Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 5, 1879, Page 5

THE CHICAGO ‘TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JANUARY 3, 187—SIXTEEN PAGES. - f tion of the work. Inth fh:np’fll;@he found that, living in the xfl"ost osonomical mAnDEr possible, and cutting the expenses Of his books to the B & amouat, ho Bad lost S6,000. The o eoed finally ; but it was ot until 1574—twenty-four years aflcr; ‘he be- “the sale of his' books pim to make good his losses. fizus;dfil::‘ sow beginning to_ be Temu- perative, and, owning all his copyrights, it 15 probable that he may reap & fair pecuniary vard from theso works. With bis series :; charts and -tables called ¢ Descriptive Sociology ” bis experience was even less. for- tnnate. These charts be began compiling some 60 years 880 and pablished them in 1arge folio perts, They aumed to reprosont n clnseified form the civilizations of varions l::dgfias, snd are of the highest value to stu- dentsof social seience. He was obliged to employ gssistance in their compilation, aod st the end of ten years found that he l.\.nfl ex- ed TpOD. them sbout $15,000, while the sales had brought him a little miore than $3,000. The printing expenses of one.of ,‘_m,g parts—the most ‘popular one, dealing ith English civilization—ho expocts to get ‘back from the soles by 1880; the printing expenses of the other parts he does not ex- pect to regain for a much longer time. The money paid for the work of compilation he ‘Topes to recover if he should live to be over old. Any profit to himself for this ible and leborions undertaking he Jesves entirely out of the range of proba- blhsgch is the experience of one of the most: eminent of living sutbors. In respect to the jnadequacy of the returns for the labor i'n- volved, it is substantially that of some of the most eminent writers who have ever Jived Isit an experience to be coveted by {hose less strong in intellect, less resolute m purpose, less persistent and heroic in self- deninl? There are faw things more illusory thsn suthorship. Many would-be writers foncy that all they have to do is to prepare the manuscript for & book, and eager pub- Jishers stand ready to publish and en eager world to buy. There is something ulmost pathetic in the quantity of manuscripts re- ceivéd by any first-class publishing-house, each representing, perhaps, years of toil and ‘hopes that aredoomed to dissppointment. Not one in twenty of those that are offered can be published at all 5 and of those that are pub- Jished scarcely one in a dozen s a real suc- csss. But the inxperienced author is always pangaine. He is sure that ten or tiventy thousand copies of his book will bo sold. The publisher, who knows that o sale of 5,000 isa | yars success, .and made sadly wise by the recollsction that his store- rooms are full of unsold and unsala- ble books, smiles politely, but declines to adrance the thousand dollars or so necessary 1o test the reasonableness of the author's ex- pectations ; and when, perhaps, the book is published on money furnished by the suthor, it is the publisher who 18 usually blamed for the dismal failure thot: ensues. Flashy and meretricious books may have an ephemeral success in apurely financial sense, but it is not of that class of Literature that we now speak. 3 Judging by esperience through all the rarge of literature, wo might almost say that authors are slow in winning recognition in proportion s their merits are real and in- trinsic. It is true there ara oceasional in- stances of apparently legitimate success in literature suddenly attained, but these are at ‘best only exceptional, and mey be deceptive ond illusory. A long and ‘arduous proc- ess seems to be the law. And, in any event, any great financial success should be least of all expected. Even those few writers who have become illustrious through a lifetime of devotion to literary pursuits find their pecuniary rewards late and mesgre as compared with what their abilities would have earned for them in other fields of activity. We do not wish to discourage any one having an honorable and worthy smbition in literature. What we would urge ‘uponsuch i, that they should rid themselves of fllusions, and, looking at the experience of greater and worthier wyiters than they, prepars themselves, if they are resolved to ,ttempt to gain literary fame,. to accept, if necessary, a life of struggle and self- denial, and perhaps sacrifice and pain. They must be content to work with persistence as well a3 patience, not looking for immediate zesults, but, sure of their vocation, and find- ing in their work itself much of its reward, they must be content to *“labor and to wait.” — - DEATH BY ELEVATORS. - Among the modern improvements for the couvenience of mankind, the elevator seems tobe s disciple of AfarTEUS in the service it renders in the limiting of population. A zecord of the number of deaths and serious accidents thet have occurred in this city l.lon‘u during the past year would be ap- palling, and the prudential person -who de- clinesto trust himself to this facilis-decensus mStr.\;mant. isno longer laughed at for his cantion. We publish this morning the verdict of the Coroner’s jury in the case of Cmintss O. Trouesos, Jr., who met his Geath on the last day of the old year by fall- ing down an elevator-way in & building on Fifth avenue, which had once befors been the scene of a similar accident. The evidence in this latest case was such as to cill from the Coroner’s jury a censure of the owner of the building, (1) because he bas permitted the elevator to be used by sev- eral firms without any ono being responsible for its movements, and (2) becsuse he has left the approaches to the elevator unpro- tected except by ordinary doorways and md}efi and accessible to all who desired to Tunit. The Coroner's jury was somuch im- Pressed with the dangers incident to such WE{eg management of the elevetor that it has ifivited tho attention of the city authori- ties to the necessity of o closer supervision ::5 stricter regulation of all the elevators in ©® city. This suggestion is timely, and should meet with prompt response from tho c“F Council. Indeed, there is now pending "-“.Ot‘fimnnce, introduced by Ald. Coox, :zflh provides for the inspection of ele- D S under the direction of the Building epctment, and this ordinance should be DPissed at once if it be found to answer the 9}""0“! necessities of the case. The charge 15 0 sacred & one that it ought to be kept - Outof the reach of mere