impossible that the Government should accept this condition. You may apply an existing Jaw in a barsh or_in a mild way, but you cannog authorize the elvil functionaries and courts of justice not to 8pply an exist ing system of laws at all. For instance, the - law forbids the establishment of all religious orders and congregations; the Charch, on the contrary, fosists that no im- pediment should be offered to associations which form one of the most important organs of the ecclesia militans. It is clear that gs the law exisis the civil authorities cannot allow monks and nuns to re-establish themselves in Prossie. This can only be dove if the lawis changed. In the same way, the law declaring the Old Catholics to be Catholics as well as their opponents must, be repealed; the Ecclesiastical Court must be legally abolished. But evenif the Chancellor were willing to do so, this can ouly be done by the Prussian Diet, which will not meet before the end of October; and his great object is to_have the the Reichsta in September. The Turl, ever, is_much too shrewd not to perceive the great advantage which this clrcumstance rives her in the present necotiations. The Catholic Church has been able to carry on the struegle for the last six years: she can well afford to wait six months more: while for the Chaucellor the want of peace has become immediate. The Church will, therefore, carry on the negotin- tions without concludine them, seeing_that she can only win by a Waiting policy. . The sud- den death of Cardioal Fraochl will by itself have a procrastinating eflect,—an event which is much to be regretted, becausc he was one of the shrewdest and at the same timne the most_moderate member of the Sacred College. But the Pope hus always reserved to himself the supreme direction of the negotiations, and he issure to find a successor who will second his iaens. These, as I have said, must be to let the negotiations drag on without cither break- ine thewn or letting them come to a positive con- clusion till the Reichstag meets. Bismarck will then, without the support of the Catholics, be ina most ditlicult position; and they will not give him their votes beiore they have positive g‘ledzes that their demands will be conceded. ey know. him sufficiently to be aware that it they Lelped him to carry his bill agalnst the Socinlists_he might throw them over at the Prussian Diet, whatever he may have promised before. _‘Ibo German proverb says, *‘One spar- row in the hana is better than ten on the roof.” ‘That is the situation, and it will tax all the adroltness of the Chancellor to extricate him- self from fts difficalties,—~nay, it may be well asked whether they do not surpass even his powers. s MISCELLANEOUS. ** WILIUELMS SPENDE.” A Germancorrespondent writes: Among the numerous electioneering tricks employed by the German Government during the late elections for the Imperial Pagliament, What 1s called the “Wilhelms &pende ™ is worthy of notice. The “Wilkelms Spende * (Gift or testimonial fund to the Emperor) w48 proposed as a thankoffer- ing for the escape of the Emperor from as- sassination. * Words,” sald the appeal of the Committee, ** do not suflice to express our joy and gratitude for God’s protection of the life of the Emperor. But where words fail it has at all times been customary to make a material offering. Thus everybody shall offer a trifle towards the ¢ Wilhelms Spende,” as a token of sympnthy, and likewise of joy and thanksgiv- ing.” The appeal further stated that every German ‘‘pelonging to a religions denom fna- tion is called upon to subscrive. Now, since the majority of * Socialists” repudiate every sort ot traditional religious creed, the bulk of that party were by the above words explicitly excluded from subscribing to the ** Wilhelms Spende.” Butduringthe election they were made to subscribe. As theamount of subscrivtion was very small, none being sliowed to subseribe more thau one shilling, and a halfpenny being thankfully received, every class of the people could be reached; and, in order todo thay effectually, the local committees of the “ Wil- helms Spende ™ ascertained the number of hunds gt factories, in warehouses, and of pupils At schools, and sent lists corresponding to* the numbers. Thus &t schools every teacher and every pupil was of course compelled to