Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 22, 1878, Page 12

-salubrious, its soil is fertile, its mountsins and - s30 - southsiieof the bav aud over: 12 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES. ' will be used ’or entire bonnets or for garnitures who promots. Onme can be secured for tny IRELAND. A Country with Two-Thirds of Its Peo- ple in Voluntary Exile, The Nation’s Pathetic Tale of Op- pression and Sufferiag. . The Town of Tralee—Its Educational and Charitable Institations. The Famous Lakes of Eillarnes, and the Legend of he 0°Donoghne. = Spectal Corresmondence of The Tribune. Tearee, County Kerrs, Ireland, Sept. 2— There has been a noticealle falling off of emi- gration from Ireland during tiie past few vears, and duriug tue last year it may be said almost to have ccased. ‘Lhe reports from the United States have been digeouraging, and those who bave been forced to leave their native soil bave turned their faves to Australia or Vsn Dicman’s Land, a5 promising a better feld of labor. Ire- Jand has upwards of 5,000,000 of population st Bome, and not far short of 12,000,000 of peonle abroad, of which §,000,000 are in the United States, 1,000.000 are in other parts of Awerics, 1,000,000 are fn Engiand and Scotland, 1,000, 000 are fn Australia and Van Dicman’s Land, and the other mullion are scattered throuzh Coutinental Europe and the balance of the hab- itable world. It would be hard to find s coun- try where the mellifious brogue of the mercu- rial Hibernian may not be heard. ‘He is ubiquit- ous aud all-pervaaing. He is a dauntless traveler and takes chances whicn would be ap- salliug to & man of apy other ‘ationality. i3 atfections are sirong, his feelings are warm, nifs family ties are a¢ sacred to him s any other man’s, the love for his peive island is un- quenchabie, sud bence we must convlude that e leaves his auclent hills for reasons which are tangibje aud poteut. Ireland to-day presents the enomslous spe- tacle, unparalleled in the condition of nations, of nearly twe-thirds of its population living in voluntary exile. The climate of Ireland is rivers are unsurpassed fn picturesqueness and beauty, its valleys smile with almost nercnnial verdure, its sea-coast is judented with delight- ful lonzhs and safe harbors, yer smid all these i advantages the inhabitants fice from its shores s if the island was infected by a pestilence; its commerce fiags, its agnculture lunruishes, and its cities 2ud villages fall into decay. The people who remain at_bome are zeneraily dis- contented, and sre held m subjection by the presence of lurge bodics of armed men. Every importent town in Ireland tas its fortress and garrison. and every villare and precinet its constabulary and police barracks. Its orncipal barbors cré filled with British men-ot-war, and its seaports are magszines for 1military sapplies. Its soil is dreached with the tears of ifs departing exiles, and every czbin in the land echoes w.th the Leart-sobs of its be- reaved women and chitdren. Its Jails are fiiled with political prisouers, and its literature is elo- quent with the fervor of the last words of ex- piriug wartyrs. Its bistory is 2 pathetic tale of suffering and oppression such as the world has seldotn witnessed. This is 0o overdrawn pict- ure or creation of the 1ancy. Language is inad- equate to express the deep and bitter wrongs which this country has suffered in the past, or to portrav the evils with woich she is oppressed to-dsy. The pen of history traces her story in words of bdlood. and humanity stands apoalled at the gory record it reveals. Two millions of its peoplée died of faming whilst surround- | ed oy vplenty produced by their own hands darine the famme vears. Two millions more were compelied to fice the countrv during the same period to avoid a similar late. Thou- sands of thousands more were evicted from their holdings at this distressful time for the | non-payment, of reut, and their houses were | torn down over their heads. Thousands diedin the worshousce ot the land, and were buried | without cofiins, like ammals, in the dirt. Moth- i ers were separated from their babes, wives from thelr hushands, and fathera were compelled o | Jeave therr 1amiaes on bleak hilisdes, without acrust of bread or nroof 10 shelter them, to seck succor o foreign lands. . Duriue those terrible vears, which the sym- Pathetic beart of America stiil remembers, ire- land produced enoush - provisions, ac- cordi to the statistics of Englisl mep, to plentifully feed 15,000,050 ol people, vet with a ‘population of 9,000,000, 2,024,000 died of starvation and exposure. The fold to sustan 11,000,000 of_people was sent .} across the Channel o pay English landlords t0 iced Engiish mouths. While Ireland was starving, Eneland was collceting her Irish ; rente and handine around the hat among the | Dittions of the earth soliating contributions for | her mdizenc aevendent. Suchis the depthof | ‘Eugiish sympat, What has oceurred. Irisn- men ear may ovcur again in Ireland. “ What Secunty Las the coUntry aesinst another fum- ne,” they ask, **when the population again reaches 9,000,000 of people?™ With their jug- ment enlizhtened by the experience of the past, | thev naturaily feel n warrantable insecurity as to tne future. Thepeople havenolandshomes of their own. Theyoave but meagre accumula- 1lousof money. Theyhave scanty subsistence for three months in advance. Thcir rents are high and their landlords inexorable. There never was known an_instance where the landlord re- | Jinguiskied any portion of his demand on ac- coustof the failure of the ciops. Tho risk of 275007 season bas to be borne entirely by the poor tenant. A year ago the harvest in Ireland was verv bad, and the peasaats suffered. ‘This year the barvest is fair, and_the coullition of affairsis improved. Waen Task coucerning the condi- tiop of the peasauts this rear 1 am_wenerally 1old that they are “comiortable.”” This term implies, I find, that they are not absolutely starving. A County Mayo farmer, who has been “comfortable ¥ since potatoes were large enough to eat this yesr, told me the other aay that-daring the montks of March. April. and May his familv had subsisted wholly on yeliow Indian meal brought from Amer- 3ca, and not particularly fresh. Yet ne Was ot worse off than mauy of his veichbors. ‘The potato-blient, mn the West of Ireland, has been grute destructive for the past three years, and tbe farmers have become much impover- ished in consequerce. The carly crop escaped very well, but the later srowth is small snd bad. It scems likely that Tudian meal will have 10 be resorted to again betore the recurrence of 1ihe next harvest. ‘The harvest of hay and grain was good, but it ccerus likely to be sreatiy damazed by the revalence of ramn just at this critf.al time. For two weeks the floodeutes of tae sky bave ‘eenspened, and the face of the countrs has been deluged, unril the whole island i3 & R H i i sponey bog. The heavy clouds hace low over | the earth, obscaring the tops of the hills. Oc- casionaliy the sun bursis through them and shuwes with fervor upon the corzeous laud- scape for an hoor or more, and then suddenly again, almost without warn- ing, the rain bemns to ful. In tue morping when I arise I am greeted by the rain. At nizht when 1 retire L am lulied to sleep by its patter on the window-panes, and I am re- | minded of the time, louz awo, when 1 fay 1 u Iittle caamber close under the roof and Lstened 10 its Iuliaby. When the humid storm-clonds gather over sll tae o siarrs epneres, And the melancholy darknessgently weeps in raiay tears, *Tis. 2uy 1o press the pillow of a cottage chamber And ty licten to the patter of the sofs rain over- head. Tralee, the place from which this letter is Written, 16 eitiated in the soutinwest purtion of Ircizng n the Couanry of Kerry. 