Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1880, Page 11

sale REAL ESTATE. | of an Entire Block at the South End of Lincoln Park, ich Is to Be Immediately Covered with Resi. than & yore Be fales of City Aativity In. Bull ‘The neglect - Lincoln Park dences. Dozen Handsome Houses to Built on Michigan Avenue. and Suburban Property in Lots and Acres. ilding—City Improvements—Mis- cellaneous. ‘ed territory at the south end of is the scene of anew enter- ase of great importance. Few persons ize that it is but two niles from the heart of the drives ant public atten ing locali ayenue, and Clark street and North avenue, west comer 0: avenue has been on the city to Lincoln Park, with its fine \d water views. For some reason tion has not run to this charm- ity at the north end of Dearborn north of the intersection of ‘The south- £ Dearborn avenue and North: market for YEARS WITHOUT BUYERS ‘The triangul lar block facing the park, North averiue, and Eugenie: street, hashad no charms forthe speculator or investor, although it* had the horse-cars on one side and fronts the’ &, tives and the the North Di Mcees it”? Mr. week the Jot with direct connection with the park-. most fashionable avenue in’ vision. But at last somebody H. & Shufeldt bought last on the southwest corner of Dearborn and North avenues, paying $23,500 forit. Then everybody ‘saw it,” and he was immediately offered $30,000 for his purchase ‘used it. The lot has a frontage of 150, ae Dearborn avenue and 125 feet feet on om North tion has- ‘been important between North avenue,.La Salle. more Ke block Ising transac- a much entire avenue. This followed by one. The street, ‘North Clark street, and Eugenie street has Hurlbut ‘Mr. Hurlbut, ‘been sold by E. S. Dreyer & Co, to. A. FOR $100,000. it is understood, represents a wealthy Eastern correspondent in this trans- action. This block has a frontage of 683 feet on Clark street, 579 feet on La Salle street, 906 feet on North avenue, and 56 feet on Eugenie street. The purchaser of this fine roperty ‘will go to work immediately to im- pail ‘The north end, 56 feet on Eugenie Btreet and 1% feet on Clark and La Salle streets, istobe reserved to besold fora private residence. Just south of this twelve new houses will be built at once, six on each street. The contract has already been let to Mr. Ostrom, and the New houses will be built the builder, bought. adjoining brick has been these on both streets as rapidly as tenants come forward. These houses will have mar- ble fronts, and will be three stories high, be- sides basement, with a frontage of 20 and 22 feet. They will rent for about $800 a year. Onthe southeast corner of the block a large private residence will be built. Just opposit, on the corner of Clark street and North ave- nue, Mr. Gates, of the firm of E. W. Blatch- ford & Co., is just FINISHING A FINE RESIDENCE. ‘These improvements and purchases have entirely chan; the vicinity. ged the real-estate outlook in One reason why the vacant ‘ Dlock just sold has remained unimproved so long has been the fact that buyers of single lots were afraid to venture in, not knowing what might be the character of the improvements next tothem. Now that the whole property has passed into a Bttractive tt 2 plan for building, this will y take its place as one of single hand, with a definit and guarter ie MOST ELIGIBLE RESIDENCE SPOTS Inthecity. People who live there will have ‘umarine view of the lake, over the trees of the bark, not to be rivaled by anythi else in Chicago, They will be in the continua- tion of the most fashionable thoroughfare of the North Division, and within easy distance of the heart of the city. - Michigan avenue, north of Thirty-fifth street, is to witness extraordinary improve- , mentsthis year. The rise in the value of Property there is shown by the refusal last ‘week of an offer of $400 a foot for the north- east corner o! ninth street. f Michigan avenue and ‘I'wenty- Noless than =: FOURTEEN FIRST-CLASS HOUSES to de built this year on this avenue for pri- vate residences are Bumbers more will summer. Mr, be, erp already planned, and during the Sheppard will build anelegant house on his fifty-foot lot at the northwest tomer of Twenty-eighth street. Mr. Geol Tee Miller wili build a ‘large double residence just north of - Twenty-ninth street. Mr. harles Mufr, of ‘the Board of Trade, has a Jot, west tfront, 100 feet north of Twenty- ninth street, on which he will put somethin, * nobby,” wit astone-front. Mr. Byron, 0: the Horn Silver Mine, will build on his prop- erty, 100 feet on the southeast corner of aeenty ninth street and Michigan avenue, a house that NOT BE SURPASSED IN ELEGANCE byanythingin the city. Mr. Nathan Corwith will be next door to tocost not less ete will come Mr. t. Byron, with a home $100,000, and: south of D. G, Hamilton, with a handsome stone front on his thirty-foot lot. ve feet sor Which he wil ett, of the Board of Trade, has forty- ith of Twenty-uinth street, on” ll erect a stone-front residence. Burtis, cashier of the Gas Company, will occupy the southeast corner of ‘Thirty-sec- oa Street with a desirable structure, and ad- ining him will be Mr. Uhiing, of Carson, Co. Mr. Grannis, of the Union irie, & National, will build between Thirty. id and Thirty-third street in entre of oes sage streets, in the centre of the THE NEW HOUSE of Mx How, a former President of the have of Trade. Mr. Henry Corwith will iM an establishment. not leas elegant than rother’s on the southeast corner of Mich- j8a0 avenue and Thirty-third street. His lot las frontage of 100 feet, with a west front, improvements are expected to cost Between greets the | Rot less than $100,000. re, has the pla le-fro: Mr. Gore, of Chapin plans perfected for a double house on his lot, south of th street on Michigan avenue. y-third and = Thirty-fourth i Wilson Brothers will build two Hfiy-foot houses adjoining each other, and on the next iS Brentuail {lock south Mr. house font. ‘These Lamb, of Lamb, 0., Will put a marble-fron' Jot fifty feet wide, with a west handsome residences, the ag- @regate cost of which will APPROACH A MILLION DOLLARS, ‘illmake this part of Michigan avenue be- yond ‘whe Jond question the fin sidence street in the city. Ajreat? est_ residence s' ii ere will the be Speculators are querying i boom strike next? Opinions fe almost equally divided between Drexel aulevard and the Grand boulevard. ding has begun unusually early this rn, tenting an eady numbers of houses for have been begun in the different farts of the city, and there is promi - e promise of un- tomegusity, to meet the want of new ac- The ions for our increasing population. one Building Ds epartment has issued sixty- PERMITS FOE BUILDINGS, $ cost “$880,000, In the building-permits is- sued during th i@ week were those to James Opata, to erect a N y two-story dwelling, Nine- ent street, near Throop, to cost "62,600; dneto J. Rouru! ent sto! Place, to co: eye a Bs tet? tiver, to erect to erect a one-story. and te, ‘Throop street, near Zion $2,700; one to Munger, Wheel- erect a six-story elevator, 100x corner of Lumber street and the Cast $260,000; one to M. Schell, to tw Bishop ee '0-5to: a court, near ‘Washington street, to cost $9,000; one to A, and awl hi larper, to erect a two-story store » corner of Van_ Buren street to erect a four-story Chaves avenue, to cost, $2,900; one to oooclling, No. 3 One to 617 7 Salle street, to cost $12,- Lorenz