Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 19, 1880, Page 20

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1880—TWENTY PAGES. 6 left of the stream and scparated, tax! oy in Scott, too, in his “Discovery of Witch- > Christine NMENT a deerhound, went up the Battlemake Biver in SHOE-LORE. icokh too, D v THE TURE THE STAGE $500 Gerster. $, THE CITY GOVERNMENT, | querer ian’ hoy ood tne wouncaing 10 See He eee ey thmt Feealveth 8 . Reopening of the Academy of Music. _ Dramatic Affairs in the City— Coming Events. Bomhardt and the Press—Theatrical Nows, Domestic and For- eign THE NEW ACaDEMY. The Academy of Blusic will be reopened to- morrow evening unless some accident should cecnr between now and that time. A week ago we guve some idea of what Mr. Clapp, who owns ‘the property, had done for the house, and spoke of the pains taken and the plans for the future drawn by Manaser Emmett for the comfort and entertainment of his many patrons on the West Side. This theatre has become an institution in the city, and in a certain way has assumed an importance won by no similar house of amuse- ment in the dramatic history of Chicago. Its prominence has been gained by a generous ex- penditure of moncy upon the decoration of the house, by great care for the comfort of the audience, and by the display of unusual shrewd- ness in catering to the tastes of that audience. For tho past year or two the Academy perhaps has been the best patronized theatre in the city; indeed, from the opening of the sca- son early Inst September until the demolition of the house by fire late in October, crowds were turned from the doors unable to obtain admis- sion, and from the fact that every seat for the opening night was sold as early as lastt;Tucsday there is an indication that the same business willcontinue. The patronage is muinly drawn trom the West Side, although during the past year many South Siders have begun to cross tho river, drawn thither by the reputed gorzcous- ness of the place. Those who bave seen the old Academy and have admired its style of decora- Gon] will tind thar it has been completely sur- passed in the present structure. Tho interior is Gazzting in its glitter, brilliancy of color, silver plate, gold leaf, opulence in gas fixtures, mir- rors, rich hangings, and carpets, and it is no ex- aggeration to say ‘that in its way there is cer tuinly nothing to equal it anywhere. Every- thing on the stage and in the auditorium is new. With the cxoegaon of the proscenium, which bas been made similar to that of the Grand Opera-Houte, the shape of the new theatre re- sembles that of the old one, and there the re- semblance ceases. The addivions in Raprove- ments, such as retiring rooms, purlors, increased stage accommodations, etc., have been already noted by us. There will be no difference in the style of entertainment. The program will be opencd with a variety ovo and adrama will follow. Tho stock company engaged at the be- cinnmg of the season will reappest, and Man- agcr Emmett retains as his treasurer Mr. Joha Muir, as bis stage director Mr. J. H. Browne, aod ashis general manager Mr. Nick Norton. For to-morrow evening the variety olio will in- clude the Four Eccentrica, tha Irwin Sisters, Little Mac, Ira Paine, Sam’ Dearin, and Murphy and Murray. After the olfo Fester’s drama, + Neck ana Neck,” will be given, with Mr. E. T. Stetson in the leading role. The cast will include Messrs. nck, 'T. J. Langdon, W.T. Melville, J. C. Morrison, Frank R. Foster, George Os- borne, Robert McNair, J. C. Leach, Miss Georgia Tyler, Kutie Howard, Mary Booth, and Mlie Moses. ——- THEATRES IN THE CITY. Locally there fs Uttle to chronicle ina dra~ matic way, for two of our leading theatres have been during the past weck given over to opera and the other two have presented revivals of familiar plays. Mr. Joseph Jefferson iast night closed a two"weeks’ engagement at 3cVicker’s, the first half of which he appeared as Bob Acres in “The Hivals,” and the last baif as Rip Van Winkle in Boucicault’s play of that name, The former assumption we have already dis- cussed; the latter—a perfect piece of acting, sowever criticism may quarrel with the play—is sufliciently well known to our readers. In the ungricious part of Gretchen Miss Rosa Rand acquitted herself admirably, while the balance of ‘the cast was superior to what wo usually see in enpport of a star. Herrmann will succeed son at this theatre. Herrmann with his ic and spells isa favorit here, and ‘be de- serves Lo be, for he is one of the most expert in this country or in any other. Mile. Addie will assist him, and in addition to his own entertain-- ment he will present a specialty company, =| cluding the Onoferi Brothers, grotesque cers, Val Vose, the. ventriloquist, and’ the reas. At Hooley’s *The False Friend” has been draw- fuir houses. Miss Eleanor Carey, the leading judy of the company engaged in the presenta- tion of the play, has made a most favorable im- Pression, and we believe that when this lady be- comes 2 member of the regular Union Sguare company—and we are told that Manager Palmer hus engaged ber for his New York house—and bus ull the advantages obtained by the thor- ough drilling of thst troupe, the care in framing the characters to. suit the people, etc, she will make = “her mark, and her mark will be a big one. “Fun on the Bristol” will be the feature during the coming weel, in which will appear Bir. Jobo F. Sheridan, Miss Kate Castleton, Miss Ag- nes Haliock, Miss Murion Fiske. Mr. Rich Wal- dron, Mr. Frank Tannchill. Jr., Mr. Myron Calice! Mr. Hensy Saville, Mr. William Hughes, Mr. William Courtright, Master Linden. Iice’s new ‘vangeline” combination will begin an engage- mecot tonight at Haveriy’s in one of Farnio’s Durlesques, entitled * Catino.” The company is alarge one, and includes a number of well- known people. We notice in the list the names of Mr. Charles Groves. Miss Pauline Hall, Mr. Harry Hunter, Stiss Louise Searle, Mr. Ed Chap- man, Miss Vernona Jarbeau, . George K. For- twsque. Minnie Palmer reappears at the Grand Opcra- House to-night in her “ Boarding-School.” BERNHARDT AND THE PRESS, ‘To the Eattor of The Chicago Tribune. Cm1caco, Dec. 18.—One “ Marcus Smith” re- eves himscif of a deat of virtuous indignation in lnst Sunday's TrisuNe against Sara Bern- hardt. Mr.“ Smith” wants tobe informed by Tar Trmoxe* when the press of the United States intend ceaging to ingult our mothers and sisters ir order to afford advertisement to a French actress. I allude,” bo says, “to the editorialand communicated apotogics that have Sppeared in leading newspapers for this person's. alleged Immoralitics, and her protests against the social ostracism she met with in New York and fs meeting ip Boston.” Why docs pot “ Marcus Smith” ask the ques- ‘on ina more general way, covering the entire offensive ground. Fur instance, when will the press of the United States cease report- ing rape cases, unsavory diyorco suits, and other play: Seandat-gossip, including & Vast’ mass of crimigal matter “which insults our mothers aud sisters”? Tho. question is easily answered. Not until the renders of the Dress in the United States throw these newspa- Pers outof dours and refuse to read them and Pay for them. ‘Chis highly moral Smith” is apparently of the vid fory sort, aud not up with the advancement of his age, which relishes such stu in its press Ot Sura Bernhardt. Mr. Suith” says, * Wein Amurica knew jittleot this Woman's private life. and cared Jess till it Was intruded upon us in tho columns of the sAinerican press.” ‘That is correct, Mrs “Smith.” Phunks to the American press, the scandai-lo' ing “we in America” know more of Sura Bern Jardt to-day thant “ they in France.” “They in Hrance re proud of the “urtist” as “we In jlinerica™ are proud of Edgar A. Poe the “ poct.” Hreetly, What business have the patrons of high with the private lives 0! SIS? Or does “Smith” mean to S&B. appearing efore an American pub! aS an actrag, bas placed her private © upon the dissecting-table? What business bus the Americau press to wake itself the vehi- cle of the supposed Inpses of virtue of this pur- ticular aust any more than it has to do tho ane thing with the moral faults of many others of the sbining lights. in: tho ‘world of science, art, and lerters?