1t 15 a tuwn of avout 10.000 wbabitants, wiw subsist on the agcriultural trade o1 the country and the com- merce Of tue ocean. §iis five or six miles trom the sea. on the banits of tue ftver Lee, aud a slup caual, ove miie in lenstn, terminaune in s basin, coanevts 1t with flie port of Blenner- Tiie.” A beawtifui bay here scts inoto the cuast called Iralee Bav, which affords 8 safe and commodious barbor for shipuing. A consideruble irade is done in coal, lumber, and procerics and provasions. fue fown sits fu the snadow of the Sheve Rusi Mountaios, which raise their bign tops {row tae k the coast. The bizliest and nobiest of tuese peaks is_ Cur- | ran Tomabat, $414 leet ubove tne fevel of the £¢3, aud to the coutbwest of the town. It is n srmmerrical cone, dud {rowm £ top, L am . totd, Fondertul sights may be ceen. It ivoxed too Ul and isr away sor me o atsem, pt to asceud its stecp sides: Brandon Mountaun is 3,212 sect gn heishz, and stauds out bold and prouinent 1 ihe lnu‘:hulpc. Calurcoree, another fine mount- aln. 18 2500 feet W, bieight. ® Mangerton, near Rillarney. and eome twenty miies from Bere, is the most cetebrated mountain of this range, and | i 2% fect in height. The ascent. wuich is not very ditlic#i, may ba perior on ponies, = and murls(sy nfle‘;;:r fifll the top, snd claim w0 be wel pad ; appears on the 1sland mounted on a beauti Jor their trouble. On the top ot this mountsin fs & singular depression callea *tac Devil's Punch-Bowl.” 2,200 feet above the level of the | sun warns him not to halt, and the airy lord sea. the depth of water therein belog 900 feet. Dariug tourists sometimes bathe in this punch- ‘bow! without fear of the proprictor’s inier.er- enve. These re the most funous peaks of the magnificent range of mouutains which may be secn from this villaze. There is nothwe about Tralee to distinguish {g parrealarly irom other lrish fowns. I sce here the same proportivo of small, dirty cot- tawes, the same proportion of filts, and rags, ond wretcheduess thut Isee elsewhere in tuis indigent country. I sce here the sume Zentle- men’s preserves, the parks, the gandens, the fawns. and tields, all belonging 1o one man, and he halsue of the people with no land av all, se¢ here, as elsewhere w this unhappy island, Fortune smiling ou the few and Poverty at the throats of the many. Tralee is said to be a prosperous, thriv- ing town. thouxh I aow't belieye there has heen anew building erected bere jor the last half centurs. ‘Yhe country around the town and in 1his county is very fine, and irom $10to $25 rent. per acre is the price paid for i by the tenants. How they manage to make that amount of money out of it s a thing hard to understand. Certain- 1y the peopie of Kerry must e mdustrious or they could never manaze it at all, und must in- evitably sink inlo bopeless poverty. “The popgiati ce 15 mostly Catholie, and there®ke two ehurches hiere which would be ereditable toany city, The education of the nsiog gencration s mostly in tbe hands of a socicty of voung men be- long to the order of *Christian’ Brothers.” There is, also, 2 seminare here m the hands of the Domiuican Fathers, who tal we of the more advauced puvils. These people anly teach the buys of the town, while the education of the gir:s is coufided’ to the langs of the Sisters of_Mercy ana_tie Presenzation Nuns. Eacnof these orders of uuus have large and comiortable buildirs, erccted at great xXpense, Tully wnswering_the purposes for whicn they are required. - The conduct of Lae workiouse here, which now Las aboat %00 inmales, Las Dec. for some titme, in charze of the Sisters ol Mercy, apd many a puor fellow has been translatéd to ‘-Kingdom Come™ under their teuder auspices witn some sort of decency nud comfuit since they nave been overiooking the institution. Sume peopte may think it makes but little difference to an old vauper, battered by the hard knocks he has received in the world, aud humbled oy ace aod by diseass, and bad living, how be dics. whether 1 filth azd razs, wretch- cdnesg, sud neglect, or with his seuses soothed by eevtle voices, kind ll;mi?, aud sweet words of comfort, and assurances®f 3 bngater world beyond. §am one of those who beiieve that it iskinderand more lumane, and better every way, for the poor wayfarer to die with a little hope in his beart, a little love in his cyes, aud a little human sympathy in his_ears, than to lose his 1ast grasp of carthly things Wwith a dismal feel- ing in his bosom that everthing sweet and love- Iv has faded out of the world. Besides making death fu a worsiouse a hittle less terribie, these Sisters have introduced otber reforms and im- provements which relieve the lives of the oor creatures who are doomed to inhabit tne place of mang of its aspenties. The sick_ can pow get sttendance, the 6or- rowiul can _obtein cousolation, the wesk mey receive strength, and the dying spiritual enlightenment aud comforz,.and s Christian burial wheu dead. This is but one of avery few Insh workbouses which is_given over to the supermtendence ot Sisters of Merey. ‘The Preseuntation Sisters have a larze building for their purposcs, and afine charel and school- liouse besides, where thev educaie the orphan dauenters of Catholic parcats. There a-e about thirey Sisters of Meres aad tweniy-four Pre- seutation Sisters in these establishnients. The Christian Brothers, thirteen in number, have charse of an ndustrial scaocol here, in which there are at present over 100 inmates. The boys are taught agricultureand many Kinds of tradgs, besides being tuoroughly grounded in the En- ghsh rudiments. Thev appear bright, cheerful. snd obedient, and make ravid progress in their studies. Their dormitones, refectory, and schooi- room are all thaf could be desired. The farm ie smatl, but additions will soou be made to it -so s to be large enough to afford ampie employ- ment for the bovs in the line of musele and ag- ricultare. There are but few Protestants in toe town, and these educate their children mostiv in private schoois. or by employing fzmily tutors. The pational schools, instituted by tue Govern- ment on_something lise the Amcrican plan of Dpublic schools, thouel uuder restrictions aud nitations wiich make them practically of but Iittle penelit, are izpored here almost entir ‘They are not scerarian enough to satisfly either Protestant or Cathiolic. At the same time the schiool-books coutain too much matter offensive o both creeds to please the one or the other. { Tue national scnools here are, therelore, nea- leeted. Tais i3 not tac case 1n otuer parts of Ireland, howerver, where Catholic teachers are cmployed to instruct tle younw, taus,in a measure, neutralizing the Protestaut influeace of purtious of the toxt. Tue present svstew of education, like all comproniises, i3 not satisfac- Lory to eitker side. Tralce Lias litiic of historie interest connected with 1ts histery. It is the Capital town of Ker- v, and a considerable tradicx post and a point 1rom whence to waxe excursions to more li- teresting recions. Ardfert is but six miles north from here, and is a place well worth visitipz. It is a0 old aobey founded 10 tue dim azes, aud zOWw overzrown with ivy avd covered with lichens. The coast is not far &way, and a drive to the Spa. four miles distant down the bay, with the goreeons sun overhiead, the Iresh breath of the sea inone's face, the smell of primroscs in the hedge, and the green ficlds and distant mounta:ns to lovk at, Is an_cxvericnce well worth having, Oae pets a fine view of the bay and the smell of salt air. On_the 3shore were many fishing-boats, and a few white | sails could be seen close under the mountafas just coming in from sea. The water was calin and sparkiing when 1 saw it, aod tbe midday sua shown brieht upon its quivering bosom. The £un was up, toe sky was clear, ‘The wases were dancing fast and bright, Bluoe isles and snowy mouutaims wesr The parple noon's transparent light. ‘The tide was out, and the sandy beach, cov- ered with sea-weed and swmall schooners lying upon tbeir sides, where they had been left by the reeeding water, made 2 pleasant picture. BSowe children, with bare feet and lezs, were rusning about picking up cockies, An old Irish peasant, With a vers hizh hat, oid and batiered like himself, with