Brentano, to erect a four- Bloty dwelling, No. 865 North Clark street, to Pst $4,000; ations to 1s. Prussing, to erect a three-story facto: fourth and Arnold stigets to cost $12,000. Mr. Charles Bacharach jis to erecta four- story dwelling at once at No. 617 La Salle street, costing $12,000; and one to cost. $9,000, of'three stories, by AL Schell, on. Bishop court, near Washington street. Armour aida Munger nine tes Sars unger have mt permit iobulla ee ane A NEW ELEVATOR, six stories high, at the river and Lumber street. It will gocupy an area of 100x354 feet, and will be 135 feet high. ‘The new elevator will have a capacity of 1,500,000 bushels, and willbe ten cars in legngth. Active opera- tions will be commenced about April 1, and it is expected that the elevator will be ready for business by Oct. 1, the idea being to have it completed in time for the fall shipment of in. Though a smaller structure than levator D, the new building will cost not less than $350,000, the expense of constiuc- tion promising to be at least 30 per cent great- erthan the other, owing to the advance in price of iron and other nulldine foctert als. mong other new enterprises looking for a Chicago site is E . . A GLUCOSE MANUFACTORY in the hands of Eastern capitalists, They have been looking at the property in thebend of the river, being the corner on the North Side where the North Branch empties into the main stream. It can be purchased, no doubt, but in andition to this they are asking leave of the city to build a conduit under the river, connecting with the tunnel through which the West Side pumping-works are sup- plied with water, and that they may be al- lowed to pump their own water and be charged a nominal price therefor. They would consume enough water, under meter rates, to amount to about $80 per day, and this is an objection. to their locating’ here. ‘The city authorities are in favor of giving them the privileges they ask. : Real-estate agents are busy, though fewer of their sales are reported than when busi- ness was duller. When buyers were scarce corner of Twenty- and the market needed a stimulus, dealers. .Were quick to report sales. Now the situa- ‘tion-hias changed. It is the buyers who do the walking now, and brokers in many cases -refuse to give their sales for’ publication lest sellers become excited and raise their prices, A large purchase has been made of ACRE PROPERTY AT SOUTH CHICAGO by the North-Side Rolling-Mill Company. They have purchased niuety-five acres at the mouth of the Calumet, on the lake shore, paying not quite $ an acre. On this ground they will establish an addition to their North-Side Rolling-Mills. ‘The ‘growth of the iron manufacture of Chicago as astonishing. This city already manufact- ures more stéel rails than Pittsburg. Some other large purchases are reported to have been made in the outskirts of the city ‘by the Pullman Palace-Car Company, which will establish IMPORTANT WORKS TERE. A good deal of land has been bought on the West Side for railroad purposes. There is good reason to believe that the Baltimore & Qhio and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroads will move away trom the lake shore, and, with the Grand Trunk, join the mannnoth depot combination at the corner of AMadison and Canal streets, _ William A. Ewing has sold for P. F. Rot- inof, Block 8. Stone’s Addition, fronting 267 feet on the Lake-Shore drive and 125 feet on Division street, for $20,000, . Stone & Karnes sold the southeast corner of Michigan avenue and Forty-third street, 150x161 feet, for $11,250, Among the transfers last week was 30 feet to J.J. Gore, east front, 170 feet south of ‘Twenty-sixth street, at $275 per foot, and five feet to the same party at $300 per foot. Mr. J. H. Keeler has sold, at 5200 per foo the lot 46x185 on the northwest corner o! Page and Washington streets. Previous valu- gions, in this vicinity have been at $100 a vot, Thomas & Bragg report the following sales: 100x161 feet, southeast corner Michi- an avenue and Thirty-ninth street, for $11,000; Nos. 521 and 523 Suuth Robey street, two two-story and basement brick houses and lots, for $6,000; two lots on the Bloom- ingdate road, near Wood street, for $500; No. 345 Calumet avenue, frame cottage and lot 25 x178 feet, for $2,500; 241x100 feet, south fron! on Thirty-ninth street, between Indisna an Prairie avenues, for $1,320; five acres, being Block 3 of Lee’s Subdivision, in Sec. 20, 35, 14, for $2,000; cottage and lot on Madison street, between Oakley and Leavitt, for $8,000; and 50x178 feet, west front, on Wa- bash avenue, between Thirty-fo! and Thirty-tifth streets, for $4,750. . ML J. Richards has sold to. William Pate eighty acres of land at Arlington Heights, Cook County, for $60 per acre; also to T. P. Rellogg, 120 acres of land at Arlington Heights, Cook County, for $60 an acre; also to Charles W. Farnham, of Wisconsin,.thir- teen two-story brick residences on Walnut street, andtwo on Fulton street, between San Francisco street and Sacramento avenue, for $3,250 each; also to Thomas McCune, forty acres of land at Arlington Heights, Cook County, for $60 per acre. IN THE SALES OF THE WEEK were ten acres on Ashland avenue, southeast corner of Fifty-first street, $10,000; 49x125 feet on Aberdeen street, north of Adams, with 27x124 in rear, $7,000; 25x100 on_ Lilinois street, east of Pine, $2,500; 721 West Van Buren street, $5,500; 14x10 on Clinton street, near Washington, $3,500; 2414x180, improved, on Prairie avenue, north of Thirty-first street, $10,630; 25x75 on Van Buren street, east of Fifth avenu $11,500; 22x122 on War- ren avenue, west of Paulina street, $4,500; 139x161 on Michigan avenue, northeast cor- ner of Forty-third street,‘$11,124; 150x161 on Michigan avenue, southeast corner of Forty- third ‘street, $11,250; 50x123 on Church street, south of North avenue, improved, 3,500; 42x180 on Prairie avenue, north of ‘Thirty-first street, $5,000; 25x39 on North State street, south of Michigan, $5,000; 245¢x 152 on North Clark street, south of Grant, $2,950; Gl feet to Lake Michigan, on Lake View avenue, S400; 19 acres on Califoruia avenue, northwest corner of West Kinzie street, $67,300; 295x125 on ‘Throop street, north of Twelfth, $2,450; 233x180, improved, on Prairie avenue, south of Thirtieth street, $10,185; 243x124 on West Eighteenth street, northwest corner of Fisk, $6,100; 20x100, im- proved, on West Adams street, east of Ash- land avenue, $5,250; 62}¢x24 on Union street, north of Carrol! avenue, $2,542; 100 feet to river on West Water street, southeast corner Fulton, $15,000; 267 feet on Stone street, northeast corner of Division, to_the-Lake- Shore drive, $20,000; 4934x155 feet on North La’ Salle street, north Division, $6,500; 125x150 on West Washing- ton street, northwest corner of Carpenter, $25,000; | 25x125, improved, on Sedgw north o£ Sigel, $2,500; 225x100 on Wal avenue, southeast corner of Thirty-fourth street, and 178x119 on Carroll avenue, south- west corner of St. John’s place, with 61/¢x 11944 feet opposit, $92,000: 24x110, improved, on {ndiana avenue, northeast corner oi Thirtieth street, $9,000. : LOAN TRANSACTIONS compare as follows for the past two weeks: This week. || Previous week. No.| Amount.{|No.