Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 18, 1878, Page 7

TROUND THE WORLD, At the Universal Exposition in the French Metropplis. German Art—A Superb Gallery of Piot" ures from Kuaus and Other Masters, The $wiss Muslin Saloon—Norwegian and Swedish Furs aud Ar. tistic Work. Rarsion Todustry—A Warning to Lan- oashire—National Qostumes of Muacbito Peasantry; * Taree Magoifieent Painlings from Austria and Dangary-+A Glance at the Belgian Sector . Bpeetal Correspondencs of The Teibune Pants, Oct, 3L—II anythjpg could have in- creaned the moral prestipe France. has gatned Dy tae Auccess of lier grand and peacefu! dom- oustration in the Chiamp do Mars, it would hava been tho absence of the cnemy whé.lad just sanquished her on a hundred - crucl ficlds, aud to whom she had been foresd to cede-two of her most cherlshed provined together * with 7,00,000,000 francs., Under' the clrcumstances, such an absteution could not bLut bave Leen » humilintiog confession of weakness—or spite. In olther case, the superlority of France scemed proved. And it so happened that for a season two thinga vombined to maka the non-appearance of Gerttisny tolerably lu{a: Prince Bismarck was known to look upon the Exhibition sith a far from frlendly eye, consld- cinz it a8 a vecuharly eggravating defance darled at the new-born and aiready-embarrasscd Emplre. On the other hand, the Induse st and comnmercisl situstion of Qer- many made ft certaln she woula cut but a rorry flzure beside her Qallic telehbor In those useful arts aod manufactures that constitute so large s part of the material prosperity of &' natlon,—espcclally, a nation not sble, ke Franve, to trust for its wealtt to the gatural generosity of the soll. The Jovitation of the Freuch Government, therefore, put Ger- maoy on the horns of a rather unpleasant dl- lemma, By o flat rofusal, she lald herself open tothe evident taunt that sho feared the finte of the struggle. By aciepting, she assarcd her own discomilture beforo the mssembled world. Bhe sulked apart for 8 good. long time before coming to a decislon; but, in the »nd, 8 sense of self-respect persuaded her to accopt the challentre, by utilizing a portlon o tho space re- served for ler, There was much prudent. judgement in tho determination, and no little tact ia the meas- ures taken—at tho eleventh' hour—to give it efeat. Declining to display the Industrial toverta of thelr country to the gaze of scoffers, tho (ierman Cowmmissionors confined thelr efforls to TOE REGION OF ART. Esery ove Is agreed {n admiring tho resuit of fheir labors. The French theinselyes, - seldom quick to ndindre other peaple's. productions, bave not stinted thelr meed or praise., Art should hve na trontiers,; Why not acknowlodge the beauty of beautiful things wherover--found1 Tho German gallery Is full of benutfcs. Itlato the mojority here os etrange a rovelation of un- tuspected artistic genfus as the Mlillais and Bants i the British gaileries. A fow of the pletures are master-piecos, while the average of telent sliown n those which do not merit the hiziiest nonors Is considerably above that of tho uther nations, excopt perhapa Franeo, England, Belzlurg, aud I might add Austro-Hungary. Must intereating, beeauss reflecting muct: of ‘Ltu lite sud t:niu'.'m.'nt tho lnnd that produced em} more {nterosting, \CRARM g it ptendid and wolkad s chl A Youthinl horsenian pursulnw Fate, *'the bubble reputation,” (heedlees of tho lappiucss ho tramples under foot, aud of tho grizzly spectre that accompanies his mad chase, ready to striko him down in death when he fan- «ies e holds the traftress fn his very grasp),— which hangs proudly abore all others in the room,—ure the works contributed by that great ortist Knaus. A paltry lome for such awan! Four of thiem figure slde by side, and TINRRE AHE MARVELS, What thelr titles may bo I am unable to tell you, for, amongst a hundred other instances of the shuwcful neglect shown by tho Exbibltlon oflicials, muat be counted thoir mulmur of Gor- many fromthe Ofllcial Art-Catalogue; for which youare expected to pay three feancs, although (Inmy edition ot least) every page relating Lo the lureign cxhibits {s filled “with blunders and false Informatlan. S e best isa picturo that tells fts own tale, Never wind the title, Call {t “The School- waster’s Funerul,” {f you will bave a name. You aro showu the courtyard of a rambling ald bullding, evidently the scnool. Tt is winter, sud the snuw covers fool and pavement with o thlck whito pail,—terrible contrast to that other pall approacbing! Tho whole little flock oncs Fulded by the dead master Is wathered together at the foot of o wooden stalrcase leading futo the house. Each chlid, boy or EM' holds a book fu bis hand, ready 10 buret forth into a hymn (or A prayer) 08 soou 08 the algnal is given by the zood Lutheran minlster or his clerk, who aro ex- bortlog them to the decent order that becomes sosad a day. Poor littlo mites! How cold and dresry it must be for tucwm this winter-moru ; wud Low awe-Inspiriug the sight of the grim Emceuwn descending the stairs with the ugly lack coffin which covers all thst fs left of tho loved and dreaded teacher. :Here, you 935 to yoursell instinctively, is a poiuter who loves ‘aud has studied children thoroughly. Every tny faco has fts own character,—and @ feal character. Nothing false here. Nothing aruificlal or conventioual. Tha baby on tue tiebt, breaking away from the control of its nurie (a child scarcely ulder than lunll‘l:a er curiously at the sombro trestles jn the fore- ground (and perhaps troubling its fnnocent |u:|.l wll‘n vnn:lnn ] cmll.lnllol;l on lfl‘:hi lvlllLurul. =t niystery already) is a plcture tac] A londéyrluliork. I.llfl. ¥ And the pex {s ALMOST AS REMARKABLE {nadifferent way, You find the same qualities, though, Blmplicity, truth, the art-that tells its anory without s catalogue. It ropresents the laterlor of an old-clo’ shop. 8o much for the Sceae, The actors arc the owner of the doubt- 1ul wares lying about the counter -and stowed Away on dingy shelves,—an sgzed gentleman of ‘ute but arxfable aspect, sitting on a stool,—and A red-hialred urchin (lie graudson, doubtless), ¥ho sits ou snother stool facing him, The at- {ltudes of randfather and grandson joform us that the clder bas been putting bis bopeful ‘fi'flv‘nlon up to the tricks of his trade. Master opelul s au apot pupll. His juvenils eye twin- With coguish bumory his' nose curls sym- Pnnulnlly. 