ward politicians, ;nd secure the services of an expert and n""“t.m?n. The elevator in the Fifth ave- 5 “bnjlflmg referred to is by no means an Efcel!ho.n it is believed that there are many others in’ the city which are allowed to be :? in the same reckless fashion. An owner abuilding occupied by several different S!eam& will content himself with furnishing t and an engincer, and then permit all 8 _‘Elnnta and their outside visitors to Davipulate the machine as they please. us I:cidents are sure to occur sooner or under such a practice. No elevator #hould be run without a regular and compe- tent conductor, and every opening into the . know enough to keep it. shaft Hould bo protectdd by-doors that close with a catch-lock on the inside, so that no person can effect an entrance into the open elevator-way nor use the elevator itself ex- cept when the conductor Is in charge. In the recent case, the unfortunate vietim of & carcless practico.was on the fifth story, and the elevator was at the basoment. Young Taonrsox opened the hall-door, and reached -over for the rope with the purpose of starting the elevator upwards. It is thought that snother young man at the first story pulled the rope at the.same time, nnd with the eame purpose, and tiat TmoMpsoN +was thus jerked over and lost his balanca and foothold. Whether or not this theory be correet, the accident is. directly due to the loose practice which prevailed in the ose | of the elevator, and strict official supervision i3 probably the only safe protection against the frequent recurrence of such nccidents, and the suppression of the reckless system responsible for them. AxxA DICKINSON has abandoned the stage and will return to the lecture-platform, where she won her first fame and money. A letter from her old home reveals some of the inside history of her private and public life that has not.been well understood by her most sincere admirers.. At oue time she was the most popu- lar woman in_this.country in the lecture-field, and her services readily commanded $200 a night. Of course she made moncy rapidly, and, when &he gave up lecturing, report sald she was very rich. Bat an unlucky investment in real estate in the West soon swallowed her surplus carnings, and in an evil bour she was advised to ‘| zo' upon -the. stage. An injudicious friend loaned-her §20,000 to start herin:ber new career, and ‘she has now near that amount wrapped up g her glittering stage-wardrobe. But AwNa did vot draw, and the critics cut and slashed her fearfuily. Meantime, other ad- verse influuces were at work. Her Quaker mother, who had been kept in wholesome izno- rance of her idolized daughter’s new departure, at length found out that AxNa had become a * play-actor,” and her distress was described as terrible. Hundreds of her best friends, many of them distingnished in the literary world, wrote her letters ureing her to abandon the step she had taken. Mapy of them informed her that they were praying nightly that she might fail, as they looked upon the door of & theatre as the entrance to the infernal regions. So, between the slashing of the- eritics, who secmed coiled up iu the audience like so macy hissing serpents, and the constant impor- tuning . of “her best friends, Miss DIck- INsoN suddenly stopped and went into retirement, - with hopes crushed, ambition thwarted, {riends alienated ‘or grieved, health impaired, fortune gone, and debts ac- cumulating. ‘- Days and weeks went by, and the world heara occasionally that she Was writing a new play, whea in truth she was only seeking rest and recnperation of soul aud spirit, as well as of the body. Like thousands of other people, ANNA had a zood thin, but she did not If she returns to the Jectire-fleld arsin we sincerely trast and oray that her chronic habit of scolding, which was quite freely indulged ia when she occupied the piatform before, may be left behind with her worthless titlé-decds, insipid * Anna Boleyn ™ plays, and rich stage-wardrobe, und that she will give the public an exhibition of that sweet- ness of temper and moderation of speech that are sometimes the product of adversity rightly interpreted. — ——— The princips] difference between the views of Tre Cn10460 TRIBUNE and those of the Milwau- kee Dally Alurphey in regard to Wisconsin politics appears to be abont the Hon. Marr H. CARPEN- TeR. Perhaps Tor TRIBUNE is in error on some points touching his record, and his orzan can gotit right. Tue TRIBUNE is laboring under the impression that the Hon. MarT H. CARPEN- 7ER, while 8 member of the Senate, voted 1o in- creasc his pay from $5,000 a seasion or year to $7,500 per session or year, and also voted to make the increase date back two years, Is Tz TRIBUSE correct in its supposition? 1sita {act that he not only voted to increase his pay 50 per cent, but to make it refroactive for two years? J§s it a fact that he ‘‘grabbed” $5,000 extra pay obiained in this way, and pocketed the money, and still has it, and mever repaid it to the Treasury, as did many other members of Congress? Supposing the answer to these questions to be in the affirmative, to correspond with the ex- Senator’s record, we ask another question of the Daily Murphey : Does it approve of the ex- Sonator’s course in this master? Does it think he did right in voting to raise his salary 50 per cent (or whatever per cent it was), and meke the actdate back two vears? Does it rezard the “hack-grab” business honest or proper? Does it think the people of Wisconsin approved of that vote at the time, since then, or approve of ¢t mow? Will the Daily Murphey answer these questions fairly and candidly, and, if not, why nov! Let us have an understanding about this matter. Perhaps the Afurphey can shed such light upon it that the .dark spot will vanish. ‘Will it irradiate the subject? ————— There is a story fiying about the streets that Mr. Jonx A.LocaN, while & member of the Senate, voted for the so-called salary-grab-back- pay-bill. Mr. FRANE PALMER, editor of the I-0., was in Congressat the time, and must know whether the report is trueornot. Will the I-0. rise and explain if it is true that Logan voted to increase his pay to $7,500 per year, and to make the increase date backwards two vears? Is it troe that he pocketed the $5,000 of public money and kept it? Does the J1.-0. regard his tonduct as rirht or honest? Will the 2.