Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 18, 1880, Page 11

THE TURF... - i, Louis Still. Declines to Pay Its’ Debts ae to Horsemen. : ‘pit the American Horses in England Accomplished Last Year. ~ arian Racing Statistics for 1879—Cesip Con. cerning Trotters and Runners, Sales, Ete. i) gaye AMERICANS ABROAD. ie following table, which bas, been carefully a from trustworthy racing ‘statistics, ndensed form the work done by the some Srorses during 187 on the English 2H. ‘Tne Bers from thissido of the water that cq into racing condition were elghteen in hen ‘parole, of course, is far ahead of all the others in point of races won, although Mr. ord's filly Sarutoga took part in. one more event than the brown gelding, she being credited with twelve starts, Parole with eleven, Susque- panna eight. Papoose (sister to Parole) six, Ger Maine five, SUirth, Ultra, and Brown Prince three each, Nereld, Aristocrat, North Elkhorn, Early, {nd Jolly Sir John two apiece, and Uncas, Bay | Cherokee, Miss Ward, and Loch Tanna Peeaeh, the tial number of events in which the Americans took part being sixty-six. Of ‘these they won thirteen, were second cleven times, third nine times, fourth sixteen times, fifth twelve times, sixth three times, eighth Suoe, and ninth once. ‘The table {s as follows: Name. Date. Event, |Ap'l 16\Newmarket H'nd'cap| 1 2'City and Suburban... 1: Great Metropolitan ‘Chester Cup... Challenge S' ‘2,000 Guineas . Levant Stakes..... .. ‘Chumpagne Stakes. Nursery Stakes. 6Clearwell Stakes. Juvenile Handicap, |Spring Stak Chesterfield St |Richmond Stake: B it. 25; Moulton aly 19;Steeplecbase. .. Brown Pri pt. 4'Derbyshire Plate. Brown Prince. (Sept. 25, Match Hace Brown Prince. | ee sWrolsey, pendeap ona.\July 2iMaiden Plate. Sisena July 15!Maiden Plate. Sept. 26'2-Year Old Ph i2JOct. 16 Juvenile Staxes.. May 2¥.Mickleham Stak July “2Maiden Plate. ‘Tanne...[May 21,000 Guineas. ; STILL UNSETTLED. ~ After a vigorous aad somewhat prolonged ef- fort, Tax Tarpuse has succeeded in convincing “the editor of thé Turf, Fidd and’ Farm and Sec- retary Vail, of the National Association, that the ‘Gflicers of the bankrupt concern at St. Louis gouged John Splan out of $400, and then did their best to misrepresent and conceal the mat- ter from the proper authorities. With: its usual eagerness to find fault with this paper, the Turf hastily asserted, without stopping to ascertain the facta, that Tre Tareuxe was all wrong and the 8t. Louis people a party of injured innocents. Since the complete exposure of the matter in these columns there has been a decided change of base by the Eastern friends and defenders of the St, Louis track, and in the last issue of the Tey ‘appears the following article: 'e regret to learn: that thero w: a eeray meee yu tting ani Jocke Gb, All the ae Were not aged jon: record office a Pe eee Sy last expluins: see en the St. Louis le demanded that Splan should pay the #400 entrance Tees claimed tobedue from him to the Hyrtford track, Mr. Fate offered to sign 2 bong fér that amount in ler to protect the St. Lr Club until a tele- en contd) be sent to Mr. Wil, and the truth or Pomp ted Splan’s statement that the money h¥™ ies a forwarded to Hartford ascertained. When the Asa meeting came to an end Mr. Clark, said eat neeee ry of the St. Louis Club, bond, In order to'relieve Mr. Pate of any‘Turther te ee gr trouble in the matter, Splan Fa persed con currency for the purpose fegdceming the bond, Clark’ agroeinys to give Bl iment to Mr. Pate, but omitted to dogo. whieh = a ecole from Clark for the $400, Clare nee peed hol Further than this, Mr. istinctly and in writing admitted the of the and also stated over hia ‘| horses in the country in 1875, will own signature that it had been turned into the foe Gu eee the St. Louis Jockey and Trot- witation and used to pay the debts of that in- Sacto 80 that there can be no doubt of the The ‘rament of the St Zouts Club, Fe pre. imply paid Splan a portion o! Rigpuse wou by him,—that it was ‘unable to Dot ten account in full But this position is Tso ble. ‘The $100 was deducted from the re be cher of Secretary Vail, and it should tho agent erwarded to hii. ‘THe Club acted ag of ie Secre Hy of tho National Trot- , and, erefore, moneys pi Bis agent must be regarded in’ the light of tnjunp ead to Seerctary Vail. . ‘The was ing! iy collected from Splan, the account hav- toany reviously settled, and we cannot come of the eS per conclusion than that the Treasurer held pectoual Trotting Association should be who cos ponsible for the loss. ‘The gentlemen Bands 1opo8e the St. Louis Club should put their than bare Pockets and raise the $100, rather shape, T=asaction go upon record in its Aclub which d loes not pay {ts purses can be ex-» Filed from metberchip in the National Trot- Hon, and this expulsi ie ulsion, as. a mutter ome Fill apply to the park or grounds y the club. The St. Louis property Should be sutticie! nt to pay the debts of the Clu! Rats Got the potat Just now. he £400 was tonrpleds it did not ‘belong to the Club, and Rpeat, ge pave been used to pay its debts.’ We thet pocene he members will put thelr bands the ie us prevent the. further Tsien above was written the sale of the St. Mito pane) 224 Trotting Club grounds, which 7 vave taken place Jan. 10, hns been post- fe ont! next month, so that Splan's chances magnets then ever. ‘That in such cases as’ Rout r of the National Association ld be held puited agents there is no possible doubt, ‘Whether Mr. Vail will look at the matter in Ugne remais ins to be seen. THe .TRIBUNE Sestat believe that he will acquiesce in this the matter, but that, on the contrary, ho eld responsible for it. The aise fave rmalntained a somewhat re in regard to the $400 concern- there has been so much talk, and this is a suspicious one. The man who explanoney Mr. Clark, and some kind tion from him has been in order e weeks. public Would like to know from Mr. ether he placed Splan's $400 in the St. Lonis C) & 4, Fi Fy Te Bak nd of ub of his own hether he was instructed to do so by* Cficers of that institution. All the have to come out some time, and the wf that money be paid by the e St. Louis Club, thus stoppin; of ‘the scandal, is not ood, the present time from one end of the other, and any attempt to pver will only result_in failure. The Pursued by the National Associn- €nough, no matter what Mr. Vail's A rules or opinions may be. The fs PeReE EE Re. iJ EELLG SEF 5 # any money from that quarter are | -~ lation owes Splan $400, which wus |: att (ollected by one of its members, and tly transferred without warrant to tho & bankrupt o1 ation. ‘This Ms collected by order of Mr. Vail, and the ut theories as to when his responsibil- r begun will satisfy the public. of the National Association can THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY,.. JANUARY 18,- 1880—SIXTEEN - PAGES, ne. gouge men outof thelr money, and . the victims “have no redress, it 1s time that the fact was made ‘apparent to every one interested in the turf. * . : TRACK TALK. : Joo Rodes, tho hurdler, is wintering at Sedalia, ~ Ithas been decided to hold aspring moeting at Milwaukee, . “ The. annual trotting meeting on the ice at OF tawa, Canada, will take place Feb. 11 to 14, in- -¢lusive. . + ‘The Boston mare, Emma B.; that mado a rec- ord of 222Jast season, is being driven on the Yond at her home. ° % p23 pees There are fifty thoroughbreds at the Nashville