2% noue but noses of the Isruel- Wed persuasion can curt, and a broad gelu of i*llmunen fatelligence grauustly dawns upon b features, whedce it communicates tsei ovly 16 the furrowed cquntenance of the &ed one d there tho palr alt griuning de- lgbiedly” at” tho " thought” of “apolling. tha plans”’ on the morrow, ful cture No. 3. ‘The marrow, Red-haired Hope- ,:d.’nluc. stands in tho street, still stniling sud ‘ant puts a bright siver-fiorin into his garments. - und lles the crupty clo’-bag. Konus has (de- Nt"hlulv Or uot), in thess two pictyres, depict- be 4liabby (aud yet nonest) slda of Lls coun- .'L‘;"“‘ charicter “with thu platuness of oue Bever stoops to fattery. e o, A BINGULARLY-CLBVEN PAINTING ' i » Meyerbelm, representiug s villgge audi- ‘e Ratbered togetber n & booth 20 stare at uo terocious antivs of agroup of Zulys danc- a5,d wardaoce, adoros tue wall closs by, mnln 18ud the same_astunishing power uf px- -h:flf’“ ebaracters, Most of the spectators aro Rovgdr, DUt o few growoup folk bave T dlsdalaeathe uousual spectaclo. ‘The fierce g t)'ml the barbariaus as they brandish thelr ln‘:n OFver thair beads, and tha gorgeons cos I l:ot tha scarlot-conted Barsum wha accom- m; 4 tha Abritilog performance by s runoing ¥ )m:nury (of tho most fautastic sort proba- “l‘.llrlku miriogaws foto the breasts of the 'mulumd public,~a feeliug that 1s yatently 5 €2 Upon tha youthfu) faces nolvss than PB:&::« of thesenlors, 3 ey {8 represented by two fue studies :‘“E“Ia_uz»tvz. e Bectlan Lymble fatrior, w;ller; l:umb famlly-zroup saylug grace 1rugaibowl. There1s the wpther, the ‘g-lr) Uerwan motker, plous—snd prosy; Jaereare mory 0f tho ruatic fw\b. from L!_ur-ou Laby 10 the bz witl of 9, 1 BEEE, But they would mob dream .anid faithfully trested, of geamplne devollous even for that tempting bowl. Btop! 1 had almost forzatten an fm- portant member of the huppy clrcie,—a mill- eyed dog, the pet and plagthing of the whole hatuehold, who stands gravely by durng tho fous ceremony, ad devout as any of them ali! The other Defreagar shows a proud yonong huaband and his wife showing thelr tirst-born to & couple of enthusiastic feinate friends, As 8 bit of character-painting, this is ROT UNWORTIIY OF KNATS, I noticed only one Kauthach in the German fallery, and that acarcely of suffcient conse- Auence to Judge s master of so high o revuta- tlon by. A Herman Balsch—sa clever painting of cattle going aslong = swampy road beside o rivor in & pouring rain—atruck me a8 being fine, The landscape which forms a sotting for_the cattla fs soberly Thess heavy Teutons understand how to '*hold the mirror up to Nature.” Landscape is not largely represented, however, nor aro inost of the examplea huuy better ur_worsa than a thousand other Jand- scapes. Per coutra, the portraits are extremely ood, . g Bat it is time we proceeded with our journey “Round the World.” A regretful gianceat Baur's 3% Paul in Rome"; a long, lingering look at Bokeimann's astonfshing painting run ou the Natlonal Bank during some panies' n short pause in front of Gucsow's wonderinl plctura of the bespectacled old woman winlng the dust off a Venus de Mcdluis in an arilst's studio (s triutoph of roallsm),—aud we leave Qermany hehind us, Where shiall we halt next? Let us take a peep at this cisrming BVISS BXMIBITION OF MUBLIN, A wholo room has been et apart for it. ‘The walls are draped with muslin, Mus- lin covers the roof and fills the large aud handsomecases in the middle. You havo it in the sbape of curtains, tasteful and elegant} nade up into virginal dresses and bables* robes; and braided richly with siiik flowers for baile room-wear, It 18 alwavs pure, cheap, and love. 1y. Thecoolness of the * Bwiss-muslin room was very much appreciated dueing the hot sum- mer-months, but now it is getting doserted, ex- cept by a fow realous journallsts—and by all ;'llnglnx\uthm and school-girls who visit the Ex- tion. From here we may pass on rapldly to Sweden and Norway. ‘They oxhibit articles very sisl- lar, though the Norweglan shiow is somaewhat erude and balder, We find a most complete display of ores and other natural products in the latter, together with a superfluity of cod- llver-uil botties, and lucifer-matches of the cheap and nnsly kind kuown as Fandslickors. But the great featuro fu both the Scandivavian coutts is the MAGNIPICENT ATIOW OF FURS, There ara bear-skins, snd tiger-skins, white and red fox furs, chinchillas, crmiucs, ivnx-skins, cat-skins, ond seal-skivg,—skins of all sorts con- vertiblo into sriicles useful and grateful to matn and woman, _ And the eldec-down rugs and overcoats! Then Sweden has a really Rood display ot pottery snd porcelain. The artistic partof it [ liku not, but tha less pre- tentlous domestis ware §s excellent and hiex- cusive. It does not approach the English, or Frouch, or Hungarian poreclain, certain), t 1t surpasscs most others, In the Bwedish court I also noticed some gold-and-silver- smith’s work of no despicabls quality, though imitated from the Italian; nod in the Norwe- gian section some wood-carving by a peasant named Ole Olsen Moene (hailing from Upsala, by-the-by), that would have been creditablo to sn educated Immenso imufd s tbe gulf that still acpa- rates Russian civilization from that of the rest of Europe; probably. it will not be spanned in our day, or ln our c¢hlidren's, though our chil dren’s chiidren may live to sou a treo and en- Uxhtened Russian "Republic grow out of the ustics of, the present ovil despotism. The administration ~ of tho great Northe Europe s rotten from top to bottom; its eoclal system (some say) & mass of curruption. A gigantic struggle has just strained (ta military strength fv o way gricvous to its unhapoy peasantry,and a yet moro tremendous wor stoma {mpending. Not- withstandiog tho unfavorable conditions in which Russia comes to the International Tournament, 1t auust be acknowledged that ner oxbibitions in tho Cnamp de Mars Is nost unexpoctedly * COMPLETH AND CREDITADLE, ‘The {ndustrisl department, fo particular, is o surprisiog evidence of the progress mado stuco tho lest kxhibition; the agricultural dlsplay (as rogards food products) s hardly to be beaten and, finally, the art-exhibit, fhough not ex- treniely ambitious, is worth a morotnan passing exumnination, and has carried ofl ono of the twelve medals of honor awarded, ‘The huge wooden etructure representing the architecture of Russin, jn the Avenue des Natlons, is symbollcal of many things in thst strunge and littic-understood country of violent contrusts. It fa statcly, and withal bsif-bar. bacicswag cunet.a!