-0. an- swer these questions, ard, if not, why not? ——— The Milwaukee Daily Alurphey says that no one in Wisconsin pays the slightest heed to any- thing THE CHICAGO TRIUNE says. There isat Jeast one exception to that rule in Milwaukee, and that oneis the Daily Murphey, for itis almost wholly devoted to moticinz what Tne TRIBUNE says. It contains very little else now- adays efeept things in regard to THE TRIBUNK. 1t is ‘as badly pit-marked with THE TRIBUNE as a patient with small-pox, and Tue TRIBUNE marks have struck in and, we fear, have dis- figured it for life. Gov. Brsmop, of Olio, wants to know what he has done that he is. not entitled to a renomina- tion, 85 bas been tne custom in the past. We can tell him. His firm bursted last summer, and the opinion is prevalent that he will be un- able to furnish the required amount of *‘soap” for another campaign 50 _expensive as the next will pe. The boys can’t “whoop ’em up” worth a cent unless there is plenty of *soap.” e — We printed a special dispatch from Indianapo- 1is yesterday morning that will set thousands;of Democratic politicians’ teeth on edze. It was to the effect that a certain mining company in which Tox HENDRICES is a large stockholder will declare a dividend of $200,000. Now Tox is o candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency, and will be able to open his “bar’] ¥ of money as TILDEX did. e —— The Richmond Whig is afraid that the story which TELLER'S Committee will be able to tell of Southern buildnzing will not be worth the $20,000 appropriation. The TWhig is probably better satisfied with the outlay of sbout that amount spent by the Porrer Committee while iovestizating into the alleged frauds incident to the last Presidential election. The other oxis likely to be gored now. . —————— An exchange paper is engaged in destroying the business of those poor boys on the streets who sell ear-muffs. It says: *Tie your earsin a double bow-knot under your chin, and they will be secure {rom the frost.” Ll SRR Now is the season of our discontent made more oppressive by long-winded annual mes- soges from divers ana sundry chief executive officers of about thirty-eight States, and compos- itors and proof-readers go about their daily tasks with heavyhearts. And yet thereis solace for all the hearts that are thus bowed down fn the reflec- tlon that, like Christmas, this flood of State papers only falls apon the reading public once a year. It has always been a mystery to observe the amount of sorrow thé human heart can bear up under. 2 ——— The Cinelnnati Gazette says: “The coldest point feported by the Signal Service in the Northwest last night was Chicagn. Tue Trin- UNE has laid away its little editorial on ¢ Chicago 28 & Summer-Resort.!”” Now you begin to be- lieve what we have been telling ycu all along, to-wit: that Chicago s the coolest place in the country,—s summer-resort, indeed. —————— There are {n Michigan forty'raflroad corpora- tions, ownine 5,907 miles of road, of which 3,589 miles lfe wholly within the State. All these roads Lave been built within the last forty years, In 1883 the State had only 63 miles of railroed: in 1848, 826; in 1838, 708; 1n 1868, 1,124; and in 1878, 8,589. The apgregate capltal stock is $312,709,083. . & Clocinnati Cormercial : by tbe Tnter-Ocean that the people may yet have use for the Hon. E. B. WASUBURNE is surpris- inz. We thousht there were but two men for whom the publie had any use,—~GRANT and Lo- GAN. We archappy to bear of a third.” ——— Anticipatiog & return of the yellow fever next scason, #hd well knowing that St. Loufs would be as hot as dn oven all next summer, Old Probabilitics has kindly considered our neces- sitics and sent us an enormous ice crop. T — Low-necked dfesses might apswer in the salubrious climate of Canada, but in the hyper- borean region of Chicazo they, would have been very uncomfortable for thé week past. ——t— In view of having an open winter, the stock of thermometers on hand was offered last week at very low figures. ——— Col. IxeERSOLL'S theory about the non-exist- ence of ncertatn hot place had few advocates last week. f ——— Birds. of a foathor: The friends of Marr CaRPENTER in Wisconsin wishing LoGAN suc- cess. 5 —_——— " January came in like a lion, that'a a fact; but whether it will go out like & Jamb remalns to be seen, ———— That wale eaved WaDE HaMPTON the ex- pense of a literary bureau. 0l1d Boreas resumed, too, Jao. 1, 1879, ———— ‘WASHINGTON. Hon. Wayne. MacVeagh Said to Have Been Tendered the Berlin Mission—Roports Con- cernlng the Government Printing Offico Uttorly False—Zach Chandler and the Michigan Senatorship. Special Dispatch to Thae Tribune. « WasmneToN, D. C., Jan. 4.—It is probablé that the President has tendered the Berlin mis- sien to Wayne MacVeach, of Tennsylvania. MacVeagh was here yesterday, and liad o confl- dentinl interview with toc President. His {riends say that he has returned to Philadel- ‘phia to prepare for the vorage. ‘The St. Louis attorneys who have been here for the purpose of endeavoring to fnduce the At- torney-General to take some action with refer- ence to the reported attempt to indict Capt. Eads, of jetty fame, on alleced complicity in irregular” bank transictions in Missourd, start for home to-night, having been entirely unsuc- cessful in their mission. The Attorney-General declines in any way to interferc with the opera- tions of the Grand Jury. District-Attorney Bliss, who was also here, convinced the Attor- pey-General that he acted entirely within the limits of official duty in presenting Capt. Eads to the Grand Jury. It is expected here that Eads will not be indicted. The report in many Democratic papers that a deficit of $750,000 had been found in the ac- counts’ of the Government Printer is utterly false. Nothing of the kind has been proved, nor does anythiog of the kind exist. The Pub- lic Printer has offictal evidence in his possession to account for every dollar drawn from the Treasury. The same Is true of ex-Government Printer Clapp. . The Secretary of War is known to be earnest in his opposition to many features of the new Army bill. Gen. Sherman is as earnest {n favor of it, and is cven said to bave published the views only of those officers who approve the bill. The Secretary of War will probably publish the views of any oflicer in opposition to the bill which he may receive. An official of the House of Representativesto- day received a letter from a member of the Michigan Legislature, in which the statement is made that the friends of ex-Secretary Chandler are circulating a paper for signatures urging the President to appoint Senator Christiancy to a sorelen mission or a Judeeship. The writer adds: “Of course if there is a vacancy, the Legislature would elcct Chandler tn recoguition of his services as Chairman of the Michizan State Republican . Committee, If you can do anything in Washington to checkmate this maneuver, for God’s sake do it.”” ‘A man bas been found who will decline a Fed- eral office. Itis Edward L. Pierce, of Boston, the biographer of Charles_Sumner, who refuses to aceept the position of United States Treas- urer at Boston, It is reported that Senator Thurman, in his forthcoming Ohio speech, contemplates return- ing to the hard-moncy m(gv, having atscovered that trimming to catch ibflation votes is likely to injure his national prospects. ‘There is a rumor that Dan Voorhees, in view of the sucéess of resumption, is disposed to modify his extreme Greenback opiuions. To the Western Assoclated Press. + WasmxgToN, D. C., J: 4.