Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 2, 1879, Page 7

THE CHICAGO N TRIBUNE: SUNDAY., FEBRUARY 2 1879—SIXTEEN PAGES. 7 PARIS. gconomy a French Characteristic -ssLiving Well at Small Expense. pressing, Eating, Drinking, and shopping—Apartments and Servants—Cheap Cooking. 5w§naling!5hopkeepers—l‘he New Co- Operative Store in the Avenue de 1"Opera. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Paris, Jan. 10.—You Americans, accustomed {0 live vour lives altorether on a grand scale, ¢pendiog a great deal of money, keeping a pumber of servants, and doing your shopping wbolesale, must find the change to Parisian ays very comical at first. I suppose that is pat patural. Whep one is used to anything, whether it be a custom or a dish, all that geems & negation or alteration of that particu- jar thing oF habit is apt to appear ridiculous for moment. Later on one grows used to the novelty, and then as likely as not the old ways themselves seem 0dd or foolish. In Americy, so far as I can make out from hearsay and some study of the question, even the poot live as if they were rich, In France, one of the wealthiest conutries in the world, IT 1S JUST TAE CONTIARY. The rich themselves live almost as if they were poor. Economy is a cardinal virtue here. Most Frenchmen and women are born with a predis- position to, thrift, a loveof the beamtiful in form, and 8 certain amount of politeness (gen- erally turned to polished insincerity as the years roll on, by-the-vy). Foremostjamong all the sood qualities sought for When a man looks for s wile bere—I put love marriages out of the question, for they are hardly known— is this torift. Well, if the truth must be spoken, the very first desideratum is the pos- gession of a respectable dot; but certainly this s the only point considercd of more importance. Household-economy {s carried, perbaps, a little 1o excess amongst us. That, howerer, ie a fault onthe right side. We don’t give expensive dinuers to people whom we care nothing about, a0d who probably care less than nothing about us, Neither do we think it mecessary to turn 1he whole apartment upside down six times in the season for the sake of allowing 2 number of our scquaintances to bore themselves incompany stballs. Ballsand dinners are replaced by simple #receptions,”—cold and artificial entertain- ments often, but at all events not costly. So that you are “*at home™ once a week to your friends and acquaintances, and can offer them a tiscuit witha cup of tea. When you are at home, nobody, according to French idess, has a right to pick holes in your reputation for hospi- tality, or £0 find fault with you for your stingi- pess. “Hamlet? is a play little read in Paris, and little uoderstood by those who do read it; Jyet . I TUE ADVICE OF GOOp OLD POLONIUS to his son is 1aid to beart far more than in some linds where ‘Hamlet?” is a household-word. “Neither a borrower nor a lender be.” French- men, 28 & rule, .don’t take readily to either character. © Costly thy habit as thy purse may buy.” _The women are happily able—they do not, alas! alwavs choose—to remedy defects in the quality of a material so well by their taste in tbe disposal of _the material, that their aresses, however cheap, are preferable to other women’s dear dresses. Y@t I am afraid the Empire did much to™’ encourage exor- hitant outlay on personal adornment. The reforms introduced during the bourgeois Presi- dency of M. Thiers nave Dot sutliced to quite restore the love of simple elezance. As for the men, why, nowadays ail men in a_certain rank dress alike. - Uniess they spend their money on £utin underclothing or superfluous jewslry, they cao hardly be Tery extravagant. Take French jewelry again: Here, 100, the national charac- teristic embodies itself. Thie chains and brooches are not Jess handsome—indeed, they are far more so0, more artistic. orizinal in desizn, and fanciful—than elsewhere; but they are all light and hoflow. The effect is_the same. The rold isuniformly of hizh standard and the only dif- ference is in the price. Few could afford to rent 4 house in Paris. To bezin with, i TOUSES ARE ENORMOUSLT LARGE. Inmost of them there is sufficient accommoda- tion for a dozen families and half-a-dozen bach- elors,—not to mention servants. Apartments, however, cost zs much ‘here a8 & .whole house in London would. Of coursé, rents vary immensely as yon approach or leave the centre. In the neighborhopd of _the Opeta, a first floor will cost you -10,000, 15,000, or 80,000 francs; while on the important but "distant Boulevard £t. Michel, you may bave the same rooms .for 5000 or 6.000. The higher you go, the lower the rent naturally becomes.- I, for example, pav but 750 francs for_ four pretty rooms on the Boule- vard St. Michel; but 1 have to go up five flights of stairs to get to them. I was, the other day, in the apartments of 2 French General, formerly Governor of a Colony, and moving {n the bestof society. The whole estab- lishment did not comprise above six small rooms, and none of those I saw were caroeted. Inthe matters of eating and drinking, the economcal _spirit s equally cvident,—though French cookery is deservedly promouncea the best of all cookeries. I don’t know whether theoretically the system of buyine provisious in infivitesimal_quantitics, and renewing your store from day to day, is_preferable 1o that of tuyiog wholesale and seldom; but I do know that, 1o spite of the shameful extortions of the shopkeepers, and iu spite of the swindling practices of servants, somebow Wwe manage to live excellently well, and delicately, for A STGM PER DIEN BELATIVELY SMALL. ‘You would smileif you tieard 3ow smail. I count myself abit of an epicure, yet for my own nourisbment and my wife’s, I do not find it needful to disburse above five francs daily. For this we bave wine, bread, meat, eges, vegetables, m‘xlztllu’ sugar, coffee, milk, and fire tocook % See here now, talking of fire, how easy. it is to waste money or to save it. Instead of lichting s huge, roaring bonfire in the kitchen to cook our modest meals at, we take about twenty centimes worth (four cents) of charcoal. This, if you have a close French range, will be enough to grill your chons over. to iry your omelette, any boif the water for the coffee. Directly the cooking is finished, out goes the fire. The foraging is generally intrusted to the bonue or theé femme-de-menagze. A femme-de- nenage is 2 woman (often the wife of & porter, or a dressmaker with spare time on ber hands, Who goes out to work by the job or the hour. She charges from 25 to 30 centimes the hour (3106 cents), expects no meals, and does any housekeeping, ‘Trom cooking to cleaning, run- Ding errands, or shopping. - 1f you let her do the foraging, however, you may as_well make U your mmnd'to being quictly and systemati- cally done out of a trifle a week. There is an Unsigned alliance all over Paris between trades- ‘Pedple and servants, having for object THE FLEECING OF MASTERS. They tell me (you understand I have never 0 sble 1o verify the assertion) that it is the iiversal practice of the groceror the butcher to low the femme-de-menage a sou (one cent) in each franc she spends with them. Ncedless to Jemark, neither the grocer nor the butcher foses a0y money by the bargain. An extra sou madned somewhere to the master’s bill, and b e trick is done. Iniquitous as the fraud is, it 18 not more shameful than the sudacious_over- ArEing in the marked priceof most provisions. {oflee costs three francs 2 pound, iudiflerent ‘Ea@xxht or ten, butter three, sugar 80 cen- times, meat from two to three framcs, and $28s a proportion of them belng rotten) two raucs & dozen. On the other haud, bread, fruit, sud vegetables are cheap, and, happily, these €uflice to satisfy hundreds of thousands of the peorer classes. i Mupy ladies do their own foraging, especially dlhey happen to live near one of 1he numerous Admirsble markets which are scatiered over the flr!y. In: this way another motable” saving is Often made. It is-not omly that the marked E;‘:;‘i of Tl,}un%s are lower at, ma:‘ll\"et “imn in ulu: e fact 1s, ies - invari: e The French ladie \nmb__ 1y - BEAT TOE PRICES DOWN -~ - !