course, and the spring meeting there is expected to bo one of grpat interest. cae : The race mare Mollie McGinley died’ at the farm of her owner, Mr. Charles Reed, ‘of Sara- toga, N. ¥., Jan. 2, of farcy. * ae Gus Glidden, the man who drove Edwin For- Test in the celebrated race at Utica in 1878, is one of the wealthiest menin Indiana, =. ‘Mr. William A. Reason, formerly a well-known turfite of this city, was in town last week, his Present residence being Kansas City, J. R. Keene recently purchased in England Mr. eleven thoroughbred brood-mares, ee a ine nucleus of the stud ‘he intends Sasteee * Chester Driving Park, Cincin recent]; glected officers, ng, follows: Geome Ne Stone, 3 . Hunt tury; Sulli- van, Treasurer. Se ePereleys Faun The report that Edinbu RS from the track a ‘anfounded, Yio 0 Be: eae, son, and run at io prin Tagetings in the West and South. eel ee The stakes of the Chi Jocke Fashille god Home Ateestan, he Nowe Bet locke) lub, an Jockey Club close Feb. 1. whe Comey 4 Ballankeel, who was one of the fiat best cup e next season. He has been doing serviee inthe suud tor four years, and has some promising ” Gen. Meade's black ‘War-horse, now 26 years a eld, had the post of honér at ‘philadelphia on he occasion of the Grant reception. When first -tuken into line he was very high-spirited and full of play usa 3-yeur-old. 8 # Several colts and fillies sired by the American horse Preukness will appear on the English turf next season, they being the property’ of the Duke of Hamilton, by whom Preakness has been Owned since his retirement from the turf. The first colt sired by Great. Tom, thoroughbred stallion. imported yan eee Gen, Harding, of ‘Tennessee, was foal 10 on the Belle Meade Farm, Nashville. It is a chestnut colt, out of Blondin (the dam of Vicks- pure and Baton Rouge), and is a fac simile of its ‘This year the City of Nashville will witness its hundredth birthduy, and, in honor of the event, the Nashville’: Bl forse Association an- uounces for its ‘spring mecting the Nashville Grand Centennial Sar, es. and ‘a fur- a eB; 3 one age ent ce, half forfeit; Edward, the 2:19 trotter sold to Frank Work for $12,000 in 1878, was not raised in Michigan, as generally supposed, but in Indiuna. His sire, isk’s Humblctoniiin, is a Michigan horse, but the dam of Edward was purchased by Mr. Allen Se pes bere SE enart Toe., while in foal, 6 colt was Edward. He was purchased b} Michigan parties when 3 years old. i Statistics of the English turf for 1879 show that 8t42-yeur-olds ran, 633 3-year-olds, 314 4-year- olds, and 22 5-year-olds and aged horses. Dur- dng the year 1,26 races were run, as follows: Half a mile and under, 199; oyer u half-mile and under a mile, 94; one mile, 233; over a mile and under two, 208; two miles and’ under three, 59; three miles and under four, 10;.four miles, 2. +, the stables of J.T. Williams, G. W. Bowen & Co., H. P. McGrath, and G. B. Morris next sea- son will be as follows: Williams—Vern Cruz (6), Charley Backus (late Tampico) (6), Checkmate (5), Enquiress (5), Aspinwall ),- Wimbledon @), Angler 2), Amuzon @), Dave Johnson @), Vale- dictory (2), a 2-year-old bay colt by Creedmoor, out of the dam of Fulsetto, and a bay illly by the same sire, out of Rivilet. Bowen & Co.— Cummie F. (6), Seully @), Vender (4), One Dime (4), Florence B. (4), Lavacca @), Cupt. Wragge 6), Alfambra (2), Edison (2), Weller (2), Coinuge ©), Blamonzh @), Battie Amelia @), Vida @), Wait @). MeGrath—Axiom (5), Andax (4), Wissahickon ), Verdict (4), Mary Ann (4), Howard 8), Obadiah 8), Duplicate (3), Observandu (3), Lucy George (3), -Acquittal (3), Lucy Walker (2), Indemnity’ 2), Daly @), Avoca @), Sligo @), ‘Enniskillen 2), Zophiel (2), Calyeanthus cy. On Saturday, 27th ult., the following thorough- breds, purchiised for Messrs, Richter & Weiting, British Guiana, were shipped per schooner Adu- ma Hokes, to Georgetown, Demerara: ‘Tom Senr- let, ch. c., fouled 1876, by Airoy, dam Cara Liza, by Censor, out of Fanny Washington, by Revenue. Village Belle, ch. f., foaled 1876, by Village Black- smith, dam Betty Clapham, by Master Lightfoot, out of Lucy Haxall, by Revenue. Lucy Leum- ington. Emily S.,ch.f., foaled 1877, by Alroy, dutn Lady Culpepper, by Gov. Wicklitfe; second dam by Revenue; third dam by imp. Herald. Hattie Howard, ch. m., fouled 1871, by imp. Aus- tralian, dam Young Utilla, by Hurricane, out of Utilla, by imp. Margrave. Tectotal, b.m., fouled 1869, by Melbourne, Jr.. dam Young Utilla, by Hurricane, out of ‘Utila, by imp. Margrave. Teetotal and Hattie Howard are in foal to Pim- lico. Every possible care was taken to insure the comfort of the horses while in transitu, com- Ppetent persons having been enguged tu exter to their wants during the passage. Blondelle, Love Chase, and Euterpe, purchased in tho fall of 1878 by Messrs. Richter’ & Welting, and shipped to Demerara, proved very successful ut the spring and fall meetings held last yearin that colony. ‘The New York Herald says that the advance Sheets of “ Krik’s Guide to the Turf,” to appear about the Ist prox., show under the heading of “ Winning Sires” un enormous increase in the . mount of money won during the pust year over any preceding one. | Taking simply the sross winnings of the stallions whose progeny. have won $500 and over the total amount i3 $614,053, which includes races run in the United States, Canada, England, and British Guiana by Ameri- canhorses, “When the carnings of those under $500.and those of unknown breeding shill have ‘been added the grand total will be fully $630,000, as aguinst $461,815 carned in 1878, The most suc- eessful sires—lifteen in number—contributing $10,000 and- over ure as follows: Leamington, $70,827; Glenelg, $68,550; Bonnie Scotland, $47,855; Enquirer, $43,005; Australian, $45,975; War Dance, $3,912; Lexington, $17,139: Glen Athol, $17,023; Longfellow, $16,355; Pat 3 ulloy, $14,800; Buckden, $14,244; | Planct, $11,098; Revolver, $11,572; Waverley, $10,500; Billet, $10,165. That the present year Will exceed the uboye figures is nearly certain, fudged by the outlook. There will be a large increuse inthe running races in the United States, while the Lorillard and San- ford stables in England will, without doubt, show un increase over the winnings of the past year. In making up the aggregate of the winning Si the Herald includes some $21,078 won by/ the get of Leamington in England by Parole ‘and Pap- ose, tnd some $2,400 won by Glenely’s get, Mirth; Surutoga, and Susquehanna. ‘By deduct? ing the amount won by Leamington’s get in Englang, it would leave him $48,749, and deduct- ing the amount won by Glenelg’s get in England, it would leave him $66,150, which would make Glenelg the largest winning sire in America for isi. & = THE MAINE CONSPIRACY, Alonzo Garcelon tries the game Of Legislature-stealing; ‘Then etrives to shield himself from blame In all his double-dealing. The jle’s will he’d overthrow— The State of Maine would gobble; * But Justice deals him such a blow He now can scarcely hobble. ‘The Democrats, by fraud and stealth, ‘Through this old, hardened sinner, ‘Would steal this loyal Commonwealth; But fraud is not the winner. ‘This Governor his trust betrays— Hig outh is violuted: ‘The Court emphatically saya He's not exonerat It tells him all just laws are made ‘That rights may be protected; * ‘They're not enacted to invade + The rights of those elected. ” ‘The wicked scheme he can’t disguise; And now he's sorry, rer That he so blindly tock advice ‘|. | From that bad man, Pillsbury. 