a very small donkey hit:ned to 3 rude cart, was far out upon the sand gath- ering sea-weed with which to manure his farm. Op the fartner side of the bay were ihe high, silent mountains, which cast their dark shadows upon the waters. On the bitaer side were quaint_houses cmbow- ercd in trecs and foliave, and the hawthora bedges. J[I'he whole picture wasone of exceed- ing grace and lovelisess, and full of a dreamy sort of repose, hard to resist. Such a scene makes onc long to e down oa the sloping 1awns beneath the sheltering arms of some old elm tree, aud dream the davaway while lookioz at the sec and clouds. There 15 a comfortable botei here which is usuatly filled with visitors ‘who come down to theseaside 1o batie and to be invigorated by the sea gir. A quieter, sunnicr spol caunot be founa in all Ircland, nor oue more picasing to the eve. ‘Ihe peole of Kerry appesr to be brieht and vivacious, and foll of bouuding fife. They are kind and Liospitable Lo stranzers, and take much interest in snowing them what (nere is of interest to be scen. Tue famous Lakes of Kiilarney are situated fn this county, aud thither wany tourists go to Jook at the scenery and rest awhide amdst ats groves. The verghvornovd is certaimy well worth inspection, it une has time to take a leisurely survey. Geoerally che Awmerican tour- ist1sin toomuch of a burry to see anything, An tiour or two would ve surlizient ior him to mspecs the Pyramids or 100K over the rums of Carthaze. Tne Town of Killarney embraces abous 5,000 people, of all ages und cond.tions, Wwio appear to subsist mostly off tne stranzers ™o come 1o i eity. With tue begzars, porters, emides, jary and hotels,” the traveler has but Iitie respic. However, if be is good-natured and calm under narassing vircumstance® he will ¥ come out. trium- phant in theend. The towi is situsted a wi aad a iwlf from Louzh Leane, calle ] the Jower lake. It ha¥scveral very puud hoteis, a parish church, and a realazroom for stransers, a disaensary, & Workeouse, 8 polize barrack, a The Frauctseau Abbey oi | i i : the numitery, a Methodist cuuren, and a_luman Cazholic Cathedrat north of tue'town. Tie peo- ple apoear 1o bave vuc ittle t do- aside from watcung the arrival of strangers and lounting | Many of thetn are unwortny objeets of benevolence on the part of svm- pathetic strangers. lug laikes consist of tie apoer, the lower, and @c widdle lake, which are jusily cicbrated, though many a bandsomer cauin of _lakes tway be seen 1n Yori. The upper Iake is two mules and a half in lenzih 2na threcguarters o o mile in breadt The middle 1age s about twice this eize, whilst the lower lake is somewiaat smaller than the mildie lake, Tae lases are of irreguiar suane, and contan innunieravie novks of great beauty und wildness. Tuere are nu- merous lesends and tales cupnected with them whivh one mav readily hear by cailing unon the auides. Oue of these concerns the O'Donoznue, the ancient ford of tue castle un Ross Islang, the ruius of which way etill be seen. The legend informs us that ab intervais of seven years regularly, waile the misis are stid - ingr over the lakes, tne U'Donogbue sai t smow-white borse, sitended by a guard of faries wuo go beture him strewing fowsrs iu s path. He turns his steos rowards the lozativn of nis an.ent home, and as he approa:hes the spot the castle with ail its sur- rounwng tuildings are suddenly r their former siste of wagmificence. 7! about the strev rides ou over the lake and disappears Just as the red orb of dey casts Its first glad light over the waters and begins to dispel the mists of the lake. Those who have tne courage todo so may follow him over the deepest portion of the lake dry-stiod, and ride wita him to the oppo- site mountafns. where nis_money lies concealed in the deptns of some old cavern which oc one cop find out. The visitor te-civesa valugble present for bis daring and for his company, when O’Donoghue recrosses the water and dis- aopears amidst the” rums of the casule to be seen no more for seven years. F.E.N. THE PRINCESS ALICE. Narrative of the Survivors of the Fearfnl Catastrophe on the Thames. Correspandence_of the N«w Yark Herald. Loxpoxy, Sept. 5.—The descriptions of the terrible scenes at the time of the collision are extremely harrowing. Theterrorof the passen- gers was frightful: their screams were beard two miles away, There were only a dozen life- buoys on board, and sone boats were swinging on the davits, bot the boat sank too quickly for aoy aid. Ciarles Iandley, the Captain of the barge Chance, gives us perhaps the most hor- rifying account of the scene: About a qugrter to $ I'was with my barge at Beckton when¥l neard dreadful sereaming, the blowmg of whistles, and cries for help, and, on lookwr down the river, I saw that a collision bad ocenrred. There was-a rerular tearing crash. Instantly T took my boat aud my ate, ‘William Robinson, ana rowed to the gpot. Ours was about the first boat there. I shall never forzet the sight I saw. Thewaole river seemed ahve with heads and bair. It Jooked like & niver full of cocoanuts. Some people were holding on to forms, others tochairs and picees of wood, A stout gentleman came close to me, gnd I frabbed at him at once, but he was so Deavy that be nearly pulled us over. He was like a madman, and could not be quiet. I ordered him to sit down n tue boat, but he would not, and my mate and I bad to push him down. Then anotaer gentleman cried out, **‘Tiwenty pounds to save wy life.”” The promise of money did not inflienge me, but I seized bold of him, but he was so heavy. We tugged and tugged away, and atlast we wot him in, and, while we were doipe this, four little bovs Hoated by us. and their beseechive looks were something dread- ful. We saved them, thavi God! Then a young ladv, whom [ at ouce recogmized as Miss Towse, the dauchter of the Suocrintendent of the Stcamboat, Company, came close by, and she seemed to'know me. ed her and drew ber in, too. Our boat was now pretty full, and we found we could not take in any more. So loud were the screaws and cries for help that we could not bear oursclves speak. Tne rush of steam and fire, too, was something terrible. In a few minutes all was over, and I could not sce the funuel of the Princess Alice or auy- thing else. The river apoearcd, when we got there, to be covered with ladics' hair. Tobe ladies floated, winle tne gentlemen who could not swim sank at once. THE TERRIBLE WATER. Strange that so few persons were saved, tak- ing intu cousideration the fact that the disaster took nlace within bailing distance of the shore, 80 near to North Woolwich, and the larze collier that dfd the mischicf was close bv. The crew of the collier did succeed by 1hrowing out ropes insavingsome forty lives; but they donot appear 10 have exerted themselves to any satisfactory extent. A bargeand a few small boats suceeed- ed in saving a few more, but, altogether, scarcelv 2 hundred persons were rcscued. * A visit to the scenc of the disaster shows how little the chance of life was to those not saved by the few boats. ‘rhe acvident occurred at a point midway between the Beckton gas- worke and the powder magazine, a broad, dreary sirctch of river, a mile- and a uarter at least from shore to shore. o daglizht it would teke a sood swimmer to reach the sbores, but at nizht in the darkuess, with scattered lizhts us beacons, the best swim- mer might aever succeed in reaching land. He might swim toward the gas works ouly to flud himself there among the smooth iron pillars of a jetty, with neither rope, nor chain, nor boat to grasp. e would sink 1o utter despair. Only a few swimmers reached shore; even the best bardly got without the doomed cirzle, where 10) bands of the drowning clutched him. and dragzed him below. Two brothers succeeded in escapine the horrid circle by diving. One brave fcllow jumped into_the river, with his sweetheart on his back. He swam bravely away, but his precious burden was “clawed ? off his back, and though he dived to search for lher again, he did not find ber. The “ingdents " of the disaster would @1l a pare. 2 ON THE SPOT. 1 weat down syesterduy io the scene of the disaster, and the sizhts and sounds on the ‘Thames and at Woolwich were of a most heart- rending character. . Dead bodies were being re- covered by the boatmen and taken to various places In Woolwich ard. other points. The scenes at the Town f1all.where relatives came to {dentify the dead, are of course terrible in sad and even repuanaut detalls. At manwater, when I visited the scene of the disaster, not a sign of the boat could be seen, save a shight ripple in the river. Boatwmen take visitors at S0 much a head to the point where tae vesgel hes, twenty teet deep at low aod thrty feet ot hign water. It1s thougit that fully 200 bodies will oe found betow, where re- freshments were served. thougn it may prove that the Alice is cut right in two, that the bodies have been washed oat, and are now float- ing up and down with toe tide on the bed of the river. The boatmen aud divers were busy all day yesterday morning in dragemng up bodies with™ boachouks. The bodies are found mostly terrivly distorted. The death struggles of the_drowned arc awlully pictured on the races, Yesterday tne bodies of six womeu were recovered together. In drowning they bad clutched one anotner in agony, and notone could have escaped from the terrible grip. - One governess reports the loss of seven youog girls who were under her care for the day. Nearly a hundred children were drowned. One of tne rescued possenszers says that he never saw so manv chiidren in arms be ore. Only 1hree or four young children nare -among the saved; about tlurty women and fifty men. Three-fourths of the passengers were probably women and caildren. One man swam ashoré, caught hold of a woman whom be thoucni was his wife, swam asnore with ber, and then dis- covercd that she was a perfect stranger to him. Some of those rescued are deiirious. Whote familics are lost. 1 have not notived the names of any Americans as havioz been on board, though on the body of-an elderiy man named Wrizht was: foand a letter irom a sou in Amer- ica, and addressed A. Wrignt. o STATEMENT OF SURSIVORS. ‘The accounts in the dailv papers teem with personal varratives of the survivors of this ter- rible disaster. One man managed to catch a rope which dangled from the bows of the big sceamer, and actually hauled himself up it, hand over hand, till he reached the deck. Jo is no easy feat for an unpracticed handto 2o up thirty Jeet. of slivpery rope At any time, but death and that horried flood, wavy with numan hair, was beneath i, and zave him_ strength to escape. There were few wno could get hold of the ropes that were hung out trom the Bywell Castl but, strange to say. several Women Wwere among those whu clutehed at them. Oupe of the sur- vivors says that when the Princess Alice wend down he jumped mto the_water, and, on rising, swam 1o the side of the B, well Castle, and wot bold of one of the ropes, to Waich three girls and a young man were alrealy clinsing. . Tue fmirls were shneking oui, “Lord Jesus save us.” As these five desperate people bung for thew® lives to the fricodly rope they looked up to the bulwarks aud thought tnev saw a man about to let tue rope go. * That,” says the warrator, “was o terrible moment for ug, and we cried out to the min not 10 do1t.” Auother man, who lost s wife and taree children, cauzat nold of a piece of wood and was in mortal fear lest it should be suatched awa; from nim by the aundreds of men, women, aud chikdren stiugeting for hic aud sirieking 1 awouy wao surrounded him. ery nearly wone humself wien he was caught by two. mea or the barge Charity with xelumarion, * Ail rigag, old feliow,” and drageed into a boal. Ooe poor man s10 was reseued and taken to the Essex snore was de- lirious alt meht. snonting tor his wife and cail- drens in toe morntag bis mind recovered its balauce. aud it was foand that se nad lost his Tather, bis mother, his wite, amid his four chil- dren, It is hard 1o see what more ne coald have lost in this worid. Oac vouns woman, the or New survivor of 2 family party of lour, was saved, 10 une kuows now, and sne cannug tell, for she was (vin { wandering about the streets of Wool- Wicn quute crazv, utierinz only at 1ntervals toe words, * Fatuer—motner.” ——— CARDINAL FLUWERS, Thralled in hfl eense of loss, specch, And made the face of Sympathy s fatile eho, I wanaered io tae wood with aunless teet and slow. Above, the ftern una absoiute Heaven teld out of reaca 2 Its conso.ations. curtained by the rcornfnl pleach Of gisut oranches, swanging to and fro Jr an eternas luilaby of wind; waen lo! Upon & dank swamp-margin, \where toe sick-hued Seeca g Yialded to e\'e{-dflnj; 2sh and ghostly tamarack. A clustar o brizut blossumg cuid my thonghticss e Of faith; aud straightwuy hone barned back, Lit 0v Uieie tame wpon 1he pieiancaoly g And suil a face of connsel tu Lais world's despair. Those blossums, scif-coeering, to my memory that smotkered bear, Cuicaco. Bover H. Cavpscin. THE S0CIAL WORLD. Matrimonial and Other Evenis in This City and Suburbs. _ Velvet with a Dot in It---Outbreak of Corduroys. The Bonnets of the Seasom, and the Trimming Thereofs CHICAGO. MATRIMONIAL. A quiet, pleasant wedJding occurred last Mon- day afternoon at No. 200 South Leavitt street, the residence of thebride’s father, J. J. Weaver, Esq., the contracting parties being Mr. Edgar M. Snow and Miss Florence L. Weaver, the Rev. George IL Peake, of the Leavitt Street Congre- gational Church, offiiating. The bride wore a Princesse robe of wine-colored cashihcre, trim- med with sitk and fringes; flowers in her hgir. Mr. and Mrs. $now were made the recipients of many clezant and uscful presents. They lefu immediatcly after the ceremony on a tour, throngh the Northwest. On their return they will reside ac Nu.*209 South Leavitt strect. Mr. 8. R. Ireland,’ of this city, was_married last Tuesday cvening at Rochester, N. Y., to Miss Mary H. Crouch, eldest daughter of C. T, Crouch, Esq., of Roclester. The Rev. C. J. Baldwin officiated. The presents were very numerous, elegant, and costly; among them were gifta from friends in England. Mr. and Mrs. Ireland will arrive in Chicazo about Oct. 1, and make it their future home. . Last Sunday evening, toe Rev. Dr. Adler of- ficiating, Miss Alvioa Heller was married to Mr. Lowis Katz, a prominent dry gooils mer- chant. The ceremony was succecded by a banquet at No. 635 Wabash avenue, and daocing was kept up until the early morning hours. The toilets and arrny of presents to the bride were of the most luxurious and costly character. Married Tuesday morning at the residence of the bride’s fathier, No. 1464 Indiana avenue, by the Rt. Rev. Coarles Edwara Cheney, D.D., Miss Lena B. Andersou, daughter of Georze Anderson, Esq.. fi"‘ Mr.tJ. K. Armsby. The wedding was strictly private. E Mr. Charles W. Parker and Miss Ada Math- ews, eldest daugbier of Georze W. Mathews, s, were married last Suuday in 8 quiet mant tne Rev. B. F. Ficetwood. PROSPECTIVE BLISS Mr. Henry G. Meler, with Rand, McNally & Co., has zone East oua vacation. It is also anpounced that he is to be_married before the holidays to a Noreh Side youns lady. The marriage of Miss Jeonie M. Milk, daugh- ter of Lemuel Milk, Eeq., of Kankakee, with Mr. Georwe Edward Conrad, of this city, will be celebrated Wednesday, Sept. 25, at St. Paul’s Churen, Kankakee, at°13 o'clock. < Alr. Frank Harvev and Miss Emma Goldie will be united in marriaze next Tuesday even- ing. . Tt is announced that the marriage of Miss Hautie M. Burnsygsccona daughter of Jokn Burns, Esq., with sr. L. R. Harsna will be cel- ebrated in a quiet manner Thursday next at the rosidence of tbe bride’s parents, No. 150 South Sanzamon street. The marriage of Mr. Henry . Magee. of Chicago. and Miss Bell Pratt, dauehter of Capt. Pratt, of Hitlsdale, Mich., is announced to talke place in about two weeks. & TIE GARDNER-TIOUSE TIOP. The first botel 1op o: the season was inaugn- rated by Mr. J. D. Harlow, the manager of the Gardner House, Thursday evening. It was.an ver by admerable suceess. The large dining-room was converted info a dancing-hall, and the floor was 1 excellent condition. During the evening a collation was served fo the lagies’ ordinary. This hotel is espeaizliy adapted to the awing ot par- tics, and more will doubtless follow. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. 8. Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. James _ A. Ware, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Menge, Mr.and Mrs. J. B. Solari, Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Bryant, Mrs. Wilson, ail of New Or- leans; Mr. aod Mrs. J. G. Goldthwait, of Gal- veston, Tex.; Mr. G._ Sealy, of Galveston; Mr. and s, Geocze R. Stelle, Prof. and Mrs. or: ris Bernhardt, Mr. aud Mis. G. W. Kretzinger nee Wilson, Mr. aud Mrs. J. H. French, Mr. sud Mrs. R. H. Parks, Mr. and Mrs. J. A, Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Cox nee Lehwan, Mr.and Mrs. M. L. Rosenback. Mrs. Thomas L. Clarae, of New Orieanss Miss Ida Hamiin, ss Lily Babcocl, of Kalamazoo; the Misses Bevan, the Misses Solari, of New O.leans: 3ss Sallie Whaling, Miss Gertie Rvier, Miss Belle Parks, Miss Mamie Niies, of Springiield; Miss Hauchetr, Mass Mionie Wood, Mr. Enos Ayers, Mr. Heaton, Mr. Marte arver, Mr. Kretzinger, Mr. Koi erhocker, Mr. Vandebure, Mr. Sehwariz, Mr. Kelloge, of New York; Mr. Perry. Mr. Dandy, Mr. Blanchard, Mr. Lawrence, dr. Campbeil, Mr. Whitaey, and others. SOCIAL NOTES. One of the tuest parior concerts of the ccason’ was given last Thursdav eveping at the residence of Mrs, Heary L. Hatch, No. East Indiaua street, for the benefit of the yellow- fever sullerers. The following ladies and mer Uemen, assisted:_ Miss Alice Bluett, Miss Jes- sie Hardy, Mss Frenon, Mr. A. Nasmith, Mr. Edward Dexter, Mr. Ruloff, Prof. Kayzer, and the Chicago Quartctte, who acquitted them- selves admirably m their different. parts. The programme was select, and worthy the patron- age toe voncert received. Tue parlors. were handsomely decorated with flowers, woich added 10 the maay pleasant teacures of the evening. Prof. Carr's opening parties will take place as follows: At Lakeside Hall, Tuesday, Oct. 13 at Brand’s Hall, Thursday, Oct. 8; at Owslev's Iall. Mouday, Oct. 5, and &t Shruwm’s Hall, Sat- urday, Oct. 5. "\ soemi op took place at the Austin Town Batl Friday evening. ' few of the friends of Mr. A._W. Howe met at_the residence of Miss Ella Pyatt, No. 872 Chicago avenue, last Monday evening to cele- brate his birthduy. ‘Thursday evening Mrs. E. R. Wadsworth en- tertaiocd o number of her friends in honor of her ncices, who are visiting her. : A small party ot friends were etertained by Mrs. Col. Fred Graut last Thursday evening. Col. and Mrs. James . Bowen celebrated their thirty-filth wedding anniversary at South Chicago last Thursday evemng. PERSONAL. * Mre. Charles Binghamn and Miss Leonard, of Michigan, are visitioz at the residence of S. R. wham, Highland Park. Mrs. H. Lay, of Kewanee, 1ll., IS visiting ter sister, Mrs. N. V. Watson. at No. 110 Oak- ley streci. iss Julia Hogan, of 245 Superior street, has just returned from the East, where she has been visitine friends since Jul Miss Julin M. Kenaall, of Grand Raoids, is the euest of Mrs. Dr. Clarke, No. 19South Ann street. Miss Dillon, of Philadelphia, is a cuest of Mrs. E. A. Hall, at Highland Park. James L. Iliwh, Esq., and family have re- turned from theic summer trip. . Julia Van Norstraud, of Green Bay. s siting ber aunt, Mrs. E. R. Wadswortn, N Michizan avenue. Maggie [. Jonson. of Philadelphia, will Miss Burtis. of 510 West \Weshinston street, during the succee fing two week: Miss Muy Walton, of Mt. doy, Pa., is visitin ner sister, Mrs. Frank Foster, of Englewood. Mrs. Ciiarles E. Souchard, of Englewood, bas thmed from a visit to friends in Madison, Vis. Alr. Henrs W. Magee is visiting Hillsdale, Mich., tor the last time before the happy event o is soun to oceur. Miss Emma L. liestand departed for the East nesdav morning to attend the wedding of ner cousin, Lieat. Henry ©. 8. Hiestana. Mss Ella Judd returned from an extended Eastern inip Thursday. Miss Carrie fluobard, one of Detroit’s belles, who nas been visitinz Mrs. Charles Sonntax at the Woodnul Hotel during toe week, leit for home Thursday, bat will prooably visit Chicago Very s00a agan, Miss Lucita Walkup, who expected 10 go to Vassar, has decided to remain at home. Mr. and Mrs. Jaccson and the Misses Jackson, of New O:leans, wiho have been spending the summer at Oconoinuwos, nave taken upartinents i the Palmer House unul it is safe to return ome. uzus, No. 1032 Michigan avenue, ” yor Heatn and party, woo have journive in the Brale River country for the past, five weeks, arc expected home the latter part of s wes s Carrie Allen, of No. 1590 Wabash ave- nue, who has been on a three months’ visit to her fricnds at Bufalo, N. Y , bas returned home. Mtss Lizzic Bu.L. of Racine, s visiting friends at 556 Fulton sireet. NEW YORK. VELVETS. Special Correspondence of The Tribune, NEW YoRrk, Sept. 20.—The toilets tnat are bezinning to be made, botn from orders and for the shops, are magnificent in every particular. Last wiater, waen 50 many new and beaatiful materials were.shown, the: brocades,- the em- bussed silks and velvets, ¢tc., We itcagined im- provement upon tnese models a simple impos- ] sibility; but .this scason .even richer fabrics make their appearance. Notable among elegant novelties are the velvets once so admired for vests for gentlemen. They have & soft, silkv surface,—indecd are of finest make,—and@ bave a tiny, tinv dot of contrasted color. The pecal- farity of this dotis that it seems placed be- ucath the nap of the velvet, thus givioz a very oretty effcct. The prevailing color, or ratuer the main one, 15 usuaily very dark and rich, and. the dot Is quite. liht, ond is generally a different color, though in’ many cases it is but a much lighter snade of the same. | The most admired varieties are black velvet, witha tiny épcck of palest blue; navy blue, with the same pale dot; deep rick maroon, with white or faintest rose-color. One very handsome piece for un elderly lady is black wWith a spot of purple the size of a pin-head, and having fn its centre a dot of white. Waerever the spots of color are,.the surface of the velvet is indented - or depressed. A verv clegant toileite is made of the latter variety and black satin, with purple satio cordings. The dress is a Princess, and bas the front of black satin finely shirred. The sldes are of velvet,—the dotted vestings [ men- tioned,—and the seam between front and sides is filled with a heavy cording of purple satin. The velvet sides of the dress are cut in loor, sharp poiots, and are coraed with purple satin. Beneath these shows a plisse of black satin. The back of ‘the rove is all of black satin, and is tin- Isned at the train by five rather narrow pleatings of black satfn, each set on with a purple cord. e buttons on tnis dress are very handsome. ‘They are in size fully as large as 4 silver hall- dollar, acd are slight!y conical in shape, The material of them is passementerie, black and purple, with beantiful shifting lizhts. Thev are down the front of the oress as far as a_basque would reach, and are also piaced close "together around the waist todescribe 2 belt. This bett does mot reach fully around the waist, extending onl, across the back aud sides until it reaches the edge of the suirred front, where it ends, and wacre foar buttons-are disposed in & diamond-sbaped orna- ment. ‘This dress is extremely handsome, aud is an exact copy of one which bas been made by Pinzard in black aod yellow for the * Jersey Lily,” Mrs. Langtry. AMONG HANDSOME MATERIALS is one which I have previously mentioned. It shows 2 stripe of heaviy-corded watered silk alternating with one of satin. These stripes vary from threc inches to one-quarter of au inch in width, but the two stripes are always similar in mze. The handsomest style oi this elegant fabric 1s one in black having the stripes about two incoes