}»;:fure they buy. I have seen them at the 2dcleine Liagele for five minutes over a pitiful h f-franc nosegay. ‘The result of this habit is, Suppose, that ihe market-people add 50 and's0 uch on at the outset,—merely for the'sake of uk;ur;hofiagnm 543 23 co-uperative store” Jately opencd'in - the' Avenue de 1'Opera mayin be conre of time do Iy mething to diminish, the..cost' of living over ;—rc. 1 devoutly pray it ay force s few thousand swindling Parisian arocers and cheese- m?nms 10 put the shatters upand declare them- Selves lasolvent. But, before that glorious end can be -attained, one thing fs essential: the co-operative store in quuu%n will have to leave off swindiing its own- customers. At present there is littlc to choose between it and wic rest, as far as 1can sce. The meaning of the very word—co-operation—does not_ vet seem to be understood by the French:- and, fn- &tead of trying to give its ticket and share hold- ers the best value for the lowest possible out- Iay, this new venture (which, apropos. {s mak- ing a great sensation) appears to be only aesir- ous of EMULATING ORDINARY TRADE-CONCERNS, and of setling at the highest possible rate what has been bought at the lowest. But Rome was not built in a day, and you cannot hope to change the ingruined notions of centuries i a week. Patience! There is a capital proverb which says, * Tout~vient a point & qui sait attendre.” . Qur children, or our children’s children, may live to sec shopkeepers honest and French men of business practical.. *Twill not be in our time, I fear. HARRY MELTZER. WINTER SPORT. Ice-Boat Regatta on Lako Geneva—A Most Enjoyable Affair--Another Meeting in the Near Future. Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune. GxNEvVA LAKE, Wis., Feb. 1.—One of the most enjoyable sporting events of the midwinter sea- son occurred on Lake Geneva to-day. £t con- sisted of a fine ice-boat regatta, and was largely attended by our citizens and a party of zentle- men from Chicago. The latter arrived oum a special train over the Wisconsin Division of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway at half-past 11, and returned at 4 p. m. The party included ‘Commodore N. K. Fairbank, Georze L. Dun- 1ap, Ms}. Samuel Johnston, Capt. Henry Hart, Capot. Lyon, H. M. willmarth, Col. J. K. TFisher, Wirt Dexster, Martio Ryerson, Col. Whitehouse, J. W. Clark, Charles Rhodes, and Master Kelloge Fairbaok. All of the Chi- caro special party were treated to a delightful sail up the lake over the plassy surface of the ice nearly to the head of the lake, and returned for dinner at the Lake House. After luncn ar- rangements were completed for the regatta, and the following ice-yachts entered: Icicle, Capt. George Vanslyck; Whisper, Capt. Jon Carlton; Magic, Capt. Georze Moorson; Betsy Jane, Capt. "Charlés Bubre; Fearless, Capt. D. T. " Whiting. The sturt was made at 1:2 in good ‘shape, with a fair northwest wind, in the order given above. The ice 'was {n 4 very superior condition, as smooth as a mirror, and the boats were in excellent condi- tion and well manned. The judges, Messts. Fairbank, Dunlap, and Fisher, occupied a sleich drawn by & team of dashing bays, but could not keep even with the flying ice-boats. The Betsy Jwue assumed the lead, fotlowed by the Icicle, Whisper, Magic, and Fearless. The boats made good time, sailing down on the port taclk, and changed positions several times, the yachts ex- hibiting excellent sailiug qualitics. The down trip was made without special incident, the boats keeping pretty well together. 1t was one straight tack on the downward run, and the contesting boats reached the lower stake- boat off Black Point, five und one-half miiles, in- good order in about ten mioutes, and rounded the stake-boat in the following order: lcicle, Whisper, Magic, Betsy Jane. The Fearless failed to round the stake-boat by a few feet, and in conscquence was ruled out. However, it made excellent time throughout, and would have won the third prize had it mot been for this unfortunate circumstance. The . Magic met with an accident in rounding the stake-boat, her forestay breaking and the mainsail dropping. Her men, however, held on the rope to the close, exhibiting true grit in not goiug out of the race. Better time was made on the homestretch, the yachts mak- ing several tacks and keeping well in the centre of the lake. The wind held steady, aud the boats fairly flew over the hard surface of the three-foot ice. On the homeward trio several minor mishaps occurred, two men falling over- board and several bats beinz blown off. The Icicle kept the lead, followed by the Whisper, Fearless, Magic, and Betsy Jane, and the home stake-boat was rounded in fime style in that order, the course of eleven miles being made in the following time: Icicle, 21 minutes and 53 seconds: \Whisper, 23 minutes and 19 seconds: Magic, 24 minutes and 10 seconds: Betsy Jane, a7 ‘minutes. The Beisy Jane was distanced, and the Fearless was ruled out for not round- ine the lower stake-boat. The first. prize of §15 was won by the Icicle, the second prize of $10 by the Whisper, and the tbird prize of $5 by the Magic. After some fine exhibitionsof fast sailing by several yachts, the yachtmen adjouroed to the Lake House, where ihe champagne- flowed freely, and arranzements were made for another Teeaita at an early date, when double the num- ber of boats will enter, and due notice will be giveu in Toe TRIBGNE. The party of Chicago wentlemen returned to the city per special train at 4 o'dock, accompanied by several Lake Geneva gentiemen. “This was pronounced one of the most enjoyable and successful ice-boat re- gattas which ever occurred on the magnificent Irozen surface of Lake Geneva. = LATE LOCAL ITEMS. ‘There was to have been a cock-fight at Grand Crossing last night, and, with a view of pre- venting it, Lient. Bonfield and 8 squad of men went to that suburb. But they failed to find any trace of such an affuir, and came Lome dis- consolate. A number of striking shoemakers attended 2 ball given at the West Tiwelfth Street Turner Hall last evening, and raised several rows. At about 1 o'clock this morping, during a row, athief stole a watch and chain from P. B. Meehan, of No, 348 West Twelfth street, and was making off with it when he was ar- rested by Officer O'Grady. of the Wast Twelfth Street Station. A number of roughs and partially intoxicated men interfered to pre- vent the arrest, and encouraged the thief in mak- ing o sturdy resistance. In the scaflle the offi- cer shot one of them in the leg below the knee, and threatened to fire upon.the others if they interfered further. The wounded man ave the name of Frank Tnl!ly. and sayshe lives at No. 83 Indiana street. Thebullet had ot been ex- tracted at 2:30 this morning. Last last evening a man called at the Armory and reported that his brother, Herman Koch, had died suddenly at 12 o'clock on the night of the 30th, and that the fzmily of the dcceased would ot allow him to see-thie body, as they bad been on bad terms for some time. A police officer was sent to the house, and there ascer- tained that the supposea cause of death was esthma. Decensed wasa dry-zoods dealer, 38 years of age, and left a wife, but no children. The Coroner has been notified. s S JOURNALISTIC. Special Dispatch to The Tribune Berorr, Wis., Feb. 1.