“ Or: docs Mr. Smith mean to Say that Berahurat bas knocked at the doors of v residences for admission. “The social ‘sii she has met with” is zood. What nid become of the respect we bave to-day for any of our idols, some of the greatest men aud woien Cf the past and present, too, Mr. ith, if their private lives and characters were wverbuuled like Bernhardt’s is being overhauled i f6e press of the United States to-day? This subject had better be left undisturbed in tho in- rest of very, Very many of them. i Maxcts Axronrus. paiva DRAMATIC NOTES. Laura Don didn't please the California critics, “Michael Strogoff” has been purchased by Abbey. John Sleeper Clarke is expected in New York sborily. Rose Coghlan is going to play in Forget-Me- Not" in Philuderphia. ‘Taere will as usual be matin¢es at all the city theatres on Christmas-Day. ~The Lady of Lyons” will be the attraction 8t the National during the week. ‘The New Yor& Mirror will issue on extraor- dinary number on Christmas-Day., The sale of seats for the sernhardt scason at MeVicker's will begin on the Zith inst. Sara Serntardt’s first night in New York net- ted 8,0; Jenny Lind’s first night netted $20,- to appear Rachel's, son's, $10,000; Salyini’s, $3,000. ee ‘To-morrow evening Frank L Frayne, with dog Jack and his guns, will be at the Olympic. Gulick & Blalsdell have engaged Curtis and Curroil as ‘song-and-danes men for their min- Strels, Eltiot Barnes’ new play, entitled “Tne Mar- riugo Certificate.” will bo’ produced at the Bos- ton Theatre in February. Mary Anderson plays in New York the coming week? Joba BeColiougt will appear in Wasb- ington; Tom Keene will be _in Lancaster, Pa., Easton, Pa.. Binghawton, N. ¥., and Syracuse, Y.; and Barrett. opens to-morrow night in A. i . * & Sbeppard,"” with Miss Fanny. Herring in tho leading Tole, will be the main feature at Fox's Theatre the coming week. Among the variety people will be Miss Viola Clifton, Wilt- jam Mauritus, George C. Charles, Kate Mofct, Gallagher und West, Viola Wray, Lew Wallace. Fanny Davenport and-her gorgéous dresses have boen handled severety by the Philadelphia critics. ‘They call her tho “champion chinge artiste,” “a parrot” turned by Augustin Daly, and then add that she has at feast won the warm- est admiration of the most judiciously critical servant girls. Mr, Maurice Barrymore has during the past weet finished a new pluy,—an adaptation from the Frencb,—which be pronounces a better and 2 stronger plecethan “ Diplomucy.” Jetferson’s seuson énds carly in Maren. When it has closed be wall probably travel with the piece. Perhaps Mr. Fred B, Warde will algo be in the cast. Ayoung man by the name of Al Phillips, whose assurance is only equaled by his inubillty and the awful rottenness of his play,—* Biun- ders,"—bus been billed asa star atthe Olympic Theutre during the week. This isone of ‘those cases in which the manuger of the theatre is to be blamed more than the would-be star, for he has catered to the vanity of that star at tho ex- pense of the dollars of bis patrons, Hobertson’s “Ours” will probably soon be played for one week at the Grand Opera-flouse Tor the benefit of the First Regiment of Caval- ry. Associate-Manager Davis {3 trying to get a New York cast for the play and arrange his dates,so us to permit the presentation. The First ‘Regiment ‘will appear in the militury Scenes, and the piece, if the project is carried out, will be given with ine scenic effects, It is rumored that Maud Granger fs lying dan- gerousty iat the Park Hotel in Hunnibal, Mo. Her troupe atrivéd there 6n Monday, and were at Mozart Hall in “Two Nights in Rome.” When the hour arrived Miss Granger was unable to leuve her room, She was at times seized with convulsions, which were so violent that she had to be held down by main force. Tho company left next day for another city. Misa Genevieve Mills has been pinying the purt as- sumed by Miss Granger. Mr. C. H. Harris, better known as “Carl Pret- .” will deliver bis new lecture on “Political Liars” at Farwell Hall on Wednesday evening, Dec. 22. During the lecture he will read letters from ‘many of the prominent humorisis and politicians who have expressed their opinions of * Political Liars." The experienve which Mr. Harris bas had will certainly justify him in speaking upon the subject with great oonfl- dence. The lecture will, no doubt prove inter- esting, 28 “ Carl Pretzel” bas attained some ais- Hnction ag a quaint Duteh story-teller, which wilt serve to illustrate several of his subjects, Prof. Boston, the eminent colored pianist, will entertain the audience with samples of bis skill. Nym Crinkle suggests that those young ladies with long skirts who are practicing the Bern- hardt kick should not forget that a great deal of the beauty and effectiveness of the uction de-* pends upon the clothes themselves. They snould be made to kick in. The material, as well as the way it is bung, must be closely studied in order to avoid anything like mulishness in the stroke. ‘The notion that the fashion originated in Paris iserroneous. It was in use in the Southern Plantations long before Tostee, and Cilly, and Aimée, and the other kickers camo here, and was duly chronicled in the song which delured, in tho pinintive language of the minstrel, that somebody was always “A kicking up ahiod and afore” Old Joc. * The frst representation of “My Geraldine,” Bartley Campbell's new play, will be given at the New York Standard on Tuesday evening. It is said that In this play Mr. Campbell hus cut away from the traditional Irish business. It is fn lrish melodrama without redcoats, and shticks, and brawls. It docs not present, as Mr. Boucfeault has done so often, the Irishmau asa Gompound of lawlesness, buffoonery, aud tuw- dry sentiments. It deals with Irish character as it exists; tells a reasonable and possible story, and presents types of every-day life and per- sonages that ought to interest. The story is a simple, intelligible, and protty one, and deals with the fate of a girl, “My Geraldine,” whose Irish mother was married by a wealthy land- owner, whodied in Flanders before the marriage could be proved. According to Nym Crinkle’s Feuifleten Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Florence remain at the London Gaiety until Christmas, when they yo to Italy for a short recess, and return to England in March to produce 2 new comedy-drama written for them by Mr. Saville Clurke, Mr. Fiorence, as Capt. Cultle, says Figaro, is extremely and gen- uinely funny; and there criticism ends. Tho performance will pot add to the reputation as a eburacter_ actor which he has guined by his Barutwell Slote, but it will fully sustain it. I be- lieve itis atleast an approach to the Cuttle of Dickens, thoush that exquisit caricaturist’s creations are niways more or less spoiled by be- ing presented to us in solid flesh and blood. Mr. Florence kteps the audience amused from first to last, and in one or two Passages shows a touch of genuine pathos, FACETIA. George Jones has suspended his cold- victual fund for Geant: It mounted upwards almost as slowly as the “Washington monu- ment.