3% By leading Democratic sharks steal was first suggested; ‘The¥ cun't conceal their old ear-marks— in frauds they’re interested. All aiders of this thievish band <Are thieves by implication; By honest men, throughout the land, hey're held in execration. ‘Their knavish plotignobly fails, - Despite their craft and badness; And now the news that Right prevails ‘Fills Joyal hearts with gludness. = RE oe A College Was. In a certain college under Presbyterian: auspices, not n hundred miles from New York, it isa rule that the students shall nttend church ‘at least once each Sunday, either in the college- chapel or some church in town which: they shall designate; and for non-attendance satisfactory reasons must be given. Of course,on Monday mornings, when these reasons are called for, much ingemuity and some fun are brought out. in ‘one of these interviews Prof. L-—— asked a student, “fr. church yesterday ?” : Mr. C— replied, “The First Church, sir.’ Phe Professor, looking & little surprised, said, “Are you not aware, Mr. that there was no.service at the First Church yesterday ?"-- This wus a poser, but was coolly met by,-“I meant; Professor, the firet church Icame to.” Agenerul laugh followed, and somehow the young gentleman got rescucd.—Editor’s Drawer tn Harpe. 8 + where Jan. 10 4 Y them”? ed did you xttend | MEPTERNIGH. The Recently-Published Memoirs of the Noted Austrain Diplomat.’ . : Inner History of a Stormy Period, Told od by a Prominént' Actor. : A Graphio Pen-Portrait of the First Na : poleon. Following are ‘some additional extracts from Prince Metternich’s autobiography: A PORTRAIT OF THE. FIRST NAPOLEON. The judgment is frequently influenced by first impressions. Ihad never seen Napoleon ‘before the audience he gave me at St: Cloud for the delivery, of my diplomaticcredentials. Ifound him standing in the centre of one of -the, saloons, along with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and six other personages of his Court. He wore the uniform of the In- fontry of the Guard, and had his hat on his head. This latter circumstance, improper in every respect, since the audience was nota public one, struck mé as an arrogant pre- tense, showing the parvenu; it even made me hesitate a moment as to whether [ would not put on my own hat. I made a short .ad- dress, of .which- the precise and formal text differed essentially from those which had become customary at the new Court of ‘France. ‘ His attitude seemed to me to show re- straint and even'embarrassment. “His short and square figure, his negligent attitude, combined witha marked effort to appears im- Posing, all united to weaken that sense of grandeur which. was naturally attached to the conception of the man who made the world tremble. This impressian was never entirely effaced from my mind. It subsisted during the most important interviews which I had with. Napoleon at different periods of ' his career. It is possible that it-may have contributed to show me the man such as -he was through the diverse masks which he habitually wore. In his melodramatic sal- lies, in his outbursts of rage, in his brusque interpellations, I became accustomed to seo @ series of scenes prepared beforehand, studied and calculated for the effect which he desired to produce upon the person with whom the interview was held. | - In my-relations with Napoleon, which from the outsetI sought to render frequent and confidential, what most struck me from the first was the eminent perspicacity and great simplicity of. the operations of his in- tellect.. Conversation with him always had for me a charm hard todefine. Seizing upon objects by their essential: point, stripping them of useless accessories, ‘developing his thought, and never’ ceasing ‘to elaborate it until he had made it perfectly clear and defi- nit, always hitting upon the word needful for the thing, or inventing it wherever usage had not already created it, his interviews were always full of interest. He did not converse,’ but talked.” Through the. abun- dance of his ideas andthe facility of his elo- cution he could adroitly seize upon a word, and one of lis habitual expressions was to say, “I see what you want;.you wish to reach such.a -point. Very well, let us go straight.to the question.” Meanwhile he never failed to listen to the remarks or the objections addressed to him. He caughtthem up, debated or refuted them without departing trom the tone or the moder- ation of a discussion of State affairs, and I neyer felt the least embarrassment in saying to him what [ thought the truth, even when it was not of of a nature Co please him. As in his conceptions ail. was clear and precise, whatever action was necessary pre- sented for him neither difficulty nor uncer- tainty. Received rules scarcely embarrassed him. In deed as in word he marched straight to his object, without stopping at secondary considerations, the importance of which he too frequently: disdained. The straightest line to reach’ the object: in- view, was that which he selected and followed to the end, so that nothing could turn him aside. Ney- ertheless, without perouting a slave to. his plans, he knew how to abandon or modify them from-the noment that he changed his point of view or whenever new combinations. afforded him the means of gaining his point more readily by different means. He had. but meagre scientific attainments. His partisans have very especially labored to create an opinion ‘that he was a profound mathematician. What he knew of mathe- matical science would not have placed him above any ordinary officer trained like him- self for the artillery service, but his natural faculties supplied the lack -of science. Ue made himself a legislator and administrator as hemade himself a great Captain, by fol- Jowing the guidance of his intuitions. The natural bent of his spirit led him always toward the positive; he repelled vague ideas, he equally abhorred the dreams of visionaries and the abstractions of ideologists, and he treated as rubbish everything. which did not present clear views and useful results. He really considered as sciences only those branches of knowledge which the senses can control’ and verify,—those which rest on ob- servation and experience. He avowed utter scorn for the false philosophy as for the false philanthrophy of the eighteenth century. Among the leaders /of these doctrines Vol- taire was the especial object of his aversion, and'he pushed this sentiment to the extreme of controverting on every occasion the gen- eral opinion of Voltaire’s literary merit. Napoleon was not irreligious in. the ordi- nary sense of the term. . ev would notadinit that there ever had been_an atheist in good faith; he condemned deism as the fruit of rash speculation. A: Christian and 2 Catholic, it was only to positive religion that he con- ceded the right to govern human society. He regarded Christianism as the basis of all true civilization, Catholicism the form of worship most favorable to’ the maintenance of order and tranquillity.in the moral world. Protestantism as a souree of troubles and strife.” Personally indifferent to religious practices, he respected. them .too much ever to ilow of pleasantries: about them among his‘attendants. It is possible that religion may have been for him less a matter of senti- ment than the result of an enlightened