—The Daily Phonograph, which has been issued from the Free £ress office since August last, has been changed to the Daily Free Press, and to-day appeared in its new style, with the announcement that it has come to stay, It is conducted by I, F. Hobart, proprictor of the office, who believes he has Gemonstrated by his experlence with the Daily Phonograph that 3 small daily paper, run in conmection with a weekly, can be made a success in Beloit. ——————— JACK WHARTON. New OrLEANS, Feb. 1.—All the Republican members of the Legislature to-night joined in a aispatch to President Iayes asiing the reten} tion of Marsbal Jack Wharton, whom they in- dorse as o faithful. zealous official. Packard writes a letter from Evgland urging the renten- tion of Whartou. ———————— NEW ORLEANS MINT. NEw ORLEANS, Feb, 1.—The Mint, idle nine- teen years, restarted to-day. The Two-Teaded Eagle, The origin of the device of the eagle on na- tional and Royal banners may be traced to very early times. - {t was the ensien of the ancient Kings of Persia and Babylon. The Romaus adopted_ various other fizures on their camp standards; but Marius (B. C. 102) made the eagle alone the cnsign of the legions, and con- tined the other figures to the cohorts. After-the division, the Emoerors of the Western Roman Empire used a black eagle; those. of -the Fast.a zolden one. The sign of the golden eagle is in allusion to the Emperors of the East. - Since the time of the Romaus, almost every State that has assumed the designation of Empire bus taken the en%le for its ensign; Austria, Russla, Prus- sia, Poland, and France, all . taok -the eagie. The two-headed eagle signifies a. double empire. The Emperors of Austria, who claimed . to be considered the suceessors of the Cazsars of Rome, used the double-headed eagle, which is the eagle of the Eastern perors, and that of the West. ern, typifying the * Holv Roman_Empire,” of which the original Emperors ot -Germany (now merged in the Houseof Austria) considered themselves as the representatives. Charlemagne +was the first 10.use it, for,vben he became master of the whole of the German Empire, e added the second bead tothe- eacle (A..D. §0R): ‘fhie United States adopted: the symbol of Ewpire and s a native to the coun- try. ! business at ‘the corner of Fifth avenue aund eagle.bothas & | $20- or.violation: of 8ec. 1, Cbap. 32 of the LOCAL MISCELLANY. CRIMINAL. Martin Kelly, for stealing a shawl from Mrs. Bridget Quaid, of No. 113 Seward street, was beld over to the Criminal Court yesterday by Justice Scully in bonds of $400. Seventeen of Mike McDonald’s parasitic gam- bling friends took change of venue yester- day from the South Side Polica Court to Justice D*Wolf, and obtained continuance till Feb. 7. A. B. Woods, a “ Turtle ¥ detective, was dis- charged yesterday by Justice Haines. Esther Rirschberg, the complainant, could not prove] that Woods stole her jewelry, and the matter dropoed. Joseph Slater, the young man who was charged with the burglary of the residence of Mrs. S8awyer, No. 23¢ Obio street, was before Justice Hammill yesterday ou a changejof venue from the Police Court, and was held to the Criminal Court in bonds of $400. i Burglars made an entrance into the residence of Mr. George {Groves, No, 11 Thirty-sixth street, yesterday morning between 4 and 5 o'clock.” They made quite 8 baul, including a gentleman’s watch and _chain, a lady’s locket und chain, and a pocketbook containing a small sum of money. There is no clew to the thieves. The notorous Tylers—Frank C. and Jeanic— were yesterday arrested- out of a room in the Bryaut Block, and were booked at the army for vagrancy. The police have received numerous communications that the couple were at their old blackmailing tricks again. They have been given time to leave town upon several occa- sions since their arrest for ficeciug Darlington Turnbalt out of large sums of money last sum- mer. George Dilcher, the young man who burglar- ized the oremises No. 783 Lake street, occupied by the Scovil Manufaciuring Company, and who als0 stole all the worldly possessiono of his two unsuspecting room-mates, turned up yesterday in Justice Foote's court in the hands of ao offi- cer who went to South Bend, Ind., and arrested bim. On the burelary charge lus bail was fixed at 35,000, and on the larceny scorc at $2,000. e went to jail. - (s Constable Hartman succeeded Friday night in capturing another member of the gang of thieves and torgers who infested the * Rabbit’s Nest " in Pat O'Neil’s building on State street. After chasiog him arouud town from one piace to another, he finally caught him at_11 o'clock at a bakery, No. 632 State street. His name is Richard A. Martin. He was taken Dbefore Justice Pollak yesterday, and placed under bonds of $2,500, fo appear Wednesday morning with the otfier members of the gang. Arrests: Charles Theison, a priestly-looking scoundrel, who has traveled all over the coynt: representing himself. to be a Catholic pries: James Burnham, a_worthless and besotted fel- low, who stole a horse-blanket upon the thin pretense tbat he wanted it to Leep himsell warm; Michael Clark, larceny of aYair of boots from 8 store at the corner of Washington and Clark strects; Charles Nye, a North-Sider, who beat his wife' Emmna_in an inhuman mauuer; Benjamin Richards, larceny of a brown chin- chilla overcoat, for which an owner is wanted at the Armory. Yesterday at Justico Scully’s Court Edward Kelly was examined for obtaining money under false pretenscs, the said pretenses being thut he was a reporter for THE TripuNE. It appeared that the aforesaid Kelly went toa West Side saloon where somne brafoless monstrosity is try- ing to walk 4,000 miles in 4,000 mivutes, or something about as probable, and told the pro- prietor that he would * write up™ his pedestrian to the length of a columnn und a half for $4. Then, when the article did not appear, the sa- loon-keeper bed Kelly arrested. There was no oue present at the examination who could testify that Kelly was not cmployed as a reporter by the paper which he claimed to rep- resent, and it was found necessary to chauge the cherge to disorderly conduct, and fine the sinart young man $10 and costs. His father paid the bill, and headed the youth for a kin- dergarten. The same Kelly as drawn as a juror Friday at Judge Jameson’y Court. He will doubtiess be ““excused when the above facts are brought to His Honor's notice. Justice Morrison: Hueh Keuna, the swindler who robbed the little daugbter of Mrs. O'Neil, of No. 1047 West Lake street, §500 to the Crim- inal Court; Harry Jennines, larceny of a chair from C. C. Khodes, of No. 122 West Madison street, $100 fine; Thomas O'Neil, beat- ing his mother, $100 fine; Albert Coon- ey, larceny of a satchel sud & pocket- book containing a sum of money, for which an owner is ‘wanted at_the Central Sta- tion, $1,000 to the 3d; James Coouey, buralary, $15 fine; Edward Wintermetz, larcenv of o ring worth §5 from Joseph Scheiber, $300 to the Criminal Court; John M. Wells and Mary Me- Neill, charged with abusing and assaulting