sub~ seribe, unless he was prepared to be branded as a *“Socialist” and an cuemy to the Emperor, though the two ideas are by no means identical. Workmen dectining to subscribe got notice to quit_on the spot. A barber, for instance, re- fused to give a subscription, whereapon the proprietors of a large warchouse in the neigh- borhood issued an injunction to their emploves that none of them should be shaved at that “wretched Socialist’s” shop seain; and nntil the clection came on the embloyes were of course watched, in order to ascertain which of them inclined to Socialism. The owners of certain large works ot Bremen actu- ally zave Dolice to their workmen, saying that whosoever did not subscribe 10 the * Wil- helins Spende ” should be looked upou as a Socialist and be discharged ar once. But a railway Companv upon the Rhine beat them all by inviting their working people to subscribe according to & seale published by the manager, namely,~a married hand, 2d.; his wife, 1}{¢} each of his children able to write, 3¢; fin un- married hand, 8d.: a marricd assistant hand, 15d; his wife, 134d.; every child able to write, 24d. It was reported, too, that nt certain bar- rucks a settled amount was stooped from the soldiers’ pay, which they were fnvited to “vol- uptarily “ sucrifice as a thaokoffering for the Emperdr’s escape. 1 have not yet been able to ascertain the full amount realized by the col- Iection of the *“Wilnelms Spende”™ ail over Germany, but there is no doubt that 1t reacted a considerable sum, Commendable as the orig- inal idea may have been by a national sacrifice to commemorate the escape of the venernble Emperor, the mode in which 1t was carried into effeet bas entirely deprived it of all its worth ulnzd weighit asa valid evidence of Gerwan loy- alty. NO EUROPEAN POWER BACKING RUSSLA. The Russky Air, of Moscow, in an article on the relations of Russia with the Europcan Powers, comes to the conclusion that there is no Western State on whose assistance she can rely. “It would be idle,”” says the writer, *to hope for anythg more than forelen poliey in regard to the Eastern question. Jaternational policy will now for a long time be useless tous; vowhere in Europe will we find friends or ailies. A rapprochement with Englaud, which is advo- cated with sinaular eagerness by one of our “serious papers, can oniy be regarded as & bitter mockery of the real facts. The open hostility of the English and their Government towards Russia can hardly muke the Russian people in- clined to an allisoce with Eagland, even if such on alliance were under present circumstances possible. Still less can we have any idea of a olitical and sympathetic rapprocnement with .E'mm:e and Italy, where hatred for Kussia has from time -imwmemorial been 8 universally accepted dogma of political and socinl faith. The only oflicial allies we have bitherto had— the Gernans—are already - occupted in form- fug pew ties and relations to take the place of the former intimate relations with Russia: this was partly observable at the Berlin . Congress. The German Crown Prince, who is now the actual ruler of the powerful German Empire, has never concealed his exclusive partiality for England, to which country, moreover, he is also united by close family ties. Ifis said that Lord Beaconsfield has already gained at Berlin some fmportant points for the future Anglo. German allianee; and this would necessarily be followed by a corresponding coolness in the relatfons between Germany and Kussia, Every cne knows that the Irigmlsni}) of Germany for us bas alwags been essentially maintained by the personal feelings of the Einperor William’; the public opiuion of the German people at ai thmes rather inclined ‘to our adversarics. Of Austrin and the secondary States $u southeasz- ern Europe we will not speak. They always jollow the stream, and bead in the direction taken Ly the dominant feefior of Europe. It is, therefore. absolutely necessary that we should hold entirely aloof from existing inter- national conditions, and dircet our attention to establishiaz tnat practical programme to which Russia must kenceforward adoere in order to .secure her 1nost. vital political interests.” EFFECT OF. THE BERLIN TREATY IN RUSSIA. The St. Petersbarz Gu os says that the Treaty of Berlin has proauced tn almost crushing ini- pression