- - le fashlvnod oud of the poorest of mdterfals, the one of all others most lablo to sudden decay and destruction, Yet see how arrogantly its fantastic vinnacles lord it over tho simpler building of Iittle Bwitzerland, and the chastencd 'fl endor of that frawmens of the Moorish Alhambra by which Bpatn has—sotmewhat oddly—chosen to be recoenized. ‘Chere are deptbs and hights in tho suclcty of Russia which are to be found nowhere else. The poor go clotbed in sheep- skin, and keep soul and body togetner as best tnc?; may on an occaslonal herring and quass, with maybe a tastc of vodki now and again on high dnys and hotidays. We Parisians kiow bet- ter than any Lot tho nobles live. At present Russla (s Ja atransitory state. Blia 18 not yet so Muropcan as shy would ke to be thought, Mnoucuester has atready lufiuenced her wan. ufacturcs,—influenced them serjously,—but tho Muscovito churacter remains writ plain and Irge in o hundred dircctions, ‘The difference between the two kinds of industry, the old and tho new, ara strikivgly notlceable tn the textile fabrics and clothing departmont, which hea re- celved very caretul attention at the bands of tha Comimlssioners. Moscow, the Nuscovite city of .uities, bids fuir to becomo A REVIVAL OF LANCASHINE ere & acore of years aro_past, it wo might judes from tte exteusive show of cotton prints, chintzes, and callcoes it has sent over. Ican- uot speak very wormiy of the pattcrus on the cotton oods exhibited, ey are ususlly of a pacudo-Oriental order, but fall as far shors of oven Manchester designs as thoso do of the rich and harmonious Cushmere patterns they imitate. This. s a matter, lLowever, easiy remedied b the ~ help o u few foreigners. Tha chlef points to beconsid- ered arothe qnality of tho mutenals, sud their cost. In thetirst, ‘at least, the vottons compare well enough with French or Delzjan goods, though they are inferior to to the Engtish and American, Cluse to these nseful but ornemental products, one sces a cnso full of gorgeous smoking-caps, cuuningly worked in bright colors; laatos’ shoes, cmbroldered richly—~rather too richly—with Fnld and silver thread, and & lot of thoso gaudy eathicr Wellingtons so much affected by Husslan geutlemen, ‘I'ney are colefly remarkable for the exceeding brililaucy of the hues employed, aud . for the pecullarly fragile nature of the soles, which scem to be made of card-board rathor than of bouest leather. Strangely, those are exhitited by 8t. Petersburg, A littls farther on, a Nijni-Novgarod firm shows us au juteresting collectlon of NATIONAL COSTUMES, I must try to describe vne or two of them. Here, tor {nstsnce, is u aress worn by u wealthy nobleman's nurse, Tue robs Is of a sory of cloth-of-gold, embroldered with fmitation pearls suwu down the borders, and fastencd with the same pearl buttons. Over this, a ca large cullar of yellow gold brocade, worl the edgo with aliver, snd sdoroed with siiver- friuge cap to match,—ibs shan pearls oud the guld and silver reappeariug, Really, upurses are greatly to be piticd In 8t T'eters- burg. Now for sometuinz simpler and wmore becomiug. Thls is the dress worn on festal o casiuus by & peasant-woman of tho better class. Ited velvet skirt und bodice, worked with silyer tlowers. A full muslin stomacher, full elbow sleeves. A girdloofsilver brocade, s uustin apron, and & red velvet cap bordered with pearls, an further embelished by two Immenso ribbons floating behiud, complete the costutne,~an ex- cecdingly taking one. But the prettlest shing 1saw bereabouts was a charming suit fors little boy,—ot dark-blue velvet, trimmed with 1yr, aud Tastenued dowa she front with elaborate gold claipe. Russia, of course, exbibits a splendid sssort- muut of furs, We Dave scul-skin mantles, bear- and red-fox-akin ruge, lynx ana beaver, grebo sod chinchllls, inuts aud capes of swau-and «vose-down, cxquisitely solt, and tuch besides whick cscapes wy wmeulory. Riga is the chief cxporter of ths furs oxbidlted. Il sheso are, to my mind, handsower sud mora beautiful than the threo ENORMOUS MALACHITE VASES standiog near by. Apart from theie aizo (six fegt or 50 by two) [ cuns seo absolutely nothing to” sdmire In them. The largest is offered to anybody 105 50,000 fr. For a tride more—i5,000 fr.~you ay bave the pair of smaller ones. I wish'the bugyer beartily joy of hls barguin. Very few probably caro about the ores ex- hitited oy Fioland, Biberia, sud other parts of the Empire. Tuey bave shelr Jmportance, uevestheless, as well as the :.ulully»unuzml samples of native graln from Tagaurog, Odesss, and other cora-exporting centres’ But it is not astoufsbiog tf peoplo prefer insoectiog the Rus- slan drioks s0ld vut fu tho garden by a number of sweet Rusaiun besuties,—Freuchevery oua of them,—10 poring over wusty specinensof quartz wod chirome vre. We wou't be bard on them, 1ougi 1be foepection s vertsinly unduly micess to pafticular cases. Awong the drinks, toe nasticst s cel Tha 2.V L28 marets wils TR TiIE CHICAGC TRIBUNE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1%, 1878, neat, on the whole, {5 the “caravan® tea, browed In hright brass saniovars, and drunk out of_classen, with a sllce of Jemon Lo favor it T have not exbaustoa the Interest of the Rus- slan sectfon yet, by a Jong way; but we can- not stayin {t any longer If we wish to ;‘:-l. through ovr long journey “Round the World"” n a ressonablo space of time. A sing_glance at the fine planos shown by Bt, Peleraburg firm,—Hecker'a; a walk throuch the admirable educational de- partment,—~que of the lnrgest and best organ- 1zed fn the Exhibitfon; and then un we go ugain to the nefghboring section of AUSTRO-HUNOARY, or, to give each of tho united but very Independ ent countrics Its full title, of Austia”and Wua- gary. . 