Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1880, Page 5

* “THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, that led to the adoption of the statute | aneariier hour of the day for the mar ceremony. It says: ‘Marriages before noon were adopted by our forefathers for the iercason that there existed a strong pre- famption that, after noon, bride and bridegroom might both be unable to walk straight to the poptial sitar. In those primitive times the more piarious spirits wero in the habit of drinking themselves a5 nearly 8s possible blind drunk be- | fore Lo’clock on any holiday, by way of doing it guitable reverence. The earlier the marriage the less likelihood of an ccelesiustical scandal andthe arrival of a wedding party whose mem- pers could not articulate plainly, and could parely stagger uP the central aisle. The canon- jeal hours, from 8 to noon, were fixed centuries ago,and Mr. Blennerhassett’s bill will be the grstattempt to introduce a reform into our Soelo-religious life aguinst which there is no sensible argument to be urged.” — —_ Mx, MITCHELL Henry, the Home-Rule member for Galway County, Ireland, addressed pietter tothe Duke of Barlborough calling at- tention to the deplorable condition of the peas- gotry. In this appeal occurred the following F ‘ws Within the last few days the people from the neighborhood ‘of Tully and Letter have been to nolgtisoe to sell their oats, as is their ustial cus- his Piety ‘cay truthfully say that I have nover jnen sochanged. Palo, thin, and bloodless, oeht_and without a smile, their condition is ab- solotaly without hope.” a it this passage the Duko wrote this com- pent: “Do poople usually smile when selling y’ Inanother part of the letter Mr. Henry asked the following rather sharp question: Mnqhe Local Government Board have warned ardians to get ready extra accommoda- ‘the Workhouses, and Iay in a stock of . shall the Guardians begin by buying thea) beds and blankets which Dean McManus fates are pledged in tho pawnshops of Clifden, where the Workhouse is situated?" Jothis the Duke wrote on the margin the an- ewer, “Certainly not.”. His Private Secretary, who, by the Way, must be sadly lacking in jrumor, related the circumstance a8 a capital “Yoke. Tho whole story found its way into the newspapers, and Lord Beaconstield must hare been very angry at his Irish Viceroy. As a matter of course, the Irish people nover had ing intention of uniting with the Tory party. That the English Roman Catholics, headed by the Duke of Norfolk and his brother, Lord Ed- mund Talbot, the Tory candidate for Burnley, joined the ““Jingoes,”” is no reason why the Irish ghoulddoso. Indeed, that would be a powerful fnoentive, if others were wanting, why they should not. The Irish people are no longer led ‘by reactionary, pro-Italian and pro-British Bishops of the Catholic Church, and least of ail ‘pysuch of them as are on dining and visiting yermsat Dublin Castle. It needed not the stupid witticismsof the Duke, or his petulant refusal sopariicipate in the Lord-Mayor’s banquet, to Snsure the material reduction of the Tory repre- sentation of Ireland. How the Tipperary elect- orsmay deal with Dwyer Gray for his funkey- ism, is another matter. ‘Arrence contention is going on in Ger- miany about the Jews, who are cbarged with mo- nopolizing all @nanoial business anda large part of the mercantile, and with being usurers, and managing, a3 a general rule, te escape doing ‘mil- Stary duty.” “Apropos of the Jewish controversy in Ger- many, a Bremen paper bus presented the geo- phical distribution of the Jews in Europe some striking tables. Arranging the coun- tries in the order in which this population abounds, Poland beads the list with 13.7 per cent, -Austro-Huu followe with 3.8, Roumania 36, Russia (including Finland), 2.8, the Nether- jands 19, Germany 1.2, and Turkey 1 per cent. But,on the other hand, tho absolute num- ders (out of a total of 5,000,000 European Jews) pive Russia 1,829,000, Austria 1,376,000, Po- Jand 783,000, and Germany only 511,000, while, di- Yiding. the various pooples into ethnologic groups, we find in the Romance but 89,000 Jews, in the Germanic 842,000, and in the Slavic (. ¢., fixing: riage Russia and Finland, Poland, Hungary, Rouma- He Be ne 08 Greece) Seca ate correspon reentages are Tesp' 1, 0.78, and 3.6. Pibelr peculiar: Concontracon— eastward in the Germunic group, westward in the Slavic—creates a zone of ntest density extending from the Lower Danube to the Baltic. ‘There {ga noticeable tendency on their part to Hock to the most populous centres, so thatin Berlin, for instance, from 1861 to 18+] the num- ber of Jews was nearly doubled, while dt the same period there was a falling-off of about ‘16 per cent in Posen. Bremen, in which the laws against them have been repressive and even prohibitory down to avery recent date, natu- shows a much emeller proportion. @5 per- cent in 187) than Hamburg (41 per. cent) or. Frankfort @.8 per cent).”” Tris not often that a child sues its parent for bel, but such a case is now before.one of the Courts of New York City. The Times states that Miss Leonora M. M. Graham has brought suit against her father, Gen. Charles K. Graham, the present Surveyor of that port. John Gan- non has been appointed by Judge Donohue, of the Supreme Court, guardian ad Hicm of Miss Graham. In her petition for the appointment of Gannon as her guardian, Miss Graham says she was 20 years old on May 27, 1679, and lives at No. 2% Bond street. She says she wishes to sue her father, Gen. C. E. Graham, and she thinks the has a good cause of action against him, be- cause he uttered slanderous and defamatory words against her in the “hearing of several of her friends,” and “ in the presence and hearing of several good and worthy citizens.” Among other things, she says, ho charged her with being Megitimate and unchaste. It issatd that Gen. Graham and bis daughter have been estranged fora number of years, and that trouble grows out of the fact that Gen. Graham is married a second time. Miss Graham is said to be a good- looking, high-Spirited young women, who re- fased to