wide. It may be otained in colors, and is very handsome iudeed, but I am told in the shops that 1t witl not be in 5o eveat demana as black. The goods will be used only in combi- nation, and may te bleaded equally well with satin or velvet. Toese last two materials will be most extensively worn and can invariably be pertectly matched. - - New velvets for millivery and combination toilettes are very handsome, aud show many novel effects. One is a peculiar deep subdued scarlet, with an odd flame-colored llzht chang- ing thronzh it. Another is similar, but is a handsome crimson, with a pretty faint rose suade overit. Uue very elegaus style of velvet has a peculiar ground seeminely formed of laited strands of narrow satin braid—a sort Gf asket-work. Upon this is 2 raised work of velvet. The effect of this woods is cxtremely rice. It is known g5 embossed velvet and is procurable in every color. The shmpie before me is rich olive, and the satin ground has 2 glistenioy bronze shade upon it. A very tasteful material which is larzely used 10 portions of tollettes is a very soft silk, toat has stripes about_one-half ao foch wide. One stripe is satin-finished, the other consists of ‘woven leugthwise lines. This also comes In all colors, and is much wused for combininz with plain silks &nd cashmeres, or some other soft, finc woolen. Among cash- meres fs a novel importation known as figured casamiere. It bas a soit, heavy-twilled surface, diveraified with small fizures worked in floss or sik. One variety is a dark navy-blue cash- mere, with small diamonds thick upon it. Each fizare is workgd wich ceil blue, scarlet, and old gold. Another has also a ground of navy blue, with longitudinal stripes about one-half an inch wide, entirely formed of sinall diamonds worked in blue, scarlct, and old gold. Tue in- tervening spaces of navy blue are covered with small detacoed fieures in the same three colors. Corduroys will be a great deal worn. Entire suits are admired, and it will Le used extensive- Iy with camel’s bair and cashmere. IN MILLINERY there is an improved sort of corduroy. It has close velvety ridees upon 8 satin surface of the same color. It trims felt boonets very effectively. In millinery never have nandsomer goods been displased. the ribbons alowe are wonderfal, botn ir their variety and beauty. Narrow riboons are con- sidered very ‘fashionable. They will be ased upon ‘ head-zear,”” -and are in great request for otber portions of tne totictte. The majority of dresses have ribbon loops and bows, and one can now find a ribbon tbat corresponds beautifmly with any style of costume and any sort of fabric. Among nar- row nbbous an inch or. twoin widih are all Kinds of oreity varicties. One has a scarlet ground upon . which are spravs of shaded zold leaves with ao occastonal small ekv-blue flower. Tlus is quize a pretty ribbon, but. is very showy. A parrower one is white, with a vine of leaves and 8 rosebud rouumog through the centre. ‘Tne foliage is of three shades of brown,—a dark. chocolafe, & pale yellowish brown, and o in- termediate shade. , The roscbuds are very little, and are of shaded red. A wider nbbon ngs an exquisite pale blue surtace, enriched with rato- er larze moss rosebuds of beautiful red and piok, with 8 folince of shaded browns, which softens and subdues the brilliant colors of flowers and ground. Another has a ground of delicate wood color, with a profusion of shaaed foliaze and vivid red rosebuds. 1tis remarka- ole now tee prevaiting flower in all these funcy r1boons is the rose, and alnost always only the bud. A very elegant ribbon a litile'more tnan an inch wide has a black surface, with deep crimson rose-buds and leaves of bright green mingled with pale cream color. The zround. of all these rivbons is satin finished, and ali have an edge like grosgrain ribvon. Other haud- some ribbons, about o flager wide. are in vari- ous and beauuful styles. One of deep erimson has one side heavy gros-grain, with the cords running across, while the other is satin, Tnis elewrant ribbon can be bought: in any shade, and costs from 31 t0 $1.75 a yard. Another richer style bas « velvet side, with a reverse of satin, aud a dutferent one still s satin faced, with a back of uncut velvet. This latter, both i rib- bops and 1o the piece, i3 hizbly esteemed this season, and will he mach worn.” Eutire bonnets of 1t will be chosen somewhat luter in theseason, afld even now 8 few evening hats of it ure shown. ONE VERY HANDSOME AT, witha low crown and a rather wide brim, is made of waite uucut velvet. The brm droops gravefully at the leit, and is easily upturned at the right. The brim is faced underneatn with a shirrng of most delicate rose-hued satin, and it is bordered alonzr the cdge with oval pearl beads. The only trinming on the outside are two plumes. One is very long and quite encircies the crown. The otaer 1s mtch saorter, und curis saucily over the crown towards tae face. Botn ure saow-waite, are. very full aad s flaffy,” and are fastened in with a saperd Jarge vear] orusment. Auotuer exquisite bonnet. made to accompnny a visiting toileite, i3 a durk green uncut velvet. ‘The bounet is eottage snape, and the face triai- ming is ot pulls of fainiest green satin. T'ne edrre of the brim 1s Unisaed by a finesilver cord. The crowu is encirelea wich folds of uncut vel- vet, lioed with the palegreen satin, and at tne lefu of the front is a baodsume Alsace bow of botz materials. From fv arise three snort ostrich tips, shaded [rom deepest rich grecn to the faint delicate hue of the satin. The strings are of uucut veivet, with satin back. . A perfect lutle gem of a bonaet is of tae new Tien red, adeep marvon. It is of velvet,is also of the cotcage shupe, and nas the face trimming of pele plue satin. Strinzs of floe pearl beads are arranged to droop over this puiling of satin, ana 1o rest a hittle upon the bair. Tae crown is banded by a twist of the velvet and hiue satin, aud o large bow rises imwmediately froat. Here 1s & bandsome pearl ornament to Wuich are attached torce strings of fine pearl beads, waich are drawn to the back, aud are there sceured by anotuer similar ornament. A very tasceful httic bonnet wita uvrizht faring brim is of light-grev telt. The brim is faced with olive satin, puton smoothly, and at tac edge s a tine cord of the same. Bands of olive corduroy are foldea loosely about the crown, and there is a far2e bowor «atinat tie left. Herealsoisn handsome bird w.th rien bronze piumage and a head aod breast radiant with ail the prisinatic colors, A VERY ELEGANT LITTLE BONNET is of black velvet with face zarniture of the old guld satin ufcaming under a bun lsome fringe of cut’ jets. ~The outside trimminzs are folds of old gold satin, and short handsome black featbers. The strings are of very peautitul ribbon; old old satin on one side and vn tue other neavy horizoutal cords of black and gold alternately. Tuis haudsome ribbon caunot be purchased in many combina- tions. Tbieoneabuve, black and crimsvn or scarlet, navy blue and ciel biue, are the only varieiies I Dave scen. The satin side nlways corresponds in color with the lehter snade. There is a very handsome material desizned solely for millinery uses that has a satin ground or surface diversified by cross bar lines of'yelvet with four tiny squares or- blocks. This goods upon bonoets of telt or confections or vervet. It is most oleasinz in toe delicate shades, the blue and light fawvn or wood color being es- pecigily admirable. 