{ Amount. fortgages .. “141,919|] 4}§ 129,302 Toustdpeds y0s\3is|} 103" 273,858 250,263} ] 1441§ 408,220 17,202 || 101)” 266,065 ‘The Hlinois Central is now spending $200,- 000-in laying two new side-tracks between CHICAGO AND PARKSIDE < for its suburban travel. It is also having built a number of cars of the New York Ele- vated Railway pattern, which will weigh only fourteen tons empty, and no more when loaded than the coaches now in use when empty. Judge Gary has confirmed the report of the Commissioners upon the assessment of ben- efits for ‘WIDENING STATE STREET to Thirty-ninth, and the work of setting back the buildings on the east-sideof the street will commence atonce. JACKSON STREET BRIDGE. The Committee on Streets and Alleys for the West Division meet to-morrow after- noon at3 o’clock, in the Council Chamber, City-Hall, and the petition of the Fort Wayne Railway to vacate Jackson street between Canal street arid the river will be acted upon. This being an important meeting of the Com mittee, it will undoubtedly be largely attend- ed by representatives of the raifroad inter- ests and the West Siders who are anxious to- have a bridge at this, the last place left for one between Madison and Twelfth streets, THE DEARBORN STREET BRIDGE roject is being pushed by some of the lead- prolert Jens at the North Side. Ata meet- Jast week, attended among others by C. ing 3 ‘ick, W. HL. Wood, F. A. Stevens, ra aon rata ‘Van Osdel, ‘Thomas Mackin, W. M. Devine, R. J. Stearns, Henry P. Isham, Cyrus Bently, J. Ml. Gamble, Frank- lin Sawyer, Joseph Hopson, and orge Manierre, a resolution was adopted, that “in yiew of the pressing. necessities of the citi- zens of this city, the crowded condition of the present bridges, and their manifest’ in- adequacy to accommodate the intercommuni- cation of the different divisions of the city, it of’ is the judgment of this meeti ; should beconstructed at. Dearborn ate ke out further delay.” Assistant City Engineer Artingstall estimates the. amount which it will cost the city to ‘build its portion of the structure.. ‘The total is placed: at $59,282.95, This inchides a draw of the usu: length with the necessary piers anda Shot viaduet or approach at each end; together with an approach north of North Water street, lead- ing up.to the abutment on the north side of that street, across which the Northwestern Railway would have. to construct a viaduct over its track, but does not include land damages, or damages on account of a change off orilinances to al e ordinances low. the Illinois Cen- tral Railroad to build a viaduct Mee ack traeks from the western terminus of Ran- dolph street at Michigan avenue to the jake, and to have viaducts built over all -the rail- roads .on Randolph, Washington, Madison, and Monroe streets, have been referred to the Law Department to be put into such shape as to protect the Heuts of the city, ‘The bids for planking Centre avenue from Twenty-second'strect to its southern termi- nus were: W. W. Watson bid 8334 cents per linear foot, each side of the street: J. B. Smith & Co., 88 cents; Bartedma & Schaefer, the whole work for $2,100, beginning at once, or for $1,990 after the opening of navigation. ‘The assessment is $Scents per foot, and will probably be let to Sinith & Co. Commissioner Waller declines to allow the Chicago & Alton to lay a double track along a portion of its lines within the city, on the proand that for twenty-three years the road. has not complied with the terms of ‘its fran- chise, which requires that it plank the streets through which it runs. Commissioner Waller has rejected as too high all the bids for 1,000,000 sewer-brick for use during the coming season, He received bids for 350,000 as follows: Hupe & Krutenstein_ offer to furnish 150,- 000, delivered south of Mudison street, for $10 per thousand, and north of that street for $10.50; E, & 1. H. Hurdane, 100,000, de- livéred north of Division street, for $10.50 per thousand; and Henry Brankman, 100,000, delivered north of Lake street, for $11 per thousand. a he Board of Education of Hyde Park, District No. 1, have decided to erect a brick schoolhouse at the corner of Frederick place and Fifty-fourth street, The bvilding is to be two stories high, ‘with a basement, and to contain eight rooms. The estimated cost is about $6,000, The Chicago Steam Company has asked for permission to lay pipes wherever needed. in the South Division for the business of SUPPLYING HEAT. : ‘The ordinance proposed has been referred to the Law Department for the addition of arti- cles providing that the Steam Company shall and a smoke consumer to their works; that the proposition shall be accepted by the Com- pany within sixty days. after the passage of the ordinance; that they shall give a bond of $20,000 to provide against damages while lay- ing their pipes; and that they shall pay to the city five cents per lineal foot of pipe laid, the money to be a fund for cleaning and repair- ing the streets, . . Lhe uproar that has been made about the INEQUALITY OF THE SOUTI-PARK tax-levies on the different towns is not borne out by the figures. ‘The levy for the South Park for the year 1879 on the three towns is as follows: From these figures it will beseen that South Chicago pays more than twelve times as much as Hyde Park. Hyde Park, from 1871 to 1878, as shown yy the Collectors’ warrants, hus mu id fe hool purposes the sum. The riod...... o. 455,205.94 Making a total of..... $1,010,285.94 ‘This does not include the school taxes of 1879 at all; but if there are two other towns in this Western world that can beat this we would like to know it. SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, Special assessments in thisStatehave attimes been subject to great abuses, and, under the pretense of benefiting the provert y, have in some instances confiscated it. The original idea of a special assessment was based upon the equalization of benefits, and when.the amount of the benefits have been levied then the property should be relieved. There is an idea prevalent among some of the municipal authorities in this State that, when a public improvement is ordered to made and a special assessment determined upon, the cost of the same, whatever it is, should be levied upon the property, whether it is BENEFITED OR NOT, and if one assessment is not sufficient that they can go on assessing the same until the entire cost is raised upon the property. It is true that by Sec. 161 0f Chap. 24 of the Re- vised Statutes pertaining to cities, it is pro- vided that “ifin any case the first ussess- ment proves insufficient a second may be made, as nearly as may be, and so on until suffiefent monéys shall have been realized to pay for such public improvement. If too large a sum shall at any time be raised the excess shall be refunded ratably to those by whom it was paid,” But this entirelyignores the principle, that no more can be assessed upon property than itis benefited, and is no more and no Jess than the MEXICAN FORCED-LOAN SYSTEM, and can never be sustained or upheldin any court upon principle. The provision in the Constitution of this State providing that the corporate authorites of cities, towns, and villages may have power to make local im- provements by special assessment, or by special taxation of contiguous property, or otherwise, does not confer the power upon cities, towns, and villages to raise the entire cost of the improvement upon the property by special assessment unless such property is actually benefited to that extent. The discussion which toox place in the Constitutional Convention, when this section was adopted, shows that what the