—The seventy- h call for the redemption of 5-20 bonds consols or 1867, is issued. The call is for $10,000,000; $6,000,000 of compons, and $4,000,000 of’ reeristered bonds, the principal and interest to be paid on and after the 4th of April next. Coupon bouds, dated July 1, 1867, name- ly: $50, from No. 5,001 to 11,000, both inclusive; §100, from No. 5,001 to 11,000, both inclusive; $500, fros. .. 8001 to 11,000, both inclusive; $1,000, from No. 6,001 to No. 18,000, both inclu- sive. = Total coupons, $6,000,000. Regis- tered bonds—$50, from No. 183 to No. 4,000, both inclusive; $100, from No. 1,501 to No. 2,800, both inclusive; $500, from No. 1,501 to No. 2,000, both inclusivs; $1,000, from No. 8,701 to No. 7,400, both inclusive; '$5,000, from No. 1,151 to No. 2,600, both inclu- sive; $10,000, from No. 1,001 to No. 2,000, both inclusive. Total registered, $4,000,000. Aggre- gate, $10,000,000. Col. R. G. Ingersoll, who is now here, was asked his opinion of the contest for United States Scnator in “I1linois, and substantially re- plied as follows: ‘“As between the candidates talked of, I am for Richard J. Oglesby, and yet T have not a single word to say against any of the otaers. Oglesby is an honest, patriotic man, and always wants to do the just thing. He stands very well here in Waspington, aod is re- garded by all as a genuine man.” The Sceretary of the Interfor, in reply to the letter of Representative Patterson, expresses the opinion that Colorado may obtain the lands granted by the Aericuitural College act by showing compliance with the terms of the ting acts. Subzcriptions to the 4 per cent bonds to-day, 9,697,150. The District of Columbia bonds which Treas- arer Gilfillan refused to redeem, as they lacked the seal of the District, have been completed by the Commissioners and are redeemed by the Tieusnryr t G ¢ ‘The S?ringer Committeo to-day examined G. Wiley Wells, who charges mutilation of the books and records at the Shanghai Consulate during Seward’s Consulate. Coffec, one of the clerks, snowed several apparent diserepancies in the books. OBITUARY. ” Special Dispasch to The Tribune. | GALESBURG, 111, Jan. 4.—Agrippa S. Martin, an old and highly-respected citizen, died this forenoon at his residence, 23 South Kellozg street, from an attack of bilious pneumonia. He was 83 years of age. Having emigrated from Oneida County, New York, at sn carly day, he became oue of the original colonists to Galesburg and Koox County. always occupied s private station i life, yet his Jone residence here has caused his name to be jdentified with all measures tending toward the improvement and growth of the county. “The intimation RAILROADS, Special Contract of the Union Pacific with Eastern ‘Ship- pers. Tariff Adopted and Conditions Imposed by the Com- pany. Report of the Government Directors of the Comx_)_any. Defiéiencies in the Managemém Many and Apparent. What Should Be Done to Make the Read a Com- plete Suceess. Hoecial Dispateh 10 The Tribune, New YORE, Jan. 4 —The Sun has the follow- ing copy of the form of contract which the Unlon Pacitic Railroad Company is making with large shippers to the Pacifle coast In this city, Boston, Phitadelphia, and Baltimore. An intro- cen [ operating éxpenses to the earnings is now smaller than it should be. The policy of the Company should be a pub- lic-spirited policy. - The community has the right to expect that in its commereial rela- tions strict business principles should be tem- pered with liberality. It would not secm, iherefore, unreasonable to ask the development of the country. and casv snd_even economical exchange of traffic should be considercd by those invested with the management, as well as a strict busipess view of the largest profit. In any event, it 13 clearly the mission of those rep- resenting the National Government in the Union Pacific. direction, if, indeed, they have any mission, to develop the principle of public responsibility, and keep. it continually in’ the minds of those more immedi- ately 1nterested with the management. The business policy of the corporation should be large and liberal-minded,—above atl, o pol- icy which seeks, so far as.circumstgaces \nl.lger- mit, to_avoid_all disceriminations, and to deal reasonably and cquitably both with otber roads and with differently circumstanced individuals ‘and communities. . All things considered, its tariffs, though high in comparison with those of some trunk-lines of the East, are lower than the average, and in no respect appear €ktortionate. "These tariffs, which practically put in irons the transcontinental business of the country, were devised by two freignt agents, were never, before being publicly. anuounced, submitted for consideration even to the Execu- tive Committee of the Directors, aad were final- ly put in force to the utter surpriso of the pub- He in verbat authority, so far ascan be ascer- tained, of the President end a single Director. The through business over the Union Pacific duetory note from the Geteral Freight Azent of is mainly done by larze houses. They have the Company specifics that parties to tho con- trict enn consign their z00ds to the California’ TFast-Freight Line at Chicazo over any dne of the trunk lines leading West from those citics. The contract s made for one year. Ratesare as follows fron either of the cities'to S8an Fran- clsco: 5 2 x For textile fabrics not otherwise specified, made exclusively of cotton, and shipped in its original piece, quilts or coverlets, comforts or cotton yarn, cotton twiné, cotton warp, and scamless baes, $2,25. For batts, wads, and empty trunks, nested, $2. For