policy; but whatever may have been in this respect the secret of his soul he took care never to betray it. His opinions on men ° were concentrated in a Single idea, which, unfortunately for him, had -acquired the force of an axiom, He was fully persuaded that no man: upon ‘the public stage, or. even engaged ‘in active business life, ever did or-could guide himself: by any other motive than self-interest. He did not deny virtue and honor, but he main- tained that neither of these sentiments ever served as principal guide, except to those whom he called dreamers, and to whom he consequently denied every faculty needful for participating with success in the affairs of society. Ihave spent many an hour in discussing with him this: thesis, which m; conscience. repelled, ‘and “whose: falsity sought.to prove to him, at least in the lati- tuae which he gave to it. -I never succeeded in making him yield inthe slightest degree upon this article of his faith. ie was endowed with an especial tact for recognizing men who inight be useful to him. He quickly discovered in them the diréction in which he might use them to greatest ad- yantage.. Never forgetting to seek a guaran-. tee of their fidelity in.self-interest, he took care to bind them to his own fortune by such « ties that all return_to other engagements should be cut off. He had above all studied the national character of the French, and the. history of his Hfe,proved that he had com- prehended them. Especially he regarded the Parisians ag children and frequently com- pared France to the ‘Grand Opera. Having once reproached him for the palpable false- hoods which swarmed-in most of his bul- letins, he laughingly replied, “It is not for you that I write them; the Parisians believe everything, and Tcould go much farther in my fictions without their refusing to believe It often: chanced that in his con- yersations he would enter upon historical. disquisitions: © These “monologs usually showed in him an imperfect knowledge of facts, but an’ extreme Sagacity in, appre- ciating causes and foreseeing consequences. He thus divined ‘correctly much more than: he knew, and, lending to persons and events the coloring of his own mind, he ‘explained themin 2 most ingenious ‘manner. As he. always came back to the same citations he must have drawn from avery small number of books, and especially from abridgments, his knowledge of the’ salient points of an- cient history, and of the History of France. He nevertheless carried in his memory an assortment of «names. and facts rich enough to impose upon those whose studies hi been even less solid than hisown. His he- roes were Alexander, Cesar, and above all, Charlemagne. ‘The’ ¢laim of being himself de facto and de jure the successor of the lat- ter occupied his mind to a singular degree. 1 have known_ him to enter with me upon in- terminable. discussions “to maintain this strange paradox by the feeblest reasonings, It was apparently my position as Ambassa- dor of Austria which procured for me his in- sistence upon this point. : /One of bis liveliest and. most constant re- grets was at not, being able to invoke the principle of: legitimity’ as the basis of his power. Few men ,have more profoundly than he felt how much authority deprived of this foundation is precarious, trasile, ‘and open to attack, ‘Yet he lost no occasion to against those who might imagine that he oc- capled the throne as an usurper, “The throne of France,” he_said to me more than once, “was vacant. Louis XVI. could not maintain himself<upon it. If {had been in his place the revolution—spite of the im- mense progress it. had made in public sentiment under preceding reigns—would never have been _consuminated. The King once fallen the Republie took posses- sion of the soil of ce; it is the Republic that I-have displaced. The ancient throne was buried under its own ruins; -I had to found anew one. The Bourbons would not be able to reign over this Political fabric. My force consists in my a0 fortune. “I am as new as the Empire, ‘here is, then, between the Jinpire and myself a perfect -homogene- ousness. Meanwhile I hays often thought that, in thus expressing himself, Napoleon sought only to confuse me or to vanquish: public opinion, and the direct overture which he made toward Louis in 1804 seems to confirm this suspicion, Speaking to me one day of this overture -he id: ‘The reply of Monsieur was noble; it was full of strong traditions. There fs in these legitimists something which appeals not alone to the inclination, If Monsieur had consulted.only his inclination he would have arranged matters with me and I should have procured him a magnificent lot.”. ...He was also very much struck with the idea of tracing back to Divinity the origin of supreme authority. He said to ine one day at Compiégne, shorfly after his marringe to the Archduchess, see that the Empress, . pass the most inclement months of ‘in writing to, her_ -father, addresses him thus: , ‘To lis Sacred Impe- rial. Majesty” Is this. title in “use among you?” JI told ‘him that. it was, by the tradition of the old German Em- pire, which bore the title of Holy Empire, and because it was also attached to the apostalie crown of een: Napoleon re- plied in a serious tone: “The usage is beau- tiful and well understood,. “Power comes from God, and it is only for this reason that itcan be placed beyond the reach of men. zomg time hereafter. will adopt the same ‘itle, : ets He attached much importance to the no- bility of-his own birth and the antiquity of hisfamily. More than once he undertook to prove to me that enyy and calumny alone could have cast suspicion upon his nobil- ity. “Iam placed,” said he, “in a singu- lar position. find genealogists who would like .to my ancestry back to the deluge, and there are persons who retend that I was born a beggar. ‘The truth is between these extremes. ‘The Bonapartes re good Corsican gentlemen, not very illus- trious, since we have searcely ever gone out of ourisland, but much better than many sprigs of gentility who pretend to look down on us.’ “Napoleon regarded himself as a ‘bein; isolated in the wrarid, erested to govern it an to bend all wills to his caprice. He had no more consideration formen than an overseer has for his workmen. Marshal Lannes was mortally wounded in the battle of Aspern. The bulletins of the French army relate the last words he pronounced. th jis is what Napoleon himself said tome: “You have. read the phrase which JT: have put in the mouth of Lannes,—he never thought of such a thing! When the Marshal pro- nounced my name they came to tell me, and latonce declared him dead. Lannes cor- dially detested me...He used my name as atheists the name of God in the moment of death. Lannes ‘having spoken my name L ought to regard him as decidedly lost.” One of the persons to whom ‘he seemed most at- tached was Duroc. | ‘He loves me as a dog Joves his master.” This. is the. phrase he used to me in. speaking of him. .He com- pared Berthier’s sentiments toward him to those of a child’s nurse. These comparisons, far from being inconsistent with his theory of human motives,;were its natural conse- quence. Where he:.found sentiments’ to which he could not apply his calculation of self-interest he sought their source in a kind of instinct. In private life, without being amiable, he was good natured, and: even earried in- dulgence to the point of weakness. A good