1 have gono carefully through the numerous galleries of Art, Freich and foreien, in the Champ de Mars, devoting s proper share of at- tention to the study of cacl, and am,.therefore, I concelve, in a position to speak wilh assurance m {o thele relative merts. Having dung 80, ventaro to expIess mv unqualified oplinion that, s colorlgts, A8 historfc palnters, and possibly_as purtraitists, tha Austrians have o clear right totho viace of houor. I have scen 11 the whole gxhitition no historie work com- parabla to that noble and mnvmcnqt palntine of Itans Mskart, * Charles V.'s Entry . into Antwerp,"—untess, (ndeed, it bo Jan Matelko's “Unton * of Lithuanla and Poland at Lublfoin 1560, The first, I understand, fie- ured at Philadelphla: a0 it frould b superfluons tor me to say much about it. Besides, what words of mlne could do justico to thy truly gor- Reoun Imagination of tlio great artist who cun- celved and vxccuted this splendid pleture? fVas there ever, even in the days of Paul Vervueseor Rubens, A MORE WONDERFUI, COLORIST] Did ever any phinter resnscitato the pageantry ol n pust century as Hons Makart docsi How poor aud anadowy oll the finest works of the present Freach achool appears beside this glow- fngzand life-Jike crowd, this triumphant non- arch, and this giitterlng throng of men-at-armns, pages, ond lieralds! Tho comnosition of the pleture s maryelous, The light and shude marvelous, ‘The size of the canvas in itsell startling and stuncndous fiome thirty-five feet by twenty, t lmagine), But, once more, the polnts thit distinguish ** Charlea V.'s Entryinto Antwerp" from anything similar fu the exhibi- tion—excuption beltig tnade fn_tho case of Jan Matojkko—are the superb coloring, and thu daring breadth: and grandeur of hinagination d(urlnvcd init, . Toth the picturrs—Matejko's and Makari's— have leen awarded the biwhest prizes obtain- able, the Medal of Ilunor, Notn sinall thin for Austrinto hoast of, for her Art-cghibit (s not by any means cxtenaive. Makart bas also sent acoupleof FINE PORTRAITS,— both female,—oue ot which reininds you forcibly of the famous ** Duchess of Devonshitre.” And, tatking of portraits, [ must vot forzet the re- markable works contributed by Helnrlch von Augoil. There ars no fewer than twelve fn “all. The of Dean fiucat, perhinps, are those Staniey, Lor Beaconsficld, and Princess Ilelena of Henleswiz,—cold, truthful, and astonishingly characteristic of each, soberly colored, and, in & word, models of what portraits should bo. Deun Btanley isrcpresented in his cecleslastical robes, and with the broad red ribbon which he usuatly wch round his neck. Beaconsfleld {8 drawn and \painted to the life, without a touch of exaygeration, And his Is a face, matk you, that seems to invite cxaggerativon. It must nced some (irmness to refrain from amphifying that gross under 1ip of his, and puttiug an extra curl into his atready too curly locks. Hungary hios a scparate catalozue and a sep- arate roon for her exbibit of pletures. Amongst tho works representivg Maygyar Art s one— Munckaczy's “SILTON DICTATING PARADISE LOAT 70 NI DAUGHTRRY - which has probably been more admired than suy 1n the Exbibition.” It has earrjed off, descrv- ed Uold Medat and a Grand Prize, Milton is cylczml as sitting in lils study, bestde a table, His three daughters, dressed {n the sad-hued clothes affected by the Vuritans, are gronved around the ' table, listening Iutently to cateh the Meaven-seut words as they roll ~in subllme majesty from the oet's Hips. The cldest of them slts, peniu ’:\mrl, in strainca attention, breathless and rd- miring,~her body and head slightly beat for- ward over the ‘rough manuscriptbefore hier, The palnter hias rovresented Milton as ho may have looked just as ho was preparing to dictate. His” sightless eycs, shadowed by the overhanging cyebrowa and the beautiful forehoad, scem almost to_Lehold. the glorlous® fancies of the poetu, as doubtless the cyes the spirit did sce thetn,—for poets live a double Iife. One hand plucks nervoualy at the inslde of the black doublety upon tho side of tho.varved-oak.ohofes. falot daylight struggles " fo through quaint Elizabethan window, snd tho family-grou dark backiround of wal fece of Milton Is exquisitely painted, ond the pleture teils its own tale, Amerlcans may con- gratulato themsclves on having become the pos- sessors of this nobls work, It lins been bought for the Lennox Libraty, New York, by Mr, Robert Lennox Kennedy. A Hungarjan and Botemlan glass and poreclain have & prominent place in the Exhibltion. Bome of the designs (In the porcelain) are ex- tremely haudsome, aud the reproductions of old Hungarlan ware have found many atmirers, A pood part of tbe exhibit wlll o Lo various English and Contincotal muscume, For the glass 1carc less. It I8 loo often morctriclons {u tostc, showy and warish rathicr than rich and handsome. iowever, I will say this for it: It s chcr:r. 1 had hoped to have Included A VISIT TO BELOIONM within the limits of tho day’s journey: but [ find I must content mysolf with a mero mentlon of the ine_tapestry, wood-carviug, and machin- erfi‘.-lhe chief features In the lsrze but some- what poor Uelgian scctlon. It Is unfortunate for tho exhibit that it caunot be fudged on own mcrits, Belglum ul- most French as far ns ts Art and literature are_concerucd. Its mechanical and industrial products are Engllsh and Amerlcan, but not quite so good. ba brief, tho exhibit Is lacking fn the distinctive originality that would compel mo to speak of it at lencth, The best thing [u it {s the Belglan facade I the Rue des Nations, and of this I havo written already, 1launy Meitzen. THE TEXAS PACIFIC. . Statemont of 3Mr, Frank 8, Ioud, Vice- YFrealdent of the Koud, To the¢ Edlor of The Tribune Criicago, Nov, 15, —Will you parmit anoficer of thyToxas & Pacliic Rallway Company to correct some Inaccuricies In rewoct to that corporation thatappeared in an editoriat pablished this murn- Ingin your paper, cutltied *'Tho Subsidy Co ventlon"; such statoments haviuz been, in whole or In part, repeated fn siuillar articles neatly every day this weok, In volunteering this correction, I bave assumed that 8 great paper like Tue Cwicago TmisuNg would uot be intentlonally upjust or knowingly untruthful. 