on tne Russian public. -It 13 felt that Russia has not attamed her object, thatshe Iias been deceived by her friends, and that sae foolishly helped her ecemies with her victo- rics. . . . VWhat is the reason of our failure? One-half per ceat of our pudulation have o ished in the war, hundreds of millions have been cxpended, aud yet the Exstern question is not solved, and the Treaty of Berlin Is merely o truce. The last war has clearly shown all our national peculiarities 25 well 03 our moral avd material strengeb. + . - All the military_re- quirements which depended on the inbred qualitics of the Russian soldier were-briiliantly carried out; but where knowledge and prepara- tion were demanded we were not egual to the task. 1twas probadly for thisreason that we the felt €0 much hurt on reading of boldness of Beaconzfield, who doubtless reckoned om the uperior cultare of Englishmen to that of Rossians. "All ciasses of Russian society are responsible tor this; we do nos estimate cuitureand xnowledge at their true value. Most of us say that men- tal work docs not bring money, ana that cul- ture is a_means of ‘corruption. . . . In Western Europe, on the other hand, peo; hove arrived by bard experience at the convic: tion that intellizence, capacity, cultare, and en- ergy bring men to the front, and give them Deace at home . and power aoroad. It is the knowledee of how to make the best possible use .of their epergy and ability that has enabled the English to derive success from our victories and sacritices. - May this be a lesson to us!” “The Moscow correspondent of the Cologne Gazette says that it~ is the genural opinion in Russig that under present circumstances a re- duction of the army wouid not be desirable, as such a'course would strengthen the belief pre- vallioz in Europe that Russia, has made conces- sions because she is :weak: besides. whicn, the expense of 2 disarmament. to be Seflmp«; even followed by a wovilization, would be greater than if the army remained on a war footing. THE GAME OF CHESS All communications for this department shouid be addressed Lo Tuz Trinuxw. and indorsed ** Chess,” CHESS DIRECTORY, S 460 Crress CLun—No. 50 Dearborn street. FCRISXo Ciress Assogrurion—Hansen & Welch's. rbora acreet, opposite Tarnuxy Bullding. Chess-players meet dally a5 the Tremont House (Ex- change), an House (Basement), and at425 West Madldon itrect. corner of Elizavcths, ENIGMA NO, 145 From the fourth-prize set Tn the American Associa- tlon Tourney., Y AR W. GOATES, ENGLAND. Bisck. King a1 K foqrth White. King at & Kt second Liookat G square 00k at Qaccond ahop ac Q Kt seventn Blsnop at K fourth Knight at § § square Buhop at Q B ifth, Pawn ot K Kt fourth Enlznout R B sixth Pawnac K th Kalghtat Q R tnird Pawn at Q fourth Pawn at K Kt fourtn Pawn at Q Kesixth ‘White to play and mate fa two moves. PROBLEM NO. 144. cmeaao. \;{\i: v o wi . % £ 723 A vV 4 White. White to play and mate {n three moves. .9 The proposed key to Problem No. 143 was Kt to Kt's, A closer exainfnation, however, compels us to say ti:at there is no inale by (his method, of by soy other that we know of. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 142, polry uru‘!(sr‘fl%qnmluk(nnhy 1..B takes R ch, followed £t 185 ol 5 orrect solutton to Problem No. 142 recefved from “OH. Gvlogion. S, L. Mvers, and 0. &, cliy: 3.%. Tiouston, 1rving Park. 111 Gttawa. T : C. B. Sinlth, Grand itapids, tich. C. B Day, Manchester, Ja. SOLUTION TO ENIGMA NO. 142. Whte. Black. R 1..Any more No. 142 recelved from ers, E. Darbe, aud O. K. ouston, Irving Park, [iL; H. incoln, Ottawa, 113 Wiil Gettemy, Slonmouth, “Coess Club, Maicom, Ta.: KL, Turner, L. NOTE: Cosy and comfortable_quarters for chess: be found i1 the rear oftice of 153 La Sall ment). Mr. G. F. Carpenter, assoctate editor of the Holyoke Iranmeerisi chess depirtnent, has Tetired from that position, and fx succeeded by Mr. B. M. Nelll. ‘The meetiug of the Dritlsh Countfes’ Chess Associa- tion, which cummenced in London on the 23th ult., Mr. E. ‘T'horold, Correct. sl W. i. Oviagtou, S, Benjamin. clry:'J. W, F PR caeto o coaciuston on the 34 inst. 88 was anticipated., won the irst prize and cup with & score of 115 out of & possible 12, the Rey.C.E. Ranken second. whiie Messra. J. Jenkin and F.'S.Ensor tied for Lhird place. A London correspondent of the Glasgow Jerald says: 4“1 have the best anthority for stating that Dr. Zuker- tort will be challengea immediately on his arrival in this country by Mr. W. N. Potter, Their lasy maceh, youwill remember, Tesuitéd In tavor of br. Zukertori With ascore of 4 aalust 2, 0o less than 8 games belog drawn. ‘The match. {f arranged, will Certalnly creaze an immense amount of juterest.’ Mr. Bisckburne aiso stems eager for an encounter with the Paris victo ‘I correspondent also siates that **in Mr. Blrd's opin- fou Capt. Mackenzie has played the fincst cliesa at the Parls Congress.”™ ASIXTEENTH-CENTURY AMATEUR. -Sixth Reporcof the Historlcal Maunsoripts In the * Commizssion, " among the record of the Duke of North- umberiand, there is printed a long ecries of rolls illus- ira.fug the personal cxpenses of Henry, nfuth Earl of from which {t sppears thal the Earl nder date ** 1569 last of January,” **To his Lordship playing at chicsa 4. 2035 TEls xos 8 considera the Perey amily, caltivated che there i un_entry, with the Earl of’ Ratian Dlosum tolose at o chess st tlion £5 0f our money. Furu Itolert Lhoyde, attendant 1n_the Y dishurser of’ hooks and other necessaries, occurs this s, 23 6. which showS that his entry. **Jeu de eaclice Lordsbtp was uot only sh_amateur of chess, but also & studentof the game, (wo_ things which do mot always Fotogether. TLis niath tarl of Norchumberland was for many years s prisoner in_the Tower, beibg suspect- ed of compllclty n the Gunpowder Plot, and duriag all the period of his continemnent there Sir Walter italelgh was Dis fello N the Earl's old friend, apive. Now ialelgh -way a3 we learn from virious entrles To Sir Walter in the rolls, ez ¢r. **1557 Jan, 27. Yanis, bis Toas that brougut nis LOFShID & shirt of inall, 205, **Ta Sir Walter Rawly o siroe-coloured Yelvetsaddle, £33s" *To SIr W. Kswly's surgeon. for futtiog s Lordship's biood, 145.” " Tlie Earl wh In anrance was gllowed to do pretcy much ashe please By thy Dayment of £160 0 the Licutenant of the Tower 1 had the privilege of having his meat and drink sup- Blled by DS own people: hie was permitted to have the dociety “of hisfrienas, and the visits of bis family, and the quantity of monty épent in pipes and tovsceo. wiich then ‘easy avout 305 per pound, w2 something excraordinary. That Ralefich, the infroducer of o< in England, traternized wich his Lordsnip (n ng, we Inay be very sure; that they begulted Tty @ long hour over the cliess-toard s, I thini, Imoré than probable, because 1 hold {t for eertala thab Ealeleh was a coesscplaver. In yonh the chivalrous and accomplishen courtier, In FTaver years one of the Inaster-spirits of his aze, statesman, soldier, aud cholar of 8 Verity— A B 8 WIght, 1f ever such bt were {0 play chuse, ‘and” 10 play 1t adindrably.—3. 4. K in e Cnesa: Player's Chronlel CHESS 1N PARIS. Piased In the seveath round, on the 9th of July. The Botes are by Mr. Pouer. FRANCH @ANE. White—Herr Zukertort, | Biae Pro K4 Mz, Blackburae. 83 L E SoBE! 7o 3 FTECT, ESZEE 528 TnewE Lt 7: S5EE855EE88E8E B8 SorEemem ot Caa = i Yo #0..Rto B7ch oi 61..K 10 B 6. and wias. (a) 1don't helleve in this elther far first or second piAYer atter the & K¢ had biea oianed. (o) The K can he taken oif with much advaatage. () T admire 3 move of this kind more thaa & amouat 6f brilliaot pisy for the pallesy. ia effect Iy puratyze \White's meditated atiucs -3 resuuree here [s diticult 10 awaya Pawn, and 1 sce . for nut ual-Lhe aitack €220t be fack can furee tie exchange uf Quesns, e wors: of the ¥ate, and ai the ULMOSE can only Lope foracraw. e hutne choiceof Plok R3orK to B &4, and there 13 06 Uouht the forner 13 prefersble. ) o 1he course v the sirudsic it bas aiea place White has iy Paws. 4na (¥ now stronk Where o1 Rlog a +1a¢, but his Gueen's ‘“afo cnours befcre, Gas becowme resh acect of this kaleldoscoplc wame I3 now accd, and Bleck WOl have 1o sée ft he can wiu Koignt agaiost ook aad t%0 Pawens. 