members of that body meant was the special assess- ment as DEFINED BY THE SUPREME COURT in numerous cases that were referred to, which was based upon the equation of bene- fits, and nothing else. We-deem it perfectly ust and’fair that local improvements should e made by special assessments to the extent that property is benetited, but beyond that it becomes an oppression, an abuse, and contis- eation. In this city this matter is now pretty well understood, and Mexican forced loans are now seldom resorted to, but in some of the suburban towns and outlying cities this thing is still prevalent, and they assess ‘the property until they are tired, without regard : to benelits. ‘THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AND PUBLIC SURVEYS. ‘The first action taken by the authorities of the United States in relation to the public lands occurred in August, 1776. Great Britain had_a short time before this passed an act inviting our troops to desert the service, and also threatening impressment and compulsory service to all those taken at sea. The people of the country became greatly excited and indignant at this, and secordiagly Congress, after due deliberation, passed the following preamble and resolu- tions: Wnenreas, The Parliament of Great Britain have thought fit by a Inte uct not only to invite our troops to desert our service, but to direct 2 compulsion of our people, taken at sea, to serve against their country. ‘Resolved, Therefore, that these States will re- ceive all such foreigners wha shall leave the armies of his Britannic Majesty in America, and shall choose to become members of any of these States, and they shall be protected in the free exercise of their respective roligions, and be in- vested with the rights, privileges, and immuni- ties of natives, as established by the Inws of those States; and, moreover, that this Congress will provide for every such person fifty acres of uunuppropriated lands in some of these States, to be held by him and his heirs in absolute prop- erty. They also further resolved’ that they would GIVE TO ALL OFFICERS who should leave his .Majesty’s service the following amounts of lands: x To a Colonel, 1,000 acres; toa Lieutenant- Colonel, $00 acres; to 2 Major, 600 acres; toa Captain, 400 acres; to a Lieutenant, 300 acres; toan Ensign, 200 acres; and to every non- commissioned officer 100 acres. By the treaty of 1783, at_the close of the Revolution, the limits of the Republic of 1776, as acknowl- edged_by Great. Britain, extended front the Great Lakeson the north to the 3ist degree of latitude, and from the Atlantic to the middle channel of the Mississtppi River, that bound- ary having ‘estern 584,893.06 been recognized as the We boundary of the Anglo-Aimerican Colonies by a treaty entered into on the 10th of Feb- ruary, 1763, at Paris, between the Kings of Great’ Britain, France, and Spain, the three great colonizing Powers on this continent. The territory northwest of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi Rivers, known as THE NORTHWESTERN seenrrOrt ; was conveyed to the General Governmen' with certain reservations, by the State of New York in 1781, by Virginia in 1734, by ‘Massachusetts in 1785, and by Connécticut in 1786. Each one of these States laid claim to certain reservations and to certain waste and uncultivated lands lying within this terri- tory. Virginia claimed those lands by vir- tue of her charter, but in order to place the wby 24; while they jal same under the Government of the United States waived all of her rights, and author- ized Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Hardy, Ar- thur Lee, and James Monroe to make’ and execute the deed of cession for and on behalf of Virginia. Congress accepted the grant, and on the 18th of July, 1787, and while sitting under the articles of confederation, passe the famous ordinance of 1787 ‘for the gov- ernment of this Territory,—which comprises States of Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, In- diana, Wisconsin, and that part of Minnesota east of the Mississippi River. In 1802 Georgia conveyed to the United States that portion of . THE PRESENT acc OF 3ISSISsIPPr and Alabama lying north of the thirty-first degree of north latitude. In 1803 the United States acquired, by purchase from the French Republic, the Territory of Orleans and Poulsians, embracing that portion of the States of Mississippi and Alabama south of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and the vast country which now constitutes the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Jowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon, and that part of Minnesota west of the Mississippi ‘iver, also the Territories of Dakota, Mon- tana, Idaho, Wyoming, ‘Washington, and the Indian Territory. . ‘Lhe State of Florida was nequired from. Spain by the treaty of 1819, and the States of. California ‘and Nevada, and the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado (now a State), and Utah, were obtained by a treaty with the Republic of Mexico in 1818, - ‘The Independent Republic of Texas—once a part of Mexico—was annexed to the United States on the 4th of July, 1815, and was by joint resolution of the two Houses of Con- ress admitted into the Union on the 29th y of December, 1845. ° THE PUBLIC.LANDS IN TEXAS belong to the State, Alaska was purchased by the United States in 1867 from Alexander i. of Russia, and its limits are 54 deg. 40 min, and 71 deg. It contains 577,390 square iniles, and has 366,529,600 acres of land, of which 12,800,000 are claimed to be arable. By the above treaties.and deeds of cession and purchase, the public domain has been in- creased EIGHT TIMES ITS ORIGINAL EXTENT, and now embraces 1,834,998,400 acres, or 2,867,- 185 square miles. ‘This area is greater by 1,260,000 square miles than all of Europe out- side of Russia, The present limits of the Re- public cover nearly 4,000,000 square miles, ex- tending through 58 degrees ‘of longitude from ocean to ocean, and through 25 degrees of latitude. E The policy of the Governmentof the United States has never been to look to the public domain as a source of revenue, but to legis- late in regard to it so as to encourage every- body to obtain homes, to aid in making in- ternal improvements, to educate the people, and to develop the resources of the country. For example, there is 1. The Preémption law. The first act passed upon this subject was Murch 2, 1799, ‘The next uct was in 1800, and the next in 1830, and it has since been modified and ex- tended by various acts from thet time down to 1862. Its_object_ was, as the Supreme Court of the United States say, “To reward the hardy and adventuresome pioneer by granting ‘him the privilege of purchasi: e favorit spot selected by him at a nomin: sum.’ 2, There is the School law, by which every sixteenth and thirty-sixth section in every township is appropriated for the purpose of aiding in the establishment of common schools.. The amount thusreserved amounts to over 67,953,922 acres. 