son and-good kinsman, with those little culiarities that are met with more particu- larly in the family interior of the Italian bourgeoisie, he allowed the extravagant courses of some of his relations without using sufficient strength of will to stop them, even when it would have been clearly to his interest.todo so. His sisters, in particular, got from him everything that they wanted. Neither of his wives had ever anything to complain of from Napoleon’s personal man- ners, Although the fact is well known al- ready, a saying of the Archduchess Marie Louise will put it in anew light’ “I'am sure,” she said to me some time after her age, ‘that they think a greatdeal about enna, and that the gendral opinion is that I live a life of daily suffering. So true is it that truth is often not proba le. Thave no fear of Napoleon, ‘but 1 begin to think that he iy afraid of me.” NAPOLEON AND MARIE LOUISE. [About two months after his marriage to Marie Louise, Napoleon insisted upon Met- ternich having some private ‘conversation with her. The next morning he repaired to the Tuileries. He found Napoleon with the Empress. J ‘The conversation ran on ordinary topics, when Napoleon said to me: “I wish the Emn- press to speak openly to. you and confide to you: what she. thinks .of ‘her position. You are her friend; she should have no secrets from you.” At the end of this speech Napo- leon closed the door of the room, put the key inhis pocket, and disappeared by another door. Linquired of the Empress what was the meaning of this scene, She addressed the same question to me. Seeing that she had not been prepared by Napoleon, I guessed that he wished to enable me’ to receive from the mouth of the Empress herself satisfactory ideas of her domestic relations in order that I might give a favorable account. to her father, the Emperor. The Empress was of the same opinion, We were together for more than an hour. Then Napoleon came back smiling. “Well,” said he to us, “have you had a good talk? Has the Empress said much illof me? Hasshe laughed or wept? Ido not ask you to tell me. ‘You two have secrets which do not concern a third person, even though that third person is’ the husband.” We continued talking in the same tone of, pleasant raillery, and I took my leave. On the following day Napoleon sought an ppper tunity of speaking to me, ‘“ What did the Empress say to you yesterday ?” said he. “You said,” I replied, “ that our conversa- tion should not be known to a third person; allow me to keep -it asecret.” “The Em- press will have said,” interrupted Napoleon, ‘that she is happy with me, that she has no complaint to make, I hope vou will tell this to your Emperor; he will believe you sooner than any one else.” PLAN FOR THE WAR WITH RUSSIA, ‘When the reports from the army, drawn up in the Duchy of Warsaw ready for action, de- prived Napoleon of all hope that the Emper- or Alexander would take the initiative, he explained to Metternich his plan for the war with Russia in the following words, which -subsequent events have nade memorable: “My enterprise is one of those of which the solution is to be found in patience, Vic- tory will attend the most patient. I shall open the campaign by crossing the Niemen. It will be concluded _at Smolensk and Minsk. ‘There-I shall stop. ,1 shall fortify these two points and occupy myself, at. Wilna, where the chief headquarters will’ be during the next winter, with the organization of -Lithu- a which'burns with impatience to be de- livered from the yoke of Russia, I shall wait and see which of us tires first; I of feeding my army at the expense of Russia, or. Alexander of sustaining, ay army at the ex- protest earnestly in conversations with me |. pense of his country. aps I myself may’ ie winter at Paris.” ant ah ms ¥ 5 ‘To my question what he would do in case the ‘emperor ‘Alexander did not vouchsafe to- make peace because of the occupation of Lithuania, Napoleon answered: at dl “In that case I should -in the following year advance quite to the centre of the Em-: pire, and I shall be patient in 1813, as I shall have been in 18121 ‘The affair, as Chave told you, is a question of time,’ : COUNSEL FOR MARIE LOUISE. In the course of the summer or the year 1810 Napoleon detained me one day after-his Tevée at St. Cloud. When we were alone he said tome, in an embarrassed tone, that I ad |‘not know the ways character of the uid do him a service. re Tt concerns the Empress,” said he. “She “one; but honi soit qut mal ig, without experience, and she does is young, aways of this country nor the ch.""I have placed the Duchess of Montebello in attendance on her. She is al! one could wish, but is sometimes thoughtless. Yesterday, for example, walk- ing in the park with the Empress, she pre- sented to_her one of her cousins. -The Em- press spoke to him, which was wrong; if she allows young men, cousins and so forth, to be intoduced to her, she will very soon be- come the prev of intriguers. Every oue in nce has always some favor to ask. The Empress will be beset, and, without the pow- er of doing good, she will be exposed to con- stant annoyance.” I said to Napoleon thatI agreed with him, but could not understand why he had taken me into his confidence. Itis,” said Napoleon, “because I wish you to speak of this matter to the Empress.” Texpressed ‘my surprise that he had not himself performed thisduty. “'Theadvice,” said I, “is good, itis wise, and the Empress e {90 tight m need moe to appreciate, eg eT errupted Napoleon, “that you should undertake this commission. The Em- press is young; she might think I was Foing to be a severe husband. You are her father’s ea and the fee of ner shildhioads you say will have more effect upon her than anything I could say.” * . GOSSIP FOR LADIES. THE VASSAR GIRL. Acta Columbtana, She leaned her head on shapely hands, * And let her girlish fancy rove; Amid the dingy diagrams Sho dreamed of lovers and of love; When— Take the blackboard, if you please,” Snapped out the grim Professoress, “ And find the sine of 12 degrees And 30 minutes”—more or less. She started up with flushing face, And looked around the room half- scared; ‘Then said, remembering the place, “Not prepared!” She had a lover like a prince— A loyal lover, too, I wis; And, though she feigned indifference, Her foolish little heart was his. So, when upon the star-lit strand He spoke of all his hopes and fears, And pressed her soft patrician hand, He told his love to willing ears. ‘| ‘Though still, she would not yield as yet, Lest he should think she really cared, But whispered low, the sly coquet, “Not prepared!” They were engaged: and then ‘Yo test thatiooees fealty, eels She treated him with cool disdain, - ‘And flirted most outrageously. But, when her lover came no more, She wrote and said, remorsefully, “ Will you not seck me, as.before— , , Redeem your pledge—and marry me?” ‘The answer came; with blush divine She broke the waxen seal, half-scared; Then, weeping, read the single line— “Not prepared!” HER NEW SHOES, ig Detroit Free Press, She was a woman. If you ever ran ashoe store you will know what followed as she en- tered the store. She looked all around, picked upa pair of shoes off the counter, rubbed her thumb along the soles, and timi ly asked of the smiling clerk: - “Do you Keep ladies’ shoes here ?”” “We do,” he promptly answered. “What style shall I show you?” For more than three weeks she had had her mind