2 13 Deediess t point vut, are traitors, 3 kiown 10 thelr commaoder, aad he wishes they were wwith thelr slain comraaes. ) K10 12 § scemms to me 10 draw vers easlly, for thenee i canzo1o s R 8 with obvions effects, (2 an- swer 10 the tareatened move of 1Lt0 K 6. By K 10 K 6 3orces & wig. It fs 5uch a plagsible more alfo that Mir. Blackourne. must have {magiued he 3w fip answer. As the came proceeds {3 will oe seen that Zokiruore couid lave drawn, but played weaks, Lhreas his opponent displayed much sxiil fn oUiliziag the opportunijfes that werelefc open. - - - CONEY ISLAND. The Popular Resort of Metropol- Jitan Health-Seekers. i " Changes and Improvements in the Condition of the Island. Yanbattan fland Brighton Beaches—Enterprise and Taste Alfied-The - Island Re. deemed to Respectability. Notes.from the White Mount- ains and the Town, Ete., Ete. From Our Own Correrpondent. NEw YORK, Aug. 28.—While somewhat. late in the summer season, it is never too late to o to Coney Island. The later you o thelater im- provements you see by the sea, for improvement is the order of the year down there. Iremem- ber to have written last summer that the islana was 80 chanzed that the visitors of other days would not know the vlace. The same sentence mignht almost be repcated now, especialiy as re- gards theeastern end of the long sand-box. Enterprise has taken hold of Coney Island with 2 powerful grip, and lifted it out of vulgarity into respectability. A few years ago, it was said, and witn truth, that a decent man or woman had no place on Coney [sland. To-day anybody may go to Manhattan Beach or Brichton Beach with as easy conscience and as much security 83 they can g0 to Newport, Suratoga, or Long Branch, and with less expense. That last item tells in three words‘why Coney [slaod’s improvement has seriously injured the summer- business at Long Branch. A further point s that, with the exception of the Ei- beron, the new snd stylish hotet at the 'real West Eod, the Brauch has no hotel to cqual that at' Manbattan Beach. Enterprise took Taste in its company when it begdn to put a miltion of dollars into and upon amile of white, low-iving sand; and these two iu partnership made a strong combination, about us suie as any to get for capital its dividends. SOMETIING ACCOMPLISUED. It is not worth wnoile now to go into a history of the work accomplished this year at Conev Island, because the two or three companies in- terested have Jaid their plans already to expend another million of dollars before July next, and the history would toen have to be given 2li over. In brief, the Manhattan and Brighton companies first set about improving the facili- ties for getting to and fro from New York and Brooklyn. ‘They puilt and formed new railroad connections and branches, and put on’rolling stock until they were able to transport, to- wether with the stcamboat lines and the rmil- Toads to the central and western parts of the island, not less than 200,000 peopte in a dat. “This railroad growth cost 3 larze sum, butit was an imperative requisite to the success of the srand schetne projected at the shore. ‘Ihen the companies made their arrangements for bathing as complete and perfect as_experience or imgenuity could suggest. No less aitention was bestowed upon the hotels and their restau- rants. Tobe by theseais to be hungry, and the companies knew it. Hence it need "cause no comwment or surprise to notice, on first reach- ing the new Beaches, tnat four-fifths of the main flvors of the hotels are devoted to dining- hall and restaurants. any hour of the day or evening, are enough to vrove that the proprictors understood their business aud the pature of the place. « MANGATTAN BEACH, ¥ the furthest to the east, and about four mil from the point long known as Marray and Nor- ton's, is the favorite place for New-Yorkers. Brighton Beacn, between Menbattan and_Ca- ble’s, is rather favored by Brooklynites. Both are attractive and equally stylish. Manbattaa excels In the beauty of its baildings, aud fn its route partly by rail, partly, p!y water, while it Tas an all-rail route also {4x' those whose time 15 precious. Everything stiManhattan bas been made,—that Is to say, the the sea wash the low Eeach. and marsnes, waist in water, mowing the sea-Zrass. ot rain it. Rerardless of the naturzl _surroundings, once possessed of the beach the Manbattan Company went abead with its works. i upon a elight rikt. It is two and three stories fn belght, Queen Anpe ia style throughout, ana is in reality * pretty as a picture.” A more nandsome and tastetul hotel buildine does not line the coast, from Maine to Florida. The bathiug houses and pavilion, the band pagoda, and the billiard and bowhng house, are-in the same