8, Grants to colleges and universities, which amount to over 1,082,390 acres, : 4, Grants for agricultural and mechanical colleges, which amount to over 10,260,000 acres. oe 5. Grants to the States of swamp and over- flowed lands, _ 5. Laws providing for individuals acquir- ing the title for town sites, mineral and coal ands, 7% The Homestead and Exemption law. By this act any citizen of the United States over2l years of age can procure a home- stead of 160 acres of land by going and living on the same for a few years and by paying enough money to about defray the cost of making out the papers for it. 8. The Tree-Culture act, This allows any citizen of 21 years old to obtain 160 acres of land by plowing up a few acres of land and planting the same with shrubs and trees, and cultivating it for a few years, and does not even require that he should live on the land. 9. The Bounty laws, to soldiers, sailors, and volunteers, are standing rewards to all patriots, and are more liberal than those of any other Government in the world, 10. Donations for canals, and railroads, and other public improvements. ‘The Pacific Railroad Company alone was granted over 150,000,000 acres of land to aid im the con- struction of that railroad, Besides these laws the Government allows settlers and pioncers to take from its abun- ance FIREWOOD AND TIMBER to cut and saw, and build. houses almost without stint or limit. It also allows the shepherds and herdsmen unlimited range over its vast domain, and it would seem that, in its generosity, there was no class of the human race left unprovided for. It stands in loco parentis to the widow and the orphan, and is the guardian of all that are needy and homeless, whether men, women, or children. No such munificence or liberality ever char- acterized any other Government since the world existed." Those who do not appreci~ ate its kindness and advantages should forth- with migrate to some other planet. Noman in this country who can craw! has any busi- ness to be homeless. It is “A Government of the people, by the people, and for the peo- ple.’ MODEL SCHOOLS. In response to the competition instituted by the Sanitary Enginecr, which offered $500 in prizes for the best plan of a model school, over 180 plans are hung up in the exhibition at the Academy of Design in New York, rep- resenting nearly 100 seputate designs. Each of these plans is double the size of the tene- ment-house plans, or 26 by 43, instead of 17}¢ have-demanded much reater study and labor than were required in designing the former. The problem of building a sanitary school under the condi- tions numed in the terms of competition is even more difficult than to build a model ten- ement-house on an ordinary city lot 25 by 100, The variety of questions to be considered, and the amount of detail, are far greater in the one case than in the other. ‘The Real-Estate Circular says that IN SAN FRANCISCO there was rather more activity in real estate in January than in the previous month, and there would be more but for schemes against the public Treasury, which, if successful, will render higher taxes inevitable.- ‘The total sales made in January amounted to 208 in number, and to SL SH Se in value. The in- crease in the value of last month’s sales was due to an increased demand for business property. There are still more buyers than sellers for this class of property. 5 SATURDAY’S TRANSFERS. e The following instruments were filed for record Saturday, Feb. 14: CITY PROPERTY. Adams st, 180 ft ¢ of Clark, s f, 26x100 ft, duted Feb, 13 Murray F. Tuley to Jumes L. High). West Juck: 15 ft, dated Feb. 13 (1 Jobn’G. Keith). Zicisetlpuict Ogden av, 536 ft s w of Polk st,s e f, 24x 100 ft, improved, dated Feb. 13 (Louis Goodinan to Mina Wegener) ~-- 2450 Loomisst, 2tft n_of Ninetes , Wf, Ax Wal ft, dated Feb. 4 (J.A. Stewart to Josef Velky)...... ekoabe sus 900 West Nineteenth st, 161 ft w of ‘Throop, f, Axi2t ft, duted Feb. 4 (J. A. Stew to Josef Heyhul).... Zion place, bet Loomis ant £, Mx124 Tt, dated Feb. 9 peonaciy Polka). i ‘ourtcenth st, near x “osx; ft, dated Feb. 4 (J. H. Killan to Chicago’ & Western Indiana Railroad West Van Buren st 81 ft 8 of Hocktwet ‘est Van Buren si well, 8 f, 2xil3 ft, dared Jan. 8 (A. P. Uphi ichigun av, Doxiw ft improved, dated Feb. 13 ‘est Seventeent si Sit w sulin: (sf sixiss ft, dated Feb. 10 (J- Nowak to ‘est Eighteenth place, Ly Sty 2 f, 25x00 ft, itaproved, dated Feb. 12 (John Novotny to Vaclav Suvwa).. ‘West Eightcenth st, between Loomis Throop, n f, AxI3t ft, duted Feb. 4 ( A. Stewart to Leopold Wesel: ‘West Indiana st, nw cor of Ho} £, 100x100 ft, dated Sept. 23, 1879 (Lydia G. Dominick to G. E. Gerts ‘et al.)...... Ogden av, 8 ¢ cor of Central Park av, nf, _ 45 ft to alley, dated Feb. 9 (William E- Furness to Mary J. Stroud)........ 2... Burling st, between Belden and Webster avs, wf, Lot 9, of Lots 57 to 63, dated ‘Feb, 11'WJoel D. Harvey to F. H. Win- StOD)........6+ 7 ‘West Chicago av, 19 f, 2x1 fr, dated Feb. 2(S. C. and 0. Hounds to August Schuake) .... Yeuton st, 19 ft w of Wood, 6 f, 24x10 ft, «dated Feb. 14 (S. B. King to H. C. Noyes) Yeuton st, u w cor Wood, 8 f, 196x100 fect, dated Fob. 4 (S. B. King to'ThomasGal- in)... Poorreeeeerers ‘arren av, Re Sf, 489x124 ft, dated Feb. 13 (M.E. and J. W. Sweet- land to George W. Deal)...... es West Twelfth st, 79 s-10 ft e of Fairtield av, 8, Wx150 ft, dated Feb. 14 (John 16,000 curgus Lutlin to 16,600 aks 6 av, 3,000 6,000 Foster to Bernard Quinn). #9 800 Archer ay, 62 fts wof Ashland, nw 1, 25x150 ft, dated Feb. 14 (M.S. Plant t Hattie Maur). 1,200 West Eightcentl st, s f, 25x06 ft, improved, dated Feb. 14 (W. Martinek to M. Novotny)....... eenee 1,610 West Taylor st, 300 ft'e of Halsted, nf, 2ax100 ft, dated Jan. 31 (E. H. and 0: Ni Manzo & Market).....:.. 1,050 meee st, 1e9ft wof Clinton, nf, 25xl10 fi aed Feb. 1t (. J. Merz to Peter lerz).. + Wes, pipntponth Late ft ee of Fisk, improved, dat D. ihn to Boul Pinch). eee ae ie bard st, 176% ft wof Elizabeth, nf Sx107 ft,’ dated Feb. 3 (Union Mutual Life-Insurance Company to A. Johnso! West Huron st, tee "ot Temple, s Fs si 24x92 ft, dated Feb. 11 (W. Oblendorff to TohN Carlson)... 2... .eeseeeeesseeseeeee | 1,500 NORTH OF CITY LIMITS, WITHIN A RADIUS OF 5 SEVEN MILES OF THE COURT-HOUSE. arry av, 144 tt w of Waubon, nf, 50x166 ft, dated Feb. 11 (Matthew Latin to Mary L. Enert).......cccccceeeeeeeeeeees8 1,600 SOUTH OF CITY LIMITS, WITHIN A RADIUS OF SEVEN MILES OF THE COURT-ROUSE. Adams st, 144 ft s of Fiftieth, ef, 50x150 ft, dated Dec. 30, 1879 (S. B. Lingle to M.. ef, UxIDy ft, to Patrick O'Reilly).......... SUMMARY FOR THE The following is the total amount of city and suburban transfers within a radius of seven miles of the Court-House filed for ree- ord during the week ending Saturday, Feb. 14: City—Sales, 184; consideration, $877,567. North of city limits—Sales, 4; consideration, 86, pee Sout ag ally Hants alee 15; con- sideration, 029. 1 otal Hy - sideration, $987,716. ales 9s welsh con VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. Blaine and Washburne. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Cmicaco, Feb. 14.1 can name a Presiden- tial ticket that will go through kiting—viz.: For Prestdent—James G. Blaine. For Vice-President—Elibu B. Washburne. If the Chicago Convention has the.wisdom and sagacity to nominate that ticket all the powers ot darkness cannot prevail against it. ours for ; ‘Victory. A Puzzler. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, c Cnicaco,_Feb. 13.—A man hires a ditch dug 100 rods in length at $1 a rod{ Two men are to do the work. One end of the ditch requires more digging than the other, and the men agree that the one who digs on the--deepest end shall have $1.25 per rod, while the one who digs on the shallow’ end shall receive 7 cents per rod. When the work is finished each man wants his $50. How many rods should each man dig to earn his money ? x About Time for a Blaine Club, %o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cricaco, Feb. 14.