Mrs. Wells because she objected to the manner in_which her husbaud cooducted himself, $100 fine cach. Justice Summerficld: Elijah ‘Totten, colored. assaulting Hattie Steele, of No. 153 Pacific avenue, and breaking a wash-bowl over her head, $500 to the Criminal Court, and $5 fine for carrying concealed weapons; Patrick (Gavin, forcing_ an entrance to J. McAllister’s saloon at No. 1484 LaSalle street, and stesling |- some cash from the mouvey-drawer, $100tiue; H. Lowry, M. C. Perkine, L. Friedbers, and Aodre Andrews, pawnbrokers having no license, continued to the S8th; James VWilson and George Storkey, forzing the name of G. H. B{g:mc. of No. 94 LaSalle street, to orders upon the Relief & Aid Society for clothing, $500 to the 4th; Sam Cohen, James Garrity, and_Alexander Brooks, burglary of Schneider’s pawnshop, $400 to the 3d; Thomas Mott, cnarged with an attempt to force entrance to the house of Mrs. Annie Dunoe, $500 to the 4th; Thomas_Coleman, larceny of a copper kettle from R. Lieberman, 3400 to the 8d; Kate Rafferty and Nelly Martin, vagrants, $5 fine. Justice Kaufmaon: Jobu Lynch, alias Loftus, larceny of a knit jacket from a North Clark street store, $100 fine; Aunie Spindler, theft of clothing from her employer, John G Wells, $300 to the Criminal Court. SENTENCES. Yesterday the prisoners in the jail who had been convieted of various crimes during the 1month were sentenced by Judee Willinms. The court-room was crowded to overflowing, owing to the fact that the number to be sentenced was much larger than usual upon such occazions. The tollowing were the sentences: Joun Cole- mun, burglary, one year Penitentiary; Georee Brown, larceny, one year Penitentiary; William Reno, of the Heno gang, burglary, four years Penitentiary ; James Penman, larceny of a watch, one vear Pevitentiary; John Garrity, assault, six montbs House of Correction: Edward Gar- rity, assault, thirty days County Jail: Lawrence Beattie and Robert Breckioridge, burglary, cighteen months cach Penitentiary; Morris Long, larceny, sentence suspended; Edward Feenty, larceny, cizhteen months Penitentiary; Jobn Jones, larceny, two years Penitentiary; James Tazaey, attempt 10 rob, thirty duys County Jml; Daniel Cooler, assault with a razor, one year Penitentlary; Albert Kramer, burglary, six rears Peniteotiary; John Farrell, larceny, one year Penitentiary: Colby John- son, ~ larcemy, fifteen months County Jail; John ~Lynen, burglury, two years Penitentinry; _ Charles Murray, asssult, thirty days Couaty Jail; Charles Nelson, larceny, thirty days County Jail ; Charles Wood- ward ‘and Johu Lee, alias *‘Snatchem,’ the Palmer House jewelry robbers, were given one andfive years respectively in the Penitentiary; Fredericks Byron, virculating obscene pictures, six months House of Correction; Aaron Graves, lurceny, thirty days Counts Jail: Al Sanders, larceny, one Ycar ‘Penitentiary; Mat Schutler, Jarceny, thirty days County Jail} Walter Brown, Jarceny, one year Pemtentiary: Rufus Frieson, Jarceny, two montns House of Corrcction; Jo- seph Jahore, asssult with a Knile, thirty days County Jail; Thomas Linton and fenry D ey, burglary, two yedrs Penitentiary; Henry Stevenson, larceny, sentence suspended; Anu Taylor and Ann Quinop, receivinz stolen oods, sentence suspended; Dan Connors and nit | Hanson, burglary, sentence suspend- ed; Jobn dJobnson and Heury Sullivan, larceny, two years Penitentiary; Charles Brozier. larceny, one year House ot~ Cotrection Mary Morrissey, larceny, sentence suspended; Edward Levwls, robbery, five years Penitentiary —reduced from eight years: August Wey- mouth, forgery, one vear™ Penitentiary; Joseph Minor, assault and robbery. one year Penit tiafy; James Flynn, burgiary, three years Peni- tentiars; Charlés Ewe, robbery, four years Pen- itentiary. 3 “The above sentences do not embrace all of the convictions during the month.for the reason that quite & namber bad been sentenced before, and because quite'a number remain to be sen- tenced Tuesday. The septences, too, it will be noticed, are. more than ordina severe, and correspondingly just, which the State’s Attorney Jarzely attriutcs 1o the improvement made in the juries by Sheriff Hoffmann. : . .+ . PAWNDROKERS. * James Baxter, who did alosn and real-eatate Washington: street. was recestly summoned to appear before the South Side Police Court for dpiug a:pawnbroking; busivess without a license. ¥ith.him a number;of:wen in a like business were -summoned. - Yesterday Baxter took a change of venue to.Justice Foote, and was fined Laws and Ordinances, which scction provides that no person suall carry on the business of pawnbroker without a license so to do: and Sec. 2 of the same chapter, Which defines the tern pawnbroker gs follows: * Any person who leaves money on deposit or pledge of per- soual property, bonds, notes, orother sccurities, or who deals in the purchasing of personal property, or choses in_action, vn condition of selling “the same back amain at a stipulated price, is hereby defined and declared to be = pawnbroker.” S ‘The testimony in the case was that one of the police officers pawned with Baxter a palr of bracelets, upon which $15 was advanced. The officer was to pay $1 {nterest for the use of the money for four days, and, in case the property was not redeemed at the appointed time, a pen- alty of 60 nor cent was to be added. The fine imposed upon Baxter was made payable at any time within twenty days. It Is said that the case will be carrfed to the higher courts, and madea test by which to measure the cases of a baif-hundred” other ‘“real-estate and loan brokers * doing business in this city. UNCLE SAM’S, Heory F. Routh, of Abingdon, L., was before Commissioner Hoyne charged with sclling liquor without a_Government license. Continued in $500 bail. Sub-Treasurer Gilbert disbursed $36,000 in currency, and received $7,400 subscriptions to the 4-per cent loan. The internal revenue receipts yesterday were $20,030, of which the distillers contributed $25,951. . Treasury-Agent Hinds,who has been in Wash- ington for some days in consultation with Secre- tary Sherman relative to New York Custom- Hlouse matters, bas left the ** City of Magnificent Distances,” and will be at his post to-morrow morning. S Judge Bangs had no news relative to the old cases on his docket. He felt relieved on getting away from the Blodzett Commission,—which he calls a tangled Knott. HOTEL ARRIVALS. OGRAND PACIFIC HOTEL. J.H. Pratt, Denver. -(C.P.Squires, Barlington. 1fa L. Carver, Boston, . |W, K. Ross, Troy. G. Knowles, Topeka. ~ |J.1L Onthwait, Clevelnd. S.'S. Gregory, Madison. T, A. Lewis, Indianapolis F.K.Whittemore, Spgf'ld 1l. M. Mungell, N. Y. PALMER HOUSE. .B.Bray,St.Lonis. [E.IL Weirman, N.Y. ixon. C.W. 1nll, Phiiadelphia, C.1L Lewis, Glaszow. N. Armiston, Montana. |G, W. landy. Indfanap lis CJ13.Hateh, Rochester. |W. ™" Springer, Phila. SHERMAN NOUSE. George Green, Whitehall, (1. R. Barton, Boston. M. M. Town, Harvard, I1l.'G. R. Merwin, Duveno't. ¥. M. Van Sickler, Bur-D. . Leahy, New Yorlr, iington, Vt. iG. S, Tracy,’ Waukegan, W. W. Reed, Ludington, {W. Parsons, Boston. Hch. Will Humphrey, Boston, TREMONT HOUSE. W. B. Stevens, Newark, (C. B. Salmen, Beloit, ¥ C. I1. Reed, Bedford. ece, Ft. Wayne. . Grobe, Lyons, 1a. T, J. Tealey, Lodh . Kingsley, Freeport. D. N, Hood, Rockford. 