style and finish. Every visitor speaks of the bathing accommodations; naturally, since they so far exceed any he has found elsewhere. Between the hotel and the sea is & small park, Iaid out in the sand, with the band pagoda in the centre. clear beach-view from the hotel, are THE BATHING PAVILION and houses. There are two departmests, one for the women, the other for tne men, and be- tween these is the spacivus pavilion, witn seats for 2,000 or 3,000 people, and a stana for the orchestra. The entrances are separate, and thus there is no commuuication between the dressing-rooms. The d s so careful that tne women’s department is as shut to man as 13 tue harem to a stranger. This gives wreater freedom, aud is highly appreciated by the ladies over the former promiscuous rental of rooms. The entrances to ‘the beach are at the opposite extrewmes of the inclosure,—ior this part of the Deach is fenced in, and free only to the bathers. The bathers pop out of a long picket-lage in a ery amusing style, enjoyed Dy the throng that lines the fence, only a dozen yards away. The men, if toev have f{uzzninine Iriends awaiting them, pass from their picket-lage terminas to the western bopndary, where the ladies and children do mostly cougregate. An admirable feature of the place is, that not oply is po attempt made at cxtortion, but everythinz has been done to prevent it, and tne prices are extremely low. At Long Brauch, with wretched accommoda- tions and po adequate sccurity for valuables, Fou pay 50 cents for a bathing suit. Here you are charzed 25 cents. As you enter and obtamn your suit, you are directed to the safe-deposit Tor valuables. No extra charge is made for this deposit, with guarustee of safe return of the goods. Coney Island has had a . BAD REPUTATION FOE HOLTERY of bathing-houses. There is nc chance for any such thing at the new Beaches, if the bather i5 willing to do as the managers warn and request him to. Four men are kept busy recerving and returning valoables. Each bather places bis articles 10 ‘an envelope, seals it, signs yis name on ashp ot paper, aud hands all ‘to the clerk, who m\!i*s him a check on a rubber band, to be worn gbout the neck. When the check is re- turned, the bather must again write his pame unaslip. The clerk compares the two signa- tures; ana hence, il the cbeck be lost or stolen Irom the neck, the 2oods could not be procured by o thief. Under this system oot a case of loss has oceurred. The beach, both within the bathing inclosure and outeide of it, is guarded by a* sufflcient 1orce of police. At the depot, too, ‘hich s & wing of the hotel, everything possi- ble is done to avoid danger. Comlort cannut be expected tn reaching a tratn whicn 5,000 otuer people are desirous_to make. No matter what the facilfties per day, there are two or three liours at waich a crush and a crowd are unavoid- able in a_place with thousands of transient s ‘The railroad managers bave done the best thev could, but a train every minate would pot do away with toe rust for the firs: train. That hzs been proved on the Metropolitan Ele- vated Road, where, although it is kuown a train w11} pass evers minute, the eager throng will overiond one train, leaving a haif-emoty ome Just benfod and within sient. So jt zoes, the greater the speed the greater the hurry. No rapid transit can outrun the feverish American mind. WIIAT IT COSTS 7O GO. The orice of an_excarsion ticket to Coney Istand, az any of the beaches, is but 50 ceuts. The New-Yorker, kept in the city by business during_ the hot geason, czn leave store or office at any hour of —the after- noon, run.down ‘to Manhatian Beach in an hour, get the fresh air and a plunge in the surf, and make home again for a dollar. Ifdin- ner ls taken at the beach, the expense-account will look less tike ccanomy; for, a3 I said, peo- pie by the sea are hunary, and the prices at res- zaurant or hotel are frst-ciase. Not exorbitant, but rating with Taylor's, Ciark’s, or ihe others. who come ope motcn under Delmonico. The gervice is very good, and there Is as much style and a3 good provision as yon wouid obtain in town. In ail_the esscatials of getting Lo the ocean and receiving the benefits of its waters, the rates have been made aslow as could be asked. If at Long Branch peopie pay 25 cents to ride from the depot to' a -hoiel, perhaps