submit toa stepmother. The case ex- cites considerable interest in New York. The Tribunc insists that the sult is a put-up job on the part of Graham’s political rivals. ————— ane onbttess be of much interest to ‘Persons to Jearn that the library of the JateCardinal Cullen contained only one volume relating to’Ireland, and that a presentation copy. When it isremembered what 1 promincat Partths Cardinal played in Irisn_ politics, and how exceedingly Jealous he was of ali politicians whodid not shape thelr course in accordance ‘with his wishes, this will bo considered rather panier interesting. Sir George Bowyer, Petes Ulramontane, ina recent published Shouse that the Cardinal told him, that, the “Obstructionists continue thelr te! tactics, he would certainly denounce a ey who have read his condemna- i , Fenian ‘organization know ' what tn emmeiation by his Eminence of Dub- meant, a Parnelilics and Fenians will 8 recent discovery as to ie Cardinat's sources of information with con- Weeae Satisfaction, and, should any of his tulge tish protégés in the Irish hferarchy in- in condemnation of their principles and of action, they may be pardoned for ‘skeptical as to the state of his library. Tue returns of the yield of the vine in Trance during 1879, just made public by the Minister of Finance, manifest a material ‘eereane, From the tables we find that the total Free , 7702,552 hectolitres (a hectolitre is beetle and one-half gallons wine measure), ppirgad 65,000,000 hectolitres, the average our we ten Years from 1809 to 1878. In only 9 Partments of France hus the average ps ‘ae three have nearly touched it, Sing ‘three others the quantity, though better hak that of 1878, is, like the remaining sixty- pean ne rearing Departments, t hopelesly be- a Pine average.” Five-sixths of the average te has been robbed by a combi- Geof phylloxera aud weather; while in the hay ote Intéricure and the Gironde from one- 40 three-fourths has gone the same road. tae Yalue of American inventions is being anchull appreciated than heretofore by far "ay ogtons, and innovations upon ancient Porat constantly coming to notice. Itis Worthy of mention by the Buenos Ayres pgeentine) Standard of recont date, in remark- Pepe? the favorable season which the River 's farmers-have just experienced, that “Our tat! this season will receive much more care ies eat rears the introduction of the very best Prisha machinery will tell upon this im- export. Nearly all the wheat of the qunty will be this year thrashed by machinery, {nstead at trampled under mares’ hoofs 23 for ‘ ———= at Boston Post (Dem.) says—though no Clitera, guess how it knows—that Justices Field, 5, and Harlan are of the opinion Sut the Federal Election laws are unconstitu- | possi ne, that Justices Waite, Swayne, Strong, + 6f Bre of the opposit opinion. ———— poco time in the present month the Em- ; fie wens of France, will sall for Zululand, the geen ship that carried her idolized gon to Scenes of his death. She will occupy his Use his horses when on land, lodging where he lodged, follow hig route tothe field, and plant a cross where he fell. Her determina- tion to make this pilgrimage has stirred up some of the latent. hatred that the French. People entertain for her Inte husband, and they ridicule it with all the sarcasm and contempt at thelr command. They seem to forget that En- genie is u poor, heart-broken mother, whose last hope perished with her son, and that she 1s as powerless to retstablish the Empire in France as the humblest woman that earns her daily bread in that fair land. If she ond her dead husband cannot be forgiven for the past, her womarily sorrow for the dead ought to be respected. ——— Soacs of the New York anti-third-termers Propose to celebrate Washington’s birthday, mainly for the reason, it is suspected, of giving Prominence to the factin the speeches, then and there'to-bo made, that Washington was satisfied with two terms, and that it is impolitic, unwise, and unstatesmanlike now to depart from a rulo that hasbeen observed in the United States for over one hundred years. It is not at all likely, however, that ex-Senator Timothy 0. Howe, of Wisconsin, will be invited to make an address on the occasion, in which the reasons might bestated why Washington could not have had a third term if he had desired it. Tue little News advises Taz TRIBUNE as the remedy for the great advance in the cost of print paper to cut down its size and price to a penny paper. The public now have two shects the News and the Telegraph—whioh give them a cent’s worth of information per diem, and don’t need a third one. A crackér is well enough as a light lunch at noon, but an able-bodied man wants a ‘square meal” of news in the morning before entering upon the labors and struggles of | the day, and THE TrisuNe furnishes him with a full, hearty, nutritive, intellectual breakfast, which enables him to get along with a cracker at noon. -~ ‘ ‘THE Philadelphia Times (Ind.) says that if Blaine and Bayard should be nominated it would not care n fig which was elected. “ [t would then be indifferent," it says, “to the results of such 1 contest, for either would accomplish all that In- dependent journals desire.” If all the voters in the United States took the same view of the case that the Times does they might-all stay at home and let the election go by default, and no President would be elected. From present ap- pearances, however, there {s no likelihood of the next Presidential campaign passing without at- tracting some attention on tho part of the people. Ir is believed in Washington by those who have watched the drift of public opinion that the let-alone policy in regard to the finances will be adopted this session,—Hayes, Sherman, and Bayard to the contrary, notwithstanding. Ir is hinted that the man who has the big- gest “bar'l” will get the most delegates to tho Chicago Convention from the South,—those States that will not be able to give the Repub- Hean candidate a sitigle Electoral vote. Democratic papers all over the country are felicitating themselves because the Confed- erate Brigadiers have beon kept quiet thus far. But the Rebel yell has been heard in Maine, if not in Washingtor Tue colored exodusters are now turning their attention to Ohio, where the prospect for new eettlers is said to be excellent in conse- quence of so many of her favorit sons being ap- pointed to office. A GREAT many people would like to know whioh Mr. Conkling would prefer for President, Blaine or Sherman, if ho was reduced to the ne- cessity of making a choice between those two gentlamen. Tue Washington Republican calls atten- tion to tho fact that “ Illinois has always had re- markable good luck with her Presidential candi- dates.” Yes; better than Ohio, with all their bragging. ReFernme to the Horr-Cox debate, a ‘Washington newspaper states that members of Congress are never so attentive to the discus- sions as when fun is expected. Tae Maine Fusionisis now declare that they-will appeal to the ballot-box.