made up for a pair which laced on the inside, and all herfriendshad encouraged her idea, but it wouldn’t have been like a woman to ask the clerk for that particular style. . “Let’ssee? Let’ssee?” she mused. “I Suppose you have the French heels?” ““O, yes,” he answered, and he soon had twenty pairs. before her. She closely in- spected each pair, from 2s up to 6s, asked the ginde of material in each, and twice dur- ing fifteen minutes she seemed on the point of trying on a pair. “ Are you sure these are the French heel?” she finally asked. “Oh, yes; you can be sure of that.’” “Well, I guess Lwon’t buy any to-day. I did think some of looking at some button “shoes.” : “Certainly. Here isa large variety. Do you wish kid?” “T presume,” she answered, as she wet her finger and rubbed the heel of a‘shoe, “that kid will wear donee than morocco?” ; ia of course. These are patent buttons, you see. 2 “Yes, Isee. If Lever buy a pair of button shoes I shall insist on the patent button.” Didn’t you want a pair of these?” .. “Let's see?” she mused again, fastening her eyes on the top shelf. She was buried in the deepest thought for .a long minute, and the clerk hardly dared draw his breath. Then her eyes gradually dropped from shelf to shelf until they rested on his garnet necktie, and she said: “Not to-day. Have you:shoes which lace?” “Oh, yes.” Ps “Those which lace in front?” > “Yes'm. Here is sonietiiing fine. I can sell you a pair of these for 2 shillings.” “Can you? Why shoes must have gone either up or down! Shoes which lace in front are stylish, are’nt they?” - “Oh, yes.” “ And they wear as good as any?” “Just as good. Icun recommend the ma- terial in these shoes, as they.were made for. us here in Detroit. Will you try on a pair?” She seemed abouttodoso. She looked over at the lounge, seized a pair_of 3’s, and was then halted by a new idea..She put the shoes down, Jet her eyes drop to the floor, and, after a mental calculation of seventy seconds, she suddenly inquired: : ‘eee on say you had shoes that laced on ie Side “Yes, we have. Would you like to see them ?? She hesitated, looked up and down the shelves as if perplexed, and finally said she would. He emptied two boxes, praised the style and material, and advised her. by all means to get those shoes if she wanted to be in style and have a good fit. “Tecan wear threes,” she observed, as she partly turned away, “ ‘but owing—” “Yes’m. You do not want a glove-fitting shoe. You are yery sensible on that point. Fives are much too large, of cou butthey are better for the feet in winter, These are fives, but very small ones. In some stores they. would be marked threes.” 4 “T guess P’ll try them on,” she faintly re- marked as she sat down. “Yes’m. I'm sure—.” No he wasn’t. She had suddenly epaused in. What if there was a hole in the heel of her stocking! Suppose her big toe had ‘worked through, as big toes sometimes will! “J can try thein on alone,” she finally said, and while the clerk was busy on the othér side of the counter she ripped the buttons off her right shoe, pulled it off, and got her foot. into the new one. Itwasapinch, Her toes felt cramped and her hee] complained. “Do they fit?” asked the clerk, as hi leaned over the counter. F She didn’t say. ig st Perhaps you had better try sixes, with a broad sole and a low instep,” he suggested. What?? she exclaimed, as her face red- dened, “ why, I can hardly find my foot in these!’ Pil take them on actount of my chil- ‘plains, but Vl only wear them around the house!” sd “Very well,—I’l! wrap them up.” She pald for the shoes, took them in her hand, and ‘went out with a sweet smile on her face, but she was the woman who was heard saying to herself on the street-car: di “Gone and made a dunce of myself again. by getting tight shoes! Iwish I’d thrown the money into the fire!” Cie HOW A PARIS BELLE KEEPS WARM. | La Vi Parisienne. An hour before you get up your maid will light your fire, and then screen it with 3 sil- ver frame-work lined with rose silk, which will temper the heat and give to the whole room a sort of rosy morning light, that warms while it illumines. Then she will bring you on a silver plate wanuer your cup of chocolate, hot: and foaming, which you. will drink from the warmer itself, munching the while your rusks, served on a little gold toast rack, kept hot in its turn by a little live charcoal, sprinkled with vanilla to perfume the air. ‘ ‘After you have taken your chocolate you will snooze again for a couple of hours. Then: you. will put on a deshabtlle of pink satin lined with ‘swansdown, enveloping the whole “body from head ‘to’™ foot. The waistband and the fastening of the neck of this garment must be in vel- yet, so as to be warm to the touch. You may now pass into the bath-room, the atmosphere of which will be kept atan agreeable tem- perature by little gusts of rose-scented vapor pumped through an aperture in the wall. ‘The next part of our subject isa delicate pens time to draw on the stockings lined with. farm Bossy , long and perfumed, and gartered. with Russian sables clasped with cat’s-eye stones set in diamonds. -The boots are to belined with swansdown, and-trimmed. with Russian sables as well. Our precious product of high cultivation is now in her dressing-room. This is to be made comfortable by means of an immense foot-warmer. some two meters square, which is to form a kind of second flooring all about dressing-table. The blinds may be col- ored to represent “the ardent rays of the sun,” and the padding to kee; draught is to be trimmed with natural flowers. This will make the place look and feel like a summer bower in. the depth of winter. The maid may now “ fumigate the ‘nape of the neck’? with a little burnt benzoin, to make it supple—an exquisite characteristic provision, for with- outa supple neck how coulda French per- son possibly get through the duties of polite. ness for the day? | We must not forget the hands. These may be kept warm by holding in. them two little vessels of enamel filled with warm water, and shaped like apples—rather in bad taste in this direction, as.tending to remind our Parisienne of the frivolity of taste by which her sex first came to grief. The promised advantage of this arrangement is that itgives the hands that attractive rosiness which warmth alone can inuparts For the middle of the day the Parisienne simply continues all these precautions by , avoiding, as though it were laden with the breath of pestilence, every touch of cold air. ‘The rusks that form her morning meal might be baked in her. drawing-room, and the carriage in which she takes her drive is her- metically closed. She may realize winter by seeing the street-sweepers blowing .on their fingers through the windows. itis bedtime, and we are once more in the hands of our guide. He, however, stands discreetly in the background until his in- teresting patroness has assumed the vetement ordinaire. He then. comes forward to recommend asecond garinent,—asortof ulster of white plush, trimmed with ostrich feath- ers at the neck and wrists,—which is \to be worn as an overall. The night-cap of white satin should be trimmed with feathers of the same bird, and for additional warmth a little turtle-dove may be fastened under the left ear. The very hands are to have their night- cap,—gloves of pink kid, lined with a plush, and fastened by elastics (in pink chenille). so as not to check the circulation. The bed