a mile, pernaps . a quarter ofa mile, they should The full tables, at almost Pbint was withont auy natural advantage, save that of having e The beautiful white sand was there, but not in suffient quaatity to give an elevation, and just fnland it was verrun by the Waters which' take license from the undetined territory of Sheepshead Bay The view from the rear window of the hotel is of men in rabber suits, up to the Their hay crop has one advantage, toat a chance rain will The hotel was built ' tae left, far encugh to leave - 1, And we hear no more the footstep that has sound~ Fraxczs not erumble to pay as much for eight=pr bine miles by rll 228 water, - Farthes toaMbat T Dave spoken of, the Menhattan ' Compar’y runs. a marine railway, taking passengers to-thc end of tke Islang for 10 cents the round trip.. At night the surf aud grounds arc illominated by calefum and electric ehts. THE RESULTS OF ENTERPRISE. All this jmprovement Las not been without reward. The inllux of people, day in and day- out. has been unvrocedented. While the older wateridr-places have, dunng the ereater part of the summer, been desolate and Aull beyoud the Cones_ Island, sprun foto’ sudden fame, has proved to be the great summer re- sort. Metropolitans 'begin to find, as Chicago citizens long since fouud.- that there is more comiort at home in the warm season than at the resorts. Miny Zentlemen have been led to take their familics Lo the new hotels for a season so- journ, but the great majority have been tran- tient guests, going and coming daily in the time of the heat wave, twoor three times a week in more moderate weather. ‘Ine excursion ticket Tlast had was numbered above 57,000, and that ~ on a single division only of the three rontes owned by the Manhattan Company. The sue- cess of the enterorising companies has been far greater than they themselves vould anticipate. The%do not propose now to stop. At Manhat- tan Beach the hotel is to be enlarged, the capaci- tyof the bathivg-houses more than doubled. here is also projected a breakwater and picr, sothat steamers could run directly from the city to the beach; but this i3 regardedasa questionable improvement, aud will probably be sbandony So much for a glance at Coney Tsland as It is to-day. I eaw the Hon. Thomas Hoyne. all .smiles sod in apparent content, strolling along the beach yesterday, and can count upon his agreeing with anv reasonable statemen: as to the great chanzes in and present delightful character of the ptace. When Whitelaw Reid favors the beach he is a notable character, and the Coney Island Heraid—the territory supporis two gossipy littie papers—is_autbority for the statement that as the chief of the tall tower dallies among the sands, clothed fn white fan- nel, with Panama hat, ratent-leather ties, and cardinal hose, he * makes a pictaré truly bean- tiful to behold.” FROM THE WHITE MOUNTALSS. A friend, just returned from *dolng? the White Mountalns, says the scason there has been an unnsually good one. He was particu- larly impressed with the fact that a Jewish colo- ny bad taken possesaion of the Fabian touse, andattributed it to Judee Hilton’s Saratogn dis- pensation. The proprietors of the Fabian seemed to have no aversion to takine their meney. In fact, if eny inhavitant iv the White Monntains or the region thereavouts has an aversion to taking money from unnybody, ongthe slizhtest pretense, let that inbabitant be DProduced and set up 1 the Metropolitan Museum as a natural curiosity. M friend, oo the morning of his de- parture, witnessed an inadent that called vividly to mind the taking stories about the friendiiness and treedom of intercourse betweer people who were on the common level of moun- tafn suits. A lady, apparently, came in to din~ ner and scated herself by a zentleman who was giviog his order to the wai *1 suppose you will let a lady bave the seryvices of tne wulter first?” she interrupted. **Certainly,ymadam,’ was the reply, though the gentlémen looked rather surprised at such 2 request. Well, the lady gave ap order that would do for taree, kept the waiter runoing, and gave bitn o time to heed the gentlemun at all. A3 his coffee, already brought, was zetting coid, the gentle: mao_ fnally ventured to usk the lady it she would pass him the butter, which stood” before ber. Although she had taken