table-cloth, glazed bags, agato buttons, metal pants-buttons, buckles, cotton umbrellas, cord spool-cotton, and empty trunks, §3, For gents’ domestic hoslery and gloves, While he has | domestic knit underwear, and woolen goods, $3.50. . For ladies’ domestic hosiery, domestic knit underwear, cheviots, check and calico shirts, jeans drawers, ladies” cotton summer skirts, crash towels, toweling, pins, hair-pins, corset- steels, hooks and eves, 84. special contracts covering it at less than the publishsd tariff rates, and ‘these lack that cle- ment of publicity which will always rematn onc real safeguard against discriminations. By the act of May 7, 187, commionly known as the Pacitic Railronds Funding bill, the Gov- ernment would secm- to have given its formal approval to the present business policies ot both these corporations by iusisting on having o sharo of their results. In the report which ccompanied that act, the Senate Judiciary 'ommittes very distinetly rest it on the laree net earnings of” the roads to which it applies, and express the opinfon that those earningy “ will bo larpely increased in the future”; and again, that thefi * in fature will not be less than they were in the fiva years 1872-'76.” These nct earnings in part were, however, and if main- tained they will in future continue to be, the direct result of that policy on the part of those manaeing the Union Pacifie, which the Direct- ors in this report have felt it their duty to criti- cise. The Dircctots have already intimated their belief that the percentago of net earninzs (58 per cent) returned. by the Union Pacific dur- ing the last five years is considerably larger than it should have been. The adoptfon-by the Company of a liberal policy as respects renewals and local business development would unquestionably for some Yor clothing, cardigan jackets, flauncl and | years to come decrcase that percentage. The woolen goods, including mixture of cotton and | Government should, however, for “obvious wool, ana American dress goods, $5. In case the railrond publishes alower tariff reasons, excrt all its influence to that ecnd. Meanwhile the legislation referred to would seem to sanction a wholly different policy in the than this the merchant shall have the benefit of | unnaturally large resulte, of which it is pro- it, and in the event of o discontinuance of its _present relations with the Pacific Mail Steam- ship Company, which sball result in greater competition for traflic between New York and ® Saa Francisco, rates to be charpred eaid party of osed to secure its fair share to.the National reasury. The Government becomes, in short, one of the principal beneficiaries from the system of railroad management which is, to say the least, in some respects unjust, in many re- spects harsh, and in nearly all respects illiberal the second part shall not exceed those current | toits own citizens. by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s vessels at the time of shipment by more than $1.50 for all goods rated by this agrecment at or above $4 per 100 pounds, or §1 per 100- pounds for all While the Government occupies ttiis position it would scem difficult for those who represent it more immediately in the direction of the Company to exercise any considerable influence in fayor of a policy more liberal but less imme- goods rated by this sgecment at less than $¢ diately profitable. per 100 pounds. To secure the advantage of these low rates, the merchant, party of the second part, agrees to ship all his zoods by rail only, for, says the contract, it being clearly understood to be the object and purpose of this agrcement to sccure for and give to said party of the first part transportation of not only that class and por- tion of frelght of the party of the second part which has hitherto been shippea by .rail, buc also all that class and portion which it has Dbeen the custom of the party of the second part i0 ship by way of the sea, and from which the party of the first part has heretofore enjoyed no beoefit or revenue. It is also understood that the shipper shall not allow any one else to take e —————— A GRATIFYING SUCCESS. Among the financial exhibits which property- owners and people gencrally look for with some degree of anxiety at the beginning of every New Year, s the financial showing of fire insurance companics. . Our people, haviog been “tried by fire,” re- alize the importance of good, safe fire-insur- ance. ‘The annual statement of the condition of the Traders’ Insurance Company of this city will be - found in this {ssue of THE TRIBUNE, and every citizen will, no doubt, examine it with pride and gratification. The owners and managers of the Traders’ are among our best business-men, ahd are well known for their integrity and solid advantage of his contract by lending the use of | worth. his name or shipping-mark to others. * All goods must be shipped via Council Bluffs or Omaha. The contents of each package must be- definitely discribed according to schedule, classification, and, to guard against ‘being de- frauded in this respect, the Company reserves the rizht to open and inspect such packages as they choose. If the Company finds the shipper has attempted to defraund it in this way, it will levy double schedule tariff. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT DIRECT- WasmongToN, D. C., Jan. 4—The Govern- 1sit any worder tbat they shonldin a few years succeed in building up a solid, strong, and conservative Fire Insurance Company, the peer of any in the West? The past year was a very unfavorable one for companies, but the skiil and caution which guided the Traders’ brought it through with in- creased assets, and a very gratifying addition to pet surplus, Our readers will join us in wishing them another prosperous year and ‘-many re- turns.” i —— INSURANCE. The statement of the * Old ZKEtna, of Hart- ford,” in another column, shows present net ment Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad | assets, market value, gold basis, to be $6,662,- have sent their annual report to the Necretary | 848.79, an increase over a year azo of more than of the Interior. . They are of the opinion that the Union Pacific, in view of the extremely lib- eral aid that it has received from the Govern- ‘ment, and the brilliany of its success 2s a com- mercial enterprise, should be judged by the most severe standards known among the rail- roads of the country. Measured by this stand~ ard they report the deficiences many and ap- parent. At the same time theproperty is being brought up with steadiness, thongh slowly, to a fair decree of average excellence. The failure_ to replace with steel rails the worn-out iron rails was sharply criticised, and the Directors ‘say that, although the policy now pursued by the Company in regard to the mate- rial condition of the property is careful and suf- §150,000, and this, too, after deducting all losses, expenses, dividends, and shrinkages of the year. This is a good showing, considering the un- fn;fimb)e times for insurance companies gen- erally. 