is to be heated by the fumes of burnt lime- flowers and violets. ‘These agreeable and calming einanations replace; advantageously the old-fashioned warming-pan, Enfin, you will drink, just before going to bed, alight creme de Sabailion, nice and hot, made with two fresh eg; glass of Madeira, By caretu! these directions one may hope not to s1 too much in the winter time. — HOW PARIS LADIES DRESS. be Daily News. 3 ‘The whirligig of fashion is bringing round an old-fashioned decoration, which has its merits. Ladies are wearying of monograms, and are adopting emblems and mottoes. The fourteenth and early sixteenth’ centuries were the time when’ mottoes and fanciful emblems flourished most abundantly. Be- sides his hereditary bearings, every Knight had some emblem of fantasy, and eyery lady her symbol, which might be changed at pleasure. When these were embroidered on dresses the effect was quaint and variegated, and.gave each costume a kind of originality. Parisians have rediscovered this, and birds and mottoes are embroidered all over dresses. A well-graced (and well-puffed) actress, who is the reverse of stout in figure, appeared lately with the de- vice of ravens on her array. Her rival, who is not slim, obServed that “Where the skel- eton is, the ravens are gathered together.” Swallows are more common than the sombre bird of the Danish banner perhaps to indi- cate that the wearer intends “flying, flying south.” - Gold swallows are worn on a blue satin ground, though a naturalist might pre- fer.to reverse the colors. Ladies of fashion, ifthe fashion prevails, will soon look as quaint as did Jacqueline de la Grange in her costume broidered with pink eagles and black ducks, or Anne of Bohemia with the crowned ostrich. ‘The mottoes may slip from writing paper into wider use, and poets once more style themselves, on their title-pages, “le banni dé liesse.” ‘The old motto would serve many of the new poets very well, and the fashion will‘at least add some variety to existence, till the thing is overdone, and ceases to be an outward sign of inward me- dievalism. — IN THE SMOKING-CAR. New York Sun. As car 113 of the Third avenue line was circling from Chatham street into the Bow- ery, yesterday afternoon, it was hailed by a stout, middle-aged lady, who slowly got in and took a seat atthe upper end, but before the conductor was prepared to collect her fare she perceived that about half of the male passengers were smoking. “Is this a smoking-car?” she demanded, with fire in her eye and a five-cent piece in ier hand. . The conductor admitted that it was, erie van’t you stop this smoking?” she asker ‘No, madam,” said the conductor, politely, “Tean’t.” “ Then,” said the lady, threateningly, “I'll get out.” ‘The conductor smiled feebly. ‘The lady restored the nickel to her purse, , ands small ly following uifer | arose with difliculty, and made her way to the rear platform. “ Perhaps, if you can’t stop the smoking, You can stop the car,” she said, snappishly. This was quickly done. ‘The clang of the bell soon brought the car to a standstill. “Now, I ask you forthe last time,” said the lady, as she stood with one foot on the step, “are you or are you not going to stop that smoking?” “JT can’t do it, madam,” said the conductor, Piteously, “I can’t, indeed.” “Then,” said the lady, “ let the car pro- ceed. I’H never draw back,” and she reén- tered and took her former seat. - SATAN’S SEDUCTIVE WILES. Salt Lake City Tritune. Ata dance in-the Seventh Ward the other night the Bishop expressed himself highly displeased with the round dances, He said that it was condemned by the priesthood, and if the saints could not get along without round dances, they had better go home. : The young: people remonstrated. with him, but all to no: purpose. “If you must waltz, let me show you how to do it,” said he, and he got on. the floor with a 183- pound blonde.. The band struck up the “ Blue Danube,” and down the hall glided the Bishopand the blonde. The tips of her fingers touched his, and a cruel cold space between them. This wasthe Church method, —the arm’s-length waltz. Soon there was 2 slight contraction of the arms, and the space between them gradually decreased. Present- ly one amm encircled the fair form. The blonde was the first to give way, and her cheek looked like.a sunflower in a turnip- field as it rested’ on the shoulder of the Bishop. Round and round they went, and the fascinating, wierd-like strains floated like heavenly music to his soul. Forgotten was the round-dance dogma of the Church, and by.the calm smile that stole across his face we knew that theology was defeated, and future punis' A LADY CLERK. __, , New York Graphic. Customér’ to lad: clerk in very large store: ‘ Customer—" Show me some pins.” , Lady clerk talks on to the next lady clerk: * and he said that she—and he—took her to Wallack’s—and- ~he—and ; she—opera—and e: Customer—"* Will you show me some Lady clerk goes indifferently to shelf and takes down 2 box of pins, -giving customer impression that she had heard the first: re- uest, but wasn’t quite ready to attend to it. dy clerk puts the box negligently down before customer and goes on talking: “And he was—every night—and -I—and she—and he—O, I knew they were there—and I—and he—and she—”- : C.— I want English pins——” . L..C. (glances at customer as if very much annoyed that any other pins should be called for other than those itis most convenient to take down. Puts box back very leisurely, talking as usual)—‘*And I—and he—an she—. O, I’m sure I saw him—and I~and he —and she—.” C.—‘* Have you any English pins ?” L. C.—No; and I; he—and she—at the opera—and I—.” FEMININE NOTES... ‘|. A go-as-you-please race—The women. ** You are my precious pearl.” he ‘said, as he drew her to his manly breast. ‘*O;John,” she sighed, “and you are my oyster.” A little boy, aged’ 5, having an extremely youthful-looking mother of 24, wished her one man at yeasts utterly indifferent to a to Play a game of leap-frog with him, . Being » refused; he angrily exclaimed: “I hat for mas.”—London Figaro. eet A maiden lady has resolved to chan; name to “Conclusions,” having hear men‘sometimes jump Way. Our friends can on with their tin wed- dings. We don’t dread them lnif as much since ‘the five-cent counters were opened.— Keokuk Constitution. - Charles Jarrett became a widower at Buena Vista, Tex.; and his head was ‘so turned by freedom that within a month he married three women in as many counties. Guard: “ Now, miss, jump in—train on™ Child: * But euivt gp betora T have Kissed mamma.” Guard: “Jump. in, miss, TH see to that.” —London Judy. “Two women were seen in Indiana last week tied to the tongue of a wagon, which they were pulling to market.” This is doubt- Jess the first case on record of women being tongue-tied.—New Orleans Times. A.Bridgeport (Conn.) girl recently got a button in her ear, and has suffered terriby ever since. Some villain suggests that foung men thereabouts ought to sée that the presse buttons on their coats are well sewed Scene in aCambridge ballroom: Snodkins toavery young lady—* Are you engaged for the German?” Very young lady—* Alas? Afr.Snodkins, Iam.” Snodkins—“So sorry; you were my last hope.” (Fact.)