1 wiil preutiss Ly saying that no ofiicer of the Texas & I'ncide Rallway Conpany was consulted In calling the Commorcial Coavention recently held In your city; and bad thoy Leen, the usme of the Texas & Pacific Hallway Cumpany would nat have appeared in tha call, although, oaturally, In common with managers of all other traneportation comoanies, we sympathize with any t tendiug to develop matlonsl sud iotel commaerce. You stale that the Tesas & Pacific Company are sskiog the United States 1o wunrantee interest on bonds at the rate of b per cent per sunum on $35,000 per mlile for 1,700 mtles of road, aud that the total fntereat 50 to be guarantecd will aggre. g8to over 120,000,000, which 18 to bo sccured un- dera second murigage; sud Abat Hret morigago e to havo a prior len to he throws Into l}ulel relief agalnat the and furniture, Tho bonds for $60, 00U, that uf the Government, ‘Toe bkl in sld of tue Texss & Pacific Rajlway Company, tntroduced into the Ilouse of Iepre- veatatlves by Mr. Stepucns, of Georgis, and ree ror\:d from the Pacific allroad Cummiiteo by Mr. louse, of Tenneasow (I1. It 4,308), le the vill that tue fricnds of the Tex: & Paclic Haliway Company wiih p. 30f that biil pro- vides that the aggressle laauo of bLoods upon which intcrest 18 10 bo guaranteed by tne Uovern- ment, sud deilyeced 1o ths Company ae road shall oo conslructed, aball uot excesd §31,750,000 on 1,400 miies of road from Fort Worth through w Ban Dlego vn the Pacilie Coast. Seven ililon dollars aaditional of suca bonds are (o be imsucd by the Company and deposited ia the Treasury of the United states, 1o be sold by the ‘I'reasurs from timo to time In case the nnr: de of ot about 18,000,000 acres of [ands heretofors donsted to the Company (snd uuder the bill ro- coaveyed 10 the Guvernmenl), togetber with all the Goverument military and Tudiso trsuspurts- tion, its telearaph aud poatal sesvice, and (6o en- tire uet esruinzs of the Cowpany from otber soarces ahall not equal tha swount of Intercst on bonde 80 to by Enulul!lld sud dellvered to the Cowpany. which csonot exceed §1,134 par mile, o 60U per aonuw, and ls considerably less than one-hall ‘of tho sgurcéato intcreal on ihe bouda issaed by the Governwent to tho Union and Ceotral Paclfc Nailroad Cowpanies. ‘Tue blil further provides (Uat, as scctions of road shall be coustrucied. Comml crs appainted by the President of the United States sball examing such ro&d, snd report, under valh, as 10 the actual cost of 118 constraction and equivment, and that all £0nds 11 excess of such oxpenditures aball be re- taincd du the Treasury of the United States. Hec. b of tbe Li)l 8120 pruvides that the secept- ance of ke act shall Ipsa fucta co 1€ B FiRIT 118Y 22w (E3 line Of 7oad BB Gilediant o g 2 13 @ the other rests | Pro ingrolling-stock, fixtnree, and property af every kind anpertalnm theret,” far which puch_bowia shali e {senerd and gquarantehd by the Gosernment: A that hefore delivery of ‘any of the guarantecit honas tho Company shall flle a mortgage, Guly ex- ecuted unider fia corporate reaf, to secnre the United Staten under the provisions of the act. A full and suMelent sinking fund jn almo required to be pald into the Treasury of the United states to provida for the bonds, principal and interest, st or before matnrity, Yanr eeference to 8 probable combination with existing, companirs for poolinz rates, -and thos avolding comprtitlon, ‘would seem (o'be covered by See, 10 0f the biil, walch providee that the Texns & Paclfic itailway Cotnpany shail foefeit ali rlghts ander the act, including the charter righta, in caxa it siiall at any timo enter into any comaina- *lon, agreement, or contract with ony other trans- continental ine, conatrncted o to he conmtracted, for the transporiation of theough freignt over sald tonds, anit Commissiancrs are provided for to ex- aniine the books of the Company, and alno exam- Ine persona nnder nath, in order to ascertain the existence of such combinatlon; and, on complaint, the Altorney-tencral of thd United Htates musf Institute praceedings In the ‘Clrcuit Court of tho United tates for & forfeiture of tho charter rights of tho Company. With refurenco to yonr statement a4 to the cost of the rond. [ will state that the cstimated cost of the entirc lno froni the Migslenlppl_Itivee thraugh 1o Ban Diego, 1,700 milew, I.ITH. 172,000, aver all of which tie Government wili have authority to Ax the rates for transportation of feclizhta and pas- #enzers, althoush Governmeént moneys will be tsed in the bullding of but 1,460 miles, | The cont of tho Union and Central Pacific Line, Including that of the shartest jiue botweeh Omaha and the M slesippt River, through to Ran Franclsco, 2,2 miics, 19 tl[:flullzed ol $150, 813, 124, Thel uren Aiow the average cost of the Texan & l'acide Hioad at 83,013 ainst 2112,843 per Yaclfic, which ls a 23ving of $3U, 647 per milo of, rond operated, or an azsregate maving of $180.441.024, and the con- rtroction of the Texas & I'acific Hoal will, to the cxtent necessary lo earn iatercat anft dividends on sach savine, decresse tho transportation ratea necesvary to bn charged upon the transcomtl- nental trafc of the countey, . I will add that the prosent coat of Lhe Soutnern Pactile Line from Fort. Yumna to Han Francleco, jncinding 228 miles of the Central Paclfic flallroni) Company's San Joaquin Dranch, now ueed with 4024nlles "of the Soutlern Tacifie 1n making the thropgd ennnection, mands 8t 867,200, 0 0, which Is £5,127,000 in excese of what will be the entire corl of the Tezan & Pacific Lite of 1,707 milts, cxtending from tha Missfa- sinpl River via Ki Faio and Fort Yums io San o, It scoma hardly probable {hat tho peopte of this country will mnch lunger consent to be taxed upon euch an enormous capital for the Cahifurania end of a transcontinental line of ruad, when, for n less »um, they can have the advantages of a throngh line undar one organization from the waters of the Minslestppt Riverto the Pacific Ocean, that for alf tmo aliall bu wabject. 10" Governmonial control of rates, ‘ Do nut thesefizures offer a'suflicient exolanation why the Central” Pacific Olfi'rnn of the Bouthern Lacific Railroad are 80 actively zealous in thelr en. denyorsto prevent the cunstruction h{ tho Texas & I'acific Company of an indépendent line of road acronra the continent, upon which the trafic raten for ita une by the (iovernnent and the people shall be for all titne under the control of Congress, as is provided [n tho bi}} i We do not ohject to any fal; sitlon in ather form to the axe of the bill now vending in Conress, but I subumit to you whether we have not & rixhit to protest agaiust critictsm based upon Inaccurate flgures, such as the articie in question sevms to have been, Yonts very re- spectfully, Fraxx 8. Boap, V. It ——— MARINE NEWS, GRAIN SIIIPMENTS BY LAKE. The following tables show the carzoes und tofal "quantity of grain shipped from this pott for the week ending with Saturday Inst: criticlsm, or oppo- Lrop Tempes {irop inllenting r 3 Renr yye S BN Lt inytora B arlingford, 00 Schr 11, Bigsell i, 2eltr C. ), Well =) Bear 21,361 1830 J, Aulinsisene K. i 8 0iBCUr G M rrop fron Waverly rup Neliran T Total Rukniry. Vonael, 1N, Bits\- Viatel, No. on, Pro Ciiy of Toledo 14,0008cl T P. Sheldon. 