- Woll, no- body will object to that, uniess they stuff it, Tre Iowa Legislature stands 13 for Grant and 65 for other candidates, TRON-MAKING AND DUD ‘DUDLEY. ‘Three hundred years ago tho iron-furnaces of England were swallowing up everything in tho way of timber. that would burn. In 158lan act was passed probibiting the conversion of wood into fuel for the making of iron within fourteen miles of the Thames; forbidding the erection of | new iron-works within twenty-two miles of Lon- don; and restricting the number of works in Kent, Surrey, and Sussex. A hundred years later the waste of timber had become 60 great ‘that the penalties for infringement of the statutes were ‘more rigorously enforced; and during the civil wars all the iron-works belong- ing to Royalists throughout England and Wales were razed tothe ground, in order to preserve the supply of timber for shipbuilding and other necessary purposes. It was deemed better to import iron than to manufacture it at home, and hence the iron-industry of Great Britain was practically destroyed. Bfeantime the vast de- posits of coal imbedded in the earth. lay undis- turbed. There existed an absurd prejudice against the use of sca, or pit coal us it was called, for any purpose. It was believed to be poisonous when burnt in dwellings. All sorts of diseases were attributed to its presumed malign influence, and at one time to burn it was made a penal offense. The progress of invention and discovery at: that time was very slow. The practical arts were envoloped in profound mys- tery. Every improved method of manufacture was guarded with tho most jealous care. Skilled artisans were called “cunning men." And, as the cunning men concealed their processes, 50 they feared new improvementsasa mennce to the advantages they had gained over their fel- lows. Ono Sturtevant, aGerman, skilled in min- jing, took out the first patent, in 1612, “to neale, melt, and worke, allkind of metal oares, irons, and steeles with sca-coalo, pit-coale, enrth-coale, and brush fewell.”. But he failed, and his patent was canceled. Ravenzon followed Sturtevant, and failed also. In 1620, Dud Dudley, the natural son of Lord Dudley, of Dudley Custle, took out a patent “for melting iron-ore, making bar-iron, ete., with coal in furnaces with bellows.” Tho town of -Dudley was a centre of iron manufact- ‘ure,—small wares, nails, horse-shocs, keys, locks, and common agrioultural implements. ‘Within a circuit of ten miles of Dudley Castle there were 20,000 smiths and workers in iron, But the county had been bereft of its timber to foed the fires of the smiths’ furnaces, and many of them were idle for want of fuel. But there was abundance of coal, ironstone, and limestonein the vicinity. Dudley says: “The conjunction seemed almost providential, as if God had decreed the time when and how these smiths should be supplied, and this Island also, with iron; and most especially that this coal and ironstone should give the first and just occasion for the invention of smelting iron with plt-coal,” In a year fromthe issuance of the patent young Dudloy—scarocly of age—sent up to the ‘Tower by the King’s command 2 quantity of the new fron for trial. It was pronounced good mer- chantadie iron. Dudley says: “A fowling-gun was made of the pit-coal iron, which was well approved.” But, notwithstanding his success, Dudley’s troubles had just commenced. In less than ayear the great Muy-Day flood destroyed his works, and, what was worse, he received no sympathy for his loss. On the contrary, the cbar- coal iron-smelters of the district rejoiced at Dudley’s misfortune. He paid the pen~ alty of genius.’ He mads good iron by his patent proccss, and sold {t cheaper than his neighbors could afford to sell their old-process iron. They declared that to smelt iron with coal was a dangerous innova- tion, and could only result in some great public calamity. ‘They appealed to King James to put a stop to Dud’s manufacture. The flood did what the King’ declined todo. But Dudley was energetic, and soon had his works in full opera- tion. Again the jealous ironmasters appealed to the King, and the. King commanded him to “gond up to the Tower of London with every ble spoed quantities of all the sorts of bar fron made by him fit for the making of muskets, carbines, and iron for great bolts for shipping.” Again the Dudley fron stood the test of the ower experiments. Then the ironmasters de- nounced the new process a8 & monopoly and de- } manded its abolition, and succeeded in cutting patent from thirty-one riod of the down the period of equ to Dud's to fourteen years, Them once mighty woodland j narrative, he wenton with the manufacture “cheerfully,and made annually great store of fron good and mefchantable, and sold it unto divers men at £12 per- ton.” -But his respite from persecution was bricf. The fronmasters combined against the.inventor, resisted his invention, and pursucd him until he was forced to quit his works at Cradley. Then he_went' to. Stafford‘ and set up a furnace, whence ho was s00n. expelled, whereupon . he erected at Hasco Bridge, near Sedgeloy, a Jarge stone furnace which turned out seven tons of iron per weok, “the greatest quantity of pit- coal iron,” he says, “ever yet made in Great Britain.” But the new works were scarcely in operation when a mob of workmen, instigated by the charcoal ironmesters, broke in upon them, cut in pieces the bollows, destroyed the machinery, and Inid thegproduct of his genius, industry, ant\persererfhce in ruins. From that time forward Dudley was the sub- ject of remorseless persecution. He was at- tacked by mobs, worried by lawsuits, and event- ually overwhelmed by debts. Then he was seized by his creditors and sent up to London and helda prisoner. Being reloased from prison he appealed to Charles I. for a renewal of his patent, which was granted in 1638.’ Bofore new works could be completed the civil war broke out, and Dudley espoused the cause of the King. All through tho war he served with credit, for he was assigned to'various important trusts. But at its close he wus penniloss, for the remnant of his estate was sequestered by Parliament. ‘His house at Worcester, had been seized, and his invalid wife turned out of doors; and his goods, stock, great shop, and iron-works, valued at £2,000, were destroyed.” With these went all the offices ho had held from the King. Dudley was a pauper! But inhisdestitu- tion he remained tho sole possessor of the secret of smelting iron with pit-coal. And even Crom- well, who was interested in tho iron-works in the Forest of Dean, failed to wring the secret from him: One Maj. Wildmun, in tho interost of the Protector, bought Dudley's sequestered estate in the hope of extorting the sccret from its pos; sessor, but he fafled. The energetio and pug- nacious inventor, noasly three-score years old, held out obstinately, and upon the Restoration immediately applied for a renewal of his patent. In this he failed, notwithstanding his great serv- ices toand sacrifices in behalf of the Crown. An- other, having more influential friends at Court, succeeded, but Dudley still held the secret, and the enterprise, deprived of his aid, came to nothing. One of his petitions for a renowal of his patent and the restoration of the offices he had held illustrates the pluok of the veteran iron-worker no less. than the ingratitude of Kings. It prays that “a dwelling-house belong- ing toa known traitor may bo assigned to him, and reminds the King that his own (Dudley's) house in the City of Worcester had been glyen up by him for the service of his father—Charles L—and turned into a fuctory for arms.” In 1661 a patent was granted to William Cham- berlaine and —— Dudley. Presumably this was Dud Dudley, for in his Metalum Martis, pub- lished in 1665, he describes himself as living at Green Lodge in Staffordshire, and says that near it are four forges where he practices his “ per- fect invention.” He adds, however: “Yet the author hath bad no benefit thereby to his pres- ent.” From this time forward Dudley disap- pears from public view. He died ut St. Helens in 1684, aged 85, and his secret died with him. For it was at least fifty years before the art of smelting with pit coal was revived in England at the Coalbrookdale Iron- Works. ———___— PERSONALS. Susan Anthony is visiting Washington all alone. : Senator Blaine’s $600,000. Parson Hayden is a good carpenter, and proposes abandoning the ministry and resuming his original trade. . The present winter has been an unusually pleasant one, barring a fow challenges between Hanlan and Courtney. 3 The trial of Charles De Young, editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, for shooting Kal- loch, will soon be begun. Miss Lizzie Hammond, a pretty white girl of 18, has been sentenced to 2 year. in the Vir- gina Penitentiary for horso-stealing. A monument has been erected at Warren, N. C., to Anna Custis Lee, 2 daughter of the dend General, who died during the ‘carly part of the War. : The City-Attorney of San Francisco has decided that a bill of $105, presented by the Palaco Hotel for entertaining Gen. Grant, can- not be paid by the city. A Washington paper notes the fact that Vice-President Wheeler went to a state dinner at the White House one day inst woek on foot. Did it expoct him to use a velocipede? A Western paper wants the Government to “ give the Indians 2 show.” We hope Mr. Hayes will not be so inhuman as to bire a Juvenile “Pinafore” Company for this purpose. Of course the red men are tough citizens, but it should be remembered that America claims to be a civilized nation. A lady who has been trying, without suc- cess, to secure employment for her son, writes to Tu TribuNE about it, and asks: “ Why is the world so full?” You are wrong, madame, Of course, there are now and then isolated in- stances where people are full, but as a rule the world is cold sober. ‘ Ladies who are inclined to flirt will be in- terested in this item. George Brooks and his wife were ‘prisoners in the Chattanooga, Tenn., Jail, he being confined in acell and the woman allowed the liberty of the corridors. She per- sistently flirted with an adjacent horse-thief, and although her wretched husband could wit- ness the performance he was powerless to pre- vent it, The novelty of the situation did not atone for.the torture it inflicted, and he com- mitted suicide. Francis Joseph, says 2 London paper, showed himself a generous cousin to Alfonso’s bride. He gave her 1,000,000 thalers out of bis own private fortune, and sent her away in great- er state than was observed at the departure of his only daughter when éhe was married. The trousseaux filled five railway vans. Under- clothing was on tho scale of twelve dozon dozens, The twelve robes which Alfonso pays for.are said to be stagey, overladon with metal- lic embruidery, and unsuited to an extremely slight young girl. ; ‘The cultured and esthetic residents of St. Louis are interested just now in the suit for divorce brought by “Will” Marplo, an artist of that city, against his wife. One of “Will's” principal grievances is the fact that at a recent art exhibition the stony-hearted female sent to the Committee having in charge the arrange- ment of the works of art a broken frying-pan, with a request that the gentlemen would give it a conspicuous place, as an example of the way in which