11, C. Adams, New York. X! Voegel, Philadeiphi THE COUNCIL. GAS. The City Council held a'specisl meeting yesteraay afternoon at 2 o’clock, at which all the Aldermen with the exception of Giibert, Oliver, Scaton, and Schweisthal were present. Ald. Tuley presided. A reconsideration of the gas question was moved by Ald. Efszner, but the Chairman ruled him out of order for the reason that the meeting was a special one for the purpose of considering the reports of committees and unfinished busi- ness. Ald. Cullerton and Pearsons indulged in a little cross-fire aver an old assessment for a market at the corner of Congress and Franklin streets. In 1854 the assessment was levied, and a petition was presented to the Council request~ ing a reimbursement of the moncy. the Fi- nance Committee reported that the records of the business had been destroyed in the great fire of 1871, and that the fact of the payment of the as- sessment could not be proved. Ald. Pearsons stated that the claim had been outlawed. Ald. Cullerton_ asserted that the gentleman was wrong; the claim had not been outlawed. Ald. Pearsons desired to know il Ald. Culler~ ton appeared us attorney for the persons inter- ested in the matter. ~ Ald. Cullerton replied by asking Ald. Pear- sons 1f he was attorney for anyproperty interest in the locality in question. The Chairman called the gentlemen to order, and they ceased the debate, - - The reports of commiittees were taken up. The Committee on Fire, and Water reported favorably to the laying of water-mains on Llston avenue und Commercial street. 'UNDERGROUND WIRES. A communieation of Ald. Cullerton to ascer- tain the cost of laying the city telegraph wires underground the Commiitee reported on ad- versely on account of the financial coudition of the city. Thecommunieation was referred and ordered published. The enme Committec also_reported adversely o any change in the firclimits, and, on the mo- tion of Ald. Cullerton. ation was deferred. The ordinance presented by Ald. Lawler in- creasing the salaries of oflicers and members of the Fire Department was rccommended by the Committee to be placed on flle, and that the Dbusiness be relegated to the Finance Commit- tee. d. Pearsons]facctiously moved that Ald. Lawler be made umpire in all matters relating to salaries. . Ald. Lawler said he -hoped the Chair would not permit such personalitics. A report of the Committee relating to the laying of a water-main on_Ogden avenue and Twelfth strect to Douglas Park was recommit- ted qun the statement of Ald. Cullerton that Ald. Lodding bad a petition iu his pocket from the citizens of Lawndala requesting that a “'néeri,mm be laid along Orden averue to that suburb. . SCROOLS. The School Committee reported rccommend- ing that the appropriation for the school at the corner of Wallace and Thirty-fifth streets be used for constructing one on the corner of Wal- lace and Ada streets. Concurred in. The ssme Committee reported favorably on the coufirmation of James Frake as a member of the Board of Education to fill the vacancy caused b[\; the resignatfon of Mr. Dennis, and Messrs. Hotz, Sprague, and Onahan as mem- bers of the Public Library Board, Action was deferred by the Council until to-morrow night. ~+An ordinance directing the City Clerk to send to the Librarian of the Chicago™ Historical So- ciety twenty copies of every aunual report of the Schiool and other Municipal Departments was aeferred and ordered published. Action was deferred onaresolution instructing the Superintendent of Schools to report how many thousands of children of school age were crowded out of the schools, and how many new school buildings were required for their accom- modation. . . STREETS AND ALLEYS. The Committee on Strects and Alleys of the South Division revorted o petition” for the widening of State street from Twelfth to Thir- ty-niotn, and it was deferred. A similar Committeo of the West Division reported favorably on the opening and widen- ing of Winchester avenue aud on the opening of Morgan street to Milwaukee avenue. Action was tempotarily postponed on the first-men- tloned matter, and the other was laid over indefinitely. "Ulie matter of authorizing the Superintendent of Police to emporwer certsin persons appointed by the Temperance League to exercise the functions of policemen, was made the special order for Monday week at 8 o'clock. MORE_OAS. An order for the Department of Public Works to report such streets as are not lighted by gas, and the cost of lighting the same with oil, was made the spacial order for 8:30 o’clock a weck from to-morrow night. Ald. Waldo's order that the gas account be equalized according to the number of lamps lighted in each division was deferred. A resolution of Ald. Stauber thut the Sena- tors and Representatives of thecity, in the Leg- islature be requested to present a bill to em- power cities in the State to erect and operate their own gas-works, was deferred. A report of the Committee on Streets and Alleys of the three divisions, recommending the passage of an ordinance for the opening of Leavitt strect from the Illinois & Michigan Ca- nal to the city limits, was adopted. . : ‘The report of the Special Committee on Gambling, stating that the Superintendent of Police was powerless to suppress gaming under the recent decision of Judze McAllister, was de- ferred. "The Council then adjourned. THE WEEK’S BURGLARILS. WIHAT THE CEACESMEN HAVE BEEN DOLNG. The amusements offered. the public during the past week by the -thues, thieves, and burg- lars -have been even more. interesting than usual. Asin theatricals one week is given over to operaand the next to alexishow,'so in the crimioal line one week is given over to exhibitions of artistic highwaymanry; and the next {s perbaps filled” In Witk acrobatic house- ‘breakers and other variety performers. The week just past was made remarkable ina manmor that does credit to the ‘crooks™ of Chicago, and their enzagement has proved so successful that, like theatrical peopte, it would not be ad- visable for them to start out immediately nocn starring tours through the country. The opening act was the robbery of the house of William Bliss, No. 968 West Polk strect. A sneak-thicl opened & basement door with nip- pers or false kevs, and searched Mr. Bliss’ clothing for $50 cash or thereabouts, and aring. The sleeper was not awakencd, and did not kuow of the theft until he awoke at the usual bour in the morbing. Monday morning the resi- dence of Jacob Meyers, No. 477 West Adams street, was entered, and about $800 worth of jewelry, cash, and clothing, towether with a check for $1,100, were carried off as plunder. Payment upon the check was stopped, and the thieves returned it through the mail. The bur- glary was a peculiarly bold ome. Tues- day” a call was made at the residence of P. Franks, No. 92 Lincoln]lfavenue, during the absence of the family. A rear door was pried open with a jimmy, and about $60 worth of clothing was carried nway. The following morning 8 sneal-thiet made his way, with cither nippers or false kevs, into the slecp- ping apartment of 8. H. Stowell, No. 53 Halsted street, and carried away all his clothing and {e\\‘elry. At sbout 2 ofclock Tharsday morn- ng the grocery of J. Mountcasel, No. 114 West Polk ~street, was entered by burglars, himself and clerk chloroformed, and the place robbed of $235 cash and a watch and chain. Three young men in the neighborhood were arrested, but the evidence was insufficient to hold them. The afternoon of the same day professfonal burglars paid a visit to_the house of Thomas H. Marshall, No. 43 Twenty- sccond street, while ‘the family were absent, Entrance was effected by prying open a rear basement window witha jimmy. The