'This last color {s now known as a liznt tint of Havaae, and Is Iargely used in bounets auil toileties, as well as in vari- ous accessortes of tollettes. MarTin S. SOCIETY TOPICS. Victoria bas twenty-six grandchildren, the Duciess of Edinburg’s little girt being the latest. What honors some men do have showered uon them! Lord Rosebery bias been elected 3 member of a foot-ball club. There are some very fine orchestras in Chi- cazo, but none whose music is sweet enougli to keep the boys frow going out after coffee grains between theacts. It takes a very able orchestra to overcome the appetite for parched coffee and lemon-peel. : Going tq the Exposition you pass the most notable exhibit ever shown in the West of what the Centennial judges and the greatest pianists of the age have pronounced the best pianos in the world. We refer to the celebrated Hallet, Davis & Co, piano, particularly the uprieht of that make, in the warerooms of W. W. Kimball, State and Adams streets. It is universallv con- ceded that these instruments are not excellea in sweetness and strength of tone, duraility, and beauty; while no other first-class piano ap- proaches it in cheapness. When a woman comba her back hair into two ropes, holds one fo her mouth until she winds the other upon her tack-comb. and then finds that she has lost her last bair-pin, she Icels that the sex needs two mouths,—one to hold her lair in, and the other to make remarks with. Rocher has at last got settled in his new and clezant studio, at Nos. 77, 79, audSl State street, with magniticent surroundinzs befitting the leading photographic aruist o tae West. Un Thnrsday and Saturday evemnes next, the 20th aod 28th fasts., s opening reception will oveur, when we may reasonabiy expect to See some- thine more beautiiul and _erander in_ pootog- raphy than Chicago ever saw beiore. It will be & societ¥ event of note. No newspaper writer should say a word about banged bair and tight dresses. Europeans over here on a visit would be asking where all our idiats are kept if they dian't meet av on the streets. Ghormles, the monarch of modes, who has been several weeks in the East, returned on yesterday with a batful of new and unigue ideas remurding the decoration of the feminine form awine. Ghormley always excels. A man may encer at 2 Woman all he will be- cause she can’t sharpen a_lead-pencil, buu she has toe smile on him when be stands holdine au unoceupied suspender button in his hand and wondering whetner it will hurt less to pull the needle out of Ins thumb the same way it went in, or push it on throueh. An opening display of trimmed patterahats 2nd other imported novelties in the mlinery live will be given Wednesday and Thursdar, Sept. 25 and 25, by the wholesale firm of Gage Bros. & Co. for the trade only. These openints are ¢ new departure in the wholesale business, and the success aitending the imtial opening last season warrants the firm in coutinuing toem. ‘The man who bas s woodpile handy for win- ter and his cellar well filicd takes supreme de- lht in predicting an early winter and 2 bard one. This will pass for quick work, will it not? The 14th of the present month proofs of loss by death of a poiicy-holder, Mr. James D. Benu- scrots, of Lincoln, 1H.. were forwarded o toe home office of thie Iome Life Jusurance Com- pany ot New York by Mr. E. H. Kellogg, Su- perintendent of Aeencies in the Northwest. On tie 1Tth of tae same month Mr. Kelloge re- ceived a check in full for the amount, $3,000, which will be paid over at once. Gail Hamilton can’t sbarpen a lead-pencil any better than any of the restof hersex. Sae turns them over in bunches of twenty to & ma- chinist to put new points on them. For_§1 you get ot Meyer’s, 133 State street, real French felt bats, all styles and colors. Other miltinery equaliy low. No crowned head of Europe ever ovens a box or package coming 23 a gitt. A man is hired to do this work and take nis chance among inferpal maches. * Tne eveninz school at Bryant & Stratton’s is DOW in scssion, with o full ¢orps of teachersin attendance. Youne men and women employed during the day can obtain a goud business education by attending a few months. Mark Twain's scran-book attracted considera- ble attention at the Paris Exposition. Many nou literary visitors considered it the beat .of his works. Picture to yourself 45,000 sqnare feet of floor devoted to ke selling of that King of all pianos, the Knaoe, the favorite Bouer, and musical merchandise without end, and you will have an Idea of the larzest and finest music bouse jfu the West, Nos. 263 and 25 Wabash aveaue, just occupied by Julins Bauer & Co. “Thrift, thrilt, Horatio. The Princess Royal of Enzlaud aud Crown Princess of Gar- maay is & model of thritt. She blows out superfluous wax candles with her Royal lips.has her children’s dresses turned and dyed, and locks up delicacies where the servants caonot get at rhem. There can be no competition against such prices as Mevers, No. 133 State street, offers his large assortment of trimmed natsand bonnets at now. There's more romance around one old cider- mill than in four trips to the Waite Mountains. For the fall and winter trade, P. Keller, No. 41 M inroe street, is taking orders tor lagies’ fine ssalking boots at $10 per pair, and at tis price he guarantees the best shoe that money and il can produce. It was & mun who invenred the side-saddie, and every tine Anua Dickinson thinks of how much tine he threw away to mawe a woman ;‘oqk ungraceful she wants to pull some oue’s air. Give your laces to Mme. Masurier, 125 State street, to pe cleanc ! and reparred. Edmund Yates loves a cat, ich eats at a table with its master. This is the only dark stain on the cat's otherwise irreproachable char- acter. Chapis, the leadinx book-dealer, 95 Madison. ‘The New-Yorkers are getting so nccastomed to the racket of the clevated railwav that they can once more distingusa the sound of a chud ing, and of a voliceman beating a citizen to death. The many old friends and patrons of Mr. A. B. Van Cout, ouc of the pioncers i the jeweiry trade in the West. will be pleased to tearn that be has opened, witha new. and very comolete stock of goods, at 155 Wabash avenue, just soutn of Field, Leiter & Co.’s story Minnesota girls who are out plowing and drop down 1o a rest and a nap wake up aud find their lone 2alden hair vone,—eut off by some design- ing villain seut out by an Easters hair-store. Heliotypes, at Lovejov & Foster's. Consistency may be a jewel, a5 writers assert, but ceilulo:d seews to be taging the place of it very fast out s way, Brewster & Cu., for whom C. P. Kimbali & Co. are the exelusive Wesiern agents, received theon y go d maia _given to dmerican carriages at the Paris Exhivition. ““Do you ca'l that clothes?” said, sternly, a Boston "custows offietal to the woman wov had sworn that. there was nothing 1n er trunk but clot.ies tor herself and husband, and as he spoke he pointed to six bottles of brandy. - Yes,” saud sie, soltly, “thoge are his nighteaps.” Mr. 1. & Bast, the well-known designer and manufacturer of bric-a-brac and art iurnieure, of Nos. 270 and 272 North Clark stieet, leit tne city yesterday o Lew da:s’ rest and recreation in the country. His many triends will wish nim a pleasant joirney and safe return. A girl says that when she dics she desires to have tobacco planted over her grave tiat tne weed nourished by ner dust may be chewed by ):l r bereaved lovers. There is poetry in the idea, Physicians recommend the Griswold Abdomi- nal and should »r-brace corsets. For saie ut 126 State screct, Roomn 20, It takes a .apanese girl thirteen hours to dress for a party, and uer lover must sit and wuit and console biwsell witn a two-cent after- nooa paper. - Something new and elezant in heating stoves, the “Eascluke,” i8 shown av J. D. Bnnese&- Co.’s, State and Van Buren streets. ‘The Boston Traveier sugwests that the mext ¢lestrical invention be uamed in sume way to leave off the “*plione™ part. Taose things have ot to be very Douney, and the suggestion is a goud one. We notice that the New York osster house, 193 Soatn Clusk street, opeas Monday, under ine management of D. C. Freeman. furmerly Suverintendent of the Mdwaukee & Watertown Ruurvad. Victor Hugo has fifty-six mirrors hune ap in his voom in_order that be may constantly see how noble and handsome Le looks. Miss L. 0"Mearn, No.56 Madison street, im- vorts ali materials for lace making. Specimens of ceramies are now considered the proper tang for wedding-pre.ents among the soaety people in the Enstern cities. ¢ 15 quite the thing in New York and Boston for danuing parties to ewploy a good piauiss coming segson i Chicaco. Reference. agg nn]er's. the 'Lhicago Music Compaay, 152 Staty street. Persons desiring to make wedding-presents + aliould call and exzmine the stock 8 O7ingtony ' before making their purcuases. = +* One-halt other haif hv 5 SI0inL wore an. - 0Oh, well,” said her ncigubor, “don’. worry about it, "tisn’t your 1ault if they don't koow.” e and novel éfltmc,t;!un in_ Chicago wif] c the_* Japanese Curio” which opens thi week at No. 147 State. P s The Sultan oresented Queen Victori: a beauriful album, waich made Benfl:sl;:‘l'\'ln John Brown, and 'the Sultan’s several wivey Jjealous. - Somethite new in ladies’ shoes appe: Webb & Webster’s, 82 Statestrect. the ?