—New Haven Register, During one raonth this sammer the Phila- delphia Mint coined $600,000; and how they all got past us‘without our seeing one of them is what astonishes us.—Burlington Hawkeye. I see that it seems to be generally conceded that Iowa is to be represented in Gen. Gar- field’s Cabinet. Bear in mind, however, that i cau expect no position that will interfere with my regular lecturce-engagements.—R. J. Burdette, Deacon Richard Smith, it is understood, states that, if Sarah will visit Cincinnati he'll furnish some gush so warm and_fervid that it? make that "ere Winter’s stuff seem likea chill blast from a soda-fountain.— Boston Post, Gen. Butler lately advised a young lawyer to stick to his profession and keep out of polities. That’s the way,all the old politi- cians feel. They’vo got'’so much competi- tion now that, if any more go into it, politics won't pay anything.—Boston Post. A little farther o'er the stile, As Jumes would tain a sister, Ag eke sume mother iads would do, He bent him down and kissed her, ‘The muiden cried, “ Aunt you a wretch ‘To treat a girl so badly ? You'd daughter be ashamea, I say, ‘To cousin me so badly!” —Eugenc Ficld. Before marrioge, With wondrous care, 3 She secks the mirror F And bangs her halr. After marriage, With angry giaro, * Bis abe ber. Slipper angs her heir, —New Oricans Tine ere a dust after Mfr. Vennor curls up snugly in bed and pulls the blankets up around his ears, Mrs. Vennor startles him with the ens- tomary, “There! that front door isn’t locked! TI told you that you would foreet it?” And then—do you know ?—before that man comes back to bed he makesa little note fora snow-storin that will discount anything. this side of. the eternal icebergs, with a bit- ing northwest wits thrown in to urift it, and a “49 below? thOnometer to keep it there until next spring. Vennor is. a good-natured wan Hinsed 2 ad Hocentt want to be so hard. iS; but his wife does torment him.so.— Burlington Hawkeye, se plans Aree THE BOYS IN BLUE ARE TURNING GRAY. For The Chicago Tribune. The Roys in Blue are turning pray: wins Sun our ranks, and thinner. © play vath’s rume full many 3 Hut Death to-dayis winner 8 © 2895 “Mid whistling sho. and screaming's! Where stoutest bearts must pa Facing the batteries’ beiching hell. Some crossed Death's silent river. Some, mangled, moaned wit i "Till'death eral freed Tnemered Preah n Wi ‘Son-pen some starved to de: th only fous to heed them. ots And some “God's country" — ‘Died ‘mid the dear home-Taenne at St Of limbs torn off by War's flere These empty sleeves are traces es We list no more the shrieking shell, No more tho bullets rattle: But comrades fall while tolls the bell, As once they fell in battic. ‘Then close the ranks as years roll on, As Life's dim sun grows colder: Face denth to come as deatn that's gone, . With shoulder firm to shoulder. “What though above our wasting ranks No bhttle-tlag ts zleaming, God's red and white in morning-light O'er Heaven's vault is streaming. Though scant the muster-roll below, Above "tis growing longer; Fs Though faint on Earth our voices grow, Ja Heaven they’ ll swell the stronger! YWOOD, Hi. N, A. BaRrgrr, That Stinking Canal—Fullerton Avenue Conduit. Sexton Gives His Interpretation of the Iron Contract. Another Oanal Meeting—Bridges and Viar ducts Wanted. THE CANAL. Complaint was made again the other day by the citizens of Joliet that the smeli from the water of the,canal as it tumbled over the dam there was as offensive as it was last year, when the subject was brought before the Board of Canal Commissioners, Desir- ous of investigating the cause of this new outbreak of the old trouble, a reporter called at the City-Ilall yesterday to find out whether the Fullerton avenue pumps were still running, thinking that, possibly, they might not be in operation, and that the trouble might be due to that. ie learned, however, that the pumps had been running continuously for ‘weeks back, stoppages being made now and then,—not more than one day in seven—for repairs and changes in the en- gine. Water is being forced from the river into the lake at the rate of 15,000 or 16,000 cu- bic feet a riinute, and does not show in the Jake, though, as a city employé said, “ there isa jerrible odor at the Fullerton ayenue erib.' At is evident, therefore, that the complaint isdue to the winter. The canal is or has been cotered with ice. The capacity of the canal is necessarily reduced by the thickness of the ice, and, in addition to that, the process of oxidation is very imperfect, no water be- ingable to reach the sewage on its way from the mouth of the canal down to Joliet. ‘Therefore, as the stuff falls over e dam there it fis the corrupt and putrid quintescence of rotte n- nes¥ and is naturally exceedingly offensive. Were the ice all out of the canal the trouble would probably be removed in a few days. SEXTON’S STORY. Tue Tripcxr has previously mentioned the fact of acontroversy having arisen be- tween the city, represented by Commissioner Waller, and P. J. Sexton, contractor for the iron-work on thé new City-Liall, over the former’s interpretation of the latter’s cou- tract. A reporter grappled ‘with the con- tractor yesterday, and had no difiiculty in getting his side of the case. “ Mr. Waller fails to realize what my work is,” said the iron contractor. “in fact, he evidently knows nothing about it. He has decided that my contract includes all the iron- work in the building, ineluding the orna- mental work, which is worth about $100,000 more, whereas the fact is that my contract only provides for the iron-work necessary to construct the shell of the building. ‘The elty advertised for only a portion of the iron- work,-the beams, columns, ceiling, and roof iron,—in accordance with a certain set of plans on tile in the office. This portion of the work was to be complete, and to contain cer- tain framings for skylights, which Mr. Waller now calls the skylights themse! The advertisement said nothing about sy ishts, however, and under the construction which Mr. Waller now gives to the contract I would be required: to do about twice the work Tagreed todo, Jam willmz and ready to do everything that is called. for in my con: tract, but not in accordance with the con: struction now given to it by Mr. Waller.” 1 you do in case your contract is “T shall turn the matter over tomy at- torneys, Further than that I have not de- cided on any line of action.¢ I guess the city is good for any damage that may accrue. from Mr, Waller’s action. Fortunately, I have in| my possession a photographic copy of the original plans figured from. It. is clean and whole, whereas the plans in the possession of the city have been changed and forged, and if they are held to be part of my contract then the par- ties who have made the change are liable tor forgery, because they want to obtain heavier material by reason of that change in the planus which are in their possession.” HENNEPIN TO ROCK ISLAND. The Mayor was in receipt of the following yesterday, which explains itself: i GENESEO, Ul, Dec. 17, 1880.—His Honor the Mayor of Chicago: As Chairman of a committee appointed by a convention held at Rock Island in 1874 to memorialize Congress on the subject of extending the Iitinois & “Michigan Canai from Hennevin to Rock Island, I respectfully ask that you attend a meeting of said Committee and othors, to ve held in Chicago at the Grand Pacific. Wednesday, the 22d inst., to consider the very important question to the Northwest of In- greased und cheaper methods of carrying heavy freights, Tne Convention at Rock Island was attended by ex-Goy. Bross, John C, Dore, and Charles Randolph, all of Chicago, who are well posted on the transportation question, and who Will attend the mecting in your city next Vednesday. May we indulge the hope that you will attend gnid mecting ang give us the benetlt of your influence? Very respectfully. your obedient servant, Jastes M. ALLAN, Wis Honor will attend the meeting, of course, and hopes that others interested in the movement will not hesitate to be present aud lend their counsel. _ BRIDGES AND VIADUCTS. The individuals interested ina bridge at Jackson siveet are pressing their claims to Tecognition, and an estimate will go to the Council to-morrow evening for the improve- Ment, amounting to about $69,000. This bridge aud viaduet question promises to cut quite a figure in the Council in making up the anual budget. The proposed bridge at Fourteenth street. will cost about $1,200,000; the one at Dearborn street abouts70,000; Jack- Son street, $70,000; Centre avenue viaduct, About $75,000; the Chicago avenue viaduct ‘about $125,000; and the Carroll avenue ap- Proaches to the Sangamon street viaduct quite a large sum. Beside this it is contemplated _to rebuild the State street bridge and the Halsted and Erie street viaduets, also place more or less repairs upon all the other bridges and via- duets, from which it would appear, if all of these improvements are made, that the entire appropriation will be absorbed for this pur- pose alone, Allof them cannot possibly be quale however, and just here will come the le. CITY-HALL ITEMS. The City Clerk is making up the index to the Council! procecdings for the year, and cal- culates tohave the volume ready for dis- tribution by Jan. 15, ~The pay-rolls for the month were being jade up yesterday, and the proposition is to pay all of the employés so that they can haye their-money for Christmas purposes. . ‘The Committee on Streets. and Alleys, West, yesterday agreed to recommend the Puprovenmens of Nineteenth Roan from brown to Centre, and the opening of Hinman street to Blue Island avenue. Two new Captains are to be appointed in the Fire Department on account of two new companies having been formed, and there is considerable : strife for the position. Capt. teese, who has been Acting Captain of Chemical No. 2 tor some time, will probably Get one of the places. Abraham Lingentelter, who was taken to the Smalt-Pox Hospital a’few days ago from 85 South Peoria street, died yesterday. An- other cusé of the disease was. reported from the same number during the day, and Promptly removed. ‘There is considerable alarm in the neighborhood. Superintendent McGarigie caused the pro- prietors of Apolio Theatre, a place on Third avenue, to be notified yesterday that they would have to change the charaeter of their entertainments. The place has been a resort for the lower classes’ of both sexes, and the fcuuplalnts against it have been quite nu- Ww] ie v A com * ittee from the Astronomical So- ciety had a conference with the Mayor yes- terday on the subject of supplying the city with the correct time. ‘Their proposition was not to supply a town-clock, which has been heretofore discussed, but to furnish the police stations with the time by wire. The result of the conference, as far as could be learned, was that an ordinance wil be intro- duced at an early day covering the entire question, ————_ A Deerhound Saves 2 Man’s Life. ‘The following story of a hunter's hairbreadth escape from death through the almost humun lotelligence of bis faithful hound, comes from Aissoulia, M.'T.: Herman Hutter and Charles Whitman, armed with ritles and accompanied by sit sides of the ridge, in hopes of bagging a Seer. Whitman came down the Rattlesnake side, and soon after separating from his com- panion, he slipped anc fell, sliding some 200 fect down the mountain side. He vainly endeavored to stop himeelf by digging into tho snow with his hands and fect and clutching at brush and sap- “| lings, till just as he wus about to be precipitated over the clif into the Rattlesnake, some forty feet below, he fortunately clasped a strong sap- ling with one band, and was left dangling in the air over the precipice. By a strong effort he managed to clasp the sapling with bis arm fn the elbow, and, sping his ‘Bras! wrist with the disengaged hana, awaited the in- evitable fall with desperation. The hound, see- ing his master fall, followed him to the edge of the clif, and whinea piteously ut the predica- mentof his human friend. Suddenly he dashedott over tho hill like aaeer and disappeared, Mean- ume, Whitman, who was so badly bruised and. benumbed that he was unuble to itssist hmecle, held to the sapling for dear life, while bis whole existence passed in swift, panoramic view be- fore his mind. When nearly exhausted he heard his companion, Hutter, above him, coming to his ussistance. He guthered renewed courage, and held on desperately till, Hutter came down with a rope, and rescued him from bis perilous position. Hutter sayshe bad gone buta short distance when the doz came upon him ana seized hold of his clothing, whining. He turned upon him and the dog rin off. Repeating the strange mancuver, Hutter suspected something wrong, and followed the dog to Whitman's res- cue. He soon saw his companton’s peril, and burriedly procuring a rope, which they hud left near by, be let himsclf down to Whitman's as- sistance just in time to save him from a terrible fall, if not from instant death. ' THE EVENING JOURNAL. John L. Wilson Will Get $19,000 Out of the Estate. ‘The case of John L. Wilson against Cather- ine F."Wilson, executrix of the estate of the late Charles L. Wilson, came up before Judge Jameson yesterday on exceptions to the Mas- ter’s report. The bill was filed in July, 1878, to establish a partnership in the Evening Journal, and to compel an accounting for one-third the profits from 1863 up to the pres- enttime. Judge Moore, in June, 1879, ren- dered an opinion holding that the ‘complain- ant was not a partner with his brother Charles, and had never been, but that there had been an arrangement made in 1863 by which John was to have one-third the profits, He could not clan anything on account of his negligence in enforcing his rights, siiee the Journal was organized as a corporation in 1873. The evidence also tended to prove that regular settlements had been made be- tween the parties up to 1869, when_ Jolin left the State on account of his health, but that no accounting had been made since then, It was accordingly held that John was entitled to an accounting for one-third the profits from May, 1869, when he left, up to August, 1873, when the Journal was organ- ized as 2 corporation, and the case was re- ferred to a Master in Chancery for that pur- pose On the 7th inst., Mr. Magruder, the Master, filed his report, finding that the total gross protits of the Journal between May, 1869, and August, 1873, were $111,142, from which was to be-deiiucted $67,501 for ex- penses, losses by the great fire, on subserip- tions, depreciations, ete., leaving the net prots, $43,610, one-third of which, or 314,546, elonged to John L. Wilson. ‘lo this report the defendants filed exception, on the ground that the Master erred in allowing complain- antashare of the profits when he was ab- seut and rendered no services, also in. not deducting from the profits the compensition paid Col. Farrar for his services, rendered, necessary by eomplainant’s absence, and also. in failing to deduct from the gross profits the sunt of 313,000, loss on bills re- celvable and accounts, sustained by the great Te. The ‘complainant also filed exceptions, charging that the Master erred in only gi him St4,546, when he should have had S35, 770; also in allowing as part of the deduc- ion on half the er deducting the x cial loss of paper , and $8,838 for unfulfilled sub- so for not estimating the profits arters in 1869 and one in 1871, the accounts concerning which were lost or burned; and, lastly, for not allowing interest on the balance found due, ‘These exceptions were argued at length, and Judge Jameson decided them, substan: vay sustaining the Master’s report. He hdwever charged complainant with one item moré, and, on the contrary, allowed him cer- tain items for losses by the fire which had been debited against him. ‘The total result was to award him about $4,500 more than the Master had done, and the case referred to the Master to make these changes, when a final decree will be entered for about $19,- 000 in complainant’s favor. THE LAKE-FRONT. Mr, Valentine Sues the City of Chicago and the Baxe-3all Club, A Dill was filed in the Circuit Court by Thomas B. Valentine yesterday against the City of Chicago and the White-Stocking Base-Ball Club to get possession of the tract of land containing %19 acres alone the lake shore, part of Which is occupied by the White-Stocking Base-Ball Club. Valentine’s claim is so well known that the charges made in the bill are by no means novel. After taking a historical glance back to 1954, when the State of Mlinois was a part of Virginia, he says that the land in question was deeded to the United States in 1734, and has since belonged to it, In 1830 J. R. Poin- sett, then Secretary of War, pretended to authorize Matthew Birchard, Solicitor of the General Land Office, to sell the land, and un- der power fractional See. 10, 39, 24 was plat ted and sold. This sale, however, it is claimed, was illegil and void, and never operated to di the Government of its title. Complainant prior to 1872 had been the owner of 15,000 acres of Jand in nia known as the Miranda grant. which was ‘appropriated, and in 1872 Congress passed a Jaw giving him an equal number of acres out of any unappropriated Government Jands as indemnity. For this purpose .land scrip was issued to him calling for 13,000 acres, cach piece of scrip reprasenting forty acres. Complainant then, in 1875, made application to the Receiver at Springfield, and selected the three aeres in question as part of his 13,000, squandering one picce of serip for this purpose. Ue then ap) plied for a patent, which was allowed by the Comiis- sioner of the General Land Office, but on ap- peal by the City of Chicago the Secretary of the Interior held that complainant was not entitled to select the land in question, be- cause his scrip could only be located on Iands which were ina state of nature, This, com- plainant thinks, was a gross injustice. ‘The city, as is well known, claims to own the land, and has recently been attempting to sell it to the Hlinois Central Road. This claim Valentine very mildly terms a “ cloud on his title, and he asks that it may be dis- pelled by the sunshine of fh icial favor, and that the city and the ballclub may be re- strained from making further claim to the Jand, or from attempting to dispose of it in any way. a THE COUNTY-BUILDING. ‘THE Grand Jury for the Necomber term of the Criminai Court will begin theirlabors to-morrow morning. i: ‘THE recount in the contested clection case of Schariau vs. Mieroslawski was postponed until Wednesday at 10 o'clock. Tr was expected that the second hearing as to the sanity Or Miss Caroline Day would com- mence yesterday morning Lefore J nudge Looms, The matter was postponed, however, Thureday, which is the regular day for bearing insane cases. : Sienirr MANN yesterday received n copy of & prociamation issued by Gov, Cullom, bearing date Dee. 14, in which a reward of $200 is offered by the State for the arrest and conviction of the murlerer of Thomas Dilly, who was mysterious- ly killed at bis residence in Colona, Heury Coun- ty, on the night of Dec, 10, i ¥ prisoners were. received at the jn pentane, among them Willam Stewart, com- mitted by Commissioner Hoyne for violation of tho Postal Iuws, the specific charze being that he embezzied €153contuined in aletter addressed to another man of the same nime. A woman named Leonard was also locked up ona charge of adultery with one Thomas Murphy. Jupce Gary was engnged yesterday in hear- ing the arguments in the Murphy murder case. Col. J. B. Jones, counsel for the prisoner, in’clos~ ing the cuse on behulf of his client, made a very ablo argument, and was followed by State's-At> torney Sills, who spoke for about two hours, an the ease went to the jury about 4 o'clock. | At a Inte hour fast nicht no verdict hud been peste \. ‘In the Criminal Court yesterday, before Judge Hawes, the cage of Lesser Fricdberg, the pawn- broker, in front ot whose store Olficer Race was murdered, was called and continued until next term. Mr. E. A. Storrs uppeured as one of ae counsel of Friedberg. The bond of, Danie! Cal- Jaghan, charged with Jarceny, was declured for felted.’ The rest of the day was cousumed in securing a jury in the case of Mathew Fleming, Justice of the Pence in tho Town of Jal Michael Durand, a lawyer, and Frederick Mino ‘a Constable, who are charged with conspirac; At tho hour of adjournment but four jurymen had been selected, both the State and the de- fense challenging freely. and it looks as though itwill he extremely difficult to procure a fu jury. The case mil probably continue through aovaral dawe, ! that the sreat Reformer was at the wedding The Shoe as a Popular Object of Superstition. Some Instances of Its Relation to Marriage and to Death. The Shoe as a Symbol of Authority—Shin- ing Shoes and Shoe-Ties, English’ Magazine. Asa popular object of superstition, the. shoe has an eventful history from the earliest period. Indeed, it is impossible to say how many an omen hag been gathered from it, not to mention the countless love-divinations, for the ascertaining of which it ‘hag been con- sidered a powerful auxiliary. One of the utost well-known uses to which the shoe has been employed is the THROWING OF IT FoR LUCK, constant allusions to which we find in ths old writers. Thus Jobn Heywood says: “ Now for good luck cast an old shoe after me.” In Ben Jonson’s “Masque of the Gypsies,” he represents one of the gypsies as saying: “ Furle after me an old shi Vio be merry what ‘ere Id Grose, citing Ben Jonson’s words, ‘Would Thad Kemp’s shoes to throw after you,” re- marks that perhaps Kemp was a man remark- able for his good Inck or fortune. Beaumgnt and Fletcher, in “The Honest Man’s Fortune,” refer to it thus: “ Captain, your shoes are old; pray, put ’em off, And let one fling "om after us" i Instances without number of this supersti- tion might be quoted, so prevalent an article of faith was it in days gone by. The custom LAS NOT DIED OUT, for Jn Norfolk, whenever servants are going after new situations, a.shoe is thrown after them, with the wish that they may succced in what they are going about. Some years ago, when vessels engaged in the Greenland whale-fishery left Whitby in Yorkshire, the wives and friends of the sallors threw old shoes ab the ships as they passed the pier- head. This practice is frequently observed in towns on the seacoast, and a correspond- ent of Notes and Querics iuforms us that on one occasion, when at Swansea, he received. a shoe on his shoulder which was intended fora young sailor leaving his home to em- bark ‘upda trading voyage. Tennyson, in his “ Lyrical Monologue,” lias not omitted to speak of it: * For this thou shalt from all things scek Marrow of mirth and laughter; : And, wheresoe’er thou move, Good Luck .. Shall throw her old shoe after.” Asan emblem of good luck and prosperity, an old shoe is in most piaces thrown with much enthusiasm AT A BRIDAI, COUPLE. Various explanations, however, have been assigned for this popular custom. Soma think it was orizinally intended as a sham assault on the bridegroom for his carrying off the bride, and hence is a survival of the old ceremony of opposition to capturing a bride, Others, again, consider that the shoe was, in former times, a syinbol of renuneia- fion of dominion or anthority over her by her fathey or guardian; and the receipt of the shoe by the bridegroom, even if acci~ dental, was an omen that ‘the authority was transferred to him. Thus, in the Bible, the receiving of a shoe was an evidence and symbol asserting or accepting dominion or ownership; the giving back the shoe, the yinbol of rejecting or -resigning it.’ In “Deuteronomy,” for example, the ceremony of a widow rejecting her husband’s brother in marriage is by LOOSING i115 SHOE FROM OFF MIS FOOT; and in “Ruth” we find that “It was the custom in Israel concerning changing that a min plucked off his stoe and delivered it to neighbor.” Gustoms of this kind were vidently not unknown to the early Chris- tians. When the Emperor Wladimir made proposals of marriage to the daughter of Ragnald, sherefused him, saying “She would ke off her shoes to the son of a slave.” ‘There is a passage in “Gregory of Tours”? (c. 20), where, speaking of espousals, he says: The bridegroom, having given a ring to the fiancée, presents her with a shoe.” In Michelet’s “‘ Life of Luther” we aretold of Jean Latite. After supper was over he conducted the bride to bed,and told the bridegroom that,fuccording to’ common cus- tom, he ought to be master in his own house WHEN HIS WIFE WAS NOT THERE} | and, for a symbol, he took off the husband’s shoe and put it upon the head of the bed, “atin qwil prit ainsi la domination et gouv- ernement.” Throwing the old shoe after the wedded pair was also no doubt intended, we on his shirt the wrong side outward, or his left shoe on, his right foot.” An old ‘writer, speaking of the customs of Jews, says: “Some of them observe, in dressing them- selves in the morning, to’ put on the right stocking and right shoe first, without tying it; then afterward to put on ‘the left, and so to return to the right; that so they mi: sex, to put on the left shoe before the right come; and a Suifolk doggerel respecting the “wear of shoes” teaches us the following: Trip at the toe: live to see wo; Wear at the side: live to be n bride; Wear at the ball: live to spond all; Wear at the heet: live to ave a deal. mGotions to say, the shoe has even entered ie THE SUPERSTITIONS ASSOCIATED WIT DEATH. According to an Aryan tradition the greater part of the way froin the land ‘of the living to that of death Jay through morasses and vast moors overgrown with furze and thorns. ‘That the dead might not pass over them bare- foot a pair of shoes was ‘laid with them in the grave. Hence a funeral is, we are tol by Mr. Kelly in his * Indo-European Folk Lore (115), still called “deadshoe” in the Menneberg district; and in Scandinavia the shoe itself ts called “helshae.” In a 31S. of the Cotton Library, containing an ac- count of Cleveland in Yorkshire in the reizn of Queen Elizabeth, there is a passage which illustrates this custom. It was quoted by Sir Walter Scott in the notes to the “Min- strelsy of the Scottish Border,” and runs thus: ** When any dieth certaine women sing asongto the dead bodie, reciting the journey that the partya deceased must zoe: and they are of beliefe that once in their lives i¢ is goode to give a pair of new shoes toa poor man, for as much as before this lite they are to pass barefoote through a great lande, full of thorns and furzen, except by the meryte of the almes aforesaid, they have redeemed the forfeyte,—for at the edge of the launde an oulde man shall meet them, with the same shoes that were given by the partie when he was | ving, and, after he hath shodde thei, dismi: h them to go through thick and thin without scratch or sealle,” 4 Among the items ot folklore associated with the shoe, we may mention that.at one ‘ime 3 SUINING SHOES WERE RIDICULED as part of the precise dress of tasbionable citizens. Thus Ben Jonson’s “Every Man in His Humor,” (ii. 1), Kitley observes that are told, isan augury of long life to the bride. Another reason is given in .the sub- joined old rhyme: “When Britons bold Wedded of old, Sandals were backward thrown, ‘The pair to tell That, ill or well, ‘The act was ail their own.” In some parts, of Kent the manner of shoe- throwing is somewhat curious. It appears that, after the departure of the bride and bridegroom, the single Jadies are drawn ‘up in one row, and the bachelors in another. When thus arranged, an old shoe is thrown as far as possible, which the ladies run for, the winner being supposed to HAVE TH, FIRST CHANCE OF MARRIAGE. She then throws the shoe nt the gentfemer when the first who gets it is believed to have the same chance of matrimony. Wain, in his “ History of the Isle of Sfan,”” alluding to this custom, tell us that, “On the bridegroom leaving his house, it was-cus- lomary to throw an old:shoe after him, and in like munner an old shoe after the bride on jeaving her home to proceed to church, to insure good tuck to each respectively, If, too, by stratagem, cither of the bride’s shoes could be taken oft by any spectator oh her way from church, it had to be ransomed by the bridegroom.” In Yorkshire the ceremony of shoe-throwinz was known as “thrashing,” and the older the shoe the greater the luck. Referring to the Continent, the Germans have a custom of throwing the bride’s shoe among the guests atthe wedding. The person who succeeds in getting it is considered to have every pri pect of a Speedy marriage. Thorpe mentions a custom in his * North German Mythology” (iii., 159), for the mother of the bride to STREW DILL IN HER SHOES previous to her going to the church, saying: Dill, cease not from wiil; Salt, relax not. The bride and bridegroom also strew dill and salt in their shoes as a protection against. witchcraft. Among the Peruvians it was formerly customary when a. man wished to iarry to go to the lady’s house, when, with her father’s consent, he put on her foota particular kind of shoe, in which he led her to his home. If she had never been married before, the shoe was of wool; if a widow, it was of rush. While speaking of shoes in relation to mar- tiage, we may quote the following anecdote recorded by.a correspondent of Notes and Queries. He says: “An octogenarian of my acquaintance informs me that he heard him- self thus anathematized, ‘when, leaving his native village with his bride, he refused to coniply with the extortionate demands of an Irish begga cba a ““Then It’s bad luck goes wid yer, For my shoes 1 toss: el An ye niver come back again, “Twill be no great loss.” Many other auguries are still gathered from shoes. Thus, in Dorsetshire and other parts, girls use their shoes as a means of divingys WHO THEIR FUTURE HUSBANDS ARE TO BE. At night, on going to bed, a girl places her shoes at right angies to one another, in the fori of a T, repeating the following rhyme: “Hoping this night my true love to see, I place my shoes in the rorm of aT.” Among the various charms in’ which the shoe has been found highly efficacious, may be mentioned one practiced in the north of England, where the peasantry, to eure cramp, are in the habit of laying their shoes across 2 avert if a tham, ie ner, “West Sussex _ Superstition Nu) in the “ Folk Lore Record (i. 3 » tells us of an old woman who was at a complete loss to understand why her rheumatism “was so uncommon bad, for she had put her shoes In the form of a cross every night by the side of her bed, ever since she felt the first twinge.” Acure for ague, inthe same country, con- sists in wearing a leaf of tansy in the shoe. Again, great tinportance is attached by many superstitious persons AS TO WHICH SBOE THEY ror in allusion to which Butler, in ON First; “Tdi bras,” says: his “* Hudt- * “ Augustus, having b’ oversight Put on his left ae "fore nie viake, Welbred’s acquaintance hy “Mock him all over, From bis flat cap unto his shining shoes.” Indeed, many of our old dramatists have comical references to shining shoes. Thus Newton, rallying Plotwell for becoming a merchant, exclaims, * “Slid! bib shoes shine too.”” The shoeinz-horn, from its convenient use in drawing ona tight shoe, was, says Nares, applied ina jocular metaphor to other sub- servient and tractable assistants. Thus Shakspeare, in “Troilus and Cressida” (v. 1), makes Thersites in his railing mood give this name to Menelaus, whom he calls “a thrifty shoeing-horn in.a chain, hanging at his brother’s [Agamenimon’s] leg.” It was also employed as a contemptuous name for danglers on young women. Again, THE ORNAMENTAL SHOE-TIE, like other gay fashions, originated in France. Jonson, describing a mere Englishman who pretended to be French, thus attacks him: “Would you believe, when you this monsicur see, That tes whole body should speak French, not ee ‘That fo aniedy scart of France, and hat, and ‘eather, And shee. ‘ahd tye, and garter should come ither, And lane on me, Towiurd the sea?" Hence, shoe-tye became a characteristic name for a traveler,—a term used by Shaks- peare in “Measure for Measure” (iv. 3): “Master Forthright, the tilter, and’ brave Master Shoe-tye, the great traveler.” T. FB. LutseLton DYER, Whose face durst never‘be JAMES P. ROOT. & Extef Blocrapny by Carl Pretzel. i Carl Pretzel’s Weekly. We print in this issue a picture of James P. Root. We don know much about him, except what he says and what others say. His ancestors came over in the Mayflower; one died on the passage. One was a clergy man, one a horse-thief. He is not certain whieh he descended from. He was born in Madison County, New York, July 2, 1830, along time ago, and yet he is‘not gray. On a farm he wrestled with the plow and other agricultural implements, as most farmers? boys did in that State. Acquired his educa- tion in a pretty thorough academic course, teaching school, studying nights and rainy days, and with private tutors. He studied law in Oneida, New York, and Utica; came West in 1854, and became a clerk in Judd & Frink’s office. In 1856 he was married to his present wife. Hecontinued the practice of Jaw ever since. He wasadmitted to the Bar, which was in October, 1853. He says he isa good Iawyer, and a good many people agree with him, at least he has had quite good luck with many important cases. It is un- derstood he is very familiar with the law so tar as the following subjects are concerned: ay be~ gin and end with the right side, which they- account to be the most fortunate.” In Sus- | is considered an infallible sign of evil to. List of Winning Sires, Some More Smuggler Humbaggery—~Noteg News from the Track and Stable, Now that one of Smuggler’s get h; 2:55, the Eastern sporting apes aie reat | a studied effort to prove that Smuggler is sire of trotters. At the very best, his claime to that distinction are only based on the pers formances of the animal above alluded to, mare named Teka, -that trotted fast fallin 2:31. The Sptrit of the Times, which shouid know better than to print such a ‘transparent falsehood, says in its issue of Dec. 11 that ‘Teka is the olaest of Smuggler’s Bet, sha having been foaled in 1874 That this is studied misrepresentation there can be ae doubt, since, every horseman knows “ Smuggler has sons and daughters at Teast 11 years old. A colt by him. calleq Graphig Was exhibited at the Centennial Exposition in 1si6, so that he is now 8 past. Dora Dunton, a pacing mare by Smuggler, now owned by Mr. Stephen Bull, of Racine, Wis., willbe 11 yéars old next spring, and there are a dozen more by. Smugy gler of her age. The fact of the matter ig that, after having been in the hands of Col, H. S. Russell for six years, and given the best mares in the country, Smuggler has Produced, one animal that has beaten 2:35, and asmuch fuss is being made over her performance as if it were someth! ‘unheard of TheSmy, glerites are careful’ to say nothing of Lhe dam, who was a trotti mare of known speed and endurance, but thosewho viewthe matter impartially consider that she bad quite as much to doin producing the very moderate speed of Ika as did the horse thas was going to beat Rarus, but never did, BONNIE SCOTLAND heads the list of winning sires for 1850, his get having won $124,046.25 during the season, Fifty-one of his sons and daugtiters started 478 times, of which they won 133 races, were second 95 times, third,79 times, and were un- placed 181 times. Those that won and the amounts to their credit are as follows: Luke Blackburn, $44,750: Brambaletta, $12. 4755 Glidelia, ‘$11,837.50: $0,850; Beatitude, $6,220; Barrett, $5.335; Byeand: Bye, $4,237. Boardinan, $3,632.50; By the Way, $2,675; Brooklyn, $4300; Dan K, ga. 240+ Scotilia, $2.25; BootwJack, $1,875; Bes Hill, . $1,730; Boulevard, $1,700; Bayard, St Springfield. $1,150; ‘Bliss, $1,100: 31,000; Big Medicine, $950; Bramble, $900; Belfield, $745; Julia Bruce, $500; Blanton, $152.50; Bride Cake, $131.25; Bauter, S41 é Bosworth, $400; Rachel, $300: Duke of Kent, $275; Ike onham.$250; Bingen,$202.50; John Carler, $200; Baltic, $150; Bath S30; Bugler, $25; Mollie “Hart. $10. John Happy, Bulwark, Barnton, Barometer, Arizona Bae last, Plenipo, Bounce, Bombast, Bonnie Ba- rouge, Bonnie Castle, Bonnie Leaf, Berna dine, and Belle of the Highlands ran unsuc- cessfully, . MAUD Ss, There is a pretty fiction going the rounds to Capt. Stone's purchase Of Sfaug’s. a toy horse she figures in the yarn. ‘The concelt ix juestion has it that Capt. Stone purchased Maud - in her infancy, and at the very outset saw in her everything that she has proved to be. Un- fortunately for all this fine work of the lively, creative fancy of the Cincinnati correspondent of aCleveland paper, Capt. Stone did’ not par chase Maud S. until after she had proved her greatness in a hard private trial on the track of the Lexington Fair-Ground; then it was, and Not till then, in this instance, that the magic in- iluence of Capt. Stone's lucky horse began to be telt.—Lovisville Courier-Journal. Unfortunately for the Journal, its state- ment is wholly wrong. Capt, Stone pur chased Maud S. when she was 3 years old, the filly having teft Kentucky when a year- ling. The trial at Lexington of which the Journal speaks was made when Maud was 4 years old. She trotted a mile in 2:17%, and. was at once purchased by Mr. W.H. Vander Dilt for $21,000. Capt Stone owns no part ob the mare, but simply manages her for Mr. Vanderbilt. TRA Mr. James Keene has fourth interest in Jerome Castleton, record 2:21, is being driven on the road in New York City by Mr. Harry S. Leach. Bran Dance. a _daughter of Bonnie Scot- Jand, shipped to Europe by Mr. Keene, has become a roarer. Blue Gown, the English stallion that died on the passage from England to this coun- try, was insured for $17,000. During Gen. Graut’s recent stay in New York he drove Mr. Frank Work’s bay gel- ding. Dick Swiveler, record 2:18, on the road ally. 7 Mr. William Brown, who trained for Mr. Pierre Lorillard in this country for many years, and then accompanied that gentle man’s horses to England, bas return Some American gentlemen in Ha : Cuba, have established weekly trotting mat inées_on the Marianao ‘race-course. The } best time made thus far is 8:003{, to road ‘Wagon. : Mr. Addison Doughty, of the Webster avenue stables, has traded to James Canfield, of Topeka, Kas., for real estate, the chestnut stallion Woodford, by Woodford Mambrino, TALE arehased & one Corporation, out of Mahalla, by Mahomet. Revenue, Sam Keyes, the owner and driver of the dient Estate, pacing mace Liner record 3:14, offers her for a fun elpali Hee gale. and announces that he is going to retire and he has often delivered Jectures on these i date: bus ines aie a subicsts before the Law School in Chicago. " ie has held the following prominent posi- tious: Secretary of the Republican State Central .| Conmittee, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Member of the General Assembly, sauunty Attorney. }enber of the National Republican Com- mittee. . As a writer—he has written considerable, but generally manages tomake a few ene- mies every time. He was one of the attor- heys in the great Hayes vs, Tilden contest, before the Electoral Commission,. and wrote two pamphiets on the subject. He has want- ed several offices le never t, although gxeryborly concluded he ought to have had theur. He knows more about political liars than any man living, except ourselves. Asa member of the State Board of Equalization he has saved thousand of dollars to the taxpayers of Cook. County, which they are willing he should continue to do, provided it don’t cost them anything, as it does not. He has fine healthy children, oneof whom cast his first vote’ for Garfield, and the next one will yote for the Republican nominee. For further particular she requests us to see small bills. a acess THE MAN OF NOBLE DEEDS, * For The Chicago Tribune, Let doubting fools o'er doubts contend, oat wrangle over erceds— ve me, whate'er his race or nam: ‘The man of noble deeds— * An honest beart, an open han An independent minds i One who like Jesus can ‘for ve, And bear with humankind; One who with an unbiased sense Nor deem that mereat aio cm! Mortal wholly lost. Who joins not in his sous! Who asks no privilege himself His neighbor may not sbare, But wishes alt the blessings free AS sunlight and the air. To bim all manly men ai No sinless thing defiled: Ser ‘The sweetest music to his ear, - + ‘The prattle of a child. : He sees the seasons come and. caliggees tho ripe fruit fall i WB, AS Wel ie needs ‘That God'ts over all.) ™USt Know, He hears the church-bel au ca Thoabbaae, Dining ange feels that all will come at ‘To fofn him in his prayer. path He prays that scot may cease t 5 Phat creeds no more be knowns ull who breathe this mo. o Have strength to stand eee reat No erring feet to trip and fall~ Newent nota ee ea No more dishonesty. inte Christ d the day! jot man! WEE Ue tena n Eai i Dave but = No sorrow and no crime. no tried fatth Gorros NicHor.” A dose in time snyes nine of Hale’: Horehound and Tar for coughs, oS HONeY Of Pike's Toothache Drops cure in ong minute, Mr. Mackey, the California millionaire to whom Ed Stokes presented the 3year-old hilly Sweetheart after she had trotted a mile in 2:26), offers to match her against Gov. Stantord’s 2-year-old colt Fred Crocker, ree- ord 2:25}4, for $10,000 a side. i Iuntress, by Volunteer, record 220%, has been sold by her breeder, Mr. Alden Gold- smith, to Mr. G. J. Seeney, .of New York. She was the first to beat. Uutchman’s thres miles under saddle in 7:323¢, trotting the dis- tance in harness over the Prospect Park track in 7:2134,~still the best record. “Bi” Holly, well known to, horsemen in this section as the driver of Little Sam, Mar brino Warner, and other trotters, has goné into the running-horse business, and recently purchased of Mr. James Prather, Maryville, Mo., a yearling colt by McCreary ‘(brother to ae He at irter), out of Antelope, by Avr Judge Fullerton, record 2:18, bas been sold again, this time for $1,000. At one time he Was considered the most promising trotter 01 the turf, and his owner once refused $20,000 forhim. In November, 1874, at San Frar cisco, he trotted a mile ‘to wagon in 2:20, which stood at the head until Hopeful best Bpatease in 1878, doing the distance in ‘The Christmas number of the Spirit of the Times promises to be an nlameaae interest ing one. Following his usual castom, 4r. uck has secured contributions from some of the most noted writers on both sides 0 the Atlantic, their names and contributions being as follows: “Who Killed Zebedee by Wilkie Collins; “ Fragelda’s Gift, arn . Florence; “Moasick’s Preémpthn, by J. W. Gally, of the Alta Gatifor- nia; “My First Partner,” by Stephen Fiske; “An #sthetic Christmas,” by Dr. Alfred ©. Lambdin, of | the Phitadelp hia Times; “Pastor Beinkleider’s Son,” by E Brebepiel, of the Cincinnatt, Gazette; Er the St. Louis Post-Dispatch; ” by Charles E. Whltnty. ot the New Orleans Democrat; Pn Parsons: A Story That Cost $100,” by Sr James W. Sheahan, of Tue Cuicaco THUr UN Nothing is more remarkable than a cour parison between the modest price at which, great sires were sold thirty or forty yea od ago and the stupendous sums recently oy and sometimes obtained for their success0 For Plenipotentiary, who won the Derby 1834, and. whom a Contemporary writer oT “the crack not only of his day but © time,” Commodore Stockton, of New sens aa offered to give Mr. Batson 5,000 euihe down and 1,000 guineas a year so long, Bs ite horse lived. The offer was declined, bat magnitude was regarded as wholly exeeyy tional. Capt. W. HL. Cooper , gave aot Ruineas for Blair Athol on the dispers! er. the Middle Park stud on the death of 2% Blenkiron, a price which created ere amazement; but the Duke of West! for capped this surprise by giving £14 rents Doncaster. During the last twelve Dhaee when purchasers of thorouehbred fo cah fone, mal in England, Ain Sa ile Count. uineas for Cremorne, - a Batthyeny declined 10,000 guiness for Galop well? 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