1. 103 1'rop Nehrasks 10.4xx) - Kchr i'athana sl Vessel. Behir Crosthwaite sebr Klonteal.. Totalieouns. Tesuol, &N, XNo. bu. T'rop Emplre stato. 'rop Ciiy of Toledo™ 300 I'rob Avun o p Neuraska. . 0 Proo Lal Brap ladger Minio.. 1,50 brop G, 00| mglilly Fren “ 'rop Fount 1,500 8cnf Northicote 1w Prop Paliad 0 uglir D, L, ¥ile 20 170D Fay, i S Prop A, You 80| Totalimiceriees 14,730 Prop A 1,20 Graud total, fncluding fSour reduced to graim, 1,7:2,210 bushels, " © . NAUTICAL MISIIAPS, Agentleman who arrived - from Milwaukeo last ovening reported that the Feahtigo Comuany's tug Livingstone put into that port Salurday night with lier barges, on account of some slight mishap to her machinery, She isbound up. ‘The schr Iver Lawson had § narrow escape from #etting un llyde Park Neef.ycstenlay, The Cap- tain halled two pasaing tugs outslde, and took in bis malnentl in expectation of onw of them taking His line and towlng Lilm into purt, but the tu; no heed to the bail, and tho Lawson drifted to he reef. She was orought azonnd just in tims ¢ suvp a mishal fha Titlo o u littlo stmr Rrct Ilarte has been plying up d dowa the riverand Lranches, decorated withs ndvertielng signs and displaying & magic-lantern, but Hsturday eveniug she underiook a trp across Mud .ake and foand more inad than water. After & delsy of wevera) hours the tug llurrison pullod her off the bank whereon she grounded, ‘Tae prop Traeadell and scur Monltor wers st Oreen liay when the warchouse and docks were burned last Thursdav, and esme very nesr being vlnlmya:l. The Monitor baa Ler canvas badly magod. ’ FOGGY WEATIIER, ' The heavy fog that prevalled in this latitude Saturday and yesterduy greatly retarded the mot ments of vessels, arine business 0 denso yasierday morn- 14 1d tow found the en. trance to the harbor anly by dint of great cautlon, whils large stea craft ran very slow and had to keep up the waraiug siznals for long distanc No_ collislons wero reporied up to ) evening. Tne arrivals "of sall and atesis vosscls have been fair .slnce last raport, but the fog and the acad calm that s&ce compa it k?I all sail crafy bound out from leaving port, snd o small fieet,of veesuls laid aloug tha docks eastuf biate atrect last evealng, wailing for a falewind, The (U2 cleared away yostorday afternoon, and 8 faint brecza camo fron ibo nortli- weat shortly afieswurd, ‘Y'en vedsels were un tho and othore we D pight. The Iliemarck and barges srrivea from Menominze, aud the stesm bargo Ohlo arrived in with coal. S8MALL-POX ON SHIPBOARD. The prop Cauada arrived off Buffalo Toureday morning, sad was Immodiately placed in quaran- tiue by the Heallh Olicers of the city, and Dr, Mackey, one g’ the lleaith physicisns, had Capt, David'A. Tiah, woo was 11l With smali-pozx, re- moved from tho p"fi‘ e 40d seut Lo I als bouse. Muntlon bas Leom mude In ‘Fux Tusu- usk $hat tue Causds called st Windsor, but tho autboritics {bere ordered hor s aud sho procesded to Port Colborne with the Captata ou board, but was noi gl there, acd went on to Buflalo. on that side of tbe iIno were cortain) not bumane, and acted just about mathey did in the matier of sllowing American Lugs Lo fislat vessols 1q distrens 10 Canadign waters. Tho Canada's crow wese vac- ¢inaled and the vessel thoroughly fuwivateds. Bte weut luto Lho basbur Friday, und unioaded & carcy of wheat. * —— © PORT HURON. Porr HunoX, Nov. 17.—~Passad ap~Frops St Josevd, Mayfower, Nashua, Michigan sud barges; schr Baico. Down—Propa Saxits, D. W. Rust and counsort, Calawell and consort, Paseale and barges, Temp- Gt and bacgess scar C, Farder o Dokt TemP Wina~Northwest, goutle; fuggy. —— ORIGIN OF THE GREAT LAKES. Mr. George Maw, ¥.L. 8., discusaing in the Geologicat Magazine tha origiy of the great lakes, Siates, among other facts, that the OO uf Lake Oatario 1s 643 fees delow the #ua level, and 60O Teot Below e own QiTlet 10l $1a Ki. Laweancat of Erle, 402 tect above the same; of Huron, 145 fert Abave; of fake Saperlor, 03 feet below Lhe sea Jevel: and coneludes that the ideaof {he excavation of Ontari 10 8 depth of G0 feet by glscier Action 14 whally nntenshio, and that tho theory of glaclal excasation for tho chain of larze iskes muet he set Attde, in which, aays the American Journal of Seience, he in plainly right. Mr. Maw cialms that the lake depreasicns sre of post-glacial origin. CLEVELAND HARBOR. TiE Tniavsk's Cleveland correapondent, writ- 1ng under date of the 10th, gives the following: The had condition of the entrance to the harbor at thia port 15 the rabject of marh discamion in ne eirclon hare, Fvery day vesscls get stuck in the mud, and sometimes conatderable delay and damage fs exrellznccd. ‘The reason of this bad condlition Hes in the fact that no dredmng han been daone during the searon. The Dredzing Fond, ac- cording to the City Engincor, In short on_account ol the payment of a jarge amonat of d!l!d;.'ln?- n d certificates which have jasteome due, Ear the sorioz the hardor wiil be thorougnly dre wut preparstory to next aoason's navigation, MILWAUXEE, Epecial Dispatch to Tha Tribune, Mirwavaez, Wis., Nov, 17, —Arrived, schr Ne« vads, from below, Salled to-day, achrs Mystic Star, Hasvana, Mont Dinnc, Oliver Mitchel), NAVIGATION NOTES, CHI0AGO. John Carlisle, the missing mate of the schir Em- ma Mayos, turned up safoly last Priday, Thy m barge orite baa roioved 8 mew wheel at Mliwaukes, ana Is thorefare better pre- pared for o brush with the Dismasck, RLSEWOERE. ‘The schra Gengva and Fd Kelley have 1ald up at Cleriand. New metallie fife-boats have been aupplied the Tife-saving stations at Erle and Marhlchead. Capt. Thoman Maytham, of Buffalo, Is to bujld lnlnrr'n ;n\w tug, with compound engines, tha com- ng winter, Tl achra Conneaut, Monltor. Ann Marla, ana M. Capron have gono Into winter quarters at Conneaut. Samuel (1bson has latd the keol of & new