thieves took their time in ransacking the house, and carried away a large bundle of clothing and jewelry,—in fact, every available article in the house,—valued in all at from $500 to $1,000. They were seen leaving the bouse by some of the nelzhbors, but no alarm was given at the time. The police yesterday. recovered the greater_portion of the goods stolen from the Hyde Park residenco of Joseph May, pawn- broker, mentioned fn Friday's TrisoNB. The thief, George H. Arnold, had been in hisemploy for some davs, and, while painters were at work upon the house, he packed up clothing .and silverware to the value of $250. Three silk dresses were recovered at Pollak’s pawnshop, No. 1953 West Madison street, where they had been pawned by the thier, who represented himsell as Frederick Sontag, of No. 72 West Madison strect, and the revolyer was found at Greenburg’s shop, at No. 55 West Randolph street, where he had pawned it under the alias of Heury Sontarr, of No. 43 Morgan street. It is believed that Sontag, for such 1s undoubtedly his real name, has lefc town. The same afternoon @ snealc-thief entered the house of Mrs. Malmguist, No. 229 Twenty-sixth street, while she was visiting a neighbor, and ransacked a-burcau drawer for $105 cash and some other property. Michael Roach was ar- rested upou suspicion, and was yesterday held by Justice Summerfield in $600 to the 24th. Thursday' evening a trio of ruflians in the West Lake street district assaulted the inmates of the residence of L. A. Hemlin, No. 8689 ‘West Adams street, with the intention of rob- bery, burglarized the residences of H. Ballard, No. 1016’ West Lake street, and H, Viadaka, No. 5 Sesymour strect, and in escap- ing from _the latter place flred a shot at John McCue, of No. 105 Fairfleld avenue, because he endeavored te stop them. The police ran across the trio later, and in attempting to arrest them ope of the gang, James McGuire, alias “Cap” Roach, had the middle finger of his right_hand snot away. He was ycsterdagoheld by Justice Morrison 1 a total of $8.000 to the Criminal Court. Fri- day morning at about 3 o'clock a_burgiar gained entrance to the residence No. 282 Michi- Zan avenue, nnd by the aid of ippers turned the key of the door leading to the sleeping apartment of'Col. W. A, Jenkins. He took the clothing of the Colonel and wife out into the hall, turned up the gas, and ransacked the dry goods_for jewelrs. His collection included o gold chronomefer valued at 3300, shirt- stuls, cuff-battons, bracelets, ear-rings, pins, ete., valued jo all about $500. While enzaged in ferreting about the house Mrs. Jenkins was awakened, and sceing the room door open alarmed her husband, who rau as far as the front door after the thfef, and was there compelled to relinquish the chase owing to his scanty dress. In view of all these robberies ¢ will be zood policy for citizens to take extra precaution in conceéaling tlieir valuables and in protecting their homes irom burglars. There is a vast amount of negligence in kceping private resi- dences closed, and in nearly every instance the burglar or sneak-thief takes advantage of his victim’s caretessness. STANLEY MATTHEWS. His Views of Ohio in the Coming Guberna- torial and Presidential Contests. New YoRE, Jon, 20.—Stanley Matthews has been interviewed by a Tribune reporter. When asked who would be the probable nominee of the Republicans for Governor of Ohio, Mr. Matthews replied: “That 1s 2 matter I cannot speak of with any degree of certainty. Gen. Foster has been prominently mentioned in that connection, since his defeat for Congress Jast year, but L do not think he will be nominated, as it is reported that Gen. Beatty, of Columbus, who organized the bolt two years 2go against what was called the Administration faction, will form apother Lolt in case Mr. Foster is nominated for Gover- nor.” + How ebout Garficld and Sherman?” + Garfield would undoubtedly be tenderea the nomination if he would accept, but L do not thiok he would accept it. Hisservices are need~ ed in the House. I do not think Mr. Sherman would sccept either, as the Treasury is a better stone than the Governorship.” “ Whom will the Dewocrats nominate?” t They will probably renominate Bishop. He_ is willing to accept that, or almost anything e:‘.sfi' Ewing is spoken of, but he doesn’t want “ Wil Qhio bring out another Presidential candidate?” “It has the necessary material. Grant, I think, is as strong in Ohio now as he _ever was. ‘There is some opgosiliou. led by the Cinciunati Commercial; but he is the choice of the party now in Ohio, as well as throughout the coun- try. Ido not think, however, that he will ac- cept the nomination in 1880, if there fs any con- siderable opposition manifestea toward him. He will bave to be the slmost unanimous choice of the party, and if Grant 8 not a candi- date, and leaves the feld free. 1 think Gen. Garfield will be Ohio's choice. He has all the necessary elements to make a popular Presiden- tial candidate. His record is good, and he does not antagonize some of the classes and interests that Sceretary Sherman does. The latter has ot the strength of Garfield.” “ Has not Blaine stronz support in the West?” “Yes, I think he stands exceedingly well. He has many friends in Ohfo, and would have Teceived a zood many of her votes in the last Convention had Mr. Hayes been out of the way; vut I o not think either Blaine or Conkling 18 a candidate for the Presidency.” Do you regard the chancesas good for elect- ing a Republican President in1830¢" 2 © About as good for the Republicans as Dem- ocrats, and the prospects of both are very un- certain from the present lookont. The pros- pects for the Republicans would be much better were it ot for internceine strife in the party. That has bad a bad effect.” e e——— Lord Beaconsfleld's Family. Lord Beaconsfield’s_admirers will rejoice fn the reflection that, according to the laws of Tereditary longevity, he has stiil many years of lite to look forward to. His father livea to be §2,-and his grandfather, Benjamin Disraeli, to besh. His mother was only 71 _when she died, but his father’s grandmother, Mrs. Seybroot, lived to the aze of 90. If Mr. Beresford-Hope nad known that lsaac Disracli was the sonof a Dutch Jewess, he mizht effectively have re- torted Lord Beaconsfield’s steering_allusion to the * Batavian grace” inherent in Dutch blood. Lord Beaconsfield's grandfather, on the motb- er’s sice. was living in Billiter square, two Qoors from Cardinal. Myoning’s ' father, whea his_dauehter married Isaac Disraeli on the 10th of February, 1802, and the marriage of Isgac Disracli, Esq., of the Adeiphi, to Miss Basavi, of Billiter square,” is duly recorded in the Geii- teman's Magazing of the period. Mrs. Disraeli’s brother, Georze Basevi, made a fortube on the Stock Exchange, and spent his later life at Brighton, where he lived in Brunswick square, and was known as an active magistrate. - His two sons were hoth men of some note.. George Basevi was the architect of the Fitzwilliam Mu- scum st Cambridge, and was cut. off in the prime of life by o tall from the roof of Ely Catnedral daring bis professional visit of in- spection. His elder brother, Nathaniel Basevi, was for many years a conveyancer in large prac- tice at Lincoln’s Ion,. and. his cousfu, young Benjamin Disrali, was for ot time a pupil,in his chambers. .Nathaviel Basevi died. at,/Toe- " quay in 1869 ot the aze of 77. He bad no issue, Dut his brother George’s cirildren will-be- Lord : Beaconsfield’s ‘next of* kin after Ralph, his