~Is it not about time for the young men to organize a Blaine club in Chicago? There are thousands of young men in this city who are ardent friends and admirers of the “plumed Knight,” and de- sire to see him elected President.: They should make their voices heard andinfld- ence felt in the approaching campaign.’ This city is for Blaine strong, if the young men bestir themselves, If he is nominated he will be carried into the White House with a rush, js ‘Youne Man, Curfew Shall Not Ring, Etc. To the Editor of ‘The Chicago Tribune. Cuicaco, Feb. 14—In your issue this morning I notice an inquiry asking for the name of the author of the poem, “Curfew Shall Not Ring To-Night,” and your reply that you are unable to give the information, IthinkI can help you or your questioner. The poem was written by Miss Rosa Hart- wick in April, 1867, She was born in Mishawaka, Ind., July 18, 1850, and was con- sequently only 17 years old when the ballad as written, In 1871 she was married to Edmund C. Thorpe, and now lives in Liteh- field, Mich. The poem was first published inthe Detroit Commercial Advertiser in 1870, ELLIS AVENUE. Dry Goods Clerks. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Cuicaco, Feb. 14.~—I wish to enter a plea in behalf of dry-goods clerks. It is a fact well known, if not universally, among them- selves, that they are a class of skilled labor- ers that are overworked and underpaid. ‘They are expected to go to business at 7 or 7:30 and remain behind their counter till 9 or 10 o’clock at night, enduring the rebuffs and ill-nature of all with whom they are brought incontact. Every branch of trade has its union or association except the dry goods, and iy plan is that this subject be agitated generally by clerks, and thereby cause a be- nevolent association or society to be organ- ized. Let all clerks give their views. aust. Do You Want a Triplet? [To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. * Crcaao, Feb. 13.—Mrs. Refelt, of No. 1967 South Dearborn street, recently gave birth to triplets, and died a few days later of child- bed fever, leaving these little ones and three others but ‘a few years older without a mother’s care.; ‘The father is an industrious and steady man, but unable to properly care and provide for this large. family. One of the triplets has already been adopted, and Mr. Refelt would like to find good homes for the other two, aboy anda girl. The chil- dren are perfect in every way, and healthy, and any benevolent family desiring to adopt any children can have either one of them, and atthe same time will be doing a charita- ble deed. . F. ABEL, M.D... - 1970 South Dearborn street. . nat w A Dismissed Doctor. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Graxp Rapms, Mich., Feb. 10.—Your paper of Saturday, the 7th inst., contained a report of ,a so-called Board of Health, which, in malicious spite, revoked my certificate, al- though I have long been absent, and because I dared to advertise, and for this only. Does. the law authorize one or a few men to be judge, jury, and executioner, with no appeal irom Injustice and outrage?’ Who secured the passage of this “law,” and whom is it to benefit? Not the people. Is it not a fact that it has been wholly managed by one man (with the countenance and approval of some “regular”? M. D.s who hanker after State Medicine) and for his sole emolument? Many who are unqualified or disreputable now shelter themselves behind the cloak of ‘reg- ular,” and when health and means will (L trust soon) pennit me. to establish in Chi- cago an Independent Medical College and- Hygienic Hospital, I hope to aid in_ clearing this class from the ranks of the profession. Ny . Weather Prognostications. ‘To the Editor of The Chicago ‘Tribune. Hrawatira, Kas., Feb. 12,—It appéars to be the order of the day to predict something about the weather, and I trust that out of all the hypotheses for scientific prevision we may come nearer and nearer to the true law by which the recurrence of weather phe- nomena may be foretold. The winter of 1859-60 was homologous with the present winter as to the character of the weather phenomena, and I: “predict” that this Benerpip resentb lance between 1880 and 1860 will cdhitinue to the end of the year. Jan. 1, 1860. a very destructive storm ed Great Britain, doing much damage to shipping in the English Channel. This storm was very nearly reproduced in time and place by the storin which: destroyed the Tay bridge. On Feb. 26, 27, and 33, 1860, and on Feb. 20 and 21, 1881, the Channel was visited by very destructive storms. I predict that between Feb. 20 and 29 the storm of 1860 will be repro- duced on the Engle Channel. Its violence and duration will (or at least should) resem- ble the storm of 1860; its period of occurrence and the path of the storm-centre will be most ik f Feb. 20 and 21, 1861. Hig the storm C. W. JoHNsox, The Smoke Nuisance. o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cutcaco, Feb. 13—I have noticed from time to time certain articles in the daily papers in reference to the smoke nuisance. ‘Then, again, have Iperceived certain articles something like this: “The Mayor had an in- terview yesterday with Mr. in regard. to the smoke. nuisance, and steps will be ken immediately to devise sone means by enon ahs ‘great evil may be abated,” and §0 Oh. kn ot a thing has been But, as far as I know, ni ‘thar iis bout done, Now, itappears to me time that something was done. ‘The evils re- sulting from the inhalation of smoke are ap- Salling. faim confident tat, in this eity, il ten out of Gery the result S13 ses of casumption are illustration teripie (ES. sMOR, Is Not this every Vear catked by inh: ka? Ten deaths a nest ; oke into the ie Health Di ly active in ere en sheen extreme- nuisances in the. Stock-% SUPRIESS the abolish the smoke unisancess-,, Why not gins at home” is an old prCbarity be- which may rightly be implied), and one The smoke nuisance exists unthis case. portions of the city, where thé busiest people daily pass to and fro, andauds of place which should first be riddis is the evil so fatal to many. Yours truly, of an Storey Weakening, % To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Cucaco, Ill., Feb. 14.—I hear reports eveniiig that Old Storey is weakening on h, six-cent price for his Times. Can this be pos, sible? He has proclaimed thatthe rise in pa- per made a difference of $100,000 a year to him, and that he could not be expected to publish the paper ata loss. He said he would not reduce the size of the Times, as he wanted. to lay over all his city rivals in the way of dimensions and superficial area of blanket spread; butasa choice of evils he would raise his retail price to six cents, and his wholesale rate to four. After trying the ex- periment barely two brief weeks it is cur- tently reported on the streets that the “old man” has caved, has gone back on his high and holy resolve, and dropped down from his serene altitude where he had no competition in price, and where he was monarch of all he surveyed of six-cent subscribers. If he was losing $100,000 a year before his late rise to six cents, how much will he lose after his fall? Since he made his raise the paper- makers’ combination met in this city and ad- vanced the price of printing-paper 2 half a eent a pound, and they adjourned to meet here again early in March to jackscrew up the price of paper still higher. What will the ancient saint do then ? Awntr-Srx CENTS. Firearms for Doctors. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cutcaco, Feb. 14.—In the matter of taking out permits to carry firearms, Toe TRrpuNE says: Itisalso somewhat curious that Dr. Paoli, whose business {s the saving of life, should con- sider bis occupation one which requires the car- rying of weapons for his protection. In 2 good many of other cases the reasonable reason for carrying weapons is apparent, but in those of the rest it is not so plain. I fail to see how thisis in any way curious, since physicians, more than any other class of unoflicial persons, are exposed to the dangers incident to dark nights and bad localities in the discharge of their profes- sional duties. - Lf the docter is called up at midnight to go to some point near “ Chey- enne,” to see his washerwoman’s child, he has to respond of course (or subject himself to the charge of heartlesness), and, as he groping his way through Fourth or Pacific avenue en passant, why is it that the harder the locality the less likely one is to find the street-lamps burning?), he quite sud- denly loses consciousness, and, as he slowly regains:his faculties, finds that an inch of his skull is bare, and that his watch and other valuables are gone; and as he lays his aching and bandaged head on his pillow at about a. m., he thanks God that his life was spared. Itneeds few repetitions of this experience to make the doctor think he has a “ reasonable reason” for carrying a revolver, I cannot say how frequently my respected friend, Dr. Paoli, has been subjected to night assaults, but I know ofone personally. 1 have myself been three times waylaid in the past four years, which [believea “reasonable reason” and justifies mein applying for a permit to carry a weapon of defense and protection, Cleansing the River. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, , Cuicaao, Feb. 14.—I have watched with attention the project now contemplated for the construction of alock at Bridgeport and the pumping of water igto the canal, all of which, as far as it goes, meets my approba- tion; but why not do it more effectually, and thereby kill not one bird, but at least a dozen of birds, with the same stone? Let me sub- mit to the consideration of the Mayor and the Aldermen of the city the following: First—That two locks be constructed, one at Bridgeport, as contemplated, and another at Summit, that will raise the water on that level not two feet only, but five feet above its present top level. ‘ Sccond—To maintain that level, construct jumping apparatus at Bridgeport (whether y steam or wind power) of sufficient ca- pacity to keep under all circumstances that level, « Third—To place a suction-pipe at extreme end of the Ogden cesspool, and to pump therefrom into the canal, which, when ‘done, thefilthy, sickly water therein and its tributa- ries will be replaced by pure water from the canal below the lock. Fourth—Place drain-pipes of one or two feet-calibre from the bottom of the canal above such lock, to discharge at will a rush of water into ali the city sewers south and west of the north branch ofthe canal, thereby effectually carrying away the filth lodged therein from the cesspools, and send it down the Illinois River to find its way to the Gulf ck Alexies by Capt. Eads’ jetties below New rleans. Fifth—As for cleaning the sewers north of the canal, I would submit that the erection of windinills is the cheapest motive power to attain the desired end. AxeGus McDonarp. Irish Questions in the British Parlia- ment. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, . Cmcaco, Feb. 14.—It must have struck aiany persons as strange that out of 103 Irish members only forty-two supported Mr. Shaw’s amendment to the address in reply to the Queen’s speech, and the fact may. have been taken as evidence of the want of unan- imity among the Irish people as to a desire for remedial legislation as to the system of land tenurein Ireland. But this is certainly not the case, for, notwithstanding the limited franchise in Ireland, sixty Irish members were elected as Home-Rulers and ‘Tenant- Righters, and ten members as Liberals and ‘Tenant-Righters. Of the Home-Rulers only thirty-eight voted with Mr. Shaw, and only four Liberals. Those. other Mome-Rulers or Liberals who_voted against Mr, Shaw, or who abstained from voting, did so in plain violation of their” pledges, and because—for most of them are landlords—their own in- terests were assailed. Mr. Parnell has been frequently called to account for his denun- elniion ol ails ection of the sist celta mentary party by certain persons, but itis evident that he has been ‘tuliy justified in his denunciations. It is surely a crime against the people who trusted in the pledges-of these members, and who made many sacri- fices to elect them, that, while twenty-four English members voted with Mr. Shaw, these do-nothings were absent or hostile. ‘The manner by which the Tory members retain their seats for Irish constituencies was alluded to some time ago in Tar ‘TRBuNE. Mr. Charles Dawson, in an article in the February number of the Fortnightly Review, enters into this subject more fully. ‘‘In Ireland,” he says, ‘the people at large are excluded from the franchise, and all powers are vested in a class.” The glaring differ- ence between the Irish Parliamentary fran- chise and the English may be judged from the following figures: The population of all the Irish boroughs is 900,000, the number of voters 53,953. ‘The English boroughs having the same population have 127,848 voters. “In. fact,” says Afr. j)awson, “ Manchester, with a population of 379,374, has 10,000 more voters than all the boroughs in Ireland: put_ to- gether.” New Ross, in Wexford, which is represented by 2 Tory in the present Parlia- ment, has a population of 6,733, and only 242, voters. When it is remembered that the Parliamentary Representative owns most of the town, it is easy to see why this is so, Londonderry has 2 population of 24,830, and 1,679 voters. Kidderminster, with a popula- tlon of 20,814, has 3,394 voters. Londonderry is represented by Mr. Lewis, the Tory attor- ney of the London guilds whe own the town. Of course he voted against Mr. Shaw’s mo- tion. Does anybody suppose that Mr. Lewis, or any other Tory, would represent Derry had chat city a number of voters proportion- ate to its population? ‘This limitation of the franchise nas a most corrupting and demoralizing influence. Rich Englishmen generally see out these places ant expend yast sums of money in purchasing their election from: them. The saloon vote in the ._ AS held at a. high price, and drinks are auctioned off at fabulous sums. Sir Arthur Guinness spent. ,000 in procuring his election for the City of Dublin in the elec- tion preceding the last.” Hi le was afterwards unseated for corruption, and the evidence of- fered on the occasion as to the corrupt use of money was simply scandalous, fuch’ as Englishmen have to say about the evils of Guinness was unseated. is now, and has been for some time, a candi- date for a Peerage, and has since the discios- ures married u Bantry. It is quite in keeping with the policy of Lord Beaconsfield to reward such a way of procuring a seat as Sir Arthur adopted with a coronet the amnell and his American politics, no public man could haya- any standing in politic ics or society were he uilty of the conduct for which Sir Arthur Yet Mr. Guinness @ daughter of the Earl of t. ‘The middle classes in Ireland are all more or less connected with the landed interests, and with these, as well as with higher classes and some ecciesiastic contend. earnest Parliamentary following. classes alluded to, , advocate reforms is to be an agitator, and to be that is the greatest crime, because it is un- fashionable.” most’ to agitation, the Mr. Parnell has to in order to obtain a compact With the - Dawson says: ** To The yery. people who owe atholic gentry, are loudest in their denunciations of Mr. n tation; but the vast ma- rity of the Irish people are true to the yse of country. Of this Mr. Parnell seems ne convinced. His zeal will not flag nor wiforts falter until the landlord chain by cea the farmers have been bound has are x toclink, and until the Irish pone: whichved to support themselves in the soil dicancyve them birth. Periodical men- art of Wi not be tolerated in rus satler }Hineteenth century. The land- ords and eonsfield will have tosurrender, Tnisean, SSIE'S PRAYER, Inne heat & rly ever. cae Knelt she dows Kiss; then meekly = - ‘Then o'er foldea side my Knees Her sweet, child\¢s 8he whispered @rayer pure as her?tyer of love ‘To the Throne af FE spirit) - ™es above Oz “ Father, Thou who Guide my childish st Guard and keep mo fr’ 8 ‘Thro’ the darkness, A711 vil Let thy holy Angels, Je, ‘he light Vigils o'er my siumbet 4. be dreamt? Fi, Let me see its gates of f Heavens Let me walk its streets o@* : | And, dear Father, let ma" My sweet Mamma, ‘whom tl eep, dear God, so long £. peels “ Father, Thou who dwell'st in. ‘Thou who know’st all our we? Guard the motherless, and ke From temptation here below® And when come the shining An, Father, from Thy home above? + Messengers to bid my spirit ‘ Seek the glory of Thy love, ‘ May Thy precious bidding crown rm. Worthy of Thy presence mild, Let the summons tind me ready, Still at heart a little child, § “Bless my Papa——" Here she faltered, nd the golden head dropped low, ‘While the words, “My Mumma,” trembh On the sweet lips quivering so, % “J can’t say it, for the tears come; ‘Will you say the rest for me?”” ‘Then in broken tones she murmured, “ Papa, take me on your knee, And ask God to please let Mamma ‘Come back to us, Papa dear, And I know He will, for Essie Wants to see her—just now—here!” Q the tender trust of childhood! O the perfect faith of years! ‘When the heart throbs sinless—when no Fantom of Life's trials appears. ‘Tae MAPLES. Owen M. Witsos, Heaven, aright; al TO: I cannot calm your grief, dear friends— For words too great and deep; Imay not clear your ‘darkened, sky, Nor bid you cease to weep; For bitter is this heavy cross, And rodely was it laid. And tong, long years will on} * The wounds so quickly To suffer and to love, He said, ‘Will mark a precious heart: O mother loved, O faithful friend, ‘This was thy lifelong part. | - ° Iknow, I know, for thy dear sake, SSRI ee eras gave him, for his mother’s love, ‘A place among tho blest. Fond brother in a stranger lan: ‘With no beloved one nigh, 7 Iseem to see thy saddened face, _/And hear thy home-sick ery. No more to meet that, boyish gaze, That oft would merty be, ‘Thou'lt find a vacant place at “Homes ‘How sad, how sad for thee, But thou hast faith to trust and bear, ‘And hope that looks on high, And love that lingers till the last, nd reaches to the sky. Dear, tender hearts, be patient still— ‘The link’s not lost nor broken, : But draweth upward, upward still, heal le. 3 Of Heavenly peace a token, And—sweetest thought—there is a land Where sorrow enters never— Llove to say It o'er and o'er, “ Beyond, beyond the river. A. M. Donne. : ————— Membership of the Republican National Convention. The National Republican Convention, to meet in Chicago June 2,will be vomposed of 746 delegates, apportioned to States and Ter- ritories as follow: ‘The basis of this apportionment is two del- egates for each Electoral vote a State is chi- titled to and one complimentary vote to each of the Territories. The District of Colum- bia is given two seats and votes in the Con- vention. — Kleptomantia. New York Times, About eight years ago an slurm reached the Chief Police office in Loudon that jewels of great value had been stolen from # lady of high rank while a guest ut a quiet northern country house. Ahandsome reward was offered, and not long afterward it became known that the property had been recovered. Astounding as It may seem, itis nevertheless true, that the temporary 2p- ropriator of these fine things was 2 millionaire eer, who, albeit in nowise penurious, is singu- larly simple in bis personal Labits, and does not spend one-fourth of his income. The matter wus all hushed up, and very few persons outside the family know who the thief, if we can so call him, really wus. This was a genuine case of kleptomania, and Breves beyond doubt that it really oxists, An English Exrlof bigh distine- tion had this weakness from boyhood, und it in- yolved bis leaving Eton. When, in after years, he entered the Cubinet, it wus rumored that Lord — had entirely conquered she proper! ty, “except that at a Cabinetcouncil he never could resist ‘ Dizzy’s’ new green kid gloves."” ‘The alurming disappearance of wax candles at the Travelers’ Club, London, some years ago, caused much dismay. The mystery was at length solved by # member of the Committee: seeing: the old Duke C. (with # clear $750,000 # year) am! along a corridor with a candle sticking out o: each cont-tuil pocket. His family were commu- nicated with, und his Grace ceused to come to the Club. Possibly, a similur tendency may per- bups explainan untoward incident which oc- curred lust. season at Newport, and hus lately been recalled by a concatenation of curious cir- cumstances. ere is doubtless a great deal of: sham kieptomaniu, but itis not theless true that sometimes itis perfectly genulne. It is, however, very unfortunate to bo at once klep- tomaniac and impecunious. 1 \ The Soko. London Telegraph. ‘What was the Soko? Was it man or ape? The tribesof Central Africa, all along the Living- stone River, from Nyangwe to the cataracts, d¢- clared the Soko to be » monkey, and a5 such hunted it and ute it. They hunted and ate men, too, it is true; but then they distinguished the one from the other, and never mistook men for ponkers. Mr. H. M. Stanley, however, brought home the skulls of two puoi which hud been eaten by an affable Chief with whom he fore- gathered one day, and Prof. Huxley at once ae nounced them to be human. Was Africa ino conspiracy to play off a practical joke upon the reat, explorer, or is European science wrong in its differentiation of man and ape?. The gorilla. bas long ugo been degraded to its proper rank, and the “mum” of Sind turned out to be no nearer a man than a bear, But Central America has now come forward with the Susumeti, and so far ag descriptions go at present, this animui ~—or person—would appear to come as ucar our- selyes ag the Soko, for the other natives of its forests, whom we call men and women, call the Susumeta human. A European, one Mr. Auguste, of Cay, avers that he saw one killed, and has never been able to shake off. the idea that homicide was commit adding thatthe animal” was as much &man a3 ’