canal tug for Capt. John Green, at Buffialo. She will be forty-five feet in length. D. P. Baxtor, of Niagara View, is tolldinga vledsure vacht at hia place the ‘river. #he s nfty-six feat over all, and hasan elght-inch cylin- aer, ‘The Iaat trips of tho resson of the Lake Superfor Transit Line stcamers are being made by the Chiua and Atiantic. They lefs Cieveland Thurs. day nigut, bound up. letter recelved at Qawego from Supt. Dodwell, Mates that the Weiland Canal will open next year ::nnl the maual time, which is conteary to goneral T, “n Daffalo Erpress of Friday says the sche F. C. Lelulton wns hove off the beach at Foint Abino by her anchors and chsins during the big blow an Lake Erielast Taesday night. |~ she was then scuttied, filled with water, and sunk, jnorder thiat sho shonld Iny easy and not roll over, Steam- pumos were sct o work an_her Wednesday night, and rne was rised and towed to Huftalo, wheto the was placed In dry-dock. ller botto s badly chafed. —— PORT OF CHICAGO. 'The follawing are ths srrivals and actnal eaitings at i port for the forty-eight hours ending at 10 o'clock Jast night: A Hebr Plackhawk, Mt RENE SRyARE, Tentwaier, L, Idiber. Gar-house Biip, umnber, Mark rup [uanoxe, Baalo, sundries. Aua Vrop C, Lieitz, Mantstee, son? Four Hrothers, Maututee, lumber, Twellth T'rop 3 sundrics, State street, Eenrd, hitehall, lumber, Slarkot, Renr wood, Korth Tiranch. Bene Truman ehall, fumber, Alicu Flip. Mora, HERE Corate W Hite Lake, omber. Hackel Prop City of Cuncord, Ogdensburg, sundries, Clark cot. Etmr Shehoygan, Manitowoe, sandries, Rush street. Rumnr Alpens. Sluskegon, sundries, fueh street. Behr Mary Helnu, White'Lake, Jumoer, Market, PropGeo. Dunbar, Muskegan, lumoer. Polk street. Prop Anale Lsura, Muskegon, iumber, Siate atreet, Bchr America, Muskegon, umber, Hiztecuth strect, #enr Peteel, Ludington, wood, uih strect, Hehr Milan, Manistee, [umber, starket. Prop Commodore, Rullalo, sundries, Riata strect, Piop b atreet. 1 orite, Menotninee, towinyg, Htewon slip, FeurT. J. Irondon, Menominee, luiber, nietson ous, benomituee, Tumber, 8iip. Sehr Sonots, Menomlnee, lumbor, famueon Silp. senr W, i, Dunhatn, ¥rankfort, lamber; Market, Seur 8.0, Luft, BulTalo, satt, Laikine & ke Goden Weat, Menuminse. lnwoer, Sampson's p. sehr Gume Cock, Muskegon, Inmocr, Market. sehr Lile Prau, Praskfort, tumber, North liranch., Felr Lincaln Doll, Manistoe. lamber, Arnuid's 8115, Belir [yer Lawson, Murkegon, wood, MATKef. schr I3, J. §kidmore, Suskegon, luiner, Sarket, . § Renr Gallating Bultalo. ssit, uo urd Belir Sodveatr, Fent Tuinbey cet. ik alre Behr Kewaunce, 3antsice mnmerx "IIl"flllHull- Tup Trader, Muskegon, lumber, ok st 2 White' Lake, lumber, Eighteenth o Buehr L. Eehr Dy bun! Kenr giarn, Manlatce, lnmber, Rinzo et Comntieree, Megominee, lutuer, belr {da, Mauntee, lumber. Marke feir Mofeury, Lodington, lamber, Starket, sene Loufss MeDonstd, Manistee, lamber, Afarket. setr . 1% Ventwarcr, luniber, Twelfih atroct. sichie liabetis Baudu, Manistee, lumrr, no sehr Leus Juhinsan, Mlaadsteo, lumucr, i Sour aetia Carking, Maulatec, lumber, Beur Eueline, Muskegon, lumber, Market, Belie Mary K. Cook. 1mmdin, luinber, Aduing sehr Filer, Manlee, Tumisr, Tius Beur. ylor, Manistee, lutnive: nehr Urkiiey Lass, Pentwatdr, wood, babr Felcltous, Maniaice, lusiber, \a sehird. I, Peufield, Muskegun, lumber, Briz Etban Alew, Menomloce, futier, Bobr L, I, Sticpherd, Ludlugion, i I‘!flfl'!‘ nkis Wilcex, Whitu Lake, iumnber, PropJ. Priggeor . fl;{y City, sundries, Wells sircot. #chr Annle Youglt, Bufislo, coal kightcenth etreet, Vrop Ulilg, Cl ind, cosl, Per. pehrd, Ty Jotinson, Cleveiand, cosl, Gas-Hlouse Sllp, betrd, U, Moss, Blulton, ldmber, 1o orde Prop day Guuld, Baffalo, ‘saudries, Slate sireet, Bene ), M Lt i, Jutiter, Markel. Prop New'Era, Grand Havea, Sowini, Siush street. 4‘“33,.‘;‘.5"" Urand itaves, Urand Havea, tumbcr, Schr Gulden Harvest, Grand Haven, lumber, Allen :'rlfil.llllmlrck. Menekaunee, towlag, Nort Marict FENF tenexaues, Menokuunce, lumber, Mason LIShrE. 8. Roblosos, Menckaunes, lumber, Mason S JEhr E. K. Tyson, Menskaunes, lumber, Durltogton . Bebr D, 8. Austin, Sandusky, cosl, Sixteonth streot. FProp Conestogs, Dultaio, sundrivs, CIark strees, Eabr 8, 1L, Fuster, Cluvelaud, coal, Madisun sireet, Behr Miucrva, Juskegun, Juinber, 'Sarket. Schr Lovd Grant, Muskegon, lumber, Market, Beur Topsey, Muskegon, luinber, Market, AcT] PropIra H. Uwen, Eacanaba. canbage. Frop A, C. Baldwin, Kscaasia, light ¥ehr 8. A, Jrian, Uiand liaven, 1fghi. Sohe Lona Siar, Whita ML, (1gus. Prop Sioanoke; iudalo, lgiit, brop Clty of Premont, Ontubagon, sundrles. Sehe beatia, Bulisly, n. Bebr ause Shinuons, Huskegon Mght. Beur Levi Grsat, Muskogon, ight. belir James Couct, Wuffalo, Rrula. Behr 0. M. Johuson, While Lake, sundries. sehr Ketchutn, Ludington, ligat, belr Autares, Manisige, livhi. Benr ton. light. Senr Aeilia Usrlaer, Bugels. eraiu. Prop T, W, Rnouk. White Laky, sundriea, per Montéalu, bamaty ratn 4 Finette, Hig siehr (. kilen, White .ake. ikht, tour Buicher toy, Bt Catiierines, graia. F'ropLnarics Lieltd, Maulsive, Wuadiics, nebr Four lrothers Siaulaich, light. benr Mard. Ludlugton, sunui s Wit Winf, intws Trop Meutcager, Henton, au; 0p Georae Iinbar, Muskego rup Anuie Lautie, ihunrun. sche Amierics, Muskegon, it rop Trader, Mi Prop Tempeat, W ————— THE NATIONAL SCOURGE, It s cstimated that the aunual damages caused by the ravages of fnsccts sud worms exceed $150.000,000 to the United States alous. ‘Truly an enoruous loss! Yet it sluks Into ll‘gu fleance when cowmpared with the ravages of that scourge, consuisption, which lunu.fily aweeps hundreds of thousands of hunan souls futo eternity. The causcs of consumpliun are various, dependiog In cvery fnstauce for the de- velopuieut of the disease upon the scrofulous aiatbesls, or temperament, of the victim. Thus the pamc cause which will produce in voe per- 400 80 attack of acute dlseaso or a siight nerv. ous prostration, will en%cndur consuuiption in 8 person of scrofulous babit, That consump- ton cau b cured by projer treatment will be readlly perceived when the exact vaturo of the dizenso is understood, viz: the uccumulation aud deposition of scrolulous matter (tubercles) in the Junzs, Obviously, the privcipal remes dics required are (1) a powerful altcrutive, or blood purifier, to arrest 1be accumulations and also cleanso the blood of the scrofulous wat- ter, and (2) & nilu cathartie to cxpel the dis- eased matter from the system. 'I'bls course uf treatuient, In conjunction with a strict hygienic regime, has proved 1ho most auccessful method of cuning this discase. Dr. Plerce’s Golden Medical Dlscovery and Pleasant Puraative Pel leta are the best alterative and athartie re dics before Lhe public, and have been alupe us hr . U. Andrews, Ludl o, Mght, Ngut Vua, Dol ouly posscssfng the best medical sud byuienic meany of treatment, but having the essenifal advaul- age ol beiug situsted {u a climate where tho lu- hibitaats are notably free froim this discase. ————— o is Ear in Hia Pocket. Ol CVty Derrick. fuurdny » small boy with Lis head bandaged cutered-a book-store, sud said he wanted to buy somo schiool-books. * As the clerk was waitiog ou bim bo £mLNrc«l the reason his cusiower's bead wua tled Up (o such a shape. * Ob,R respogtied the boy, in s matter of fact way, '8 bosse bit off wy ear this morniag." YNo!I" sald the clerk, doubtingly; *‘what was the trouble, anywav( " 1) You De Old Dits it oft” thalad said, with some warith, “gud Ican prove it, tvo. Just you look here, pow,” sud, reachlug down futo b pocket, ho drew forth 8 wad of news- vatuer anaked With blood. s alanned ( dawn on the counter. A crowd formed around the little feliow, who, with great gravity and a par- donable alr of trlumpn, broceeded to unwrap the unsavory mass. Then he pulled forth n ghastly rellc In the shape of & human ear, eyl- dently torn ont hy the roots. * There, didn't T tetl yoa s01” he crled, exnltingly, " He fetch. cd it off at the first nlp." Tho boy gave his pame aa Eacan, and sald be lived on the Clapp farm. While workiog in the barn the Lorse reached his head over the sidas of the stall, cauzht the Nttle fellow's ear In his tectn, and chewed Itoff. Having thus delivered himself, the lad carefully rewrapoed nis preclous ear, thrust it in his pocket, and departed. "SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY FOR DECEMBER. W If there is a betler magazina in the world than Berasnen's, we wou'd (lke lo have a louk at if,"'— dondon (Unt.) Advertiser, * Haworth's,” by Mas. Bunsrrr, begun fn November, will ke the story sought flest” by the larger number of readers ‘when they open the December Scnin- xei. Nor will they be disappointed, for Mre. Burnettcarries forward thechapters with stranze and fascinativg power. A The Bpringfield Repubtican says of *Ila- worth's™: «‘Therc 18 & masterly drift fnto the very hesrt of intcrest which shows a conlidant coutrol of resuurce and gives mesurance of & story worth telling and llstening to.” The Library Table says: “The apeningof ¢ Haworth's? is stroog, dramatie, and full of n- terest.” The Landon (Eng.) Academy says of * Ha- worth's,” which s appearing in Yacmillan's sim- ultancously with Its appearanca In this countey : 4 Macemillan has at last opencd Its pages to a good novel, at least If we are Lo Judge from the first chapters of Mra, Burnett's * Haworth's,’ which for vigor, bumor, aud readering (dialect and all) of the scenes of manufacturing life In lN«nlm:l !"nnnlblra deserves to be put very high ndeed. Bret Harte turnishes a characteristic story, ¢ Tho Groat Doadwood Mystery," ) In which the reader is carried, by telegraph, from Californla to Boston, and back again beyond the Sicrras, The articles on Amorican Sports are continied by CarLes C. WARD in Carfdou- Hunting, fincly Mustrated ; John Muir, the Nat- uralist, furnishes an fllustrated sketeh of one of the little apimals of Califoraln, the Douglass squirrel. ‘¢ Bird Architecturo,” by T. M. Brewzg, tells of HRumming-Blrds and their homes: IL is tnade more charming by Rtok- DAN'S exquisite desiyns, evgraved by Marsh, Cole, ete. “ The Oliff-Dwellers * 1s an entertafoing sketch of the prehiatorie race ‘*whose castles lift their towers amid the sands of Arlzona and crowu tho terraced slopes of the Rio Mancos,” Hiustratfons by 1. Mogran, “ My Look at tho Queen " is plescantly told by TREADWELL WaLneyN, and is, perhaps, a better description ef the quict Lady of Enzlaud than any lMel‘y seen in priot. “He Pravixo Sue' and “Undergraduate Lifeat Oxford” will commend themselves Lo overy one who has heen, or is, or witl bo & stu- dent in college, A charming story by T. W, Jlicarsoy, * Ax Inisu HrART,™ the continuation of “ FaLcox- nERG," o paper on ‘* ART AT TOZ PARIS EXro. symox," 80 important essay by Prof. Sumner of ale on ¢ Tho Nationsl Bank Circulation ;” * Ans Nanpow-Gacor Roavs Ecoxoyicari? #1157y 10 Youne Housgssereus,” Dr. Hol- laud's timely * Tupics,” the latest snventions in * The World's Work,” with other articles, poems, and reviews, malke up ouc of the finest numbers of a tuagazine thet rauks among the lending Hserary and art periodleals of the world. #4 o year; 85 ccots a number, Fur sale by all dealers. SCRIBNER & CO., New York. *Dow't Jet the Devil gerve as Ltbrantan for your Bays.” St. Nicholes for Girls & Boys. “The Children’s Art Magazine,” The Docember 87, Nicmouas has for its frontisplece a_copy of the luvely puinting by Johu roitlip, R. A, ‘ Coming Homo," witha tendor heart-sonz by Manr Mares Donar accompgoving it. Mrs. Dodzes also furnishes some verses on ** The Smiling Dolly.” Pernaps all the cntidren do not know what ¢ A ‘Muchacho’ of tho Mexican Camp” meane, but they will find by reading Mary Hal. lock Foote's little stary, and secing her char- acteristic sketch, that a **Muckacho fsn't suca o very strange being after ali, ¢ A Jolly Followship,” by Fravs R. Brocktoy, ls contloucd, and s capltal story for bays 1t s, told fo that bright atylo which has mado this writer s0 much of & favorite witi youoe and old, For the girls, Katbarine D, Bmith has a de- hghitful instatlment of ¢ Half-a-Dozon Housokeopors," and then that ridiculous Peterkin famiiy has been studying the langunges, aud Lucretis P, Hale bas written about ft in her funnfest way. We think it the best of all the absurd adventures of the Peterkin crowd, Emma Plimpton furnishes an excellent girl- story of country life, eutitied “Wild Bocky.," Josephine Norman tells, In ‘ A Day with tho Ponios,” of the amallest horses {n the world. There ls s beautifully iliustrated set of ‘¢ Italtan Fairy Talos.” Addie Ledyard bas three of her child-pictures, and James E. 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