the talented Mr. Marple provided for his family’s necessities. History repeats itself. “When Commodore Vanderbilt wished to start in..the steamboat ‘pusiness,” says Cornelius Vanderbilt, ‘he had Dut $9,000 of the $15,000 neccessary fora pur- chase, and bis wife went to a corner where she had concealed the $10,000 shé had saved without his knowledge, and brought forth the needed funds, thus laying the foundation of the ‘Vander- pilt fortune.” Not long ago a Chicago woman wanted to start a ‘spring bonnet, but had only. $17. ‘Her husband wont to a corner in wheat where he bad concealed $10,000, and took out $12, which he gave to his wife, thus establishing a bonnet which was such a duck of a thing that the wearer captured the affectons of another woman's husband, with whom she subsoquently ran away. : : CARD. ; Mr. W. E. Higley’s many friends: will bo glad to know that he may hereafter be found with Messrs.S. Hyman & Co., northeast corner of State snd Madison streets, who undoubtedly carry the largest stock of strictly first-class diamonds, watches, silverware,. French clocks, and jewelry in the city. _——————> BUSINESS MEN SHOULD NOT FORGET that Charles Kern, ox-Sherlff, not only serves promptly the best business-lunch in Chicago, put the most delicious steamed, broiled, and raw oysters you ever ate, as well as five of the best beers in the world. Try 103 and 110 LaSalle street once. fortune is estimated at —>_— DRUNKENNESS, ‘Dr.D Unger, discoverer of the ciuchona cure for drunkenness, cures all cases. Boom 27 Palmer House. $$$ Buck & Rayner’s Cold Gream softens the skin that hs been injured by baneful cosmetics. Bad dirams, disturbed sleep, Indigestion, stom~ ach gas,ll vanishes before Hop Bitters, INGERSOLL ON POLITICS. His Views of the Oandidates~Grant, Blaine, | ~ Shermian, Washburne, Tilden, Bay- -' ard, Seymour, Hendricks, He Thinks the Contest Will Be Between Blaine and Sherman, and that “Blaine Has thé Bulge. Southern Treatment of the Negro and Finan- cia! Matters to Be the Leading Issues of the Campaign. Col. Robert G. Ingersoll was interviewed yesterday by a Journal reporter, with the following result: When found, he was just announcing to some friends that he was go- ing next .to Toledo, where he would preach on Sunday. Some one asked: “What are they doing in Washington?” “Egad!” said the Colonel, with a chuckle and a readjust- ment of his glasses, ‘‘ they are all looking af- ter their chances. Everyone has his light- ning-rod ‘away up, in expectation of a Presi- dential stroke, and is afraid to vote even to adjourn, lest in some way his ‘chances’ should be injured.” Another party asked after Maine. Inger- soll replied. that the turn of affairs in that | State gave Blaine a boost. He added that MAINE AND VERMONT were eying each other jealously. Vermont | seemed to have its breath taken away at the suggestion that anything new or great could come from down in’ Maine or New Hamp- shire. The reporter then began to take the place of examiner, asking first as to the de- gree of favor with which the selection of Chicago as the place for holding the Repub- lican Convention was looked upon in the East? F: Col. Ingersoll—Chicago is a good place, a first-class place. “Ts the selection looked upon as favorable to any one candidate over another ?”” “Nota bit of it. Itis feltthat all will have a fair and Equal show.” “Do you think any one will be nominated by acclamation?” “T do not.” “Who will be the leading candidate 7” “Blaine wilt have the most votes on the first ballot, I think.” “From what parts of the country will they come ?” “He will have four New England States, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, fevada, Oregon, Michi- gun California, and half of the Southern a “Name the New England States you reck- on on. ee teue “Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, and New Hampshire: Possibly he will get Rhode Island. He only got one vote from that sec- tion last time. He would have Massachusetts this time had it not been for thespeech which he made in which he gave the old Common- wealth . A SKINNING about its action in the war of 1812.7 __ “On what grounds -will’ these different States give their support to Blaine?” “Well, I form my opinions from what I hear in the different States,” “What other names are likely to come be- fore the Copyention 2” “Tf think John Sherman will get some votes from the Southern States, and the Ohio delegation, on account of his being Secretary of the Treasury. He is a good man and would make a good President. His brother being General of the Army, I don’t believe the American people would make him Presi- dent. It would be giv ng too much power into the hands of one family, Besides he has been connected with Hayes’ Administration, which would be a great load to carry.” Would he not get a large German vote?” “T don’t think he speaks German.” “Well, would not his financial policy se- cure it?” : “ Bis financial views arose simply from his being compelled to carry out the law. After resumption came, his proposition to. take away from the preenback its legal-tender. quality was‘ ill-timed, with little general favor. As long as the people can haye gold for greenbacks on de- mand,it fs no hardship to make them a legal- tender. That day has passed when gold could not be got—there was the hardship.” “You have mentioned two candidates. Are younot going to RECKON GRANT among the possible candidates ?” “Tdon’t think he will beacandidate. I don’t think he wants it. There are men who are pushing him on _their_own account. Grant was a great soldier. He won the re- spect of the civilized world. He commanded the largest army that ever fought for free- dom, and to make him President would not add a solitary leaf to the wreath of fame already on his brow; and, should he_ be elected, the only thing he could do would be to keep the old wreatu from fading.” “Will not some of the men who are push- ing Gen. Grant try to get the nomination for themselves in case, for any reason, it is not iven to him? Are there not dark horses ack of Grant?” “Phere will be no more’ dark-horse busi- ness this