—Harvar Crimson. =. i her thas A gentleman goes to an armorer’s and asks for a revolver. "Here’s a real nice family Weapon,” says theclerk. ‘Family weapon?” ‘Yes, family Weapon,—just the thing for domestic tragedies; six-shooter, you see, sir, =two bullets for your wife, two bullets for yousele A fie eorsirt Rn ease i. 0, Sir! S son for bridal presents, sir? nua? twas in the horse-car. First Young Lad: “Yes, and Julia is to be married, too.’? Second Young Lady—*Nol you don’t mean it! To whom, pray?” First Y, L—‘To Charley Staplehain. He’s a real nice fellow, —no bad habits, you know; doesn’t drin! nor smoke, nor chew.” Second ¥. L.— But he’s awfully soft!” ‘They exchange glances, smile sweetly, and Charley’s virtues are no longer praised.—Boston Transcript. ARMY ECONOMY. It Is Cheaper to Have Moro Men Thas to Pay Bills for Transportation. Spectal Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. Axis VALLEY, Colo., Jan. 1.—The army andits organization has beena subject for agitation before the National Congress for several years. At every session plans have been submitted for a reorganization or reduc- tion, all of which have been: based on the necessity for less expenditure, and all have failed after a thorough discussion, because the more that information was obtained re- garding the work required of the army, the Jess the possibiliiy of reduction in numbers was evident if the required work was to be done. The more free and thorough the dis- cussion of army matters has been, the more has it been developed that no reduction of the rank and file was possible; but still the de- mand for economy exists, and the present Congress has appointed a committeeon army reorganization. . = thas been statedina general way in re- ports, andithas been casually repeated in Congress by friends of the army, that the true way to economize in expenditure would be to increase the number of enlisted men. Without explanation, this would appear to the mass of the general public to be an anomaly; that statistics ef the relative cost of the pay of the present force of enlisted men, and THE COST FOR NECESSARY TRANSPORTATION OF TROUPS from localities where they nad been required to distant points where they were again re- quired, statistics covering the time the arm: has numbered 25,000 enlisted men, woul possibly demonstrate the fact that an in- creased force would have so enabled troops te be stationed thatthe sum of the increased pay and allowances of the men could have been more than saved by the. decrease in the cost of moving troops. ‘The records of the War Department would no doubt enable an industrious man, one fond of statistics, to tabulate the different ex- penditures, and the result would surprise those who only know that the army cots a certain sum to sustain it, and naturally think that, if 25,000 men cost a certain suum, 30,000 men would cost 20 per cent more; whereas, if an additional 5,000 men had been available in localities where troops have been needed, it is a question whether the cost te-the Gov- ernment would not have been less than It actually was to transport the required men and material from distant points and return- ing them. In the absence of exact informa- tion on this subject, as ° ONE INSTANCE OF SIANY 2 description of the experiences of a part of one reziment during the past three a halt years, if it does not establish the fact that our present system of a skeleton army is not eco- nomical, it will go far towards it: In 1876 the Twenty-second Infantry was stationed at the posts on the Northern Lakes, extending from. Butffalo, N. Y., to Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. After the disaster to Gen. Custer’s column on the Little Big Horn, in July, 1876, six companies of the ‘I'wenty- second were sent in haste to Montana, After campaigning a year there they were hurried. into Chicago, when that city was disturbed by mobs of rioters; from Chicago they were sent to Pennsylvania on the same kindof | duty, and from'trence to their posts on tha Jakes, reaching them in November, 1977. In the spring of 1879 the Twenty-second Infantry was ordered to Texas for perma- nent change of posts, but by the time the four companies OF it slatione ie ober: ichigan could get out of the ice, troops were needed in haste in the Indian Terri- tory to protect it from trespassers, and these four companies were sent there. After re- maining there on duty during the summer of 1879, the White River massacre occurred, these four companies were sent to Colorado, where they still are, with the understanding that, when no lon; needed in Colorado, they will continue their journey to Texas. Three compaules of the Twenty-second participated in all of these movements, and 2 description of their travels will give some idea of the i NOMADIC LIFE OF THE LINE OF OUR ARMY? Leaving the posts of Detroit, Mackinae, and Sault Ste. Marie, one company from each post, they traveled by lake und rail to Bis- marck, D. T., averaging 1,200 miles; thence by boat up the Missouri and Yellowstone, 500 miles; they then marched through the Sioux campaigns, summer and winter, averagin; foreach company a distance of over 2; miles, and took the ears again in, July, 1877, at Bismarek, and proceeded to, Chicago, 508 miles; thence to Wilkesbarre, Pa., 800 miles; and from there to Sault Ste. Marie and Mack- inac, Mich., averaging 900 miles. Leavin their posts again in May, 1879, they_travele by lake and rail to Fort Gibson, Indian- Ter- ritory, 1,100 miles, going from .out of the northern ice to 2 torrid region, the signal station at Fort Gibson showing . the. highest recorded temperature in_the United States during the summer of 1879. After camping in the Indian ‘Territory during the hot sum- amer, they sete it one dayin October sich the mercury standing a\ legrees, an four days were at the end of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, in Colorado, traveling by rail 900 miles, and, upon going into cam found next morning ice in their water-buck- ets an eighth of an.inch thick. :-Since then these three companies have marched 200 miles into the mountains, and are now ex- periencing a severe winter in the field, cut off from the great world by impassable snow drifts. TO RECAPITULATE: During the past three and a half years these troops have traveled by rail, boat, and on foot $,200 miles, and they are not done yet. How much marching is to be done in these mount- ains depends upon the result of the diplo- inatic négotiations now pending between the United States and Ute “ Nations”; but, being on detached service from their. regular sta- tions, when they are no longer needed in Colorado these companies have 1,500 miles by rail before them to get to Texas, and to what scorching place there they will march to for the sumuner is yet in the dim future. Besides the waste of money Involved in these movements, a question arises as to the probable waste of life. Up to this time, out of their many casualties, the death of but two men, and the necessary discharge of four of the command, can be traced directly to the change of climate; whether the still ex- pected change from another Northern winter to another Southern summer will destroy more time will tell, but at the present tine in the pure mountain-air of Colurado the men are strong and vigorous, and as well prepared as men can be to undergo the strain when it shall be required of thein. ttle histery is not an isolated one; other regiments have been so moved, and necessarily so, and this one is given only ag an instance of what is required of the arm: and in what manner the money to support is spent a