‘szk':: Goat” and the ** Mattelaine Foxed.” No wonder Proctor asked, *is the m dead?” I: takes no care of ié bealth. It mfi? zets up till evening and thec knocks around ai] wight. B Fine Imoorted and Cuban-made cigars Snow’s, Rundolph and Dearsorn streets. > A man who can bend his_snin eeninst -~ fnz-chair and smite at the darkness which l?:\cdke it possible 1s on the highway to elory. The best wors in waten repairing is dq ‘Hamilton, Shourds & Co. ey It was a Detroit boy who sosked s box of matenes In 2 pail of water over nieht in order to et up 2 sulphur spring and cure his mother'y rheuwatism. Alexaedre Damas bas a Paris bousdfar away from noists. It is of brick, faved with white stone. There are pictur-s and statuary from ball to earrct. He says that the surroundings of the writer should be of the besc. - His library is 2 mere booiease—worss on physiology being the most numerous. Napoleon I used to let his mail zo uenpened for turee, weeks, and he then found only one letter in‘iweuty that needed an answer. People: whose dresses are not uf the freshest are by ng means loud in praise of the practies now comung into vozuein Fraoce of shting ballroous: withelectrie light. —_——— ALLINOIS SUPREME COURT. OTTAWR.. I, Sept. 21.—Supreme Court pro- ceedings$o-day: 0. Rebriring TI0NS DECIDED. .. ring Docket—Bailey, Jr., ‘vs. Be X etal. i on denied. the opinion to be mm#jff 50. Docket—Fleishman et al. va. Waiker et al. ;imidtion sustuined, per curiam to be filed, and appeg! dismissed. 2533, Cpey of Chicazo ve. Peck & Sanders vs. Peck; T for a writ of error overraled, ani tegve to withdeaw record oot asked for. 319. Oizaws, Oswego & Fox Kiver Valley Rail-, road va. ¥cMath; motion allowed to dispense with printed alitracts * i 115. Mcars ve. Hoyt et al. ; motion allowed. Fiauk D. Gay will oe adwitted to practice on fof~ eign license. - NEW_MOTIONS. 56. Fleisiman vs. Walser et al.; leave to withdraw the record, aostracts, for the purpose of filing in'the Appeliate Conrt,. - granted. *, 57. Lowenthal vs. McCormick; motion to set’ aside the order of submiesion ard dismiss sus- {ained; leave to withdraw record. abstracts, g riefs. o 161, Eclienbers et al. va. Regansberg, et al ; ap. peal disminsed by the 2ppeflant. 335, louYes ve. Scouitze; motioa todismissaad for leave to'withdraw the fecord, abstracts, sad nels. - 409, Stouzh ve. Barbce; motion by the appelles to digmiss tac appeal. % 412, International Bank of Chicago vs. Brennock sawme motiun by the apneliant, the appesl diswissed. &nd icave to witndraw tne record, 201, Hacs ve. The Chicago Buiiding Socley; motion by the appelles for a rule on the sppeliant to file 3 new bond. 402. Haas va. Same; same motion. 131 Quinn va. Houston; destd of the appelles eogzested, and motion to make Adminlsirator 3 party to the smt. 7. People's Docket—White vs. Peonle: motion by the plaintifl in error for un extension of time to ile briets. - » 421, Motion to retax the costs. CALL OF THE CIVIL DOCKET. 101 Pierce, administrator, etc..,vs. MeClallea; taken ¢n call. g 102 Soradling vs. Russell; taken, 103, Calver ve. Johnson: taken. £ (104, Benson, lmplessed, eic., v. Johmam; icen. 105." Reynolds et al. ve. Adams Bundy; taken. Chesney va. Meadows eval.; tsxen. 107 $L John vu. Stephenson; taken. Slattery vs. Radferty: taken. Callaghan vy, Myera; taken. Frantz vs. Kox; taken. - Belunger et al. va. Hersney et al. ; taken. Doyle va. Village ot liradford; taken. Loeb vs. Mcyaaon; taken. Lrennon vx. Ssinklo; taen, motion for nd brlefs, - Meara vs. Hoytetal. : passed. Morlarty vs. Stofleran; Laken on call, Van Duzor ve. Allen: taken. Snear Reyuoids; taken. Huoband vs. Journey; taicen. 2 . Comstock et al. vs. Gage, for use, ete]’ argued oraliy, and taken. i o~ TO PAPA. TIn the South’s warm clime thou liest, "Neath its sky aost softly sleep: Southern zephyrs walt 0'criteud thee, Straneer stans their vigils keep. O'er thy grave no tears ure faline, - For thou’rt far, far from thy oome, ‘Where thy loved ones mourn in sadness For the uearone who nas gone.. Though thy family was far distant In the Jast dread hours of Iife. Yet God's Anvels hovered near thee Tull the ending of the strite. Then. npan theif zoluen pinions, Upto tleaven's zate they dew, Lsid at Jesus’ feet their burden— ‘Thy dear heart, 80 kind, so true. . **Take his heart, O loving Savior! Far from home and friends he died. ‘Thou not accept his offerng, Jesusdear?" the Angels cried. Softer than . Zolinn music, Jesus’ voice was heard:’ **My son, Coine thou, rest apon this bosom— Take this crown watch tnoa hast won * Thus we hobe that thon were Welcome Ln the Mansion of the Blest: 2 Thus we hooe thy head was pillowed Gentiy on the Savior's oreast. Thouzh far trom all held dearest, Yet tay cross thon meexly Till with Goa thun wert united On the sverlasting Snore. ‘Watch npon thy loved ones, Papa, From thy happy home zbove. Aek of Giod tor then the atronzth to Bear sheir neary cross with love, That. when Death shall soun.! the frampet Wlich will tell them life isoer, ¢ ‘They'li meet thee, nevermore to part, Uton that Sa ning shore. Rosgm. ———— Bob Ingersoll's Poem on Barns. Nete York Gravhic, Col. Robert (. Tuzersoll 13 well known as ar orator whose speccnes abound in passaces of poéue spiendor; but it is nog gencrally known that he has sometunes contriouced—alwajs anooymously—to the poetical literature of Awerica. On the 17th of August he visited the kome or Robert Burns, and there wrote the fol~ lowing pocm, waich bis friend, Mr. Redpath, has just received: THE BIRTHPLACE OF NURNE, Thougn Scutland boasts g thousand names Uf patriol. King, and Peer, The noolest. wrandesr of them all . Was loved and cradied here: Here lived tue zentie peasant-Prince, The loving cotter-Kinz, Compared with whom the greatess Lord Is but & titled thiny s but a cot roofed in with straw, A bovel made of clay; One aoor shuts out te snow and storm, InE WIndow sreets the days And yet [ stand within tais room Aud hod all throoey in scorm, For here, beneath tais lowly toatch, Love’s sweetest ourtd was born. ‘Within this hailowed hat I feel Like one who clusps a sbrine, When the glad lips at last have tonched ‘The some:hiae ceemes divine; And here the world throngh ail the years, As long as day returns, ‘The tribute of 113 iove and tears Wil puy o Robert Burns, Aug. 19, 1878 Orthographical. Burdette, “Spell parsoios,” sa.a aSonth Hill teacher “Geien, 2in.” bowled the. biggest boy 1 the class, “tnere’s your gin, n-a-D, pan, therc’s your nan, there’s gioan, s-h-u g, shug, there’s your shug, there’s vour nansuug, tucre’s Your o Emanshug, m-e’r, ger, there’s your ger. there’s. ., your, shuzeer, there’s your uansaugzer, there’s your ginanshuager—' "+ For mer.y’s sake,” €X- clamed tiie borritied teacuer, as s00o, 88 She ©4!d cateh ter breath, “what are you domgl'; “Spellmz- par's” nips.” said the boy, 30 that’s only one of 'em, buc he says it's the boss.” Sue told him ne needn’t spell tbe Of ers, nd he said be'd bave the oid man wril em on a postal eard and sgnd 'em to her. —_—— « Back from Yarrip. And 80 you've returnec from rope, Now fels us how much dia you see? Oh: we touk in a lot of old castics, _ And trotted auout in Paree. . We saw ell the-things tn the guide-books; Did the clasaical dodge when 1n £ome But. cetween you and me and the bed We yre thundering glad 1o et home.