time. That was tried at Cincinna.i, and that style of horse has grown remark- ably unpopular, We want a horse of an- other color. We don’t want to elect a Hayes and then see what will hatch out.” “Jaye you noticed any sectional feeling in the matter of President-making ?” “J don’t think any such prejudice will have any weight in the Convention.” “Tow do you think Washburne will run 2” “JT understand that he says he is not a can- didate for President, but he probably will be. Isuppose different States put forward different ones to be offered up on the altar of a complimentary, vote. The real contest will be between Blaine and Sherman.” “Don't you count Conkling among the can- didates?” “T don’t believe he is a candidate. I be- lieve Blaine would run better than any other man; he is the only man we can with any certainty feel we can elect. There is a wide- spread prejudice against a third term.” “What of Tilden?” | ? “Ye would not injure Blaine’s clalins if nominated by the Democrats. In fact, Til- den is an easy man to beat, and it may be that the Democrats wall be forced to put up the very one they can’telec! “Do you think the delegates to the Conven- tion will vote independently or by delega- tions ? “T believe the State delegations will be united. 1 judge from what has been the case in the past.” “WWho is your choice for second place on the ticket ?” (Hesitating) “1 don’t know, I am sure. The office, it Blaine should be af the head of the ticket, would naturally fail to the West. 1 think the coming Presidential contest fadded not in response to any question] will e the fiercest this country has ever seen, but I oe nok fear par trouble ps aresult.? nd on what issues “The ‘shirt? The whole history of the War will have to be Fone over, the treat- ment of the blacks in the South, the payment of the National debt, the financial questions; for Lbelieve the Greenback party will- put forward a candidate.” “Who ail the Democrats_put forward 2” “The man needed by the Democrats for a candidate is one who Was opposed to the War, but never said _so,—Some man that was really a Rebel that you can’t prove it on.” “Does Tilden, Bayard, or Seymour fit the requirements ?” 2 aithere you can prove it. Bayard comes from p bad State te will never elect a e American peo] vill never ¢ a President from a State with a whipping- ei z, “What. do you think of Hendricks’ chances 2” “Hendricks -has the cards if he has the boldness to play them. The Democrats can- not get along without Indiana. I should as soon see Iendricks elected as any Democrat. Seymour isa good aan ite old, and 1 ess does not want Ul ais there a probability of there being any material change made in the Election laws before the Presidential contest ?”” Not by Congress. The States can make changes 30 as to elect Electors from Con- gressional Districts or by the Legislature, unless ‘there is something prohibitory in their Constitutions, But this would look too much like a trick. There ought to be a neral law, instead of the several State lectors meeting separately, for them to jneetin a body for the choice of President, and the Electors Should be absolutely independ- ent, so that the ‘Executive should be inde- pendent of the ‘Legislative and Judiciary De- partments of the Government. This Gov- ernment.can never nd another High- Joint Commission. I believe, however, the contest will not be so close in as to need one. A close vote of that kind will not i-advised, and’ met’ occur once acentury. I¢ falls under the law orgs a parting ben Ingersoll : a part ediction, Col. In: said to the re) sorter: © Notwithstan pub- lic excitement t cause of intellectual reedom is progressing magnificently. There are ten times as many liberal-minded people as there were Inst year, and whether Demo- crats, or Republicans get control, there are already liberal people enough to see to it that the Nation is preserved.” - The Colonel here arose from the seat where he had been sitting while an artist was trans- ferring his face to canvass, and the reporter soon left him in animated conversation with friends who had dropped_in upon the sub- ject of Tom Paine and the Declaration of In- dependence, BESSEMER RAILS. ‘Western Manufacturers Want the Tarif. Maintained. There is a bill pending in Congress, intro- duced by Senator Eaton, relating to the tariff on steel rails, It is in the hands of the Ways and Means Committee of the House, and the American Stee! Company have sent for some ofthe Bessemer steel manufacturers of the West tocometo Washington and meet the railroad interests before the Committee. Last evening Mr. O. W. Potter, President of the North-Chicago Rolling Mills, Mr. Mason, a prominent high-tariff advocate, and Emery A. Storrs, the latter in the interest of all the iron and | steel men of this city and vicinity, started for Washington. It Possible _ that ~ representatives from the Union lling . Mills and the Joliet Iron’ & Steel Works have gone, too, but concerning this fact the reporter was unable to ascertain. Mr. Potter informed the reporter, however, that the Inst-men- tioned companies would have a representa- tive there, but possibly their interests would be looked after by Eastern men. The:matter will come up for hearing next Tuesday. Mr. Potter yesterday afternoon reiterated to the reporter the statement made by him in a fone, inter Towesuamely: thst Be shad no athy wil 6 present hi ices of steel, and he said this would Sveaken the cause of the Bessemer men before the Committee; yet he did not think it would be right to break up _ the whole iron interest in this counti because there were a few unprincipl men engaged in the traffic. _He said, further- more, that it was next to impossible for him to leave at the present time, but the Compan: with: which he was connected had enoug! interests at’ stake to warrant him in doing what he could to ward off the impending blow, although he believed they would be defeated. What he would like would be to have & committee appointed, composed of outside, disinterested partics; let the rnil- road-men and the business-inen be brought before that Committee, and if it