2 —— THE FAVORITE FUR HOUSE. The rush for those fine furs at the old relia- ble fur house of A. Bishop & Co., corncr State and Monroe streets, still continues. Thanks to Mr. Bishop’s foresight in securing so large a stock last summer, he is still able to fill all or- ders for those clezant seal sacques at the old prices. € TRADE DOLLARS. Sax FRANCISCO, Jan. 4. —Among the importa- ficiently safe, it i3 by no means liberal, nor such | tions by the steamer Belele, which arrived here as the country has a right .to expect, or the Government to insist upon. s The course of the Company in its business policy towards the public i3 in some respect open to much adverse criticism_on the gronod of illiberality, but, nevertheless, the present tarifls do not appear to be extortionate. ‘The Direetors, in their report, tnink the en- actment of the recent Funding act has a direet tendency to retard or prevent the adoption of a more liberal but less immediately protitable policy by the Company, the Govern- ment having thus become one of the principal peoeficiaries in the present system of manage- ment by exacting a larze proportion of the pro- ceeds. _They report that 2 vonsolidation of the Union Pacific with its connecting branch lines is not now desirable in the public interests, but they recommend that the Companies be com- pelled to submit their differences on the sub- jeet of Dro rating to the decision of some im- ‘partial board of arbitration. - In conclusion,the Directors indorse the recom- mendation of Secretary Schurz for legislation which shall enable the Government to cede to the Railroad Company all sections of grazing or desert lands on one side of toe road, and reccive from it all similar sections on the other, inorder that cach party may dispose of the lands in large tracts, in which alone they are desirable or susceptible of profitable use to purchasers. ‘e policy as respects’ the completion and re- mewal of the road which the Company apparent- ly has pursued and now is pursuing, might, perbaps, if judged by the test of strict business principles in| the shrewd management of a_ practical monopoly be deemed a fairly liberal one. The property, instcad of deteriorating, is being brought up with steadiness, though slowly, to a fuir degree of average excelience. It is still, liowever, far short of what, with its original en- dowment and large present earnings, it ought t0 be, and very fur short in almost every respect of that high standard of excellence,” both in scope and detail, to which those familiar with the great trunk lines of the country are mow accustomed. There is, however, nothing in the present shape of the orgauization as repards the division of labor and study of detail which on the 2d, were 100,000 trade dollars, being part of the 400,000 reported as having been pur- chased for the United States st Hong Hong. They will be shipped by rail to New York to- morrow. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS A MINUTE. . Chicago Times. Somo idea of the magnitude of the transactions of the Matual Life-Insurance Company of New York may be formed from sn inspection of ita payments to policy-holders last year for death claims, matured c¢ndowments, annuities, divi- dends, and retarn of premiums. The total amount was $13,949,100. Reckoniog 300 work- ing days to the year, and eight hours a day. it ap-. pears that the policy-holders receive mearly one handred dollurs a minute from that Company. ——— REMEMBER THESE WORDS, READER. 1t yon buy, or allow your friends to buy, a sew- ing-machine before secing and knowing what the ‘New No. 8 Wheeler & Wilson will do that other machines will not, you will regret it when too late. 1. L. FLANNERY, City Manager, 155 State street. —————— Oat-Meal Epicures. The next time you order oat-meal try Mack's New Process Stesl Cut Oat-Meal. ouly one regret. and that is that you have not had it on your table before. Purcst, swcetest, and cleanest in the market. e ———— Before Breakfast always use Sozodont, and rub it in well. It gives such pleasant relief from parched tongue resulting from slecp, promotes the healthful sccretions of the mouth. It will cost more for meat and such things, but don't begrudge it. : e BUSINESS NOTICES. Caution.—Beware of Bogus Tmitations of Jeffers® Original Bronchial Cicarettes, under what- ever name presented. None genumne without the portrait and signature of Perley Jeiers. Dealers and others will take notlce that this remedy is pro- would indjcate that it is the work of aoy supe- l+tacted by patent. Periey Jeffers & Co., sole pro- rior organizing mind. It gives rather the im- pression of, being simple even to crudeness, and quite lacking in system. It is true the Union Pacific has always been operated and renewed under circumstances un- favorable, at least, to its thorouzh reorzaniza- tion. 1ts ownership has more than once chaneed, and, as is well known, it has at times been in hands more solicitous as to the move- ments of the stock market than honestly desir- ous of attaining even material excellence. No system whatever has been pursucd fn filling up subordinate situatfons. As vacancies oceurred, the oflicers have come to the road from all sec- tions of the country, and have brought with them theories dod methods which are far from upiform. They did mot recopnize the same standards, nor was it obvious theyin many cases had any conception of What the hizhest stand- ardswere. . H The road is reported liberally equipped with rolling-stock. The Company seems to be pur- suing asystematic and sufliciently liberat poncF of repewing its bridzes, and tne road-bed, ai- though as a whole not yet brouzht up to the proper standard of excellence, is being rapidly improved, and the completion of the needed improvements will be 2 simple and foexpensive matter. However it might be if the road were completed and_brought” throughout up to a first-class standard, it is obvious that the.per- ‘proprietors, ofice and depot 70 State strect. ———— The Compound Cubeb Cigarettes nre the most agreeable and efficient_remedy known for ca- tarrh, ssthma, and cold in the head. If they were used by smokers conghs and colds would be un- known. Prepared only by Gale & Blocki, chem- its, 85 Clark atreet and 4+ and 46 Monroe street. _— Ys constipation curable? Certainly, A fow doses of Copleston’s Amarns will regulate natare's balance-wheel and restore the system to Lealth. Worth its weight in gold. Tryit. Price, SL. H. A. Hurlbat &Co., Agents. — ——— Kimball’s Catarrh Cigdrettes seldom fall | to give instant relief or cure cold in the "ead. EFINANCIAL. ESTABLISHED 1860. RANDAL H. FOOTE, BARKER, 70 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, Haviog been for tirelve yeari 4 member of New York Stock Exchange and Vice-President of Gold Board. the Dighest characterand experfence {3 zuaranteed. Stocks, Gola, and Bonds; also, Stock contracts. such as **strad- ¥ <> pats, ™ and ** calls * on large or small amounts, ‘bought and s0ld on regular commissions and moderase m3 Pamphlet entitled ** Wall Street, ™ and stock tabled containing valuable information, mailed on re- celnt o y (=1 You will have (- @.‘ticura ; © SCROFULA, The scourge of mankind—0Old methods of trestment and remedies a fraud upon humanity—A revolution-in the treatment of blood and skin humors a certainty. It doss not take long for the weary invalid tolose faith in medicine. 'Pathy sfter 'pathy is ex- .bhausted, remedy after remedy is triod and found “wanting, untl the unhappy victim of medical sci- ence (1) abandons the strugele and resigns himselr to his fate. The treatmencof chronic diseases of the blood for five hundred years hasbeen a heart- less frand upon mankind. Itis hardly 4 question whether the Emcuce of medicine Las not beet a curse ratherthana blessing. Beginning in the ear- lier centuries with charms, conjurations, amalets, rings, the seventh son of the seventh sun, the oil of lizards, the King's touch, and other methods and _practices originating in ignorance and superstition, until we reach the coming of '*‘Paracelsus, the Adam of the medical world, who first bronght sin into the profession.” He introduced mercury for the treatment of the diseases under consideration. For four hundred years this mineral _poison has shattered the constitutions of mankind, andis to- day the specific of the medical schools for scrofa- lous affections. Contrast this virulent, corrosive ‘poison with thé CUTICURA RESOLVENT, Purely Medicinal ‘add harmless to the youngest child, this great rem edy offers to the weary invalid absolute aud perm: nent retfef. No combination of medical sabstance! ever bofore offered the afflicted posscsses the won- derful properties of the REsoLvVENT. No other form or process of cure, either of medicine for in- ternal administration, or of electricity, or other outward medical appliances, possesscs a_tithe of {18 curative power because they do not strike atthe rest cause of human weakness and sufferinz. aving discovered the elements of disease that maintain the debilitated conditions of scrofula and corrupt blood, the REsoLvExT was compounded of original medicinal agents that had {n themeelves the power of dissoiving them away, to accomphsh. which it mingles with tho contents of the stomach, 1t takes its place among the constituents of the blood, and traverses every avenue and channel of the body, neatraliziog and expelling diseasc-breed- ing elements, perfecting digestion, and parifying tne circulatine fluids. Its medical action seems unpounded because of its resolvent and purlfying action. No medical preparation to be fonnd inany of the standard works possesses this new and orig- inal feature, iy Ly CUTICURA For sll External Ailments, assisted by the CoTicura Soar, is simply wonder- ful. Tt challenges the edmiration of the most big- oted practitioner. Nothing like it hus ever be- forc been known for the cure of. Humors of the Scalp and Skin, with loss of Uair, Scrofalons Ui- cors, Sore and _ Discharging Wounda, butns, Scalds, Cuts snd Festers, lcning Piles and Itching Affections. Sore. and_SHiff Muscles and_Joints, Diphtheria and Sore Throat, and all ordinary ail- monfs. Every assertion regarding this romedy 1s ln‘ppunefl by docamentary cvidenos in our pos- session. COTICUTA SOAP, . Medicinal and Toilet, ~ is prepared from CuTicURA in ¢ modified form, and is positively indispensable in the treatment of Skin and Scalp Diseases. We recommend it for the ‘preservation of Skins of infants, for gentlemen ‘who shove and are troubled with humors, for those who desire a clean and wholesome Skin and Scalp, and for_all purposes of the toilet, bath, and nur- sery. Itsmedicinal ingredients are so refined and purified that their presence is_known only by their gmnd carative effects, while its delightful ana re- reshing fragrance equals op surpasses tne finest Parisian Soaps. ¢ ‘The CuTicuna RENEDIES are prepared by WEEKS & PorTER, Chemists and Druggists, 360 Washing- ton-st., Boston, and for rale by all drugzists. Price 0f CoTioURA, small boxes, 50 cents; large ‘boxes, containingtwo and a half times the quantity of small, S1. MESOLVENT, S per bottle. CUTi- cura Soar, 25 cents; by mail, 30 cents; three cakes, 75 cents. * CATAERE REVEDIES, ATARRH A New Remedy Discovered by Ir. G W. Wolzamott Office No\. 103 State-st., Room 29, Hundreds of Peopls are Gratefully ' Testifying to Its Merits, Abont. two years ago Dr. Wolgamott, who war then suffering with catarrh, dlscovered a.simple remedy Which ufforded him instant reilef. He made a few experiments with the specific, which proved 30 satis- factory thathe determined 1o prescribe (¢ to his pa- ticnta. This he iss done for the past two years. and, Teeting with such unprecedented success, Le deter: mined to place the matter before the puslic, preferring 10 fntur the displeasure of his jess fortunate profersion- al competitors than to keep from suflering humsnity fhe knowiedge the they may becured. We priag below the disinteristed statcments of two of the doctor's vatlents. Mr. B. F. Tilden, s genial gentleman, well Known fn_both bisiriess and soclal.circles of this city (in the former by having been lang connected n an ofi- clal capacity with the P., C. & St. L. R, R., and inthe Jatter by- his mssoclation with the Orlental Quartet), sald: **Ihave suffered indescribable tortares from ca- tarrh. At frstonly my nasal tubes were affected, but the Torribic dfscase #radusily extended Itself to_the bron- hial tubess my volce becanic broken, my entire system Geranzed. 1 expericoced severe palns in my ebest, and 5% thaesiwas very sloomy and despondent. The dis- harges became more aid more disgusting ntil m SIENE hoaring, and speecii were all mort or less affectod, In this condicion I called at theotfice of Dr. Wolzamott, and his explanacion of the cause of the disease and ity Proper treatment was so_ simpie that 1 placed myself nder his treatment. 1am happy tostate that he cured me completcly, andmy volce has so recovered a3to en- ableac tosin in St Pauss Church cholr every Sua- bl Cmicaco, March 11, 1678, To Whom It May Concern: For quite 8 number of years I have been the victim of that most dreaded disease, catarrh, and only those who arc similarly afiicted will appreciate or undertand how much { have suffered. By the advice of my friends I consulted Dr. Wolgamott, and by his new treatment of catarrh I found {nstant Felief, I am now completely cured, and_advise all who suffer with the dresdful disease to give his treatment a trfal. % LPATRICE, (signed) 3. P. GIL With Ficid. Leiter & Co. In conclusion it may he stated that Dr. Wolgamott has elegantly-arranged offices in the Hale Buliding, cor- ner Washington sud State-sts., Where he may be con- sulted free of chrge. Office 103 State-st., RRoom 29. Office hours from 9 a. " OZONE. Ozone 18 an element of the air, discovered by the German Chemist Sclionblen. It ia obtained by passing Electric fparks thirough Oxyzen, and from 1 t0 3 per cent of the ciement (s eld [n Yolatile soluzion. The Ozone treatmeut for Catarrh and Throatdls- eases_fnauguratesanew era in this feature of speclal practice; with the foliowing results. vizi— 1st. The most obstinate and distressing cases of gatgiriial nfammation are Telleved at once and rad- cally cured. 24 Ozon€ softens the hardened secretions which ob- struct the nasal passazes, specally gIving the grestest amount of reliet to the snfferer. sul. It deodorizes the nicerated surfaces, romoves the offensive discharzes, and purlfes the hreath. Ath. Ozonc restorcs the sense of smell and cares loss ot voice, deafness, and [oss of memory, When thesoare theresult of Catarrh. 5th. It neutralizes and nrrests the poisonous action of the dliense upon tho throat. and thus preveats coa- sumptlop. " 6th. The Ozone treatment for Catarrh and Throat diseases, was Copyrizhted Scoiember 21d, 1578, aad ts exclustve use and control thus legally secured to DE. CLESSOX PEATT. No. 202 State-st.. Chicago. MEDICINES. HOMEOPATHIC FAMILY MEDICINE CASES, «And Works on Domestic Practice. HEADQUARTERS: Boericke & Tafel’s Pharmacy, 35 CLARI{-ST., CHICAGO. WANTED. Pank Charter Wanted. Fracchlse of on original organization under Geperal Banking Act of 1851. Locatlon, Chicago. 3ast have 3 clean record su to comoliance with the taws. etz Al pasdicutars, Address, sratns 1 FANREN M 2, Tribune offce. DRESS GUOODS. PSRN -t oA e BARGAINS INn blk. Gashmeres 1 A 00 pieces Black Cashmere, Alle ‘Wool,at 45, and 50, and 60c. 100 pes. Lubin’s Extra Heavy French Cashmeres, 40 inches wide, at 65, 75, and 85c. 100* pos. Lubin’s best qualities Ex- tra Weight and Finish gt 90c and $1.00. ° : 20 pos. Fine Silk Warp Henrietta Cloths at $T; $1.10, and $1.25. Calored Dress Goods. REDUCED PRICES. 50 pes. All-Wool French M:ixtures; 48 inches wide, at 75¢. 20 pes Chenille Novelties, Silk and Wool, 48-inches wide, at $1.25, reduced from $2.00. 32 20 pes. Faney Silk and Wool Bou- rettes, 48 inches wide, at $1.50, former price $3.25. 50 pes. Lubin’s Extra Heavy Col- ored . Cashmeres, 40 inches wide, at 75, 85, and 90c. 200 pes. English Cashmeres, 40 inches wide, all shades, at 371-2c. 7 PARDRIDGES' MAIN STORE, 114 & 116 STATE-ST. GROCERIES. HEADS O FARILIES Housekeepers, Hotels, Restaurants, ete., Why not commence the New Year with z determination of retrenchment in your family expenses? Close your pass-books and purchase for cash. WE WILL SELL YOU GROCERIES In Original and Broken Packages CHEAP- \ER than any Jobbing House in the North~ west. CHOICE TO EXTRA FINE T CHOICE TO EXTRA FINE R r COPFEES ROASTED FRESH EVERY DAY, DRIBD FRUITS. New Turkey Pranes, per Ib. New Valencla Ralsins, per Ib. ew Patras Currants, perid. cw Leghorn Citron. per Ib.. New Mixed Nuiy perln New Michigan Silced Appies, per b New Michizan Dried Peaches, per 1b. ; CANNED GOODS. 2.1b cans Sugar Corn. per do: 3-1b cans Tomatoes, per doz. . 30 to 50c per Ib. COFFEE, 15 to2s Extra Standard A........ New Orleans Clariicd Yeiio Golden Drips Sirups, in 5-gallon Kegs. FLOUR- Archibald's Extra Patent Flour, per brl... .. : e e N e Winte FlowE, Tef o holce an e Int T, GLer b il ned i85 ‘New York and Western Factory Cheese, per.lb...G tofc Cholce Dalry Dutter, per 13 to 25¢ Sugar-cured Hams, per 1v. c 20-Ib pails Leaf Lard. Proctor & Gamble's box of 60 1! % Rirk's Own lottied German Soap, per box of Gilin Mcaride's German Erasive Soap, per box of 60 1os. Excelslor Starch, ver box of 6 1b. And every other article in onr stoclffl.t - EQUALLY LOW PRICES. One Trial Will Convince You. C.H. SLACK’S GROCERY HOUSE, 109 EAST MADISON-ST. BRANCIH, 210 and 212 North Clark-st., (CORNER SUPERIOR). &"SEE PRICE LISTS. &4 EDUCATIONAL KIBK TALCOTT. ) Assoc GHT, A M | P HENEY 1.\ tncipala. Parents dosiring to place thelr sons in 8 schiool where thorough education {5 combined with tirmn discip! snd the comforts and privileges of 3 Curfitlan ot Bre cordislly invited 10 examine our schuol before vend- ing elsewhere. Next term begins Jan. €, 1N Ope ofthe. Driacipais whl be at the city ofice. loom 1z Stethodisy Curch Block, Chicago, évery oy dartiig Facation from = 20 3 p. 1, Calfur send for catatogme at city ofice "Park, Cook Co., 4 FENNSTLVANIA MILITARY ACADEHT, Chester, Pa. - Sesston opens Jan, 8. Thorough lastruction fn Cirll (e Claasies, and English. For clrculars Eop etk COte THEO: NY AT, Prestdent. OLIFFORD MITCHELL, A, B, rd. 1875). wlil make & speclalty of Atting yo B s "fioomm 5 iy Buldtbg: B LAKE FOREST ACADEMY, Winter term begina Jan. 14: closes June 5. New pupils received. For Cataloziie addrexs'the Principal, A. K. SABLY, Lake Foreat. < HUMYSS, ARENDS KUMYSS OR MILE WINE. icd, highly nourlihing, ead gracefal iva delleale o Fritable stomach. - Nothing else makes flesh aad blood and strength so fast. Itofien restores health. whers: eedicines fall. Specially beneficlal In Dyspepsla, Gen- eral Debility, asnd ui] Wasting Diseases. Send for circn- ars. Noagents. Only depot 179 Fast Madison-st. Bee ‘ware of Imitations. AREND, Chemist, Originator.