brother, and Coningsby, his nephew. CURRENT GOSSIP. ABBREVIATIONS. i Ezchange. Young Miss Va. Smith recd. Attentions to a high deg. From s young gent. named Geo., Axs by these va. yoa ahall d. ‘He sought her Co. one Kt., Determined to no longer wt. s *tBehold, I wp. at yr. feet— This inst. let me know my fata ™ The malden hung her pretty cap: *+1t Hou. your purpose be, And it zon‘ll be obt., ‘Theré's no obj. [ can see. But 1st you must consult with Pa 1" She softly ligped, ber blushes thro', 've Sr, Gov.," he cried, © & i. e. why I come to you.” He took the gall. to his 1ap A M times or miore he kissed her. The brave deserve the fair; i he Had feared to woo, he'd sure have Mz. WALL-STREET STORIES. New York Correspondence Philadelphia Times, Wall street is interested in the movements of two old men, who came here from Indisoa about ten days ago, with the emormous cash capital of $2,500, and with 2 firm determination to clenn out the street. They are prothers, farm-bred, and when they called at the office of & consplcuous broker, and asked for him by name, & shallow-headed clerk was so unfavor- ably impressed by their outward appesrance that he said the broker was out. The old farmers sat down with as much patience as thev would have shown in their own farm-house while waiting for a storm to pass away that they might go to the fields again. After an hour or wo the clerk changed his mind and showed them in, The fascinations of Wall street averpower all sorts of men and women, who secm at some time or another to be struck with this passion as they are with love; but of all the gueer clients this broker had had these two old farm- ers were the queerest. Like thousands of peo- le all over the country, they had first become nterested through the advertisements of a cer- tain class of irregular Wall street sharks, whose glowing aunouncements fill the country press. They had also taken a New York daily aper and followed the course of the market. 'hey had fora year bought and sold imaginary lots of stocks, Daying neither interest nor com- mission, but away out there in their Indlanahome aking tremendous turns fn the market of which the dealers here in the city were pro- foundly ignorant. With unlimited credit at the bank of their own Imagination, they ment. loog of this and short of that stock, taking in or putting out immense blocks, and keeping strict account of all their transactions; and they frankly told the broker, to whom they confided all this information, that their profits in the year were over $1,000,000. And through such nursing of a delusion they bad come to believe that they could make money in Wall street, ,and had athered together the ecarniogs of a lifetime and come East to et rich. The broker was reluctant to open an accouns with them, but they would not be denied. They were on the bull side of the market,—the out- side operator usually is, being_sanguiae,—and they bought a little and waited for it to kite up. ‘They made their headquarters in the brokers’ public room, where the customers congrezate, und a strange contrast they presented to the fashionably-dressed men who lounged there. They haunted tife neighborhood of the ticker and watched the tape at first with buoyant hope, then, with an illconcealed eagerness, dashe with fear, and later with a fascination that is al- ways unpleasant to contemplate. For somehow, thongh we have had for days a risiog market, the old men seemed to get ou the wrong stocks, and while the other men_cbattered _and figured up their gains and sufmed over to Delmonico’s now und then, the old men stuck to the tave und watched the relentless little brass arm prancing up and down, stampiug the black figrures on the tape and stamping them lower and lower, uatil their wistful eyes grew weary and they took a turn now and then in the open gir of Wall or Broad street; and thus the brokers came to see the strangers aud learn their story. Yesterday their $2,500 had dwin- dled away to $100, and the younter of the two, Dbimself & gray-haired man‘and as deeply infatu” ated as ever, said ho was going to send his- brother bome; he was too old aud bothersome, and interfered with his plans; alone, he said, e could have his own way, and would come out all right yet; and even the giddy brokers ex- perience a brief passing qualm at this, for they know how it will end. Bnt sometimes even the sharp ones get seooped. There i3 2 speculator in stocks whose pame is known all over the world. He had a confidential clerk, a sharp fellow, to whom he had given from time to time potuts, so that the clerk, while serving his master iwell, mizht make a little for himself. In this way the clerk accumalated about $40,000. The other day the big speculator- discovered that his clerk was treacherous. He did not make a row about it, nor bewail the decadence of honesty, mor even with a sad face give the erring clerk a moral Iecture and plead with him to reform, but he gave him points, and the unsuspecting clerk found, when it was too Jate, that the points all wont against bim, and his $40,000 had passed into his employer’s pockets. The big speculator is always practical. . HOTEL DEADBEAT. San Francisco News-Leiter.} ©+Yes,” gald the affable clerk at the Palace the other day, as he lifted his stomach up on the office counter and setected another tooth-piek, «hey are up toall sorts of dodges,—these hotel beats,—and we fellows bave to Kkeep s very sharplook out for 'em; bet your life.”. “Do—eh?" «Now, for instance, about four months agos nice old gentleman came in with & rather fast- Jooking young man, who had just arrived from New York, ke said, and who engaged a hand some suite on the fifth floor. The old man took me aside, and said he was forced to run over to Honz Kong himself on the next steamer, Lat that he would leave his son withus. The latter, e confidentially explained, was just then Amflng considerable wild oats by the way-side. ¢ In fact, £aid the gentleman with much feeling, ¢be is so Qissipated L dare not leave any mouey with him, and I especially desire thatnone be furnished him by your cashier,—not one single cent, re- member. For fear, however, be gets into any real treuble during my absence I will deposit in vour hands this package of gold notes. TUse it freely if imperatively necessary, but do not let Tt suppose you liave any such’ deposit, o5 he would be all the more reckless and dissipated.” It anything should happen, we were to write to the old party, care Rothschild’s Hong Koog Agency. > . “Well—and then?” p » Well, the young fellow raised merry old Nell roand this cdifice for about. tbree months. He'beat Smith and [ out of $100at pedro; or- dered sll the wine in the bouse; gave queer lit- tle supper parties in his room; got drunk. and tried to hold the elevator man’shead overboard 50 that the next landing would cut it off; was chased round the corridors by some married man with a pistol nearly every night of his life, and in fact was a regular snorter in every way.’ “ hould think so0.” “Of course he never paid any board—we didn’t expect that, having his Governor’s bundle of securities locked up all right in the eafe. But one day he did something so blamed out- rageous that we couldn’t stana ft,—had a chicken fizht in the ladies’ parlor, or something, —s0 we wrote him a warniog note.’ ““What did he say?"? ¢ Nothing but ‘ta-ta’, and left the hotel that very day; vamosed—disappeared. Aswe didn’t get any remittance from Honz Kong we opened the package last week, and what do you suppose was in it?? ¢ yunno—counterfeit money?” “Not such luck. Something can be done with reat good. Ahem—Why, there was noth- ing in that bundle but a couple of old _Wormng Calls. Think of it, Morning Calls! Ugh! It makes me sick to think of it _even now,” and the genial hotel official liftea his stomach down again, and went sadly in to his fifth meal. HOW WELL POETRY IS PAID. It fs related that a geotlemen recently took to Mr. Bryant a copy of aa early cditlon of his poems, with-the request that the poet would put his autograpk init. He incidentally men- tioned that he had paid $5 for it. *Why,” said Mr. Bryant, *that’s more than { got for the copyright.”” But “Templeton,” writing to the Huriford Courant, notes several instances of better ‘compensation to poets. He says Longtellow - ©oget - $4,000 (820 per line) ‘tér- “The Hanging of the Crane.” He got $1,000: .- It was originally offered to the Atlantic JMonthly, and accepted, at a comgensation'of $250. Then Bonnermade ‘the anther an offer of $1,000 for a poem of thils Jength for the Ledger; the publishers of the Atiantic, appreciating the circumstances, Te- feased it to the author. He recelved $300 tn ddition-for the use of it for public reading rposes before it appeared 1o print. ‘The Corn- e Magazine's - compensation for Tecusson’s K¢ Tighomus "-was $7.50 -per :lne, and - the Nine- teenth Century.paid him $12.60 per line for “The Revenge.” Some of the best of Longfellow’s earlier poems were sold to Graham’s Magazine for small sums. Except the Knickerbocker, which did not pay much, and for whica Lopg- fellow did not write, there were then na other riodicals that pald for poetry. The Ruston Misceliany, which Lowell edited, bad the dis- position to do this; but it did not live long, and bad little means while in existence. From fittyto s hundred dollars used to be paid men of established reputation for poems for an- niversary_occasions, when societieo bad the means. Dr. Holmes’ longest poem, *‘Urania —A Rhymed Lesson,” wss giveu befora the Mercantile Literary Assoctation of Boston. He was at first not inclined to write it, but was startled by the magnificent offer of $200, and feit that be conld not afford to neglect such an opportunity. It occupied nearly ao hour inits delivery. ~ Longfellow and Whittier have realized considerable sums from their poems, in book-form, making probably more than do their publishers. Lougfellow’s most profitable book was ** Hiawatha,” which a controversy between publisher and critics gave 8n extraordinary sale on its first appesrance. Whittier'a **Snow-Bound” also sold lsrgely, as did Longfellow’s *“ The Haneing of the Crave,” espectally in s holiday edition. Tennyson re- ceived a very handsome sum from his * Enoch Arden,” and his books seil best of all in Ameri- ca, while it is said that Lonzfellow’s have the largest. ,populanty in England. The sale of Holmes’ poems 1s considerably larzer than that of Lowell’s, but falls below the sales of Long- fellow and Whittier. E PLURIBUS UNUM. Mr. A. Louden Bnowden, of Philadelphia, thus describes the origin and use of the matto E Pluribus Gnum: it fs aseribed to Col. Reed, of Uxbridge, Mass. It first appeared on & copper cofn struck at Newburg, N. Y., whera there was a private mint. The pleces struckare dated 1786. In 1787 the motto appeared on several types of the New-Jersey copperss also on a very curious gold doub- loon, or sixteendollar piece, coined by a goldsmith named Brasher. It was there put CUnum E Pluribus.’ Only four of these pleces arc known to be extant, and me( are very yaluable. One of them, in possession "of the Mint, fs supposed to be worth over $1,000. When Kéntucky was admitted, in 1791, it is said copper coins * were struck with ‘E’ Pluribus Unum.” 7They were made in England. The act. of Congress of 1792, authorizing the establish- ment of a Miat, and the coinage of gold, silver, and ‘copper, did mot prescribe this ‘motto, nor was it ever legalized. It was placed on gold coins in 1796, and on silver colos in 1793. It was constantly used thereaftér until 1881, when it was withdrawn from the quarter-doliar of new device. In 183¢ it was dropped from zold coins to mark the colnage in the standard finencss of the cofn. In 18371t was dropped from the silver coins, marking the era of the revised Mint Code. It has beenthought proper to restore it recently to our new silver dollar, without any special sanctlon of law, althouzt the expression is one very proper for our coin.” . QUIPS. “For The Tridune. Hard pressed: Cheese. A watch-word: Mainspring. A single instance: A bachelor. Early rye-sirs: * Old topers. A horse-scholar: The veterinary surgeon. A man must be sick to throw up a situation. Miss-behavior: A young lady’s deportment. Making the rounds: Fashioning steps for a ladder. A ?nesflon of time: ¢ How long will yon ber gone?” An Even thing: Garden of Eden. Locking a boy up to correct his faults is fanlts imprisonment. Has whisky wings? Certainly; else how could 1ty to 2 man's head? (g “Here will I plant myself,” said a customer as she entered a hot-house. The tailor who alters the shape of your tronsers is your only true re-former. Made to order: Gubbins thoueht his wife was, when she sent home that last bundle of dry goods. A stomach-ache doesn’t make a man of a lit~ t1e boy, but it certainly makes a groan person of im. ‘When you meet, an acquaintance nud ‘ shake,” thé meeting may be described 2sa ‘‘hand-to- band encounter.” The keeper of a **sample-room ” calls his prime old brandy *Comfort,” jbecause every- body likes.to take it. - Ao Nowadays, stories are wnittes. about low- necked dresses. Shall we call the authors of these romances * neck-romancers "7 ‘Uil 7 isa very common term; and yet a man whose ears failed to apprise him of au altercation néar his house the other night says he never heard the turmoil. 2oL H!zhwagrebbedes are very frequent nowa davs. While going home on 3 recent night, a citizet was **held up’” by—a friend.: N. B.—~ The citizen was intoxicated. A i “Who is the Father of Lies?” asked the Sun- day-school teacher.. And a mood little boy on the froot row replied: “Plesse, sir, Dedcon ~ Pillsbury is the father of 'Lize.” E % We were present, not long since, at an “affair of honor.” The principals met at the appointed time and place, and one—losned the other a bundred dollars without security. £ “Delays are dangerous,” said a pompous- looking man. “I mever put angthing off,— never, sir! ¢ Then you must £o'to bed with your boots on,” replied a quiet-looking by- stander. How tolay up money: Take a five-Zollar bill, —a smaller denomination wiil do,—climb to the highest shelf in the paatry, and deposit it there. (T'he whole question of finance mastered In two weeks.) . . ‘¢ What do you call that? you young rascal!’” roared an infuriated boss as he whacked his ap- prentice over the head. **What do I call thati” echoed the ¥. r. a3 he rubbed his injured pate. +Well, sir, if [am anv judee of such perform- ances, I should call that a master-stroke.” H. s GARPETS, Weare already showlng nearly eversthing NEW a0 NOVEL tiut will be foknd 1n abave. goods fn Ihfy market the coming sesson. QU last seasou's stock was all sold, azd we now offer nothing bus New Deslicus and Styles and fresh Kouds. ALL PAPER. This mrlnFl styles are all {n now, and we promise S, the BRI TERNS, 2 LOWEST PRICES. S RS R (licago Garpet o, __ 233 STATEST. _PROEFESSIONAL. v DISEASES A SPECLALTY. A n PEIRO. 90 East w . Room S, Houry, 10103, DR, J. 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