the wuter from nm, the parts—for more of them called her lady any longer—raised her eyes with a super- cilious stare, und reptied, 1 3m not employed £o pass things, thank you. Ask the waiter.” As a rule, however, the mountain_sofourners are a sociable set. There is somethlog In the grandness of nature all about them that draws. cliem together, as ou shinbuard the passengers bound by a common danger become friends by a common instinct. IN TOWY. The tople of largest interest just now is the loss of Theodore Taomas. Who will fill his piace is 3 question for which no one can vet find answer. As sent you by telewmaph, Sir. Thomas expresses his conviction that the West offers the best Leld for the success of & mnsfeal college; but at the same time he says New York'is the musical city of this country, and, other things being cqual, o8 course hé wonld prefer to remaln bere. Cineinnati has bought him off, and deserves to bave him, since New York would not support him. At the best, his tinaucial treatment here has been miserable, and ‘quite umworthy the metropolis. Mr. Thomas, owever, is not an easy man to get along witn. and it is confidently predicted that he will not remain in Cincinnati eighteen mouths. Georgs Jones, uroprietyr of the Zimes, sailed for Europe yesterday. He zoes alrect to Wies baden, waere he will try to recover his bealth, which Is much impsired by rheumastism, gout. and asthmatic troubles. He will probubly be absent two months. H,G. BEE-GOSSIPS. 1. 4 garden fall of fowers, ppy 28 can be, I know by the faces * _‘That emile no 8t me; Not a shade of sorrow, Not 3 single stich, Fioats upon the breezes As they fintter by ‘But they nod and beckon To the clves of »ir, Seuding meseages of love To Uieir friends, somewHere. Cun't tell what they whisper, But I do divine It is somethung pleasant, by the smile aud shing. Fragrant aod dew-wet, ‘They eatute the sun, Waich, with rosy (ingers, Bleszes every.one. hi Tt was pot fu Eden— S0 1t canse to pasy. When the sun grew flercer, From the tields of yrass, Buttercups, and clover, Came the wicked bees, Envying the pleasure O giad souls like these. Taey were old bee-gosstus, And they filled each head Witn malicious stories Ot what the others Faid— Distorting and perverting, As only 50£-ipe Know, Till each heart wis aaddened, ‘Eac bead bowed in wo. Tushed their merry lagghter ‘When the bees were done: A #adder group ne'er arveted "The setting of tire sun, ¢ » 10, Flower-spirits of dead Summers Came at their earnest prayer— X couid teif taeir presence By fragrance ia tne nir. Taey counseied, and descatly Esch told its beads of dew. 1 cannot siy witet penance * ‘The spints Lut them to, As atonement for the foily Of believing gossips' taie; But the penasce, and the sorrow, And beud-tening did prevail; For, when the rosy banners | . Of the morning wept the aky, Each fowet kissed its peizibor, Vowing love that could'not die. Mty C. PoxEmoT. - THE YELLOW-FEVER. My heart 15 filled with pity for the belpless once- who lie . Cmicaco. 1nthose sad and mournful cities, and who feel; that they wil) cie; . - For the pestileace is working with actve fary ! Bere The silent watchers whisper that Death+has en~ tered thet There are moans of pain and anguish, there is silent misery There are thuse who vrostrate languish, or jrio ‘gaze tnconsciously: . Y There are th s of meek submismon to the great Creator's will; Thereare prayers for His permisvion that the fever ‘may be still. Some gentte, loving mother will try her zrief to hide From the objects of affection who are lingering by her sid: or a fiia"%zmunu father 15 1oking wilcly round, Whose wife and little children aze laid beneath the ground. - A form may bave departed whn bas tonched a gen- e . Or the spint of the lovely may have reached the Better Land: 1 should need the artists peucil to depict each varied acene Of the suffering ond the sorrow where the pesti Tence has been. The nurses and physicians in vain their dill may To ur!?lhe Tives of patients, if God has doomed (o e. 5 From the mansion of the wealtby, {rom the cotsge of tl i, From the m%‘fiu and dwelling, Death Is adding to his store, ADd Who can paintthe anguish, the sorrow, thet ¢ will come 5 To the besrt of every mourmer, In every cheer- less home? R 3 We feel a strange sensation if we Zee = vacunt G . ed on tha swin, .