could be shown that the steel-manufacturers were robbing the railroads of all they had, then let Congress close them up and wipe them out; if it was shown that they were getting double what they ought to, then let the Government half ruin them; and if it was shown that the steel-men were only doing what was right, then let them be allowed to go on in their business uninterrupted. $$ BUSINESS NOTICES. Arend’s Kumyss, tho daintlest of foods and most potent tonic in form of a pleasant beverage, a mild milk-wine. Nothing else 6o rapidly enriches the blood. Dyspeptics, the weak and delicate generally, shoul ‘ink it. It affords immediate comfort, and often re- stores health after all else has failed. To be had only at 179 Madison street. CLHOEAP TRANSPORTATION. THE PROSSER CAR. The great problem of the present day we think has been solved by a Chicago citizen. ‘The millions of dollars annually spent upon our canals and rivers seem to be just somuch money wasted or nearly so. Canals in the past have done much for the country, but their day has gone. They have been almost superseded by the rail- roads, and have only been able to retain what favor they now hold on the public by Government subsidies. The invention of the a PROSSER CAR has made it possible for our railroads to transport the millions of bushels of grain now in the bursting cribs and elevators in the Western States to the starving millions of Europe at.a cost so low that the water-lines cannot compete; made it possible to carry five bushels of grain for what it now costs to carry one. Millions of acres, now almost worthless because of the great cost of getting its products to market, will become very valuable. Land upon the banks of the Red River of the North in America and that upon the banks of the Thames in England will ap- proach each other in price, instead of as now, when one commands several hundred times as much as the other, although the Red River land may be intrinsically the most valuable for agricultural purposes. ‘We shall not be compelled to wait lon for this to come. We live in a fast age, and a single decade will see enormous changes in the manner and cost of transporting our cereals to the seaboard, as a sequence to the invention of the Cylinder Car. We have published a mechanical description in a pre- vious issue. To those who did not see that issue we will simply say that the cylinders are the wheels, and thegrainisputdirectly in them and ‘rolled over and over to market. ‘The effect. upon the grain by arrange- ments is beneficial, and not injurious, as many feared before it was put into actual use, the question of attrition having been carefully considered and fully met. All railroad men who have rode upon it and carefully noticed its action unqualifiedly in- lorse it. A company has been formed for the pur- pose of manufacturing and using these cars. tiscalled the Prosser Twin- linger Car Company. Its office is at 129 La Salle street. We know of no enterprise that has been pre- sented to the public during the last century which promised so large returns for a small investment, or where the financial outlook has been more flattering than this, although we have known of some stuck companies which have paid enormously, among them the Buffalo Grape-Sugar Company, organized in 1874, with a capital stock of $20,000, di- vided into 200 shares of $100 each. Now each of these shares is worth and can be sold for $20, k Tribune 000. Stock in the New Yor! Company has been frequently sold for $10,000 per share. Edison’s Electric Light stock had a sud- den and marked raise last year, from $33 per share to $4,600, and that, too, before he had made demonstrations proving his light prac- tical and valuable. The Bell Telephone stock was sold in June at $34 per share; to-day it finds ready pur- chasers at $1,600. ‘There is every reason to belicve Prosser Car Company’s stock will have 5 plstory parallel with those mentioned. With suel flattering’ prospects now, what will it be when our General Government authorizes the building of a railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific for frelent retaining the one feature of the canals made them val- uable long after it was plain that they were destined to be abandoned for a railroad sys- tem,—that is, a perfect equality as to the right of use by every one upon paying definite” tolls, of course, under such restriction as may be found necessary ? SAPANULE. CURES BY ABSORPTION. , Rheumatism! Neuralgia! Malaria! “Sapanule.” the, Trondertul sLY CERIBE Loriom, ; it has never fatle Ise ea aS ene" A Chale Lameness, Lamelliack, Lumbago, Sprains Files Chapped Hands, Chibiains, Buntons, and all diseases of the Skin, Ery- sipolas, Salt Rhenm, Ecrema, Humors of the Beal als LALO! lis es. fammatory, diséetmediata relief, and o permanent arcEr asing “Sapanaie.” Used ‘in sponge or foot fais removes all soreness of ody, limbs and foot. datisfactiod guaranteed OF x4 Saristactio Se Brice, doo. sad $1 per Botte Se nd for illuminated ctreular and Samuel Con priet ‘237 Broadway, N.Y. tors, Ones TRISON, PLUMMER & CO. ‘Wholesale Agents, Chicazo, Th 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. . THE TRIBUNE WEATHER-MAP. ' From Observations Made by the Signal-Service, U. S. A. at 11 P.M, ‘Washington Mean Time, Jan. $1, 1880. sles "Patent Applied For. ) arzoxtun ay @= 30.30 Tot yo spapolla Bar 20.08, -8T.PauD Té R Bar 30.365 * T 36 oh, ip Baw Clade PES MoInkg PF 30.36 2 , ot @Qer, OMAHA 8x es7 T 27 -StJoreph LEAVENW hfe SORTH EQKUK aur 30.22 Quincy Springield) 40 ton Bar 30.21 TenessOh Ta5 Bans ST.Louis le ° Lringhads FT.cigson .*. Bar 30.40 Taz ia Bar 30.36, 1 13° Lafayette, Bar 30.12, ‘T32 INDIANAPOLIS 9 a ew-ATbany »/f QUISVILLE \ Hunting Sox TOIRe Ph NASHVILLE JAIRO % Bar 30.33 oHickfadn 739 Longitads Wert trefa W ashingty + ii O olf. Pei. Cloudy. Rain. Snow. ‘Arrows polat tn the direction the wind ls blowing. Feathers upon arrows QQQAe Hand, HeNally Con, Kegravecs and ‘ ‘ap Publahers, Chicago. ESCANABAn § 4 i) Hey PITTSBURQS Bar 70.034) Logansport Wanafela® Céloiibus tu X? CINCINNATI 4% Bar 20.79 Sastry Ors” ora 9 PY Bar 30.22 o T37 White Suiphures wensroro Springs eLivingston Scale of At B Observations taken ot the same moment of time at all stations. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. Tima Bar. |Ther| Hu. | Wind, Veljien) Weather), Time. (Bar Ther) Hu | Wind m,| 028-20 | 70 |W. canara ol | & a m.| 302) 3 | 70 (WW. 5:00 p. m2] 34 | 6L a.m. we 23 1 s_IW: $10:18 p. m.io0s] 30 | 8 ‘Minimum thermometer, 3; maximum thermometer. 13, INDICATIONS. OF¥FIce oF THE CHEF SIGNAL OrFIcEn, WasHINeTON, D. C., Feb. 1-1 a m—For the Lake region, areas of light snow, partly cloudy, slightly colder weather, southwest to northwest winds, and rising barometer. For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, northerly to westerly clear weather, stationary or slowly rising barometer, and slight changes in ippi and Lower Missouri Vi lowed by falling barometer, northwesterly winds, becoming variable, and s! For the Upper Miss! jn_temperature. winds, and partly cloudy or tempera F ‘alleys, clear or fair weather, rising, fol- light change EMBROIDERIES, & SPECIAL SALE. RIDGES’ MAIN STORE. 2,000 pes. Hamburg Edging and Insert- ing, our own importation, worked on extra quality cambric, and many new patterns not to be had else- where---popular Jow prices. 200 pes. good Edging at 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8c. 200 pes Fine Edge, new patterns, at 10, 12 1-2, and 15c, 600 pes. Hamburg Edge, 2 to 4 inches deep, at 15, 18, 20, and 25c. 300 pes. Hamburg Embroidery, fine work, best cambric, at 30, 35, 40, 50, and 60c. 200 pes. Hamburg Embroidery, 6 to 12 inches deep, at 75, 85c, $1, $1.10, and $1.25. Muslin Underwear. 200 doz. Ladies’ Chemises, good muslin, with edging and inserting, at 45 and ec. 50 doz. Ladies’ Chemises, Fruit-of-the- Loom muslin, nioely trimmed with fine emb., at 75, 85, 95c, and $1. 20 doz. Skirts, good muslin, 10 tucks, only 50c. 25 doz. Skirts, good muslin, 15 to 25 tucks, at 65, 75, 85, and 95¢. 20 doz. Night Dresses, lace edge, at 60c. 15 doz. Night Robes, 8 and 10 tucks, at 75 and 85c. : 50 doz. Night Robes, Fruit-of-the-Loom muslin, with fine tucks, emb., and ‘ inserting, at $1, $1.12 1-2, $1.20, and $1.35. PARDRIDCES’ MAIN STORE, 114 & 116 State-st. DISSOLUTION NOTICES. DISSOLUTION. ‘The partnership heretofore existing under the frm name of Berg & McCann, doing a general job printing business, fs this day dissolved by mutual consent, John V. Berg retiring from sald firm, ‘The business will be continued by Jas. R. McCann, who will assume the Itabilities and collect all the debts of said firm. ‘Dated at Chicago, IIL, this dist day of January, 1880. BERG & MCCANN. Jomx V. BERG, } Jas. RB. McCANx. MEDICAL. HALL'S = BALSAM Cures Colds, Pneumonia, Bronchiti Asthma, Croup Whooping Congh, ani all diseases of the Breathing Organs. It soothés and heals the Membrane cf the Lungs, inflamed and poisoned by the disease, and prevents the night sweats and tightness across the chest which accompany it. CONSUMPTION is not an incurable malady. Itis only necessary to haye the rigt remedy, and HALL’S BALSAMis that remedy. DONT DESPAIR OF REBIEF, for. this benign specific will cure yon, even though professional aid fails. - HENRY’S 2 GARBOLIG SALVE, The Most Powerful Heali Agent ever Discovered. e. Henry's Carbolic Salve cures the worst a ores. 1s Carbolic Salve allays the patn of burns. Henry’s Carbolic Saleo cures all serum tions. Henry’s Carbolic Salve heals pimples and blotches. Henry's Carbolic Salve will cure cuts and bruises. Ask for Henry’s, and Take No Other. '@ BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS. 8 JOHN F. HENEY, CURRAN & CO., Sole Proprietors, 24 Coliege Place, New York PROFESSIONAL. OPIUM, MORPHINE CRAVE DRUNKENNESS. ticed only by D! ES! PRATT. Kooms, Central Musle-Hall. Correspondence solicit ed. Reception Room 23. Consultation troe. Positive proof given. OCEAN NAVIGATION. STATE LINE To Glasgow, Liverpoo!, Dublin, Belfast, and Londome dary from N-Yoovery Thursday. BYrst cabin, oe, according, te accommodation. Second Lashes AUSTIN, BALDWIN & CO, ‘TB Bronaway, N. ¥;, and 158 Randolph-st., Chicago. JOHN BLUGEN, Western Manager, —- WHITESTAR LINE rrying the United States ané Royal Mall between New York and Liverpool. For passage apply toCome pany’s office, 48 South Clark-st. LFRED LAGERGREN. Gen’! Western Agent, 2-Drafte on Groat Britain and fretand, CUNARD MAIL LIVE. Salling twice nweckvo and from British Porte Fase o Tickets trom Liverpool, Queenstown, A Dublin, Beltast, and Londonderry at lowest rates, ‘Company's Office, corner Clark and Randoiph-stz, Chicago. P.H. DU VE: Gen'l Westorn Agent. BROWN’S BRONCHIAL THROCHES. A Cough, Cl Sore Throat Requires Immediate Attention, Any of these ailments, tf allowed to continue, cause irritation ef the Lungs, » PRICE 35 CHS. Established Twenty-five Years. BROWWN’S CAUTION! ber ‘Tho popalarity of the ‘Trocurs has ued ‘ev- eral countertelt) poor. worthless tons. ‘Obtain only BROWN'S: BRONCHIAL TROCHES. permanent Throat Disease, memset renee | TEER Cp CS JEM He SS | Hite ty toe carat Trocixs have no |" cud aad Sota by 25c., 500. & 8L.C0, Sao e Coughe. Colds nod (The larger cheapest,) Throat Diseases generally. | JOHN I, BROWH & SONS, Boston. by all Drageists. (F Brown's Bronchial Trochos contain ingredients which also act specially on the organs of the VOICH. ‘They have an extraordinary efficacy in all affections ef the Throat and Larynx, restoring a healthy tone when relaxed either from cold or over-cxertion of the voice, and produce a clear enunciation. Thay 6r8 particularly recommended to SINGERS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS, and all whe are aMicted with Cough, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Influenza, Sore Throat, or Hoarseness. ES 25c.-WORLD-FAMED REMEDIES.-25¢. MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP, for Children Teething, &c. BROWN'S VERMIFUGE COMFITS, for Eradicating Worms in Children (unfailing) BROWN'S HOUSEHOLD PANACEA, for Relieving Pain, both Internal and External, BROWN'S CAMPHORATED DENTIFRICE, for Whitening and Preserving the Teeth. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS..